JohnBlackstar

My local burger king doesn’t give out toys with the kids meals. All they serve up is terrible food, tears, and infinite sadness.

The reason this practice is rarely seen in the USA is because the economy is roughly the same across all states. The only thing this ruling will do in the EU is drive the price up in countries that can’t afford the games. It will be rare that a publisher will lower the price to match the poorer economy unless it is viable they can make just as much money. How is that EU working if you have such a disparity?

I’ve been playing Dragon Quest Heroes on my Switch (after playing them both on PS4). It is an ok conversion, but can really tax your eyes when the frame rate drops - even sometimes when it doesn’t drop it is hard to follow the game. Good to see developers being able to convert now that the console has been out a few years.

What we all want to know is will Miitopia be updated to accommodate the new Cat Suit Amiibos with costumes in game. We’re waiting, Nintendo.

I know... I’m part of the problem... I clicked, I commented, I am my own worst enemy. This world gets more disturbing by the day. This nonsense wouldn’t have happened back when we were blowing into cartridges, seeing if the zapper gun still made the screen flash if you pointed behind you, and no one knew if Ghosts and Goblins could be beat.

I get the feeling that Nintendo is laughing at me that I purchased the Wii U and the Switch. What makes it worse is they are using the puppets from the Cat Mario Show to mock me when I picture it in my head.

@Chrysologus They will run a special event to give more Bowser opportunities. So have some fireballs ready (if he gets sent your way) or hit the axe. I normally run into at least one Bowser each time I play (one game I had about 10-15 I killed though when it got down to the top five and we kept just sending them back and forth - this also stinks when there are a lot of Lakitus in the final moments).

This will definitely be an easy way to earn some coins to sit in my jar. If only those posters were available again - I missed them when they sold out so fast! My only gripe for Super Mario 35 is that it is so slow compared to the original game on NES/Famicom. I play the original a lot and it throws off my game that I had to learn the new timing.

Definitely, I agree that the Switch needs folder support. I would also encourage them to port Badge Arcade over and either let us move over our current badges from 3DS or I’m such a sucker that I would work to get badges again so I could put them on the folders. I’m also the guy that is fighting to get Miiverse back though. Pipe dreams...

It would be interesting to see a chart like this for software sales from each system. It seemed like there was a lot more software available back when it was 3DS and Wii U than now with only the Switch. It could just be that the Switch sells a lot of a few skus and the 3DS sold a lot of varying skus.

@buggysdad Thanks for the advice. I was working when they tried it out so I didn’t get to see what mode they were playing. I’ll have them try out what you suggest.

Was gifted Kirby Star Allies by my company and was excited to let my kids play it. They played it one afternoon and never touched it again. I haven’t had the chance to play it yet - maybe after I finally finish up Dragon Quest Heroes Collection on Switch. Hit the 100 hour mark so I feel I should be getting close.

We routinely visited my daughter’s friend at the hospital before all the COVID lockdowns (she has cystic fibrosis). They only had Xbox One’s in the rooms always. I think the only “kid friendly” games they had were Angry Birds Star Wars and Football (soccer). Good to see Nintendo getting their tax write off.

Reason they have to say they can’t prevent disease is because there is no proof that a non-medical grade mask that is not properly fitted prevents it. They would get sued out of existence. I’m sure this will get deleted though. I would prefer to see some vintage Nintendo masks over 2 billion different Pokémon masks though.

I have a NA account but played almost entirely Japanese physical release games in 2019 and 2020. So I have hours showing up, but no games show up on my report. It also didn’t count all of my hours played. It was almost like it didn’t know what to do with those Japanese games with the system they set up. Oh well. It would have been nice to see my true results.

The kids and I still play Splatoon on the Wii U. Always people on to play with, which is greatly appreciated! I still collect for and love the Wii U. My family laments that Miiverse is gone. We loved that service. Switch has no charm without something similar. I miss the online community.

My personal favorite is restaurants where people walk in with a mask and then sit down and take it off thinking that being in a sitting position has effectively made sickness stop spreading. Also places where people walk around in a a mask that is gaping open at the nose, sides of face, and chin and assume it is somehow protecting them or others. Also where do you think all of those “COVID germs” go inside your mask (even if it flush with your face)? They build up and seep through the mask. They are microscopic - cloth is not keeping them in, especially after they have built up inside your mask for 5 or more minutes.

@jimtendog We are just on opposite sides of the fence. My mom who has lung cancer (not from smoking) knows that her days are numbered (she is in her 80’s) and she has a sickness that most people don’t survive. She is getting out and living life. No mask or anything. She doesn’t live in fear of this. Her mortality rate in USA based on cases is around 16%. The problem is that there are way more people infected than what we have tracked in our cases. Some estimates show that case counts are 50% greater than what has been tracked which would bring her mortality rate closer to 10% if infected. Chances are she has already been infected and survived because my dad was exposed to COVID repeatedly at the beginning of the year because of connections with people in China. At some point people have to make their own choices of what is right for them. If you live in fear then stay home, but let my mom enjoy her life and the people around her living life too are ok with what comes next for them also. No one is holding a gun to her 80 year old friends to socialize with her. They take that risk willingly because they love each other and are happy to be part of this world and all of the trouble that can come with it.

I mean - what comes next? If you have AIDS you can’t leave your home because your blood could infect someone? If you have MRSA you are quarantined forever because you could cause fatalities? Illnesses have been spreading all around you - who gets the safety card to go around freely? Who gets to decide what that threshold is? Any illness my mom encounters could end her life at her age and her stage of cancer. Everyone should just have to stay home to protect her I guess.

@jimtendog “tin foil hat comment”? Saying that vulnerable people should keep safe and others should live their lives? This is exactly how people have been living their lives since the dawn of time. I was born with hypertension and so I have had to make choices in my life that most people do not since I was little. I have to choose for myself what I do in a time like this. That choice is my own. My neighbor’s kids should not be forced in lock down at their house or not allowed to see their friends because I might get sick. I can easily stay at home and protect myself if I need to. Even with hypertension my mortality rate with COVID is around .000003%. I’ll take that risk at times.

It is not just a USA thing - people are realizing worldwide just how over the top the reaction has been to this illness. Don’t just follow the narrative you watch on your TV, but speak with people in the field and seeing this first hand. I work for a worldwide company and am in meetings about this on almost a daily basis and get to see what is truly happening worldwide. A lot of you have bought into the false narratives. Keep wearing your masks and staying indoors and let the rest of the world get on. Read through true reports and numbers and not the fake narrative presented by governments and media. No, I am not a Trump supporter, I am someone who believes in data and truth.

To put in perspective - United Nations estimates that 9,125,000 people die a year by starving. So if we all really care about people dying (like everyone pretends they do) then we would be doing something to stop the true killer of our time.

@strictlystyles I will admit that our differing outlooks on this might be due to the fact that not many people play in my area or the nests are numerous and will not cause any pileups (Live in a top 5 metropolitan city in USA). Although the COVID fear doesn’t equal up when you look at the mortality rates and hospitalizations. At some point you have to get out and live your life, or be happy staying home and missing out. I’m ready to live life and not be concerned about me and my family’s underlying conditions that could lead to issues. I do live in a community where we have 80+ age walking around and doing life without masks. It is a good thing to see.

@strictlystyles I do understand how it works. You can play the game without going to crowded places. It is time to get out and get some fresh air and leave the home.

Not sure how walking around is going to kill someone or give them COVID. Is there anyone on this site that actually understands how this spreads? Fresh air and exercise is the best medicine. Not to mention that the mortality rate of this is infinitesimal. (I have had one family member die from it too, so don’t pretend I don’t understand it or have not been impacted by it). Get out and exercise and get fresh air and stop letting people scare you. Personally, I would be more in an uproar (as someone mentioned above) that this system works against people who struggle to walk or have a disability (which I also have been impacted in my family with). They already struggle enough with their disability and miss out on games like this, but they just go play Pokémon on their systems. Not huge fans of mobile games anyway.

We will see a new Nintendo rise up from this. We already are with Iwata gone. Streetpass shutdown, Miiverse gone, no real replacements for any of it yet now there is payment due for online service. I get these thing can’t be free forever, but I can’t imagine it was Iwata’s master plan to disable the funnest things Nintendo had going for online community and disable them all and leave us with nothing for a paid service. I wonder if Reggie sees the future and he didn’t like what he saw.

@heavyarms55 The same reason people buy a Surface Pro even though they can get the same software on other devices. You are paying for a premium hardware experience. When someone buys an Xbox One X they are paying for the most powerful console. Even the Xbox One S provides some enhancements over other similar consoles although not as powerful as the PS4 competition. Xbox and Switch are providing novel and unique experiences. It makes you wonder why so many people have flocked to the PS4 even though it doesn’t bring much to the table.

As some people already pointed out - Microsoft is about software and subscription model business. Their only real hardware now is Xbox and Surface now that their phone business tanked. I could see them continuing to sell Xbox, but fully support all devices with software. The only thing that makes the Nintendo news unique is that they might be ok with the arrangement whereas Sony is not going to allow it most likely unless management changes. Microsoft already provides software to tablet competitors and even provided software to phone competitors back when they still had Windows Phone on the market.

@kosterpeter Congrats on your purchase. It is too late I’m sure, but you will want to pick up a unit that has had its belt replaced recently. These rubber belts from the 80’s started becoming brittle in the early 2000’s and by now they probably have a 50% failure rate if not replaced. I had to get my drive’s belt replaced in 2002 if I’m not mistaken. It has held up since then, but I don’t play it daily either.

I have my FDS hooked up to my Top Loading NES, but I would like to get a Famicom so it looks so beautiful when hooked up. Maybe someday. Did the FDS perform well in Japan? Just curious why other countries never received the unit and wondered if it was because it underperformed in Japan.

I assume FF IX was another victim of Square Enix’s Poor handling of original materials and assets of the game. The reason the backgrounds are probably still in low res is because they probably just had to bring them in from the PS1 game instead of having the assets on hand to bring in at high res. Sounds like FF 7-9 assets were probably all destroyed, lost, or stolen and so remastering these games as become a costly challenge for Square Enix.

@dockellisd I agree. I kept hoping the switch launch game would come over at least as a digital title to the west. I guess I might pick it up for the PS4.

By the way anyone here have a Crystalio II for their old Nintendo systems? I’ve heard the Factor 5 GameCube games look downright amazing in HD.

@laytonpuzzle27 The smiling anime girl face and the comment demanding destruction and to “go after” people seems totally fine. No psychologist needed for you.

I picked up the Game Boy Zelda Awakening bundle when it was released. I had been holding off on a Game Boy and thought I would not pick one up until I heard a Zelda game was releasing. It was such a let down after playing Zelda on SNES. I am willing to give it another try now that it is being remastered. I’m sure I will enjoy it more now because of my expectations.

@EvilRegal I agree. My kids and I stuck with Nintendo through what some call the rough Wii U years. To be honest I loved those years and so did my kids. Wii U brought about a lot of amazing games which is why Nintendo is able to port all of these hidden gems over and people are snatching them up on Switch. I think I would be a lot happier as a loyal Nintendo supporter if playing them on Switch would have lived up to the hype. As of now I had more fun with these games when I could post on Miiverse and share with friends. Now I get the same games again which are getting a little stale for me now and some features are missing other than adding portability and a few little things.

@mazzel I liked Chrono Cross better too. I’m not sure why that game received so much hate. People had an expectation that was never going to be met I assume.

@seacliff is exactly right. Chrono Trigger was amazing when it first came out because it was so unique.
I truly wonder what percentage are true fans of the game, which are just loving it for the nostalgia, and which are just praising it because it is the cool thing to do now.
To be honest this news doesn’t grow my excitement for the game. Tokita hasn’t put together anything that remarkable since CT.

I know Nintendo has to stay relevant and have games published for phones, but it feels like competition against their consoles. Let’s get a Nintendo Phone created.

I understand the let down because you feel he "cheated" since he has a modified cartridge to make this happen, but he is still using the NES controller to interact with the game and making it possible. It is similar to some of the games that came out for the SNES that had extra chipsets inside to work.

Curious to see the character roster. If they are going to ditch the expanded Sega characters I hope they at least add more Sonic characters.

A real bad move that the 3DS version isn't getting localized. It was very different than the other versions.

Not sure why people are surprised that Kirby did well. The game will easily cross a million. Kirby has always been about slow and steady sales even in North America.

Not sure why we have surprised people that Kirby did well. The games always sell well and have legs. It will slowly cross over a million easily. Even is North America the game will accumulate sales for the next year or two. Slow and steady.

Make sure to pick up the Animal Crossing 3-pack for $35. Just joking!

Their Amiibo prices are definitely hard to swallow, but they are one of the few brick and mortar stores where I can still find them. Most of my local stores have eliminated their Amiibo areas entirely. My kids used to like using the kiosk for them.

@g_m

If you think that a company like Toys R Us can get "with the times" by competing against Amazon who has money from the government along with a business model that takes huge losses until they eliminate all of their competition and then raises those prices then you don't understand what is happening. Walmart is barely keeping up. There is a reason that Nintendo didn't do business with Amazon for a long time and they still try to keep the majority of their inventory away from them.

I took the kids in earlier this week after breaking the news that TRU might be closing down. We went crazy and bought too many toys. Also got some good deals like Yo-Kai 3DS for $10. I hope that someone buys the stores and keeps them going. Amazon will be the death of us all and you cheapskate users will be sad when you realize what you have done in your youthful ignorance.

I first heard about this leak yesterday and told my kids. My son was so upset because he loves Toys R Us. Wait and see what happens for all of us because of you consumers that use Amazon for all of your purchases. If you think that they will continue to offer amazing prices when they have no competition then you are out of your mind. They will make Toys R Us prices look like bargain basement when they have everyone in a bind.

@maxz i assumed it probably wouldn't, but I am so sad that I barely get Streetpasses any more that I was hoping a big game would revitalize it one last time before it is shutdown. My daughter is more bummed than I am about not seeing them any longer. She only got her system this year.

Does this game support Streetpass? It would be nice to see a surge in people out and about again since this might be the last major release for 3DS. With Japan shutting down relay stations I get the feeling that other areas will be announced soon. With all of the late 2017 and early 2018 sales for the 3DS it seems like a slap to eliminate features for a system that is still selling remarkably well.

@RickD is it wrong that when I read your comments I hear it in my head like Harrison Ford / Rick Deckard is saying it? Pulling out my Blade Runner 5 disc Collector's Edition with Briefcase so I can watch it tonight when kids are in bed.

No offense to the news channel, but it took a year with 4-5 people to build this! I would be fired from my job and I manage projects almost eerily similar to what they did and I normally use myself and one other resource and take a month or less. Is the OS impossible to code for?