I believe even in past Senran Kagura games the only censorship that ever happened in localizations was the removal of information regarding the ages of the characters.
For people who have not played it yet let me tell you this.
In my opinion "Batman - The Telltale Series" has the most interesting interpretation of the Batman characters since the original. Telltale was not afraid of telling a different Batman story, and veering away from the source material. The story also uniquely extensively explores Bruce as a character and doesn't just use Bruce as an excuse to play as Batman, or tell Batman's story. This game is very much about Bruce, who is also Batman, not Batman who happens to be Bruce.
Why was this a shock specifically for the dubbed version of the movie? I'm pretty sure this movie came out in Japanese a while ago and nobody seemed to care.
What happened to home console first and sharing the Switch on the go and playing party games with 1 joy con each?
Yeah, I get it, Nintendo is a business, of course they want more people to but Switches, I'm just saying this goes against their previous marketing message.
I would be surprised if there wasn't a Tamagotchi type thing on smartphones already, which seems like the most convenient way to play it if you really still want a virtual pet.
I remember when the battery died on my Digimon and I was super upset because back then when the battery died you lost all the game's memory.
As a fan and owner of Pokken I'm still pretty surprised it sold so well, as a port of a Wii U game and after support for the Wii U version dried up because the Wii U was already 2 feet and an arm in the grave when Pokken was released.
Some, but not all, of the reasons Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite didn't sell well.
Disastrous first impression at E3 2017.
Ugly art style which attempts to be "cinematic".
Ugly character models for many of the iconic characters. They "fixed" Chun-Li because people were complaining about it to them every day but many other characters still look terrible.
Terrible demo which further accentuates that the story is corny and cringe inducing, but attempting to play it straight. Lack of opportunity during the demo to really test out game play.
Dragon Ball FighterZ, another team based fighter, was announced the same week to further make MvC: I look terrible by comparison since that game looks like there is real passion behind the development.
Blazblue Cross Tag Battle announced at EVO 2017 giving people even more team based fighter options besides MvC: I.
Nobody except Disney cares about their petty feud with 20th Century Fox for the movie rights to their Marvel characters, they just want the game to have the characters they like. Exclusion of the characters which 20th Century Fox owns the movie rights to doesn't sit will with anyone who cares about those characters or franchises, or even the MvC series for which those character have been a part of for a long time.
When asked about missing characters like the X-men a Capcom representative said "characters are just functions (as in the characters themselves don't matter)" and a Disney representative said "do people even know who the X-men are anymore?", while obvious question dodges because they can't just say the Disney executives won't allow them to be in the game, is nonetheless extremely insulting to everyone's intelligence.
Like almost everything else Disney does with Marvel these days outside of the comics themselves, MvC: I looks like just another attempt to advertise for their movies, where "the real money is made".
Is there an online ranked mode for the 3 vs 3, and if not can you at least play 3 vs 3 in online lobbies?
And how are the online lobbies (being called "group matches" in this game apparently). Is it as robust as other online fighters? Is there chat in any form within the lobbies?
It was fine, but there was nothing shown that was really impressive or an amazing surprise. The biggest surprise was Doom and Wolfenstein being available on the Switch at all, which isn't bad, but those games have been revealed for other platforms already.
Sega has absolutely refused to officially open up PSO2 to people outside of Japan even on PC even though fan translators do a lot of the translating for them already, so this being officially localized is a looooooooog shot.
If $80 for 200 GB is "dirt cheap" is relative to the person paying for it, but that still doesn't change that it's the most expensive type of portable memory card to ask the consumer to buy, or that Nintendo put almost no memory in the Switch itself and unloaded that cost onto the consumer instead of paying for it themselves.
The Switch is a story of an "a la carte" system with lots of costs unloaded onto the consumer. You need to buy a power bank because the battery isn't large enough if you want to use it as a portable, you need to buy your own memory because the system itself has almost none (and as this article is about, they unload the costs of their expensive cartridges onto the publishers, who in turn unload it onto the consumer, who in turn either need to pay more for the game or buy extra memory), you need to buy another controller if you want to comfortably play while the Switch is docked because most people don't want 4 buttons instead of a joystick on the left (and there is still no solution for this for the joycon itself), extra docks are $80 (the one's sold by Nintendo) for what amounts to a plastic cable organizer.
They didn't even bundle in the hardware concept game 1 2 Switch with the system like they did Wii Sports and asked people to pay $50 for it instead.
Look, you have to use solid state memory for a portable system, but passing that extra cost onto the publishers, who in turn pass that cost to the consumer, is stupid. Either Nintendo has to find a way to reduce the cost of their Switch cartridges, or they need to eat that cost themselves until they do.
Their choice to have the Switch have almost no memory of its own and use microSD cards doesn't help, as Nintendo is passing the cost onto the consumer yet again, and microSD cards are the most expensive type of card based memory because it's the smallest.
Seriously though, there needs to be an in game way to alert people that someone wants to attempt a Raid (many people have suggested a beacon should appear over the Raid when someone wants help), and your Raid Pass shouldn't be consumed until you enter the battle, or better yet, unless you actually complete the Raid.
The idea that you have to spend your Raid Pass to just check if anyone else is attempting the Raid is ludicrous.
The thing is, any unit that doesn't have a ranged attack and/or isn't on a horse, needs Distance Counter, unless you're Azura, who has both Triangle Adept built in and Sing (really, Triangle Adept is just the bonus that makes her better than every other Sing/Dance user).
You can't be an effective unit in FE Heroes without any of those qualities, you just end up stuck in the back of the map, unable to reach anything. You mention Ike, but Ike as Distance Counter built into his weapon, it's what makes infantry units like him viable.
And like I said before, Lucina buffs specifically non mages (and well, non dragons as well), and the meta game is built around mostly ranged attackers, who are mostly mages. So she's only really useful for people who don't use any mages because they completely refuse to conform to the meta.
Lucina looks bad (and she's the only character of the 4 I care about).
Buffs specifically non mage units in a game dominated by mages?
And any non ranged blue without distant counter inevitably competes with Azura, who is arguably the most useful unit in the entire game.
That 1 free pull means Arena is going to be filled with Horse Emblem with Horse Bow Lyn now (and it's already filled with Horse Emblem, now Horse Emblem is even better).
At least most of the commercial isn't soccer moms and grandpas playing around the couch together.
Really though, why would you play your Switch on your balcony instead of in your house, or meet up with friends outdoors to play the Switch together while sharing the small screen? If you're going to meet up with friends to play the Switch just meet together at someone's house.
I really don't understand why they don't sell a left joy con for people who don't regularly play mini games with other people on the go and just want a better single player experience.
That said, they joy cons themselves are way too expensive.
Let's make something clear to people who don't know anything about Night Trap.
The game is hardly graphic in nature, there are women in nightwear and B movie horror effects. The most "adult" thing in the game is probably that your unit is called S.C.A.T. for "Sega Control Attack Team" because the writers didn't know there was another meaning for that abbreviation.
The whole controversy was just some nonsense started by politicians about something that wasn't widely accepted or understood (video games) by most of the public so they could get some easy publicity about how they're "protecting the children" without much resistance.
Night Trap isn't a good game. Unless you live under a rock, or are really young and didn't do any research, most people are fully aware of this. Most people who buy Night Trap aren't doing so because they expect it to be fun, they just want to experience what the most controversial game of it's time was like.
And there really isn't a reason they shouldn't be able to on the Switch. It's not my cup of tea, but Night Trap is famous for what it is even though it's not technically good, and there are people who want to play it for that.
Nintendo refusing to allow Night Trap on the Switch is them cultivating and clinging to their "we're for kids" reputation that they think is so very important to their financial success, with decisions like making voice chat so much of a hassle that nobody will use it in the first place. And I repeat, while Night Trap is famous for how controversial it was, the game isn't actually graphic, the controversy was based on nonsense.
You don't have to get "the whole "Waifu" thing", unless you hate the larger focus on characters starting from Awakening (as some older Fire Emblem fans do), it doesn't really effect you.
Really though, this is an example of why businesses that only exist because of funding from the government are usually doomed to cost more to run than they make just like most government departments.
Hori's product is just building around the restrictions Nintendo put in place, even if everything was wireless, there still isn't a reason you shouldn't be able to just plug your wired headset into the Switch and have voice chat work.
Selling collectible figures is fine, but I hate that they use them as extortion for people who don't want the figures but want access to the "on disk" DLC.
If they would sell the Amiibo "on disk" DLC separately per game at a discounted price (compared to the Amiibo) all that would be solved, but nope.
Seriously though, the big issue with the Blue Shell is it doesn't help the people near the back of the race enough that actually get it (or in the case of the winged version, not at all), while helping the people near the front of the race but are not in first place.
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Re: "No Plans" To Localise Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura, Says Marvelous Games
@Corleonis88
I believe even in past Senran Kagura games the only censorship that ever happened in localizations was the removal of information regarding the ages of the characters.
Re: Review: Batman - The Telltale Series (Switch)
For people who have not played it yet let me tell you this.
In my opinion "Batman - The Telltale Series" has the most interesting interpretation of the Batman characters since the original. Telltale was not afraid of telling a different Batman story, and veering away from the source material. The story also uniquely extensively explores Bruce as a character and doesn't just use Bruce as an excuse to play as Batman, or tell Batman's story. This game is very much about Bruce, who is also Batman, not Batman who happens to be Bruce.
Re: "No Plans" To Localise Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura, Says Marvelous Games
Every Senran Kagura game has been localized so far so I'd be surprised if this one wasn't eventually.
Re: Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura Arrives on the Switch This Week in Japan
*Waits patiently for localization...
Re: Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)
Personally, I can't play Elder Scroll or Fallout games without mods anymore, but anyone who hasn't played Skyrim yet should pick it up.
Re: Random: Pokémon Fans Are Losing Their Minds Over Pikachu Talking
Why was this a shock specifically for the dubbed version of the movie? I'm pretty sure this movie came out in Japanese a while ago and nobody seemed to care.
Re: Poll: Which is the Best Super Mario Game?
Thousand Year Door
Re: Nintendo Wants Everyone In Your House To Have Their Own Switch
What happened to home console first and sharing the Switch on the go and playing party games with 1 joy con each?
Yeah, I get it, Nintendo is a business, of course they want more people to but Switches, I'm just saying this goes against their previous marketing message.
Re: Talking Point: An Era Ends As Nintendo Continues to Ignore 3D on the 3DS
I always left the 3D on, because why not, the game looks better.
For games where you have 3D movement you actually do get a sense of depth that helps with game play.
Re: Pokémon GO Leak Hints At Gen 3 For Upcoming Halloween Event
Witch hat Pikachu? Where's witch hat Gardevoir?
Re: Random: Here's The 'Switch Visor' - For The Lazy Players
"Never have I seen someone work so hard to be so lazy".
Also, "Switch VR" arrived earlier than I thought.
Re: Vulpix Joins The Ever-Growing Pokémon Build-A-Bear Range
When will there be build Build-A-Bear Gardevoir?
Re: Random: Nineties Kids, Rejoice - Tamagotchis Are Making A Comeback
I would be surprised if there wasn't a Tamagotchi type thing on smartphones already, which seems like the most convenient way to play it if you really still want a virtual pet.
I remember when the battery died on my Digimon and I was super upset because back then when the battery died you lost all the game's memory.
Re: The Pokémon GO Halloween Event Is on its Way
Release Gen 3 as the "Halloween Event".
Give Gardevoir a witch costume.
Do it.
Re: Poll: The Switch eShop is Hot, But Is It Time for an Overhaul of Its User Interface?
Just copy Steam.
Re: Pokkén Tournament DX and Nintendo Switch Lead the Way in Japan
As a fan and owner of Pokken I'm still pretty surprised it sold so well, as a port of a Wii U game and after support for the Wii U version dried up because the Wii U was already 2 feet and an arm in the grave when Pokken was released.
Re: Ultra Street Fighter II Had A Better UK Debut Than Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite
Some, but not all, of the reasons Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite didn't sell well.
Disastrous first impression at E3 2017.
Ugly art style which attempts to be "cinematic".
Ugly character models for many of the iconic characters. They "fixed" Chun-Li because people were complaining about it to them every day but many other characters still look terrible.
Terrible demo which further accentuates that the story is corny and cringe inducing, but attempting to play it straight. Lack of opportunity during the demo to really test out game play.
Dragon Ball FighterZ, another team based fighter, was announced the same week to further make MvC: I look terrible by comparison since that game looks like there is real passion behind the development.
Blazblue Cross Tag Battle announced at EVO 2017 giving people even more team based fighter options besides MvC: I.
Nobody except Disney cares about their petty feud with 20th Century Fox for the movie rights to their Marvel characters, they just want the game to have the characters they like. Exclusion of the characters which 20th Century Fox owns the movie rights to doesn't sit will with anyone who cares about those characters or franchises, or even the MvC series for which those character have been a part of for a long time.
When asked about missing characters like the X-men a Capcom representative said "characters are just functions (as in the characters themselves don't matter)" and a Disney representative said "do people even know who the X-men are anymore?", while obvious question dodges because they can't just say the Disney executives won't allow them to be in the game, is nonetheless extremely insulting to everyone's intelligence.
Like almost everything else Disney does with Marvel these days outside of the comics themselves, MvC: I looks like just another attempt to advertise for their movies, where "the real money is made".
Re: Ultra Street Fighter II Had A Better UK Debut Than Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite
Pokken Tournament DX also out sold Marvel Cinematic Universe vs Capcom: Infinite.
https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110032
http://store-tsutaya.tsite.jp/rank/game.html?s=3
Re: Nintendo Outlines Season Pass Details for Fire Emblem Warriors
On one hand, you shouldn't buy things without knowing the contents first.
On the other hand, Bridal Costume Lucina.
Re: Video: Pokémon Ultra Sun And Ultra Moon's New Trailer Features Outrageous Surfing, Dudes
Tony Hawk Pro Mantine Rider 2017.
Re: Shoot Some Pheromones When Gal Gun 2 Comes To Switch Later This Year
I'm surprised, but not disappointed, that these games are coming to the Switch.
Re: Review: Pokkén Tournament DX (Switch)
Is there an online ranked mode for the 3 vs 3, and if not can you at least play 3 vs 3 in online lobbies?
And how are the online lobbies (being called "group matches" in this game apparently). Is it as robust as other online fighters? Is there chat in any form within the lobbies?
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of the Nintendo Direct?
It was fine, but there was nothing shown that was really impressive or an amazing surprise. The biggest surprise was Doom and Wolfenstein being available on the Switch at all, which isn't bad, but those games have been revealed for other platforms already.
Buff Dedede was pretty funny I guess.
Re: Nintendo Switch Is Getting A New Phantasy Star Online Game
Sega has absolutely refused to officially open up PSO2 to people outside of Japan even on PC even though fan translators do a lot of the translating for them already, so this being officially localized is a looooooooog shot.
Re: First Impressions: Defying Gravity in Skyrim for Nintendo Switch
If you want to defy gravity in Skyrim all you have to do is ride a horse and jump up the side of a sheer cliff.

Or get hit by a giant.

Re: Feature: Exploring The "Switch Tax" And Why Nintendo Was Right to Use Game Cards
@TheMisterManGuy
If $80 for 200 GB is "dirt cheap" is relative to the person paying for it, but that still doesn't change that it's the most expensive type of portable memory card to ask the consumer to buy, or that Nintendo put almost no memory in the Switch itself and unloaded that cost onto the consumer instead of paying for it themselves.
The Switch is a story of an "a la carte" system with lots of costs unloaded onto the consumer. You need to buy a power bank because the battery isn't large enough if you want to use it as a portable, you need to buy your own memory because the system itself has almost none (and as this article is about, they unload the costs of their expensive cartridges onto the publishers, who in turn unload it onto the consumer, who in turn either need to pay more for the game or buy extra memory), you need to buy another controller if you want to comfortably play while the Switch is docked because most people don't want 4 buttons instead of a joystick on the left (and there is still no solution for this for the joycon itself), extra docks are $80 (the one's sold by Nintendo) for what amounts to a plastic cable organizer.
They didn't even bundle in the hardware concept game 1 2 Switch with the system like they did Wii Sports and asked people to pay $50 for it instead.
Re: Feature: Exploring The "Switch Tax" And Why Nintendo Was Right to Use Game Cards
Look, you have to use solid state memory for a portable system, but passing that extra cost onto the publishers, who in turn pass that cost to the consumer, is stupid. Either Nintendo has to find a way to reduce the cost of their Switch cartridges, or they need to eat that cost themselves until they do.
Their choice to have the Switch have almost no memory of its own and use microSD cards doesn't help, as Nintendo is passing the cost onto the consumer yet again, and microSD cards are the most expensive type of card based memory because it's the smallest.
Re: Some Retail Nintendo Switch Games Will Require You To Own A MicroSD Card
What's the point of buying the physical cartridge if you don't get any advantage from it and have to download part of the game anyway.
Re: Video: See How Pokkén Tournament DX Has Evolved in This New Features Trailer
While it looks kind of basic at least there is finally a lobby system.
Blazblue and Guilty Gear's lobby system is a lot cooler though.
Re: Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Will Be a Switch Exclusive in 2018
No More Heroes 1 was great but No More Heroes 2 was disappointing. I hope they learn from their mistakes.
Re: Guide: Pokémon GO Raids, Bosses, Rewards And Winning Tactics
How to beat Raid Bosses in Pokemon GO
Live in a populated city.
???
PROFIT!
Seriously though, there needs to be an in game way to alert people that someone wants to attempt a Raid (many people have suggested a beacon should appear over the Raid when someone wants help), and your Raid Pass shouldn't be consumed until you enter the battle, or better yet, unless you actually complete the Raid.
The idea that you have to spend your Raid Pass to just check if anyone else is attempting the Raid is ludicrous.
Re: Nintendo Outlines Upcoming Special Events for Fire Emblem Heroes
@RGnsd
The thing is, any unit that doesn't have a ranged attack and/or isn't on a horse, needs Distance Counter, unless you're Azura, who has both Triangle Adept built in and Sing (really, Triangle Adept is just the bonus that makes her better than every other Sing/Dance user).
You can't be an effective unit in FE Heroes without any of those qualities, you just end up stuck in the back of the map, unable to reach anything. You mention Ike, but Ike as Distance Counter built into his weapon, it's what makes infantry units like him viable.
And like I said before, Lucina buffs specifically non mages (and well, non dragons as well), and the meta game is built around mostly ranged attackers, who are mostly mages. So she's only really useful for people who don't use any mages because they completely refuse to conform to the meta.
Re: Nintendo Outlines Upcoming Special Events for Fire Emblem Heroes
Lucina looks bad (and she's the only character of the 4 I care about).
Buffs specifically non mage units in a game dominated by mages?
And any non ranged blue without distant counter inevitably competes with Azura, who is arguably the most useful unit in the entire game.
That 1 free pull means Arena is going to be filled with Horse Emblem with Horse Bow Lyn now (and it's already filled with Horse Emblem, now Horse Emblem is even better).
Re: You'll Be Able To Sacrifice Resolution For Frame Rate In Fire Emblem Warriors On Switch
If the Switch can't handle 1080p 60 FPS it's great that they give people a choice.
Re: Nintendo Happy To "Leave Door Open" For More Rhythm Heaven Games
The statement is kind of meaningless.
Every IP had its "door left open" for more games, but it doesn't mean anything if they have no plans to actually make those games.
It's like saying "the door is left open" for Golden Sun.
Re: Video: Nintendo's Latest Switch Promo Really Crams In Reasons To Own One
At least most of the commercial isn't soccer moms and grandpas playing around the couch together.
Really though, why would you play your Switch on your balcony instead of in your house, or meet up with friends outdoors to play the Switch together while sharing the small screen? If you're going to meet up with friends to play the Switch just meet together at someone's house.
Re: Soapbox: Seriously Nintendo, It's Time For A Switch Joy-Con With A Proper D-Pad
I really don't understand why they don't sell a left joy con for people who don't regularly play mini games with other people on the go and just want a better single player experience.
That said, they joy cons themselves are way too expensive.
Re: Nicalis Would Love To Bring Night Trap To Nintendo Switch
Let's make something clear to people who don't know anything about Night Trap.
The game is hardly graphic in nature, there are women in nightwear and B movie horror effects. The most "adult" thing in the game is probably that your unit is called S.C.A.T. for "Sega Control Attack Team" because the writers didn't know there was another meaning for that abbreviation.
The whole controversy was just some nonsense started by politicians about something that wasn't widely accepted or understood (video games) by most of the public so they could get some easy publicity about how they're "protecting the children" without much resistance.
Night Trap isn't a good game. Unless you live under a rock, or are really young and didn't do any research, most people are fully aware of this. Most people who buy Night Trap aren't doing so because they expect it to be fun, they just want to experience what the most controversial game of it's time was like.
And there really isn't a reason they shouldn't be able to on the Switch. It's not my cup of tea, but Night Trap is famous for what it is even though it's not technically good, and there are people who want to play it for that.
Nintendo refusing to allow Night Trap on the Switch is them cultivating and clinging to their "we're for kids" reputation that they think is so very important to their financial success, with decisions like making voice chat so much of a hassle that nobody will use it in the first place. And I repeat, while Night Trap is famous for how controversial it was, the game isn't actually graphic, the controversy was based on nonsense.
Re: Dragon Quest XI and Nintendo Switch Lead the Way in Japanese Charts
Just waiting for the The Great Ace Attorney 1 localization.
Re: Video: Check Out Cordelia's Sweeping Moves in Fire Emblem Warriors
@Andrew_R_2000
You don't have to get "the whole "Waifu" thing", unless you hate the larger focus on characters starting from Awakening (as some older Fire Emblem fans do), it doesn't really effect you.
Re: Nintendo Switch Screen Supplier, Japan Display Inc., is Facing Tough Times
Buy OLED Screens from Samsung (or someone else).
And put Gorilla Glass on it while you're at it.
Really though, this is an example of why businesses that only exist because of funding from the government are usually doomed to cost more to run than they make just like most government departments.
Re: Metroid Prime Trilogy and Majora's Mask Included in Latest European My Nintendo Rewards
Stop giving people a chance to give you more money as a "reward" Nintendo.
Re: Video: Here's What Senran Kagura Looks Like On Nintendo Switch
Finally a legitimate use for the HD Rumble.
Re: Feature: Just How Bad Is Hori's Wired 'Solution' For Switch Voice Chat?
Hori's product is just building around the restrictions Nintendo put in place, even if everything was wireless, there still isn't a reason you shouldn't be able to just plug your wired headset into the Switch and have voice chat work.
Re: Cordelia and Female Robin Added to Playable Cast in Fire Emblem Warriors
When's Nowi and Tharja?
Cordelia is great but both Robins seem a little much.
Re: Pokémon GO Safari Zone EU Events, Originally in Early August, Pushed Back to Autumn
Niantic: "How do we solve the problem of more people showing up for the event than we have allotted server space for?"
"Move the event to a date where less people are available to show up!"
Re: Editorial: amiibo Has Stalled, Because Nintendo is Forgetting What Makes It Special
Selling collectible figures is fine, but I hate that they use them as extortion for people who don't want the figures but want access to the "on disk" DLC.
If they would sell the Amiibo "on disk" DLC separately per game at a discounted price (compared to the Amiibo) all that would be solved, but nope.
Re: Video: Let's Discuss 5 Ways Nintendo Could Improve the Switch Online App
Others have already said it, but the app itself is not the main issue, even if it was fantastic, the Switch should be able to do voice chat by itself.
Also being able to use the App for voice chat would be great, but being the only way to do it is horrible.
Re: Editorial: Nintendo, Somehow, Has Gone Backwards With Voice Chat on the Switch
Re: Yabuki-san Says the Mario Kart Blue Shell is Like Life - Necessary but Not Always Fair
Seriously though, the big issue with the Blue Shell is it doesn't help the people near the back of the race enough that actually get it (or in the case of the winged version, not at all), while helping the people near the front of the race but are not in first place.