Nintendo used to operate love hotel, so it's appropriate.
"You wouldn't know the three-story stone structure—a rarity in a country that historically favors wood—is anything special if you missed the plaque that reads, "The Nintendo Playing Card Co." The windows are dark. Some cardboard boxes are visible in the second story window. You also wouldn't know that the area houses several Yakuza strongholds, unless you'd talked to the locals. The area looks safe and sleepy by Western standards."
I thought MS would be the one to do this. Just make a mini Surface tablet with slide-in controllers and called it Xbox Portable X or something with X in the title. If it's cheap enough I may even buy it to run emulators.
That's what they all said, they have their independence. If Tencent threatened to remove their funding in the future because China objects to what they did - they can only whimper and obey.
It's all due to the devil image that they used for the 3DS game. What was Nintendo thinking? You expect old granny to get excited for a DOOM based brain training game?
Nintendo is always the last in everything: Online Multiplayer, DLC, Mobile Games, Open world games (BoTW), 3d shooter (Splatoon), etc. Wait till cloud turns into rain before Nintendo says "OK, OK, lets do it."
Get the digital copy if you can. There's no need for stylus, finger works fine. Swapping cartridge everyday to play 10 mins of Brain Training is tedious, you will end up not playing it, and disappointing Dr Kawashima's floating head.
This is the first game that show off the alarm feature of the new firmware, it startled me the first time it rang. The Joycon light was blinking and vibrating.
Just buy the Japanese version, it's out since last week. It has English and all European languages.
You don't really need the stylus, finger works fine. TV mode only has 6 games, not enough to me but it's cheap. I think there will be a lot of DLC for this title.
Why didn't Nintendo made this for the mobile devices? It uses vertical screen orientation and you play daily for only 10 mins, it's perfect for the phone.
I think Metro is the only AAA game from Ukraine/Russia. Just like Witcher (from Poland) they don't really click with me. The sensibility of Eastern Europe is very different from Western Europe/USA.
The problem is: to reach 'All Games' you need to scroll all the way to the end. It's a waste of time when you want to see all your games. This is a flaw in the UI, there should be an 'All Games' button on the screen at all time.
All games can be ported to Switch. The question is how much graphic fidelity can they retained? Just like Witcher 3, a lot is downgraded, but not enough to make the game unplayable. The real obstacle is not the processor speed, but the cartridge storage.
This seems like the type of gimmick Nintendo would attempt. It's a shame Kojima is in the Sony camp, he should be joining Nintendo and making weird games.
If there's only one McDonalds in Tokyo, you will have a long queue too. Why apologised when you can open more stores? And not just in Japan but around the world.
@NullPointerExcep Season 3 felt like a film student's experimental short film. Trying too hard to be unique and bizarre, I think David Lynch has lost the plot, literally. Twin Peaks is all about that town of weird inhabitants, the final season is not even set in Twin Peaks.
Due to the trade war, Chinese government is spreading anti-foreign goods propaganda. Anything imported is bad, only their local products are good. According to the news, their phone maker Huawei is now making phones with 100% Chinese components, since US tech companies are not allowed to sell parts to them.
You will never see Xbox making an appearance in China, Nintendo had to use Tencent as a proxy to get into China's market.
This is not a finished product. Frame-rate is not stable, it lags and there's no support for touchscreen or HD Rumble.
After experiencing Pinball FX's HD Rumble implementation, Pinball just doesn't feel the same without it. Pinball FX has solid 60 fps, how can this 16 bit graphics lag even with some eye candy removed?
"It’s like Netflix; now, I’ve never done this, but I like the idea of watching a film on a big screen and then taking my mobile into the toilet and carrying on watching it."
Try spending 3.5 hrs on the toilet watching Scorsese's Irishman. "Never done this", yeah right.
Phoenix Wright: "The victim's console was running high quality Nintendo 1st party games until a month ago, Fortnite was downloaded and solely played. It proved beyond a doubt that the Switch was stolen."
Elohim (Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים [ʔɛloːˈhim]) is a word in the Hebrew Bible, which sometimes means deities in the plural, and elsewhere refers to a single deity, particularly (but not always) the Jewish God.
Shinen's devs are Assembler Masters, that's why their games are so optimized. You will never see them using Unreal or Unity, they are too good for that.
The Touryst protagonist looks like Mario (blue, red and a moustache) on purpose. This game is like a cheeky indie spin on Mario Odyssey.
Maybe they are hinting to Nintendo, to let them make a Donkey Kong shooting game.
I find that many Japanese console games in this generation runs poorly due to them using 3rd party engines. It's not saving them money using Unity/Unreal, the poor performance resulted in poor users review and therefore fewer sales.
I dare Ubisoft to port AC Unity to Switch. The 10,000 npc will fried the Tegra chip in a minute. Unity turns the PS4 into a jet plane, I can't imagine what it will do to the Switch.
They have annual competitions in Northern Europe, sometimes it's even sponsored by Intel. They code in 100% assembler, producing extraordinary small file size app that display visuals that surpassed most current games. Most of them don't rely on GPU, just pure CPU using Assembler coding.
They are the last 'descendent' of the C64/Amiga communities who still code in Assembler.
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Re: Nintendo's Old HQ Is Being Turned Into A Hotel
Nintendo used to operate love hotel, so it's appropriate.
"You wouldn't know the three-story stone structure—a rarity in a country that historically favors wood—is anything special if you missed the plaque that reads, "The Nintendo Playing Card Co." The windows are dark. Some cardboard boxes are visible in the second story window. You also wouldn't know that the area houses several Yakuza strongholds, unless you'd talked to the locals. The area looks safe and sleepy by Western standards."
From https://kotaku.com/the-nintendo-theyve-tried-to-forget-gambling-gangster-5784314
Re: Simulacra 2 Has You Unravelling The Mysterious Death Of An Influencer
Keep this influenza away from me.
Re: Review: Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch - Not Quite As Smart 14 Years On
I hope Nintendo will do Art Academy next.
Did you guys know that they still use the 3DS in the Louvre Museum?
https://www.louvre.fr/en/museum-audio-guide
Re: Alienware Reveals Switch-Like Device Capable Of Playing PC Games
I thought MS would be the one to do this. Just make a mini Surface tablet with slide-in controllers and called it Xbox Portable X or something with X in the title. If it's cheap enough I may even buy it to run emulators.
Re: PlatinumGames Receives Investment From Tencent To 'Explore Self-Publishing'
That's what they all said, they have their independence. If Tencent threatened to remove their funding in the future because China objects to what they did - they can only whimper and obey.
Re: Brain Training Switch Launch Sales In The UK "15 Times Larger" Than 3DS Predecessor
It's all due to the devil image that they used for the 3DS game. What was Nintendo thinking? You expect old granny to get excited for a DOOM based brain training game?
Re: Top Japanese Developers Vote For Their Favourite Games Of 2019
No one likes Luigi's Mansion 3? Boo.
Re: Saber Interactive "Working Hard" On An Update For The Witcher 3 On Switch
They are adding Beat Saber into Witcher 3.
Re: Ring Fit Adventure Player Shows Off His Healthy Transformation After One Month
I hope Brain Training will also helps me lose some of that fat from my brain.
Re: Shuntaro Furukawa Wants You To Know Nintendo Is "Constantly" Embracing New Technologies
I think it's because Nintendo embraced VR in the 90s and got burned badly, that's why they are so skeptical of new tech.
Now, they will wait for the tech to become mainstream before committing themselves to it fully.
Re: Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa Thinks Cloud Gaming Is "A Long Way Off"
Nintendo is always the last in everything: Online Multiplayer, DLC, Mobile Games, Open world games (BoTW), 3d shooter (Splatoon), etc. Wait till cloud turns into rain before Nintendo says "OK, OK, lets do it."
Re: Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training For Nintendo Switch Is Out Today, Here's The Launch Trailer
Get the digital copy if you can. There's no need for stylus, finger works fine. Swapping cartridge everyday to play 10 mins of Brain Training is tedious, you will end up not playing it, and disappointing Dr Kawashima's floating head.
This is the first game that show off the alarm feature of the new firmware, it startled me the first time it rang. The Joycon light was blinking and vibrating.
Re: Nintendo Reveals The 20 Most-Played Switch Games Of 2019 In Europe
Isn't there any privacy law in Europe? Nintendo is looking at user's playing hours, that's so creepy.
Re: Video: Brain Training On Switch Has A Neat Super Mario Odyssey Easter Egg
Just buy the Japanese version, it's out since last week. It has English and all European languages.
You don't really need the stylus, finger works fine. TV mode only has 6 games, not enough to me but it's cheap. I think there will be a lot of DLC for this title.
Why didn't Nintendo made this for the mobile devices? It uses vertical screen orientation and you play daily for only 10 mins, it's perfect for the phone.
Re: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's Korok Leaf Might Be More Useful Than You First Thought
Whack the chicken with the leaf and you get an egg.
Re: Nintendo Switch Version Of Metro Redux Rated By PEGI
I think Metro is the only AAA game from Ukraine/Russia. Just like Witcher (from Poland) they don't really click with me. The sensibility of Eastern Europe is very different from Western Europe/USA.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Thinks The Switch Home Menu Is A "Piece Of Crap"
The problem is: to reach 'All Games' you need to scroll all the way to the end. It's a waste of time when you want to see all your games. This is a flaw in the UI, there should be an 'All Games' button on the screen at all time.
Re: Review: Rush Rally 3 - A Cheap And Cheerful Rally Racer
GRID is the only racing game you need on Switch. Also, watching Ford v Ferrari will make the game more enjoyable.
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Contains A Nintendo Switch Controller Image
All games can be ported to Switch. The question is how much graphic fidelity can they retained? Just like Witcher 3, a lot is downgraded, but not enough to make the game unplayable. The real obstacle is not the processor speed, but the cartridge storage.
Re: Feature: 2010-2019 - Nintendo's Decade In Review
No mention of LABO, I guess cardboard is forgettable material. No Ring-fit either? Come on, it's only a couple months ago how can you forget?
Re: Random: Hideo Kojima Wanted Konami's GBA Title Boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hand To Detect Garlic Breath
This seems like the type of gimmick Nintendo would attempt. It's a shame Kojima is in the Sony camp, he should be joining Nintendo and making weird games.
Re: Nintendo Tokyo Store "Sorry To Keep Customers" Waiting In Line For So Long
If there's only one McDonalds in Tokyo, you will have a long queue too. Why apologised when you can open more stores? And not just in Japan but around the world.
Re: Feature: Prepare To Meet The Light! Where Is Kid Icarus: Uprising On Switch?
You guys will have to wait until 2033 to play this game. That's 21 years from 2012.
Re: Port Specialist Saber Interactive Is Working On New Games For Nintendo Switch
We need some Call of Duty or Battlefield nonsense on Switch. Activision and EA, where is your trash?
Re: Best Of 2019: How David Lynch’s Twin Peaks Influenced The Legend Of Zelda Series
@NullPointerExcep Season 3 felt like a film student's experimental short film. Trying too hard to be unique and bizarre, I think David Lynch has lost the plot, literally. Twin Peaks is all about that town of weird inhabitants, the final season is not even set in Twin Peaks.
Re: Best Of 2019: How David Lynch’s Twin Peaks Influenced The Legend Of Zelda Series
So who inspired that gay house builder in BotW? He is hilarious.
Re: Random: "Yahoo!" Is No Longer A Problem For The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening
I registered a company's name: Yes™, now everyone has to pay me money if they use the name in any commercial media.
Re: Feature: The Most Jaw-Dropping Nintendo Switch Ports Of 2019
Alien Isolation should be number 1. The Switch port looks better than the PS4 version.
Funny how all 3 exclusive Xbox games are in this list. MS sure loves Switch.
Re: Boob-Filled Borefest Or Game Of Thrones Successor? Reviews For Netflix's Witcher Series Are In
Do they have the Santa Claus's baby ghost episode in the series?
Re: Random: Chinese Retailer Tries To Blame Switch Joy-Con Drift On Foreign Games
Due to the trade war, Chinese government is spreading anti-foreign goods propaganda. Anything imported is bad, only their local products are good. According to the news, their phone maker Huawei is now making phones with 100% Chinese components, since US tech companies are not allowed to sell parts to them.
You will never see Xbox making an appearance in China, Nintendo had to use Tencent as a proxy to get into China's market.
Re: Review: Demon's Tilt - A Worthy Successor To Devil's Crush
This is not a finished product. Frame-rate is not stable, it lags and there's no support for touchscreen or HD Rumble.
After experiencing Pinball FX's HD Rumble implementation, Pinball just doesn't feel the same without it. Pinball FX has solid 60 fps, how can this 16 bit graphics lag even with some eye candy removed?
Re: Best Of 2019: Peter Molyneux On Never Underestimating Nintendo, And Why Switch Is His Dream Console
"It’s like Netflix; now, I’ve never done this, but I like the idea of watching a film on a big screen and then taking my mobile into the toilet and carrying on watching it."
Try spending 3.5 hrs on the toilet watching Scorsese's Irishman. "Never done this", yeah right.
Re: Random: Nintendo Posts 30-Minute Video Of Someone Playing Switch By A Fire And Making A Sandwich
None of you get it.
This ad is to show that unlike other consoles, you can play a game in front of the fireplace - warm and cozy during the holiday season.
Re: Nintendo Switch's Online Activity Leads To Break In Murder Case Mystery
Phoenix Wright: "The victim's console was running high quality Nintendo 1st party games until a month ago, Fortnite was downloaded and solely played. It proved beyond a doubt that the Switch was stolen."
Re: Review: The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition - Still A Fine First-Person Puzzler Five Years On
Elohim (Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים [ʔɛloːˈhim]) is a word in the Hebrew Bible, which sometimes means deities in the plural, and elsewhere refers to a single deity, particularly (but not always) the Jewish God.
Seems like this game is not halal.
Re: Former Nintendo Of America President Reggie Says The Future Of Games Is In The Cloud
You will give up retail box for streaming eventually no matter how much you reject it now.
Just like DVD/Blu-ray, books, music CD, they are all dinosaurs.
Re: Switch Recognised As One Of The "Most Important And Influential Gadgets" Of The Decade
Tesla is a gadget? Oh yeah it runs on battery, it's an electronic toy.
Re: Feral Interactive Has No Plans To Adjust "Small Input Delay" In Alien: Isolation On Switch
Triple buffering is helping us get used to the latency issue, when cloud streaming became mainstream in the future, delay is the norm.
Re: Review: Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition - An Unforgivably Sloppy Port Of A Genre Classic
3d game this old should not be remastered but rebuilt from scratch like what Square did with FFVII. Old 3d games don't age well, unlike 2d games.
Re: Gleamlight Publisher Responds To Accusations Of Game Being A Hollow Knight "Ripoff"
And Hollow Knight is an Ori ripoff.
Re: Random: Upset By eShop Discoverability Issues? Spare A Thought For Chinese Switch Owners
Modchip for the New Switch/Lite is coming out soon in China. They won't need to buy games at all.
Nintendo can only expect to sell hardware not games in China.
Re: Nintendo Switch Is Getting A New 'Premium' Fishing Simulator Today
Fishing game? Looks like a boating game to me.
Re: Nintendo 'Indie World' Presentation Announced For Japan, Airs Tomorrow
More Summer Sweethearts for Japan.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Says The Touryst Is "A Revelation" On Switch
Shinen's devs are Assembler Masters, that's why their games are so optimized. You will never see them using Unreal or Unity, they are too good for that.
The Touryst protagonist looks like Mario (blue, red and a moustache) on purpose. This game is like a cheeky indie spin on Mario Odyssey.
Re: Feature: Good-Feel's President On Moving Away From Kirby And Yoshi To Self-Publish Twin-Stick Shooter Monkey Barrels
Maybe they are hinting to Nintendo, to let them make a Donkey Kong shooting game.
I find that many Japanese console games in this generation runs poorly due to them using 3rd party engines. It's not saving them money using Unity/Unreal, the poor performance resulted in poor users review and therefore fewer sales.
Re: Review: Simulacra - An Interesting Horror Title That Doesn't Quite Hit The Mark
Her Story wannabe.
Re: Review: Assassin's Creed: The Rebel Collection - A Pair Of Brilliant Seafaring Adventures, And More Besides
I dare Ubisoft to port AC Unity to Switch. The 10,000 npc will fried the Tegra chip in a minute. Unity turns the PS4 into a jet plane, I can't imagine what it will do to the Switch.
Re: The Witcher 3 Was An Absolute Mess When It Was Initially Ported To Switch
@Spideron Are you familiar with 64K demos scene? https://files.scene.org
They have annual competitions in Northern Europe, sometimes it's even sponsored by Intel. They code in 100% assembler, producing extraordinary small file size app that display visuals that surpassed most current games. Most of them don't rely on GPU, just pure CPU using Assembler coding.
They are the last 'descendent' of the C64/Amiga communities who still code in Assembler.
Re: People Order Switch Consoles From Amazon, Get Hilariously Random Items Instead
Buy a joystick, get a dildo instead.
Re: Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Scores 2020 Western Switch Release
Dating girls in dungeon is ok, just don't pick up pigeons or bats.
Why is NL writing about this game, they still haven't reviewed Summer Sweetheart?