Shoker a mistake was noticed and rectified because of likely either junior artist screwed up and their supervisor didn't do the required corrections or the a piece just slipped quality control due to staff being likely overworked.
Surprise it had nothing to do with AI as this ***** happens all the time. See the Okami Wii cover art scandal or the 3DS Version of Resident Evil Revelations being misspelled on the spine. This ***** happened before Gen AI was ever a thing.
Square Enix kinda sucks here... They are refusing to allow this being a free upgrade or even a $10 upgrade... Like come on paying $50 again for some performance improvements for a game that already ran great on Switch 1 is kinda *****.
@SuntannedDuck2 I'm hoping that's what we see. The more I dig into the Xbox situation the more I'm surprised Microsoft has not shuttered the entire division. It's pretty insane how badly managed Xbox has been since the later years of the Xbox 360 (around 2010/2011) to now.
@Starburst better than it could've been. They could've just shuttered the studio and cancelled all active projects. This at least lets the studio buy themselves out and go it alone or find another publisher.
Sadly this was the scenario a lot people predicted when Microsoft started buying up everything.
@-wc- not defending the use of AI, but professional animators ***** that up all the time. Not saying it's good art, it's pretty bad boxart. But, Humans themselves screw up proportions and anatomy all the time. Look up Rob Liefeld he is a professional artist who screws up proportions and purposely avoids drawing feet because he's bad at it. And he made millions drawing professional comics.
Human artists screw up art all the time. It doesn't make something AI, just means it could be AI or an over worked artist or junior artist who screwed up a hand.
@BenAV artists make that kind of mistake a lot with characters. Watch an episode of the Simpsons and you'll see times that a character is drawn with 4 fingers instead of three. It's shocking how common that is because people tend to reference their own hands when drawing hands.
Not saying it's not AI, but considering how wrong these "Internet sleuths" tend to be until Square says something it's human error.
@SalvorHardin he has four fingers the same reason Piccolo in the DBZ anime does. Because 3 figures traditionally have conentations to the Yakuza. Odds are to keep with Japanese censor boards the Japanese artist drew Donald with four fingers.
Is it dumb... Yes... Is it AI.. maybe, but probably not.
@Dodo64 it's all good. We just have to keep in perspective the 155 million Switch owners are not guaranteed to also be PS4/PS5 or Xbox owners. Mathematically several tens if millions are likely not.
But, exclusive wise this was a great showing still. We'll have to see what else is coming. Nintendo does not make it a habit to announce games years out from release.
@Kidfunkadelic83 was referring to non-remake 3D Adventure titles. Since Windwaker, 3D Zelda games have been on a 4-6 year cycle.
Windwaker 2002
Twilight Princess 2006
Skyward Sword 2011
Breath of the Wild 2017
Tears of the Kingdom 2023
Not saying we don't get other 3D Zelda's in-between or 2D remakes. We got OoT3D, MM3D Link's Awakening (2019), and a smattering of top down 2D games and HD remasters. But, the tentpole brand new 3D Adventure titles are about 4-6 years apart. So, even estimating seeing it in 2027 is wishful thinking and it be closer to 2028/2029.
OoT Remake is probably going to be an exception to this rule depending how close it is to something like Starfox (2026) or the Final Fantasy VII RE-Trilogy. We'll have to see comes out this year.
@Friendly Pokemon Winds and Waves are coming early next year. People need to be patient there we just got Legends ZA. New Zelda's are on a 5 year cycle so we won't see a (non-2D/remake title) till 2027/2028 at the earliest.
So there... Take two titles off your bingo card because OoT remake could be pretty much a completely new game.
@Dodo64 not even close man. I remember the Wii U directs where over 50% of the games shown were Indi titles. This was a banger direct especially for people who only own Switch 1/2. I don't I own a PC, but this direct had everything from DMC5, to Dragons Dogma 2, Metaphor, Lies of P, Final Fantasy to even Kingdom Hearts IV. And that was the just the 3rd party titles. We'd be losing our minds if this was during the Wii U-era. Guess it shows how spoiled we've been with the Switch with all of these high quality 3rd party ports that just happen now.
@Daniel36 oh trust me FF9 has a very serious story under the hood. The art design was meant to invoke the spirit of the SNES-era sprites and the diorama designs. I strongly recommend giving it a go as especially at the 3 hour mark the story gets very dark and you're in for probably the more introspective Final Fantasy may have ever gotten. Wrapped in that very classic European fantasy vibe.
As for FFX it looks Sci-fi, but it is more post-post apocalyptic setting with a splash of East Asian Island aesthetic. Think Chrono Cross as a frame of reference for what to expect there. The technology is more treated as a taboo subject in that world and it has a lot of spells, knights and mythologies you'd love from the SNES era wrapped in that East Asian aesthetic.
@Dimjimmer I agree. The fact you're only getting a 4k remaster and it's not fixing some of the flaws of the original HD version (issues that have existed since the PS3) such as Tidus face is a massive blow to my interest. Considering how cheap the OG Switch version tends to be the 4K resolution is just not enough to justify another $50 re-release.
It will come to Switch 2... I would be highly surprised if it didn't considering the Switch and Switch 2 are boarder line the console to have in Japan and both these will be extremely meaty games great for public transport.
I expect it will be announced during the Nintendo Direct today. If it's not it will be announced before their release next year.
@Daniel36 you've never played Final Fantasy X? That is highly surprising considering it's been extremely available since its release appearing on almost every major console since its launch on PS2 25 years ago.
@Dimjimmer $50 isn't bad considering you're getting two games with one being one of the best JRPGs of the last 30 years and one is Final Fantasy X-2. But, you can get the Switch 1 version used for about $20-30 and can be played on Switch 2 with dock boost mode in portable mode now so use with information as you will.
All Capcom now needs to do is give us Resident Evil Remakes 2-4 and we'll have all the last gen and current gen bangers. DMC5 is excellent and I hope this also means a DMC4 port.
@GamingGod pretty sure Nintendo just caters to the Japanese audience the best. Due to tight living spaces and how much an average Japanese salary person is in commute handheld consoles do extremely well.
Sony has been slowly slipping in Japan for a decade now. It's Nintendo's free launch because there is no real competition to them in the region to cater to their tastes.
If Sony disappeared tomorrow in North America and Xbox was the only game in town... Nintendo would still sweep them because it's Xbox.
@MegaMari0 at this rate Next Gen will plummet before Switch 2 sales. Steam Deck pricing is really wooooof, and based on the rumors of Xbox Helix's price it will also be close to $1k. Switch 2 looks like a bargain more and more to a lot of people.
@MrGawain bro audiences have for sure been pressuring the graphical arms race for decades. We legit have channels that do extremely well like Digital Foundry that go over the minor graphical differences between titles.
Companies are st fault, but audiences expectations have totally been a factor.
@Johnny_Arthur I mean that was kinda the Wii U. Breath of the Wild came out right at the end of that generation (and is more remembered as a Switch launch title) and there was no traditional 3D Mario (i.e. like 64, Sunshine, Galaxy etc.) and instead we got 3D World.
Safe to say despite that... It really didn't help the console. Some would argue it actively hindered the Wii U carving some form of success.
@Pillowpants this is probably one of the best starts of the year for 3rd parties Nintendo has had in a bit. Resident Evil 7,8,9, Pragmata, Final Fantasy VII Remake & Rebirth, Yakuza 0, Kiwami 1&2 and Kiwami 3, That's pretty stacked...let alone Tale of Arise, 007 First Light in a few weeks. People should be eating good for 3rd party support so far.
And the Switch 2 is selling extremely well. So don't get this chatter at all. They're acting like it's the Wii U days again
Switch 2 even being comparable to the PS5 is extremely impressive. Yeah they had to cut back on environmental clutter and foliage, but to be expected. DLSS is no joke and really does show case how much extra power you can squeeze when you don't need to target native 1080p 60fps.
Later this gen when Switch 2's DLSS solution gets updated I'm sure it will do even more jaw dropping visuals. This is how you use AI to enhance what is already there not to plaster over it with generative nonsense.
Was there ever doubt we'd be better Mortal Kombat 2 (13)? Or whatever they'll call it. I actually really enjoy the story even if it's a bit dumb at times.
@Ryu_Niiyama I mean Microsoft has complete control over Id, Bethesda, Activision and Blizzard. If it were not for contractual agreements with Sony and Nintendo, yanking COD as a exclusive would be massive. Same with Doom, Wolfenstein, Elder Scrolls, maybe even a potential Star Craft 3, or any of Blizzard's back catalog.
Microsoft can very easily be an exclusive powerhouse. Just the last leadership group decided not to, to avoid anti-monopoly lawsuits and FCC cancelling out their acquisitions.
@Gryffin Nice swipe! My hopes if with GameCube Online the demand for these games start going down a bit. Like what we saw with Earthbound with it's re-releases... before the COVID spike... I hate being a retro enthusiast some days.
Though a nice curated GameCube collection sounds rather nice! I recommend if you can find them the Prince of Persia trilogy! Plays really well on GameCube and it's Prince of Persia! Happy hunting!
@Gryffin GameCube is becoming more of a pain to collect for... Sunshine is at $45, Windwaker at $75 and Twilight Princess is going for $180! JEEEEEEZZZZZZ and it's not just Nintendo 1st party games even 3rd party games are wild with prices right now, Skies of Aracdia is at $150, Twin Snakes at $100, Sonic Adventure 2 is at $60... I hate how GameCube is now the must have console for people and jacking the prices all over the place.
Ironically right now if you want to start collecting for a console OG Xbox and Xbox 360 are at great prices. Most of the must have games like Halo 1&2, Morrowind, Panzar Dragoon Orta and Republic Commando are all under $50. And some of the rarer games like Conker are not going to cost an arm and a leg... and most Xbox 360 games are under $20 and only a few games like Lost Odyssey are creeping to that $50 range.
Though Wii U is also looking quite nice since Nintendo mined it for most of the quality titles off it, except of the few oddballs like Wii Sports Club, Devil's Third etc.
@axelhander They made their bed. They were warned about tariffs and they didn't listen. Jokes on them, especially with the loosening regulations on AI datacenters and ungodly tariffs on Chinese manufacturing.
EDIT: According to reports all the RAM and GPUs these companies have been buying is legit sitting in a warehouse because they don't have enough datacenters to make use of all the hardware... so annoying.
@axelhander No idea why people are arguing with you... CXMT makes great RAM. Yeah, it feels sketchy buying Chinese tech products (especially SSDs or Graphics cards), but RAM is not that complex and CXMT is looking quite completive right now. Only issue is if you live in the US gooooood luck not paying an arm and a leg in tariffs. So glad I'm not a Yankee.
@eldersnake Of the same mindset. It was pretty easy to justify putting aside $50-100 per paycheck to set aside for new GPU... but with the recent RAM spike I have zero interests to upgrade my rig. Which sucks because I could have gotten 64GB of DDR5 last year in January for $200 bones now that will cost me just one year later $900-1400... yeah no that is just cruel.
@The_Nintendo_Expat Of the same mindset. BUT and this is a big but... tariffs and RAM prices are right now gotta be making manufacturing logistics a pain in the ass. Especially when there are only three major RAM manufactures Samsung, Micron and SK Hynix. And the alternatives to those manufactures are going to run into tariff issues especially Chinese based CXMT or Taiwanese based Nanya and Winbond.
Nintendo is not in a pretty spot right now and despite being vibes based, there is some merit to the discussion. But odds are good when they started manufacturing the Switch 2 they setup a contracts to carry them through 2026. If they didn't they are either going to take a serious hit in profits or have to increase the price.
@StarCollector no idea... Maybe they think it does not sell? Maybe there is no internal drive there. Or maybe they're too focused on Assassin's Creed, Farcry and Siege? Even Splintercell's last mainline entry was in 2013 with Blacklist. And Prince of Persia's last 3D adventure game was the Forgotten Sands in 2010... And the Lost Crown spinoff games basically got canned almost instantly after being very well received.
Ubisoft has been burning bridges with legacy fans for a long time. Hell there is a reason Sandfall is made up of former Ubisoft devs and basically said pointblank that Expedition 33 would have taken 10 years of effort to even remotely get greenlit. And Expedition 33 has been very financially successful and critically acclaimed. Real missed opportunity by Ubisoft there.
@StarCollector Ubisoft treats the Rabbids as their own thing. The last Rayman game was Rayman Legends on the Wii U (2013)... It's been a while since we've had a true Rayman game.
@EarthboundBenjy considering the weird love-hate relationship Ubisoft has with with Rayman... This collection is stacked! Rare Ubisoft W!!!
Though my real hope is we can get a Rayman 2 collection of this similar quality. N64, PlayStation, Dreamcast and PC ports in one collection would be incredible!
Though it's Ubisoft so highly doubt we'll get one as their legacy IPs like Rayman and Price of Persia seem to be mostly forgotten about or discarded except the rare AA title...
@Ellie-Moo you should be okay. Yakuza 4/5 were late PS3 games (2010/2012) so worked through a lot of the kinks. It won't be as seamless as modern Yakuza games, but it will feel closer to Yakuza 0 than Kiwami 2/Yakuza 6.
@SalvorHardin I was mostly referring to Yakuza 1-6 and 0. The Ichiban games are their own thing. But Shenmu's scope while at the time AAA is not even close to open world game design of today. And Yakuza fits nicely into that Shenmu niche (densely populated city, with lots of meaningful things to do)... And after how bad Shenmu 3 was I'm never expecting that series to be finished.
@hcfwesker Yakuza is like the spiritual successor to Shenmu (very similar gameplay). It is a heavily serialized story that spans 7 games and follows the life of a singular protagonist. I won't spoil, but start with either Yakuza 0 or Kiwami 1 and have a good time.
@JayJ I mean in theory I'm not against it. Yakuza 3 came out in 2009 and remastered in 2019. It's a pretty old game at this point. But, my issue is it seems they did not really fix the issues Yakuza 3 had (the combat, the AI, etc.) and instead kept that, but made arbitrary changes in the story. The Dark Tides expansion does look cool (but I will never say no to more Mine).
Whatever this new sub series will be that remakes Yakuza 4&5 have a lot of work to do in my opinion to make it even worth it. As unlike Yakuza 3, I think 4&5 hold up far stronger.
@ROMhaiku Yakuza has been on a yearly release schedule since the PS2. We just have never noticed because a lot of the side games never left Japan. But now that we're getting those it's just more noticable in the West.
Edit: there are a few exceptions of a year break between releases, but they're few and far between in the release history.
I love the Kiwami games, but this is a rough one. Yakuza 3 is already one of my least favorites in the series so was hoping Kiwami 3 would fix some of that. But, sadly it does not...
I will wait for a sale. Still a 6/10 Yakuza game is an 8/10 for any other franchise. Yakuza 3 just the weakest of a pretty amazing series in my books.
@The_Nintendo_Expat bingo! Gaming is such a rich medium that when loose ROMs get tossed around as (at least a lot of the the times this discussion comes up) as the end all be all of preservation it is depressing. Especially when large swaths of the medium is just gone.
And I'm not just also referring to the source code and materials directly related to development. But, interviews, gaming videos and even entire gaming fansites lost to history. Preservation (at least to me), is such an important part of gaming and covers larges parts of the medium that is not just directly playing the game. At least that is how other mediums treat preservation like novels or films (and they get far more granular than even that like letters, email communications, journals, biographies, essays etc everything gets cataloged somewhere by someone).
But, I get where you were coming from as well. To a lot of gamers just playing the game is enough. But, the context or development assets is in a lot of cases is more important than the actual game (and sadly corporations have treated these materials with less respect than the ROM or ISO files and tossed them).
And I'm not saying all of this material needs to be accessible to the public. We all know the Vatican, the British Museum, the Tolkien Estate, don't have all of their materials accessible to the public. But, we know it is cataloged and preserved there. And just even having an official Database that is doing that same thing for gaming would be an academic godsend! Now getting I am getting highly academic for gaming fansites comment section though. So I will stop here, but I hope this helps highlight how I view preservation as a topic.
@The_Nintendo_Expat preservation is extremely important. Unlike Nintendo, a lot of Japanese companies were extremely bad at it. Square Enix completely lost Kingdom Hearts source code, and the project files for FFIX's CG renders.
It is a two way street unfortunately. And if we can recover these assets through sales, or private finds, that is fantastic! Otherwise sadly the most important parts of preservation is on the companies themselves... And I don't think it's gotten much better than it was in the 90s & 00s.
It's not up to one person, but a collective. And honestly I wish transparency and accessibility was a lot better.
@The_Nintendo_Expat Thanks for the clarification. I get my jimmies in a twist when it comes to the two being used interchangeably. But, I agree the fact these games are complete and accessible is a great step towards former cancelled projects for retro consoles being revived, cleaned up and shipped instead of being forgotten. Even if the original code and assets are preserved on a Nintendo server.
@The_Nintendo_Expat what does actual preservation mean in this case? It's quite clear Nintendo preserved their work here or else these ROM files would be lost to time. It's not like people were chomping at the bits to rerelease these relics of the Virtual Boy. Nintendo even doing this is way out of left field considering and shows they preserved their work.
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Re: Kingdom Hearts Collection Switch 2 Local Box Art Reportedly Updated
Shoker a mistake was noticed and rectified because of likely either junior artist screwed up and their supervisor didn't do the required corrections or the a piece just slipped quality control due to staff being likely overworked.
Surprise it had nothing to do with AI as this ***** happens all the time. See the Okami Wii cover art scandal or the 3DS Version of Resident Evil Revelations being misspelled on the spine. This ***** happened before Gen AI was ever a thing.
Re: Octopath Traveler 1 & 2 Announced For Switch 2 With Improved Performance And Visuals
Square Enix kinda sucks here... They are refusing to allow this being a free upgrade or even a $10 upgrade... Like come on paying $50 again for some performance improvements for a game that already ran great on Switch 1 is kinda *****.
Re: Multiple Xbox Studios Reportedly In Active Negotiations With Microsoft To Avoid Closure
@SuntannedDuck2 I'm hoping that's what we see. The more I dig into the Xbox situation the more I'm surprised Microsoft has not shuttered the entire division. It's pretty insane how badly managed Xbox has been since the later years of the Xbox 360 (around 2010/2011) to now.
Re: Multiple Xbox Studios Reportedly In Active Negotiations With Microsoft To Avoid Closure
@Starburst better than it could've been. They could've just shuttered the studio and cancelled all active projects. This at least lets the studio buy themselves out and go it alone or find another publisher.
Sadly this was the scenario a lot people predicted when Microsoft started buying up everything.
Re: Kingdom Hearts Collection Key Art Has Fans Sleuthing To Work Out If AI Was Used
@-wc- Okami on the Nintendo Wii infamously had the IGN logo on it. Like it was key art from their game they lifted with the IGN watermark on it.
Capcom also famously misspelled their own game's name on the spine for the 3DS title Resident Evil Revelaitons... I mean Resident Evil Revelations.
That's pretty heinous and pre-AI. Humans ***** up enough on their own without AI
Re: Kingdom Hearts Collection Key Art Has Fans Sleuthing To Work Out If AI Was Used
@-wc- not defending the use of AI, but professional animators ***** that up all the time. Not saying it's good art, it's pretty bad boxart. But, Humans themselves screw up proportions and anatomy all the time. Look up Rob Liefeld he is a professional artist who screws up proportions and purposely avoids drawing feet because he's bad at it. And he made millions drawing professional comics.
Human artists screw up art all the time. It doesn't make something AI, just means it could be AI or an over worked artist or junior artist who screwed up a hand.
Re: Kingdom Hearts Collection Key Art Has Fans Sleuthing To Work Out If AI Was Used
@BenAV artists make that kind of mistake a lot with characters. Watch an episode of the Simpsons and you'll see times that a character is drawn with 4 fingers instead of three. It's shocking how common that is because people tend to reference their own hands when drawing hands.
Not saying it's not AI, but considering how wrong these "Internet sleuths" tend to be until Square says something it's human error.
Re: Kingdom Hearts Collection Key Art Has Fans Sleuthing To Work Out If AI Was Used
@SalvorHardin he has four fingers the same reason Piccolo in the DBZ anime does. Because 3 figures traditionally have conentations to the Yakuza. Odds are to keep with Japanese censor boards the Japanese artist drew Donald with four fingers.
Is it dumb... Yes... Is it AI.. maybe, but probably not.
Re: Nintendo Direct June 2026: Every Announcement, Game Reveal & Trailer
@Dodo64 it's all good. We just have to keep in perspective the 155 million Switch owners are not guaranteed to also be PS4/PS5 or Xbox owners. Mathematically several tens if millions are likely not.
But, exclusive wise this was a great showing still. We'll have to see what else is coming. Nintendo does not make it a habit to announce games years out from release.
Re: Nintendo Direct June 2026: Every Announcement, Game Reveal & Trailer
@Kidfunkadelic83 was referring to non-remake 3D Adventure titles. Since Windwaker, 3D Zelda games have been on a 4-6 year cycle.
Windwaker 2002
Twilight Princess 2006
Skyward Sword 2011
Breath of the Wild 2017
Tears of the Kingdom 2023
Not saying we don't get other 3D Zelda's in-between or 2D remakes. We got OoT3D, MM3D Link's Awakening (2019), and a smattering of top down 2D games and HD remasters. But, the tentpole brand new 3D Adventure titles are about 4-6 years apart. So, even estimating seeing it in 2027 is wishful thinking and it be closer to 2028/2029.
OoT Remake is probably going to be an exception to this rule depending how close it is to something like Starfox (2026) or the Final Fantasy VII RE-Trilogy. We'll have to see comes out this year.
Re: Nintendo Direct June 2026: Every Announcement, Game Reveal & Trailer
@Friendly Pokemon Winds and Waves are coming early next year. People need to be patient there we just got Legends ZA. New Zelda's are on a 5 year cycle so we won't see a (non-2D/remake title) till 2027/2028 at the earliest.
So there... Take two titles off your bingo card because OoT remake could be pretty much a completely new game.
Re: Nintendo Direct June 2026: Every Announcement, Game Reveal & Trailer
@Dodo64 not even close man. I remember the Wii U directs where over 50% of the games shown were Indi titles. This was a banger direct especially for people who only own Switch 1/2. I don't I own a PC, but this direct had everything from DMC5, to Dragons Dogma 2, Metaphor, Lies of P, Final Fantasy to even Kingdom Hearts IV. And that was the just the 3rd party titles. We'd be losing our minds if this was during the Wii U-era. Guess it shows how spoiled we've been with the Switch with all of these high quality 3rd party ports that just happen now.
Re: Surprise! Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster Is Heading To Switch 2
@Daniel36 oh trust me FF9 has a very serious story under the hood. The art design was meant to invoke the spirit of the SNES-era sprites and the diorama designs. I strongly recommend giving it a go as especially at the 3 hour mark the story gets very dark and you're in for probably the more introspective Final Fantasy may have ever gotten. Wrapped in that very classic European fantasy vibe.
As for FFX it looks Sci-fi, but it is more post-post apocalyptic setting with a splash of East Asian Island aesthetic. Think Chrono Cross as a frame of reference for what to expect there. The technology is more treated as a taboo subject in that world and it has a lot of spells, knights and mythologies you'd love from the SNES era wrapped in that East Asian aesthetic.
Strongly recommend both games.
Re: Surprise! Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster Is Heading To Switch 2
@Dimjimmer I agree. The fact you're only getting a 4k remaster and it's not fixing some of the flaws of the original HD version (issues that have existed since the PS3) such as Tidus face is a massive blow to my interest. Considering how cheap the OG Switch version tends to be the 4K resolution is just not enough to justify another $50 re-release.
Re: Switch 2 Absent From Persona 4 And 6 Trailers, And Fans Are Concerned
It will come to Switch 2... I would be highly surprised if it didn't considering the Switch and Switch 2 are boarder line the console to have in Japan and both these will be extremely meaty games great for public transport.
I expect it will be announced during the Nintendo Direct today. If it's not it will be announced before their release next year.
Re: Surprise! Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster Is Heading To Switch 2
@Daniel36 you've never played Final Fantasy X? That is highly surprising considering it's been extremely available since its release appearing on almost every major console since its launch on PS2 25 years ago.
Check it out it's worth your time.
Re: Surprise! Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster Is Heading To Switch 2
@Dimjimmer $50 isn't bad considering you're getting two games with one being one of the best JRPGs of the last 30 years and one is Final Fantasy X-2. But, you can get the Switch 1 version used for about $20-30 and can be played on Switch 2 with dock boost mode in portable mode now so use with information as you will.
Re: Devil May Cry 5 'Devil Hunter Edition' Has Been Rated For Switch 2
@AdmiralBribery yes the Switch port of DMC 1-3 is good. It's based on the HD edition ports from forever ago.
Start with 1, skip 2 and enjoy 3.
Re: Devil May Cry 5 'Devil Hunter Edition' Has Been Rated For Switch 2
All Capcom now needs to do is give us Resident Evil Remakes 2-4 and we'll have all the last gen and current gen bangers. DMC5 is excellent and I hope this also means a DMC4 port.
Re: Japanese Charts: Switch 2 Sales Continue To Spike Ahead Of Price Increase
@GamingGod pretty sure Nintendo just caters to the Japanese audience the best. Due to tight living spaces and how much an average Japanese salary person is in commute handheld consoles do extremely well.
Sony has been slowly slipping in Japan for a decade now. It's Nintendo's free launch because there is no real competition to them in the region to cater to their tastes.
If Sony disappeared tomorrow in North America and Xbox was the only game in town... Nintendo would still sweep them because it's Xbox.
Re: Japanese Charts: Switch 2 Sales Continue To Spike Ahead Of Price Increase
@MegaMari0 at this rate Next Gen will plummet before Switch 2 sales. Steam Deck pricing is really wooooof, and based on the rumors of Xbox Helix's price it will also be close to $1k. Switch 2 looks like a bargain more and more to a lot of people.
Re: Review: Tales Of Arise - Beyond The Dawn Edition (Switch 2) - Solid Game, Solid Port, Goes On A Bit
What a weird score... Seems very low considering the game on other platforms got a 87 and the Switch 2 edition got a 80 average on metacritic...
Give the game a chance those on the fence. It really is brilliant. The DLC extra is a take it or leave it bonus.
Re: BioShock Creator: Switch 2 Proves Graphics Have Reached "Diminishing Returns"
@MrGawain bro audiences have for sure been pressuring the graphical arms race for decades. We legit have channels that do extremely well like Digital Foundry that go over the minor graphical differences between titles.
Companies are st fault, but audiences expectations have totally been a factor.
Re: Stop Stressing, Nintendo Says More Switch 2 Games Are Coming
@Johnny_Arthur I mean that was kinda the Wii U. Breath of the Wild came out right at the end of that generation (and is more remembered as a Switch launch title) and there was no traditional 3D Mario (i.e. like 64, Sunshine, Galaxy etc.) and instead we got 3D World.
Safe to say despite that... It really didn't help the console. Some would argue it actively hindered the Wii U carving some form of success.
Re: Video: Nintendo Showcases Its Biggest Switch 2 Games In New Ad
@Pillowpants this is probably one of the best starts of the year for 3rd parties Nintendo has had in a bit. Resident Evil 7,8,9, Pragmata, Final Fantasy VII Remake & Rebirth, Yakuza 0, Kiwami 1&2 and Kiwami 3, That's pretty stacked...let alone Tale of Arise, 007 First Light in a few weeks. People should be eating good for 3rd party support so far.
And the Switch 2 is selling extremely well. So don't get this chatter at all. They're acting like it's the Wii U days again
Re: Video: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2, Xbox Series S, PS5)
Switch 2 even being comparable to the PS5 is extremely impressive. Yeah they had to cut back on environmental clutter and foliage, but to be expected. DLSS is no joke and really does show case how much extra power you can squeeze when you don't need to target native 1080p 60fps.
Later this gen when Switch 2's DLSS solution gets updated I'm sure it will do even more jaw dropping visuals. This is how you use AI to enhance what is already there not to plaster over it with generative nonsense.
Re: NetherRealm Is "Actively Pursuing" A New Mortal Kombat Game
Was there ever doubt we'd be better Mortal Kombat 2 (13)? Or whatever they'll call it. I actually really enjoy the story even if it's a bit dumb at times.
Re: Xbox Is Reportedly Having "Very Big Discussions" About Exclusivity
@Ryu_Niiyama I mean Microsoft has complete control over Id, Bethesda, Activision and Blizzard. If it were not for contractual agreements with Sony and Nintendo, yanking COD as a exclusive would be massive. Same with Doom, Wolfenstein, Elder Scrolls, maybe even a potential Star Craft 3, or any of Blizzard's back catalog.
Microsoft can very easily be an exclusive powerhouse. Just the last leadership group decided not to, to avoid anti-monopoly lawsuits and FCC cancelling out their acquisitions.
Re: Review: Resident Evil Requiem (Switch 2) - Action And Horror Combine In A Series Highlight
@Hwatt Resident Evil is back on the menu for Nintendo fans boys!!! We're back to the good old GameCube days!!! We eating good!
Re: Nintendo Is Considering A Switch 2 Price Hike This Year, According To New Report
@Gryffin Nice swipe! My hopes if with GameCube Online the demand for these games start going down a bit. Like what we saw with Earthbound with it's re-releases... before the COVID spike... I hate being a retro enthusiast some days.
Though a nice curated GameCube collection sounds rather nice! I recommend if you can find them the Prince of Persia trilogy! Plays really well on GameCube and it's Prince of Persia! Happy hunting!
Re: Nintendo Is Considering A Switch 2 Price Hike This Year, According To New Report
@Gryffin GameCube is becoming more of a pain to collect for... Sunshine is at $45, Windwaker at $75 and Twilight Princess is going for $180! JEEEEEEZZZZZZ and it's not just Nintendo 1st party games even 3rd party games are wild with prices right now, Skies of Aracdia is at $150, Twin Snakes at $100, Sonic Adventure 2 is at $60... I hate how GameCube is now the must have console for people and jacking the prices all over the place.
Ironically right now if you want to start collecting for a console OG Xbox and Xbox 360 are at great prices. Most of the must have games like Halo 1&2, Morrowind, Panzar Dragoon Orta and Republic Commando are all under $50. And some of the rarer games like Conker are not going to cost an arm and a leg... and most Xbox 360 games are under $20 and only a few games like Lost Odyssey are creeping to that $50 range.
Though Wii U is also looking quite nice since Nintendo mined it for most of the quality titles off it, except of the few oddballs like Wii Sports Club, Devil's Third etc.
Re: Nintendo Is Considering A Switch 2 Price Hike This Year, According To New Report
@axelhander They made their bed. They were warned about tariffs and they didn't listen. Jokes on them, especially with the loosening regulations on AI datacenters and ungodly tariffs on Chinese manufacturing.
EDIT: According to reports all the RAM and GPUs these companies have been buying is legit sitting in a warehouse because they don't have enough datacenters to make use of all the hardware... so annoying.
Re: Nintendo Is Considering A Switch 2 Price Hike This Year, According To New Report
@axelhander No idea why people are arguing with you... CXMT makes great RAM. Yeah, it feels sketchy buying Chinese tech products (especially SSDs or Graphics cards), but RAM is not that complex and CXMT is looking quite completive right now. Only issue is if you live in the US gooooood luck not paying an arm and a leg in tariffs. So glad I'm not a Yankee.
Re: Nintendo Is Considering A Switch 2 Price Hike This Year, According To New Report
@eldersnake Of the same mindset. It was pretty easy to justify putting aside $50-100 per paycheck to set aside for new GPU... but with the recent RAM spike I have zero interests to upgrade my rig. Which sucks because I could have gotten 64GB of DDR5 last year in January for $200 bones now that will cost me just one year later $900-1400... yeah no that is just cruel.
Re: Nintendo Is Considering A Switch 2 Price Hike This Year, According To New Report
@The_Nintendo_Expat Of the same mindset. BUT and this is a big but... tariffs and RAM prices are right now gotta be making manufacturing logistics a pain in the ass. Especially when there are only three major RAM manufactures Samsung, Micron and SK Hynix. And the alternatives to those manufactures are going to run into tariff issues especially Chinese based CXMT or Taiwanese based Nanya and Winbond.
Nintendo is not in a pretty spot right now and despite being vibes based, there is some merit to the discussion. But odds are good when they started manufacturing the Switch 2 they setup a contracts to carry them through 2026. If they didn't they are either going to take a serious hit in profits or have to increase the price.
Re: PSA: Metal Gear Solid 4 Is The Headliner, But Master Collection Vol. 2's "Bonus" Is One Of GBC's Best
I don't care if non-canon. Ghost Babel is canon in my heart! Fantastic GBC game and super glad it's included.
Re: Surprise! Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition Arrives On Switch This Week
@StarCollector no idea... Maybe they think it does not sell? Maybe there is no internal drive there. Or maybe they're too focused on Assassin's Creed, Farcry and Siege? Even Splintercell's last mainline entry was in 2013 with Blacklist. And Prince of Persia's last 3D adventure game was the Forgotten Sands in 2010... And the Lost Crown spinoff games basically got canned almost instantly after being very well received.
Ubisoft has been burning bridges with legacy fans for a long time. Hell there is a reason Sandfall is made up of former Ubisoft devs and basically said pointblank that Expedition 33 would have taken 10 years of effort to even remotely get greenlit. And Expedition 33 has been very financially successful and critically acclaimed. Real missed opportunity by Ubisoft there.
Ubisoft kinda sucks...
Re: Surprise! Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition Arrives On Switch This Week
@StarCollector Ubisoft treats the Rabbids as their own thing. The last Rayman game was Rayman Legends on the Wii U (2013)... It's been a while since we've had a true Rayman game.
Re: Surprise! Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition Arrives On Switch This Week
@EarthboundBenjy considering the weird love-hate relationship Ubisoft has with with Rayman... This collection is stacked! Rare Ubisoft W!!!
Though my real hope is we can get a Rayman 2 collection of this similar quality. N64, PlayStation, Dreamcast and PC ports in one collection would be incredible!
Though it's Ubisoft so highly doubt we'll get one as their legacy IPs like Rayman and Price of Persia seem to be mostly forgotten about or discarded except the rare AA title...
Re: Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Switch And Switch 2 Physical Version Download Requirements Revealed
@Bizzyb you're not far off! Between every chapter the game had to install the next chapter onto your PS3's HDD... Such a pain.
Re: Yakuza Kiwami 3 Will Be The Last Kiwami Game, Says RGG Studio Head
@Ellie-Moo you should be okay. Yakuza 4/5 were late PS3 games (2010/2012) so worked through a lot of the kinks. It won't be as seamless as modern Yakuza games, but it will feel closer to Yakuza 0 than Kiwami 2/Yakuza 6.
Re: Yakuza Kiwami 3 Will Be The Last Kiwami Game, Says RGG Studio Head
@SalvorHardin I was mostly referring to Yakuza 1-6 and 0. The Ichiban games are their own thing. But Shenmu's scope while at the time AAA is not even close to open world game design of today. And Yakuza fits nicely into that Shenmu niche (densely populated city, with lots of meaningful things to do)... And after how bad Shenmu 3 was I'm never expecting that series to be finished.
Re: Yakuza Kiwami 3 Will Be The Last Kiwami Game, Says RGG Studio Head
@hcfwesker Yakuza is like the spiritual successor to Shenmu (very similar gameplay). It is a heavily serialized story that spans 7 games and follows the life of a singular protagonist. I won't spoil, but start with either Yakuza 0 or Kiwami 1 and have a good time.
If you like Shenmu you will love Yakuza.
Re: Yakuza Kiwami 3 Will Be The Last Kiwami Game, Says RGG Studio Head
@JayJ I mean in theory I'm not against it. Yakuza 3 came out in 2009 and remastered in 2019. It's a pretty old game at this point. But, my issue is it seems they did not really fix the issues Yakuza 3 had (the combat, the AI, etc.) and instead kept that, but made arbitrary changes in the story. The Dark Tides expansion does look cool (but I will never say no to more Mine).
Whatever this new sub series will be that remakes Yakuza 4&5 have a lot of work to do in my opinion to make it even worth it. As unlike Yakuza 3, I think 4&5 hold up far stronger.
Re: Review: Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties (Switch 2) - Maybe It's Time To Take A Break
@ROMhaiku Yakuza has been on a yearly release schedule since the PS2. We just have never noticed because a lot of the side games never left Japan. But now that we're getting those it's just more noticable in the West.
Edit: there are a few exceptions of a year break between releases, but they're few and far between in the release history.
Re: Review: Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties (Switch 2) - Maybe It's Time To Take A Break
I love the Kiwami games, but this is a rough one. Yakuza 3 is already one of my least favorites in the series so was hoping Kiwami 3 would fix some of that. But, sadly it does not...
I will wait for a sale. Still a 6/10 Yakuza game is an 8/10 for any other franchise. Yakuza 3 just the weakest of a pretty amazing series in my books.
Re: Nintendo Announces Launch Line-Up For Switch Online Virtual Boy
@The_Nintendo_Expat bingo! Gaming is such a rich medium that when loose ROMs get tossed around as (at least a lot of the the times this discussion comes up) as the end all be all of preservation it is depressing. Especially when large swaths of the medium is just gone.
And I'm not just also referring to the source code and materials directly related to development. But, interviews, gaming videos and even entire gaming fansites lost to history. Preservation (at least to me), is such an important part of gaming and covers larges parts of the medium that is not just directly playing the game. At least that is how other mediums treat preservation like novels or films (and they get far more granular than even that like letters, email communications, journals, biographies, essays etc everything gets cataloged somewhere by someone).
But, I get where you were coming from as well. To a lot of gamers just playing the game is enough. But, the context or development assets is in a lot of cases is more important than the actual game (and sadly corporations have treated these materials with less respect than the ROM or ISO files and tossed them).
And I'm not saying all of this material needs to be accessible to the public. We all know the Vatican, the British Museum, the Tolkien Estate, don't have all of their materials accessible to the public. But, we know it is cataloged and preserved there. And just even having an official Database that is doing that same thing for gaming would be an academic godsend! Now getting I am getting highly academic for gaming fansites comment section though. So I will stop here, but I hope this helps highlight how I view preservation as a topic.
Re: Nintendo Announces Launch Line-Up For Switch Online Virtual Boy
@The_Nintendo_Expat preservation is extremely important. Unlike Nintendo, a lot of Japanese companies were extremely bad at it. Square Enix completely lost Kingdom Hearts source code, and the project files for FFIX's CG renders.
It is a two way street unfortunately. And if we can recover these assets through sales, or private finds, that is fantastic! Otherwise sadly the most important parts of preservation is on the companies themselves... And I don't think it's gotten much better than it was in the 90s & 00s.
It's not up to one person, but a collective. And honestly I wish transparency and accessibility was a lot better.
Re: Nintendo Announces Launch Line-Up For Switch Online Virtual Boy
@The_Nintendo_Expat Thanks for the clarification. I get my jimmies in a twist when it comes to the two being used interchangeably. But, I agree the fact these games are complete and accessible is a great step towards former cancelled projects for retro consoles being revived, cleaned up and shipped instead of being forgotten. Even if the original code and assets are preserved on a Nintendo server.
Re: Nintendo Announces Launch Line-Up For Switch Online Virtual Boy
@The_Nintendo_Expat what does actual preservation mean in this case? It's quite clear Nintendo preserved their work here or else these ROM files would be lost to time. It's not like people were chomping at the bits to rerelease these relics of the Virtual Boy. Nintendo even doing this is way out of left field considering and shows they preserved their work.
Preservation is not the same as accessibility.