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I have no clue why anyone gets so attached to dub actors anyways. True fans watch subs (not a serious comment I les you claim people complaining are not real fans, in that case, you not a fan if you just watch dumb dubs.)

On a serious note: my best friend has been working on various conventions for decades. This Vic guy sexually harassing minors is not news for anyone that has worked on a con he been at. He is a piece of garbage.

Microsoft must be on a tough spot. They own the biggest IP in video games outside Nintendo or Sega, yet they practically promised the world they would not turn it into an XBox/Windows exclusive. Sony would kill to have an IP that strong.

@MrVariant you can’t chalk it to brand loyalty when the Wii U flopped so badly last gen. Brand loyalty keeps the same people coming regardless how good or bad the product is. The Switch is engaging a whole new user base with its own merits.

If anything, the extreme momentum of the Switch will make it hard for the PS5 (or XB4) to have as big of a splash as they did in the PS4/XBO launch window.

And if Nintendo manages to pull off a major release for 2020 Christmas? Another non-remake Mario, Zelda or Metroid?

@sixrings never say never. Modern Warfare 3 was released for the Wii. If they get convinced they can make money, they will put the work on the downgrade port. And testimony like CD Project’s quarter results boost due to the Switch version of Witcher might influence the development of more of these crazy ports.

@johnvboy the only company claiming they don’t sell well enough to justify the ports so far seems to be EA, whom does not even port their sports games, but instead reskins older releases with updated rosters and then complains they complain that they don’t sell well.

@sixrings Next gen of power consoles will bring awesome things, but portability is unlikely to be as big of a deal as you think. I can appreciate higher resolution and better graphics, but I already opt to play drastically inferior graphic versions of games i already own on the PS4 simply because the convenience of mobile is a lot more important for me.

Most these [multi-platform] games are also built for PC, and built to support ridiculously low graphic settings, because only a small fraction of PC gamers actually even own a desktop these days. At the end of the day, porting a game for the switch wont be as much on "is it technically possible?" as it will be on "does the publisher care for the platform?"

Like, I don't expect any effort from EA to port games, but I would not be shocked if next year we get Assassin Creed Origins or Odyssey ported over.

@Darknyht not exactly a console game, though. This is also the kind of game that requires a permanent online connection “else people cheat timers” so it’s not a viable thing for a switch on the go if you can’t find good WiFi.

Btw, I hear a lot better stuff about Asphalt, so I would not compare it to this. Asphalt I head gives every car a gas tank and you can earn more gas by winning races. Do well and you would not need to spend money. This game is just going to demand your money or send you away (and spam notifications on how you can just give them money.)

@andywitmyer typical timer locks, but worse by context. Imagine an ESO game where the you can only open X number of chests every X hours, or, of course, pay real money for gems to open them. And resource gathering also locked behind timers, that can again be sped up with money. And the game will spam you with “offers” on “gem sales” on a regular basis even if you are not in game. You can turn off notifications on the phone level, but then you don’t get a reminder when those horrible timers are over.

Honestly, better just play Skyrim again. Or Witcher 3.

Edit:
Old article but pretty much what I remember: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/03/elder-scrolls-blades-microtransactions/

Cancel it for all I care. Played it on mobile and that game is one of the most grotesque F2P experiences ever.

@TheDragonDAFan Their release schedule does not seem to always be yearly, at least not full release wise. It's hard to get a full pattern but it seems to me their 4 year cycle is:
Mainline > Mainline+ > Remake > Break

My expectation (not my wish) would be something like:
2020 Diamond/Pearl remaster. (or a break shifting this full list a year up)
2021 Pokemon Armor(or a split ultimate version) with extra pokemon that get reworked for the Diamond/Pearl release.
2022 break (if not in 2020)
2023 next mainline pokemon

@tobsesta99 that’s a ridiculous analogy. Players don’t want to pay for games on mobile, so they have to make free games that gouge the very small numbers willing to pay. Funny thing is these same players giving tons of money for a free game are also players that refuse to pay a fixed fee up-front. They WANT a free entry. It ends up only being players that never pay a penny for free games that complain the most about the developers looking for more ways to make money.

Btw, I say this clearly aware I am someone that hates these micro transaction garbage, but try as devs might, the bulk of the mobile consumer base just refuses to see value on software to pay up front for anything.

To be fair, if mobile was fertile ground for premium paid games, the Switch and Nintendo would had already failed as platform makers.

Honest question: how many here complaining of these practices downloaded the mobile Mario game but never paid for the one unlock price “because it was fun but not worth that much money”?

We can’t be angry at Nintendo for just doing with mobile what works ok mobile. The mobile space will just not reward any premium efforts, so they just need to adopt anything that works.

How do you “buy” these? Chance for drop? Grind in game coins? Buy season pass? Real world cash?

Shield because everyone I know got sword and someone got to get those versions exclusives!

One thing I love about this drama is it has made it very easy to know whom I should ignore. Every comment section I read is cleaner and cleaner of hate with each of these articles.

I am a bit sad neither went for my favorite character: Sylvando. Seriously, I think he is the true hero of the whole game!

But man, this game is so beefy... I “finished” the game but nowhere near truly finishing it! Never expected post-end-game content to also have cut scenes, voice acting and actual plot progression! I just won’t be done in time to play Pokémon when it arrives on my mailbox tomorrow.

Btw, now I wish so much they do a DQ3 remake!

Haters seem to be so hateful about this article existing... who didn't see that coming?

Rabbid "fanbase": this game is an insult to us and gets rid of things we love, including my favorite pokemanz!

Nintendolife: all cons are based around them not getting rid of even more old game design ideas that have no place in today's game space.

I cant wait for this game, or gen 9 where they get rid of even more old garbage!

I hope they keep porting these remasters because I’m dying to play Saga Frontier again!

@FX102A “I was partially hooked into the Limited game release race picking up every game I conceivably felt I’d want to own and play”

I understand your FOMO point since I fell for it for a while with a few PS4 games, but why would you feel this way if you only bought games you did want to own?

Lately I am doing just that, and only for switch games that allow an open preorder (not click-camping PS4 games ever again). I don’t care for the expensive collector editions, IMO, they are there only for the super fans of particular games.

That being said, I do feel a lot of these services are indeed manipulating collectors and FOMO instincts. Anyone that even thinks they want a Console X “complete collection” sometime in the future and attempting to build towards it is being basically strong-armed into these limited supply releases, and it sucks. It’s very likely going to be detrimental to the collector space, and I see some of these crash-and-burning in the near future. Sadly some of these are damned resilient by virtue of taking money up-front and only manufacturing the pre-prefers copies. They face very low risk.

What I really would love to see is a “manufacture on demand” service, maybe provided by Nintendo themselves. Let’s say Capcom don’t want to release collection X on cart, then don’t and just offer it digitally but let Nintendo manufacture on-demand copies, at the customers expense.

@ItsOKToBeOK 3D games with dynamic cameras can also be ageless, so long they don’t shoot for hyper-realism since that continually becomes obsolete.

Look at Wind Waker, that game still looks fantastic, even if you just play the old game and ignore the HD remaster. This Pokémon’s art style is cartoony enough that it will age well, so long the game is actually fun, that is.

Running out of time to finish Dragon Quest XI and Luigis Mansion 😢

@Leriel criticize all you want, never said anyone should not. Just stop trying to convince the entire world that everyone is as angry about a partial Pokédex, because they are not.

That’s an inflated bullet point for what ends up being “3 skins”

Was not aware skins ended up costing so much in that game that 3 full sets were considered worth 70 pounds.

@RazumikhinPG I’m aware the people that are upset are very vociferous about it. A month from now, though, we will be hearing “biggest Pokémon launch ever” and we will all see how few people actually are that angry (or how few actually are angry enough not to buy it)

Would I had loved it the Pokédex was full? Damn sure. But that won’t stop me from getting this game, as it looks amazing.

Btw, your initial point was the opposite you outline now (even if unintentionally.) you claimed the leak made people angrier, as if that actually would negatively impact more people or people that were in the fence into no longer buying it.

@BarefootBowser maybe because he had a huge following and was profiting off his cheating, pushing it from “for lols” territory into actual fraud?

At this point it’s in line with people insulting and being happy about some big athlete being caught cheating or using performance enhancing drugs and being kicked out of the NFL or whatever leave for life.

@RazumikhinPG yea but seems you imply a majority of people hate the game. I bet you this: the game will be the best selling Pokémon game up to date. Nowhere near as many people are actually angry at the game.

I personally don’t consider pokemon looks to be spoilers. If I had the story spoiled I would be extremely angry, though.

That being said, I know some people love playing these games blind, and be surprised by discovering the new Pokémon themselves, as well as their evolutions, so in-your-face screenshot posting of these things embedded in articles (instead of links) and image cards on YouTube videos are really [bleep] moves.

Typing “spoilers ahead” and then embedding an image won’t help anyone that happens to do a quick scroll by to the comments.

Damn, what’s the Switch attach rate anyways? Sounds like it must be off the charts!

Then they should be glad so few cared about the leak since many of us still annoyed about the China fiasco?

I only got to hear about OW2 post announcement and still sounds like an expansion DLC labeled sequel in an attempt to generate more hype.

I expect a contra game to either be a 2.5d game (with maybe bosses breaking the camera) or a completely modern Gears of War inspired third person shooter (with more dodging less covering.)

I feel the Gears of War third person shooter genre would fit contra as well as the first person mode fits Metroid.

Still not happy at blizzard, but by the time this comes who knows how I’ll feeling.

That said, it’s weird they calling it OW2 with the big number two. Given the first story content will actually be on this game, I feel it should had instead been given a subtitle instead. OCD in me would feel weird about having OW2 and not having an OW1. I had a similar issue with Titan Fall 2.

I been playing DQXI and the worst part of it is that it is taking me too long to finish! I can’t start Luigis mansion until I’m done with DQXI!

I have two weeks to finish DQ and Luigi.... because... Pokemon!

@Ralek85 "I do believe you can turn of the pop-ups notifications for trophies by now. "

Last time i checked, the only way was by disabling all notifications, that does not work for me. For me, I would love if the PS and XBox had complete "disable trophy features" checkbox somewhere, that would hide every single UI element related to them. Even if you disabled notifications, one of the first thing the system shows you when you pop in a disk is information about the trophies you and/or your friends earned on that game recently.

My guess is someone made a mistake and added an extra zero to the manufacturing order for the physical preorder metal cases, now they trying to get rid of them. 🙃

@Ralek85 as disappointing as the Skyrim end was, I cared that I had not finished it.

Funny thing you mention cinema, because there is a lot of tv and movies I would never get to experience if I was not able to stream them to my phone during idle time at work. Hell, a lot I actually multi-task through. Also: my phablet up close my face yields a lot bigger sight cover area than my huge TV does at the distance I would sit from it.

I do like being able to watch movies and play games on my big tv. I never was crazy about the 3DS or other mobile devices. But the convenience of being able to play my games on the go and just dock them to play on the TV just can’t be beat, for me.

Mind you: I don’t play twitchy FPS games where 60 FPS make a win-or-lose difference. I don’t play things like Fortnite, but if I did, I would likely play on the PC at home and on the Switch when traveling, since that games has cross-platform progression.

Side benefit of the switch: i can be OCD about achievements, I can’t stop them from dictating how I play. The switch does not have them, and that actually makes my play throughs of games a LOT more enjoyable.

@Ralek85 I used to have tons of free time to spend in front of my TV back in the day when Fallout 3 came out, but since Skyrim game out, a bit before really, I basically have never had enough time to sit down around the TV and play a game of this depth to completion. I only managed to play Skyrim through its ending, without skipping the fun side exploration, because I was able to play it for hours in a plane or in a long drive (as a passenger, of course) and drag the game along with me anywhere I went.

That’s why I’m waiting for the Switch version of the game, so I can play it anywhere, and likely, actually get to finish the darned thing.

I don’t care about the pixel quality fidelity junk anymore, hell you might say I never did. If I cared, I would have always just spent thousands setting up expensive computers on the living room and play the always higher quality PC versions, I have always valued convenience over amazing graphics. And I think a huge amount of console players do too, else the PS4Pro and XBOneX would sell a lot more than they both do.

It’s mostly due to Starfox, but Starlink for Switch is IMO the definitive way to play the game.

I hope they manage to squeeze some other Nintendo IP goodies on Outer World. Some Metroid costume stuff maybe?

4 for GC, CV for DC, 2 for PS1

I expected it to come next year around May, honestly. No clue how I came up with that month. I’ll likely wait, this is a game I want to play without TV shackles not achievement/trophy distractions.

I might double dip and also get it on PC, I’m sure this one will be one to play multiple times, but I also have one hell of a backlog to go through, so no rush.

Many of these terms have lost their punch. Used to be AAA was only used for the top budget titles produced by any publisher. Call of Duty, Assassin’s Crees, the like.

B titles with lower budgets never had much of a label to them.

Used to be that “indie” was just a label for the garage-band kind of developed game. Nowadays it seems any studio that happens to publish stuff themselves grabs on to the label. In my mind, indie does not mean “independent” and won’t ever mean that.

Wirh current third party engines, though, even the indiest of game can look fantastic, and thanks to the current retro trend, even the biggest names are making pixel-art games.

Is THAT how we get the drift?

@Big-Pepsi, i have not asked at any point for every game to be cell-shaded cartoon fest, but the list of games you mentioned are games that looked great at their time in some of the weakest hardware available.

Good art direction does not mean "force any computer built last month to run at 15fps" nor does it mean "make everything look like Wind Waker.

I know some games were built the way they were built (something I said from the start) I just expressed I wish more devs, from the start, made their games scalable. I am actually shocked CDPR ever considered doing the Witcher 3 scale down to Switch levels, I recall seeing a lot of comments from them not being happy with having to downscale to PS4/XBO levels to begin with.

@Doktor-Mandrake that’s not what I said, Mr Lol.

I said games can be made scalable, and I said... meh you don’t care. If you did you could go read the post.

Anyways, it’s an insult for you that a game could get a low graphic settup, so I will stop, dont want to continue hurting your feelings with the idea.

@Doktor-Mandrake Im talking about Doom Ethernal, Mr Lol.

Also, a game can push the limits of modern PCs and still run on older hardware via that magic word: scalable. It’s not a new concept and given high end PCs are not the norm, all PC games already support said scalability.

@Xansies the latest wolfenstein and doom games also stretch the limits of what PCs can do, and yet we get them on the switch too.

I understand the desire to make an incredibly realistic graphical world, with all the latest graphic technics and bestest poly counts, but I wish more devs simply made fun scalable games.

Skyrim is an amazing game, but despite owning practically every version ever made (but the VR one) I only ever played the whole thing through when I got the switch version. It makes a huge difference being able to play on a bus, plane, bed, or basically anywhere.

I’m sure this story will repeat wirh Witcher III, another game I own in too many systems but never played far into.

Playing on a tv is fun, playing anywhere is best (and laptops don’t cut it.)

I am seeing a lot of the same voices that normally would call out the manipulative nature of loot boxes ruins games also bash the lawsuit as stupid, and that is very weird.

@nintendolie I had not thought about that! Now I need!

Shame it’s not coming until the end of 2020.