Shadows has a fun story an characters but the gameplay, sadly, is not. Three people and visual clues does not make for a good who dunnit...
In regards to the recent qualities of FE games. I definitely prefer the fun and playful design in games like Conquest, Three Houses and more so in Engage, in comparison with for example Path of Radiance or Binding Blade.
I didn't really care for the story in Engage but i did care for it's characters. In Three Houses they managed to blend the two perfectly.
Shadows potential in the character department is being held down by poor presentation.
@rjejr Asked? It's a marketing event. Sure they certainly could have reached out with a sales pitch, but it's Nintendo who now chooses to pay the big bucks for a spot in the parade (and maybe advertisement in the broadcast). It's all part of the plan to build the disneyfied entertainment giant Nintendo.
Regarding the pose and lack of capes... Well theres a movie coming out they'll want to market as well as the rereleases of the games.
I'm really into Let's School right now. I know that Nintendolifes reviewer didn't care for it, but I don agree with that interview at all. Where they made it a business simulator within a school setting, I'm working to make it the best environment for my students and teachers. I try real hard to make the school clubs suceed and win their competitions.
I wanted to like Two Point Campus and similar games. But they are more like managing silly amusement parks, than actually running a school.
This was a lot of words for saying. I play Let's School. Its the first well made actual school simulator.
@GrailUK They are not disinterested in Nintendo. Ollie and John are very interested in bith the hardware and software. Thats two out of four in the team. There's only really obe person that's could be described as disinterested, and he's usually not in any of the Nintendo focused videos. I don't really notice the lack of responsiveness in the screen myself, but it's still interesting to understand the tech behind the machine. Like how they in a recent video pointed out that this is an issue that Nintendo might be able to make better without changing the screen used, because it seems like some of the problems is just a calibration issue.
Don't be that kind of fanboy... Their criticism has been valid and not over the top in any way. Also their 2 hour review of the Switch was 90 percent praise with some well deserved criticism for the lackluster screen.
@XenoShaun
This is not how it works. Advertising and news articles in gaming journalism is completely separated if not labeled otherwise. Those connections means nothing as all editorial staff act independently from each other. Content creators and influencers might act differently, however.
Not yet. I'm fairly used to being top four. My problem is that I'm bad at memorizing the tracks, and honestly haven't played enough to do it. This, combined with the mini map often not showing the actual end of the race, have me waiting for right time to use my items and then realizing we're right at the finish line...
@sanderev This isn't at all spinning something negatively. They've balanced the reporting excellently, noting both the good and bad things. Having to scale down the amount of graphical assets in the game is a downgrade, there's no other way to say that. Especially when it's just an effort to keep the games performance a little more stable, and not giving a significant boost.
I dont have a case for my switch games, but i usually take one or two ordinary cases with three games in each with me. Sooo maybe would get this. I like the case format. It's thin and nice.
I check in qlmpst daily. Usually to check if theres a new Nook comic, some FE back story or cute artwork. The app isnt really for news, more like behind the scenes stuff and cool anecdotes.
@Lone_Beagle The Lynx was fantastic, and my left-handed ass loved it! The design was fine then. Today, yeah no. And the steam deck certainly took the grey brick look and ran with it!
I've got one preorder for the bundle with Mario Kart in Sweden for approximately 700 euro and today I got the chance to order from Nintendo (germany) for 509 euro. The markup is c r a z y.
I belive that the Baltic countries have a similar problem?
Having little else to rely on during Switch release window, Fast RMX got a lot of spotlight from Nintendo. They didn't disappoint and I'm glad that they're here for another release day game. I'm looking forward to comparing the two games side by side.
Two of my favourite game series and one that should have been if they kept building on it. It's like they tailored this bundle for me and I'm grateful for it!
All Nintendo Related mobile games so far have been either good or excellent. Not many mobile game publishers can be proud of that. Pokemon Go has broughts me years of fun completely free and FE Heroes is a perfect time waster when you have a minute to spare.
I did watch Dodger stream this a while ago. The gameplay and story are intriguing, but I really can't understand some of the design choices. This is a prime example of when design hurts gameplay.
Important to note that the art itself is great. My problem is with broder design choices.
Example: In battles the perspective combined with character sizes and placement, together with an moving environment, makes it hard to focus your eye. I think they should have studied the golden ratio a little when designing these segments.
The world is also a little messy.
Seems like a good game that I want to test on game pass but where I'm weirdly bothered by the design.
It remind me of Jotun. Good game and generally nice drawings, but the perspective was always a little off in almost every background.
I didn't even really know what it was called after Donkey Kong Country 2. My parents where pirating most games at the time, so I had most SNES games on floppy disk, don't know if they wrote the full title on it and I guess I never paid much attention to the title screen...
I get that lesser known titles is compared with big games so that more people want to read about them. It's a nice way to get readers attention.
But not only is it overused in a way where every adventure game covered by Nintendolife is described as a Zelda-like. In this case the word "clone" is just used wrong, even by how it's used more broadly in the gaming community.
@Miyamotosan I believe most physical games will start to become limited runs pretty soon, even the ones from big publishers. Games are digital now, that's just something to accept.
Solomon's Key, Adventures of Lolo, Warios Woods and Nes Open Tournament Golf would all get a lot higher grades in my book. Four really good games that deserves more attention.
@gaga64, I would want pictures like that on the back of the box. On the front I'd rather go with the Japanese or European covers. NA:s cover art may be honest, but it would certainly not have me picking it up in the store.
This is actually a great little game and I love the impact it had when first released. Well worth the price tag, but also fun to watch on a stream if you are unsure if these kind of visual novel dating type games are for you.
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Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES And Game Boy Library With Four More Titles
Great games! The translated descriptions? Amazingly bad!
What even is this? "As you defeat enemies that stand in your way and jump to jump, the pit will travel through a vast world."
Re: Fire Emblem Shadows Gets A Free Update Adding New Story, Map And More
Shadows has a fun story an characters but the gameplay, sadly, is not. Three people and visual clues does not make for a good who dunnit...
In regards to the recent qualities of FE games. I definitely prefer the fun and playful design in games like Conquest, Three Houses and more so in Engage, in comparison with for example Path of Radiance or Binding Blade.
I didn't really care for the story in Engage but i did care for it's characters. In Three Houses they managed to blend the two perfectly.
Shadows potential in the character department is being held down by poor presentation.
Re: Mario Is Getting His Own Balloon At The 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
@rjejr Asked? It's a marketing event. Sure they certainly could have reached out with a sales pitch, but it's Nintendo who now chooses to pay the big bucks for a spot in the parade (and maybe advertisement in the broadcast). It's all part of the plan to build the disneyfied entertainment giant Nintendo.
Regarding the pose and lack of capes... Well theres a movie coming out they'll want to market as well as the rereleases of the games.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th September)
I'm really into Let's School right now. I know that Nintendolifes reviewer didn't care for it, but I don agree with that interview at all. Where they made it a business simulator within a school setting, I'm working to make it the best environment for my students and teachers. I try real hard to make the school clubs suceed and win their competitions.
I wanted to like Two Point Campus and similar games. But they are more like managing silly amusement parks, than actually running a school.
This was a lot of words for saying. I play Let's School. Its the first well made actual school simulator.
Re: Ludocene, The Deckbuilding 'Dating App For Games', Launches Today
Does ww website work at all on a mobile? I've tried every imaginable way to drag or swipe a card without success on Chrome and Galaxy S24.
Re: The First Review For Donkey Kong Bananza Is In
@wizzgamer Best game in the series since MK64! Sooo, to each their own. As is the scores in a review.
Re: PSA: Pokémon YouTube Channel Uploads The First Movie For A "Limited-Time"
Watched it live on the YT premiere. It's not a good movie, but the nostalgia was fun.
Re: Marvel Rivals Dev NetEase "Already In Contact With Nintendo" About Switch 2
Rivals looke interesting when it launched. Then turned bad rather fast.
Steam player count paints a jarring picture.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Tests Out Switch 2's Free Switch Game Upgrades
@CircuitWrangler3 They talked more about that solution in their latest DF Direct. So the possible solution is adressed.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Tests Out Switch 2's Free Switch Game Upgrades
@GrailUK They are not disinterested in Nintendo. Ollie and John are very interested in bith the hardware and software. Thats two out of four in the team. There's only really obe person that's could be described as disinterested, and he's usually not in any of the Nintendo focused videos. I don't really notice the lack of responsiveness in the screen myself, but it's still interesting to understand the tech behind the machine. Like how they in a recent video pointed out that this is an issue that Nintendo might be able to make better without changing the screen used, because it seems like some of the problems is just a calibration issue.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Tests Out Switch 2's Free Switch Game Upgrades
@GrailUK
Don't be that kind of fanboy... Their criticism has been valid and not over the top in any way. Also their 2 hour review of the Switch was 90 percent praise with some well deserved criticism for the lackluster screen.
@XenoShaun
This is not how it works. Advertising and news articles in gaming journalism is completely separated if not labeled otherwise. Those connections means nothing as all editorial staff act independently from each other. Content creators and influencers might act differently, however.
Re: Poll: Have You Won Knockout Tour Online In Mario Kart World Yet?
Not yet. I'm fairly used to being top four. My problem is that I'm bad at memorizing the tracks, and honestly haven't played enough to do it. This, combined with the mini map often not showing the actual end of the race, have me waiting for right time to use my items and then realizing we're right at the finish line...
Re: Talking Point: Do You Have A New Go-To Racer In Mario Kart World?
Pro racer Birdo is the right answer.
Re: PSA: Splatoon 3 On Switch Has Made Some Cuts To Keep Pace With Switch 2
@sanderev This isn't at all spinning something negatively. They've balanced the reporting excellently, noting both the good and bad things. Having to scale down the amount of graphical assets in the game is a downgrade, there's no other way to say that. Especially when it's just an effort to keep the games performance a little more stable, and not giving a significant boost.
Re: Genki's 'Mimic Chest' Stores All Your Switch 2 Games In Plain Sight, But We're Struggling To Understand Why
I dont have a case for my switch games, but i usually take one or two ordinary cases with three games in each with me. Sooo maybe would get this. I like the case format. It's thin and nice.
Re: Poll: After One Month, How Often Are You Actually Using 'Nintendo Today'?
I check in qlmpst daily. Usually to check if theres a new Nook comic, some FE back story or cute artwork. The app isnt really for news, more like behind the scenes stuff and cool anecdotes.
Re: Gallery: Here's Switch 2 Compared To (Almost) Every Other Handheld
@Lone_Beagle The Lynx was fantastic, and my left-handed ass loved it! The design was fine then. Today, yeah no. And the steam deck certainly took the grey brick look and ran with it!
Re: Gallery: Here's Switch 2 Compared To (Almost) Every Other Handheld
The Steam deck is an ugly beast. Looks line an old Atari Lynx. Hardware design isn't Valves strong point.
Re: Scandinavian Nintendo Fans Are Considering Flying Abroad For Cheaper Switch 2s
I've got one preorder for the bundle with Mario Kart in Sweden for approximately 700 euro and today I got the chance to order from Nintendo (germany) for 509 euro. The markup is c r a z y.
I belive that the Baltic countries have a similar problem?
Re: Fast Fusion Brings Everyone's Favourite WipEout Rival To Switch 2
Having little else to rely on during Switch release window, Fast RMX got a lot of spotlight from Nintendo. They didn't disappoint and I'm glad that they're here for another release day game. I'm looking forward to comparing the two games side by side.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's SNES Library With Four More Titles
Two of my favourite game series and one that should have been if they kept building on it. It's like they tailored this bundle for me and I'm grateful for it!
Re: Nintendo Is Developing New Mobile Game Apps, Unsurprisingly
All Nintendo Related mobile games so far have been either good or excellent. Not many mobile game publishers can be proud of that. Pokemon Go has broughts me years of fun completely free and FE Heroes is a perfect time waster when you have a minute to spare.
Re: Joy-Con Mouse Functionality Seemingly Confirmed In Switch 2 Trailer
@nukatha They wouldn't show this if mouse functionality wasn't included. Would've been a catastrophe for the communication team.
Re: Review: Star Renegades - Borrows Ideas From The Best To Create A Truly Inventive RPG
I did watch Dodger stream this a while ago. The gameplay and story are intriguing, but I really can't understand some of the design choices. This is a prime example of when design hurts gameplay.
Important to note that the art itself is great. My problem is with broder design choices.
Example: In battles the perspective combined with character sizes and placement, together with an moving environment, makes it hard to focus your eye. I think they should have studied the golden ratio a little when designing these segments.
The world is also a little messy.
Seems like a good game that I want to test on game pass but where I'm weirdly bothered by the design.
It remind me of Jotun. Good game and generally nice drawings, but the perspective was always a little off in almost every background.
Re: PSA: It's Diddy's Kong Quest, Not Diddy Kong's Quest
I didn't even really know what it was called after Donkey Kong Country 2. My parents where pirating most games at the time, so I had most SNES games on floppy disk, don't know if they wrote the full title on it and I guess I never paid much attention to the title screen...
Re: Mini Review: Party Hard 2 - This Stripped-Down Hitman Clone Is A Fun Time
I get that lesser known titles is compared with big games so that more people want to read about them. It's a nice way to get readers attention.
But not only is it overused in a way where every adventure game covered by Nintendolife is described as a Zelda-like. In this case the word "clone" is just used wrong, even by how it's used more broadly in the gaming community.
This is not a Hitman clone. Far from it.
Re: Nintendo Announces Super Mario Remasters And Much More In Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct
@Miyamotosan I believe most physical games will start to become limited runs pretty soon, even the ones from big publishers. Games are digital now, that's just something to accept.
Re: Feature: Every Nintendo Switch Online NES Game Ranked
Solomon's Key, Adventures of Lolo, Warios Woods and Nes Open Tournament Golf would all get a lot higher grades in my book. Four really good games that deserves more attention.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl #39 - Wetrix
@gaga64, I would want pictures like that on the back of the box. On the front I'd rather go with the Japanese or European covers. NA:s cover art may be honest, but it would certainly not have me picking it up in the store.
Re: Dream Daddy Arrives On The Switch eShop At The Start Of Next Month
This is actually a great little game and I love the impact it had when first released. Well worth the price tag, but also fun to watch on a stream if you are unsure if these kind of visual novel dating type games are for you.