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Re: Metroid Dread Had The Strongest Opening Month Of Any Metroid Game Ever In The US

Ravenmaster

The reason Metroid Dread had the best opening month of any Metroid game ever is because Nintendo has advertised the bejesus out of it. They've never advertised any other Metroid game as much as they advertised Metroid Dread.

Sure they've had one or two adverts for past Metroid games but with Dread they hit us with a new trailer every week for about 6 weeks prior to launch. They hit the world up on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube - as many outlets as they could. Essentially spending money to make money and boy did it pay off for them.

Of course it helped that the game lived up to the hype because if it hadn't then all the adertising would have been for nothing. But fortunately the game has great visuals and audio, great story and great gameplay. Even the voice acting was well done.

Re: Random: Nintendo's Switch Online 'Expansion Pack' Trailer Is Now Its Most Disliked YouTube Video Ever

Ravenmaster

They should do it like Sky TV and let customers choose which packages they want.

£9.00 per year for Cloud Saves + Online Play + 1 retro library.
£18.00 per year for Cloud Saves + Online Play + 2 retro libraries
£27.00 per year for Cloud Saves + Online Play + 3 retro libraries
£36.00 per year for Clous Saves + Online Play + 4 retro libraries

I'd have gone for the £18.00 per year for Cloud Saves + Online Play + SNES and N64 libraries, since I hardly play NES titles and I already have the Sega Classics Collection for Megadrive games. But whatever...

Re: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity Version 1.3.0 Is Now Available - Wave 2 DLC, Adjustments, Fixes And More

Ravenmaster

I bought AoC when it was released but couldn't bring myself to buy the DLC. Frame were totally lame and the gameplay just felt like a repetitive grind-fest. I did enjoy the cinematics though and I hoped that this game would be a true canon prequel, since the devs coordinated with Nintendo's BotW team. But its obvious it was just fan fiction because the game's ending doesn't tie into the begininng of BotW.

Re: Wow, Nintendo Switch Was First Revealed Five Years Ago Today

Ravenmaster

The Switch has done very well considering its hardware was already aging when it was released 5 years ago. Nowadays its really showing its limitations.

What would be awesome is a Switch that can do 4K 60hz when docked and 1080p 60hz when in handheld mode. An 8 inch screen with slightly larger, more robust joy-cons would be nice too. And if it supported DLSS, Nintendo could keep frame rates high and finally implement some anti-aliasing to destroy those cursed jaggies.

Re: Random: Forget Dread, It's All About Metroid: Other M On Twitter Right Now

Ravenmaster

The game wasn't completely terrible. It was Samus' dialogue and voice acting that failed hardest in Metroid Other M.

In Dread, the voice acting was far better (even though Samus was only speaking Chozo, she didn't sound like a little wuss, as she had in Metroid Other M).

It's true Samus has been through a lot. Her parents were murdered by Space Pirates when she was a kid then she was raised by the Chozo, who trained her in combat and science. They taught her how to dicipline her mind. And by the time she reached the Other M era, she had already beaten several versions of Ridley in battle. It made absolutely no sense for Samus to go so deep into shell-shock when she encountered Ridley during Other M.

Re: Random: Uh-Oh, Nintendo's Switch Online 'Expansion Pack - Overview Trailer' Is Generating A Lot Of Dislikes

Ravenmaster

The price hikes got me thinking - what will happen when Nintendo finally adds Gamecube and GBA titles to the online subscription service? Are they going to charge a further £18 pounds to grant people access to those titles? That would bring the yearly cost to £54 and would be a similar price to the Xbox Live subscription.

But Nintendo aren't giving those game libraries quality of life HD improvements. They're not giving them makeovers so that those older games look sharper and clearer on modern TV's. They're releasing them 'as is.'