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Re: Shuntaro Furukawa: Switch Successor Will Utilise The 'Nintendo Account' System

Roibeard64

Xbox all xbox one downloads carried over and some backwards compatible games bought on 360 too.

Playstation ps4 games carried over to ps5. Some have an upgrade feature which can be free or paid depending on title. Some odd previously purchased ,ps2, psp and ps1 games providing they are on their classic catalogue which is very few at present.
Nothing for ps3 games. You can only stream them with paid membership

Wii to wii u had the system transfer than the vc had the discounted "upgrade"option.

Switches successor better have backwards compatibility at this point. Like wii u and switch were so different and Nintendo so behind on online features I accepted it but now there's no real excuse.

Re: Dolphin Emulator Steam Release "Indefinitely Postponed"

Roibeard64

@ATaco think of it this way I could buy Mario's latest game or I could go download sunshine and galaxy.
If I choose the former Nintendo loses a potential sale.
Those two examples Nintendo released on switch briefly, and other games may be released in future think of recent advance wars remake.
Nintendo as a company doesn't want it products to be available for free as it devalues them and can affect future plans.
We don't know Nintendos plans either maybe a gamecube mini or its coming to nso or twilight princess is planned for a remaster etc.
They don't want new releases competing with their old ones for free and they want to control how and when they release products.
It's a bit like the old disney vault system attitude

Re: Dolphin Emulator Steam Release "Indefinitely Postponed"

Roibeard64

Another case of someone pushing the matter well beyond Nintendos line in the sand. (Admittedly they are way less tolerable,more protective and proactive that alot of other companies but i cant imagine Sony allowing a ps2 emulator either or sega allowing it to effect its mega drive cash cow ) but who actually thought putting it up on likes of Steam would go unchallenged.

Re: Sega Looks Set To Raise Its Game Prices Up To $70

Roibeard64

Persona and Bayonetta are the only games I'd consider at full price from Sega now (by way of Atlus and Platinum)

Sonic games since forces ive learned to just wait for a sale in 3 to 4 weeks time, Yakusa and monkey ball etc gamepass/plus or a maybe particular big sale.

Nothing much else really from Sega interests me anymore

Re: Switch Online's N64 App Has Been Updated (Version 2.10.1)

Roibeard64

@TruthisRare thats not what @Rooty wrote and you can callout piracy (which let's call a spade a spade here, is what you're engaging in and promoting unless of course you already own a legitimate copy of all those games which would then be perfectly legitimate ) without supporting every policy decision Nintendo ever made. It's not one or the other.

You prefer Nintendo make them available to buy rather than stream fine that's your opinion and while many will agree it doesn't make Nintendo evil for not doing it or make piracy suddenly perfectly legal.

Regardless i suspect most of us consider it morally okay for people emulating games which just aren't available to play anymore at all but let's stop pretending if every nintendo game was put on eshop that your emalating right now you would rush to buy them all before every touching the emulated ones again.

Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp?

Roibeard64

Gave it a 9 as I love advance wars and it's a real joy to play them again.
Only problem I have is muliplayer is too limited and that's the one area they dropped the ball.
Art style was bit odd at first but few missions in it clicks.
Not sure why people are complaining about VA as it's about standard usage for these games ie characters outside cutscenes say things like look, hey or commander followed by walls of text.
Most dialogue I'm skipping over any way as it's alot of what's an airport, and x is doing y let's stop them.

Re: Mario Movie Expected To Surpass $1 Billion At The Global Box Office

Roibeard64

Happy for it. Personally thought it was just the on the good side of decent not great, apart from jack black nailing every scene he was in. Though it's a huge hit with my friends kids and in fairness it's very much geared to the under 13 crowd.
I Personally feel it was a 3 out of 5 stars unless you're young in which case it's 5.
Also before people complain that I'm not giving it an amazing score in my mid 30s, I loved films as a kid and teenager that critics hated.
I was right to enjoy them and critics weren't wrong about their flaws I just never cared.

Re: Advance Wars Switch Dev Thanks Fans For Positive Reception, Calls Release A "Life Dream"

Roibeard64

Almost 50% through advance wars 1 now. Was unsure of the new arr style at first but few missions in it clicked. The board game look of the map I'd actually forgotten until reading these.
Very few other changes (like yellow comet is now called gold comet understandably,though my brain always wants to say golden comet)

Only criticism I have are multiplayer could been handled better

Re: Advance Wars Switch Dev Thanks Fans For Positive Reception, Calls Release A "Life Dream"

Roibeard64

@Don it did indeed and then became gameboy wars but the series has had a strange run in japan since it was introduced to the west. The original was delayed there possibly not to compete with gamboy wars 3 which was released at a similiar time. Eventually advance wars was eventually released there as 1 and 2 double pack. Days of ruin wasn't released in stores over there either but instead was a club nintendo reward for 3ds years later. Only dual strike I believe had a no issues launching there.

Re: Nintendo Hacker Gary Bowser Has Been Released From Prison

Roibeard64

Damages are what a Judge has determined as the amount his actions in breaking the law cost Nintendo, not what he actually made doing so. Which seems to arround 300k or so.
He broke the law and wasn't a small fish doing it, realistically he was never going be able to pay back the damages in full in his lifetime but that's not the point, it's meant to reflect the damage he did and yes it's punitive by its nature.
But that's what laws are, some people only obey them because they know there's a punishment for not.

Re: New Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Trailer Welcomes Back Orange Star

Roibeard64

@Snatcher the originals were very good games on the GBA and had sequels on the Ds one was very similar the other one had completely different art style and tone.
They were very good but you have to be interested in turn based strategy games to enjoy them eg likes of Fire emblem, Final fantasy tactics and Wargroove.
Outside of nintendo circles the series isn't hugely known and has been dormant for over a decade now so I wouldn't expect alot of general ducussion outside nintendo sites.

Re: Metroid Prime Engineer Calls Out Nintendo, Says Not Crediting OG Devs In Remaster Is "Petty And Ridiculous"

Roibeard64

It's an interesting point as we now have games like the last of us ( part 1) being remastered/remade from Ps3, ps4 and now ps5.
So it's become more of an issue (though say 98% of gamers don't notice or care tbh)

When can credits be left out or can we just say thanks to the original team as a collective special thanks credit.

Who needs to be credited in a remaster vs a remake and what's the definition separating the two.(like an agreed industry definition rather than an opinion)

Until its standardised across video games as a industry which will require unions/collective representation etc most likely, theres no right answer here.
The industry as a whole needs to sort it out.

Re: Free-To-Play Shooter 'Rogue Company' Ends Service On Switch In June

Roibeard64

Free to play games have a place and are clearly quite popular otherwise they would all die out entirely.
And whole argument physical vs digital well I prefer to have physical but if its 60 physical and 20 digital on sale or because its no longer being made I'm going digital.
Also if you like physical grand but stop pretending your superior to someone else that goes digital they both have pros and cons and most of us are mixing them.

Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Library With Another Game Next Week

Roibeard64

The 2 missing elements here are back in thr day there was big excitement of seeing your and your mates pokemon in 3d for the first tine which is just long gone and playing the GB games on your TV Once those games are on switch online there will be no point to GB tower anyway.
The real star and the readon to go back was the minigames. They were great

Re: Nintendo Announces Super Mario Sale, Wave One Starts This Week (Europe)

Roibeard64

@ATHFjman18 I know right it's only one I m missing from that image and it's never been discounted enough for me to go okay I'll buy it now.
I think ive most Mario tiles on switch now but how about a mario strikers discount

Actually the Switch has been arround for a while now, how about Players choice/Nintendo selects line. Throw in all those Wii U ports