@Jaquan I'd agree with "Their spirit and way is best seen in the games they make" if their games still had acceptable performance, content and polishing. They don't anymore.
To begin with, more than half of the Switch 1 first-party library is comprised by Wii U rereleases. Then, Mario Strikers: Battle League lacks content, WarioWare Get It Together and WarioWare Move It are ridiculously short even for completionists, Animal Crossing New Horizons felt like a beta (missing lots and lots of features from previous entries), Switch Sports is super lackluster, Age of Calamity crashes and has unbearable performance, Kirby Forgotten Land is a waste of potential, Mario Party Jamboree is the only worthwhile one out of all three released for the console and the only Pokémon game released on Switch that is really worth checking out is Legends Arceus. I can't vouch for the console just because it has Mario Odyssey, Mario Wonder, Luigi's Mansion 3 and Metroid Dread.
That's not to mention how much of a step back the OS system feels like. They have to do better than that. They CAN do better than that. But I guess they're busy being arrogant.
But really, the most hilarious thing in many of the comments here is people calling Shuhei Yoshida "Sony". He's not even working in there anymore, guys. The title is a bit of a bait, but you would know so if you read the freaking article. He's said a lot of times now that he hates what PlayStation has become.
@Tron81 Exactly. I had reasons to own a console, for it wasn't just an ultra downgraded version of my computer with a couple of overpriced exclusive games lacking in content.
@Arawn93 Precisely. And know who tried to fight against this happening? Yoshida himself. It's only obvious he'll be unhappy seeing Nintendo take the same path as PlayStation.
Guys. Please. You need not play dumb. Look back at the 3DS, Wii and Wii U and tell me again Nintendo isn't missing something nowadays. The Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 are entirely based off downgraded versions of long existing technologies. The OS is soulless, missing loads of features and looks horrible.
Besides, it looks like a lot of people around here don't know Shuhei Yoshida and haven't even read the full article. He's a FORMER PlayStation employee. He fought for double A games and wanted to keep projects like the ones Japan Studios worked on - many of which became the heart and soul of PlayStation - going, but end up repositioned to an Indie management role so they could focus on triple-As and live service games as much as they wanted. He's not saying PlayStation is more creative and innovative than Nintendo - he's saying Nintendo is becoming as boring as modern PlayStation. There, understand now?
The reason he is saying Nintendo is losing its identity is because he cares. Anyone who really likes Nintendo and thinks having an identity is important should be vocal about their laziness. Right now, they're arrogant. It took one succesful console for them to think they can get off with doing whatever they want.
Saying Nintendo is doing a good job is giving credit to a CEO that never cared to fill in the gap that Iwata and Reggie left behind and disregarding all their efforts into turning Nintendo into a lasting experience.
The best part of the New Denpa Men hasn't really been covered by this review: the secret paths aren't just small secrets leading to extra treasure chests, they are actual alternate endings/extra storylines to dungeons with higher level opponents and great loot. This adds a lot of replayability value. Besides, the "not a lot of depth" is only true for the first couple missions of the game (the ones shown on the screenshots). There are puzzles, mechanically "rich" dungeons and even open world missions later on. Not to mention building up your Denpa team strategically and experimenting with the Fusion mechanic turns out to be quite fun in the long run.
Now, if I still had to point a downside, that'd be related to how the upcoming PvP Coliseum is likely to be affected by whales. But that's something we're yet to see. As it is, I really recommend checking it out and exploring it as much as you can. Not everything has to be similar to Octopath Traveler 2 or Dragon Quest XI, especially not a quirky creature collector JRPG.
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Re: Sony Vet Shuhei Yoshida Says Nintendo Is "Losing Their Identity" With Switch 2
@Jaquan I'd agree with "Their spirit and way is best seen in the games they make" if their games still had acceptable performance, content and polishing. They don't anymore.
To begin with, more than half of the Switch 1 first-party library is comprised by Wii U rereleases. Then, Mario Strikers: Battle League lacks content, WarioWare Get It Together and WarioWare Move It are ridiculously short even for completionists, Animal Crossing New Horizons felt like a beta (missing lots and lots of features from previous entries), Switch Sports is super lackluster, Age of Calamity crashes and has unbearable performance, Kirby Forgotten Land is a waste of potential, Mario Party Jamboree is the only worthwhile one out of all three released for the console and the only Pokémon game released on Switch that is really worth checking out is Legends Arceus. I can't vouch for the console just because it has Mario Odyssey, Mario Wonder, Luigi's Mansion 3 and Metroid Dread.
That's not to mention how much of a step back the OS system feels like. They have to do better than that. They CAN do better than that. But I guess they're busy being arrogant.
Re: Sony Vet Shuhei Yoshida Says Nintendo Is "Losing Their Identity" With Switch 2
But really, the most hilarious thing in many of the comments here is people calling Shuhei Yoshida "Sony". He's not even working in there anymore, guys. The title is a bit of a bait, but you would know so if you read the freaking article. He's said a lot of times now that he hates what PlayStation has become.
Re: Sony Vet Shuhei Yoshida Says Nintendo Is "Losing Their Identity" With Switch 2
@Tron81 Exactly. I had reasons to own a console, for it wasn't just an ultra downgraded version of my computer with a couple of overpriced exclusive games lacking in content.
Re: Sony Vet Shuhei Yoshida Says Nintendo Is "Losing Their Identity" With Switch 2
@Arawn93 Precisely. And know who tried to fight against this happening? Yoshida himself. It's only obvious he'll be unhappy seeing Nintendo take the same path as PlayStation.
Re: Sony Vet Shuhei Yoshida Says Nintendo Is "Losing Their Identity" With Switch 2
Guys. Please. You need not play dumb. Look back at the 3DS, Wii and Wii U and tell me again Nintendo isn't missing something nowadays. The Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 are entirely based off downgraded versions of long existing technologies. The OS is soulless, missing loads of features and looks horrible.
Besides, it looks like a lot of people around here don't know Shuhei Yoshida and haven't even read the full article. He's a FORMER PlayStation employee. He fought for double A games and wanted to keep projects like the ones Japan Studios worked on - many of which became the heart and soul of PlayStation - going, but end up repositioned to an Indie management role so they could focus on triple-As and live service games as much as they wanted. He's not saying PlayStation is more creative and innovative than Nintendo - he's saying Nintendo is becoming as boring as modern PlayStation. There, understand now?
The reason he is saying Nintendo is losing its identity is because he cares. Anyone who really likes Nintendo and thinks having an identity is important should be vocal about their laziness. Right now, they're arrogant. It took one succesful console for them to think they can get off with doing whatever they want.
Saying Nintendo is doing a good job is giving credit to a CEO that never cared to fill in the gap that Iwata and Reggie left behind and disregarding all their efforts into turning Nintendo into a lasting experience.
Re: Random: Let's Be Thankful The 'Switch 2' Won't Be As Big As Acer's Ridiculous New Handheld
@PoeTheLizard Of course it is. It's just the title was poorly chosen and doesn't make a lot of sense.
Re: Random: Let's Be Thankful The 'Switch 2' Won't Be As Big As Acer's Ridiculous New Handheld
Oh yeah, let's all be thankful for underpowered and overpriced hardware with bad services and undercooked games!
Re: Review: The New Denpa Men (Switch) - A Simple, Goofy RPG With The Usual F2P Irritations
The best part of the New Denpa Men hasn't really been covered by this review: the secret paths aren't just small secrets leading to extra treasure chests, they are actual alternate endings/extra storylines to dungeons with higher level opponents and great loot. This adds a lot of replayability value. Besides, the "not a lot of depth" is only true for the first couple missions of the game (the ones shown on the screenshots). There are puzzles, mechanically "rich" dungeons and even open world missions later on. Not to mention building up your Denpa team strategically and experimenting with the Fusion mechanic turns out to be quite fun in the long run.
Now, if I still had to point a downside, that'd be related to how the upcoming PvP Coliseum is likely to be affected by whales. But that's something we're yet to see. As it is, I really recommend checking it out and exploring it as much as you can. Not everything has to be similar to Octopath Traveler 2 or Dragon Quest XI, especially not a quirky creature collector JRPG.