I can't imagine a show with a silent protagonist will work very well, and if Link talks the internet will implode. I'd much rather see a slickly animated Metroid series. Space is such a rich vein of possibilities. She could end up anywhere fighting anything.
@VmprHntrD Conker was the mutts nuts. Totally agree with the collect-a-thon complaints levelled at DK64 and Banjo. Even as a kid those two games bored me. Diddy Kong Racing and Jet Force Gemini were far superior games.
@chardir Sorry, you are correct. I was getting mixed up with the colours on the joycon strap, which is an awful brown to go with pikachu yellow. It was that which I think should be red.
@chardir "Is it just me or do those joycon colours look like they're supposed to be yellow but one is badly discoloured?"
I assume you mean the left joycon attached to the switch? I agree, the colours are a bit crazy. The yellow and brown is supposed to represent pikachu, the brown being his/her brown stripes I guess, but I would have thought red to represent his/her cheek patches would have been a much more attractive colour combination. Even just both yellow would be more appealing to me.
Give me Starfox VR and I will die happy. Imagine sitting in the cockpit of an Arwing in the middle of a massive dogfight. Imagine swooping through the ruins of Andross's fortress on Venom and looking all around as you shoot down bogeys and "do a barrel roll". That would be amazing.
Gosh, Epic are really getting good at putting unintentional bugs in Fortnite. I can't remember the last time they updated the game and didn't break something. This boob jiggle fiasco seems like the most harmless and non-game-breaking 'accident' they've introduced so far. I think anyone offended by this has serious issues with the female anatomy.
I know who Lobo is. I'm a big fan. It was just when you said "applying Lobo to it" I thought it sounded like a soothing balm or ointment. Obviously tone of voice doesn't translate to written words, hence the smiley 😄
I had taken a break after burning out playing it daily for three months. Coming back to it now is hugely disappointing. They really need to sort out the frequency of their updates as this must be what is breaking the game so often. The texture loading problem is present in every game (I have 40mbps internet so the problem isn't at my end) Every time they update with new modes and weapons, something else breaks. Sort it out, Epic. I know it's free to play but this is just shoddy.
@aznable "I'm sure this will do well during the holiday season when your mom says "wait, I think Bryce has one of those nintendo playstations," and buys it because she is entirely out of touch with her closest family members."
Great news. I was holding off on trying the final season as I wanted to play this from the start after hearing great things about its storytelling. I'll be grabbing the first season as soon as it releases. As a fan of the comics, I feel the tv series has completely squandered its potential. I enjoyed the first three seasons but I feel it could have been a lot better. The last three seasons have been pretty painful but I still keep coming back for more. I say at the end of every season "I'm done with this poxy show!" but as soon as the next season rolls around I keep hoping they'll turn it around. I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship sometimes! 😵
@Heavyarms55 I'm sure your room mate must have aced his exams! 😄 I had a similar situation in college but it was the whole floor of our dorms was obsessed with Counter Strike. I played the odd time but there was a group of around 8 who used to leave all their doors open and be roaring instructions/expletives at each other down the hall as they were playing. It was pretty funny, but also annoying when I was trying to study.
@TeslaChippie I see where you're coming from. I also think we should expect much better from a non-port, built from scratch Monster Hunter on Switch. Other devs have proven how visually adept Switch can be. Capcom was clearly preoccupied with expanding its audience with World and if Generations Ultimate sells well on Switch maybe we'll see the next instalment as fully cross-platform (not that I expect Sony to play nice on cross-play!)
@TeslaChippie I watched that Digital Foundry video and I concede, it does look pretty good. Maybe it was a combination of the jagged insect gear the character is wearing here or the snowy landscape making the environmental geometry look super basic but the Digital Foundry video has given me hope. I do think we can hope for much better graphics if Capcom build the next MH on Switch from the ground up. But either way, thanks for changing my mind. I'll give the demo a proper look.
Big Monster Hunter fan and not a graphics whore but.....why does this have to be so darn ugly? It's jagged and really really awful to look at. I don't think I could sit for hours on end looking at such an eyesore. Tri on Wii looked FAR better than this and I sunk 240 hours into that game. From the animation to the character design to the music, everything in Tri was just dripping with quality and you could really sense the enthusiasm of the team behind it. This....just looks like a lazy port to me. Did they do any anti-aliasing at all or literally just slap a 3DS game on a Switch cartridge and call it a day?
@ALinkttPresent If people want to pay for a robot to press a button for them, I wouldn't call that cheating. I'd call it shockingly lazy, but not cheating. Who is hurt by this exactly?
@ALinkttPresent "Stopping cheating at the source. I like it."
I don't see how not having to actively press a button is cheating. It's hardly akin to infinite ammo hacks in an online shooter. He's making a device used for lazy gamers slightly more effective is all. Not exactly cheating in my book.
@Nincompoop Being a coder, I must admit you make a valid point about devs becoming lazier when it comes to using only high level languages. The analogy I would make would be a mechanic who only knows how to change the oil and tyres but can't fix the car. So I get what you are saying about these tools making devs 'lazier and dumber'. But I also know that games like Hollow Knight only exist because of Unity. Maybe I jumped in because I've heard a lot of disparaging of Unity - coder snobbery if you will - and I personally think it has added more to the industry than it has taken away. If a small team on a tight budget can concentrate on gameplay and art and not have to worry about getting an engine together, surely that's better for games, especially in a time where original ideas are in very short supply.
@Nincompoop "If we don't reinvent the wheel, all the cars will be using stone-wheels. Do you think using cavemen technology is cool?"
It's a figure of speech. Also, you can hardly equate Unity with caveman technology. Unity itself is constantly evolving. My point is that this game and others like it exist because of tools like Unity. How many 3rd parties use Unreal engine? Are you suggesting they would be able to make better games if they built their own engine?
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Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2018
I laughed out loud at the 'number seven will shock you' line, but then I was actually shocked at number 7 😂
Re: Rumour: Netflix's Castlevania Executive Producer Is Apparently "Working" On A Legend Of Zelda Series
I can't imagine a show with a silent protagonist will work very well, and if Link talks the internet will implode. I'd much rather see a slickly animated Metroid series. Space is such a rich vein of possibilities. She could end up anywhere fighting anything.
Re: GameStop Promo Wants You To Trade-In Your Old Switch For A New Switch
@Reignmaker "Gamestop: Don't forget to purchase that extra warranty for every device, game, or doodad you buy!"
Lol. I've been offered warranty on a used game which cost €5. 😂
Re: Bullet Hell Shmup Mars Chaos Menace Takes A "New" 3D Approach To Arcade Shooters
"Can you fit another shmup on your Switch?"
Not me. I'm all shmupped up.
Re: Random: Japanese Auction Reveals Wii Remote Prototype For The GameCube
Cool. They're always trying something new. That's why I'm still with Nintendo after 30 years.
Re: Three, Yes Three Resident Evil Games Are Headed To Nintendo Switch In 2019
Yussss! My three favourite Resident Evil games! I haven't played Zero since I traded my GameCube for a Wii in 2006. Exciting! 😁
Re: GameStop Promo Wants You To Trade-In Your Old Switch For A New Switch
$160 for a lick of paint? I guess fools and their money are easily parted.
Re: Violent And Bloody Action RPG Vampyr Is Making The Switch
Great to see more third parties putting their games on Switch. This one doesn't look like it would be for me, but it's good news all the same.
Re: Video: Check Out Yooka-Laylee's Demastered Nintendo 64 Mode In Action
@VmprHntrD
Conker was the mutts nuts. Totally agree with the collect-a-thon complaints levelled at DK64 and Banjo. Even as a kid those two games bored me. Diddy Kong Racing and Jet Force Gemini were far superior games.
Re: Video: SpongeBob Tries To Do a Mario Kart With Nickelodeon Kart Racers
Shovelware such as this doesn't require a lengthy video review
Re: Video: Check Out Yooka-Laylee's Demastered Nintendo 64 Mode In Action
"I love going to the cinema to watch my favourite movies in standard definition" - Nobo Dyever
Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Earns $16.8 Million In The Month Of September
I still dip into it now and again. It's like Diet Fire Emblem.
Re: Random: Introducing Gooigi, Your New Co-Op Partner In Luigi's Mansion
Lets-a-goo!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 13th)
Dead Cells has taken over my life. So addictive.
Re: Hardware Review: NS Glasses 3D VR Headset for Switch
They really hit it out of the park 😄
Re: Random: Nintendo's Taiwanese Distributor Rates Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker As 'Mature 18+'
Those are conflict diamonds he's collecting 😟
Re: Feature: Why Pokémon: Let's Go Is The Perfect Entry Point For Pokémon GO Players
@chardir Sorry, you are correct. I was getting mixed up with the colours on the joycon strap, which is an awful brown to go with pikachu yellow. It was that which I think should be red.
Re: Feature: Why Pokémon: Let's Go Is The Perfect Entry Point For Pokémon GO Players
...or red and white with black trim to represent the pokeball. That would be ace.
Re: Feature: Why Pokémon: Let's Go Is The Perfect Entry Point For Pokémon GO Players
@chardir "Is it just me or do those joycon colours look like they're supposed to be yellow but one is badly discoloured?"
I assume you mean the left joycon attached to the switch? I agree, the colours are a bit crazy. The yellow and brown is supposed to represent pikachu, the brown being his/her brown stripes I guess, but I would have thought red to represent his/her cheek patches would have been a much more attractive colour combination. Even just both yellow would be more appealing to me.
Re: Nintendo "Looking At" VR Technology, But It "Has To Be Fun" Before Being Implemented
Give me Starfox VR and I will die happy. Imagine sitting in the cockpit of an Arwing in the middle of a massive dogfight. Imagine swooping through the ruins of Andross's fortress on Venom and looking all around as you shoot down bogeys and "do a barrel roll". That would be amazing.
Re: Assassin's Creed Odyssey Cloud Version Screens Released, Switch File Size Also Revealed
People can be a snarky as they like but this is the future of handheld gaming, so we may as well get used to it.
Re: Top Pokémon GO Player Has Account Suspended For Violating Terms Of Service
@justin233 I know you are, but what am I? 😄
Re: Top Pokémon GO Player Has Account Suspended For Violating Terms Of Service
@justin233
Get a life Justin 😅
Re: Epic Says Jiggle Physics Included In Latest Fortnite Update Were "Unintended"
Gosh, Epic are really getting good at putting unintentional bugs in Fortnite. I can't remember the last time they updated the game and didn't break something. This boob jiggle fiasco seems like the most harmless and non-game-breaking 'accident' they've introduced so far. I think anyone offended by this has serious issues with the female anatomy.
Re: Hands On: Starlink: Battle for Atlas Feels More Like A Star Fox Game Every Time We Play It
@Joker13z
Good to know. Thanks.
Re: Hands On: Starlink: Battle for Atlas Feels More Like A Star Fox Game Every Time We Play It
I like the look of this, but I am also looking at my pile of neglected amiibo and wondering how crucial the toys-to-life aspect is to gameplay. 😕
Re: Random: Someone Just Sold An Early Copy Of Super Mario Party On eBay For $7,100
@AlexSora89 I appreciate your bilingual joke 🙌
Re: Mark Of The Ninja: Remastered Will Creep Onto Switch On 9th October
Looks class. I love a bit of sneaky sneaky stabby stabby.
Re: Scribblenauts Mega Pack - Two Amazing Games That Are Worth Revisiting On Switch
@SmaggTheSmug
I know who Lobo is. I'm a big fan. It was just when you said "applying Lobo to it" I thought it sounded like a soothing balm or ointment. Obviously tone of voice doesn't translate to written words, hence the smiley 😄
Re: Scribblenauts Mega Pack - Two Amazing Games That Are Worth Revisiting On Switch
@SmaggTheSmug
"I'm not sure there's a problem in DC Universe that cannot be solved by applying Lobo to it."
Lobo...is that some sort of ointment? 😄
Re: Video: Get A First Look At Nickelodeon Kart Racers On Nintendo Switch
Being able to race as Donatello is quite tempting, but it looks like a poor man's Mario Kart.
Re: Hands On: Streets Of Rage 4 Is A Grand (Upper) Revival
@1UP_MARIO "Grandpapa (grand upper) every 5 seconds"
Grandpapa! Lol!
Re: Hands On: Streets Of Rage 4 Is A Grand (Upper) Revival
"It’s been a wild ride for fans of SEGA fans the last few years"
Glaring error in the opening sentence. Jesus, get it together lads. Have you got any proof readers on your payroll?
Re: Epic Games Responds To Fans' Pleas To Improve Fortnite On Switch With New Patch
I had taken a break after burning out playing it daily for three months. Coming back to it now is hugely disappointing. They really need to sort out the frequency of their updates as this must be what is breaking the game so often. The texture loading problem is present in every game (I have 40mbps internet so the problem isn't at my end) Every time they update with new modes and weapons, something else breaks. Sort it out, Epic. I know it's free to play but this is just shoddy.
Re: Random: THQ Announces Let's Sing 2019 For Nintendo Wii
@aznable "I'm sure this will do well during the holiday season when your mom says "wait, I think Bryce has one of those nintendo playstations," and buys it because she is entirely out of touch with her closest family members."
I actually LOL'd at this! So true.
Re: Video: DAEMON X MACHINA's Gamescom Teaser Will Mech Your Dreams Come True
Looking good
Re: Telltale's The Walking Dead Seasons 1, 2 And 3 Are All Coming To Switch This Year
Great news. I was holding off on trying the final season as I wanted to play this from the start after hearing great things about its storytelling. I'll be grabbing the first season as soon as it releases. As a fan of the comics, I feel the tv series has completely squandered its potential. I enjoyed the first three seasons but I feel it could have been a lot better. The last three seasons have been pretty painful but I still keep coming back for more. I say at the end of every season "I'm done with this poxy show!" but as soon as the next season rolls around I keep hoping they'll turn it around. I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship sometimes! 😵
Re: Free-To-Play MOBA Arena Of Valor Launches On Switch This September
@Heavyarms55 I'm sure your room mate must have aced his exams! 😄
I had a similar situation in college but it was the whole floor of our dorms was obsessed with Counter Strike. I played the odd time but there was a group of around 8 who used to leave all their doors open and be roaring instructions/expletives at each other down the hall as they were playing. It was pretty funny, but also annoying when I was trying to study.
Re: Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Is Getting A Free Demo On Switch Tomorrow
@TeslaChippie I see where you're coming from. I also think we should expect much better from a non-port, built from scratch Monster Hunter on Switch. Other devs have proven how visually adept Switch can be. Capcom was clearly preoccupied with expanding its audience with World and if Generations Ultimate sells well on Switch maybe we'll see the next instalment as fully cross-platform (not that I expect Sony to play nice on cross-play!)
Re: Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Is Getting A Free Demo On Switch Tomorrow
@TeslaChippie I watched that Digital Foundry video and I concede, it does look pretty good. Maybe it was a combination of the jagged insect gear the character is wearing here or the snowy landscape making the environmental geometry look super basic but the Digital Foundry video has given me hope. I do think we can hope for much better graphics if Capcom build the next MH on Switch from the ground up. But either way, thanks for changing my mind. I'll give the demo a proper look.
Re: Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Is Getting A Free Demo On Switch Tomorrow
Big Monster Hunter fan and not a graphics whore but.....why does this have to be so darn ugly? It's jagged and really really awful to look at. I don't think I could sit for hours on end looking at such an eyesore. Tri on Wii looked FAR better than this and I sunk 240 hours into that game. From the animation to the character design to the music, everything in Tri was just dripping with quality and you could really sense the enthusiasm of the team behind it. This....just looks like a lazy port to me. Did they do any anti-aliasing at all or literally just slap a 3DS game on a Switch cartridge and call it a day?
Re: Latest Fortnite Patch Adds New Weapon, Brand New Mode And The Return Of Sniper Shootout
Love a bit of sniping I do
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 11th)
I had a blast with Dragonball. So accessible and absolutely gorgeous visuals. Definitely a day one buy for me.
Re: Motion Twin Apologises For Frame Rate Drops In Switch Version Of Dead Cells
Framerate sensitivity is the new gluten intolerance 😄
Re: Minecraft Movie Delayed After Director Leaves Project
Is that the same Rob McElhenny from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia? He's a great writer and director. He might have made something good from this.
Re: Japanese Man Arrested By Police For Selling Modified Pokémon GO Plus Accessories
@ALinkttPresent If people want to pay for a robot to press a button for them, I wouldn't call that cheating. I'd call it shockingly lazy, but not cheating. Who is hurt by this exactly?
Re: Japanese Man Arrested By Police For Selling Modified Pokémon GO Plus Accessories
@ALinkttPresent "Stopping cheating at the source. I like it."
I don't see how not having to actively press a button is cheating. It's hardly akin to infinite ammo hacks in an online shooter. He's making a device used for lazy gamers slightly more effective is all. Not exactly cheating in my book.
Re: Hollow Knight Sold Over A Quarter Of A Million Copies On Switch In Two Weeks
@Nincompoop Being a coder, I must admit you make a valid point about devs becoming lazier when it comes to using only high level languages. The analogy I would make would be a mechanic who only knows how to change the oil and tyres but can't fix the car. So I get what you are saying about these tools making devs 'lazier and dumber'. But I also know that games like Hollow Knight only exist because of Unity. Maybe I jumped in because I've heard a lot of disparaging of Unity - coder snobbery if you will - and I personally think it has added more to the industry than it has taken away. If a small team on a tight budget can concentrate on gameplay and art and not have to worry about getting an engine together, surely that's better for games, especially in a time where original ideas are in very short supply.
Re: Hollow Knight Sold Over A Quarter Of A Million Copies On Switch In Two Weeks
@Nincompoop "If we don't reinvent the wheel, all the cars will be using stone-wheels. Do you think using cavemen technology is cool?"
It's a figure of speech. Also, you can hardly equate Unity with caveman technology. Unity itself is constantly evolving. My point is that this game and others like it exist because of tools like Unity. How many 3rd parties use Unreal engine? Are you suggesting they would be able to make better games if they built their own engine?
Re: Fast-Paced Mech Battler Assault Gunners HD Edition Arrives On Switch This Week
Oh my god this looks absolutely terrible. I'm no graphics whore, but this looks like a team of children made it.