@Coalescence Are you really comparing Robox to this scam? Robox at least was an original game with the developer having poured effort into. On top, enough people actually liked it.
What a waste of time this interview was. But then again, I am not even sure what this gentleman is doing at Nintendo, so I guess he might simply not be involved all that much in decision making? After all, he works in product development…at NOA?
Which begs the question why you would even interview him.
@The_Nintend_Pedant
Thank you! It always annoys me greatly to see more and more people calling Metroid Prime an FPS. It feels like around the launch of the first game more people understood that it’s in fact an action-Adventure involving shooting that happens to be viewed from first person.
It‘s the perfect transition into 3D for the series, keeping the original feeling intact. So why would people call it an FPS?
Hating the NA one. The coloring is bad, the cover is way too cluttered and why are the syllables colored differently? Because Americans would not be able to properly pronounce the title otherwise?
„Pokémon Stadium has hardly been the most lucrative spin-off for the series in the years since its launch, spawning just the one sequel in 2001“ There are 3 Pokémon Stadium games on N64.
And somebody should have noted how that Venusaur move looks like a classic Kabuki pose.
@Anti-Matter „Even there was MySims made by Japanese team from The Sims popularity in Japan“ Not sure what you are referring to. The MySims games were developed in the US.
@SuperRetroArt Maybe English isn’t their first language? E.g. in German the country‘s name is Moldawien, and it might be similar in other languages. So maybe people just translate it incorrectly into English. To be fair, people rarely talk about Moldovia online.
So…does the exhibition currently still exist somewhere in Japan? I couldn’t care less about it coming to the Us, but I will be in Japan in 2 weeks, and this would be great to take my son to.
They had already fired 140 people before that? Just how many employees did they have at one point? That sounds utterly excessive for the kinds of games they made.
@AmplifyMJ I bought Horace because of Nlife‘s glowing 9/10 review…yeah, it was a decent little game, but that rating was just ridiculous. This site sometimes tends to review British games better just on the virtue of being British.
„it's making extra use of the landscape orientation here to increase the size of the protagonist“ I will never understand this odd perspective Nlife always has here. The JP GBA boxes do not add extra space. It’s the same space Ina different orientation. In the hands of a good designer, the Western boxes can be used to add more space to an artwork on the y axis, while in Japan it’s the x axis. And in this particular case, the JP box cuts off Klonoa‘s foot, while the EU version shows it in it’s entirety.
LOL. All the comments mention Unicorn Overlord as #1, but that has changed. Now its‘s SMTVV, i.e. a technically good game that still got a lot of flak for Atlus‘s business decisions surrounding it.
@Migoshuro I know I am late, but I also remember the JP cover vividly from German marketing. The magazine Funvision even had it as a poster and I put in on my wall back in the day. Ah, the memories.
@construx This is the home console MySims Kingdoms, though, whereas you mention the DS one, which is a different game. Hence, they cannot „re-add“ it to this, as this game apparently never had Hungarian subtitles. Of course I feel like they should have included the handheld versions in this collection from the start, but yeah, unfortunately not.
Interesting, as I was at the store just a month ago in a biz trip. ^^ But yeah, the article should really clarify what the plastic wrap refers to and how and if it affects booster packs. Don’t just regurgitate, please.
Wow, all the saltiness in the comments… I like articles like this, especially with the writer giving it their own spin. No need to just be „here is a video“.
@Athropos „They didn't sue Dragon Quest Monsters however. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that DQM was not a blatant attempt at making money from someone else's licence“ DQ V is the original monster taming game, so there‘s that.
„Dragon Quest III is a hugely beloved game worldwide and in Japan in particular“ LOL, hyperbole much? Sure, in Japan it’s a phenomenon, and it probably has some fans in the US, but in Europe barely anyone ever cared for the NES entries, and „hugely beloved worldwide“?
They should rather make sure to have enough stock. Was super disappointed that all the big cushions were sold out around noon despite them only selling one per person. Ridiculous stock strategy that entirely soured my visit.
„There are more windows showcasing images from the game“ How so? It‘s 6 windows both on the EU and US box… Also, you are not going to mention the terrible blurb about 2D and 3D on the US box or how only one cover actually contains a mask?
@Thomystic @SG2 @rjejr I know I am late, but: Nintendolife doesn’t choose the highlights. They merely regurgitate Nintendo‘s press release, so Ninty chooses the highlights. NLife only adds their little touch in the article‘s sub-header.
@BANJO That's fair enough, though my Ngage looks just rough. The "Nokia" label above the screen is barely readable anymore, so I guess mine isn't worth all that much anymore. ^^ Fortunately, I have quite a few sealed games, and even some of the heavy hitters. With Ngage, it always seems to me like there really are just 2 kinds of games in terms of values. You have the (just value-wise) junk like the ones you mentioned or Tony Hawk, Rayman, etc. and then you have games that fetch really nice money like Warhammer, the Atari Collections, Civilization, etc. Very little inbetween. And at least from my European POV the two regional exclusives (NCAA in the US and Sega Rally in Australia) are quite valuable as well.
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Re: Viral Horror Co-op Game Is The Latest Victim Of Shameless eShop Scam
@Coalescence Are you really comparing Robox to this scam? Robox at least was an original game with the developer having poured effort into. On top, enough people actually liked it.
Re: Exclusive: Shin'en Talks 'Fast Fusion' On Switch 2, Reveals First-Look Trailer
„Mech Guyva“
Oof, what a pun. ^^
Re: Feature: "We Really Want To Future-Proof" - The Nintendo Switch 2 Interview
What a waste of time this interview was. But then again, I am not even sure what this gentleman is doing at Nintendo, so I guess he might simply not be involved all that much in decision making? After all, he works in product development…at NOA?
Which begs the question why you would even interview him.
Re: Nintendo Appears To Have Given Its Game Cases A Makeover On Switch 2
@charliecarrot „Let's not forget that NDS game cases also had graphics along the spine.“
Not in Europe, though. Always hated our bland DS boxes.
Re: Opinion: Oh No, I'm Not A Fan Of Switch 2's Mouse Mode At All
@The_Nintend_Pedant
Thank you! It always annoys me greatly to see more and more people calling Metroid Prime an FPS. It feels like around the launch of the first game more people understood that it’s in fact an action-Adventure involving shooting that happens to be viewed from first person.
It‘s the perfect transition into 3D for the series, keeping the original feeling intact. So why would people call it an FPS?
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Tomodachi Life
Hating the NA one. The coloring is bad, the cover is way too cluttered and why are the syllables colored differently? Because Americans would not be able to properly pronounce the title otherwise?
Re: Nintendo Download: 27th March (North America)
@Thomystic The shoutouts are decided entirely by Nintendo.
Nlife merely regurgitates the weekly Nintendo press releases here.
Re: Back Page: Every Game Should Have A Cow
Fighter’s Destiny on N64 had a playable cow named ushi (Japanese for „cow“).
Re: Random: Did You Know About These Hidden Animations In Pokémon Stadium?
„Pokémon Stadium has hardly been the most lucrative spin-off for the series in the years since its launch, spawning just the one sequel in 2001“
There are 3 Pokémon Stadium games on N64.
And somebody should have noted how that Venusaur move looks like a classic Kabuki pose.
Re: Capcom Spotlight Announced For Next Week, Here's A Teaser Trailer
Hopefully as little MH as possible. Most overrated franchise by a long shot and just taking away so many development resources.
Re: Sakurai Says Japanese Developers Should Avoid Trying To Appeal To Western Tastes
@Anti-Matter
„Even there was MySims made by Japanese team from The Sims popularity in Japan“
Not sure what you are referring to. The MySims games were developed in the US.
Re: Ex-Nintendo Employee Spills The Beans On The Company's Weirdest Zelda Ad
Never heard of the comedian or the ad, even though I was around at the time. I guess it’s a Uk thing? Or a US thing?
Re: "They Stole The Whole Game" - Horror Indie Dev Fights The eShop Scam Blatantly Ripping Their Work
@SuperRetroArt Maybe English isn’t their first language? E.g. in German the country‘s name is Moldawien, and it might be similar in other languages. So maybe people just translate it incorrectly into English. To be fair, people rarely talk about Moldovia online.
Re: Pokémon Fossil Museum Lets You See "Life-Size" Replicas Of Pokémon Skeletons
So…does the exhibition currently still exist somewhere in Japan? I couldn’t care less about it coming to the Us, but I will be in Japan in 2 weeks, and this would be great to take my son to.
Re: "Nintendo Is Probably The Easiest To Scam" - Devs Discuss The Current State Of The eShop
@Dr_Lugae Here‘s hoping you will make it onto S2!
Re: "Nintendo Is Probably The Easiest To Scam" - Devs Discuss The Current State Of The eShop
@Dr_Lugae Thanks. Looks quite neat to me. Like a Christmas Undertale. I wonder why Ninty rejected it.
Re: "Nintendo Is Probably The Easiest To Scam" - Devs Discuss The Current State Of The eShop
@Dr_Lugae Care to share what game that is?
Re: 'Fae Farm' Developer Phoenix Labs Lays Off "The Majority Of The Studio"
They had already fired 140 people before that? Just how many employees did they have at one point? That sounds utterly excessive for the kinds of games they made.
Re: Nintendo Download: 23rd January (North America)
@TotalHenshin Nintendo chooses highlights for their press release. Nlife merely regurgitates it wholly including the highlights.
Re: Celeste Dev Makes "Difficult Decision" To Cancel New Game Earthblade
@AmplifyMJ I bought Horace because of Nlife‘s glowing 9/10 review…yeah, it was a decent little game, but that rating was just ridiculous. This site sometimes tends to review British games better just on the virtue of being British.
Re: Random: Switch 2 Leakers Called Out By Industry Veteran Hideki Kamiya
@Zaruboggan I know I am late, but: Donkey Konga 3 already exists. On GameCube. In Japan.
Re: Random: Geez, PS5 Game 'Anime Life Sim' Sure Looks Familiar
@G_and_Thomas „The PlayStation already had its own Animal Crossing-esque life sim game“
They did?
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (GBA)
„it's making extra use of the landscape orientation here to increase the size of the protagonist“
I will never understand this odd perspective Nlife always has here. The JP GBA boxes do not add extra space. It’s the same space Ina different orientation. In the hands of a good designer, the Western boxes can be used to add more space to an artwork on the y axis, while in Japan it’s the x axis.
And in this particular case, the JP box cuts off Klonoa‘s foot, while the EU version shows it in it’s entirety.
Re: Video: Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance 'Stage Introduction' Trailer Released
Looks like a Newgrounds game…cheap Flash style visuals.
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Games Of 2024
LOL. All the comments mention Unicorn Overlord as #1, but that has changed. Now its‘s SMTVV, i.e. a technically good game that still got a lot of flak for Atlus‘s business decisions surrounding it.
Re: Review: DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou (Switch) - Cave's Vicious Shooter Is Close To The Series' Best
@Tom-Massey Hi. I only now got around to reading the review and it seems like it has not been amended yet?
Re: Review: DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou (Switch) - Cave's Vicious Shooter Is Close To The Series' Best
@romanista Not quite. Futari means „2 people“. Not „the second“.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Breath Of Fire II
@Migoshuro I know I am late, but I also remember the JP cover vividly from German marketing. The magazine Funvision even had it as a poster and I put in on my wall back in the day. Ah, the memories.
Re: Best Tetris Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Systems
Look, I also started with NES and GB, but putting their Tetris versions at or near the top of this list is ludicrous. People let nostalgia win here.
Re: MySims Cozy Bundle Has Received A Switch Update, New Features Coming "Early Next Year"
@construx This is the home console MySims Kingdoms, though, whereas you mention the DS one, which is a different game. Hence, they cannot „re-add“ it to this, as this game apparently never had Hungarian subtitles. Of course I feel like they should have included the handheld versions in this collection from the start, but yeah, unfortunately not.
Re: Pokémon Center Singapore Sticks Its Middle Finger Up To TCG Scalpers
Interesting, as I was at the store just a month ago in a biz trip. ^^
But yeah, the article should really clarify what the plastic wrap refers to and how and if it affects booster packs. Don’t just regurgitate, please.
Re: M2 Is Working On A Brand New 'Night Striker' Game
Not a big fan of the original and this looks pretty a** to be honest…
Re: Random: Have You Ever Triggered This Rare Super Mario Galaxy Dialogue?
Not best but worst 3D Mario.
Re: Mini Review: Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi (Switch) - Nails That Classic Castlevania Feel
@zool „The 8 score is one of those that is neither good nor bad.“
Are you confusing 8 for a 6?
Re: New Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Animation Short Is So Very, Very Boring
Wow, all the saltiness in the comments…
I like articles like this, especially with the writer giving it their own spin. No need to just be „here is a video“.
Re: Palworld Dev May Have Found An Unexpected Ally In Nintendo's Lawsuit: An Old GTA 5 Mod
@Athropos „They didn't sue Dragon Quest Monsters however. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that DQM was not a blatant attempt at making money from someone else's licence“
DQ V is the original monster taming game, so there‘s that.
Re: Feature: "Time To Laughter Is Like Zero" - Jackbox Games CEO On Quiplash, T-Shirts, And 10 Years Of Party Packs
I never played any of them. But I loved YDKJ back in the day on PC.
Thought for sure that it’s a UK company.
Re: Feature: "I Was A Bit Nervous At First" - Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Producer Talks Reimagining An RPG Classic
„Dragon Quest III is a hugely beloved game worldwide and in Japan in particular“
LOL, hyperbole much? Sure, in Japan it’s a phenomenon, and it probably has some fans in the US, but in Europe barely anyone ever cared for the NES entries, and „hugely beloved worldwide“?
Re: You May Be Due A Refund As Nintendo Alters Tax Rate On Select Museum Gifts
They should rather make sure to have enough stock. Was super disappointed that all the big cushions were sold out around noon despite them only selling one per person. Ridiculous stock strategy that entirely soured my visit.
Re: Nintendo Is Developing New Mobile Game Apps, Unsurprisingly
Let’s see if they at least bother releasing them in this tiny market called Europe. With Dragalia Lost they sure enough didn’t for whatever reason.
Re: Nintendo Download: 24th October (North America)
@TotalHenshin I know I am late, but: Nintendo decides on those. Nlife just regurgitates Nintendo‘s press releases.
Re: HAL Laboratory's Lovely Physics Puzzler 'Part Time UFO' Has Been Delisted On Mobile
@BandeeOfTheStars I think you can easily redownload delisted games via your download history.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Balloon Fight (NES)
Never liking those pixel covers. They are pointless as the back shows actual screenshots, and they just look corny.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
Are we sure it's 2nd April? My German brain says it's 4th February.
Would Nintendo really use the weird US date system?
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Professor Layton And The Miracle Mask
„There are more windows showcasing images from the game“
How so? It‘s 6 windows both on the EU and US box…
Also, you are not going to mention the terrible blurb about 2D and 3D on the US box or how only one cover actually contains a mask?
Re: Review: Looney Tunes: Wacky World Of Sports (Switch) - Zany Sporting Antics That Aren't Much Fun
„Fans of old-school sports compilations may remember Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge on Super Nintendo.“
I do remember it, but on Mega Drive.
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Toys Speed Into McDonald's UK Happy Meals
We already had them in Germany last week (maybe even earlier?).
Why is UK late here?
Re: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Tops Rolling Stone's 50 Best Games Of All Time
It wouldn’t even make a top 1,000 for me, let alone land in first place.
Most overrated game ever.
Re: Nintendo Download: 12th September (North America)
@Thomystic @SG2 @rjejr
I know I am late, but: Nintendolife doesn’t choose the highlights. They merely regurgitate Nintendo‘s press release, so Ninty chooses the highlights. NLife only adds their little touch in the article‘s sub-header.
Re: Random: Fans Are Begging Nintendo's Ex President To Sell His N64 Collection
@BANJO That's fair enough, though my Ngage looks just rough. The "Nokia" label above the screen is barely readable anymore, so I guess mine isn't worth all that much anymore. ^^
Fortunately, I have quite a few sealed games, and even some of the heavy hitters.
With Ngage, it always seems to me like there really are just 2 kinds of games in terms of values. You have the (just value-wise) junk like the ones you mentioned or Tony Hawk, Rayman, etc. and then you have games that fetch really nice money like Warhammer, the Atari Collections, Civilization, etc.
Very little inbetween.
And at least from my European POV the two regional exclusives (NCAA in the US and Sega Rally in Australia) are quite valuable as well.