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I suppose I'll just play a few more Wii and GameCube games on my Steamdeck and PC, while wondering what implications this article actually has in real life.

Best title to an article I've seen in years.

Steam let's you return a game you are not satisfied with, within a time frame. It is clear that Nintendo cannot guarantee the quality of games on its platform so they should do the same. If Rockstar saw that 90% of purchases had been returned, they would have fixed the game properly. It would make Nintendo seem like a more trustworthy brand.

They should put an F-Zero planet on the next Metroid or Star Fox game. It would be cool to crash land on a planet and get involved in racing to buy parts for your ship, a bit like in a certain space opera. I would love that. Starlink did something like this, but I didn't like Starlink, the whole game was way too repetitive.

@Sisilly_G you are right. I had two ds's and they both had issues with worn out contacts under the D pad. Never had a problem with the hinge.

@khululy I've been through two original switches and six joycon. I would consider myself a light casual gamer. The light one does look sturdier.

I hope nintendo goes back to making sturdy and durable consoles. The switch is the flimsiest handheld ever made.

@kfflscnt I don't know, I like lots of aspects about the game, just not turn based combat. I don't know why you think the creators are racist. Please don't put words into my mouth, especially inflammatory ones.

@Cashews in the last few places I've worked it's all been Google docs, for the last decade or so.

@Chaotic_Neutral "OUTERLOOP GAMES IS A MINORITY LED, FULLY DISTRIBUTED INDIE GAME STUDIO THAT CREATES ACCESSIBLE GAMES WITH DEPTH ABOUT UNDERREPRESENTED CULTURES AND THEMES" so yes you noticed the intention, which turns out to be their mission statement. You may not be the target audience! They also appear to have caps lock on.

I don't like the idea of exclusives, because you end up not playing certain games or paying too much to play them (like buying a Wii u just for Windwaker HD). Microsoft is not a monopoly on Xbox or PC gaming. They pretty much handed the PC market to valve and the browser and word/excel to Google. They are not monopolists by any stretch of the imagination.

If it was a free download, most people wouldn't bother downloading it.

Lovely art style, skate, fight and flirt with cooking sim all works for me. Interesting characters. Not into turn based games, except if it is a deck of cards, so I'll skip. Was quite disappointed when I read "turn based". Looks like a good game.

@Lyricana they changed the title of the article, it used to start with "better than dread", that has now been removed.

Aside from scalpers, large high street retailers need to stop "bundling" desirable consoles with undesirable shovelware (1-2 switch for instance lol) to hike up the price during a shortage and get rid of unsellable games.

Some ideas to inhibit scalping:
1- write the RRP on the box.
2- sell directly to customers online, using an account.
3- have enough stock
4- don't let people buy large numbers at the same address/credit card.
5- give a free game download to people who access the online shop using the same credit card used to purchase the console.

@ATaco the way it should be.

Bring back virtual console!

I was hoping for a big reveal of the joycon IR sensor being used as a light gun for switch, but this never happened. The IR controls on Wii made it the best way to play on-rail shooters and also Metroid Prime. House of the dead remake was pointless without IR controls. I still hope Prime 4 will come with a light gun of some kind.

After GTA vice city on Switch. I don't trust Rockstar to polish this prior to release.

I would like to see a Windwaker HD, Metroid Other M, with new controls and skippable cutscenes. A F-Zero or Star Fox game would be nice, even if it is a port, ahem, I mean "remaster".

I remember the original 1-2 Switch saying it is a videogame where you look at other players and not the screen. Kind of like, you don't need to own the game.

There have been two Metroid Games released for Switch, which is kind of their maximum number for a machine. The Prime 4 logo announcement looked like a statement of intent, so Samus Returns didn't get a backlash like Federation Force did. Now we have Prime Remastered, they won't release a similar type of game on Switch.

@Cashews I'm sure that shareholders would prefer they were able to make 30% on the distribution of other developers work, like they could back in the day. The money is in creating platforms people use, not ones people blow dust off when the next Zelda comes out.

@Cashews well, Nintendo lost my money, they are hardly winning. As someone who has multiple platforms, Nintendo only really gets my money on first party offerings. I had to blow the dust off my switch to play the new zelda. The real loser is Nintendo fans, paying more (losing money) for worse versions of multiplatform games.

I have quite a lot of joycon because after buying replacements for drifting and broken joycon, I found a guy who fixes broken joycon.

@FightMikes if you own and paid a lot of money for a game but you lost it, I'm not sure it is legal to download the same game off the internet to replace the lost copy. That said, I don't really see an ethical implication, seems like fair thing to do in my opinion.

You can run dolphin on steamdeck already, just install it as a non-steam application. All we are talking about here is distributing dolphin on their store.

@Jprhino84 it was not obvious to me that you have not used your handheld device undocked. I know there are 3rd party accessibility controllers and ones that can be remapped. I hope you manage to find a way to play that works for you.

While I do believe large companies can do more to support options for disabled people I can't help wondering why someone who struggles to hold things in their hands chooses to buy a "handheld"

Does it include the horse gear, like the teleporting horse thingy? I'm guessing not but I'd like that.

I got my copy yesterday at retail for 398hkd, which is about 50usd or 40gbp. Looks like I bagged a bargain. It's a great game too.

Last time I saw wall jumping in 3D like that was Other M. I'd love to see another 3rd person 3D Metroid.

I hope Nintendo is just as strict on themselves for their anti-consumer practices like region locking, deleting servers for old digital games, not fixing joycon drift properly, not honoring digital purchases on their next platform, not giving refunds when games are released with severe performance issues. I wonder how much prison time Nintendo will do for these things? Nintendo you owe me $100 because I bought Nintendo credit that only works on a Wii U and I don't have a Wii U. Your customer service said "there is nothing they can do" You are thieves!

This is what I would like to see from a Switch 2-
1-No more plastic, make it aluminium or something a bit more sturdy. All my switches have cracked.
2- eliminate drift. I'm not buying any more drifting joy-con.
3- Bring back virtual console. NSO sucks.
4- backward compatibility with OG switch.
Obviously they need to make it more powerful too

The next switch should be a phone. Lol

@SalvorHardin I disagree. NSO would solve my problem of wanting to buy old games for switch legally. They need not restart the drip feed of old games, I just want to be able to buy old games so it's better if they just sell all the games they have.

@Classic603 yes, I would be totally fine with having an optional subscription I do not choose and the option to buy as well. Perhaps that will make everyone happy. Also, selling individual games would increase the feeling of value for subscribers.

I hope the next generation goes back to virtual console. NSO sucks.

I stopped playing Metroid Prime on Steam Deck and started playing the remastered version on switch. Now I'm playing Sable and Lakeview Cabin on Steam Deck. Prime remastered is a very good game and gives me a legitimate reason not to play my old GameCube ROM.

I'd buy some of these games. Shame Metroid Fusion isn't for sale.

I got a multi language one in Hong Kong for 228hkd. Thats about 29usd or just under 25 pounds. Has some Chinese words on the box, plays in English. Actually, the box looks cool.

Seeing as you can play the trilogy on steam deck, in high resolution, with very nice controls, I wondered whether this remaster would be redundant. Turns out, the switch remaster offers significantly more value than a upscaling or AI pass on textures. It is almost like a new game. I am impressed and so glad Nintendo did the work to make it significantly better than what can be found online already.

But can we unlock the fusion suit in this version?

If you can't drive one of those bikes it's not a Tron game.

I anticipate 1-2 switch deluxe and Splatoon 4. Perhaps an amiibo for a Pikmin. Can't wait.

I had no problems with joycon drift until my joycon started to drift.

If I am to think anything about this old N64 game, at the very least, Nintendo would need to sell the game.

Ahhh virtual console and Windwaker. Sounds more appealing than the Switch.

I planned on playing Metroid Prime on Steamdeck but had guests and ended up playing overcooked on switch.