It's kinda funny that seemingly some people here would prefer for them to be bought by a company who's known for shutting down studios over their games being exclusives.
@Atariboy The versions of TMNT and Turtle in Time on Gamecube, PS2, and Xbox don't use any of the original sound effects or music.
TMNT has only a loop of one song playing throughout and the voices removed, while Turtles in Time uses music from the DS games with rerecorded voices that are pretty terrible.
@Drangor
It'll be coming to Hollywood and Orlando with Hollywood's Mario Kart ride being built right now and will be in the new Epic Universe park in Orlando once its finished in 2024.
@KillerBOB It's almost like most of Nintendo's development studios are located in a country that's 98% Japanese and less than .1% of the population is black.
This isn't some weird thing, go look at the credits of FF7 remake and tell me how many non-Japanese names there are that aren't voice actors or involved with localization.
@BlackenedHalo For the first 2 hours, the article did not have any mention of the game selection or the video, as it wasn't public information when this article came online.
@Liam_Doolan updated the article once SEGA uploaded the video.
That screen is so tiny, I don't know if it'd be playable for me. I have problems with the GBA SP screen. @Tasuki Considering that it looks smaller than a Game Gear cartridge, my bet would be on everything preinstalled.
@Ambassador_Kong Why would Nintendo be paying them to negatively review a major third party game and compare it negatively to the XBOX ONE and PS4 (i.e promoting the versions that Nintendo makes no money off)?
@arabiansanchez Can't be any worse than when Hogsmede opened at Islands of Adventures and the line to enter was all the way to the Citywalk parking structure. @Baker1000 There looks to be room for a small expansion. But, don't expect anything other than Donkey Kong in Japan. Universal Orlando after opening Epic Universe with DK and Mario, is rumored to be planning Zelda and Pokémon areas in the other 2 parks, but don't expect it to open until mid to late 2020's.
@RPGamer It looks pretty impressive how much they squeezed into this considering the expansion space they had. USJ is very much landlocked, and what used to be a parking lot is their last bit of land that can be used for expansion (other than a small bit of land seemingly set aside for future Nintendo expansion).
Only real way to make this bigger would've been to immediately use the Nintendo expansion space immediately OR demolish WWoHP (Not happening) or Waterworld (not happening either, because guest satisfaction is surprisingly dependent on this one show).
A path to nowhere under the bridge. I think there's still enough room in USJ for the DK mini land and coaster (that will be exclusive to Epic Universe as of now).
Biggest hurdle with this from a consumer perspective is that it looks like this'll all be region locked and only be playable on about more than 25% of 3DSes.
With the amount of NES and SNES handhelds there are, I'm, surprised there's no mass market portable N64s especially since the cartridges are slightly more portable than either of those systems.
@HardcoreDaBoss Porting their exclusives to PC would hurt both hardware and (first and third) software Switch sales. Nintendo makes much more off that, than their exclusives that sells the hardware.
Other than better graphics, and new "monetization options", I don't feel like this generation for Microsoft/Sony and the rest of the AAA industry feels much from the 360 and PS3 generation.
The new consoles look very much to follow in the same path. Oh well.
@Dog I'd describe soul as something filled with personality and has its own unique style. Most of modern Atari's games feel like they were made by committee and rushed out to cash into a hot trend. This game really reminds me of those mobile games you see on Instragram ads...
well without the Engrish.
Sega (non-Sonic games) and Capcom, can still make games oozing with tons of personality, but I consider most of EA game's pretty generic. Though at least they can churn out something like the Simpsons Game or Star Wars Fallen Order from time to time.
Everything, including this, about modern Atari lacks soul (for a lack of a better world), I think EA games have more soul and charm put into them (even the annualized sports games).
@retro_player_77 Last year in Japan the 3DS sold around 30,000 units.
Just a few years ago that's what the 3DS was selling every week.
Very few people are buying 3DS games in Japan. There are no more planned physical releases in Japan with the last planned one being cancelled last summer.
The 3DS is on life support in every market, 3DS sales look to be around 50% less this year compared to 2019 which was already sluggish for the 3DS.
@HammerKirby With how constantly Metroid Prime Trilogy is mentioned by the rumor mill, I think it's replaced an official Mother 3 English localization as the go-to most overly repeated Nintendo "leak".
Reminds me, it's been a while since I've seen a new Mother 3 rumor. I think the last time I saw was in January of 2017 just before the Switch launched.
Always wanted to play the NES version of Rygar. Surprised that Nintendo's never made an attempt to rerelease the SNES version of Tetris Attack before, especially considering that Tetris GB was on the 3DS VC.
@Anvold Who cares about Tree Carcass Plumber Man anymore? It's already had its 5 seconds of fame, meanwhile Ride To Hell: Gamestop Distribution is still GOTY, every year.
Not here to put labels on anyone, just here to give excellent game recommendations and the truth is video games peaked as an art form in 2013 with the release Ride to Shell: Gas Station Revolution.
@Anvold I can tell you're a Ride to Hell: Retribution kind of guy. The graphics are beautifully standard, realistic graphics. The characters talk to each other about how much they love to have SEX and love to SWEAR and other non-KIDDY things.
The gameplay is- never mind- who cares about gameplay?
@Razer
"They went from giving Nintendo dedicated support with games developed especially for the 3DS, exclusive games that each sold 4m+"
Actually only 3 out of the 5 MH games sold 4 million+ on the 3DS, neither Resident Evil Revelations or any of the made for 3DS Phoenix Wright games sold above a million.
" Capcom released a list of their best selling games and not one have sold even close to 1m on the Switch. MHGU is their highest and that's under 500k."
Ultra Street Fighter II The New Challengers sold 500K as of September 2017.
Also for all of 2018, MH XX (GU) only listed 3DS sales on Capcom's IR site and stayed stagnant at around 1.8 million units, but when the Switch version was added to the total in early 2019 the total went up to 3 million (now its 3.4 million).
We know the Japanese version sold at least sold 350,000 by September 2017 and the international version released in August 2018 would've caused a big spike in sales for the Switch version. Very likely that the Switch version sold around 1 million copies by the end of 2018.
Or maybe, the 3DS version got more popular around the holiday season for whatever reason and caused a sudden explosion of sales for that Monster Hunter. LOL
EDIT:
I should've made my feeling's clear on Capcom's Switch support much sooner. It is very much lacking compared to Capcom's 3DS support (which was already lacking compared to Nintendo's past handhelds, outside of Monster Hunter). With only one new game (Mega Man 11) so far, by now Capcom should've at least a completely new installment of MH for Switch, but nada.
I just don't think spreading misinformation is the best way to counter their lackluster lineup. Ciao
@ClassSonicSatAm Illumination has no involvement with the Rabbids or the Mario&Rabbids crossover, Ubisoft created and has developed all the Rabbids games. First game with Rabbids (Rayman Raving Rabbids) was released a year before Illumination was founded
I expect to see this on Switch in 2021, I expect Activision is holding this back so that Switch owners who also own something else will double dip. Sneaky bas- ... bad guys.
@Jhomesjones What are you talking about? All three major games released last year on the 3DS (ML BIS 3DS, Kirby's Epic Yarn, and Persona Q2) all received advertising through all of Nintendo's official channels (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, etc). There's been plenty of Switch games (both from Nintendo and major 3rrd parties) that have gotten less advertising.
And can you please tell me what 3DS games coming out this year need an advertising campaign and I'm not talking about "3D Circle Maker Pro SD Hunter" developed by two people and has one star on the 3DS Eshop.
"seeming to take actual joy in their suffering." I need a citation on this one.
@Northwind BDII will be published by Square-Enix in Japan, Nintendo is handling publishing duties for the rest of the world. This was the same case for Octopath and DQXI SE.
@SyFyTy
All of Microsoft Game Studio's past releases have cost the same price on both Xbox and Switch, no reason why that'd be any different for this one.
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Re: Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong And Pac-Man Scores Are Reinstated By Guinness World Records
Wasn't Bill Bastable the first player to get a perfect Pac-Man score back in the 80's?
Re: A New Pokémon Snap Game Is In Development For Nintendo Switch
@Duffman92
It looks to have a higher resolution and 60fps unlike crash and Spyro on Switch.
Re: Kingdom Hearts: Melody Of Memory Announced For Switch, Launches This Year
@BiteMyAss
What does this have to do with Nintendo? They're not involved with publishing or developing and this isn't an exclusive.
May as well give that bag to Sony and Microsoft as well.
Re: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Is Reportedly Up For Sale
It's kinda funny that seemingly some people here would prefer for them to be bought by a company who's known for shutting down studios over their games being exclusives.
Re: Review: Arcade Archives Sunset Riders - Japan's Take On The Wild West Is A Must-Have On Switch
@Atariboy
The versions of TMNT and Turtle in Time on Gamecube, PS2, and Xbox don't use any of the original sound effects or music.
TMNT has only a loop of one song playing throughout and the voices removed, while Turtles in Time uses music from the DS games with rerecorded voices that are pretty terrible.
Re: Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2 Speeds Onto Nintendo Switch This October
I thought I heard Ren and Stimpy were banned from future Nick merchandise once John K's dirty laundry was revealed back in 2018?
Re: New Super Nintendo World Images Give Us Another Sneak Peek At The Park
@Drangor
It'll be coming to Hollywood and Orlando with Hollywood's Mario Kart ride being built right now and will be in the new Epic Universe park in Orlando once its finished in 2024.
Re: Random: Is This Why We Never Got DLC For Super Mario Party On Switch?
@KillerBOB
It's almost like most of Nintendo's development studios are located in a country that's 98% Japanese and less than .1% of the population is black.
This isn't some weird thing, go look at the credits of FF7 remake and tell me how many non-Japanese names there are that aren't voice actors or involved with localization.
Re: EA Play Live Goes Digital This June - Expect World Premieres, News And Much More
With all these delays to these game events and E3 replacements, I expect to see the first gaming announcement in August.
Re: Sega Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary With A Micro Version Of The Game Gear
@BlackenedHalo
For the first 2 hours, the article did not have any mention of the game selection or the video, as it wasn't public information when this article came online.
@Liam_Doolan updated the article once SEGA uploaded the video.
Re: Sega Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary With A Micro Version Of The Game Gear
Has M2 been confirmed to be involved?
Re: Sega Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary With A Micro Version Of The Game Gear
That screen is so tiny, I don't know if it'd be playable for me. I have problems with the GBA SP screen.
@Tasuki
Considering that it looks smaller than a Game Gear cartridge, my bet would be on everything preinstalled.
Re: Impressive Aerial Shot Of Super Nintendo World's Construction Surfaces Online
@Mr-Glissando
Mario Kart's inside the massive show building located behind Bowser's Castle and the grassy mountains.
Will be some kind of thrill ride with AR elements to represent items like bananas and shells.
Re: Video: See Pokémon Red And Blue's Opening Reimagined In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
@SalvorHardin
The GBA sound output was always considered lacking, for whatever reason Nintendo didn't give the GBA a dedicated sound chip.
Re: Legal Crackdown On Mario 64 PC Port Not Enough To Stop Modders From Improving It
High polygon Mario in a low polygon world looks weird.
Re: Review: Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath - An Expensive Way To Get The Full Mortal Kombat 11 Experience
@Ambassador_Kong
Why would Nintendo be paying them to negatively review a major third party game and compare it negatively to the XBOX ONE and PS4 (i.e promoting the versions that Nintendo makes no money off)?
Re: Impressive Aerial Shot Of Super Nintendo World's Construction Surfaces Online
@arabiansanchez
Can't be any worse than when Hogsmede opened at Islands of Adventures and the line to enter was all the way to the Citywalk parking structure.
@Baker1000
There looks to be room for a small expansion. But, don't expect anything other than Donkey Kong in Japan. Universal Orlando after opening Epic Universe with DK and Mario, is rumored to be planning Zelda and Pokémon areas in the other 2 parks, but don't expect it to open until mid to late 2020's.
Re: Impressive Aerial Shot Of Super Nintendo World's Construction Surfaces Online
@RPGamer
It looks pretty impressive how much they squeezed into this considering the expansion space they had. USJ is very much landlocked, and what used to be a parking lot is their last bit of land that can be used for expansion (other than a small bit of land seemingly set aside for future Nintendo expansion).
Only real way to make this bigger would've been to immediately use the Nintendo expansion space immediately OR demolish WWoHP (Not happening) or Waterworld (not happening either, because guest satisfaction is surprisingly dependent on this one show).
Re: Impressive Aerial Shot Of Super Nintendo World's Construction Surfaces Online
A path to nowhere under the bridge. I think there's still enough room in USJ for the DK mini land and coaster (that will be exclusive to Epic Universe as of now).
Re: Limited Run Hopes To Do "A Few More" 3DS Releases If Atooi's Physical Collection Is Successful
Biggest hurdle with this from a consumer perspective is that it looks like this'll all be region locked and only be playable on about more than 25% of 3DSes.
Re: Nintendo 3DS Emulator Citra Comes To Android Smartphones
@HammerKirby
You can buy Sonic 3 & Knuckles for $4.99 on Steam right now and it's also available on Xbox One via Xbox 360 backwards compatibility.
It's not some rare game lost to time like Clayfighter 63 Sculptor's Cut or Little Samson.
Re: Check Out This New And Improved Portable Nintendo 64
With the amount of NES and SNES handhelds there are, I'm, surprised there's no mass market portable N64s especially since the cartridges are slightly more portable than either of those systems.
Re: Platinum Studio Head Doesn't Think Next-Gen Hardware Will Be As "Ground-Breaking" As The Switch
@HardcoreDaBoss
Porting their exclusives to PC would hurt both hardware and (first and third) software Switch sales. Nintendo makes much more off that, than their exclusives that sells the hardware.
Re: Early Tech Analysis Of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition Reveals Frame Rate And Resolution
Wasn't the Wii version 480p at all times?
Otherwise the game looks great (not my type of game though).
Re: Video: 7 Strange Myths Surrounding Animal Crossing: New Horizons
@Cevil
If you don't want more AC article, it's probably not a good idea to boost their engagement numbers by clicking on the article and commenting.
Re: How Well Do You Know Classic '80s Arcade Games?
Got a 9/10 , would've gotten a 10/10 if I looked harder at the spelling of Puck-Man, I put Pack-Man down instead.
Re: Platinum Studio Head Doesn't Think Next-Gen Hardware Will Be As "Ground-Breaking" As The Switch
Other than better graphics, and new "monetization options", I don't feel like this generation for Microsoft/Sony and the rest of the AAA industry feels much from the 360 and PS3 generation.
The new consoles look very much to follow in the same path. Oh well.
Re: Sega Is "Really Excited" About Sonic's Future, But Can't Reveal Anything Right Now
Mark my words, it's going to be a remake of Tiger's Sonic wristwatch game.
Re: PETA Isn't Happy With Animal Crossing's Blathers, Or His Fish-Trapping Museum
Why do TikTok links cause the page to gradually scroll up, even after its fully loaded in?
I've seen the same thing happen on another news article on a different site.
Re: Review: PONG Quest - A Slapdash Attempt At Resurrecting A Gaming Classic
@Dog
I'd describe soul as something filled with personality and has its own unique style. Most of modern Atari's games feel like they were made by committee and rushed out to cash into a hot trend. This game really reminds me of those mobile games you see on Instragram ads...
well without the Engrish.
Sega (non-Sonic games) and Capcom, can still make games oozing with tons of personality, but I consider most of EA game's pretty generic. Though at least they can churn out something like the Simpsons Game or Star Wars Fallen Order from time to time.
Re: Review: PONG Quest - A Slapdash Attempt At Resurrecting A Gaming Classic
Everything, including this, about modern Atari lacks soul (for a lack of a better world), I think EA games have more soul and charm put into them (even the annualized sports games).
Only exception is Tempest 4000.
Re: Atooi Reconfirms Its 5-In-1 Nintendo 3DS Physical Collection Is Still On The Way
@retro_player_77
Last year in Japan the 3DS sold around 30,000 units.
Just a few years ago that's what the 3DS was selling every week.
Very few people are buying 3DS games in Japan. There are no more planned physical releases in Japan with the last planned one being cancelled last summer.
The 3DS is on life support in every market, 3DS sales look to be around 50% less this year compared to 2019 which was already sluggish for the 3DS.
Re: Atooi Reconfirms Its 5-In-1 Nintendo 3DS Physical Collection Is Still On The Way
Sometimes you just gotta break the mold by adding something important to the conversation...
Holy mackerel, a 3DS game coming out in 2020 strikes me as bizarre and is quite puzzling.
Re: Skybound Stamps Out Rumours Of A Fifth Season Of The Walking Dead Video Game
I know it's not going to happen, but I'd prefer a BTTF season 2 if we get any "future" games under the Telltale brand.
Re: Rumours About Pikmin 3 Coming To Nintendo Switch Intensify
@HammerKirby
With how constantly Metroid Prime Trilogy is mentioned by the rumor mill, I think it's replaced an official Mother 3 English localization as the go-to most overly repeated Nintendo "leak".
Reminds me, it's been a while since I've seen a new Mother 3 rumor. I think the last time I saw was in January of 2017 just before the Switch launched.
Re: Nintendo Expands The Switch Online SNES And NES Service With Four More Titles
Always wanted to play the NES version of Rygar. Surprised that Nintendo's never made an attempt to rerelease the SNES version of Tetris Attack before, especially considering that Tetris GB was on the 3DS VC.
Re: Video: New SpongeBob: Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated Trailer Shows Off "Epic" Boss Fights
Not looking very good for Clancy Brown voicing Mr. Krabs, if they couldn't get an Earnest Borgnine impersonator to do new Mermaid Man voiceclips.
Re: Paper Mario Is Coming To Switch! Paper Mario: The Origami King To Launch This July
@Anvold
Who cares about Tree Carcass Plumber Man anymore? It's already had its 5 seconds of fame, meanwhile Ride To Hell: Gamestop Distribution is still GOTY, every year.
Not here to put labels on anyone, just here to give excellent game recommendations and the truth is video games peaked as an art form in 2013 with the release Ride to Shell: Gas Station Revolution.
Re: Paper Mario Is Coming To Switch! Paper Mario: The Origami King To Launch This July
@Anvold
I can tell you're a Ride to Hell: Retribution kind of guy. The graphics are beautifully standard, realistic graphics. The characters talk to each other about how much they love to have SEX and love to SWEAR and other non-KIDDY things.
The gameplay is- never mind- who cares about gameplay?
GOTY
Re: Paper Mario's Switch Reveal Adds More Weight To 64, Sunshine, Galaxy Remaster Reports
NEWS: REGGIE seen WEARING a SCREW ATTACK badge, ADDS more WEIGHT to Metroid Prime TRILOGY Reports.
Re: Unreal Engine 5 To Support Current-Generation Consoles And Mobile Platforms
Here before "THIS CONFIRMS THE SWITCH PRO, GUYZ" comments.
Re: Capcom's Resident Evil Series Has Doubled The Lifetime Sales Of The Company's Former Champion
@Razer
"They went from giving Nintendo dedicated support with games developed especially for the 3DS, exclusive games that each sold 4m+"
Actually only 3 out of the 5 MH games sold 4 million+ on the 3DS, neither Resident Evil Revelations or any of the made for 3DS Phoenix Wright games sold above a million.
" Capcom released a list of their best selling games and not one have sold even close to 1m on the Switch. MHGU is their highest and that's under 500k."
Ultra Street Fighter II The New Challengers sold 500K as of September 2017.
Also for all of 2018, MH XX (GU) only listed 3DS sales on Capcom's IR site and stayed stagnant at around 1.8 million units, but when the Switch version was added to the total in early 2019 the total went up to 3 million (now its 3.4 million).
We know the Japanese version sold at least sold 350,000 by September 2017 and the international version released in August 2018 would've caused a big spike in sales for the Switch version. Very likely that the Switch version sold around 1 million copies by the end of 2018.
Or maybe, the 3DS version got more popular around the holiday season for whatever reason and caused a sudden explosion of sales for that Monster Hunter. LOL
EDIT:
I should've made my feeling's clear on Capcom's Switch support much sooner. It is very much lacking compared to Capcom's 3DS support (which was already lacking compared to Nintendo's past handhelds, outside of Monster Hunter). With only one new game (Mega Man 11) so far, by now Capcom should've at least a completely new installment of MH for Switch, but nada.
I just don't think spreading misinformation is the best way to counter their lackluster lineup. Ciao
Re: Illumination's Mario Movie Still Making Good Progress, Despite Current Lockdowns
@ClassSonicSatAm
Illumination has no involvement with the Rabbids or the Mario&Rabbids crossover, Ubisoft created and has developed all the Rabbids games.
First game with Rabbids (Rayman Raving Rabbids) was released a year before Illumination was founded
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 And 2 Remasters Officially Revealed, But They're Skipping Switch
I expect to see this on Switch in 2021, I expect Activision is holding this back so that Switch owners who also own something else will double dip. Sneaky bas- ...
bad guys.
Re: Illumination's Mario Movie Still Making Good Progress, Despite Current Lockdowns
I imagine Illumination will make Toads the cute merchandise magnets..
that have the same amount of IQ points as they have spots on their head.
Re: Sega Can't Wait To Share "Exciting News" About Sonic's 30th Anniversary
I'm sure whatever they do it can't be worse than the 15th anniversary with Sonic '06 and Sonic Genesis released on the same day.
Re: 3DS Sales See 73% Year-On-Year Decline, No Future Sales Forecast Provided
@Jhomesjones
What are you talking about? All three major games released last year on the 3DS (ML BIS 3DS, Kirby's Epic Yarn, and Persona Q2) all received advertising through all of Nintendo's official channels (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, etc). There's been plenty of Switch games (both from Nintendo and major 3rrd parties) that have gotten less advertising.
And can you please tell me what 3DS games coming out this year need an advertising campaign and I'm not talking about "3D Circle Maker Pro SD Hunter" developed by two people and has one star on the 3DS Eshop.
"seeming to take actual joy in their suffering."
I need a citation on this one.
Re: Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Switch Games, And It's A Pretty Small List
@Northwind
BDII will be published by Square-Enix in Japan, Nintendo is handling publishing duties for the rest of the world. This was the same case for Octopath and DQXI SE.
Re: Minecraft Dungeons Was Originally Considered For 3DS And Inspired By Zelda
@SyFyTy
All of Microsoft Game Studio's past releases have cost the same price on both Xbox and Switch, no reason why that'd be any different for this one.
Re: EA Set To Launch "Multiple" Titles On Nintendo Switch In 2020
Not that I'd trust modern day EA to do it right, but I'd like to see a new Road Rash or a Road Rash remake.