As a person who personally helped fund the game though development (Again, in the credits) and though reading the links @N00BiSH has linked... I have no regrets from funding the game, double dipping on both Steam and Switch, and buying merch of the game. (Love the Fangamer Pizza Tower Cup)
My take on the situation is this, McPig/Pizza Tower Guy has an chudish online persona. Does this make him an chud IRL? I'm going to er on the side of no. I'm not excusing him of his behavior, but I will give him credit that when confronted with his past behavior, he took the L & tried to apologize. Was it enough? Eh, the mob will never accept one but what he said was better than saying nothing or doubling down.
As for stereotypes... That's basically IS the whole set design for the game. Why are people mad about the whole Native American Cheese-slimes but don't care about the literal Pig Cops or Mr Stick, the landlord that takes your money. Now if he put in something like blackface or a buck toothed Asian, that I would call them out on. I believe stereotypes, if done right, are an effective form of comedy. I believe the Pizza Tower Team have done a banger job at this, though they should retire any Native American stereotypes for their next project.
I'm not going to force you to buy and play the game @burninmylight, nor I will be the Sam-I-Am to bother you about trying this Green Eggs and Ham. Yet I wish you could just say "No sir, I do not like it" and move on with life.
Kind of biased because I'm in the credits, but it's a great game!
@N00BiSH They aren't racist, it's just Twitter being Twitter. Can't say 100% on the Indian thing, but the so called "Jewish" stereotype is more based on Mr Burns and Scourge. Poor taste, I can coincide to that, but racist? No.
Something tells me that trouble is brewing at Level-5. These consent delays are less of a "Let's let it bake a few more months to make sure it's fully done" and more of a "Nope, let's throw this out and start ALL over. If I was Nintendo, I would buy a 25% stake in the company to find out what the heck is going on to cause all this confusion and delay.
@Yalloo I'm more surprised on how cheap they were able to buy Rovio for. They were able to buy the whole company for $768 Million. For comparison, Take Two bought Zynga for almost $13 Billion.
@russell-marlow Well then, where IS this evidence? The GDC conference video for example, surely you could at least tell me what the title of it is and the timestamp of the comment made by the executive.
Also, what are the sources that AREN'T from "paid off websites"? You make it seem like it's easier to list off who isn't "paid off" than who are "paid-off".
I'm at least glad he was able to see his work be enjoyed by a whole new generation before he passed away. We don't know how he died, but I'm hoping it was at least peaceful.
@axelhander Tengen got in trouble because they were violating Nintendo's patents on the NES itself. As the patents expired in 2004, can't do ANYTHING about this.
I have a personal theory that Hoyo is saving all their energy for releasing Star Rail, Genshin, AND ZZZ in the first year of the Switch 2/Pro in a way that mimics how Epic helped the first Switch in it's first year with Fortnite.
@russell-marlow @fenlix If you could link some actual articles and/or interviews rather than waving your hands up in the air, saying "Wololo!" I MIGHT consider the idea that what Sweet Baby does is a negative and not just "They worked on game, game isn't good, thus SBI = Bad"
NGL, kind of wondering how much money this Atari has in it's war chest. Though I doubt any of these recent purchases would cost any more than 8 figures.
@RareFan I could see the trio as being the former right hand bots of Eggman/Robotnik before he created Orbbot and Cubebot. As for their roles, I can see them being minor villains whenever Eggman is busy cooking up his schemes. Something to keep Sonic busy between his regular "Save the world from Eggman/what ever pandora's box said person opened this time" activities.
@ottoecamn They really should try to fit in the current humans and "Mobians" (Which I use to describe all anthropomorphic bipedal animals like Sonic and Co) into a main line story rather than be in a youtube video. (The current explanation is that the humans live on continents while the Mobians mostly live on smaller islands.)
@Druidsbrook Kind of want to see something from Atlus, but they should have a team of lawyers ready, just in case a certain Penders tries to sue.
@FawfulDX Modding is technically illegal as laid out in "Micro Star v. FormGen Inc." in 1998. Though most companies either turn a blind eye to modding or give their blessing to allow modding, mostly for PR and financial reasons. (Legal Wack-a-Mole is VERY expensive, even to huge corporations)
@Anrei Try looking up their anti-monopoly tactics. Other than the usual "Internet Explorer VS Netscape" browser wars, I would look up "AARD Code". A fake error message used in Pre-Release versions of Windows 3.1 to fool people that the DOS they used (in this case DR-DOS) was incompatible with Windows when it actually was.
@silverdamascus You do realize that American Copyright terms are actually shorter than the rest of the world? 95 years sounds like a long time but consider that the usual standard for copyright for most of the world is "Lifetime of creator + 75 Years". So in the case of Mickey Mouse, he wouldn't be in the public domain until 2042 if the US used the world standard. Granted, ALL of Walt's works would also be put into the public domain at the same time, but still.
I feel like gaming needs a term similar how people describe the eras of Hollywood or Comic Books. "Generations" is good enough term, but sort of falls apart when when you start placing the non-mainstream consoles into the timeline (Also the lack of a concrete first and second generation doesn't help things either). The waters are murky because of how the generations overlap each other. Consider that the NES had new games being made for it until 1994 or how the PS2 kept going until 2012.
For me personally, retro is at least two to three generations old at the least.
@Sisilly_G The few Atari 2600 Games that still hold up today were from Activision. So it's all up to Xbox if they want to re-release their back catalog from before 2001.
Considering the timeframe of when the Switch 2 will launch, I would put some chips down on Mihoyo/Hoyoverse throwing it's weight on the system. I'm thinking of a parallel to June 2017 where the Switch got a boost with Fortnite launching on the Switch.
Assuming Sony doesn't have some sort of console exclusivity rights, a triple play of Zenless Zone Zero, Honkai Star Rail, AND Genshin Impact could get a good amount of players from those games to jump into the Nintendo ecosystem.
I have a hunch that Nintendo of America is still scarred from when SSBU was leaked a week early because of a Mexican retailer breaking street date. Thus because of this, whenever a retailer like Amazon or Walmart ships a game before a street date, they have to take action against them for shipping it early. My guess why it's happening now is send the message before the Switch 2 is announced to say "Play by OUR rules or you're not getting as many consoles as insert other retailer"
I have a feeling that Rovio helped soften the blow a bit. Without the Angry Birds money printer (Not as high as King or Hoyoverse, but still a money printer) I would figure Sega might of killed Relic and even Creative Assembly as well.
@Zeebor15 You're a bit mixed up. Relic made Company of War. (And Age of Empires 4). Creative Assembly is the one making Total War games.
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Re: Pizza Tower Finally Dashes Onto Switch Today
@burninmylight
As a person who personally helped fund the game though development (Again, in the credits) and though reading the links @N00BiSH has linked... I have no regrets from funding the game, double dipping on both Steam and Switch, and buying merch of the game. (Love the Fangamer Pizza Tower Cup)
My take on the situation is this, McPig/Pizza Tower Guy has an chudish online persona. Does this make him an chud IRL? I'm going to er on the side of no. I'm not excusing him of his behavior, but I will give him credit that when confronted with his past behavior, he took the L & tried to apologize. Was it enough? Eh, the mob will never accept one but what he said was better than saying nothing or doubling down.
As for stereotypes... That's basically IS the whole set design for the game. Why are people mad about the whole Native American Cheese-slimes but don't care about the literal Pig Cops or Mr Stick, the landlord that takes your money. Now if he put in something like blackface or a buck toothed Asian, that I would call them out on. I believe stereotypes, if done right, are an effective form of comedy. I believe the Pizza Tower Team have done a banger job at this, though they should retire any Native American stereotypes for their next project.
I'm not going to force you to buy and play the game @burninmylight, nor I will be the Sam-I-Am to bother you about trying this Green Eggs and Ham. Yet I wish you could just say "No sir, I do not like it" and move on with life.
Re: Level-5's 'Vision 2024' Showcase To Share Multiple Project Updates And Announce Brand New Title
Some actual release dates would be nice. Especially for games releasing outside of Japan.
Re: Pizza Tower Finally Dashes Onto Switch Today
Kind of biased because I'm in the credits, but it's a great game!
@N00BiSH They aren't racist, it's just Twitter being Twitter. Can't say 100% on the Indian thing, but the so called "Jewish" stereotype is more based on Mr Burns and Scourge. Poor taste, I can coincide to that, but racist? No.
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Movie Trailer Finally Reveals Keanu Reeves' Shadow
Can't help but feel the Keanu Reeves joke from the first movie basically guaranteed him being cast as Shadow.
Re: Round Up: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 - Every Nintendo Switch Game Reveal & Trailer
@Sonicka Wouldn't be surprised if Mihoyo has early units for the Switch 2 so that they can launch it with 6.0 or something.
Re: Round Up: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 - Every Nintendo Switch Game Reveal & Trailer
@Itachi2099 Honestly, I'm putting my chips on it being a Launch Year Title for the Switch 2.
Re: 'Tintin Reporter: Cigars Of The Pharaoh' Finally Adventures Onto Switch This October
If only it came out on the 15th/16th.
Re: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Has Been Delayed Again
Something tells me that trouble is brewing at Level-5. These consent delays are less of a "Let's let it bake a few more months to make sure it's fully done" and more of a "Nope, let's throw this out and start ALL over. If I was Nintendo, I would buy a 25% stake in the company to find out what the heck is going on to cause all this confusion and delay.
Re: Sega Profits Boosted By Angry Birds Creator Acquisition
@Yalloo I'm more surprised on how cheap they were able to buy Rovio for. They were able to buy the whole company for $768 Million. For comparison, Take Two bought Zynga for almost $13 Billion.
Re: Tales Of Kenzera: Zau Studio Is Reportedly Facing Layoffs
@russell-marlow Well then, where IS this evidence? The GDC conference video for example, surely you could at least tell me what the title of it is and the timestamp of the comment made by the executive.
Also, what are the sources that AREN'T from "paid off websites"? You make it seem like it's easier to list off who isn't "paid off" than who are "paid-off".
Re: GoldenEye 007 And Perfect Dark Artist Brett Jones Has Died
I'm at least glad he was able to see his work be enjoyed by a whole new generation before he passed away. We don't know how he died, but I'm hoping it was at least peaceful.
Re: Random: Homebrew Dev Acquires 'Tengen' Brand, Launches Unlicensed NES Game
@axelhander Tengen got in trouble because they were violating Nintendo's patents on the NES itself. As the patents expired in 2004, can't do ANYTHING about this.
Re: Zenless Zone Zero Producer Reportedly Open To Switch Successor Release
puts tinfoil hat on
Though I also think Sony has basically locked down Hoyoverse into their console ecosystem via backroom deals. But that's just me.
Re: Zenless Zone Zero Producer Reportedly Open To Switch Successor Release
I have a personal theory that Hoyo is saving all their energy for releasing Star Rail, Genshin, AND ZZZ in the first year of the Switch 2/Pro in a way that mimics how Epic helped the first Switch in it's first year with Fortnite.
Re: Tales Of Kenzera: Zau Studio Is Reportedly Facing Layoffs
@russell-marlow @fenlix If you could link some actual articles and/or interviews rather than waving your hands up in the air, saying "Wololo!" I MIGHT consider the idea that what Sweet Baby does is a negative and not just "They worked on game, game isn't good, thus SBI = Bad"
Re: Nintendo Live Suspect Admits To Threats, Blames Being A Sore Loser
Something, something, heated gamer moment.
Re: Revived Infogrames Label Acquires 'Surgeon Simulator' Franchise
@SillyG Ask Atlus.
Re: Revived Infogrames Label Acquires 'Surgeon Simulator' Franchise
NGL, kind of wondering how much money this Atari has in it's war chest. Though I doubt any of these recent purchases would cost any more than 8 figures.
Re: Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Developer Has Been Revealed
Going to be honest, there is ONE reason why Nintendo is hiding who's developing what game. That reason is Arzest.
Re: Sonic Team Open To More Characters From Comic Series Appearing In Games
@RareFan I could see the trio as being the former right hand bots of Eggman/Robotnik before he created Orbbot and Cubebot. As for their roles, I can see them being minor villains whenever Eggman is busy cooking up his schemes. Something to keep Sonic busy between his regular "Save the world from Eggman/what ever pandora's box said person opened this time" activities.
@ottoecamn They really should try to fit in the current humans and "Mobians" (Which I use to describe all anthropomorphic bipedal animals like Sonic and Co) into a main line story rather than be in a youtube video. (The current explanation is that the humans live on continents while the Mobians mostly live on smaller islands.)
@Druidsbrook Kind of want to see something from Atlus, but they should have a team of lawyers ready, just in case a certain Penders tries to sue.
Re: Nintendo Issues Multiple DMCAs On The Modding Site 'GameBanana'
@FawfulDX Modding is technically illegal as laid out in "Micro Star v. FormGen Inc." in 1998. Though most companies either turn a blind eye to modding or give their blessing to allow modding, mostly for PR and financial reasons. (Legal Wack-a-Mole is VERY expensive, even to huge corporations)
Re: Nintendo Issues Multiple DMCAs On The Modding Site 'GameBanana'
@StarryCiel May I have a source on this claim? Not saying you're lying, just need a hunch at the most.
Re: Nintendo Issues Multiple DMCAs On The Modding Site 'GameBanana'
@Anrei Try looking up their anti-monopoly tactics. Other than the usual "Internet Explorer VS Netscape" browser wars, I would look up "AARD Code". A fake error message used in Pre-Release versions of Windows 3.1 to fool people that the DOS they used (in this case DR-DOS) was incompatible with Windows when it actually was.
Re: Nintendo Issues Multiple DMCAs On The Modding Site 'GameBanana'
@silverdamascus You do realize that American Copyright terms are actually shorter than the rest of the world? 95 years sounds like a long time but consider that the usual standard for copyright for most of the world is "Lifetime of creator + 75 Years". So in the case of Mickey Mouse, he wouldn't be in the public domain until 2042 if the US used the world standard. Granted, ALL of Walt's works would also be put into the public domain at the same time, but still.
Re: Satan's Feeling Glum In Antonblast's Wonderful Opening Cutscene
@TechaNinja Going all in with the vibe of AoSTH Robotnik.
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Define 'Retro'?
I feel like gaming needs a term similar how people describe the eras of Hollywood or Comic Books. "Generations" is good enough term, but sort of falls apart when when you start placing the non-mainstream consoles into the timeline (Also the lack of a concrete first and second generation doesn't help things either). The waters are murky because of how the generations overlap each other. Consider that the NES had new games being made for it until 1994 or how the PS2 kept going until 2012.
For me personally, retro is at least two to three generations old at the least.
Re: Rumour: Leaker Hints At New Nintendo Codenames, Persona 6 On 'Switch 2', And More
@Giancarlothomaz So what, the next 3D Zelda has codename of Alphonse or something?
Re: Crash Bandicoot And Spyro Studio 'Toys For Bob' Is Now Officially Independent
@Not_Soos IIRC, they didn't shut down, they just became a satellite studio for Blizzard. Which IMHO is worse.
Re: Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand And Rights To 200+ Titles
@Sisilly_G The few Atari 2600 Games that still hold up today were from Activision. So it's all up to Xbox if they want to re-release their back catalog from before 2001.
Re: Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand And Rights To 200+ Titles
I wouldn't be surprised if they paid extra so they DIDN'T have to buy the Amico mess (to put it lightly).
Re: Mailbox: 'Switch 2' Launch Ports, Soulslikes For Beginners, Poké Parks - Nintendo Life Letters
Considering the timeframe of when the Switch 2 will launch, I would put some chips down on Mihoyo/Hoyoverse throwing it's weight on the system. I'm thinking of a parallel to June 2017 where the Switch got a boost with Fortnite launching on the Switch.
Assuming Sony doesn't have some sort of console exclusivity rights, a triple play of Zenless Zone Zero, Honkai Star Rail, AND Genshin Impact could get a good amount of players from those games to jump into the Nintendo ecosystem.
Re: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Online Pre-Orders Are Apparently Being Cancelled (US)
I have a hunch that Nintendo of America is still scarred from when SSBU was leaked a week early because of a Mexican retailer breaking street date. Thus because of this, whenever a retailer like Amazon or Walmart ships a game before a street date, they have to take action against them for shipping it early. My guess why it's happening now is send the message before the Switch 2 is announced to say "Play by OUR rules or you're not getting as many consoles as insert other retailer"
Re: Nintendo Partner Paladin Studios Closes Its Doors After "Almost 19 Years"
It's a shame, but at least they were able to close down on their own terms instead of being smited from above.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Teases DLC Character Homelander And Next Kameo Fighter
I was reading the title way too fast and thought it said "Homestar". That's a crossover that I think no one would see coming.
Re: Random: Zelda Fan Smashes PS4 In Rage As Breath Of The Wild 'Clone' Genshin Impact Is Revealed
Five years later; people want both games to be on the same platform. Oh how times changed....
Re: Fortnite's New Setting Lets You Hide "Confrontational Emotes"
I still wonder why Fortnite is bending over backwards on this. Can't they just point at the ESRB rating of Teen and call it a day?
Re: Level-5's Next Vision Showcase Delayed To Summer 2024
@DiamondJim You and me both....
Re: Antonblast Brings Explosive Wario Land-Inspired Platforming To Switch In November
@RupeeClock Speaking of, WHERE the heck IS Wario Land 4? Or even 1 & 2.
Re: Antonblast Brings Explosive Wario Land-Inspired Platforming To Switch In November
IT'S HAPPY HOUR!
Re: Keanu Reeves Will Reportedly Voice Shadow In Sonic The Hedgehog 3
@Mana_Knight I feel like if she didn't voice Tails at the mid-credits scene in the first movie, they would of cast someone else.
Re: Keanu Reeves Will Reportedly Voice Shadow In Sonic The Hedgehog 3
@NinjaNicky I mean, he WAS the Grinch in 1999. So it fits his character.
Re: Keanu Reeves Will Reportedly Voice Shadow In Sonic The Hedgehog 3
@Greatluigi If this is the case, that's one joke that's funnier in hindsight.
Re: New Crypt Of The NecroDancer DLC Update Adds Hatsune Miku
...You sure this isn't three days late?
Re: Nintendo Of America Restructuring Testing Department, Over 100 Contractor Jobs Reportedly Eliminated
@GarlicGuzzler I think it's QA for Nintendo published games, not games submitted to the Eshop.
Re: Sega Sells Relic Entertainment And Announces Layoffs Across Multiple Teams
I have a feeling that Rovio helped soften the blow a bit. Without the Angry Birds money printer (Not as high as King or Hoyoverse, but still a money printer) I would figure Sega might of killed Relic and even Creative Assembly as well.
@Zeebor15 You're a bit mixed up. Relic made Company of War. (And Age of Empires 4). Creative Assembly is the one making Total War games.
Re: Metroid For NES Could Be Inducted Into The Video Game Hall Of Fame
@mystman12 Username checks out.
Re: Random: New Zealand Celebrates Its Games Industry With Awesome Stamps
Bloons is Kiwi made? Today I learned.
Re: Metroid For NES Could Be Inducted Into The Video Game Hall Of Fame
Going to buck the trend and go with Neopets. Especially considering they're doing a whole event with their 25th later this year.
Re: Switch Emulator Yuzu To Pay $2.4 Million To Nintendo & Cease Development
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Re: Switch Emulator Yuzu To Pay $2.4 Million To Nintendo & Cease Development
Maybe you shouldn't of asked for money for your emulator. Plain and simple.