@Striker21 Nothing is remotely true about what you said. Nintendo accounts are not the total base of players. Kids aren't playing on PlayStation and Xbox as much as you think.
@MrStark You have no understanding on how business works. Maximizing profit is essential for a healthy business. If that constitutes as "greed", then it is morally justified.
@KociolekDoSyta Do you want to go back to having only part of the game on cartridge and downloading the rest online? You can't even resell that, unlike Game Key Cards.
@SykoMuffin Care to define "anti consumer crap" if you so dare? I suspect you've been misled with false information. It's stupid to not buy a Switch 2 with a rationale that's based on falsehood.
@JordanMiddler Jordan, your reasons of disliking this remake are VERY petty if you liked the originals. You want them pixels? Then go play the originals and shut your whining about BDSP not having them!
@TotalHenshin Don't be so closed-minded. The NP podcast had lots of fabulous insight on first and third-party games, and also gave some spotlight to some lesser-known games.
@Kyloctopus @NinChocolate @Greenmanalishi @swoose @AX-7 Having opposition for the sake of opposition will result in a far worse outcome. And as for claiming how "corporate" it was, it was no more offensive at advertising and PR than Nintendo Directs were, so I find this a non-issue. Again, the interviews and other insights made the experience worthwhile.
It's a shame the podcast is going away, hopefully we'll see a successor of some sort.
@Vil 1) The N64 games work much better than they originally were at launch 2) Most Switch online games work quite well, only Smash currently has issues 3) Mario RPG needs Square's permission to get the game on NSO since they co-own the copyright to the game and exclusively own its original characters. It's a legit excuse, whether you like it or not.
Instead of whining, why don't you try out the games offered? As I've said above, try opening your tastes.
@Dr_Luigi 's comment is a good refutation of the original post by @Silly_G. It's quite disingenuous to compare FIFA with Just Dance and Picross. While the gameplay of the latter two remain the same, the respective songs and puzzles themselves are totally different, resulting in an overall different experience compared to past entries. This alone does not make things "more of the same" as @Silly_G claims; you can buy a previous version of Just Dance or Picross and have an overall different experience as a result. The same CANNOT be said of FIFA's roster updates, especially considering that the versions on other platforms have features not seen on the Switch version. You can actually just buy a previous version of FIFA and not lose anything gameplay-wise.
Mario Strikers: Battle League at least didn't have other versions to compare to and is itself a complete game (and is thus not overpriced). As long as the other versions for FIFA exist, you can't compare that game to the Switch's FIFA Legacy Editions.
@Silly_G There have already been sequels, they're just without the Pokémon. One of them was even a minigame in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
To be honest I'd rather just see a new entry be based on an actual Nintendo game IP, maybe even crossover of some sort (Super Smash Bros. Puzzle League, anyone?). The Pokémon anime has lost its touch and its vision for a long time now.
@link3710 My Life as a Teenage Robot didn't do so well when it aired, and that unfortunately hurts her chances compared to plenty of other Nick characters. Then again, Zim is in the game despite also in a state of great reception but low TV ratings.
@Rykdrew Since you're a fan of traditional fighting games but disliked Brawl and Brawlhalla, I doubt NASB will be any good for you, since the aforementioned games are excellent at what they're intended to do, while NASB is filled with jank that ruins its gameplay.
I think you're just not cut out for platform fighting games. No offense intended, it's just that your heart is set on traditional fighters, and that's okay. Continue playing those if that's what you prefer.
Kate seems really inconsistent on whether to count spinoffs or not. It doesn't make sense to use spinoffs for Kirby and Animal Crossing yet not do the same for Mario and Pokémon.
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Re: Switch 2 Sells Over 10 Million Units, Nintendo Increases Forecast Even Further
@Striker21 Nothing is remotely true about what you said. Nintendo accounts are not the total base of players. Kids aren't playing on PlayStation and Xbox as much as you think.
Game Pass has lost Microsoft money.
Re: Switch 2 Sells Over 10 Million Units, Nintendo Increases Forecast Even Further
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Re: Switch 2 Sells Over 10 Million Units, Nintendo Increases Forecast Even Further
@MrStark You have no understanding on how business works. Maximizing profit is essential for a healthy business. If that constitutes as "greed", then it is morally justified.
Re: Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games - Every First-Party Title To Pass One Million Sales
"If the pair had kept the original's pixel art aesthetic, maybe we'd be a little more sold on them."
Quit being blinded by nostalgia, @JimNorman
P.S. And go to X
Re: Switch 2 Sells Over 10 Million Units, Nintendo Increases Forecast Even Further
@Striker21 You'd make a terrible businessman. Stay away from punditry.
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Re: Nintendo Reportedly Increases Switch 2 Production To 25 Million Units For Year 1
@jsty3105 People fail to understand what business is
Re: Nintendo Reportedly Increases Switch 2 Production To 25 Million Units For Year 1
@KociolekDoSyta Do you want to go back to having only part of the game on cartridge and downloading the rest online? You can't even resell that, unlike Game Key Cards.
Re: Nintendo Reportedly Increases Switch 2 Production To 25 Million Units For Year 1
@SykoMuffin Care to define "anti consumer crap" if you so dare? I suspect you've been misled with false information. It's stupid to not buy a Switch 2 with a rationale that's based on falsehood.
Re: Best Nintendo Franchises
@FatWormBlowsASparky It wasn't solely a U.S. thing. It provided a video game boom in other markets as well.
Re: Japanese Charts: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Can't Compete With Mario Kart World
lol, some people are not taking Sonic's sales very well here.
Re: Switch 2 Has Sold "More Than 6 Million" Units, And Almost As Many Copies Of Mario Kart World
@jojobar How so? Can you tell me the attach rate for each third-party game?
Re: Switch 2 Has Sold "More Than 6 Million" Units, And Almost As Many Copies Of Mario Kart World
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Re: Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games - Every First-Party Title To Pass One Million Sales
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Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of June 2024
@JCWrites New Supes is a game that refuses to give up. Weep away, JC!
Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of June 2024
@mariomaster96 New Supes refuses to give up. Weep away!
Re: Braid: Anniversary Edition Sales Have Been "Utterly Terrible", Says Creator
@wiiware Blah, there are some 2D games that haven't aged well (Overzeal explains it well with Braid). You merely have a preference for 2D artstyles.
Re: Review: Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Switch) - One Of The Greatest Pokémon Games Ever Made
@kalosn Lose the nostalgia, Game Freak's 2D graphics were awful from a technical standpoint.
Re: Review: Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl (Switch) - A Middling Pair Of Remakes
@JordanMiddler Jordan, your reasons of disliking this remake are VERY petty if you liked the originals. You want them pixels? Then go play the originals and shut your whining about BDSP not having them!
Re: My Nintendo Store Adds Two New Super Mario Themed Items (North America)
@Handy_Man Why?
Re: Random: Waluigi Designer Shares Scrapped Character Art Of "Walpeach"
@Snatcher @PtM What's wrong with Peachette?
Re: Nintendo's Official Podcast Just Aired Its "Last Episode"
@TotalHenshin Don't be so closed-minded. The NP podcast had lots of fabulous insight on first and third-party games, and also gave some spotlight to some lesser-known games.
@Kyloctopus @NinChocolate @Greenmanalishi @swoose @AX-7 Having opposition for the sake of opposition will result in a far worse outcome. And as for claiming how "corporate" it was, it was no more offensive at advertising and PR than Nintendo Directs were, so I find this a non-issue. Again, the interviews and other insights made the experience worthwhile.
It's a shame the podcast is going away, hopefully we'll see a successor of some sort.
Re: Pokémon Studio Game Freak Is Partnering With Private Division On 'Project Bloom'
@Cashews That's never going to happen as long as TPC remains in charge of game and merchandise releases.
Re: Pokémon Studio Game Freak Is Partnering With Private Division On 'Project Bloom'
@Joker1234 Not a Pokémon fan? Legends Arceus was excellent
Re: Every First-Party Nintendo Switch Game That Has Sold Over One Million Copies
@Rykdrew Advance Wars just got released weeks ago, and the sales report only goes to the end of March. You can't declare it a flop right now.
Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of March 2023
@Sisilly_G What exactly do you want for 2D Mario? We haven't gotten an NSMB game in over a decade.
Re: Round Up: The First Impressions Of The Super Mario Bros. Movie Are In
@Impossibilium @CharlieGirl I guess movies aren't just for either you anymore...? I mean, that's how film has done things from the very start.
Re: New Pokémon Anime Stars Are Getting Their Own Manga Series
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Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online Game Boy, SNES & NES Service With Four More Titles
@Vil
1) The N64 games work much better than they originally were at launch
2) Most Switch online games work quite well, only Smash currently has issues
3) Mario RPG needs Square's permission to get the game on NSO since they co-own the copyright to the game and exclusively own its original characters. It's a legit excuse, whether you like it or not.
Instead of whining, why don't you try out the games offered? As I've said above, try opening your tastes.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online Game Boy, SNES & NES Service With Four More Titles
@dustinprewitt Open your tastes. There are people who are very fond of Side Pocket.
Re: It's Official, Total Switch Sales Have Now Surpassed The Game Boy And PS4
@KBuckley27 Why?
Re: The Nintendo Switch Has Exceeded 114 Million Units Sold
@darkswabber Ahmad says that the PS4 is at 117.2 million units sold as of March this year.
Re: Review: FIFA 23 - The Final Whistle Blows On A Legacy Of Disappointment
@Miu @sixrings
@Dr_Luigi 's comment is a good refutation of the original post by @Silly_G. It's quite disingenuous to compare FIFA with Just Dance and Picross. While the gameplay of the latter two remain the same, the respective songs and puzzles themselves are totally different, resulting in an overall different experience compared to past entries. This alone does not make things "more of the same" as @Silly_G claims; you can buy a previous version of Just Dance or Picross and have an overall different experience as a result. The same CANNOT be said of FIFA's roster updates, especially considering that the versions on other platforms have features not seen on the Switch version. You can actually just buy a previous version of FIFA and not lose anything gameplay-wise.
Mario Strikers: Battle League at least didn't have other versions to compare to and is itself a complete game (and is thus not overpriced). As long as the other versions for FIFA exist, you can't compare that game to the Switch's FIFA Legacy Editions.
Shame on everyone who agreed with @Silly_G.
Re: Review: FIFA 23 - The Final Whistle Blows On A Legacy Of Disappointment
@Dr_Luigi I think Mario Strikers: Battle League is more in line of what you want for an arcade gameplay style experience.
Re: Review: Disney Frozen: Olaf's Quest (3DS)
@Angered_Pegasus You're gonna have to eat your words, sonny
Re: Super Punch-Out!! Hidden Two-Player Mode Discovered 28 Years Later
So when do we get a tier list for Super Punch-Out?
Re: Nintendo Switch Sales Surpass 111 Million
@John_Deacon You guys were just a loud minority. Mario Strikers: Battle League's great!
Re: Nintendo Switch Sales Surpass 111 Million
@Erigen Can you think of a scenario where that happens?
Re: Video: 10 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In August 2022
@NinjaNicky Why do you believe that?
Re: Bethesda Sale Kicks Off On Switch eShop, Up To 67% Off Doom, Skyrim, Wolfenstein
@JokerCK A quality game you can take on the go. Go buy it!
Re: Random: Mario Kart 64 Nearly Had A 'No Item' Mode To Appeal To F-Zero Fans
@Rykdrew That's too bad. You missed out on a ton of splendid games.
I would also have to challenge Double Dash being faster and smoother...
Re: Random: Mario Kart 64 Nearly Had A 'No Item' Mode To Appeal To F-Zero Fans
@RupeeClock No items, Funky Kong only, Luigi Circuit. Go!
Re: Mattel Adds Pink Gold Peach To Its Mario Kart Hot Wheels Line
Pink Gold Peach sure knows how to make salt mines in people.
Re: Review: Pokémon Puzzle League - A Thrilling Puzzler And A Heavy Nostalgia Hit
@Silly_G There have already been sequels, they're just without the Pokémon. One of them was even a minigame in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
To be honest I'd rather just see a new entry be based on an actual Nintendo game IP, maybe even crossover of some sort (Super Smash Bros. Puzzle League, anyone?). The Pokémon anime has lost its touch and its vision for a long time now.
Re: Best Nintendo 64 Games
@Bearzilla823 You've missed out.
Re: Best Nintendo 64 Games
@HamatoYoshi Not even close! N64 games are as fun as ever.
Re: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Reveals Three New Characters, Jenny Available Now
@Kiwi_Unlimited NASB still has some jank that makes the gameplay flawed. Smash is still better.
Re: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Teases Character News
@link3710 My Life as a Teenage Robot didn't do so well when it aired, and that unfortunately hurts her chances compared to plenty of other Nick characters. Then again, Zim is in the game despite also in a state of great reception but low TV ratings.
Re: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Teases Character News
@Rykdrew Since you're a fan of traditional fighting games but disliked Brawl and Brawlhalla, I doubt NASB will be any good for you, since the aforementioned games are excellent at what they're intended to do, while NASB is filled with jank that ruins its gameplay.
I think you're just not cut out for platform fighting games. No offense intended, it's just that your heart is set on traditional fighters, and that's okay. Continue playing those if that's what you prefer.
Re: Feature: The Best (And Worst) Selling Games Of Nintendo's Biggest Franchises
Kate seems really inconsistent on whether to count spinoffs or not. It doesn't make sense to use spinoffs for Kirby and Animal Crossing yet not do the same for Mario and Pokémon.