Shovel Knight is a game I keep expecting to be able to get on sale for like 5 bucks but I never seem to see it go down. Instead more games and subtitles get added and now I'm not even sure what I wanted to buy in the first place.
I would have rather had this game then Kart to be honest. But I won't be buying it because I know without NSO it's going to be a worthless game for me personally.
Kart is the same tbh for me. I haven't played it since week 1.
This is not a high resolution or extreme texture game. Id this is the best they can do... Yikes.
I've said a bunch that I'm fine with stable rates as low as 24fps as long as it doesn't ever drop further down and has a clean resolution. This doesn't a accomplish any of my target goals. It's all negative and no positive.
I really liked the demo, but learning it's short and there's no team up levels makes me sad. It feels one dimensional but unique in two overlapping genres I like, Turtles and tactics.
@garfreek The price doesn't include the NSO subscription you have to pay to keep access to the game. So in honesty any online game is the most expensive game on the system.
You get a physical card that can malfunction or fail. It still requires a game not be delisted. It further more is harmful to the environment because it's wasted resources on something that doesn't work without Internet infrastructure. It also requires you spend money on additional media card space if you want to have many games or simply want to ensure that the system dying won't take your games with it.
In short there's only one benefit to GKCs over digital and it's one that few people will use, and that's resell value. But supply and demand says it is unlikely the value will remain.
I could work for this website. I articulated the same thoughts while playing the game. This is the absolute best map I have ever used in a game because it orients you so well. If this game didn't allow you to snap zoom back into the game from the map, it would have been a frustrating disaster of a game.
The map alone raised the score of the game by at least 10 points.
The game is too slow for an adventure game. And too fast for an RPG. It has potential. But it feels Terrible wanting to run up to an enemy and taking 2 times longer to get into sword range.
A year to two years ago (ish) games were getting cancelled and everyone was being fired and AI was being forced on all the programmers. This is causing a major gap to occur. You can see it with all platforms. The games are vanishing because the corpos have taken away all the resources and are batting down the hatches for the economic collapse of the West, so they can come out on the other side with record profits. This is what we all get for putting the worst people alive in charge of everything.
They are throwing quality games in the trash and the only stuff coming out is Indies and tent poles for the near future.
Nintendo will be the exception to the rule going forward... So expect every partner showcase to be a bunch of remakes and tiny games for the next 3 years.
Games never used to do that. I feel like caring about this is like saying the animated Aladdin film is worse than the live action because graphics are more important.
I just don't see why everyone is obsessed with an artificial number. Can you enjoy the game at 30 60 or 120 fps? That's down to gameplay and story.
This actually looked like the most interesting game in the direct. I mean the twist is so apparently obviously, but it felt like a good take on Eternal Darkness and that's exciting.
Not much really exciting to me. I think we all have to laugh at it when they included building a campfire. That feels like a joke.
I am getting Madden just because I haven't bought a football game in 20 years and while I don't want to give them money I do want to refresh just because my 360 is probably going to die.
Like all these showcases, there's probably something for most people but nothing is going to please everyone.
He's finally back, the leader of the bunch, to make plastic waste that will be brake down. To show the geeks who's the nerd in this town! DK! Donkey Kong! DK, Donkey Kong is gone!
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Re: Nintendo Download: 21st August (North America)
@OctolingKing13 The good news is you can reuse this comment for most of the games.
Re: Metroid Prime 4 Rating Spotted On Nintendo's Website
If Metroid isn't out for December, I think it is going to be a blue Christmas.
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza's Dig Button Placement Is All Thanks To Miyamoto
The man can be wrong.
Re: Best Retro Throwback Nintendo Switch Games - Modern Games With Old-School Style
Shovel Knight is a game I keep expecting to be able to get on sale for like 5 bucks but I never seem to see it go down. Instead more games and subtitles get added and now I'm not even sure what I wanted to buy in the first place.
Re: Official Box Art For Kirby Air Riders Revealed, Price And File Size Confirmed
Wake me up when it's 20 dollars or it's 2002 again.
Re: Preview: Sakurai's Kirby Air Riders Is A Kaleidoscopic Adrenaline Rush
@NintonicGamer I think that depends on if you have close friends that you can game with.
Re: Atari Announces Bubsy 4D From 'Demon Turf' Developer Fabraz
I have always said that what needs to be remade are the disasters, not the successes. So I approve this.
Re: Kirby Air Riders Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
Great direct and looks good but I won't be buying it because I learned my lesson about how little multiplayer games do for someone like me.
Re: Round Up: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 - Every Switch 1 & 2 Announcement & Trailer
Pretty meh. Not much gameplay and most of it looks like expensive AAA slop.
Re: Kirby Air Riders Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
I would have rather had this game then Kart to be honest. But I won't be buying it because I know without NSO it's going to be a worthless game for me personally.
Kart is the same tbh for me. I haven't played it since week 1.
Re: Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO Switch And Switch 2 Performance & Resolution Detailed
That's absolutely pathetic.
This is not a high resolution or extreme texture game. Id this is the best they can do... Yikes.
I've said a bunch that I'm fine with stable rates as low as 24fps as long as it doesn't ever drop further down and has a clean resolution. This doesn't a accomplish any of my target goals. It's all negative and no positive.
Re: Feature: 32 Games We're Dying To See On Switch 2
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Re: Feature: 32 Games We're Dying To See On Switch 2
FTL is one of my favorite games of all time. I wish there was more.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (16th August)
I can tell you I am not playing Madden.
Re: Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown (Switch) - A Rad Turn-Based Brawler Blend
I really liked the demo, but learning it's short and there's no team up levels makes me sad. It feels one dimensional but unique in two overlapping genres I like, Turtles and tactics.
Still chasing the nostalgia of Turtles in Time.
Re: The Legend Of Zelda Movie's Official Social Media Account Goes Live
If I had social media I'd be flooding it with requests to cancel the film and make an animated film with Ghibli instead. Just hand them the keys.
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting The Switch 2's Next Exclusive 'Drag x Drive'?
@garfreek The price doesn't include the NSO subscription you have to pay to keep access to the game. So in honesty any online game is the most expensive game on the system.
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting The Switch 2's Next Exclusive 'Drag x Drive'?
Nope. I don't pay for online games.
Re: Review: Chillin' By The Fire (Switch 2) - Novel Camera Integration, But Won't Set Your World Alight
This game looks like it should be 2 dollars maximum.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (9th August)
I love whomever is playing Illusion of Gaia.
Re: Review: EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 (Switch 2) - EA's Gridiron Series Finally Plays Ball On A Switch Console
@Charlirnie As of right now? Never. They have no announced plans to bring anything but this Madden and the soccer game.
Re: Review: EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 (Switch 2) - EA's Gridiron Series Finally Plays Ball On A Switch Console
@outsider83 That's a safe bet. They don't seem happy with anything Nintendo.
Re: Review: EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 (Switch 2) - EA's Gridiron Series Finally Plays Ball On A Switch Console
Never forget that 2k was making a better product and they bought exclusive rights to the NFL and killed competition. They should never be forgiven.
Re: Review: EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 (Switch 2) - EA's Gridiron Series Finally Plays Ball On A Switch Console
Shame about that GKC. Oh well. Now I can continue to not support this evil company. Haven't bought a game from them since Sim City.
Re: Cronos: The New Dawn Gets A Deep Dive Trailer, And It's Looking Awesome
I was going to get this til I saw that white box at the bottom.
It looked like Eternal Darkness mashed with dead space and time travel and that sounds like a delight.
Re: Review: 8BitDo Pro 3 Bluetooth Controller - TMR Sticks And Hall Effect Triggers Elevate This Switch 2-Compatible Pad
@SpaceboyScreams This is the biggest sin of the Switch imo.
Re: Review: 8BitDo Pro 3 Bluetooth Controller - TMR Sticks And Hall Effect Triggers Elevate This Switch 2-Compatible Pad
Blasphemy to use a PlayStation style controller on a Nintendo system.
Re: Nintendo Sends Out Second Game-Key Card & Physical Game Survey
No good changes ever happen.
Re: Nintendo Sends Out Second Game-Key Card & Physical Game Survey
@Ooccoo_Jr We are all affected now.
We are given no option but to get a crap product. I have had no choice but to not buy games I want.
Re: Nintendo Sends Out Second Game-Key Card & Physical Game Survey
@Ooccoo_Jr That's simply not the case. There's thousands of lost games.
Re: Nintendo Sends Out Second Game-Key Card & Physical Game Survey
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Re: Nintendo Sends Out Second Game-Key Card & Physical Game Survey
@Ooccoo_Jr It's the worst of both worlds.
You get a physical card that can malfunction or fail. It still requires a game not be delisted. It further more is harmful to the environment because it's wasted resources on something that doesn't work without Internet infrastructure. It also requires you spend money on additional media card space if you want to have many games or simply want to ensure that the system dying won't take your games with it.
In short there's only one benefit to GKCs over digital and it's one that few people will use, and that's resell value. But supply and demand says it is unlikely the value will remain.
Re: Nintendo Sends Out Second Game-Key Card & Physical Game Survey
Notice, they do not use the term game key cards. They are dancing around this. This survey is being done to try and rubber stamp their decisions.
Re: Nintendo Sends Out Second Game-Key Card & Physical Game Survey
Please,do not roll over. Tell them to keep physical games alive.
Re: Rumour: Three Games Were Pulled From Nintendo's Direct Partner Showcase, According To Veteran Games Journalist
My sources say they were an exclusive Dark Souls, GTA9 and Hollow Knight.
They also were going to tell us tomorrow's lottery numbers.
Re: Opinion: Donkey Kong Bananza's Delightful World Map Is Another Nintendo Banger
I could work for this website. I articulated the same thoughts while playing the game. This is the absolute best map I have ever used in a game because it orients you so well. If this game didn't allow you to snap zoom back into the game from the map, it would have been a frustrating disaster of a game.
The map alone raised the score of the game by at least 10 points.
Re: Hands On: Forget The Name, Square Enix's New Action RPG Is A Lovely HD-2D Take On SNES-Era Zelda
The game is too slow for an adventure game. And too fast for an RPG. It has potential. But it feels Terrible wanting to run up to an enemy and taking 2 times longer to get into sword range.
Re: Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Gets Proper Physical Release On Switch 2
90 dollars?!?
No thanks.
Re: EA Doesn't Currently Have Plans To Bring Battlefield 6 To Switch 2
@EVIL-C If Madden sells well, then maybe they might.
Re: EA Doesn't Currently Have Plans To Bring Battlefield 6 To Switch 2
EA, when was the last time they made something good?
Re: Octopath 0 Is A Game-Key Card On Switch 2, And Square Enix Has "No Plans" For A Switch 1 Upgrade Option
Hi Square, no physical game then no purchase. Bye!
Re: Surprise! Bloober Team Is Bringing Sci-Fi Scares To Switch 2 With 'Cronos: The New Dawn'
@gusz I prefer it. 24 fps is what movies are, that's all that's necessary.
I don't remember anyone complaining that Spider-verse was even fewer fps.
Re: Reaction: Switch 2 Needed A Partner Showcase With Pep; This Wasn't It
This is just because the industry is contracting.
A year to two years ago (ish) games were getting cancelled and everyone was being fired and AI was being forced on all the programmers. This is causing a major gap to occur. You can see it with all platforms. The games are vanishing because the corpos have taken away all the resources and are batting down the hatches for the economic collapse of the West, so they can come out on the other side with record profits. This is what we all get for putting the worst people alive in charge of everything.
They are throwing quality games in the trash and the only stuff coming out is Indies and tent poles for the near future.
Nintendo will be the exception to the rule going forward... So expect every partner showcase to be a bunch of remakes and tiny games for the next 3 years.
Re: Surprise! Bloober Team Is Bringing Sci-Fi Scares To Switch 2 With 'Cronos: The New Dawn'
@gusz Honestly, what does it matter?
Games never used to do that. I feel like caring about this is like saying the animated Aladdin film is worse than the live action because graphics are more important.
I just don't see why everyone is obsessed with an artificial number. Can you enjoy the game at 30 60 or 120 fps? That's down to gameplay and story.
Re: Surprise! Bloober Team Is Bringing Sci-Fi Scares To Switch 2 With 'Cronos: The New Dawn'
This actually looked like the most interesting game in the direct. I mean the twist is so apparently obviously, but it felt like a good take on Eternal Darkness and that's exciting.
Re: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase July 2025: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
@McMongoose Pinkerton for life.
Re: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase July 2025: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
Not much really exciting to me. I think we all have to laugh at it when they included building a campfire. That feels like a joke.
I am getting Madden just because I haven't bought a football game in 20 years and while I don't want to give them money I do want to refresh just because my 360 is probably going to die.
Like all these showcases, there's probably something for most people but nothing is going to please everyone.
Re: Random: DK Would Go Bananas For This Fan-Made Switch 2 Dock Cover
He's finally back, the leader of the bunch, to make plastic waste that will be brake down. To show the geeks who's the nerd in this town!
DK! Donkey Kong! DK, Donkey Kong is gone!
Re: Around 1 In 3 Switch 2 Owners Bought New Pro Controller Despite High Price Point (US)
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Re: Ori Dev Asks Nintendo Fans If They Want 'No Rest For The Wicked' On Switch 2
Looks good. Like Dark Diablo Souls...