Can we just admit already that Aspyr sucks at porting games and people need to stop using them? Like good grief how many ports do they have to eff up before companies learn? Smh...
@Ejadaddy Facts don't change the facts? I disputed everything you said, and you can't even keep basic numbers straight. But keep declaring yourself the victor. Hope your arm doesn't hurt from all the patting yourself on the back. Soo much hay over something so little. Are you an employee of Supergiant or something?
@Ejadaddy It's $50 (not $40) lol! How many times I gotta say that for you to understand the basic math/reading? It's right there in the article, twice! SMDH
@Ejadaddy yeah for like Limited Run games or collectors physicals for small, indie games. This is a well established IP with big sales. But sure, you can justify the 67% price increase to yourself all you want (I think it should've been $40 tops). Not really something worth getting that emotional about.
Folks it's getting 78 on metacritic currently. This game isn't amazing all around with just one hater... It has some significant issues with it that are off-putting to a lot of people.
Honestly was disappointed in this game after the playtest. Just seems so unnecessarily complicated and a breeding grounds for meta people just wrecking everyone online. The tracks look nice, but the gameplay itself is boring (slow) yet also way too complex at the same time.
Not caring about the details of your IP is how you end up with Metroid Other M and Federation Force. I don't think Nintendo wants to make those mistakes again. This artist should understand that and if they don't like it, then work on a new IP. Protecting the parity your brand is huge!
Something is off about this quote: "She was then sent the OFFER and INSTEAD decided to contact Hideki Kamiya to apparently ask him what her talent was "worth", and THAT WAS WHEN she was offered $4,000 USD by the company."
So, this sounds like $4,000 was NOT the initial offer. Could she have gotten a better offer initially, but then pushed for more, and Kamiya didn't like her response so he lowballed her at $4,000? Not saying that's what happened, but this comment above is very oddly stated and trips some red flags for me. I think there is more to this than we are being lead to believe.
That's gotta be Virgil from DmC at the end. Looked up a photo to refresh and it's a spitting image. Wonder how they'll mix it in? Probably an alternate playable character cameo is my guess. With super light references of how he's there.
@Cia You could still use a gamecube controller in the trilogy on first two games. I thought it made the experience better myself. It would obviously let you do either in order for it to be portable.
Criminally underrated. People at the time were just protesting "waggle" after being burnt out on motion controls. This game actually handled the controls well for the most part, but it didn't matter at the time. Anything they saw that had motion controls was cast into the fire. I will say this isn't the best Zelda gameplay-wise. It isn't terrible though by any means. Just was fetchy in some parts and had a few gimmicks to it. But the story, I could argue could be the best written of all. Especially, with character development (Groose! C'mon!). They definitely did a better job with Zelda and Link's relationship than most other games.
Funny observation. In a world where 8k is out and 4k is standard now, People are more excited that a Nintendo game is being upgraded from 480p to 720p lol!
@Savino Gotta totally disagree with you. It's actually one of the best written Zelda stories IMO. Gameplay has it's hit and misses, but it really got a bad wrap I think with people being burnt out on "waggle" at the time.
Considering this revision almost changes nothing and improves almost nothing, what did anyone expect? This isn't worth anything to anyone who is an existing Switch owner. Especially, at a $50 price increase.
@Ghost_of_Hasashi Huh? My outdated Galaxy S9 displays 2k (1440p). There is no excuse to not push the already docked 1080p on an OLED screen more than twice as big as my phone.
@dew12333 I was hoping they could do the existing docked 1080p on handheld in the year 2021. But no, a 720p OLED in 2021 is totally acceptable.... Durr yeah I wanted muh GTA V and CODs.. I So mAd I gets no CODs... Ok Bro...
@BabyYoda71 I was expecting the equivalent of a mid gen "pro" version, akin to what Sony (PS4 Pro) and Microsoft (One X) did last gen. Still the same games across both, but some visual resolution/performance improvements and features. This is the same resolution with different screen... But now we know this is just a worthless revision for existing owners and we will just be waiting 2 more years for Switch 2.
@Ghost_of_Hasashi Being handheld has nothing to do with this at all. The problem with that was Nintendo making exclusive games for it rather than having just better visual iterations of games that release on both. And it's easier to do when you are working with games that aren't "3D" anymore. Games like Doom, Skyrim and others are already being downscaled to play on Switch. It wouldn't be that hard to still scale down to both. And like I said, not even doing existing docked level resolution on this iteration is unacceptable.
@BabyYoda71 No way on planet earth were they ever going to make BoTW 2 "Switch Pro" exclusive. That's simply not even a possibility. Most Zelda's they release cross generation even. A Pro iteration would've just been an upscaled resolution version with maybe a few extra visual bells and whistles while still releasing on the regular Switch.
"We probably should've had a bigger kickstand, a LAN port, used an OLED screen, and pushed the screen up to the border of the device back when we launched in 2017" -Nintendo Staffer "How bout we do that now and sucker people into buying the same thing twice!?" - Nintendo Financial Advisor
@Ghost_of_Hasashi Not really, as Series S/X are showing, as long as Nintendo makes it easy to scale like Microsoft is doing. They could've at least pushed the already existing, docked level resolution out the OLED screen. A new iteration of 720p OLED is just inexcusable.
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Re: Best Tomb Raider Games, Ranked - Lara Croft On Switch & Nintendo Systems
Can we just admit already that Aspyr sucks at porting games and people need to stop using them? Like good grief how many ports do they have to eff up before companies learn? Smh...
Re: Gallery: Hades 2's Switch 2 Physical Boasts A Stunning Reversible Cover
@Ejadaddy 🤡
Re: Gallery: Hades 2's Switch 2 Physical Boasts A Stunning Reversible Cover
@Ejadaddy Facts don't change the facts? I disputed everything you said, and you can't even keep basic numbers straight. But keep declaring yourself the victor. Hope your arm doesn't hurt from all the patting yourself on the back. Soo much hay over something so little. Are you an employee of Supergiant or something?
Re: Gallery: Hades 2's Switch 2 Physical Boasts A Stunning Reversible Cover
@Ejadaddy It's $50 (not $40) lol! How many times I gotta say that for you to understand the basic math/reading? It's right there in the article, twice! SMDH
Re: Gallery: Hades 2's Switch 2 Physical Boasts A Stunning Reversible Cover
@Ejadaddy yeah for like Limited Run games or collectors physicals for small, indie games. This is a well established IP with big sales. But sure, you can justify the 67% price increase to yourself all you want (I think it should've been $40 tops). Not really something worth getting that emotional about.
Re: Gallery: Hades 2's Switch 2 Physical Boasts A Stunning Reversible Cover
@Ejadaddy How is it not? It's $49.99 physical and $29.99 digital.
Re: Gallery: Hades 2's Switch 2 Physical Boasts A Stunning Reversible Cover
Sheesh a $20 bump for physical, that's rough...
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Kirby Air Riders
Folks it's getting 78 on metacritic currently. This game isn't amazing all around with just one hater... It has some significant issues with it that are off-putting to a lot of people.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Kirby Air Riders
Honestly was disappointed in this game after the playtest. Just seems so unnecessarily complicated and a breeding grounds for meta people just wrecking everyone online. The tracks look nice, but the gameplay itself is boring (slow) yet also way too complex at the same time.
Re: Feature: How Mega Starmie Became The Internet's New Queer Icon
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Re: Donkey Kong Bananza's Next DLC In-Game Event Swings Into Action Next Week
Rest in Peace Chunky...
Re: Random: Steam's Brand New Game Console Sure Looks Awfully Familiar
It's a Xbox Series X cut in half
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Roguelikes, Roguelites And Run-Based Games
Children of Morta should be on this list but you guys reviewed it poorly for some reason.
Re: Random: Metroid Prime 3 Dev Left Retro Studios After "Unhealthy Relationship" With Nintendo Micromanagement
Not caring about the details of your IP is how you end up with Metroid Other M and Federation Force. I don't think Nintendo wants to make those mistakes again. This artist should understand that and if they don't like it, then work on a new IP. Protecting the parity your brand is huge!
Re: It's Official, SEGA Has Declared 2024 The "Year Of Shadow"
"The eeear of... a wigi!"
Re: Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Update 1 Outlined, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Soo glad I didn't buy this trash. Aspyr is a dumpster fire.
Re: Another Humongous Point-And-Click Classic Is Coming To Switch Soon
I want Backyard Baseball!!!
Re: Metroid Prime Engineer "Let Down" By Exclusion Of Original Credits In Remaster
Easy PR fix. Just update with a video clip of the original credits and make it a menu option. Boom fixed!
Re: No Gravity Games Is Handing Out 12 Free Switch Games This Month (North America)
@inactive Did anyone actually get the free newsletter Pirate game? I signed up and am still waiting for the code for it...
Re: Bayonetta's OG Voice Actor Asks Fans To "Boycott" Third Game After PlatinumGames Wage Fallout
Something is off about this quote:
"She was then sent the OFFER and INSTEAD decided to contact Hideki Kamiya to apparently ask him what her talent was "worth", and THAT WAS WHEN she was offered $4,000 USD by the company."
So, this sounds like $4,000 was NOT the initial offer. Could she have gotten a better offer initially, but then pushed for more, and Kamiya didn't like her response so he lowballed her at $4,000?
Not saying that's what happened, but this comment above is very oddly stated and trips some red flags for me. I think there is more to this than we are being lead to believe.
Re: Random: It Has Now Been 1,000 Days Since Metroid Prime 4's Development Was Restarted
I'm glad we got Dread at least this year. But, Nintendo has gotta give us Prime Trilogy HD to hold us over while we wait forever for Prime 4.
Re: Round Up: Here's What The Critics Think Of Nintendo Switch OLED
@InkIdols if only it was $50 extra to upgrade...
Re: Nintendo 64 And Sega Genesis 'Expansion Pack' Announced For Switch Online, Launches This October
If you got Banjo from Microsoft, please get the Perfect Dark, since we obviously, won't get Goldeneye...
Re: Nintendo Officially Reveals Kirby And The Forgotten Land
Why hello there Mario Odyssey engine. Tis looks promising.
Re: Bayonetta 3 Finally Gets A New Trailer, Out In 2022
That's gotta be Virgil from DmC at the end. Looked up a photo to refresh and it's a spitting image. Wonder how they'll mix it in? Probably an alternate playable character cameo is my guess. With super light references of how he's there.
Re: Metroid Prime Trilogy Had A Core Dev Team Of Four, Surprisingly
@Cia You could still use a gamecube controller in the trilogy on first two games. I thought it made the experience better myself. It would obviously let you do either in order for it to be portable.
Re: Metroid Prime Trilogy Had A Core Dev Team Of Four, Surprisingly
Port it to Switch ALREADY!!@!#!#@$!!@$
Re: Best Metroid Games Of All Time
Prime Trilogy should be deleted from the list.
Re: Best Metroid Games Of All Time
@iammikegaines Federation Force is way worse.
Re: Someone Thinks They've Resolved Nintendo's Joy-Con Drift Problem With An Incredibly Simple Fix
@SwitchForce So, who copied who?
Re: Someone Thinks They've Resolved Nintendo's Joy-Con Drift Problem With An Incredibly Simple Fix
@SwitchForce Are you that guy from the SwitchForce youtube channel with all the clickbait headlines?
Re: Round Up: The Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Reviews Are In
Criminally underrated. People at the time were just protesting "waggle" after being burnt out on motion controls. This game actually handled the controls well for the most part, but it didn't matter at the time. Anything they saw that had motion controls was cast into the fire. I will say this isn't the best Zelda gameplay-wise. It isn't terrible though by any means. Just was fetchy in some parts and had a few gimmicks to it. But the story, I could argue could be the best written of all. Especially, with character development (Groose! C'mon!). They definitely did a better job with Zelda and Link's relationship than most other games.
Re: Review: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD - A Remaster That Truly Soars
@JHDK Not even close to the worst rofl!
Re: Review: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD - A Remaster That Truly Soars
Funny observation. In a world where 8k is out and 4k is standard now, People are more excited that a Nintendo game is being upgraded from 480p to 720p lol!
Re: Review: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD - A Remaster That Truly Soars
@Savino Gotta totally disagree with you. It's actually one of the best written Zelda stories IMO. Gameplay has it's hit and misses, but it really got a bad wrap I think with people being burnt out on "waggle" at the time.
Re: Nintendo Won't Say Whether Switch OLED Joy-Con Fixes Drift, So Don't Count On It
@sik187 o.O I do like the look of those binbok joycons. I may have to try them out when my drift gets bad.
Re: Nintendo Won't Say Whether Switch OLED Joy-Con Fixes Drift, So Don't Count On It
Considering this revision almost changes nothing and improves almost nothing, what did anyone expect? This isn't worth anything to anyone who is an existing Switch owner. Especially, at a $50 price increase.
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
@dew12333 Oh, you are trying to be funny. Well, you tried.
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
@Ghost_of_Hasashi Huh? My outdated Galaxy S9 displays 2k (1440p). There is no excuse to not push the already docked 1080p on an OLED screen more than twice as big as my phone.
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
@Nin10Doe They were right. This is essentially nothing.
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
@dew12333 I was hoping they could do the existing docked 1080p on handheld in the year 2021. But no, a 720p OLED in 2021 is totally acceptable.... Durr yeah I wanted muh GTA V and CODs.. I So mAd I gets no CODs... Ok Bro...
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
@Amin_Parker You mean release an upgrade that isn't even an upgrade?
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
@dew12333 hAhAhA! Let's celebrate a meaningless revision instead of an actual improvement! Yay us... SMDH
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
@BabyYoda71 I was expecting the equivalent of a mid gen "pro" version, akin to what Sony (PS4 Pro) and Microsoft (One X) did last gen. Still the same games across both, but some visual resolution/performance improvements and features. This is the same resolution with different screen... But now we know this is just a worthless revision for existing owners and we will just be waiting 2 more years for Switch 2.
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
@Ghost_of_Hasashi Being handheld has nothing to do with this at all. The problem with that was Nintendo making exclusive games for it rather than having just better visual iterations of games that release on both. And it's easier to do when you are working with games that aren't "3D" anymore. Games like Doom, Skyrim and others are already being downscaled to play on Switch. It wouldn't be that hard to still scale down to both. And like I said, not even doing existing docked level resolution on this iteration is unacceptable.
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
@BabyYoda71 No way on planet earth were they ever going to make BoTW 2 "Switch Pro" exclusive. That's simply not even a possibility. Most Zelda's they release cross generation even. A Pro iteration would've just been an upscaled resolution version with maybe a few extra visual bells and whistles while still releasing on the regular Switch.
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
"We probably should've had a bigger kickstand, a LAN port, used an OLED screen, and pushed the screen up to the border of the device back when we launched in 2017" -Nintendo Staffer
"How bout we do that now and sucker people into buying the same thing twice!?" - Nintendo Financial Advisor
Re: After Months Of 'Switch Pro' Rumours, Nintendo Officially Unveils The Nintendo Switch OLED Model
@Ghost_of_Hasashi Not really, as Series S/X are showing, as long as Nintendo makes it easy to scale like Microsoft is doing. They could've at least pushed the already existing, docked level resolution out the OLED screen. A new iteration of 720p OLED is just inexcusable.