The_Nintendo_Expat

I didn't like descent when I played it on PC back in the day so I didn't think I'd like this... but I kinda do! played it for the first time the other day, keep coming back! but I still haven't beat the 2nd level 😂

I voted for the lesser of two evils again.

@Markatron84

LOL I never said I was above complaining 😅✌️

BTW I second your request for more filters, specifically I would like to be able to filter out "Rumour" but generally filtering by tag and keyword would be great 👍

-#Rumour -"complain" -"complaint" -"complainer" 😂✌️

EDIT - would I really though? I like to see the breadth of the discourse. I try not to even ignore ppl unless they just really aren't being intellectually honest or respectful. ✌️

@electrolite77

"Yeah I’m going off the actual launches."

as a sort of historian/spectator, I can respect that, but the regional launch is a lot more relevant to my actual/personal experience, while the "actual" launch is more theoretical/academic.

I didn't realize the SNES had a weaker launch in EU! kinda silly since it was later, right? there must be a story there.

I don't care about graphics, only optimization and design. Nintendo could come out with a new 16 bit console, and as long as the games were fun and ran smoothly, I'd support the hell out of it.

(In fact id squeal with delight and do cartwheels but that's beside my point 😂✌️)

here's hoping for some cool things in store for switch 2! (and a price drop maybe? incidentally the concept of a budget friendly "consolized" switch 2 seems even more logical in the S2 era than it did before. at say 300 USD I'd definitely buy it.)

@sixrings

it's complainers all the way down.

It was kind of upsetting to only click one console when I have so damn many 😂

@electrolite77

"SNES and N64 were great in terms of quality (Mario World, F-Zero, Mario 64, Pilotwings 64) but nobody would get away with launching with just two games now..."

in my country at least, the SNES launched with 5 games: SMW, F zero, Pilotwings, Gradius 3, and SimCity. This is the best launch lineup of Nintendo's history, and in the running for best ever (Dreamcast probably has it beat.)

other than that detail, I actually agree with you largely. I just happen to think A) that every other console was more interesting at a hardware level than Switch 2, which really helped the imagination to get excited about what was to come on that console, and B) that Switch 2 is a gigantic leap forward [I meant upward -ed.] in price compared to its predecessor, and 450.00 even in 2025 dollars (which are not really that much more available than <2020 dollars despite rising inflation) puts it into a "this better be something special" category, rather than a "well it's the new Nintendo, of course I'm buying it" kind of category.

OTOH if it had a new stellar mainline Mario game, a new Pilotwings game, a new f zero, a city builder developed and published by Nintendo, and (as long as we are being whimsical) an HD port of Gradius V, we all know that poll would be chock full of 9s and 10s. And, I'd have bought one day 1.

@Markatron84

I wasn't suggesting you were the only one ✌️

love this guy but if I play Silksong it'll still be with the "voice slider" all the way down because I find in game voice acting unbearable, particularly in games like this.

I miss when it was rare and special. MGS was a revelation, and then I just wanted all the games to STFU after that 😂

@Markatron84

the complaining about the complainers is far more annoying than the people complaining about the key cards. especially given that the key cards themselves are arguably an actual problem, and the complainers are not.

speaking as an outsider with no plans to buy a switch 2 presently. ✌️

@electrolite77

"I think there’s a lot of people failing to remember what most system launches are like"

almost every Nintendo launch has had at least one game that has been sufficiently exciting to justify purchase, hence I've bought (or asked for birthday/Xmas) almost every Nintendo system at launch since SNES until now.

I'm not saying they have all been incredible lineups but having lived through the SNES and Dreamcast launches for example I'm aware of how good it CAN be and I just can't unlearn it.

1-10 is a really weird scale for rating something like this. 3 answers (not enough games/average/blissfully happy or similar) would've given much clearer results. as it is, what is the difference between a 3 or a 4, or a 6 and 7? an essentially yes/no vote is split up literally 10 different ways with no distinction.

the "console games on a handheld" dream is dead, because what constitutes a "console like experience" is a moving target, a contemporary handheld (or "hybrid") will never catch up, and devs will never spend the money to make a separate "portable" version of their games again.

now, we have nightmares like GKKs as a fresh hell that I don't think any of us saw coming. and the worst of them (Ubisoft) is already making excuses why they "had to" go the high profit route (😢.) for you and me, the gamers. they had no choice.

can you imagine if MGS for GBC was a note for note recreation, running at 5fps, with GBCs resolution and color depth? of course they made a special new game for that console. and it was fantastic, and no one complained that it wasn't MGS for PSX.

I'm not buying it.

@Diogmites

do you still come around? I haven't seen you comment in a long time. ✌️

@Spider-Kev

"what about people who complain about people complaining who complaining who complain about still others complaining?"

consider them... complained about. 😎

@MCHuddle

"I think people just like it because it's cheap when compared to other games coming out this month."

I didn't like hollow knight personally but that's just silly 😂✌️ people have been anticipating this game for YEARS and they only learned the price a few days ago.

@IronMan30

"Why mention store fronts for other platforms on a Nintendo-centric site?"

because it is pertinent to the nature of the problem.

it'd be like the newspaper reporting that a house is on fire when the entire city is on fire. it's not "wrong" in the sense that a house is on fire, but it is "misleading" in the sense that the story is larger than that and there's a journalistic obligation not to mislead your audience.

OTOH there have been cases like heavy GTA 6 coverage on here where I commented that they went way beyond the scope of this site. ✌️ if the problem were ONLY with steam and not the eShop, and they were still reporting it here, I would completely agree with you.

@contractcooker

I guess we are just lucky they aren't running live ads in there 😬

@Dr_Awkward

"Just stop the complaining. It sounds like petulant, demanding toddlers."

you should probably keep complaining about the complainers 👍 I think it's working.

@PJOReilly

"I'm always on duty!" 🫡🚨

@abbyhitter

to be honest I hated it too. and I really hate the key art, which is incredibly one note and unimpressive to me.

it's only the overwhelming positivity that makes me hedge my critique generally. it's clearly "me.'

@IronMan30

"Quick question, why do we care about Steam?"

because it would be misleading to infer by omission that it was a problem only for Nintendo's shop. ✌️

"Alas, reports of poor performance have been greatly exaggerated."

"Alas" basically means "unfortunately."

I think the word you are looking for is something like "hooray!" 😂✌️

@abbyhitter

I agree, by all accounts it seems to be a straight sequel to a very good if pretty ordinary (imo) metroidvania. personally I bought HK but I didn't love anything about it and put it down not long after.

I like the genre fine but it's hard to imagine a metroidvania that I'd be champing at the bit to play, to be honest.

I can't believe we still can't just have black borders. I can't and won't play my copy of Collection of Mana because of this and it's just ridiculous. IDK what sort of child needs something going on in the "margins" to enjoy a game but it just kills my joy for whatever reason.

@JohnnyMind

thanks! your description is fully formed, the article's is a bit less than. 👍✌️

"If you hold the left analogue stick when starting the app, the original GBA boot up screen will appear"

press L3, or tilt it?

"Latest Switch Online Release Potentially Confirms Leaked Upcoming N64 Classics"
"smashing"

then you show a pic of the box for smash.

...and the "latest Switch Online release" turns out to be Forsaken 😮‍💨 which I learned about in a previous article earlier in the week, that incidentally covered this exact same information.

"But it is a Game-Key Card"

I'm so tired of the question.

EDIT - whoops! I read "is it" rather that "it is."

So tired of Game-Key cards.

@1UP-HUSKY

I've said it before, nothing is more boring or useless than videogame "rumors." I started ignoring them a very long time ago (when they were still being printed on paper lol)

I wish I could permanently filter out the "rumour" tab, personally. ✌️

they seriously didn't simply make a copy of the complete source code?

why is it that only "pirates" and "hackers" actually give a ***** about any of this?

PS - I'm still thinking about the fact that they finished their game without bothering to save the source code, then proceeded to modify the source code many times without making backup copies, working copies, etc etc. these were not unheard of concepts, and they had tons of work in this data, lots of money on the line, and were a company that had already been around for at least two or three generations.

@N00BiSH

LOL I mean visuals and "atmosphere" I guess but I also have a high tolerance for pain when it comes to the bad old days 😂

OTOH I never did beat Rayman, either...

I always wished there were more games in the original Rayman style.

Fozzie bear says "waka waka"

Pac man says "awok awok"

✌️

@Picola-Wicola

I'm sick of talking about framerates too.

my hope is that devs take note and start making smoother/faster games ✌️👍

@gojiguy

got a link?

over the years snake looks more and more like an overweight cosplayer.

@NintonicGamer

THANK YOU I was so confused until I got to your comment 😂

little bit upsetting that the cart doesn't sit flush with the case at the top when inserted 😕

20 bucks is a no brainer for a good game at full price.

over 20 is usually a "wait for a sale," even if it's a good game.

they nailed it, I'll probably buy this at full price just to be "in," even though I bought the first game and it didn't "click." 👍

@electrolite77

great to hear! I do enjoy Mario golf, particularly the GameCube one. 👍 kind of a perfect game.

what, no Joe and Mac 2? 😂👍

(cool article! This was such a special and rare feature in games growing up.}

@Dee123

"People who vote on nostalgia shouldn't have their vote counted, it's about the best looking cover, not your feelings."

I was getting ready to heartily rebuke this, but then I realized I totally agree 😂 I try to put my personal nostalgia on the shelf and focus on which artwork I think is the best, using other parameters.

the only proactive way I can imagine to correct this (at least hopefully/maybe) is to expand the poll into two questions:

which artwork (if any) gives you the most nostalgic feelings?

which artwork do you think is the best or most effective? (comment why below!)

or similar. curious to hear what you think. ✌️

EDIT - one of the answers to the first question would be "I have no nostalgic feelings for this game"

@8thDoctor

thanks! I can't say that is communicated well in the composition. I can think of three ways off the top of my head that it could have possibly been. ✌️ not trying to be overly critical, but considering the heaps of praise this series continuously gets, I don't feel too awful about it 😂👍

EDIT - I can see now that it actually IS attached to what i gather is a "needle weapon," being held at an odd angle by what I can assume is an arm. Perhaps they just threw it and it kind of went all over and now it has just been caught. 👍

as a frame of animation it would probably work better in context, I'll assume that's what this is. ✌️

anyway thanks for indulging your local Pedant.

maybe the roadmap is so "real fans will find a way."

month 1: do not buy
month 2: do not buy
month 3: do not buy

I'm wondering what the squiggly line all over the top illustration is supposed to be. It looks like it was vandalized by a child. 🤔

@johnedwin

"https://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/"

am I confused? I'm seeing 15 regular price.

What have you got for us, Johnson?

Well sir, I've drawn every character exploding from the exact center of the page, detached from the context of their surroundings.

Honestly, Johnson, every Japanese game has had the exact same idea for years...

—But, sir! This time they are framed in a big horseshoe!

Johnson you sonofabitch... you've done it again! PRINT!