@BloodNinja I get it. Likely would only be 4K in docked mode anyway so you would get the same 720p quality or maybe even 900p if Nintendo decided to upgrade the screen in handheld mode. Not that they need to as most games look great at that size & resolution. Consumers get more options, so you're not forced one way or another. A standard Switch at $220-280 is a sweet deal either way
@Clammy well that's putting words in my mouth. I was telling Rupee to essentially put his money where he/she/they thinks it would be valuable. If he thinks it's an investment he / she / they could very well buy now BUT it would be a gamble from the perspective of taking the actual money and putting your skin in the game. Stocks are investments & they are risks. It isn't gambling per se but if you invest at the wrong time on limited funds when say you don't have much disposable income, you can see it as a bit of gambling if you aren't knowledgeable about competing firms on the market e.g. MSFT, SONY, Apple, etc etc. But again I was just telling him/her/they to invest if they thinks it's valuable. To go a bit further, if you think a stock can grow forever and always be at a high, you are wrong. Selling and buying is a part of the game & having a strong portfolio of mixed assets from a wide variety of industries is gonna be key to minimize losses. Taking too much time on this response, don't put words in my mouth lol spend money if you think you can get ROI
@BloodNinja that's current day, but future proof my ninja, you could stream 4K games right? Right? If they drop Netflix at any point could support 4K streaming. I think mid 2020s will have 4k as more of a mainstream thing so it would make sense to launch it end of 2022 or sometime in 2023. If you think back to Reggie's statements on the Switch lifecycle he said they were aiming for 7 years+
I bet Nintendo will do three things next yeat or Jan-March 2023: 1. Release the OLED model solo with no dock. 2. Sell the new dock solo. And 3. Sell a 4K model solo that works with the new dock, also selling a full bundle. That way anybody on the fence with an old dock can choose the OLED standard Switch to work with their old dock OR upgrade to the full 4K bundle. OLED buyers this year can then pick up a 4K solo to work with their now existing 4K dock. Anyway, I am speculating hard but would make good business sense.
@RupeeClock then you better buy now! Gamble, gamble. I got in at $32 a share and sold high 30s, then high 40s, bought in the high 40s sold in the 50s and got rid of everything. Not a bad stock to ride when the times are good
Really happy I got the collectors edition which I will never open and only stare at then sell for an exorbitant amount of money on an overvalued auction site in 2050
@fafonio shiny distributions would probably send annual pass prices skyrocketing & the total number sold. Good thing for both companies, kinda fun for consumers. Wonder how Pokemon Go will fit. Would be cool to have annual festivals there
I mean I understand why hardcore gamers like us trash mobile games & devs that put their mobile versions out first / water down their franchises, but from a Business perspective it makes total sense. Even more sense to do both hehe
Didn't know Tmobile owned a majority share of the company waits for laughter . Anyway, really like they provide the design decision behind it, it shows they thought it through and probably went through dozens of iterations to arrive on the style / slogan / colors.
I love the look of the game. It feels like such a prototype so love the risk on this art style. It's almost like the battle system was made on PowerPoint slides.
Hey, and I'm hoping Nintendo life does a poll on this, but does anyone else lose progress on game hours between Switches? So I have an OG Switch and a Lite but if I start an old game with say 30 hours on the OG and boot it up on my Lite, it sometimes doesn't recognize the 30 hours (save data is fine so progression isn't affected), in the worst instances it will completely reset the total hours played. Then I switch back to the OG Switch, those hours now reflect the hours the Switch Lite logged. So in some cases back down to 1-3 hours played. I reported it to Nintendo years ago but it never resolved so I don't even use cloud saves & boot old games on it like LoZ BOTW or SSBU. I just use a few retro or indie games where hoir count doesn't matter. Anyone else bothered by this or have the issue? Comment or heart this, interested to know!! Especially if you can resolve it
Want to make Capcom pay for a feature only 5% of users will take advantage of? Lol. But really, would be a nice to have mte than a must have. I would never use it, but they're a big company with a big franchise and a newfound PC user base from World that would love it!
@Crockin play as the founder of New Donk City. Donkey Kong. Beat em up style, 3D platformer. Clean up crime & manage the city to build something truly great for DK's heart throb Pauline
So looking forward to this game. Not sure which console to grab it on as I've wanted a solid pokemon like experience not on a Nintendo console given they (the genre) are rare to find on other consoles
I just picked up a ton of Castlevania games on the MSFT store on my Xbox after leaving a comment here on NLife earlier in the week regarding Symphony of the Night 😆 think once the GBA collection goes on sale I'll own everyone across my Switch & Xbox
Pleasantly surprised to find Xbox has a ton of good Castlevania games on it, including SOTN so just updated my wishlist on the MS store the past 24 hours to pick all those bad boys up on sale. Although did purchase SOTN there to be safe
Please be the Master Chief with Arbiter as an echo fighter. Part of the level can get Glassed by a Covenant ship. Random enemy drop pods as PvE enemies. New item pick ups.
@NinjaGuy69 yeah I agree with you on their cash grab games. To be fair, their market research teams are pretty fire & they do massive numbers on games I would think people aren't that interested in (New Super Mario Bros U, Pikmin 3 for example). Their portfolio is pretty solid though, good mix of new games and rereleasing some pieces of silver and bronze here and there
Have had the special edition preordered since day one. Don't agree with the price for the base edition ultimately but open to being pleasantly surprised. Massive Metroid fan and can't wait to see what the Big N has cooked up for us until Prime 4!!!
True blacks. Brigjt screen. Do I buy a €350 7 inch OLED screen OR 55 inch OLED for €750 😭😭😭😭 it would make.my existing Switch(es) that much better on the TV 300 days of the year...but those train rides & 2 flights a year would be lacking tho...gah!... I am in a pickle!!
I want somebody to give Suda a big budget & some devs to support his big ideas with great performance and high quality graphics. Love the guy, his humor, writing style and gameplay for the most part but always feel his studio is held back big time in the tech dept. In any case, answer is yes, hope Nintendo can just throw him a fat wad of cash and 80 devs to help fulfill his dreams of making this game
@120frames-please oh yeah, love the Series X! Got it back in March and it's honestly a bit jarring switching back yo some Switch games, especially since GamePass has so many good indie titles & they run & load like a dream
Great news! Toby Fox os a genius and really happy he has been taking his time to put this out. Heard he suffered a lot from all the fandom & stardom after Undertale and it understandably stressed him out. Great guy!
@RiasGremory just because it sold quite well doesn't mean it can't hit the bargain bin. It can also be it didn't sell quite well but generated some type of a profit which means they can make a sequel. OR , amongst many other things, it sold more than the target they set (say 100k) but there are 100k on the market that didn't sell physically so price had to be reduced to increase the numbers sold at a smaller profit. So no, my comment isn't invalid lol. How many units did it sell? 42000? Does "quite well" mean for the publisher with 65k copies or in comparison to the broader market where some games sell 10 million+ copies?
Man that's kid's stuff. I was that dork walking around for an hour plus with an OG Xbox in a big ass backpack with Ethernet cords in the side pocket and a lan dock for system link play and 2-4 controllers crammed everywhere for Halo LAN parties. And I had to walk up hill (literally) both ways.
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Re: Quake Receives Its "First Major Update" For Nintendo Switch
I love the devs on these Bethesda games like Quake and Doom, just so much TLC! Feel like they hired true fans & ppl that care about their product
Re: Japanese Charts: FIFA 22's Legacy Edition Is Switch's Best-Seller Of The Week
Xbox SX hitting 100k plus next week! Doing what took Xbox One like 3 years to hit
Re: Review: Metroid Dread - Quite Possibly The Best Metroid Game Ever Made
I just got the special edition a day early from GameStop. Just arrived!! The special edition box is MASSIVE
Re: EA Is Considering Dropping The 'FIFA' Name In Favour Of Something New
Fifa as a service is coming for sure.
Re: It Seems Masahiro Sakurai Will Be Ending His Famitsu Columns Very Soon
I hope he does a world tour playing his Nintendo Switch off camera, one country per fighter as he enjoys a well deserved break
Re: Hardware Review: Nintendo Switch OLED - The Screen's The Star
@BloodNinja I get it. Likely would only be 4K in docked mode anyway so you would get the same 720p quality or maybe even 900p if Nintendo decided to upgrade the screen in handheld mode. Not that they need to as most games look great at that size & resolution. Consumers get more options, so you're not forced one way or another. A standard Switch at $220-280 is a sweet deal either way
Re: Nintendo Share Value Continues Downward Trend As Major Investor Reportedly 'Dumps' Stock
@Clammy well that's putting words in my mouth. I was telling Rupee to essentially put his money where he/she/they thinks it would be valuable. If he thinks it's an investment he / she / they could very well buy now BUT it would be a gamble from the perspective of taking the actual money and putting your skin in the game. Stocks are investments & they are risks. It isn't gambling per se but if you invest at the wrong time on limited funds when say you don't have much disposable income, you can see it as a bit of gambling if you aren't knowledgeable about competing firms on the market e.g. MSFT, SONY, Apple, etc etc. But again I was just telling him/her/they to invest if they thinks it's valuable. To go a bit further, if you think a stock can grow forever and always be at a high, you are wrong. Selling and buying is a part of the game & having a strong portfolio of mixed assets from a wide variety of industries is gonna be key to minimize losses. Taking too much time on this response, don't put words in my mouth lol spend money if you think you can get ROI
Re: Hardware Review: Nintendo Switch OLED - The Screen's The Star
@BloodNinja that's current day, but future proof my ninja, you could stream 4K games right? Right? If they drop Netflix at any point could support 4K streaming. I think mid 2020s will have 4k as more of a mainstream thing so it would make sense to launch it end of 2022 or sometime in 2023. If you think back to Reggie's statements on the Switch lifecycle he said they were aiming for 7 years+
Re: Hardware Review: Nintendo Switch OLED - The Screen's The Star
I bet Nintendo will do three things next yeat or Jan-March 2023: 1. Release the OLED model solo with no dock. 2. Sell the new dock solo. And 3. Sell a 4K model solo that works with the new dock, also selling a full bundle. That way anybody on the fence with an old dock can choose the OLED standard Switch to work with their old dock OR upgrade to the full 4K bundle. OLED buyers this year can then pick up a 4K solo to work with their now existing 4K dock. Anyway, I am speculating hard but would make good business sense.
Re: Nintendo Share Value Continues Downward Trend As Major Investor Reportedly 'Dumps' Stock
@RupeeClock then you better buy now! Gamble, gamble. I got in at $32 a share and sold high 30s, then high 40s, bought in the high 40s sold in the 50s and got rid of everything. Not a bad stock to ride when the times are good
Re: Review: Metroid Dread - Quite Possibly The Best Metroid Game Ever Made
@Bobb I did the same thing the moment I saw "new ability"
Re: Review: Metroid Dread - Quite Possibly The Best Metroid Game Ever Made
Really happy I got the collectors edition which I will never open and only stare at then sell for an exorbitant amount of money on an overvalued auction site in 2050
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting The "Cloud Versions" Of Kingdom Hearts On Switch?
How about no, have them on Gamepass
Re: Universal Studios Japan Announces A Partnership With The Pokémon Company
@fafonio shiny distributions would probably send annual pass prices skyrocketing & the total number sold. Good thing for both companies, kinda fun for consumers. Wonder how Pokemon Go will fit. Would be cool to have annual festivals there
Re: Review: Monster Crown - Enjoyably Old-School Monster Battling For Pokémon Lovers
Looking forward to picking this up
Re: Smash Bros. Ultimate Adds Doom Slayer And Splatoon Characters As Mii Fighter Costumes
DOOM!!!!!!! RIP AND TEAR!!!
Re: Apple Made More Profit From Games In 2019 Than Nintendo, Sony And Microsoft Combined
I mean I understand why hardcore gamers like us trash mobile games & devs that put their mobile versions out first / water down their franchises, but from a Business perspective it makes total sense. Even more sense to do both hehe
Re: Feature: So, Who Will Be The Final Fighter In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?
Sakurai is for sure getting an outfit & final smash as an unlockable character
Re: Bandai Namco Is Changing Its Logo In 2022
Didn't know Tmobile owned a majority share of the company waits for laughter . Anyway, really like they provide the design decision behind it, it shows they thought it through and probably went through dozens of iterations to arrive on the style / slogan / colors.
Re: Square Enix Unveils Dungeon Encounters, Directed By Hiroyuki Ito
I love the look of the game. It feels like such a prototype so love the risk on this art style. It's almost like the battle system was made on PowerPoint slides.
Re: Advance Wars' Switch Box Art Recreates The Original GBA Cover
I'll pick this up on Amazon for €43-48, have the OGs on another console so can't justify a full €60 price tag
Re: Another Fan Claims To Have Reached Nintendo Switch's Maximum Hour Count
Hey, and I'm hoping Nintendo life does a poll on this, but does anyone else lose progress on game hours between Switches? So I have an OG Switch and a Lite but if I start an old game with say 30 hours on the OG and boot it up on my Lite, it sometimes doesn't recognize the 30 hours (save data is fine so progression isn't affected), in the worst instances it will completely reset the total hours played. Then I switch back to the OG Switch, those hours now reflect the hours the Switch Lite logged. So in some cases back down to 1-3 hours played. I reported it to Nintendo years ago but it never resolved so I don't even use cloud saves & boot old games on it like LoZ BOTW or SSBU. I just use a few retro or indie games where hoir count doesn't matter. Anyone else bothered by this or have the issue? Comment or heart this, interested to know!! Especially if you can resolve it
Re: Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Pokétch - Confirmed Apps, New Apps, Everything We Know So Far
There are too many damf apps on this damf plane! 🐍
Re: Want Cross-Play And Cross-Progression In Monster Hunter Rise? Let Capcom Know In This Survey
Want to make Capcom pay for a feature only 5% of users will take advantage of? Lol. But really, would be a nice to have mte than a must have. I would never use it, but they're a big company with a big franchise and a newfound PC user base from World that would love it!
Re: The Donkey Kong Series Has Surpassed 65 Million Sales Worldwide
@Crockin play as the founder of New Donk City. Donkey Kong. Beat em up style, 3D platformer. Clean up crime & manage the city to build something truly great for DK's heart throb Pauline
Re: Switch Pre-Orders For Pokémon-Like 'Monster Crown' Go Live Today, October Launch Confirmed
So looking forward to this game. Not sure which console to grab it on as I've wanted a solid pokemon like experience not on a Nintendo console given they (the genre) are rare to find on other consoles
Re: Want A New Castlevania Game? You Need To Make Yourself Heard, Says Konami Director
I just picked up a ton of Castlevania games on the MSFT store on my Xbox after leaving a comment here on NLife earlier in the week regarding Symphony of the Night 😆 think once the GBA collection goes on sale I'll own everyone across my Switch & Xbox
Re: Best Castlevania Games On Nintendo Consoles
Pleasantly surprised to find Xbox has a ton of good Castlevania games on it, including SOTN so just updated my wishlist on the MS store the past 24 hours to pick all those bad boys up on sale. Although did purchase SOTN there to be safe
Re: Feature: What Is The Zelda 'Formula'? We Break Down The Secret Recipe
Will pick up Deaths Door day one if Limited Run publishes it
Re: Bayonetta 3 Finally Gets A New Trailer, Out In 2022
Looked great! Who was that at the end?
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Final DLC Fighter Will Be Revealed October 5th
Master Chief all but confirmed given that Banjo Kazooie will launch on the N64 Switch Online membership.
Re: Nintendo 64 And Sega Genesis Expansion Pack Announced For Switch Online, Launches This October
Will likely hold off on the new tier until Fzero is available, plenty to get through for now. Great news but would be better for the same price 😉
Re: Japanese Charts: Ni no Kuni II Enters The Top Ten, But Switch Hardware Sales Are Down
Xbox is fitting to hit 100k by end of November! Pretty good for year 1
Re: Random: Nintendo Direct Announcement Sends Smash Bros. Final DLC Fighter Speculation Into Overdrive
Please be the Master Chief with Arbiter as an echo fighter. Part of the level can get Glassed by a Covenant ship. Random enemy drop pods as PvE enemies. New item pick ups.
Re: Random: Nintendo Direct Announcement Sends Smash Bros. Final DLC Fighter Speculation Into Overdrive
It's two fights. The final fighter for the Fighters Pass PLUS Waluigi free DLC
Re: Pre-Order Mario Party Superstars From My Nintendo And Get Some Free Goodies (UK)
@NinjaGuy69 yeah I agree with you on their cash grab games. To be fair, their market research teams are pretty fire & they do massive numbers on games I would think people aren't that interested in (New Super Mario Bros U, Pikmin 3 for example). Their portfolio is pretty solid though, good mix of new games and rereleasing some pieces of silver and bronze here and there
Re: Nintendo's Global Marketing Campaign For Metroid Dread Continues
Have had the special edition preordered since day one. Don't agree with the price for the base edition ultimately but open to being pleasantly surprised. Massive Metroid fan and can't wait to see what the Big N has cooked up for us until Prime 4!!!
Re: Nintendo's Switch OLED Model Makes Its First Public Appearance In Japan
True blacks. Brigjt screen. Do I buy a €350 7 inch OLED screen OR 55 inch OLED for €750 😭😭😭😭 it would make.my existing Switch(es) that much better on the TV 300 days of the year...but those train rides & 2 flights a year would be lacking tho...gah!... I am in a pickle!!
Re: SUDA51 Would Love To Revive A Lesser-Known Nintendo Classic
I want somebody to give Suda a big budget & some devs to support his big ideas with great performance and high quality graphics. Love the guy, his humor, writing style and gameplay for the most part but always feel his studio is held back big time in the tech dept. In any case, answer is yes, hope Nintendo can just throw him a fat wad of cash and 80 devs to help fulfill his dreams of making this game
Re: Rumour: It Looks Like Nintendo Will Soon Unveil A New Controller For Switch
Headphone jack added, €10 more
Re: Daemon X Machina Is Probably Getting A Sequel, But It's Going To "Take Time"
@120frames-please oh yeah, love the Series X! Got it back in March and it's honestly a bit jarring switching back yo some Switch games, especially since GamePass has so many good indie titles & they run & load like a dream
Re: Undertale's 6th Anniversary Broadcast Locks In A Release Date For Deltarune Chapter 2
Great news! Toby Fox os a genius and really happy he has been taking his time to put this out. Heard he suffered a lot from all the fandom & stardom after Undertale and it understandably stressed him out. Great guy!
Re: Daemon X Machina Is Probably Getting A Sequel, But It's Going To "Take Time"
@120frames-please well it doesn't hurt to ask for more! Let's see what Nintendo decides to invest in from a graphics perspective the next few years
Re: Daemon X Machina Is Probably Getting A Sequel, But It's Going To "Take Time"
@RiasGremory just because it sold quite well doesn't mean it can't hit the bargain bin. It can also be it didn't sell quite well but generated some type of a profit which means they can make a sequel. OR , amongst many other things, it sold more than the target they set (say 100k) but there are 100k on the market that didn't sell physically so price had to be reduced to increase the numbers sold at a smaller profit. So no, my comment isn't invalid lol. How many units did it sell? 42000? Does "quite well" mean for the publisher with 65k copies or in comparison to the broader market where some games sell 10 million+ copies?
Re: Talking Point: Was The GameCube Really A Portable Console In Disguise?
Man that's kid's stuff. I was that dork walking around for an hour plus with an OG Xbox in a big ass backpack with Ethernet cords in the side pocket and a lan dock for system link play and 2-4 controllers crammed everywhere for Halo LAN parties. And I had to walk up hill (literally) both ways.
Re: Daemon X Machina Is Probably Getting A Sequel, But It's Going To "Take Time"
@120frames-please lol even Xbox One S would be a massive improvement
Re: Daemon X Machina Is Probably Getting A Sequel, But It's Going To "Take Time"
How well did this game sell? It went straight to the bargain bin at a lot of retailers after 3-4 months
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 13.0.0 Is Live, Adds Bluetooth Audio
Excellent news about Bluetooth support..glad I held out on a dongle for 4 years
Re: Random: A Rogue Space Particle Could Be Responsible For This Unsolved Super Mario 64 Speedrun Glitch
So that's why I suck at playing games online, it really isn't me 🤣
Re: Unavailability Of Classic Titles Is "Holding Game Culture Back", Says Platinum's Hideki Kamiya
We all know Metroid Fusion is going to be a free unlock with Metroid Dread. Right? Right?