While some of the ground/cliff textures are the weak point I think the shot of levincia city at night looks pretty cool and shows how Pokemon's simple style can look great when come together. Art > Specs
The author sounds like someone who'd have attacked Pokemon Red/Blue for being a black & white gameboy game instead of on N64 lol.
Hopefully they reboot themselves into realising that if games like the Mana remakes sold most on Switch, they should make sure the new entry can actually be played on it (Visions of Mana).
It's not the 90s anymore, few people are going to follow Square to whatever platform they release on so they need to release the games where the players are.
@KaiserGX I recall people thought the movie would be a trashfire the moment it was revealed Illumination were making it.
The movie isn't perfect but I just suspect there were many who just go out of their way try and find faults in it simply to avoid having to admit that Illumination did a good job.
Before movie: "Illumination? it's going to suck"
After movie : "Yeah well... the story wasn't good"
Personally I appreciate that the Mario Movies are actually fullly 3D animated lol. So many videogame movies are just avoiding being fully 3D animated when really the movies should be a way to see both the characters and their world realised to an extent a game console isn't going to allow.
@KeeperBvK Thanks, they don't give reasons on applications I just suspect it's due to the Switch's popularity and me not having a big history of releases I may just be getting passed over.
I'm somewhat hoping the release of Switch 2 will reduce the demand for Switch dev kits, which might make it easier for me to get my game on next time I try.
@Entrr_username The only one screwing Palworld over is Pocketpair. The lawsuit has Nintendo asking for only $35k and an injunction on the game while its infringing patents.
Pocketpair could have saved a lot of money by admitting fault, paying the damages, making the changes and then re-releasing the game in a non-infringing state. They instead choose to dispute the lawsuit, meaning expensive legal fees AND they're already being forced to make the changes anyway.
If you thought about it for more than 5 seconds before attacking people. The judge in a patent lawsuit case is inherently going to accept that patents in general are valid. So there's only the question of whether Palworld is copying Nintendo's patented mechanics or not, and the direction the lawsuit is going points to yes. So trying to shame people for thinking patents can legally be upheld is silly, because they are and that's how the system has worked for decades.
It really doesn't matter how successful Palworld is, plagiarism is still plagiarism and it deserved to be looked down on. Doesn't really matter how many copies it sold or whether you personally like the game.
Well deserved, it really is a step up despite ots performance issues. What's impressive is that this is the 1st time that the 2nd Pokemon generation on a single system managed to outsell the first.
G/S, B/W and Sun/Moon all sold less than the 1st entry.
I'm looking forward to the Switch 2 update as I held off the DLC. So would like to play it with better performance.
@GabrielBacakPS I've seen that 100x but be honest do you really think any of those look the same beyond being based on the same kind of animal?
Its comparing a Geodude a floating rock with arms to the Sandman in DQ that's a creature emerging from the ground. Like the concept isn't even the same.
@Olrun Considering to breach a patent your mechanic would have to be the exact same method as the patent maker. It can only really stop purposeful plagiarism or coincidences.
Like there's hundreds of ways you could have a monster fly or glide. But Pocketpair managed to use the exact same method that Nintendo patented, which would either be coincidence or copying. A creative team is going to be able to come up with it's own method for flying/gliding (Gamefreak managed that in Legends Arceus).
They also managed to use the exact same method as Legends Arceus for summoning/catching your creatures and had to remove that too.
I don't really think Pocketpair should be defended on the principle because to me it seems they are the type of company (plagiarists) that this system of patents is supposed to protect against.
It's not surprising that as this lawsuit goes on they're having to make changes to the game suggests a judge is increasingly ruling in Nintendo's favour as it goes on. Like even if Pocketpair had the money to carry this lawsuit out indefinitely it seems like they're having to remove more and more from the game.
Pokemon Red/Blue predates Tamagotchi which is the device that Digimon spun-off from. Pokemon was made in early 1996, Tamagotchi in late 1996 and Digimon in 1997.
Maybe have a think about why they didn't go after Digimon despite being a multi-billion competing in all the same multimedia realm as Pokemon and very clearly having been made as a reaction to Pokemon.
The reality is that Digimon is distinct enough from Pokemon despite the fact it was made in response to it. Bandai had creativity and made something unique where Pocketpair has creative bankruptcy (like all of their non-Pokemon mechanics in Palworld are just lifted from other games too) which has put them in a position no other developer has with Pokemon (beyond like chinese rip-offs and bootlegs).
@Jeronan All of those are just common gameplay concepts like a choice between 3 things, a party limit size and gym battles are just boss battles.
TemTem is closer to Pokemon's gameplay than Palworld is, but it's not actually breaking any of their patents. Like I said you can't just patent a concept like "choosing 1 of three monsters" or having a specific number
as a party limit. Now that would be ridiculous.
But you can patent aiming and throwing an object in an arc to catch a creature, or gliding with a mount in a specific way. You're trying to call Nintendo a patent troll but considering how close TemTem is and Nintendo not taking action should actually validate that they're not actually using patents to try and stifle competition. They're just enforcing them when some game is breaking them on purpose (Palworld).
@Jeronan They can get away if the offending game is doing it 1:1 with the way its patented.
They can't stop gliding with Animal Mounts but they can stop gliding with Animal Mounts in the exact same manner as Pokemon Legends/Scarlet/Violet.
If Pocketpair weren't copying the mechanics exactly then they wouldn't have had to change anything. But that would have required not being creatively bankrupt scumbags.
It's like how they had to patch out their 1:1 copy of the Pokeball mechanics. Plagiarism isn't right.
I think people have been spoiled by the 4th to 5th gen transition. The change to discs and later digital lowered prices but that can only ever be a one-off that inevitably will be wiped by rising development costs.
There's no avenue for games becoming cheaper. Even indie game prices are climbing upwards.
Typically the risk with big updates lol hence why Typically we just get stability ones. It's probably a good thing they rolled these changes out for Switch so they have time to fix it before the Switch 2.
@Yoshi3 Did Nintendo need to raise prices to $60 or $70 before MS did it? Nope.
Did Nintendo raise their system price? Nope. Microsoft and Sony have multiple times though.
Did Nintendo need to add DLC to their games for Microsoft to? No.
The reality is they're all going to raise prices. Sony and Microsoft just waited til Nintendo did because they likely knew people like you would pretend Nintendo is the reason.
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>
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Re: Nintendo Has "No Plans" To Use Game-Key Cards For First-Party-Developed Titles
@Burning_Spear tbf if Nintendo don't intend to use it it can only be that 3rd parties demanded it.
3rd parties who typically take any excuse to abandon Nintendo's platforms.
Re: Here's Your First Look At Pokémon Scarlet And Violet On Switch 2
While some of the ground/cliff textures are the weak point I think the shot of levincia city at night looks pretty cool and shows how Pokemon's simple style can look great when come together. Art > Specs
The author sounds like someone who'd have attacked Pokemon Red/Blue for being a black & white gameboy game instead of on N64 lol.
Re: Pokémon Cards Soar Back Into McDonald's UK Happy Meals
"So, if you've got a little one in your life who's keen for all things Pokémon, you have a little over a month to nab them a Happy Meal"
"Yeah little ol' me" - Scalpers
Re: Square Enix Is Teaming Up With Japanese TV Network TBS On A New Game IP
I cant wait for Kingdom TBS
Re: Square Enix Details Plan To 'Reboot And Awaken' Its Business
Hopefully they reboot themselves into realising that if games like the Mana remakes sold most on Switch, they should make sure the new entry can actually be played on it (Visions of Mana).
It's not the 90s anymore, few people are going to follow Square to whatever platform they release on so they need to release the games where the players are.
Re: Super Mario World Looks To Be The Official Name Of The Next Mario Movie
@KaiserGX I recall people thought the movie would be a trashfire the moment it was revealed Illumination were making it.
The movie isn't perfect but I just suspect there were many who just go out of their way try and find faults in it simply to avoid having to admit that Illumination did a good job.
Before movie: "Illumination? it's going to suck"
After movie : "Yeah well... the story wasn't good"
Personally I appreciate that the Mario Movies are actually fullly 3D animated lol. So many videogame movies are just avoiding being fully 3D animated when really the movies should be a way to see both the characters and their world realised to an extent a game console isn't going to allow.
Re: "Nintendo Is Probably The Easiest To Scam" - Devs Discuss The Current State Of The eShop
@KeeperBvK Thanks, they don't give reasons on applications I just suspect it's due to the Switch's popularity and me not having a big history of releases I may just be getting passed over.
I'm somewhat hoping the release of Switch 2 will reduce the demand for Switch dev kits, which might make it easier for me to get my game on next time I try.
Re: "Nintendo Is Probably The Easiest To Scam" - Devs Discuss The Current State Of The eShop
@KeeperBvK Yeah, It's called Reindeer Story
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1946170/Reindeer_Story/
Re: Nintendo Updates Its User Agreement To Crack Down On Emulation
@liljmoore Yeah was going to say.
If they're pirating Nintendo games they can't really claim Nintendo is being anti-consumer. They aren't even customers if they aren't buying the games
Really theyre just bunch of entitled greedy gluttons who thinks Nintendo should cater to them when all they ever do is steal from Nintendo lol.
Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
@Entrr_username The only one screwing Palworld over is Pocketpair. The lawsuit has Nintendo asking for only $35k and an injunction on the game while its infringing patents.
Pocketpair could have saved a lot of money by admitting fault, paying the damages, making the changes and then re-releasing the game in a non-infringing state. They instead choose to dispute the lawsuit, meaning expensive legal fees AND they're already being forced to make the changes anyway.
If you thought about it for more than 5 seconds before attacking people. The judge in a patent lawsuit case is inherently going to accept that patents in general are valid. So there's only the question of whether Palworld is copying Nintendo's patented mechanics or not, and the direction the lawsuit is going points to yes. So trying to shame people for thinking patents can legally be upheld is silly, because they are and that's how the system has worked for decades.
It really doesn't matter how successful Palworld is, plagiarism is still plagiarism and it deserved to be looked down on. Doesn't really matter how many copies it sold or whether you personally like the game.
Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
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Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Is Now The Second-Best Selling Game In The Series
Well deserved, it really is a step up despite ots performance issues. What's impressive is that this is the 1st time that the 2nd Pokemon generation on a single system managed to outsell the first.
G/S, B/W and Sun/Moon all sold less than the 1st entry.
I'm looking forward to the Switch 2 update as I held off the DLC. So would like to play it with better performance.
Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
@GabrielBacakPS I've seen that 100x but be honest do you really think any of those look the same beyond being based on the same kind of animal?
Its comparing a Geodude a floating rock with arms to the Sandman in DQ that's a creature emerging from the ground. Like the concept isn't even the same.
Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
@Olrun Considering to breach a patent your mechanic would have to be the exact same method as the patent maker. It can only really stop purposeful plagiarism or coincidences.
https://patents.google.com/patent/JP7528390B2/en?oq=7528390
Like there's hundreds of ways you could have a monster fly or glide. But Pocketpair managed to use the exact same method that Nintendo patented, which would either be coincidence or copying. A creative team is going to be able to come up with it's own method for flying/gliding (Gamefreak managed that in Legends Arceus).
They also managed to use the exact same method as Legends Arceus for summoning/catching your creatures and had to remove that too.
I don't really think Pocketpair should be defended on the principle because to me it seems they are the type of company (plagiarists) that this system of patents is supposed to protect against.
It's not surprising that as this lawsuit goes on they're having to make changes to the game suggests a judge is increasingly ruling in Nintendo's favour as it goes on. Like even if Pocketpair had the money to carry this lawsuit out indefinitely it seems like they're having to remove more and more from the game.
Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
@Jeronan @Jeronan You're just flailing about now.
Pokemon Red/Blue predates Tamagotchi which is the device that Digimon spun-off from. Pokemon was made in early 1996, Tamagotchi in late 1996 and Digimon in 1997.
Maybe have a think about why they didn't go after Digimon despite being a multi-billion competing in all the same multimedia realm as Pokemon and very clearly having been made as a reaction to Pokemon.
The reality is that Digimon is distinct enough from Pokemon despite the fact it was made in response to it. Bandai had creativity and made something unique where Pocketpair has creative bankruptcy (like all of their non-Pokemon mechanics in Palworld are just lifted from other games too) which has put them in a position no other developer has with Pokemon (beyond like chinese rip-offs and bootlegs).
Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
@Jeronan All of those are just common gameplay concepts like a choice between 3 things, a party limit size and gym battles are just boss battles.
TemTem is closer to Pokemon's gameplay than Palworld is, but it's not actually breaking any of their patents. Like I said you can't just patent a concept like "choosing 1 of three monsters" or having a specific number
as a party limit. Now that would be ridiculous.
But you can patent aiming and throwing an object in an arc to catch a creature, or gliding with a mount in a specific way. You're trying to call Nintendo a patent troll but considering how close TemTem is and Nintendo not taking action should actually validate that they're not actually using patents to try and stifle competition. They're just enforcing them when some game is breaking them on purpose (Palworld).
Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
@Jeronan There'll have been other games before Pokemon with gliding, but Pokemon's method is unique.
Patents protect the implementation, not the concept.
Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
@Jeronan They can get away if the offending game is doing it 1:1 with the way its patented.
They can't stop gliding with Animal Mounts but they can stop gliding with Animal Mounts in the exact same manner as Pokemon Legends/Scarlet/Violet.
If Pocketpair weren't copying the mechanics exactly then they wouldn't have had to change anything. But that would have required not being creatively bankrupt scumbags.
It's like how they had to patch out their 1:1 copy of the Pokeball mechanics. Plagiarism isn't right.
Re: Unlike Nintendo, EA's Game Prices Apparently Won't Be Rising Any Time Soon
Screw EA. 25% of EAs income (in 2020) comes from Ultimate Team and it's undoubtedly even higher now.
They're not raising prices because their entire business is floating on people spending hundreds or thousands on lootboxes in a single game.
Stop enabling this crap by making it out to be some benevolent action when it's not. I can't wait until lootbox legislation by government is passed.
Re: Shuhei Yoshida On Higher Switch 2 Game Prices: "It Was Going To Happen Eventually"
I think people have been spoiled by the 4th to 5th gen transition. The change to discs and later digital lowered prices but that can only ever be a one-off that inevitably will be wiped by rising development costs.
There's no avenue for games becoming cheaper. Even indie game prices are climbing upwards.
Re: Astral Chain Director/Nier Automata Lead Designer Quits PlatinumGames
Sad to see. Sometimes if enough people leave a company, it can just become little more than a logo.
Re: Switch Users Are Getting Error Codes After Updating To Version 20.0.0
Typically the risk with big updates lol hence why Typically we just get stability ones. It's probably a good thing they rolled these changes out for Switch so they have time to fix it before the Switch 2.
Re: Xbox Is Raising The Price Of Consoles, Accessories, And Games Worldwide
@Yoshi3 Did Nintendo need to raise prices to $60 or $70 before MS did it? Nope.
Did Nintendo raise their system price? Nope. Microsoft and Sony have multiple times though.
Did Nintendo need to add DLC to their games for Microsoft to? No.
The reality is they're all going to raise prices. Sony and Microsoft just waited til Nintendo did because they likely knew people like you would pretend Nintendo is the reason.
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>