@UltimateOtaku91 Yeah its pretty much what i was expecting, 30 for the bigger more AAA stuff and 60 for the smaller "AA" games (seeing YsX proud nordics is supporting 120 does feel like a good sign for some of those smaller japanese rpgs)
Also a big thing is that it does feel like switch 2 will hopefully miss out on fewer games or even see some of the ones we missed making their way to the system which for me is exciting.
@Waluigi451 yeah the "just unplug" thing worked for me, didnt need to go full offline but just avoiding certain sites (and social media) can be enough sometimes.
The sheer scale of the internet alone breeds discourse (or at least makes it more visable) so for me narrowing things down helped.
@JimmyFleck Yeah it can definitely feel like with any big gaming event the drama can float to the surface, sometimes even when people are super hyped about something (such as the gamespot twilight princess 8.8 review and the reactions too it)
i guess things can end up worse nowadays due to how much wider discussion is on the internet to the point where individual nuances can get lost in the noise.
@Ellie-Moo
i did eventually end up getting all the moons in odyssey, i enjoyed the game overall but do prefer collections with a tighter structure like Mario 64 or banjo Kazooie. (i did also really enjoy the spyro series)
As mentioned however with this game the bananas are similar to moons in structure, you find them dotted around with multiple obtained from story objectives/bosses and also side areas which contain several, but its the function of them which gives things a different feel so that could end up working better for you (again actual game progress would be more like if odyssey had you finish all the story objectives before moving on to the next world)
*a quick edit, i havent finished the game yet so im not sure if theres some post-game stuff which requires a specific amount of bananas like one of those endgame challenge stages mario games tend to have.
@Ellie-Moo may be a late reply but while the amount and pacing of the collectables are around the same as Odyssey i did find it more satisfying to get them since they are how you obtain skill points for upgrades so every one of them feels like it contributes to some kind of progress so it gives more incentive to go back and find them for reasons other than 100% completion.
game progress this time is more like if the main missions on odyssey were mandatory rather than progress being based on collectables.
@JohnnyMind plus as mentioned before while there were those who did treat the previous breaches as some reason to distrust people the fact is that when you have 10000 people its almost statistically impossible for some people to let the info out, like even if 99% of the people kept their word that remaining 1% is still around 100 people, and on the internet even one person can still do quite a bit of damage (there was an infamous example of a game being review bombed a while back and the culprit turned out to be 1 person, it was ai the somnium files iirc) so that 1% could reach a lot of people.
@mlt
The game kind of feels like to Mario odyssey what DK64 was to banjo kazooie which extends to the music.
Not that the music is bad or anything, im enjoying it so far and i enjoy grant kirkhopes compositions a lot in 64 but for DK i imagine those looking for that specific flavour which David Wise brought to the table will end up dissapointed.
Enjoying the game overall so far though am not too far into it (around the third world not counting the tutorial area)
@AussieMcBucket red faction was definitely on my mind when i first saw the breakable environments since that is definitely a franchise which comes to mind.
I didnt put things together and realize how apt red faction:gorilla is though but i agree that it needs to spread!
@johnedwin
To be fair "delisted" only means that its being removed from the eshop which is still a bad thing but , generally a game can still be played and redownloaded if you bought it. (people can still play and redownload their original wii games for example)
The exception is something like NSO since the games are tied to the service itself which is why when super soccer vanished it became unplayable.
Honestly i was expecting some frames to be sacrificed in favor of the destructible environments and sheer chaos and it feels like a fair tradeoff in that regard.
For me its usually when you get some bad issues just from chilling around in the game world where things become a bother rather than ones from things like combat and explosions.
@GrailUK
To be fair during the 80s and early 90s even with the occasional sprite flickers and slowdown performance felt generally much better overall (i imagine playing on CRTTVs helped too) than something like the ps3, 360 or even OG switch at times (an exception would be something like kirbys adventure which pushed the NES to its limit and had a lot of lag especially after playing the now sadly delisted 3ds port)
it definitely did feel like the early 3d consoles took a big performance hit through especially during those late era games like Banjo Tooie on N64 and Chrono cross/FF9 on psone though i do remember games like some of the tekkens getting praised for bringing arcade quality performance to consoles for the most part.
one of the things i am happy with in terms of newer games is that it feels like visual/performance toggles are becoming more common even in console games and for me im cool with sacrificing some of the graphical shinyness in terms of smoother performance (damn right im gonna play Metroid Prime 4 in that 120fps mode since i dont think ive had any monitors or TVs that handle 120hz before)
again sorry about the ramble but i do find the whole retro gaming and the advent of 3d vs 2d an interesting subject (i also remember when publishers really pushed back against 2d games like suikoden back then iirc)
@Bobb Yeah it feels like with some releases were going back to the street fighter turbo and Dynasty warriors "xtreme legends" style of updates where it was just a new game, no upgrade or anything.
im all for nostalgia and everything but maybe some practices are best left in the past alongside Region locking and 50hz european releases.
@mlt looking at your avatar made me curious about the Baten Kaitos I+II collection on switch since i think i remember hearing it was one of those ones which targeted 60 but had dips so curious to see if it hits that consistant 60 now. (or if its free of any switch 2 specific issues)
@FaroreAbhorsen Yeah it can definitely be a balancing act with games when it comes to rewards feeling....rewarding and i definitely get where you are coming from with the BOTW and TOTK thing, its a similar situation i had with Mario odyssey, a fantastic overall game but definitely felt the way it handled collectables didnt quite have that same satisfying feeling of finding a star on Mario 64 or a Jiggy on Banjo for various reasons, again still enjoyed the game overall and am curious to see how Bananza handles things.
on the subject of echoes im very curious to try it out, its one of those later switch games i held out on since switch 2 seemed to be on the horizon and now will be able to try it with the switch 2 patch and am very much interested in the game, and while i understand its different gameplay wise from links awakening i imagine it still has a similar vibe in places since links awakening is a fave and i loved the remake. (links awakening was another game where i enjoyed how much tighter the design felt since it felt like there was always stuff to discover)
@Chocobo_Shepherd @nessisonett yeah it does feel like something was lost since as both mentioned Games have to be functional and work like a product but also can be creative and evoke feelings at the same time.
I guess it can depend on how you view "art", i mean it feels like a lot of the time something being art is seen as some kind of artsy fartsy pretentious fine dining kind of thing though for some it can extend to many forms of creative outlets, it doesnt always need to have a message or be deeply personal to be creative.
plus looking at video games they are a composite medium, they contain visuals and audio, music in a lot of cases (more often than not created specifically for the game) environment design, gameplay ideas and many other aspects in which creativity can flourish, with the "product" side being the glue which holds all these parts together in a form which works.
so yeah im in the "why not both" camp, in the end how did the person viewing or playing it feel,
@Jack_Goetz yeah im still hoping that a collection with legends 1+2 and tron bonne ends up happening, its one of my most wanted capcom collections next to breath of fire.
@LuigiBlood
I think more eyes were on the idea of console banning after the EULA change which made it more transparent (edit:as others mentioned there are also more tools that could potentially enable it with switch compared to playstation or xbox)
Though while this isn't a new thing (i remember seeing similar discussions with other systems such as xbox's and ps5s of people being sold Banned consoles) im glad issues of such a practice on legitimate consumers such as second-hand buyers is being looked at alongside any other flaws regarding said practice (such as contributing to e-waste)
@CammyUnofficial yeah it was a game i could tell was of high quality but for me i just wasn't as much a fan of how loose the structure was and it made each individual collectable feel less satisfying to collect with how many you were grabbing.
With this im curious to see how they refine the odyssey style formula since theres a lot of times in the past where Nintendo took another shot at an idea and i enjoyed it more than the original, like Mario galaxy 2 i enjoyed more than 1 in pretty much every way outside of maybe the story presentation and the final boss feeling even less unique.
Havent seen too much of this game but will likely look more into it as the release looms but what i have seen is looking very charming and very fun.
@JohnnyMind @GoldenSunRM Yeah for me i would be more than happy with a "definitive" modern port of the game, basically something closer to the Dreamcast version but with some of the things DX actually improved on (60fps, cutscene skip etc) and maybe some minor bugfixes, doesnt need to be a full on recreation from the ground up.
a similar thing with SA2, while the differences between it and battle are a lot more subtle than with SA1 and DX (you could skip cutscenes on the dreamcast one and that version already ran at 60fps) but it would be nice to have a "definitive" version for modern systems.
@Dom_31
Yeah upscaling has been around for a while and while it can look somewhat off at times (a few games look like they could use a second pass by hand) its at the very least infinitely preferable to.....this.
seriously they changed the entire feel of a lot of this, the environments look off and have lost a lot of the soul the originals had, that JDF poster is a complete mess and what the every loving hell happened to that guy with the mic.
@Smithicus
Yeah this is one of those things im really hoping a big stink is made about.(as long as it doesnt involve harassment) even outside of the usual debates surrounding AI just from a preservation perspective this is just bad, i know its not uncommon for a re-release or remaster to end up losing out on a bunch on minor details/visual effects etc or issues when using older PC ports as the base like with FFVII and VIII, but this as mentioned is straight up changing the art.
As much as you see those who like to dismiss criticism on the internet i hope even those kinds of people can see why people would be annoyed at this.
Hadnt really seen much discussions or reviews of suikoden 1&2 for switch 2.
Curious if theres any known issues with that particular version (in terms of in game, i know the game card and lack of update path are both points of contention) such as bugs or issues not present in other versions or if its just a case of it being the same thing just better performance/sharper visuals.
@JohnnyMind yeah does make me wish that there was at least an option for classic races, maybe even a mode for them or at least some kind of matchmaking option.
As others have mentioned the fact that at a certain rank it felt like you would start to see a lot more people picking "random" just to get standard races means there are a lot of people who want to do standard 3-lap races and i wish that Nintendo embraced choice more in a lot of situations.
@HammerKirby ah ty for reply. Am not the most savvy when it comes to displays, i know of things like the differences between OLED, LCD, CRT etc but not so much the details.
@axelhander I think crash team racing had something like that with the "warp" item, it was a portal which would fire ahead and act like the blue shell under normal conditions but in that game all items have an upgraded form when you have max fruit (think coins from MK) and the upgraded warp item would proceed to actively target everyone in front of you.
@RenanKJ For me i do like the aspect of making game licences easier to visualise and it definitely did feel like the whole idea of "primary/secondary" consoles wasn't quite as well known as it should be (the psn outage earlier this year seemed to give an idea who and who wasn't keeping track of digital licences or knew about offline play) though i could see how different people would prefer different methods.
@Polley001 The wii situation feels even more impressive considering how it had even less to "future-proof" digital content such as lacking an account system, digital stuff was tied to the console itself including FUNDS, and while you could transfer your stuff to the wiiu it was in its own self contained "wii mode" with the content being exclusive to that, and you couldnt just go into the wiiu eshop and redownload your stuff.
Really it felt like there was a LOT going against it when it came to that kind of thing which again is why its nice that people can still access the stuff they downloaded.
@JohnnyMind oh yeah i was definitely still on board from the get go, i love platformers and felt confident it would be a blast though was more about things like the NL video where they were discussing what they had played and the structure and whatnot.
for me the nice surprises from the direct was things like the setting and tone of the game along with that trailer at the end with voice acting and a vocal song being just the kind of mood i love to see in this kind of game along with the whole thing of traveling to the core being the goal adding some mystery of what lies in wait in the game. while im not expecting kirby levels of surprises at the climax i am curious to see where the game goes. (after all the last moments of odyssey were some of my faves)
@JohnnyMind yeah i was in the group which upon the reveal/early gameplay was curious but still unsure and since theres been a bunch of times i got burned by something and while i had a lot of faith that it was going to be good i was waiting to see more to see if i would be fully sold on the game.
come the direct i was definitely happy with what i saw and it moved me from cautiously interested to genuinely interested in the game.
While in a lot of these kinds of situations there are those who jump at calling people "haters" or "trolls" or similar, its definitely normal for added context to change someone's opinion on something (in this case the direct was one giant heap of "context")
, im rambling a bit again but yeah, hindsight is 20/20 and im definitely a lot more interested in this game the more i see of it and the whole short trailer bit at the end of the direct had it even look like it would have more of a story focus than i was expecting and am hoping for some fun interactions between DK and you-know-who.
@OldGamer999 does make me curious if that rumoured sony handheld ends up being true since that would put them directly on nintendos turf of having a dedicated handheld console (as opposed to a handheld PC which the other handhelds seem to be more of)
and tbh i would welcome that since not only would it mean more choice when it comes to handheld consoles but yeah, competition is always good, i mean look at the situation with the xbox one and PS4, the competition aspect felt like a big part of microsoft back peddling on the whole "always online, mandatory kinect" aspect of xbox one which as a whole felt like a big improvement. (plus felt like gaming as a whole dodged a bullet)
@RobertCorwen yeah those load times were really, really bad on switch originally. they were far longer than the psone original too which loaded significantly faster.
With something like the spyro collection those kind of load times were more tolerable since you would spend a long time in levels but like you mentioned the load time to gameplay time on CTR was much worse in that regard so you would be seeing these super long load times pretty frequently.
nice to hear they are better on switch 2.
@Alpha008 Yeah this was one of those games where i enjoyed it much more when returning to it years later than i did when i was a kid , similar with how i enjoyed the classic sonic games as a kid but LOVE them now due to feeling like i can appreciate things like game-feel and physics.
( yet another game i enjoyed much more as an adult was FFVII but that also had a somewhat sillier reason in the fact the game scared me when i played it as an early teen)
@SplatRay001 I remember when i first started and felt the games controls felt somewhat "off" feeling then realised its because this was on by default, apparently my brother had a similar experience.
@OldManAdrius Yeah that definitely feels like the case regarding why its on and also agree that it does feel like the fact that they are on by default could have been communicated a bit better (see example above, i initially just thought it was how the game was supposed to feel) would have been nice if they asked when you start the game for the first time whether you want them on similar to how some other games handle "assist" mode (someone correct me if im wrong but didnt mario odyssey do something like this, ask if you want assist on or am i thinking of something else)
@N00BiSH
Yeah it definitely scratches that chilled-out itch and i enjoyed how it gave "context" to the tracks along with being a good place to practice the games movement but can also definitely see the issues people are having with it along with things such as the rewards from P-switches not being the most interesting and the lack of a checklist making hunting down those p-switches not as satisfying as it could be (as cynical as some can get about it there is something inherently satisfying about things like ticking objectives off a list or seeing numbers going up)
honestly wouldn't mind seeing them return to the idea and expand upon it though since some of my fave nintendo games came from them returning to an idea and refining it rather than trying something and then moving on to the next idea when the initial one still feels like it has a lot of untapped potential.
@SillyG i think they did mention something to that effect that it would be included on the cart.
am curious to see how good the emulation and the like is (such as input lag)
Also i did end up playing a couple fo these relatively not that long ago and they were still pretty fun collectathons though the camera (especially on enter the gecko) did feel like it was fighting you at times and am unsure if theres been any improvements to the collection like there was with the croc remasters modern control scheme.
Dragon quest builders 2 is one of the ones where its a massive improvement, The game manages to keep a MUCH more stable framerate in builds which would otherwise cause it to chug and manages to stay at the 60fps target a lot more.
on the subject of dragon quest while i havent tested it yet i hear that the HD-2D remake of 3 fixes the FPS drops on switch 2.
@Gohanjin With fantasy life do the other versions of the game let you turn off the blur or is it just the PC version since from what i gather its not uncommon for PC games to let you adjust effects like that whether they are artistic or not.
Thats not to say that it shouldn't be an option since there are other console games which let you toggle similar depth of field effects and things like that (along with similar options for things like motion blur and screen shake) can definitely make for a more pleasant experience for people.
@JohnnyMind Yeah its nice to have more options but for me im hoping that the rumoured playstation handheld console ends up being a reality since it sounded like it would end up being closer to what the switch/switch 2 is in terms of being a hybrid console rather than being a portable PC.
hopefully also avoiding some of the pitfalls the vita fell into (i found it a great handheld but having its own special expensive memory cards and lack of first party support contributed to it flopping in the west, was nice to third party japanese games and psone games though)
@h3s
ah thankyou so if i look for a "60w 3m usb-c fast charging cable" it should be compatible with the switch 2/switch 2 power block right?. (and find a reliable one)
In regards to playing handheld while using the AC adaptor, i was told in the forum that a longer (3meter) fast charging USB-C cable would be fine since it goes to the power block itself.
i was curious as someone who is unfamiliar with USB-C due to not really having any smart devices (which the switch-2 charger seems closer to) but is there other things i would need to look out for when picking a USB-C cable or will any 3m cable work as long as its "fast", for example are there recomended brands or other such things.
@electrolite77 yeah not to mention the amount of "bits" a console has to the point where Nintendo named a console based on it. if anything it felt like the numbers and the jargon was even more prevalent back then.
also like @Kwyjibo_Kitsune it feels like nowadays in these kinds of discussion that a lot more people (at least those interested in having an actual discussion) seem to know more about what the numbers and words mean compared to said schoolyard discussions on "blast processing" or "64 bits"
@GoldenSunRM really for me i would love to see it like the Konami retro collections such as the castlevania, contra, gradius etc ones (only with translations like what they did with the mana ones) since those M2 collections tend to be very well emulated.
im unsure if M2 have done anything from n64 but i think they worked on the remaster of Legend of mana.
one of the games i would be interested to see get an update on switch 2 down the line is Mario maker 2 since it feels like mouse mode could in theory be good for when creating using docked mode (depending on how precise the mouse stuff is on switch 2)
@TomSupreme yeah initially i was concerned that they seemed to be not showing much if anything of the switch version after reveal and that the brief bit we saw in that direct sizzle reel looked ROUGH (though it was taken from multiplayer which i hear doesnt run quite as well) its nice that from what i hear it sounds like the switch 1 performance isnt too bad.
will still likely get it on switch 2 down the line since i have a bunch of games im already planning on playing but its nice to hear that switch 1 owners will still get a decent enough version.
@Blast16 on the subject of SOTN. Does make me curious if we will end up getting an M2 handled collection with SOTN and rondo on if there is some kind of exclusivity deal with that current one on playstation.
iirc the one on playstation atm is based on the psp port of SOTN which had some additions but i think a couple of rough edges and lacked the psone versions legendary Voice acting.
If they did release a new vania collection it would also be a good excuse to throw rebirth on there and free it from delisted wiiware jail.
on the subject of this game i do remember seeing the original back in magazines in the day (using the US name too because previews) and thinking it sounded really interesting though didnt have a gameboy at the time and while i hope the new one turns out good i also agree with those who prefer the old school art.
(another off-topic konami thing but seeing @GoldenSunRM 's avatar just reminds me how much i wish we got a goemon compilation especially if it ended up bringing lost games to the west translated and ESPECIALLY if it had the N64 ones since those were my jam back on n64, replayed them a few years back and still enjoyed em)
@TeeJay ah yes! while i havent played FL2 (yet!) i do know the alure of saving time loading when farming for something, after all not only do those seconds add up but they are also precious seconds which could have been used for more farming!
@Gorlock yeah it kind of reminds me of when i played FFXIV on ps5 after being on ps4 for most of my time and the faster load times from the SSD really helped when replaying boss fights with friends for specific drops.
as @Solid_Python mentioned load times can definitely stack up, its kind of like why a big part of why chrono trigger on psone was considered a bad port, sure the load times were only a few seconds but when you were getting them for every battle and even opening the menu it became super annoying especially compared to playing the original on SNES (similar with FFV and VI on psone and those had some pretty frequent random battles)
@Zyph ah i may have worded it poorly, didnt mean any implication that you were dismissing any concerns.
if anything you pointed out a potential misconception which some may have (the "always-online" thing) and going by some posts around the internet it does feel like there are those who are getting those aspects mixed up.
ive also seen comments in other places which are kind of the other way round where people have forgotten why people were unhappy with the original plans for xbox one and thinking it was similar to why people were unhappy with this (a day 1 update required) when it was much more than that back then.
@Willo567 @Zyph Honestly i imagine that whole situation back with the xbox one has quite a few people feeling cautious about anything online related when it comes to gaming and while i cant really blame them in a lot of cases as you mentioned in this case its simply a first time setup thing at least and @Megas75 did also mention that later Nintendo console releases do come with the latest firmware so the update may not even be needed in the future.
i can see how some may not be happy with needing an update but it does feel that it could easily get mixed up what the situation actually is (again ive seen a few comparisons to the initial xbox one concept, which naturally this isnt)
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Re: Borderlands 4 On Switch 2 Will "Mostly" Run At 30fps
@UltimateOtaku91
Yeah its pretty much what i was expecting, 30 for the bigger more AAA stuff and 60 for the smaller "AA" games (seeing YsX proud nordics is supporting 120 does feel like a good sign for some of those smaller japanese rpgs)
Also a big thing is that it does feel like switch 2 will hopefully miss out on fewer games or even see some of the ones we missed making their way to the system which for me is exciting.
Re: Mailbox: Ninty Getting Its Freak On, Area Codes, The 'Discourse' - Nintendo Life Letters
@Waluigi451
yeah the "just unplug" thing worked for me, didnt need to go full offline but just avoiding certain sites (and social media) can be enough sometimes.
The sheer scale of the internet alone breeds discourse (or at least makes it more visable) so for me narrowing things down helped.
Re: Mailbox: Ninty Getting Its Freak On, Area Codes, The 'Discourse' - Nintendo Life Letters
@JimmyFleck
Yeah it can definitely feel like with any big gaming event the drama can float to the surface, sometimes even when people are super hyped about something (such as the gamespot twilight princess 8.8 review and the reactions too it)
i guess things can end up worse nowadays due to how much wider discussion is on the internet to the point where individual nuances can get lost in the noise.
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2) - Absolutely Smashing, But Can It Beat Mario Odyssey?
@Ellie-Moo
i did eventually end up getting all the moons in odyssey, i enjoyed the game overall but do prefer collections with a tighter structure like Mario 64 or banjo Kazooie. (i did also really enjoy the spyro series)
As mentioned however with this game the bananas are similar to moons in structure, you find them dotted around with multiple obtained from story objectives/bosses and also side areas which contain several, but its the function of them which gives things a different feel so that could end up working better for you (again actual game progress would be more like if odyssey had you finish all the story objectives before moving on to the next world)
*a quick edit, i havent finished the game yet so im not sure if theres some post-game stuff which requires a specific amount of bananas like one of those endgame challenge stages mario games tend to have.
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2) - Absolutely Smashing, But Can It Beat Mario Odyssey?
@Ellie-Moo
may be a late reply but while the amount and pacing of the collectables are around the same as Odyssey i did find it more satisfying to get them since they are how you obtain skill points for upgrades so every one of them feels like it contributes to some kind of progress so it gives more incentive to go back and find them for reasons other than 100% completion.
game progress this time is more like if the main missions on odyssey were mandatory rather than progress being based on collectables.
Re: Gallery: Donkey Kong Bananza Players Show Off 'DK Artist' Masterpieces
DK artist gives me big console tech-demo vibes in the best possible way, got sort of nostalgic when applying some of those snazzy textures.
Re: Nintendo Still Doesn't Want You To Talk About The Switch Online Playtest Program
@JohnnyMind
plus as mentioned before while there were those who did treat the previous breaches as some reason to distrust people the fact is that when you have 10000 people its almost statistically impossible for some people to let the info out, like even if 99% of the people kept their word that remaining 1% is still around 100 people, and on the internet even one person can still do quite a bit of damage (there was an infamous example of a game being review bombed a while back and the culprit turned out to be 1 person, it was ai the somnium files iirc) so that 1% could reach a lot of people.
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2) - Absolutely Smashing, But Can It Beat Mario Odyssey?
@mlt
The game kind of feels like to Mario odyssey what DK64 was to banjo kazooie which extends to the music.
Not that the music is bad or anything, im enjoying it so far and i enjoy grant kirkhopes compositions a lot in 64 but for DK i imagine those looking for that specific flavour which David Wise brought to the table will end up dissapointed.
Enjoying the game overall so far though am not too far into it (around the third world not counting the tutorial area)
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2) - Absolutely Smashing, But Can It Beat Mario Odyssey?
@AussieMcBucket
red faction was definitely on my mind when i first saw the breakable environments since that is definitely a franchise which comes to mind.
I didnt put things together and realize how apt red faction:gorilla is though but i agree that it needs to spread!
Re: PSA: You Only Have A Few Days To Buy This Bithell Games Title Before It's Gone
@johnedwin
To be fair "delisted" only means that its being removed from the eshop which is still a bad thing but , generally a game can still be played and redownloaded if you bought it. (people can still play and redownload their original wii games for example)
The exception is something like NSO since the games are tied to the service itself which is why when super soccer vanished it became unplayable.
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Director Acknowledges Performance Drops: "We Prioritized Fun And Playability"
@HammerKirby
That is good news.
Honestly i was expecting some frames to be sacrificed in favor of the destructible environments and sheer chaos and it feels like a fair tradeoff in that regard.
For me its usually when you get some bad issues just from chilling around in the game world where things become a bother rather than ones from things like combat and explosions.
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Director Acknowledges Performance Drops: "We Prioritized Fun And Playability"
@GrailUK
To be fair during the 80s and early 90s even with the occasional sprite flickers and slowdown performance felt generally much better overall (i imagine playing on CRTTVs helped too) than something like the ps3, 360 or even OG switch at times (an exception would be something like kirbys adventure which pushed the NES to its limit and had a lot of lag especially after playing the now sadly delisted 3ds port)
it definitely did feel like the early 3d consoles took a big performance hit through especially during those late era games like Banjo Tooie on N64 and Chrono cross/FF9 on psone though i do remember games like some of the tekkens getting praised for bringing arcade quality performance to consoles for the most part.
one of the things i am happy with in terms of newer games is that it feels like visual/performance toggles are becoming more common even in console games and for me im cool with sacrificing some of the graphical shinyness in terms of smoother performance (damn right im gonna play Metroid Prime 4 in that 120fps mode since i dont think ive had any monitors or TVs that handle 120hz before)
again sorry about the ramble but i do find the whole retro gaming and the advent of 3d vs 2d an interesting subject (i also remember when publishers really pushed back against 2d games like suikoden back then iirc)
Re: Ys X: Proud Nordics Reportedly Includes 120fps Performance Mode On Switch 2
@Bobb
Yeah it feels like with some releases were going back to the street fighter turbo and Dynasty warriors "xtreme legends" style of updates where it was just a new game, no upgrade or anything.
im all for nostalgia and everything but maybe some practices are best left in the past alongside Region locking and 50hz european releases.
Re: Feature: 33 Games With 'Secret' Performance Bumps You Should Revisit On Switch 2
@mlt
looking at your avatar made me curious about the Baten Kaitos I+II collection on switch since i think i remember hearing it was one of those ones which targeted 60 but had dips so curious to see if it hits that consistant 60 now. (or if its free of any switch 2 specific issues)
Re: Random: Final Fantasy 14 Director Thinks "Aspiring" Game Devs Should Play Echoes Of Wisdom
@FaroreAbhorsen
Yeah it can definitely be a balancing act with games when it comes to rewards feeling....rewarding and i definitely get where you are coming from with the BOTW and TOTK thing, its a similar situation i had with Mario odyssey, a fantastic overall game but definitely felt the way it handled collectables didnt quite have that same satisfying feeling of finding a star on Mario 64 or a Jiggy on Banjo for various reasons, again still enjoyed the game overall and am curious to see how Bananza handles things.
on the subject of echoes im very curious to try it out, its one of those later switch games i held out on since switch 2 seemed to be on the horizon and now will be able to try it with the switch 2 patch and am very much interested in the game, and while i understand its different gameplay wise from links awakening i imagine it still has a similar vibe in places since links awakening is a fave and i loved the remake. (links awakening was another game where i enjoyed how much tighter the design felt since it felt like there was always stuff to discover)
Re: Miyamoto Views Games As 'Products', Not 'Works Of Art', Says Ex-Nintendo Dev
@Chocobo_Shepherd @nessisonett
yeah it does feel like something was lost since as both mentioned Games have to be functional and work like a product but also can be creative and evoke feelings at the same time.
I guess it can depend on how you view "art", i mean it feels like a lot of the time something being art is seen as some kind of artsy fartsy pretentious fine dining kind of thing though for some it can extend to many forms of creative outlets, it doesnt always need to have a message or be deeply personal to be creative.
plus looking at video games they are a composite medium, they contain visuals and audio, music in a lot of cases (more often than not created specifically for the game) environment design, gameplay ideas and many other aspects in which creativity can flourish, with the "product" side being the glue which holds all these parts together in a form which works.
so yeah im in the "why not both" camp, in the end how did the person viewing or playing it feel,
Re: Mega Man Is One Of Capcom's "Most Important IPs" Despite No New Games In 7+ Years
@Jack_Goetz
yeah im still hoping that a collection with legends 1+2 and tron bonne ends up happening, its one of my most wanted capcom collections next to breath of fire.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@LuigiBlood
I think more eyes were on the idea of console banning after the EULA change which made it more transparent (edit:as others mentioned there are also more tools that could potentially enable it with switch compared to playstation or xbox)
Though while this isn't a new thing (i remember seeing similar discussions with other systems such as xbox's and ps5s of people being sold Banned consoles) im glad issues of such a practice on legitimate consumers such as second-hand buyers is being looked at alongside any other flaws regarding said practice (such as contributing to e-waste)
Re: Preview: Donkey Kong Bananza - DK's Getting His Own Odyssey, And It's A Helluva Trip
@CammyUnofficial
yeah it was a game i could tell was of high quality but for me i just wasn't as much a fan of how loose the structure was and it made each individual collectable feel less satisfying to collect with how many you were grabbing.
With this im curious to see how they refine the odyssey style formula since theres a lot of times in the past where Nintendo took another shot at an idea and i enjoyed it more than the original, like Mario galaxy 2 i enjoyed more than 1 in pretty much every way outside of maybe the story presentation and the final boss feeling even less unique.
Havent seen too much of this game but will likely look more into it as the release looms but what i have seen is looking very charming and very fun.
Re: Look, Maybe We Should Stop Asking For A Sonic Adventure Remaster
@JohnnyMind @GoldenSunRM
Yeah for me i would be more than happy with a "definitive" modern port of the game, basically something closer to the Dreamcast version but with some of the things DX actually improved on (60fps, cutscene skip etc) and maybe some minor bugfixes, doesnt need to be a full on recreation from the ground up.
a similar thing with SA2, while the differences between it and battle are a lot more subtle than with SA1 and DX (you could skip cutscenes on the dreamcast one and that version already ran at 60fps) but it would be nice to have a "definitive" version for modern systems.
Re: Front Mission 3: Remake Appears To Replace 2D Art Assets With Generative AI
@Dom_31
Yeah upscaling has been around for a while and while it can look somewhat off at times (a few games look like they could use a second pass by hand) its at the very least infinitely preferable to.....this.
seriously they changed the entire feel of a lot of this, the environments look off and have lost a lot of the soul the originals had, that JDF poster is a complete mess and what the every loving hell happened to that guy with the mic.
@Smithicus
Yeah this is one of those things im really hoping a big stink is made about.(as long as it doesnt involve harassment) even outside of the usual debates surrounding AI just from a preservation perspective this is just bad, i know its not uncommon for a re-release or remaster to end up losing out on a bunch on minor details/visual effects etc or issues when using older PC ports as the base like with FFVII and VIII, but this as mentioned is straight up changing the art.
As much as you see those who like to dismiss criticism on the internet i hope even those kinds of people can see why people would be annoyed at this.
Re: Feature: Every Switch 2 Launch Game, Ranked
Hadnt really seen much discussions or reviews of suikoden 1&2 for switch 2.
Curious if theres any known issues with that particular version (in terms of in game, i know the game card and lack of update path are both points of contention) such as bugs or issues not present in other versions or if its just a case of it being the same thing just better performance/sharper visuals.
Re: Fans Reckon Nintendo Has "Killed" Mario Kart World With Its Latest Update
@JohnnyMind
yeah does make me wish that there was at least an option for classic races, maybe even a mode for them or at least some kind of matchmaking option.
As others have mentioned the fact that at a certain rank it felt like you would start to see a lot more people picking "random" just to get standard races means there are a lot of people who want to do standard 3-lap races and i wish that Nintendo embraced choice more in a lot of situations.
Re: "One Of The Slowest Modern LCDs I've Ever Seen" - Digital Foundry's John Linneman On Switch 2's Display
@HammerKirby
ah ty for reply.
Am not the most savvy when it comes to displays, i know of things like the differences between OLED, LCD, CRT etc but not so much the details.
Re: "One Of The Slowest Modern LCDs I've Ever Seen" - Digital Foundry's John Linneman On Switch 2's Display
@KoopaTheGamer
ah thankyou for the reply, that clears things up.
Re: Sega Knows You Hate Mario Kart's Blue Shells
@axelhander
I think crash team racing had something like that with the "warp" item, it was a portal which would fire ahead and act like the blue shell under normal conditions but in that game all items have an upgraded form when you have max fruit (think coins from MK) and the upgraded warp item would proceed to actively target everyone in front of you.
Re: "One Of The Slowest Modern LCDs I've Ever Seen" - Digital Foundry's John Linneman On Switch 2's Display
Curious when they talk about "response time" does that mean in a case like input-lag or more about things like blurriness in movement?
Re: Digital Foundry Is "Happy" With Switch 2 But Feels The Screen Is "Problematic"
@RenanKJ
For me i do like the aspect of making game licences easier to visualise and it definitely did feel like the whole idea of "primary/secondary" consoles wasn't quite as well known as it should be (the psn outage earlier this year seemed to give an idea who and who wasn't keeping track of digital licences or knew about offline play) though i could see how different people would prefer different methods.
Re: Forget Switch 2 Game Key-Cards - "Full On-The-Cart Physical Releases" Are What People Want, Says Publisher Lost In Cult
@Polley001
The wii situation feels even more impressive considering how it had even less to "future-proof" digital content such as lacking an account system, digital stuff was tied to the console itself including FUNDS, and while you could transfer your stuff to the wiiu it was in its own self contained "wii mode" with the content being exclusive to that, and you couldnt just go into the wiiu eshop and redownload your stuff.
Really it felt like there was a LOT going against it when it came to that kind of thing which again is why its nice that people can still access the stuff they downloaded.
Re: Video: Check Out Donkey Kong Bananza's Layered Worlds & Things You Probably Missed In Our Detail-Packed Breakdown
@JohnnyMind
oh yeah i was definitely still on board from the get go, i love platformers and felt confident it would be a blast though was more about things like the NL video where they were discussing what they had played and the structure and whatnot.
for me the nice surprises from the direct was things like the setting and tone of the game along with that trailer at the end with voice acting and a vocal song being just the kind of mood i love to see in this kind of game along with the whole thing of traveling to the core being the goal adding some mystery of what lies in wait in the game. while im not expecting kirby levels of surprises at the climax i am curious to see where the game goes. (after all the last moments of odyssey were some of my faves)
Re: Video: Check Out Donkey Kong Bananza's Layered Worlds & Things You Probably Missed In Our Detail-Packed Breakdown
@JohnnyMind
yeah i was in the group which upon the reveal/early gameplay was curious but still unsure and since theres been a bunch of times i got burned by something and while i had a lot of faith that it was going to be good i was waiting to see more to see if i would be fully sold on the game.
come the direct i was definitely happy with what i saw and it moved me from cautiously interested to genuinely interested in the game.
While in a lot of these kinds of situations there are those who jump at calling people "haters" or "trolls" or similar, its definitely normal for added context to change someone's opinion on something (in this case the direct was one giant heap of "context")
, im rambling a bit again but yeah, hindsight is 20/20 and im definitely a lot more interested in this game the more i see of it and the whole short trailer bit at the end of the direct had it even look like it would have more of a story focus than i was expecting and am hoping for some fun interactions between DK and you-know-who.
Re: Shuhei Yoshida Says Sony Doesn't Really Consider Nintendo As Competition
@OldGamer999
does make me curious if that rumoured sony handheld ends up being true since that would put them directly on nintendos turf of having a dedicated handheld console (as opposed to a handheld PC which the other handhelds seem to be more of)
and tbh i would welcome that since not only would it mean more choice when it comes to handheld consoles but yeah, competition is always good, i mean look at the situation with the xbox one and PS4, the competition aspect felt like a big part of microsoft back peddling on the whole "always online, mandatory kinect" aspect of xbox one which as a whole felt like a big improvement. (plus felt like gaming as a whole dodged a bullet)
Re: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Has Sold 10 Million Copies Since Launch
@RobertCorwen
yeah those load times were really, really bad on switch originally. they were far longer than the psone original too which loaded significantly faster.
With something like the spyro collection those kind of load times were more tolerable since you would spend a long time in levels but like you mentioned the load time to gameplay time on CTR was much worse in that regard so you would be seeing these super long load times pretty frequently.
nice to hear they are better on switch 2.
@Alpha008
Yeah this was one of those games where i enjoyed it much more when returning to it years later than i did when i was a kid , similar with how i enjoyed the classic sonic games as a kid but LOVE them now due to feeling like i can appreciate things like game-feel and physics.
( yet another game i enjoyed much more as an adult was FFVII but that also had a somewhat sillier reason in the fact the game scared me when i played it as an early teen)
Re: Nintendo Reminds Mario Kart Players They Can Toggle Auto And Smart Controls
@SplatRay001
I remember when i first started and felt the games controls felt somewhat "off" feeling then realised its because this was on by default, apparently my brother had a similar experience.
@OldManAdrius
Yeah that definitely feels like the case regarding why its on and also agree that it does feel like the fact that they are on by default could have been communicated a bit better (see example above, i initially just thought it was how the game was supposed to feel) would have been nice if they asked when you start the game for the first time whether you want them on similar to how some other games handle "assist" mode (someone correct me if im wrong but didnt mario odyssey do something like this, ask if you want assist on or am i thinking of something else)
Re: Talking Point: How Are You Finding Mario Kart's Open World?
@N00BiSH
Yeah it definitely scratches that chilled-out itch and i enjoyed how it gave "context" to the tracks along with being a good place to practice the games movement but can also definitely see the issues people are having with it along with things such as the rewards from P-switches not being the most interesting and the lack of a checklist making hunting down those p-switches not as satisfying as it could be (as cynical as some can get about it there is something inherently satisfying about things like ticking objectives off a list or seeing numbers going up)
honestly wouldn't mind seeing them return to the idea and expand upon it though since some of my fave nintendo games came from them returning to an idea and refining it rather than trying something and then moving on to the next idea when the initial one still feels like it has a lot of untapped potential.
Re: Review: Gex Trilogy (Switch) - A Happy Throwback That Couldn't Be Any More '90s
@SillyG i think they did mention something to that effect that it would be included on the cart.
am curious to see how good the emulation and the like is (such as input lag)
Also i did end up playing a couple fo these relatively not that long ago and they were still pretty fun collectathons though the camera (especially on enter the gecko) did feel like it was fighting you at times and am unsure if theres been any improvements to the collection like there was with the croc remasters modern control scheme.
either way hoping for the best with this.
Re: Feature: 11 Games With 'Secret' Performance Bumps You Should Revisit On Switch 2
Dragon quest builders 2 is one of the ones where its a massive improvement, The game manages to keep a MUCH more stable framerate in builds which would otherwise cause it to chug and manages to stay at the 60fps target a lot more.
on the subject of dragon quest while i havent tested it yet i hear that the HD-2D remake of 3 fixes the FPS drops on switch 2.
Re: New Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Update Is Finally Fixing Its Most Frustrating Feature
@Gohanjin
With fantasy life do the other versions of the game let you turn off the blur or is it just the PC version since from what i gather its not uncommon for PC games to let you adjust effects like that whether they are artistic or not.
Thats not to say that it shouldn't be an option since there are other console games which let you toggle similar depth of field effects and things like that (along with similar options for things like motion blur and screen shake) can definitely make for a more pleasant experience for people.
Re: Xbox Officially Enters The Handheld Space, But Nintendo Won't Be Worried
@JohnnyMind
Yeah its nice to have more options but for me im hoping that the rumoured playstation handheld console ends up being a reality since it sounded like it would end up being closer to what the switch/switch 2 is in terms of being a hybrid console rather than being a portable PC.
hopefully also avoiding some of the pitfalls the vita fell into (i found it a great handheld but having its own special expensive memory cards and lack of first party support contributed to it flopping in the west, was nice to third party japanese games and psone games though)
Re: Poll: Switch 2 Battery Reportedly Lasting Under Two Hours With Mario Kart - How Is Yours Holding Up?
@h3s
ah thankyou so if i look for a "60w 3m usb-c fast charging cable" it should be compatible with the switch 2/switch 2 power block right?. (and find a reliable one)
Re: Poll: Switch 2 Battery Reportedly Lasting Under Two Hours With Mario Kart - How Is Yours Holding Up?
In regards to playing handheld while using the AC adaptor, i was told in the forum that a longer (3meter) fast charging USB-C cable would be fine since it goes to the power block itself.
i was curious as someone who is unfamiliar with USB-C due to not really having any smart devices (which the switch-2 charger seems closer to) but is there other things i would need to look out for when picking a USB-C cable or will any 3m cable work as long as its "fast", for example are there recomended brands or other such things.
Re: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom And Link's Awakening Are Improved On Switch 2, But It's Not Perfect
@electrolite77
yeah not to mention the amount of "bits" a console has to the point where Nintendo named a console based on it. if anything it felt like the numbers and the jargon was even more prevalent back then.
also like @Kwyjibo_Kitsune it feels like nowadays in these kinds of discussion that a lot more people (at least those interested in having an actual discussion) seem to know more about what the numbers and words mean compared to said schoolyard discussions on "blast processing" or "64 bits"
Re: Feature: "It Was Always About Surviving Together" - Why Konami Chose This Forgotten IP For Switch 2's Launch
@GoldenSunRM
really for me i would love to see it like the Konami retro collections such as the castlevania, contra, gradius etc ones (only with translations like what they did with the mana ones) since those M2 collections tend to be very well emulated.
im unsure if M2 have done anything from n64 but i think they worked on the remaster of Legend of mana.
Re: 12 Free Switch 2 Game Upgrades Are Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
one of the games i would be interested to see get an update on switch 2 down the line is Mario maker 2 since it feels like mouse mode could in theory be good for when creating using docked mode (depending on how precise the mouse stuff is on switch 2)
Re: Review: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (Switch) - Level-5's Triumphant Sequel Trades Depth For Breadth
@TomSupreme
yeah initially i was concerned that they seemed to be not showing much if anything of the switch version after reveal and that the brief bit we saw in that direct sizzle reel looked ROUGH (though it was taken from multiplayer which i hear doesnt run quite as well) its nice that from what i hear it sounds like the switch 1 performance isnt too bad.
will still likely get it on switch 2 down the line since i have a bunch of games im already planning on playing but its nice to hear that switch 1 owners will still get a decent enough version.
Re: Feature: "It Was Always About Surviving Together" - Why Konami Chose This Forgotten IP For Switch 2's Launch
@Blast16
on the subject of SOTN.
Does make me curious if we will end up getting an M2 handled collection with SOTN and rondo on if there is some kind of exclusivity deal with that current one on playstation.
iirc the one on playstation atm is based on the psp port of SOTN which had some additions but i think a couple of rough edges and lacked the psone versions legendary Voice acting.
If they did release a new vania collection it would also be a good excuse to throw rebirth on there and free it from delisted wiiware jail.
on the subject of this game i do remember seeing the original back in magazines in the day (using the US name too because previews) and thinking it sounded really interesting though didnt have a gameboy at the time and while i hope the new one turns out good i also agree with those who prefer the old school art.
(another off-topic konami thing but seeing @GoldenSunRM 's avatar just reminds me how much i wish we got a goemon compilation especially if it ended up bringing lost games to the west translated and ESPECIALLY if it had the N64 ones since those were my jam back on n64, replayed them a few years back and still enjoyed em)
Re: New Videos Show How Fantasy Life i Has Been Beefed Up On Switch 2
@TeeJay
ah yes!
while i havent played FL2 (yet!) i do know the alure of saving time loading when farming for something, after all not only do those seconds add up but they are also precious seconds which could have been used for more farming!
Re: New Videos Show How Fantasy Life i Has Been Beefed Up On Switch 2
@Gorlock
yeah it kind of reminds me of when i played FFXIV on ps5 after being on ps4 for most of my time and the faster load times from the SSD really helped when replaying boss fights with friends for specific drops.
as @Solid_Python mentioned load times can definitely stack up, its kind of like why a big part of why chrono trigger on psone was considered a bad port, sure the load times were only a few seconds but when you were getting them for every battle and even opening the menu it became super annoying especially compared to playing the original on SNES (similar with FFV and VI on psone and those had some pretty frequent random battles)
Re: Switch 2 Units Are Allegedly Out In The Wild, But You Might Need An Update To Play Games
@Zyph
ah i may have worded it poorly, didnt mean any implication that you were dismissing any concerns.
if anything you pointed out a potential misconception which some may have (the "always-online" thing) and going by some posts around the internet it does feel like there are those who are getting those aspects mixed up.
ive also seen comments in other places which are kind of the other way round where people have forgotten why people were unhappy with the original plans for xbox one and thinking it was similar to why people were unhappy with this (a day 1 update required) when it was much more than that back then.
Re: Switch 2 Units Are Allegedly Out In The Wild, But You Might Need An Update To Play Games
@Willo567 @Zyph
Honestly i imagine that whole situation back with the xbox one has quite a few people feeling cautious about anything online related when it comes to gaming and while i cant really blame them in a lot of cases as you mentioned in this case its simply a first time setup thing at least and @Megas75 did also mention that later Nintendo console releases do come with the latest firmware so the update may not even be needed in the future.
i can see how some may not be happy with needing an update but it does feel that it could easily get mixed up what the situation actually is (again ive seen a few comparisons to the initial xbox one concept, which naturally this isnt)