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GET OFF MY LAWN.
Trying to replay the joys of my youth.
Kiddos.
spitting into a jar

@Dm9982 Haha, we have a similar career. I can handle "western" suspense/horror/thriller/scary movies really well (mostly jumpscares anyways).But asian horror is something else. The japanese version of Ju-On IS in fact creepier than the american version. Also Ringu or the korean "Tale of Two Sisters" holy mother of god...

This series give me the creeps. I mean, seriously. There's something about asian horror that completely gets me since watching "Ju-On" for the first time. Ugh.

Yeah whatever. It's a hard sell right now, especially with all the bad emulation problems they have. Would so much prefera VC over this garbage. Buying individual titles or unlock each system for 10,-/year flatrate and customize your subscription that way.

Ugh. Nintendo.

Oh that subtitle. Never been "truer".

Blizzard and many other high-end-crunch-companies just suck for a plethora of reasons. This name change doesn't matter one way or another. No one cares and no one cared if it stayed the same. This is not even lipservice. This is our society in a nutshell. "Oh look there's abuse left and right!" - "Here's a pot-plant with a diverse set of friends and a mysterious past." Media: "Yes!"

Looks like themed DLC tbh.

Who cares. Bad deal. Not worth it. Sega should rather expand their classics collection thingy. That was a grand collection and could do with a few more obviously missing titles.

There is a certain aesthetic to that greenscale images that has been ingrained in my brain, even though it looked way worse back in the day. Got a soft spot for gameboy games.

@JustMonika Yep, time flies. You see it especially with pets that go over the years, kids that grow up and the cycle of videogames you play and how the tech progresses.

Really loved the older games of that era, not only MK. I remember things like Battle Isle and Jagged Alliance fondly only a few years later on PC. And yeah, like you my first preorder also was MKII.

@Spiders True! I'm perfectly happy with that and I also think that 3D graphics on a 2D plane works perfectly well for some genres. Think about fighting games. All that background-hopping and crazy stuff in the 3D Mortal Kombat games before the 2011 Mortal Kombat? Awful. If "free movement" doesn't benefit the gameplay, then it shouldn't be done.

Metroid is a masterclass in this. Like you say. Love the transitions and the "sense of scale" they achieve.

@MetalMan By saving Tish, you get some fish...

@Bret And the really FUN thing about it all is, it's NOT in 2D. It's 3D, just with the camera angled a certain way. This doesn't mean AT ALL it was less effort to create this game.

I don't get the world. No matter what subject. If you don't like it, ignore it and move on.

@BloodNinja Overpriced? What?

I'm a slow, old fart. Stuck with the first real boss for a while now (that tail-whipping-thing), only improving slowly. My pattern recognition is about as fast as that of a mountain.

@UmbreonsPapa I'm totally with you on that. I even liked MK1 better than MK2 because the sprites looked more realistic, they seriously upped the saturation on the costumes for MK2. And now, looking at all the 3D Mortal Kombats we have, after all these years they still look like cartoons and a digitized photo of a real actor will just be better in my book!

I'd love them to just 3D-scan real actory in costume and even keep the colors and everything intact and work with that. Also I enjoyed the "more plausible" fatalities of the older games. Not every fatality needs to end in a fountain of gore and mangled eyes.

@Specter_of-the_OLED Didn't know that since I quit the series after the 2011 Mortal Kombat (which I loved for nostalgia) and yes it indeed DOES sound really lame!

I grew up on Mortal Kombat, back in the day when coming home from the arcades and telling my friends about the "killer game", no one believed me. And the same thing repeated a few years later when I told them about "friendships" in Mortal Kombat II. Pesky little fools...

Anyways I wonder if this upcoming anniversary will bless us with the rumored MKI, MKII and MKIII-Ultimate HD-Remasters/Remakes. Would love to play them all over again as I enjoyed the simpler times, back when MK was still 2D and not such a goofy ULTRA-4K-SLAUGHTERFEST it is today.

Ahahaha hahahahaha ahahahahhaahahahhaahah!
Yeah, that's your death kiddos!!

@Octane If you think it through, when all humans are gone, things ought to be better, if you just wait long enough. I once read even the largest cities won't be around for much longer than 1.000 years after people have died off. It's an interesting thought, especially if you think about all the "out of place artifacts" that are found around the globe, we could have been at a similar stage in our development a hundred times over and always botched it and started anew a few thousand years later...

... make sure to leave a time capsule for the people after us, just in case we're again due for an extinction event...

Nice so even kirby has gone full post apocalypse. Ha. I wonder what to say if the kids ask "Hey where have all the humans gone that lived here?". "To the rapture, kiddo, to the rapture..."

@CharlieGirl Thanks, your comment convinced me! Can't wait.

Im glad for anyone that's collecting these, but honestly, all these goodies and addons, are just crap aren't they? Not specifically here, but in general. Maybe I'm getting old, that's all.

@mariomaster96 This made me chuckle more than it should

I'd love a Monster Hunter Character. Would be surprised about Master Chief but don't have any expectations.

@westman98 I don't know, how do you? I'm sure there is some market research and guess who would be the potential target demographic of a more expensive, capable Switch "Pro"? Surely not the normies trying to get a deal for Jimmy's Switch at Walmart.

@westman98 Unfortunately you make a lot of sense. And the remaining option, an upscaler, would as mentioned indeed add input lag. Maybe Nintendo won't care. But players might. It's just odd to me that they released the Switch OLED, clearly knowing that everyone who follows tech and gaming news was waiting for the PRO and will be disappointed by the OLED.

Hm. But on the other hand, Nintendo often does "weird" things and to the average consumer, it won't matter, they might even get the OLED (not knowing there's anything else) for little Karen and those waiting for the PRO will either hold off or get the OLED anyways.

Still, now the Steamdeck will get lots of the fanfare that was to be had for the Switch Pro. Ah consumer's lifestyle.

Looks as fun as the first one! On the radar.

@westman98 Do we know any specifics on the throughput of the Switch OLED USB-C port?

And again, just as a reminder, I just enjoy speculating and comparing points of view!

@SwitchForce Sure they can co-exist, I just think it's way easier and cost effective to put whatever hardware is needed to enable 4K on the TV in the dock than in the switch itself and depending on what the USB-C port on the Switch OLED is capable of, there could still be a "beefed up dock" coming to enhance output on the TV. The Switch OLED makes sense in many constellations.

@SwitchForce I know what the OLED model is and isn't. I don't think that the latest bloomberg reports are all garbage, that devs have 4K dev kits for Switch. I still think there's some truth to it and the most logical, most Nintendo (i.e. cost saving) way of doing something like that, would be via the dock. There are standalone upscaling thingies around 99,- I don't think some fancypants Nintendo upscaler in the form of a dock for about 149,- isn't too unreasonable. Again, just speculating, we don't have to agree!

@westman98 Personally I don't hold my breath, just think that this is highly likely and possible. Maybe it's not a dedicated GPU, maybe it's just a CO-GPU or maybe even just a dedicated upscaler. I don't think that there will be a 4K-capable Switch CONSOLE in the forseeable future. And as I said, I'm speculating. None of us knows.

@westman98 Yes, right now, with this model. I'm only speculating anyways, so you might be right. Still, I think there's more to it and that would be the most viable way of doing it.

OR, the Switch 2 is closer than we think, which I doubt because the OG Switch is still doing great.

They are not lying. The Switch OLED IS the Pro. But what makes it Pro is not the Switch itself. It's the dock. A "PRO DOCK" will be released later on. The Switch is fine for mobile gaming and with the OLED display batteries might even run a bit longer. 720p for Handheld is fine.

Everyone remember how there is now a setting about updating the dock firmware? Which dock? This one? No. Another one coming out, it will just be like an external GPU on a Laptop. You will have your Switch pro 2K Resolution being upscaled to 4K via Nvidia's magic in docked mode.

So... Switch Pro = Switch OLED with updated dock further down the line, most likely around BOTW2 launch. They are not lying when they say, there is no new model coming. True. New Dock is coming. It's really simple to read between the lines and in my book it's what makes most sense. Power when docked, everything else is not sustainable in such a small form factor without upping the cost significantly.

This way also PARENTS have a choice. Switch OLED will be fine for most. If they want, they can upgrade to the new dock without fragmenting the userbase and all games must still run in handheld mode (and on the old dock).

It's basically the same model like with Nintendo ONLINE now. Base + Premium Upgrade if you want.

I do get the hype. I understand people are waiting for this. But I think this is the most "not for me" game I can name off the top of my head.

@KateGray "DOG-PERSON" Omg... But yeah I am often disappointed too with characters backstories, regardless of intent or game.

Funny. "In the West."

Some things were really odd. Like that kirby trailer. "Mummy where have all the people gone that lived in the city?" Hmm.

@TheRedComet I'm absolutely with you when it comes to performance. M-chips revolutionized consumer computing hands down. And yes only the "PRO" models are over 1.000. My point is ALL of their phones are hugely overproportioned in performance compared to what the average user wants and needs. Yes, you could film your whole Indie movie on your iPhone and edit it too. But who WILL? Everyone else is paying for that kind of performance when it makes absolutely no difference for the most part.

I'm rocking my ancient 2016 SE that I bought refurbed and I am perfectly happy still. Perfect formfactor and I never thought "hey those photos could look better". I know, that's just me and I am mostly a fringe case, and I know about their "new" SE and I actually welcome that move. So, why not dump 4 year old tech in an affordable iPhone for the masses and keep it around 300? And yeah, except customization I don't see how Android phones are better than iPhones. And about security and privace, they ALL sniff up on you and sell your data, so...

@Crono1973 As they wish. Personally I don't get any of it.

The greatest tiny thing literally no one needs. Nice! Make it a tiny bit smaller and you can fit it through a needle...

@Crono1973 Which doesn't make it any better AND Apple was first (again as with many ***** trends) to break the sound barrier.

It's also the much more capable device, computing power wise.

Ugh, I so want to return to rise with 300 hours played, but I can't find any incentive to do so.
This made me throw up in my mouth a little.

Love the MH Soundtracks. Awesome.

This ***** luckily is eating itself all over the world. Just grab some popcorn and watch the world burn.

I enjoyed COOPing this with my best friend back in the day on the PS4 tremendously. It's really nice!

@JaxonH Agreed.

Ok I just noticed it does look a bit "too mobile" for me...

I'm glad for Marvel fans. Something, which I am not unfortunately.