It's disappointing that they're essentially only starting now, but sounds like it would be for the best. Retro know how to make a Metroid Prime game, and I was always a little iffy about this being made in Japan.
I also don't think they made a mistake announcing it so soon. You need to give people a road map of the next couple of years to keep them excited about your console. I think Sony has absolutely nailed that with the PS4. There are only about 3-4 games out on Switch I want right now, but I'm excited about it because I know stuff like Fire Emblem and Pokemon is coming, Luigi's Mansion 3, Bayonetta 3, and of course Metroid Prime 4.
I had a Wii U, so it's not for me, but very pleased to see it find a bigger audience. Fantastic 2D platformer. Kind of weird how we saw 4 NSMB titles in 6 years from 2006 to 2012, and now in the 6 years since, not had any, other than this port. Would be nice to see an actual new one in the Switch's lifetime.
Personally 2018 was a huge disappointment for me on Nintendo hardware. After the AMAZING 2017, I find it hard to believe but I think 2018 was worse than any year of the Wii U era, and goodness knows they were pretty bad. There was alway the 3DS in those years. Across the Switch and 3DS, the only thing I've wanted to play was Octopath Traveller. I know people love Smash and Pokemon Let's Go, but they're not for me.
Bring on the real Pokemon, the Fire Emblem, Luigi's Mansion, and maybe even Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime. 2019 has the chance of being fantastic.
Never been a fan of ports, remasters or remakes, but there are some Nintendo games out there that are close to impossible to play legally these days. Fire Emblem and Paper Mario on the Cube. So while it would be nice to play those, I think the Switch already has more than enough ports and remasters. New games please! Especially when Nintendo don't have people like bluepoint who exist solely for this kind of thing. When Nintendo do it, 99% chance it means we're missing out on something new.
I’m all digital on other platforms and love it, but the price stops me doing the same for Nintendo. For the vast majority of games I’ve very bought, I wait for the price to drop. I’d do it with discs, waiting for stuff to go under £20, even under £15. On steam, PSN and Xbox the digital games reach those prices, like the disc versions but not on Nintendo’s store. Before people say Nintendo games hold their value, you can definitely get their physical games cheap if you’re savvy about it. Use sites like HUKD and you’ll be alerted when the stuff is going for cheap. I never paid more than £20 for any Wii U or 3DS game, and the most I’ve paid on Switch is £25. You’re talking double those prices or more on Nintendo’s digital store.
N64 by a mile for me. Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Goldeneye, the two Banjo games, Conker’s, Bad Fur Day, Paper Mario, the list goes on. Nothing else comes close to those games for me.
I’m not a fan of the way Nintendo has gone at all recently. It started with the Wii, but that had plenty of good games too. The Wii U era was just depressing for me. I loved 3D World, Splatoon and Bayonetta 2, could appreciate DK Tropical Freeze despite not being a 2D platform fan, but there was little else. I’ve never enjoyed Smash and haven’t enjoyed Mario Kart since the DS. It was made worse by them putting out terrible, low budget games for the second half of the systems life to give the illusion of continued support. I’m still not over the fact they probably killed off Star Fox as a series.
Now the Switch has two of my favourite games of all time in Odyssey and BOTW, and I like Rabbids Kingdom Battle a lot, but that’s literally it for now. There’s been nothing this year that’s captured my interest in the slightest. At least there’s plenty to look forward to. Prime 4, Fire Embelm, Bayonetta 3 and a proper Pokemon.
Not going to get my hopes up based on a character being in Smash as we should all know by now, that doesn't mean it's linked to new game announcements or partnerships. However, it's now kind of standard for Persona games to get a handheld version a few years later.
@PiplupJ Nintendo didn’t really see the games industry as global, they focused on the US and Japan, and licensed out the distribution of the NES to other companies in the UK, which led to ridiculously expensive games, long delays and some of the best games never coming over at all. In the Gamesmaster video It’s Christmas 1996. The N64 and Mario 64 have been out in the US for 3 months but the UK still has another 3 months to wait for them to come out.
Sega put more effort in for sure, but it was Sony and the PlayStation that showed that there was a larger market there if you went after it. At this point, Nintendo started to put more effort in, so its only really been since the GameCube they’ve been giving the UK games on time and at decent prices, but by this point Sony were dominant.
It’s not that the UK market hates Nintendo, but there just not the nostalgia here for them that the US market has. I’m not saying nobody had early Nintendo consoles, but they weren’t the mainstream success stories like they were in the US.
And for people saying Dave sucked at the game, you need to appreciate the situation. The game or the console was not out yet. Unless he’d bought the expensive analog stick controller for the Saturn that worked with ONE game, them this was probably the first time in his life he’d used an anolog stick after years of playing 2D games on d-pads.
I hardly ever buy games day 1 anymore, last one was Xenoblade Chronicles X which I ended up being very disappointed by. I can already tell that's not the case with RDR2. I've avoided trailers and previews as there's a few companies out there you just know are going to deliver quality, and I'm astounded at how pretty it look, how huge and detailed the world is, and how it seems to function like a real, living environment.
Print magazines need to evolve. There’s a quarterly football magazine called The Blizzard and it’s fantastic because it doesn’t focus on news at all. You could go pick up a copy from 5 years ago and it would still be an enthralling read today.
Magazines need to move away from news, previews and reviews and focus on editorials and features, as then they don’t lose out by being ‘late’.
Curious if the reviewer has played No Mans Sky? First review I’ve seen that suggests this is what the game should have been. Most others say this is a far more shallow version of NMS.
@maruse @spizzamarozzi It sells everywhere. Usually in the top 10 best sellers of the year in the US, and always top 5 worldwide.
Not really sure how you can judge it's the same game every year if you admit you don't play it? If they were just doing that, then credible reviewers like Eurogamer would be calling them out on it, but anyone that plays the game can see the changes each year.
The term pre-order seems meaningless, and has done for for over 15 years for me. Amazon don't take money until they send it, can cancel anytime, and I pay the lowest price they were ever advertising it for, even if the price goes up by the time it comes out. Often get stuff the day before release/it's in stores too. Not sure why anyone would give a physical store money to pre-order in the old sense anymore.
I don't visit as much as I used to, but I put that down to less Nintendo content these days rather than any changes to the website. I always find you guys are a bit more positive about most games than the places I tend to go to first for reviews, such as Eurogamer and Edge magazine, while the stuff I like most are the features. Damo's stuff on retro gaming, or the things featuring Unseen64.
I know nobody really cares as this is about video games, but it's crazy how the media are reacting to this England run. If they win it, nobody in the future will care who they beat on the way, but until they win it, they've not actually beaten anyone of note. Alan Shearer did a big piece about how England have earned so much respect that had been lost in the last 10 years, but have they really? For beating Tunisia, Panama and Sweden? Hardly a heroic run.
Quite possibly one of the worst E3 presentations I have ever seen. You can't blame people's expectations either. Why don't a huge publisher like Nintendo have more games coming? Sure, they had a couple of big ones last year, but most of their studios have had no significant output for quite a few years now. Makes me feel like we're back in the Wii U days.
We got told Pikmin 4 was almost done 3 years ago. Retro wrapped up their last game almost 5 years ago.
Don't think they announced it too soon at all. It gives people something to look forward to.
I don't have an issue with only showing stuff that's coming this year, I'm just wondering why this year is so barren. Nintendo as a publisher has a LOT of studios, and many of those studios have multiple teams which means more than one game at a time. For the last 8 years the output has been very, VERY low. It gives the impression than quite a few studios are starting work on games and then seeing them cancelled, and get stuck in that cycle. It's almost certainly what happened to Retro.
New game announcements. I hated the Sony conference, because while the big 4 looked amazed, we've seen them before. I always hated the Nintendo conferences that worked like this.
If we completely ignore what is realistic, I'd really love to see:
A Mario RPG. Something along the lines of the early Mario and Luigi, or Thousand Year Door. They dumbed those games down so much in the last generation and stripped out almost all of what most people loved about them.
F-Zero. It's time. Even though MK8 is pretty old now, I feel like they're probably not going to do a new one anytime soon because of the Switch port. So F-Zero would be the perfect alternative. Yes, I know about the Star Fox rumours, but I did say this was ignoring what was realistic. Also brings me to...
Star Fox. I don't think there's been a great Star Fox game since SF64, and in my head, there's always been so much potential in the series to be more than a 45 minute arcade game.
I want to see big, ambitious, single player focused games.
I've always judged E3 based on how many extra games are on my wish list compared to before it. My issue with Nintendo in the last few years has been basing their E3 on showing new footage of a game we've seen before. Metroid Prime IV last year was great. I didn't care there was nothing to see, that was a HUGE game coming to the Switch. I went out and bought a Wii U the week after they announced Splatoon.
If the highlight of their E3 is showcasing Smash for Switch... yeah, not exciting at all for me.
Kind of torn over this. Some GREAT games in there but most of them have been re-released in the last generation and I've bought a lot of them. Got Third Strike on 360 for example. Street Fighter Alpha 3 is the big one that's hard to play these days.
The only surprise is that it's taken so long. Transformed is up there with Diddy Kong Racing and Crash Team Racing as one of the best non-MK Kart games I've ever played.
Shadow of the Colossus at number one is insane. That and Monster Hunter at number one for 3 weeks in a row and people will still comment the UK only likes COD and FIFA.
I think the Switch version of FIFA actually sold through most of it's initial stock. On Amazon it's on back order until next week. If EA sold pretty much all they shipped for launch weekend then they'll be very happy.
When I saw this name pop up, I assumed it was part of the Kairosoft line of mobile games. What a nice surprise to have something like this come out of nowhere. Will definitely be a day one purchase when I buy a switch.
That's a very pointless stat. The only thing it's really comparable to is the 3DS which was widely regarded as a flop. I'm sure the switch will be right up there compared to all Nintendo hardware's first 12 months, but saying it's had the best first calendar year means next to nothing when you look at when other machines launched.
Kind of a strange article! The opening talks about Rockstar the developer but the focus of the list seems to be about publishing. I don't think anyone considers Earthworm Jim 3D a Rockstar game!
I also think it's weird that the author talks as if Rockstar and Nintendo fell out and that's why the games stopped coming. The games stopped because Nintendo put out two consoles that were not suited to be multi format game development.
I'm sure they could port the 360/PS3 version of GTA quite easily, and no doubt many on here would hail it as a megaton, but at this point GTA V is like Minecraft, in that it won't be a system seller because most non-Nintendo-only gamers already have it.
On a personal level it was a little disappointing. I get that the Doom and Wolfenstein announcements were huge, but I'm one of those that has other consoles and I'm never going to buy multi platform games on the switch. I thought Mario Odyssey looked excellent, and it's probably the game I'm most looking forward to for the rest of the year, but on the other hand, XBC2 underwhelmed. I think XBX contributes a little to my lack of excitement for that one, despite the original XBC being one of my favourite RPGs of all time.
I'm still very happy they chose to announce games like Fire Emblem and Metroid way before they're ready to show them to us. That's the kind of thing that makes me feel enthusiastic about the console having a bright future. Sony do the same thing, and you have this road map of big games that stretches out for the next 3 years and it just gives you such confidence in your purchase.
I don't really understand the point of it when it's just bundling together things at RRP, especially when you can pick up all these things for less with minimal effort in terms of shopping around. Then again, don't really see the point in ANY bundles for the same reason, and it always baffles me why people think a bundle will encourage sales. The game will encourage sales for sure, the fact you can get the game and console in one box instead of two will not.
Reminds of of Bethesda coming out in the Wii U era, saying Nintendo ignored their advice about Wii U's architecture and ease of porting. A lot on here got mad at them, but this kind of shows they were genuine.
I think a lot of publishers will be watching the sales of this game to judge future Switch support.
Not surprised by the UK bashing in these comments anymore, but the fact is, the UK is one of the most open-minded markets for video games out there. Everyone here is saying UK is 'Sony territory' now, but last gen, the same people would claim the UK is 'MS territory'. Fact is, the UK doesn't blindly follow any brand. Sega, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have all have their machines come out on top at some point.
What's the best selling console this gen in the US and worldwide? It's the PS4, same as the UK. Last gen, the UK and US followed exactly the same pattern of the Wii being the sales leader before it just stopped selling suddenly and the 360 overtook it in BOTH markets. Before that, PS2 was the clear winner in the US and the UK. The two markets almost always go the same way every time, but everyone here clings to this narrative that the UK hates Nintendo and the US love them.
I don't know if this is just people clinging to the NES/SNES era, but that's all down to Nintendo. At that time, they weren't really focused on a global market. They let other companies handle the release of the NES in the UK and Europe and the whole operation was pathetic. As a result, Nintendo weren't part of everyone's childhood like the NES was over in the US. Can you imagine how most people would think of Nintendo if you took away the NES and SNES?
I don't think there will be anything Nintendo this year. Last year they needed filler because they were holding back all the iPhone upgrades for the 10 year model. This year they'll have enough to talk about. Never know though.
Finally some sense! I wonder if they'll tweak the OS to prevent or being so easy to hack. Hearing people loading the entire NES library onto them made me want one, but by then it was too late,
I cannot wait for physical media to go away. It's been a bottle-neck for games development for over 10 years now. People need to let go of their obsession of having things to display on their shelves too. It's all about playing the game, not admiring a box.
Don't think there's any shame in losing out to a game from one of the biggest IPs on Playstation. They'd surely consider it being so high to be a success. Very well deserved too!
Hmm, not quite what I was expecting when they announced a new No More Heroes, but I suppose we should just be thankful it exists in any form. Look forward to seeing more.
I never got the hype over miiverse as a social network, but the number of games that rely on quite heavily is kind of alarming. Mario vs Donkey Kong Tipping Stars will suffer hugely by this being turned off. It can't cost much to keep it running. When the Wii's network went down, we were told it was because of Gamespy, and now that Nintendo were running their own with Wii U, it wouldn't end so quickly. Instead, they're shutting it down even quicker.
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Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About The Metroid Prime 4 Delay?
It's disappointing that they're essentially only starting now, but sounds like it would be for the best. Retro know how to make a Metroid Prime game, and I was always a little iffy about this being made in Japan.
I also don't think they made a mistake announcing it so soon. You need to give people a road map of the next couple of years to keep them excited about your console. I think Sony has absolutely nailed that with the PS4. There are only about 3-4 games out on Switch I want right now, but I'm excited about it because I know stuff like Fire Emblem and Pokemon is coming, Luigi's Mansion 3, Bayonetta 3, and of course Metroid Prime 4.
Re: Review: Pikuniku - A Small But Perfectly Formed Puzzle-Platformer That Literally Everyone Can Enjoy
Genuinely love the look of this game. Definitely one to pick up when I get a Switch.
Re: UK Charts: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Launch Sales 24.8% Higher Than On Wii U, Hits Number One
I had a Wii U, so it's not for me, but very pleased to see it find a bigger audience. Fantastic 2D platformer. Kind of weird how we saw 4 NSMB titles in 6 years from 2006 to 2012, and now in the 6 years since, not had any, other than this port. Would be nice to see an actual new one in the Switch's lifetime.
Re: Feature: Nintendo's 2018: A Remarkable Year In Review
Personally 2018 was a huge disappointment for me on Nintendo hardware. After the AMAZING 2017, I find it hard to believe but I think 2018 was worse than any year of the Wii U era, and goodness knows they were pretty bad. There was alway the 3DS in those years. Across the Switch and 3DS, the only thing I've wanted to play was Octopath Traveller. I know people love Smash and Pokemon Let's Go, but they're not for me.
Bring on the real Pokemon, the Fire Emblem, Luigi's Mansion, and maybe even Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime. 2019 has the chance of being fantastic.
Re: Atlus Teases Persona 5 R, More Information To Be Revealed March 2019
@jswhitfield8 Snake Eater was released first on what console...?
Re: Feature: 17 Remasters We'd Love To See On Switch In 2019
Never been a fan of ports, remasters or remakes, but there are some Nintendo games out there that are close to impossible to play legally these days. Fire Emblem and Paper Mario on the Cube. So while it would be nice to play those, I think the Switch already has more than enough ports and remasters. New games please! Especially when Nintendo don't have people like bluepoint who exist solely for this kind of thing. When Nintendo do it, 99% chance it means we're missing out on something new.
Re: Feature: Digital vs Physical - What Is Your Preference for Nintendo Switch?
I’m all digital on other platforms and love it, but the price stops me doing the same for Nintendo. For the vast majority of games I’ve very bought, I wait for the price to drop. I’d do it with discs, waiting for stuff to go under £20, even under £15. On steam, PSN and Xbox the digital games reach those prices, like the disc versions but not on Nintendo’s store. Before people say Nintendo games hold their value, you can definitely get their physical games cheap if you’re savvy about it. Use sites like HUKD and you’ll be alerted when the stuff is going for cheap. I never paid more than £20 for any Wii U or 3DS game, and the most I’ve paid on Switch is £25. You’re talking double those prices or more on Nintendo’s digital store.
Re: Feature: Every Nintendo Console Ranked From Worst To Best
N64 by a mile for me. Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Goldeneye, the two Banjo games, Conker’s, Bad Fur Day, Paper Mario, the list goes on. Nothing else comes close to those games for me.
I’m not a fan of the way Nintendo has gone at all recently. It started with the Wii, but that had plenty of good games too. The Wii U era was just depressing for me. I loved 3D World, Splatoon and Bayonetta 2, could appreciate DK Tropical Freeze despite not being a 2D platform fan, but there was little else. I’ve never enjoyed Smash and haven’t enjoyed Mario Kart since the DS. It was made worse by them putting out terrible, low budget games for the second half of the systems life to give the illusion of continued support. I’m still not over the fact they probably killed off Star Fox as a series.
Now the Switch has two of my favourite games of all time in Odyssey and BOTW, and I like Rabbids Kingdom Battle a lot, but that’s literally it for now. There’s been nothing this year that’s captured my interest in the slightest. At least there’s plenty to look forward to. Prime 4, Fire Embelm, Bayonetta 3 and a proper Pokemon.
Re: Rumour: Joker In Smash Bros. Ultimate Triggers Speculation That Persona 5 Is Coming To Switch
Not going to get my hopes up based on a character being in Smash as we should all know by now, that doesn't mean it's linked to new game announcements or partnerships. However, it's now kind of standard for Persona games to get a handheld version a few years later.
Re: People Are Review-Bombing Pokémon: Let's Go Across Major Sites, Amazon Japan Blocks User Scores
This is why I never pay attention to user scores on websites.
Re: Random: Dave "The Games Animal" Perry Teases Another Go On Super Mario 64, The Game That Sank His TV Career
@PiplupJ Nintendo didn’t really see the games industry as global, they focused on the US and Japan, and licensed out the distribution of the NES to other companies in the UK, which led to ridiculously expensive games, long delays and some of the best games never coming over at all. In the Gamesmaster video It’s Christmas 1996. The N64 and Mario 64 have been out in the US for 3 months but the UK still has another 3 months to wait for them to come out.
Sega put more effort in for sure, but it was Sony and the PlayStation that showed that there was a larger market there if you went after it. At this point, Nintendo started to put more effort in, so its only really been since the GameCube they’ve been giving the UK games on time and at decent prices, but by this point Sony were dominant.
It’s not that the UK market hates Nintendo, but there just not the nostalgia here for them that the US market has. I’m not saying nobody had early Nintendo consoles, but they weren’t the mainstream success stories like they were in the US.
And for people saying Dave sucked at the game, you need to appreciate the situation. The game or the console was not out yet. Unless he’d bought the expensive analog stick controller for the Saturn that worked with ONE game, them this was probably the first time in his life he’d used an anolog stick after years of playing 2D games on d-pads.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 27th)
Red Dead 2.
I hardly ever buy games day 1 anymore, last one was Xenoblade Chronicles X which I ended up being very disappointed by. I can already tell that's not the case with RDR2. I've avoided trailers and previews as there's a few companies out there you just know are going to deliver quality, and I'm astounded at how pretty it look, how huge and detailed the world is, and how it seems to function like a real, living environment.
Re: UK Gaming Magazines GamesMaster and GamesTM Set To Close Next Month
Games TM is genuinely good.
Print magazines need to evolve. There’s a quarterly football magazine called The Blizzard and it’s fantastic because it doesn’t focus on news at all. You could go pick up a copy from 5 years ago and it would still be an enthralling read today.
Magazines need to move away from news, previews and reviews and focus on editorials and features, as then they don’t lose out by being ‘late’.
Re: Review: Starlink: Battle For Atlas - A Shining Example Of Open World Star Fox Done Right
Curious if the reviewer has played No Mans Sky? First review I’ve seen that suggests this is what the game should have been. Most others say this is a far more shallow version of NMS.
Re: FIFA 19 - The Best Soccer Game On Switch, But It's Hard Not To Feel Short-Changed
@maruse @spizzamarozzi It sells everywhere. Usually in the top 10 best sellers of the year in the US, and always top 5 worldwide.
Not really sure how you can judge it's the same game every year if you admit you don't play it? If they were just doing that, then credible reviewers like Eurogamer would be calling them out on it, but anyone that plays the game can see the changes each year.
Re: Random: Bowsette Is Now A Thing Thanks To A Near-Endless Supply Of Nintendo Fan Art
@MisterPi Thank you! I don't get why people are so bad at this.
Re: Germany Bans Retailers From Listing Video Game Pre-Orders With Vague Release Dates
The term pre-order seems meaningless, and has done for for over 15 years for me. Amazon don't take money until they send it, can cancel anytime, and I pay the lowest price they were ever advertising it for, even if the price goes up by the time it comes out. Often get stuff the day before release/it's in stores too. Not sure why anyone would give a physical store money to pre-order in the old sense anymore.
Re: Site News: We Want Your Help To Become Even Better
I don't visit as much as I used to, but I put that down to less Nintendo content these days rather than any changes to the website. I always find you guys are a bit more positive about most games than the places I tend to go to first for reviews, such as Eurogamer and Edge magazine, while the stuff I like most are the features. Damo's stuff on retro gaming, or the things featuring Unseen64.
Re: Here's Your First Look At Yooka-Laylee's Demastered Nintendo 64 Mode
That screenshot looks like an SD 360 game, nowhere near N64...
Re: Random: England's Dele Alli Performs Fortnite Emote At The World Cup, Gets Wrecked Online
I know nobody really cares as this is about video games, but it's crazy how the media are reacting to this England run. If they win it, nobody in the future will care who they beat on the way, but until they win it, they've not actually beaten anyone of note. Alan Shearer did a big piece about how England have earned so much respect that had been lost in the last 10 years, but have they really? For beating Tunisia, Panama and Sweden? Hardly a heroic run.
Re: WWE 2K19 Might Be Skipping Nintendo Switch
Can't believe Yukes are still involved with the series after all this time. They're awful.
Re: Review: Fortnite (Switch eShop)
The screenshots make it look closer to the mobile version than console. Is this the case?
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's E3 2018 Went Big On Smash Bros. But Left Us Wanting More
Quite possibly one of the worst E3 presentations I have ever seen. You can't blame people's expectations either. Why don't a huge publisher like Nintendo have more games coming? Sure, they had a couple of big ones last year, but most of their studios have had no significant output for quite a few years now. Makes me feel like we're back in the Wii U days.
We got told Pikmin 4 was almost done 3 years ago. Retro wrapped up their last game almost 5 years ago.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Metroid Prime 4 Will Skip E3 2018
Don't think they announced it too soon at all. It gives people something to look forward to.
I don't have an issue with only showing stuff that's coming this year, I'm just wondering why this year is so barren. Nintendo as a publisher has a LOT of studios, and many of those studios have multiple teams which means more than one game at a time. For the last 8 years the output has been very, VERY low. It gives the impression than quite a few studios are starting work on games and then seeing them cancelled, and get stuck in that cycle. It's almost certainly what happened to Retro.
Re: E3 2018: What Do You Want To See From Nintendo At E3?
New game announcements. I hated the Sony conference, because while the big 4 looked amazed, we've seen them before. I always hated the Nintendo conferences that worked like this.
If we completely ignore what is realistic, I'd really love to see:
A Mario RPG. Something along the lines of the early Mario and Luigi, or Thousand Year Door. They dumbed those games down so much in the last generation and stripped out almost all of what most people loved about them.
F-Zero. It's time. Even though MK8 is pretty old now, I feel like they're probably not going to do a new one anytime soon because of the Switch port. So F-Zero would be the perfect alternative. Yes, I know about the Star Fox rumours, but I did say this was ignoring what was realistic. Also brings me to...
Star Fox. I don't think there's been a great Star Fox game since SF64, and in my head, there's always been so much potential in the series to be more than a 45 minute arcade game.
I want to see big, ambitious, single player focused games.
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Want To See From Nintendo At E3 2018?
New game announcements!
I've always judged E3 based on how many extra games are on my wish list compared to before it. My issue with Nintendo in the last few years has been basing their E3 on showing new footage of a game we've seen before. Metroid Prime IV last year was great. I didn't care there was nothing to see, that was a HUGE game coming to the Switch. I went out and bought a Wii U the week after they announced Splatoon.
If the highlight of their E3 is showcasing Smash for Switch... yeah, not exciting at all for me.
Re: Review: Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (Switch)
Kind of torn over this. Some GREAT games in there but most of them have been re-released in the last generation and I've bought a lot of them. Got Third Strike on 360 for example. Street Fighter Alpha 3 is the big one that's hard to play these days.
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Make Of The Three Big Pokémon Games Coming To Nintendo Switch?
Can't wait for the mainline game, but not interested in these at all.
Re: Team Sonic Racing Arrives This Winter With Sumo Digital In The Driving Seat
The only surprise is that it's taken so long. Transformed is up there with Diddy Kong Racing and Crash Team Racing as one of the best non-MK Kart games I've ever played.
Re: Nintendo Switch Titles Are Still Holding Their Own In The UK Charts
Shadow of the Colossus at number one is insane. That and Monster Hunter at number one for 3 weeks in a row and people will still comment the UK only likes COD and FIFA.
Re: FIFA 18 on Nintendo Switch Accounts for a Tiny Percentage of UK Launch Sales
I think the Switch version of FIFA actually sold through most of it's initial stock. On Amazon it's on back order until next week. If EA sold pretty much all they shipped for launch weekend then they'll be very happy.
Re: Review: Golf Story (Switch eShop)
When I saw this name pop up, I assumed it was part of the Kairosoft line of mobile games. What a nice surprise to have something like this come out of nowhere. Will definitely be a day one purchase when I buy a switch.
Re: Switch US Retail Game Sales 'On Pace' for Nintendo's Best Launch Year Since 1995
That's a very pointless stat. The only thing it's really comparable to is the 3DS which was widely regarded as a flop. I'm sure the switch will be right up there compared to all Nintendo hardware's first 12 months, but saying it's had the best first calendar year means next to nothing when you look at when other machines launched.
Re: Super Mario Kart Nearly Became F-Zero 2
They mentioned this in Retro Gamer's excellent history of Mario Kart piece earlier this year.
Re: Ultra Street Fighter II Had A Better UK Debut Than Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite
Maybe people are waiting for the Ultimate Edition when they actually include a single player mode. Street Fighter V all over again.
Re: Feature: The Complete History of Rockstar Games on Nintendo Platforms
Kind of a strange article! The opening talks about Rockstar the developer but the focus of the list seems to be about publishing. I don't think anyone considers Earthworm Jim 3D a Rockstar game!
I also think it's weird that the author talks as if Rockstar and Nintendo fell out and that's why the games stopped coming. The games stopped because Nintendo put out two consoles that were not suited to be multi format game development.
I'm sure they could port the 360/PS3 version of GTA quite easily, and no doubt many on here would hail it as a megaton, but at this point GTA V is like Minecraft, in that it won't be a system seller because most non-Nintendo-only gamers already have it.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of the Nintendo Direct?
On a personal level it was a little disappointing. I get that the Doom and Wolfenstein announcements were huge, but I'm one of those that has other consoles and I'm never going to buy multi platform games on the switch. I thought Mario Odyssey looked excellent, and it's probably the game I'm most looking forward to for the rest of the year, but on the other hand, XBC2 underwhelmed. I think XBX contributes a little to my lack of excitement for that one, despite the original XBC being one of my favourite RPGs of all time.
I'm still very happy they chose to announce games like Fire Emblem and Metroid way before they're ready to show them to us. That's the kind of thing that makes me feel enthusiastic about the console having a bright future. Sony do the same thing, and you have this road map of big games that stretches out for the next 3 years and it just gives you such confidence in your purchase.
Re: Deals: Jump Into These Super Mario Odyssey Goodies from the Nintendo UK Store
I don't really understand the point of it when it's just bundling together things at RRP, especially when you can pick up all these things for less with minimal effort in terms of shopping around. Then again, don't really see the point in ANY bundles for the same reason, and it always baffles me why people think a bundle will encourage sales. The game will encourage sales for sure, the fact you can get the game and console in one box instead of two will not.
Re: Looks Like The SNES Classic Mini Is Just As Hackable As The NES Classic Mini
I know we probably shouldn't admit to this, but this is the kind of news that makes me want to pick up these mini consoles!
Re: Doom Will Bring Hell to Switch This Holiday Season
Hope it sells!
Reminds of of Bethesda coming out in the Wii U era, saying Nintendo ignored their advice about Wii U's architecture and ease of porting. A lot on here got mad at them, but this kind of shows they were genuine.
I think a lot of publishers will be watching the sales of this game to judge future Switch support.
Re: More UK Gamers Picked Switch This Year Than Xbox One
Not surprised by the UK bashing in these comments anymore, but the fact is, the UK is one of the most open-minded markets for video games out there. Everyone here is saying UK is 'Sony territory' now, but last gen, the same people would claim the UK is 'MS territory'. Fact is, the UK doesn't blindly follow any brand. Sega, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have all have their machines come out on top at some point.
What's the best selling console this gen in the US and worldwide? It's the PS4, same as the UK. Last gen, the UK and US followed exactly the same pattern of the Wii being the sales leader before it just stopped selling suddenly and the 360 overtook it in BOTH markets. Before that, PS2 was the clear winner in the US and the UK. The two markets almost always go the same way every time, but everyone here clings to this narrative that the UK hates Nintendo and the US love them.
I don't know if this is just people clinging to the NES/SNES era, but that's all down to Nintendo. At that time, they weren't really focused on a global market. They let other companies handle the release of the NES in the UK and Europe and the whole operation was pathetic. As a result, Nintendo weren't part of everyone's childhood like the NES was over in the US. Can you imagine how most people would think of Nintendo if you took away the NES and SNES?
Re: Talking Point: The Apple Event - It's Worth Looking Out for Nintendo and Pokémon GO
I don't think there will be anything Nintendo this year. Last year they needed filler because they were holding back all the iPhone upgrades for the 10 year model. This year they'll have enough to talk about. Never know though.
Re: Nintendo Is Resurrecting The NES Classic Mini And Increasing SNES Classic Inventory
Finally some sense! I wonder if they'll tweak the OS to prevent or being so easy to hack. Hearing people loading the entire NES library onto them made me want one, but by then it was too late,
Re: Review: The Jackbox Party Pack (Switch eShop)
Another one here that loved this game back on the PC. That must have been close to 20 years ago now? I really should pick this up.
Re: Feature: Exploring The "Switch Tax" And Why Nintendo Was Right to Use Game Cards
I cannot wait for physical media to go away. It's been a bottle-neck for games development for over 10 years now. People need to let go of their obsession of having things to display on their shelves too. It's all about playing the game, not admiring a box.
Re: L.A. Noire Is The Latest Game To Fall Foul Of The Dreaded "Switch Tax"
The downside of cartridges unfortunately. The sooner we're rid of the physical/digital price parity the better.
Re: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Misses Out on Top Spot in UK Charts
Don't think there's any shame in losing out to a game from one of the biggest IPs on Playstation. They'd surely consider it being so high to be a success. Very well deserved too!
Re: Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition is Coming to Switch in Early 2018
Great game. Will definitely pick up the console version of this.
Re: Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Will Be a Switch Exclusive in 2018
Hmm, not quite what I was expecting when they announced a new No More Heroes, but I suppose we should just be thankful it exists in any form. Look forward to seeing more.
Re: The Plug Will Finally Be Pulled On Miiverse In November
I never got the hype over miiverse as a social network, but the number of games that rely on quite heavily is kind of alarming. Mario vs Donkey Kong Tipping Stars will suffer hugely by this being turned off. It can't cost much to keep it running. When the Wii's network went down, we were told it was because of Gamespy, and now that Nintendo were running their own with Wii U, it wouldn't end so quickly. Instead, they're shutting it down even quicker.