@caseyyy I'm pretty sure SFA3 Upper was never released outside of Japan so I think when they're saying "The English version has been built using the Japanese version's data as a base" that basically means "We translated the parts that were in Japanese"
I decided to do a 100% playthrough of Yoshi's Island because I've never done that before and just 2 worlds in I can confidently say I will never do it again
I also picked up Star of Providence which is just as amazing as it was back when it released in 2017 on Steam (it used to be called Monolith back then but they changed the title to avoid potential legal issues with WB), it's up there with both Spelunky games as one of my favorite roguelites of all time and one of my favorite games period
hopefully there is a cool spin-off made by someone other than Game Freak that interests me, I don't have any hopes about Legends Z-A being good after how badly Scarlet/Violet turned out but maybe they'll surprise me
"And will it be a cross-gen title for Switch and Switch 2?" That question can be answered pretty easily No Game Freak is notoriously slow when it comes to jumping to the new hardware, Pokemon Black and White released on DS the year the 3DS came out and their sequels came out only on DS a year after AND Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon came out on 3DS the year Switch came out, just because Z-A is coming out the same year as the Switch 2 doesn't mean it's gonna be cross-gen
I just don't get the love for the first Wario Land Even if I treat it as a Mario game with Wario as a protag I don't find it nearly as fun as Super Mario Land 2, it's slower, feels worse to control and the levels are kinda boring
i hope it's true, I have a copy of the original but my 2DS is dead so I can't replay it But where does he say that it'll just be an HD port similar to Luigi's Mansion 2 HD? I can't find him saying what kind of re-release it will be
anyone who is expecting Gamecube, Wii and 3DS games to be added to NSO is a fool, not only is it more lucrative for Nintendo to remaster/remake those games and charge $40/$60 for them but also those games aren't so old and dated that they can just be given away, especially Wii and 3DS games
DS games maybe could be added but I can't see them being very fun to play even with the Joy-Con mouse, I would know because emulating and playing DS games on PC that heavily use the touchscreen is not very fun, it feels clunky as hell
idk why people are still expecting Capcom to announce anything in these, every single one of these showcases so far was just them talking about already announced games and it will be the same this time, people are just getting their hopes up for no reason
I want a proper single-player mode, not necessarily DKR-style hub but I want something more involved than just the Grand Prix cups (although those should still be in the game)
@Clyde_Radcliffe that's the main reason why I didn't buy this collection, I get not including Tetris games published by Nintendo but the Tetris Plus games, The New Tetris and maybe one or two games from early 2000's should be included to better represent the whole history of Tetris, instead of just focusing on the very early stuff
also, I hope that Bamco will re-release these GBA Klonoa games at some point, maybe do a collection and throw in the Wonderswan game and translate the RPG
I voted for Japanese boxart but it can go to either it or the European one, they're equally good imo The NA is not even an option, it just looks like a placeholder made in 10 minutes
@Dev1024 what exactly got spoiled? given Nintendo's own comments about the new console we already knew that's it's gonna look similar to Switch 1, everything else is still up in the air, especially software related stuff
@TechaNinja we still barely know anything aside from the most obvious stuff that anyone could predict based on Nintendo's own comments, that it's just a bigger and more powerful Switch we still don't know how the UI looks or what are the built-in apps (or if there even are any) or if it has an additional gimmick or - most importantly - what games are gonna be released for it at launch those are way more important, hardware alone isn't exciting without those things
@Clyde_Radcliffe it's a handheld device, there was never a chance that it would match PS5 in terms of power, unless you want to pay more than $1000 for it
oh dear, time for a lot of really stupid takes about the theoretical power of Switch 2 from people who know nothing about tech yet they pretend they do
@Zeebor15 if it's anything like Bamco with Ace Combat 7 they probably started the development of this version way before they even knew about the existence of Switch 2
@N00BiSH unless your Switch is overclocked I don't see how it can run better for you than for me, besides you don't have to believe me that it doesn't run at 60 FPS, here is a video that shows that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI89RwEYYPM
calling it a "60 FPS framerate boost" is very misleading, it performs better now but it still never comes close to 60 FPS I really wonder what was that delay for because it clearly wasn't optimization (or even making sure the game works given how much it crashed when you looked at it funny before this patch)
@N00BiSH yeah I saw this but that doesn't confirm that the whole game will run at a consistent frame rate plus aside from the blimp section Boiler City was not that bad when it came to performance, from what I've heard later levels are quite a bit worse in that regard
I still would like to know what the hell happened between the demo and the full version, demo ran smooth as butter and the full version doesn't seem to be doing anything that the demo didn't do, it's good to know that a patch is on the way to make the performance better (hopefully it'll be consistent) but maybe they should have delayed it for longer This also confirms that Game Maker is a bad engine to use if you want to bring your game to Switch as it doesn't support multithreading, which makes optimizing games made in that engine to work on Switch way more of a pain
given how there is no english language option (which was the case with other releases from Live Wire even if you bought them from the japanese eShop) and Live Wire didn't say that it will release worldwide I'm pretty sure it won't release in other regions today or even in the next few weeks nvm, ignore this, I'm barely awake and can't read
weird how there is still no english language option though, which means you'll have to look up the features you can unlock in the store to know what they do
@mlt Adventure Rebirth should be a part of a Rebirth collection, if they put it in a Castlevania collection as a bonus then Contra Rebirth and Gradius Rebirth will have zero chance of a rerelease because they're not going to do another Contra collection and Gradius collection also seems unlikely, rereleasing them separately is also unlikely
@LikelySatan sorry but I'm just annoyed that any websites are giving stuff like this attention, this shouldn't even count as a rumor, this is just someone making s*** up just so people notice them
plus given all the comments Nintendo made about the successor it's pretty obvious that it's going to look similar to Switch 1 so I don't get why people want to see how it looks right now, it's everything else about the console that would be more interesting to see
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Re: PowerWash Simulator 2 Is Real, And It's Reportedly Heading To Switch 2
Huh
I'm not opposed to this but I wonder what are they doing with this game that couldn't be done in the first one
Re: Random: Takaya Imamura's Holding Out Hope For A Star Fox Movie
how much you wanna bet that the movie would just be yet another retelling of the first Star Fox?
Re: Capcom Provides Update On Game Changes In 'Fighting Collection 2'
@LadyCharlie was that version fully in English?
Re: Capcom Provides Update On Game Changes In 'Fighting Collection 2'
@caseyyy I'm pretty sure SFA3 Upper was never released outside of Japan so I think when they're saying "The English version has been built using the Japanese version's data as a base" that basically means "We translated the parts that were in Japanese"
Re: Nintendo Shares Another Banger From The Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Soundtrack
@JohnnyMind you don't need to compare this one to the original because it's literally the same, they didn't remix it
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (22nd February)
I decided to do a 100% playthrough of Yoshi's Island because I've never done that before and just 2 worlds in I can confidently say I will never do it again
I also picked up Star of Providence which is just as amazing as it was back when it released in 2017 on Steam (it used to be called Monolith back then but they changed the title to avoid potential legal issues with WB), it's up there with both Spelunky games as one of my favorite roguelites of all time and one of my favorite games period
Re: Pokémon Presents Announced For 27th February 2025
@LastFootnote they never said anything about taking extra time with their games after Scarlet/Violet so you might've dreamed it
Re: Pokémon Presents Announced For 27th February 2025
hopefully there is a cool spin-off made by someone other than Game Freak that interests me, I don't have any hopes about Legends Z-A being good after how badly Scarlet/Violet turned out but maybe they'll surprise me
Re: Talking Point: Should We Actually Get Excited For Pokémon Day This Year?
"And will it be a cross-gen title for Switch and Switch 2?"
That question can be answered pretty easily
No
Game Freak is notoriously slow when it comes to jumping to the new hardware, Pokemon Black and White released on DS the year the 3DS came out and their sequels came out only on DS a year after AND Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon came out on 3DS the year Switch came out, just because Z-A is coming out the same year as the Switch 2 doesn't mean it's gonna be cross-gen
Re: Best Wario Games Of All Time
I just don't get the love for the first Wario Land
Even if I treat it as a Mario game with Wario as a protag I don't find it nearly as fun as Super Mario Land 2, it's slower, feels worse to control and the levels are kinda boring
Re: Rumour: Kirby: Planet Robobot Will Indeed Come To Switch, It's Claimed
i hope it's true, I have a copy of the original but my 2DS is dead so I can't replay it
But where does he say that it'll just be an HD port similar to Luigi's Mansion 2 HD? I can't find him saying what kind of re-release it will be
Re: Nintendo President Reiterates Switch Online Will "Continue To Be Available" For Switch 2
anyone who is expecting Gamecube, Wii and 3DS games to be added to NSO is a fool, not only is it more lucrative for Nintendo to remaster/remake those games and charge $40/$60 for them but also those games aren't so old and dated that they can just be given away, especially Wii and 3DS games
DS games maybe could be added but I can't see them being very fun to play even with the Joy-Con mouse, I would know because emulating and playing DS games on PC that heavily use the touchscreen is not very fun, it feels clunky as hell
Re: We're Getting Serious 'The Witness' Vibes From This Upcoming Open-World Puzzler
looks cool, as long as it doesn't have any narration by someone who likes the smell of their own farts it will be better than The Witness by default
Re: Sega Files New 'Sonic Blitz' Trademark
there was a rumor last year about an Apple Arcade sports game with Sonic so if I had to guess that's probably what this trademark is for
Re: EA: Switch 2 Could Help Games Like FC And Madden "Find Real Energy"
port Peggle 2 to Switch EA you cowards
Re: Kirby: Planet Robobot Figure Returns As A Good Smile Re-Release
I hope the rumors of the remaster/remake are true, my 2DS is dead so I can't play the original anymore
Re: Dragon Quest XI S To Be Temporarily Unavailable On The Switch eShop
@topher6490 nope, as of now those are still published by Nintendo but I wouldn't be surprised if that changes in a few months
Re: Surprise! Capcom's First Showcase Of 2025 Is Airing Next Week
idk why people are still expecting Capcom to announce anything in these, every single one of these showcases so far was just them talking about already announced games and it will be the same this time, people are just getting their hopes up for no reason
Re: Talking Point: What Do We Actually Want From 'Mario Kart 9'?
I want a proper single-player mode, not necessarily DKR-style hub but I want something more involved than just the Grand Prix cups (although those should still be in the game)
Re: Poll: So, Were You Accepted For The Nintendo Switch 2 Hands-On Event?
@WheresWaveRace Amusement Vision doesn't exist anymore
Re: Xbox Is "Really Looking Forward" To Supporting Switch 2
@VHSGREMLIN And what would that do?
A bunch of people who worked on games like Banjo left a long time ago, it's not the same Rare anymore
Re: New Tetris Forever Update Improves Game Saves On Switch
@Clyde_Radcliffe that's the main reason why I didn't buy this collection, I get not including Tetris games published by Nintendo but the Tetris Plus games, The New Tetris and maybe one or two games from early 2000's should be included to better represent the whole history of Tetris, instead of just focusing on the very early stuff
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of Donkey Kong's Redesign In Mario Kart 9?
I never really liked the Rare design of DK, it was fine but he just always looked angry for no reason, I like the new design way more
Re: Laika: Aged Through Blood Is Finally Switch-Bound Later This Month
@PepperMintRex it did release in some regions on the original release date but it wasn't meant to and it was quickly pulled from the eshop
Re: Nintendo Will Hold A Switch 2 Direct Presentation In April
@Yaycandy why did anyone doubt it would play physical Switch 1 games?
it was way more likely for those to work than digital games tbh
Re: Nintendo Will Hold A Switch 2 Direct Presentation In April
@shiftbarackyeaugh I hope you record yourself doing it, we need proof
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@johnedwin it's for a direct about Switch 2, not a release date for the system
Re: Review: Blade Chimera (Switch) - A Ridiculously Fun, Combat-First Metroidvania
I loved the Steam demo so I'm grabbing this, I just hope it doesn't have the weird slowdown issue that Record of Lodoss War had
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (GBA)
also, I hope that Bamco will re-release these GBA Klonoa games at some point, maybe do a collection and throw in the Wonderswan game and translate the RPG
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (GBA)
I voted for Japanese boxart but it can go to either it or the European one, they're equally good imo
The NA is not even an option, it just looks like a placeholder made in 10 minutes
Re: GameStop's Internal Database Lists Multiple 'Switch 2' Accessory SKUs
@Dev1024 what exactly got spoiled? given Nintendo's own comments about the new console we already knew that's it's gonna look similar to Switch 1, everything else is still up in the air, especially software related stuff
Re: GameStop's Internal Database Lists Multiple 'Switch 2' Accessory SKUs
@TechaNinja we still barely know anything aside from the most obvious stuff that anyone could predict based on Nintendo's own comments, that it's just a bigger and more powerful Switch
we still don't know how the UI looks or what are the built-in apps (or if there even are any) or if it has an additional gimmick or - most importantly - what games are gonna be released for it at launch
those are way more important, hardware alone isn't exciting without those things
Re: PS5 Will Sell More Than 'Switch 2' In The US This Year, Says Analyst
how can you predict a number like that when there is nothing to base this prediction on? is it based on vibes?
Re: Arcade Shmup 'Strania -The Stella Machina- EX' Makes The Jump To Switch This Month
YOOO
I love this game, one of my favorite shmups on Steam, day one purchase for me
Re: Poll: Does Anyone Actually Use The Switch Joy-Con Straps?
I only used them when I played WarioWare: Move It and that's it
Re: Rumour: New 'Switch 2' Photos Show Off A Very Legit-Looking Joy-Con
still no analog triggers it seems, why is Nintendo so allergic to them I don't get it
Re: Tech Fans Have Gone Full 'Layton' In Analysing The 'Switch 2' Motherboard
@Clyde_Radcliffe it's a handheld device, there was never a chance that it would match PS5 in terms of power, unless you want to pay more than $1000 for it
Re: Rumour: Supposed Images Of The 'Switch 2' Motherboard Appear Online
oh dear, time for a lot of really stupid takes about the theoretical power of Switch 2 from people who know nothing about tech yet they pretend they do
Re: Acquire Almost Called Brothership 'Mario & Luigi Wonder', But Nintendo Got There First
@Not_Soos if they called it Super Mario Wonder then you'd have 2 Mario games with an acronym SMW and that just sounds stupid
Re: Guilty Gear Strive’s Next DLC Character Will Be A Free Update On Switch
@Zeebor15 if it's anything like Bamco with Ace Combat 7 they probably started the development of this version way before they even knew about the existence of Switch 2
Re: Antonblast Receives Update On Switch With Performance Boost To 60fps
@N00BiSH unless your Switch is overclocked I don't see how it can run better for you than for me, besides you don't have to believe me that it doesn't run at 60 FPS, here is a video that shows that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI89RwEYYPM
Re: Antonblast Receives Update On Switch With Performance Boost To 60fps
calling it a "60 FPS framerate boost" is very misleading, it performs better now but it still never comes close to 60 FPS
I really wonder what was that delay for because it clearly wasn't optimization (or even making sure the game works given how much it crashed when you looked at it funny before this patch)
Re: Review: Antonblast (Switch) - Channels Wario Land’s Madcap Energy To Great Effect
@N00BiSH yeah I saw this but that doesn't confirm that the whole game will run at a consistent frame rate plus aside from the blimp section Boiler City was not that bad when it came to performance, from what I've heard later levels are quite a bit worse in that regard
Re: Review: Antonblast (Switch) - Channels Wario Land’s Madcap Energy To Great Effect
I still would like to know what the hell happened between the demo and the full version, demo ran smooth as butter and the full version doesn't seem to be doing anything that the demo didn't do, it's good to know that a patch is on the way to make the performance better (hopefully it'll be consistent) but maybe they should have delayed it for longer
This also confirms that Game Maker is a bad engine to use if you want to bring your game to Switch as it doesn't support multithreading, which makes optimizing games made in that engine to work on Switch way more of a pain
Re: Bullet-Hell Shmup Dodonpachi Saidaioujou Launches Today On Switch
@dartmonkey nvm then, turns out I can't read
Re: Bullet-Hell Shmup Dodonpachi Saidaioujou Launches Today On Switch
given how there is no english language option (which was the case with other releases from Live Wire even if you bought them from the japanese eShop) and Live Wire didn't say that it will release worldwide I'm pretty sure it won't release in other regions today or even in the next few weeksnvm, ignore this, I'm barely awake and can't readweird how there is still no english language option though, which means you'll have to look up the features you can unlock in the store to know what they do
Re: Castlevania Dominus Collection Lands New Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@mlt Adventure Rebirth should be a part of a Rebirth collection, if they put it in a Castlevania collection as a bonus then Contra Rebirth and Gradius Rebirth will have zero chance of a rerelease because they're not going to do another Contra collection and Gradius collection also seems unlikely, rereleasing them separately is also unlikely
Re: Dbrand Seems To Have Shared Images Of Switch 2 Inside Its New Case
@LikelySatan sorry but I'm just annoyed that any websites are giving stuff like this attention, this shouldn't even count as a rumor, this is just someone making s*** up just so people notice them
plus given all the comments Nintendo made about the successor it's pretty obvious that it's going to look similar to Switch 1 so I don't get why people want to see how it looks right now, it's everything else about the console that would be more interesting to see
Re: Dbrand Seems To Have Shared Images Of Switch 2 Inside Its New Case
man, it seems like anybody who can make a 3D model of Switch 2 based on rumors can get an article about it these days, maybe I should make one
Re: Mini Review: Victory Heat Rally (Switch) - Great Looks, But Can't Quite Make The Podium
Slipstream also got 7/10 here so that just tells me I shouldn't listen to the reviews of these kind of racing games on this site