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@PessitheMystic I cared. It was the best version of the game, especially dual screen online co-op. Day one purchase for me. And there are still matches to play in even now. And it did sell over 1 million copies vs 13.5 million consoles sold.

@jco83 sorry. I meant mainline Konami games. My bad.

Why not use the amazing silicon knights version of metal gear solid. You know "the twin snakes" from the GC? It would make a lot more sense.

A 32gb switch cartridge costs 60% more than a 50gb PS4 disc to produce. So 60% of $2.25 is $1.35. So $1.35 +$2.25 is $3.60. So this game would cost $3.60 to put on a 32gb cart with some download. A 64 GB cart is $3.95.
Konami are just being cheap c****

@MH4 Konami never discounts their games on switch.

Switch came out March 2017. Unless I'm mistaken that means it's a 6+ year old chipset. Not 7+.

@nimnio think of it like the LOTR movies. Without Tolkien, they wouldn't exist. Even though he had nothing to do with the movies, they credited him.

I'd say 2001. GC launched. Xbox launched. Birth of online (console gaming at least). Play your own music over games. Halo. Rogue squadron 2 (my god that game still looks great). And without those systems we wouldn't have gotten so many great series/games. Metroid prime. Resident evil 4. Wind Waker. Kotor. Etc.
Oh and the PS2 was out as well.

@anoyonmus I think his point was the Wii was wayyyyy underpowered compared the the 360 and PS3, but they made it work.so same thing here when it comes to ps5/series x versus switch.

Isn't this also a remaster of the inferior 30fps, lower resolution, lower polygon, and lower cell effect PS2 code, because they lost the original GC code?
They seem to have really mailed this one in. I was excited, but I guess I'll pass.

I didn't realise Nintendo was losing money. I mean why else would they gouge consumers like this?
Games are already 79.99 here. Now it's gonna be likely 92.99-94.99.
I'm not paying 100 bucks for any video game.

I just want a switch with much better specs (on par with the steam deck). Backward compatibility with the switch carts. And an evolved online with a Nintendo back catalogue (N64, GC, Wii)

Now here's a company that Nintendo should buy. Sony is buying companies, Microsoft is buying companies. Nintendo should as well. They already work very well together (Mario Rabbids games).
A quick Google search shows Ubisoft only has a market cap of 2.41 Billion Euros. Nintendo's is 52ish Billion Euros.
Assassin's creed. Rainbow 6. Splinter cell. Watch dogs. Far cry. Beyond good and evil. Prince of Persia. Star wars license. No more heroes. Red steel. Ghost recon. Call of Juarez. Driver series. Rayman. Star trek. Starlink. Trials. South park.
All those could be on Nintendo. AND Nintendo could right the ship.

I don't feel Nintendo has EVER played it safe when making consoles, and I don't know how an editor/contributor could think that. Since the GameCube, Nintendo has 'played it safe' in terms of specs, basically using off the shelf parts, but concept wise, no way.
NES, launched right after a crash and everyone said they were nuts. SNES, upped the power to basically state of the art at the time, and added in buttons and shoulder buttons. N64? First to analogue control stick, weird 3 prong design, 4 player capable from factory, the most power console on the market at the time, internet connectivity, first to feature rumble,etc. GameCube? Redid the controller design again, analogue shoulder buttons, changed button layout, used a proprietary disc that couldn't hold the same amount of data as competitors, also had internet connectivity, 480P capable, very nearly the most powerful console at the time, wireless controllers, very weird console lunchbox design, etc. Wii? Way underpowered, bet big on motion controls, another proprietary disc, weird 'nintendo way' online, and all the rest.
Wiiu? Underpowered, mid gen launch for some reason. Gamepad, Proprietary disc again, motion controls 2.0, ridiculous online 'nintendo way' 2.0, 2 players, seperate screens (amazing for COD btw. I could be sitting next to my brother and we'd know exactly where we were playing online, and just destroy people), stupid name, portable Netflix, YouTube, etc.
Switch? WAAAAAY underpowered, hybrid console with a dock that upped resolution to last gen HD, and we'll everyone knows how the switch didn't play it safe.

On to other points, the gamepad was perfectly designed for hands IMO, it kept them apart at the proper distance, as opposed to cramped up and jammed together on a tiny controller, buttons all within very easy reaching distance.
The reason the WiiU did console and portable, as you said, decently instead of doing one greatly, is because (again IMO), the tech wasn't there yet. Batteries were not as good as they are now, Bluetooth had a more limited range, wifi wasn't everywhere in the world quite yet, etc. Also, detachable motion controllers wasn't quite ready yet either, so they stuck with wiimotes.
All in all, I think the WiiU was an absolutely amazing console for the time, that suffered from lack of power, and very stupid marketing/advertising, and lack of big 3rd party games (but every Nintendo console does) which has to do with the architecture and lack of power the last 3 gens.

End of my weird rant

More N64 games. And please give us GameCube games, and I would finally buy it.

I'd love just having a more powerful version. Give me the switch with backwards compatability and steam deck specs.

@Lem1697 well he also recorded a Japanese suicide body and laughed at it. So yeah. He's definitely under hated

Host 10k games on a website (of which, the source code for the Nintendo games probably doesn't exists anywhere else), find a patsy and he gets 3 years.

Bankrupt millions of people, while defrauding investors and crash the world economy 2008, and get ZERO jail time.

America, you're weird.

Skip. Not canon. It was great the first time around, but now it's just a pointless story.

I'm fine with its size. Personally I find the switch too small for my hands. The WiiU gamepad was the most comfortable controller I've ever used, but was still a little small for my liking. I'd like to see how the steam deck feels in my hands before judging

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Also, banana for scale. Imgur ftw

Nintendo should respond by buying Sony Interactive Entertainment (their PlayStation division).
And before you respond with a bunch of hate, it's only(in terms of mega corps) worth 13.8 B.

Nintendo could swipe their debit card and buy them. Without a loan or anything. Just with cash. It has over 16B in liquidity.
That would help stop the microsoft takeover.

Imagine all Sony's exclusives on switch 2.0

Prime trilogy. GTA 5. And for the love of God EA, gives us the mass effect trilogy. And the Arkham trilogy

I'll be picking this up. I am currently working through 3 right now. Now if they'd give us the OG assassin's Creed I'd be happy. Then I'd have 1-4 on the same system.

What happened to the slump in video games sales all the media has been talking about?

I'd buy this in a heartbeat if I could get it in physical form as a collection instead of 3 carts.

I have to say, that while the WiiU was not a hit, it's far and away my favourite console. Nothing will ever beat playing CoD on WiiU with my brother on the tv with the pro controller and me on the gamepad playing coop online. Amazing.

And that's why I had hope for the switch.

Glad it's worked out.

Needs more AAA 3rd party stuff. And for that l wish it wasn't so far behind other tech when it came out (even though the competitors came out 4 years earlier).

Any word on north american price cut?

No sympathy here. Show something or shut up.
Same for Nintendo if they're bringing it back.
Probably holding it for switch pro

I remember the GameCube Tech demo for Zelda where Link was fighting ganondorf.

@Madder128 PS4 was selling well when PS4 pro came out. DS was selling well when DS Lite came out. Switch was selling like hotcakes when switch lite came out. Nvidia releases better card even when their old ones are selling great. And Toyota comes out with a new corolla every year even though last year's was still the best selling car.
So selling well doesn't mean anything.

This got me thinking. With the rumours that the Metroid trilogy has been finished for a while, and Nintendo launching a switch pro this year, I wonder if they're upgrading the finished trilogy even more to launch alongside the switch pro? It would make sense to have a least a few fully optimised games to show off what it can do, and releasing an upgraded prime trilogy seems like a sure bet.

@Burning_Spear there were 40 million copies of the og super Mario Bros on nes. So you never know

Stupidest thing ever. It's not going to drive sales. Every single Mario game is "ever green". So the longer its out the more it sells.

If it has gambling in it, they should classify it as Adults Only.

Why do they have different voices for different troopers? Also size differences?
Are they not all clone troopers?

I still have to say my personal favourite is Ocarina. I remember when I played that for the first time. It had so many brand new things. So amazing for its time. Just so fresh. And new.
Breath of the wild took everything ocarina did and expanded on it. But also expanded
and perfected on stuff OTHER games/series did way earlier.....sometimes decades before BOTW did them (breakable weapons, wide open world, no dungeons, side quests for days, stamina meters, etc) Don't hate me, it's true.

And again BOTW is a better game, but the mindblowing factor was bigger in OoT.

Basically Ocarina is my fave because it did so many new things for the time and did them all so well.

BOTW did ESTABLISHED things, with slight additions, but did them perfectly.

I wonder if it could be because of delays in development brought on by the covid situation last year. I've read a lot of games have been slowed/delayed because of new regulations, and the time it took to adapt. So if the games aren't as far along as intended by now, they could just be holding off before announcements.

Does it retain the original soundtracks?

@mariomaster96 and the WiiU version was fast and away the prettiest and best running version.

@KillerBOB yes, we have figured that out.

@KillerBOB you're a bit of a loon. Definitely a northern MAGAt. Because regardless of how many sources or facts are presented, you still won't believe them. But here's another one for you to ignore. Updated January 1st, 2021. But you just keep licking those boots buddy. And I don't live it home champ. Me and my fiance bought a house and started a 400 acre farm (which we bought without any help from our parents, which I highly doubt a waspy fool like yourself can say). So why don't you wipe that cheetoh flavouring off your lips and the otoole brown from your thumb, and shut up, you coattails riding, jealous, sad little girl.

@KillerBOB our taxes are around 20%. Way lower than the average for American taxes. Stop that fake news stuff. https://pressprogress.ca/dont-listen-to-the-fraser-institute-canadians-are-not-paying-more-in-taxes-than-the-necessities-of-life/

I have a feeling that Nintendo and platinum games are holding it back to launch in the switch "pro". So of course he can't say anything about it because Nintendo hasn't revealed switch pro yet.

@BTB20 I wonder what they're paid in the UK. People paid what they're worth tend not to steal.

I know I'm a dying breed, but I will not buy a game unless it's physical. I like having it on my shelf. And 15 years from now, when the servers are shutdown, I will still be able to power up my switch and play (if I want to)

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@ilh rogue one was awful. That's why they had to throw Vader in at the end. So they could have him in the trailer and make people want to see it.

Really? Calling the phantom menace a disappointment after this Disney trilogy? And calling the podracing the best part of the film? Did you not see the maul duel?

If I get this, I'll be getting the physical version(yes I know you still need to download A LOT). I like having a cartridge and a case. But it all depends on 2 things, price and if the world is still running by may 29th.

That just makes me want a spawn game.