This indeed looks quite epic. maybe a bit too attached to the BotW/TotK worldbuilding. Feel something like this should be more sea heavy, and underwater exploring in ships and what not. but top aesthetic vibes overall
@Expa0 what i like about FE games is the tough difficulty on harder modes. playing these games easy feels pointless. disappointed to hear this one is an easy game
@Dr_Lugae yeah, honestly at this stage people are just doing it because its cool and fashionable to express outrage. as though 100USD either way is a bank breaker or st. I wouldnt mind if if it was someone legit struggling, but most these people are just doing it for the fad.
@timp29 the whole 'lore' thing is kinda weird. i cant get taking it super serious in the case of Zelda because even Nintendo themselves said they dont take zelda lore seriously at all
is it just me or is this not all just kind of annoying? squeezing more money out of these two games on the premise of some app talking to you through your phone is just grossly corporate. all so you can do pointless things like find more koroks, which are just map filler to begin with. Couldnt they have made a DLC for TotK or something to create some meaningful content that would have been genuinely exciting? its just a tech overload with the walkthrough now connected to the game and directing you around the place. this is not the joy of gaming tbh but more like metaverse stuff or st.
i was kinda surprised by the hype for this because Croc games are not games that hold up particular well. they were good with the advent of 3D platformers, but they are not great games by anymeans. Spyro, Ape Escape and Crash games hold up way better. still good to see it revamped tho
i am not sure i have any game i constantly play, but i go back mostly to Quake 1 and Quake 2. Really hoping more add-ons get uploaded for Quake 1 but its been a while ;_;
need a stronger move against slop and shovelware spamming the stores. low effort churned out trash that will only become more pervasive with AI emerging and doing a lot of the work. there was once a concept of a CURATED store with a STANDARD. Nintendo and as well as Sony should return to that and block the junk.
i personally think the best 'boomer shooter' that is also available on Switch is Ion Fury, which is an incredible FPS game and huge on top. Will def be buying this though.
Why? are they ashamed of those games or something. Sol Cresta is a great SHMUP/shooter, even if it didnt sell too well. But i mean SHMUPS are rarely big selling games. Its certainly nothing to be embarrassed of.
the thing is Switch 2 is gonna have no more filter for shovelware spam garbage than Switch 1 has. i just hope they do some sorting so that at the very least you can filter it out (unlikely)
@HugoGED i dont anyone except OCD maniacs will carry over their entire library. Every gamer will have games on their Switch 1 thye know fine well they are either never gonna play, didnt like, or wont play. so a case of just redownloading your top switch games. arrying over an entire library would just be a kind of fetish thing where you have it there just for the sake of it.
@cedarhyped another case of misrepresenting what i said. if you look through the rest of the thread you will see the issue is more Nintendo going into a politically topical and charged area - something Nintendo typically avoid. But its quite possible as others have said that way too much is being read into the caharcetr anyway, thus further making it more politically charged than need be
@Gaymer90 i would be weary of promoting Nintendo as a champion of human rights, or any corporation for that matter. You can read about Nintendos use of practical slave labour going way bak in places like China, for which they have kopped a lot of flak. and then there is how they go after tiny people with copyright threats for nonsense stuff. i dont think thats really the issue here, but i appreciate you agree with me on at least one thing
@AJWolfTill well, i agree with you, but thats just where we are, and the initial response to the inclusion of the character with uncensored dialogue itself found itself very quickly in a political context. This is the whole thing of things getting labeled 'woke' and what not. And that was my original point about their will prob be less risk in this direction because of the 'political sensitivity' (which is already happening). I was basically trying to make an obviously true statement but for some reason it is contentious.
@Vexx234 the comments on these things are very sensitive in terms of what gets removed, so i am doing my best to remain as neutral as possible so that the discussion can remain live. As for me personally, i am not invested. I currently study philosophy academically, i sit in applied ethics classes.i watch arguments bak and forth, and l like to observe the rationale and merit of each argument. There are people that will literally not allow this kind of perspective however, the kind that say 'dont sit on the fence take a side'. it is a form of intolerance for people that are just trying to figure things out and weighing arguments that cross centuries. so please dont tell others what to do and how to conduct their discussion as long as their are being considerate and fair
@Dogorilla i am not here to fight or anything, beause i am not invested either way, but i wouldnt call the people that complain about wokenness a vocal minority. where i am and the people i see, nearly all are complaining about it. It feels kinda cliche now, but i feel they are actually the vocal majority tbh. Of course these experiences are largely determined by the places we live and the circles we live in. I am around a working class people in a 'proletariat' area, and they i notice are nearly all against woke. Middle-classes and urban areas seem more sympathetic to it. But as a whole, i would defintiely say its on the back foot and its more majority against it than for it. As such i expect to see games/media take less risk with this stuff
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Re: Viral Horror Co-op Game Is The Latest Victim Of Shameless eShop Scam
@ChameleonBros good points. really hoping there is at least some filtering options then
Re: Viral Horror Co-op Game Is The Latest Victim Of Shameless eShop Scam
can only hope that the laxity Nintendo have had with Switch in terms of junk and shovelware is cleaned up a bit with Switch 2
Re: UK Charts: Are People Just Waiting For Switch 2 Now? Sure Seems Like It
@splinters why remove it since there is still over a month left? it takes 5 seconds to remove data
Re: Random: If We Could Get A Zelda: Wind Waker Sequel Like This, We'd Be Ecstatic
@AstroTheGamosian interesting. thanks for the rec, ill check it out
Re: Random: If We Could Get A Zelda: Wind Waker Sequel Like This, We'd Be Ecstatic
@Yoshi3 true. we need a hard reset away from the BotW/TotK paradigm and something quite new
Re: Random: If We Could Get A Zelda: Wind Waker Sequel Like This, We'd Be Ecstatic
This indeed looks quite epic. maybe a bit too attached to the BotW/TotK worldbuilding. Feel something like this should be more sea heavy, and underwater exploring in ships and what not. but top aesthetic vibes overall
Re: Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Now Boasts 300 Playable Titles
@Yosher we dont even know what the price is gonna be on Switch 2 yet. unless we do? prob gonna be killer
Re: Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Now Boasts 300 Playable Titles
i find i cant play Gameboy and NES titles anymore. just fin them too dated. cool they are there anyway tho
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With A Classic Fire Emblem
@Expa0 what i like about FE games is the tough difficulty on harder modes. playing these games easy feels pointless. disappointed to hear this one is an easy game
Re: Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles Post-Launch Patch Now Available, Here's What's Included
thats a lot of fixes. Still dont know why they went with this over Phantom Menace tbh. PM was the superior game
Re: Nintendo Kicks Off Mario Kart World Marketing In Japan With A Trio Of New Trailers
@Dr_Lugae yeah, honestly at this stage people are just doing it because its cool and fashionable to express outrage. as though 100USD either way is a bank breaker or st. I wouldnt mind if if it was someone legit struggling, but most these people are just doing it for the fad.
Re: Nintendo Kicks Off Mario Kart World Marketing In Japan With A Trio Of New Trailers
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Re: N64 Platformer 'Glover' Is Getting Its First Patch On Switch Next Week
is Glover really a cult classic?
Re: Japan's First Switch Modder Court Ruling Ends With A Fraction Of Nintendo's Full Wrath
"I was curious if people would think I was great for selling modified machines"
he wasnt even doing it for the cash, but for the clout
Re: Round Up: The Previews Are In For Capcom Fighting Collection 2
i want Tekken collection
Re: You Can Finally Repair Weapons In Zelda: BOTW And TOTK On Switch 2 (Sort Of)
@timp29 the whole 'lore' thing is kinda weird. i cant get taking it super serious in the case of Zelda because even Nintendo themselves said they dont take zelda lore seriously at all
Re: You Can Finally Repair Weapons In Zelda: BOTW And TOTK On Switch 2 (Sort Of)
is it just me or is this not all just kind of annoying? squeezing more money out of these two games on the premise of some app talking to you through your phone is just grossly corporate. all so you can do pointless things like find more koroks, which are just map filler to begin with. Couldnt they have made a DLC for TotK or something to create some meaningful content that would have been genuinely exciting? its just a tech overload with the walkthrough now connected to the game and directing you around the place. this is not the joy of gaming tbh but more like metaverse stuff or st.
Re: Katana Zero's Long-Awaited DLC Is "Still Coming" To Switch
@imgrowinglegs ah right, ok, good to know then!
Re: Katana Zero's Long-Awaited DLC Is "Still Coming" To Switch
looks great, but something in me died and i cannot play any form of 2D Metroidvania anymore. Used to love them
Re: Zelda: BOTW Switch 2 Edition Won't Include The DLC, Nintendo Confirms
@Gorlock the one hit with the super weapon part was fun, but chasing down those points on the map was a chore
Re: Deltarune Will Have Exclusive 'Mouse Mode' Content On Switch 2
never played Undertale. never liked to look of it. zero hype for this altho half the world seems hyped. Hyped for Silksong tho
Re: Review: Croc: Legend Of The Gobbos (Switch) - A Solid, If Unspectacular Retro Adventure
i was kinda surprised by the hype for this because Croc games are not games that hold up particular well. they were good with the advent of 3D platformers, but they are not great games by anymeans. Spyro, Ape Escape and Crash games hold up way better. still good to see it revamped tho
Re: Has Metroid Prime 4 Taken Inspiration From Dread For Its New Suit?
it looks more like it has took a massive chunk of inspiration from HALO in terms of the settings and environments
Re: UK Charts: A Strong Xenoblade Debut Can't Escape Assassin's Creed's Shadow
@Poco_Lypso well based on what happened with Snow White i dont blame people for expecting it would tank. Obviously
seems to be going strong though
Re: Poll: What Switch Game Could You Not Live Without?
this is gonna be a hecka long vote list by the time its done
Re: Poll: What Switch Game Could You Not Live Without?
i am not sure i have any game i constantly play, but i go back mostly to Quake 1 and Quake 2. Really hoping more add-ons get uploaded for Quake 1 but its been a while ;_;
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Has Been Butchered For The Switch Remake
Bam Margera is also going to be removed from 3 + 4
Re: Funko Fusion Is Deemed A "Complete Commercial And Critical Failure"
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Re: Sony Does What Nintendon't By Removing A Bunch Of 'eSlop' Titles
need a stronger move against slop and shovelware spamming the stores. low effort churned out trash that will only become more pervasive with AI emerging and doing a lot of the work. there was once a concept of a CURATED store with a STANDARD. Nintendo and as well as Sony should return to that and block the junk.
Re: Don't Worry, Dragon Quest XII Is Still In Development
@Daniel36 OK, thanks for your thoughts!
Re: Don't Worry, Dragon Quest XII Is Still In Development
still never played a DQ game. Prob should since it seems to be the most loved RPG franchise in Japan. Even more popular than FF?
Re: Review: The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II (Switch) - Does The Job, But Not A Series High
that main character guy is definitely a Squall FF8 rip off
Re: Review: Turbo Overkill (Switch) - Ridiculous, Relentless Boomer Shooter Gets A Solid Port
@bimmy-lee yeah, this is a lot more accurate tbh
Re: Review: Turbo Overkill (Switch) - Ridiculous, Relentless Boomer Shooter Gets A Solid Port
@Smackosynthesis yeah, also solid with same great level design
Re: Review: Turbo Overkill (Switch) - Ridiculous, Relentless Boomer Shooter Gets A Solid Port
i personally think the best 'boomer shooter' that is also available on Switch is Ion Fury, which is an incredible FPS game and huge on top. Will def be buying this though.
Re: Mini Review: Momodora: Moonlit Farewell (Switch) - This Exquisite Metroidvania Is The Series' Best
Momodora RutM is a little masterpiece of a game . such vibes
Re: Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Remastered Coming To Switch In 2025
wonder if this is a longer game than Onimusha 1? O1 was great but painfully short. Wonder if this is longer.
Re: PlatinumGames Wipes Several Games From Its Website's Portfolio
Why? are they ashamed of those games or something. Sol Cresta is a great SHMUP/shooter, even if it didnt sell too well. But i mean SHMUPS are rarely big selling games. Its certainly nothing to be embarrassed of.
Re: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered Updated On Switch, Here Are The Patch Notes
@JohnnyMind thats quite a wait man. physical copies ship in December
Re: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered Updated On Switch, Here Are The Patch Notes
fortunately they did not
Re: PSA: Don't Fall For This New 'Wukong' Game On The Switch eShop
the thing is Switch 2 is gonna have no more filter for shovelware spam garbage than Switch 1 has. i just hope they do some sorting so that at the very least you can filter it out (unlikely)
Re: Lexar Is Apparently Releasing A Switch 2 'microSD Express' Card
@HugoGED i dont anyone except OCD maniacs will carry over their entire library. Every gamer will have games on their Switch 1 thye know fine well they are either never gonna play, didnt like, or wont play. so a case of just redownloading your top switch games. arrying over an entire library would just be a kind of fetish thing where you have it there just for the sake of it.
Re: Nintendo Bags GLAAD Nomination For Paper Mario's Trans Representation
@cedarhyped another case of misrepresenting what i said. if you look through the rest of the thread you will see the issue is more Nintendo going into a politically topical and charged area - something Nintendo typically avoid. But its quite possible as others have said that way too much is being read into the caharcetr anyway, thus further making it more politically charged than need be
Re: Review: Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (Switch) - Uncivilised But Not Unenjoyable
of all the PS1 games in need of a remaster this seems a supremely odd game to make the effort for
Re: Nintendo Bags GLAAD Nomination For Paper Mario's Trans Representation
@Gaymer90 i would be weary of promoting Nintendo as a champion of human rights, or any corporation for that matter. You can read about Nintendos use of practical slave labour going way bak in places like China, for which they have kopped a lot of flak. and then there is how they go after tiny people with copyright threats for nonsense stuff. i dont think thats really the issue here, but i appreciate you agree with me on at least one thing
Re: Nintendo Bags GLAAD Nomination For Paper Mario's Trans Representation
@AJWolfTill well, i agree with you, but thats just where we are, and the initial response to the inclusion of the character with uncensored dialogue itself found itself very quickly in a political context. This is the whole thing of things getting labeled 'woke' and what not. And that was my original point about their will prob be less risk in this direction because of the 'political sensitivity' (which is already happening). I was basically trying to make an obviously true statement but for some reason it is contentious.
Re: Nintendo Bags GLAAD Nomination For Paper Mario's Trans Representation
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Re: Nintendo Bags GLAAD Nomination For Paper Mario's Trans Representation
@Xeacons only other one i played is Life is Strange, and i have tried to love that series but it is just not possible.
Re: Nintendo Bags GLAAD Nomination For Paper Mario's Trans Representation
@Vexx234 the comments on these things are very sensitive in terms of what gets removed, so i am doing my best to remain as neutral as possible so that the discussion can remain live. As for me personally, i am not invested. I currently study philosophy academically, i sit in applied ethics classes.i watch arguments bak and forth, and l like to observe the rationale and merit of each argument. There are people that will literally not allow this kind of perspective however, the kind that say 'dont sit on the fence take a side'. it is a form of intolerance for people that are just trying to figure things out and weighing arguments that cross centuries. so please dont tell others what to do and how to conduct their discussion as long as their are being considerate and fair
Re: Nintendo Bags GLAAD Nomination For Paper Mario's Trans Representation
@Dogorilla i am not here to fight or anything, beause i am not invested either way, but i wouldnt call the people that complain about wokenness a vocal minority. where i am and the people i see, nearly all are complaining about it. It feels kinda cliche now, but i feel they are actually the vocal majority tbh. Of course these experiences are largely determined by the places we live and the circles we live in. I am around a working class people in a 'proletariat' area, and they i notice are nearly all against woke. Middle-classes and urban areas seem more sympathetic to it. But as a whole, i would defintiely say its on the back foot and its more majority against it than for it. As such i expect to see games/media take less risk with this stuff