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@BlackenedHalo It has all the horsepower it needs for its amazing games. Smash, Kart and Mario 60, Zelda and Pokemon rock solid 30. All easy on the eyes, and some of the best visuals on handheld you're gonna get still despite not being as powerful as devices that cost 3 times the price. No complaints at all.

@PBandSmelly When is ANY company NOT working on a new game? The bills ain't gonna pay themselves.

@BTB20 This game has such positive word of mouth that it's going to absolutely explode, it has already broken all Switch records on Twitch, which I definitely wasn't expecting.

@Darknilious Don't get me wrong, not wanting a Zelda game in this style doesn't take anything away from the effort that went into this, it's certainly impressive, although people should understand that most of the work is done by stock Unreal Engine 5, most of the work must have gone into the Zelda specific models (namely Link and Zelda).

@BTB20 You're right but haters are gonna grasp on straws even if it means the game is slightly less extremely successful than it is. This game is going to be the best selling Pokemon game of all time, mark my words.

The best overall console of all time, given its library that covers all tastes and the sheer amount of playability: from the comfort of your home on TV, in bed handheld, on a mountain, etc. Absolutely unstoppable and well deserved.

@Lord Sounds like you need a heavy dose of Copium. This game is selling like gangbusters.

This is not a reconfirmation, they are simply restating what they have already announced about these titles. There is a big difference between the two. The difference being that if any changes happen to the schedule, they wouldn't be announced here.

@BloodNinja What does the Wii U have to do with anything?

Sounds like they are not interested in NFTs, this is just a PR response for "we're looking into it but not really" so that investors don't think they are entirely ignoring the trend when in fact they are doing nothing with NFTs.

@CoffeeWithGames Don't forget that Sega itself somewhat recently bought Atlus. They own lots of studios, including Creative Assembly and Sports Interactive in the UK. It's a rather large entity, I don't know if it's within Nintendo's reach. I mean, they could, but I don't think it would be smart, Sega is too expensive and owns too many "dead" IPs that are overvalued due to historical value.

@Savage_Joe Err, that's what purchasing a company usually means, purchasing the majority of shares. It's very rare that someone owns literally 100% of a major company.

The first Great Ace Attorney game was rather disappointing for Ace Attorney standards (still pretty good though), the second was what justified the first.

@ModdedInkling You mean the console that flopped before it even launched and wasn't released in Europe? I don't even count it. It was a 3rd pillar not their main home console. But yes if you want to be technical, it's in good company with Virtual Boy as Nintendo's biggest flops.

@mariomaster96 And the United States of America.

Scraping the bottom of the barrel now. The only Pokeball worth owning a replica of is the original, and maybe the new one from Arceus which is quite iconic. All the others are pointless.

Honestly, I'd like it if Nintendo bought a few more studios, just to expand their output to more of their catalog. Nothing in the scale of ActiBlizz of course, smaller studios such as Gust, for example. At the moment, F-Zero is not a possibility, not because Nintendo doesn't want to make one, but simply there is no capacity for it, all of their studios are working on higher priority projects. If they owned more studios, they could have a smaller one work on F-Zero.

They could seek out to do this with a 3rd party too, but that complicates things more and 3rd parties prefer to work on more lucrative projects or new IP too. This is exactly what happened with Luigi's Mansion, it isn't that they forgot it exists after Gamecube, they simply didn't have enough studios to work on it, and Next Level Games found the opportunity to become the Luigi's Mansion studio.

@Krull I wouldn't be surprised if EA was the next in line to join Microsoft at this point. They already have a close relationship on Gamepass. I completely agree about the Japanese companies, I want them to remain independent. Most likely, they will, because the Japanese government should be able to block hostile takeover, but we'll have to wait and see....

@ramu-chan But nothing really appealing for a wide audience. Demons Souls, Returnal and Ratchet and Clank, hardly big system sellers. Most people that bought PS5 bought it to play multiplatforms on, as well as for the promise of future titles. If it doesn't start getting some bangers real soon, I wouldn't be surprised if it falls behind.

@ModdedInkling I didn't play the marketing, I played the console. It had very limited appeal, very few worthwhile games. I feel like the only people that appreciated it were either 10 years old when it came out and didn't know any better, or just liked the novelty factor, but other than that it was really Nintendo's worst console to date by quite a wide margin. No amount of marketing could save a console with such an unappealing software lineup.

The Wii U was a bad console and I'm glad Nintendo managed to turn things around with basically no delay at all after that disaster.

@Nico07 Indeed, that said, I could see Microsoft increasing GamePass price. At the moment it's just too stupid good value, and it's going to get even better once new Bethesda and ActiBlizz games start rolling out. Realistically, Microsoft will probably do just that, but only once they have secured a lot more subscriptions.

@ModdedInkling Hyrule Warriors doesn't have anything to do with Ocarina of Time. Tech demo is tech demo. I don't know how you see it as realistic when the proportions are clearly cartoony. More realistic than Wind Waker? Certainly, but honestly, character proportion wise, Breath of the Wild is a lot more realistic than Ocarina.

@yuwarite I mean, my point is proven by the fact that nobody has achieved anything like this so far. Surely, they are not just dumb as you are insinuating, they just don't think they can compete. And they are right. You are not a marketing and game developing genius, you simply don't know what you are talking about.

@yuwarite I'm talking about the exact same thing. The games will inevitably be in Pokemon's shadow, so without the sales they won't be able to compete. Without sales, what makes you think they can somehow have a better looking, sounding, and more balanced game? The budget is a direct function of sales potential.

@Kienda I don't think they are treating him like a criminal, they didn't dispatch the police on the guy. They are just exercising their legal rights on the content. I agree that I don't really see the reason, but I am not a Nintendo lawyer and I don't know how copyright law works by any means.

@cheetahman91 It won't die as long as there's money to be made. Celebrities are just lubing us up.

I've been playing on PC and it's fine but the UI is not very responsive and the single player content is terrible. For a free to play game it's top notch though, literally the best card game in the market in my opinion. Even without paying a dime you are going to have a lot of enjoyment here if you like YGO. Even getting very good cards is quite easy.

Looks great but I was expecting a 3D game. Still gonna play this, Shovel Knight was an excellent game.

I think once you're in this game of uploading content that is not yours, you are living on borrowed time, and that's exactly why the guy that owns the channel is being level headed about it. At least he was decent enough not to monetize it, so I have absolutely no problem with his channel. Maybe Nintendo intends to make some of these legally available somehow.

@another_one There are, but good luck convincing King or any other big company to stop microtransactions. That's their entire business model. I mean, they would only stop if they felt it's affecting their bottom line. If they make all their money from mtx they won't and it would be dumb to.

@ModdedInkling Ocarina of Time would look great with more realistic lightning effects sure, but realistic models? No, not one bit. The characters in that game are clearly stylized. It wouldn't be OoT without that.

@jorel262 Even if we do, it won't be anything like this. Nintendo is all about distinct visuals. If you can't tell the game is Zelda right away, they don't want it.

@Fizza Executive types don't live in the same world as us for the most part. They probably had absolutely no idea it was this controversial.

The thing is, if Ubisoft is doing NFTs, we can at least assume they will be implemented in a way that will offer at least some service that might be worthwhile even if NFTs were not necessary for it. But Team 17? Just a tiny company in comparison that doesn't have an ecosystem to speak of. What is the point of developing NFTs other than to make a quick buck? Of course Ubisoft wants it for money too, but they are in it for the long haul, it is not an outright get rich quick scam.

@Zach1122 So are microtransactions and everyone is doing it. It doesn't really matter what gamers want. As long as they buy the latest FIFA and Assassin's Creed like good boys, that's where the discussion ends.

@BenAV I would like to see something like Gyms return, but trainer battles absolutely suck compared to being out in the world and fighting wild Pokémon. The pace is just a complete crawl in comparison. If they bring back more trainer battles, they need to be very careful with the implementation.

@yuwarite If you think anyone is going to beat Pokémon at the monster hunting genre, you are unfortunately deluding yourself.

I think it depends on a case by case basis. In the case of Activision Blizzard, that company was just too damn rotten from the core and the takeover by Microsoft was the only hope of them making anything good again. Other than that, consolidation is never good.

@Brydontk Yes, making a game world look amazing from a distance on hardware like Switch is pretty much an exercise in futility. Unreal 5 streamlines this with their virtual geometry tech, but in older hardware you either need farm of slave-wage workers creating assets that look perfect from any distance, or it just ain't happening. Frankly, not worth the time and money for most developers, unless the game is 100% focused on the flying experience of course. That said, it would be nice if they at least swapped the water material at a higher distance, the tiling effect looks quite bad. But oh well, very minor thing.

@FaroreAbhorsen I honestly don't think this would work very well. I mean, the scale of Ocarina of Time does not lend itself to a realistic version, it's just too small, like a shoebox. A 1:1 recreation with a more stylized art style like in OoT 3D, which is not realistic by any means, fits a lot better in my opinion. What would be nice to see though would be to remove the scene transitions and have the entire world be seamless, even if they keep the same scale.

After playing the game myself extensively during the weekend, I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is the best Pokemon game ever made. "One of the best" is not giving it enough credit. This sets a new standard for the series, and subsequent Pokemon games should build on this foundation.

@CupidStunt The reason this is happening is exactly because opening an entirely brand new studio is an extremely slow process in the AAA space. In my opinion, Nintendo should also acquire a few developers in Japan and overseas. They do have a war chest, and having money just laying around is not smart business.

@HollowSpectre On the contrary, all that will be left will be indies. There won't be any 3rd party AAA studios at this rate, all of them are being absorbed. At least the ones based in the US. This consolidation is not good for the industry.

@MysticX Nothing has inherent value outside stuff that cover basic human needs. Everything is simply a convention and a result of the free market. Why is gold expensive? Because humans decided it's pretty and they want it. Why does a digital game cost $60? Because so did the physical ones, you pay for the R&D, not the bits and bytes.

@jojobar Exactly. It looks like Elder Scrolls or something. Don't get me wrong, I do love Elder Scrolls, but it isn't what you would call visually distinct.

@Browny If you think this game suffers from anything the main series does, you clearly haven't played it. Of course it isn't perfect, it has its own issues, but they are its own, nothing to do with the main series.

@REDWINDS I brought it up because they have been a standalone company for 30 years. The last few months has no relevance to it.