@Thirteen1355 you're saying that Inti Creates is better than Vanillaware because of the quality of the 2d, but the trailer shows that the game uses 3d for most things and really cheap looking 3d at that. Muramasa on the other hand uses only 2d and if Muramasa looks like a kongregate game to you, I'd really like to know which games you're talking about
@SwitchplayerJohn actually, for most ps5 games, it is completely on the disc, and it's half the games on series x/s, making switch 2 somehow as bad as xbox published games, and worse than xbox third party. https://www.doesitplay.org/
IRISH retailer, their headquarters are in county Galway, Ireland and it was founded in 1986 in Co. Mayo, Ireland having been a newsagent before 1986. Either way, it's a Irish company in the REPUBLIC of Ireland.
@Suketoudara That's (probably) not gonna happen. Tetris is too popular, and the only reason they would is if the license ran out and the Tetris company demands too high of a price, and i doubt they will.
I wouldn't mind if the game was installing from cartridge to internal storage (like with most disc based games from last generation and apparently most ps5 games, though not Xbox because Xbox is terrible for physical), but what's the point if it's just coming from the eshop, except to create even more plastic waste for no (Non-Stupid) reason.
The platformer lists for example have the Mario games, and the racing list has Mario Kart 8 dx, the best-selling games, while the rpg list has some Zelda games, none of which by the way are rpgs, and Metroid sells far less than those games.
The Metroid games and the metroidvania Castlevania games should be here. I know this list is trying to avoid the obvious, but have some consistency, because none of the other lists on this website do this.
Metroid prime was a much more impressive difference between versions (including lighting, by the way). Also, some people are saying that the game runs full 1080p, but it's only 900p. Also, do any of the people people who are saying that prime remastered used the same code and this didn't have a source, because I can't find anything. And no, calling one a remake and a remaster means nothing, those terms are really inconsistent. @PikminMarioKirby that is incredibly redundant.
@GarlicGuzzler
Well yes, 60fps matters for gameplay, not for video. people don't usually notice 60fps video, unless it's side by side, and they're looking closely.
it's gotta be 2011 for me. I mean, Portal 2, the release of Minecraft 1.0 the first full version of minecraft, the first terraria release, the international release of ghost trick(japan exclusive in 2010) dead space 2, skyward sword, deus ex human revolution, driver san fransciso, the first version of binding of issac, dark souls, dead rising 2 (can't remember what the critical reception to that one was), the 3ds remakes of ocarina and starfox, the 3ds itself, ps vita, batman arkham city, 2 uncharted games (3 and abyss) And WHO can forget duke nukem forever and cubic ninja. There's also a bunch more.
@Magrane There's an fan patch that allows people to emulate or use certain flash-carts to play these games without slowdowns by making the emulators/flashcart think it has the sa-1 chip.
here's the patch, you'll have to supply your own rom. https://github.com/VitorVilela7/SA1-Root/release
The only flash cart i know of that has sa-1 and super fx support is the fxpak-pro and it's stupid expensive, so maybe just stick to emulators for now.
@GalaxicGlobe but emulators aren't illegal. this is corporations throwing their financial weight around and forcing people to settle because they don't have enough money for a court case. Sony lost a court case against bleem (a ps1 emulator) in the 90s for this reason. Bleem was also paid, so the paetron doesn't make a difference for yuza.
@Ryu_Niiyama it's just britain, and there was just a lot of moral panic over "film nasties" and ninja weapons. there's a video by eddache on that subject on youtube. sadly the censorship was also in ireland because of britain, and media companies not bothering to release seperate versions for ireland and britain.
@Chadbury 2. The only exclusive games known currently to be releasing are remakes and remasters, similar to the 3ds at the end of that consoles lifespan.
This is also true for sony and microsoft. The Vita came 7 years after the psp. the ps5 and xbox series came 7 years after the ps4 and xboxone. the ps4 and xboxone was six after the ps3 and 360. the ps3 and 360 were 6 and 4 years after the ps2 and og xbox respectively. the ps2 was six years after the ps1 as well.
@Chadbury Here's some evidence to back up that claim.
1. new consoles usually come out after at most 7 years. The time between switch from Wii u was 5 years, Wii u from Wii was 7, Wii from GameCube was 5. GameCube from N64 was 5 also. Then the N64 came 5 years after the snes, snes/superfamicom came 7 years after the famicom/nes. the same is true for handhelds, 3ds was 6 years before switch, ds was 7 before 3ds. GBA was 3 before ds, as was GBC for the GBA. the original gameboy was the longest lasting at 9 years before the successor.
@smithyo when did they ever do that? wiiware was full of shovel ware, as were the physical releases. even during nes-gba their game library were full of crap licences games.
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (15th November)
Currently playing SUPER HANG-ON on 3DS
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Friday, 12th September 2025
OF COURSE it's a friday when i'm off on thursday, when most other directs are on thursdays
Re: Nintendo Sends Out Second Game-Key Card & Physical Game Survey
Survey not active?
Re: Inti Creates Unveils New "Paper Craft" 2D Action Game For Switch 2, Out October
@Thirteen1355 you're saying that Inti Creates is better than Vanillaware because of the quality of the 2d, but the trailer shows that the game uses 3d for most things and really cheap looking 3d at that.
Muramasa on the other hand uses only 2d and if Muramasa looks like a kongregate game to you, I'd really like to know which games you're talking about
Re: Furukawa's Defence Of Game-Key Cards Ain't All That Convincing
@Ogbert is it an option if most games use it or digital games exclusively?
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Tests Out Switch 2's Free Switch Game Upgrades
Isn't the reason that link's awakening had bad preformance is because there was a memory leak. Kinda sad that they only fixed it for switch 2.
Re: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Has Sold 10 Million Copies Since Launch
didn't this get microtransactions added after launch?
Re: As Switch 2 Breaks Records Worldwide, Sony Reminds Us That PS5 Still Exists
@Erigen You know that the western style sony games are made in the... west right?
Re: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Unleashes Two Physical Editions On Switch This September
@babybilly Yeah, but at least a code in a box isn't lying about what it is.
Re: Review: Street Fighter 6: Years 1-2 Fighters Edition (Switch 2) - Just One Caveat Holds Back Capcom's Finest
@Solid_Python those games don't pretend they're physical though
Re: Review: Street Fighter 6: Years 1-2 Fighters Edition (Switch 2) - Just One Caveat Holds Back Capcom's Finest
Removed
Re: Street Fighter 6 Somehow Combines Game-Key Card And Code-In-A-Box On Switch 2
@PHiLiPZ that would make sense if both were available for most games, but games are split between formats, which will obivously skew data
Re: Street Fighter 6 Somehow Combines Game-Key Card And Code-In-A-Box On Switch 2
@SwitchplayerJohn actually, for most ps5 games, it is completely on the disc, and it's half the games on series x/s, making switch 2 somehow as bad as xbox published games, and worse than xbox third party. https://www.doesitplay.org/
Re: UK Retailer Smyths Is Holding A Switch 2 Midnight Launch Across All Stores
IRISH retailer, their headquarters are in county Galway, Ireland and it was founded in 1986 in Co. Mayo, Ireland having been a newsagent before 1986. Either way, it's a Irish company in the REPUBLIC of Ireland.
Re: Whoops! Nintendo's Latest Tetris 99 English Patch Notes Contain A Misleading Mistranslation
@Suketoudara That's (probably) not gonna happen. Tetris is too popular, and the only reason they would is if the license ran out and the Tetris company demands too high of a price, and i doubt they will.
Re: Random: 'Koholint Redrawn' Breathes New Life Into Zelda: Link's Awakening
@Sabruka zoom in, its not ai generated, ai cant do real pixel art, it just blurs together
Re: Zelda Fans Are Concerned About The Free Switch 2 Updates, But Don't Worry
Isn't the reason that link's awakening doesn't run well is that there's a memory leak issue that was never patched out.
Re: Nintendo Unveils Diddy Kong's Brand New Design
diddy kongs eyes also look worse, the separated eyes makes it look weirder, and not in a good way, the teeth's fine though.
Re: Nintendo Unveils Diddy Kong's Brand New Design
@Lizuka it's the eyes, if the eyes weren't surrounded by an empty void, but instead a peach tone like the rest of the face it'd look fine.
Re: Ecco The Dolphin Is Making A Comeback With Remasters & New Game
@tabris95 Me, and probably just me.
Re: "We MUST Resist Buying These Game-Key Releases", Says GamesMaster Host
I wouldn't mind if the game was installing from cartridge to internal storage (like with most disc based games from last generation and apparently most ps5 games, though not Xbox because Xbox is terrible for physical), but what's the point if it's just coming from the eshop, except to create even more plastic waste for no (Non-Stupid) reason.
Re: Dave The Diver Gets Even More Crossovers With mxmtoon, Balatro, Potion Craft
@iNintendo You see, if antimatter doesn't complain every 20 seconds, the universe explodes. So we should really be thanking him.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (3rd August)
@JohnnyMind Do you have 20 clones clones of yourself or something, how can you fit that all in a week(end?).
Re: Nintendo Life's Switch Summer Survey 2024
I chose Northern Ireland because that's' the region closest and most culturally similar to mine.
In the other consoles i own list why isn't Xbox One a option, but PS Portal (an accessory to a console) is?
Re: Talking Point: What Other LEGO Zelda Sets Would You Like To See After The Deku Tree?
Koholint would be perfect for a sort of mini diorama, like this oen i saw years ago on Lego ideas, but maybe twice or thrice the size of this one for 65-85 euro max.
https://ideascdn.lego.com/media/generate/lego_ci/5f120800-f324-48e4-8c46-caca177b7629/resize:950:633/webp
Re: Marvelous Provides Development Update On New Story Of Seasons Game
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Metroidvania Games
The platformer lists for example have the Mario games, and the racing list has Mario Kart 8 dx, the best-selling games, while the rpg list has some Zelda games, none of which by the way are rpgs, and Metroid sells far less than those games.
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Metroidvania Games
The Metroid games and the metroidvania Castlevania games should be here. I know this list is trying to avoid the obvious, but have some consistency, because none of the other lists on this website do this.
Re: Poll: Are You Bothered By The Frame Rate For Paper Mario: TTYD On Switch?
@PikminMarioKirby okay then, show the evidence.
Re: Poll: Are You Bothered By The Frame Rate For Paper Mario: TTYD On Switch?
Metroid prime was a much more impressive difference between versions (including lighting, by the way). Also, some people are saying that the game runs full 1080p, but it's only 900p.
Also, do any of the people people who are saying that prime remastered used the same code and this didn't have a source, because I can't find anything.
And no, calling one a remake and a remaster means nothing, those terms are really inconsistent.
@PikminMarioKirby that is incredibly redundant.
Re: Bayonetta Origins Director Empathises With Paper Mario Dev, Suggests Reasons For 30FPS
@GarlicGuzzler
Well yes, 60fps matters for gameplay, not for video. people don't usually notice 60fps video, unless it's side by side, and they're looking closely.
Re: Best Relaxing Nintendo Switch Games
other chill games- Control, hollow knight, Metroid Dread, Elden Ring, Armoured Core VI and any resident evil.
Re: Random: Sakurai Talks About "The Most Incredible Year For The Game Industry"
@Raifteiri Actually, looking at it there's a bunch of 2s
Re: Random: Sakurai Talks About "The Most Incredible Year For The Game Industry"
it's gotta be 2011 for me. I mean, Portal 2, the release of Minecraft 1.0 the first full version of minecraft, the first terraria release, the international release of ghost trick(japan exclusive in 2010) dead space 2, skyward sword, deus ex human revolution, driver san fransciso, the first version of binding of issac, dark souls, dead rising 2 (can't remember what the critical reception to that one was), the 3ds remakes of ocarina and starfox, the 3ds itself, ps vita, batman arkham city, 2 uncharted games (3 and abyss)
And WHO can forget duke nukem forever and cubic ninja. There's also a bunch more.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's SNES Library With Three More Titles
@Magrane There's an fan patch that allows people to emulate or use certain flash-carts to play these games without slowdowns by making the emulators/flashcart think it has the sa-1 chip.
here's the patch, you'll have to supply your own rom.
https://github.com/VitorVilela7/SA1-Root/release
The only flash cart i know of that has sa-1 and super fx support is the fxpak-pro and it's stupid expensive, so maybe just stick to emulators for now.
Re: QubicGames' Switch eShop Sale Takes Over 100 Games Down To Just $0.20 Each
@Yalloo they are to be quite frank, terrible.
Re: Review: Contra: Operation Galuga (Switch) - Does The Series Proud, But Best Played Elsewhere
@Itachi2099 bloodstained is artplay, not wayforward. if you mean the 8 bit style ones, those were made by inti creates. in either case not wayforward.
Re: Several WayForward Prototypes Appear Online Following Data Leak
@larryisaman by that logic Capcom is a indie.
Re: Switch Emulator Yuzu To Pay $2.4 Million To Nintendo & Cease Development
@GalaxicGlobe but emulators aren't illegal. this is corporations throwing their financial weight around and forcing people to settle because they don't have enough money for a court case.
Sony lost a court case against bleem (a ps1 emulator) in the 90s for this reason. Bleem was also paid, so the paetron doesn't make a difference for yuza.
Re: Several WayForward Prototypes Appear Online Following Data Leak
For the record, wayforward isn't an indie company.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Ninja Gaiden Shadow
@Ryu_Niiyama it's just britain, and there was just a lot of moral panic over "film nasties" and ninja weapons. there's a video by eddache on that subject on youtube. sadly the censorship was also in ireland because of britain, and media companies not bothering to release seperate versions for ireland and britain.
Re: Nintendo Will Offer "Unique Proposals" To Overcome Challenges Of Platform Transitions
@Chadbury 2. The only exclusive games known currently to be releasing are remakes and remasters, similar to the 3ds at the end of that consoles lifespan.
Re: Nintendo Will Offer "Unique Proposals" To Overcome Challenges Of Platform Transitions
This is also true for sony and microsoft.
The Vita came 7 years after the psp. the ps5 and xbox series came 7 years after the ps4 and xboxone. the ps4 and xboxone was six after the ps3 and 360. the ps3 and 360 were 6 and 4 years after the ps2 and og xbox respectively. the ps2 was six years after the ps1 as well.
Re: Nintendo Will Offer "Unique Proposals" To Overcome Challenges Of Platform Transitions
@Chadbury Here's some evidence to back up that claim.
1. new consoles usually come out after at most 7 years. The time between switch from Wii u was 5 years, Wii u from Wii was 7, Wii from GameCube was 5. GameCube from N64 was 5 also. Then the N64 came 5 years after the snes, snes/superfamicom came 7 years after the famicom/nes. the same is true for handhelds, 3ds was 6 years before switch, ds was 7 before 3ds.
GBA was 3 before ds, as was GBC for the GBA. the original gameboy was the longest lasting at 9 years before the successor.
Re: Mini Review: Rising Lords (Switch) - Medieval Strategy That Fails To Rise To The Occasion
@Poodlestargenerica is it bad?
Re: Talking Point: Do You Want To See Colourful Cartridges Return For 'Switch 2'?
@XiaoShao they're actually dark grey
Re: Princess Peach: Showtime! Trailer Reveals Ninja Peach And Cowgirl Peach
Detective peachachu
I'm sorry, i had to
Re: Konami Is Bringing Back Rocket Knight Adventures And Felix The Cat
I really hate when game collections dont have the european versions, and nearly all of them dont
Re: Nintendo Switch Was The Console With The Most Game Releases In 2023
@smithyo when did they ever do that? wiiware was full of shovel ware, as were the physical releases.
even during nes-gba their game library were full of crap licences games.
Re: Talking Point: What Game Do You Wish You Could Forget?
Subnautica is the objectively correct answer, as is botw.