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Re: Mailbox: Switch 2 Price Drops, Remake Replacements, Pokémon Acquisitions - Nintendo Life Letters

Oldstalk

Games are 80 euros since a long time now in Europe, thanks Sony...

It's 80 bucks to buy Astrobot. Is it worth those 80 euros more than the latest MK ? I didn't see any controversy with this price tag (last I heard, all of the clickbait youtubers praised Astrobot for being an actual good game, a nice change of pace for Sony), so I don't see why MK should be concerned with such controversies.

Mario kart World's price tag is FINE, as in : it's standard for the rest of the industry, so why all of this focus on this particular game... ?

Re: Mario Kart World's 'Free Roam' Is Much More Than Mindless Open World Driving

Oldstalk

We live in a world where people pay 10 bucks for their coffee, 1000 bucks for their latest iphone, 15 bucks a month for whatever subscription based streaming service they have, 80 bucks (base game) + 40 bucks (season pass) for whatever AAA developers are throwing, 15 bucks for a skin in League of legends or whatever online multiplayer game they play, but somehow, 80 bucks Mario Kart World is where people draw the line, too much is too much 🤣

All of this controversy has been manufactured by youtubers that desperatly want attention and money.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (19th April)

Oldstalk

@solidus no mate, I fully agree with you on this one. Before playing TTYD remake, I thought it was the superior game (because I played the game when I was little and I had incredible memories of it), but now I really think Origami king is the best in the series.

It's soooooooooo creative and fun.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (19th April)

Oldstalk

I might just replay Mario Odyssey. Still a masterpiece to this day.

Plus I have to finish Baldur's gate 3. Finally. I bought it on release day, 100 hours in, still not finished, and they released a new update with new subclasses that I kinda want to try

I have a hard time getting into Xenoblade X. I really like the combat system but I find the exploration pretty meh. I thought it would be the opposite before picking it up.

Re: Feature: The Switch 2 Sticks Might Not Be Hall Effect, But They Feel Fantastic

Oldstalk

None of us have any idea what the hell is this "hall effect", if it would have been better or anything, if it's really that good, cuz, you know, we are not freaking tech engineers, and the fact some youtubers said it would be so much better has overall little value, as you can find everything and its litteral opposite on this plateform, both presented as indeniable truth.

So no, it was not a dissapointment for me. They said they redesigned it from the ground up so yeah, it could very well mean joycon drift is a thing from the past. We will see. Glad those sticks seem to feel super great at least !

Re: Mario Kart World Players Are Already Uncovering Hidden Vehicles

Oldstalk

For a second I thought it was gonna be the giant whale and when you enter its mouth, giant turbos come out from its tale or something. Might still be happening though ! Would be cool

I'm suuuuure there are gonna be secret levels à la Mario 3D where you enter some secret door and are transported to a bonus level (exclusive to free roaming mode of course)

Re: Opinion: It's Been 20 Years Since I Was This Excited For A Mario Kart

Oldstalk

80 euros games are a thing since quite some time now in Europe. Thanks to SONY.

70 euros games ? Since PS3 / Xbox 360.

This whole controversy around MK world's price was just plain dishonest. This game is priced correctly. I'm paying 80 euros anytime to play this new MK. I cannot say the same of other recent releases, games that barely run without a bug every 5 seconds and yet, still, are sold for 80 euros base price, plus whatever season pass they are throwing at LAUNCH.