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Re: Nintendo Removing Credit Card Support From 3DS And Wii U eShop In Europe

Mach_Rider

@sanderev I don't know about you, but no, reading isn't hard for people with two Master's degrees. So you can take your sarcasm somewhere else, thank you.

The Nintendo site, unlike the eShop, doesn't take all types of debit cards. I've had a Visa Electron I've used on the eShop for years being rejected at least twice by the Nintendo website. Same thing has happened to a Mastercard as well. Out of 3 cards I've tried, only one was accepted the website system and it's not the one I prefer using for online purchases.

Re: Darius Cozmic Collection Is Finally Getting An eShop Release On Switch

Mach_Rider

@YANDMAN All the stores I found it at in Japan had it for a bit over 5000 yen, most online retailers also have it at around 50$, not 30.

I did pick it up recently, as I had to prioritize other games while in Japan, but I am extremely pissed off at how the Collector's Edition comes with twice as many games, but costs 5 times as much due to things that I'm honestly not interested in...I just wanted all the games, but I wasn't willing to pay an extra 200$ for them. Had they priced it at 80$ and included the console games as well I'd been happy.

Re: Poll: Have You Ever Had Problems With Nintendo Hardware?

Mach_Rider

I own most Nintendo systems, except the Virtual Boy (a multiples of some of the others)...the only system I've EVER had a problem with and had to send it for repairs was the Switch - the SR and SL buttons on both my joy-cons died.
No other system has had any issues - no broken hinges, no dead fuses, no disc reading problems, nothing.

The thing that comes closest is that when I bought my used PAL SNES, the Power Supply had a terribly bent cable that didn't work, as it'd split in one place and I had to cut it short to fix it. That, however, is a problem with how the previous owner had treated it.

My other complaint is that my DS Lite (coral blue, I believe, is the colour) gets waaaaaay too dirty in the edges and is a pain to clean up...

So bottom line, out of over 15 systems, only the Switch has had faults.

Re: Feature: A Guide To Shopping In Japan's Retro Gaming Paradise, Akihabara

Mach_Rider

I went to Japan for the second time in June of this year and hit up all these places (though I'd been to at least half of them during my first trip back in 2015). I gotta admit, Trader seemed to have the best "good inventory at good prices" ratio. The prices in Retro Game Camp had increased significantly. BookOff! had some good deals - I snagged "TMNT Turtles in Time" for only 950 yen when most other stores had it at 4000-5000.
"Super Potato" had some good stuff too - I grabbed "Kamen Rider" on the Super Famicom which was high on my "to buy" list.
My only regret is not picking up "Tokkyu Shirei Solbrain"...again...but at least I did find "Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger".

I was really considering a Twin Famicom from Trader, but didn't pull the trigger...now I kinda regret it.

Re: Inti Creates Explains Why It Didn't Stick Around To Finish Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night

Mach_Rider

@Alucard83 I started playing it on Switch yesterday (picked the physical up at a discount from a local retailer) and encountered the same issue only once - an enemy dropped a bag and it just stood there, I couldn't pick it up.

More annoying was that the game crashed when I tried to read a book off a bookshelf - lost about 15 minutes of progress and 3 new shards I'd acquired, which was annoying. Later, I saved my game and tried the same bookshelf and it didn't crash this time.

I've only experienced slowdown ONCE and very briefly. However, you can't hide the fact that the textures on everyone but Miriam look HORRENDOUS during dialogue scenes. Like...PSP levels of graphics. Everything looks fine otherwise, I'd say.

The game plays well enough and I'm certainly enjoying it a lot, but yeah, a patch fixing some of the issues would be most welcome.

Re: 12 Classic Shmups Are Headed To Switch Thanks To Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha And Bravo

Mach_Rider

So...that's what? The fourth Switch release of these?

Just as I picked up "Psikyo Collection" 1 and 2 (and just recently vol.3), they released "Psikyo Shooting Library" vol.1 and 2 which combined the games from those 3 releases into two new ones. Now this appears to be a release of those, only with extra goodies, such as soundtracks...which I'd love to have, but yeah, not double-dipping on those alone.

Depending on the price, I might try and sell my 3 volumes and get these later on. But otherwise, I'm just gonna have to do without the soundtracks.

Re: Lord Zedd Joins The Fight In The First Season Of Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid

Mach_Rider

I love the fact that Zedd's finally in the game, but...what's up with his voice?! Doesn't even sound REMOTELY like Zedd. Neither him, nor the Putties.

Also, I'm still pissed off at nWay for going "No, we won't ever do a physical of the game" and then the Limited Run showing up.

Also, while the game still plays great, matchmaking has become terrible - I used to be able to get so many matches and now I'm lucky if I connect to even one. And we still need more than the 5 stages we have...

Re: Poll: Have Your Joy-Con Been Drifting?

Mach_Rider

My left one used to drift too. Then I had to send both my Joycons for repair, as the SR and SL buttons stopped working (and the lights on one of the Joycons, thankfully they were still under warranty).

Since they were fixed for the buttons, I've had no drifting issues.

Re: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Has Now Sold More Than 1.7 Million Copies Worldwide

Mach_Rider

@Cheez I don't know how to put it exactly...I guess I wasn't "really feeling it" (see what I did there ). The story didn't really grab me. You get your main goal early on and then you get so side-tracked it takes what...30-40 hours to get the story back to reaching the World Tree? It's probably typical for JRPGs, but I'm not really an RPG guy.
The humour really threw me off as well. The "Lin is gonna cook Tatsu" running gag in XCX was great! But the oversexualization of XC2 and things like giant Maid robots really hurt the overall experience for me. It wasn't until the very end that the story REALLY grabbed me.

XCX's exploration worked PERFECTLY for me, because that's what I like about these games so much! It feels like I'm on vacation to some far off land! That, and I am an absolute sucker for Mechs. But I agree with you on the problems that it presented where you'd find something important, but an event there wouldn't be triggered until the game decides you're far enough into the story. And I agree that it does have strong beats here and there but that it needed more scripted sequences overall.

While XCX is my favourite in the series so far, the story of the first game is easily the best of the bunch.

When it comes to Switch RPGs, I even think that Ys VIII was a ton better than XC2. It was my first Ys game and I picked it up exactly because it looked very Xenoblade-ish and I ended up enjoying it much more than both the main XC2 and Torna.

Re: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Has Now Sold More Than 1.7 Million Copies Worldwide

Mach_Rider

@Kochambra I absolutely agree with the "playing in long sessions" thing. Back when XCX came out, I'd been hyped for it since the announcement trailer and couldn't WAIT to play it. So 2 years or so later, it turned out that NONE of the stores in my country actually carried it, but fortunately, I went to visit my brother for Christmas that December and bought it in Poland. And you know what happened? It stayed sealed on my shelf for 6 months!! It was my final year of my BA at university and I was like "No, this games deserves my full attention! Not gonna play it until after the final exams"...and yeah, 6 months later I rush home from my final exam and was like "Nobody bother me for the next few weeks!!". Fortunately, people were mostly OK with me occupying the TV for up to 15 hours a day

I did the same thing with the first XC, where I'd do all-night sessions of it, as I played it over the summer vacation. And pretty much the same thing happened with XC2, since I already knew that waiting another month or two will be worth it, so I can fully immerse myself in it.

Re: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Has Now Sold More Than 1.7 Million Copies Worldwide

Mach_Rider

@MadMaestroNole I'll take it! I'll even take a port of XCX!! I loved the ever loving crap out of that game!! I sooooooo want a sequel to that!!

XC2, while I liked it, to me is definitely the worst in the series in terms of character designs and overall plot and feeling, but I liked the streamlining of some gameplay features. My least favourite in the series, but still a great game nonetheless.

Re: War Tech Fighters Brings Sci-Fi Mech Action To Switch This June

Mach_Rider

I'm a simple guy - I see giant robots, I press "Like"!.

Looks quite nice and I'm definitely up for giving it a shot, but I'm growing wary - Daemon X Machina was my most anticipated game for the year and well...the demo killed pretty much any hype I had for it. I really didn't like it...

I guess I'd like something more Zone of the Enders-ish or something akin to the Skell gameplay in Xenoblade X.

Re: Random: Flip Grip Inventor Creates "New Nintendo Switch DS"

Mach_Rider

@Gravitron
From the Nintendo web-site:
"

To our developers, it stands for "Developers' System," since we believe it gives game creators brand new tools which will lead to more innovative games for the world's players.

It can also stand for "Dual Screen." "

I felt the same way when I noticed how they've snuck "DS" in the titles of so many games - "Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword", "Contra Dual Spirits", "Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow", etc...

Re: Which Games Are Most Commonly Played By Consumers On Their First Day Owning A Switch?

Mach_Rider

My first one was "Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers" - I borrowed it from my sister's boyfriend who was visiting when I got my Switch for my birthday. Then I went straight to the eShop and got "Mighty Gunvolt Burst" and I already owned "Cave Story+", as I'd bought the launch edition with manual and CD before even getting a Switch as I got a really good deal on it.