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I wanna be nice and assume that her writing "an extra 5,0000!" (four zeroes) was just a typo, and not an attempt to both tell the truth that she was possibly, actually offered 50,000 on top, but also just shifted the comma to make some people believe it's less at the same time.

Again, I don't really wanna assume it. Claiming anything other than it being a typo would be deep levels of conspiracy, but I DID find the idea interesting xD

My top picks aren't here. Some real good ones, but none that I'd really choose.

For example:
XC1 Ending Theme
FETH Edge of Dawn
M&L BiS In the Finale
Kirby CROWNED
XC2 Drifting Soul

@sanderev Nah. It's just as legal or illegal as dumping the games from your cartridges. You may be playing the game OFF the actual cartridge, but since it may not use the actual GameBoy firmware, which I am 99% sure would already violate Nintendo's rules by itself, it also has to circumvent the copy protection, which is also the only thing that makes dumping your own games TECHNICALLY illegal (although it really has not a single moral issue in my opinion, since you already need to own both the game and the console to dump it).
Never forget: Emulation != Piracy. You can emulate games that aren't pirated, and you can play pirated games without using emulation. The two things are fundamentally different. (Maybe you know, but I just wanted to generally state it, because SO MANY people either don't know or willingly CHOOSE to ignore that fact)
AFAIK, the actual Gameboy Firmware is the only thing that can "legally" play GameBoy games without going around the copy protection. And said firmware is just as "illegal" to copy, as are the games themselves.

So, first Sega makes a first Sonic game that actually kinda excites me, and then they ALSO make a collab with the franchise I'm a shameless diehard fanboy for?

Good move, Sega, good move.

And here we go again. As with every article regarding emulation, once again 90% of people have either no clue or don't care that emulation and piracy are two completely separate Things, that work completely independent from each other, in both directions.

You can emulate without doing piracy, and you can play pirated games without emulating them

The design itself does not look terrible, but feels kinda out of place. Kinda wish he just looked less textured and more plastic-y, like in the games. I might mind less, if every other character looked just as textured, but it just feels like Mario is unnecessarily way more detailed than all the other characters. Especially if he's side to side with a toad. Every surface of Toad just looks flat and shiney. The penguins and Bowser also have SOME normal texture to them, but none of them look quite as "rough" (in terms of ACTUAL roughness), as Mario.

Really wish they at least added the missing Online Modes. Wanna play with my Online pal in the same team, against other random Online teams. Still can't do that :/

@SolarisPolaris Exactly. I think most people have just seen the outcry when Fates had that, admittedly actually somewhat questionable "touching" mechanic with the characters, that was cut from western releases, and just assume that everything else in FE is on that same level.

@danemord I mean, it's not the first time, really. Robin and Corrin had a lot of dialogue of their own, may most of it be text only, and older Lords were always fully fledged og characters that talked. Only Byleth got the "silent protagonist" treatment, as far as I remember.

@LUIGITORNADO I honestly love it. The main character maybe not as much (don't mind them tho), but all the other characters, and especially the art style as a whole - I ADORE it!

I know it's not what the "og FE fans" fell in love with the series for, but I love it going full anime.

@Friendly I can't be 100% sure, but I'm rather certain that they initially found by chance a way to manipulate the memory sections regarding items - and then experimented with that, while inspecting the RAM/memory of the game in real time, to see what actions end up changing the values that correspond to certain items. That's usually how it's done. They likely already had a good idea, where in the memory relevant values are stored, performed the glitch that they found allows them to manipulate that certain section of memory, and then performed tons of different actions to observe which changes the values to what they want.

Through not quite the same, but similar methods, the OoT Triforce% came to be, where they have a glitch that allows them to execute their very own gamecode in real time, communicated to the system by controller inputs impossible for a regular human, allowing them to actually make a friggin romhack as they play the legit, unmodified game on a legit, unmodified console.

Why are so many ppl here like "Oh, I have Star Allies and Forgotten Land, I am fine".
Like, not wanting this game is fine, but even if it is Kirby, it's a completely different kind of game than those, lul

@Rykdrew But I think the bigger issue here is not the "doubting it with Nintendo" part, but the "immediately believing it with other companies" part. In most cases, such allegations don't come from nowhere, so I get quickly expecting the worst, but yet again, sometimes they do. I think such allegations should always be treated and received with care. And while I can't speak for others, I can certainly say that I feel this way about any company, not just Nintendo.

@RR529 @EarthboundBenjy Oh right, I forgot about that. Guess you're right!

@EarthboundBenjy The way, I understand it, not "Xenoblade" is concluded, but "Xenoblade CHRONICLES" is concluded. Leading me to believe the next installment will be "Xenoblade" + some new subtitle that introduces a new story arc.

I'm a simple man. Do I like how the track looks? Yes? Is it fun? Yes? Good. Then I don't care where it came from, what they ported it from or how few faces were used to model the course.

I do get the disappointment about Retro Tracks not getting the great remake they could have for being taken from Tour (but even then, I think MOST (definitely not all) still look great), but for the new ones or Tour exclusive ones... well, Ninja Dojo is my new favourite MK Track ever (and it already was, when I played it as a Tour exclusive), and this new one looks colorful as heck, which I also really like!

@Tangerine If you're leaving it in the wrapper for all eternity anyways, then what difference does it even make what's inside of it? I mean, for all you know, you might be THE ONE PERSON who BY MISTAKE received the ONE AND ONLY version where they actually put the DLC on a physical cartridge, without announcing it!! If you never open it, you never know for sure. It's Schrödinger's Switch game. The perfect collectors item!

(and I'm only HALF joking xD)

Since I have friends on both platforms, and I know that this is game I WILL thoroughly enjoy for multiple hundreds of hours, I actually bought both base game and expansion twice, lol. And so far, I don't regret it for a single second

As not a soulslike but a Monster Hunter fan, and a great Ys Fan, as well as a fan of the character design on the concept art, I am VEEEEERY excited for this game!

More one on one sounds like a dream. I always enjoyed the duel bossfights in the series. If this game doesn't mess up what Ys is all about, while also bringing those teased additions and not completely messing them up, this might very well shake up my "Favoutire Games of all Time" list.

@BowtieShyGuy Hard to say for now, but I'd guess so, since it should be more work for them to make sure Basegame players specifically can't claim it, than to just let you be able to.

Even if not tho, in the end those items are just a neat little bonus, not hard to craft by oneself.

@Yosher Sorry, in a time frame where updates aren't a thing yet, I of course wouldn't like that. But I was referring that thought experiment to the present, where they are. In that time, yes, I would take that. Or rather, I do. My point is still that I like games releasing a little earlier with free updates vs. releasing later so every last tiny drop is already in on release.
If it was like the big finale of the story missing, sure, that'd be even worse, but at least Nintendo never made it THAT extreme. To me, all the games where Nintendo did that approach so far felt lacking and incomplete, but they did so with and without the content updates. IMO, they are not to blame for it (although they certainly didn't help). So far, Nintendo always did this approach with ""gameplay focussed" titles where the main gameplay was made to be the dealbreaker anyway. If you didn't like it at launch, the ""withdrawn content" wouldn't make you like it either.
Here's the same thing. Strikers may feel lacking in content when it launches. But I'm sure if it does, it will most likely still do so after we get all update characters and potential small minigame modes.
It might not and I might be wrong, but I doubt it.

So, in essence my points are:
I don't mind it if games hold back RATHER NEGLECTABLE CONTENT in exchange for an earlier release with free updates. (not something like a major story climax, tbh I feel like that example came out of nowhere, sorry if I'm missing something)
I understand that others do and don't wanna fault them for thinking that way and being frustrated, I just don't get WHY they do, WHY it frustrates them, WHY it leaves a bad first impression, WHY they are so convinced that they would have liked those games better if it released 3 months later with all the updates already in there. There seems to be some rock-hard principle for them, that I just really don't feel.

I still see no bigger problem (at least with the recent Nintendo sports titles) other than with long term preservation, and since, again, I was kinda disappointed by these titles regardless of updates or not, I have a hard feeling imagining tears flowing, if those minor update contents might not be accessible 50 years in the future - which I also wanna add, if the world still functions in that time as it does today, they likely will be. We also can't get many GB games anymore, but just like ppl can already dump Switch Update data, ppl have dumped those GB games and put them online. Right now, I legit see less ppl mad about their lack of retro preservation, than about their potential future lack of Fire-Piranha-Plant in Mario Tennis Aces preservation (exaggerated example, of course)

And to end on another potentially ridiculous take to you, going back to the story climax missing example, your last question: I think, even there my answer'd be yes. I also wait months and months for my favourite anime and manga to continue. The cliff hangers are great. And while some people prefer to wait a year until all episodes/chapters are out, which is a thing and totally fair, I like to watch/read them right away, even if that leaves me with some hardcore story cliffhangers. I don't think "Bruh, how dare the author make regular smaller releases?!" I'm more like "I'm happy I was able to experience that now. I'm excited to see how it continues!".
Some might disagree, but I think that's a fair comparison, at least in context of that example.

I have my own fair share of problems with the way Nintendo does their games these days, but am I really the only one who doesn't mind the "free content updates" approach in games in general? Whilst I don't quite agree with calling games "incomplete" for getting free title updates, I do kinda get that and will accept it for now. But even then, if back then, when "games came out already completed", were asked if you wanna have the game 3 months early, but in return, will be missing some characters, courses and maybe smaller extra modes that will be added later on, would you have really said "Oh no, don't you dare lemme play that game I'm excited for right now, please artificially hold it back and only let me play it later, when everything there will ever be is already there, even though I could already play with the clear, important majority of it right now!"

I get being frustrated thinking about "incomplete releases", but if you see it that way, is it REALLY a bad thing?
I do also kinda get the "collector/preservation" viewpoint, and while I do in all events and purposes think that this concern is legit... I would go in quite ridiculous bets that there won't ever be a point in time where I'm like "OH SH*T, IT'S BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE MARIO TENNIS ACES! I STILL HAVE A WORKING SWITCH, WORKING CONTROLLERS, THE WORLD HASN'T BURNED DOWN YET AND I WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME! BUT I HAVEN'T GOT THE UPDATES ON THIS SWITCH AND THE SERVERS ARE DOWN!! I CAN'T PLAY AS FIRE PIRANHA PLANT ANYMORE!! SHEEEEEEEET!!"

@iLikeUrAttitude This one DOES have more features than the Switch Pro Controller. By a wide margin. Supposedly it lacks HD Rumble (I have but but can't exactly tell the difference), but in exchange has Gyro Controls for every game, Macro and Turbo functions that can be configured and used on the fly (pretty easily once you care to learn how to do it), on the fly sensitivity settings and some other smaller stuff. One can even download Macros online, load them onto the Controller like it's an USB stick and thus use other ppl's pre-recorded inputs in games. The manual I have for it here is kinda bonkers, lol. Not saying everyone needs those features, but I like em.

Which is not even naming my favourite feature: It being painlessly compatible with ANY gaming device (safe for PS4 which needs some workarounds).

@PhhhCough It is (I have it). Not only can you use a Switch Controller with Steam (and through that, with most things) pretty easily, but it can even switch to dedicated modes for PC (both XInput and DInput) and Smartphone. So I can happily say, this controller basically works with EVERYTHING, lol. (Maybe not out of the box with PlayStations, but there are workarounds to make even THAT work, which aren't too complicated)

@aSmilingMan An XBOX Controller with good Gyro's, Switch Button Layout, native Switch compatibility as well as native compatibility with PC and an optional BUILT-IN Gyro-to-Right-Stick option that works with ALL games. And it even got more cool gimmicks that I don't care to list right now.
Needless to say, I bought the controller and I am very happy with it. Never before have I seen a product that makes as big claims as this controller, while not hiding the (controversial to many) fact that it's a completely chinese product, yet fully deliver on what it promises. I may be fanboying, but I'm just happy cuz this is the controller I always hoped to someday exist, and now I own it!

@Chocobo_Shepherd since they'd need some big and very expensive cartridges (if those sizes even exist), very likely not

@kenyowa You DO know that Reggie is no longer working for Nintendo anymore, and Nintendo as a company hasn't dabbled with blockchain/NFT AT ALL so far? Not saying they nevver will, and Nintendo got their own sh*t that can be criticized, but that comment really makes no sense xD

@AW1Long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4DqEOAUJg4 It's imitating a DS in this video, but I can say with certainty that the same would be possible with a 3- or maybe rather 2DS

@SwitchForce Certainly a real issue for many. But not for me. I NEVER ever wanted to sell any of my games (except TECHNICALLY once where I took a GameStop "trade in 2 games, get new blockbuster game for 10 bucks" offer). And as far as sharing with family members goes - my bro has my account on his Switch. As long as I'm not playing my (digital) games, he can.

@Bunkerneath Yo, off-topic question: What game is your profile picture from? Never seen it, but it looks sick!

@Topic: I've actually gotten a lot more comfortable with buying digital games lately. And with comfortable, I mean COMFORTABLE. As in, in my mind I'd still prefer getting most of those physically, but often enough I am so much of a lazy ***** that I'd rather just get them downloaded. But with games of series I REALLY care about and already know I'll love them (like MHRise, or upcoming Kirby AtfL), I'm still buying those physical.

@Not_Soos Some ppl explained it, but I feel like explaining it again in more detail:
Emulating itself isn't illegal, and in no way equals, or requires piracy. In practice it usually does, but that's solely on the individual user. The alternative to piracy would be hacking your Switch, and dumping your own purchased games into ROMs that you can play with your emulator. Which, if one digs deep, yes, is also illegal. At least in most states. But whilst that is true, that method still doesn't really hurt Nintendo in any way, since you need to have purchased both the game and a Nintendo Switch to really do that, meaning that there is no money they're missing out on. Only if you then go ahead and share the ROM you dumped online, then it actually becomes piracy again. (which is also the way how most ROMs somewhere along the line appeared on the internet to begin with) So basically, there is practically no truly LEGAL way of emulating a copyrighted game, but some that do not involve piracy or stripping the publisher of any money.

@fighting_game_player Not exactly, but if you really want all available cosmetic DLCs, they release some packs on the eShop that bundle each released wave of that cosmetic DLC up.

@Zimon Great news, then. In summer, you can pay to probably about double the number of monsters, equipment and almost anything else in the game. That's what the expansion MHRise Sunbreak is about

@blindsquarel I mean, yeah, you're not wrong, the price may be pretty high for that. Maybe for some people it might be worth it, if they really love that voice and want to enjoy it for the multiple hundreds of hours that you can easily spend in this game. But since this still doesn't give the player any advantage over others and is nothing that is actively thrown in your face more often than a few times now that it just released, I don't think it's anything scandalous to a point where they'd need "a free pass on this", lol

@Royalblues I imagine your face when the Nintendo president said that Switch is now only in the middle of it's planned lifecycle xD (no offense, reading that comment after he made that statement just kinda brings a dumb little chuckle to my face)

Personally, I can fully see where you're coming from, although I would be fully fine if Nintendo just actually gave us a beefier Switch model. I do not even care about 4k or stuff like that, but at least a model that can run all the games in a stable 60 FPS and maybe 1440p. Although if they do release a beefier, more expensive model that is not 4k (which I somehow doubt it would be), then at least 1440p 60Hz (or maybe even 144Hz?) sounds reasonabe enough?

@RGB87 I mean, if in doubt, I certainly know that Germany gets a physical release (it can already be pre-ordered on Amazon). And that will certainly have english language (in fact, I'm not even sure it it's translated to german? Judging by Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon, it might be JUST english, lol)

@MysticX I mean, I'm also all against NFT's and agree that they are a pyramid scheme, but at least the "value" arguement doesn't quite work in my understanding. After all, if we see actual money for just what it is - paper, or little coins made of cheap metal - then they aren't worth particulary much either. (especially if it is, in some cases, just the number on our digital bank account, with no physical money neccessarily attached to it).

I personally don't think cryptocurrency would be so bad, if there was no environmental impact. And some ppl claim there are already technologies that reduce that impact to a non-bearable degree. Idk if that's true.

NFT's however are just dumb. As a "currency"(/ investment), they're not required when the regular cryptocurrency is already a thing. As a certificate of ownership, they currently don't make any sense as you don't actually own anything other than a recipe. It doesn't give you any rights to your ""property"" that anyone cares about.
All it is is a pyramid scheme, and/or people wanting to make you pay for what you really have no reason paying for. (some of 'em legit wanna make NFT's for colours, promising that you would "get a share of money whenever someone commercially uses that color", which, obviously, doesn't work like that)

These deals honestly seem pretty great! Too bad I already bought all the games I care about in there individally

Consider me interested! Never REALLY dabbled in any Battle Royale (like 2 rounds of Fortnite, but I hate shooters, and some Tetris 99 lol), but I'm a sucker for MHA and Anime in general, so this might be for me

@Rayquaza2510 Exactly. That's why I wrote "ever so slightly". In comparison to specifically Monster Hunter World.

Me coming in with my hot but honest take: To me, Rise PC looks better than World. World may be graphically more intense and realistic, but I don't necessarily like realistic. With "realistic" usually come at least somewhat more muted colors, and I don't give a damn about things looking "mature" or "realistic". If I ever crave that, the real world offers enough of that for me. If I could choose on my own selfish taste, almost every game would be cel-shaded. I just love the clean, colorful anime-like look that I can't get by looking outta the window, and Rise is ever so slightly closer to that.

Pyra&Mythra definitely needed a little nerf.
Still, I am sad that my Pyra Up-B Shenanigans might be even more risky now xD

@Sunface It surely is no touchscreen. As, even if it was, I am 99% sure it wouldn't work, since you're practically playing in Docked mode, in which the touchscreen normally wouldn't be accessible and thus it's functions would have no business being activated.

@Varkster I mean, in older games (maybe even in Rise? idk), there actually was a skill that did exactly that. At least for certain small monsters (those that were afraid of fire, as the skill both in description and application basically simulated you holding a torch)

So Bowser attacked Bowser's company, only for Bowser to win in then end.

Isn't the Joy-Con Drift caused by dust/dirt getting into the Joystick through that completely stupid rubber flap that covers a hole right inside?
Unless I'm mistaken there, this minigame might wreck the sticks in it's own right, but shouldn't really be a higher risk for Joy-Con drift (at least the sort that the entire internet constantly talks about)

As everyone praises the other games, let me be the one to praise One Step from Eden.

If you liked Mega Man Battle Network's gameplay, or are simply up for a quick, rougelite, really skill-dependend challenge, this might be for you!

@Krisi I think the problem lies with how one sees those games. You seem to expect them to be fun when played just like console games. But they AREN'T alternatives to console games, and I really don't think they are meant to be.
As a hardcore gaming experience the f2p model surely sucks. And if you play it like that, multiple hours on end, forcing yourself through grinding, that can hardly be enjoyable, I agree. But if you take it for what it is - a MOBILE game meant to be brought up every now and then - at least I find it as a very pleasing and enjoyable experience I wouldn't wanna miss. Then you will get a "constantly new experience", since those tracks that can otherwise become stale quickly rotate every week, the f2p gacha gives you new characters to experience every now and then, and with those characters also come completely new items to shake up gameplay.

Same thing for FE Heroes and all the others. I enjoy them, since I do not see them as a competitor for console games, but rather as a addition. I don't play FEH when I would otherwise play FETH. I don't play MKT when I'd otherwise play MK8D. I play them when I am lazy sitting on my couch and feel like sinking a few minutes into a leightweight MK/FE experience before going on with my day. And for that I love them. This way of playing them is supported by the fact that all of those games reward you, not for playing hours on end, but with daily rewards for stepping in every now and then. Considering things like that, I think it's pretty obvious how they're meant to be played. And playing them that way might drastically change your perspective

@AlexSora89 Wasn't that specific case just about some network issues that weren't related to the game itself? (which is bad enough, but wouldn't give any credit to your point made)

@Krisi Well, Genshin Impact is that kind of game and it gave me many hours of free fun that didn't feel like I wasted my time away. Do I like mtx? Partially yes. Do I like gacha? Yes. Do I loke those two combined into gambling? No. Was there content I would've loved to enjoy but couldn't because they were locked behind such gambling? Yes.
Still, I had lots of enjoyment without paying anything.
Mario Kart Tour, Fire Emblem Heroes, Dragalia Lost, they all do that gambling thing where I absolutely understand and support criticizing it. But all of these games brought me lots of great times without spending a penny. Don't blame mobile games, blame abusement of gambling. Mario Kart Tour does have some really fun gameplay (I am not saying more fun than console releases, but fun). But 90% of players don't even give it a chance, cuz they act like some admittedly ridiculous micro transactions disable them to have fun with what you are given for free.