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@nhSnork 120 fps is way less demanding for the eyes. After a few hours, you feel less tired playing, than with a 60 fps game, and even worse a 30 fps game

Good ridance. Many others will take its place however.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Well I understand the opposite, it's their experiment on voxel technology that made them integrate DK into the mix, because he was a good fit for gameplay centered around destroying stuff, but maybe I understand it wrong

However, this is really a common approach Nintendo has with its games. They tend to think of new gameplay ideas first, and then apply whatever character they see fit

Nintendo has a lot of bad aspects, but I really appreciate how they always start from a gameplay idea, and then try to make a character and setting fit this idea, not the other way around.

That's how splatoon was created too. They started with the gameplay and at first, it was a Mario game, but eventually they decided it would be better to create a brand new IP around the concept.

@NolandC Because EPD Tokyo is Nintendo's A team. If they are involved, you can except top quality for the game

Koizumi is most likely involved in Bananza, but maybe not to the extent we thought. Maybe he has been working on a new 3D Mario all this time ?

@TheExile285 Switch 2 is gen 9, so the same as PS5, Xbox and PC

Well, simply seeing the thumbnail used by "accused farms" makes me question the seriousness of this "stop killing games" movement.

The industry lobby group does have a point : if your game is supposed to run indefinitely, it will affect the likeliness some online games are released in Europe.

@somnambulance It would make sense to drop DK64 just before DK bananza ! I hope a direct is happening this week, this is now or frankly never 🤣

If none happens this week, it's unlikely they will do one the same week Bananza releases, or when the Pokémon direct drops. So not until end of july ?

@Cakefish Hard agree. It has been the stupidest decision ever to not give every major third party developper and indie dev kits months in advance. And for what ? It's not like Nintendo is releasing games every two weeks and wants to highligh them. Outside of DK, what are they releasing soon ? If they released Metroid Prime 4 next month, it would make more sense but nope.

Seriously. The people that thought it would be a great idea to do multiple waves or whatever should be fired ASAP. When this multiple waves release thing leaked, I thought it was so stupid it could not possibly be true. Turns out I was wrong. Nintendo also made the Wii U after all. They are well capable of stupid decisions.

The console itself is great, the absolute total lack of communication of Nintendo or any other third party to announce games or NS2 editions si unbelievable. We are playing on things announced 3 months ago, with nothing in sight after that. The fact Nintendo seems to think not do anything after the console launch is ok, mystifies me.

I mean, just look at Nintendo Life. You have litteraly nothing to talk about guys. Because nothing gets ever announced.

The console itself is great, but if no game takes advantage of it, what's the point ?

Nintendo NEEDS to announce a new Direct soon (and no, not in SEPTEMBER, gosh, if they do this they are basically killing their console). Or new ports and third parties plus details about their upcoming games. We need stuff for the next few months.

Splatoon 3 ! First step in the franchise, I thought I would like it but nothing more, but I love it !!

First steps were tough, but if you are like me, stick with it a little bit, try different weapons and I'm sure you are going to love it too ! I picked it up recently and I already something like 30 hours in.

Oh and also... TEAM SEA LET'S GO 🌊⛵️

Microsoft buys a lot of studios to basically do nothing of value with them. They are, with EA and Ubisoft, the worst company to exist in this industry.

@HeadPirate But you have no idea if their new game was actually good or not.

The only people to blame are Microsoft, not Romero games. They are the ones to bring the funds so if they do not see the game heading in the right direction, they could have instigated changes. YEARS AGO. The mismanagment is on their part. Let's just remember they have have a chronic difficulty to ship anything in a good state. When you give your studios stupid orders, they make stupid stuff. Just look at Sea of thieves. Catastrophic at launch, but it does not mean Rare are not talented anymore. THEY ARE. And with a few more years and freedom in expanding the game, they delivered.

It's fully on Microsoft. If you are not satisfied with the direction a game is taking, reboot it, ala Metroid Prime 4.

@HeadPirate Dude, they litteraly wanted to close Tango studio after Hi-fi rush, aka the best thing that came out from Xbox in the last 10 years or so.

Those people do not think in terms of "will the game be great", but "will the game SALE well". And I have no doubt Romero would have delivered a new FPS banger. He's not a newbie.

If John freaking Romero is not safe, no one at Xbox is safe from being fired.

That's actually crazy you would cancel a new FPS by the guy that basically created the genre. All for what ? Microsoft cannot pay 100 people, it's too big for them 🙄 ?

How low have they fallen.

@Pillowpants Maybe that's just normal ? I mean, it's an handled device, every one of them I have gets hot after a while, and even more so with warm weather. Should we call it overheating ? Seems pretty fine to me, so I doubt it's widespread. Maybe some units are dysfunctionnal, which happens all the time.

The heat waves we are experiencing since a few days in Europe are not helping those system to cool down, that's for sure

I had no problem with mine though. Played hours and hours of Splatoon 3 (what a game btw, I finally gave it a try thanks to the new update on S2, it's incredibly fun) in a "no AC, no fan" appartment, no problem. My smartphone on the other hand is as hot as lava anytime I even watch a video

@nessisonett well, the same can be said about Awakening honestly. Just put two units together, they are basically invincible

@nessisonett well, some may arguee Awakening was the lowest for the series, both in terms of story and gameplay.
Three Houses has a much better story and characters, Fates has MUCH better gameplay (when it comes to tactic, it's simply the best)

So glad I did not have access to the internet when Wind Waker came out. Otherwise, maybe my experience would have been tainted by those haters. Or maybe not. It's hard to not get influenced by the crowd sometime.

Can't wait to play it, ahhhhhhhhhhhh

@LastFootnote dude I wish, Origami king's ost is the best on Switch

It seems like everyone and their mother will do a Direct before Nintendo finally announces one... but if we can finally get some news for Switch 2, I'm all for it.

@Ralek85 Hard agree. So much S1 games deserve an update on S2. The two paper mario games, Luigi's mansion 3, Fire embel Three houses... they all deserve an update. It would be great to know if Nintendo is gonna do it or not...

Could we please get a Nintendo Direct instead ? The number of news is abysmal. Nintendo is losing all of its momentum by announcing basically nothing.

@Woodyshoe It was just a bunch of doodoo.

For Christ sake Nintendo, just add the option to play classic circuits

They saw everyone choose random just to play some regular track so what did they decide ? Let's put intermission track in random.selection too !

I really like this game but I question their decision making process

Ah great article ! I wanted to buy the Dominus collection as those games are my favorites in the series but never could. It's a done deal now !

Hope it ships quickly to France

@Yojimbo You can unlock it in the game without the amiibo, it was specified in the direct.

@Jack_Goetz Seems you spoke too fast

I need a release date !

That's really reasonable. I might give it a try now !

Lots of salt about Kyt and Krysta in the comments 🤣

I don't know about quoting them like this, but people, don't put the blame on them, they did not ask Nintendo Life to be quoted. They are just doing their thing nowadays.

Plus, they do have a major background at Nintendo, they held pretty important positions at some point, so they know how Nintendo works for most of it.

Don't get me wrong, I want a new 3D Mario. But if Nintendo experiments with other characters and style, I'm all for it.

And yet stupid Atlus won't release persona games day one on the freaking thing, but release them day one on Xbox series, that's ludicrous

The fact it took them years to release Persona 5 on Switch 1 is mindboggling. It's like they hate money.

How nice to not download 100gb of content for once.

Still to this day Nintendo's very best console, home to the best game of all time, Wind Waker.

Maybe they are not shadow dropping it, but the fact they are putting ads and stuff with a release date means there could be a Direct planned soon ?

Imagine they are actually shadow dropping it soon

@X68000 wdym ? She is dubbed

Already pre-ordered.

It was outstanding. I excepted it to be good but woaaaaaaah

It's the best standalone game direct they ever made. It's basically Odyssey 2. That's what I wanted for 8 years now. Finally.

It was already my most anticipated game this year. It's through the roof now. I NEED IT NOW.

Shuhei Yoshida also mentioned how game journalists took some stuff he said out of context in his previous interviews, like when he said Nintendo lost a bit of its identity with Switch 2 on some podcast, even though he was mostly positive of Nintendo in it.

Context for what he said in this video : Sony does not consider Nintendo competition, not in the sense they think what Nintendo does isn't great. In fact that's quite the opposite. For Sony apparently, Nintendo is quite essential because it helps grow the industry as it targets quite often family and such, and those people (kids and parents) could end up playing on Sony consoles afterward.

There was no ill intent in this statment.

Glad they are here too !

I bet you they will be added to MK World after DK bananza release too.

A lot of different gameplay options ! Huge areas to explore ! Fun music ! Stuff like this !!

@blecch Cyberpunk 2077 on steam deck : 40 minutes of battery.

So, what is your point of comparison ? With which handled device do you compare Switch 2's battery performance ?

Because 2 hours to play such a big game as Cyberpunk 2077 is pretty darn good

The Switch 2 will have more interesting exclusives in 6 months than the PS5 in 5 years.

I swear, there's like one interesting game published by Sony a year. Astrobot in 2024 and Death stranding 2 this year, and for the later it's really hit or miss. I personally thought DS1 was one of the most boring video game experience I ever had, alongside RDR2 which is a snorefest, so I have litteraly 0 interest in anything Sony is publishing this year.

The only reason people are buying PS5 is because they don't own a PC, which is objectively better in every way, especially when online has become so darn expansive on PS5.