@blindsquarel not really. The Notes were placed in a way were the challenge was getting all of them in one go. I never understood this complain.
They're like the 100 coins star of Mario 64.
In Tooie they changed it only because you keep going in different levels and you can't get all the notes immediately.
Yes. Nintendo is probably thinking that games that comes out in the Expansion Pass count as a new games or something. So they want to spread the releases as much as they can.
The entire Nintendo 64 catalog of games developed by Nintendo should be in the service since Day 1.
This is probably gonna come off as strange.
But I always found irritating when developers wants the player to feel loved by characters in a game.
It's like they think I'm a lone nerd without friends or something, and they want me to feel fulfilled by some kind of virtual affection.
It's borderline offensive as far as I'm concerned.
And it's something I usually see in Japanese RPG (the prime example is probably the Persona series, where almost every character in the game treats the main character, wich is supposed to be the player, as if it was some kind of perfect man).
I don't need a program to tell me that it likes me.
Loved the first one. Completed both on release on STEAM and on Switch with 100%.
Can't wait for the sequel.
Always strange to see people stating as a fact that the first game was trash, when most of the critics and users review are mostly positive.
Even on STEAM the rating was "extremely positive" for a good while.
I don't know if it became worse now, been a while since I last checked.
@RGB87 this is something I can agree with. I personally have no interest in the Genesis games, so it bothers me that I basically have to pay more for something I'm not gonna ever use.
@Gwynbleidd because Nintendo probably thought that selling them through an online subscription would have been better for them (I don't remember exaclty where, but I read that the sales of the games on the Virtual Console were much worse than people think). So instead of selling the same games for the fifth time, they tried a different approach.
And I'm not saying this to defend them, I just honestly don't understand where all this negativity is coming from.
Nintendo it's not my friend, it's just a company that offer me a service. If I don't want what they propose me, I just don't pay. If you simply want to play those games you have plenty of alternative to the Expansion Pass so it's not like Nintendo have all these games hostages or something.
If Nintendo were to sell the N64 games alone, it would be for 10€ each. Now, for 20€ (I already had the base service and in Europe is 40€ for base + Expansion) I got to play every single N64 game that it's on the service.
I personally would have bought: Ocarina of Time Majora's Mask Banjo-Kazooie F-Zero X Mario Kart 64 Yoshi Story Mario Golf
10€ each is 70€.
I'm literally paying 20 for something that otherwise would costs me 70.
And this is just if we count the games that are already on the service or announced. Surely they're gonna add Banjo-Tooie, DK64 and other games, wich I would also buy
@JonEnumber5 same here. Just completed everything yesterday and had a ton of fun with it; honestly if people online didn't pass the last 2 weeks criticizing the input lag and the lack of fog I wouldn't have notice a thing.
@HungryHungryHomer if someone sub to the service it means that it's worth for them. So that argument has really no bearing on their decisions.
I did and I don't see why I should feel bad for people who don't. Nintendo offer a service and you can choose to either accept it and pay, or not. Is that simple. And people shouldn't be so entitled to tell others how to spend their money.
One of the reasons why recent Pokémon game were extremely easy is because you can change the moveset how you want in any moment.
I loved when I had to actually think about wich moves were the best and I had to keep for my Pokémon.
Honestly, focusing so much on the competitive scene was the biggest error of the series, as long as I'm concerned.
A question from someone who last played FIFA on N64 (FIFA98 I think)
Even if this FIFA was up to date with the version on PS and XBOX, what new features would have? I'm not trolling, I really have no idea what different could you have in a new Football game other than updating the roster and the graphics.
I occasionally played newer FIFA with friends (and with newer I mean 2006 and 2012 lol) and they all seems like the same game but with better graphic.
People are freaking out over nothing. Smash Bros Melee and Brawl had a similar thing to get trophies with in-game currencies (that you could get by playing matches). Would people being freaking out over that too if it had the possibilities to also spend real money to get the trophies?
@ATaco yeah, but after 45 hours into Tales of Arise (on Hard mode too) I can confirm that the balancing is perfect and they didn't try to make the game artifically difficult to make people spend money on the boosters DLC.
I don't really know how it is on western game usually, as I don't play many of them, but on japanese one, it never felt like I had to grind or buy levels.
@DK-Fan I personally dislike every single soundtrack of every single Dragon Quest.
I'm a huge fan of the series, but I never could get into the music. It really sounds like generic MIDI music you would hear in an editor like RPG MAKER or something, as soulless as music can be.
The worst part of the soundtracks is when you're playing a 100+ hours game and you hear the same 5 tunes always whenever you go.
And most of the time it even ruins the atmosphere of the game. Like, who thought that using the happy and adventurous overworld theme of DQ11 was fitting for the second part of the story? It's totally off.
At this point anyone complaining about the Pay to win is probably a troll.
It's been explained countless time, by many people who actually play the game, that is not Pay to win at all in every single comment section of every news about the game.
People in the comments completely ignoring anything written by others, and coming just to insult the game for being P2W when it's clearly not for anyone who has played for more than a bunch of matches...
Anyway, discussions about the microtransaction aside, this game can be a lot of fun and that's is what matters.
I don't even understand the points about having to grind, it's not like you go around killing the same enemies over and over again to level up like in an RPG, here you obtain everything you need by doing matches, wich is what the entire game is all about. It's not time wasted by any means if you like it (and if you don't, what even the point in playing it).
@Ralizah
Defining a genre by the country of origin of the developers doesn't even make any sense to begin with. Simply because knowing that a game has been made by a Japanese doesn't say anything about the game itself.
Except for RPG. I mean, there's a reason if "JFPS" or "Jplatform" is not a thing. Because Japanese FPS and platform don't have features that would make you immediately think about a game made in Japan.
In the end what you think is right or wrong doesn't matter. The term JRPG is being used that way and it took that meaning.
You can accept that or not, but you refusing to do it is not gonna change the meaning the word took.
I personally think the word "Metroidvania" is really silly, as it means nothing and it was used to refer to the Castlevanias that played like a Metroid.
But my opinion is not gonna change how people are gonna use that word.
In the end everyone already knows what kind of game they are about to play if you call it a JRPG or a Metroidvania. And that is what matters.
@Ralizah
It's really easy to understand when an RPG is made with the intention of being like a japanese one.
Just look at games like Edge of Eternity, Cosmic Star Heroine, Crimson Gem Saga or Magna Carta.
It's just more useful to define how an RPG is this way, instead of using that word just for the country it's made.
What you just said is a good example of what I'm talking about.
Nobody, when asked about what JRPG he should play, would be interested in Dark Souls because, developer aside, it plays and looks nothing like one.
@Cia
Someone on Twitter spread a rumor about a Zelda show in the works.
Some time after that he said the show was probably cancelled because it leaked.
So yeah, people are now treating this as if it was official, when It was just a "leaker" cancelling his own "leak" because he knew it wasn't the truth.
A message to everyone interested in this but worried about the lenght.
Every Disgaea is totally enjoyable even if you only do the main story, wich take about 35-45 hours (still have to play the 5 tough, so I don't know for that one).
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Re: Don't Worry, Genshin Impact Is "Still In Development" For Nintendo Switch
@BabyYoda71
Like almost everyone on this comment section
Re: Poll: Budget Line Box Art - Is It 'Fine', Or A Sin Against All That Is Good And Pure?
It really depends
The Platinum games from GameCube (and PS2?) were extremely cool loking.
Re: Feature: Which Is The Absolute Best Nintendo Console Generation?
@Axecon It's sad that we never had a 3D Kirby game at the time
I wonder how it would have turned out with the different mindset Nintendo had.
Re: The Risqué 'Duel Princess' Returns To PC Following Switch And Steam Delisting
When did this came out?
I wanted it but never saw it on the eshop the last few times I checked.
When was it removed?
Re: Metroid Prime Hunters Designer Would Love To See The Game Remade Today
I'd love the online multiplayer of Hunters remade for the Switch.
Re: Video: Here's A Graphics Comparison Of Banjo-Kazooie Running On Switch, Xbox And Nintendo 64
@blindsquarel not really. The Notes were placed in a way were the challenge was getting all of them in one go. I never understood this complain.
They're like the 100 coins star of Mario 64.
In Tooie they changed it only because you keep going in different levels and you can't get all the notes immediately.
Re: Review: Cotton Fantasy - A Joyful, Mischievous, And Incredibly Varied Shmup
@Tobiaku what was the original image like?
I'm curious.
Re: Random: This Guy Has Been Mining Out An Entire Minecraft World For 4 Years, And He's Almost Finished
I think that some people here are forgetting something when defending him.
By the way this guy talks, it feels like he did this only for recognition and nothing else.
Wich seems pretty sad, personally.
Re: Poll: So, How Would You Rate Nintendo's 2021?
4/10.
Metroid Dread was the only interesting release for me this year. Everything else feels like stuff from an indie studio.
While it's not really a problem by itself, there was absolutely nothing that really stands out (except Metroid).
In fact someone yesterday asked me what new games Nintendo released this year... And I could only remember Metroid and Big Brain Accademy
Re: Talking Point: Should The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Library Expand Faster?
Yes.
Nintendo is probably thinking that games that comes out in the Expansion Pass count as a new games or something. So they want to spread the releases as much as they can.
The entire Nintendo 64 catalog of games developed by Nintendo should be in the service since Day 1.
Re: Poll: What's The Worst Legend Of Zelda Game?
@KevynOnVideo to be fair, Zelda I came with a map wich had all the secrets in it, if I'm not mistaken.
Like the locations of all the bombable walls and stuff like that.
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl's Affection Rates?
This is probably gonna come off as strange.
But I always found irritating when developers wants the player to feel loved by characters in a game.
It's like they think I'm a lone nerd without friends or something, and they want me to feel fulfilled by some kind of virtual affection.
It's borderline offensive as far as I'm concerned.
And it's something I usually see in Japanese RPG (the prime example is probably the Persona series, where almost every character in the game treats the main character, wich is supposed to be the player, as if it was some kind of perfect man).
I don't need a program to tell me that it likes me.
Re: Playtonic's Original Yooka-Laylee Game Is Getting A Follow-Up Title
Loved the first one. Completed both on release on STEAM and on Switch with 100%.
Can't wait for the sequel.
Always strange to see people stating as a fact that the first game was trash, when most of the critics and users review are mostly positive.
Even on STEAM the rating was "extremely positive" for a good while.
I don't know if it became worse now, been a while since I last checked.
Re: Playtonic Announces Tencent Investment And Major Expansion Plans
Really happy about this.
Hope they continue to grow and release even more games in the future.
Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier
@Spiders Fair enough, the emulation is worse, no doubt about it.
Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier
@RGB87 this is something I can agree with.
I personally have no interest in the Genesis games, so it bothers me that I basically have to pay more for something I'm not gonna ever use.
Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier
@Gwynbleidd because Nintendo probably thought that selling them through an online subscription would have been better for them (I don't remember exaclty where, but I read that the sales of the games on the Virtual Console were much worse than people think). So instead of selling the same games for the fifth time, they tried a different approach.
And I'm not saying this to defend them, I just honestly don't understand where all this negativity is coming from.
Nintendo it's not my friend, it's just a company that offer me a service. If I don't want what they propose me, I just don't pay. If you simply want to play those games you have plenty of alternative to the Expansion Pass so it's not like Nintendo have all these games hostages or something.
Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier
@Spiders I don't see how it's objectively worse.
If Nintendo were to sell the N64 games alone, it would be for 10€ each.
Now, for 20€ (I already had the base service and in Europe is 40€ for base + Expansion) I got to play every single N64 game that it's on the service.
I personally would have bought:
Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask
Banjo-Kazooie
F-Zero X
Mario Kart 64
Yoshi Story
Mario Golf
10€ each is 70€.
I'm literally paying 20 for something that otherwise would costs me 70.
And this is just if we count the games that are already on the service or announced.
Surely they're gonna add Banjo-Tooie, DK64 and other games, wich I would also buy
Re: GTA Trilogy's Physical Edition On Switch Appears To Require A Download
That's a shame.
I was gonna buy it, but not like this.
Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier
@JonEnumber5 same here.
Just completed everything yesterday and had a ton of fun with it; honestly if people online didn't pass the last 2 weeks criticizing the input lag and the lack of fog I wouldn't have notice a thing.
Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier
@HungryHungryHomer if someone sub to the service it means that it's worth for them. So that argument has really no bearing on their decisions.
I did and I don't see why I should feel bad for people who don't.
Nintendo offer a service and you can choose to either accept it and pay, or not.
Is that simple. And people shouldn't be so entitled to tell others how to spend their money.
Re: Mario Party Superstars Leaks Online Ahead Of Next Week's Official Launch
@Arawn93
Yes, it's ridiculous, I'm not even criticizing them for being ok with pirating the game.
But if you're gonna do it, at least don't try to come up with stupid excuses as to why you have the rights to pirate it.
Re: Random: Uh-Oh, Nintendo's Switch Online 'Expansion Pack - Overview Trailer' Is Generating A Lot Of Dislikes
I see no problem with the asking price.
So I'll gladly pay and play most of the N64 games.
Honestly I can't wait to play F-Zero X, Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing online with my friends.
Re: Exp. Share Can't Be Turned Off In The Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes
The single use MT is really a good thing.
One of the reasons why recent Pokémon game were extremely easy is because you can change the moveset how you want in any moment.
I loved when I had to actually think about wich moves were the best and I had to keep for my Pokémon.
Honestly, focusing so much on the competitive scene was the biggest error of the series, as long as I'm concerned.
Re: Pokémon Legends: Arceus Won't Actually Be An Open-World Game
That's a wonderful news.
I still have to play and Open World with good balancing.
There's a reason if most of the them make the enemy level up with you.
Re: Review: FIFA 22 - Another Match Abandoned
A question from someone who last played FIFA on N64 (FIFA98 I think)
Even if this FIFA was up to date with the version on PS and XBOX, what new features would have?
I'm not trolling, I really have no idea what different could you have in a new Football game other than updating the roster and the graphics.
I occasionally played newer FIFA with friends (and with newer I mean 2006 and 2012 lol) and they all seems like the same game but with better graphic.
Re: Konami Competition Tasks Indie Devs With Reviving Its Classic IP
I really hope this can bring Ganbare Goemon back.
Re: Japanese Charts: Dragon Ball Z Debuts In Second As Switch Takes Seven Of The Top Ten
@Specter_of-the_OLED
How is that a port if it released simultaneously?
It has less sales simply because there's a lot less people who have it.
Personally, if I had a PS5, I would have gladly bought it on that. But for now I see no reason to spend so much money on that thing.
Re: Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp Will Have Gacha-Style Microtransactions
People are freaking out over nothing.
Smash Bros Melee and Brawl had a similar thing to get trophies with in-game currencies (that you could get by playing matches).
Would people being freaking out over that too if it had the possibilities to also spend real money to get the trophies?
@ATaco yeah, but after 45 hours into Tales of Arise (on Hard mode too) I can confirm that the balancing is perfect and they didn't try to make the game artifically difficult to make people spend money on the boosters DLC.
I don't really know how it is on western game usually, as I don't play many of them, but on japanese one, it never felt like I had to grind or buy levels.
Re: Talking Point: A Nintendo Direct With Something For Everyone, And Quite A Few Surprises
I wouldn't say that Nintendo kept the content a secret.
Bayonetta 3, Kirby and the N64 Online were all leaked before the presentation.
Literally anything new Nintendo was going to show was leaked.
Re: Review: WarioWare: Get It Together! - More Magnificent Microgame Mayhem
@Dpishere Wario Ware is fun, but most of the games in the series can be completed in an afternoon.
Re: Site News: So, Where's Our Baldo Review?
@gaga64
To be fair, Yooka-Laylee was reviewed with the Switch version, wich already has all the patches included.
Re: Review: Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 1 - Cult Classic Tactics RPGs, But Undeniably Dated
I have absolutely no idea were the 5/10 is coming from after reading the review.
I didn't even play these games so I'm not defending them.
All of the problems listed are trivial at best and the reviewer praise the Battle system and the story.
Re: Elements, A Breath Of The Wild-Style Open-World Adventure, Aims For Switch In 2022
@Purgatorium
Oh sorry, I just saw so many people actually serious about it to completely lose the ability to tell when someone is being sarcastic.
I feel like many people here just have fun saying the opposite of the newser.
Like if the news don't say anything about being similar to BotW, the comment section will be full of "OH MY GOD THIS GAME IS SOOOOO RIPPING OF BOTW".
But if the newser talk about it, there's full of comments like:"WTF WHY DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT EVERY OPEN WORLD IS A BOTW COPY".
Re: Elements, A Breath Of The Wild-Style Open-World Adventure, Aims For Switch In 2022
@Purgatorium
Because of the climbing and gliding mechanics that those Open World games you mentioned don't have.
Re: Review: The Silver Case 2425 - Style Over Substance In This Pair Of Early Suda51 Epics
Seems like the usual SUDA game.
An unplayable mess (gameplay wise) that get good score because it has style, strange characters and cool presentation.
His games reminds me of those "so bad it's so good" films... The difference here is that a game is also supposed to be nice to play.
Re: What Do You Want To See From The Dragon Quest Series In The Future? Square Enix Wants To Know
@DK-Fan I personally dislike every single soundtrack of every single Dragon Quest.
I'm a huge fan of the series, but I never could get into the music. It really sounds like generic MIDI music you would hear in an editor like RPG MAKER or something, as soulless as music can be.
The worst part of the soundtracks is when you're playing a 100+ hours game and you hear the same 5 tunes always whenever you go.
And most of the time it even ruins the atmosphere of the game.
Like, who thought that using the happy and adventurous overworld theme of DQ11 was fitting for the second part of the story?
It's totally off.
Re: What Do You Want To See From The Dragon Quest Series In The Future? Square Enix Wants To Know
A different composer.
And please no "adult" theme, whatever that is supposed to mean.
Re: Pokémon Unite Is Getting A Game Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@huyi
So if a journalist says a lie it become the truth?
Re: Pokémon Unite Is Getting A Game Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
At this point anyone complaining about the Pay to win is probably a troll.
It's been explained countless time, by many people who actually play the game, that is not Pay to win at all in every single comment section of every news about the game.
Re: Review: Pokemon Unite - Pokémon Divides In Free-To-Start MOBA
People in the comments completely ignoring anything written by others, and coming just to insult the game for being P2W when it's clearly not for anyone who has played for more than a bunch of matches...
Anyway, discussions about the microtransaction aside, this game can be a lot of fun and that's is what matters.
I don't even understand the points about having to grind, it's not like you go around killing the same enemies over and over again to level up like in an RPG, here you obtain everything you need by doing matches, wich is what the entire game is all about.
It's not time wasted by any means if you like it (and if you don't, what even the point in playing it).
Re: Talking Point: What's Your Switch Game Of 2021 So Far?
Pokémon Unite.
Not even joking.
Re: Poll: Can You Still Find Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. And Super Mario 3D All-Stars?
It's everywhere here. I can find multiple copies at every videogame store.
@GrailUK
What if they made more copies exactly because of those complain?
Re: Review: Cris Tales - A Gorgeous Indie JRPG That Does Just Enough To Stand Out
@Ralizah
Defining a genre by the country of origin of the developers doesn't even make any sense to begin with. Simply because knowing that a game has been made by a Japanese doesn't say anything about the game itself.
Except for RPG. I mean, there's a reason if "JFPS" or "Jplatform" is not a thing. Because Japanese FPS and platform don't have features that would make you immediately think about a game made in Japan.
In the end what you think is right or wrong doesn't matter. The term JRPG is being used that way and it took that meaning.
You can accept that or not, but you refusing to do it is not gonna change the meaning the word took.
I personally think the word "Metroidvania" is really silly, as it means nothing and it was used to refer to the Castlevanias that played like a Metroid.
But my opinion is not gonna change how people are gonna use that word.
In the end everyone already knows what kind of game they are about to play if you call it a JRPG or a Metroidvania. And that is what matters.
Re: Review: Cris Tales - A Gorgeous Indie JRPG That Does Just Enough To Stand Out
@Ralizah
It's really easy to understand when an RPG is made with the intention of being like a japanese one.
Just look at games like Edge of Eternity, Cosmic Star Heroine, Crimson Gem Saga or Magna Carta.
It's just more useful to define how an RPG is this way, instead of using that word just for the country it's made.
What you just said is a good example of what I'm talking about.
Nobody, when asked about what JRPG he should play, would be interested in Dark Souls because, developer aside, it plays and looks nothing like one.
Re: Review: Cris Tales - A Gorgeous Indie JRPG That Does Just Enough To Stand Out
@sanderev
JRPG is it's own genre now. Any RPG that has the features of an RPG made in Japan is called a JRPG.
Re: Rumour: There's Supposedly A New Donkey Kong Animation In Development
@NatiaAdamo
Can you post a link with proof?
I honestly only know about a tweet made from a random someone. Never heard that it was Netflix itself.
Re: Rumour: There's Supposedly A New Donkey Kong Animation In Development
@Cia
Someone on Twitter spread a rumor about a Zelda show in the works.
Some time after that he said the show was probably cancelled because it leaked.
So yeah, people are now treating this as if it was official, when It was just a "leaker" cancelling his own "leak" because he knew it wasn't the truth.
Re: Review: Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny - A Series High Point, Just Not For Performance
A message to everyone interested in this but worried about the lenght.
Every Disgaea is totally enjoyable even if you only do the main story, wich take about 35-45 hours (still have to play the 5 tough, so I don't know for that one).
Re: Nihon Falcom Announce Four More 'Trails' Games Coming To Switch In The West
Not gonna bother with these until they makes Cold Steel 1 and 2 in Switch.