Meh, with how much the Witcher 3 poured into its $20 dollar expansion, I'll never ever see these types of dlc as worth it. A few characters and some missions isn't worth $20 when the Witcher practically gives you a whole other game through blood and wine alone for the same price.
Same reason I never bothered with BotW's dlc which was mainly just a bunch of items and "story" content that should've been in the game to begin with.
@Henmii yeah, that's the sad reality. But the good thing is that this is literally just a worse product so I have no need to change my switch to a lite. If they had announced a "pro" version then I would have become worried that they'd make a few games exclusive to the pro switch like what they did with new 3ds.
The pirate warriors games are by far the best musou games out there. Although Persona 5 Scramble could top pirate warriors 3 if it includes characters from past persona games. My 2 characters that I want are most likely going to be in anyways but I still hope we get confirmation of Reiju and Katakuri making it in.
@Galenmereth whether the designs of the Pokemon are good or not has nothing to do with whether or not what they are doing with this game was worth removing content. I've also played all their games aside from XY, and the ruby/sapphire remakes. And none of them have ever added things to make the games feel different from one another. Again, it's alot like cod and fifa where they give you a different place and fight different things but you do it in a very similar way as the past titles. I highly doubt this will be the game to break the formula they've been doing since the beginning.
@JaxonH your 2nd paragraph could have been true if not for the fact that a lot of the posts next to the ones I mentioned were also downvoted a lot. I highly doubt people just happened to miss the 1st post of all things as well. And in your 1st paragraph, you're basically saying what I just said. The downvoted posts came off in a negative way despite still saying the same thing as the 1st post and #13. It's that simple.
@uximal I'd imagine they'd do it similarly to Labyrinth of Refrain. Not everyone was really into the way the map worked there, but it did its job well enough in my opinion. But, they could also tweak it a bit. Either way I'm definitely excited for the next etrian.
@JaxonH Of course it's a straight forward post. When I say came off, i'm not saying they had some hidden meaning to their words. But even a straight forward post can have a negative or positive tone. Again, they probably didn't intend for it to come off the way it did, but clearly it was the former if they got many downvotes as opposed to the 2 posts I mentioned who also share similar straight forward thinking. Which you've yet to answer as to why they didn't receive the same amount of downvotes.
I never backtracked, you misunderstood my post as me talking about the money Atlus makes, when I was talking about how Atlus is already using resources to make games for switch and will continue to do so.
The 2nd paragraph of my 2nd post was about the people misunderstanding the article as Atlus being in a rough patch for the net loss when they explained why and then went on to say their recent games have exceeded expectations. And it was also about the ones that thought they deserve to be in financial problems because of 1 game.
@Galenmereth I don't understand how you could even think about it as a change rather than a removal of content. Are you so certain they'll add anything of note that could have potential cost the time to add in all pokemon? Cause based on their track record, I'm certain they won't. They already revealed one of this game's gimmicks. And it's literally just a resized battle. This is exactly like the PlayStation pr guy on the removal of content for censorship, where he said if every game was the same why buy the next.
Nobody is saying they should hire tons of people to the point that each section of the team is in disagreement on the development of the game. Gamefreak is clearly saying they are struggling to "update" the graphics while also adding in all the other mons. Hiring more help for either side of these 2 would almost certainly help the game instead of hinder them.
There's no reason a development team that makes more or less than $10 million with each installment, should have less staff members than Monolith that just barely managed to get a game to sell 2 million copies, other than greed. Be it from gamefreak, the pokemon company, or nintendo.
@graysoncharles but I think they are reading comments. Maybe not this site but they are reading the comments on the internet hence why they thought to even make this silly statement in the 1st place.
@JaxonH That has no correlation to what I said at all. Not to mention it's wrong, otherwise these so called "fanboys" would have downvoted the 1st post and post #13 just as much as the post you brought up, as these posts are clearly for Atlus to support the Switch. But they're not as downvoted. Why is that? Clearly it had something to do with how post #8 (a some other posts as well) came off and not just cause they disagree with the post entirely.
@Galenmereth When companies like Monolith Soft want to hire more people to put out better games, it really says a lot about gamefreak that makes almost $10 million with each installment and still chooses to remain understaffed and forced to make cuts to their game and then lies about why they had to make cuts to their games.
And it most certainly does sell just based on the brand. There are literally comments on this article saying they're disappointed with this and that they don't like this pr talk, but they'll still end up buying it. This is no different than the people who constantly buy the cod games and fifa.
@JaxonH you literally said "people were massively down voting Ralizah for hoping they make games for Switch", and "When a person downvotes a post saying “I want Atlus support on Switch.”
I'm telling you that person didn't say that at all. They said, "They'd make even more money if they actually put more resources into developing games for the Switch." I can't speak for anyone else, but my problem lies with: "if they actually put more resources into developing games for the Switch." They probably didn't mean any ill will, but it does come across that way.
You would have known that was my "issue" with it, if you'd even bothered to read the middle sentences of my 1st paragraph where I gave an example of how Atlus is already and is going to continue to put resources into making switch games.
And it's not just that comment and this website. There are other places where people seem to think Atlus doesn't want to or isn't supporting Nintendo enough and it mainly started showing up when a certain game stayed exclusive to another console. Again I ask why? Cause of that 1 game?
@Galenmereth no, Gamefreak is lazy and their argument fell flat the moment they brought up that they're not adding in all pokemon because they're "upgrading" the graphics. No indie dev can tell me they're anywhere near in the same situation as gamefreak. Because again, gamefreak isn't some indie dev. And with each installment, they've been making more money than the vast majority of indie devs do their entire time on the market. I would never believe gamefreak isn't capable of recruiting more people and taking the time to actually make a game with these so called "upgraded" graphics.
@JaxonH are you being serious right now? No where in my post even implies that that was where the "issue" lies. But you're right I'm not gonna argue with someone that couldn't even read my post correctly.
@JaxonH that's not what it says at all. They're saying atlus would make money if they actually spent resources on making games for the switch almost as if implying they aren't or won't. 2 of their 3 long running franchises are prominent on Nintendo. It's almost certain there will be another Etrian game and that it will be on switch as an exclusive along with smtv. It makes me wonder how anyone can believe atlus isn't supporting Nintendo enough and that they should start using resources on switch as if they weren't.
Then there's some comments acting as though they're struggling (when it literally says sales for their recent games exceeded goals) and some claiming they deserve to struggle and for what? Because they didn't port over 1 game? This just paints switch owners in a bad light.
@Galenmereth @coolaggro it's almost as if people want to play with their old pokemon in a new region to "explore", following a "new" plotline, battling against new pokemon, while simultaneously raising their old pokemon with new pokemon if they'll even keep features from the past games like feeding and grooming.
This is the same exact thing almost all developers say when trying to save face after receiving backlash. It's a load of BS. And doesn't this basically confirm that they won't or can't add pokemon through updates? Gamefreak is literally one of the most incompetent developers I've ever seen. So much for pouring their hearts into this.
They took out pokemon because apparently they're working on "upgrading" the graphics. Yet the "open world" area looks like it came straight out of an N64 game. It's completely pathetic that a franchise that sell millions looks far worse than countless other jrpgs with way smaller budgets yet we're supposed to believe they're upgrading them?
Apparently they butchered Charlotte in the translation. So I'll definitely wait for a huge sale since I can play this for free and with a better translation at any point in time
The corgi has a terrible color scheme making it look a little weird. And the imp just looks downright stupid. For now I'll just stick with wooloo and corviknight.
@Jokerwolf I still think it's ridiculous considering we're talking about pixel sprites. It's still work yes, but they're not exactly full 3d models like the new super Mario Bros style. Not to mention this sequel has so far just been about adding on top of the 1st one. Even if it's a small team, they're not working from scratch like with the 1st game.
@manu0 I don't think the sale had much to do with it. Otherwise there would be more PS4 games in the top 10.
As for the topic at hand, these are still terrible numbers no matter how you look at it. 3 weeks now and only 1 game has so far been able to break 10k. Hopefully sales for games go strong next week.
It was actually pretty boring. Luigi's Mansion looked like dark moon, where it tries to emulate the original but fails. Animal crossing looked a little boring for some reason. I need to see the gameplay footage but the trailer was meh. Why do they keeping using that terrible cgi for FE cutscenes. The story seems interesting but the cutscenes are horrible. Zelda was the saving grace. And the other 2 were the seiken densetsu games finally coming west and panzer dragoon. But those are 3rd party. If anything, square enix won cause they are bringing so many games that people have been waiting for. The saga games, seiken densetsu series, ff8. They were the true winners of e3.
Jesus again with Persona 5? Just get the system its on if you really want to play it. There is no reason to stick with one console and complain about the other getting a game.
Calling Okami a zelda clone is very disrespectful. It's its own game and it's a very great one at that.
So i'd highly recommend Okami by its own merits rather than always being referred to as a zelda clone when it received more praise than the zelda that was out at the time. Twilight Princess i believe? Great game but Okami was overall just better. Only think holding it back was that it was a little too easy.
@HSuzumiyaVI pokemon selling a lot does not mean anything. Other jrpgs on portables don't sell anywhere near the amount pokemon does. Smt is exclusive to nintendo now. Are you really pretending the 3ds ports and Smt 4 and 5 don't only exist on nintendo platforms as of now?
As for the Only on Playstation box. It's completely irrelevant now if you consider PC as part of the competition between the consoles. Detroit is no longer only on ps4 yet the boxes had that phrase.
@The_Pixel_King then maybe don't only own a switch. The series has been exclusive to sony since its start. Be more open minded and save up for a console that can play these games you want to play.
Lmao a guy makes a little fan project and there are people here actually criticizing his work. And im almost certain it's because he's doing it on a ps4 game. I bet you guys would be applauding some guy recreating a kirby stage in minecraft for switch or one of those bland looking smash stages with stage builder
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Re: The DLC Packs For Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 Won't Be Sold Individually
Meh, with how much the Witcher 3 poured into its $20 dollar expansion, I'll never ever see these types of dlc as worth it. A few characters and some missions isn't worth $20 when the Witcher practically gives you a whole other game through blood and wine alone for the same price.
Same reason I never bothered with BotW's dlc which was mainly just a bunch of items and "story" content that should've been in the game to begin with.
Re: Video: Latest Japanese Sword And Shield Commerical Shows New Pokémon In Action
Charizard isn't even shooting the flame from his mouth. I'm seriously wondering if gamefreak is even trying at this point.
Re: Nintendo Switch Lite Officially Revealed, Launches This September
@Henmii yeah, that's the sad reality. But the good thing is that this is literally just a worse product so I have no need to change my switch to a lite. If they had announced a "pro" version then I would have become worried that they'd make a few games exclusive to the pro switch like what they did with new 3ds.
Re: Nintendo Switch Lite Officially Revealed, Launches This September
This trailer was hilarious. It was all, "let me show you all the features we removed."
Re: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Sails Onto Nintendo Switch Next Year
The pirate warriors games are by far the best musou games out there. Although Persona 5 Scramble could top pirate warriors 3 if it includes characters from past persona games. My 2 characters that I want are most likely going to be in anyways but I still hope we get confirmation of Reiju and Katakuri making it in.
Re: Junichi Masuda Releases Official Statement About Limiting Sword And Shield's Pokédex
@Galenmereth whether the designs of the Pokemon are good or not has nothing to do with whether or not what they are doing with this game was worth removing content. I've also played all their games aside from XY, and the ruby/sapphire remakes. And none of them have ever added things to make the games feel different from one another. Again, it's alot like cod and fifa where they give you a different place and fight different things but you do it in a very similar way as the past titles. I highly doubt this will be the game to break the formula they've been doing since the beginning.
Re: Atlus Exceeded Its Sales Target For The Previous Fiscal Year, Despite Net Loss Of 904 Million Yen
@JaxonH your 2nd paragraph could have been true if not for the fact that a lot of the posts next to the ones I mentioned were also downvoted a lot. I highly doubt people just happened to miss the 1st post of all things as well. And in your 1st paragraph, you're basically saying what I just said. The downvoted posts came off in a negative way despite still saying the same thing as the 1st post and #13. It's that simple.
@uximal I'd imagine they'd do it similarly to Labyrinth of Refrain. Not everyone was really into the way the map worked there, but it did its job well enough in my opinion. But, they could also tweak it a bit. Either way I'm definitely excited for the next etrian.
Re: Atlus Exceeded Its Sales Target For The Previous Fiscal Year, Despite Net Loss Of 904 Million Yen
@JaxonH Of course it's a straight forward post. When I say came off, i'm not saying they had some hidden meaning to their words. But even a straight forward post can have a negative or positive tone. Again, they probably didn't intend for it to come off the way it did, but clearly it was the former if they got many downvotes as opposed to the 2 posts I mentioned who also share similar straight forward thinking. Which you've yet to answer as to why they didn't receive the same amount of downvotes.
I never backtracked, you misunderstood my post as me talking about the money Atlus makes, when I was talking about how Atlus is already using resources to make games for switch and will continue to do so.
The 2nd paragraph of my 2nd post was about the people misunderstanding the article as Atlus being in a rough patch for the net loss when they explained why and then went on to say their recent games have exceeded expectations. And it was also about the ones that thought they deserve to be in financial problems because of 1 game.
Re: Junichi Masuda Releases Official Statement About Limiting Sword And Shield's Pokédex
@Galenmereth I don't understand how you could even think about it as a change rather than a removal of content. Are you so certain they'll add anything of note that could have potential cost the time to add in all pokemon? Cause based on their track record, I'm certain they won't. They already revealed one of this game's gimmicks. And it's literally just a resized battle. This is exactly like the PlayStation pr guy on the removal of content for censorship, where he said if every game was the same why buy the next.
Nobody is saying they should hire tons of people to the point that each section of the team is in disagreement on the development of the game. Gamefreak is clearly saying they are struggling to "update" the graphics while also adding in all the other mons. Hiring more help for either side of these 2 would almost certainly help the game instead of hinder them.
There's no reason a development team that makes more or less than $10 million with each installment, should have less staff members than Monolith that just barely managed to get a game to sell 2 million copies, other than greed. Be it from gamefreak, the pokemon company, or nintendo.
@graysoncharles but I think they are reading comments. Maybe not this site but they are reading the comments on the internet hence why they thought to even make this silly statement in the 1st place.
Re: Atlus Exceeded Its Sales Target For The Previous Fiscal Year, Despite Net Loss Of 904 Million Yen
@JaxonH That has no correlation to what I said at all. Not to mention it's wrong, otherwise these so called "fanboys" would have downvoted the 1st post and post #13 just as much as the post you brought up, as these posts are clearly for Atlus to support the Switch. But they're not as downvoted. Why is that? Clearly it had something to do with how post #8 (a some other posts as well) came off and not just cause they disagree with the post entirely.
Re: Junichi Masuda Releases Official Statement About Limiting Sword And Shield's Pokédex
@Galenmereth When companies like Monolith Soft want to hire more people to put out better games, it really says a lot about gamefreak that makes almost $10 million with each installment and still chooses to remain understaffed and forced to make cuts to their game and then lies about why they had to make cuts to their games.
And it most certainly does sell just based on the brand. There are literally comments on this article saying they're disappointed with this and that they don't like this pr talk, but they'll still end up buying it. This is no different than the people who constantly buy the cod games and fifa.
Re: Atlus Exceeded Its Sales Target For The Previous Fiscal Year, Despite Net Loss Of 904 Million Yen
@JaxonH you literally said "people were massively down voting Ralizah for hoping they make games for Switch", and "When a person downvotes a post saying “I want Atlus support on Switch.”
I'm telling you that person didn't say that at all. They said, "They'd make even more money if they actually put more resources into developing games for the Switch." I can't speak for anyone else, but my problem lies with: "if they actually put more resources into developing games for the Switch." They probably didn't mean any ill will, but it does come across that way.
You would have known that was my "issue" with it, if you'd even bothered to read the middle sentences of my 1st paragraph where I gave an example of how Atlus is already and is going to continue to put resources into making switch games.
And it's not just that comment and this website. There are other places where people seem to think Atlus doesn't want to or isn't supporting Nintendo enough and it mainly started showing up when a certain game stayed exclusive to another console. Again I ask why? Cause of that 1 game?
Re: Junichi Masuda Releases Official Statement About Limiting Sword And Shield's Pokédex
@Galenmereth no, Gamefreak is lazy and their argument fell flat the moment they brought up that they're not adding in all pokemon because they're "upgrading" the graphics. No indie dev can tell me they're anywhere near in the same situation as gamefreak. Because again, gamefreak isn't some indie dev. And with each installment, they've been making more money than the vast majority of indie devs do their entire time on the market. I would never believe gamefreak isn't capable of recruiting more people and taking the time to actually make a game with these so called "upgraded" graphics.
Re: Atlus Exceeded Its Sales Target For The Previous Fiscal Year, Despite Net Loss Of 904 Million Yen
@JaxonH are you being serious right now? No where in my post even implies that that was where the "issue" lies. But you're right I'm not gonna argue with someone that couldn't even read my post correctly.
Re: Atlus Exceeded Its Sales Target For The Previous Fiscal Year, Despite Net Loss Of 904 Million Yen
@JaxonH that's not what it says at all. They're saying atlus would make money if they actually spent resources on making games for the switch almost as if implying they aren't or won't. 2 of their 3 long running franchises are prominent on Nintendo. It's almost certain there will be another Etrian game and that it will be on switch as an exclusive along with smtv. It makes me wonder how anyone can believe atlus isn't supporting Nintendo enough and that they should start using resources on switch as if they weren't.
Then there's some comments acting as though they're struggling (when it literally says sales for their recent games exceeded goals) and some claiming they deserve to struggle and for what? Because they didn't port over 1 game? This just paints switch owners in a bad light.
Re: Junichi Masuda Releases Official Statement About Limiting Sword And Shield's Pokédex
@Galenmereth @coolaggro it's almost as if people want to play with their old pokemon in a new region to "explore", following a "new" plotline, battling against new pokemon, while simultaneously raising their old pokemon with new pokemon if they'll even keep features from the past games like feeding and grooming.
Re: Atlus Exceeded Its Sales Target For The Previous Fiscal Year, Despite Net Loss Of 904 Million Yen
@LunarFlame17 they are. Smtv is still going to switch. And I bet the next etrian will also go on switch.
It's great to see atlus happy with the sales of all those games. Can't wait to see p5 royal help boost these sales up too.
Re: Junichi Masuda Releases Official Message About Limiting Sword And Shield's Pokédex
This is the same exact thing almost all developers say when trying to save face after receiving backlash. It's a load of BS. And doesn't this basically confirm that they won't or can't add pokemon through updates? Gamefreak is literally one of the most incompetent developers I've ever seen. So much for pouring their hearts into this.
Re: Soapbox: Why Sword And Shield's Pokémon Purge Will Benefit Everyone
They took out pokemon because apparently they're working on "upgrading" the graphics. Yet the "open world" area looks like it came straight out of an N64 game. It's completely pathetic that a franchise that sell millions looks far worse than countless other jrpgs with way smaller budgets yet we're supposed to believe they're upgrading them?
Re: Review: Collection of Mana - Expensive, But Ultimately Worth Every Penny
Apparently they butchered Charlotte in the translation. So I'll definitely wait for a huge sale since I can play this for free and with a better translation at any point in time
Re: Nintendo E3 Demo Reveals Brand New Pokémon For Sword And Shield
The corgi has a terrible color scheme making it look a little weird. And the imp just looks downright stupid. For now I'll just stick with wooloo and corviknight.
Re: Super Mario Maker 2 Will Let You Play Online With Friends After Update, Nintendo Confirms
@Jokerwolf I still think it's ridiculous considering we're talking about pixel sprites. It's still work yes, but they're not exactly full 3d models like the new super Mario Bros style. Not to mention this sequel has so far just been about adding on top of the 1st one. Even if it's a small team, they're not working from scratch like with the 1st game.
Re: Japanese Charts: Smash Ultimate Gets Knocked Off Top Spot By Rage 2
@manu0 I don't think the sale had much to do with it. Otherwise there would be more PS4 games in the top 10.
As for the topic at hand, these are still terrible numbers no matter how you look at it. 3 weeks now and only 1 game has so far been able to break 10k. Hopefully sales for games go strong next week.
Re: Video: Nintendo's E3 Direct Went From Pedestrian To Perfection
It was actually pretty boring. Luigi's Mansion looked like dark moon, where it tries to emulate the original but fails. Animal crossing looked a little boring for some reason. I need to see the gameplay footage but the trailer was meh. Why do they keeping using that terrible cgi for FE cutscenes. The story seems interesting but the cutscenes are horrible. Zelda was the saving grace. And the other 2 were the seiken densetsu games finally coming west and panzer dragoon. But those are 3rd party. If anything, square enix won cause they are bringing so many games that people have been waiting for. The saga games, seiken densetsu series, ff8. They were the true winners of e3.
Re: Super Mario Maker 2 Will Let You Play Online With Friends After Update, Nintendo Confirms
@Jokerwolf if this is true then that is beyond sad.
Re: There Is "No Plan" To Bring Persona 5 Royal To Other Consoles, Atlus Reiterates
Jesus again with Persona 5? Just get the system its on if you really want to play it. There is no reason to stick with one console and complain about the other getting a game.
Re: Japanese Charts: Smash Ultimate Fends Off The Competition For Another Week At The Top
Another terrible week in Japan. No game breaking 10k is a sad sight to see but it is Japan.
Re: Japanese Charts: Smash Ultimate Retakes The Top Spot As Switch Dominates
Wow no game broke 10k this week. This is a terrible week for gaming in japan
Re: Fantasy RPG Legend Of The Tetrarchs Brings Turn-Based Battling To Switch Next Week
Kemco is a hard pass. Tons of better jrpgs out there than to be playing shovelware
Re: Feature: Games To Play After You've Finished Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Calling Okami a zelda clone is very disrespectful. It's its own game and it's a very great one at that.
So i'd highly recommend Okami by its own merits rather than always being referred to as a zelda clone when it received more praise than the zelda that was out at the time. Twilight Princess i believe? Great game but Okami was overall just better. Only think holding it back was that it was a little too easy.
Re: Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Officially Confirmed For Switch
@HSuzumiyaVI pokemon selling a lot does not mean anything. Other jrpgs on portables don't sell anywhere near the amount pokemon does. Smt is exclusive to nintendo now. Are you really pretending the 3ds ports and Smt 4 and 5 don't only exist on nintendo platforms as of now?
As for the Only on Playstation box. It's completely irrelevant now if you consider PC as part of the competition between the consoles. Detroit is no longer only on ps4 yet the boxes had that phrase.
Re: Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Officially Confirmed For Switch
@MarinaKat Exactly. If you want to play a game buy the system for it. It's simple.
Re: Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Officially Confirmed For Switch
@The_Pixel_King then maybe don't only own a switch. The series has been exclusive to sony since its start. Be more open minded and save up for a console that can play these games you want to play.
Re: A Gorgeous 3D Kirby Game Is Now Playable On PS4 Thanks To Dreams
Lmao a guy makes a little fan project and there are people here actually criticizing his work. And im almost certain it's because he's doing it on a ps4 game. I bet you guys would be applauding some guy recreating a kirby stage in minecraft for switch or one of those bland looking smash stages with stage builder