Line it's been said by others, we'll be on the next console by the time this releases. Whether that will be powerful enough is another matter. As much as I like the Switch, I honestly just wish they would go in a more traditional direction, but the Japanese market is likely preventing that.
Will I be able to unlock Cloud after the first season ends? I got halfway to getting him but fell off a bit due to other games, but I do want to hop back in later.
@jojobar Sakura Wars, PSO2 New Genesis and Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 would be the two most recent brand new games that were good if we're arbitrarily excluding RGG Studios, Atlus or any of their western studios like Creative Assembly (so most of their workforce). Apparently the 2 different Tokyo Olympic games were alright as well.
Seems like the new norm is a roughly 6-8 week cinema run before a film drops on streaming, followed by the physical media release a few weeks after that.
There is no Knuckles series BTW. It's a Sonic series (literally called 'Sonic: The Series'), they just confirmed Idris Elba would reprise his role as Knuckles in it during the announcement. This has oddly flown over even some of the hardcore Sonic fans heads.
The part he mentions about Sonic not dying if you had a single ring being implemented in the last couple of weeks is fascinating. That one small change affects so much of that game's design, and it was implemented incredibly late.
@UltraZelda64 PS3 versions of Sonic 1, 2 and CD can still be purchased, though it's like what you described with the 360 versions but worse. You can only buy them on a PS3, via the store which last time I checked is very slow and buggy.
@Would_you_kindly Sonic wanted to maximise the time he spent with Tom before fleeing to the Mushroom planet where he would be alone forever. It's the reason why half the movie is a road trip too, there was nothing stopping him from running to San Francisco - the whole "I don't know the way there" thing was a bluff.
It's literally not complex. The problem is Sega made a chart that makes it look complicated at a glance. Bit of a blunder, considering this poll result.
@ShadowofTwilight22 always been a silly narrative honestly. You have to be willingly ignorant of their output, especially nowadays when new Sonic games are less frequent.
@Fight_Teza_Fight @Phostachio rarely commenting doesn't make someone a troll. Just a lurker mostly. And neither of his comments seem like a troll either. First one is him saying YS VIII is really good basically, and like it or not, a lot of people genuinely believe that stuff about Disney.
I saw on Sony's Twitter they posted about Morbius being the number 1 movie in the world yesterday. I thought that was pretty funny because it's only because Sonic was releasing a week later in the US, because it was outperforming Morbius in the other markets. The Morbius sweep is over.
@Mz3player @PBandSmelly The two worlds thing was always a misunderstanding. It meant two worlds as in two societies, rather than separate planets. They're just making it clear for people now thankfully. A similar thing happened with Forces seemingly established Classic Sonic as being from another dimension.
@Martijn87 actually Nintendo publishes some of the highest quantity of games per year. They're definitely on top of Sony and Microsoft in terms of platform holders at least.
Looking forward to this. I'm a big fan of FF and kart racers. Plus it's £40, and I have £10 worth of gold points on my eshop so it'll be a steal for me at only £30. I'm willing to overlook the season pass thing for that specific personal reason.
@HaNks Indeed, a lot of the naysayers who are calling this a fake rumour haven't looked into this at all and are just reflexively reacting to the article. The full leak includes a whole lot more about a range of things Nvidia are involved in, this Switch successor aspect is just a small portion of the pie.
@moodycat It's worth keeping in mind that the Switch being halfway through it's life cycle doesn't mean we're waiting 5 years for a successor. Generally consoles continue to be supported for a few years after a successor comes out, unless it's a flop - then they drop it ASAP of course.
As an example, Sony claimed they had a 10 year plan for PS3. That didn't mean they were waiting until 2016 to release PS4, but that they would support PS3 for 10 years. It was discontinued in 2017, so the 10 year life cycle was actually slightly exceeded.
It's perfectly reasonable to expect that the Switch will be around until 2027, but with a Switch 2 coming out around 2024. It makes more sense than the 3DS sticking around until 2019, since the two consoles will have much more in common and probably will get a number of games released for both like we see on the new Sony and Microsoft systems.
@Troll_Decimator Honestly, the whole office space thing made it sound like the closures would have an adverse affect. Then I read the article and they all say "Yeah we barely make any money off these stores anymore".
A decent way to get a physical version of some of the Arcade Achives releases I suppose...? This pales in comparison to the Taito Legends duology. Maybe the emulation quality is better? But the overall package is lacking.
@mikegamer slowdowns that the games were designed around. The remasters run smoother, but they don't accommodate for those animations not functioning correctly, so it's fair for people to think they're inferior to the N64 versions for that.
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Re: Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, And Persona 5 Royal Are Coming To Switch
@Ralizah That's if enough of them can stomach a digital release.
Re: Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, And Persona 5 Royal Are Coming To Switch
@Lizuka it looked like Switch footage to me on the Direct. I saw the + button, which isn't on Xbox Series iirc.
Re: Video: Capcom, Please Put Dragon's Dogma 2 On Switch
Line it's been said by others, we'll be on the next console by the time this releases. Whether that will be powerful enough is another matter. As much as I like the Switch, I honestly just wish they would go in a more traditional direction, but the Japanese market is likely preventing that.
Re: Sonic Origins Contributor Shares Frustrations Over The State Of The Game
The part about Takashi Iizuka in his thread is very important. Some Sonic fans treat him like the devil.
Same with Miyamoto.
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Library Next Week With Pokémon Snap
@MamaSelkie Probably not as much as Banjo-Kazooie.
Re: Sonic Frontiers' Demo Title Screen Surfaces On Social Media
@blindsquarel Nah man, that's the Final Fantasy XV title screen.
Re: Metal Max Xeno: Reborn Sequel Has Been Cancelled
Damn. This being the very first article posted after the review for Xeno.
Re: Random: It's Been Four Years Since The Elder Scrolls VI Was Announced
The Elder Scrolls VI will be available on the same platforms as Starfield. If it has Game Pass, it will have TES VI. You can figure out the rest.
Re: Rumour: A New Crash Bandicoot Game Might Be Revealed Very Soon
@Serpenterror it won't be exclusive to Xbox.
Re: Chocobo GP Version 1.1.0 Adds Balamb Garden, Adjusts Levelling, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Will I be able to unlock Cloud after the first season ends? I got halfway to getting him but fell off a bit due to other games, but I do want to hop back in later.
Re: Check Out The New Official Pac-Man Theme Song
Persona fan listens to pop music for the first time: "getting some serious Persona vibes from this"
Re: Sega Releases New Sonic Origins Gameplay Footage, Out On Switch This June
Sonic Jam remix for the menu music!!!
Re: Fei Long Will Never Appear In Street Fighter Again, Says SFV Composer
@Paraka you are most likely correct on that.
Re: Three More Street Fighter Legends Are Coming To Ubisoft's F2P Brawlhalla
Please do more with Rayman...
Re: Rumour: Sonic Team Is Working On A Brand New 2D Sonic Game
@jojobar Sakura Wars, PSO2 New Genesis and Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 would be the two most recent brand new games that were good if we're arbitrarily excluding RGG Studios, Atlus or any of their western studios like Creative Assembly (so most of their workforce). Apparently the 2 different Tokyo Olympic games were alright as well.
Re: Rumour: Sonic Team Is Working On A Brand New 2D Sonic Game
@Linker2A03 Zippo talked about a new 2D Sonic before that.
Re: Sonic's New Voice Actor For Sonic Prime Has Been Revealed
@Wurstsemmel753 In this circumstance, Netflix only paid for the rights to put it on their service iirc. They're not involved in the creative process.
Re: Rumour: Super Mario Bros. Film Might Feature Redesigns For Mario & Luigi
@Not_Soos The film being a musical is honestly an idea I can see coming straight from Miyamoto to be honest.
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Movie Nears $300 Million At International Box Office
@Would_you_kindly that too.
Re: Rumour: Sonic 2 Movie Could Be Arriving Soon On Paramount+
Seems like the new norm is a roughly 6-8 week cinema run before a film drops on streaming, followed by the physical media release a few weeks after that.
There is no Knuckles series BTW. It's a Sonic series (literally called 'Sonic: The Series'), they just confirmed Idris Elba would reprise his role as Knuckles in it during the announcement. This has oddly flown over even some of the hardcore Sonic fans heads.
Re: Yuji Naka Was Removed As Balan Wonderworld Director, Filed Lawsuit Against Square Enix
The part he mentions about Sonic not dying if you had a single ring being implemented in the last couple of weeks is fascinating. That one small change affects so much of that game's design, and it was implemented incredibly late.
Re: Yuji Naka Was Removed As Balan Wonderworld Director, Filed Lawsuit Against Square Enix
Some people have some apologising to do.
Re: Switch Versions Of Sonic 1 And 2 Are Safe As SEGA Plans To Delist Classic Games
@UltraZelda64 PS3 versions of Sonic 1, 2 and CD can still be purchased, though it's like what you described with the 360 versions but worse. You can only buy them on a PS3, via the store which last time I checked is very slow and buggy.
Re: Switch Versions Of Sonic 1 And 2 Are Safe As SEGA Plans To Delist Classic Games
@RupeeClock Both the classic and anniversary modes are on the Retro engine, they just crop the aspect ratio to 4:3.
Re: The Super Mario Movie Has Been Delayed Until April 2023
Like Tyson Hesse said. Illumination are scrambling to replace the Uptown Funk flossing dance scenes after seeing Sonic 2 do it first.
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Movie Nears $300 Million At International Box Office
@Would_you_kindly Sonic wanted to maximise the time he spent with Tom before fleeing to the Mushroom planet where he would be alone forever. It's the reason why half the movie is a road trip too, there was nothing stopping him from running to San Francisco - the whole "I don't know the way there" thing was a bluff.
Re: New Genesis / Mega Drive Games Could Be Coming To Switch Online This Week
Earthworm Jim 1.
Re: Poll: Are You Finding Sonic Origins' Various Editions And DLC Packs Confusing?
It's literally not complex. The problem is Sega made a chart that makes it look complicated at a glance. Bit of a blunder, considering this poll result.
Re: Review: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Shallow And Short, But Passable Starfiller
@BrianJL @Wexter I wouldn't be surprised if the HD version comes later (branded as "Ultimate Sith Edition" as on Steam).
Re: Rumour: Crazy Taxi And Jet Set Radio Reboots Reportedly In Development
@ShadowofTwilight22 always been a silly narrative honestly. You have to be willingly ignorant of their output, especially nowadays when new Sonic games are less frequent.
Re: Cult Classic Action Game 'El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron' Is Getting A Switch Port
Now this is a pleasant surprise. Such a unique game.
I hope one day they can make another entry similar to this. The Lost Child was a pretty standard 1st person dungeon crawler.
Re: Square Enix Officially Announces Kingdom Hearts IV
@Fight_Teza_Fight @Phostachio rarely commenting doesn't make someone a troll. Just a lurker mostly. And neither of his comments seem like a troll either. First one is him saying YS VIII is really good basically, and like it or not, a lot of people genuinely believe that stuff about Disney.
Re: Bandai Namco Has Officially Launched Its New Logo
The C should've been Pac-Man.
Re: Sonic 2 Movie Speeding Towards $65 Million In Its US Opening Weekend
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Re: Sonic 2 Movie Speeding Towards $65 Million In Its US Opening Weekend
I saw on Sony's Twitter they posted about Morbius being the number 1 movie in the world yesterday. I thought that was pretty funny because it's only because Sonic was releasing a week later in the US, because it was outperforming Morbius in the other markets. The Morbius sweep is over.
Re: Feature: 10 3DS Retail Games That Might Be Cheaper To Buy Digitally While You Can
It's a bit funny that the UK prices are mostly in line with the eShop, then there's the US prices being as much as triple the cost in some cases.
Re: 'TailsTube' First Ep Now Live - The New VTuber Show Starring Sonic's Sidekick
@Mz3player @PBandSmelly The two worlds thing was always a misunderstanding. It meant two worlds as in two societies, rather than separate planets. They're just making it clear for people now thankfully. A similar thing happened with Forces seemingly established Classic Sonic as being from another dimension.
Source here: https://twitter.com/SonicLorepost/status/1276673022171197440?t=xz_qfpxT6h39yOYoXh_JsA&s=19
Re: New Song "Speed Life" Released For Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Movie
Can't see this not just being exclusive to French speaking territories, honestly.
Re: Rumour Buster: No, The Original DOOM Doesn't Take Place In March 2022
I love spreading misinformation on the internet though.
Re: Microsoft And Sony Top Metacritic's 12th Annual Game Publisher Rankings, Nintendo Places 14th
@Martijn87 actually Nintendo publishes some of the highest quantity of games per year. They're definitely on top of Sony and Microsoft in terms of platform holders at least.
Re: Video: YouTuber's Ultimate Switch OLED Test "Finally" Delivers Burn-In After 3,600 Hours
@Smoose Nobody is dying because of this. Ridiculous, goodbye.
Re: Video: YouTuber's Ultimate Switch OLED Test "Finally" Delivers Burn-In After 3,600 Hours
@Smoose Thank God you're not the one deciding what is fair and just then.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Chocobo GP
Looking forward to this. I'm a big fan of FF and kart racers. Plus it's £40, and I have £10 worth of gold points on my eshop so it'll be a steal for me at only £30. I'm willing to overlook the season pass thing for that specific personal reason.
Re: 'Switch Pro' Trends On Social Media After Massive Nvidia Leak Reignites Speculation
@HaNks Indeed, a lot of the naysayers who are calling this a fake rumour haven't looked into this at all and are just reflexively reacting to the article. The full leak includes a whole lot more about a range of things Nvidia are involved in, this Switch successor aspect is just a small portion of the pie.
Re: 'Switch Pro' Trends On Social Media After Massive Nvidia Leak Reignites Speculation
@moodycat It's worth keeping in mind that the Switch being halfway through it's life cycle doesn't mean we're waiting 5 years for a successor. Generally consoles continue to be supported for a few years after a successor comes out, unless it's a flop - then they drop it ASAP of course.
As an example, Sony claimed they had a 10 year plan for PS3. That didn't mean they were waiting until 2016 to release PS4, but that they would support PS3 for 10 years. It was discontinued in 2017, so the 10 year life cycle was actually slightly exceeded.
It's perfectly reasonable to expect that the Switch will be around until 2027, but with a Switch 2 coming out around 2024. It makes more sense than the 3DS sticking around until 2019, since the two consoles will have much more in common and probably will get a number of games released for both like we see on the new Sony and Microsoft systems.
Re: Feature: "These Older eShop Titles Paid Our Office Rent" - 3DS And Wii U Devs Discuss The eShop Closure
@Troll_Decimator Honestly, the whole office space thing made it sound like the closures would have an adverse affect. Then I read the article and they all say "Yeah we barely make any money off these stores anymore".
Re: Feature: "These Older eShop Titles Paid Our Office Rent" - 3DS And Wii U Devs Discuss The eShop Closure
@UglyCasanova Can't speak for the others, but Shin'en, Atooi and Q-Games make quality stuff.
Re: Review: Taito Milestones - An Oddly Meagre Collection Of Coin-Op Classics
A decent way to get a physical version of some of the Arcade Achives releases I suppose...? This pales in comparison to the Taito Legends duology. Maybe the emulation quality is better? But the overall package is lacking.
Re: Zelda: Majora's Mask Cutscene On Switch Apparently "More Accurate To N64" Than Wii Virtual Console Emulation
@mikegamer slowdowns that the games were designed around. The remasters run smoother, but they don't accommodate for those animations not functioning correctly, so it's fair for people to think they're inferior to the N64 versions for that.
Re: Chocobo GP's Final Fantasy Tracks Include One That Looks Suspiciously Like A Mario Kart Fave
@nessisonett @Snatcher You can tell how many people who voted played FF7 (not many).