Depends on what kind of storage it uses and how easily expanable it is, like if it's sd cards again I've few of them knocking about that wouldn't necessarily want to be paying more for more internal storage.
If it's an ssd you'd hope for about 500-800gb actually useable. Those xbox expansion cards are great in practice but so pricey
@DennisReynolds aw that takes me back to the days of regretting which version of street fighter 2 I had because it didn't have the bosses playable or the new challengers etc.
Weridly missing Smash Bros and DK 64 atm.
Hopefully get Perfect Dark and Diddy Kong racing.
Love to see Rogue squadron and Shadows of the empire too. (Even if Shadows platforming parts were very dodgy)They are very much big N64 games in my head. Shadows was even advertised on the box of the N64.
I feel they say this evey second month. Like either bring it to switch or don't. Pointless saying it over and over again without a solid plan and Nintendo being on board.
Too expensive, not what most people wanted the mix of 2d and 3d looks and simply just not good enough to compete with heavy hitters in its release window.
I think it needs a glow up remaster so that it looks like I think it looks like in my head until I play it. Gameplay has mostly aged well as long as the water temple is sorted out a bit.
Never really played the original as it skipped my region until VC. Tired it once or twice but never stayed with it long enough for it to click so looking forward to the modern remake which I'm way more likely to actually play tbh.
Sony isn't just playstation and frequently doesn't see Nintendo as direct competition to the playstation vs the direct threat of Xbox.
The whole cd things long in the past and sure they are both japanese companies so it makes sense. Also if there's money to be made for both then they will do it.
I'm mainly nintendo but I've an xbox . Use it for gamepass and some bigger non switch titles.
That said I'm kinda sick of this MS jargon . Clearly they want to be this huge service provider rather than a console maker. I'd prefer you'd actually go concrete on your consoles and making games.
Yeah that opportunity passed years ago. Sonics had tons of poor games and worse decisions since the megadrive days. Like even straight forward potential wins like the origins collection were tainted by segas awful decisions, with that chart of what was missing from each version and adding the screen crunched game gear games instead of master system versions.
@arekdougy the other two gameboy games are being sold as part of the castlevania collection. This one was left out as apparently its not considered canon anymore.
No interest in it but this and Metal Gear collection really shows that for all the physical vs digital articles etc there really isn't actually much physical these days
And 99% of nintendo gamers shrugged their shoulders and continued to have zero interest in these competitive scenes until their inevitable next round of scandals are reported.
@Vexx234 wasn't mad about the action hero ones myself. Horror worked. Honestly I'd prefer all just MK characters or some reps from other fighting games like Street fighter, tekken, soul calbur etc. Maybe not likes of Ryu and Chun li if too violent but say Vega and Akuma etc
Not really excited about these dlc picks myself as very superhero( well villians/anti heroes) focused I'd prefer to see them in an injustice game rather than mortal kombat tbh
Tbh it thought this had already happened with eshop closure which I cared alot more about. Im not happy about it but im more indifferent at this stage. Only used either systems for one player since switch launched.
I'm not sure why people except Gaming companies to support consoles 7 years + after their replacement unless there's actually money in it for them. Every other product I own seemingly has support abandoned 2-4 years after launching a successor.
Capcom wouldn't gain anything from the buy out (other than the money) and would probably clash alot with Microsofts culture. The whole east v west game development cultural clash. If Microsoft can buy anyone outside the west I'd think It would be Sega. But in long run it's bad for us the gamers, short term it's more value for gamepass. I really dont want to see any plaform holder have a monopoly or extinction of non indie 3rd parties. When that happens it will be the death of physical games and an increase price for likes of Gamepass
Regardless of the debate of what prices games should be people here really seem to struggle with the difference between a port , a remaster and a remake/reimagining .
@Maxz 100% agree with you. I hate all the nonsense that pops up on while playing my xbox. Achievements are distracting and at times destroy the games atmosphere by popping up.
It's a bit silly but yeah cuphead and ori are on it. As is Banjo and goldeneye so yeah fine marketing can call it whatever. Don't really care. Microsoft has been supportive of the switch overall. Sony on other hand refuses cross play.
It was solid not amazing. Very mario focused which while I love mario but would prefer a bit of variety. That said we just got zelda, it's too early for another pokemon . Another code and thousand year where nice.
I've also got to pick up pikmin and I've a backlog with fire emblem
I think saying most people think of Veronica Taylor as the voice really is doing Sarah Natochenny a bit of a disservice she's done the voice for 17 years now. Taylor is the voice I personally associate with Ash because I stopped watching it before the big voice actor change but loads of people that aren't as old as me, including tones of young pokemon fans she would be the only voice they knew for Ash. They both did great jobs and which you most associate with the role is based on your age really.
Yeah I wouldn't have recognised that as JCVD at all other than it insists it is.
Also while I get the historical story behind this inclusion stop with the celebs. I just want to see palette swapped ninjas beat bloody chunks out of each other with actual voice actors voicing them.
Celebs in general doing work of VAs is a bit like asking a plumber to fix your car.
Could do without distracting celebs ivoices/likenesses in it. Rousey was awful. Also these kind of celeb promo videos are often a bit cringe . Eg Chris Pratt for the mario movies werid delivery of "stomping.....koopas."
Makes perfect sense remove all the outdated information, future proof it for when switch is finished and cur costs by having one design for every amiibo rather than having the character and the game on the back.
@Clyde_Radcliffe I grew up watching the cartoons as a kid as well but I'll still find it strange he's been Mario in the games (apart from those awful CDi ones) since Mario started making noises so those cartoons are the exception really.
I'm sure at some point the shock factor will wear off ( like solid snake or sonics voices being recast etc) but I doubt there will be anyone as iconic as him in the red cap.
Overclocking a modified switch isn't really a feasible solution . The developers really need to make it work running on factory specs which im sure they could have done alot better if they weren't like nah we can leave it at that will do fps and save money they would have spent improving it.
@Not_Soos well its definitely been a period of transition since the switch its not like this is the first time it has happened and of course important Nintendo figures have retired,left the company or sadly passed away. Likes of Howard Lincoln, Howard Phillips, Minoru Arakawa, Gunpei Yokoi ,Hiroshi Yamauchi, then even second parties/affiliates have departed likes of Rare.
If you grew up with them being the faces of the brand etc the likes of Reggie etc coming in at first had same feeling.
Nintendo and its main figures have changed a number of times in my lifetime ( Shigeru Miyamoto been the only constant big presence) and he will leave massive shoes to fill( its not the company is dead or dying its more like going from one era to another.
I already have the older HD collection which covers 2 ,3 and I have peace walker which doesn't appear to be in volume 1 on the xbox through 360 backwards compatibility and I've mgs 1 on playstation vita and ps mini. Not sure I've any reason to buy this at full price. The pre Solid games are just curiosities to me so I'll be waiting for a big sale
The games older than resident evil 6 so if it just a port it's a ridiculous price even with the switch tax . Remastered , remakes and ports aren't the same.
I really don't see much of what was updated here while it's interesting to see what was the reception back when it was released, it could do with a proper NSO release review outlining what's aged well, what hasnt, what's changed from the original release and the games legacy or importance to its series etc.
Just too little of interest in today's presentation for me. Like It needed a big brand new announcement to justify itself. We knew about most things before at best It gave them dates.
Like it's mad twilight princess and wind Waker are two of the few Wii U first parties not ported. Just release them with the gamepad stuff removed seems like a no brainer . Surely one of them will be the next zelda release (not counting dlc)
@Serpenterror Mortal Kombat X apart from the opening chapters and some flashbacks os set 25 years after MK9 . Liu Kang is an undead revenant in it since MK9. So nothing wrong with Kenshi having a kid that's now an adult.
The second Sub zero becomes a cyborg in 9 then dies, becomes an undead revenant than is brought back to life in MKX as human same as Jax.
Liu kang being a revenant makes sense too as they actually say all Earth realms warriors souls that die in Shao Kahn invasion go to Netherrealm due to his deal with Quan Chi.
Kung Lao dies before that in outworld so it's unclear when deal was in place but it's a fighting game story's never going be air tight or the focus.
Always going be some retcons (like 9 changed the timeline entirely and 11 is full of time based shenigans and mk1 is another big reboot of the mk unniverse)and always going be endless that character is back from the dead etc been doing that since like MK3 ulimate at least
Also just an observation but the PS vita dropped Oled screens during its lifespan to cut costs and Oled tvs are still more expensive as they are more expensive to produce.
It's all rumours but yeah 2024 makes sense for a launch.
1-Switch will be 7 years old then which is the historical point of replacement for consoles
2- The Switch is struggling from a tech point now as it has become very outdated and multi plats are now moving far beyond it as they now look to focus on series X and ps5 as the development standard. Also even exclusives games like Zelda and Pokemon are fighting against the limitations of the system. (Some doing a much better job than others to work arround them but seems Switch is just at its limit now)
3- Switch sales have been declining. Eventually everyone that really wants a Switch has one so it's good business to create a new product with fresh new demand
4- there has certainly been a user demand for a higher spec machine. Switch Pro, switch 2 etc
@Lightsiyd he's there in the picture tweeted by Ed Boon with his big hat and in the trailers see "Official Gameplay Debut Trailer".
In Liu Kangs new era he's mortal though seemingly still has electric powers
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Re: Poll: How Much Internal Storage Would Be Reasonable For 'Switch 2'?
Depends on what kind of storage it uses and how easily expanable it is, like if it's sd cards again I've few of them knocking about that wouldn't necessarily want to be paying more for more internal storage.
If it's an ssd you'd hope for about 500-800gb actually useable. Those xbox expansion cards are great in practice but so pricey
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Adds Another DLC Kameo Fighter Next Week
@DennisReynolds aw that takes me back to the days of regretting which version of street fighter 2 I had because it didn't have the bosses playable or the new challengers etc.
Re: Talking Point: Could Nintendo Go Another Year Without A Switch Successor?
It's time for it. Feels like there's no major excitement left in current switch lineup.
Re: Geoff Keighley Agrees Music Was Played "Too Fast" For TGA Winners This Year
So they only got 30 seconds? That's ridiculously low. You have 90 seconds tokick fir the conversion in rugby.
Surely 2and a half to 3mins max would be enough time for it and to keep show moving.
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Library With Three More Titles
Weridly missing Smash Bros and DK 64 atm.
Hopefully get Perfect Dark and Diddy Kong racing.
Love to see Rogue squadron and Shadows of the empire too. (Even if Shadows platforming parts were very dodgy)They are very much big N64 games in my head. Shadows was even advertised on the box of the N64.
Re: Xbox Reiterates Interest In Bringing Game Pass To "Every Screen" Including Nintendo Platforms
I feel they say this evey second month.
Like either bring it to switch or don't.
Pointless saying it over and over again without a solid plan and Nintendo being on board.
Re: Sonic Superstars' Sales Were 'Slightly Weaker' Than Sega Had Anticipated
Too expensive, not what most people wanted the mix of 2d and 3d looks and simply just not good enough to compete with heavy hitters in its release window.
Re: Talking Point: Does Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Need A Full Remake?
I think it needs a glow up remaster so that it looks like I think it looks like in my head until I play it. Gameplay has mostly aged well as long as the water temple is sorted out a bit.
Re: Zelda's Voice Actor Would "Love" To Reprise Her Role In The Live-Action Movie
Voice actors and actors shouldn't cross over in general. Two separate skill sets and I feel few people possess both.
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Super Mario RPG On Switch?
Never really played the original as it skipped my region until VC. Tired it once or twice but never stayed with it long enough for it to click so looking forward to the modern remake which I'm way more likely to actually play tbh.
Re: Sony Is Co-Financing Nintendo's Live-Action Zelda Movie
Sony isn't just playstation and frequently doesn't see Nintendo as direct competition to the playstation vs the direct threat of Xbox.
The whole cd things long in the past and sure they are both japanese companies so it makes sense. Also if there's money to be made for both then they will do it.
Re: Microsoft Will Think Of Nintendo Users As "Part Of The Xbox Community" Going Forward
I'm mainly nintendo but I've an xbox . Use it for gamepass and some bigger non switch titles.
That said I'm kinda sick of this MS jargon . Clearly they want to be this huge service provider rather than a console maker.
I'd prefer you'd actually go concrete on your consoles and making games.
Re: Sega's Executive Director Wants Sonic Games And Movies To "Surpass Mario"
Yeah that opportunity passed years ago. Sonics had tons of poor games and worse decisions since the megadrive days.
Like even straight forward potential wins like the origins collection were tainted by segas awful decisions, with that chart of what was missing from each version and adding the screen crunched game gear games instead of master system versions.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES & Game Boy Library With Three More Classics
@arekdougy the other two gameboy games are being sold as part of the castlevania collection. This one was left out as apparently its not considered canon anymore.
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Library With Another Mario Game
People "the roll out of n64 games is too slow", me yup just like in the actual n64 days when releases were few and far between.
Re: Hogwarts Legacy Physical & Digital Switch Release Will Require 8GB "Day 1" Update
No interest in it but this and Metal Gear collection really shows that for all the physical vs digital articles etc there really isn't actually much physical these days
Re: Nintendo's Updated Guidelines For Tournaments & Content Creation Sparks Community Backlash
And 99% of nintendo gamers shrugged their shoulders and continued to have zero interest in these competitive scenes until their inevitable next round of scandals are reported.
Re: Random: Nintendo Pulls Drink Driving Game From Switch eShop
How on earth did PEGI screw up do badly here, its in the title.
Re: It Looks Like Robocop: Rogue City Has Been Quietly Cancelled On Switch
Probably experiencing trouble. At least not releasing it with attitude of who cares if ir worked or not.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 'Kombat Pack' DLC Release Schedule Revealed
@Vexx234 wasn't mad about the action hero ones myself. Horror worked. Honestly I'd prefer all just MK characters or some reps from other fighting games like Street fighter, tekken, soul calbur etc. Maybe not likes of Ryu and Chun li if too violent but say Vega and Akuma etc
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 'Kombat Pack' DLC Release Schedule Revealed
Not really excited about these dlc picks myself as very superhero( well villians/anti heroes) focused I'd prefer to see them in an injustice game rather than mortal kombat tbh
Re: Unity's CEO And President Retires After Policy Debacle
Problem is that surely the rest of the Unity board was also in favour of it but only he walks.
Re: 3DS And Wii U Online Play Ends In "Early April" 2024
Tbh it thought this had already happened with eshop closure which I cared alot more about.
Im not happy about it but im more indifferent at this stage. Only used either systems for one player since switch launched.
I'm not sure why people except Gaming companies to support consoles 7 years + after their replacement unless there's actually money in it for them. Every other product I own seemingly has support abandoned 2-4 years after launching a successor.
Re: Poll: Do You Prefer Zelda: Wind Waker HD's Bloom Lighting Or The "Flat" OG?
I think it's possible we might get this or twilight princess in the last year of the switch.
Re: Capcom Would 'Gracefully Decline' An Acquisition Offer From Microsoft
Capcom wouldn't gain anything from the buy out (other than the money) and would probably clash alot with Microsofts culture. The whole east v west game development cultural clash.
If Microsoft can buy anyone outside the west I'd think It would be Sega.
But in long run it's bad for us the gamers, short term it's more value for gamepass. I really dont want to see any plaform holder have a monopoly or extinction of non indie 3rd parties. When that happens it will be the death of physical games and an increase price for likes of Gamepass
Re: Video: Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch & GBA)
Regardless of the debate of what prices games should be people here really seem to struggle with the difference between a port , a remaster and a remake/reimagining .
Re: Random: Nintendo Pulls Mortal Kombat 1 Switch Trailer Featuring Steam Pop-Up
@Maxz 100% agree with you. I hate all the nonsense that pops up on while playing my xbox. Achievements are distracting and at times destroy the games atmosphere by popping up.
Re: Soapbox: Nintendo, "THE Prime Asset" In Xbox's Content Quest? It's Only Natural
Sony pays big stacks of cash for exclusive games, Microsoft buys whole studios for exclusives, Nintendo makes them.
Any acquisition or merger of 2 out of the big 3 would be awful
Re: Internal Xbox Email Details Desire To Acquire Nintendo
Why on Earth should we be saying Wow. Like we all know acquisitions and merfers however they are aren't for our benefit.
Sure at that point why not just buy Sony and call it a day.
Re: Random: Xbox Marketing Wanted To "Avoid Calling Switch A Console"
It's a bit silly but yeah cuphead and ori are on it. As is Banjo and goldeneye so yeah fine marketing can call it whatever. Don't really care. Microsoft has been supportive of the switch overall. Sony on other hand refuses cross play.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think Of The Nintendo Direct, Then?
It was solid not amazing. Very mario focused which while I love mario but would prefer a bit of variety. That said we just got zelda, it's too early for another pokemon . Another code and thousand year where nice.
I've also got to pick up pikmin and I've a backlog with fire emblem
Re: Ash Ketchum's Voice Actor Shares Final Emotional Moments Of Last Recording
I think saying most people think of Veronica Taylor as the voice really is doing Sarah Natochenny a bit of a disservice she's done the voice for 17 years now. Taylor is the voice I personally associate with Ash because I stopped watching it before the big voice actor change but loads of people that aren't as old as me, including tones of young pokemon fans she would be the only voice they knew for Ash.
They both did great jobs and which you most associate with the role is based on your age really.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Shares "First Look" At Jean-Claude Van Damme As Johnny Cage
Yeah I wouldn't have recognised that as JCVD at all other than it insists it is.
Also while I get the historical story behind this inclusion stop with the celebs. I just want to see palette swapped ninjas beat bloody chunks out of each other with actual voice actors voicing them.
Celebs in general doing work of VAs is a bit like asking a plumber to fix your car.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Trailer Reveals Megan Fox As The Outworld Vampire Nitara
Could do without distracting celebs ivoices/likenesses in it. Rousey was awful.
Also these kind of celeb promo videos are often a bit cringe . Eg Chris Pratt for the mario movies werid delivery of "stomping.....koopas."
Re: Nintendo Looks To Be Updating Its Smash Bros. amiibo Packaging
Makes perfect sense remove all the outdated information, future proof it for when switch is finished and cur costs by having one design for every amiibo rather than having the character and the game on the back.
Re: Soapbox: Charles Martinet Made Gaming's Greatest Accident A Real Character
@Clyde_Radcliffe I grew up watching the cartoons as a kid as well but I'll still find it strange he's been Mario in the games (apart from those awful CDi ones) since Mario started making noises so those cartoons are the exception really.
I'm sure at some point the shock factor will wear off ( like solid snake or sonics voices being recast etc) but I doubt there will be anyone as iconic as him in the red cap.
Re: Soapbox: Charles Martinet Made Gaming's Greatest Accident A Real Character
The next Mario Kart is going sound so strange (unless they use old recordings )
Re: Video: Here's A Look At Red Dead Redemption Running At 60FPS On Switch
Overclocking a modified switch isn't really a feasible solution . The developers really need to make it work running on factory specs which im sure they could have done alot better if they weren't like nah we can leave it at that will do fps and save money they would have spent improving it.
Re: Mario VA Charles Martinet Also "Not Involved" With WarioWare: Move It!
@Not_Soos well its definitely been a period of transition since the switch its not like this is the first time it has happened and of course important Nintendo figures have retired,left the company or sadly passed away. Likes of Howard Lincoln, Howard Phillips, Minoru Arakawa, Gunpei Yokoi ,Hiroshi Yamauchi, then even second parties/affiliates have departed likes of Rare.
If you grew up with them being the faces of the brand etc the likes of Reggie etc coming in at first had same feeling.
Nintendo and its main figures have changed a number of times in my lifetime ( Shigeru Miyamoto been the only constant big presence) and he will leave massive shoes to fill( its not the company is dead or dying its more like going from one era to another.
Re: Charles Martinet Will No Longer Be The Voice Of Mario
@Tempestryke he actually voiced mario twice before mario 64. Mario Teaches Typing and Mario's Game Gallery
But main mario games started with 64.
Re: Charles Martinet Will No Longer Be The Voice Of Mario
"made his debut as the plumber back when Super Mario 64 launched" eh wasn't he in Mario Teaches Typing back before that.
Going miss him either way, end of an era.
Re: Hands On: Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 Could Be So Much More, But Isn't
I already have the older HD collection which covers 2 ,3 and I have peace walker which doesn't appear to be in volume 1 on the xbox through 360 backwards compatibility and I've mgs 1 on playstation vita and ps mini.
Not sure I've any reason to buy this at full price.
The pre Solid games are just curiosities to me so I'll be waiting for a big sale
Re: Take-Two CEO Defends Red Dead Redemption's $50 Price Tag, Says It's "Commercially Accurate"
The games older than resident evil 6 so if it just a port it's a ridiculous price even with the switch tax .
Remastered , remakes and ports aren't the same.
Re: Review: Pokémon Stadium 2 - A Sequel Of Gold (& Silver) Standard
I really don't see much of what was updated here while it's interesting to see what was the reception back when it was released, it could do with a proper NSO release review outlining what's aged well, what hasnt, what's changed from the original release and the games legacy or importance to its series etc.
Re: Talking Point: Should The Pokémon Company Stick To Just One Pokémon Presents A Year?
Just too little of interest in today's presentation for me. Like It needed a big brand new announcement to justify itself. We knew about most things before at best It gave them dates.
Re: Feature: So, Which Zelda Games Aren't On Switch Yet?
Like it's mad twilight princess and wind Waker are two of the few Wii U first parties not ported. Just release them with the gamepad stuff removed seems like a no brainer . Surely one of them will be the next zelda release (not counting dlc)
Re: Mortal Kombat 1's Story Will Be Similar In Length To MK11 And X
@Serpenterror Mortal Kombat X apart from the opening chapters and some flashbacks os set 25 years after MK9 . Liu Kang is an undead revenant in it since MK9. So nothing wrong with Kenshi having a kid that's now an adult.
The second Sub zero becomes a cyborg in 9 then dies, becomes an undead revenant than is brought back to life in MKX as human same as Jax.
Liu kang being a revenant makes sense too as they actually say all Earth realms warriors souls that die in Shao Kahn invasion go to Netherrealm due to his deal with Quan Chi.
Kung Lao dies before that in outworld so it's unclear when deal was in place but it's a fighting game story's never going be air tight or the focus.
Always going be some retcons (like 9 changed the timeline entirely and 11 is full of time based shenigans and mk1 is another big reboot of the mk unniverse)and always going be endless that character is back from the dead etc been doing that since like MK3 ulimate at least
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Is Targeting A 2024 Release For The Switch Successor
Also just an observation but the PS vita dropped Oled screens during its lifespan to cut costs and Oled tvs are still more expensive as they are more expensive to produce.
Though I'd hope they don't drop them.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Is Targeting A 2024 Release For The Switch Successor
It's all rumours but yeah 2024 makes sense for a launch.
1-Switch will be 7 years old then which is the historical point of replacement for consoles
2- The Switch is struggling from a tech point now as it has become very outdated and multi plats are now moving far beyond it as they now look to focus on series X and ps5 as the development standard. Also even exclusives games like Zelda and Pokemon are fighting against the limitations of the system. (Some doing a much better job than others to work arround them but seems Switch is just at its limit now)
3- Switch sales have been declining. Eventually everyone that really wants a Switch has one so it's good business to create a new product with fresh new demand
4- there has certainly been a user demand for a higher spec machine. Switch Pro, switch 2 etc
Re: New Mortal Kombat 1 Trailer Reveals Geras As A Playable Fighter
@Lightsiyd he's there in the picture tweeted by Ed Boon with his big hat and in the trailers see "Official Gameplay Debut Trailer".
In Liu Kangs new era he's mortal though seemingly still has electric powers