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@partisan no. People are comparing it more to Warioware because of the length of some of the challenges.

I don’t have the EP, and I got the survey.

@Fizza this won’t be the Switch’s final year on the market.

Significantly less interested in this property.

Excellent news, since the game is trapped on that generation of consoles IIRC.

Does this mean they can patch the old saves to work with the ultimate edition now?

@Waluigi451 Definitely my favorite as well. Wonder why it took them so long to remember this franchise existed? Such a simple premise with a great hook.

@CazSonOfCaz You mean the rumors?

I don't think bringing a couple games to your competitor's system is akin to loaning out a AAA developer to make a game for them.

@CazSonOfCaz iD is under Bethesda, probably not happening.

@DogDetective doesn’t Hogwarts Legacy run much more consistently?

@KayFiOS except it ran a lot better than the 360/PS3 versions ever did.

If the system isn’t backward compatible, why would you think any of the NSO offerings would just be there? If they’re starting over on one thing, they’re starting over on everything, including however they’re emulating games to play on new, incompatible hardware.

I would much rather see them employ techniques used by Microsoft to get more out of past releases on new hardware, allowing backwards compatibility while boosting performance with little extra work on the backend.

BC is a consumer-friendly feature that is a good first step in the right direction for any piece of new technology. Unless they can show a good reason why they need to abandon the previous generation, they would be wise to include it.

@5th313ment This is such an overstatement it’s not even funny.

First, they’ve probably put out the most first party titles of anyone this year, even if you exclude the remakes, and even if you exclude the titles still to come.

Second, not even half the games are ports/remasters/remakes.

Third, this direct was announced to be primarily about the rest of 2023. It was never going to showcase anything that amazing that wasn’t already announced.

@siavm while MS has shut down studios it owns (as have most of the major publishers), they aren’t some fly by night outfit like TEG, who seem more interested in acquiring established IP and trying to sell it for more money (like Tomb Raider).

@Dm9982 LA Noire does not come on the full cartridge; it’s a 16GB cart with another 10GB (or more) download. It says so right on the packaging.

I’m not sure where your statistics came from, but there’s no way 16GB is the standard cart size. The Borderlands collection looks like it’s 8GB, leaving you another 42GB to download. BioShock requires another 32GB download.

While it’s true that this entire game could fit on a cartridge and the others would not, that doesn’t mean they will use a 16GB cartridge. They haven’t announced their plans or pricing yet for the physical version, outside of a mid October release date.

@Dm9982 publishers often use the smallest game cartridge they can when the put out physical versions due to larger size carts costing more.

I'm with the folks hoping there's at least an OLED option at launch.

@N64-ROX it’s worth noting that the release schedule of Nintendo’s games is staggered enough where taking advantage of this deal isn’t like getting three games at once at all.

While they aren’t the easiest thing to fix (mainly because of all the small screws and springs), at least most DIYers can repair them should they experience drift, and replacement parts are easy to come by for now.

@CammyUnofficial

No, just tracks and racers, which you could use. Just be thankful they fixed the mode for Switch.

Hard to believe they’re still fixing/working on a game if the last patch was 8 months ago.

@BaldBelper78

The FTC doesn’t get to decide anything except whether or not to ATTEMPT to block the merger via the courts. The court will rule on this matter based on the evidence presented by both sides, and depending on its decision, the deal will proceed or be dead, due to the 3 billion dollar completion deadline in July.

I see they’ve been reading the CMA’s reasoning.

Really surprised Metroid Prime dropped at $40 and this is $60, while both Pikmin games are $50 combined when purchased as a set.

Or they could have put it out in January when it had less competition from other Nintendo games/franchises.

@UltimateOtaku91 it has zero to do with market share.

They clearly have some deals in place with MS as all the recent releases of Persona games, and these two titles as well, are day one on Game Pass.

@sketchturner If you don't mind using the Switch in handheld mode, this makes it more comfortable.

https://www.satisfye.com

@PinderSchloss

Probably not.

If you keep playing, you'll eventually get better accustomed to the controls, and maybe the final ability you get will alleviate some of your concerns, but when people say "when will this game click with me?" about any game, I personally have found that to not be the case very often. I enjoyed the first area of The Witcher 3, which a lot of people tell you to get out of as quickly as possible because that's when the game really opens up. The one game that really comes to mind (for me) is The Outer Wilds, which I initially put down after a couple hours, only to come back to it with a different mindset and end up really enjoying it.

That being said, I played the BotW DLC before this came out, and I honestly don't know what anyone's talking about when they say they're playing through the same game. Sure, there are some things that are really familiar, and the musical cues in many areas are unchanged, but nothing (for me) has that 'recycled' feeling you're saying you have.

Maybe try getting to the first temple and seeing if anything changes? It took me a while to even want to do that because there's a ton of exploration options available and different things pulling me every which way because the game is clicking for me.

OLED with HDR or bust, Nintendo.

@CharlieGirl it’s a preview. No reviewer has judged anything, but mentioned possible areas of concern regarding frame rate.

And while people love to harp on the issues of those Pokémon games, many have said the issues do not bother them and that the gameplay trumps whatever problems occur.

@PsykoRobot I didn’t write Fox News, I wrote news, the local stations.

@Wilforce They didn't buy FOX broadcasting/news, which would have been illegal. They bought the movie studios and IP, as well as some TV networks unrelated to news like FX.

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/3/20/18273477/disney-fox-merger-deal-details-marvel-x-men

@Divinebovine you and me both. Like, 50% off.

@Ensemen What’s the point of saying someone is wrong about something if you haven’t experienced it for yourself?

@Aozz101x MS wasn’t at e3 in 2019 (they held an adjacent event before it started), so I’m not sure how their presence mattered.

@rjejr No, you made a huge, illogical leap there. There’s no benefit to buying them months in advance for a game coming out near mid May. You could literally preorder the night before and get the same benefit.

@rjejr since the vouchers expire after a year, there’s zero reason to purchase them this far in advance without knowing what games Nintendo plans to release after August.

@rjejr Steam is a digital-only platform, so the Deck is not a great choice for comparison.

Edit: and they brought the vouchers back to soften the blow of TotK being $70.

@Zuljaras while it’s true that there is a Zelda formula, I think you’re being more than a bit reductive.

Skyward Sword changed how combat worked by turning combat into a puzzle.

Majora’s Mask added a bunch of side quests and had the Groundhog’s Day mechanic.

Phantom Hourglass had the Zelda stuff where you had to manage both characters IIRC.

Most games added new items and abilities. ALBW ditched items in dungeons and made it so you could tackle dungeons in any order.

ALttP added the dark world.

We don’t really know enough about TotK to say what it is at this point.

Edit: whether or not these changes were successful is up to you, and it’s fine either way.

@Zuljaras Which Zelda brought nothing new to the table?

Love Splatoon 3. Side Order looks great. The first wave is a big miss; I barely spend any time in the hub world. If there's more to it than that, Nintendo didn't show it.

@Rockmirth Because the only reason they included paid DLC for a few games was to entice people to sign up. Now that they've expanded the NSO+EP offerings, moving forward I doubt any new paid DLC will be included.

@Friendly Not a chance they announce a new console in October of this year and don't launch it for months; when they did that last time, they discontinued the production of the Wii U in November of that year. Announcing a new console would drastically lower the sales of the current hardware during the holiday season; should the console be backward compatible, anyone looking to purchase the current Switch with a new one on the horizon would just be spending money on lesser hardware, price cut or no (and I don't think we'll get one since they're selling well enough without one and costs have increased around the board due to inflation and gas prices, etc).

@nocdaes They said they were mostly going to talk about the first half of the year, so it's not surprising at all that any post-August releases weren't mentioned.

Here's some actual gameplay for anyone interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM_EAShZmqs

Emergent dungeons. Imagine walking through a jungle and just happening into a place where you suddenly realize, "This is more than an area to explore." There were a handful of locations in BOTW like this, but none were full-on dungeons.

@larryisaman Silk Song was in the Xbox showcase where every game was supposed to be out by the end of June 2023.

@Hayter They lose selling you a digital game at full price.

A lot of comments here about price cuts, as if others in the game space haven’t been raising prices due to inflation.

They have one of the most anticipated games releasing this year. They won’t be cutting the price unless sales fall off a cliff.

@sanderev

I disagree. What it did by merging traditional souls gameplay and a completely open world made it completely worthy of the accolades it received. The game delivered on its premise in ways few games today realize, and rewarded thorough exploration of its locales. The variety and scope of the world was incredible, and I found the vision of the devs to be something truly inspiring.

But you’re entitled to your own opinion.