@HalBailman I don't know. It's the cost of a meal at a restaurant, and that's gone in an hour. I collect physical copies of (good) N64 games but it's still nice to have them on the Switch online expansion.
The thing that really makes Nintendo competitive is their IPs. Sure, they are also at the forefront of (physical) innovation in the industry too. But that quickly gets copied, yet few can successfully come close to generating such beloved IPs.
@NinjaNicky It's not so bad if you don't play it on a 4k 65' TV. It's still better than some of the old games too, which had huge lag inside battles (especially double battles).
I like the artwork but the model looks really bad. It's so goofy, but I like that about it. It's why I picked Fuecoco too: the look on its face is the stupidest thing ever.
I just bought all of them on the 3DS store before shutdown recently. What a disappointment it'll be if they put it for free on the Switch online, unless it comes with multiplayer.
People crying about frame rates and such but none of that matters. It's a kids game, kids don't care about that. And the battles run fine, so people running in the meta couldn't care less either: the only issue there is smogon or live. The huge sales figures are a testament to this.
I'm most hopeful for a pokemon black // white // 2 remake announcement, plus a new legends arceus game to go with it. Legends Kyurem rumours have been floating around of course. But I doubt i'll be happy.
@Dringo Yeah, twenty years later Microsoft made a reasonably successful game using the brand name. If you buy a broom, and then you replace the head and the handle do you still have the same broom?
It's a shame Microsoft killed Rare. Would love to have seen what they could have come up with without the buyout. A proper sequel to Conker's Bad Fur Day would have been immense, instead we got an inferior remake.
Hopefully, we'll get to hear more about the Jurassic Park release. I really hope they have the Mega Drive games, though. As they are a league about the Nintendo ones.
@CharlieGirl Given that one can change everything about their physical appearance at the shrine of illusions for 500g (you can go there and change your face, sex, hair, and so on). There's nothing left to do apart from RP the reasons for the change
It's funny how Nintendo can publish a game like TOTK which is immense, and then allow something totally inferior like Pokemon SV to be released. Now I love SV, but compare the world to that in TOTK and it's floor grime.
In their own words, making PvE for OW2 "doesn't align with the set of values they have chosen". If they actually got back to programming instead of living up their own backsides maybe their games would stop being broken messes!
The only critic score that matters is Steam User reviews. And even then, you have to interpret them properly. If someone gives a bad review after 3,000 hours then it's probably good. Whereas overwhelmingly positive reviews from hordes of people playing something for five hours means it's probably a waste of money.
The game is so easy, I really hope they improve the multiplayer to include people other than friends. At least the map creating and sharing feature can up it a bit as you can make maps where the AI gets a huge advantage.
I preordered this, and am hyped for it. But from what I've seen the devs have completely ruined multiplayer. Without a decent online it's just going to be shelf trash because people will continue to play on the web-browser versions.
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Re: Nintendo Doesn't Plan To Announce Mario's New Voice Actor Ahead Of Wonder's Release
If they make it Chris Pratt nobody can complain when he voices the next movie again.
Re: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun Scores A Physical Switch Release
I'm not overly bothered by the frame rate personally, I still play N64.
Re: Two More Pokémon Squishmallows Will Be Releasing Soon
Very cute. Might have to get one for the sofa.
Re: PSA: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's DLC Has Reportedly Leaked
Why are people always trying to spoil things? Patience is a virtue.
Re: Review: Excitebike 64 - An Underrated Racer That Deserves To Ride With Its N64 Stablemates
@Solid_Stannis Diddy Kong Racing and Star Wars Episode 1 pod racer for the win.
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Library With Excitebike 64
@electrolite77 I would really love conkers bad fur day on it personally. Perhaps some (good) wrestling games too.
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Library With Excitebike 64
@HalBailman I don't know. It's the cost of a meal at a restaurant, and that's gone in an hour. I collect physical copies of (good) N64 games but it's still nice to have them on the Switch online expansion.
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Library With Excitebike 64
@HalBailman It's 50 quid a year or something. Absolute change.
Re: Surprise Surprise, Lenovo's Leaked Handheld Looks Like A Switch
The thing that really makes Nintendo competitive is their IPs. Sure, they are also at the forefront of (physical) innovation in the industry too. But that quickly gets copied, yet few can successfully come close to generating such beloved IPs.
Re: Review: Vampire Survivors - Kiss Healthy Sleep Goodbye With This Must-Play Roguelike
It's a really addictive game, and would be fun for some couch coop. I might have to get it on Switch too
Re: Nintendo Plugs Mysterious New Tera Type For Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC
@NinjaNicky It's not so bad if you don't play it on a 4k 65' TV. It's still better than some of the old games too, which had huge lag inside battles (especially double battles).
Re: Nintendo Plugs Mysterious New Tera Type For Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC
I suspect it's like Arceus' ability: you can pick it or hold an item to pick it.
Re: Detective Pikachu Returns Comes With Exclusive Pokémon Trading Card In Japan
Nintendo is getting at least one letter of complaint if the European release doesn't come with a full art
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of Raging Bolt In Pokémon Scarlet & Violet?
I like the artwork but the model looks really bad. It's so goofy, but I like that about it. It's why I picked Fuecoco too: the look on its face is the stupidest thing ever.
Re: Review: Pokémon Trading Card Game - A Cracking Adaptation That Still Holds Up
Is multiplayer possible with it?
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Loading Sequence Patent Filed By Nintendo
Can they really patent formulas for calculating game physics? This seems horrific.
Re: Take-Two CEO Defends Red Dead Redemption's $50 Price Tag, Says It's "Commercially Accurate"
That's a hard pass from me.
Re: Switch Online's GBC Library Might Be Getting The Pokémon Trading Card Game Very Soon
I just bought all of them on the 3DS store before shutdown recently. What a disappointment it'll be if they put it for free on the Switch online, unless it comes with multiplayer.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC Is A Chance To Win Back Disenchanted Fans
People crying about frame rates and such but none of that matters. It's a kids game, kids don't care about that. And the battles run fine, so people running in the meta couldn't care less either: the only issue there is smogon or live. The huge sales figures are a testament to this.
Re: Pokémon Presents August 2023: Time, Where To Watch, Our Predictions
I'm most hopeful for a pokemon black // white // 2 remake announcement, plus a new legends arceus game to go with it. Legends Kyurem rumours have been floating around of course. But I doubt i'll be happy.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Has Now Sold Over 22 Million Copies, Closing In On Gold & Silver's Sales
@Anti-Matter Looks like you're in the minority there. Hardly anybody cares about some trivial issues when it's the best Pokemon game ever.
Re: The Next Pokémon Presents Could Be Soon, According To A New Datamine
@Bizaster It's not wise to give away information that can be used to reset passwords online. Such as favourite X, birthday etc.
Re: First 4 Figures Unveils 'The Great Mighty Poo' From Conker's Bad Fur Day
@Dringo Yeah, twenty years later Microsoft made a reasonably successful game using the brand name. If you buy a broom, and then you replace the head and the handle do you still have the same broom?
Re: First 4 Figures Unveils 'The Great Mighty Poo' From Conker's Bad Fur Day
It's a shame Microsoft killed Rare. Would love to have seen what they could have come up with without the buyout. A proper sequel to Conker's Bad Fur Day would have been immense, instead we got an inferior remake.
Re: Poll: Were You Able To Get The New Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo?
What are we meant to do with a collection of plastic figures to get bonuses in games with? I'd rather just buy a dlc.
Re: New Limited-Time Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Distribution Announced
Will I be able to download it using a VPN?
Re: Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection Officially Announced
@HalBailman I'll buy it. I love JP and the money is a trivial amount for many of us.
Re: Round Up: Every Switch Game Announced At Limited Run's 2023 Showcase
Where's the Sega games for Jurassic Park? What a disappointment. Would have loved the Saturn // Playstation ones too
Re: Gallery: Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince "Sneak Peek" - Heroes, Story & World
Looks great. I hope it has more to do than just battling though. Would love dragon quest builders with these features too
Re: New Pokémon Scarlet & Violet 7-Star Tera Raid Battle Event Announced For This Weekend
Finally, was wondering when the 7 star raids would be back. Shame it's a delphox, but I'll take what I can get. Should be over in under a minute.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Version 1.3.2 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@Shade_Koopa It runs fine, people are crying over nothing.
Re: Limited Run Games Showcase To Feature "20+ New Digital And Physical Announcements"
Would love to see the Playstation//Saturn JP games on it too! I should be so lucky, though...
Re: Limited Run Games Showcase To Feature "20+ New Digital And Physical Announcements"
Hopefully, we'll get to hear more about the Jurassic Park release. I really hope they have the Mega Drive games, though. As they are a league about the Nintendo ones.
Re: Stardew Valley Creator Seemingly Teases Next Big Update
@CharlieGirl Given that one can change everything about their physical appearance at the shrine of illusions for 500g (you can go there and change your face, sex, hair, and so on). There's nothing left to do apart from RP the reasons for the change
Re: Stardew Valley Creator Seemingly Teases Next Big Update
@CharlieGirl Seeing as non-binary is an identity and not something physical can't the players just RP it after choosing their character's sex?
Re: Current Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Tera Raid Battle Events Suspended Due To Reward Bug
It's funny how Nintendo can publish a game like TOTK which is immense, and then allow something totally inferior like Pokemon SV to be released. Now I love SV, but compare the world to that in TOTK and it's floor grime.
Re: Blizzard Cancels Overwatch 2's Long-Awaited PvE Hero Mode
In their own words, making PvE for OW2 "doesn't align with the set of values they have chosen". If they actually got back to programming instead of living up their own backsides maybe their games would stop being broken messes!
Re: Blizzard Cancels Overwatch 2's Long-Awaited PvE Hero Mode
"Blizzard quality" is not something to be proud of anymore. They ship trash. So it must have been REALLY bad.
Re: The Jurassic Park Games Are Getting A 30th Anniversary Retro Collection
What we really need is a modern Skyrim style RPG where you can play as Grant, Raptor or T-Rex.
Re: Miyamoto Thinks Mario Movie's Critical Reception Contributed To The "Buzz"
The only critic score that matters is Steam User reviews. And even then, you have to interpret them properly. If someone gives a bad review after 3,000 hours then it's probably good. Whereas overwhelmingly positive reviews from hordes of people playing something for five hours means it's probably a waste of money.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp?
@Kiwi_Unlimited What do you have to press?
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp?
Considering it's missing a multiplayer and the ability to skip battle animations I'm giving it a 'good'.
The former is really problematic. Playing with verified friends only isn't a real multiplayer.
Re: Next Pokémon Scarlet & Violet 7-Star Tera Raid Battle Event Announced For This Weekend
Love the bi-weekly seven stars. Just hope they do Charizard again because I missed that one.
Re: Advance Wars Switch Dev Thanks Fans For Positive Reception, Calls Release A "Life Dream"
Great game but with 2 major issues:
1) You can't skip battle animations.
2) Multiplayer is trash.
Re: Poll: Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Is Out Today, Will You Be Getting it?
@Kanaletto I'm so upset about the online. It's fully garbage what were they thinking!?
Re: Poll: Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Is Out Today, Will You Be Getting it?
The game is so easy, I really hope they improve the multiplayer to include people other than friends. At least the map creating and sharing feature can up it a bit as you can make maps where the AI gets a huge advantage.
Re: Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Physical Release Has Reversible Cover Art
@Serpenterror It says friends only. It's trash.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Version 1.3.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@ChromaticDracula Surprised you fall back to sun and moon. Double battles were virtually unplayable in that one due to frame rate issues.
Re: Review: Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp - A Pair Of Strategy Gems Delightfully Reimagined
You can only play online with friends? What a disappointment...
Re: New Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Trailer Welcomes Back Orange Star
I preordered this, and am hyped for it. But from what I've seen the devs have completely ruined multiplayer. Without a decent online it's just going to be shelf trash because people will continue to play on the web-browser versions.