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Re: Bethesda's Todd Howard "Can't Say" If Skyrim on Switch is the Special Edition

ElGrego

@neufel I hope you're right... SInce I pre-ordered the Switch, I feel a bit more sad with each news/article I read... We are going from disapointment to disapointment in terms of communications while the system is not even out yet.
But anyway, I will still get it, after all I'm a Nintendo Fan and it's a Nintendo system (and as it goes, it could be the last Nintendo system, making even more collector lol).

Re: Downloadable Games for the Switch Will Be Locked to One Console at a Time

ElGrego

@TbobB Did you read the article ? It clearly indicates the contrary man... Unfortunatly !

This is a very big disapointment on my side... I'm getting sick after already buying Super Mario Bros. at least 4-5 times since the NES. This (and the fact that the prices are too high) kills the digital/downloadable market : why would you buy a digital version of a game if you have to buy it once per system while you can use a retail version in every system ? Stupid and not-ecological IMO...

Re: Nintendo France Expects Switch To Beat Wii U's Lifetime Sales In Region By Year End

ElGrego

@jimi + including 1-2 switch in digital form would have cost almost nothing to Nintendo (unless they really think that they are going to sell a lot of them at 50 euros, which I highly doubt)...

Given how the Wii sells were greatly boosted by the fact that Wii sport was included (and I'm not talking about the original NES with Mario Bros.), I really do not understand Nintendo's decision not to include 1-2 switch (or another game) in the bundle... I'm sure it would have made a huge difference for a lot of consumers...

Re: Nintendo Switch Dips to €299 on Amazon France

ElGrego

I'm a French who pre-ordered on Amazon and I'm very happy since I saw the price drop yesterday... 299€ seems like the correct price from the beginning over here (but who know, since the initial price of 249.99 on launch day, Amazon.fr has dropped the price to 229.99, then 214.99 and now 299.00... Maybe they will pay us who pre-ordered when they will finally ship the thing lol).

EDIT : but this does not seem to be a good news in terms of expectations here... usually when Amazon does that it means that the number of pre-orders is very low (FYI, they also suppressed the initial limit on the number of pre-orders by customer)...

Re: Random: Mario Sports Superstars amiibo Cards Use Really Old Character Artwork

ElGrego

I don't understand the issue on my side... These cards are collectibles, right ?
Having a card representing an old artwork seems to be the perfect collector item...
Nobody said it was problematic when Nintendo made a 8-bit Mario Amiibo or when they make games based on old sprites such as Zelda 4 swords ou Mario Maker...
Just my opinion though...

Re: 1-2-Switch Looks Set To Include At Least 20 Minigames

ElGrego

This is a real con guys... I'm almost ashamed to be a Nintendo fan right now
Just remember that Wario Ware Inc. for GC was released with 213 of this kind of microgames and it's release price was less than 30$... What happened since the marvelous period of the NGC where we had a fun and powerful console with a lot of great games....
I'm leaving to cry on my own...

Re: Here's How Dragon Quest Heroes II On Switch Shapes Up Against The PS4 Version

ElGrego

@OzHuski Thanks for your reply man, not trying to dig at you either
I guess we all are Nintendo fans and agree mostly on the Switch subject... My concerns are not really 'will I like the switch?' or 'is it a good system made by Nintendo?',... It is 'will the Switch be well received by most consumers?' and currently, my feeling is that the answer to this last question is clearly 'no'.

Re: Here's How Dragon Quest Heroes II On Switch Shapes Up Against The PS4 Version

ElGrego

@OzHuski As a Oneplus phones user, I'm not surprised by you iPhone user opinion... I'm used to get better for less dollars I guess

[Edit] to clarify (and not only troll) : my new OnePlus 3T costed me 430$ and it has 64Gb of flash memory, a battery life wich permits me to watch movies for over 9 hours in a row (with dash charge to get full battery life in less than an hour) and it got all the modern features you can ask in a celle phone...

Re: Here's How Dragon Quest Heroes II On Switch Shapes Up Against The PS4 Version

ElGrego

@Marshi Ok man, so we completly agree... We are Nintendo fans who are sadly watching Nintendo repeat (even stronger) their past errors...
Imagine if they had put less money in HD Vibration dev and more money in good flash memory size, decent battery life and graphical power, if they had advertised the system as a powerful handheld (that can be plugged on a TV) and if they had packaged 1,2, Switch with the console... Sincerly, I believe they could have hit the jackpot... It wasn't that hard IMO.

PS : regarding my own experience with power of handelds, I can watch movies, play games or make music on my iPad for over 8-9 hours with no need to plug in, and I can watch movies/anime on my Android phone (OnePlus 3T) for over 9 hours in a raw...

Re: Here's How Dragon Quest Heroes II On Switch Shapes Up Against The PS4 Version

ElGrego

@Moroboshi876 Good for fans like us man (I admit with having a Switch with Zelda Botw, Mario Kart 8 DX and Mario Odyssey could make 2017 an amazing gaming year on my side...), but very dangerous for the mass of non-Nintendo fans and casual gamers... After 6 months with everyone saying that the Switch is an expensive japanese gadget with not a lot of games, it will be hard to convince consummers and third parties to get it... Even Mario Odyssey at holyday season may not be enough...

Re: Here's How Dragon Quest Heroes II On Switch Shapes Up Against The PS4 Version

ElGrego

@Moroboshi876
I admit my opinion on WiiU is different than yours... I still play it everyday as my main gaming system (I'm so much into Tokyo Mirage Session currently.... loving it), but at the same time I still hate the WiiU Gamepad (cheap, not practical, bad screen quality, poor battery...)... I understand why it did not sell well.
My comparison to DC was only about the fact that I really fear that the Switch coul be the last console made by Nintendo... Their choices and marketing seem so awkward... And after the reveal event the game journalists seem to all think the same : they love the new Zelda but have a lot of concerns regarding the new console...
Even myself, I have a hard time convincing myself that my preorder is not a mistake...

Re: Here's How Dragon Quest Heroes II On Switch Shapes Up Against The PS4 Version

ElGrego

@arnoldlayne83 Yes but their marketing concern is that they need to sell it at the price of a home console (handheld consoles never launched over 250€ in the past, and it seems that marketing studies show that people are not ready to pay more for a handled system) and that it's getting harder to compete with smartphones on the japanese portable games market...
...I love Nintendo and pre-order a full Switch package (with collector Zelda and accesories), but the more I read about the Switch, the more I think it will be the Dreamcast of Nintendo...

Re: First Impressions: 1-2-Switch is an Ideal Pack-In Game That's Missing Its Chance

ElGrego

This does even look like the worst error from Nintendo... The system looks cool but it's still expensive and may seem a bit "cheap" to some people (low battery life, ridiculous memory size of 32 Gb, a single AAA title at launch, no charging with the included grip, poor graphics when on a big TV, small controllers... and overpriced additional controllers)... And knowing all that, they still think that they can make people pay 329€ for something they cannot play with right away... You need to pay at least an addition 50€ to play with it... Making it a 380€ system (same price as the PS4 Slim with a game)... I doubt it.

PS : don't be mad at me... I did preorder a system with aditionnal case and Zelda Botw limited edition (500€ order)... And I'm a big Nintendo fan (still playing the Wii U as myh main system today)... But I'm a sad fan as I see them do the same errors (or even worse) with the Switch than with the Wii U... I think they spent too much time with Apple IMO...

Re: Nintendo Switch Lacks Pack-In Title Because It's $299, Says Reggie Fils-Aime

ElGrego

For me, not pre-installing 1, 2, Switch in the starter bundle consoles is the biggest mistake from Nintendo...
I know countless people who bought the wii bundle just to play wii sport and they never played anything else... non gamers bought that as a whole package to play on.
And therefore, I think that the promise of having a game which can be played 2 players anywhere right from the box could have been a million seller argument...
Now, I'm less and less suprised by Nintendo's repeating errors...
I'm a big Nintendo fan, I pre-ordered the Switch, but I really feel bad about it (very expensive hardware, complicated uses/configs for non gamers, poor memory size, short battery life, not a lot of games on day 1, eShop games such as 1,2, Switch or Bomberman sold at full retail game prices, ... This smells real bad for Nintendo IMO... And I hope it will not die before the end of the year and the realease of Mario Odyssey as it looks fantastic)

Re: Nintendo Shuts Down Another Pokémon Fan Project

ElGrego

I understand that Nintendo has the right to do it but I don't understand why they do it... Afterall, such demonstrations of love and fanboyism should be considered as great tributes to Nintendo, making them such a nice advertising in a way...

Re: Super Mario Run's My Nintendo Rewards Are Live

ElGrego

@Nintendo_Ninja I don't understand what you mean man... There are plenty of digital download rewards on MyNintendo (price cuts and downloadable games and content, Zelda Picross, free MK8 DLC, ...)... What's exactly your point here ?

Re: Rumour: GameCube Virtual Console Is Coming To The Nintendo Switch, Early Games Outlined

ElGrego

That's such a great news (if half of the rumors finally come true, I'll already be so happy lol).

I want a lot of NGC Games on Switch VC (I'm 38 and NGC is still my alltime favorite game system) : Eternal Darkness, Killer 7, MGS:TS, F-Zero GX, SSX Tricky, Super Monkey ball 1&2, Viewtiful Joe, Baten Kaitos, Path of Radiance, RE4, Pikmin 1&2, Metroid Prime, Soul Calibur II (with Link ), Beyond Good and Evil, 1080 Snowboarding, ... to name a few

Re: Konami Files Fresh Trademark For TurboGrafx In The United States

ElGrego

I would dream of a TGX16 mini with games such as Bomberman 93, Bonk, Castlevania, Splatter House, Devil's Crush, R-Type, Ys, Lord of Thunder (and why not JJ and Jeff just for fun lol)... But I highly doubt it will ever happen... The NES is known by everyone, even the non-gamers, while TGX16 is known by old video games nerds like me only. And a TGX16 mini would probably never generate the same hype/buzz as the NES mini did...

PS : I don't understand why some haters seem to forget ISS, MGS, Silent Hill, Castlevania, Suikoden, Contra, ZoE,... Konami, as Capcom, Sega, Nintendo,... will always be one of the greatest video games company for me

Re: Nintendo Is Looking For Hackers Who Can Discover 3DS Vulnerabilities

ElGrego

@HappyMaskedGuy You seriously don't know Elliot from Mr Robot ?... Where have you been for the past 2 years man ?

EDIT : one tip for you man... Next time, if they put an article about dragons and there is a picture of a blond girl, her name would be Daeneris, ok ?

EDIT2 : This is just jokes man... I'm kidding of course, it was too tempting Peace.

Re: Eiji Aonuma and Satoru Takizawa on the Fate of Wind Waker 2

ElGrego

"...but a recent interview with Eiji Aonuma revealed that there could've very easily been a Wind Waker 2"

  • "...Wind Waker 2, which would've been more land based and featured Toon Link riding a horse"
    =
    I'm crying on the floor right now... I think I would have preferred not reading that, as I would have loved a WW2 so much... And now even more !

But I agree that BotW seems to have inherited some of WW spirit... Even if IMO it's closer to SS in terms of graphical rendering.

Re: Stardew Valley is Cancelled for Wii U, But It's Heading to Nintendo Switch

ElGrego

I understand Why, but I'm still very sad as I expected to be able to play that game on Xmas holidays...
Too bad !

PS : Even if I understand, I admit that I'm not sure it is a smart move, the port was probably almost ready as it was supposed to be released this week (still confirmed a few weeks ago) and even if not a lot of people own the Wii U, there must be a significant number of Wii U Owners who would have bought this game (like me for example)... And it's the kind of game that you would probably 're-buy' when you get on a new console if you like it for what I understand... Well too bad for us Wii U owners anyway.

Re: Check Out This Fan Concept of an SNES Mini's Packaging

ElGrego

SNES Mini would be a dream... NES Mini is already very cool as the NES was my first console. But I spent more time and have more memories on SNES, playing with friends when a teenager...

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@retro_player_22
Very good list but too many titles from the same serie (e.g. Donkey Kong Country and SMW) and lack games such as Super Bomberman, Terranigma, FFVI (better than II and III IMO), TMNT in time (beatemall needed lol), Super Castlevania II, R-Type III, Shadowrun (too mature probably... but...), Breath of Fire II, Wild Guns, Puzzle Bobble, Parodius (neeeeeeeeed!)...

Re: Poll: Retro Delights and Stock Shortages - What Are Your Thoughts on the NES Mini Launch?

ElGrego

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Yes Nintendo are crazy in terms of stocks and pre-order... Sometimes, it seems like they do not want my money lol...
E.g. for TMS FE Fortissimo edition... I pre-ordered it but got a mail 1 week before release saying that my pre-order had been cancelled due to low stock... Then I could not find it anywhere and did not (and still do not) want to pay 60€ for the standard edition... Therefore, I found other "non paying" ways to play the game... I feel like Nintendo does not want my money... Very strange to me lol !

Re: Rumour: Nintendo Switch To Start At £199.99 In United Kingdom, $329.99 In Canada

ElGrego

That seems too low IMO... If this is true and if Nintendo saying they won't loose money when selling the system is also true... Then it means that this will probably be a really low power console... Once again.
I'm very sad to read that... I would have been really happy to pay around 500€ for a real new powerful Nintendo console...
But well... It's probably not what consumers want...

Re: Rumour: Bayonetta And Cloud amiibo Delayed Until Release Of Super Smash Bros. On Switch

ElGrego

I'm really happy that the numerous pricy DLCs have kept me from finally buying Smash Bros on WiiU recently... I will be able to buy it with all DLCs on Switch... Sweet !

PS : But in a way, I feel like this kind of decision (re-release WiiU titles on Switch... Making WiiU owners of the games pay a second time) is a bad move from Nintendo toward their real fans i.e. those few who bought the WiiU like me !

Re: Tatsumi Kimishima Suggests Nintendo Switch Will be the Core for a Wide Array of Accessories

ElGrego

"One thing we still can't show is the software lineup. We want people to touch the device in January and experience the software for themselves."
> Very scary... I cannot help understanding "The console has not a lot of power and showing real games in the trailer would have made everyone run away because they look so old... But we think that people will forget the lack of power when trying our concept..." (like they thought for the WiiU... it seems that they still think that they can do the Wii magic model again...).