Res462

The art doesn’t seem to have the charm that Zelda ALttP has. It’s clean, but kind of sterile, based off the screenshots.

@DeclanS98

Except for the people who own the platform, right? For what purpose does Twitter exist?

@FX102A If you have Game Pass, West of Dead is worth a look. It's also on Switch.

@sixrings And there is no BC on Switch, which was clear from day one.

TLoU remastered was full price when released seven years ago. It’s not an impressive port when compared to any first party title this generation. MCC was rushed out and took a year or two to get everything fixed.

You keep going to a different argument. I never said anything about what is or isn’t a good value.

@sixrings While I have bought Wii U ports on the Switch, I didn’t buy the Switch for Wii U ports, and when I did, it wasn’t because I thought they would be drastically better versions of themselves. My comment has nothing to do with defending Nintendo and the job they’ve done porting Wii U software to the Switch, even if that’s what you’d like to retcon it into.

Most of what you’re talking about have been modest improvements of games, and that’s fine, but it’s also not what you were talking about happening for BC on the other systems.

@sixrings Apples and oranges comparison. The Switch never promised BC in any form, and any hardware gains you’re referencing are due to the PC-like nature of both PS and XBOX consoles at this point and the super expensive SSDs the consoles use.

Any expectations you had for graphics/frame rate being markedly different on Switch than Wii U ignored the information that was readily available.

@Daldra Right, the UE is. It’s $40. Not the one everyone bought last year when it came out.

@barneygumble They aren’t all getting free upgrades. Third parties are encouraged to offer them, but NBA2K isn’t. Control isn’t. I’m sure there are or will be others that aren’t. Supposedly some Bethesda games are being repackaged/bundled with upgrades for the XS X/S consoles—whether or not they are offered for Free to people who own them is unknown.

@Ventilator that’s too bad. Bloodborne is a fantastic game.

@SwitchVogel Watch a $500+ device run it better than a $300 one. Shocker.

@Rohanrocks88 AC3 shouldn’t have needed a patch to make it play better; the game was a port of a previous generation game, not something newish coming out.

This is a misleading headline. There are no public statements from Nintendo saying that. The law firm is the one making that claim.

Tried Bloodstained on GamePass and didn’t get the love for it. Movement was so slow and the platforming felt off.

If Witcher 3 can come, anything this gen or prior can make it. It’s just a question of when.

@NathanTheAsian

It’s tangentially Zelda. neither game is really true to the roots of the mainline series, so the audience for both games probably have some overlap, but I just think you’re way off base thinking sales from a game over a year old are going to be negatively impacted by a brand new one simply because it’s getting a physical release.

I don’t care about online backlash about announcements or lack there of. People get outraged over stupid things all the time. There are a lot more pressing issues going on in the world today than Nintendo not giving you news on the new shiny thing you want.

@NathanTheAsian

Not really. These are two totally different games, one of which has been out well over a year and costs half as much as the other will.

@super08mario you only need to do 5 of the 6 missions.

@OmegaDestroyer I agree, it IS really hard to support a developer who makes good games.

/s

Get over yourself. The company has done what it had to do to make the games it wanted to. The fact that Switch is the first console on the books for arguably their best game is a boon for Switch owners, and I’m sure it will come to other platforms in time like nearly every other title they’ve made has.

@Dr_Corndog You do what I did and buy another one!

@sketchturner The sales numbers for AC as a series, prior to NH, disagrees. The numbers are similar to the 3D Mario ones.

@sketchturner So that's enough for what, 20% of the current Switch install base?

AC:NH sold over double that in a few months. Granted, many copies were purchased digitally, but 10 million for a first party Nintendo game would actually but it at the load end of the life-to-date sales spectrum.

Adding it to the wishlist, which is getting to be like the Energizer bunny.

I was hoping for some Spelunky news and had forgotten all about this game. Glad it’s on its way to Switch.

@Averagewriter

3DS doesn’t have clickable thumb sticks. That’s why the JoyCons tend to wear out IIRC.

Alright, so I guess that means it's not too late for Spelunky to come out on Switch.

Discoverability is always a problem for any kind of entertainment.

The eShop is not the only way to promote your game. I don’t just go browsing the eShop for a game to buy—I hear about a game, add it to my wish list or look it up, etc.

Even if people are buying your game at deep discounts, that doesn’t mean they’re playing it. When things are a buck or two, I’m sure some people just buy it because it’s so cheap. The glut of great games on Switch is real. So is the backlog.

@Trajan

No, it’s not. It has gameplay, something a majority of walking sims lack. Walking Sims are barely games at all, tend to be generally linear, and rely on a narrative hook over meaningful mechanics. All you do in a walking sim is walk around looking for button prompts.

Stop trying to compare 3DS graphics to Full HD ones. AAA Games are getting bigger. They cost more. And they take longer to develop. Whether some of these trends, like longer length, are good or even necessary is worthy of discussion. This is not, in my opinion. Their software output is on pace with or exceeds their peers this generation, which should is the best point of comparison.

Nintendo Direct for 8/1 confirmed!

@SwitchVogel

Making HD games is a lot more time consuming than producing 3DS-level graphics. Getting teams up to speed takes time. AAA games have never taken longer to make.

Naughty Dog released the Uncharted trilogy and Last of Us during the PS3. For the PS4, only one title in each series, and now they’re moving on to PS5.

There was no new GTA this generation. Just a port with some new features.

Compared to their peers, I bet their Publishing output exceeds everyone, even if you exclude ports.

@87th Whistling past the grave of Club Nintendo.

@kemosabii there’s a few more games still to come. Just not this year.

Where’s his backlog? Because it has to be huge.

@Spoony_Tech

Starlink is just okay. While it makes a great first impression, There’s not a lot of variety in the gameplay. Fly to an area on the map, strafe around enemies time kill them, have a generic conversation, repeat. The space dogfighting is pretty similar. Take Star Fox out and the game would be forgettable. I enjoyed SF0 more, even if there’s less content.

The rumored Grand Prix game was being developed by Retro, iirc. They’ve been silent since DKTF, which was released well before they were given the keys to MP4.

@Fido007

The body content of both reviews should state the reasoning. Summaries leave out the nuance. Also, it’s an opinion. Who cares how someone else feels about something if you enjoy it?

@StevenG Not going to happen, especially on Switch, given how reluctant publishers are to use properly sized cartridges for games.

Even Witcher 3 on Switch—which shipped on the 32gb cart— has had multiple sizable patches.

@geheimxy

I love From and the games they make, but they don’t seem to optimize games on any system, even when they’re exclusive.

@CowCatcher
You can choose not to read the articles relating to the game that are clearly marked as spoilers.

@Chibi_Manny
From a player perspective, I don’t care if someone chooses to cheapen the experience for themselves. That’s on them.

Instead of trying to control the way people play the game, they ought to be focusing on quality of life improvements to the game. Crafting is cumbersome. Some of the dialogue options could be improved. Having to claim the bonus nook miles stuff is just extra button presses that could be changed with notifications.

Most of the rare bugs were already pretty rare to begin with, so nerfing them is only going to negatively impact casual players. Time travelers will find a new way to exploit the game.

@johnvboy

As with all things, intent matters. It’s clear this person never intended to follow through. So then, what’s the point? Screwing with other people for LOLz?

@NotTelevision

Simple. Change the color. No details needed.

@link3710

I’ve held off on buying it due to the issues the community said were present. When they announced the last patch was it, the feedback sounded like they hadn’t done enough, and the devs shrugged.

@link3710

People also said that the frame drops in the Link’s Awakening remake weren’t as bad as people were saying, but I found them jarring.

@CurryPowderKeg79

Unless there is a new patch coming that actually fixes the outstanding issues, the article had no new information. Sounds like it’s the same version currently on the eShop.

@setezerocinco

From what I found as their quote to the last patch they put out—in 2018.

“We released a patch and we did our best to make it work. If you want to play it or not it is your choice.”

They haven’t fixed it.

Unless they plan on fixing the issues that still plague it, why bother?

@jobvd
No, but the art styles and use of lighting/foreground/background are reminiscent of HK. I haven’t played another game with its visual style.

@bluemujika

And the music is so epic they produced a music video that ran on MTV.

The obvious solution to this, if Nintendo cares, would be an opt-in for sharing an island on a console. While this is in the spirit of the game since forever, I’m sure a lot of people are either unaware of this caveat, or are aware and don’t appreciate it.

And sure, you can’t please everyone. But this seems like something that isn’t a big deal from a developmental standpoint, a fix that could be addressed if they so choose to.

@Glassneedles I don't remember the exact topics it was associated with, but something along those lines. I looked up the story because I thought there was more to it than was 'reported' here, and rather than clicking on the first article, I looked a little further.