Lone_Beagle

So much winning!

Starting playing this again, and this time I'm gonna finish it!

The gameplay is top-notch, and the graphics are not that bad, surprisingly! What a classic game! And the Wii U enhancements make it even better!

@cra1g0s I recently discovered the Citra and Lime3DS emulators...with these I can put my 3DS library up on a TV to play (while using the touchscreen of a handheld Android or Steam Deck clone). Man, so many of those games are amazing on the big screen...

Coupled with playing my WiiU games on Cemu on a PC, I am getting a bunch of play time with my old libraries.

Win11 is such an awful OS to have on a handheld. SteamOS is just so incredible...

Very cute! And a great April Fool's prank, to boot!

It looked so much like AC at first, I didn't recognize the Fantasy Life elements until mid-way. I loved Fantasy Life on the 3DS, I'm kind of on the fence about buying this, as I don't have the time to sink into it.

@Poco_Lypso Story of Remakes ... Coming Soon!

I started a play through on Cemu before the re-master was announced. It is an amazing game in many respects...I love the scenery and the exploration, but I'm just not a fan of the mixing and matching all the different weapons and skell parts.

It does have a great story along with the scenery...in any event, I would think there could be a wide range of scores, based on how into the game the different reviewers are.

I wasn't 100% happy with the original faces in XCX, but the new ones are way worse!

> "Gunzilla is the developer behind the upcoming **NFT** battle royale 'Off The Grid' "

TIL that NFT's are still a thing.

Why no GBA release?

I'm assuming this is still running at 30fps? I was hoping for 60fps, I'm running XCX on Cemu right now at 1080p at 60fps, and the game just pops, it is so beautiful.

@Hapless IKR?

I was expecting to see Nintendo v. Amazon, but no, somehow Amazon is portraying themselves as a victim? How much of your ill-gotten gains have you given back to Nintendo, as restitution?

I have been playing 3DS games on my handheld PC via Lime3DS...I have the main screen up on my 43" TV and the bottom screen on my touch screen on my device (a Loki Max, similar to a Steam Deck).

It really rocks playing Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Kid Icarus Uprising on a TV screen...not sure I would pay this amount and have to fiddle around, but some of these older games absolutely deserve to have remakes, c'mon Nintendo!

@Jack_Goetz Came here to ask that exact question. Besides Itagaki, who from the original Team Ninja is still there?

Tecmo also seems to have a "scorched earth" policy towards mentioning Itagaki or his contributions.

It's like Ebeneezer Scrooge has turned over a new leaf!

Huzzah!

Gee...free on Steam. Guess where I'll be playing it!

Large Company --> we could make ***** ton of money if we could get a bunch of data, but it would cost us money to get the data and input it.

Also Large Company --> I know! we can make a "game" and have willing dupes do all the work for us to free, so we can turn around and make ***** ton of money.

So, 20 years since the best meme...sigh...

I still have my OG DS!

@Lofoten another reason I've seen --> you can play games at 60fps.

I'm using Cemu to emulate my Wii U games, and man, the old games look great!

@S83 Not as bad as me waiting for my Goodboy Galaxy physical release!

I'm looking forward to the eventual "Pong REMASTERED" titles as we all wait for the Switch 2 to (finally) be released.

Got a great deal on Echoes from CostCo, of all places. That is probably where I'll buy my Switch 2 as well, I'm sick and tired of Bezos & Amazon.

It's very hard for me to get excited about "new" games that I've been emulating for years.

I would bemoan the lack of Jaguar and Lynx games, but I'm sure Atari will release them on a separate dlc for extra money. Thank god for BigPEmu!

@DudeshootMankill I have no problem with the gyro controls. It isn't on by default, so you have to go into the settings.

Lovin' the game so far. I normally avoid FPS shooters on consoles, but with the gyroscope aiming I had to try this. Definitely need to monkey around in the option settings to find the best "feel."

@Smackosynthesis On the PC side, the consensus was that Call of Pripyat was the best. Shadow of Chornobyl isn't bad, and in some ways serves as a good intro to the series. This review was pretty spot on, if lacking in extra description.

@Bizzyb I never thought of it as a spoiler, but just recently I resolved to finish "A Link Between Worlds" (finally!)...liked the music so much I downloaded it, and started listening to it.

But then I realized I didn't want to hear the boss music until I had actually faced them in battle (let alone see the titles, lol).

So...I guess I like Nintendo being considerate and thinking of this.

Well, obviously they are holding back on the Lynx and Jaguar games because they want to charge people another $50 for another expansion pack or game.

Honestly, I've been emulating the games I want for quite a while now, and I'm not giving in to Atari double-dipping on me.

I need more details...

I'm replaying it right now on the Cemu emulatior...there are some great graphics upgrades, and I'm running it at 60fps, so that has to be a minimum for me to buy it on the Switch.

Gib Yakuza 0!

(what's this about comments needing to be "constructive?"... the Kiwami review sure wasn't "constructive" lol).

DOH! I just started a play thru on Cemu...I can get 60fps on my PC, I better be able to get that with this...

Easily an 8 out of 10.

And for $19.95? You can't beat a AAA game for that price. Yeah, it's 8-ish years old, but here it is, on the Switch (finally), and you can even play it on-the-go.

Size matters!

I started off with the original regular flame red 3DS, but that was too small and hurt my eyes & my hand.

I then traded that up to a red 3DS XL...still have that and the others I've collected along the way:
2. a Yoshi 3DS XL,
3. A Majora's Mask N3DS XL, and
4 & 5 are my two Ocarina of Time N3DS XL.

I always think I should sell one or two, but I can't bear to part with any of them, lol.

Oh man, first Yakuza and now these games...what a time to be alive!

My first impression? I am ALARMED!

They need something like a, Idk, a second screen? With a touch screen? So you can select from a bunch, just by tapping? Maybe they could introduce this with a new Switch, call it the Switch U...hey, wait a minute! lol

Unless you have real nostalgia for these games, my recommendation would be to buy something like UFO 50 on Steam instead. Hopefully UFO 50 will be coming to Switch soon, too. Brilliant idea by a bunch of mad lads.

@Truegamer79 It's more of a brawler, but with a very well developed story. You get cut scenes (very well acted/animated) and then you are in an "open-world" seedy section of the city where you have to go and do things, all the while getting attacked by various thugs.

@Vivianeat What is the frame rate? I'm afraid it is only going to be 30.

I would like to think it would be 60, but all the console mfg.'s seem to think 30 is enough.

Great advice, but this is also why we never get the full inside story about how crappy the work environments and crunch times are.

We need stronger worker protections. I bet then work environments would get better more naturally.

I'm trying to think of a bigger douche bag than Randy Pitchford. Nobody else is coming to mind...

@Dr_Lugae Exactly. Nintendo tells the story through gameplay, not exposition.

I much prefer playing the game and learning the story, or telling my own story, rather than listening to boring text or (even worse) long boring cut-scenes.

FWIW, Akka Arrh is a great game. I jokingly call it a relaxation-trance experience for ADHD people, it is strangely relaxing. And the visuals are brilliant!

@PessitheMystic The reviewer made some (in my opinion) sweeping judgments about the game, when it actuality the issues are more related to the outdated Switch hardware.

The game deserves to be judged on its merits; if there is a hardware issue that should be noted, but not necessarily counted as a negative to the game.

The Switch itself is over 7 years old; the chip and hardware design are even older. Game studios releasing games on PC and other platforms are likely going to find their game's performance hampered on the Switch, and that is just reality.

I have started playing this, so I haven't fully formed an opinion about the game. However, I disagree with listed "cons" :

1) I have no problems maintaing 60fps. Oh wait, I'm playing on my Steam Deck, lol
2) The 3D perspectives and models works great. I find nothing "muddy" about the colors or textures, but that could be because I am playing with a Steam Deck.

I also really like the whole "3D-ness" of the game. My only other game from this company was "Attack of the Friday Monsters" which was charming and very nicely done. I liked that games hand-painted backgrounds, but face it, that was a neat way of overcoming the 3DS hardware limitations.

Again, the Switch may have hardware limitations, but hopefully there will be further optimizations coming. Or, the Switch 2 will have more power. If you have a PC or Steam Deck (or similar), I'd highly recommend it!

Discounts? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

The current Prime Day "sales" prices are more expensive than the prices I paid for my 512 GB card back in October!

I know, because I double-checked my Amazon order. Thanks, but I'll wait for a real sale.

@mereel wow, I didn't know the DS emulation was that good! I have an iPad and pencil I rarely use...Gonna have to try it now!

I love Parasol Stars! But, when I saw, "bargain price" I thought like, USD$4.99.

10 bucks is a joke, I'm sticking with emulation.

Now, maybe if they put a bunch of the games together, like, Rainbow Islands, Bubble Bobble, Bubble Bobble II, and Parasol Stars, then I'd shell out $10. I'm guessing they are going to dribble them all out, one at a time, for 10 bucks a piece, smh.