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@KnightsTemplar That's what I thought up until F-ZERO99. I'm pretty much hooked. Just imagine what a fully fledged release could do with customizable craft, private rooms with custom rules, modifiers like gravity, etc...

I started replaying the OG SNES F-ZERO and frankly, I enjoy it now. Must be the age or something.

@MarcusIsCool Same. I'm Oldschool. Loved OG 1 and 2. As for reboots, that 2013 (I think it was) game that was simply called Mortal Kombat was a faithful reboot of the first three games.

It's the first time in a long while that I am interested in a Mario game (don't hit me), but I fear that all the new elements make it "less Mario". Anyone else feeling this way? For me it's Super Mario World ingrained into my brain and everything "too modern" looks just like any other platformer.

I also got that Sonic game pre-ordered though, can't wait to see how they compare.

@Arcata I use macOS for work, Windows 11 to fool around with some steam games and Linux for my writing. If you really want to try Linux, I highly recommend getting Pop_OS!. It's a smooth and stable experience. Nvidia drivers, Steam and all. Linux has come a long way and once you get into it a bit, you will start to see where Windows falters.

MacOS' greatest advantage for me is, it doesn't get in the way of my work. Yes you can't customize as much, yes Apple is basically telling you how to use your computer, but if all you want to do is getting work done, macOS is great. Oh and the new Apple silicone chips, fantastic.

Besides that I don't buy into the Apple ecosystem because I think they are highly intrusive and can't be anymore trusted with the privacy of your data than any other megacorp these days.

Just my 2 cents.

@Arcata i disagree. Codebase is a mess, security is a mess, stability while better now than in vista days still isn’t up there, telemetry is intrusive AF and so much more. It’s everywhere because of marketing, early adoption in the PC space and lack of options.

But, my thoughts don’t take away from your enjoyment of windows. If you like it you like it and that’s fine.

@HeadPirate so what? I didn’t call them that for the numbers of acquisitions but for the practices of Microsoft from years of running windows and again and again trying to extort money from users every step of the way. Also Sony seems to be way less intrusive in the workings of their acquired studios than Microsoft. Then again it’s all just subjective and none of it matters in the greater picture anyways.

@Narees MS always was a greedy, filthy conglomerate of soul-less bean-counters. Windows still is the scourge of the world and what's left of former glory days of the very first XBOX and XBOX360?

Corporate greed would sour Nintendo just as everything else it touches. Yes I know Nintendo's shenanigans. But at least they are somewhat unique in the sea of blandness that is modern gaming.

Not a fan of the ultraviolence anymore. I've had enough. I rather play Kirby or something. As for the visual hit, I actually don't care. Framerate is all that counts for me. I love retro games, I enjoy every pixel out of Boltgun and I still play Doom occassionally. I really don't mind low quality visuals.

PS5 and XBOX Series X are stock full of visual feasts and yet everything feels stale and samey. Nintendo exclusives, real retro games and lovingly crafted indies is where it's for me.

@Arckadius I was the same, been a fan since the very first one in MK2 when no one would believe young me telling stories about ripped out spines in the Arcade...

... but growing up the violence got stale, even repulsive. Back in the day I wanted realistic, gritty games, I didn't like Nintendo's games except for Super Mario World at all. Now it's the other way round. Maybe I have been around too many dark websites in all these years, having seen real violence. I despise it.

Luckily there's plenty to enjoy fighting-game-wise if you dig into retro games, which I enjoy doing for a while now.

I still hope we will get those rumored MK1-MK3 HD remasters though.

Never liked F-Zero. 99 changed all of that. Great game. I even went back to finally play the SNES game. I think there were some great ones on GBA too? Come on Nintendo, release them. F-Zero, you got a new fan!

Loved every moment of it. Love Lovecraftian stuff generally, but this was sublime. Still not much else to do, even with DLC. One of the few games I beat in a fever.

Actually I never liked F-Zero, but this is quite fun. Also I think F-Zero will be one of the launch titles for Switch 2 next year around end of march. Would make a lot of sense. Maybe a bells-and-whistles remaster or something entirely new. This is probably to gauge interest.

Most other recent Nintendo games will probably be cross-generational anyways, so they need something "completely fresh" for the new thing.

I also think the gamecube Zelda games will make an appearance on the new hardware early in it's life because the mainline Zelda AAA game dropped so recently.

Why not have the best of two worlds? Completely new High Res title AND 99 player multiplayer. Maybe they are saving it for Switch 2. One can dream.

I'd play the hell out of all of them! Loved Shredders Revenge!

@rushiosan If it looked any better, Switch couldn't run it with literally hundreds of sprites on the screen at once.
I don't mind the graphics, everything evaporates and "pops" so quickly anyways!

I kinda have lost my love for MK, still miss "the olden days". The 2013 MK game probably was my favorite of the newer ones, because it was a recreation of the classic games.

@ZonaiResearcher Hm personally I think it's the other way round, hardware restrictions FOSTER innovation and new concepts. Raw power just makes developers lazy and yes, maybe you get VR games, if that is, what you are looking for.

Most new genres and innovations all happened on a gameplay level. Think Minecraft, Among Us or Fallguys. None of those games need powerful hardware to run.

Meanwhile you have the eye-popping AAA games on PS5 that all add very little to the overall experience, except being "sharper" and maybe adding swaying strands of hair and weather effects.

There is a reason why so many of the genres and gameplay concepts we still enjoy today were cooked up during the 8-bit and 16-bit era, if you can't stretch your legs hardware-wise it's only gameplay you can innovate!

@ozwally Sure but you know, this way they can sell you the "new thing" with LCD and a year after that "the still new thing with OLED". It's pure market tactics, nothing else.

I'm 20 hours in, I don't see the criticism at all. Especially with a friend, it's awesome.

@roy130390 100% agreed. You know the predecessor game Streets of Red right? If you haven't played it yet, hard recommendation!

Obviously, if you liked "Streets of Red" you will like this one too. Same developer, very similar mechanics. I'd give it a 8.5/10 and if it had a retro screenfilter maybe even a 9!

@Ryu_Niiyama The follow-up purchasing of games is a good point. Otherwise I think if the scalpers wouldn't find enough customers, they wouldn't do it. So people still buy. Maybe delayed, maybe overpriced, but hardware still changes hands. But yes, if you blew all your money on a scalped system and have nothing left to buy games with... that is a problem. I didn't think of that initially!

Also most hardware manufacturers sell at a loss or close to it anyways. Hmmm. What to do about it?

To be honest, if a scalper buys 20 systems and sells them at a higher price, that's still 20 sales for Nintendo and I don't think, at least financially, it makes ANY difference one way or another. A sale is a sale.

@Ocaz At this pace of release I do get the appeal of the miyoo mini. It's a pain.

The GBA was a HELL of a handheld. Loved it to bits.

More of the same weird over-the top gore. I've been an avid fan since the very first game and hoped this was kind of like a remaster of the old game. Not interested in this, regardless of how it runs.

That is probably the long rumored and awaited Mortal Kombat HD Remake of some sorts. I'm absolutely up for that as I grew up with these games. It will be simple to run for the Switch too, if it is really that, considering it even ran the modern MK games.

Easily delivered my butt. I'd love to buy select oldschool games digitally. But availability is garbage and a fully loaded handheld emulator thing costs less than 100 rupees. So. Nintendo keeps messing up on this one. The Virtual Console was a far better concept than whatever we have now.

It's a bit like delaying Railroad Simulator XY due to climate change concerns...

Playing it since 2 days, loving it. It seems even more lighthearted than Hospital, many processes seem more straight forward, just gotta get used to the sometimes HUGE rooms. Funny as always, slowdown to about 20 FPS in REALLY crowded spaces occassionally in handheld, but other than that, a quality release. The comic-y graphics lend themselves really nicely to the switch platform where it still looks good even on low details compared to PC version with all the BAZANG.

@Juzztn How's the replay value?

@Manxman64 Okay I picked it up, gave it a whirl. It runs well, even in handheld, even though it looks a bit "mushy" but that's to be expected. About the controls, well of course you miss analogue control, but to be honest, there's a huge threshold that lets you "feather" the gas and the game fills in the blanks, also it's arcadey enough. It "will do". It's not grand, but I imagined it to be worse. Might keep it!

EDIT: Oh and before I forget, yes there's a control preset to use the right stick for gas/brake!

Okay. Persona. That is all.

@Manxman64 Even that is garbage tbh. I'd even buy 3rd party controllers, given the option, just to have analogue throttle control, like on every other console in the 21st century, lol

The only thing I want to know, how does it control with the digital triggers? That's the greatest oversight of the Switch imho.

@mikegamer Who wants to imagine that?

I love my switch and it's the only console I have (after owning everything else for a while), still, it seems to me that Nintendo is running on nostalgia, kids-sales and "just wait another month for XY". I find plenty to play with the little time I have, but honestly, things have been slow.

Love the game, but I don't see this. It's like saying "every boxing game ever created pays homage to cashius clay through it's moves".

And yes, GOTY for sure. At least for me.

@Andee I'd preorder that without knowing how it looks!

I falsly read that "DEMON CAKE" and got excited...

I returned my copy. Was too barebones for me and didn't hold my attention for long. Also, maybe I was too clumsy but I couldn't get 4 VS 4 to work online.

I don't care for any pacing, I hardly play videogames anymore these days, but I'd have loved to play Advance Wars, delaying it because of RL events seems odd to me. There were plenty of wargames available during several american conflicts brewing. I prefer to remove all real world, political controversial topics from my gaming, which is an escape from exactly that.

Can it be any blander? But I love the interpretation such logos get to justify how mediocre they look. No one, really no one will think about the things the creators and holder of the logo invoke when justifying a certain design, haha.

@ModdedInkling Thats not how it works usually, when a virus is around for a while and mutates a lot it tends to mutate itself out of existence in time. That's how all pandemics and epidemics naturally end. If something mutates and becomes more effective it's usually because it was deliberately done in a lab.

Think of it this way: YOU mutate all the time. Every day. Mutations usually are kept in check by your immune system. Mutated cells self-destruct. But sometimes, they can develop further, then we call it cancer. Cancer is not good for you. You don't become more effective by getting cancer.

The most dangerous thing about this whole pandemic is the panic and hatred that was spread by media and overzealous politicians. Live healthy, use your brain and everyone will be safe.

@NintendoPete Same here in Austria, but who cares for infections if hospitalizations and deaths remain low? With 75% vaccinated and still that high of infections it's clear that either counting infections is the wrong strategy or the vaccines are garbage. Pick.

10 bucks that it won't be in person.

@Anti-Matter Switch Yourself!

This looks like an early MMORPG.
Makes me wish there were real MMORPGs on the SWITCH, even with a branded keyboard for Input...

Oh EverQuest, you stole my youth.