What ever the battle system, I’d like them to explore the audience system more! I absolutely loved it in TYD, and thought that it would be fitting element in Paper Mario games. Such a shame, that they didn’t use the audience after TYD!
It could be a fun way to sidestep building an experience system; battles and deeds in game world would increase your fame, and more people would come to watch your battles, and over time the small summer theater stage would become a Royal Theater.
Different theaters would have different props which could be used in battles.
The ticket sales would explain the money, that come from battles, and bigger venues would bring higher income.
Popular enemies would make encounters uphill battles as their fans would boo and disturb the match, and some times one possible strategy for winning a battle could even be in trying to win the crowd first, and thus break the home field advantage of the enemy.
Perhaps stylistic and succesful skill moves and use of comical stunts could make the crowd enjoy the battles and cheer you up.
I haven’t tried this one yet, as I fear that the battles are not rewarding and are therefore pointless, but idk, maybe I need to look into it, because the battlesystem looks really interesting to me.
I get bored in jrpgs really easily because of battles, and if the game is very long, I might get bored of its battle system during one game, let alone having to play the damn battle system over several games. If nothing new happens in sequel, I will hard pass it.
@sixrings Yeah, I’d rather have wireless local co-op on every Switch game, that would actually be one of the killer features, why I bought the Switch for. But that is a very Switch-specific feature, and developers seem to shun features, that are specific to one system.
But then again, what Square implemented here....IS LOCAL CO-OP, and that’s why I don’t get the uproar.
The man said, that you can play locally.
But yeah, Add local wireless play on every Switch game!
The man said: ” play together in the same location”
Seems to me, that this is done properly. And I applaud that they went the extra mile to make the original vision as accessible as possible, in a reasonable way.
The game was made to be played with 4 systems for having personal viewpoint for each player, and a typical lazy couch co op implementation would have been watered down experience. (Well, the myrrh bucket was made to keep players mostly together, but still...)
What is it with Nintendo only dealing with their problems in America? Just like with the Joycon drift defect. Are the other regions not good customers?
I’m digital only gamer, but leaving a card reader away wouldn’t really have much impact on the size or price of the console, so I’d rather have it there just in case I find bargain physical games.
@FlashBoomerang Thanks, but I’ll wait until Nintendo starts aknowledging that european customers are customers too, and that opening the joycon my self wouldn’t give them any excuse to deny repair from me.
@FlashBoomerang
I called Bergsala, two times, but they said, that: ”fixing the drift is so expensive, that you should just buy new joy cons, and without warranty the customer would have to pay everything.”
(Also, both times the same Bergsala guy told me, that he have never heard about any problems with joycons and didn’t know anything about drifting)
Nah, I had it for a month, played the two or three half decent games and waited for playable games for the rest of the time, but since it became clear, that new games trickle in so slow and with poor quality as well, I stopped subscription.
I don’t want my Nintendo like that. Apple doesn’t seem to be able to afford very good games with that business model, why should Nintendo undervalue its property? Does this guy want Nintendo to lower its quality, or even go out of business?
I have been waiting for two generations to be able to play Animal Crossing, because I wasn’t interested on playing on my daughters island previously, and I thought that finally I could get my own island as Switch OS has own profiles for each player for each game.
But what is this!? I should buy two more Switches and three copies of the game so that my daughters can get their own islands and I could get my own.
What if my Wife wants to play? I need to buy a fourth Switch!?!
This Switch deal is getting worse and worse.
(We Also have 4 pairs of drifting Joy Cons)
Fffffuuuuuuuu
I’m losing my religion. And I have been such a Nintendo fanboy!!1!1!1
For me local co-op is the best form of gaming, and that is where the Switch really shines(in addition to gyro aiming, which is a requirement for me)! I hate split screens, and with Switch, you can have own screens for each player without any hassle.
I prefer to have the communication on the phone and I think it is neat idea, but they could expand it a little with game specific applications and perhaps demonstrate what they think it is developed for in the first place.
I like how communication doesn’t eat bandwidth from the game as it runs in the phone.
These shareholders opinion pieces, mostly concerning about general feelings of Nintendo’s E3 show, sound a bit like advertisements for Switches fall, keenly anticipated by many businesses.
I would like to see a Switch ecosystem expanded with ”dockless Switch”, a ”Switchless Dock”(I mean a dock, that has the soc built in), and later perhaps a new iteration of Switch, that has a 3d screen.
@HappyRusevDay I have a bit similar situation, but opposite direction; I can’t go back to last gen controls from the immediacy of gyro aiming.
Even though the graphics are more pleasing, I just can’t stand the clunky movement of thumbsticks, and my XBone X is in danger to get unused, as the Switch is my FPS console.
What comes to parity, I actually prefer Switch versions if they are ported well enough to get into ball park, because I value motion controls more, than even better graphics.
I just played the Thimbleweed Park with my brother, and man, the thumbstick controls in a pointer game was making us lose our hair!
Always add pointer controls to a point and click game!
The touchscreen is amazing, BUT: I love playing these games with a friend, so to me a pointer controls are even better. You could even give own cursors to each player.
Why would it be better to split eShop into ”regular” and VC portions?
I don’t care where I buy my games from.
It sucks, though, that without VC 3rd parties might not be as interested in releasing that many retro games, especially for somewhat less popular systems.
Also, the gyro made me finally buy the Doom as well.
I would be playing the Thimbleweed Park the most, but the analog sticks SUCK at point&click games! Gyro as well as secondary pointer for another player would make it perfect.
A bit of Mummy and Owlboy makes a nice break from analog stick puxel hunting frustration.
To me the local multiplayer with own screens for each player is the most important feature, so the Switch version is by far the most promising version for me.
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Re: Poll: What's The Best Final Fantasy Game On Nintendo Consoles?
I have high hopes for FF18.
I like the 7th and 9th, and LOVE the 4th, but the best seem to be every 6th.
If there will ever be only one remake, let it be FF6.
Re: Paper Mario Producer Says "It's A Necessity" To Change The Combat System In Every Entry
What ever the battle system, I’d like them to explore the audience system more! I absolutely loved it in TYD, and thought that it would be fitting element in Paper Mario games. Such a shame, that they didn’t use the audience after TYD!
It could be a fun way to sidestep building an experience system; battles and deeds in game world would increase your fame, and more people would come to watch your battles, and over time the small summer theater stage would become a Royal Theater.
Different theaters would have different props which could be used in battles.
The ticket sales would explain the money, that come from battles, and bigger venues would bring higher income.
Popular enemies would make encounters uphill battles as their fans would boo and disturb the match, and some times one possible strategy for winning a battle could even be in trying to win the crowd first, and thus break the home field advantage of the enemy.
Perhaps stylistic and succesful skill moves and use of comical stunts could make the crowd enjoy the battles and cheer you up.
Re: Paper Mario Producer Says "It's A Necessity" To Change The Combat System In Every Entry
Good.
I haven’t tried this one yet, as I fear that the battles are not rewarding and are therefore pointless, but idk, maybe I need to look into it, because the battlesystem looks really interesting to me.
I get bored in jrpgs really easily because of battles, and if the game is very long, I might get bored of its battle system during one game, let alone having to play the damn battle system over several games. If nothing new happens in sequel, I will hard pass it.
Re: Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Director Explains Why Remaster Cut Local Co-Op
@sixrings Yeah, I’d rather have wireless local co-op on every Switch game, that would actually be one of the killer features, why I bought the Switch for. But that is a very Switch-specific feature, and developers seem to shun features, that are specific to one system.
But then again, what Square implemented here....IS LOCAL CO-OP, and that’s why I don’t get the uproar.
The man said, that you can play locally.
But yeah, Add local wireless play on every Switch game!
Re: Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Director Explains Why Remaster Cut Local Co-Op
I don’t understand the whining.
The man said:
” play together in the same location”
Seems to me, that this is done properly. And I applaud that they went the extra mile to make the original vision as accessible as possible, in a reasonable way.
The game was made to be played with 4 systems for having personal viewpoint for each player, and a typical lazy couch co op implementation would have been watered down experience. (Well, the myrrh bucket was made to keep players mostly together, but still...)
Re: Review: Yes, Your Grace - A Curious Mix Of Kingdom Management And Medieval Adventure
Needs pointer controls:
No gyro, no buy.
Re: Did You Buy The Wrong Pokémon Sword And Shield DLC? Don't Worry, Nintendo Will Sort It Out
What is it with Nintendo only dealing with their problems in America? Just like with the Joycon drift defect. Are the other regions not good customers?
Re: Poll: Should Nintendo Release A Digital-Only Switch?
I’m digital only gamer, but leaving a card reader away wouldn’t really have much impact on the size or price of the console, so I’d rather have it there just in case I find bargain physical games.
Re: Local Co-Op Is Seemingly Returning To The Remaster Of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
With the Switch you could have made it work like the original.
Re: Switch Joy-Con Drift Claim Must Be Arbitrated, Says Illinois Federal Court
@StevenG
In europe Nintendo doesn’t fix them.
Re: Switch Joy-Con Drift Claim Must Be Arbitrated, Says Illinois Federal Court
@FlashBoomerang
Thanks, but I’ll wait until Nintendo starts aknowledging that european customers are customers too, and that opening the joycon my self wouldn’t give them any excuse to deny repair from me.
Re: Switch Joy-Con Drift Claim Must Be Arbitrated, Says Illinois Federal Court
@FlashBoomerang
I called Bergsala, two times, but they said, that: ”fixing the drift is so expensive, that you should just buy new joy cons, and without warranty the customer would have to pay everything.”
(Also, both times the same Bergsala guy told me, that he have never heard about any problems with joycons and didn’t know anything about drifting)
Re: Switch Joy-Con Drift Claim Must Be Arbitrated, Says Illinois Federal Court
@FlashBoomerang
Warranty expired
Re: Switch Joy-Con Drift Claim Must Be Arbitrated, Says Illinois Federal Court
All our 4 Joycon pairs drift. I tried to borrow my brothers joycons for our kids birth day party, but they drifted as well.
And the drift gets worse and worse over time.
Nintendo: start fixing them in EU as well.
Re: Nintendo Should Create An Apple Arcade-Style Subscription Service, Claims Analyst
After the already questionable launch of the Arcade, Apple has released 2 new very small games per month.
So no.
Re: Nintendo Should Create An Apple Arcade-Style Subscription Service, Claims Analyst
Is Apple Arcade a good service though?
Nah, I had it for a month, played the two or three half decent games and waited for playable games for the rest of the time, but since it became clear, that new games trickle in so slow and with poor quality as well, I stopped subscription.
I don’t want my Nintendo like that. Apple doesn’t seem to be able to afford very good games with that business model, why should Nintendo undervalue its property? Does this guy want Nintendo to lower its quality, or even go out of business?
Re: Angry Players Are Starting To Review-Bomb Animal Crossing: New Horizons
I was so anxiously waiting for this game!!!
I have been waiting for two generations to be able to play Animal Crossing, because I wasn’t interested on playing on my daughters island previously, and I thought that finally I could get my own island as Switch OS has own profiles for each player for each game.
But what is this!? I should buy two more Switches and three copies of the game so that my daughters can get their own islands and I could get my own.
What if my Wife wants to play? I need to buy a fourth Switch!?!
This Switch deal is getting worse and worse.
(We Also have 4 pairs of drifting Joy Cons)
Fffffuuuuuuuu
I’m losing my religion. And I have been such a Nintendo fanboy!!1!1!1
Re: A Trilogy Of Kingdom Rush Tower-Defense Games Are Coming To Switch, Starting With Frontiers
I would buy it, if it had pointer controls.
Re: Square Enix Collective Reveals First-Person Puzzle-Shooter The Turing Test For Nintendo Switch
Give me gyro.
Not only for Switch games, but PS4 TOO!!!
Re: Review: Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath - Despite Its Rough Edges, This Is Still Worth A Look
@Ventilator Well certainly it has more, than PS4 has. I’d say majority of games, that I buy for Switch, there has been gyro controls.
I have PS4 Pro, but I buy Switch version of a game if it has gyro controls.
Re: Review: Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath - Despite Its Rough Edges, This Is Still Worth A Look
@Darkyoshi98 Thanks!
NintendoLife could try to shape up a bit.
Re: Review: Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath - Despite Its Rough Edges, This Is Still Worth A Look
No gyro controls. No buy.
Re: Switch Named Most Fragile Product Of The Year By French Consumer's Association
3 joycons drifting.
Repair program into EU asap!
Re: CD Projekt Red Not Worried About VR, As It Remains A "Very Small" Market
I know it’s a niche and commercially challenging, but I wish everything not only would come to VR, but made for it from ground up.
It’s the biggest step in evolution of interaction since the beginning of videogames.
Re: Actually, This Launch Trailer For Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition Looks Rather Good
Fantastic!
The music sucks though!
So bad, that it might ruin the game for me.
Re: Switch's NES And SNES Games Will No Longer Be Added Monthly
Alternating between 1 nes or snes game per year!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jsW9MlYu31g
Re: Review: Wolfenstein: Youngblood - Brilliant Co-Op Carnage That's Overshadowed By Its Forerunners
Also; there have been other co-op shooters for a long time, so this is god send for me.
Re: Review: Wolfenstein: Youngblood - Brilliant Co-Op Carnage That's Overshadowed By Its Forerunners
Lan should be a norm on Switch games.
For me local co-op is the best form of gaming, and that is where the Switch really shines(in addition to gyro aiming, which is a requirement for me)! I hate split screens, and with Switch, you can have own screens for each player without any hassle.
Re: Google Reveals Stadia, Its Vision Of A Cloud Gaming Future
The future is latency!
Latency is the worst thing, that could happen to games.
Re: Video: Cloud Gaming Is Viable In The Future Based On This Assassin's Creed Odyssey Review
The most concerning thing in cloud gaming to me is, that even with fastest connections the latency is so big, that it would affect game design.
Re: Talking Point: What We Love And Hate About The Nintendo Switch Online Smartphone App
I prefer to have the communication on the phone and I think it is neat idea, but they could expand it a little with game specific applications and perhaps demonstrate what they think it is developed for in the first place.
I like how communication doesn’t eat bandwidth from the game as it runs in the phone.
Re: Switch NES Games Will Enhance Retro Experience With HD Resolution, Filters And Save States
Added multiplayer into certain games would be a KILLER app. Co-op Smb3 would make everyone subscribe the online service!
Re: US Trader Rubs Salt Into Nintendo's Share Drop Wounds With $400 Million Bet Against The Company
These shareholders opinion pieces, mostly concerning about general feelings of Nintendo’s E3 show, sound a bit like advertisements for Switches fall, keenly anticipated by many businesses.
Re: Wall Street Analyst Warns Of Slowing Nintendo Switch Sales
”could begin to”
”could still go either way”
”stock has lost.....While it has begun to recover.....”
”perhaps”
”perhaps”
Hmmm...nothing about Switch sales...
Re: Get Ready For Smash Bros. Ultimate With These Customisable GameCube-Like Pro Controllers
I would really like to have Gamecube controllers, but I only buy controllers with gyro sensor and HD rumble.
Re: Metal Gear Movie Director Shares His Ideas About A Potential Legend Of Zelda Film
Silent Link for me.
Movies don’t have to be alike, and I would hate to see Zelda and Metroid as american action films.
Re: Metal Gear Movie Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts Wants To Make A "Crazy" Metroid Movie
If there ever was a Metroid movie, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Re: Panic Button Is Porting Online Co-Op Hit Warframe To Nintendo Switch
I just hope, that it has gyro aiming and local wireless co-op!
Co-op with own screens for each player is a killer feature to me and with gyro aiming would easily make this the ultimate version.
Re: Review: Mushroom Wars 2 (Switch eShop)
Pointer controls would make me buy it.
Re: Nintendo Is Considering A Successor To The 3DS According To Its New President
I would like to see a Switch ecosystem expanded with ”dockless Switch”, a ”Switchless Dock”(I mean a dock, that has the soc built in), and later perhaps a new iteration of Switch, that has a 3d screen.
Expand, but keep the compatibility.
Re: Review: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Switch)
@HappyRusevDay
I have a bit similar situation, but opposite direction;
I can’t go back to last gen controls from the immediacy of gyro aiming.
Even though the graphics are more pleasing, I just can’t stand the clunky movement of thumbsticks, and my XBone X is in danger to get unused, as the Switch is my FPS console.
Re: Shadowgun Legends Is Bringing Free To Play FPS Action To Switch
Please add gyro aiming
Re: Release Window Between Consoles And Switch "Shrinking All The Time" Says Panic Button Boss
What comes to parity, I actually prefer Switch versions if they are ported well enough to get into ball park, because I value motion controls more, than even better graphics.
Re: Nintendo Is Open To Dropping The 'Direct' Approach At Future E3 Events
I like directs more.
Re: Ubisoft CEO Believes The Next Generation Of Consoles Will Be The Last
Input latency!
Is there going to be a breakthrough (or two, or three) in next couple of years, that would cut the input latency signifigantly?
I don’t mind subscription but input latency kills games.
Re: Point-And-Click Trilogy The Journey Down Arrives On Switch Later This Month
I really hope, that they add pointer controls.
I just played the Thimbleweed Park with my brother, and man, the thumbstick controls in a pointer game was making us lose our hair!
Always add pointer controls to a point and click game!
The touchscreen is amazing, BUT:
I love playing these games with a friend, so to me a pointer controls are even better. You could even give own cursors to each player.
Re: Gorogoa Is Getting An Update, Adding In An Extra Puzzle From The Original Demo
I hope they add gyro controls in there while at it.
Re: The Virtual Console Isn't Coming To Switch, Nintendo Confirms
Why would it be better to split eShop into ”regular” and VC portions?
I don’t care where I buy my games from.
It sucks, though, that without VC 3rd parties might not be as interested in releasing that many retro games, especially for somewhat less popular systems.
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend?
Just bought Arms, what an amazing game!!!
Also, the gyro made me finally buy the Doom as well.
I would be playing the Thimbleweed Park the most, but the analog sticks SUCK at point&click games! Gyro as well as secondary pointer for another player would make it perfect.
A bit of Mummy and Owlboy makes a nice break from analog stick puxel hunting frustration.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Analysis On Dark Souls: Remastered
It looks good
To me the local multiplayer with own screens for each player is the most important feature, so the Switch version is by far the most promising version for me.