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@TG16_IS_BAE

I doubt there's been any major change in their policy towards hardware. They've always tried to make their consoles for as low a price as possible. That's how businesses work. Sometimes that leads to hardware errors like drift, or like the Xbox 360 red ring of death. On other occasions it leads to ridiculous pricing policies like with the Vita memory cards. Every company has had some version of this if they've been around long enough.

@TG16_IS_BAE

I wasn't defending Nintendo at all. I've said many times I think they should fix it and release an updated version (and replacement joystick components so people can update their preexisting joycons).
Every hardware developer tries to make their product for as cheap as possible though. Including every previous Nintendo product. That didn't randomly change 5 years ago, so you can't blame the control stick issue on that.

@sixrings

The Wii U had ways of recalibrating both its touch screen and joysticks too.
That's usually built in because of normal flaws that can occur. It's not evidence that they somehow knew they were defective components.

@AlbertXi

They weren't selling a knowingly defective thing. They obviously didn't know about it until it started happening, which takes months of use before it happens.

@Aawill91

Just do the contact cleaner approach. It costs like 6$ and has worked just fine for me so far. I've fixed 2 joycons with it.

@Ardisan

Ah yes, I'm looking at it now. They use some kind of code injection into the game. That must've taken them quite a while to figure out. Dolphin is one of the most advanced emulators I've seen though. They've done almost everything.

@jimtendog

It's worked on both of my joycons. If you give them a thorough cleaning with contact cleaner, it fixes them for a few months. They you have to do it again, obviously.

Given how easy it is to fix by just cleaning under the rubber, or if necessary paying a couple of pounds for a replacement stick, this seems a bit silly.

So how did they change the aspect ratio in Sunshine? A regular emulator couldn't do that normally, as far as I'm aware.

@Anti-Matter

Lol thank you for the wild guess!

Did they ever explain why they made him Italian?

STABILITY INTENSIFIES!!!

"I am absolutely disgusted by this exploitative.....wait let me just preorder then I'll explain the rest..."

It's a clever gimmick, but I can't imagine it being fun for very long. Every "track" will be essentially the same. After playing real Mario Kart, it's gonna feel so simplistic. No ramps, no drifting, no ant-gravity, no riding down waterfalls, etc etc.

@Kalmaro

Mine occasionally fails to register the right joycon. I've tested it with different joycons and it seems to be the main Switch unit that's at fault. But those cost loads to repair so I've just decided to live with it Lol.

@Kalmaro

Does the button push in properly and just not register? Or does it fail to push in properly. The component might have become misaligned.

That's downright wrong........ mine drift upwards

Yeah that sounds like christmas 2021. Argh. Such a long time for a sequel that's based on the same engine and assets.

@NintendoFan990

CPU speed plays a huge part in emulation. It's entirely possible that the current Switch isn't quite fast enough to run it, but an upgraded version would be.

@jump

How much time do you spend looking at cartridges?

@RiasGremory

They've had upgraded versions of several of their past consoles. No reason to think they won't do it here.

@JackIsBack00

No reason Nintendo should really care about what the other platforms are doing at this point. They're doing good enough on their own. It's 4 years into the generation. They could easily extend it into being an 8 year long generation if they wanted with a Switch Pro.

@Prapper

But they could do that without removing the collection. They could just do that as well.

@Tandy255

I don't think they're all being emulated. They've changed the in-game aspect ratio for Sunshine. That's not possible with emulation. That means they've ported the original game code most likely.

@RiasGremory

It's not happening, but you also know whats in it? That makes no sense.

@Markiemania95

The Wii U was backwards compatible from day 1 because it had the same CPU type as the Wii. Completely different from the Switch. The Switch would either have to emulate or port Wii games.
It's definitely possible that a slightly faster CPU is needed for proper emulation.

I'm going with my theory that the Switch Pro will launch in 2021 and being able to play Wii games (via eshop purchase) will be one of its main selling points.
That explains the limited time purchase for this AND why they left Galaxy 2 off. They want to be able to use them both as a selling point for the upgraded console next year.

Something a bit like this seemed to happen at loads of companies around the same time. Something weird going on, related to lockdown and the economy.

Good idea. You should probably talk to Anti-Matter. I'm pretty sure he's already a database.

@status-204

It's even worse than that. The claims about harassment are almost impossible to get evidence for, as most harassment and death threats are completely anonymous.
One "side" could've orchestrated all of the death threats against themselves in order to use it to get media exposure and we would have absolutely no way of knowing.
We do know that when the FBI investigated it quite extensively, they ended up charging no-one because they couldn't figure out who was responsible. That to me is a good sign you should be slow to believe any particular claims.

@nessisonett

I'm well aware of the fact that the media heavily reported one side of it and ignored the other. It doesn't mean that's the reality of what happened. Plenty of people on the other "side" of it received death threats and abuse too, but the media simply refused to report on it. Go and listen to some of the old interviews Total Biscuit did with the BBC for some examples. The abuse he got was pretty obscene.

@Vepra

It's best described as a series of internet political wars that happened quite a few years back in the games industry. Each "side" will tell you it was about completely different things than the other side will. Best to just ignore because it's mostly just a lot of confusion with people talking past one another, as most political arguments on social media tend to be.

@commentlife

Rami Ismail is half game developer, half political activist. If you follow his twitter feed, a lot of it is just screaming about Trump and god knows what else.
He doesn't come across as very psychologically well adjusted. He's more of a "everyone who disagrees with me is evil" type person.

Didn't they only just get the Switch? Maybe he thinks this is a weird quirky way to promote it?

"you might be better off checking out Mass:Effect Andromeda". Lol, that makes no-one better off.

I'd like to take this as evidence that Galaxy 2 will be in the 3D collection.

Who's still buying GTA5? I don't understand this!

I think a lot of it just comes from whether people associate a genre with a particular platform. Nintendo is home to Metroid and the various Castlevania games.

I'm guessing christmas 2021

Great on a novelty basis, but practically pointless.

Isn't that basically true for every game from a major Nintendo series on the Switch?

Maybe I'm just too cynical, but I just assumed he was trying to distract attention from their ACTUAL competitor, who's kicking their ass.

I don't think Miyamoto really gets RPGs

It's good, except it's most annoying for the hardcore Nintendo fans, who all had a Wii U anyway.

Where does it fit in? You could probably tuck it into that weird shell thing on the PS5.

Really depends on the genre for me. If you want to play Mario or Zelda on easy mode, I don't think it makes much difference. Or a story-driven game like The Last of Us.
But something like Dark Souls really does need to be hard. You can't turn something like that into a quick and accessible experience without fundamentally destroying its core appeal. The fact that so many people originally find it hard, but then get to a point where a new understanding clicks, and everything makes sense, that's a crucial part of the experience and it's why so many people loved it.

Ah yes, the much sought-after 160p resolution

He still looks like a 20 year old japanese michael jackson.

I'm offended you didn't start the chart back in their wooden toys era. 1900 ish. Those were the days.

Forza Horizon 4 doing pretty damn well, given how far behind Xbox is in install base AND a lot of people just use gamepass.