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@Olliemar28 Thanks for the reply, appreciate it.

Is this Chart retail (physical) only or includes digital*

*I know for Nintendo they are only retail, just wondering about the others.

For a movie licensed game this looks surprisingly low budget. There is really nothing in this trailer that sparks my interest of this being fun.

@DwaynesGames Still don't underestand why Ring Fit never got DLC. A sure fire hit that would be.

Someone will get a lot of fun out of it. Diversity is great!

". Breath of the Wild included the rewards for scanning a Skyward Sword and Majora's Mask figure prior to either one's release"

I believe this should be Twillight Princess instead of Skyward Sword. To my knowledge the SKyward Sword amiboo is not compateble with BotW.

Looking forward to Everybody-1-2-Switch Threehouse!

@shaneoh In your examples e.g. US States it's clear that those are laws within those states. In other words within that society. That there are differences between societies what is morally the right thing to do is nothing new. It does not matter if this is on the level of a state or a country.
The other example is one of oppression. I hope you are not taking the example of oppression as a means to condone unlawful behavior ethical in the context of piracy of video games.

@johnvboy I do not know how you've interpreted my comments, but the only kind of emulation I support is the hobbyist that can run Tomraider on a Gameboy.

Any other form I'm against. Especially the kind that believes that game preservation is the same thing as being entitled to playing every game ever made.

@shaneoh Laws are literally the embodiment of a civilization's morale system. Every law made ever is based on a culture's consensus what is ethical right or wrong.

To call an Illegal activity ethical is a contradiction in itself.

@mikegamer If January 2023 you decide you cannot purchase Metroid Prime and decide to be morally right to pirate it, what do you do in February 2023 when the remaster is announced?

Delete the pirated version and buy the remaster or decide since you already have the game to spend the money on something else?

@SteamEngenius How are they attacking preservation? Nintendo has a copy of every game they ever made.

@tofuman86 How do you make original copies?

Nintendo's profit in 2022/2023 fiscal year was double than Playstation's profit. I think Playstation is a bit salty over that.

Skyward Sword back in the charts? A nice surprise!

@JoeSooper The game might have the same art design and some assets re-used, it actually runs on a different engine than BotW. Probably to make the abilities work at all without making it a buggy mess. So no a DLC it could not be.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/the-new-zelda-title-apparently-has-a-game-engine-link-with-splatoon-3

Hyland expansion pas confirmed!

"Nevertheless, 10 million in three days is simply incredible for a Zelda game. For context, Breath of the Wild now officially stands at a total of 29.81 million sales "

Why do these articles always forget the 1.7 Million sold on the Wii U. The correct number for BotW is therefore 31.51 Million.

Also Pokomon was launched close to holiday season, having BotW this many sales in May is incredible.

@reporterdavid Ah yes those rabids.

@Cashews I get that, but it does not seem Xbox is putting any marketing muscle behind their Japanese market efforts. We never see Xbox mentioned in the list of most sold games. Not even in the top50 that Famitsu publishes a day after the top 10. That includes Minecraft that is a huge success in Japan..on the Switch.

I wonder who buys Xbox in Japan. The US has an army base there, perhaps it's people stationed there.

@Not_Soos But the FTC as in a government body are not judges. It's like when the US Senate subpoena a person. If it's a government employee they need to show up, but a non government employee does not.

If a judge subpoena's then yes, but the text says it's the FTC. That's two different things. Also there is jurisdiction. If it would have been a Japanese citizen then obviously it would not make sense anyway.

I like to try the game out, but I also know that it's only a matter of time till they come to NSO GBA which I'm already paying for.

Breath of the Wild trailer was more important, Tears of the Kingdom Trailer is the better trailer.

Remember Nintendo came from the dark place called the Wii U and had no idea if the Switch was going to as successful as it became. It needed a killer app to sell the system and the BotW trailer was exactly that.

Link is voice acted!

Here are all 244 voice clips in BotW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5tDiqRaYqU

Japan and South Korea will get the movie end of this month, so that will add mucho $

Other tracks to consider are the Zelda main theme and Tetris.

Now that Talon is confirmed to be Mario's dad, we need to assume Malon is Mario's and Luigi's sister.

I expect a lot of crafting gameplay. Weapons, vehicles, more?

It's a full price game intentionally made to be incomplete to sell you the missing content for extra. No Thanks!

Full price games, where you need to pay a lot more to have it complete.

I've seen official Sony stores in Thailand, there should be a market big enough for it.

2019, because it was the year I bought my switch.

He's 70 now. Perhaps he is thinking about retirement. Perhaps he cannot let go and stick around till the end. Who knows? I for one don't know if he's married or has children. no idea.

The presentation made me fall asleep.

Problem is I live to far away. If i'd made the trip then discover I cannot reserve a spot while at the park, that would be a real bummer.

Saw all 203 pages. As mentioned before not too spoiler-ish, except for one or two things I would say which are really big spoilers in my book. Still happy I had a look as the Zelda junky that I am.

@larryisaman Read my comments again please. The 2023 release is not an emulation. if Nintendo would have emulated the 2002 or 2011 release it would be the same game, for which the team knew they where credited beforehand including their credentials verified. Essentially just a re-release. My point (again) is not to use names without consent of those individuals for a new project which is the 2023 release. This means you have to get this pixel perfect. Your comment to add everybody and then remove people afterwards that have a problem with it is even worse then not asking consent beforehand. The damage is then already done.

@larryisaman You are making several assumptions. Like it would not be a big deal to people if their name would not be correct. Or people would not mind their names be used without their consent (because that's my point) in what is a new 2023 project release they might not be aware of existed. The point is the people working on the original where aware their names are being used on that version, no matter when somebody would decide to play it.

I would personally not like my name being used on new projects without my consent. There where hundreds of people involved in the first 2 games. Assuming they are all ok with using their names without consent has no base.

@larryisaman Classic Switch online games are dated at the time they where released. e.g. Mario64 is still dated 1996. People that are credited on those games where fully aware of that. Metroid Remastered though is a 2023 game. Most people that worked on the older games might not even know this project existed. Can you then just use their names without consent?

As an example imagine that you worked on the original back in 2002 and see your credits on the 2023 and notice its still the ex-husbands family name from which you brutally divorced 15 years earlier. I'm pretty sure there would be a twitter rage following "Why did Nintendo not contact me before they use my name. I did not know this project even existed!"

My argument was, that it's so hard to get spot on without insulting anybody, that the option Nintendo took with the general message is probable the lesser of two evils.

Zelda2 last?! They got to smooch!

@Wexter I understand that in the entertainment industry credits are a thing and I have nothing against them in the slightest. But in this specific case of Prime Remastered it's impractical and impossible to get right. Let me explain.

I think just copying the credit lists from Prime 2002 and Trilogy 2011 and pasting them in Prime Remaster is a no go. You cannot just do that without consulting the individuals themselves if they want to be credited for this project of whom many probably did not know it existed.

• Names might have changed, through marriage or otherwise
• People might choose not to be credited on a project they did not work on
• People might have passed away, in this case a family member needs to approve and a special note should be made in remembrance.

This means to track down all individuals of the 2002 & 2011 release to ask for consent and check if credentials are up to date. Not just retro studio's, but all the localization offices, musicians, QA testers, etc etc etc.

It will be hundreds of people, going back as far as 20 years. It's a task impossible to get right. You'll end up insulting someone. And how long do you spend doing so? Would a game be released without having a complete list? And what you'd do with the people you could not find? Leave them in / Leave them out. There is no good answer.

I think the solution Nintendo opted is probably the best one. People that are interested can see the credentials of the original games that are just a google search away.

@LiamR I wonder how do 99.99% of people do it. Perhaps a resume, perhaps getting a letter of recommendation from your former boss? Last time I checked there were no credits on the bottle of milk I bought. Or my house for that matter.

This gentleman complains because his name was omitted. Pretty sure the original Metroid Prime had names omitted, but he would not care as long as his is in there. Besides his doors are not part of the game, so what is he complaining about.

What else is he going to say?

He's either a volunteer fan of Holowknight or paid for his job as tester.

@KateGray Thanks for all your writings, they always gave me a chuckle.

Well the student wasn't wrong

@DripDropCop146, The topic is about Nintendo first party pricing. I do believe that is $60 today no?

I paid EUR 64.95 here in the Netherlands for Breath of the Wild back in 2019. Mario Odyssey was EUR 59.95.

Different pricing for different games is very normal. Just look at the pricing in Japan for Nintendo first parties, it's all over the place. That every game is $60 is just a US thing.

Just as I cleared my backlog of farming sims. Let's go!