Putting this out here about 5+ years too late - can we drop the “perfect fit for Switch” unless it’s reserved for local multiplayer or something. Not every game is deserving of that overused journalistic filler. It barely makes sense anymore.
I know he splits opinion with his hot takes and attitude sometimes, but I think he’s onto something here. My only experience of Okami to date was on the Wii and I think the motion controls severely hindered it. I found them very unresponsive with the attacks in particular and it stopped me from continuing the game. Which is a shame, because it’s considered to be one of the industry’s very best. I have a HD copy somewhere and will get to it one day.
Saying that your daughter would have more fun with Celeste with some modifiers than Mario Wonder is one of the stupidest claims I have ever heard in my life.
@JohnnyMind people who don’t learn from their mistakes, or learn from others’ very obvious and widely-publicised mistakes, need to be held accountable. Nintendo will absolutely go after this if it gets enough traction and everyone knows they will. They are the most consistent and notorious protectors of their IP in the industry, so I don’t have any sympathy for the creators now and I won’t in the future either. It’s also a good thing that the trailer was mince because we won’t be missing anything.
@JohnnyMind can you try and saying something critical or even negative for a change? 😂 If there was ever a reason to do so, it’s this unauthorised use of Nintendo property. Just once. Pleaaaseee 🥺
A lot of nothing to even get excited about in that trailer anyway. Y’know, that is if it wasn’t taken down, which it very much will be. When will people learn not to use IP in such a blatantly obvious way 😪
It’s probably just another screenshot button. This was limited to only the left JoyCon, so only one person could use it if the controllers were shared. Not sure where all these wild theories are coming from, it literally looks the same shape and size…
Not having the original development team does not impact this final product in any way and should not be listed as a negative. Mention it in the review, sure - hell, why not even have an entire separate article dedicated to it?
But listing it there is pretty pathetic.
Can we just not even pretend that these images are real? There’s no way Nintendo are going to slap a big “2” on the front of the dock, because it looks ridiculous. Honestly might boycott this site until it’s actually announced.
It’s these constant rumour articles and whispers and spec leaks that are getting out of hand. I’m ready when Nintendo is ready, I still have plenty of backlog right now anyway.
(Plus, I’m a grown-ass man and I can wait until the end of March, which would be the very latest…)
@IpsoFacto I mean it literally says ‘content’. What more do you need explained to you? And they’re also not ‘real’ porn/hentai games, Nintendo would never allow the stuff that you find on Steam.
@CrimsonDragoon but as others have said, the quality cesspit that is the eShop exists. So I would be surprised if it was performance-related. We had that King Kong game earlier this year and apparently that was criminally poor.
Sony have been the ones coming under criticism for strange censorship decisions in recent years, so I wonder which guidelines they breached (if any - this is of course one-sided). Not a great loss for my perspective though, these games have never interested me.
A surprisingly touching and classy gesture. Some have argued, however, that Astro Bot has gone beyond more ‘influenced by Mario’ and has straight-up copied mechanics at times. But respect to this guy for even having the audacity and awareness to reference Nintendo when accepting an award for a first-party Sony title.
@obijuankanoobie I mean, he does mention Super Mario Bros. by name, which is a game made a company that I’m sure everyone in that room is aware of…
Thanks for the clickbait! Even if you are just the messengers of said clickbait on this occasion. Good job, have my ad revenue. I’ve only got myself to blame.
@Stormcloudlive Ah yes you’re right, I was tired when I commented this morning so didn’t read properly. I also seen your follow-up comment where you wrote that the article could be more clear, so I don’t feel as bad, haha.
Don’t forget, we’re only getting one side of the story here. For example, I know he’s paraphrasing but he was never told to “go away”, I refuse to believe that. Unsure why he’s coming out with this 17 years after the game release too, what is the point? Like everyone else, I’m siding with the so-called micromanagers as that Nintendo quality is obvious through the course of their work.
@Anti-Matter is this even a game you would play? Seems like the opposite thing you would normally be interested in. There are much better JRPG’s out there.
@KingofRedLions mate, I’m not reading all that, have a night off of it. Although lol @ copying a moderator in asking for help. Have you really got nothing better to do than proclaim your NintendoLife account innocence? Hahaha
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Re: Acclaimed Horror Title 'Mouthwashing' Is Making Its Way To Switch
Putting this out here about 5+ years too late - can we drop the “perfect fit for Switch” unless it’s reserved for local multiplayer or something.
Not every game is deserving of that overused journalistic filler. It barely makes sense anymore.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Wants Nintendo To Reboot Virtual Console For Switch 2
He’s not wrong, I said this just recently.
Re: Retailer GAME Accused Of "Scalping" Pokémon Cards Thanks To Insane Delivery Fees
Is there any more ways in which this company can be mismanaged?! It’s such a f*** up from the top down.
Re: You May Be Due A Refund As Nintendo Alters Tax Rate On Select Museum Gifts
16p. This article is talking about a refund for 16p.
Really glad I came to the site to find that out.
Re: Nintendo President Reiterates Switch Online Will "Continue To Be Available" For Switch 2
Bring back Virtual Console. Best years of our lives… We didn’t know how good we had it.
Re: Random: Hideki Kamiya Would Rather You Not Play Okami On The Wii
I know he splits opinion with his hot takes and attitude sometimes, but I think he’s onto something here.
My only experience of Okami to date was on the Wii and I think the motion controls severely hindered it. I found them very unresponsive with the attacks in particular and it stopped me from continuing the game. Which is a shame, because it’s considered to be one of the industry’s very best. I have a HD copy somewhere and will get to it one day.
Re: Latest 'Video Game Maps: SNES' Book Dives Into Zelda, Kirby, Mega Man And More
Eh, have you checked the shipping costs for the UK? Absolutely insane.
Re: Random: Shuhei Yoshida Reminisces About Playing Sony's First 'SNES PlayStation' Game
Milking this Shuhei Yoshida content a bit, aren’t we? I think that’s enough.
Re: Japan's Switch eShop Will Soon No Longer Accept Overseas Payment Methods
Play Asia to the rescue again. It never worked with EU PayPal anyway.
Re: Opinion: My Daughter Made Me Realise That Mario Wonder's Difficulty Options Need Work
Saying that your daughter would have more fun with Celeste with some modifiers than Mario Wonder is one of the stupidest claims I have ever heard in my life.
Re: Where To Pre-Order Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition On Switch
@ChessboardMan do not buy from Game ever again, is my advice. Been shafted by them too many times so I refuse to shop there now.
Re: Opinion: The Hyped-Up New Pokémon TCG Set Is A Total Bummer To Open
Grown-Ass Adults Trying to Get Rich: The Card Game.
I hate everything about what this hobby has become.
Re: Nintendo Bags GLAAD Nomination For Paper Mario's Trans Representation
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Re: Nintendo Bags GLAAD Nomination For Paper Mario's Trans Representation
I just came here to say it’s now time to free Mother 3 from its Japanese exclusivity. It would be such a power move.
Re: Zelda Fan Film Kicks Off Fundraising Campaign With First Live-Action Trailer
@JohnnyMind people who don’t learn from their mistakes, or learn from others’ very obvious and widely-publicised mistakes, need to be held accountable.
Nintendo will absolutely go after this if it gets enough traction and everyone knows they will. They are the most consistent and notorious protectors of their IP in the industry, so I don’t have any sympathy for the creators now and I won’t in the future either. It’s also a good thing that the trailer was mince because we won’t be missing anything.
Re: Zelda Fan Film Kicks Off Fundraising Campaign With First Live-Action Trailer
@JohnnyMind can you try and saying something critical or even negative for a change? 😂 If there was ever a reason to do so, it’s this unauthorised use of Nintendo property. Just once. Pleaaaseee 🥺
Re: Zelda Fan Film Kicks Off Fundraising Campaign With First Live-Action Trailer
A lot of nothing to even get excited about in that trailer anyway. Y’know, that is if it wasn’t taken down, which it very much will be.
When will people learn not to use IP in such a blatantly obvious way 😪
Re: Feature: Everything You Missed In The Switch 2 Mario Kart Reveal - Characters, Features, Easter Eggs
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Re: Switch 2's Rumoured 'C' Button Isn't Actually A 'C' Button
@Olliemar28 ah okay fair, I see the difference now. It’ll obviously be a shortcut to Miiverse instead then 👀
Re: Switch 2's Rumoured 'C' Button Isn't Actually A 'C' Button
@Pachrisu oh just seen your comment. Yeah, I don’t think it’s that deep a mystery eh.
Re: Switch 2's Rumoured 'C' Button Isn't Actually A 'C' Button
It’s probably just another screenshot button. This was limited to only the left JoyCon, so only one person could use it if the controllers were shared.
Not sure where all these wild theories are coming from, it literally looks the same shape and size…
Re: The Switch eShop Is A Nightmare, So We've Made Our Own "Better eShop"
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Re: Guillemot Family And Tencent May Move Select Ubisoft Assets To New Venture
Two wrong’uns don’t make a right.
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch) - Aping A Retro Classic
Not having the original development team does not impact this final product in any way and should not be listed as a negative. Mention it in the review, sure - hell, why not even have an entire separate article dedicated to it?
But listing it there is pretty pathetic.
Re: Rumour: Insider Claims That Halo: Master Chief Collection Will Come To 'Switch 2'
@Olliemar28 you guys must be salivating at all the engagement these non-reporting is getting. Be better and stop spreading misinformation.
Re: Switch 2 'Indentations' Make It Incompatible With Original Switch Dock, Says Genki
Can we just not even pretend that these images are real? There’s no way Nintendo are going to slap a big “2” on the front of the dock, because it looks ridiculous.
Honestly might boycott this site until it’s actually announced.
Re: Talking Point: Everyone Else Is Busy Revealing Switch 2 - What Gives, Nintendo?
P.S. I didn’t even read the article because I know it won’t give me the answers we’re all eventually anticipating 🤷🏻♂️
Re: Talking Point: Everyone Else Is Busy Revealing Switch 2 - What Gives, Nintendo?
It’s these constant rumour articles and whispers and spec leaks that are getting out of hand. I’m ready when Nintendo is ready, I still have plenty of backlog right now anyway.
(Plus, I’m a grown-ass man and I can wait until the end of March, which would be the very latest…)
Re: Video: Here Are Alex's Top 5 Nintendo Switch Games Of 2024
Merry Cringemas, you lovely people!
Love,
Alex
Re: Video: Here Are Zion's Top 5 Nintendo Switch Games Of 2024
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Re: Thieves Steal Thousands Of Pounds Of Rare Pokémon Cards From YouTuber's Company
A trading card game YouTube gets robbed!!
…oh well.
Re: Random: Streamer Beats Pokémon's Most Difficult Challenge After 3,978 Attempts
Yeah… I like to do other things with my limited free time on Earth.
Re: 'Hyperdimension Neptunia' & 'Death End' Switch Releases Scrapped For "Not Complying With Nintendo Guidelines"
@Samalik good to know, been looking for a game to play with the family over Christmas. Thanks.
Re: 'Hyperdimension Neptunia' & 'Death End' Switch Releases Scrapped For "Not Complying With Nintendo Guidelines"
@IpsoFacto I mean it literally says ‘content’. What more do you need explained to you?
And they’re also not ‘real’ porn/hentai games, Nintendo would never allow the stuff that you find on Steam.
Re: 'Hyperdimension Neptunia' & 'Death End' Switch Releases Scrapped For "Not Complying With Nintendo Guidelines"
@CrimsonDragoon Simple if you think about it - that content must not have violated the guidelines…
Re: 'Hyperdimension Neptunia' & 'Death End' Switch Releases Scrapped For "Not Complying With Nintendo Guidelines"
For anyone that skipped most of the article (myself included), this is the statement:
"due to the contents of the Re;Birth series and Death end re;Quest: Code Z not complying with the Nintendo Guidelines."
So it’s definitely not performance.
Re: 'Hyperdimension Neptunia' & 'Death End' Switch Releases Scrapped For "Not Complying With Nintendo Guidelines"
@CrimsonDragoon but as others have said, the quality cesspit that is the eShop exists. So I would be surprised if it was performance-related.
We had that King Kong game earlier this year and apparently that was criminally poor.
Re: 'Hyperdimension Neptunia' & 'Death End' Switch Releases Scrapped For "Not Complying With Nintendo Guidelines"
Sony have been the ones coming under criticism for strange censorship decisions in recent years, so I wonder which guidelines they breached (if any - this is of course one-sided). Not a great loss for my perspective though, these games have never interested me.
Re: Random: PlayStation's Astro Bot Director Pays Tribute To Mario And Nintendo In GOTY Speech
A surprisingly touching and classy gesture. Some have argued, however, that Astro Bot has gone beyond more ‘influenced by Mario’ and has straight-up copied mechanics at times. But respect to this guy for even having the audacity and awareness to reference Nintendo when accepting an award for a first-party Sony title.
@obijuankanoobie I mean, he does mention Super Mario Bros. by name, which is a game made a company that I’m sure everyone in that room is aware of…
Re: Eagle-Eyed Fans Think They've Spotted The First 'Switch 2' Image In New Satisfye Trailer
Thanks for the clickbait! Even if you are just the messengers of said clickbait on this occasion. Good job, have my ad revenue. I’ve only got myself to blame.
Re: Poll: It's Almost Time For The Game Awards, But Are You Expecting Much Switch News?
The Game Awards is a shamelessly terrible advertisement event organised by an egotistical, uncharismatic, self-appointed cretin.
Of course I won’t be watching.
Re: Looks Like Fire Emblem & Paper Mario Dev Intelligent Systems Is Hiring
@Not_Soos You’ve spoken about something similar before, what makes you so confident that Intelligent Systems would hire you?
Also ‘image not found’ lol.
Re: Random: Metroid Prime 3 Dev Left Retro Studios After "Unhealthy Relationship" With Nintendo Micromanagement
@BTB20 see my previous comment where I already corrected myself, thanks.
Re: Random: Metroid Prime 3 Dev Left Retro Studios After "Unhealthy Relationship" With Nintendo Micromanagement
@Stormcloudlive Ah yes you’re right, I was tired when I commented this morning so didn’t read properly.
I also seen your follow-up comment where you wrote that the article could be more clear, so I don’t feel as bad, haha.
Re: Random: Metroid Prime 3 Dev Left Retro Studios After "Unhealthy Relationship" With Nintendo Micromanagement
Don’t forget, we’re only getting one side of the story here. For example, I know he’s paraphrasing but he was never told to “go away”, I refuse to believe that. Unsure why he’s coming out with this 17 years after the game release too, what is the point? Like everyone else, I’m siding with the so-called micromanagers as that Nintendo quality is obvious through the course of their work.
Re: Review: Fantasian Neo Dimension (Switch) - Final Fantasy Creator's JRPG Love Letter Delights & Frustrates
@Anti-Matter is this even a game you would play? Seems like the opposite thing you would normally be interested in. There are much better JRPG’s out there.
Re: Bullet-Hell Shmup Refused Classification In The West Over 'Expression Restrictions'
@KingofRedLions mate, I’m not reading all that, have a night off of it. Although lol @ copying a moderator in asking for help. Have you really got nothing better to do than proclaim your NintendoLife account innocence? Hahaha
Re: Bullet-Hell Shmup Refused Classification In The West Over 'Expression Restrictions'
@KingofRedLions that’s not the definition of misandry, so you clearly didn’t do a good job of looking it up.