It's not really a criminal offence. At worst it's akin to going to a public forum and posting porn there. The games are used by people of all ages, so it can't be proven to be aimed specifically at minors. At best it's a violation of the Tos, which is not grounds fir any criminal liability whatsoever.
What few people seem to know is that Yoshi is a longtime and diehard member of the NSDAP/AO and that's why he's had to be removed from the cover in Germany.
Ah yes, special headsets compatible with the a switch. And this rare feat was achieved by... Simply using the most bog-standard 4-line mini Jack, used by pretty much any phones with mini jack sockets.
Ooooh, even more excited now. I preordered the limited edition. I have all the other Ys games on my Vita, but was waiting on this due to the Vita version missing stuff compared to the ps4 version.
While the Ys games may not have a high budgets as, for example, XC2 or BotW, they are really, really fun. And this one seems to further develop the battle system they switched to with Ys Seven and already developed further for Celceta. To be honest, in terms of how fun fighting is, Ys Seven and Celceta simply crush XC2 and BotW. Ys may be the only series where I simply love grinding.
And the music... That's usually another incredibly high point of any Ys game.
@DrkBndr Actually, the developers themselves said that they had to design a new graphics engine for the game. Of course tiny parts of the code may have remained intact, but it was basically a new engine.
There are many ports in the history of gaming that changed engines when going from platform to platform, though it used to be much more common in the past, when the performance differences simply made it impossible to run the original engine on the target platform. See console ports of Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake and Quake 2.
Not discussing if others are trolling or not, just pointing out that ports do indeed sometimes use different engines. Though, at some point it becomes a debate on whether it's a port or a remake (see some of the ports mentioned above).
I'd love these on my Switch. I'm much more likely to jump between playing and watching and vice versa if I don't have to switch between devices to do it.
@Banjos_Backpack Sorry, but these arguments make no sense to me. I do remember watching YouTube on my vita. What is happening now is that if I feel like watching something, I put down my switch down and get my phone. And then I keep watching because I can't be arsed to go back to the Switch. If I had the option to do both on Switch, I would be playing more as well. What the current state of affairs with the Switch makes me remember the most is frustration with missing features.
If you don't want it? Fine. But don't deem your choice best for everyone.
Yes, the platform is maturing, but that doesn't eliminate the massive drawback that it requires a completely separate development chain to ps4 and xb1. You can develop for these two together, changing smaller things here and there, but you can't do that with the Switch.
Well then, looks like I won't be using online features in the 2019 game. Though I bet they'll lock some stuff behind the online features to bait people into getting the sub.
That's a really weird decision. Why would they even do that? After some soul searching I was thinking of getting this, but now I'll wait to see if they patch it out.
A selection of modes would be best. I mean, even back on psp Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep let you choose the colour depth (16 vs 32bit) and the system clock (222 vs 333 MHz) so that you could get the quality, performance and battery life balance you wanted.
Wait, wait, wait, a game with the same amount of pokemon as the games from over 20 years ago, graphics composed entirely or reused been 6 and 7 (environments) and Go (pokemon) assets, no wild battles and is $20 more than Usum? Welp, easy pass, then.
Mixed feelings on this one. Pokemon Yellow was my first ever pokemon game, but the lack of wild battles...
No wonder they can release it so fast, the level graphics are just 3ds pokemon games' graphics without the downsampling needed to fit the textures on the 3ds, while the pokemon models are from pokemon go.
... If the connectivity with pokemon go uses Bluetooth, I'm going to rage so hard about Nintendo not enabling Bluetooth headset support.
I don't think I'll bite, I've had the old Mega Drive Collection for psp on my vita for ages now, its ridiculous that Sega won't release the new one on switch.
Not that excited, n64 games have really not aged well, unlike the pixel art of the snes. Both Zelda's on it look like muddy pea soup, especially compared to the 3ds remakes.
@Yorumi If they want to bend over and present themselves like a mandrill to our corporate overlords, I don't think you'll change their mind.
@10basetom And here I thought the console I bought was mine. Guess I was wrong!
@electrolite77 And that is relevant... Why exactly? They've had 8 software updates since 3.60, when the full hack was revealed, and tried desperately to block the hack and access to psn on lower firmwares, didn't work. And vita was a much more secure system than the switch.
This'll be just another reason to hurry up and develop ways to bypass any security checks for the console and be able to use online services freely. Think that won't happen? Keep dreaming while I browse and buy games from psn with my thoroughly hacked Vita.
Though, to be honest, he's not missing much at the moment.
@Natzore Hahah, this'll be hilarious if it happens. Bonus points of they also have to reimburse him for the time he has no access to the stuff he bought.
That's not really anything new in the toy / merchandise world. The so-called 'third party' products have been a staple of the Transformers fandom for years now and have been bleeding over to other fandoms too. A few years ago a company released a massive Krang from TNMT, better than any official release.
Pretty much all these companies operate out of China, so good luck with that copyright infringement suit, you'll need a miracle to win it.
Most of the time, these third party products are of very high quality and this looks as such, hence the sometimes very high prices. Heck, some of the larger Transformers third party releases can cost upwards of $500, like combiners or Omega Supreme.
I kinda want it, but I'll wait fur the price to drop.
After cleansing my palate a bit with other games, back to BotW to get the rest of the korok seeds, then the rest of the side quests. Also, finally got Ultra Sun, so that too. And World of Tanks and Half Life 2 with smod redux on pc, plus possibly another playthrough of GTA Vice City Stories on my Vita, this time with a patch that adds full right analog support.
Now, Nintendo, grease some palms and get AC on the Switch. Sony was able to get exclusive AC games for psp and vita (though the latter one later got ported, it was still exclusive for quite a while), I'm sure you could convince Ubisoft to get you some ports without too much hassle.
Sounds interesting, though I'd rather have Centralfiction. Or, better yet, an entire Blazblue collection for Switch. I have the previous games on my vita, but not cf.
@Gungeonite Just select the stylish controls and button mash your way to victory, for great justice. That's what I always do, anyway. :B
Now if only we could get Odin Sphere, Dragon's Crown and Muramasa on Switch, that'd be the tits, even greater than the above ones (of course I mean the species of birds :3).
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Re: Random: This 'Joy Boy' Hardware Concept Could Be The Virtual Console Solution We Need
... At this point It'd be better to buy a used psp, vita or any of the open handhelds like gp2x.
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Re: Switch Hackers Are Now Forcing Adult-Themed Imagery Into Super Mario Odyssey
@Flipbot Real life is not the Internet and vice versa. There may be a case if they posted photos of their own genitals.
And it'd be nice if the mods didn't delete the entire part of my post saying that it's not cool for them to do this due to a crude joke.
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Re: Switch Hackers Are Now Forcing Adult-Themed Imagery Into Super Mario Odyssey
It's not really a criminal offence. At worst it's akin to going to a public forum and posting porn there. The games are used by people of all ages, so it can't be proven to be aimed specifically at minors. At best it's a violation of the Tos, which is not grounds fir any criminal liability whatsoever.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Capcom Could Release More Cloud-Based Games On Nintendo Switch
No, please no, just no.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Random: Yoshi Gets Cut From The German Box Art For Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
What few people seem to know is that Yoshi is a longtime and diehard member of the NSDAP/AO and that's why he's had to be removed from the cover in Germany.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Dragon Ball FighterZ Arrives On 28th September, Switch Pre-Orders Include Obscure SNES Game
Nice, but I'd prefer Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension, much better game all around.
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Re: Turtle Beach Confirms Massive Lineup Of Fortnite-Ready Headsets For Switch
Ah yes, special headsets compatible with the a switch. And this rare feat was achieved by... Simply using the most bog-standard 4-line mini Jack, used by pretty much any phones with mini jack sockets.
. - .
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Review: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Switch)
Ooooh, even more excited now. I preordered the limited edition. I have all the other Ys games on my Vita, but was waiting on this due to the Vita version missing stuff compared to the ps4 version.
While the Ys games may not have a high budgets as, for example, XC2 or BotW, they are really, really fun. And this one seems to further develop the battle system they switched to with Ys Seven and already developed further for Celceta. To be honest, in terms of how fun fighting is, Ys Seven and Celceta simply crush XC2 and BotW. Ys may be the only series where I simply love grinding.
And the music... That's usually another incredibly high point of any Ys game.
Can't wait to play this one.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Nintendo Confirms Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is A "Brand New Game", Not A Wii U Port
@DrkBndr Actually, the developers themselves said that they had to design a new graphics engine for the game. Of course tiny parts of the code may have remained intact, but it was basically a new engine.
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/04/15/interview-inside-the-development-of-xenoblade-chronicles-3ds.aspx
There are many ports in the history of gaming that changed engines when going from platform to platform, though it used to be much more common in the past, when the performance differences simply made it impossible to run the original engine on the target platform. See console ports of Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake and Quake 2.
Not discussing if others are trolling or not, just pointing out that ports do indeed sometimes use different engines. Though, at some point it becomes a debate on whether it's a port or a remake (see some of the ports mentioned above).
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Re: Panic Button Boss Says Another Major Switch Port Will Be Announced Next Month
My dream is New Vegas on F4 engine.
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Re: Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aimé Talks About His Feelings On Leaks In Gaming
That would be an issue if there was anything to spoil. >.>
I don't mind leaks, especially if the company is very, very slow to release info.
@rjejr I wouldn't even call Minecraft a port, it's more like Half-Life: Source to Minecraft:NSE's Half-Life.
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Re: Nintendo Confirms Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is A "Brand New Game", Not A Wii U Port
@DrkBndr Xenoblade Chronicles 3D would like to have a word with you.
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Re: Conversations To Bring YouTube And Netflix To Switch Are "On-Going"
Yeah, talks. Uh-huh.
I'd love these on my Switch. I'm much more likely to jump between playing and watching and vice versa if I don't have to switch between devices to do it.
@Banjos_Backpack Sorry, but these arguments make no sense to me. I do remember watching YouTube on my vita. What is happening now is that if I feel like watching something, I put down my switch down and get my phone. And then I keep watching because I can't be arsed to go back to the Switch. If I had the option to do both on Switch, I would be playing more as well. What the current state of affairs with the Switch makes me remember the most is frustration with missing features.
If you don't want it? Fine. But don't deem your choice best for everyone.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: The Genki USB Bluetooth Adapter Finally Brings Low-Latency Audio To Switch
This wouldn't be needed if Switch just supported Bluetooth audio. Even my psp go supports that.
And it's kind of large. Aptx-supporting full size USB dongles are tiny, but even together with the USB plug they're smaller than this massive box.
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Re: Nintendo Expects Third-Party Ports To Arrive On Switch Much Quicker From Next Year
Yes, the platform is maturing, but that doesn't eliminate the massive drawback that it requires a completely separate development chain to ps4 and xb1. You can develop for these two together, changing smaller things here and there, but you can't do that with the Switch.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido Has Shockingly Poor Launch In Japan
@Curlybobs Wait, Hollow Night is THAT cheap in comparison? No wonder this did so poorly.
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Re: Here's How Voice Chat Works In Fortnite On Nintendo Switch
... Why the hell does Splatoon require the adapter then?
I wish they just let us use Bluetooth headsets.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Mighty Action RPG Titan Quest Will Wreak Havoc On Switch Next Month
If the price is right, imma get it.
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Re: Nintendo Download: 7th June (North America)
And here I thought that Europe existed.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Pokémon's President Confirms 2019 RPG Will Include Many New Pokémon And Better Graphics
It better have better graphics, the two holdover games are 99% reused assets from gen 6 and 7.
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Re: Konami Is Set To Reveal Two New Games For Nintendo Switch At E3 2018
Hmm... My guess is a wwe2k18-quality of Metal Gear Survive and a port of the unpatched version of the Silent Hill Collection.
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Re: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu And Eevee Need A Switch Online Sub For Core Gameplay Features
Well then, looks like I won't be using online features in the 2019 game. Though I bet they'll lock some stuff behind the online features to bait people into getting the sub.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Video: Final Fantasy Meets Zelda As Modders Add Cloud To Breath Of The Wild
Wake me up when they add Squall. :B
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Re: Mega Man 11 Is Only Receiving A Digital Release In Europe
Well, if Capcom treats Europe as a second class market, they clearly don't want our second class money.
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Re: Digital Foundry Takes Issue With Hyrule Warriors' Portable Performance On Switch
That's a really weird decision. Why would they even do that? After some soul searching I was thinking of getting this, but now I'll wait to see if they patch it out.
A selection of modes would be best. I mean, even back on psp Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep let you choose the colour depth (16 vs 32bit) and the system clock (222 vs 333 MHz) so that you could get the quality, performance and battery life balance you wanted.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Video: Sega Shows Off First Shining Resonance Refrain Trailer For Nintendo Switch
Hmm, count me in. After Ys8, of course.
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Re: You Can Pre-Order Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu! and Let's Go Eevee! for Switch Already
Wait, wait, wait, a game with the same amount of pokemon as the games from over 20 years ago, graphics composed entirely or reused been 6 and 7 (environments) and Go (pokemon) assets, no wild battles and is $20 more than Usum? Welp, easy pass, then.
So what, gen 8 will be $80?
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Nintendo Announces Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu! and Let’s Go Eevee! For Nintendo Switch
Mixed feelings on this one. Pokemon Yellow was my first ever pokemon game, but the lack of wild battles...
No wonder they can release it so fast, the level graphics are just 3ds pokemon games' graphics without the downsampling needed to fit the textures on the 3ds, while the pokemon models are from pokemon go.
... If the connectivity with pokemon go uses Bluetooth, I'm going to rage so hard about Nintendo not enabling Bluetooth headset support.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Meet The Pokéball Plus, A New Tool For Aspiring Trainers With Pokémon GO Or A Switch
Kinda pointless, but looks fun. That battery life, though.might pick it up as a novelty if it's cheap.
And you just know it'll be just as friendly to big, fragile TVs as the wiimote.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Pokémon Core Series RPG Will Arrive In The Second Half Of 2019
Wah, I don't wanna waaaaaaait!
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Raziel-chan
Re: Gallery: Feast Your Eyes On These Gorgeous Sega AGES Screenshots
I don't think I'll bite, I've had the old Mega Drive Collection for psp on my vita for ages now, its ridiculous that Sega won't release the new one on switch.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Overwatch Producer Discusses The Possibility Of Bringing The Game To Switch
While it would be nice, even if I don't play it, with Switch's online and voice 'infrastructure' it'd be quite gimped.
We need a sensible text/voice chat solution.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Nintendo Applies For New N64 Trademark - Is Another Classic Edition On The Way?
Virtual Boy mini or bust.
Not that excited, n64 games have really not aged well, unlike the pixel art of the snes. Both Zelda's on it look like muddy pea soup, especially compared to the 3ds remakes.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Nintendo Bans Online Services For Prominent Hacker's Switch Console
@cloud36426 But if you do anything against our benevolent corporate overlords, the terrorists will win!
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Re: Nintendo Bans Online Services For Prominent Hacker's Switch Console
@Yorumi If they want to bend over and present themselves like a mandrill to our corporate overlords, I don't think you'll change their mind.
@10basetom And here I thought the console I bought was mine. Guess I was wrong!
@electrolite77 And that is relevant... Why exactly? They've had 8 software updates since 3.60, when the full hack was revealed, and tried desperately to block the hack and access to psn on lower firmwares, didn't work. And vita was a much more secure system than the switch.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Visual Novel My Girlfriend Is A Mermaid?! Will Make A Splash On Switch In The West
Ooooh, nice. Now release me with a harpy and other monster girls.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Nintendo Bans Online Services For Prominent Hacker's Switch Console
Wow, such a toxic community here.
This'll be just another reason to hurry up and develop ways to bypass any security checks for the console and be able to use online services freely. Think that won't happen? Keep dreaming while I browse and buy games from psn with my thoroughly hacked Vita.
Though, to be honest, he's not missing much at the moment.
@Natzore Hahah, this'll be hilarious if it happens. Bonus points of they also have to reimburse him for the time he has no access to the stuff he bought.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Random: Meet 'Super Mali', The Mario Toy You Always (Never) Wanted
That's not really anything new in the toy / merchandise world. The so-called 'third party' products have been a staple of the Transformers fandom for years now and have been bleeding over to other fandoms too. A few years ago a company released a massive Krang from TNMT, better than any official release.
Pretty much all these companies operate out of China, so good luck with that copyright infringement suit, you'll need a miracle to win it.
Most of the time, these third party products are of very high quality and this looks as such, hence the sometimes very high prices. Heck, some of the larger Transformers third party releases can cost upwards of $500, like combiners or Omega Supreme.
I kinda want it, but I'll wait fur the price to drop.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: No Plans For Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 On Nintendo Switch, Treyarch Says
Shame for those that wanted it, but the lack of a single player campaign is a no go for me.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Random: Play Your Wii U Anytime, Anywhere With This Fan-Made Playable Coat
facepalm
At least it'd be warm in Winter. VERY warm.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Resident Evil 7 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch In Japan
Hard pass. I bought the Switch almost exclusively as a portable, even at home. I don't see it running perfectly over WiFi.
Bring it over natively and then we'll talk.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend?
After cleansing my palate a bit with other games, back to BotW to get the rest of the korok seeds, then the rest of the side quests. Also, finally got Ultra Sun, so that too. And World of Tanks and Half Life 2 with smod redux on pc, plus possibly another playthrough of GTA Vice City Stories on my Vita, this time with a patch that adds full right analog support.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Nintendo Switch Only Accounted For 7% Of Ubisoft's Yearly Revenue
Going by the number of games, not bad.
Now, Nintendo, grease some palms and get AC on the Switch. Sony was able to get exclusive AC games for psp and vita (though the latter one later got ported, it was still exclusive for quite a while), I'm sure you could convince Ubisoft to get you some ports without too much hassle.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Enters The Nintendo Switch Arena On 22nd June
Sounds interesting, though I'd rather have Centralfiction. Or, better yet, an entire Blazblue collection for Switch. I have the previous games on my vita, but not cf.
@Gungeonite Just select the stylish controls and button mash your way to victory, for great justice. That's what I always do, anyway. :B
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Super Neptunia RPG Brings Side-Scrolling Dungeons And Turn-Based Battles To Switch
I have all the games on my Vita, might pick this one up if it's not too expensive.
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Code Of Princess EX Launches On 31 July In The West
Might pick this up, it looks pretty good.
Now if only we could get Odin Sphere, Dragon's Crown and Muramasa on Switch, that'd be the tits, even greater than the above ones (of course I mean the species of birds :3).
Cya
Raziel-chan
Re: Review: Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition (Switch)
I have Fate Extella, no need for this microwaved crap.
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Raziel-chan
Re: The Latest European My Nintendo Rewards Include Discounts On Kirby And Wave Race 64
Let me at all them switch rewards!
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Raziel-chan
Re: Domains For Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu And Pokémon Let's Go Eevee Appeared!
Ruined Forever!
... Not really, but I'm hoping they don't start incorporating stuff from Go.
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Raziel-chan
Re: Okami HD Release Date Revealed For Japan
Can't wait to get this classic Sony PlayStation 2 title again.
Cya
Raziel-chan