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I've given up on the Joy-Con. The Pro Controller doesn't seem prone to drifting at least, so mine is just permanently hooked up to the TV. It's the least portable handheld console so far, thanks to those Joy-Con lol.

Could've been Knack.

@Scapetti I think people are confusing the term with (open world) sandbox games. There's a ton of overlap between those definitions anyway.

@westman98 Pretty much. You get a handful planets you get to explore, and you can return to any of them (and are encouraged to do so). It's very similar to Metroid Prime in structure.

@Ron22 Exactly. 20 years ago Ocarina of Time was open world, but these it somehow doesn't count anymore. The general definition has shifted to large open sandbox games. OOT isn't too different from Jedi Fallen Order for really. But yeah, Metroid, in that regard, is already pretty much open world, using the broad definition. I think these days 3D Metroidvania is used, but they're the open world games from 20 years ago.

Black, cause it doesn't burn into my eyes like images on an OLED screen.

The museum is an old level, right?

The lack of VA makes it immediately a lot less appealing.

@jtmnm That is because it's an evo of Scyther...

I haven't seen anyone asking this to be on Xbox or PS5.

So... Don't. Take. The. Bait.

F - no Pikmin 4

@KateGray I know it's probably better for traffic this way, but ideally this would've been hidden behind a spoiler tag. The way it is displayed on the front page kinda ruins the surprise for people just browsing the website. Just my two cents, but hopefully you can consider reporting on leaks in a different manner so close to their reveal.

@rjejr I've given up on Pikmin 4.

I genuinely thought this was by the Short Hike dev, but it's just another cheap clone it seems.

@SmaggTheSmug The game already uses a listen mode to reveal enemies. I think they use an echolocation system so that even blind people can tell the location of enemies, along with various other auditory cues, like each weapon having a unique sound. Haven't really looked into it, but it's surprisingly effective. I know the game has a ton of accessibility options, something any dev should take note of.

Could've been a cool feudal Japan Zelda-like game. But Nintendo hasn't done anything with the franchise for the last 35 years, so I don't expect them to change that anytime soon.

Ringo Starr

@ivory_soul What's a currency when you got the bigger numbers?

@Aurumonado 400CAD is €266, so the price is finally the same.

@Mando44646 That doesn't change much I'm afraid, because I don't think they care about them buying up foreign companies. And as long as the country is structured the way it is, they all have to work close with the government, they are essentially an extension of the government.

So Tencent owns it now...

@Meteoroid We know they're working on a Jedi Fallen Order sequel, so I figured it must be referring to that if it was real.

Doesn't make any sense, unless the entire industry collectively decides to only release sequels and remakes. Where are the new games? This is just another wish list, people only want sequels.

It's not hard if you're willing to pay premium.

You know what's a big deal?

Lethal Lava TROUBLE?

Always thought it was a gun, good to know it's just a tube.

@fiben1002 But at a lower chance, with a much lower rate, which is the whole point.

You can still end up in a deadly car crash, even if you have working brakes, are sober, wear a seatbelt, and have air bags. Doesn't mean that those things aren't important, because they drastically lower the chance of you and other people getting hurt.

@wanghosom It's not really xenophobia. These large Chinese gaming companies are owned by the Chinese government. The same government that locks up millions of Uyghurs, the same government that is erasing Tibetan culture, and is erasing free speech in Hong Kong. The government that is slowly buying itself into Africa and Asia by saddling countries up with huge debts. The government that is artificially creating island in the South China Sea to control seafaring in that area. The government that censors all kinds of critique, already influences the film industry and the gaming industry. No, I'd rather see them stay away from video gaming as far as possible.

If anyone should be accused of xenophobia, it's the dictator of West Taiwan, Chi Jing Pooh, himself.

@Kirgo As long as he keeps talking about it, people will ask him about it. Why don't they ever ask any other developer how their health's doing?

He should just either take a long break, retire, or stop complaining. Feels like we get a sob story like this every few months.

@BloodNinja Their vision is to milk people as much as they can, and that's easier to do when the players are happy with your product.

@RupeeClock Probably because there won't be a lot of new stuff in this game, so there's hardly anything to announce. Legends Arceus on the other hand...

It's an open source device, so it should run emulators quite easily. Definitely interested in picking it up if it also means I can play GB ROMs on it. Don't mind waiting another year on it though.

Kinda ironic, because Wind Waker HD was nothing but a resolution increase and a bunch of lighting filters.

And they kinda ruined the cel shading with the gradient-based lighting system, so it can never be better than the original.

@PBandSmelly 99 percent of time when a company does it's for publicity. Slap a couple of rainbows on your product and call it a day. ''Look how good we are! Look how supportive we are! Now let's order some more stock from Uyghur camps.'' It's the same nonsense as when they stick a rainbow filter over their logo during pride month, but refuse to do it for their accounts in Russia, Egypt, Middle East, etc. It's all promotion and marketing.

@pinta_vodki Nintendo has literally billions in cash reserves. They could've sustained the losses during the Wii U era, and they would've been fine for another 40 years. They don't "need" to cash in extra now to develop a new console. They make millions on their games as well, which are generally made on a smaller budget than the average AAA game. They've released dozens of ports with minimal effort for $60 (and one brilliant highlight from the Apple-Epic case is the revelation that an average port is a one or two man job for 6-12 months, so we can finally put a number on that as well), it's a fraction of the costs of developing a new game.

TLDR, you don't have to worry at all about Nintendo's finances, they have more, and earn more than you think. The only reason this price hike exists is because they know they can get away with it. People these days are used to pay premium for the bare minimum.

@WhiteUmbrella I think they forgot the R&D costs, that'll be another $40.

Do you actually build them? Like put them together?

@pinta_vodki Like I said, R&D would've also applied to the OG Switch, and it's way less for a revision like this. So that doesn't hold up. This isn't to cover R&D. They just know they get away with it, and people will come up with excuses why it needs to be more expensive, so why even try to sell it at 300?

@RupeeClock If they got 20 off the OG model, that means they're making 60 of this one, that's an increase of 300%. So it could be a huge difference in profits. But yeah, depends on how much they make per unit.

@JGruns R&D would've also applied to the OG Switch, and it's way less for a revision like this. So that doesn't hold up.

The drift has even made Animal Crossing annoying to play. I haven't been playing as much ever since, and I refuse to buy new ones, because a controller should last way longer than that. I've never had one break on me. Even my controllers from 20-25 years are still in a good condition.

@Anti-Matter Having an opinion is fine, but let's not start calling for the person to be killed. I've seen you to it more than once before. Just don't do it, that isn't healthy behaviour.

Sounds awful.

I've also heard rumours that Chingling now runs at 6fps in Legends, instead of 5fps.

@Wilforce It's not really an upgrade. Yes, it has an OLED screen, but the games still run at the same resolution, which is sub 720p for a lot of them. The screen is bigger, so the lower res will be even more noticeable too. They should've focused on fixing the Joy-Con IMO.

@Tandy255 I have the one for the OG Switch, there are holders for five games inside. I assume this is the same.

Looks like a squat PS5.