The_Nintendo_Expat

at first i thought "toss up" but then i noticed the NA art looks a bit "Player's Pulse."

@Suketoudara

"The Switch version does support USB mouse. And USB keyboard!"

thanks! i had a feeling.

i find all this "mouse mode" stuff odd when you could always use a mouse with switch, and many people probably already had the hardware laying around (or could acquire it for 20 bucks) and never bothered.

not to mention, their competitor Steam has obv always had mouse compatibility. I tried "couch mouse" mode with a tower PC hooked up to my TV probably 15 years ago, almost immediately said "nope!" and never looked back 😂

@WheresWaveRace @Novuscourvous

"I got news for you: if it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books!"

@Grim

LOL 😂 i dont even really understand what people often mean by "cancelled" but im sure sick of hearing about it.

@mouseclicker

NEW RULE anyone who publicly b*tches about "cancel culture" gets automatically cancelled on the spot.

im always curious if games that get "mouse mode support" already supported a USB mouse on switch, and if not, why not?

(also curious if "mouse mode support" necessarily means USB mouse support, or if these games might only be playable with one side talkin joycon. 🤔)

(further curious if some people who are interested in "mouse mode" on switch 2 ever bothered to try a mouse with switch 1)

@Damo

You are right, "everyday someone is born who hasn't seen the Flintstones," as they say. ✌️

OTOH, I'm grumpy about it. 😮‍💨

(if I reviewed games which i dont and probably wont, i might implement something like "MSRP: $X, game length: ~X hrs, replayability X/10 pts" as a side bar.)

anyway! thanks for the review, i was/am pleased to see your name attached 😊✌️

PS - now that im a steam deck owner (😌) i'm extremely interested to see reviews for steam games from that perspective. this seems like a good one for example to review this way on Time Extension. its a thought, idk. 😊

why are NintendoLife reviews so often written as though the author assumes the audience is skeptical (or completely ignorant) of the given genre?

this review comes off oddly apologetic about the nature of arcade games. specifically, that they are relatively short, and they end.

"The challenge won't last forever"

"Might be too shallow for some"

both of these cons could be applied to every game ever in existence, no matter how deep (or... 'infinite?' )

@Indielink

that's cool!

how are you finding the ergonomics? (if i may ask,) big hands, small hands? does the joycon feel like it wants to tip over? have you tried using another mouse? are you a long session gamer or short sessions like me most of the time?

thanks! 😊👍

they cant even make joycon mouse mode look fun for 3 seconds in an ad.

"useless crap" is a young man's game, imo.

@Retrograde

"It's only really children who couldn't afford both"

💀

see ya.

@Retrograde

imagine you already bought a switch 2, because first party nintendo is your #1 priority. now imagine you want to play P3R but you cant afford yet another ~500+ for the ideal hardware to run it, so you buy this port as a compromise.

there. youve imagined why someone would buy this port even though they could spend extra money to run it more smoothly. 👍

@Retrograde

"A ROG ally is a similar cost to a Switch 2 though and vastly superior for AAA titles."

I dont know why anyone would buy a handheld with Windows on it.

@Retrograde

"I don't know why people would buy these ports. Personally for me the portability means almost nothing."

you clearly do know exactly why people would buy these ports.

@Retrograde

i agree with plenty of what you are saying here but you are making it seem like an unreasonable position with stuff like "why would anyone buy it?" as if you dont realize its the only portable version on consoles. ✌️

"...loads have never played it. Even folks who've been around since back in the day. It's just one of those games that ended up being unavailable a lot of players whom we reckon [...] might just earn themselves a brand new SNES favourite."

I completely resemble this remark! Gaia was one of the first "long" games I ever beat as a kid, and remains one of my favorite games ever. the sequels of course never came out in the US, so they've been on sort of semi permanent backlog status for at least 30 years (💀)

...yet where am I in the poll answers? 😮‍💨

(I didn't/couldn't vote.)

i cant believe Nintendo wont just sell us their old games to play, either as eShop releases a la "hamster," or in compilations, "Virtual Console" or no.

i've lost interest in the entire idea. Nintendo broke my fandom, thank god for my existing collection and emulation. ✌️👍

"and the latter being a very deliberate cross between Vampire Survivors and Breakout."

that is an apt description but there was a mobile game years ago called BBTAN that is as obvious an ancestor as either of those games 👍

i was once hopelessly addicted to BBTAN. 😂✌️

once I tried a fitbit with "smart wake," where the alarm goes off when your sleep cycle is near "awake" within a 30min window before your alarm, I never even thought about using a "conventional" alarm clock ever again. even a Nintendo one. 😂✌️

@N00BiSH

1 million % 👍

i would like new, full effort entries in any given series over more "double packs," please.

@Anti-Matter

we are on the same page, to a certain degree. ive always preferred my violence cartoony and my sexual themes implicit, as opposed to explicit.

i also find the gameplay to be a little better in games that arent leaning on good ol "sex and violence" to appeal to their audience. Street Fighter has always clearly been better than Mortal Kombat, as an easy example. ✌️

my very favorite games are ones that look like cartoons but have a deeper emotional impact (like earthbound) or are genuinely challenging (like megaman.)

anyway, cool to see your letter published on here! take care my friend.

@Anti-Matter

Anti, if it weren't for your posting on this site, I wouldn't even be aware that there were adult fans of these games out there at all. So, I'm glad you are here 😊✌️ im open to (very nearly) ALL kinds of games, so I dont write off kids' games just because I'm not a kid. 👍

are you a fan of any other kinds of games? in part, im just curious if there is any overlap of our tastes. I like what some of my friends call "baby games" (in a "good natured ribbing" kind of way) but from their perspective that's Tomba, Pikmin, Earthbound, et al.

i think itll take playing it for myself (like if a friend buys it) to reignite my interest in Prime 4. but if that never happens it's probably over. 👍

@AussieMcBucket @itsapossum

i like story based games, and i also appreciate "progression" in the "leveling up your character" and/or "opening up the map" sense.

but, i like "big number go up" games, too, and for me it's a different kind of satisfaction: objectively getting better at the game over time. ✌️

I'll be buying this for Steam Deck, thanks for the review!

-The Steamdeck Pedant

Nothing screams "NES!" like an xbox controller, a PC keyboard, and a bluetooth speaker.

@LikelySatan

ouch! i did plenty of damage to myself, selling games long ago that i really shouldve held onto.

i do have a tidy personal collection of faves from the goodle days, and a fair amount of physical switch carts, but given that ive gone with steamdeck this time obviously ive moved on from physical for now, as far as new and upcoming games are concerned, for the time being.

PS - i got my NES when i was four as well 😊👍 so we have that in common. what a ride its been, eh?

@LikelySatan

i appreciate what you are saying, but fwiw I'm not as concerned about the physical aspect as others here 👍 i buy physical and digital, and a LOT more digital than 10 years ago.

@CANOEberry

i dont see anywhere that we disagree. 👍 its no different really than my old pattern of, "buy the games at full retail that REALLY excite me, pick them up later on discount or used otherwise."

in an era where Nintendo virtually never discounts their games, and physical games are somewhat scarce and i dont just come across interesting titles in the "bargain bin" anymore, ive become that much more choosey about what i throw money at and when.

put another way, I only pay for games once, so bring full value up front or wait for less money later. im a simple man.

cool concept!

otoh imo 8 identical arcade buttons is already too many 😆 id much prefer a classic 6 button layout with the other buttons cleverly laid out elsewhere.

in general im very interested in "alternative" type controllers, and this one is very interesting indeed! thanks for review 👍

Maximum Brain Rot.

@Polvasti

i agree with your point to some extent, but announcing DLC when the game's barely out (or in certain cases not even out 😬) is still an indicator for me that i should wait for the inevitable game + dlc bundle that goes on sale right about as ive forgotten the game exists.

in fact, i already had forgotten this game exists before i read your reply, so the strategy is working 😂

Basically you're either the kind of company that sells me a complete, finite game for a fair price and i buy it, or you are the "but wait, theres more!" kind and I wait... for the bundle sale. 😂✌️ I have plenty of games to play until then, including ninja side scrollers that i havent even touched yet.

i dont expect anyone else to follow my lead, or care if they do. 👍

@NeonPizza

"Super Cyborg & Blazing Chrome"

ive had my eye on these for a very long time! thanks for bringing them back into focus, and giving me the push i needed!

(I was never going to play Iron Meat because that title just icks me out lol 😂)

thanks for chiming in!

@timp29

have you played Huntdown? curious what you think if so ✌️

@LikelySatan

I am working through huntdown again on Steam this time, and enjoying it even more than ever. probably my favorite game of the last 10 or more years.

This looks like it could be nearly as good! but i doubt itll be better. ✌️

@kmtrain83

"Do they workshop these names?"

im convinced they do not. i feel for anyone new to the "xbox ecosystem" and just now trying to get in. 😮‍💨

@AmplifyMJ

"Happy Belated birthday,"

thanks very much! it was a great one 😄

"I forgot you were getting a Steam Deck! [...] how are you enjoying it?"

OH MAN. its the console AND pc of my dreams, no exaggeration. I plan to make a forum post about it and ill be sure to @ you when I do ✌️

but the TLDR is, i feel confident i can play almost anything i want to on it, and the only drawback (for me personally) vs the Switch is lack of first party Nintendo games.

the controls are particularly innovative and competent but that goes for just about everything, top to bottom. completely worth the hype, I shouldn't have slept on Steam Deck!

thanks for asking! 😄👍✌️

FWIW, just taking this controller off the dock wakes my Steamdeck instantly 😂😂😂

(but so does my Logitech bluetooth keyboard, so. 😌)

there's something about using a controller for the purpose for which it was designed. who knew? 👍

BTW Steam OS recognizes this controller specifically, shows the 8bd "heart" glyph on screen for "home" commands, represents the controller graphically in Steam Input, and allows mapping of specific functions to the "extra" buttons, not just clones of face buttons.

TLDR: this controller is an EASY 10/10 on steam. 👍👍 no complaints and I love to find and single out problems, y'all.

@Scollurio

i cant speak to any other "handheld pc" directly, but i avoid Windows as much as any other Microsoft product, personally. Windows on a handheld sounds like battery-powered Hell to me lol.

I get that it can run steam, but even as a Nintendo ex-pat, im still inclined to go with the "first party option," hence the Deck. Old habits die hard! 😂✌️

SPOILER ALERT 🙄 thanks.

another news-vertisement from Nintendolife's usual suspect.

@canaryfarmer

"Relax! Xtra Xposure to X’s Xclusively Xpands your lexical Xperience!"

replies like this are why I post 😂👍

"if you can't actually put games into standby, that is wild."

agreed! as a long time Switch and new Steam Deck owner, I can't imagine buying another handheld that doesn't have standby. even my >$100 anbernic device has it! 💀

so tired of the letter "x." 😮‍💨

pretty please stop with the Dumb x Names

@Member_the_game

LOL well fair enough! 😅✌️

@charliecarrot

FYI theres no trophy for being smug on the internet.

or I'd have it already 🏆

@charliecarrot

have it your way. nothing is an invention, everything is an invention. 👍

@charliecarrot

I respect your opinion but i still think they are lowering the bar almost to the ground. At the very least, they are being pretentious by not simply calling this a list of "best products."

saying Nintendo "invented it" simply because it didnt exist before also doesnt really hold, for me. for example, nintendo arguably invented the analog stick (please dont @ me, ppl) for the n64, but to call the Gamecube stick also an "invention" simply because "it didn't exist before" is obviously disingenuous, imo.

for example im sure someone made a better cotton gin shortly after Eli Whitney (including, probably, Eli himself) but the invention was "the cotton gin" and Eli Whitney invented it, the first time.

PS - "Probably every piece of technology is some sort of iteration of something that came before."

Not really... that is what the word "invention" is usually reserved for: when you make something that is not simply iterative of what came before.

Like, the light bulb was not an iteration of a kerosene lamp, or the automobile was not an iteration of a horse lol. ✌️