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@h3s There is a switch2 version comming. And I have played this quite a bit with my brother and experienced no major issues with it.

But I do have a very casual "let's just have fun" attitude towards beatem ups so ther might be subtleties I have not noticed.

The switch2 version of Warframe is so good. I usually do at least a few missions every time I sit down to play.

The game is great fun if you don't let the grind get to you. It's easy to get burned out if you get to caught up in the maximizing mindset though.

The refresh they did on the corpus ship tileset looks amazing on the switch2.

Ctrl+f "gyro" ....

Guess I'll wait some more for this one...

@VeganH at this point it's pretty established that the fan is for keeping the internals of the dock cool since they are enclosed close to the switch 2 itself. There are no openings between the fan and the compartment that holds the switch 2
There are afaik no reports of third party docs/adapters damaging or bricking rh switch2

On the switch 1 this was also exaggerated as it was one spesific dock this happened to due to bad power handling.

I have used several 3rd party docks/adapters on both my switch 1 and 2 without any issues.

I've been holding of on Shinobi because the switch version demo had a pretty poor visual presentation with bad resolution scaling. I could see on other platforms had a much sharper image that did the honestly really solid art justice. The Switch 2 version will probably be what i want. The gameplay was really solid. The flow and movement felt great, so hopefully the switch2 release will be much more on par with my expectations.

Having mostly played NES and a few Snes games before i got my N65, the one experience that really blew my mind was Ocarina of Time.

When i got the 3 first gems to put in the temple of time, I thought it was the end of the game and was happy with it. (I was young, had mostly experience with shorter NES/Snes games and language barriers made it take more time to figure it all out) It blew my mind when i realized the game was just about to begin.

@Agent_P ok you know what? fair. Handheld its a lot less usefull. (Though I still use it). With the pro controller 2 in front of the TV it's ace. (Imo)

@Agent_P you have no idea what you are talking about.

Once you get used to it, it's far superior to just sticks. Especially if you come from being used to mouse and keyboard precision, like I do.

Since i have been a pc gamer since the late 80s, I really didn't like FPS games on console before gyro started to be an option, gyro made it a lot closer to my mouse/kb experience. Now there are many games that I prefer to play in my recliner in front of the big TV instead of at my desk.

Also.. you know options, preference... It's a thing.

@RoboCube No. I'm usually a mouse and keyboard player on PC, but on my switch 2 I really like gyro.

The thing I think people don't understand with gyro is you use the stick for the big movements and then adjust with the gyro.

If you set it up correctly it's really nice. I play Warframe like that and when set up right it actually feels quite close to mouse and keyboard once you get used to it.

Except I can do it relaxed in my recliner and not at my desk.

Kind of surprised there are no alternate color/design joycons or pro controller 2 yet. Been holding of on getting a 2nd procontroller2 to get one with alternate design. I would have thought they would bring something out by now.

Gyro aim when?

It should be a crime to release shooters without gyro support. Its such a huge difference if you get used to it.

@canaryfarmer yea.. tha fact that the option was there, but only affected menus and other things where it made no sense but not aiming... Ny confidence in the developer was not improved by that...

The more important question is: Did they finaly fix the GYRO....?

All i want is Minecraft for switch 2 with vibrant visuals :/

Castle Vania Dominous Collection had anoying scaling in handheld mode. So much better with the boost

My cabletime adapter was not working, but they have stated they have new firmware ready and to send them an email to get it.

I also have the Antank Dock, and that too is working fine.

Edit: just got the firmware, updated, and now everything works fine with the cable time adapter as well.

Yea.. this looks awful.... this is done with no respect for the original material at all...

Disappointing as hell...

I have a sling backpack from waterfield that I have had for several years and I'm very happy with it. They make quality products and all seams and stuff on tha bag is as good as it was on the day I bought it.

People seem to miss the point of the materials in the waterfield products. They are ment to wear every day scuffs and usage nicely.

The patina on the leather looks nice even after a good time of use and if you want it less "battleworn", a round of leather polish brings it back to a more "new" look.
Same with the canvas. It has a bit of wax drawn into it for waterproofing, and you can apply fresh wax if you want it to have a more "new" look.

This is also all subject to taste of course, but personally I like strong lasting materials that gather wear and patina in a way that makes them look well used instead of worn out.

They are fundamentaly and purposely missrepresenting the goals of "stop killing games", to avoid what in many cases are a minor inconvenience.

The goal of stop killing games is not to force online games to stay online indefinetely, it's not to force them to open source everything, or to build and/or maintain server binaries.

The most basic requirement is that they document the APIs etc so that fans and communities can make it work on their own.

Or at least games are clearly marked that they will stop working if the servers get taken down. Perhaps with a "expiration date" or other marks informing the consumer how long they can minimaly expect the game to stay playable.

The fact is, we don't know the final outcome, stop killing games is making suggestions, but mainly it's asking the EU to look at this, because currently there is no laws and legislation on this, and even games that have no indication that they might be unplayable in a few years are sold to consumers with no indication on how long they player might expect to enjoy the product they buy. It's a complete wild west.

Just a though: I also fail to really notice the blur but i have seen comments both online and now for DF.

Just a though: could they be doing that whole 3ds thing and have different panels in different units/regions?

I suppose not since the specs are so spesific there might not be several panels to choose from... :/

House of the dead 1 is greatly improved on the switch 2. You can easily run it in the mode with better visuals now and the improvement motion controls of the sw2 makes aiming a lot less frustrating.

Anyone that bought it and then was disappointed should give it another try if they have a switch 2

Do not try to flash the wrong controller this way.

I misread the filenames and flashed my old sn30+

It got into a semi bricked state. Luckily I had tried to flash the normal firmware with their auto update tool before I found this so I could find the .dat from that and flash it back to its previous state.

They don't host the normal .dat files for this method for most devices any more. (This is the method used before the auto updater)

If anyone remember the patents that everyone thought were images of the what the Switch would look like. (before it was named switch)

(A pill shaped portable, people even made a fake video of it)

Its pretty safe to say that the shape and design in these images have nothing to do with whatever final product this could potentially turn into.

As others have mentioned, the actual documents seem very focused on the battery compartment and battery swelling, so i am pretty sure that is where the actual interesting part is hidden. The rest is just fluff or context.

You youngsters dismissing this duebto the visuals.

This is Indie before indie was a term, this indie when that meant a guy or a couple of dudes in their basement making games.

It was simple, fun, small (ie easy to copy onto a floppy and bring to a friend or run on the school computer lab)

There is lots of nostalgia here, but this is from a time where these graphics signaled indie game, not shovelware.

@Jawessome The new dock seems to have some rubber bumpers at the bottom and overall a smoother internal finish then the original dock, so it seems likely to be safer in this regard.

That being said i have two original docs and have not experienced any pinching or scratching from either. I think the issues that showed up early where either manufacturing errors or docks bent during transportation. (or something else)

@Noid I agree with the principal of preservation. This guy however was selling roms and generally trying to earn profit on the emulation scene. He has constantly shown an attitude that is counter too the general mentality of the game preservation community.

@Dragonslacker1 I struggled a lot in the beginning, but now I have gotten the basic finish of the game several times.

As you play through the game and put cells into unlocks and upgrades different strategies unlock together with your skills improving. You eventually find combos that work with your playstyle and some times luck out on what items you find on your way through.

It's important to enjoy the experience as a potentially short run where you only get minor progress, but slowly get better. Exploring the game and finding different strategies and secrets with each run.

Working on unlocks that help you stay alive is great in the beginning, and also using the tactics items/traps and boosting their damage can work as a good approach as you are starting out.

I feel I'm only avarage at the game, but I still enjoy throwing in a few runs at it from time to time, because the combat and movement is so fun and flows so nice.

EDIT: Also to those who gave out in the early days, i think they have done a lot of tweaks to the difficulty curve since then, so its worth giving it another go, if you felt like the game suddenly spiked to much for you. (i know it did for me in the beginning, but i struggled through)

@technotreegrass In many cases the law requires you "protect your IP" to avoid loosing the rights to said IP. Companies (read lawyers at those companies) interpret this in different ways.

(And at some companies said lawyers seem to be really eager to push towards a very agressive stance (probably to show they are needed and to earn more money... ))

@belfastgonzo Great find. Why are people, let alone gaming sites giving Pachter any attention at this point?

Might as well have posts about grandmas "psychic" dog that predicts stock outcomes by eating from a red or blue bowl....

(Hint: at current rate Pachter is less then 50% correct (45% success-rate), so give a dog a 50/50 choice and it will be more successful....)

@Bunkerneath The hitboxes on the plants are actually more narrow then the sprites. (Still requires a lot of precition to hit the sides of the pipes correctly.

This video explains a lot what happens in these speed runs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FQJEzJ_cQw

Its a great breakdown of all the tiny details and tricks that make a world record run possible.

I might consider them if the bluetooth drivers that lets you use the pro controller with your pc works on these.

But honestly I agree with others that have said: Buy the 8bitdo controllers. Cheaper, and works with a lot of devices, both wireless and over USB.

SNES controllers are great and pretty damn close to the original SNes controllers.

Yes its a bad sign. Signs work best when they are complete.
When they replace the N, it will be a good sign again.

@brimat Exactly. I've read a few variations of this developers complaints on various sites now. And the general consensus among the comments is that these guys did almost nothing with regards to marketing. Most comments were "never heard of the game"

The fact that they have a low number of reviews on metacritic backs this up. They did too little to engage with the community on their own, too little to make people discover their game.

Don't expect the storefront to do all your marketing for you, because hey! you are going to loose out to those people who actually do marketing in addition to being on the storefront.

Sounds to me like the devs need a proper publisher that actually understands marketing and competition.

@Ooyah

They probably would be fine if the statement was "this warranty will not cover damages caused by third-party products"

As it stands its voided whether the third-party product used was the cause of the issue or not, and that sounds really unfair.

These idiots are either trying to scam people with a rejection letter to some sort of promotional partnership program, or they are delusional enough (or have so poor language skills) that they think the letter is a go-ahead-letter.

Victor Vran is a good solid game and one of my really positive surprice impulse buys on steam. (Bought it cause i wanted a new controller friendly game to play on my TV) Will definately get this again to play it on my switch

Gotta say, the idea of pulling out my switch for a game of worms with my brother wherever we might be is really appealing.

As others have stated the tricky navigation of the worms has always been a part of the game. Its supposed to be a part of the risk/reward part of the game. Do you make a tricky long distance shot, or try to move closer with the risk of messing up?

@manu0 I suspect it had 720p as its output even when docked before.

Now it probably tuns 720p in handheld (native res of the display) and 1080p on TV. Should give a slightly sharper image on TV, and no change in handheld.

@manu0 Maybe they have the connection issue on the dev-kit joy-cons

Or they might have bought a separate pair for a number of random reasons

Or it could be close to launch and they are able to download it on a retail unit via a hidden e-shop code? :S (just wildly speculating at this point)

@manu0 Good spot, though i assume the dev kit can use retail joycons just as well as the black dev-kit joy-cons.

@ieatdragonz Iawata-san was apparently deeply involved in the core concepts of the then NX.

Rumour has it that after his passing, meetings at Nintendo regarding the NX/Switch concluded with "for Iawata-san!"

So I like to think that the Switch is his final Hoorah. It's just sad that he won't see how that system gets received.

Is there any way to transfer my save? Its so good i want to buy it again (And don't have to find the disk every time i wish to play)

Norwegian board of language had a statement about how Pokémon is supposed to be written in Norway. (Capitalized as it's a trademark, the é remains for the same reason... shocking development I know. )

It seems the amount of free advertisement this game can get has no limits, everyone wants to be in on the craze.

Meanwhile those of us whom have played Ingress for several years feel our turf is being invaded.

Don't get me wrong i thing the game is nifty, better then ingress in some respects, but sorely lacking in depth, especially when it comes to strategy and planning in the competition between the teams, compared to the other game. If you ever feel like you want a similar game but with more ways to compete for control with the other team and where the every POI in the game plays a role, give ingress a try.

The thing is; so far this guy is only using this to show of his skills in unreal engine, and has only released videos of projects he has done while learning the tool.

He has not released any assets or working code.

If he suddenly announces that its a fan remake and makes moves to release any working code or gives indication that this is his intent, i think it will be shut down.

Until that happens, its closer to a art project or "fan-art" then anything else.

But as someone pointed out, lets comment on the video it self:

Very cool. I can see he is slowly improving on the movement of link in each of these and see some of his skills in lighting and modeling improving as well. I think he stated on his youtube channel that these video's are of projects he is doing to teach him self unreal engine, and he is definitely learning.

They need to send wiiU consoles to war-zones to stabilize them.

@shaneoh This would probably have been a debate had it not been for the fact that there seems to be nobody making efforts in organizing the devs.

Devs should unionize as there are numerous examples of exploiting the workforce in this business, especially in the "crunch" right before deadlines, with people working extremely long hours without any extra pay.

In a lot of game media this strike seems to have the angle of "well payed actors want more" but for most of them it seems the working conditions are more important, and also, voice acting is miles away from screen time when it comes to salaries, so its unfair to compare the two.

@FargusPelagius The GBA and DS where not Region Locked.
The 3DS was the first handheld to have region lock.

I live in EU and decided to pick up some DS games i have been wanting to play when i went to the US, cause i knew those would run on my 3DS, unlike US 3DS games.

@JeffreyG
Definately.
Comming from kb-mouse, gyro controls is a far superior control method to just plain old sticks.

Anyone complaining can't have tried the splatoon controls for more than a minute or two. It just works. Its that simple.

I find it surprising that they never see the pattern of too few launch titles and problematic sales. Same happened to the 3ds.

They need to have at least one of their big hitters there on launch, and they need to have another one coming up within the first 6 months of launch.

"Here, have a simple mario game that is very similar to what we did last year" with the promise of mario kart or zelda in a year or two, ain't gonna sell consoles.

That being said, i bought my WiiU at launch and love it

@MrRaven1972 the graphics need to be scaled down compared to i.e xenoblade, in order for it to be able to achieve 60fps on both TV and gamepad. Its rendering two viewports. So its 2x more power required right there. I'd take fluid 60fps, esp in a game like this over flashy visuals any day. But then again, I'm as old as Mario