Frankly it’s disgusting how much power the X and PS5 draw. They draw more than the average 65 inch tv for goodness sake. It’s a major reason I won’t buy one that I don’t see talked about enough. It feels gross wasting that much energy playing video games just for better graphics.
This game isn't like OutRun really at all gameplay wise. It's more like the Top Gear SNES games. They even got the composer form those to compose this game.
@Kyloctopus Did he kill himself? Very sad last post. The one before it was talking about Better Call Saul and now he won't get to see the finale. I hope he’s at peace.
That's disappointing. I'm guessing M2 wasn't involved with this one like the Genesis/MD mini consoles. Those are great quality, like everything they work on.
I’ll never understand the people that want MK9 on Switch. I’d rather they save that for the successor. I’m glad they’re just adding to this one since it looks as good as a game could already on Switch.
Makes sense to me that there would be no more N64 tracks considering that the base game had a good deal of them already. Kalamari Desert is a fine final choice. I hope another Rainbow Road or 2.
Really disappointed it wasn’t jailbroken like literally every other Analogue product. I don’t want to have to deal with 30 year old carts or multiple dodgy flash carts.
I wouldn’t say it’s laziness most of the time but it is an unfortunate part of game development these days. We just don’t get finished products anymore at launch.
Nintendo is better about it than most devs at least. I’ve lost interest in playing certain Xbox and PS games once I saw I’d have to download 50GB+ patches just to play.
They’re cool for what they are, Zelda games that are playable via stylus, but I personally find them painful to play. I don’t see myself replaying either unless they’re remade with traditional controls in-mind.
Those buttons don’t look very good quality-wise. That’s a huge part of these machines that no one seems to mention. Even the Analogue Pocket, which is amazing in every other way, still doesn’t have a great dpad.
No but I kinda liked the idea of each multiplier centric Nintendo series getting only 1 entry per system. I’d rather they would have kept updating 2 and saved 3 for whatever is after Switch. I’ll still buy and enjoy 3 though.
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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles Studio Monolith Soft Helped Out With Splatoon 3
Feels like Mono does some work on every major Nintendo release these days.
Re: Persona 5 Royal Switch eShop File Size Seemingly Revealed
Makes sense. Close to the PS3 version size.
Re: Splatoon 3 Launch Day Patch Detailed Ahead Of Game's Release
“Pretty much your basic day one patch for an online game, right?“
Considering the game will still work without it and it’s not 100GB+, no, it isn’t.
Re: Switch, Xbox, PS5 Power Consumption Comparison - How Energy-Efficient Is Nintendo Switch?
@Hero8-Bit But a large 65 inch one? Come on.
Re: Switch, Xbox, PS5 Power Consumption Comparison - How Energy-Efficient Is Nintendo Switch?
Frankly it’s disgusting how much power the X and PS5 draw. They draw more than the average 65 inch tv for goodness sake. It’s a major reason I won’t buy one that I don’t see talked about enough. It feels gross wasting that much energy playing video games just for better graphics.
Re: Soapbox: Endless Zelda Remakes Are A Poor Substitute For Backwards Compatibility
I forgive the Switch for not having bc since it was a radically different format but I’m not buying its successor if it doesn’t have it.
Re: Feature: 12 Nintendo Games That Deserve An HD-2D Remake
I feel like a remake is the only way the west will officially get Mother 3 at this point.
Re: Rumour: It's Not Even September And Nintendo Direct Rumours Have Already Started
Makes sense to me that those excellent ports would show up on Switch. I just want an Advance Wars date.
Re: 8BitDo Reveals New 'Ultimate' Controller Range, Compatible With Switch
It’s not very ultimate if it doesn’t have gyro aiming. Makes it worthless for something like Splatoon.
Re: Review: Pac-Man World Re-Pac - Perfectly Passable PS1 Platforming
“predictably spotty”
A game like this shouldn’t be predictably spotty on Switch. It looks like an uprezzed PS2 game.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Investigates Switch's Lowest Resolution Games
Whatever the next Switch is, I just want backwards compatibility.
Re: Nintendo Has Already Started Banning Splatoon 3 Cheaters
Good. Anyone who cheats in an online multiplayer game should have permanent bans immediately. No second chances.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Pac-Man World: Re-Pac
Waiting for a Switch review.
Re: Nintendo Is Apparently Not Involved In The New Switch DRM Initiative
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Re: Chibi-Robo Director Doesn't Think Skip Ltd Will Release Another Entry In The Series
A port of the original one would be nice. Low key one of the best GameCube games.
Re: Sakurai's YouTube Channel Surpasses 200k Subscribers In Under 24 Hours
I love it so far. He deserves it.
Re: PSA: Splatoon 3's Splatfest World Premiere Demo Is Now Live
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Re: PSA: Splatoon 3's Splatfest World Premiere Demo Is Now Live
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Re: Pokémon Says Goodbye To Pokkén Tournament World Championships After Six Years
@ModdedInkling This is the end of it at a certain tournament. The game will still be functional and playable.
Re: Pokémon Says Goodbye To Pokkén Tournament World Championships After Six Years
They should keep it going until a sequel at least.
Re: Mario Kart Tour Goes Bowser-Themed In Upcoming Major Update
@Fizza I could see it happening. We should get at least one more Bowser stage.
Re: The Aya Neo Air Is A $600 Switch Lite-Sized Pocket PC
Cool but I'll stick with my Switch and wait for whatever the successor is instead of grabbing one of these or a Steam Deck.
Re: Talking Point: Which Nintendo Series Would Work Best As A Free-To-Play Game?
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Re: Video: Digital Foundry Weighs In On Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Texture Complaints
Oh no a grass texture in the background is slightly less good in a racing game. End of the world!
Re: Horizon Chase Turbo Gets Blown Wide Open With New Free 'Adventures Mode'
This game isn't like OutRun really at all gameplay wise. It's more like the Top Gear SNES games. They even got the composer form those to compose this game.
Re: Review: Blossom Tales II: The Minotaur Prince - A Cute Zelda-Like Adventure That Lacks Fresh Ideas
I'd rather play replay LTTP for the bazillionth time rather than one of these cheap ripoffs.
Re: Random: Splatoon 3's Shiver Appears To Be Nintendo's First Major Non-Binary Character
Maybe wait for confirmation before publishing an article like this. We don’t know for sure yet.
Re: Review: Arcade Paradise - An Addictive Arcade Management Sim That Proves Laundry Can Be Fun
@nocdaes There will be no more general Directs. Say goodbye.
Re: Kirby: Right Back At Ya! Is Getting A Blu-Ray HD Remaster In Japan
@Silly_G To be fair, I doubt there's much more than they can. They probably didn't keep 20 year old assets around.
Re: Random: Wait, Was That A Nintendo Ultra Hand In The Splatoon 3 Direct?
@EarthboundBenjy Would make for a neat My Nintendo reward.
Re: Feature: "It's A Bit More Evil Than Animal Crossing!" - Behind The Cutesy Cult Sim Everyone's Talking About
I don’t get any Animal Crossing vibes from this. Reminds me much more of Don’t Starve.
Re: In Memory Of Philip J Reed, Writer And Nintendo Life Contributor
@Kyloctopus Did he kill himself? Very sad last post. The one before it was talking about Better Call Saul and now he won't get to see the finale. I hope he’s at peace.
Re: Check Out Splatoon 3's New Trading Card Minigame That's Looks A Bit Like Tetris
Huh? It looks nothing like Tetris other than block shapes.
Re: Feature: Mega Man, Crash Bandicoot, And Gex - The '90s Inspirations Behind 'Frogun'
Looks okay but I have enough better similar games I need to get through.
Re: Random: Fan Reimagines Sonic As A 'Shredder's Revenge' Style Beat-Em-Up
We've had Sonic beat em ups before and they kinda sucked. Sonic Battle anyone?
Re: Sega's Latest Mini-Console Is Cute, But Reviewers Are Complaining Of Bad Lag
That's disappointing. I'm guessing M2 wasn't involved with this one like the Genesis/MD mini consoles. Those are great quality, like everything they work on.
Re: Review: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 2 - Harmless Fun, But More"B-Side Filler"
People are way too hard on these courses. They look and play great.
Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Has Been Updated For Switch
Who’s playing this on a regular basis? It’s super shallow compared to Streets of Rage 4 and Fight N Rage.
Re: Random: Pixel Artist Reimagines Super Mario Land Series For Game Boy Advance
I know they're just fan mockups and they look nice but man the screen crunch would be horrible if they were real. lol
Re: Random: People Are Getting Pretty Worried About Splatoon 3
@thejuice027 Use DekuDeals. It’s gone on sale multiple times. 2 is still worth playing for the campaign alone.
Re: Random: People Are Getting Pretty Worried About Splatoon 3
Nintendo fans should play more Nintendo games rather than getting anxious over nothing on social media. Better use of energy.
Re: Nightdive Apparently Has "A Few More" FPS Remasters On The Way
I hope they could somehow work with Atari to get Blood on Switch.
Re: Taito & M2 Bringing Shmup Collection 'Ray'z Arcade Chronology' To Switch
Cool. Hopefully Elevator Action Returns comes to the west as well. That’s the one I really want.
Re: Poll: How Do You Feel About Wave 2 Of The Mario Kart 8 Booster Course Pack?
I’ll never understand the people that want MK9 on Switch. I’d rather they save that for the successor. I’m glad they’re just adding to this one since it looks as good as a game could already on Switch.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Datamine Might Have Leaked Details About Future DLC Tracks
Makes sense to me that there would be no more N64 tracks considering that the base game had a good deal of them already. Kalamari Desert is a fine final choice. I hope another Rainbow Road or 2.
Re: Analogue Pocket's Major Beta Update Is Live, Here's What's New
Really disappointed it wasn’t jailbroken like literally every other Analogue product. I don’t want to have to deal with 30 year old carts or multiple dodgy flash carts.
Re: Random: GQ Calls Video Game Patches "Laziness", And People Are Not Impressed
I wouldn’t say it’s laziness most of the time but it is an unfortunate part of game development these days. We just don’t get finished products anymore at launch.
Nintendo is better about it than most devs at least. I’ve lost interest in playing certain Xbox and PS games once I saw I’d have to download 50GB+ patches just to play.
Re: Watch: This 90-Minute Deep Dive Into Two Of The Most Underrated Zeldas Is Well Worth The Time
They’re cool for what they are, Zelda games that are playable via stylus, but I personally find them painful to play. I don’t see myself replaying either unless they’re remade with traditional controls in-mind.
Re: This Game Boy-Inspired Handheld Is A Budget Answer To Modern-Day Retro Gaming
Those buttons don’t look very good quality-wise. That’s a huge part of these machines that no one seems to mention. Even the Analogue Pocket, which is amazing in every other way, still doesn’t have a great dpad.
Re: Watch: Is Five Years Between Splatoon Games Too Short A Wait?
No but I kinda liked the idea of each multiplier centric Nintendo series getting only 1 entry per system. I’d rather they would have kept updating 2 and saved 3 for whatever is after Switch. I’ll still buy and enjoy 3 though.