They should have released more story content without the need for new figures. I really like the story modes of the games and then I have a few favorite figures that I only use. Got a ton of others that I just got for collecting purposes but they aren't fun to play.
Think it was a miss to not release it on PC besides the first game, would have made it easier for addons. And also to let players build their own maps and share.
Haven't played much so are still finding new ones every other time I go for a walk so not complaining about lacking them in a small city.
That said, I do hope they change it so people actually have to go away from the cities to find some. Have a small forest nearby that don't have any roads marked on google maps and it's pretty weird that there would be fewer in there than in a concrete jungle..
Also add pokestops n such away from the concrete, Team up with geocaching for locations n such, let people submit fun out of the way places.
For a version 1 it's a great game, but still loads of room to grow and make improvements in.
Really hope it's not true, would mean another barrier for third party devs that are releasing stuff on xbox & ps if it's not x86. And Nintendo really needs them back.
@naut Still hoping it'll show up as a dlc so it was only because of storage limits that they removed it. Still buying it, but it may end up gathering dust in hopes of a dlc coming...
Watched the EU one and it was fine, but they should skip the British hipster presenter guy... Found him to be extremely annoying in the way he talked and overall mannerisms.
The material and how they showed all that is dandy smandy, but rather have Satoru Shibata do the whole thing (not counting guests, like the guy for steamworld heist. That was neat in its own way).
@maneauleau Traps can be used, but not to catch new villains. Instead if you use a trap with a villain inside you'll get a card with that villain for the skystone thingy. Only tried it once but I assume there would be a special card for each villain that you can trap in Trap Master.
@Crimson_Ridley Why should VA's get royalties if a game sells a lot for having worked a few weeks. When the developers that have worked for years with 10+ hour shifts each day gets nothing but a normal salary? Yes, good VA work is important to a game. But it is still only a small part of it if you count all the other work that has been put into it. And frankly it's the developers that are in the most need for better working conditions... They are treated like crap at most big companies..
Not interested in horror games but I still got this when a store was selling it for 19 SEK with shipping (~2€). Was a bit fun to play together with a friend and taking turns, but solo play I always find boring in horror games.
Dunno what to think yet, besides a slight fear that he'll begin to move Nintendo towards scrapping their hardware and selling games on other platforms... Seemed like Satoru Iwata was the one that kept Nintendo from making that mistake in the past.
This is awesome Love the scene and how he lifts the leg, nice detail Plus it's going to annoy the hell out of people that still think fantasy characters are real and that good things will happen if you waste time mumbling stuff to them, and that is always fun!
Don't mind the current version and looking forward to the new one. But do miss some features like private chat, user search, join friends game and so on. Though some of these are for the overall Nintendo platform and not just miiverse. Sad if you play with someone good online and then want to add them to be able to play together in the future but won't be able to. Or just send a message to say it was a nice game. Normal stuff for Steam, Xbox live etc. But they probably won't add it because of paranoia and safety for children.
Could just have it blocked by default so it had to be enabled in the parental controls...
Finally! Been waiting for the alternative .96. While I like sprinklers from the original. The special is a waste for me most of the time. Hoping they'll add something better for this one.
If the NX is backward compatible with wiiu games then I won't mind if they release it as early as they can. But then if the rumours are true that Nintendo will go over to x86 like MS&Sony then it'll most likely not happen. Unless they do whatever MS did for the 360/One just now.
Also, Nintendo has get a grip of their digital sales crap. Having a game bound to a machine instead of an ID is insane. Having to re-buy stuff I already own to play it on another machine is bonkers.
I just don't understand stores like this, instead of just cancelling the orders. Just notify the customers and tell them it will be delayed. And let them have the option of cancelling or waiting. Stupidly rude to just cancel the order and then force people to order it again.
The weapon limit I don't mind seeing gone, or at least as an option. In previous games it just made me save the special ones for the entire game, in case I ran into some hard enemy where I needed them. But never did, so they just gathered dust
Hoping there will be romance options n such, but I guess no kids this time around due to lack of time warp thingy.
Too bad they went with the animated Star Wars stuff instead of the live action ones. Can only hope they'll add that as a playset later on
And for love of butterflies.. Please let us play with any character we want in the playsets now and not just the ones that "fit" into that world. Skipped 2.0 because of this, and will skip 3.0 as well if they don't change this.
@ikki5 They could add it as a downloadable pack, like the ones that will improve load times. One Naruto game on 360 did this, had English on the disc and then a free pack with the Japanese voices.
Going into the mobile market is bad, it's already flooded. Plus it's a different type of people that primarily play on those compared to pc/consoles/handhelds, so think it's bad that Nintendo distracts themselves trying to please them.
Should focus more on their core instead of trying to win back the casual crowd from the Wii era.
On the other hand, a common platform for the home/handheld devices is something I have high hopes for. They should have had it in place for WiiU/3DS but failed on that. Expanding their Internet part is also a must, their decision to remove the friends messaging system on 3ds was several steps back...
Would not say no to Bayonetta 3 And would very much like it if Nintendo continued their cooperation with Platinum Games. Even if their previous ones haven't sold extreme amounts, they have still been highly praised by gamers and gotten great reviews. Would be awesome if Bayonetta 3 was a launch title for Nintendos next console.
Wouldn't mind at all if Nintendo bought some IP's from Sega. Having them take over Sonic for example and make new games with Nintendo's quality would be awesome. Hate it that they rushed the whole Sonic Boom thing, since it obviously wasn't finished at released...
@abbyhitter If you've grown up with subtitles then it's not a problem to read while watching at the same time. Kinda like using peripheral view to look at street signs when driving a car. You don't focus on it, it just happens.
Also most of the time there will be timing issues when dubbing from Japanese to English. How many times haven't the English actors had to say something really fast, because the scene is short and the Japanese actor doesn't have to use the same amount of words. So unless the developers re-adjust the scenes in length to match the voices then it'll just sound bad. And not many developers will put down that time and money. Maybe these will, have to wait and see. But I'll stick to the Japanese cast anyways.
@KHaceattorney
The only difference in my eyes is that Tharja shows some "side donkey cheeks". Which really isn't dangerous at all, hell kids will see that at the beach or the pool. But if it had been that then they could have easily changed it into more of a shorts style like Samus has.
The biggest disappointment with Infinity over Skylanders for me was that you couldn't use any character you wanted in the play sets. You had to use the incredibles characters for their story n so on. And then releasing characters that only worked in the toy box.. Thus highly limiting their usage. So until they change this then I probably won't buy their games anymore.
With Skylanders I can use any character I want in the new games with only small limits, like breaking a giants seal or an element seal n so on. Then I can switch back to my favorite char again.
@RainbowGazelle The game has been finished long before the release in Japan. It'll go through testing, QA, have the age limit verified, Nintendo certified/tested and probably more. From the time this version is shipped for all this testing, to actual release it's not uncommon for 1-2 months to have passed. So the developers might as well use this time to start working on DLC stuff, instead of just sitting there and then start working on it from the day the game is released.....
Hard to pick the one... Want to play Link with gauntlet since it looks neat, Lana because I like the animation where she "hops" on the magic box to crush enemies. Impa & Sheik since they're Tomboys. Midna just because, Agitha for her tantrum animation. Ganondorf for the raw brute force.
And I'll most likely end up liking the rest too for reasons I haven't discovered yet. All in all I'm really looking forward to this game
@piojito_O Previously they've been able to block such forced updates once they can make changes to the OS. And those games would be listed with warnings on homebrew sites until there's an update to bypass it.
@ferrers405 With cheap systems like the 3DS people will just end up having two. One which they update to use for all e-shop titles and online gaming. And one for homebrew stuff which will stay offline. Frankly I'd go for it just for the region unlock, it's annoying with loads of games that I can't play because of it. And that will never be released in the EU.
Have no trouble with his swimsuit outfit. Was a bit surprised when playing Xenoblade and I first got Swimming Oil as a chest armor Used it for a bit since it had better defense than the leather shirt he previously had. Was a fun thing, and glad it's here too.
Grabbed Black Flag just now and have been playing it this past weekend, first Assassins Creed game since the first one I've played. Haven't bothered with the others because that one left a bad taste of being overly repetitive.
But since Black Flag is about pirates I had to give it a try and the whole ship battles n such makes the game pretty good. And the story is rather nice. But it won't make me buy the next one since that looks pretty dull once again, so meh...
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Re: Fire Emblem Warriors Arrives on Switch & New Nintendo 3DS This Fall
Hopefully they'll add online co-op support. Was the biggest thing I missed from Hyrule Warriors.
Re: Rumour: The Skylanders Franchise Might Be Facing Cancellation
They should have released more story content without the need for new figures. I really like the story modes of the games and then I have a few favorite figures that I only use. Got a ton of others that I just got for collecting purposes but they aren't fun to play.
Think it was a miss to not release it on PC besides the first game, would have made it easier for addons. And also to let players build their own maps and share.
Re: Poll: The GameCube is 15 Years Old - Pick Your Favourite Games
GNT 3 was the game we played the most, RE4 coming second.
I used GC mostly for multiplayer gaming(we took turns each checkpoint/level on RE4).
Re: Random: Disgruntled Young Pokémon GO Fan Makes Satirical Game About Playing in the Suburbs
Haven't played much so are still finding new ones every other time I go for a walk so not complaining about lacking them in a small city.
That said, I do hope they change it so people actually have to go away from the cities to find some. Have a small forest nearby that don't have any roads marked on google maps and it's pretty weird that there would be fewer in there than in a concrete jungle..
Also add pokestops n such away from the concrete, Team up with geocaching for locations n such, let people submit fun out of the way places.
For a version 1 it's a great game, but still loads of room to grow and make improvements in.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo NX Will Be Powered By Nvidia's Mobile-Focused Tegra Tech
Really hope it's not true, would mean another barrier for third party devs that are releasing stuff on xbox & ps if it's not x86. And Nintendo really needs them back.
Re: Disney Infinity Has Been Cancelled
Sucks a bit, but not surprising since the game part sucked. Not being able to freely use any character in the story modes totally ruined this for me.
So only bought the figures because they actually looks nice to have on the shelf.
Re: Get Ready To Swap Fire In Upcoming First-Person Shooter Headed To The Wii U eShop
If the price is right then sure, looks fun for when friends are over.
Re: Bayonetta Confirmed as New Challenger in Super Smash Bros.
Voted for her so super happy!
Re: Video: Let This Xenoblade Chronicles X Battle Trailer Get Your Blood Pumping
@naut
Still hoping it'll show up as a dlc so it was only because of storage limits that they removed it.
Still buying it, but it may end up gathering dust in hopes of a dlc coming...
Re: Poll: Did The Nintendo Direct Comeback Fire on All Cylinders?
Watched the EU one and it was fine, but they should skip the British hipster presenter guy... Found him to be extremely annoying in the way he talked and overall mannerisms.
The material and how they showed all that is dandy smandy, but rather have Satoru Shibata do the whole thing (not counting guests, like the guy for steamworld heist. That was neat in its own way).
Re: Yes, Fatal Frame's Lingerie Outfits Have Been Removed From The Western Version
Any censorship of art is bad and should be forbidden. Just let stuff be the way the creator(s) wanted it to be.
Re: Review: Skylanders SuperChargers (Wii U)
@maneauleau
Traps can be used, but not to catch new villains. Instead if you use a trap with a villain inside you'll get a card with that villain for the skystone thingy. Only tried it once but I assume there would be a special card for each villain that you can trap in Trap Master.
Re: Video Game Voice Actors Contemplate Strike Action Over Pay and Conditions
@Crimson_Ridley
Why should VA's get royalties if a game sells a lot for having worked a few weeks. When the developers that have worked for years with 10+ hour shifts each day gets nothing but a normal salary?
Yes, good VA work is important to a game. But it is still only a small part of it if you count all the other work that has been put into it. And frankly it's the developers that are in the most need for better working conditions... They are treated like crap at most big companies..
Re: Feature: Have You Played... ZombiU?
Not interested in horror games but I still got this when a store was selling it for 19 SEK with shipping (~2€).
Was a bit fun to play together with a friend and taking turns, but solo play I always find boring in horror games.
Re: Tatsumi Kimishima Named As New Nintendo President
Dunno what to think yet, besides a slight fear that he'll begin to move Nintendo towards scrapping their hardware and selling games on other platforms... Seemed like Satoru Iwata was the one that kept Nintendo from making that mistake in the past.
Re: Chieftain Bob Meets Gunman Clive, You Won't Believe What Happens Next
This is awesome Love the scene and how he lifts the leg, nice detail
Plus it's going to annoy the hell out of people that still think fantasy characters are real and that good things will happen if you waste time mumbling stuff to them, and that is always fun!
Re: Poll: Where Do You Stand on Miiverse and Its Planned Changes?
Don't mind the current version and looking forward to the new one. But do miss some features like private chat, user search, join friends game and so on. Though some of these are for the overall Nintendo platform and not just miiverse.
Sad if you play with someone good online and then want to add them to be able to play together in the future but won't be able to. Or just send a message to say it was a nice game.
Normal stuff for Steam, Xbox live etc. But they probably won't add it because of paranoia and safety for children.
Could just have it blocked by default so it had to be enabled in the parental controls...
Re: Video: New Japanese Splatoon Advert Teases New Weapons, Gear, Map & Rainmaker Mode
Damn that bucket looks awesome!
Re: The Miiverse Redesign Will Go Live on 29th July
@Portal_King
Would hold off on updating to windows 10 on its release day. Let others be the testers for all the issues that will surely pop up
Re: Two More New Weapons Are Coming To Splatoon Tomorrow
Finally! Been waiting for the alternative .96.
While I like sprinklers from the original. The special is a waste for me most of the time. Hoping they'll add something better for this one.
Re: Talking Point: E3 Highlighted Nintendo's Development Shift Towards NX, and Away from Wii U
If the NX is backward compatible with wiiu games then I won't mind if they release it as early as they can.
But then if the rumours are true that Nintendo will go over to x86 like MS&Sony then it'll most likely not happen. Unless they do whatever MS did for the 360/One just now.
Also, Nintendo has get a grip of their digital sales crap. Having a game bound to a machine instead of an ID is insane. Having to re-buy stuff I already own to play it on another machine is bonkers.
Re: French Retailers Are Cancelling Yoshi Woolly World amiibo Orders Due to "Destroyed" Stock
I just don't understand stores like this, instead of just cancelling the orders. Just notify the customers and tell them it will be delayed. And let them have the option of cancelling or waiting. Stupidly rude to just cancel the order and then force people to order it again.
Re: Famitsu Reveals Some Fresh Details on Fire Emblem If
The weapon limit I don't mind seeing gone, or at least as an option. In previous games it just made me save the special ones for the entire game, in case I ran into some hard enemy where I needed them. But never did, so they just gathered dust
Hoping there will be romance options n such, but I guess no kids this time around due to lack of time warp thingy.
Re: Video: Nintendo of America's Splatoon TV Commercial Attempts to Introduce a Theme Song
Ugh, this is terrible... Just keep the song they've had before from the first e3 video n so on.
Re: More Disney Infinity 3.0 Leaks Emerge With Starter Pack Line-Up
Too bad they went with the animated Star Wars stuff instead of the live action ones. Can only hope they'll add that as a playset later on
And for love of butterflies.. Please let us play with any character we want in the playsets now and not just the ones that "fit" into that world. Skipped 2.0 because of this, and will skip 3.0 as well if they don't change this.
Re: The Mechs of Xenoblade Chronicles X Are Named "Skells" in its Western Release
@ikki5
They could add it as a downloadable pack, like the ones that will improve load times.
One Naruto game on 360 did this, had English on the disc and then a free pack with the Japanese voices.
Re: The Mechs of Xenoblade Chronicles X Are Named "Skells" in its Western Release
I actually prefer Dolls, hoping they'll include the Japanese voices in the EU release...
Re: Social Networks Go Into Meltdown Over Apparent The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 3D Rumour
Ugh, was really hoping this would become a HD remake on WiiU. Taking the GC version with left handed Link and normal controls
Re: Poll: Where Do You Stand On DeNA, Smart Device Games, Nintendo 'Membership' And The Nintendo NX?
Going into the mobile market is bad, it's already flooded. Plus it's a different type of people that primarily play on those compared to pc/consoles/handhelds, so think it's bad that Nintendo distracts themselves trying to please them.
Should focus more on their core instead of trying to win back the casual crowd from the Wii era.
On the other hand, a common platform for the home/handheld devices is something I have high hopes for. They should have had it in place for WiiU/3DS but failed on that. Expanding their Internet part is also a must, their decision to remove the friends messaging system on 3ds was several steps back...
Re: Yusuke Hashimoto Outlines His Desire to Continue the Bayonetta Franchise
Would not say no to Bayonetta 3
And would very much like it if Nintendo continued their cooperation with Platinum Games. Even if their previous ones haven't sold extreme amounts, they have still been highly praised by gamers and gotten great reviews.
Would be awesome if Bayonetta 3 was a launch title for Nintendos next console.
Re: Sega's Digital Restructure Means 300 Staff Will Be Offered Voluntary Retirement
Wouldn't mind at all if Nintendo bought some IP's from Sega. Having them take over Sonic for example and make new games with Nintendo's quality would be awesome. Hate it that they rushed the whole Sonic Boom thing, since it obviously wasn't finished at released...
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X Will Feature An "Outstanding" Voice Cast
@abbyhitter
If you've grown up with subtitles then it's not a problem to read while watching at the same time. Kinda like using peripheral view to look at street signs when driving a car. You don't focus on it, it just happens.
Also most of the time there will be timing issues when dubbing from Japanese to English. How many times haven't the English actors had to say something really fast, because the scene is short and the Japanese actor doesn't have to use the same amount of words.
So unless the developers re-adjust the scenes in length to match the voices then it'll just sound bad. And not many developers will put down that time and money. Maybe these will, have to wait and see. But I'll stick to the Japanese cast anyways.
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X Hits Japan on 29th April
Subtitles would be enough, kinda hope they don't waste time and money on dubbing it to other languages.
Re: Nintendo Reveals New Range, Details and Compatibility for amiibo
Hoping they'll make a female Robin amiibo.
Re: Feature: The Biggest 3DS Games of 2015
Bravely Second, though nothing has been confirmed so may be next year again.... But it's the one I'm looking forward to the most
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Removed Tharja From Super Smash Bros. To Avoid A Higher Age Rating
@KHaceattorney
The only difference in my eyes is that Tharja shows some "side donkey cheeks". Which really isn't dangerous at all, hell kids will see that at the beach or the pool. But if it had been that then they could have easily changed it into more of a shorts style like Samus has.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Removed Tharja From Super Smash Bros. To Avoid A Higher Age Rating
Yeah doubt it was because of her clothes, considering Samus got her zero suit bikini version or whatever you wanna call it approved.
Re: XSEED Will Release Rune Factory 4 as an eShop Title In Europe
Awesome! So happy right now!
Re: Video: Wii U Skylanders Trap Team Gets First Full Showing At EGX 2014
The biggest disappointment with Infinity over Skylanders for me was that you couldn't use any character you wanted in the play sets. You had to use the incredibles characters for their story n so on. And then releasing characters that only worked in the toy box.. Thus highly limiting their usage. So until they change this then I probably won't buy their games anymore.
With Skylanders I can use any character I want in the new games with only small limits, like breaking a giants seal or an element seal n so on. Then I can switch back to my favorite char again.
Re: Immediate DLC Reinforcements Arriving Soon On The Hyrule Warriors Battlefield
@RainbowGazelle
The game has been finished long before the release in Japan. It'll go through testing, QA, have the age limit verified, Nintendo certified/tested and probably more. From the time this version is shipped for all this testing, to actual release it's not uncommon for 1-2 months to have passed. So the developers might as well use this time to start working on DLC stuff, instead of just sitting there and then start working on it from the day the game is released.....
Re: Feature: Meet The Playable Cast Of Hyrule Warriors
Hard to pick the one... Want to play Link with gauntlet since it looks neat, Lana because I like the animation where she "hops" on the magic box to crush enemies. Impa & Sheik since they're Tomboys. Midna just because, Agitha for her tantrum animation. Ganondorf for the raw brute force.
And I'll most likely end up liking the rest too for reasons I haven't discovered yet. All in all I'm really looking forward to this game
Re: New Nintendo 3DS Delays Planned Homebrew Channel
@piojito_O
Previously they've been able to block such forced updates once they can make changes to the OS. And those games would be listed with warnings on homebrew sites until there's an update to bypass it.
Re: New Nintendo 3DS Delays Planned Homebrew Channel
@ferrers405
With cheap systems like the 3DS people will just end up having two. One which they update to use for all e-shop titles and online gaming. And one for homebrew stuff which will stay offline. Frankly I'd go for it just for the region unlock, it's annoying with loads of games that I can't play because of it. And that will never be released in the EU.
Re: Gallery: It's Time for a Shulk Super Smash Bros. Blowout
Have no trouble with his swimsuit outfit. Was a bit surprised when playing Xenoblade and I first got Swimming Oil as a chest armor Used it for a bit since it had better defense than the leather shirt he previously had. Was a fun thing, and glad it's here too.
Re: Xenoblade's Shulk Confirmed For Super Smash Bros. During Japanese Nintendo Direct
Awesomeness! Surprised and super glad they included him
Re: Video: Bravely Second Gameplay Footage Revealed
Loved the first game so gonna get this no matter what, but damn the quality of the video was bad...
Re: Watch Dogs Will be the Only "Mature" Ubisoft Game on Wii U in Upcoming Lineup
Grabbed Black Flag just now and have been playing it this past weekend, first Assassins Creed game since the first one I've played. Haven't bothered with the others because that one left a bad taste of being overly repetitive.
But since Black Flag is about pirates I had to give it a try and the whole ship battles n such makes the game pretty good. And the story is rather nice. But it won't make me buy the next one since that looks pretty dull once again, so meh...
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's Ambitious amiibo Plans - Pros and Cons
I'd buy some of these just to have on the shelf for displaying purposes, if they are fun and useful in the games then that's a plus
Hoping they'll be adding more soon though than just the ones they've showed so far. Would really want the female Robin and Lucina.
Re: You Won't Be Able To Cross Swords Online In Hyrule Warriors
Prefer local, very few times we've ever used online coop mode when it's just two people. So this doesn't matter to me.
Re: Giana Sisters Developer Under Fire Over Dieselstormers Name
Those Italians must have been huffing the diesel fumes for too long... Rotted their brains.