Even if Nintendo did want to buy out a company like say Rare for example, I doubt anyone would want to partnership with them due to Nintendo being overly controlling and always wanting 100% of profits made hence why they didn't opt to go for normal CDs with the gamecube, not to mention how they screwed over 3rd party developers on their past consoles.
@johnvboy Mhm. Pokemon Sword&Shield being a prime example. I think it's because people fail to realize that most of these sales are made from fans who will buy anything related to the IP rather than because it's a quality product. That's just my opinion though.
@nocdaes Yet you don't have any evidence that he is monetizing those videos elsewhere and just have baseless accusations. Try having actual evidence before you make assumptions of someone's character next time.
1. Imagine music not being a source of revenue for your company so leaving it alone doesn't affect your bottom line in the slightest
2. Youtube is the largest video media website on the internet so why wouldn't you want your content on there for free publicity?
3. Imagine this thing called fair use existing in modern time that says that as long as you give full credit to the original creator of said content, you can upload that content and the original creators can even monetize from the video via copyright strike without taking it down.
@Pod I wouldn't say the issue is fans not complying with US and Japan copyright guidelines, but more of Japan not complying with the US copyright guidelines. The many times Nintendo has taken people to court and lost due to a blatant ignorance of how US copyright law works is staggering, and it goes to show how out of touch the executives are with laws outside of their own country.
Let's be honest with ourselves, this is nothing more than Nintendo flexing their corporate muscles against so-called "piracy" because they have the power to do so and have done so since the beginning, even though it has never, at any time, affected their bottom line in the slightest and praising them for this sort of short-sighted behavior is nothing short of corporate brainwashing.
Now all we need is Diddy-Kong Racing and Mischief Makers on the service and my nostalgia itch will be cured. Provided it works well on the service that is.
It's almost as if Nintendo thinks their player base are nothing but stupid toddlers who can't operate a game controller.
Not only is this this tweet insulting to my intelligence personally, but as others have stated, is pouring salt in the wound with the game they obviously chose to demonstrate with.
Sometimes I honestly wish that NOJ would sell all their assets to NOA and go back to being a card company.
I played the demo and I have to say, I wouldn't recommend buying it.
For one, it has frame lag, which messes with your button inputs making combat aggravating and sluggish.
Two, you're only allowed to play the tutorial for the first game before the demo abruptly ends, not giving you enough time to see how the game runs in the main game.
@Snatcher Meh, I'm not worried about it. If people on this site aren't mature enough to handle a dissenting opinion, then there's no reason to waste my time here replying to them, anyway.
Why can't we make fun of a virus or current event that's happening? Is it possible that joking about it helps ease the tension of the situation and possibly help people find some light during this outbreak; or do people care more about virtue signaling and pretending that they're speaking for the minority when they don't even know what those people are going through, rather than letting those people have some joy once in a while?
This generation is truly hopeless if it fails to understand the point of comedy in its purest form without being deeply offended by it.
Card Fighters Clash along with Dragon Ball Heroes World Mission are some of the most fun I've had with card games in a long time being that they're both easy to understand, matches aren't decided on the luck of the draw (at least not in world missions' case) and don't require a 12th lvl intellect to understand the mechanics like some card games where a match can end in one turn all because you didn't draw the right card you needed on your turn or even worse, you didn't win the coin toss. cough Yugioh cough
while I am happy for people who enjoy tactics style games, I am concerned of the lack of first party titles for the year because unless we get more information on Prime 4 and BoTW 2; Kirby, Pokemon and a couple of spin-offs aren't going to hold players attentions for long and it's going to be up to indies to keep things going until another Direct is announced.
This is the prime reason we're seeing so many retro consoles pop up as of late ala the Steam Deck, GP-XP and the AYN Odin; there's a high demand in the gaming market for retro classics on consoles like gamecube and Ps2 and these manufacturers know that and it's why they're striking the iron now while it's hot with these beefy portables and they know that customers will eat them up because they know that people are not going to pay outrageous prices on second hand websites and they're tired of waiting for the main publishers to release them on a digital store front.
It's a fun game up until you get to the Pierce rescue mission where you need to fight Paul, after which the game gets stuck in an infinite loading screen, and it doesn't save after you complete the mission.
To release a game, even a port, in this day and age with all the old bugs and glitches*cough* Skyrim cough still intact is just plan cynicism from the developers and publishers and it needs to be called out more often than not.
Remember in the good old days when the 3ds got updates, we got cool things like new themes and new attractions in the mii plaza that gave our miis more uses outside from being an avatar/smash representative? Not to mention the Badge Arcade which gave you even more customization options for your home-screen.
@The-Chosen-one heck, I would've been happy if they would've brought Smash Run from 4 back with more stages and enemies from other Nintendo franchises.
I mean, let's face facts: WOL was nothing more than a giant, glorified Smash Tour map with Event Matches for the spaces and nothing anyone can say will convince me otherwise and it certainly doesn't compare to what SSE was.
I'm already salty that I gave in and paid for the expansion pass and just as I feared, it's a vastly mediocre upgrade, both in emulation quality and online functionality and I can only assume that the executives at NoJ have either lost their minds or gone completely tyrannical at even thinking that the pricing was fair for this product at launch.
While I will agree that the combat was somewhat intriguing; everything else from the writing, lack of exploration even by Metroid Fusions standards, voice direction, environments, music direction, spot the clue sections, slow walking sections, and general lack of isolation overall isn't what most people, including me, think of when we think of Metroid and the sales as well as fan backlash shows that.
And that's not even counting the game breaking glitch that locks a certain door in the pyro sector that you need to progress and forces you to reset your game file.
@DennisNOR what people like you don't seem to understand is that unlike Nintendo, other game services that cost $50+ actually have good benefits such as stable online connection, native voice chat and new games that come out each month as part of that paid service, unlike Nintendo who hasn't upgraded their online since the Switch launched in 2017.
I'm not surprised about this in the slightest after the stunt they pulled with the All-Star Collection.
Imagine being soo arrogant that you think your service is worth an extra $30 without even upgrading the online service quality because you think so highly of your own I.Ps is worth the higher price alone.
This issure combined with the battle.net drm is what made me uninstall the game in full; mainly because I've never had a battle.net account and I shouldn't be forced to have one to play the game offline, especially the digital version.
It's as if Blizzard learned nothing from the Diablo 3 launch.
Still kind of a bummer that Rage Awakened, Forze Del Male, Darkness of the Unknown, Enter the Darkness or Dark Impetus didn't make it in to the playlist.
And regarding the spirit board, I'm curious as to why none of the villains made it in? I mean, Xehanort, Ansem and Xemnas I thought were a guarantee, at least.
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Re: French Retailer Lists Batman: Arkham Collection For Switch
Hope this doesn't end up like the GTA ports.
Re: Nintendo Says It Won't Compete With Microsoft And Sony In An Acquisitions Arms Race
Even if Nintendo did want to buy out a company like say Rare for example, I doubt anyone would want to partnership with them due to Nintendo being overly controlling and always wanting 100% of profits made hence why they didn't opt to go for normal CDs with the gamecube, not to mention how they screwed over 3rd party developers on their past consoles.
Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of February 2022
@johnvboy Mhm. Pokemon Sword&Shield being a prime example. I think it's because people fail to realize that most of these sales are made from fans who will buy anything related to the IP rather than because it's a quality product. That's just my opinion though.
Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of February 2022
Sales do not always equal a quality product. Remember that people.
Re: Nintendo Blocks Another 2,200 Videos On YouTube Featuring Its Music
@nocdaes Yet you don't have any evidence that he is monetizing those videos elsewhere and just have baseless accusations. Try having actual evidence before you make assumptions of someone's character next time.
1. Imagine music not being a source of revenue for your company so leaving it alone doesn't affect your bottom line in the slightest
2. Youtube is the largest video media website on the internet so why wouldn't you want your content on there for free publicity?
3. Imagine this thing called fair use existing in modern time that says that as long as you give full credit to the original creator of said content, you can upload that content and the original creators can even monetize from the video via copyright strike without taking it down.
Re: Nintendo Blocks Another 2,200 Videos On YouTube Featuring Its Music
@Pod I wouldn't say the issue is fans not complying with US and Japan copyright guidelines, but more of Japan not complying with the US copyright guidelines. The many times Nintendo has taken people to court and lost due to a blatant ignorance of how US copyright law works is staggering, and it goes to show how out of touch the executives are with laws outside of their own country.
Let's be honest with ourselves, this is nothing more than Nintendo flexing their corporate muscles against so-called "piracy" because they have the power to do so and have done so since the beginning, even though it has never, at any time, affected their bottom line in the slightest and praising them for this sort of short-sighted behavior is nothing short of corporate brainwashing.
Re: Nintendo Blocks Another 2,200 Videos On YouTube Featuring Its Music
And for every 2,000 videos taken down, another 4,000 will rise in their place.
Stiff-necked fools, Japan Nintendo executives are.
Re: Metroid Prime Dev Confirms That Nintendo Blocked The Addition Of Super Metroid To The Game
Ignorance truly is bliss as far as Nintendo is concerned.
Those third-party emulators from the early 2000's can run circles around Nintendo's poorly engineered first-party ones in present year.
Super Mario 3D All-Stars is proof of that.
Re: Video: We Have A Lot Of Feelings About Banjo-Kazooie On Switch
Now all we need is Diddy-Kong Racing and Mischief Makers on the service and my nostalgia itch will be cured. Provided it works well on the service that is.
Re: Random: Nintendo Shows Switch Owners How To Delete Games, Uses Super Mario Bros. 35 As An Example
It's almost as if Nintendo thinks their player base are nothing but stupid toddlers who can't operate a game controller.
Not only is this this tweet insulting to my intelligence personally, but as others have stated, is pouring salt in the wound with the game they obviously chose to demonstrate with.
Sometimes I honestly wish that NOJ would sell all their assets to NOA and go back to being a card company.
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 13.2.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Okay, this gag was funny at first; now it's just a depressing reminder of Nintendo's mediocrity.
Re: Surprise! Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Is Now Available On The Switch eShop
@HeadPirate Don't forget about the 1 hand-trap and 10 negates per turn: that's an absolute must!
Re: Activision Blizzard Boss To Leave When Xbox Deal Is Done, Report Claims
To quote Great Saiya-Man
"I won't miss you!"
Re: Kingdom Hearts Cloud Collection Arrives On Switch In February, Pricing Revealed
I played the demo and I have to say, I wouldn't recommend buying it.
For one, it has frame lag, which messes with your button inputs making combat aggravating and sluggish.
Two, you're only allowed to play the tutorial for the first game before the demo abruptly ends, not giving you enough time to see how the game runs in the main game.
Square should be embarrassed.
Re: Konami's New Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game Unveils Its Digital Shop
And this is where Yugioh dies.
Goodbye, everyone. it was fun while it lasted
Re: 'Pandemic' Will Apparently Be Removed From The Switch eShop This July
@Snatcher Meh, I'm not worried about it. If people on this site aren't mature enough to handle a dissenting opinion, then there's no reason to waste my time here replying to them, anyway.
Stay strong and God bless.
Re: 'Pandemic' Will Apparently Be Removed From The Switch eShop This July
Some people can't take a joke.
Why can't we make fun of a virus or current event that's happening? Is it possible that joking about it helps ease the tension of the situation and possibly help people find some light during this outbreak; or do people care more about virtue signaling and pretending that they're speaking for the minority when they don't even know what those people are going through, rather than letting those people have some joy once in a while?
This generation is truly hopeless if it fails to understand the point of comedy in its purest form without being deeply offended by it.
Re: Review: SNK VS. Capcom: Card Fighters' Clash - An Utterly Essential Card-Battler
Card Fighters Clash along with Dragon Ball Heroes World Mission are some of the most fun I've had with card games in a long time being that they're both easy to understand, matches aren't decided on the luck of the draw (at least not in world missions' case) and don't require a 12th lvl intellect to understand the mechanics like some card games where a match can end in one turn all because you didn't draw the right card you needed on your turn or even worse, you didn't win the coin toss. cough Yugioh cough
Re: GTA Publisher Take-Two Buys Farmville Giant Zynga For $12.7B
Right, because the first thing I think of when I think GTA is a farming simulator.
But is anyone honestly taking TT seriously these days, anyway?
Re: Best Of 2021: 10 Overlooked GameCube Gems You Must Play
Did y'all forget about Custom Robo?
Re: Soapbox: 2022 Is Looking Glorious For Tactics Games On Switch
while I am happy for people who enjoy tactics style games, I am concerned of the lack of first party titles for the year because unless we get more information on Prime 4 and BoTW 2; Kirby, Pokemon and a couple of spin-offs aren't going to hold players attentions for long and it's going to be up to indies to keep things going until another Direct is announced.
Re: Best Of 2021: Retro Nintendo Games Cost Too Much, But Nostalgia Is Expensive
This is the prime reason we're seeing so many retro consoles pop up as of late ala the Steam Deck, GP-XP and the AYN Odin; there's a high demand in the gaming market for retro classics on consoles like gamecube and Ps2 and these manufacturers know that and it's why they're striking the iron now while it's hot with these beefy portables and they know that customers will eat them up because they know that people are not going to pay outrageous prices on second hand websites and they're tired of waiting for the main publishers to release them on a digital store front.
It's quite brilliant, actually.
Re: Video: The Best RPG Ever Made Still Isn't On Switch
AYN Odin and Steam Deck buyers rubbing their hands together, fiendishly
Re: Yes, Saints Row IV Is 93% Off And No, It's Not A Mistake
It's a fun game up until you get to the Pierce rescue mission where you need to fight Paul, after which the game gets stuck in an infinite loading screen, and it doesn't save after you complete the mission.
To release a game, even a port, in this day and age with all the old bugs and glitches*cough* Skyrim cough still intact is just plan cynicism from the developers and publishers and it needs to be called out more often than not.
Re: Surprise! Nintendo Has Added A 'Most Played' Section To The Switch eShop
So, it's the Best Sellers section only under a different name. Gotcha
Re: Star Wars: Hunters Shows The Force In Flashy New Trailer
Yeah, already have Jedi Academy and KOTOR on Switch, so no thanks to this F2P malarky.
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 13.2.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Remember in the good old days when the 3ds got updates, we got cool things like new themes and new attractions in the mii plaza that gave our miis more uses outside from being an avatar/smash representative? Not to mention the Badge Arcade which gave you even more customization options for your home-screen.
I remember those days; those were good days.
Re: Poll: What's The Best Spider-Man Game On Nintendo Systems?
Spiderman 2 by a long-shot
The open-world new york was fantastic to explore, especially taking down random crimes that would pop up every so often.
Re: Smash Bros. Ultimate's Spirit And Tournament Events Appear To Be Winding Down
@The-Chosen-one heck, I would've been happy if they would've brought Smash Run from 4 back with more stages and enemies from other Nintendo franchises.
I mean, let's face facts: WOL was nothing more than a giant, glorified Smash Tour map with Event Matches for the spaces and nothing anyone can say will convince me otherwise and it certainly doesn't compare to what SSE was.
Re: Smash Bros. Ultimate's Spirit And Tournament Events Appear To Be Winding Down
@Marioracer Melee's 'break the targets' will be missed greatly, as well as Brawl's 'coin launcher'.
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Spirit And Tournament Events Appear To Be Ending
Still kind of a bummer we didn't get a new mode at least, but oh well; it was good while it lasted.
Re: Review: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - Still One Of The Best Lego Games
This looks like a fantastic game.
A shame then that we haven't gotten a Lego Star Wars 1 port and The Skywalker Saga is making me rather doubtful.
Re: First Look: 'Pikmin Bloom', Niantic's Walktastic Follow Up To Pokémon GO, Soft-Launches Today
And this is how Nintendo IPs die.
Re: Rumour: Switch Online Datamine Uncovers Plans For "At Least" 38 N64 Games And 52 Sega Genesis Titles
Mischief Makers better make it to the service.
I'm already salty that I gave in and paid for the expansion pass and just as I feared, it's a vastly mediocre upgrade, both in emulation quality and online functionality and I can only assume that the executives at NoJ have either lost their minds or gone completely tyrannical at even thinking that the pricing was fair for this product at launch.
Re: Nintendo Gives Fans The Best Halloween Present: Vampire Waluigi
Has Pink-Gold Peach and Metal-Gold Mario taught us nothing?
Re: Poll: Which Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Games Should You Play First Via Nintendo Switch Online?
Is this an early April fools joke?
Re: Random: Forget Dread, It's All About Metroid: Other M On Twitter Right Now
While I will agree that the combat was somewhat intriguing; everything else from the writing, lack of exploration even by Metroid Fusions standards, voice direction, environments, music direction, spot the clue sections, slow walking sections, and general lack of isolation overall isn't what most people, including me, think of when we think of Metroid and the sales as well as fan backlash shows that.
And that's not even counting the game breaking glitch that locks a certain door in the pyro sector that you need to progress and forces you to reset your game file.
Re: Switch's N64 And Sega Genesis Controllers Are Now Up For Pre-Order
Nintendo can pound sand.
Re: Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Release Date And Pricing Revealed
@DennisNOR what people like you don't seem to understand is that unlike Nintendo, other game services that cost $50+ actually have good benefits such as stable online connection, native voice chat and new games that come out each month as part of that paid service, unlike Nintendo who hasn't upgraded their online since the Switch launched in 2017.
Re: Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Release Date And Pricing Revealed
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Re: Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Release Date And Pricing Revealed
I'm not surprised about this in the slightest after the stunt they pulled with the All-Star Collection.
Imagine being soo arrogant that you think your service is worth an extra $30 without even upgrading the online service quality because you think so highly of your own I.Ps is worth the higher price alone.
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Adding Cooking And Crops
Harvest Moon: sweating intensely
Re: So, What Happens When Pokémon GO Runs Out Of New Pokémon?
@Frappa @YamiYuseiSpl Apparently I can not read. lol
Though I wouldn't be surprised if Niantic tried something similar, really
Re: So, What Happens When Pokémon GO Runs Out Of New Pokémon?
More $40 skins, please.
Re: Diablo II: Resurrected Is Still Being Plagued By Hellish Server Outages
This issure combined with the battle.net drm is what made me uninstall the game in full; mainly because I've never had a battle.net account and I shouldn't be forced to have one to play the game offline, especially the digital version.
It's as if Blizzard learned nothing from the Diablo 3 launch.
Re: Exp. Share Can't Be Turned Off In The Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes
@BenAV I wouldn't be surprised if auto-winning against lower leveled pokemon becomes a thing at one point in the series.
I mean, why not throw an exp device that allows your team to gain experience while walking in the overworld while we're at it?
Re: Exp. Share Can't Be Turned Off In The Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes
One step forward, two steps back as always.
Re: Poll: What's A Fair Price For The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack?
I mean, what is it really going to matter if the online quality is going to remain the same?
Yes, I'm going to buy the expansion myself for the expanded library, but I don't expect the online quality to improve or at least not by much.
Re: A Closer Look At Sora's Smash Bros. Stage, Music, Final Smash, Kirby Transformation And More
Still kind of a bummer that Rage Awakened, Forze Del Male, Darkness of the Unknown, Enter the Darkness or Dark Impetus didn't make it in to the playlist.
And regarding the spirit board, I'm curious as to why none of the villains made it in? I mean, Xehanort, Ansem and Xemnas I thought were a guarantee, at least.