RedMageLanakyn

Tweaked controls and exciting extras? What about titillating gameplay

Is Nintendo "winning" E3 with a logo not enough of a show of interest in the metroid series overall?

I agree, and (un)fortunately my backlog of high quality games continues to grow on multiple platforms, even though my time to play games has gotten to be less and less. For those of you out there that are still young; enjoy your free time to play games all night. When you get older, get a career, get married, and have kids, you might find yourself wishing you had just one more hour of free time to play games before you have to start the cycle over again!

So it took a fan to get the collector's edition fully functional, just like it took fans to actually make a decent sonic game? The irony is palpable.

Wonder how much extra they'll charge you for some cardboard? Bet they'll label it as a physical release in order to jack up the price, too.

I feel like this is nintendo punishing us for complaining about club nintendo, proving that things can most certainly be worse.

@BAN Except that Nintendo DOES do those exact same things. You going to try and convince me mario games haven't been the same with graphical upgrades? Mario kart games? Zelda games? I'm not saying it's a bad thing, as the gameplay formulas are solid, but don't even try to pretend that nintendo is exempt from upgrading visuals and slapping a "new" in front of a game to sell at retail.

If it troubles you that much to post things like this, you could always just, you know, NOT post them? If there was any article that deserved the "weirdness" or "random" tag here it is. Yet you file it under news.....

We all know Ganon/Demise never dies. This time around he just decided to skip the theatrics of assuming a form and manipulating things behind the scenes and went pure beast mode.

@Aurumonado Whoa, it's almost as if it's a console that has....exclusive games! Such a thought is madness! Which by the way, of the 4 you listed, only one is out, and isn't an exclusive

@bolt05 Have to click the ignore button with that guy, he will always try to get in the last word, even if you're right a thousand times over.

I jumped on it. Cost less than the replacement stick and bowl replacements I backed over a year ago that still haven't arrived. Maybe one of them will ship this year.....

Given it's age and low price on other platforms, I hope they launch at $10. This game is basic, and on everything from smartphones to handhelds, so they can't really use "development costs" as a reason to jack it up any higher than that.

A government backed Japanese screen maker that can't stay afloat and has been in the red for 3 years straight? Talk about walking through a field of red flags to sign a contract. Maybe try to venture out from Japan, get some more reliable business partners, get out of that bubble you've stayed in for a couple decades?

I got my MMN3DSXL, I'm good.

@aaronsullivan I meant to say 2D metroidvania, my bad on that. I think zero mission and fusion were ok, but not nearly as good as Super. I've only played through each of those once, whereas I find myself returning to Super a couple times a year. The prime trilogy was great as well. Again, my bad on leaving out the 2D.

Good to know his hard work and talents were recognized by someone out there, enough to offer him a job at least. Nintendo hasn't made a good metroidvania since Super Metroid, let's hope they still know how to do it and hired the right team. Games like Ori, Axiom Verge, and Hollow Knight have really stepped up to define and refine the metroidvania formula.

I'm just glad Capcom has enough pull that they were able to convince Nintendo to put more RAM in the Switch.

@PlywoodStick Group D isn't going to run out and spend hundreds on SNES carts though. They're going to use emulators on their phones or PCs, or wait for the Switch VC.

@Damo Technically I'd say there's 3 groups; Group A would want the SNES mini because they have no interest in collecting old carts and want to play the games in HD.
Group B would want the Hyperkin because they have the carts and want to play them in HD.
Group C has carts, but wants the SNES mini as a collectible.

I don't see them as competing against each other at all really, because one is software, one is cart based. Both feed on nostalgia, but one requires you to have additional hardware. If you want to count the people from Group C, which would probably be less than a percent, that wants to pick between one or the other, i guess you could.

Again, as I asked when a similar article was posted about the NES mini, how is this competition? One has games included, the other requires you to bring your own. These two units are for two different crowds.

Yikes, $40 for half of a physical version of games that are almost always on sale at or under $10 on various platforms (including Vita) is not very good. Capcom being capcom i guess.

@Anguspuss Nice! I didn't get a plastic case, but I found an extra SD card holder that holds them nicely

Loving my 18 card collection for BotW that I picked up for under $30. I can happily scan away and store them in an area smaller than the base of an amiibo figure. Moral gray area of course, but i'm not losing any sleep over it. Make your products easier to find at retail price, and I'll quit looking for better alternatives, Nintendo.

Awfully convoluted process for it to be a glitch. Emails went out, preorder went up, cards were charged, and they're like "oops, none of that should've happened, you lose". I hope some jobs are lost over this, pretty unprofessional to let it go on this long before canceling them all.

@jpfan1989 @sdelfin That's crazy, why would they pack in all that junk? You'd think if they built a quality system and put quality games on it, they'd just charge what Nintendo is charging for their Minis. Apparently based on the comments here and in the article, they're not known for stellar quality though. Looks like I'll be skipping this myself.

Genesis had some great games, but 85 of them? I guess nostalgia glasses will make this a must buy for some, but i really only remember playing about 20 games that really stood out to me.

Nah, I've got my MM N3DSXL customized to the point that it won't get much better.

@panthro *you're

@Bustacap Oh well, I'll still sleep well at night. DLC locked behind $15 paywalls tells me Nintendo execs sleep well at night too.

@Bustacap I disagree, especially considering the code in question is already within the game itself, and the NFC tags simply say "yes" to the acquisition of in game items. Until they make NFC cards for me to buy, I'll do it myself. They could make a fortune selling them for say, $5 a pop.

@Bustacap I don't really see how that could be construed as pirating, i'm not stealing the toys out of the stores, and they haven't really given out the DLC in other, easier ways. If nintendo offered NFC cards at a lower price I would buy them, but since they don't, and it hasn't been deemed illegal or blocked by firmware, I consider it fair game.

Looks like this'll be my first game that I actually create amiibo cards for. I just bought 18 cards for BotW for $25, and now that I've read some tutorials I'm ready to take a crack at it. Just don't have room for plastic toys anymore.

@ShadJV Wouldn't it be better to just lower the amount of resources gained and make it available at all times than try to limit a game mode's availability?

@Incarta "People are rightly angry"

Yeah, at themselves, for being naive and trusting Niantic with their money and time on an app that is notorious for server and connection issues!

Sounds like a big distraction piece from the fact that two people can't play on one switch, which to me is a pretty big omission on Nintendo's part. I still have yet to see an actual switch being played in public, in a mall, on the street, etc, so the situation presented seems like a very, very rare scenario.

Why again is salmon mode limited? Did they give a reason for that, or is it just nintendo being nintendo? So many odd choices they make really keep me on the fence about buying a switch.

The good news is there are better options, and you really don't need voice chat for a game like splatoon unless you're try-harding ranked play. The bad news is, this is probably Nintendo's best effort, and that is very, very sad.

@Dakt "Dulux works on walls too, maybe you can get an article out of that"

For the love of God, don't give him ideas like that. He's snarky enough to actually do it.

That picture used in the article is probably pretty close to what they'd have to do to the graphics to get it running well on the Switch. Not knocking it, just stating the obvious that it'll have to be scaled back quite a bit.

No price premium for being on the Switch? Good job Rebellion!

At this point, I'm just grateful I have other options like discord and party chat on PS4, than to be stuck using something like this.

@PanurgeJr It's open to interpretation, i'll let you decide that one for yourself.

@PanurgeJr I can admit I'm superior to you in terms of virtue, I doubt you'll admit you're nothing but a coward, especially considering you couldn't even block him yourself

@PanurgeJr Blocking someone and then continuing to talk trash about them? Does that make you feel good knowing they can't see it? You're a superstar.

@OorWullie I've played arms, but not online, only local fights. I've watched a friend play and in two of the three fights, an opponent would disconnect in the middle of the match. Whether it was rage quit or an actual disconnect, can't be sure, but it was present.

It will be interesting to see what direction Nintendo takes next year, once more switches start rolling out, more online games come out, higher server load, etc. Hopefully the paid for service allows for some upgrades on their end.

@Kalmaro Could be, haven't really been able to nail it down. Lots of disconnects from lobbies/games in MK8, SSB4, and the few hours I played the original splatoon, it would take upwards of 5 minutes to get into a game. Just haven't experienced those types of problems on other platforms, so it really stands out to me.

Salmon mode looks interesting, too bad it's not split screen. Will be interesting to see how the game performs online once the servers start filling up.

I certainly won't be "eating my words" about Nintendo's online performance, because for me almost every game I've played online has been a subpar experience compared to other platforms.

A great idea hampered by a single design flaw: no interchangeable usb adapters. There's absolutely no reason to not include a micro usb adapter in this package, and i'm not upgrading my phone just to buy an accessory. I'll stick to my 8bitdo controller and emulators I guess.

I had to get a wide grip accessory for my N3DSXL, so I can't even imagine trying to hold onto a smaller version. The rainbow colors don't really do anything for me either. Even with added grips to joycons, the Switch still isn't comfy for me past the 10 minute mark. I think I'm just over handhelds in general, give me a controller dang it!

@Baker1000 Technically if you just wanted enough to get all the equipment slots it would be 450 ish times, but I agree, this would take all the fun out of finding them, and won't be available for long anyways.