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@RushDawg When you put it that way, along with the fact I like Twinbee...I think that's a good pitch! Thanks!!!!!!

I jumped on the CastleVania and Contra games for $5 each! A real steal! With the Arcade Classics though, anyone else have any compelling reasons to get it besides the NL review?

And those who say digital is superior because you “just don’t delete the game” are seeing some of us know that it’s not the case with how well this is selling physically.

Oh gods... I don’t need another great game like Hades to consume all my time and be extremely fun and addicting...

...said no one ever.

Pass on the game for me even if it’s ported. It might benefit from having the hindsight of all the problems that came from rushing it and launch on Switch without them—hopefully without its own unique problems.

@KingMike yes it’s mentioned in the article and linked as well.

@JimmySpades "Just don't delete them" doesn't work when I have limited hard drive space and was relying on the cloud to maintain them.

It could be argued that physical games can be stolen, true, but I prefer that agency over my own games rather than having to rely on essentially being "licensed" a game before it disappears.

And if your system is stolen or you're locked out of an account (which has happened), the physical games can still be played in a new system even if the saves are gone.

But this isn't a thread about digital versus physical, and those who belong to the digital tribe, good for all of you. I'm part of the physical tribe because I grew up on it and will choose physical whenever possible, unless there is a significant discount, THEN it makes sense for me to pay $2 for a game that is $30 digitally.

@TheFullAndy

Until recently, Scott Pilgrim was the default example of a digital game being something you couldn’t keep forever or download again.

Now that honor goes to PT (Silent Hills).

@TheFullAndy

I disagree. A game can be delisted and not be made available as has commonly been discussed and this alone influences my desire for physical copies.

That said, physical games are not perfect because the full game is not always on the cartridge and requires an additional download or patches end up taking a lot of space anyway, like Splatoon 2 now being 5GB of memory in my system.

In spite of all this, the physical medium is my preference most of the time.

Switch has become my indie, classics, Nintendo first party, port, and multiplayer party game console.

Big titles like Yakuza or Horizon: Zero Dawn are on my PS4, and that’s pretty much it.

Love Switch for indies.

@Damo Seems people are also glossing over how the article mentions Yamauchi's connection to Nintendo.

@Omarzy Thanks for making this observation--it's really disgusting and disappointing that this has happened.

While video game sales are up, I also find that free-to-play games and lending games has helped some neighbors and friends in coping with this.

There was someone I added to my ignore list here in the comments last year who claimed that people who can't afford video games shouldn't be given consoles or games as gifts, somehow forgetting that video rental stores like Family Video, Hollywood Video, and Blockbuster were chains that allowed some people who essentially could only rent, not own games.

While there may be more options like the Xbox Gamer Pass or free to pay and free to play games, renting video games was an escape for many people I knew in the 90s who didn't have the luxury of buying a title, especially as games get more expensive.

It's also really crucial in places where Internet isn't so great as to download a game or stream it, and the same goes with streaming movies and television.

@Antraxx777 Yeah dude. My whole digital lineup of games consists of roguelites besides indie classics such as Slime San and party games like Killer Queen Black and Towerfall. Arcade in my pocket and my living room!

And of course, Mario Kart and Smash.

This is still adorable up to now.

This is how I feel about roguelite games because they remind me of arcade games. Couldn’t have picked a better game for an arcade cabinet.

If someone had an arcade full of roguelites, I’d go there. Hell, mod them to pop a quarter in to continue the run instead of permadeath.

@TimLatshaw I was, and didn't see any news about it being added specifically to Switch before now. Thanks!!!

And here I thought I might pass on it since I got tired of Slay the Spire and deck-building rogue-likes, but this is making me reconsider. I think I'll check it out now.

On that note, I wonder if the DLC for new characters for Slay the Spire will ever come to Switch....

@nessisonett Hey, people are watching GoPro videos online to vicariously experience roller coaster rides, so this is a way of making the world after the pandemic a lot more exciting. It's like watching a commercial for food and then running to the restaurant the next day: that anticipation and craving makes finally going there all the more satisfying.

@Zach1122 that’s really weird because I use the US eshop too. It won’t download for me from the home screen when clicking on the icon or when going to the original page for the game on the eshop, which is now gone.

@Zach1122 Have you tried it yourself? This wasn’t the case for me. As I also said earlier, I have the icon but it won’t let me Redownload it. So it appears the option is there, yet when you try to redownload, it says the software is unavailable.

@SKTTR @dsparil I still wonder why they don’t release their back catalogue of games. One of my favorites was Lagoon on SNES. Had a great intro and music too.

https://youtu.be/VmI_bALv_fc

@nhSnork I did archive it and tried to find it from the the redownload section from the console...took me to the eshop and it said the software was unavailable.

I made the mistake of deleting the game before finishing it because of aforementioned problems, but I'm regretting it because now I don't know how easy it will be to re-download it later on with the proposal Galati has. Make me hate Nicalis even more, though I also feel maybe I should "buy" the game again to directly support Galati this time.

@JayJ I saw the same with independent bookstores making a resurgence after Borders closed in the US and people got sick of Amazon. Community is a big thing, though not to say some GameStop stores were without it because I knew a couple branches where they knew their customers’ names and interests. Those branches got screwed by corporate because they were seen as non-essential even if the numbers back in 2008 showed they were big earners in the region (Los Angeles). But, corporate decisions don’t make sense sometimes when the suits are disconnected from their workers and worsened by middlemen audits who do analyses and don’t even understand what they’re looking for or looking at when making recommendations to corporate.

@TG16_IS_BAE Ah, you were attempting to be funny! How cute!

See? You can lighten up instead of getting all crummy like you were at the beginning here. Don't worry, homeboy, we lava you still!

@TG16_IS_BAE Only after you learn how to spell it properly.

@Ambassador_Kong He probably is trying to be original but can’t get around the already tired old trope of deconstruction that works only if you remove any question marks from conjecture and state things with absolute authority. It eliminates all discussion and becomes a means of forcing a silly idea with no proof while grasping for straws to force it.

I think he is confusing Mark Twain for someone else or he is just repeating the nonsense he heard from some untenured teacher trying to remain relevant with absurd arguments for their failed thesis who is using their students as guinea pigs to see if they will believe such nonsense in hopes that the department will buy it too.

@TG16_IS_BAE So then learn to be a little more magnanimous instead, chap!

@TG16_IS_BAE Yeah, I get that yer crabapples now. You’ll get over it by the next article you comment on whether here or Push Square.

‘Tis the season to be jolly, so lighten up, chum!

@TG16_IS_BAE Friends have all sorts of roles and impacts. In this case, you’re the kinda friend who comes to the lunch table saying silly things who amuses the rest of us as we either roll our eyes or play along because we see you’re able to offer more than just bad arguments (that you don’t support or finish) or being a poor sport when you realize you put your foot in your mouth (again) .

Merry Christmas, dude!

@TG16_IS_BAE I find your inability to follow through with everything you start and the resulting holes you dig yourself into wildly entertaining. 😁

Happy to be your friend. 🤠

@TG16_IS_BAE For someone who loves to argue, you sure are terrible at it. 😁 but your own self-professed knowledge is about as useful as a homeless guy telling others he can make them millionaires: wishful thinking from someone whose own actions speak volumes.

My original statement about Switch sales was never something you were interested in talking about because you can’t argue your way out of a paper bag or even go to your silly insistence about Mark Twain.

Hope your holidays are pleasant! 😁

@TG16_IS_BAE Thanks for sharing your dinner plans. You got served. 😁

@TG16_IS_BAE Next thing we hear from you besides another straw man argument putting words in my mouth, factual error stating things that aren’t true to refute what is, ad hominem attacks insulting someone instead of the point made, and ad infinitum broken record repeats of the same dead argument will probably be when you insist that the earth is flat and that Australia doesn’t exist because they’re just Hollywood actors who made a fake accent (fun fact: flat earthers really believe this).

@TG16_IS_BAE Your university owes you a refund if you keep pushing this silly idea Twain is a white supremacist just like a little kid insisting that the tooth fairy is real. Provide a source that supports your idea or you’re Ace Ventura talking out of your butt again like on Push Square with artificial scarcity and stolen PS5s from lorries.

@TG16_IS_BAE Studying him in university and having his work in my library negates the need for me to do so.

Also, it’s DuckDuckGo, never Google. Read a book before you reinforce his other wonderful statement: “Better to remain silent and have people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and confirm their suspicions.” 😜

@TG16_IS_BAE i think you haven’t read any Mark Twain then or done any fact checking 🤣

@TG16_IS_BAE LOL 😂 someone got off on the wrong side of the bed this morning with a crummy response like that. Whether they want a Switch Pro now or later is irrelevant, it’s that it will be counted towards that total.

Also, white supremacist author? I think you haven’t read a lot of Mark Twain then....not that it matters because an ad hominem doesn’t change the fact that the point made is worth considering.

I recommend that you go back and get some rest so that your responses are a little more chummy rather than crummy, or else I shall be forced to conclude that like the guy who drops his phone in the toilet after continuously starting arguments on the Internet fails to realize that his priorities are wrong when he also has no toilet paper, you aren’t paying attention to details because your mind is in the wrong place.

Feel better soon, chum. You’re a lot nicer usually.

@TG16_IS_BAE Nintendo will always prepare for the next generation or iteration like any console manufacturer does. Whether they release a dozen versions with upgrades of the Game Boy or DS and 3DS or an entirely new set of hardware will be something to consider.

3DS and all its variations from original to 2DS and the XL? Technically the same system and sales figures, which a Switch Pro would do too.

Like the PS4 and PS4 Pro are still essentially the same line with the sum total sales figures together, the numbers will come together.

My favorite quote from Mark Twain: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

@TG16_IS_BAE But if the Switch Pro comes along, then the numbers will shoot up again, of course. =D

@ChaosBadger777 treat a console like a hometown and that is one reason they think that way.

Some countries it makes no sense because the Switch is more expensive, so it’s cheaper to get a PS or Xbox. To be a Nintendo fan in places like the Philippines or Brazil requires significant income to afford it, so practically speaking, it’s expensive to be a fanboy....but people still are fanboys like when the iPhone releases a new model.

Priorities...

@ChaosBadger777 Not necessarily. The mind of a fan is that of betrayal or abandonment rather than their ability to afford another console. Example: when Square moved FF7 to the PSX, a friend of mine was outraged and hated Sony even more.

It should be noted he was the first person among us to buy a PSX, and yet when FF7 came out, he played it and said he hated every minute of it wishing that it were on Nintendo 64 instead and Sony never stole what he felt was "our" series.

Another example: a friend hates the L.A. Chargers football team. Even if it's the same players, he hates them because they're no longer the San Diego Chargers and he no longer has his hometown team to root for in American football.

A remake won’t ruin it for me just like the original 1930s King Kong, 1970s version, the Peter Jackson one, and the Skull Island movie all are fun. Interesting to see how it will go.

@Tsuchinoko and yes, I’d like Crash and an homage to the guy in a bandicoot suit going to Nintendo HQ being finally answered by Mario to meet his challenge coming out to the parking lot and fighting him in costume for the Crash reveal.

@Tsuchinoko Funny thing is, none of the sword users really play the same either, and echo fighters still have a few unique characteristics. Lucia over Marth for example.

Will people still complain that Sephiroth is another sword user?

I probably would wait out on the physical, just like I am for No More Heroes 1+2.

Fun fact and confirmed by O’Malley himself: Travis Touchdown appears in the crowd as a cameo in volume 6 of the Scott Pilgrim series. It was drawn by his assistant.

@WaveWitch Context is important, but people don't look for that, they retrofit "Woke" into everything.

Anything can be offensive, but the real question if it is actually HARMFUL.

Double-standards and tunnel vision also apply if they complain about this grandpa joke being racist, but everyone acting offended ignores the genocide for Uighurs that is an actual thing being done by the CCP.

Welcome to the 21st century, cupcakes.

@shaneoh yeah, anything and everything can be considered “offensive” but the question I rarely hear asked is if something that offends someone is HARMFUL.

The clip of the alleged offense didn’t even register to me as racist because I heard worse hurled at me and that sounds like something my elementary school teacher would say and the whole class (which had a lot of Asians including yours truly) would roll their eyes at such a corny joke.

It’s easier for people to say they are offended and to use overtly general and circular arguments than to actually spell out how it’s harmful.

@wsli I saw the joke and I remember it. I’m probably going to be the worst Asian here because I’ve got thick skin about this and it doesn’t bother me, but unfortunately, the younger generation tends to be more eager to follow the mantra “I suffer, therefore I am” and believe that the magic words to get whatever they want isn’t “please” or even “would you kindly”, but “I’m offended”.