GamerGrandpa

GamerGrandpa

Proud gamer for over 40 years!

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Re: Rumour: Sony Is Gunning For The Switch 2 With A Handheld, Dockable PS6

GamerGrandpa

Yeah they need to stick to what they are doing best like the PS5/Pro. They ALWAYS panic and jump into copying Nintendo. I remember when the Playstation Move was announced. I almost fell out of my chair and felt red-faced embarrassment for Sony. They didn't even try to hide it. They made a motion wand controller with an accompanying navigation controller to try and cash-in on some of the success of the Wii at the time. The PS3 was a great console and turned out to be successful and would have anyway without the Move. I loved my PS3 and had a PS4 for a little while, but have been almost solely Switch/Switch 2 for the past 8 years. If I were to get a PS6 it would be for the console and not a handheld.

Re: Best Lord Of The Rings Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Systems

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I remember putting in a lot of time on the SNES game back in the day. It was cool that you could use the SNES mouse with it. (Though I wouldn't play it much now probably, given the chance. It definitely is a product of its time. I loved the books of course.).

I was pleasantly surprised with the GBA Third Age game. I have always been fond of turn-based strategy games

Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit

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It seems silly, but they had it coming. I like how people keep defending them and making Nintendo the villain here. PocketPair obviously and blatantly ripped off Pokemon designs to sell their game. Nintendo couldn't sue them for that in Japan I guess, so they went the only route they could. Like others have said here, PocketPair has made a ton of money and this does little to cut in to what they have made.

Re: Pocketpair Recalls "Depressing Day" Nintendo Announced Its Palworld Lawsuit

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They knew exactly what they were doing when they made their game. Every time I see a thumbnail for this game I immediately think Pokemon first. The creatures look way too much like Pokemon for them to not have realized this when they were making it. They were banking on being successful on the platforms that do not have Pokemon. Nothing wrong with being "inspired by" but this went beyond that.

Re: Every Nintendo Switch Online N64 Game Ranked

GamerGrandpa

Man, a lot of memories of Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Killer Instinct, etc. I was in college when those games came out and the N64 was the perfect multiplayer machine with 4-players right out of the box. It came with the gray controller and I added a red, blue, and yellow one

Re: Palworld Developer Pocketpair Changes Pokémon-Like Summoning Mechanic

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@Bolt_Strike @Dee123
Yeah that's the main reason Nintendo is going after them. There is no way any gamer looks at pics and thumbnails from this game and doesn't first think it looks like a Pokemon game. A lot of people on here want to villianize Nintendo and GameFreak or whoever when PocketPair knew what they were doing when they created creatures that look so much inspired by well-known Pokemon designs.

I like how they put in: "are not hindered or discouraged from pursuing their creative ideas". They are making a LOT of money off their game that is "inspired by" Pokemon.

Re: Rumour: Nintendo May Be Looking To Add SNES Mouse Support To Switch Online

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@nukatha
Yeah I always thought Nintendo should have done more with the SNES mouse and carried it forward. The Wii had so much potential too in regards to using the wiimote as a mouse. A missed chance to get some popular PC games on there that would have had an advantage over the other consoles (SimCity, Diablo, StarCraft, Doom, etc.). I seem to remember the Wii U version of Minecraft not having the gamepad to be used for item management and building, etc. Some rumors were it would have made it a potentially better version to the other console versions, so Mojang/Microsoft didn't implement it. Oh well.

Re: Konami Doesn't Want To Rush Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2

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@-wc-
They always make it sound like the issues are a surprise after launch. They supposedly test these games before they are released, right? Or at least I assumed they did. Even if it works great on whatever development machine they are using, you'd think they would test it out on Switch hardware too to make sure. This practice of all these companies knowingly releasing unfinished/imperfect games and hoping gamers are patient enough to buy it and then stick with it while they release patches is getting ridiculous.

Re: Poll: Is $60 Too Much For Nintendo's Switch Re-Releases?

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@braincandy101

I agree it does depend on the game, but $60 wasn't too much for Super Mario RPG or TTYD. Fast food meals can cost $12 these days. Everything has gone up in price (TV's are about the only thing that has gone down in price). They could feasibly go cheaper for a digital copy over a physical copy, but you'd have people complain about that too. I also second you on the price never dropping. They should at least do Selects like they used to, especially on games that sell over 10million.

Re: Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Estimated Switch File Size Revealed

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@FIS-PODCAST
I agree it is silly. It works out to be less than $5 per month for the NSO expansion and people still complain. I guess they'll just complain about anything. The ONLY THING that would give me pause is if it doesn't just seamlessly carry over to the next console. That was annoying. Having to pay a fee to redownload Virtual Console games to the Wii U that we had already paid for on the Wii (I paid it anyway and redownloaded all of them of course).