@HedgehogEngine Yes, those are consumer models. Consumer notebooks usually have 1080p, 2k, 4k, etc., As do most nonconsumer models. If you happen to find one on a gaming laptop, you're in 2010!
It really shines a light on how poor of a choice that screen in the device was. Anyone can make a better one with a monitor and some 3M.
@PikaPhantom If only they had the insight to aquire Rare (the greatest game developers ever to exist), we'd be living in quite a different world now. I mean like NSOX with Konker and Diddy Kong Racing, day-one, not to mention better Star Fox and probably a myriad other franchises.
The game company now called Rare (post MS) is just a name and copyrights, nothing more. The developers all moved to other studios, some of which develop games for Nintendo consoles.
@kingbk
Then you never played GTA: Chinatown Wars for DS. One of the better GTA games, especially for those of us who were GTA experts long before PS2 was ever released.
I think it has more to do with developer inability and saturation rather than laziness. A similar situation existed with Atari in the early 1980s. The result of both: a collapse in consumer confidence of video game quality (already getting sketchy of most titles).
@liavcol literally ANYTHING that supports USB drives can do this (not sure if the other consoles support USB drives though). No "phisical version", the Wii U just sees it as a hard disc drive. That's why you need a rewritable disc.
@everyone_else y'all need to read the article first
@JayJ it's pretty much the same thing but with an optical disc instead of silicon or magnetic platters. If you leave the DVD-RAM in the drive (you have to to do this), it should last a few centuries.
Virtual Boy Wario Land, not only the system's only marketable game, but the only one that used stereoscopy in any meaningful way, and the only one that was actually a very good game, platform be damned. Anyone who says otherwise probably didn't own a VB. It even has a forest of kinda Meowths.
They need to localize titles again already. "New" doesn't have the same meaning in the US, where in Japan in this context, "new" roughly equates to the English "deluxe".
As a 90s kid I certainly wouldn't call the tame bowing back and forth of Sony and M$ as a "console war", but it's cute kiddos today think that. If it were like the 'war on drugs', the real old school console wars between Sega and Ninty would be WWII.
We can still dream of new Sega console instead. Brings back memories of the Nintendo Nerds v. Sega Soldiers schoolyard arguments, right down to which had the better looking metal graphics.
I don't understand why they call it that. Haptic feedback is just vibration. Phones have haptic feedback. What Sony is describing is actually called 'Force feedback'.
@TG16_IS_BAE in my country at least (USA) it is perfectly legal to tear it down like this. You own the device, and any software that is needed for it to perform as advertised. Nonessential addon software, like games, however, are licensed for use instead.
"Who cares?" Umm...20%; you JUST said that. That's a sizeable portion, equal to one fifth of this massive install base.
Anyway this guy has historically blown hot air, his predictions probably bring correct an ironic 20% of the time. (Wii U's predicted failure, and like nothing else).
They should have changed the final smash one. Having him pop up like that all staring at the camera; instead of saying "badass" (the start of it kind of is), your left saying "that was kinda dumb".
@Eel If that's the case, that's just shoddy design. Either they should be encoded (something the Switch can do as background, i.e. screen record), or if they are hung on the inefficient idea of real time calculation as opposed to simple video playback, updates should auto convert the videos.
I don't get how they manage to break video playback with every update. You would reckon they would have fixed this a long time ago, or if it is just a bug inherent in the code or assembly method, what makes the bug unpatchable?
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Re: Hardware: Up-Switch Orion Review - Turn Your Switch Into A Switch XXXL (And Make It Worse)
@HedgehogEngine Yes, those are consumer models. Consumer notebooks usually have 1080p, 2k, 4k, etc., As do most nonconsumer models. If you happen to find one on a gaming laptop, you're in 2010!
It really shines a light on how poor of a choice that screen in the device was. Anyone can make a better one with a monitor and some 3M.
Re: Hardware: Up-Switch Orion Review - Turn Your Switch Into A Switch XXXL (And Make It Worse)
@HedgehogEngine
Some high end mobile workstations and business notebooks still use 768p panels, with 1080p panels "available".
Re: Hardware: Up-Switch Orion Review - Turn Your Switch Into A Switch XXXL (And Make It Worse)
Portable just means (literally) that it can be moved from place to place; a refrigerator is technically portable.
Re: Monster Hunter Rise Update Version 3.7 Sets Up Holiday Additions
Waterbenders?
Re: Nintendo Is Investing In Office Space In Japan To House More Game Development
@PikaPhantom If only they had the insight to aquire Rare (the greatest game developers ever to exist), we'd be living in quite a different world now. I mean like NSOX with Konker and Diddy Kong Racing, day-one, not to mention better Star Fox and probably a myriad other franchises.
The game company now called Rare (post MS) is just a name and copyrights, nothing more. The developers all moved to other studios, some of which develop games for Nintendo consoles.
Re: Grand Theft Auto Trilogy's Nintendo Switch Update Is Now Available, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@kingbk
Then you never played GTA: Chinatown Wars for DS. One of the better GTA games, especially for those of us who were GTA experts long before PS2 was ever released.
Re: Soapbox: Can We Please Retire The Phrase 'Lazy Devs' Already?
I think it has more to do with developer inability and saturation rather than laziness. A similar situation existed with Atari in the early 1980s. The result of both: a collapse in consumer confidence of video game quality (already getting sketchy of most titles).
Re: Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Reportedly Heading To Switch
@BanjoPickles
PS2 games? I'm sold!
Re: Fatal Frame: Maiden Of Black Water Adds New Character Costumes On Switch
@KayFiOS Unfortunately no original Japanese version langereis or goth Ren; these are new costumes.
Re: Random: Did You Know The Wii U Can Burn eShop Games To Discs?
@liavcol literally ANYTHING that supports USB drives can do this (not sure if the other consoles support USB drives though). No "phisical version", the Wii U just sees it as a hard disc drive. That's why you need a rewritable disc.
@everyone_else y'all need to read the article first
Re: Random: Did You Know The Wii U Can Burn eShop Games To Discs?
@JayJ it's pretty much the same thing but with an optical disc instead of silicon or magnetic platters. If you leave the DVD-RAM in the drive (you have to to do this), it should last a few centuries.
Re: Talking Point: If Nintendo Released Them, Would You Play Virtual Boy Games In 2021?
Virtual Boy Wario Land, not only the system's only marketable game, but the only one that used stereoscopy in any meaningful way, and the only one that was actually a very good game, platform be damned. Anyone who says otherwise probably didn't own a VB. It even has a forest of kinda Meowths.
Re: Random: Did You Know The Wii U Can Burn eShop Games To Discs?
That's just using a DVD ram drive (think hdd, ssd). You can literally do that with anything that supports USB drives.
Re: Soapbox: Game Genres Are Broken
Indie is about as much a genera (genus?) as Hispanic is a race lol!
Re: Nintendo Scores Another Victory In Its War Against Switch Piracy
It's about time they took down this useless tool. Just use a smartphone to hack it like a normal person!
Re: Former Nintendo Of America President Reggie To Step Down From GameStop's Board Of Directors
That's great! Now he just needs to go back to Nintendo, even if just as a 'Direct' personality.
Re: A Kid Icarus: Uprising Sequel Would Be "Difficult", Says Masahiro Sakurai
@Radbot42 That's how uprising was controlled; the C stick controlled the camera/recital. Me and my wife always used our styli though.
Re: Wii U Receives Its First System Firmware Update Since 2018
@Doktor-Mandrake They didn't.
Re: Wii U Receives Its First System Firmware Update Since 2018
@MetManMas Nope! See my other comment above.
Re: Wii U Receives Its First System Firmware Update Since 2018
All exploits confirmed working. They updated the IOSU kernel to v10, but didn't shift any hacky addresses around. Curious...
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Sequel Gets Official Name Reveal Trailer
Kudos! I hate subtitles.
Re: Random: Yuji Naka Has Never Heard Of Sonic's "Official" Codename
I always though project needlemouse was just the code name of the first game; never knew it also referred to the blue blur himself.
Re: Fall Guys Adds Super Mario 64 Easter Egg
@Noid The store by my house is always out of novelty "Bort" license plates.
Re: New Pokémon Snap Scores April Release Date On Switch, Watch The New Trailer Here
They need to localize titles again already. "New" doesn't have the same meaning in the US, where in Japan in this context, "new" roughly equates to the English "deluxe".
Re: Industry Analysts Are Still Confident We'll See A Switch Pro This Year
@K1N6AC3 Why though???
Re: Random: The Switch Subreddit Is Having A Bit Of A Meltdown
Sounds like they're just having fun and not merely overmoderating. They could do without the religion stuff though.
Re: Random: Dust Off Your Wii U, It's Time For Some Banjo-Kazooie And Blast Corps
@westman98 guess not.
Re: Nintendo Collabs With Starlight To Roll Out Hospital-Safe Consoles Across America
I still remember the Wii and Wii U ones.
Re: Smash-Like Brawler Indie Pogo Is Coming To Switch With All DLC Included
Let's be honest: who hasn't fantasized about Lilac or Octodad or Shovel Knight being included in Smash? This is pretty darn close.
@Retro_Player_77
Clayfighter 63 1/3 for Nintendo 64 had Earthworm Jim as a fighter.
Re: Video: Are People Still Playing Wii U Games Online? Let's Find Out
@carlos82
Here here!
GC WITHOUT Emulation!
CBHC forever!
Re: Video: Are People Still Playing Wii U Games Online? Let's Find Out
Both me and my sister still play our Wii Us online often, including all of the highlighted games.
Re: Switch Owners "Most Likely" To Own A Rival Console, 2020 Study Shows
As a 90s kid I certainly wouldn't call the tame bowing back and forth of Sony and M$ as a "console war", but it's cute kiddos today think that. If it were like the 'war on drugs', the real old school console wars between Sega and Ninty would be WWII.
Re: SNK Confirms The "New" Neo Geo Console Is Coming Next Year
We can still dream of new Sega console instead. Brings back memories of the Nintendo Nerds v. Sega Soldiers schoolyard arguments, right down to which had the better looking metal graphics.
Re: Re-Release Of N64 Classic Glover Appears To Be Taking Shape, Kickstarter Teased
I remember this one; certainly one of the more inventive platformers of its day.
Re: Soapbox: 10 Years On, We Need More Brave, Worthwhile Experiments Like Epic Mickey
The second one was really fun too, and had amazing graphics for a Disney game.
Re: The Company Behind Switch's HD Rumble Is Also Responsible For PS5 Controller's Haptic Feedback
I don't understand why they call it that. Haptic feedback is just vibration. Phones have haptic feedback. What Sony is describing is actually called 'Force feedback'.
Re: Nintendo Wants To Know Whether You Prefer 2D Or 3D Zelda Games
Gotta have both!
Too bad the pole is limited to 'Twitt'er uses.
Re: Hacker Tears Apart Super Mario Game & Watch To Find Out What's Inside
@TG16_IS_BAE in my country at least (USA) it is perfectly legal to tear it down like this. You own the device, and any software that is needed for it to perform as advertised. Nonessential addon software, like games, however, are licensed for use instead.
Re: "Nintendo Isn't That Smart": Pachter Says Nintendo Should Scrap Switch And 'Only Have Switch Lite'
"Who cares?"
Umm...20%; you JUST said that. That's a sizeable portion, equal to one fifth of this massive install base.
Anyway this guy has historically blown hot air, his predictions probably bring correct an ironic 20% of the time. (Wii U's predicted failure, and like nothing else).
Re: Minecraft Steve's Meat Gets The Chop In Smash Bros.
They should have changed the final smash one. Having him pop up like that all staring at the camera; instead of saying "badass" (the start of it kind of is), your left saying "that was kinda dumb".
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 9.0.1 Arrives This Week
@LzWinky This makes sense. A setting to choose the save format or a prompt to convert all replays on every update seems then to be the best solution.
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 9.0.1 Arrives This Week
@Franklin Exactly... The Switch can do this very easily. Someone at the N dropped the ball for sure.
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 9.0.1 Arrives This Week
@Eel If that's the case, that's just shoddy design. Either they should be encoded (something the Switch can do as background, i.e. screen record), or if they are hung on the inefficient idea of real time calculation as opposed to simple video playback, updates should auto convert the videos.
Thank you Eel for clearing that up!
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 9.0.1 Arrives This Week
I don't get how they manage to break video playback with every update. You would reckon they would have fixed this a long time ago, or if it is just a bug inherent in the code or assembly method, what makes the bug unpatchable?