@PALversusNTSC Sega doesn't hold any rights to the Grandia titles, it was already ported to PC and PS2 in 2001/2002. Sooo if you want to thank someone, thank Square Enix (the current holders of the franchise).
Also I'm cautiously optimistic (or should I say "rather worried"), as this port is going to be handled by the same company that did the Anniversary Edition, which was arguably better than the 2002 PC port, but was still very lacking in some areas (badly looped music and a lot, I mean a lot, of sound playback issues). Grandia II on the Dreamcast is still one of my all time favourite titles, so I'd hate to see it receiving the same lousy treatment on the Switch. Curious about the HD release of Grandia 1 as well (as you might've guessed, it's also one of my all time fav Saturn games).
And while we're at it... Skies of Arcadia 2/HD when?
Gee, I wonder where all NL users, who back in March were shouting "we don't need apps/browser/[insert a very basic functionality right here] on Switch!!!!! This is a video game console!!!!! I have other devices for that!!!", are now. Throw that bs out of the window, I want everything conveniently on my precious little Switch.
A dedicated app is really some great news for me. Hoping that more apps (Netflix? Spotify? Facebook client?) will pop up soon.
That's actually a very fair grade right here - I played a bit of the PS4 version, and it exactly feels like a not bad, 6/10 experience - it's not stellar or anything, but enjoyable. It's a tad worse than Generations or Colors in my opinion, but it was still fun enough to play.
I really wish they'd return to the Homing Attack mechanic from Adventure era, though.
System Shock 1 and 2 are one of my all time favourite games. Since the remake is looking pretty good so far, having SHODAN mock you whenever you go would surely be amazing.
M-m-make yourself com-f-f-fortable, hacker. St-t-tay a while.
Having absolutely terrible experience with broken 3DS consoles, and their atrocious transfer system, I hope Switch does have (or will have) an option to transfer the content from a broken system...
That's funny, as I don't find it that strange to be honest. Being mostly a DOS/Windows gamer back then, I played a whole lot of timed demos. The most memorable might be the demo of Fur Fighters for the PC - it featured one complete location, although you only had 6 minutes to play it. Even though I played it to death, it wasn't nearly enough to complete even the half of the level. Ended up exploring different parts of the level within each playthrough.
I actually played Moonlighter during this year's PGA trade show. It was a beautiful blend of awesome pixel-art aesthetic and Minish Cap-like RPG action. Definitely gonna have my eye on this one.
Pokemon G/S/C is one of those special games I will never be tired of (along titles like Sonic Adventure, Grandia II, Crash Bandicoot 3, Ultima VII, Little Big Adventure 2 and such).
I finished it numerous times, yet I have absolutely no problems starting my adventure again. Truly an amazing addition to my 3DS library.
It actually landed six days ago. Some anon posted a leaked *.cia archive of the American version of the game. Apparently works well on B9S+Luma. So yeah, while we're still watching trailers, others have already finished the game. =P
Still love my Dreamcast to this day. The amount of attention my beloved console is getting recently is just crazy. Several days ago yet another game (Monaco Grand Prix 2) had its online mode restored, and can be played with other people online, several new indie games were announced (or released), and now this... way beyond awesome. <3 Long live the king!
Seeing how much retro love Sonic has received, I can't help, but want to see the same treatment with other forgotten Sega franchises... Streets of Rage, Shining Force, NiGHTS, Jet Set Radio, Skies of Arcadia... pretty please?
In a parallel universe this was released for the Saturn in 1996, and the fans rejoiced...
Nevertheless - I want it, and I want it now. 15th can't come soon enough! Good thing it's a national holiday in Poland, so I'll be having a free day off (well, several hours off to be honest, because I'm also running a small business in my free time haha) - definitely a Sonic Mania day for me!
@OorWullie It actually might, you never know. Wouldn't really surprise me, as it's not Nintendo, that shoots their fans, kills their families and burns their homes, even if they think about making a fan game with Nintendo IP. Or maybe the fans will be picked up by Sega to work on their big project, just like the authors of Sonic Mania.
Good to see ol' Crash is still doing well, as Crash Bandicoot trilogy is a prime example of how a remaster should be done - every single developer out there should take careful notes. Now hoping for CTR to receive the same treatment!
I collected a whole lot of N64, Saturn and GB/GBC games from Japanese shops with oversea shipping, and for real cheap too. Stuff like CIB Pokemon Red (10$), Mario Kart 64 (2$) or Tamagotchi Park with backup memory cart (3$). And that's only the tip of the iceberg.
The only thing that sucks is the shipping cost (EMS and nothing else, the post office lost my SAL package once, never gonna go economic/standard ever again) and the shipping time (especially if the custom office holds your package). Other than that 10/10, would buy again. I personally recommend Japan Game Stock shop (SEGA games) and Japan 4 U (Nintendo).
By the way - some games, which are crazy rare, will be expensive even in Japanese shops, naturally. Stuff like Super Tempo for Saturn still sells for around 14 000JPY (~400 USD)
Blue Spheres AND a Sonic R-inspired special stage with lowpoly classic Sonic models?
10/10 best game, my hype level is over the roof.
@OfNullAndVoid special stage is a place where you collect Chaos Emeralds. Bonus stage is for getting more points, rings and 1 ups (assuming they work just like in S3&K). I wonder if there is going to be more bonus stages, than just the blue spheres (gumball machine, slots and that weird rotation sphere thing from S3&K, anyone?)
I remember reading about the upcoming Game Boy Advanced (yeah, they kept misspelling the thing for the whole article) in one gaming mag, probably around Christmas holidays of 2000. Apart from showing some weird mockups of the console, it was very exciting just to see the screenshots from the upcoming games. I also remember some of the trivia from the video was in the article as well.
We still have our GeimBois, both Advance and Advance SP (and even a link cable on top of that), wonderful little machines.
Okay, typical forced jokes aside, some exciting things in this update. As I suspected, New 3DS got the most of it - while ye olde 3DSe got system settings, 3DS camera, eShop, zone hotspot list, config system module, extrapad applet and ACT system module updates, the New one also received camera, GSP, MCU, QTM and placeholder menu updates.
I'm surprised they didn't bump up the native firm, which means all of the hacks and sweet homebrew is still working.
And while we're speaking about Jez San... man, isn't it a good time to make/outsource Croc 3, or at least release the first two games on PSN? Afaik he still holds the rights to the franchise.
Yes, there's that one simple thing I'd like to know.
WHERE DO I PREORDER THIS BLOODY THING
Either only 20 copies will be shipped to Poland, or everybody has supersonic reflexes. I tried three different shops (frantic refreshing included), but nope, they've been sold in, I dunno, 7 seconds?
"(...)the N64 itself wasn't quite the success Nintendo had hoped it would be"
Heh, fun fact: Sega Saturn actually outsold Nintendo 64 in Japan (barely, but still: 6+ million Saturns vs. 5.44 million N64s), mostly due to lack of jRPGs and anime-based games on N64, in comparison to the SS.
Nevertheless - happy birthday, N64! Man, I sure do love this console, it's among my top ten systems ever. Guess I'm gonna celebrate the occasion by breezing through my N64 collection and playing some of the classics later.
Sadly yeah... when my old 3DS bit the dust (mobo failure) I had to literally beg in three different places, before finally getting a DIRECT telephone number to one of the Conquest Entertainment execs, to perform a Nintendo ID unlink, otherwise I would lose EVERYTHING I bought on my account/old 3DS. At least all ended well - I don't have my old saves or Streetpass data, but 'least I have access to my past purchases on a new 3DS.
@neufel An explosive combo of "Nintendo is for kiddies" mentality + smaller base + Nintendo of Poland doesn't exist + expensive. Who would spend a 1399 PLN (which is more than a half of the average salary in Poland, mind you) for just a gaming console (without any accessories/games), when you can get a powerful tablet/better-than-lower-end notebook/PS4 with three games? Not to mention when any Nintendo system breaks, it's tough luck, you need to do some crazy crap, like sending the system to Germany/Czech Republic for repairs, because, as I said, Nintendo continues to actively ignore our country (and several other Slavic countries).
There are at least 3 Switch units in our local game store - they've been sitting like this, collecting dust, for more than a month. Not to mention large electronic stores (Media Markt, Saturn) are shoving Nintendo products to the distant corners, because nobody gives an eff about them. If I want to buy some Nintendo-related things, I have to scout through eBay/online shops for tolerable prices, because it's so bad around here.
@Sakhasm
My thoughts exactly. Great Nintendo lineup, especially excited about Mario, Metroid and Kirby, but alarming small amount of third party games (not even the indie reel?).
Heh, about that... here's a bit of historic trivia for you guys, as this symbol in Poland is both offensive and iconic.
You see, in Poland the gesture is known as "wał", or "gest Kozakiewicza" ("Kozakiewicz's gesture"), named after Władysław Kozakiewicz, a brilliant Polish athlete, who famously displayed this gesture after winning the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1980 Summer Olympics in front of a hostile crowd in Moscow. This coincided with the rise of the Solidarity Union in Poland in 1980 (keep in mind that Poland was still a communist country in the 80's - the systemic transition didn't occur until 1989). It had such an impact, that the USSR embassy in Poland wanted to disqualify Kozakiewicz, and strip him off his medal.
SNES style or not, doesn't matter - as long as there are no unnecessary (or downright annoying) additions and/or gameplay changes, grindy foraging and that stupid progression s**t, which rarely was done right in HM ("oh the town is empty you need to play for 3328 years to unlock a basic shop and if you play for 16 centuries you might get married"), I'd say it's a huge yes from me. And if they at least try to stick to the basic formula from BTN/FoMT... that would be even more grand! However, judging from the description, that slow city progression is still going to be present, isn't it?
That reminds me - Switch could surely use a virtual console HM game. How about Magical Melody? That was quite a delightful entry in the franchise.
I'm actually looking forwards to this game. I enjoyed playing Generations (almost 100%-ed it on X360, the only achievement I didn't bother with was the 'don't take damage on the final boss' thing), and if they use the same formula here, I'll most likely enjoy this part as well.
@Action51
Huh? Haven't you heard of the Dreamcast community? I'm surprised, actually, as the DC scene is (almost) as big as it was back in 2000. Let me give you a brief rundown of the things we managed to achieve:
-reverse engineer some of the Dreamcast online games and the connection protocols - it's possible to play online on your DC right here, right now - party like it's 2000. Gems like Alien Front online, Worms World Party, Chu Chu Rocket or Phantasy Star Online - not only that, but there's also a small app/web page called Dreamcast Now!, which shows who is currently playing what online. All you need to have is a small telephone cable mod and a Raspberry Pi/computer with a modem,
-GD-ROM emulator boards (both for SD cards and USB thumbs) are now available, no more fears about dead lasers (and they're compatible with pretty much every game out there). Hell, you can even hard-soldier an IDE hard drive to the DC board, and it'll work!
-several indie games (including commercial ones) and ports are being announced and released on the Dreamcast every year
-lots and lots of people are actively hunting down Dreamcast development kits and memory cards, in hopes of finding unreleased games or obscure DLCs - one of such unreleased gems (Millenium Racer) was discovered recently in a late beta state, totally playable, and released to the community. As for DLCs, there's a special online archive, where you can download all of the discovered ones.
The Dreamcast may have died back in 2001 (2004 in Japan), but the Dream still lives on.
"As soon as Nintendo shuts one door, another inevitably opens."
As a QA/security engineer (and a pentester, but sssh, as some NL users are gonna chase me around with torches, splurting words like "hacker!!!111"), I'll just say it's totally normal. Nothing is guaranteed to be 100% tested and secured, as there's pretty much no way to achieve that kind of test coverage - sooner or later some vulnerability is going to pop up for sure. The only question here is "when" and "how".
And hey, a bounty bug program is much better than a zero-day, y'know. Especially for a brand new piece of shiny hardware.
"No, but I'm open to persuasion in the future" - ah, this describes me well. I actually played Switch for a while, enjoyed it, but it's currently not on the list of my gaming priorities. But I will most likely pick one up in the future.
If anybody were wondering - SEGA is totally fine with rom hacks. Moreover - if you have created an amazing hack, and bought a corresponding game on Steam, you can put the hack in Steam Workshop for everyone to legally download and enjoy. Genesis does what Nintendon't - even after all those years, my lovely people.
@BraveSonic I would actually love to see anything related to Wario Land/World for Switch, or at least 3DS. WarioWare is all fine and dandy, but I need some more platforming puzzles and coin grabbin' action with my favourite plump anti-hero in my life.
@Yorumi
You can do pretty much whatever you want with the games you purchased on GOG, which is awesome. I used to just take the executables and data files from my GOG purchases, and play them classics on my oldschool DOS/Windows 98 machine (just like to good ol' times), and they worked great.
As for Steam I don't know how exactly it works between two PCs, but when I got a new notebook, I just downloaded Steam, logged to my account and that's it - I had all of my cloud saves and library ready to be downloaded again (dunno about the old PC, as the hard drive failed in that one, but I guess it must've somehow unlink it?)
When my old 3DS completely broke I literally BEGGED NIntendo of Poland to unlink my NNID and transfer it over to the new system, so I won't lose ALL of my purchased digital titles. So if the games are still locked to one console, I just hope at least I'll be able to do it myself this time around.
Basically, when you live in an unsupported country (with only the distribution branch), with no official repair service, you're in some deep triple S when your console stops working. Please, for the love of God, please, don't do this again with the Switch.
I was really hyped for Gen 2 (it's my, along with 1 and 5, favourite generation after all!), and honestly now I'm kinda disappointed with the update. Nothing really changed - now instead of Rattatas and Weedles, there's an abundance of Sentrets and Swinubs (with a chance of finding Natus, Spinaraks, Hoothoots and Ledybas). The only less common Mons I've encountered, are Wobbuffet, Misdreavus and Sneasel. And of course no sign of starters/Totodile. Keep in mind I live in one of the larger cities of Poland (Cracov), and I pass through the city centre while going to/from work everyday, having PokeGo turned on. I imagine more rural areas have it even worse. Oh and the evolution items, dear God. I only got one King's Rock, after visiting more than 100 PokeStops.
However gotta give'em credit for a somewhat better stability - I didn't have nearly as much connection problems and crashes.
To be honest, every medium is exposed to some kind of danger. Discs can rot, cartridges are getting corroded and their RAM has a limited lifespan, and floppies will demagnetize. Of course one thing will happen faster than the other, but nothing lasts forever.
One easy thing you can do, in order to increase your precious collection's life span, is to properly store them. You know, all of those instructions like proper temperature and humidity, avoiding exposure to sunlight, not blowing into cartridges, clean the contacts from time to time, opening your machines/ccartridges and cleaning them inside etc. This sounds very basic and commonsensical , but believe me - I've been dealing with storage media for more than 20 years now, my oldest CD is from 1992 (only a handful of small scratches, nothing fatal), and floppy game from 1984 (Ultima 4 for the good ol' C64 - everything works, including the save!) - and yes, they're showing no sign of weariness.
Of course I had some cases of disc rot, though all of them were some cheap burned CDs, or magazine cover CD-ROMs.
Harvest Moon 64 is a very solid entry in the HM franchise, and I'd buy it right away, if I had a Wii U. Now, let's hope they release Harvest Moon GBC 3 on the 3DS Virtual Console too!
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Re: Random: This Dreamcast Nintendo Switch Paintjob Sure Is Dreamy
This is amazing and I'll take 15, please.
Re: HD Remaster Of Grandia And Dreamcast Sequel Revealed For Nintendo Switch
@PALversusNTSC Sega doesn't hold any rights to the Grandia titles, it was already ported to PC and PS2 in 2001/2002. Sooo if you want to thank someone, thank Square Enix (the current holders of the franchise).
Also I'm cautiously optimistic (or should I say "rather worried"), as this port is going to be handled by the same company that did the Anniversary Edition, which was arguably better than the 2002 PC port, but was still very lacking in some areas (badly looped music and a lot, I mean a lot, of sound playback issues). Grandia II on the Dreamcast is still one of my all time favourite titles, so I'd hate to see it receiving the same lousy treatment on the Switch. Curious about the HD release of Grandia 1 as well (as you might've guessed, it's also one of my all time fav Saturn games).
And while we're at it... Skies of Arcadia 2/HD when?
Re: Random: Mother Orders Nintendo Switch From Amazon, Gets Box Of Washing Powder Instead
"You want a Switch, boy? Well, too bad, here's some arceusdamn washing powder instead."
Re: Random: When Photoshop Goes Wrong - Mario Kart 8 on a Vita With a GameCube Controller
A rare photo from a timeline where the Nintendo PlayStation was completed and released.
Re: Hulu Video Streaming App Out Today For Switch In North America
Gee, I wonder where all NL users, who back in March were shouting "we don't need apps/browser/[insert a very basic functionality right here] on Switch!!!!! This is a video game console!!!!! I have other devices for that!!!", are now. Throw that bs out of the window, I want everything conveniently on my precious little Switch.
A dedicated app is really some great news for me. Hoping that more apps (Netflix? Spotify? Facebook client?) will pop up soon.
Re: Review: Sonic Forces (Switch)
That's actually a very fair grade right here - I played a bit of the PS4 version, and it exactly feels like a not bad, 6/10 experience - it's not stellar or anything, but enjoyable. It's a tad worse than Generations or Colors in my opinion, but it was still fun enough to play.
I really wish they'd return to the Homing Attack mechanic from Adventure era, though.
Re: System Shock Reboot On Switch "Not Off The Table"
System Shock 1 and 2 are one of my all time favourite games. Since the remake is looking pretty good so far, having SHODAN mock you whenever you go would surely be amazing.
M-m-make yourself com-f-f-fortable, hacker. St-t-tay a while.
Re: Video: Nintendo Shows It's A Piece of Cake To Transfer Your Data To A New Switch
Having absolutely terrible experience with broken 3DS consoles, and their atrocious transfer system, I hope Switch does have (or will have) an option to transfer the content from a broken system...
Re: There's a Sonic Forces Demo on the Japanese eShop, But It Has a Strange Limitation
That's funny, as I don't find it that strange to be honest. Being mostly a DOS/Windows gamer back then, I played a whole lot of timed demos. The most memorable might be the demo of Fur Fighters for the PC - it featured one complete location, although you only had 6 minutes to play it. Even though I played it to death, it wasn't nearly enough to complete even the half of the level. Ended up exploring different parts of the level within each playthrough.
Re: Action RPG Moonlighter Has Been Confirmed for Switch
I actually played Moonlighter during this year's PGA trade show. It was a beautiful blend of awesome pixel-art aesthetic and Minish Cap-like RPG action. Definitely gonna have my eye on this one.
Re: Nintendo of America Launches Its Holiday Gift Guide Website
Christ, I was quickly running through the news and read that thumbnail as "Holiday Git Gud"
...well, what can I say, that'd be pretty spot on, actually.
Re: Review: Pokémon Gold And Silver (3DS eShop / GBC)
Pokemon G/S/C is one of those special games I will never be tired of (along titles like Sonic Adventure, Grandia II, Crash Bandicoot 3, Ultima VII, Little Big Adventure 2 and such).
I finished it numerous times, yet I have absolutely no problems starting my adventure again. Truly an amazing addition to my 3DS library.
Re: Review: PAN-PAN (Switch eShop)
WHY MUST YOU BREAK MY HEART NINTENDO LIFE
I read the tagline first and was all like "oh my god, Little Big Adventure for Switch confirmed?!?!" And now I'm all disappointed.
(LBA and LBA2 are among my all time favourite games...)
Re: Video: Check Out an Extended Trailer for Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
"when it lands on 6th October"
It actually landed six days ago. Some anon posted a leaked *.cia archive of the American version of the game. Apparently works well on B9S+Luma. So yeah, while we're still watching trailers, others have already finished the game. =P
Re: Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works Looks Like A Dream Come True
Still love my Dreamcast to this day. The amount of attention my beloved console is getting recently is just crazy. Several days ago yet another game (Monaco Grand Prix 2) had its online mode restored, and can be played with other people online, several new indie games were announced (or released), and now this... way beyond awesome. <3 Long live the king!
Re: Review: Sonic Mania (Switch eShop)
Seeing how much retro love Sonic has received, I can't help, but want to see the same treatment with other forgotten Sega franchises... Streets of Rage, Shining Force, NiGHTS, Jet Set Radio, Skies of Arcadia... pretty please?
Re: Video: Check Out the Opening Cinematic for Sonic Mania
In a parallel universe this was released for the Saturn in 1996, and the fans rejoiced...
Nevertheless - I want it, and I want it now. 15th can't come soon enough! Good thing it's a national holiday in Poland, so I'll be having a free day off (well, several hours off to be honest, because I'm also running a small business in my free time haha) - definitely a Sonic Mania day for me!
Re: Sonic Mania's Competition Mode Brings Back Splitscreen Memories
Ah yes, remember playing 2P mode in Sonic 2 with my friend around 1994. Good times indeed.
Re: Random: When Fans Go to the Next Level - Check Out Alex Kidd in Miracle World 2
@OorWullie
It actually might, you never know. Wouldn't really surprise me, as it's not Nintendo, that shoots their fans, kills their families and burns their homes, even if they think about making a fan game with Nintendo IP.
Or maybe the fans will be picked up by Sega to work on their big project, just like the authors of Sonic Mania.
Re: Splatoon 2 and Miitopia Hold Top 10 Places in UK Charts
Good to see ol' Crash is still doing well, as Crash Bandicoot trilogy is a prime example of how a remaster should be done - every single developer out there should take careful notes. Now hoping for CTR to receive the same treatment!
Re: Feature: Is It Really Cheaper To Order Retro Games Direct From Japan?
Of course it is.
I collected a whole lot of N64, Saturn and GB/GBC games from Japanese shops with oversea shipping, and for real cheap too. Stuff like CIB Pokemon Red (10$), Mario Kart 64 (2$) or Tamagotchi Park with backup memory cart (3$). And that's only the tip of the iceberg.
The only thing that sucks is the shipping cost (EMS and nothing else, the post office lost my SAL package once, never gonna go economic/standard ever again) and the shipping time (especially if the custom office holds your package). Other than that 10/10, would buy again. I personally recommend Japan Game Stock shop (SEGA games) and Japan 4 U (Nintendo).
By the way - some games, which are crazy rare, will be expensive even in Japanese shops, naturally. Stuff like Super Tempo for Saturn still sells for around 14 000JPY (~400 USD)
Re: Bask in Nostalgia With Sonic Mania Special and Bonus Stage Footage
Blue Spheres AND a Sonic R-inspired special stage with lowpoly classic Sonic models?
10/10 best game, my hype level is over the roof.
@OfNullAndVoid special stage is a place where you collect Chaos Emeralds. Bonus stage is for getting more points, rings and 1 ups (assuming they work just like in S3&K). I wonder if there is going to be more bonus stages, than just the blue spheres (gumball machine, slots and that weird rotation sphere thing from S3&K, anyone?)
Re: Hey! Pikmin Shows Nintendo Still Has A Soft Spot For Rare
@timson72
I know, right? Who knows what good (or bad, dunno) would happen if Nintendo said "no", when offered to sell their Rare stock...
Re: Video: Did You Know Gaming Delves Into The History Of The Game Boy Advance
I remember reading about the upcoming Game Boy Advanced (yeah, they kept misspelling the thing for the whole article) in one gaming mag, probably around Christmas holidays of 2000. Apart from showing some weird mockups of the console, it was very exciting just to see the screenshots from the upcoming games. I also remember some of the trivia from the video was in the article as well.
We still have our GeimBois, both Advance and Advance SP (and even a link cable on top of that), wonderful little machines.
Re: 3DS OS Version 11.5.0-38 Is Now Available for Download
Okay, typical forced jokes aside, some exciting things in this update. As I suspected, New 3DS got the most of it - while ye olde 3DSe got system settings, 3DS camera, eShop, zone hotspot list, config system module, extrapad applet and ACT system module updates, the New one also received camera, GSP, MCU, QTM and placeholder menu updates.
I'm surprised they didn't bump up the native firm, which means all of the hacks and sweet homebrew is still working.
Re: Feature: Seeking Illumination from the Creators of Bulb Boy on Nintendo Switch
Aw yes, go Poland! Bulb Boy is a very delightful indie adventure game, I'm more than happy to see a Polish game on a Nintendo platform!
Re: Star Fox 2 Release Has Nothing To Do With Super FX Patent Expiring, Says Argonaut Founder
And while we're speaking about Jez San... man, isn't it a good time to make/outsource Croc 3, or at least release the first two games on PSN? Afaik he still holds the rights to the franchise.
Re: Guide: Everything We Know About the Super NES Classic Edition
Yes, there's that one simple thing I'd like to know.
WHERE DO I PREORDER THIS BLOODY THING
Either only 20 copies will be shipped to Poland, or everybody has supersonic reflexes. I tried three different shops (frantic refreshing included), but nope, they've been sold in, I dunno, 7 seconds?
Re: Congratulations Nintendo 64, You're A Proper Grown-Up Now
"(...)the N64 itself wasn't quite the success Nintendo had hoped it would be"
Heh, fun fact: Sega Saturn actually outsold Nintendo 64 in Japan (barely, but still: 6+ million Saturns vs. 5.44 million N64s), mostly due to lack of jRPGs and anime-based games on N64, in comparison to the SS.
Nevertheless - happy birthday, N64! Man, I sure do love this console, it's among my top ten systems ever. Guess I'm gonna celebrate the occasion by breezing through my N64 collection and playing some of the classics later.
Re: Nintendo Apologizes for Switch Shortages, Promises an Increase in Production
@electrolite77
Sadly yeah... when my old 3DS bit the dust (mobo failure) I had to literally beg in three different places, before finally getting a DIRECT telephone number to one of the Conquest Entertainment execs, to perform a Nintendo ID unlink, otherwise I would lose EVERYTHING I bought on my account/old 3DS. At least all ended well - I don't have my old saves or Streetpass data, but 'least I have access to my past purchases on a new 3DS.
Re: Nintendo Apologizes for Switch Shortages, Promises an Increase in Production
@neufel
An explosive combo of "Nintendo is for kiddies" mentality + smaller base + Nintendo of Poland doesn't exist + expensive. Who would spend a 1399 PLN (which is more than a half of the average salary in Poland, mind you) for just a gaming console (without any accessories/games), when you can get a powerful tablet/better-than-lower-end notebook/PS4 with three games? Not to mention when any Nintendo system breaks, it's tough luck, you need to do some crazy crap, like sending the system to Germany/Czech Republic for repairs, because, as I said, Nintendo continues to actively ignore our country (and several other Slavic countries).
There are at least 3 Switch units in our local game store - they've been sitting like this, collecting dust, for more than a month. Not to mention large electronic stores (Media Markt, Saturn) are shoving Nintendo products to the distant corners, because nobody gives an eff about them. If I want to buy some Nintendo-related things, I have to scout through eBay/online shops for tolerable prices, because it's so bad around here.
Re: Feature: Odyssey of the Damned - A Case Study Into Demonic Possession in Super Mario Odyssey
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Nintendo's Big Switch and 3DS Reveals at E3 on Day One?
@Sakhasm
My thoughts exactly. Great Nintendo lineup, especially excited about Mario, Metroid and Kirby, but alarming small amount of third party games (not even the indie reel?).
Re: Talking Point: Five Key Areas Nintendo Must Get Right at E3 2017
Nintendo must actually get right four key areas at this year's E3. The four areas being announcements of these games:
Otherwise Nintendo is doomed forever.
Re: Random: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Patch Removes Offensive "Bras d'honneur" Gesture
Heh, about that... here's a bit of historic trivia for you guys, as this symbol in Poland is both offensive and iconic.
You see, in Poland the gesture is known as "wał", or "gest Kozakiewicza" ("Kozakiewicz's gesture"), named after Władysław Kozakiewicz, a brilliant Polish athlete, who famously displayed this gesture after winning the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1980 Summer Olympics in front of a hostile crowd in Moscow. This coincided with the rise of the Solidarity Union in Poland in 1980 (keep in mind that Poland was still a communist country in the 80's - the systemic transition didn't occur until 1989). It had such an impact, that the USSR embassy in Poland wanted to disqualify Kozakiewicz, and strip him off his medal.
Re: Harvest Moon: Light of Hope to Brighten Up the Nintendo Switch
SNES style or not, doesn't matter - as long as there are no unnecessary (or downright annoying) additions and/or gameplay changes, grindy foraging and that stupid progression s**t, which rarely was done right in HM ("oh the town is empty you need to play for 3328 years to unlock a basic shop and if you play for 16 centuries you might get married"), I'd say it's a huge yes from me. And if they at least try to stick to the basic formula from BTN/FoMT... that would be even more grand! However, judging from the description, that slow city progression is still going to be present, isn't it?
That reminds me - Switch could surely use a virtual console HM game. How about Magical Melody? That was quite a delightful entry in the franchise.
Re: Nintendo Shows Off 2D Gameplay Footage From Sonic Forces
I'm actually looking forwards to this game. I enjoyed playing Generations (almost 100%-ed it on X360, the only achievement I didn't bother with was the 'don't take damage on the final boss' thing), and if they use the same formula here, I'll most likely enjoy this part as well.
Re: Nintendo Starts Paying Out to Switch and 3DS Hack Tipsters
@Action51
Huh? Haven't you heard of the Dreamcast community? I'm surprised, actually, as the DC scene is (almost) as big as it was back in 2000. Let me give you a brief rundown of the things we managed to achieve:
-reverse engineer some of the Dreamcast online games and the connection protocols - it's possible to play online on your DC right here, right now - party like it's 2000. Gems like Alien Front online, Worms World Party, Chu Chu Rocket or Phantasy Star Online - not only that, but there's also a small app/web page called Dreamcast Now!, which shows who is currently playing what online. All you need to have is a small telephone cable mod and a Raspberry Pi/computer with a modem,
-GD-ROM emulator boards (both for SD cards and USB thumbs) are now available, no more fears about dead lasers (and they're compatible with pretty much every game out there). Hell, you can even hard-soldier an IDE hard drive to the DC board, and it'll work!
-several indie games (including commercial ones) and ports are being announced and released on the Dreamcast every year
-lots and lots of people are actively hunting down Dreamcast development kits and memory cards, in hopes of finding unreleased games or obscure DLCs - one of such unreleased gems (Millenium Racer) was discovered recently in a late beta state, totally playable, and released to the community. As for DLCs, there's a special online archive, where you can download all of the discovered ones.
The Dreamcast may have died back in 2001 (2004 in Japan), but the Dream still lives on.
Re: Nintendo Starts Paying Out to Switch and 3DS Hack Tipsters
"As soon as Nintendo shuts one door, another inevitably opens."
As a QA/security engineer (and a pentester, but sssh, as some NL users are gonna chase me around with torches, splurting words like "hacker!!!111"), I'll just say it's totally normal. Nothing is guaranteed to be 100% tested and secured, as there's pretty much no way to achieve that kind of test coverage - sooner or later some vulnerability is going to pop up for sure. The only question here is "when" and "how".
And hey, a bounty bug program is much better than a zero-day, y'know. Especially for a brand new piece of shiny hardware.
Re: Poll: A Month of Nintendo Switch - Do You Think It's Heading for Success?
"No, but I'm open to persuasion in the future" - ah, this describes me well. I actually played Switch for a while, enjoyed it, but it's currently not on the list of my gaming priorities. But I will most likely pick one up in the future.
Re: Random: Somebody Put Yoshi Into Sonic 2, And The Results Are Amazing
If anybody were wondering - SEGA is totally fine with rom hacks. Moreover - if you have created an amazing hack, and bought a corresponding game on Steam, you can put the hack in Steam Workshop for everyone to legally download and enjoy. Genesis does what Nintendon't - even after all those years, my lovely people.
Re: Nintendo Switch Demand Prompts GameStop to Offer Ludicrous Bundle for Delivery by 16th April
@BraveSonic I would actually love to see anything related to Wario Land/World for Switch, or at least 3DS. WarioWare is all fine and dandy, but I need some more platforming puzzles and coin grabbin' action with my favourite plump anti-hero in my life.
Re: Downloadable Games for the Switch Will Be Locked to One Console at a Time
@Yorumi
You can do pretty much whatever you want with the games you purchased on GOG, which is awesome. I used to just take the executables and data files from my GOG purchases, and play them classics on my oldschool DOS/Windows 98 machine (just like to good ol' times), and they worked great.
As for Steam I don't know how exactly it works between two PCs, but when I got a new notebook, I just downloaded Steam, logged to my account and that's it - I had all of my cloud saves and library ready to be downloaded again (dunno about the old PC, as the hard drive failed in that one, but I guess it must've somehow unlink it?)
Re: Downloadable Games for the Switch Will Be Locked to One Console at a Time
When my old 3DS completely broke I literally BEGGED NIntendo of Poland to unlink my NNID and transfer it over to the new system, so I won't lose ALL of my purchased digital titles. So if the games are still locked to one console, I just hope at least I'll be able to do it myself this time around.
Basically, when you live in an unsupported country (with only the distribution branch), with no official repair service, you're in some deep triple S when your console stops working. Please, for the love of God, please, don't do this again with the Switch.
Re: Bethesda's Todd Howard "Can't Say" If Skyrim on Switch is the Special Edition
@neufel
Re: Harvest Moon 64 Heading to Wii U in North America This Week as Part of Anniversary Celebrations
"tons of surprise launches, announcements, and more are still yet to come throughout 2017!"
Yes, please! Older HM games are among my all-time favourite games, so please do surprise me, Natsume.
Re: Pokémon GO Experiences a Big Boost in Revenue with the Generation II Update
I was really hyped for Gen 2 (it's my, along with 1 and 5, favourite generation after all!), and honestly now I'm kinda disappointed with the update. Nothing really changed - now instead of Rattatas and Weedles, there's an abundance of Sentrets and Swinubs (with a chance of finding Natus, Spinaraks, Hoothoots and Ledybas). The only less common Mons I've encountered, are Wobbuffet, Misdreavus and Sneasel. And of course no sign of starters/Totodile. Keep in mind I live in one of the larger cities of Poland (Cracov), and I pass through the city centre while going to/from work everyday, having PokeGo turned on. I imagine more rural areas have it even worse. Oh and the evolution items, dear God. I only got one King's Rock, after visiting more than 100 PokeStops.
However gotta give'em credit for a somewhat better stability - I didn't have nearly as much connection problems and crashes.
Re: Retro: This Is Why We Should Probably Be Glad Nintendo Stuck With Carts For The N64
To be honest, every medium is exposed to some kind of danger. Discs can rot, cartridges are getting corroded and their RAM has a limited lifespan, and floppies will demagnetize. Of course one thing will happen faster than the other, but nothing lasts forever.
One easy thing you can do, in order to increase your precious collection's life span, is to properly store them. You know, all of those instructions like proper temperature and humidity, avoiding exposure to sunlight, not blowing into cartridges, clean the contacts from time to time, opening your machines/ccartridges and cleaning them inside etc. This sounds very basic and commonsensical , but believe me - I've been dealing with storage media for more than 20 years now, my oldest CD is from 1992 (only a handful of small scratches, nothing fatal), and floppy game from 1984 (Ultima 4 for the good ol' C64 - everything works, including the save!) - and yes, they're showing no sign of weariness.
Of course I had some cases of disc rot, though all of them were some cheap burned CDs, or magazine cover CD-ROMs.
Re: Nintendo Download: 23rd February (Europe)
Harvest Moon 64 is a very solid entry in the HM franchise, and I'd buy it right away, if I had a Wii U.
Now, let's hope they release Harvest Moon GBC 3 on the 3DS Virtual Console too!
Re: Brace Yourself, The Biggest Pokémon GO Update Yet Is Coming This Week
@Baker1000 Yup, now we'll be seeing lots of Sentrets and Hoothoots.