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The movie looks awful, but the posters are brilliant. “Yule pay for this” almost makes up for having to listen Ben Schwartz yell “konnichi-whaaaaat” like an addled 10 year-old whose sole nourishment is YouTuber-sponsored energy drinks

I also figured that the ‘Early Days Collection’ would be a collection games from the early days.

@SBandy1 It’s not spin when someone says “Sonic the Hedgehog 3 really ups the anti.”

That’s groundbreaking information. The ascent of @Anti-Matter is a story arc no-one saw coming.

“One of the best and most creative sonic movie of the trilogy”.

Good to know it’s one of the best of the trilogy. Sounds like it at least made the Top 3.

“A successful collaboration with a customer to create a custom product”

Oh man, that’s just gotta be Nintendo. What other potential customers are out there involved in… products?

I know Lurpak makes like, dairy products, but Samsung is weak on dairy, so we can safely rule that out. That pretty much just leaves Nintendo in the product space.

Top sleuthing.

@nessisonett Here here. Too much influence from across the pond, I say. Next thing you know they’ll be using ghastly spellings like ‘donut’ and ‘drive-thru’.

Even the site’s current name is an affront to my linguistic sensibilities. I hereby propose that that this website changes back to the good old-fashioned British spelling: Nintendough Lyphe.

Nintendo is busy not announcing anything because they have nothing to announce because it doesn’t make sense to announce anything currently because anything they announce will probably damage holiday sales so they’re doing what any sensible company would do in this situation which is pretty much nothing.

You think 160 million is big number you should have seen the crowds at my latest gaming event — at least 160 billion people maybe 160 trillion, all good people, loyal people, excellent smart people, all there to hear me announce the concepts of a plan for the world’s biggest and best video games console ever and let me tell you this console is gonna blow all the other consoles out of the water, smoke ‘em like cigars, it’s got the highest power and the most graphics and the biggest games and the smartest chips on the face of the earth and those PHONEYS at Sony and the low IQ individuals and NintenDUMB better watch out because that 160 million units is gonna be looking more like 160 millionths of the sales of my console once it exists in any tangible form.

This seems a pretty tasteful way to wrap things up, unless I’m missing something. It’s all too easy to imagine the game just disappearing and bringing all the users’ data and memories down with it. £9 doesn’t seem unreasonable to ensure that you get everything with no hidden charges forever.

…But, I could well be missing something.

Did pretty poorly (11). Great quiz.

@Banjo- Sakurai made an interesting video about how throwing more people at something doesn’t always bring the productivity gains you’d expect.

https://youtu.be/1-iZFmenARA?feature=shared

Ubisoft often has multiple teams in multiple countries working on a single game around the clock. Nintendo tends to use smaller, more tight-knit dev teams.

There are advantages and disadvantages to both methods. But as you’ve said, Nintendo doesn’t seem to be doing too badly with its current strategy, which no doubt promotes face-to-face communication and makes developing a shared company culture easier.

Personally, I don’t think there will be any new games for Switch II.

I think the console’s slogan will be “Switch II: Don’t Worry, You Can Still Play Mario Kart On It”.

And MK8D will keep on selling. And Nintendo will never have to make another video game ever again.

@RetroGames I’m inclined to believe that if Nintendo were prioritising sales numbers over pure profit then we might have seen a single price drop in eight years.

…But then that’s exactly what a ludicrous virtue signaller (?) would think, isn’t it?

@swoose Thanks, that certainly adds some nuance to the picture!

“Coupled with a slump in profits due to R&D expenditure, a weak yen…”

Wouldn’t the weak yen increase profits for a Japanese company that sells more products overseas than domestically?

…Or am I missing something?

Back in 2012 every dollar of profit made in the US would translate into about 80 yen for the Japanese company’s coffers. These days it’s almost double that at roughly 150 yen per dollar.

Overseas manufacturing/advertising/etc. costs will have also risen (relatively speaking) but on balance I’d imagine the weak yen is a boon. Nintendo is primarily spending in yen, but earning in much stronger currencies.

…Right?

I’m not an expert on this by any means so let me know if I’m wrong!

But I want it now and I want it with a cherry on top!!!

NOT FAIR!!!!

WHY WON’T YOU LISTEN TO ME NINTENDO!? I am your MOST STABLE and MOST GENIUS investor… _{assuming investment means ‘time invested in complaining about your products online’} …which BTW is a sign of PASSION because I am a REAL FAN! Way more PASSIONATE than these FAKE INVESTORS who only care about MONEY MONEY MONEY. You shouldn’t run a business for MONEY. You should run a business for ME!

ANNOUNCE SWITCH 2 NOW!!!

…OR SO HELP ME I WILL BUY THE STANDARD EDITION OF XENOBLADE CHRONICLES X INSTEAD OF THE DELUXE COLLECTOR’S EDITION WITH STEEL CASE AND ART BOOK AND FULLY POSABLE SKELL FIGURINE.

@Jeronan I agree it was figuratively very very extremely super-duper dead! Dead as a door-nail nailed to a dead-ass dodo.

@Jeronan I think we’re in full agreement!

(Apart from maybe the bit about the Wii U being literally dead )

@BenAV The Xenoblade release date is interesting, isn’t it? The absolute final deadline for the Switch II announcement is 31st March 2025, which means there’s a very strong possibility we’ll already know about it by the time XCX is released — and even if not, we should know within two weeks.

They’ll be trying to push this ambitious, sprawling open-world game for geriatric hardware at a time when everyone will be talking about the hot, new, far more powerful successor that would clearly run it much better.

It wouldn’t surprise me at all if XCX ends up playing the role of the cross-generational Zeldas that occasionally bookend a console’s life.

“Yes, we put it on the old console as promised, but don’t you want it on the new, shiny one? Yes, you do. Yes, of course you do.”

Time will tell!

@RetroGames I don’t think Nintendo really cares about the sort of accolades that Console Warrists care about. I think the main accolade they care about is earning lots of money, with only half an eye on the competition (and even then that eye is winking amicably.)

We’re no longer in the SNES vs. Mega Drive era. Mario and Sonic are only rivals if you pit them against each other in the same (Nintendo) game. Horizon is on Switch (albeit in brick form). Banjo is in Smash. One of the biggest Switch games — Minecraft — is owned by Microsoft.

I don’t think Nintendo is going to turn itself inside out to get the top spot on a fairly meaningless chart if that effort could be better spent on its successor.

As @OorWullie had said, maybe a price cut could push it over the edge. But I doubt it’s their top priority.

I can’t see the logic in Nintendo announcing the Switch successor any time before December 25th.

I know NintendoFan1337 wants it. I know NintendoFan1338 wants it too. Heck, I know I want it.

But the run up to the ‘Holidays’ seems a very strange time to announce something that you cannot actually buy for the Holidays.

I don’t think the combined ire of NintendoFans 00001~99999 is going to change that.

@ViewtifulCool You said ‘ever’ and you were wrong. You said ‘one’ and you were wrong again.

https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch/endless-ocean-luminous

And again.

https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/03/donkey_kong_barrel_blast_wii

And again.

https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/04/warioware_snapped_dsiware

Please stop moving the goal posts. And please do your own research. The onus is not on others to correct you when you can easily check this yourself.

@-wc- I think it was genuinely satire!

@ViewtifulCool “I don't think NintendoLife would ever rate a Nintendo game less than 6 or 7 on their scale.”

https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wiiu/animal_crossing_amiibo_festival

@MegaVel91 One would certainly hope so.

As Ice-Dilla-P-60-Tha-Kiłła-$tałłion puts it:

“Yo-ho’s before Bro-ho’s, a plumber’s life for me, yarrrrrrrr!”

We still not might be at 60 frames per second yet, but at least we can enjoy 63 frames every two seconds.

The extra 1.5 FPS SEGA have eked out reportedly comes from advancements in Blast Processing Technology.

I am defiantly not buying this in protest to the fact they left out Breastlord Lord of Breasts and Bumblebutt the Prince of Posteriors.

Not only are they missing from the Western version, they’re not included in the Japanese version either.

@Arawn93 How DARE you talk about Mario that way!

He may have never successfully plumbed anything in his life, but he is very, very good at jumping.

@Nanoline52 I don’t think it’s all they were able to prepare for launch. I think it’s all they wanted to prepare at launch, so they can drip feed new content and keep the service ‘relevant’ for months to come.

It’s likely less a matter of ‘low effort’ and more a matter of ‘deliberate marketing strategy’. Not sure if that’s better or worse, but I imagine it’s more accurate.

Nintendo could have easily dropped the entire NSO library in its current form at the beginning of the Switch’s life, but they chose not to, and as a result we get regular updates and corresponding swells of hype. Arguably cynical, but also effective.

@NintonicGamer They certainly have a handle on the market, that’s for sure.

It wasn’t enough to confuse the Americans by spelling ‘colour’ and ‘favourite’ with a U so we had to start randomly introducing it in other words.

@PokemonDMG I’m sorry, but this^* is ridiculous.

_{*I am of course referring to the price of a Galaxy Blue Ford Escort in 1988.}

And people said Nintendo Switch couldn’t handle Raye racing!

Or… tracing.

Or… something.

Doesn’t matter. The point is she smashed it. Just goes to show the power of music can overcome all technical limitations. Take that haters.

Really nicely written review. Paints a lovely picture of the game’s charming landscapes (and is very informative to boot).

It sounds like the game has very much achieved what it set out to do. While it probably won’t be topping many GOTY lists, it looks to offer a relaxing and immersive world to frolic around in, true to its Bokunatsu lineage.

It’s nice a game can home in on being ‘pleasant’ while still maintaining a unique character, as opposed to relying on the copy-and-paste ‘cosy’ aesthetic that typifies most Wholesome Direct games.

Got soft-locked out of a biscuit tin, so hopefully I’ll now be able to continue with the adventure!

Terios looks like my mate Jezza after chuggin one too many quad vods at The Razz.

“It won't happen again.”

It could happen again a million times over and the world wouldn’t shift an inch from its axis.

…Admittedly, planetary alignment probably isn’t the best way of measuring social media impact, but the point is: it wasn’t an issue then and certainly wouldn’t be now if it weren’t for the fact that K&K need to dig up content for their show.

@Kiyata The alarm goes off when you set the alarm to go off. Not when you get up to pee or tend to an infant.

And while it’s unfortunate that this clock has caused the Switch 2 and all future consoles and video games to be cancelled forever — just as they were with Nintendo Labo, the Wii Balance Board, the Power Glove and every other bit of whacky kit that Nintendo has ever produced — it’s really nothing to lose sleep over.

@-wc- I think you underestimate the challenge of getting out of bed in the morning.

Or you’ve mastered it, in which case you have my envy and admiration.

@michellelynn0976 It’s not trolling. Really, it’s not

Personally I’m quite fond of the this game’s look, but someone politely expressing that they’re less than enamoured with it is simply not what trolling looks like.

Labelling such unobjectionable statements as ‘trolling’ devalues the term and does nothing but create a pointlessly stifling environment.

I’m not a free speech absolutist. I acknowledge that so can’t say whatever the **** I like with no regard for content or context. But can we please allow people to respectfully express their aesthetic preferences without calling them ‘trolls’?

Clocking up the sales.

I hope they eventually update this device with ARMS.

Wake up babe Nintendo just dropped a new alarm clock.

…

…Babe, I said wake up.

…

…What do you mean you need Jump Up Super Star blaring at full volume for that to happen?

Nice to see we’re still getting original themes rather than just repeats.

And I imagine this year’s Splatoween will be pretty much just as ‘extra’ as last year’s event as presumably they’ll reuse all the music/decorations/effects/assets/etc. It’d take more effort to actually scale it down.

It’s rare to hear a developer be so candid about monetisation tactics. Or at least, it feels like it.

@NinChocolate I’m in full agreement.

The idea that “Nintendo needs to announce the Switch 2 to stop nerds on the internet making stuff up” doesn’t seem very watertight. All the stuff that nerds spend their time freaking out about will be forgotten as soon as the actual concrete details are announced.

The Wii U didn’t fail because NintyFan1771 predicted it would have a DVD player and a pizza oven prior to announcement. It failed because of everything that happened afterwards.

Getting the initial announcement right and shaping the narrative from there has potential to meaningfully impact sales. Trying to stop hyperactive nerds from prematurely throwing a fit over complete speculation is a fool’s errand.

My prediction is this:

There will not be a Nintendo Direct today.

This is my prediction every day and it’s accurate most of the time. Occasionally it isn’t but I don’t mind because on those days I get to watch a Nintendo Direct.

My hit rate is much is much higher than most of these leakers so people should really be listening to me instead.

@bones I think you might be getting confused with a neighbouring country…

Seemingly a perfect storm of ‘people reading what they want into things they don’t fully understand’, which is the exact feedback-loop that social media and news cycles are set up to propagate.

To be honest, it’s hard to imagine much else while ‘relevance’ (i.e: ‘speed’) and ‘engagement’ (i.e. ‘controversy’) are the two primary financial drivers behind the communication of information.

_{Incidentally, is there a copy of the original, uncut version floating around anywhere? I know the official source has been deleted, but without the original to refer to I’m not sure there’s much use in saying anything beyond the above hand-wavy generalisation.}

I give it a Ni (that’s Japanese for ‘two’) ‘n’ ten out of dó (that’s Irish for ‘two’).

So it gets a 12/2 which is equal to six whole stars which is one more than the usual maximum so well done Nintendo on your excellent museum.

_{I reserve the right to adjust my score if I ever actually go there.}