Ryu_Niiyama

Ryu_Niiyama

Astrophysics. Perfume. Taiko. =Life

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Re: Street Fighter 6's Switch 2 Version Declared Tournament Legal By Capcom

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Good to hear. I am pushing back my purchase as my switch wishlist is massive and I know myself. If I start investing heavily in Switch 2 I will have to scramble later when items start getting delisted. So I am probably only getting like 3 more Switch 2 games (and VF no matter what) before I refocus on switch games. Unless I have a work breakthrough.

Re: Hershey Teams Up With Pokémon For New Collectable Chocolates

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@8bitKirby Legal requirement in the US for milk chocolate is about 10% cacao. I think Hershey is around 11% (It varies by company and product). Most other countries it is much higher. Also the butyric acid (natural product of the milk cooking/shelf stabilization process) in it has a taste and smell association of “vomit” to some. Especially if you didn’t grow up on it.

Like as an American I can tell the difference and often prefer european or japanese chocolate but I don’t think hershey’s or other local chocolate brands taste bad. The rest of it is “let’s pile on the US generalizations” (the US isn’t a utopia/great by any means, but some folks act like their history books aren’t full of atrocities too or that their people can’t be rude). I do acknowledge that most folks from the US got a very edited (if not false) history education but no need to be an arse about it.

Re: What Review Score Would You Give Mario Kart World?

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A solid 9 (I save 10s for games that make me cry or are in my favorite genres) for me. The game is absolutely gorgeous and the free roam is the perfect mode for me. I usually fall off of Mario Kart pretty quickly, but being able to wander has made the series much more interesting and engrossing for me. The wall riding adds (for me at least) a skill/planning requirement that MK8/DX simply doesn’t have.

Re: As Switch 2 Breaks Records Worldwide, Sony Reminds Us That PS5 Still Exists

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One thing I love about Nintendo is they usually don’t mention other companies (or allude to them) after all Sony already said that Nintendo isn’t their competition. Nintendo tends to be like “here is what we do, if you like it, great but if you don’t that’s ok too”.

Honestly I don’t want a “unique experience” on TV. I want as many games as I can get on as few devices as possible with a unified controller setup and minimal install work. Since MS and Sony are sustained by more third party and less active first party IPs than Nintendo, as Nintendo gains more third party they become the best one stop shop. With both Sony and MS on PC then PC becomes the second best stop. As Nintendo does that slow walk towards parity they become more and more my preferred option. Doesn’t hurt that them being cheaper (at launch) means more money to put towards games.

That being said, looking forward to Ghost of Yotei.

Re: Switch 2 Helps Street Fighter 6 Achieve Five Million Global Sales

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@maulinks sounds like you are playing on performance mode. I can’t speak for ps5 as I don’t have it on that system but the default setting out the box is 30 fps (action mode). I don’t know if the switch 2 has a performance mode as I don’t own the game yet (on that system). again that feels like an engine issue if they had to break out modes on flagship hardware as well.

Re: Poll: Are You Happy With Switch 2's Screen? Because Some People Certainly Aren't

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I haven’t unboxed my OLED yet. So for me the switch 2 screen is an improvement. However, I am fine waiting. the price would have gone up more with an OLED and I think there would have been some market pushback. Many handhelds aren’t OLED. Rog Ally for instance and that is more powerful than switch 2. plus I usually game on my OLED TV so I don’t really care either way. Just hope the Zelda edition is OLED.

Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For The Nintendo Switch 2

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Switch 2 is sorta undermining my plan to keep using my switch as the primary Nintendo console. The improvements add up quickly (eshop in particular) and while i will keep my switch I am itching to see which switch games play better on switch 2. Which is odd considering I kept my gamecube, wii and wiiu going. Preferring native hardware most of the time. That being said a big part of that is likely due to how smooth virtual gamecards are. I am going to try to keep switch 2 as my fighting game, switch 2 enhancement, switch 2 exclusives system though. At least until the memory I need comes out.

Re: Poll: Switch 2 Battery Reportedly Lasting Under Two Hours With Mario Kart - How Is Yours Holding Up?

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Mine seems to holding a charge just fine. Put it to sleep overnight and charge is the same. Not seeing significant drain when playing MKW and downloading games. It drains but takes an hour or two. I have yet to hit 50 percent yet. I do plug it in before that but that is habit mire than anything. As my switches are usually not handhelds. I am sure it is worse than switch just as Nintendo said but it hasn’t been a noticeable issue yet for me.

Re: Review In Progress: Mario Kart World (Switch 2) - The Perfect Introduction To A New Console Generation?

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This is an experience. I am just noodling around in free roam ( As Cow) and yeah I am in love with this game. I got a feeling it’s gonna be like six months before I even race. I am following Mario everywhere and hitting him when I can. I am not usually mischievous in games as it isn’t my nature but this just has me wandering around and messing with NPCs because the level of detail is great. The world is a character in and of itself… so much to look out for that it almost feels wasted in a racing game. The music direction is so soothing. I am going to hope Nintendo puts the OST on CD. This is gonna be an evergreen.

Re: Switch 2 eShop "Top-Selling" Games At Launch Revealed

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My plan is kunitsugami, SF6, welcome tour and nobunaga’s ambition to be my launch games and whenever VF comes out. Otherwise I still have switch games to buy. I will probably try the upgrade games to figure out what to double dip digitally. Since my switch has 2.5 TB it’s easier to continue to buy games there and transfer what has an upgrade to switch 2 as needed.

Re: Hardware Review (In Progress): Nintendo Switch 2 - A Faster, Slicker, Sexier Switch

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Not gonna lie, I bought it to beat out any tariffs induced price hike (amiibo and accessories were enough) but the fact that many of the games that I have yet to purchase yet have upgrades and a lot of ports I dreamed of are either launch or launch window makes me especially glad I took the plunge instead of waiting. The recent state of play is proof I that I will be moving back to Nintendo/PC for this (switch 2 and beyond ) gen and that this is likely my final console anyway due to age. So glad I had a smooth pick up and can’t wait to play in august!

Re: PSA: Switch 2's Flashy New Kickstand Is Perfect For TATE Mode Play

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@Maxz hmm never used 竪 before. New kanji learned! Thank you. Lmao I could see someone making a pop up experience that looks like your pics. Thanks for the verification. I will give that article a read. I can’t really buy books (I prefer physical) from Japan now that the de minimus exception is gone. So I am back to saving to raid kinokuniya (which imo has a poor selection in the US) and whatever scraps the local Japanese language school offloads. I’d been improving my reading again (I can’t stay in practice enough to not get rusty) so having an article to translate is nice. Thank you again.