It's pretty good, the only thing is that the game goes into a Matrix Slow motion for the defensive actions that you can press dodge when you think an enemy will hit and then you end up out of the dodge and the enemy is STILL in their attack wind up. Its a bit ridiculous.
I think Mario RPGs had it right with jusy fluid attacks and either you dodge/defend or you get hit.
Also I'll point the noxious thing is that it seems this game is becoming an excuse for JRPG haters not to play JRPGs and it may win GOTY where it's inspirations were never even nominated due to not being "serious games".
@Yobreeze Reggies overrated. If it was up him Xenoblade Chronicles wouldn't have even been localised for Wii. Nintendo of Europe had to do it.
Bowser's at least not choosing not to localise JRPGs (Mother 1 + 2 on GBA Mother 3, Xenoblade) Adventure games (AnotherCode Wii, Captain Rainbow). Not bothering to show Fire Emblem Awakening in the western direct at its reveal.
I think Bowser can be as silent as he wants to be. as long as he's not disregarding entire genres, to the point of not localising a game (Mother 1 + 2 GBA) which literally already had English scripts for both games. Then he's doing a better job than Reggie.
@AlCamus They shouldn't get rid of them because these are good for small indie games that can't take a big risk to get physical presence. Considering you can still re-download Wii games you bought to this day, 20+ years of access isn't the end of the world.
But the idea that companies like SEGA, Square, EA and Capcom are putting multi-million selling series on Key Cards takes the cake. Their games are bound to succeed on regular carts, so this is just profiteering.
@Duncanballs IMO the case the PS5 is going down suggests that in Jaoan the Switch 2 may actually replace both Switch and PS5.
It'll be interesting too see if Switch 2 gets games like FF17 and DQXII day 1. It may both revitalise 3rd party sales in Japan and somewhat render Playstation's position in Japan void.
@JumpingJackson When 2.2million people in one country (Japan) have entered a lottery on one website for one store for the chance to pre-order one for June and not Christmas. Japanese people will be pre-ordering from different stores and amazon too.
It's a bit ludicrous to be speculating about demand falling off a cliff even when the demand outstrips the supply.
I've got a Steam Deck, I bought it from my Brother-In-Law when he was getting a Steam Deck OLED.
It's alright but it's ridiculously bulky. I already preferred playing Switch Lite in Handheld mode over the original Switch, but Steamdeck is even more uncomfortable and games just randomly don't work or perform poorly because Steam games are designed for PC not Steamdeck.
@Stegiand tbh there been a decreasing number of current gen only games since the 8th generation. Even Sony and MS often can't afford to only put their games on their new system and gave gen increasingly releasing cross gen games for longer and longer.
I think Switch 2 may be ahead of what Switch was in 2017 and I mean its definitely ahead of PS4 given Switch 2 is getting Assassin's Creed Shadows when X1 and PS4 aren't.
IMO the current state of the industry favours what Nintendo is doing. It'd probably require some kind of game development revolution where games that are far beyond the scope of Switch 2 are created for cheap that only Sony/Xbox systems are powerful enough to play but are difficult to scale down.
The 3D Mario Team seemingly made Captain Toad and Mario Odyssey simultaneously. Plus they had NST and 1Up Studios help making Bowsers Fury.
Wouldn't be surprised of they had the resources able to make DK Bananza and the next 3D Mario simultaneously and release within a year of each other. I think it's just a question of if it may be this holiday season or if they're saving it to coincide with the Super Mario Bros 2 Movie.
@Saints You're name dropping the likes of Gamepass, the most expensive way to continuously have to pay for access to games you will never get to keep, most of which you never wanted to play in the first place.
What exactly makes you more open to continuous charges for games you don't get to keep, but upset at a game price rise for something you do?
You're either for being nickel & dimed, or you don't realise when its happening to you.
@Saints There's $70 games that launched this year (Assassin's Creed Shadows) that have $50 microtransactions in them that you can make multiple times.
Gamers request bigger and bigger games every generation. Believe the scope of these games have to keep climbing and climbing with no increase in price.
Over 10 years ago Playstation was claiming 7/10 of their 1st party games failed to make a profit at $60.
Nintendo raised prices from $50 to $60 and started selling DLC during your so-called 'consumer-friendly' WiiU era.
The price of Gamepass keeps rising and rising.
Steam's 1st party games are a load of F2P lootbox games that are effectively supporting underage gambling via lootboxes, and indirectly literal underage gambling on skins if you look at the Counterstrike 2 casino sites.
Mario Kart World is going to release with $80, no hint of DLC even during the direct so all the content there day 1. This is the exact thing that when DLC started to take off gamers said were the games worth supporting.
The idea that MKW at $80 for everything, no hint of DLC is a bridge too far is ludicrous. You're fine with being nickled & dimed out the wazoo by Valve and Microsoft. But a straight forward price increase is some kind of incalculable, inexplicable sign of greed? No.
I think it's a sign of how crap gaming is got that gamers are pacified while being milked hundreds with microtransactions as long as the base game prices are $60 or less. But at the same time so sensitive to the base game prices, that MKW being $80 is some call to arms even though the game isn't even presenting any additional monetisation beyond a fairly small price increase.
@MysticX Presuming most of the games are Donkey Kong price (which tbh other games could actually still be $60 given DK Bananza is the equivalent of Super Mario Odyssey which Nintendo may now consider premium, if something like Mario Golf or Tennis was $70 then you could be sure the prices have risen. But even with DK's price that's being able to buy five 1st party Switch 2 games for every six you might on Switch.
This isn't really some gigantic cost-barrier. It might just make you be a little more selective over which games you buy day 1, but I'm sure the jump from Wii to WiiU and Switch will have already done that tbh.
Like these are still games and a cheap hobby. It's not like you're buying some Rolex for tens of thousands or spending several hundreds on some golf clubs.
Americans pointing the finger at Nintendo at this.
I hope you have a lot of fingers because EVERYTHING manufactured in China will become more expensive. Companies are not going to choose to lose money to sell products to you, nor should they. They'll either raise prices or just not bother selling their products in the US.
So you can either blame hundreds of different companies exporting goods to the US. Or one Government who decided to put a 145% Tariff on chinese goods making it impossible to run a viable business selling stuff made in china in the US without large price increases.
If Amiibo sales drop in the US they're just going to ship more to Europe where these are now cheaper to buy than the US.
@Smithicus True the idea he already has a Switch 1 but is going to buy a Switch OLED instead of a Switch 2 is mind-boggling.
Proposing spending $350 for a redundant premium version of a system he already owns, because he doesn't want to pay $450 for Switch 2 which has a whole new generation of games and can also play his old games with better performance.
Like that's not really saving money is it? lol,
Obviously when you're spending several hundreds on electronics and the devices are priced $100 within each other. The most cost-effective option is the one that offers more above what you already own, even if it's the more expensive device.
@johnvboy Same, the bundle was tempting but I like physical games so I went standard plus Mario Kart and Bravely Default HD.
@Anti-Matter People have been awaiting 11 years for a new Mario Kart and the series is always polished and well designed so they're obviously going to be more excited for Mario Kart World than some half-baked Garfield Kart or Hello Kitty Cruisers.
Mario Kart World is a bit pricey but buying licensed shovelware as an alternative to save a bit of money is just bonkers. I want to play games because they're good, not cheap lol.
@JohnnyMind Perhaps though at 58 years old you'd think he'd know better. I think Gary Bowser is in his 50s too.
I'm not too sure about infantilising guys decades older than myself. But if they don't realise what they're doing is wrong when their middle aged maybe they do deserve a bit of time in jail.
I know Gary Bowser continued distributing pirate software and systems with ransomware after his warning and seemingly only stopped only after he got the jail time and fine.
@JohnnyMind True but the makers of the 27 games livelihoods are risked too. They're not all necessarily games from big successful companies like Nintendo.
If this guy was selling pirated games from indie and small studios he could be taking the dinner from their plates.
@Arawn93 Yeah Sony's only IP from the PS1 that managed to make it to PS5 is Gran Turismo and even that was turned into microtransaction hell.
If you liked Sony PlayStation games in the 90s you're literally not being served in any way with new games. Like I'm surprised Astro Bot didn't get more flack for parading around, celebrating with the skeletons of IP that Sony decided to trash decades ago.
He's just salty because if Nintendo starts getting most 3rd party games on the same release date as the other systems it invalidates owning a Playstation.
Nintendo will always have their 1st party games to set them apart. Sony's been putting theirs on PC.
@Oracles_fanboi The cost for Playstation's basic online is over 3x the price of Nintendo's standard.
Outside Mario Kart World the game prices are not actually higher. Dunno why you're trying scam people on behalf of Sony, but nobody is saving money buying a PS5 over a Switch 2.
US incorrectly thinks they're getting $90 games:
Ear piercing shrieks, every hack journalist and clickbait youtubers pulling all the stops to spread misinformation and cry bloody murder.
Europe gets price rises to cover for US tariffs: <crickets chriping>
Well deserved, the last interaction with GAME is having ask for Super Mario RPG remake because they didn't bother even have it on display on the shop floor the day after it release. Mindblowing that there was basically no indicator they had new Mario game out.
Though IMO they always had it in for Nintendo as even in better days GAME seemed to like to make one side of the store Xbox and another Playstation with random spattering of stalls for Nintendo strewn about the store even during Wii/DS dominance.
In a way the death of retail game stores seem to correlate with Nintendo's games selling even better than ever, I can't help feel that the disadvantageous way GAME was presenting Nintendo's games in store were unironically hobbling Nintendo game sales.
I got lots if games from them in the late 90s, early 2000s. But despite being part of my childhood I won't be sad to see GAME gone.
@Oracles_fanboi This is silly it's only a few weeks ago Ubisift released a full price AAA game with mobile style premium currency microtransactions. (Assassin's Creed Shadows)
If you think Nintendo charging a small amount for Switch tour is some new level of greed. Wake up and look at where the industry is lol your mind is cooked.
I don't think this should be a pack-in because it's not really a game. It's more of a learning tool.
Wii Sports makes sense because it's a game, you could buy a Wii without any other launch title and have something to play.
Welcome Tour is not. I think it would give a bad 1st impression to anyone who thought its inclusion is a suitable replacement for any launch games or Switch games. I think making this tour appear to be the Wii Sports equivalent of the system would be a bigger mistake than charging for it.
This thing is a curiosity for those really interested in the hardware, but it'll probably be too boring for the majority.
@sixrings People like these features on the Switch, they don't want them stripped out of the system or Switch 2. Just because you hate innovative ideas doesn't mean everyone else does.
And the Switch sales speak for themselves. If you want a boring bland box that plays games, you're spoilt for choice so go wild and pick something else mate.
They're just so slimy and fake. It's Pokemon with guns when they want articles to advertise for them, their trailers were full of Pokemon iconography and the monsters resemble Pokemon.
Now they got the sales and a lawsuit on them and it's inconvenient for them they're distancinf it. I Hope they never shake the label. .
I hope their community manager Bucky quits acting so disingenuous. I don't think i've seen one article where he hasn't tried to be evasive, misleading or pretending to be a Pokemon fan. He should be ashamed.
I've already got it pre-ordered, I'm very excited for Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza. But it makes sense.
The Switch is still ridiculously active for an 8th year console. 12million people bought one n the last year and Mario Party Jamboree sold almost 10million, Zelda Echoes over 4million, etc.
Even without the Tariff problem in the US, 150million users aren't going to upgrade overnight, even if Switch 2 could match Switch sales it'd take years. So the Switch will probably get support longer than the 3DS and WiiU did.
But based on specs, etc. And the fact the Switch 2 is Backwards compatibility there's really no reason not too. Towards the end of the gen the Switch's games have been hitting its tech limits and running/loading slower and these same games will just play better on Switch 2's better hardware.
Like I won't replay Mario & Luigi Brothership til Switch 2 comes out. I put up with slow loading/performance because there was no other option but now there is lol. I can easily afford it, but if I couldn't I'd be saving towards it because it'd be worth it even for replaying Switch games IMO.
@Jayenkai I think Nintendo almost certainly pre-emptively increased the price expecting Tariffs and offsetting the US by raising it everywhere.
The problem is the day before the reveal Trump revealed 46% Tariffs on Vietnam where Switch 2 is produced, which is probably far beyond what Nintendo expected.
They've probably delayed pre-orders to try and get the Tariffs waived or to increase the US Switch price significantly if Nintendo have to pay them. If Nintendo have to pay 46% of the price of the system in taxes there's no way its gonna stay at $449 in America, their profit margins aren't that big.
I think Americans are gonna find out why Tariffs are worse on the country that imposes them than the country that gets targeted by them.
@Moroboshi876 That's never a guarantee. I don't think Nintendo was counting on say the WiiU selling as little as it did. They'd have been in major trouble if they didn't increase game prices and just presumed they'd get higher sales than Wii to cover dev costs.
You can't always expect game sales to go up forever so at some point prices will rise.
I don't care what anyone says 100 out 100 times I'd rather price rises than garbage like Lootboxes.
Fortnite and its Lootboxes are the biggest blight on gaming. Not a $80 Mario Kart.
It's like an insidious F2P Parasite has wormed it's way into gaming and people are pointing and screaming at a game being upfront on how they're gonna charge a bit more.
@VoidofLight Donkey Kong is $70 so not every Switch 2 game will be Mario Kart's price. The only other ones at $80 seem to be the Switch 2 edition games that get extra content/DLC alongside the update.
I think Mario Kart World will be a "special case" because it's the follow up to one of the best selling games of all time and Nintendo's 2nd best selling game (behind Wii Sports,).
And if Mario Kart World isn't a special case I think the backlash will very silently make it a special case, as Nintendo may be reluctant to make another game (presumably a Switch 2 original 3D Zelda) that price.
@Smithicus almost certainly Nostalgia for the first. I had 1 & 2 as a kid but they were bottom of the barrel compared to the 1st party Nintendo and Sony 3D platformers.
I think Croc 1 benefitted from releasing in 1997 with little competition (Mario 64 & Crash were 1996. Banjo, Spyro, Sonic Adventure and Crash 2 were 1998) and buoyed by Final Fantasy 7 massively boosting the PS1.
Croc 2s sales fell off a cliff in 1999 whic shows how lucky the first game got with its release date.
I'd really love to see a remake they do remake it, it better be 1 game.
1.Make the pre-rendered backgrounds into 3D environments of similar scale
2 Have a better looking world map
3.Replace random encounters with overworld enemies
4.Much faster battle system
5.Replace Tetra Master with a better card game
6.Less Randomness in Chocobo Hot & Cold
Otherwise keep the plot largely the same. If there's time flesh Armarant out in a sidequest.
@dkxcalibur
I remember prior to the launch of the Switch and even March-April 2017 before Deluxe came out a number of people saying "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe won't sell that well because everyone who wanted it
already bought it on WiiU", which isn't far off what Kit & Krysta are arguing why people wouldn't buy a Switch 2 for Mario Kart 9.
Realistically on Nintendo Switch the only game Nintendo could have released that could have sold better than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is... well... Mario Kart 9. If they had the Mario Kart team make Mario Kart 9 instead of ARMS and MK8DX.
But the Switch 2 is getting that game, so while it's not guaranteed to sell better and it has a mountain to scale. I really think it is a Slam Dunk, if a WiiU port could be a juggernaught on Switch, how could a brand new Mario Kart not be the double juggernaught on Switch 2?
Even if someone bought a Switch and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the first time today, really loved it and didn't want a Switch 2 for Mario Kart 9 just yet. They're still going to be interested in Mario Kart 9, and may want to buy it next 7~8 years even if they don't want to buy it THIS year.
@ChaosControl It's a real time battle system dude. What you're saying would be like claiming the original FF7 and the remake have the same battle system.
Like it's easy to be cynica,l but the idea that it changing from turn based to real time RPG in 1 entry wasn't big enough of a change is absurd. Were you expecting it to turn into a hack & slash?
Lol no wonder they don't work for Nintendo anymore. Ever since Mario Kart DS the series has reached a new level.
The fact about 70% of WiiU owners had Mario Kart 8 is a sign the series may have became like Grand Theft Auto or Minecraft. Constrained only by userbase.
Mario Kart 9 will sell as well as MK8 Deluxe if Switch 2 does as well as Switch. If Switch 2 sells a bit less then it won't, if Switch 2 somehow sells better it will beat it.
I think regardless of higher/lower system sales Mario Kart 9 will be Switch 2's best selling game.
"On the other hand, I have a deep-rooted desire for my work to be enjoyed by as many people as possible, and to that end, if there are good ideas in the world, I pick them up, and I don’t necessarily have to be particular about originality. I’m thinking about it. I want to make it more casually. I think it would be a good idea to create things in a way that just jumps on what is trendy (lol)."
I think there's more reason to believe Pocketpair's lack of willingness originality would go as far as plagiarism and AI generation than not. I think their decision to remove some of Nintendo's patented mechanics before a verdict points toward them lifting things straight from other games which lines up with the CEOs comments on not bothering with originality.
I mean if he just looks at what's trendy is it a surprise some of the Pals look like some very popular Pokemon?
@mikegamer Palworld looks like a mish-mash of unreal store assets and clashing characters in an entirely different art style with monsters seemingly frankensteined out of parts of Pokemon models. Yum yum!
Gamefreak make their own assets and a cohesive art style, and I think a game can look good as long as all the graphics fit together to create the developers vision for the game's world regardless of graphical fidelity. Rather than look like some slapdash disposable FOTM survival game in a game world cobbled together from generic assets packs instead of assets designed for the games world.
Like people attack Pokemon's visuals all the time. But there's inherently a greater level of care put into it from the bespoke crafted visuals.
@Metazoxan IMO it's not impossible for Nintendo to still go after Pocketpair for copyright.
In the past Nintendo sued Enterbrain over TeaRing Saga (that was going to be released as Emblem Saga on PS1) that outright had the creator say in an interview intended on continuing the story of characters from Fire Emblem.
But despite the fact Emblem Saga's creator was blatantly infringing copyrights Nintendo instead choose to sue them for patents.
Then Nintendo sued them again for copyrights.
I think it'd be wrong to think Nintendo are suing on patents because they have no better options.
They are likely suing on patents first because if they win on patents Pocketpair will have to change quite significant parts of their game or pull the game from sale. Pocketpair have already pre-emptively started removing features from the game and they haven't even lost yet lol, which they'd have no reason to do if they definitely didn't copy mechanics from Legends Arceus exactly.
@roy130390 Yeah people have their preferences. Personally I've never been interested in Assassin's Creed. But I'm.not going to pretend people don't find it worth playing or that it needs to fail and take away that experience from those who like it.
Like its annoying to see a chunk of the gaming audience transform themselves into the same kind of blind haters that wanted to bring down gaming as a whole in the past. I see no difference between the sort of crap AC Shadows is getting and priests calling Pokemon of the devil in the 90/2000s, or Fox News getting some biddy who never played the games on to claim Mass Effect has full frontal nudity and corrupting the youth.
I'd rather celebrate that more people have more ways to enjoy gaming. I can have a negative opinion and air criticism, but condemning a game that has really done nothing to deserve it and wishing it fails is dumb.
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Re: Opinion: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Best Gameplay Feature Is Straight Out Of Mario's Playbook
It's pretty good, the only thing is that the game goes into a Matrix Slow motion for the defensive actions that you can press dodge when you think an enemy will hit and then you end up out of the dodge and the enemy is STILL in their attack wind up. Its a bit ridiculous.
I think Mario RPGs had it right with jusy fluid attacks and either you dodge/defend or you get hit.
Also I'll point the noxious thing is that it seems this game is becoming an excuse for JRPG haters not to play JRPGs and it may win GOTY where it's inspirations were never even nominated due to not being "serious games".
Re: Nintendo Of America President On Timing Of Switch 2's Release Date
@Yobreeze Reggies overrated. If it was up him Xenoblade Chronicles wouldn't have even been localised for Wii. Nintendo of Europe had to do it.
Bowser's at least not choosing not to localise JRPGs (Mother 1 + 2 on GBA Mother 3, Xenoblade) Adventure games (AnotherCode Wii, Captain Rainbow). Not bothering to show Fire Emblem Awakening in the western direct at its reveal.
I think Bowser can be as silent as he wants to be. as long as he's not disregarding entire genres, to the point of not localising a game (Mother 1 + 2 GBA) which literally already had English scripts for both games. Then he's doing a better job than Reggie.
Re: Random: Masahiro Sakurai Finds Success In Switch 2 Lottery
@datamonkey Dunno I'd unironically think it's best they don't play favourites for the actual system.
Though Sakurai almost certainly has Switch 2 Dev Kit(s) to develop Kirby's Air Ride. This one he's pre-ordered is probably for personal use.
Re: Marvelous USA Confirms Its Switch 2 Physical Releases Will Contain The "Full Game"
@AlCamus They shouldn't get rid of them because these are good for small indie games that can't take a big risk to get physical presence. Considering you can still re-download Wii games you bought to this day, 20+ years of access isn't the end of the world.
But the idea that companies like SEGA, Square, EA and Capcom are putting multi-million selling series on Key Cards takes the cake. Their games are bound to succeed on regular carts, so this is just profiteering.
Re: Analyst Predicts Record-Breaking Launch Numbers For Switch 2
@SwitchplayerJohn Yeah I think the fact people were saying it's "too expensive" solidified it's likey success.
Like the times Nintendo have had unsuccessful systems it was never REALLY the price it, it was often people just straight up not wanting it
Re: Where To Pre-Order The New Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom amiibo
I think £17 vs $30 really shows the impact of the Tariffs in the US.
Typically the UK would never get a cheaper product than the US.
But in this case the US unironically deserves higher prices so congrats America, enjoy paying more for almost everything imported from China lol.
Re: Switch 2 "Code-In-A-Box" Physical Game Listing Spotted Online
It's Electronic Arts, its expected they'll take the cheapest least consumer friendly option of they can.
I just straight up haven't bought their games since 2010's Command & Conquer 4 and its not going to change.
I don't know why Hazel Light Games works for such a shoddy publisher.
Re: Japanese Charts: A Quiet Week Sees Japanese Visual Novel Grab The Gold
@Duncanballs IMO the case the PS5 is going down suggests that in Jaoan the Switch 2 may actually replace both Switch and PS5.
It'll be interesting too see if Switch 2 gets games like FF17 and DQXII day 1. It may both revitalise 3rd party sales in Japan and somewhat render Playstation's position in Japan void.
Re: UK Charts: Are People Just Waiting For Switch 2 Now? Sure Seems Like It
I'm surprised Sonic x Shadow Generations is off the chart but Sonic Superstars is still there.
Re: Nintendo Won't Have Enough Switch 2 Consoles To Satisfy Demand In Japan
@JumpingJackson When 2.2million people in one country (Japan) have entered a lottery on one website for one store for the chance to pre-order one for June and not Christmas. Japanese people will be pre-ordering from different stores and amazon too.
It's a bit ludicrous to be speculating about demand falling off a cliff even when the demand outstrips the supply.
Re: Opinion: Steam Deck Fans Are Seriously Underestimating The Switch 2
I've got a Steam Deck, I bought it from my Brother-In-Law when he was getting a Steam Deck OLED.
It's alright but it's ridiculously bulky. I already preferred playing Switch Lite in Handheld mode over the original Switch, but Steamdeck is even more uncomfortable and games just randomly don't work or perform poorly because Steam games are designed for PC not Steamdeck.
I know I'll enjoy the Switch 2 more too.
Re: Feature: 27 GameCube Games We'd Love To See On Nintendo Switch 2 NSO
I'm hoping for Cubivore, I wanted to give it a try but it never came to Europe.
Re: Digital Foundry Delivers First Impressions Of Switch 2 - "It Stands Alone In What It Does"
@Stegiand tbh there been a decreasing number of current gen only games since the 8th generation. Even Sony and MS often can't afford to only put their games on their new system and gave gen increasingly releasing cross gen games for longer and longer.
I think Switch 2 may be ahead of what Switch was in 2017 and I mean its definitely ahead of PS4 given Switch 2 is getting Assassin's Creed Shadows when X1 and PS4 aren't.
IMO the current state of the industry favours what Nintendo is doing. It'd probably require some kind of game development revolution where games that are far beyond the scope of Switch 2 are created for cheap that only Sony/Xbox systems are powerful enough to play but are difficult to scale down.
Re: "Stay Tuned" For Next Mainline Mario, Says Nintendo's Bowser
The 3D Mario Team seemingly made Captain Toad and Mario Odyssey simultaneously. Plus they had NST and 1Up Studios help making Bowsers Fury.
Wouldn't be surprised of they had the resources able to make DK Bananza and the next 3D Mario simultaneously and release within a year of each other. I think it's just a question of if it may be this holiday season or if they're saving it to coincide with the Super Mario Bros 2 Movie.
Re: Mailbox: Switch 2 Price Drops, Remake Replacements, Pokémon Acquisitions - Nintendo Life Letters
@Saints You're name dropping the likes of Gamepass, the most expensive way to continuously have to pay for access to games you will never get to keep, most of which you never wanted to play in the first place.
What exactly makes you more open to continuous charges for games you don't get to keep, but upset at a game price rise for something you do?
You're either for being nickel & dimed, or you don't realise when its happening to you.
Re: Mailbox: Switch 2 Price Drops, Remake Replacements, Pokémon Acquisitions - Nintendo Life Letters
@Saints There's $70 games that launched this year (Assassin's Creed Shadows) that have $50 microtransactions in them that you can make multiple times.
Gamers request bigger and bigger games every generation. Believe the scope of these games have to keep climbing and climbing with no increase in price.
Over 10 years ago Playstation was claiming 7/10 of their 1st party games failed to make a profit at $60.
Nintendo raised prices from $50 to $60 and started selling DLC during your so-called 'consumer-friendly' WiiU era.
The price of Gamepass keeps rising and rising.
Steam's 1st party games are a load of F2P lootbox games that are effectively supporting underage gambling via lootboxes, and indirectly literal underage gambling on skins if you look at the Counterstrike 2 casino sites.
Mario Kart World is going to release with $80, no hint of DLC even during the direct so all the content there day 1. This is the exact thing that when DLC started to take off gamers said were the games worth supporting.
The idea that MKW at $80 for everything, no hint of DLC is a bridge too far is ludicrous. You're fine with being nickled & dimed out the wazoo by Valve and Microsoft. But a straight forward price increase is some kind of incalculable, inexplicable sign of greed? No.
I think it's a sign of how crap gaming is got that gamers are pacified while being milked hundreds with microtransactions as long as the base game prices are $60 or less. But at the same time so sensitive to the base game prices, that MKW being $80 is some call to arms even though the game isn't even presenting any additional monetisation beyond a fairly small price increase.
It sickens me really.
Re: Mailbox: Switch 2 Price Drops, Remake Replacements, Pokémon Acquisitions - Nintendo Life Letters
@MysticX Presuming most of the games are Donkey Kong price (which tbh other games could actually still be $60 given DK Bananza is the equivalent of Super Mario Odyssey which Nintendo may now consider premium, if something like Mario Golf or Tennis was $70 then you could be sure the prices have risen. But even with DK's price that's being able to buy five 1st party Switch 2 games for every six you might on Switch.
This isn't really some gigantic cost-barrier. It might just make you be
a little more selective over which games you buy day 1, but I'm sure the
jump from Wii to WiiU and Switch will have already done that tbh.
Like these are still games and a cheap hobby. It's not like you're buying some Rolex for tens of thousands or spending several hundreds on some golf clubs.
Re: amiibo Could Be Getting A Price Hike, According To GameStop Listings (US)
Americans pointing the finger at Nintendo at this.
I hope you have a lot of fingers because EVERYTHING manufactured in China will become more expensive. Companies are not going to choose to lose money to sell products to you, nor should they. They'll either raise prices or just not bother selling their products in the US.
So you can either blame hundreds of different companies exporting goods to the US. Or one Government who decided to put a 145% Tariff on chinese goods making it impossible to run a viable business selling stuff made in china in the US without large price increases.
If Amiibo sales drop in the US they're just going to ship more to Europe where these are now cheaper to buy than the US.
Re: Nintendo Kicks Off Mario Kart World Marketing In Japan With A Trio Of New Trailers
@Smithicus True the idea he already has a Switch 1 but is going to buy a Switch OLED instead of a Switch 2 is mind-boggling.
Proposing spending $350 for a redundant premium version of a system he already owns, because he doesn't want to pay $450 for Switch 2 which has a whole new generation of games and can also play his old games with better performance.
Like that's not really saving money is it? lol,
Obviously when you're spending several hundreds on electronics and the devices are priced $100 within each other. The most cost-effective option is the one that offers more above what you already own, even if it's the more expensive device.
Re: Nintendo Kicks Off Mario Kart World Marketing In Japan With A Trio Of New Trailers
@johnvboy Same, the bundle was tempting but I like physical games so I went standard plus Mario Kart and Bravely Default HD.
@Anti-Matter People have been awaiting 11 years for a new Mario Kart and the series is always polished and well designed so they're obviously going to be more excited for Mario Kart World than some half-baked Garfield Kart or Hello Kitty Cruisers.
Mario Kart World is a bit pricey but buying licensed shovelware as an alternative to save a bit of money is just bonkers. I want to play games because they're good, not cheap lol.
Re: Japan's First Switch Modder Court Ruling Ends With A Fraction Of Nintendo's Full Wrath
@JohnnyMind Perhaps though at 58 years old you'd think he'd know better. I think Gary Bowser is in his 50s too.
I'm not too sure about infantilising guys decades older than myself. But if they don't realise what they're doing is wrong when their middle aged maybe they do deserve a bit of time in jail.
I know Gary Bowser continued distributing pirate software and systems with ransomware after his warning and seemingly only stopped only after he got the jail time and fine.
Re: Japan's First Switch Modder Court Ruling Ends With A Fraction Of Nintendo's Full Wrath
@JohnnyMind True but the makers of the 27 games livelihoods are risked too. They're not all necessarily games from big successful companies like Nintendo.
If this guy was selling pirated games from indie and small studios he could be taking the dinner from their plates.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Duration For Tomorrow's Mario Kart World Direct
@kalosn To be fair each section of the Mario Kart 8 Direct was ridiculously drawn out for what they were showcasing.
Re: Sony Vet Shuhei Yoshida Says Nintendo Is "Losing Their Identity" With Switch 2
@Arawn93 Yeah Sony's only IP from the PS1 that managed to make it to PS5 is Gran Turismo and even that was turned into microtransaction hell.
If you liked Sony PlayStation games in the 90s you're literally not being served in any way with new games. Like I'm surprised Astro Bot didn't get more flack for parading around, celebrating with the skeletons of IP that Sony decided to trash decades ago.
Re: Sony Vet Shuhei Yoshida Says Nintendo Is "Losing Their Identity" With Switch 2
He's just salty because if Nintendo starts getting most 3rd party games on the same release date as the other systems it invalidates owning a Playstation.
Nintendo will always have their 1st party games to set them apart. Sony's been putting theirs on PC.
It's already happened in Japan.
Re: PS5 Digital Edition Now More Expensive Than Switch 2 In UK & Europe
@Oracles_fanboi The cost for Playstation's basic online is over 3x the price of Nintendo's standard.
Outside Mario Kart World the game prices are not actually higher. Dunno why you're trying scam people on behalf of Sony, but nobody is saving money buying a PS5 over a Switch 2.
Re: PS5 Digital Edition Now More Expensive Than Switch 2 In UK & Europe
@GrailUK
US incorrectly thinks they're getting $90 games:
Ear piercing shrieks, every hack journalist and clickbait youtubers pulling all the stops to spread misinformation and cry bloody murder.
Europe gets price rises to cover for US tariffs: <crickets chriping>
Re: Mario Kart World Players Are Already Uncovering Hidden Vehicles
Pretty exciting. It'd be cool if Mario Kart World is one of those games were you find something new or different every time you play.
Re: UK Retailer GAME Is Selling Off Goods And Fixtures As Head Office Shuts Down
Well deserved, the last interaction with GAME is having ask for Super Mario RPG remake because they didn't bother even have it on display on the shop floor the day after it release. Mindblowing that there was basically no indicator they had new Mario game out.
Though IMO they always had it in for Nintendo as even in better days GAME seemed to like to make one side of the store Xbox and another Playstation with random spattering of stalls for Nintendo strewn about the store even during Wii/DS dominance.
In a way the death of retail game stores seem to correlate with Nintendo's games selling even better than ever, I can't help feel that the disadvantageous way GAME was presenting Nintendo's games in store were unironically hobbling Nintendo game sales.
I got lots if games from them in the late 90s, early 2000s. But despite being part of my childhood I won't be sad to see GAME gone.
Re: Reggie Fils-Aimé Weighs In On 'Switch 2 Welcome Tour' Controversy (Sort Of)
@Oracles_fanboi This is silly it's only a few weeks ago Ubisift released a full price AAA game with mobile style premium currency microtransactions. (Assassin's Creed Shadows)
If you think Nintendo charging a small amount for Switch tour is some new level of greed. Wake up and look at where the industry is lol your mind is cooked.
Re: Reggie Fils-Aimé Weighs In On 'Switch 2 Welcome Tour' Controversy (Sort Of)
I don't think this should be a pack-in because it's not really a game. It's more of a learning tool.
Wii Sports makes sense because it's a game, you could buy a Wii without any other launch title and have something to play.
Welcome Tour is not. I think it would give a bad 1st impression to anyone who thought its inclusion is a suitable replacement for any launch games or Switch games. I think making this tour appear to be the Wii Sports equivalent of the system would be a bigger mistake than charging for it.
This thing is a curiosity for those really interested in the hardware, but it'll probably be too boring for the majority.
Re: Talking Point: How Does Switch 2's Launch Price Compare To Past Nintendo Systems?
@sixrings People like these features on the Switch, they don't want them stripped out of the system or Switch 2. Just because you hate innovative ideas doesn't mean everyone else does.
And the Switch sales speak for themselves. If you want a boring bland box that plays games, you're spoilt for choice so go wild and pick something else mate.
Re: Surprise, Palworld Dev Isn't Fond Of The 'Pokémon With Guns' Description
They're just so slimy and fake. It's Pokemon with guns when they want articles to advertise for them, their trailers were full of Pokemon iconography and the monsters resemble Pokemon.
Now they got the sales and a lawsuit on them and it's inconvenient for them they're distancinf it. I Hope they never shake the label. .
I hope their community manager Bucky quits acting so disingenuous. I don't think i've seen one article where he hasn't tried to be evasive, misleading or pretending to be a Pokemon fan. He should be ashamed.
Re: Nintendo's Bowser Comments On AI And Its Uses
The concept of AI generating a game is repulsive to me.
Like if the AI is doing the creative processes like that then the company making the game becomes meaningless.
Re: Nintendo Understands Switch Owners May Not Be "Ready To Jump To Switch 2"
I've already got it pre-ordered, I'm very excited for Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza. But it makes sense.
The Switch is still ridiculously active for an 8th year console. 12million people bought one n the last year and Mario Party Jamboree sold almost 10million, Zelda Echoes over 4million, etc.
Even without the Tariff problem in the US, 150million users aren't going to upgrade overnight, even if Switch 2 could match Switch sales it'd take years. So the Switch will probably get support longer than the 3DS and WiiU did.
But based on specs, etc. And the fact the Switch 2 is Backwards compatibility there's really no reason not too. Towards the end of the gen the Switch's games have been hitting its tech limits and running/loading slower and these same games will just play better on Switch 2's better hardware.
Like I won't replay Mario & Luigi Brothership til Switch 2 comes out. I put up with slow loading/performance because there was no other option but now there is lol. I can easily afford it, but if I couldn't I'd be saving towards it because it'd be worth it even for replaying Switch games IMO.
Re: Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders In The US Amidst New Trump Tariffs
@Jayenkai I think Nintendo almost certainly pre-emptively increased the price expecting Tariffs and offsetting the US by raising it everywhere.
The problem is the day before the reveal Trump revealed 46% Tariffs on Vietnam where Switch 2 is produced, which is probably far beyond what Nintendo expected.
They've probably delayed pre-orders to try and get the Tariffs waived or to increase the US Switch price significantly if Nintendo have to pay them. If Nintendo have to pay 46% of the price of the system in taxes there's no way its gonna stay at $449 in America, their profit margins aren't that big.
I think Americans are gonna find out why Tariffs are worse on the country that imposes them than the country that gets targeted by them.
Re: "Don't Let Nintendo Ruin The Entire Industry" - Is $80 For Mario Kart World A Bridge Too Far?
@Moroboshi876 That's never a guarantee. I don't think Nintendo was counting on say the WiiU selling as little as it did. They'd have been in major trouble if they didn't increase game prices and just presumed they'd get higher sales than Wii to cover dev costs.
You can't always expect game sales to go up forever so at some point prices will rise.
Re: "Don't Let Nintendo Ruin The Entire Industry" - Is $80 For Mario Kart World A Bridge Too Far?
I don't care what anyone says 100 out 100 times I'd rather price rises than garbage like Lootboxes.
Fortnite and its Lootboxes are the biggest blight on gaming. Not a $80 Mario Kart.
It's like an insidious F2P Parasite has wormed it's way into gaming and people are pointing and screaming at a game being upfront on how they're gonna charge a bit more.
Re: "DROP THE PRICE!!!" Scream Nintendo Fans During Nintendo's Treehouse Live Broadcast
@VoidofLight Donkey Kong is $70 so not every Switch 2 game will be Mario Kart's price. The only other ones at $80 seem to be the Switch 2 edition games that get extra content/DLC alongside the update.
I think Mario Kart World will be a "special case" because it's the follow up to one of the best selling games of all time and Nintendo's 2nd best selling game (behind Wii Sports,).
And if Mario Kart World isn't a special case I think the backlash will very silently make it a special case, as Nintendo may be reluctant to make another game (presumably a Switch 2 original 3D Zelda) that price.
Re: Review: Croc: Legend Of The Gobbos (Switch) - A Solid, If Unspectacular Retro Adventure
@Smithicus almost certainly Nostalgia for the first. I had 1 & 2 as a kid but they were bottom of the barrel compared to the 1st party Nintendo and Sony 3D platformers.
I think Croc 1 benefitted from releasing in 1997 with little competition (Mario 64 & Crash were 1996. Banjo, Spyro, Sonic Adventure and Crash 2 were 1998) and buoyed by Final Fantasy 7 massively boosting the PS1.
Croc 2s sales fell off a cliff in 1999 whic shows how lucky the first game got with its release date.
Re: Final Fantasy 9 Remake Hopes Rise As Square Enix Teases Anniversary Projects
I'd really love to see a remake they do remake it, it better be 1 game.
1.Make the pre-rendered backgrounds into 3D environments of similar scale
2 Have a better looking world map
3.Replace random encounters with overworld enemies
4.Much faster battle system
5.Replace Tetra Master with a better card game
6.Less Randomness in Chocobo Hot & Cold
Otherwise keep the plot largely the same. If there's time flesh Armarant out in a sidequest.
Re: PSA: You Can Now Download Nintendo's New Mobile App
I'd imagine this is Nintendo's attempt to deliver news without reliance on a cesspool like Twitter.
Re: Ex-Nintendo Duo Unsure Mario Kart 9 Will Be An Instant "Slam Dunk" For Switch 2
@dkxcalibur
I remember prior to the launch of the Switch and even March-April 2017 before Deluxe came out a number of people saying "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe won't sell that well because everyone who wanted it
already bought it on WiiU", which isn't far off what Kit & Krysta are arguing why people wouldn't buy a Switch 2 for Mario Kart 9.
Realistically on Nintendo Switch the only game Nintendo could have released that could have sold better than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is... well... Mario Kart 9. If they had the Mario Kart team make Mario Kart 9 instead of ARMS and MK8DX.
But the Switch 2 is getting that game, so while it's not guaranteed to sell better and it has a mountain to scale. I really think it is a Slam Dunk, if a WiiU port could be a juggernaught on Switch, how could a brand new Mario Kart not be the double juggernaught on Switch 2?
Even if someone bought a Switch and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the first time today, really loved it and didn't want a Switch 2 for Mario Kart 9 just yet. They're still going to be interested in Mario Kart 9, and may want to buy it next 7~8 years even if they don't want to buy it THIS year.
Re: New Pokémon Legends Z-A Trailer Dives Into Even More Upcoming Features
@ChaosControl It's a real time battle system dude. What you're saying would be like claiming the original FF7 and the remake have the same battle system.
Like it's easy to be cynica,l but the idea that it changing from turn based to real time RPG in 1 entry wasn't big enough of a change is absurd. Were you expecting it to turn into a hack & slash?
Re: New Pokémon Legends Z-A Trailer Dives Into Even More Upcoming Features
I like the focus on trainer battles. It's kind of like a Yugioh Battle City kind of story which is vast change from Legends Arceus.
Since its only set a short time after X/Y I wonder if the player characters from that game are in this one.
Re: Ex-Nintendo Duo Unsure Mario Kart 9 Will Be An Instant "Slam Dunk" For Switch 2
Lol no wonder they don't work for Nintendo anymore. Ever since Mario Kart DS the series has reached a new level.
The fact about 70% of WiiU owners had Mario Kart 8 is a sign the series may have became like Grand Theft Auto or Minecraft. Constrained only by userbase.
Mario Kart 9 will sell as well as MK8 Deluxe if Switch 2 does as well as Switch. If Switch 2 sells a bit less then it won't, if Switch 2 somehow sells better it will beat it.
I think regardless of higher/lower system sales Mario Kart 9 will be Switch 2's best selling game.
Re: Nintendo Direct Confirmed For Tomorrow, 27th March 2025
Seems absurd but I suppose its good for Nintendo to have lots of Switch games to sell while the Switch 2 is building an audience.
Re: Forget The Lawsuit, Pocketpair Says Palworld On Switch 2 Is "100% Worth Considering"
@Real_Obsi Yeah they have all the hallmarks of being guilty. The CEO of Pocketpair even says he doesn't care about being original.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/palworld/pocketpair-hollow-knight
"On the other hand, I have a deep-rooted desire for my work to be enjoyed by as many people as possible, and to that end, if there are good ideas in the world, I pick them up, and I don’t necessarily have to be particular about originality. I’m thinking about it. I want to make it more casually. I think it would be a good idea to create things in a way that just jumps on what is trendy (lol)."
I think there's more reason to believe Pocketpair's lack of willingness originality would go as far as plagiarism and AI generation than not. I think their decision to remove some of Nintendo's patented mechanics before a verdict points toward them lifting things straight from other games which lines up with the CEOs comments on not bothering with originality.
I mean if he just looks at what's trendy is it a surprise some of the Pals look like some very popular Pokemon?
@mikegamer Palworld looks like a mish-mash of unreal store assets and clashing characters in an entirely different art style with monsters seemingly frankensteined out of parts of Pokemon models. Yum yum!
Gamefreak make their own assets and a cohesive art style, and I think a game can look good as long as all the graphics fit together to create the developers vision for the game's world regardless of graphical fidelity. Rather than look like some slapdash disposable FOTM survival game in a game world cobbled together from generic assets packs instead of assets designed for the games world.
Like people attack Pokemon's visuals all the time. But there's inherently a greater level of care put into it from the bespoke crafted visuals.
Re: Forget The Lawsuit, Pocketpair Says Palworld On Switch 2 Is "100% Worth Considering"
@Metazoxan IMO it's not impossible for Nintendo to still go after Pocketpair for copyright.
In the past Nintendo sued Enterbrain over TeaRing Saga (that was going to be released as Emblem Saga on PS1) that outright had the creator say in an interview intended on continuing the story of characters from Fire Emblem.
But despite the fact Emblem Saga's creator was blatantly infringing copyrights Nintendo instead choose to sue them for patents.
Then Nintendo sued them again for copyrights.
I think it'd be wrong to think Nintendo are suing on patents because they have no better options.
They are likely suing on patents first because if they win on patents Pocketpair will have to change quite significant parts of their game or pull the game from sale. Pocketpair have already pre-emptively started removing features from the game and they haven't even lost yet lol, which they'd have no reason to do if they definitely didn't copy mechanics from Legends Arceus exactly.
Re: UK Charts: A Strong Xenoblade Debut Can't Escape Assassin's Creed's Shadow
@roy130390 Yeah people have their preferences. Personally I've never been interested in Assassin's Creed. But I'm.not going to pretend people don't find it worth playing or that it needs to fail and take away that experience from those who like it.
Like its annoying to see a chunk of the gaming audience transform themselves into the same kind of blind haters that wanted to bring down gaming as a whole in the past. I see no difference between the sort of crap AC Shadows is getting and priests calling Pokemon of the devil in the 90/2000s, or Fox News getting some biddy who never played the games on to claim Mass Effect has full frontal nudity and corrupting the youth.
I'd rather celebrate that more people have more ways to enjoy gaming. I can have a negative opinion and air criticism, but condemning a game that has really done nothing to deserve it and wishing it fails is dumb.