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Silksong, at least when I can between various adult responsibilities. So far I like it, but it has the same frustrations and oversights that the last game had for me. The story (if one could call it that) seems to not be as good / engaging as the first game.

Thankfully I'm in the office at the moment, so the occasional refresh of the page to see if it's working yet is somewhat comical. Must be rage-inducing for those that are sat ready to play.

@ROMhaiku It's a penny cheaper on the Xbox store - why bother with a penny?

@Dalamar Really? I bask in it when I'm right 😄

@mctrials23 Settle down. 😄

@Mariotag It's still showing as unavailable on the eShop web browser. Edit: the web browser page won't even load now 🤦🏻‍♂️

@ROMhaiku If only we had this thing called 'pre loading'. Idea for the future there. Unless this is some sort of attempt at digital scarcity.

3pm. Unavailable.

@gcunit No review code instantly flags my suspicion.

In fairness to them, I wouldn't have bought any of these whether Silksong launched today or not.

I'm somewhat concerned that we're 10 minutes away from launch and there isn't a price on the UK eShop. Probably because I'm used to a long window of 'pre order pre order' (even going back to the 90's).

@Tangerine I - genuinely - admire you for not considering credit. Used unwisely it's a scourge.

@ParsnipHero @Enigk Silksong DLC. Team Cherry already mentioned it, and I’ve mentioned this before, but the human collective consciousness seems to find it difficult to let things go (e.g. Steve Austin and the ‘What!?’ chant). So there’ll be the comedians that keep banging on about this, or HollowKnight 3.

With that said, YouTube live chat moves so fast I don’t know how anyone reads any of it.

I’m savouring these last two days. I haven’t been excited for a game like this since…

I can’t remember, Breath of The Wild? Twilight Princess?

Edit: Not on the levels of BoTW / TP excitement, but Sonic Mania needs a mention. I wasn’t climbing the walls for it, but I was disappointed when it got delayed.

Didn't they do something around the post-thanksgiving sales time where you bought a subscription you got another code to give to a friend (or use yourself - could you use it yourself and stack?). If that's the case I think I would wait to see if that deal comes back.

Like the Switch 2, I toy with myself that there's lots I want to play on the online service, but whenever I've had a 7 day trial I've forgotten all about it by about day 3/4.

@Liam_Doolan Completely off topic, but I was wondering what decides the colour scheme for an article, or is it random? I’ve got red for most, purple for this one, and yellow when I open the Pokémon Lego story.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant Ha, that’s my same barometer: over £20 I’ll wait. Sale knocks it under £20 instant buy (I’m looking at you Power Rangers). Over £50? Go f-yourselves.

Has there been any word as to whether it’s one game across Switch 1&2 or two separate versions?

I have the trilogy on WiiU, but never got around to playing it. I played MP1 when they remastered them for the switch. I was hoping they’d do 2&3 before 4.

@ShinG67 That’s the problem though isn’t it? Mindless acceptance of outrageous prices.

@OmnitronVariant “But sometimes I want to let other people like myself … know that not everyone is positive about this stuff. Because that's important too. That makes an online forum healthy. An echo chamber would serve nobody but Nintendo's shareholders.”

Perhaps I’m looking back with a forgetful memory, but I seem to remember back in the internet early years you could have mostly an intelligent back and forth discussion with the occasional fanboy troll. Now it seems there are no trolls, but most are in a tribal camp that must vigorously defend itself against any comment the tribe hive mind doesn’t agree with. I miss the old days. Or the idea of the old days if that was never true.

My eyes light up when I see certain members posting, the ones I can count on for discussion and debate rather than buzzwords, mass anger and slathering.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant “I agree that somehow this feels rushed, but would they REALLY have to rush it out just because someone released a picture of what appeared to be exactly what everyone expected already? it's not like there were ANY surprises in the switch 2 reveal.”

I suppose not, but from my experience what makes sense to you and I is not the same as makes sense to a marketing department.

Perhaps they were on schedule and it just wasn’t thought through, or there were a lot of disagreements on the inside regarding more life in the Switch and supporting software for that.

Perhaps they saw what happened at the start of the Xbox Series and PS5 generation, noticed that people weren’t that vocally annoyed by remasters and higher fidelity (forgetting that many of these were free) and thought it would work for them - forgetting of course that at the time there was a lot of covid good-will.

Whatever the reason, it feels like Nintendo released the hardware, and the software team weren’t expecting it.

@Freek @The_Nintendo_Pedant and the more people buy into this quick turnaround remake nonsense keeps us further and further away from new games. The devs behind these touch ups could have been pouring their time into something new.

I’m still mostly convinced that the early leaks forced Nintendo’s hand, and then were hoping to launch later than they did. So far, everything has this feeling of being rushed, and now trying to cover up the cracks.

Played it through numerous times, so much so that I know the story off by heart (including the little intricacies) so I’m not too bothered about playing it again for a while. But Silksong I am very excited for.

No voices is fine with me. I can’t stand PG smack talk on loop. Grunts and screams would have been a good move.

Game makers need to move away from silence = bad. Because of that practice, my nephew, and Cars 3 I’ve got “Chicks Picks with Chick Hicks” on a loop in my brain and I need it to stop.

Reads to me like a comment designed to bridge ties between the two companies and glad-hand each other. Nintendo are no more or less in touch with their fan base than any other company that wants to sell stuff to people.

Hopefully we’ve seen the end of the FOMO nonsense from the 35th.

Game looks good, and I’m a sucker for that era (and Cuphead-esque era) animation. But I am a scaredy cat and do not like to watch or play anything horror related.

I only got through Resi 1 with an Action Reply and an infinite rocket launcher. Zombies are less scary when they’re in bits.

@Twilite9 It isn’t ok, but then some don’t get to scream ‘they don’t owe you anything’ or regurgitating the insufferable Myamoto about bad games being bad for blah blah blah. And then they hear everyone clap around them.

Having just returned from vacation I’m not in the best mood returning to the miserable grey isle. But the state of the internet and slathering ‘fans’ desperate to tongue companies and corporations, and nonsense articles like this one really cut to the anger-Centre.

Standing by for comment removal for upsetting some precious flower.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Yep, and the frustration with hearing nothing. There are so many examples now of companies that go silent for a while and then just disappear that until the latter happens you’re just in the dark wondering if it’s still happening.

And for those doing the modern glad handing of ‘no company owes us anything’; what a load of utter, utter nonsense. They do owe us something if they want us to remain interested and want to play the game. That’s how marketing works. But, going back to my first paragraph, it didn’t need to be anything spectacular just an routine update ‘all is fine, still working on it’ would be enough to quell the thoughts of ‘oh, something has gone wrong and they’re in the slow death’.

Reminder, as always: companies are not your friends. You do not need to defend them.

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@Elock Yep, they could think like the film industry - get some freelancers in as and when you need them. It’s like the developers themselves see some merit in making the work difficult for themselves, like it’s a badge of honor.

@Rees I am incredibly surprised that this wasn’t the case. Unless it’s going to be a pack-in with the XAlly and that’s when that releases.

@Coalescence I don’t want to burst your bubble, but do the crowd still chant “What!?” at wrestling matches? I think it might take a long time for this thing that people think is funny to go away.

Was… was that it?

The last time I was interested in a basketball game it was the Tiny Toons Adventure sports game on the Megadrive. So no, even if I had S2 I wouldn’t bother.

I thoroughly enjoy seeing a company trying to be edgy having to do a climb down.

On the consumer side, I’m pleased they’ve listened and fixed their error.

@Lucius6 Stunning contribution.

@Axecon difficult to imagine them getting even more pretentious.

@LUIGITORNADO I agree. Side by side comparisons are useless given that when I’m playing something I’m never playing more than one copy at once at one time. I have similar feelings with ray tracing, I’m sure it looks lovely for spectators, but when I’m running around a space I’ve got my eyes on what is trying to kill me, not how pretty my reflection looks in glass as I’m obliterated.

Saw the article title. Wondered how long it would take the Nintendo apologists to rock up. Less than 10 comments in. Like a bear to honey.

Timberland boots, the boots usually found on a builder, the slowest land mammal on our planet.

Nothing there for me, which is good. It'll put me off buying a S2 and keep my money in my pocket a bit longer.

Looking at that picture of the controller, I'm reminded that they changed the design to make it look 'manlier', 'meaner', less like a kids toy for the US market (that's right, right?).

With this in mind, purple (and I like purple) doesn't scream 'tougher than those fancy prime colours' does it?

On topic: great news. Choice is good.

@rvcolem1 discussion? In the current era of the internet? Are you mad!?

GFWB

More words kind of ruins the succinctness of what I was going for, but sure message filter.

True fans won't mind.

@Maxz Over the years I had come under the impression that it was essentially the Japanese version of Nintendo Power (if that was the name affiliated magazine in North America - not from the US). I guess that's come from 'a Nintendo game comes out' + 'Famitsu highscore' - 'me massively disagreeing with the praise'.

Thanks for the link, will take a read 😊

Sorry just read the bit of your comment below the link. New Super Mario Bros got a perfect? Really? Wow.

Is Famitsu worth paying attention to? I always thought - perhaps incorrectly - that it was a mouthpiece for Nintendo.

Also where is my human dart grind?

Playing it so far has reminded me of the same thoughts I had way back when: that THPS3 was good, but couldn’t top THPS2 for me.

4 I didn’t like too much at the time (though I chalked that up to playing it on Xbox and not enjoying the DPad), but looking forward to giving this streamlined version a go.

Edit: I will add I’m grateful for the memories of playing this with my brother and my friends.

Some people bleating on about missing Iwata, will be the same people excusing Nintendo do of their current business practices in another article.

I’ve got his book. His working-with-people style is something I’ve try to emulate.

@Elitepatriot scheme doesn’t always mean bad. It can mean a plan of action, eg a local government scheme to increase health and wellbeing by offering free gym days etc

“He’s my mate” is what I’m getting.

@neil9000 I wonder if it’s EU regs that require computers to charge via USB-C. Easier to make it all the same than different versions for different markets. See Apple.

@Ogbert Until they aren’t an option. Like digital only releases.