OrtadragoonX

This has been my “before bed” game every night since it dropped. It’s a ton of fun to do a few races.

If not for Resident Evil 4 Remake on PS5 (which I’m also currently playing) I’d probably be completely cracked out on F-Zero 99.

Speaking of which, for those of you with a Series X or PS5 or a good PC, play RE4 remake. In my opinion so far it’s the best remake of a game ever made.

I’ve played a few matches and it’s incredibly fun. And absolutely chaotic.

Good. The game deserves success. I’ve been cracked out on it for 3 nights straight on PS5.

Once I beat it I’m gonna buy the Switch version and play through it again most likely.

@Ryu_Niiyama

I had it on PC way back in the day and I can tell you it’s worth playing the campaign.

Multiplayer was fire back in the day as well. I played the Germans exclusively in multiplayer. They’re hard to start a match with but once you’ve got some good resource points coming in from your CPs (basically points on the map you capture; these serve as your resource generator and should be your key objective early in a match; build lots of motorcycles/jeeps depending on faction and lots of infantry to get to them quickly and set up defenses around them) you could start pumping out antitank guns and Tiger tanks and really overwhelm an opponent.

The American faction had better “special” abilities such as the P-47 strafe runs (trust me you do not want to be on the receiving end of that) but their units are generally weaker than the German units. Although accurate to WWII history the American faction does dominate destroying cover and moving over terrain foibles with units like the Sherman Calliope. The German faction plays a lot slower and you have to work against that. Also I will say that once you unlock the Sherman Flamethrower tanks things go out of control. They’re vulnerable but if you can get one near buildings you’ll wipe the infantry taking cover inside almost instantly.

Also be sure to take advantage of natural cover. You can put infantry and machine gun teams in buildings like houses and barns and they’ll deploy at the windows. They get a big defense boost to small arms fire (infantry is very vulnerable in this game) and can also ambush and demolish any enemy infantry teams scouting and going to CPs. Also your armored vehicles take damage based on facing; if you run into anti tank guns or enemy tanks always reface so that the frontal armor is out front. Sometimes shots just deflect off and do no damage. If you get caught from behind your vehicles are done. Because everything is lethal as hell in this game. Even the infantry anti-tank teams can destroy Shermans and Tigers pretty easily if you can sneak them from behind.

@__jamiie

And unlike back then one doesn’t need to own two different consoles lol.

@Gamer83

They probably built the levels out for Mario’s gameplay style. Rather than try to balance the other characters out like they did (or didn’t do, looking at you SMB2) in the past they decided to just make each character a skin of Mario.

@mlt

I think it’s superior myself. Primarily because I’ve played some 4 player Mario Wii before and that stuff is chaotic and nearly unplayable.

@HotGoomba

I’m hoping they’ll give us a Zelda maker eventually too. I enjoy playing MM2 but I’ve never built my own course. Ya know cause I suck at it. But I think I could come up with some good 2D Zelda stuff.

They could have Zelda 1, Awakening, A Link to the Past, and Four Swords Adventure style tile sets.

The online play style is fine. I prefer to play my Mario solo anyway.

Game looks totally pimp. I’m excited as hell.

I’d rank Tears of the Kingdom as my favorite graphical Switch title. It’s got a great art style, everything is surprisingly well detailed, and it runs great considering its hardware.

@-wc-

God Nyko. That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.

They made those awful GameCube controllers.

@KingMike

I wish my local Wal Mart acted that way about self checkout.

Instead they run two regular human lines (they have twelve with ten unused) and an overpacked self checkout center that is only served by one assistant to fix error codes and put in overrides.

@NorrinRadd

25% of “cowboys” were black, man.

It’s as much our history (speaking as a black American) as it is the white man’s.

@LikelySatan

I think this game has potential.

Also love the J. Talbain sprite. Darkstalkers for life man. That’s a franchise that needs a revival.

They need to give us Mr. Needlemouse. I wanna see Sonic in a leather jacket with a Madonna look-a-like as his traveling girlfriend.

Also I know this would never happen, but have him be a chain smoker. Fits the image.

@PipeGuy64Bit

Hell MGS2 was a locked 60fps on PS2.

@__jamiie

Italians are a race?

@OstianOwl

Epic Games tore them a new butthole back in the late 2000s.

@Cashews

It’s way too much to learn. I dropped off after 2K13.

And Bulls fan till I die.

@citizenerased

I was cracked out on RDR1. It RRODed my last 360 before I traded my replacement for a PS3.

I didn’t care for RDR 2. It didn’t have that organic story growth that RDR 1 had. I fell off half way through it.

@Cashews

Ooh boy take a look at the PS5 version sometime lol.

It’ll drive you insane. It’s around 200 gigs now. I don’t play it but my buddy is a crackhead on it.

@ParadoxFawkes

Deku Deals is one the greatest websites I’ve ever used.

I use it for both digital Switch games and for physical PS5 games.

@LikelySatan

Definitely one of the coolest soundtracks ever in a PS1 game.

And it was the only truly decent running version of the game on consoles at that time. Unless you invested in the corpse known as the Jaguar.

One step closer to Quake III: Arena. One of the best multiplayer shooters ever made. I never got into Quake I or Quake II when I was young but I got absolutely CRACKED out on Arena. Granted I had the compromised Dreamcast port but boy was it fun with a bunch of friends.

I wish Epic would give classic Unreal Tournament some love like this.

I’m gonna say what I said over at Push Square.

This price is commercially criminal.

@Krysus

I would believe that if not the results on Xenia with the 360 version. It runs shockingly well at higher frame rates.

Now the PS3 version is a different story. It’s a mess and you need a really powerful rig to get it to 60fps, much less above that.

@Serpenterror

It could be done. On both Xenia and RPCS3 you can unlock the frame rate for the respective 360 and PS3 versions. The PS3 version is a very taxing game so you need a beefy rig and there’s a lot of errors when the frame rate is unlocked. But on the right rig (RTX 4080) it can hit 60.

The 360 version on Xenia actually runs great unlocked. Very few bugs or issues and you can get it up to 120fps on the right PC build.

@Serpenterror

At the time of its release it was an absolute masterpiece of both gameplay and story telling. I had it on 360.

One of my favorite KOF games. I still have the PS3 version.

It’s truly deep and rewarding, but difficult to execute. Granted the balance of the game is wonky (Team DLC owns everything; only base character that’s really worth running is Kim.)

@Roibeard64

The costs are a lot closer now than they were back in the Vita’s time period.

Sony saved a crazy amount of money with the switch back to LCD back then. Today it wouldn’t be nearly as dramatic.

@KorGonia

Just a proper application would be nice.

The current eshop is just a glorified web page.

Also why can’t we have a cart so buying multiple items isn’t a huge pain in the butt?

All I’m looking for in a Switch successor is these key elements.

1. Backwards compatibility with both games and accessories that use the rail system. This is key. I will only buy day one if BC is included. If they don’t I’ll just wait a year or two like I did with the OG Switch.

2. Upgraded performance. Base Xbox One to base PS4 in raster performance would be acceptable, but since they will be using a more modern Nvidia chipset they should include at a minimum DLSS 2.X which would allow the console to run higher resolutions while docked. If possible I would love to see the platform include DLSS 3.0 (which is a frame insertion technique that can give you dramatically increased local performance for a minor power cost in PC titles). But I have a feeling knowing Nintendo that the GPU cores will be based on the RTX 3000 series rather than the RTX 4000 based feature set.

3. New joycons. I would love to see them based on the Hori Split Pad Minis. But included all the tech of the OG joycons. Larger analog sticks and a more ergonomic shape are a must.

4. A modern Eshop that actually works correctly. And an online interface and feature set that matches the original Xbox 360.

@dimi

I don’t think they’ll use NVME. It’s a power hog and the drives get really hot.

They’ll probably continue to use slower NAND solutions but it’ll be noticeably faster than the Switch OG’s memory subsystem.

@jco83

The only LCD technology that is arguably superior to OLED is Micro-LED. Which gives LCD most of the benefits of OLED screen technology but combines it with LCDs natural resistance to burn-in compared to OLED (although modern OLED screens have mostly solved that problem). Micro-LED also provides better energy usuage with lit pixels compared to OLED. OLED usually provides superior energy efficiency to LED LCD screens since it can actually turn pixels off (true black) but Micro-LED provides superior energy usage with lit pixels.

@gcunit

Most phone screen resolutions are overkill for the size of the screen in question.

My IPhone 14 Pro Max has a beautiful screen resolution of 2796x1290 (making it above 1080p) but honestly that resolution is overkill for a 6.7 inch screen. I’ve always wondered how much better the battery life would be if the resolution was cut down to slightly above a native 720p display. Granted it has great battery life but I credit that to Apple’s fantastic stand by modes; it really just sips electricity when you’re not actively using it or simply running background processes with the screen off. When in active heavy use you can watch the battery drain relatively quickly. I’ve always wondered if a slightly lower resolution would help with that.

The difference between 1080p and 720p isn’t very noticeable on such small displays. And I suspect to save costs Nintendo will go with cheaper battery formulas over most flagship phones, which use the most sophisticated battery cells available to the general consumer.

I’ll take battery life over resolution any day of the week. But a 1080p screen would be nice if it doesn’t dramatically impact battery life.

@mauhlin12

It did give us the greatest line in any final fantasy game.

“You spoony bard!!!”

It’s even above the two runner ups.

“I Garland will knock you all down!”

And who could forget this one.

“This guy are sick.”

Speaking of crazy Final Fantasy lines, did you guys know that if you do the stairs at Shinra tower on the original PS1 translation of FFVII Tifa calls Barret a… well I don’t like saying it. But she calls Barret a r*****. I noticed that was taken out in later translations.

@Arnie4490

Trust me they increased the difficulty. It’s marginally more difficult than the Super Famicom version on normal mode. But it’s nail biting difficult on Hard mode.

They also added a really fun Superboss to fight in Hard mode.

@Stamina_Wheel

I think the issue with III (for me at least) is that I played FFV first. And FFV is ultimately just a much improved version of FFIII. It’s hard to go back to the more restrictive job system that III had.

@daveMcFlave

In terms of content it is the most feature filled version.

But it’s also based on the GBA version. Which means it’s too easy.

FFIV lives and dies by its difficulty. It’s not very long and it’s extremely linear by Final Fantasy standards. So for me the difficulty needs to be high. The Super Famicom version is the default version for me. But the 3D Remake is my favorite version because they ramped the challenge up even higher than the Super Famicom version.

The DS Remake for sure.

It’s the difficulty. It’s a truly difficult Final Fantasy game, especially on hard mode.

I’ve also played almost every version of the game. I would say that Pixel Remaster and Advance are my least favorite versions. They made the game too easy with those versions.

As of now it’s Tears for me.

Now with that said… Based on what I’ve seen of Mario Wonder there is a slim possibility it could dethrone it.

@BetaRabbit64

Rabbits are pretty tasty.

Probably not how you view them but I’m front the American south. We eat some weird stuff down here on occasion.

Gator and frog legs are delicious too.

@hashkey

Well my country will be at war if that happens. And considering our current military recruitment readiness issues I wouldn’t be surprised if my 33 year old ass got drafted in to the US Navy as a replacement sailor since it would be primarily a naval war.

That’s the downside to being an American. Never know when that’s gonna happen since it’s still on the books but hasn’t been used since 1973.

@Wexter

@Wexter

Changing market.

PC gaming finally took off in Japan back in the late 00s. They were the longest holdouts but they’ve now embraced it fully. That’s the high end of the Japanese market today.

Handheld and mobile gaming dominates there for the mainstream option. No handheld system has ever truly failed in Japan. Even the Game Gear did ok in the Japanese market back in 1990s. And the Vita did alright as well considering it absolutely bombed in the US and Europe.

Basically Japan is a very different market today than it was during the heyday of the PS2.

I’m a Sub-Zero main so I’d rather see the master of ice in the game.

But I also enjoy Scorpion’s play style a lot too. I played a ton of Scorpion on MK9 on PS3.

@CharlieGirl

I finally upgraded after holding off for two years.

I’ve been enjoying Fire Emblem, Mario and Luigi Super Star Saga, and Paper Mario. I haven’t played any of them in a long long time.

I tried some Star Fox 64 as well. But that game really doesn’t work well on a Switch Pro Controller or my Hori Split Pros. Paper Mario is much slower and is fine though.

When they restock i might pick up an N64 controller for the Switch.

@OorWullie

Yepp. I can redownload and play games on my PS5 that I bought way back in 2014 on my PS4.

I skipped the Wii. It was the console that pushed me away from Nintendo for a LONG time. Considering my love for the GameCube, it was quite sad for me to see them go in that direction. I still kept the DS lite and I loved it, but I will admit that outside of RPGs I didn’t buy much native DS software. I used it as a glorified GBA for my pretty big GBA collection I had back then.

I was actually interested in the Wii U but I had to choose between that and a PS4 considering it was my own money. I made the right decision.

The Switch is what brought me back to Nintendo. I don’t have any nostalgia for the Wii. I did fool around with a friend of mine’s but honestly I didn’t see what the fuss was about. Motion controls are lame to me.

Man, I’m really loving this new art style.