I understand that game companies want everyone to play a game for the first time on the same day across the whole earth 7 billion people
We all want things that we're not going to get
No one is making them keep the game secret after it's leaked. If they're actually worried about spoilers....they could just.....you know.....let everyone play the game.....that is absolutely something they could do
i feel like the game looks higher quality than the actual trailer
like, regardless of the how good the game is, the trailer is just generic and uninspired. it's a commercial that my brain wants to skip, not a trailer that i want to watch
i was kinda put off by totk's 2nd trailer, but holy *****, the third one, i've watched that like 50 times. that trailer is NOT just a commercial.
even great games can have meh trailers and i dunno if this is gonna be great, but the trailer is just meh
"mash this button faster" was never a good gameplay mechanic, and nothing has changed. It was bad in MGS, it was bad in RE4, it's bad in QTE's, it's bad in shmups, there's no place where it isn't bad.
@Paraka speedrunners spend more hours playing their games than anyone who is not a speedrunner, and it's not even close. like orders of magnitude difference. speedrunners spend hundreds and hundreds of hours on their games.
@Kilroy Progear is a bit messy, it's not the best cave game, it's a little weird
If you are playing in CAS, choose the JP version of progear. The EN version had jacked up difficulty to get more quarters, the JP version is a bit easier. Still gonna be a spike on stage 3 though.
@Joeynator3000 maybe give mushi a couple more chances, and try the novice modes
in general, in the shmup community, and me personally, crimzon clover is considered to be significantly harder than mushi. Like, CC arcade mode is waaaaay too hard for me and i can 1cc mushi on maniac. CC novice mode is definitely harder than mushi novice modes too.
or maybe difficulty is just totally in the eye of the beholder
@Joeynator3000 Mushi is not that hard! "The hardest boss of all time" in all those crazy videos are from the ultra difficulty mode, you do not have to play that! No normal human being plays that *****! We play original and maniac!
Play original normal mode like a normal human being, and you'll have a great time!
If you can beat crimzon clover on novice, you can play mushi. CC on novice is not free, it's not easy, that's an actual game.
Mushi has a bunch of novice modes too, and they are as good as CC, actually challenging but approachable
Mushi is waaaaay simpler than CC too, you just dodge and shoot and bomb when you get scared
Mushi is the best shmup to start with! The steam and switch ports are awesome, there are tons of different modes with incremental increases in difficulty, and the gameplay mechanics are really easy to understand, way easier than CC
If you are worried that something might not be ok to publish, it seems like maybe you should......i dunno.....just throwing this out there......ask the appropriate person at nintendo if it's ok to publish?
Like, what are these people even talking about lol
@Balladeer my dude this is the second article posted TODAY on this site about this series that 13 people on earth care about, and it's not even lunch time yet
Getting old
You are free to skip any comments that you disagree with
Edit I WAS WRONG IT THERE ARE 3. 3 ARTICLES IN ONE DAY ABOUT THIS SERIES AND IT'S NOT EVEN LUNCH TIME YET
Reggie is on a reputation self-destruction speedrun right now.
First he wants to monetize animal crossing islands.
Now this obvious CYA BS.
Say it with me - RICH PEOPLE ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND. RICH PEOPLE ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND. RICH PEOPLE ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND. NONE OF THEM. EVER. NONE OF THEM. EVER.
I literally play nothing but shmups. My favorite genre, by far.
This is overpriced. These games should be Arcade Archives releases for 8 bucks.
Compare the content/price to the competition - Mushihimesama. Crimzon Clover. Dodonpachi Resurrection.
It's not even close. Not. Even. Close.
If you're waiting on english translation, stop waiting. Not gonna happen.
M2 shottriggers haven't released a decent product since esprade in 2019 and there is no sign that they are going to anytime soon. And esprade STILL hasn't gotten a western release. Probably never will.
"Nintendo is not aware of any attempts to unionize"
Really? None? NO ONE at nintendo has EVER tried to unionize? NONE?
Regardless of the details of this particular case, this statement strains credulity. Every company of nintendo's size and age has had SOMEONE at least TRY to unionize at some point.
Wanna know a way to tell that a shmup developer doesn't really know anything about shmups?
Using massive amounts of screen shake as a lazy replacement for drawing a nice explosion animation.
Screen shake is a big problem in shmups. If it's there, it needs to be minimal, rare, and only used in places where the player is not expected to dodge stuff. Making the screen shake is really bad for a genre based on precise dodging.
Cave, raizing, all the best shmup devs - no screen shake. Just well animated explosions.
Crimzon clover - one of the best, with absolutely insane visual display of non stop explosions and lazers and crazy ***** - no screen shake, and that's not an accident.
Not a fan of ININ patching japanese releases to intentionally remove english language options to funnel western buyers to SLG, which can take over a year to ship.
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Re: PSA: Pikmin 4 Has Already Leaked Online, Watch Out For Spoilers
I understand that game companies want everyone to play a game for the first time on the same day across the whole earth 7 billion people
We all want things that we're not going to get
No one is making them keep the game secret after it's leaked. If they're actually worried about spoilers....they could just.....you know.....let everyone play the game.....that is absolutely something they could do
Re: Review: Pikmin 4 - Relaxed, Refined Real-Time Strategy, Ready To Crack The Mainstream
i don't care about pikmin but the doggo is cute and is a good addition
Re: PSA: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom News Channel Offering Free In-Game Items
1.1.1 - infinite dazzlefruit
1.2.0 - 2 dazzlefruit
Re: TMNT: Shredder's Revenge DLC Will Feature A Dimension-Hopping Survival Mode
Ugh this game is soooo bad compared to SOR4. Just shallow and weak and floppy, no sense of impact, no thought required just spam.
Probably not a fair comparison because SOR4 is on another level, but I see so many comparisons being made and it's just bizarre.
FYI - THE SOR4 DEVS DID NOT MAKE THIS GAME. it's the same publisher. not the same dev. that's why it's nowhere near the same level of quality.
but tee lopes is the best
Re: Review: Oxenfree II: Lost Signals - Even Better Than The Essential Original
I got the first one on sale and oof that game is boring
Re: Review: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - A DS All-Timer Returns In Stunning Form
Omg why are so many people butthurt about this review lol
Re: Speedrunner Beats Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom In Just 94 Minutes
@Paraka but they clearly DON'T want to play less of it? you're just wrong?
Re: Excellent Shmup 'Eschatos' Is Getting A Physical Edition From Strictly Limited
@Doctor-Moo hey lemme know if that actually ships in July lol
Re: Poll: Are You Excited About Ubisoft's Metroidvania "Inspired" Prince Of Persia Platformer?
i feel like the game looks higher quality than the actual trailer
like, regardless of the how good the game is, the trailer is just generic and uninspired. it's a commercial that my brain wants to skip, not a trailer that i want to watch
i was kinda put off by totk's 2nd trailer, but holy *****, the third one, i've watched that like 50 times. that trailer is NOT just a commercial.
even great games can have meh trailers and i dunno if this is gonna be great, but the trailer is just meh
Re: Review: Star Gagnant - Takahashi Meijin Tests Your Trigger Finger With A Simple Shmup
"mash this button faster" was never a good gameplay mechanic, and nothing has changed. It was bad in MGS, it was bad in RE4, it's bad in QTE's, it's bad in shmups, there's no place where it isn't bad.
Re: Excellent Shmup 'Eschatos' Is Getting A Physical Edition From Strictly Limited
you will wait OVER A YEAR for delivery of this product. i am not exaggerating.
SLG is trash.
Re: Speedrunner Beats Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom In Just 94 Minutes
@Paraka speedrunners spend more hours playing their games than anyone who is not a speedrunner, and it's not even close. like orders of magnitude difference. speedrunners spend hundreds and hundreds of hours on their games.
Re: 'Double Dragon Gaiden' Announced With Scott Pilgrim-Inspired Visuals And Gameplay
looks pretty low effort compared to SOR4.
Re: Review: Castle Of Shikigami 2 - A Fine Version Of The Best Game In The Bullet-Hell Trilogy
This game is 34.99 and that is completely insane
Some of the best shmups ever made are on switch for 20 bucks
Re: Pokémon GO Increasing Remote Raid Pass Prices & Limiting Daily Participation
guys, the entire purpose of pokemon go is to sell your location
to show you ads from businesses that you are physically close to when you go out to play
the location specific ads make them significantly more money than other ads and they don't work if you stay home
your personal satisfaction and enjoyment with the game is a non-factor, this is a advertising platform
Re: Score Up To 30% Off Selected Shmups In Live Wire's Spring eShop Sale
@Kilroy Progear is a bit messy, it's not the best cave game, it's a little weird
If you are playing in CAS, choose the JP version of progear. The EN version had jacked up difficulty to get more quarters, the JP version is a bit easier. Still gonna be a spike on stage 3 though.
Re: Score Up To 30% Off Selected Shmups In Live Wire's Spring eShop Sale
@-wc- true shmup fans never forgot darius gaiden
STG never die
Re: Score Up To 30% Off Selected Shmups In Live Wire's Spring eShop Sale
@Joeynator3000 maybe give mushi a couple more chances, and try the novice modes
in general, in the shmup community, and me personally, crimzon clover is considered to be significantly harder than mushi. Like, CC arcade mode is waaaaay too hard for me and i can 1cc mushi on maniac. CC novice mode is definitely harder than mushi novice modes too.
or maybe difficulty is just totally in the eye of the beholder
Re: Score Up To 30% Off Selected Shmups In Live Wire's Spring eShop Sale
@Joeynator3000 Mushi is not that hard! "The hardest boss of all time" in all those crazy videos are from the ultra difficulty mode, you do not have to play that! No normal human being plays that *****! We play original and maniac!
Play original normal mode like a normal human being, and you'll have a great time!
If you can beat crimzon clover on novice, you can play mushi. CC on novice is not free, it's not easy, that's an actual game.
Mushi has a bunch of novice modes too, and they are as good as CC, actually challenging but approachable
Mushi is waaaaay simpler than CC too, you just dodge and shoot and bomb when you get scared
Mushi is the best shmup to start with! The steam and switch ports are awesome, there are tons of different modes with incremental increases in difficulty, and the gameplay mechanics are really easy to understand, way easier than CC
Re: Score Up To 30% Off Selected Shmups In Live Wire's Spring eShop Sale
@MontyCircus darius gaiden was great, and g-darius too, but the other darius games are......debatable
Ika and RS are great too, good job on those....2 games
Battle garegga is great, batrider is pretty good too, good job raizing (soukyugurentai is actually raizing's best game)
Cave - dodonpachi, esprade, dangun feveron, ketsui, daioujou, espgaluda, mushi, futari, saidaioujou, deathsmiles, espgaluda 2, THE HITS JUST DON'T STOP COMING
that's what makes cave the best. The other guys made great ones too. Cave just made SO. MANY. BANGERS.
The other great shmup devs just fall short in the sheer volume of work. Cave pumped out classic after classic after classic, non stop
Re: Score Up To 30% Off Selected Shmups In Live Wire's Spring eShop Sale
@Kilroy Sol Cresta is absolute garbage. It's a terrible shmup. Not even close to worth that price.
If it didn't have the platinum name on it, no one would have ever talked about it, even in the shmup community. It's awful.
Re: Reggie Fils-Aimé Says We're All "Marching To" The Metaverse, With Games In The Lead
Wait does this fool think dark souls messages are the metaverse lol
Re: Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Dev Says Converting Motion Controls Was "The Hardest Thing"
"The great majority of people loved it, a few people didn't"
Ok, regardless of your personal opinion on motion controls, this is just a lie.
Re: Random: Former Nintendo Employee Admits He Was "Really Worried" About Leaking Saucy Waluigi Artwork
If you are worried that something might not be ok to publish, it seems like maybe you should......i dunno.....just throwing this out there......ask the appropriate person at nintendo if it's ok to publish?
Like, what are these people even talking about lol
Re: Random: Kanye West's E3 Game Pitch To Miyamoto Was Apparently "Very Moving"
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Re: Soapbox: Mother 3 Isn't Sad, It's Hopeful
@Balladeer my dude this is the second article posted TODAY on this site about this series that 13 people on earth care about, and it's not even lunch time yet
Getting old
You are free to skip any comments that you disagree with
Edit I WAS WRONG IT THERE ARE 3. 3 ARTICLES IN ONE DAY ABOUT THIS SERIES AND IT'S NOT EVEN LUNCH TIME YET
Re: Soapbox: Mother 3 Isn't Sad, It's Hopeful
I am so tired of hearing about this game.
Yes i know 12 people want a remake.
We know. You've told us a million times.
We know what will happen if there's a remake - 12 people will buy it.
Just read the plot synopsis in this article out loud to any normal person and see what reaction you get lol
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Shmups
Ikaruga suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks
Re: Reggie Talks About NoA Union Issues: "This Isn't The Nintendo That I Left"
Reggie is on a reputation self-destruction speedrun right now.
First he wants to monetize animal crossing islands.
Now this obvious CYA BS.
Say it with me - RICH PEOPLE ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND. RICH PEOPLE ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND. RICH PEOPLE ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND. NONE OF THEM. EVER. NONE OF THEM. EVER.
Re: Review: Toaplan Arcade Garage: Hishou Same! Same! Same! - M2 Delivers Two Seminal Sharky Shmups
I literally play nothing but shmups. My favorite genre, by far.
This is overpriced. These games should be Arcade Archives releases for 8 bucks.
Compare the content/price to the competition - Mushihimesama. Crimzon Clover. Dodonpachi Resurrection.
It's not even close. Not. Even. Close.
If you're waiting on english translation, stop waiting. Not gonna happen.
M2 shottriggers haven't released a decent product since esprade in 2019 and there is no sign that they are going to anytime soon. And esprade STILL hasn't gotten a western release. Probably never will.
Re: Review: Disrupting The Game: From The Bronx To The Top Of Nintendo - Reggie Fils-Aimé
Yeah reggie is an nft bro now in case you guys weren't aware.
He literally thinks animal crossing should have monetization.
F. O. H.
Re: Reggie Fils-Aimé Is A Big Believer In Blockchain And "Play To Own"
I also like to own my games
By buying them
I also like to be able to sell games that i bought
By selling them to someone
Re: Daemon X Machina Creators Announce Survival Game 'Deadcraft', Coming To Switch In May
So, are they going to go after streamers and youtubers again like they did with Daemon X Machina?
That basically killed any chance that game had at success
Re: Nintendo Responds To Workers' Rights Complaint
"Nintendo is not aware of any attempts to unionize"
Really? None? NO ONE at nintendo has EVER tried to unionize? NONE?
Regardless of the details of this particular case, this statement strains credulity. Every company of nintendo's size and age has had SOMEONE at least TRY to unionize at some point.
Re: Cute 'Em Up 'Cotton Fantasy' Secures May Release Date On Switch
@Roz1281 got mine from play-asia months ago. Absolutely no reason to wait for LRG's BS when the game is already available
Re: Cute 'Em Up 'Cotton Fantasy' Secures May Release Date On Switch
This game has been out for months. Currently available on play asia.
No need to wait 6 7 8 10 12 15 months for LRG's BS.
Re: P.3 Aims To Be A Vertical Shoot 'em Up 'With A Twist' On Switch
Yucko.
Wanna know a way to tell that a shmup developer doesn't really know anything about shmups?
Using massive amounts of screen shake as a lazy replacement for drawing a nice explosion animation.
Screen shake is a big problem in shmups. If it's there, it needs to be minimal, rare, and only used in places where the player is not expected to dodge stuff. Making the screen shake is really bad for a genre based on precise dodging.
Cave, raizing, all the best shmup devs - no screen shake. Just well animated explosions.
Crimzon clover - one of the best, with absolutely insane visual display of non stop explosions and lazers and crazy ***** - no screen shake, and that's not an accident.
Re: Beautiful And Brutal Metroidvania 'Souldiers' Gets A May Release Date
Ok is this an "article" or is this an "advertisement"?
Like, is this literally the press release for this game?
Re: Feature: How United Games Entertainment Is Bridging The Gap Between Japan And The West
Not fan of waiting over a year for a product.
Not a fan of ININ patching japanese releases to intentionally remove english language options to funnel western buyers to SLG, which can take over a year to ship.
Buyer beware.