@dr-ghost Honestly, yeah. When switch came out, I saw this clearly, and was very upset at how they were handling things. When Wii came out in Europe, they ran a promo campaign with a significant reward. When they price dropped 3ds, people who bought it from before the drop were compensated. From Wii U's collective loss from their mistakes to switch? Nothing. Absolutely nothing, with the added bonus of "oh here, we made most of our library for the immediate future out of Wii U games, but we added extra features that you can't get on Wii U, so you gotta buy them again.".
@BrazillianCara I think the redub is basically all current gen versions too? And, I still need to finish the Wii VC version of Rondo to find out if that even had an English dub. @mlt True, but, that's sometimes the way of things. Also, are you an alternate me? (I don't want to explain here, but that username is closely tied to me.)
@smolsauce This. This would be wonderful. Granted, I already effectively have 3 of the 4 games, but it'd still be nice.
@mlt This is almost certain to not happen unfortunately. Apparently, Sony themselves took part in getting the rondo and SotN games onto more modern platforms. To an extent, they have the right to deny a possible collection to others if true.
@SalvorHardin Eh. It's what I've been doing. Long and tedious process, especially since I want to 100% the game. And yeah. One stage, 5 dollars. Like, Wii U era, DLC bundles were more $20 for immense amounts of content. A fourth of that now only equals one stage? It reminds me of the Pokemon DLC, and how I can't help but compare it to the special edition games back in the day.
@Jamie64326 I enjoyed Frontiers, for a while. Those affinity tokens kinda ruined it for me by the end though. I still can't finish the last island cause I need to collect a bunch of them one at a time, and I've already filled out the map. Don't forget, there've been other good games too! Mania for one.
Huh. Interesting takes. It's just one stage though? I'd expected more. Sonic fans have had at least half decent games for a little while now, but precious few have been truly great. Especially ever since Heroes introduced the trend of every enemy having an HP bar.
@Spider-Kev I never could find it. Was it a case of, you had to see it when it aired? Or is there some place it can be viewed? And I think there was one other.
@-wc- Heh. I played it much later on, as a Wii U VC type game. The far north thing was like, iirc, in lategame, I foolishly chose to fast travel to where, I think Jeff started out. And uhhh. Getting back was a bit much. There wasn't enough room to actually fast travel back. I still need to play Origins, and am contemplating how might play the elusive Mother 3... As much as I want an official English release, they've had plenty of chances and provided nothing. But I also don't want to just grab it off the internet.
Honestly, interesting tidbit. I was rather late to seeing the English version of it myself. I'm still curious, as iirc, the wikipedia page had listed multiple episodes I could never find, which I would presume were live action. Iirc, one of them was supposed to feature the Ghostbusters cast.
@-wc- I don't recall Earthbound that well, except the diffculty spike you mentioned, as well as a mistake I made going to that one far north area at a poor time, and genuinely suffering trying to get back. Also, ZSNES classics? Lol
Yeah. Unfortunately, I've not played as much Ultimate as I'd have liked. Most friends who played moved on to other games, and I just sorta burned out I guess? I'd love to see returning modes. That may well be one of Ult's weakest links.
@FirstEmperor What do you mean by that? Sorry. Haven't fully kept up with Ubisoft news. Also, that whole "Get comfortable" thing was a Ubisoft quote about not owning games, right?
@Andee I actually went and did it, with a bit of help. It was absolutely an interesting addition, if you bothered. With the new parrot update, it might even be doable now! (Without guides) I'm interested in the next dlc myself. Still curious which of the two endings is considered canon.
I miss Club Nintendo. To me, the change from CN, to My Nintendo is one of a number of representations of how Nintendo has gone from being a gaming company for the consumers, to more a flat out business in it much more for the money than before. I only got a handful of the rewards initially. But I did eventually get to splurge on goodies at the very end.
Another unfortunate thing is that it took far longer for Club Nintendo to reach here in the US.
I remember this game! At the time, I had been enjoying a few different time travel games, Chrono Trigger among them. (And FFXIII-2, which imo, vastly improved over the original) Radiant Historia was glorious. I forget why I never tried replaying it. Maybe cause 100% was pain? Perfect Chronology was one I wanted, but I never had the money while it was around for a fair price. My younger bro DID get it however, so I have the DLC...
Rather bothered by this. I enjoyed Scarlet, but not like, top seller enjoyed it. I remember a number of months I didn't dare touch it because of a save data erasing bug they introduced after launch, and didn't bother saying when it was fixed. After Pokemon Home integration was brought in, raids became overly difficult to do. The dlc is also a fair bit more expensive than I'm willing to pay.
@Samalik Absolutely agreed. I'm rather tired of all these acquisitions. Sony and Microsoft in particular have been overly eager to just take other companies, and either destroy their IPs, or leave them to rot.
This reminds me of when Genshin Impact won something at least over a year after it was released. Heck, it might've won in multiple years. Though that game has lost a lot of its fans.
I'd love to see a Sonic Adventure bundle, or Sonic 06 remake. Remaking Sonic 06 would be about more than just the game itself. I gather that game was why the devs stopped letting players play as characters like Silver and Blaze. If that gets fixed, we can only hope. As for the game itself, P06 improves the gameplay, though I've not played that myself. They could potentially make some story beats less cringe. Maybe open up for a sequel. (Because, uhh, PLEASE remove the kiss scene. Come up with a better way for events to unfold.)
Wow. This is an unpleasant surprise. Glad I already got this. Also, I'm hearing about input lag for this, and the Megaman collections. How bad was it? I played through the two classic MM collections, and the fist MMX collection, but never really noticed anything. (Hadn't played MMX before, but had played MM2 on VC. I got the psn version of the classic collections if that matters.)
Huh. I'm surprised the Gamecube version didn't sell more, given its popularity. Then again, this is switch we're talking about. Nintendo's golden goose. I occasionally have the perception that they see anything that brings them money, meaning any switch entry in a major franchise, as the "definitive entry" in a series, or a definitive model to use, and in most cases, that worries me a great deal. But here, it's encouraging. As for the people who didn't like TTYD, part of its appeal was the fact it was a simple, turn based RPG. Accessible, yet sometimes challenging. There was humor, lore, and darkness to be found, and it was genuinely interesting. I'm also rather surprised that Super Paper Mario the the series biggest seller. It was my first, and I greatly enjoyed it, but I gather it was hated.
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Re: Nintendo Asks Wii U Owners To Refrain From Using "Unauthorised" Online Services
@dr-ghost
Honestly, yeah. When switch came out, I saw this clearly, and was very upset at how they were handling things. When Wii came out in Europe, they ran a promo campaign with a significant reward. When they price dropped 3ds, people who bought it from before the drop were compensated. From Wii U's collective loss from their mistakes to switch? Nothing. Absolutely nothing, with the added bonus of "oh here, we made most of our library for the immediate future out of Wii U games, but we added extra features that you can't get on Wii U, so you gotta buy them again.".
Re: Pokémon Unite Adds Another Pokémon To The Roster This Month
@shoeses Tbh, this was my big issue as well. Too much of a grind to satisfy the not as much game time spent.
Re: Pokémon Unite Adds Another Pokémon To The Roster This Month
@SakuraHaruka What sorts of features? Also, I was sure I saw the Chinese version was discontinued.
Re: Best Of 2024: 'DO NOT MENTION SWITCH 2' - We Infiltrate Nintendo And Sneak A Peek At Its 2024 Calendar
Looking back at this is kinda funny tbh.
Re: Video: Here Are Alex's Top 5 Nintendo Switch Games Of 2024
Okay, this article deserves a comment from me just for referencing one of my favorite holiday movies.
Re: Balatro Developer Calls Out 'PEGI' For Its "Weirdo" 18+ Rating
@JohnnyMind While tbf, I dunno your exact views on stuff, yeah. Things have gotten insane.
I'm increasingly frustrated with this kind of thing.
Re: Castlevania Dominus Collection Lands New Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@John_Deacon
Ah. And it was the OG.
I do have a ps3, and I got it there, just to see the differences from the PSP version.
Re: Castlevania Dominus Collection Lands New Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@MirrorFate2 Ahh.
And the OG SotN is on Xbox? Not sure which incarnation of Xbox, but at least it's something.
Re: Castlevania Dominus Collection Lands New Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@BrazillianCara I think the redub is basically all current gen versions too?
And, I still need to finish the Wii VC version of Rondo to find out if that even had an English dub.
@mlt True, but, that's sometimes the way of things. Also, are you an alternate me? (I don't want to explain here, but that username is closely tied to me.)
Re: Castlevania Dominus Collection Lands New Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@smolsauce This. This would be wonderful. Granted, I already effectively have 3 of the 4 games, but it'd still be nice.
@mlt This is almost certain to not happen unfortunately. Apparently, Sony themselves took part in getting the rondo and SotN games onto more modern platforms. To an extent, they have the right to deny a possible collection to others if true.
Re: Talking Point: Is It Time For HD-2D To Take A Break?
Just curious, what were the FF 1 and 2 releases on PSP?
Re: Reminder: Sonic X Shadow Generations 'Sonic 3 Movie Pack' DLC Now Available
@SalvorHardin
Eh. It's what I've been doing. Long and tedious process, especially since I want to 100% the game.
And yeah. One stage, 5 dollars. Like, Wii U era, DLC bundles were more $20 for immense amounts of content. A fourth of that now only equals one stage?
It reminds me of the Pokemon DLC, and how I can't help but compare it to the special edition games back in the day.
Re: Reminder: Sonic X Shadow Generations 'Sonic 3 Movie Pack' DLC Now Available
@Jamie64326
I enjoyed Frontiers, for a while. Those affinity tokens kinda ruined it for me by the end though. I still can't finish the last island cause I need to collect a bunch of them one at a time, and I've already filled out the map.
Don't forget, there've been other good games too! Mania for one.
Re: Reminder: Sonic X Shadow Generations 'Sonic 3 Movie Pack' DLC Now Available
Huh. Interesting takes. It's just one stage though?
I'd expected more.
Sonic fans have had at least half decent games for a little while now, but precious few have been truly great. Especially ever since Heroes introduced the trend of every enemy having an HP bar.
Re: Japanese Charts: FANTASIAN Sneaks Into The Top 10 As Mario Party Rolls Another Winner
@Bigmanfan
Personally, I also appreciate the XSX Digital Edition numbers.
Some of these games have truly poorer sales figures than they should though.
Re: Sonic, Tails And Knuckles Get The Stop-Motion Treatment In This New Festive Movie Promo
@batmanbud2
Which movie was that?
Re: Random: Did You Know About The Korean Version Of Super Mario Bros. Super Show?
@Spider-Kev Aww. Shame. Guess best anyone can hope for is it got recorded and uploaded to youtube or something.
Maybe they lost the master?
Re: Random: Did You Know About The Korean Version Of Super Mario Bros. Super Show?
@Spider-Kev I never could find it. Was it a case of, you had to see it when it aired? Or is there some place it can be viewed?
And I think there was one other.
Re: Review: Fairy Tail 2 (Switch) - Hurt By Its Breakneck Pace, But Still A Step Up
@-wc-
Heh. I played it much later on, as a Wii U VC type game. The far north thing was like, iirc, in lategame, I foolishly chose to fast travel to where, I think Jeff started out. And uhhh. Getting back was a bit much. There wasn't enough room to actually fast travel back. I still need to play Origins, and am contemplating how might play the elusive Mother 3... As much as I want an official English release, they've had plenty of chances and provided nothing. But I also don't want to just grab it off the internet.
Re: Random: Did You Know About The Korean Version Of Super Mario Bros. Super Show?
Honestly, interesting tidbit. I was rather late to seeing the English version of it myself.
I'm still curious, as iirc, the wikipedia page had listed multiple episodes I could never find, which I would presume were live action. Iirc, one of them was supposed to feature the Ghostbusters cast.
Re: Review: Fairy Tail 2 (Switch) - Hurt By Its Breakneck Pace, But Still A Step Up
@-wc-
I don't recall Earthbound that well, except the diffculty spike you mentioned, as well as a mistake I made going to that one far north area at a poor time, and genuinely suffering trying to get back.
Also, ZSNES classics? Lol
Re: Mario Movie's Spike Voice Actor On His Possible Return: "I Haven't Heard Anything"
@VoidofLight
Ironic since it's about bonds.
Imo, it beats out Paper Jam though.
Re: Mario Movie's Spike Voice Actor On His Possible Return: "I Haven't Heard Anything"
@VoidofLight Which reeks of irony given Broship used some of the same stuff as the movie. (Well, in one scene.)
Re: Anniversary: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Now Six Years Old
Yeah. Unfortunately, I've not played as much Ultimate as I'd have liked. Most friends who played moved on to other games, and I just sorta burned out I guess? I'd love to see returning modes. That may well be one of Ult's weakest links.
Re: Ubisoft Reportedly Discussing Buyout Options As Talks Of Going Private Continue
@FirstEmperor What do you mean by that? Sorry. Haven't fully kept up with Ubisoft news. Also, that whole "Get comfortable" thing was a Ubisoft quote about not owning games, right?
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Questions Future Of Consoles, But Not Nintendo Hardware
@SalvorHardin Am curious, what actually is an X input controller?
Re: Sea Of Stars Dev Points To Nintendo As Its Biggest Source Of Inspiration
@Andee I actually went and did it, with a bit of help. It was absolutely an interesting addition, if you bothered. With the new parrot update, it might even be doable now! (Without guides)
I'm interested in the next dlc myself.
Still curious which of the two endings is considered canon.
Re: Sea Of Stars Dev Points To Nintendo As Its Biggest Source Of Inspiration
@Andee Honestly, similar here, but not same.
In my case, it was by and large the collectathon.
Re: Bullet-Hell Shmup Refused Classification In The West Over 'Expression Restrictions'
@JohnnyMind Honestly, yeah. The censorship has gotten really bad here.
Re: Random: Move Over Anakin, Link's Coming For That Podracing Title
Niice! Also, just noticed AquaticAmbi mentioned in the tweet.
Known for shenanigans from BotW. All around funny posts.
Re: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For December 2024 And January 2025
@JohnnyMind Ahh. Alright.
Re: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For December 2024 And January 2025
@JohnnyMind
Fantasian Dimension Neo physically discounted where?
Re: Mailbox: The Death Of GameCube, Mario Party Matchmaking, Tariffs - Nintendo Life Letters
@UltimateOtaku91 Honestly, yes. I'm a big Golden Sun fan, and want to see more.
Re: Mailbox: The Death Of GameCube, Mario Party Matchmaking, Tariffs - Nintendo Life Letters
@boxyguy I only did one online party mode round so far, but it was early enough to have a full cast of players iirc.
It's really gotten that barren?
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Has Been Added To The Official Timeline
@Tyranexx Honestly, similar here.
Re: Book Review: An Unendorsed Anthology Of Club Nintendo - A Terrific Tribute Tome
I miss Club Nintendo. To me, the change from CN, to My Nintendo is one of a number of representations of how Nintendo has gone from being a gaming company for the consumers, to more a flat out business in it much more for the money than before.
I only got a handful of the rewards initially. But I did eventually get to splurge on goodies at the very end.
Another unfortunate thing is that it took far longer for Club Nintendo to reach here in the US.
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Has Been Added To The Official Timeline
@Daniel36 Huh. I'm curious about this Zelda 2 remake now.
Anyway, anyone else find it weird that the image shows Link's Awakening as being before the Oracle games? Probably a mistake on whoever made that.
Re: Opinion: Chrono Trigger Isn't The Only Great Time-Travel RPG On DS
I remember this game! At the time, I had been enjoying a few different time travel games, Chrono Trigger among them. (And FFXIII-2, which imo, vastly improved over the original)
Radiant Historia was glorious. I forget why I never tried replaying it. Maybe cause 100% was pain? Perfect Chronology was one I wanted, but I never had the money while it was around for a fair price. My younger bro DID get it however, so I have the DLC...
Re: Switch Online's Missions & Rewards Adds New And Returning Pokémon DLC Icons
@Nua Alright! That'll be nice!
Re: Switch Online's Missions & Rewards Adds New And Returning Pokémon DLC Icons
Why can't other games have returning icons?
I'm still frustrated I missed out on the Nia icons.
Re: After Almost 30 Years, Japan Finally Has A New Best-Selling Pokémon Game
Also, with switch being the success that it is, this only further encourages lazy releases by Nintendo and company.
Re: After Almost 30 Years, Japan Finally Has A New Best-Selling Pokémon Game
Rather bothered by this. I enjoyed Scarlet, but not like, top seller enjoyed it. I remember a number of months I didn't dare touch it because of a save data erasing bug they introduced after launch, and didn't bother saying when it was fixed. After Pokemon Home integration was brought in, raids became overly difficult to do.
The dlc is also a fair bit more expensive than I'm willing to pay.
Re: Mario & Luigi's Future In Doubt As A Potential Sony Acquisition Emerges
@Samalik Absolutely agreed.
I'm rather tired of all these acquisitions. Sony and Microsoft in particular have been overly eager to just take other companies, and either destroy their IPs, or leave them to rot.
Re: Expansion Packs And DLC Are Now "Eligible In All Categories" At The Game Awards
This reminds me of when Genshin Impact won something at least over a year after it was released. Heck, it might've won in multiple years. Though that game has lost a lot of its fans.
Re: Sonic Team Producer Says Revivals Of Older Entries Remain Appealing
@Nintendomatt64 I gather Colors Ultimate was by a different team though?
Re: Sonic Team Producer Says Revivals Of Older Entries Remain Appealing
I'd love to see a Sonic Adventure bundle, or Sonic 06 remake. Remaking Sonic 06 would be about more than just the game itself. I gather that game was why the devs stopped letting players play as characters like Silver and Blaze. If that gets fixed, we can only hope.
As for the game itself, P06 improves the gameplay, though I've not played that myself. They could potentially make some story beats less cringe. Maybe open up for a sequel. (Because, uhh, PLEASE remove the kiss scene. Come up with a better way for events to unfold.)
Re: Sega Delisting 'Mega Drive Classics' On Switch eShop This December
Wow. This is an unpleasant surprise.
Glad I already got this.
Also, I'm hearing about input lag for this, and the Megaman collections. How bad was it? I played through the two classic MM collections, and the fist MMX collection, but never really noticed anything. (Hadn't played MMX before, but had played MM2 on VC. I got the psn version of the classic collections if that matters.)
Re: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door On Switch Has Already Outsold The GameCube Original
Huh. I'm surprised the Gamecube version didn't sell more, given its popularity. Then again, this is switch we're talking about. Nintendo's golden goose. I occasionally have the perception that they see anything that brings them money, meaning any switch entry in a major franchise, as the "definitive entry" in a series, or a definitive model to use, and in most cases, that worries me a great deal. But here, it's encouraging.
As for the people who didn't like TTYD, part of its appeal was the fact it was a simple, turn based RPG. Accessible, yet sometimes challenging. There was humor, lore, and darkness to be found, and it was genuinely interesting.
I'm also rather surprised that Super Paper Mario the the series biggest seller. It was my first, and I greatly enjoyed it, but I gather it was hated.
Re: Random: Kit & Krysta Discuss The "Drama" Behind The Switch Reveal Trailer
Huh. They had doubts and drama? They thought the switch would be leaked? Fitting, considering all the leaking that's happened since.
Re: Review: Mario & Luigi: Brothership (Switch) - Easily The Best Mario & Luigi RPG Yet
Looks at review bullet points, sees random encounters mentioned Uhhhhh... They aren't roaming the map anymore?