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Re: Monster Boy's 120fps Update Could Come To Switch 2

RudyC3

@Sylamp I don't see why they'd need to ask the question if they were not looking to make some money out of it. They're asking fans, so people who already own the game. These people don't work for free and would not ask fans "oh do you want us to this thing for free for you guys?". There's no Nintendo policy to force them to do so apparently, but if it's not gonna cost you anything, why do you have to ask if you should do it, just do it!

And by the way PS5 upgrades of PS4 games were not always free. Some were, others were like $10. XBox Series S/X was kind of the exception where I think most if not all the games that got a series S/X upgrade from XBox One were free.

Re: Atlus Reveals 'RAIDOU Remastered' Switch 2 Performance And Resolution

RudyC3

@Mushvision Same. the 1TB is out of stock absolutely everywhere I looked and I just don't trust those AliExpress listings, too tempting but also seems too cheap to be true.

EDIT: I take that back I found them in one place in stock in my own country but... €359.95 is just too expensive for that thing when MSRP elsewhere is supposed to be $199 or £199 (though I guess you have to remember US prices are BEFORE taxes, which is always misleading to the rest of the world).

Re: Poll: Did You Get A Switch 2 Purchase Invite From Nintendo Yet? (Europe)

RudyC3

Everything went smoothly for me, got the link, and didn't have to wait more than 30 seconds to be let in (the MyNintendo Store for my country in Belgium is probably not as crowded though mind you owing to us being a much smaller country). I even had to go back and put in a second order an hour later for the Gamecube controller and the Pro controller cause I forgot the first time around lol.

I didn't preorder Mario Kart World physical from them though. It's €20 cheaper from Amazon for the exact same thing (€69 vs €89)

Re: 'Switch 2 Editions' Are Supposedly A Switch Game Card And Download Code For The Upgrade Pack

RudyC3

If this was true then how are we getting faster load times in those Zelda games? The max read speeds on OG Switch cards should not allow for that... Unless those Switch 2 editions have to install to the internal memory of your Switch 2 (or SD express card I guess) but that would be pretty stupid doing that instead of selling the actual Switch 2 version already patched, on the card, surely?

Re: Rumour: FCC Filing Hints At Switch 2 Pro Controller, And It May Come With One Big Upgrade

RudyC3

With the controllers on Switch 1 being "updateable" through the system OS I always wondered if it wouldn't be possible to add audio in/out capability to at least the pro controller's usb-c port. You could use a usb-c headset or a usb-c to 3.5mm jack adapter for that I guess?

But maybe the specs they used on the controller side wouldn't have allowed for that (like bluetooth radio bandwidth not being able to support that in addition to its basic controller functionality) or whatever circuitry they have in there not being tailored to decode/encode audio coming in and out over bluetooth to begin with.

Re: Switch 2 Filings Show Support For Wi-Fi 6

RudyC3

If the Switch 2 dock has an ethernet port, i'm going wired when docked anyway.

My current launch period Switch 1 dock didn't have that and God is Internet or just the downloading of patches, software and updates slow on this thing, in addition to WiFi range being piss poor to begin with.

Could be wrong but I believe it's already confirmed that the Switch 2 will have the built in ethernet port in the dock, just like I think the Switch 1 OLED model dock has one already (don't have one but from memory I believe it does).

Re: Review: Donkey Kong (GB) - One Of The Game Boy's Very Best

RudyC3

"SNES-based enhancements were possible originally through the Super Game Boy, although those are unsupported in the VC and NSO releases. These included an awesome border around the screen resembling an arcade cabinet, colour graphics, changing Pauline's digitised yelps to actual screams of "Help!", and even upgrading the credits music to SNES quality."

This! Fans can do it on PC with Higan, why can't Nintendo do it?

Re: Poll: 10 Years On, Which Version Of Zelda: Majora's Mask Is Best?

RudyC3

To me the 3DS remake broke some things that were best left untouched. But it's the better looking version and still has some QOL improvements tat make it worth it. I wish w culdhave an HED version of that that simply fixes some of the 3DS changes back to what it originally was like.

Maybe the new PC decompilation project can do that. The OoT one did allow to play with the 3DS graphics (with mods), so I hope it will be the same for MM.

Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd January (North America)

RudyC3

The Japanese physical won't update to include English. Damn, i'm so disgusted by this. If you're gonna release these physically in the west, announce it sooner, I got the Japanese copy thinking it would never come to the west, it's been almost two years for crying out loud.

EDIT: I guess it comes out on the 7th huh, I'll check again on the update front at that time, but won't hold my breath.

Re: UK Charts: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Crashes Out Of The Top 40

RudyC3

Haven't really seen any advertisement that it exists to be honest.

Thinking back to DQXI S, Nintendo of Europe was behind them, publishing and advertising it. In this case it's a multiplatform release, so Nintendo isn't there helping things along, that could be "a" reason for it not to sell just as well...

Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's SNES Library With Four More Titles

RudyC3

@HammerGalladeBro I believe he did play it on GameCenter CX actually, way back in the day.

Big Run is a game one of my friends had as an import back in the day, I have very fond memories of it for what it was at the time. The local travelling funfair had the sitdown arcade machine of it too, I'll never forget it.

Re: Review: Bakeru (Switch) - Good-Feel's Carefree Platformer For Goemon Lovers Makes It To The West

RudyC3

@the_beaver The demo they recently put up shows those framerate drops are still there, just as much as before.

Having played through the entire game though, I can say they really don't get in the way of the enjoyment. It stays at or close to 60 most of the time and really dips down to the 40s (i'm eyeballing it, not an accurate measure) when things get busier on screen.

Re: Talking Point: Would $499 Be Too Much For 'Switch 2'?

RudyC3

Depends on the specs. The extrapolated specs of the rumoured Tegra chip do not make me want to spend 500 on it though. If it's anything Ampere based as rumoured with low core count and downclocked further for battery life, then it won't be worth 500.

If it's anything fancier, like with a decent vapour chamber cooling system (these have been in smartphones long enough and deserve to be in portable consoles) and beefy battery to let the chip stretch its legs in portable mode and anything UFS 3.1 or above for internal storage (to ensure competent loading times), then yeah, that could be worth 500. But if they skimp on anything like Nintendo has done the past generations of consoles (like using eMMC for storage in the Switch) then 400 sounds more reasonable.