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@robr “ The Game Kitchen brought us Blasphemous, Blasphemous 2 and Ninja Gaiden Ragebound in less time than Silksong.”

True, but they have around 5 times more employees, so they’re actually slower unless they whip out another 2 games before silksong releases.

@milonorth The whole thing has snowballed over the years. The reason there’s such a big gap is that it was originally going to be DLC, but at some point, they decided to pull that and turn it into a full game. Then the internet went bonkers.

@RemyMartin haha, I feel precisely the opposite. Hades was ok to me. Hollow Knight was incredible.

Reminds me of a duvet that my German neighbour generously donated to me that on the label in huge letters declared “Kochfest”.

@nhSnork Glad to hear it. Also, I just read back my comment and it was maybe a bit overly sarcastic. I’ve a very snarky sense of humour and usually forget that not everyone appreciates it. Hopefully my comment was taken in good humour and rest assured, it wasn’t meant to be offensive!

@nhSnork I’m Gen X; even more ancient than yourself. Hence I haven’t attached a gif, because I can’t work the internets. When I was a child, my games console of choice was a stick with some string on the end. That was after rationing ended of course.

That said, I’m still not prepared to buy an inferior product, for more money. You’ll understand when you get to be as old as me.

In an insane world, it was the sanest choice…

@Tyranexx If you beat Metroid Dread and Shovel Knight, you’ll be fine with Hollow Knight. The really hard bits are mostly optional. I do recommend giving it a go if you’ve ever been tempted, as it’s a superb metroidvania and costs only about a tenner I think, so you’ve nothing to lose.

As far as I can tell, this had a physical release, so you’ll still likely be able to buy a copy 40 years from now. Long live physical and boooo to digital only.

@The_Nintend_Pedant “ If every download = money lost, then I wonder how many copies of SMB downloaded = bankruptcy for Nintendo? 🤔”

Given that in financial year 2024, 81.3% of Nintendo’s nett profits were attributed to suing the public, I reckon they’d actually go bankrupt if people stopped stealing from them.

@The_Nintend_Pedant “ ...YOU WOULD'NT STEAL A CAR!!”

Well, I for one would be driving a nice shiny new car if I could just download one from a car piracy site for free.

In fact, I’d download all the cars and keep them on a hard drive (pun lovers, you’re welcome) resulting in literally billions of rupees in lost revenue for the industry, because I totally would have bought them if it wasn’t for the wretched piracy.

I wonder how much ad revenue those sites lost from having their domains stolen?

Sounds like they did a great job with this. I’m never that keen on remakes just being remasters, so I welcome all the extra content here, even if the core gameplay has been tweaked a bit.

The original game exists for those who want the classic experience and you can emulate that in upscaled HD, with a higher frame rate and save states etc if it’s just QOL upgrades you’re craving.

His creative vision and courage arguably saved the industry more than once; not to mention he is remembered as a true friend to literally all who knew him. That’s the rarest of combinations.

Just another day on the internet. Always tickles me that people who use social media are surprised and upset by the behaviour of people who use social media.

@Devann “ They're missing the point.”

Yeah, I’d say more like they’re avoiding the point.

Some people will give it a 10 and some people will give it a zero. Both would be exaggerated. Despite the new additions, it doesn’t reinvent the wheel (pun intended,) and I personally prefer both wii and 8.

7.5 is plenty fair imho, but it will no doubt end up much higher once it settles.

The reviewer really loves the case, bless ‘em. Don’t forget to buy via the handy links provided in the article.

Personally I wouldn’t wish to deal with their customer service if I needed to, so it’s a no buy for me.

I’ve not played this one, but 51 levels of free DLC has definitely sold it to me. That’s how you support your customers properly, while adding new sales.

You have 20 seconds to comply… with the takedown notice.

It’s got to the point where I’m losing interest in modern gaming. The last time I felt this way, Nintendo came along and made it exciting again with NDS and then Wii. I think a lot of people were hoping for that magic again this generation.

@Mesozoic_Masquerade In my country you own the physical media that you buy. You don’t own the copyright. EULAs are a civil matter.

I don’t currently have a legal right to sell digital purchases, because they can be said to violate copyright.

I’m mostly concerned that this is the first movement by games companies to say that keycards just give you a license to play and not ownership of the game you bought.

@Max_the_German

“Analogue triggers are overrated in my opinion.
Yes, for serious racing games they are essential.”

You hit the nail on the head. They’re “essential” for some games; especially GameCube games such as Mario Sunshine where you control the power of fludd by analogue trigger.

Leaving an essential feature off of a premium Pro controller, when they heavily advertised GameCube games for Switch 2 in the build up shows very poor respect.

@PolitiClank “ I disagree completely. The point of repairability is to be future proof”

I think you’re disagreeing with an argument I didn’t actually make. Of course the point of repairability is to extend the consoles life beyond that of its individual parts.

This is a bit like awarding SMB3 a 1 out of 10 score, because it doesn’t have the same modern QOL features that Odyssey does.

@thor8467 There’s not a lot he wouldn’t do in the search for Dr Goodhead.

An origin story sounds interesting. I bet he did quite a few oddjobs before sending his cv to MI5.

@VoidofLight

“ They make their money off of selling hardware. They sell said hardware at a loss however”

I think your only goal is to win an argument that we’re not actually having. Let’s just agree that Nintendo make all their money by making a loss.

I’ll just be glad that the headlines will no longer be things like…

“Here’s a first look at the font of the switch 2 options menu”

There are people willing to pay over a million rupees for a Pokemon card, so in that context, I think this is an absolute bargain.

$70 works out at around only 5 cents per glitch.

It’s like Nintendo just knew I had a massive pile of $80 bills sitting around with nothing to do. Spooky!

Having never played a borderlands game before, my initial reaction was that he doesn’t seem very interested in procuring new customers for his company.

You should always charge to 71% Then press up, down, left, right, up, down, left, right, X, A, Y, B. Then howl like a wolf (only do this on a full moon, though.) If done correctly, you can now play as Bowser in Super Punch Out. Doesn’t do much to help the battery though.

Yeah, still not tempting me to buy one Nintendo, but keep trying.

Ah, the memories of phoning in sick to work so I could complete it without the pesky interruptions of whatever that thing is that happens on the other side of windows. Would never do that now of course. Mainly because I’m self employed and don’t need to phone in.

@Discostew
“Think this attitude is a reason why they are a "former" Rockstar dev?”

I know a former Rockstar Leeds dev. They sacked the entire team the moment their work on Chinatown Wars was completed. Nice company.

“ Dr. Nintendo offered more than pills” Sounds so much creepier than it should.

On a more serious note, most people will suffer from poor mental health at least once at some point in life and it warms the heart to read this article.

To be honest, I find it hard not to root for the other side no matter if they deserve it or not. Nintendo have become the school bully and I just don’t like how they behave these days.

@Scrubelicious When companies give you a free digital download with your physical purchase; for me that’s a “win win”.

@Matt-e-r Amazing, thanks!

@Matt-e-r Please let me know where you buy your t shirts! I get through so many in my work.

Where I live, we have a saying that certain people can “see you coming”. It means that someone will raise the price of something based on what they think you’re willing to pay. For me €80 is too much, even for a game that I really want and there are so many people saying similar things and if I can’t afford the games, I’m not going to buy the console

@Matt-e-r Yeah, I think I’m mostly in agreement. Nintendo have basically priced it at what they believe they can get away with charging and that’s their choice of course. Apple have been doing this forever and it doesn’t hurt their business, but Apple have a very different client in mind.

Time will tell, but I think Nintendo’s pricing strategy could prove the defining matter of how well they perform this generation.

@Akeratsu I note that the PlayStation boss is quoted in another article on this site as backing up the idea that scarcity = value. He says that Switch 2 exclusivity will justify the price hike of 1st party games.

I think this is beginning to digress from the topic though. Nintendo has always had apologists rooting for its worst ideas and that won’t change this generation. Joy con drift doesn’t exist etc.and of course 80 quid for a game is very reasonable when you consider that it took some skill to make and will be fun to play.

@Akeratsu It’s the very basics of economics. Countries keep gold reserves because it’s a rare, desirable metal and its price is stable because of it.

Bitcoin has to be mined and therefore has a value. Digital items have can be more valuable than physical equivalents.

You’re right though that a game download has little value, yet somehow people are willing to pay too much for it. If you had to choose between 2, would you invest your life savings in Mario Kart World downloads, or gold?

I’m not a believer that the monetary value of an item is directly influenced by the entertainment value. The value of an item is literally the scarcity to desirability ratio. Mario Kart world may well be desirable, but it certainly won’t be scarce. 80 quid is plain greedy.

Somehow, Nintendo managed to perfectly sum up in an accessory precisely how I felt about the Switch 2 reveal.

I’m not planning on getting a switch 2 for quite some time and I don’t subscribe to online, so gimme HD Windwaker on Switch please!

Hope it has an option to make the screen 14” so we can really feel like we’ve travelled back to the days when our hair and teeth were all accounted for.

I’m dubious of the comment about having to run at full power to fully emulate. I highly doubt that the switch 2 could emulate switch at anywhere near an acceptable level. Looking forward to finding out if I’m right over the coming months and years…