Duffman92

Sad and stupid, but NL named it in the article: the days of the internet as a quirky and mostly friendly place are long gone. Way too many smart-arses, entitled and or arrogant people and attention-wh*res out there nowadays. And lots of content is either unoriginal or commercialised.
Gosh, I sound like an old man sometimes…

"The sequel to to: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild"
At this point they should just stick with the title, sure has a nice ring to it ^^

The age of the internet is where the most immature middle schooler can reach out and threaten people that are working hard 8 hours a day via Twitter. Sure, the internet can be a great place but it gets too toxic too often, especially in recent years.

I‘d like to know what it would be like if we turned the whole thing off for a week. I guess we had millions of people hanging themselves because they wouldn‘t know what to do with themselves or feel irrelevant etc.

Owner of a Lonely Heart is basically all I need in Vice City and it even looks like it‘s included. Yay!

The one on the bike killed me! Keep doing what you do, developers, this stuff never fails to amuse me

Quite funny how no one has spotted this for 4 years! Given that the internet takes everything apart that was published in the history of humanity it sure is a surprise.

Well they definately have two strong arguments for buying the game.

But in all seriousness and I wonder about this all the time: How stupid must some of these heroes in games be to wear such outfits? The chances of you getting fatally hurt are ten times higher than they are when you’re wearing regular armor. It just makes no sense.

That accompanying soothing country music made me watch more of the video than I intended. Unfortunately, I never had a thing for simulators. Quite a steep price as well.

Super Mario Odyssey was a stellar installment and wherever they go with the series I hope they keep the tight and fun controls they had. That‘s basically my only wish because going back to Galaxy I realized how much I missed things like the dive jump there.

I mean why would they talk about new hardware right after releasing a new variant?
Whatever the next console will be, I hope they don‘t drop the switch concept. A few improvements with the joy cons (drift, size), better CPU and GPU and we have a contender for the best console ever made.

We, the consumers are one big part of the problem if not the biggest one. Everything needs to be mass-produced these days and of course it has to be cheap. There inevitably have to be shortcomings, you cannot put out high quality games like say Mario Odyssey every year. Yet people will scream for sequels as soon as a new game comes out.

We have to understand that we are living in the fastest times, ever. Your phone which I‘d argue plays a big role in this, gives you a social life, entertainment, shopping and basically everything you need in a few seconds. I would say that leads to you wanting more and more of the good stuff but in a shorter time. Quality however, needs time. And if we don‘t want to burn ourselves out and want to live in a healthy working environment in the future we will have to change our consumption habits at some point and get back to some form of contentment.

Fascinating how Mario Kart 8 still sells like crazy. Well deserved though, it is the best entry in the series.

Probably when Prime 4 comes out, so that‘ll be around 2026

@ModdedInkling
The Nerd should definately have a cameo in this!

For some reason, I can imagine a DK-movie a lot better than a Mario movie. Wonder how it’s going to turn out.
In the meantime I‘ll watch me some TerminalMontage, definately the best Nintendo short films out there

@electrolite77
Well, it‘s your fault if you spend the money on it, isn‘t? If you think it‘s a rip-off, simply don‘t buy it, that‘s the point that you probably missed. If you‘re that much of an N64 or MegaDrive enthusiast you probably found a way to play these games years ago.
Nobody really needs this, they just want it. It seems to be a common thing of societey these days that everybody wants everything but they don‘t want to pay for it.

Get a job, kids, then you can afford the 20 bucks more a year.

I played this game at the age of 5 or 6 and it might as well be one of the first games I‘ve ever played.
It was an emotional ride as a kid and it never felt short to me at all. Although I might see things differently today Yoshi‘s Story will always hold a special place in my heart ❤️

@chipia
Still not sure what that flaw is supposed to be though. Admittedly, I would have loved to see more of Ruined Kingdom after fighting that dragon but apart from that I feel that the overall length is just right.

An example of too much content for me would be Crash 4, if you‘ve played that one. They have so many great ideas and they did implement them well, but stages feel too long for my taste. The box count is just so over the top and some of them are so 'well' hidden that at some point I didn‘t even bother to collect them all, anymore. Then of course you have time trials where you have to complete the whole thing in one go, which basically means you have to learn these long as levels by heart.
I don‘t know, since gaming has become more of a secondary hobby for me nowadays I guess I don‘t want to invest so much time in it anymore. That‘s where a game like SMO works so wonderfully because it gives you a complete and polished experience without having to sit down for hours to get your gaming fix.

Bus driver Waluigi is no news though, he has been around since the Paris Season I think.

@chipia
Just curious, what would you call your favorite 3D Mario game then? I don‘t recall any of them to feature more exploration elements or significantly more difficulty than Odyssey. Galaxy 1 and 2 had rather linear level design and Sunshine and 64 weren‘t as expansive either. I‘d agree that one or two kingdoms wouldn‘t have hurt, though. But still, I‘d rather have less kingdoms that are fleshed out instead of dozens that feel unfinished.

It‘s the only 3D Mario game I go back to beside Mario 64. Every jump feels so natural and even after a million jumps it is still fun to wahoo through the landscape.
Story-wise, the whole trip you take just feels like a movie that stays original while giving us just the right amount of fan service.
With Odyssey, they proved what they are capable of after all these years and I think it‘s going to be near impossible to top it.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Everything needs to be sexualised these days or else life doesn‘t seem to be complete for humans.

Why in the name of my as* would I buy this?

My guess is that they release it somewhat a year after BOTW 2.

Yeah, millions of bucks spent on their Steam-library but 20 bucks more a year is too much. Playstation Plus has been 60 euros since forever - and nobody complained.
Oh and if anybody hasn‘t understood it yet: it is an OPTION which means you don‘t have to buy it.

Good to hear, the series definately deserves more attention.

I got myself an NTSC N64 that was modded to have RGB output. When playing Mario 64 or Mario Kart 64 it honestly didn‘t feel any different to the PAL-versions I was used to. Maybe you’d notice the difference playing it side to side but it really isn‘t that big of an issue in my opinion. Your brain adapts to it in no time.

I mean, why would you need cutscenes running at 60p when most movies run at 24p? 30 is more than fine.

Buff Samus looks kinda odd to be honest, but the rest works pretty well.

I‘d like to watch an interview of the people who give ESRB ratings.

Wow, I didn‘t know there was any non-hate-related content on twitter. Definately something I‘d like to see more often.

And of course: Thank you Mr. Sakurai for all the hard work and time you put into the series! Melee will always be a part of my childhood.

I love how Waluigi is still requested by almost a quarter of voters!
Honestly, it has to be him. He’d be a perfect fit and at this point he’s definately more than Wario’s necessary sidekick - have some mercy Mr. Sakurai!

And in all seriousness, please for the love of god, don‘t include another sword fighter.

Looks boring as all hell. But then again it‘s probably meant for small children, so it might be alright.

Hey NL, I think you should consider that affiliate links on such terrible games are disabled. Obviously, it must be part of your deal with Amazon to include one in every review - but it kinda feels out of place here

Well I mean if anyone could make it work it would be Retro, wouldn‘t it? People couldn‘t imagine Metroid going 3D and yet they pulled it off and proved everyone wrong.

The third one is hilarious and is now officially canon in my head!

Unbelievable how "maths" vs. "math" turns this comment section into a written war between the UK and America.

The English language stems from Dutch, Danish and German brought to Britian by Anglo-Saxon immigrants. Someone find out what they used.

Mainly by leaving it on overnight - what a waste of electricity for a couple of upvotes.

@NinjaGuy69
I‘d say the exact same thing about Sonic and those games aren‘t even half as polished as Mario games. Fans will always want more, be it music, games or movies.
And honestly, as long as they‘re quality games I‘ll keep buying them. As a kid I really loved Crash Bandicoot but Twinsanity felt like an isult to me so I stopped caring about the franchise.

Now this is absolutely amazing, never knew this existed! Reminds me a lot of the Donald Duck comic strips.
Don’t know what is but reading through these makes me think that the world was a lot more innocent back then.

Guess someone had an epiphany while getting stoned af and eating french fries.

"The Full Mario Kart Double Dash Experience" - isn‘t the second driver missing?
Anyway, I have to say it looks very impressive! Love to see stuff like this from the modding community.

Please be Waluigi. And I could imagine if it isn‘t him they somehow acknowledge the meme in their last reveal trailer.

Long journey indeed though, they did a lot of work to keep the series fresh for the fans, so big respect to the whole team.

Bassline reminds me a bit of "Before I Forget That". You could say it goes a bit too hard, but if it works for advertising then why not, I guess.

Great to see Karl Jobst linked here on NL, man‘s got some well researched and entertaining content on his channel. Absolute legend.

Free pot? Must be Nintendo of America only, then.

269 EUR is 317 USD at the time of this writing, so don’t worry, Europeans still pay more.

So the next logical step would be to place an N64 in the Large Hadron Collider in Cern, have it hooked up to a TV in the lab and fire particles at it while someone plays N64. Who‘s starting the kickstarter campaign?