Feelings, you say? You dare... My feelings... My feelings have never changed, they're the same as they've always been! They're for you, Mio! The time I had with you meant everything to me! But now... it's all gone... If she truly is gone, I'll have to redo it all! Watch me! Rewind our clocks, back to the start! Noah... My long shadow... You have stolen her away from me... I will extinguish you, and take her back! Mio is MINE! She's not yours, she's mine! You are nothing. She belongs only to ME!
@Misima I think we should fight the data centers directly. It's like trying to starve pokemon by yelling at the fans, get legislation, call your congressperson or your MP.
@Res462 I don't really care about crappy marketing images those already had zero soul. Yet I don't believe this is AI anyway. That woman just has a long thumb bent at an odd angle, which may I remind you is on a soft plush that allows for weird finger positions merely by being soft.
The map has so much variation in terrain. But you unlock that variation by improving your class online... and presumably the checklist. I know that class restricts the city, but I don't imagine that Sakurai would restrict offline players that much.
This game: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/escape-from-the-tower-switch/
where you play as a princess escaping a tower by digging. It has mobile game vibes, but in the old mobile game way, like doodle jump angry birds or suika game. I was perfectly happy to pay five dollars because free to play models will ruin any game, so when a mobile game is something you pay for upfront, I know it's quality.
(I do not know why people complained about super mario run, you literally could have steered nintendo away from free to play monetization at least a little by buying the game, instead of complaining about it not being free. That was a case where voting with your wallet meant buying the game.)
The free to play market exists because monopolies like undercutting their competition, Nintendo as a monopoly is rare, in the fact that it prefers to raise prices first, so if we had paid money, I think nintendo might have felt less of a desire to explore free to play and mess up their reputation, they know those games have bad vibes and are way too PR conscious. (jut read about how exhausting it is to work on advertising Pokemon) and also do many prototypes.
(They are a smart company that doesn't run itself into layoff walls like EA Ubisoft, Activision, that put their games on sale for practically free)
They released Fire Emblem Heroes in 2017, and super mario run a year prior. I think FEH was their first gacha. it released a month later, and I think they were testing which monetization model was more successful. Then for four years they released exclusively gacha, until Pikmin Bloom and Animal Crossing complete, Fire Emblem Shadows I don't think has gacha, it does pull the banner system from gacha, where if a character is in season you can buy them directly for a lower price.
With regards to AI, I feel like people ignore information about it just because it comes from "Official/Company/Enthusiast" sources, and thus end up fighting against an imaginary version of the real enemy. AI is an enemy to be fought, in the same way cars are fought for how they worsen local city design and quality of life. They do have long distance benefits.
We have bicycles, I don't think the bicycle version of AI has been invented yet.
@JohnnyMind What worries me is the energy usage. Especially for videos, the energy usage scales by n^2 compared to usual already large energy usage for ai (which I've heard already scales non linearly)(n is the number of prior frames referenced, for continuity).
There is a slight positive that we could have gotten another way, the fact that green energy is probably going to scale to meet this demand rather than entrenched fossil fuels, because it's production ready and widely adopted now, the big private equity firms that influence policy (BlackRock) put out a statement that investment in green energy is worth as much as fossil fuels right now, so that's a draw or maybe a slight win.
Wow I'm commenting before watching the 17 minutes of gameplay, to be first of course! edit with my thoughts after.
Edit 1
30:48 The character models look great on the overworld, because of perspective, but in battle I feel not pleased looking at them. I think this is a good way to do the chibi art-style on the overworld at least.
Edit 2
31:59
The color pallete is bland, none of those strong splashes of color Toriiyama had, look at that pumpkin patch and tell me it looks well colored.
Edit 3
33:41
This is the right pace for a turn based battle, not many fluff animations. Perfect. Ending screen is rough.
35:38
That checker texture is good. I'm still missing the color. Toriyama used muted colors and splashes of color to great effect in their designs. This feels like washed out hdr covered by a thin fog of pea soup
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Re: Pokémon Pokopia Limited-Time Special Event Announced "More Spores For Hoppip"
in a singleplayer game... really?
Re: Capcom Spotlight Taking Place Later This Week, Here's A Teaser Trailer
Please note that there will be no mention of the successor to Okami during this presentation.
Re: Resident Evil Requiem Day One Patch And amiibo Release Date Confirmed
@Vyacheslav333 heh Geme. Here before you correct the spelling
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Tangle & Whisper DLC Pack Launches For Free This Week
niche ultra popular underpicked megafranchise characters with a healthy amount of marketable plushies
Re: Preview: Five Takeaways From My Time With Virtual Boy On Nintendo Switch Online
@FrenchVaniIIuxe such ... I want to say blasphemy but it really isn't.
Re: Surprise! Splatoon 3's First Update Of 2026 Has Added Health Bars
I appreciate the healthbars. I feel like my team is cooperating.
Re: Switch 2 Remains The Fastest-Selling Console In The US At 4.4 Million Units
It is time to switch.
Re: Nintendo Producer Kensuke Tanabe Has Seemingly Confirmed His Retirement
I want to retire into the world of sticker star. boring peaceful.
Re: Switch 2 Predicted To Follow In PlayStation And Xbox's Footsteps This Year With "Global Price Hike"
@MikeP Hey! Stomach acid tastes half-decent depending on what you've eaten... dogshit is not something I ever want the pleasure of trying.
Re: Nintendo Music Adds Another Legendary Zelda Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
Linebeck is the best character. I wish Zelda had more characters like Linebeck instead of this samey reincarnation cycle.
Re: Review: MIO: Memories In Orbit (Switch 2) - An Accomplished, Visually Stunning, But Familiar Metroidvania
Feelings, you say? You dare... My feelings... My feelings have never changed, they're the same as they've always been! They're for you, Mio! The time I had with you meant everything to me! But now... it's all gone... If she truly is gone, I'll have to redo it all! Watch me! Rewind our clocks, back to the start! Noah... My long shadow... You have stolen her away from me... I will extinguish you, and take her back! Mio is MINE! She's not yours, she's mine! You are nothing. She belongs only to ME!
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog Kicks Off 35th Anniversary Celebrations In Style
@rvcolem1 overr-r-rrated redudundant rodant. - Underrated man of egg.
Re: "I Don't See AI Taking Over" - Split Fiction Director Josef Fares On The Rise Of AI
Where's the full interview? https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/split-fictions-josef-fares-i-would right here, it has the philosophy of the studio, thoughts on triple AAA games, innovations, and comments on AI.
Re: Nintendo Accused Of Using AI Images In New 'My Mario' Marketing
@Misima I think we should fight the data centers directly. It's like trying to starve pokemon by yelling at the fans, get legislation, call your congressperson or your MP.
Edit: I did so just now
Re: Nintendo Accused Of Using AI Images In New 'My Mario' Marketing
@beartown It really is.
Re: Nintendo Accused Of Using AI Images In New 'My Mario' Marketing
@Res462 I don't really care about crappy marketing images those already had zero soul. Yet I don't believe this is AI anyway. That woman just has a long thumb bent at an odd angle, which may I remind you is on a soft plush that allows for weird finger positions merely by being soft.
Re: Nintendo Accused Of Using AI Images In New 'My Mario' Marketing
The mario toys are real. Why do we care about the fingers grasping them?
EDIT: Instead of shouting and speculating about the symptoms which most online people know, Contact your local representative, and attack the problem at the root: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
Remember to be polite, formal, and intelligent.
Re: Mario Tennis On Switch 2 Has 38 Playable Characters – "The Most In Series History"
@1UP_MARIO Agreed, this is also fixing the defensive side of Aces which imo was too strong.
Re: Atlus Opens Persona 30th Anniversary Website
Talk about disturbing the peace.
It's going down now?
Re: McDonald's Has Another TCG Promo In The Works For Pokémon's 30th Anniversary
yay more theivery
Re: Video: It's Time To Say Goodbye To The Lovely Felix-From-Nintendo-Life
What is happening on the video editing side?
Re: UK Charts: Metroid Prime 4 Falls From The Top Ten
I think the lack of sales is due to how metroid hasn't fully embraced the metroidvania genre, and keeps challenging it in uninteresting ways.
Re: Kirby Air Riders Updated To Version 1.2.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Rick, my darling, how could they do this to you?
Re: Nintendo's Shares Take A Tumble Amid Renewed Chip Shortage Worries
This is worrying.
Re: Opinion: City Trial Is Kirby Air Riders At Its Best, But It Needs More Maps To Thrive Long-Term
The map has so much variation in terrain. But you unlock that variation by improving your class online... and presumably the checklist. I know that class restricts the city, but I don't imagine that Sakurai would restrict offline players that much.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Kirby Air Riders?
To me, it is GIGANTES outstanding.
Re: Nintendo Quietly Reveals A New Suit For Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
@Dom_31 The light suit is generally agreed to be one of the best looking in the series, and this has the same vibe.
So no.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds New Free Characters Update, Coming Soon
Putting two characters in the third slot is cheating! Lol.
Re: Images Of Yoshi From 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' Have Leaked Online
Bowser's castle is on the bottom of the comet observatory.
Why hasn't the comment observatory spotted this yet? Who knows.
Re: Metroid Prime 4's Sweet New Trailer Builds The Hype For Next Month's Launch
@Robot99 Agreed! It's an american style cinema commercial rather than a game trailer.
Re: Persona 5 Series Sales Just Won't Slow Down As Games Soar Past 13 Million
@N8tiveT3ch excuse me morgana is not a cat!
Re: Surprise! Dragon Ball FighterZ Is Adding Another Fighter To The Roster In 2026
That's goku? I thought it was Broly?
Re: Devolver's Awesome New Skating Game Lands On Switch 2 This December
what drag x drive should have looked like?
Re: Sorry, Nintendo's Recent Pikmin Videos Aren't Hinting At Something More
@BrokenCiv They commit to anything interesting.
Re: Meet The Sages (And Zelda's Maid) In Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment
@Robot99 Maybe there's some soul splitting going on in the side character reincarnation?
Re: SEGA Announces New Olympic Merch Collab, Reigniting Hopes Of A Mario & Sonic Comeback
@Megas75 It feels right! Her classic outfit has aton of green.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (4th October)
@ShieldHero The meeting of heroes.
Re: Community: Played A Great Switch Game We Missed? Send Us Your Hot Tips
This game: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/escape-from-the-tower-switch/
where you play as a princess escaping a tower by digging. It has mobile game vibes, but in the old mobile game way, like doodle jump angry birds or suika game. I was perfectly happy to pay five dollars because free to play models will ruin any game, so when a mobile game is something you pay for upfront, I know it's quality.
(I do not know why people complained about super mario run, you literally could have steered nintendo away from free to play monetization at least a little by buying the game, instead of complaining about it not being free. That was a case where voting with your wallet meant buying the game.)
The free to play market exists because monopolies like undercutting their competition, Nintendo as a monopoly is rare, in the fact that it prefers to raise prices first, so if we had paid money, I think nintendo might have felt less of a desire to explore free to play and mess up their reputation, they know those games have bad vibes and are way too PR conscious. (jut read about how exhausting it is to work on advertising Pokemon) and also do many prototypes.
(They are a smart company that doesn't run itself into layoff walls like EA Ubisoft, Activision, that put their games on sale for practically free)
They released Fire Emblem Heroes in 2017, and super mario run a year prior. I think FEH was their first gacha. it released a month later, and I think they were testing which monetization model was more successful. Then for four years they released exclusively gacha, until Pikmin Bloom and Animal Crossing complete, Fire Emblem Shadows I don't think has gacha, it does pull the banner system from gacha, where if a character is in season you can buy them directly for a lower price.
Re: Yooka-Replaylee Physical Confirmed For December, Includes Extra Goodies
@SillyG undercutting the monopolies, now that's a show!
Re: Talking Point: Can Metroid Prime 4's Title Screen Go As Hard As The Others?
@N00BiSH Death and murder -> Unnassuming infant:
Re: "OpenAI Is Trying To Get Sued" - Nintendo IP Floods Sora 2 Video Generation App
@Teksette It won't fix the problem, it's being treated as a bandaid solution now that the infastructure is established, the issue is still huge.
Re: "OpenAI Is Trying To Get Sued" - Nintendo IP Floods Sora 2 Video Generation App
With regards to AI, I feel like people ignore information about it just because it comes from "Official/Company/Enthusiast" sources, and thus end up fighting against an imaginary version of the real enemy. AI is an enemy to be fought, in the same way cars are fought for how they worsen local city design and quality of life. They do have long distance benefits.
We have bicycles, I don't think the bicycle version of AI has been invented yet.
Re: "OpenAI Is Trying To Get Sued" - Nintendo IP Floods Sora 2 Video Generation App
@JohnnyMind What worries me is the energy usage. Especially for videos, the energy usage scales by n^2 compared to usual already large energy usage for ai (which I've heard already scales non linearly)(n is the number of prior frames referenced, for continuity).
There is a slight positive that we could have gotten another way, the fact that green energy is probably going to scale to meet this demand rather than entrenched fossil fuels, because it's production ready and widely adopted now, the big private equity firms that influence policy (BlackRock) put out a statement that investment in green energy is worth as much as fossil fuels right now, so that's a draw or maybe a slight win.
Re: Review: Fire Emblem Shadows (Mobile) - Flat F2P Folly With Simplistic Strategy & Social Deduction
@EVIL-C Tres Hermanos?
Re: My Nintendo Store Reveals Kirby Air Riders Pre-Order Bonus & Plushie Bundles (UK)
angry kirby, on non us merch?!?!?!?!
Re: Video: Square Enix Showcases 17 Minutes Of Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined Gameplay
Wow I'm commenting before watching the 17 minutes of gameplay, to be first of course! edit with my thoughts after.
Edit 1
30:48 The character models look great on the overworld, because of perspective, but in battle I feel not pleased looking at them. I think this is a good way to do the chibi art-style on the overworld at least.
Edit 2
31:59
The color pallete is bland, none of those strong splashes of color Toriiyama had, look at that pumpkin patch and tell me it looks well colored.
Edit 3
33:41
This is the right pace for a turn based battle, not many fluff animations. Perfect. Ending screen is rough.
35:38
That checker texture is good. I'm still missing the color. Toriyama used muted colors and splashes of color to great effect in their designs. This feels like washed out hdr covered by a thin fog of pea soup
Re: Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance Switch Resolution Update Now Available
I want this but it's out of my budget.
Re: Professor Layton And The New World Of Steam Has Been Delayed Until 2026
@Maxz problem, commander. I have a problem. I don't think it's my problem but I'm making it my problem.
The problem is repetition.
Re: Surprise! A New "Free-To-Start" Fire Emblem Game Is Out On Mobile Devices Today
@HammerGalladeBro I can confirm they is standard. I just use they for everyone, and it's worked out fine.
Re: Mario Kart World Has Been Updated To Version 1.3.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@Bigmanfan there is a spelling error.