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Re: Rumour: Nintendo Switch 'Pro' Reveal Expected Before E3, Out This Year

Rosona

@Slowdive
Fair play to your last line but I just have to add one thing, you say about All Stars but it wasn't exactly a hard thing to predict so I wouldn't say that makes his word gospel.

@lighteningbolt79
That's exactly my point, they done 2 games, only 2 and never done it again. They realised it doesn't work pricing out your existing customer base, same for every other console manufacturer.
Your paying for some enhanced performance which can be negligible at times.
That's what will happen.

Re: Rumour: Nintendo Switch 'Pro' Reveal Expected Before E3, Out This Year

Rosona

@Slowdive
Wait, you mean they have all talked about here-say for a fictitious console?
An we know it will release alongside BOTW2 because Jeff Grub, someone who as far as I can see has no relation to Ninty, says so.
What a crazy world.

There is a huge assumption and disregard how difficult it will be to output 4k from a marginally upgraded console. At best this will be new 3ds all over again, it won't have exclusives.
An lets say it does have a bigger screen, no way in hell it's phasing out the current switch.

Re: Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl And Legends: Arceus Get Confirmed Release Dates

Rosona

Can't completely complain by this news but Legends should have been later, or if it was to be then release DP sooner. A 2 month gap for 2 likely big hitters seems far too small.

There is an awful lot of judging here already with claims that Legends is now going to have many problems and be poor due to the earlier release. Put down the pitchforks already, jeez!
Sure what they shown suggested more develpoment was needed but equally we do not know what build was shown on how much they already have done on the game, for all we know that could have been alpha footage.
Try looking at it a different way, the core development team to it likely moved to it when SS was released, with a small group staying to do the expansions (or you know they already had been made prior to SS release but yes money). With that idea they have had a fair amount of time and even longer by the time it's out.

Re: Talking Point: When Was The Last Time A Game Cracked Your Top Five?

Rosona

Now that I think of it, I know I have many that I absolutely adore and are right up there.
But the only 2 I'm hands down certain on is Final Fantasy 7 & 8 being my joint favourite games of all time where they have remained since they got there.

Most recent for breaking top 10 would have to be FF7R for certain, that may even be top 5.
Rise comes very close but is still ongoing so I don't think it breaks it yet albeit it is my favourite MH.

It's incredibly difficult to judge really. But some others that are definitely around there are-
Dark Souls
Streets of Rage 2
Skate
THPS2
BOTW
Fire Emblem Birthright
Pokemon Gold

Re: Preview: Story of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Is Not Quite As Pioneering As We'd Hoped

Rosona

@KateGray
That's very true, an it's such a shame when it doesn't quite click for you as a player despite all the hope in the world.

Like for me ACNL I really wanted to like but it just didn't click so I was hugely on the fence with the ACNH announcement.
Although in this case ACNH clicked in a huge unexpected way for me at the time of its release and the few months after, but had I started it now, I know I wouldn't even get close to the 280 hours I put into it, I'm fairly certain I wouldn't really get into it at all, certainly don't see myself going back to it but equally don't want to part with the game just in case.

I realise that last paragraph is a bit of a mess in what I'm saying, but I think you get my point XD

As for the review score, I agree it can be tough and I think a .5 at least of every number bar 10 should be used to give a broader view.
I enjoy the way a youtube channel called SwitchUp (you should check them out) do their reviews by giving 5 different areas a score out of 20 then a final percentage.
Although you can tell when a game hasn't quite clicked with one of the two reviewers, an further, one of the reviewers is clearly more generous then the other.
But then it is all subjective ultimately but critics should realise how much power their scores can have, an I suppose that's the issue with some scores going by the amount of games that seem to get an undeserved 8 on this site.

Anyway, thanks for reading the short essay, aha.

Re: Rumour: Nintendo Switch Pro "Will Have Exclusives", Says Insider

Rosona

This is a poor statement-

"...it made a handful of titles exclusive to the New Nintendo 3DS. One of the first ones was Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, which no doubt provided some extra sales for the company. So it wouldn't be a surprise if a Switch revision followed a similar pattern."

There were only ever two games, albeit it should have been 3 (looks at Hyrule Warriors), do you not wonder why there wasn't more? I can't help but think it's because they didn't sell well so were not really worth the effort.
Could also be why they opted to release the definitive edition of XC on switch and already had ports of FEW and HW on the switch.
I think too if you look at other consoles that have done similar, there hasn't really been exclusives for the pro machine, likely because of the same reason, splitting your userbase isn't recommended.

Re: Anniversary: Nintendo Switch Launched Four Years Ago Today

Rosona

An still we have the same boring UI with QOL completely ignored, drifting to this day, no price drop in 4 years(that really is quite something, tells you how good the console really is) and a constant refusal from Nintendo to believe that problems raised about the machine (primarily the drift) are not actual issues.

Still, we love the console, an the incredible library of games it boasts, regardless of the amount of ports. Here's to another 4 years!

Re: Preview: Story of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Is Not Quite As Pioneering As We'd Hoped

Rosona

@Kentleton
Get over yourself!

Nothing wrong with its graphical style.
What you are effectively saying is that any game with "poor" graphics that could be on a smartphone is therefore bad or shouldn't be released. The logic there is horrific.

While the previewer choice is questionable after her Sakuna review (that strongly suggested that kind of game wasn't for her and I don't think it was the action part being referenced), her gripes in this do seem incredibly valid, which is a shame. Perhaps come review time it shows something different but it doesn't look promising.

Re: Guide: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For March And April 2021

Rosona

@Bydlak
Tbh, I would love to have the same opinion as you here (to save the wallet) but I just don't, there is so much for March-

Gundam Genesis (isn't shown)
Hades
MH Rise
KOA Re-Reckoning
Saviors of Sapphire Wings+
Crash 4
Story of Seasons

Admittedly it's only Genesis and Rise that I'm definitely buying, Hades is likely and so too KOA (although not if it runs and looks awful) the other 3 definitely pique my interest.

April then has-
Saga Frontier
Trials 4
Poison Control
Atelier Mysterious Trilogy

Although it's similar to the above with Atelier being the definite.

Re: Soapbox: The Modern Games Industry Has A Hype Problem, And It Needs To Stop

Rosona

I totally agree with some elements of this however in regards to B3, there could have at least been a couple of screenshots or something to suggest it really is still in development.

Remember we have experienced versus 13 which disappeared despite claims (although from what I am led to believe that is really 15), an that there in lies the problem for me.
It isn't difficult to at least drip feed some information as oppose to none of it for something that is meant to be one of the biggest releases on the system, it doesn't even have to be much.

Also there is no harm in hype, while yes it can be detrimental, but at the same point it means you are on a potentially exciting ride up to the game and also when playing it. An there is no harm in enjoying that, it as some resemblance to the collector mentality however.

You also state how only 49% of ps4 players finished Star Wars, believing that the remainder weren't happy with it or excited for it, which, is an incredibly wrong assumption, you can never judge that on whether a game is competed, there are many different players with some being more than satisfied for half of the game or even less.

An my final point, a game can live up to and exceed your wildest dreams, it just may not have done yet, I have been lucky enough to have FF7R do that for me

Re: The 3DS Game Miitopia Is Coming To Nintendo Switch This May

Rosona

@Donkey-Kong-Fan
You sir are completely missing the point and make assumptions for things you don't know.

You clearly keep your rose tinted glasses on for anything from Nintendo, in your eyes they evidently can't put a foot wrong, an anyone who thinks differently is in your opinion wrong.

I'd suggest you not be so blind or elitist, it stinks.

£40 for a port of a 3DS game which is £10 over it's 3DS rrp, for an old game isn't on. If they would actually improve it or chain some bits it wouldn't be as bad, but here they should have done a sequel. Not an easy cash grab of a game that isn't that old.

Re: The 3DS Game Miitopia Is Coming To Nintendo Switch This May

Rosona

@Jakiboy
Your last line here in lies the problem of Ninty's choices regarding ports as of late.
They know people will double dip or likely too partly due to no new first party and the want for 'new' games.

This is pretty inexcusable especially at it's price point. It should have been a sequel, no question about it. It's outright lazy, money grabbing tomfoolery to port a 3ds game and charge this much for it.

Shocking from Nintendo. It is this kind of thing that makes you start to lose faith in them.

Re: Nintendo Reveals Splatoon 3, Coming To Switch In 2022

Rosona

@vio
That's missing the point really, just because a company does do something, it doesn't mean others should emulate and to Nintendo's credit, they generally don't.

You can tell I am not a Splatoon fan, but didn't 2 not have a real story campaign?
If that is true, why would 3 be any different?
Further proving the lack of need for it as it could hae just beend a dlc and depending on how it is, maybe even a free dlc to 2.

Glad you like the announcement though.

Re: Nintendo Reveals Splatoon 3, Coming To Switch In 2022

Rosona

Another sequel to an arena shooter really doesn't seem necessary. 2 made some sense, 3 on the same system doesn't.

Certainly doesn't remotely make up for the hope we had of some botw 2 news and nor did skyward hd (although I have tbh, I'm glad it isn't windwaker).

For the first "major" Direct in ages, this was a let down.

Re: Video: We've Ranked All 151 Gen 1 Pokémon And It Nearly Killed Us

Rosona

Alex is far too strong in his opinions here for it to truly be collaborative, the others concede too easy to the loudest voice.

No way on this earth is Paras S or A, then to have Wigglytuff exiled, shocking.

Weedle a B is crazy too.

I appreciate it is all personal, but pretty sure there is a consensus or some being garbage or not so good (Luvdisc, you suck aha).

Re: Video: We're Not All That Impressed With Balan Wonderworld's Free Demo

Rosona

I think it's right for this to be berated, especially as most people's first play if it here is unsurprisingly on the switch.

It performs awfully, the off putting adaptive resolution, the consistent stutters, the graphics looking even worse due to the poor frame rate. The movement being clunky and sluggish, the lack of remote guidance (while sure it's fairly obvious) it made me feel theres no real reason to play the game, no reason to what collect gems and statues?

This is awful tbh, needs to be delayed and overhauled. Which is a shame.

On the positive, at least they didn't lie about the gameplay on the reveal

Re: Random: Pokémon Fan Finishes Challenge To Play Every Game Without Using Pokémon Twice

Rosona

@Fandabidozi
That's crazy lucky!
Throughout my whole Pokémon career which practically includes each title but not their variants (a couple I didn't finish) I didn't encounter a shiny until Alpha Sapphire and that was when I was fish chaining, that was a Febas and I continued as I was trying to get Poliwag and did finally.

My most legit random shiny was Umbreon in Sun from sos battles where I was doing so to get a normal Umbreon. You could argue this is chaining too however despite not intending to go for that.

So yeah, whole Pokemon career and not one shiny that popped up from immediately entering a wild battle

Re: Physical Version Of Kingdoms of Amalur For Switch Includes The "Full Game" On Cartridge

Rosona

@TheWingedAvenger
If you genuinely believe the game flopped due to a review from a youtuber, you are delusional. Yes it would have had a bearing for some poeple, but it certainly was not the reason why it did flop.

Your points about Skyrim being black an white do not help your comment as it simply isn't true, yes the colour palette is somewhat monochrome but far from all of it, it helps establish the coldness of the world.

@Bunkerneath
Hardly lying... there are plans for an expansion, nothing saying it's in development, you are just being a pedant

Re: What Are Your Most-Played Switch Games This Year? Find Out With Nintendo's Year In Review

Rosona

Joining the club about being a cheesed off European, I want to know mine too. Especially when if you move to a new console it forgets the time played if it wasn't one of your 20 most recently played.

Further though, an the biggest thing, they clearlytrack this data so should once again give us time graphs/lists of what we have played alah 3ds. I've always enjoyed looking at my playtime numbers like that and I imagine a lot of other people do too.
To be completely honest, it is my most wanted update to the Switch with custom backgrounds coming second (not being able to change the colour is criminal let alone the fact you likely have all these epic screenshots on your system that you would like to see more of.