@Rafke Im not sure about right now, need to check but Season 5 on Switch was running perfectly until the crash last night. Hopefully season 5 doesn’t end up being a Season 3 repeat in terms of server stability ahha
Please new tracks. As much as I love the additions to 8, Deluxe hasn’t got as much playtime as I played 8 so much and the actual racing mode didn’t have many new additions besides some characters.
@Totaldude911 they remain the same price because the market is exponentially bigger than it ever was before. Most games are budgeted so that they will be more than profitable regardless of additional content (see EA’s business statements around Battlefront 2).
Between Fire Emblem Heroes making Male Seasonal Characters almost non-existent this year in favor of more and more ‘waifus’ when 2017 had mostly gender-balanced banners and Nintendo putting loot boxes in Pocket Camp on top of all the other layers of monetization; I’m losing faith that Nintendo will do right in the f2p sector and feel they should leave it to things like Fortnite and Warframe. I’ve always held Nintendo in very high regard but they’ve made it very clear they’re ready to get down and dirty like the rest of them and shift the content and payment model of their mobile games as they go. Just stick to full games. Hopefully FE Three Houses and AC Switch will be free of this rubbish.
@Djgoa I don’t think so iirc. It’s a shame but it’s the way it’s been for all of them (I’ve had a couple duos and squads wins with my sister since switching to Switch and I’m kinda sad they aren’t recorded ahah) and there was actually a period not long ago where stats were disabled for a couple months due to server crashes and other errors. I’m actually kinda grateful that the switch keeps track of playtime as Xbox and (I think) PS4 doesn’t becuase of EPIC disabling the recording of playtime in-game.
@GoldenGamer88 all modes other than solo, squad and duos are marked in-game as ‘LTM’ (limited time mode) and they cycle through different game modes that play differently like 50 vs 50, Final Fight, Solid Gold and others. Each time they usually come back slightly different as shown by ‘v1’ ‘v2’ etc. It’s to prevent the playerbase splitting too much but the developers have said in updates on Reddit that they plan on eventually having Playground be permanent and they’re continuing to think on making 50 vs 50 permanent as it’s the most popular and requested LTM.
I really enjoyed it. I’ve not played much as you can’t carry anything to the final release and I know I’ll want to play a lot when it comes out. I was really impressed by the character models and animations
@zonks stay happy. He killed 48 people who weren’t shooting each other or playing the game becuase you had to enter the server for a one-time event that will never be repeated. That’s worse than getting 4 kills against people that actually want to kill you
@NintendoFan4Lyf yeah it’s the same with overwatch and fortnite, it just looks straight up weird and abnormal. It should be fixed, it’s nothing to do with sexualisation as lots of people are trying to spin it in other places.
Fortnite, Paladins, Mario Tenis and Kingdom Hearts. Probably won’t get round to spending much time on all of them though as I also have Luke Cage to watch.
Oh and probably some more Pokémon Quest. Got to complete that Pokédex
I hope Birdo is unlockable in the base game and we don’t have to wait for a tournament. She’s who I’m most excited for. I hope the list isn’t exhaustive in terms of future event characters too as Koopas and such are pretty safe, I’d love some Odyssey characters
@Zebetite yeah that my main issue. They haven’t said if they’re actually going to improve the online service so it just feels like I’m gonna be charged for something that is deservedly free because it isn’t good.
Im just not excited to wait ages and ages for it to work it’s way up to GBA, GameCube etc. NES games aren’t really an incentive when I’ve bought them a million times. I get that it’s cheaper than others but I feel I’m essentially just paying for p2p matchmaking that I’m already using for free.
Im not as excited as others seem to be to pay for another subscription service just to use online. But it will be good to hear more about what’s included and hopefully a release date so all the speculation can stop
So there’s breasts and maps. Cool. I’ll check to see if it’s good when it launches. The premise seems cool and the art looks nice but close-up breast shots in trailers and games are so freaking condescending. I’m not into women so this doesn’t pull me in in the way they think.
Deleted. Every aspect of the game was already monetized. Leaf tickets to speed up crafting, leaf tickets to get more resources, leaf tickets to speed up events, leaf ticket exclusive event items, £30 worth of leaf tickets for camp backdrops (recently added). They didn’t need to do this and it’s straight up gross that they’ve dressed the up as fortune cookies rather than a bland crate or something to get kids to go ‘but mommmmmm’.
So disappointed. They’ve turned what should be a relaxing series into a game you have to play all day every day to grind everything to try and get the free stuff and a game that demands money for pretty much every aspect of the game.
Charge £30 for the game and be done with it. Mess.
Trying to schedule time for all the games with events right now and timed challenges so; Battlefield, Battlefront, Fortnite, Rocket League, COD WW2 and Monster Hunter World. But I’m also trying to play Fire Emblem Warriors ugh
I like the game but not one of the dlc boys were unique. We get 3 boys compared to 6 girls and all the boys are clones whereas only 4 of the girls are. Lovely.
I might get one becuase I pretty much always play portable but most of these peripherals are missing a lot of functionality. I wish Nintendo would release a wider range of official peripherals with all the features
That’s how shorts fit on men though. I hate how unless male characters look like they have a vagina, people make a fuss. Female Nintendo characters have had massive breasts and suggestive outfits for years but they make men’s shorts that look like men’s shorts and people make a fuss. It’s not like it a massive bulge, it’s just normal.
They referred to Mario Run as Free to Start and FEH and ACPC as Free to Play so I'm taking that as meaning Mario Kart will have that Mario Run approach which is the way I was hoping for, its a much nicer system than Free to Play.
the majority of my gold coins are expiring at the end of the next two months and ive already had some expire so this is useless. 1p per gold coin is also insane considering the inflated prices on retail games on the eshop
I love MonHun and I definitely believe this game can run on the Switch but the Switch dev kits were sent out super late and the game wasn’t developed with Switch in mind so it’s silly to expect a Switch version of it. That said, the Switch is selling insanely well in Japan so unless they hate money, Capcom won’t be dropping their main consumer base any time soon
Was stuck between Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Fire Emblem Echoes but gave the edge to Xenoblade for the fact I love the Switch so much. Really tough though, loved BOTW, Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Warriors and Stardew
@MetaRyan when has Nintendo stated their sales expectations for Xenoblade? It’s a niche franchise and they know it and it’s selling better than the two previous entries in said franchise. Nintendo tends to look at how their games perform in relative terms so I’m sure they’d deem this a success
@kyleforrester87 tbf no one could call this an incomplete game I’m at 55 hours and only just got to chapter 6 it’s got way over a hundred hours of content so DLC is perfectly fine in this case as it’s absolutley ‘extra’ content
@JohnnyC it’s really not pay to play much at all. If you’ve played mainline AC none of the waiting feels like anything and there’s always something to do while the trees are refreshing and they only take a couple hours instead of a day like in the main games.
So annoying I wish I still had an android, for iOS I was trying to make an Australian account as loads of websites said but they said there was an option to not put in a payment method but there wasn’t so I can’t get it
@Rika_Yoshitake yeah I unsubbed after his recent Mario Party rant, he gets so scarily angry over this stuff and his negativity knows literally no bounds. Plus his social media rants are insanely bad
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Re: Fortnite's Servers Go Down (And Glitches Run Riot) Following Season Five Launch
@HobbitGamer thank you!
Re: Fortnite's Servers Go Down (And Glitches Run Riot) Following Season Five Launch
@Rafke Im not sure about right now, need to check but Season 5 on Switch was running perfectly until the crash last night. Hopefully season 5 doesn’t end up being a Season 3 repeat in terms of server stability ahha
Re: Fortnite's Servers Go Down (And Glitches Run Riot) Following Season Five Launch
Well it was going perfectly for most of the day at least. Got 7 kills in my first solo win of the season on day one so I’m pretty proud.
Re: Nintendo Says There Are More Updates Coming To Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Please new tracks. As much as I love the additions to 8, Deluxe hasn’t got as much playtime as I played 8 so much and the actual racing mode didn’t have many new additions besides some characters.
Re: Mario & Luigi Developer AlphaDream Recruiting Graphic Designers For Switch And Smartphone Projects
@Totaldude911 they remain the same price because the market is exponentially bigger than it ever was before. Most games are budgeted so that they will be more than profitable regardless of additional content (see EA’s business statements around Battlefront 2).
Re: Mario & Luigi Developer AlphaDream Recruiting Graphic Designers For Switch And Smartphone Projects
Between Fire Emblem Heroes making Male Seasonal Characters almost non-existent this year in favor of more and more ‘waifus’ when 2017 had mostly gender-balanced banners and Nintendo putting loot boxes in Pocket Camp on top of all the other layers of monetization; I’m losing faith that Nintendo will do right in the f2p sector and feel they should leave it to things like Fortnite and Warframe. I’ve always held Nintendo in very high regard but they’ve made it very clear they’re ready to get down and dirty like the rest of them and shift the content and payment model of their mobile games as they go. Just stick to full games. Hopefully FE Three Houses and AC Switch will be free of this rubbish.
Re: Fortnite's Playground Mode Is Finally Up And Running Again After A Week Of Trouble
@Djgoa I don’t think so iirc. It’s a shame but it’s the way it’s been for all of them (I’ve had a couple duos and squads wins with my sister since switching to Switch and I’m kinda sad they aren’t recorded ahah) and there was actually a period not long ago where stats were disabled for a couple months due to server crashes and other errors. I’m actually kinda grateful that the switch keeps track of playtime as Xbox and (I think) PS4 doesn’t becuase of EPIC disabling the recording of playtime in-game.
Re: Fortnite's Playground Mode Is Finally Up And Running Again After A Week Of Trouble
@GoldenGamer88 all modes other than solo, squad and duos are marked in-game as ‘LTM’ (limited time mode) and they cycle through different game modes that play differently like 50 vs 50, Final Fight, Solid Gold and others. Each time they usually come back slightly different as shown by ‘v1’ ‘v2’ etc. It’s to prevent the playerbase splitting too much but the developers have said in updates on Reddit that they plan on eventually having Playground be permanent and they’re continuing to think on making 50 vs 50 permanent as it’s the most popular and requested LTM.
Re: Fortnite's Playground Mode Is Finally Up And Running Again After A Week Of Trouble
@Djgoa it came late on every console release. Just wait and it will be there eventually.
Re: Hands On: Going Into Battle With Arena Of Valor, Switch's New MOBA Sensation
@SmaMan purchase with points earned during the battle... that’s nothing to do with real world money, it’s like XP
Re: Hands On: Going Into Battle With Arena Of Valor, Switch's New MOBA Sensation
I really enjoyed it. I’ve not played much as you can’t carry anything to the final release and I know I’ll want to play a lot when it comes out. I was really impressed by the character models and animations
Re: Fortnite Player Takes All-Time Kill Record By Savagely Taking Out Rocket Launch Viewers
@zonks stay happy. He killed 48 people who weren’t shooting each other or playing the game becuase you had to enter the server for a one-time event that will never be repeated. That’s worse than getting 4 kills against people that actually want to kill you
Re: Weirdness: Solid Snake's Voice Actor Takes Issue With The Character's Flat Derrière In Smash Bros. Ultimate
@NintendoFan4Lyf yeah it’s the same with overwatch and fortnite, it just looks straight up weird and abnormal. It should be fixed, it’s nothing to do with sexualisation as lots of people are trying to spin it in other places.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Fortnite, Paladins, Mario Tenis and Kingdom Hearts. Probably won’t get round to spending much time on all of them though as I also have Luke Cage to watch.
Oh and probably some more Pokémon Quest. Got to complete that Pokédex
Re: Blades At The Ready As Warriors Orochi 4 Lands An 18th October Release On Switch
Looks great. I’ll probably wait for a review but I’m excited.
Re: Guide: Fortnite On Nintendo Switch - Release Date, Battle Pass Pricing, Motion Controls And Exclusive Content
Lol what? There’s no release date and then the rest is just general information about fortnite as it exists on other platforms.
Re: Rocket League Is Getting Jurassic World-Themed Goodies On 18th June
@Undead_terror the explosion can be put on any car
Re: Rocket League Is Getting Jurassic World-Themed Goodies On 18th June
Yep, instant buy. Love the JP franchise
Re: Rumour: Leaked E3 Document Suggests Fortnite, Dragon Ball FighterZ And More Are Switch-Bound
So long as I can use my Xbox account on Switch like I can on iOS, Switch will probably become my main system for fortnite
Re: Datamine Reveals 26 Potential Characters For Mario Tennis Aces
I hope Birdo is unlockable in the base game and we don’t have to wait for a tournament. She’s who I’m most excited for. I hope the list isn’t exhaustive in terms of future event characters too as Koopas and such are pretty safe, I’d love some Odyssey characters
Re: Random: Ariana Grande Has Recreated Her Single 'No Tears Left To Cry' Using Nintendo Labo
@Euler reducing a successful woman who has worked hard to get where she is to some guys ex is gross. The donut thing was stupid but it was a blip.
Re: Soapbox: Let's Give Nintendo Switch Online A Chance Before We Throw It To The Wolves
@Zebetite yeah that my main issue. They haven’t said if they’re actually going to improve the online service so it just feels like I’m gonna be charged for something that is deservedly free because it isn’t good.
Re: Soapbox: Let's Give Nintendo Switch Online A Chance Before We Throw It To The Wolves
Im just not excited to wait ages and ages for it to work it’s way up to GBA, GameCube etc. NES games aren’t really an incentive when I’ve bought them a million times. I get that it’s cheaper than others but I feel I’m essentially just paying for p2p matchmaking that I’m already using for free.
Re: Details Regarding Nintendo Switch Online Services Will Be Shared In May
Im not as excited as others seem to be to pay for another subscription service just to use online. But it will be good to hear more about what’s included and hopefully a release date so all the speculation can stop
Re: Tactical RPG Banner Of The Maid Is Coming To Switch
So there’s breasts and maps. Cool. I’ll check to see if it’s good when it launches. The premise seems cool and the art looks nice but close-up breast shots in trailers and games are so freaking condescending. I’m not into women so this doesn’t pull me in in the way they think.
Re: There's Trouble In Paradise As Nintendo Adds Loot Boxes To Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Deleted. Every aspect of the game was already monetized. Leaf tickets to speed up crafting, leaf tickets to get more resources, leaf tickets to speed up events, leaf ticket exclusive event items, £30 worth of leaf tickets for camp backdrops (recently added). They didn’t need to do this and it’s straight up gross that they’ve dressed the up as fortune cookies rather than a bland crate or something to get kids to go ‘but mommmmmm’.
So disappointed. They’ve turned what should be a relaxing series into a game you have to play all day every day to grind everything to try and get the free stuff and a game that demands money for pretty much every aspect of the game.
Charge £30 for the game and be done with it. Mess.
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend?
Trying to schedule time for all the games with events right now and timed challenges so; Battlefield, Battlefront, Fortnite, Rocket League, COD WW2 and Monster Hunter World. But I’m also trying to play Fire Emblem Warriors ugh
Re: New Fire Emblem Warriors DLC Content Is Now Available For Purchase
I like the game but not one of the dlc boys were unique. We get 3 boys compared to 6 girls and all the boys are clones whereas only 4 of the girls are. Lovely.
Re: Your Prayers Have Been Answered, Hori Is Making A Joy-Con With A Proper D-Pad
I might get one becuase I pretty much always play portable but most of these peripherals are missing a lot of functionality. I wish Nintendo would release a wider range of official peripherals with all the features
Re: Review: Detective Pikachu (3DS)
Ugh why is Amazon now saying my pre-order isn’t coming till April 26th? I’ve been waiting for this since it released in Japan
Re: Review: Detective Pikachu (3DS)
@0muros ...because it was developed for 3DS
Re: Weirdness: Mario Tennis Aces Artwork Triggers An Unlikely Discussion About Luigi's Lunch Box
@10-zx were you born and instantly aged past the age of 25? Get a grip.
Re: Weirdness: Mario Tennis Aces Artwork Triggers An Unlikely Discussion About Luigi's Lunch Box
That’s how shorts fit on men though. I hate how unless male characters look like they have a vagina, people make a fuss. Female Nintendo characters have had massive breasts and suggestive outfits for years but they make men’s shorts that look like men’s shorts and people make a fuss. It’s not like it a massive bulge, it’s just normal.
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend?
Rocket League and Splatoon, so hype for that DLC
Re: Put Your Wallet Away, Mario Kart Tour Will Be "Free To Start"
They referred to Mario Run as Free to Start and FEH and ACPC as Free to Play so I'm taking that as meaning Mario Kart will have that Mario Run approach which is the way I was hoping for, its a much nicer system than Free to Play.
Re: Rejoice, Soon You'll Be Able To Use Your My Nintendo Gold Points On The Switch eShop
the majority of my gold coins are expiring at the end of the next two months and ive already had some expire so this is useless. 1p per gold coin is also insane considering the inflated prices on retail games on the eshop
Re: News: Fire Emblem Heroes' First Anniversary Update Detailed by Nintendo
@OdnetninAges same I'm kinda sad that all the comments I saw after the reveal were negative because I thought it looked great haha
Re: Capcom Explains (Again) Why Monster Hunter World Isn't Coming To Switch
I love MonHun and I definitely believe this game can run on the Switch but the Switch dev kits were sent out super late and the game wasn’t developed with Switch in mind so it’s silly to expect a Switch version of it. That said, the Switch is selling insanely well in Japan so unless they hate money, Capcom won’t be dropping their main consumer base any time soon
Re: Video: Get Ready To Crack The Case With Detective Pikachu In The Latest Trailer
I have been waiting for this for so freaking long. I can’t express how hyped I am and I am definitely buying that massive amiibo
Re: Feature: Vote For Your 2017 Nintendo Life Game of the Year
Was stuck between Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Fire Emblem Echoes but gave the edge to Xenoblade for the fact I love the Switch so much. Really tough though, loved BOTW, Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Warriors and Stardew
Re: Take A Look Behind The Scenes Of Xenoblade Chronicles 2's Character Design
@MetaRyan when has Nintendo stated their sales expectations for Xenoblade? It’s a niche franchise and they know it and it’s selling better than the two previous entries in said franchise. Nintendo tends to look at how their games perform in relative terms so I’m sure they’d deem this a success
Re: Take A Look Behind The Scenes Of Xenoblade Chronicles 2's Character Design
@kyleforrester87 tbf no one could call this an incomplete game I’m at 55 hours and only just got to chapter 6 it’s got way over a hundred hours of content so DLC is perfectly fine in this case as it’s absolutley ‘extra’ content
Re: Final Fantasy And More Could One Day Arrive On Switch As Square Enix Considers Future Ports
Please please Xenogears and the HD Kingdom Hearts games that PlayStation got, having an Xbox has screwed me
Re: Random: Model Chrissy Teigen Rants About Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp's "Jerks"
@JohnnyC it’s really not pay to play much at all. If you’ve played mainline AC none of the waiting feels like anything and there’s always something to do while the trees are refreshing and they only take a couple hours instead of a day like in the main games.
Re: Preview: Returning to a Strange Universe in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Wales represent!
Re: Feature: Our First Steps in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
So annoying I wish I still had an android, for iOS I was trying to make an Australian account as loads of websites said but they said there was an option to not put in a payment method but there wasn’t so I can’t get it
Re: Shin Megami Tensei V is Coming to the Nintendo Switch
@BensonUii I can second this I never got round to buying it for Wii U and am now regretting it
Re: Review: Fire Emblem Warriors (Switch)
@Oscarzxn people seem to have very very selective memory when it comes to things like this
Re: North America Gets a Neat Halloween-Themed Splatoon 2 Splatfest
Ugh I live in the UK and love Halloween so this is irritating me
Re: Video: Fan-Made Showcase Illustrates The Potential Of Animal Crossing On Switch
@Rika_Yoshitake yeah I unsubbed after his recent Mario Party rant, he gets so scarily angry over this stuff and his negativity knows literally no bounds. Plus his social media rants are insanely bad