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@SBandy1 Don’t even get me started. Almost all of his films on UHD blu ray aren’t even native 4k scans. They’re just AI upscales of 2k scans. Also some of them like T2 have basically all of the film grain digitally removed and it looks awful. Almost none of his films are worth getting in 4k. It’s sad.

I don’t know how it’s possible for anyone to not have liked the direct. Top ride. All courses from the first one. A ton of content and customization options. If you didn’t like the direct you either don’t like racing games or just don’t like video games.

Recently Played Prime Remastered on my new 4k Oled. Actually one of the best looking games I’ve ever played.

I wish they’d done a proper hd remaster instead. Or let me buy the GameCube version individually.

I play them via Wii U virtual console. My Wii U is basically my retro machine full of NES, SNES, and N64 games.

The management of Rare under Microsoft will always baffle. They were literally one of the premier developers during the nineties. But Microsoft seemingly bought them to do nothing with them.

@Clammy "Impressive considering the poor selection of launch titles"

Mario Kart, New 3d Donkey Kong, Sakurai directed game, Metroid Prime 4. All within the first 6 months. I don't know how you would have survived the N64 or Wii U eras.

@canaryfarmer Sweet. I’ll definitely keep that in mind if/when I need a new controller. First party ones are getting too expensive.

@canaryfarmer Nice to know. How do the buttons and control sticks feel? The old third party controllers I would get would always have awful control sticks especially.

Has anyone had success with third party controllers these days? The last time I got a third party controller was during the GameCube and Xbox days. And they were god awful. They sucked when they worked and would break really easily. Are they any better now?

AI is such a copyright nightmare. If you use AI to generate art. Do you own that art as your intellectual property? Or will some AI companies have a clause buried in their end-user license agreement that states they own all generated content? If I were a company, I wouldn’t touch generative AI with a 50 foot pole until all of these issues work themselves out in legislation and courts.

People generally don’t like Nintendo’s Nazi behavior when it comes to protecting their IP. But imagine spending decades and millions upon millions of dollars meticulously cultivating fan bases for your franchises only to have some other person or company come in and make money off of your work with little to no effort. That’d be pretty frustrating to say the least.

The director made it pretty clear that it’s primarily built around first person. So that’s absolutely how I’m playing it.

Literally one of the best 3d platformer packages ever.

This is them starting to pivot away from being completely reliant on the US market. This is the logical end result of the complete unpredictability and instability in the US's current economic and trade policies. Foreign investors and companies are going to start looking to other places to invest their resources.

“My headphones were out of charge.”

Sad fool doesn’t know you can get wired ones that never need to charge.

I’m happy that she’s been with the company longer than Doug has been. It means she knows what makes it tick. She knows why people are such loyal fans. At least she should know. We’ll see how it plays out.

Does the Switch 2 even have an SSD? If it doesn’t then his point is moot.

@Serpenterror Absolutely. They still charge the same price for a game-key card that they would for a real physical edition. It makes companies more money because they're charging consumers the same price for a worse product. You gotta admit it's a smart business move. And then if game-key cards fail, companies can just claim that physical media is dead and move on to all digital. Where they have no second hand market to compete with and have complete control over pricing and ownership. Game-key cards really are a win-win for game companies. And consumers are screwed no matter what.

It’s because they’re cheaper. That’s it. Companies make more profit off of them. They can word salad all they want about whatever else, but that’s the actual reason.

Yeah. If your case gets dismissed in favor of your opponent, you didn't win. It means your case was so bad that it didn't even get to the actual issue you wanted to argue about. It's like showing up to the wrong classroom to take a math test you didn't study for. It's hopeless.

Would get if I could buy the games individually. Since it’s just NSO. Not interested.

Devs should just develop games with Switch 2 in mind and then port to other platforms. It’s gonna be the biggest gaming platform going forward. And Xbox and Playstation decided to become glorified pcs anyway.

Welcome to the post “liberation day” world.

Could be great. Could be awful. We don’t know. They barely showed it at all and we have literally no concrete information about it at all.

Gamers are the most vocal lemmings ever. They’ll lodge all sorts of complaints while still following each other right over the cliff.

@DragonbornRito if Nintendo was raising their prices in a vacuum I’d agree. But the price of literally everything is going up also. Thanks to “liberation day.”

None of his arguments hold up to scrutiny.

I'd get it if I could buy the games individually. But not gonna since it's just the expansion pack.

I just love Sakurai. I'll watch him talk about anything.

Gamers should be happy about this. Sure games a way more expensive now than they were just a few months ago. But that’s democracy. Gamers wanted higher prices so now we have higher prices.

$70 guys. For 15+ year old games. I really hope owning the libs was worth it.

Chrono Trigger please

Rayman Legends is one of the best 2d platformers ever.

@JDCII specs have never been what sells systems. The PS1 was weaker than the N64. The PS2 was weaker than the GameCube and Xbox. The Wii was weaker than the PS3 and 360. And Nintendo’s handhelds have always been out powered by other handhelds yet have always outsold them.

Sony needs to make more games. I got my PS5 this year finally. Mostly just to avoid the tariff price increases. Astro Bot is great. But that and a handful of others are all that are system sellers on it. Sony really needs to up their first party output or we’ll end up with just PC and Nintendo left.

@Hawkes142 I don’t disagree at all. The remakes have fantastic music. But the original’s lack of sound really does make it feel more isolated and alien to me. Both of the remakes are overall much better games. But I will credit the original for the few things I think it does better.

Support physical media folks.

@HugoGED the “art” in box art has been dead for a while. It’s sad.

It's a Sakurai directed game from the same team that made Smash Ultimate. It was never gonna be anything but great.

@Mz3player Oh yeah that's probably it.

In game purchases? You gonna have to buy the morph ball?

@tho_mi Ooo good catch.

I just hope there’s split screen for City Trial.

@sixrings imagine thinking a Sakurai directed game will be disappointing.

Sega is the only company that wouldn’t mine a gold mine.

God almighty I’m old.

Really interesting piece. I will say that I think the sense of isolation in the original is still unmatched in the remakes. You really feel like you’re descending into an increasingly alien and isolated hive in the original. And neither of the remakes quite captures that same feeling.

We’re in a time where game companies are canceling projects, laying off workers, and raising prices. The fact there was anything to show at all is a miracle.

As long as they’re voiced by real people I’m happy.