I'm pretty sure every Switch-owning parent is dreading the day that Little Johnny and/or Maisie ask the near-inevitable question 'Daddy, what's Hentai mean?' For all such content on the eShop barely deserves the term, putting it Out There for the young'uns to spot and subsequently go a-googling for is prrrrrobably not the greatest idea.
It’s ironic that for all the stability and bad words list updates we have downloaded over the years, Hentai has been one of the most watered-down terms on the eShop. And yet it has been allowed to fly under the radar and infest it with mild abandon, its true meaning hiding in the shadows of the real world and the rest of the intermabob. Waiting for the unsuspecting to trip over its pulchritudinous ways.
So that would be my pitch - let users block certain terms when found in keywords, titles and yes, devs & publishers. Anything you don't want [you and your younglings] to see, you [and they] don't see. MidnightWorks and their shonk-ass contemporaries would get their collective asses stomped before the hat even thought about dropping.
Oh yes - and how about stop blocking my SODDING DEBIT CARD just because I use a VPN. No other bugger at all has issues with me ordering stuff to be delivered in the UK when my IP looks like I'm in Norway - it's literally just Nintendo, and they've done it three times now.
I’d like disc golf to sneak in before things wrap up on the S1. Not gonna get American football, and all I’d want there is a target range, so yeah, let us luzz a few frisbees.
Balatro has the hooks in deep and it won’t let go. The Llamasoft anthology is amazing - Jeff’s stuff is really just That Good™ - and I’ll definitely give Animal Well a shot at some point, but right now, I’ve only double-dipped on one title this year (if you don’t count an almost 40-year gap on some of the Hairy Yak’s works), and Balatro is it. Soon as it appears on iOS, it’ll be a triple-dip.
Not often a Mackem like yours truly sides with the Mags, but F-bomb Mike Ashley. He hasn’t had a penny out of me for years, and that will continue as long as his BS does.
GAME might not actually be dead - yet - but it’s starting to look real rough. That SOB has killed so much of the UK high street, and is poisoning the rest with a malignant festering tumour in the shape of Sports Direct.
Won’t be long before all we have left are tiny sections in supermarket chains (Tesco isn’t bothering already, dunno about the rest), independent shops and, of all the possible last men standing I honestly did not think it would be them, CEX.
Never played the original, and I’ve missed the Xbox Live Arcade port on 360, so I have no baseline here - but they’ll fix this in updates, I’d have thunk…?
@Steel76 I suspect that if anything, it may well appear on both - bridging the gap between consoles the way Breath of the Wild did. That, or if you want the full all-singing all-dancing all-kitchen-sinking experience, you get a Switch 2. Same cartridge, but while the OG Switch will still undoubtedly be host to a stunner of a game (anything less after this long will be a massive howler), it’ll have noticeably more oomph on the new one. I’m expecting it to be an utter sock-blower-offer on the S2.
Ah, THAT's why they didn't show up in the existing app. I was in the shower for the Direct and missed the separate app bit.
We're probably going to get Conker's BFD at some point then, because a) we've got Perfect Dark, so there's not as many issues with Rare games as we thought [ergo also, proper Killer Instinct 1+2, not just the SNES one]; b) there's not much point in a standalone app for just two games otherwise.
With respect to stuff I didn’t even have a hint about happening, the Marvel/Capcom Fighting Collection, Stray, and Metal Slug Attack Reloaded.
Overall though, there’s no escaping Prime 4 and Legend of ACTUAL Zelda. Buzzed for those two in particular.
@Anti-Matter they didn’t get Turok in their NSO expansion, and there was something some of my pals on Discord spotted called Eggy Party… (…I know… 💧) …but we’re getting it too. Drops free to play next month. Don’t know about anything else, but I was on my way to work in the aftermath, so I’ll check when I land back.
Marvel/Capcom Fighting Collection (Punisher I can take or leave, but the rest…)
NSO: Perfect Dark
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Surprise: When the Mature area of NSO was announced, I was honestly expecting Conker's Bad Fur Day, not Turok...
No Surprise: Silksong is just a collective fever dream now, isn't it...
Intriguing: MIO. Legit thought 'hang on a mo, Silksong got a lot more colourful' for a sec, and given that might be as close as we get for a while, I might well have a pop at that one.
Also, Darkest Dungeon II. I do love a roguelike, and another one on the backlog won't hurt. Much.
Missed Opportunity: DKC Returns HD. Surely it's been long enough for a new instalment...
Missed Opportunity 2: no-shows for Wind Waker & Twilight Princess HD. Much like when European Golden Boot winner Super Kevin Phillips kept getting snubbed for England because Bottler Keegan was obsessed with Shearer Poppins, I find myself thinking 'what's it going to take...'
Nope: Hundred Line. I have enough head weasels right now, thanks very little, Danganronpa-adjacent...
Modern (last two generations, so back to Wii/PS3/X360)
Retro (PS1-2, Saturn-DC, XB, N64-GC),
Classic (SNES/MD)
Vintage (C64/Amiga, Spectrum, Amstrad, NES, SMS).
Relic (anything before that, so VIC-20, ZX81, Videopac G7000, Pong console etc)
Borderlines will blur at times, some will fall between the cracks - QL, C16/+4, Dragon, Oric, Enterprise, TI99/4A etc - and Vintage will expand as time goes by to encompass what was Classic as everything shifts back a tier.
It’s clearly meant to be a riff on the A from the GBA & GameCube’s wordmarks. Nowhere near the thickness or colour of Adobe’s logo. Ridiculously childish of them.
Been at this a week or two now, still showing 1.0.0o-FULL (no sign of [i]any]/i] updates yet either 1.0.1 or 1.0.5?). Still got to win my first run, but got the closest I've been so far. Blue Joker, Joker Stencil, Chicot (my first Legendary!) and Mystic Summit got me within 30,000 of getting over The Wall in the 7th ante.
Thought about Misprint for a spell, but that would have been too chaotic, would have likely screwed me over earlier.
Might do, I dunno. Closest we’re gonna get to a new NES Remix by the look of it. £25, 18 July… hmm… I mean I’ll have a bit spare cash, there’s three paydays before then including today (and next month it’s also my birthday - be nice if it worked as a multiplier), so I’ll see how I feel then.
One thing itching in my head though.
“NES Edition.” Why add that to the name? It was only ever based on NES titles, wasn’t it?… (yes I know, Mario Maker in 2015, but that aped mostly NES games and it’s dead now anyway)
… unless…
Are they thinking about a future SNES Edition… or even N64…?
Going the other way (it's just as good to highlight the bilge as the brilliant), avoid Might'n Mow'Em like the absolute freaking plague. I got caught by it in my current roguelike kick. Bug-ridden as absolute balls, slows to like FIVE FRAMES A SECOND when it gets busy, freezes at the end of the run if you actually persevere that far, and the devs are showing precisely zero inclination to rectify any of it.
Should the occasion occur that I actually manage to crowbar myself away from Balatro, I’ll be starting on Little Kitty Big City. Duck Detective’s demo might get a look as it seems interesting, and I’m trying to play a game of Smash Ult Classic each day to unlock as many characters as I can.
Oh yes - played a bit UNO last night in a mate’s Twitch stream. Dark Heresy is Sunday this week because our New Yorker was at a thing last night, so I was able to get in on it. Got done over by a very well-timed red Zero, out I’d have won.
I just got another four JoyCons for something I’m looking to run next year, so yeah, I would like to use them with my S2 when it eventually drops. Just not physically connect them, obviously.
I have a Dan Marino, Tracer, Limited Edition Widowmaker (because my workplace was selling them for a fiver) and the full Vox Machina set, with Trinket and both Vex’ahlia types (because a mate gave me them for my birthday). Outside of that, I’m not fussed about any more - there are no signs of any Mighty Nein or Bells Hells Pops coming.
The Marino one was a piece of cake to find actually. I was after a Ryan Tannehill one as well to bookend 40 years of Fins fandom, but that turned out to be a bugger to find, and then he got traded to Tennessee…
I’ve got a PDP Afterglow, and it falls into the same category of pretty and functional, but little else. I still usually default to my 8Bitdo controllers unless they’re on charge.
@stronglook The only thing I’ve seen anyone get in there that was interesting were some sets of PolyHero dice for a fiver apiece. For the uninitiated, these dice aren’t in your usual Platonic solid style, but themed to various RPG classes.
I used to back them over Kickstarter until they stiffed everyone outside the US over the Bard set.
Just saw another report that everyone got told about the zero-hours BS after their “Cluster Managers” (four letters missing there methinks) were told about it in… a mass conference call over Teams.
Seriously, £₽₩$ GAME (expletive masked by currency symbols as they’re there only things Ashley cares about).
Said it before, saying it again, and I’mma keep saying it until some hecker answers…
WHERE THE HELLS IS R O M A N C E L V A N I A ?
It’s been a year since the last visible update on Kickstarter, the latest one is walled off because I missed the campaign, and not-good noises are emanating from those who were in on it.
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Re: Talking Point: The Switch eShop Could Be Great With These Few Tweaks
Keyword Blocks.
I'm pretty sure every Switch-owning parent is dreading the day that Little Johnny and/or Maisie ask the near-inevitable question 'Daddy, what's Hentai mean?' For all such content on the eShop barely deserves the term, putting it Out There for the young'uns to spot and subsequently go a-googling for is prrrrrobably not the greatest idea.
It’s ironic that for all the stability and bad words list updates we have downloaded over the years, Hentai has been one of the most watered-down terms on the eShop. And yet it has been allowed to fly under the radar and infest it with mild abandon, its true meaning hiding in the shadows of the real world and the rest of the intermabob. Waiting for the unsuspecting to trip over its pulchritudinous ways.
So that would be my pitch - let users block certain terms when found in keywords, titles and yes, devs & publishers. Anything you don't want [you and your younglings] to see, you [and they] don't see. MidnightWorks and their shonk-ass contemporaries would get their collective asses stomped before the hat even thought about dropping.
Oh yes - and how about stop blocking my SODDING DEBIT CARD just because I use a VPN. No other bugger at all has issues with me ordering stuff to be delivered in the UK when my IP looks like I'm in Norway - it's literally just Nintendo, and they've done it three times now.
Re: Build-A-Bear's New Pokémon Is Fuecoco
Still think Fuecoco should get cameos in the Bubble Bobble games.
Re: NBA 2K25 Scores September Release Date And A Trio Of Cover Athletes
Still can’t believe there’s not been an arcade-style title since Playgrounds 2. I maxed out my Magic players ages ago.
Re: Feature: Nintendo Switch Sports Basketball - A Slam Dunk Or A Missed Shot?
I’d like disc golf to sneak in before things wrap up on the S1. Not gonna get American football, and all I’d want there is a target range, so yeah, let us luzz a few frisbees.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES Library With Seven More Games
More Rare stuff! Maybe that leads to Conker on the N64 Mature app at some point.
It's BS Special Tee Shot on the SNES I'm really hoping for though.
Re: Nintendo Releases Update For Switch (Version 18.1.0), Here Are The Details
So stable that Theresa May just shuddered and has no idea why,
Re: Poll: What's Your Switch Game Of The Year Of 2024 So Far?
Balatro has the hooks in deep and it won’t let go. The Llamasoft anthology is amazing - Jeff’s stuff is really just That Good™ - and I’ll definitely give Animal Well a shot at some point, but right now, I’ve only double-dipped on one title this year (if you don’t count an almost 40-year gap on some of the Hairy Yak’s works), and Balatro is it. Soon as it appears on iOS, it’ll be a triple-dip.
Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Costs $60 On Switch
$60 for a remaster? Nuh-uh. They wanted to charge that much, it should have been a complete new title. It's been long enough.
My concern is what'll happen with the UK - just keep the number, strip the dollar sign and put a pound sign on it?
Re: Retailer GAME Reportedly Ending In-Store Sales Of Physical Games And Hardware
Not often a Mackem like yours truly sides with the Mags, but F-bomb Mike Ashley. He hasn’t had a penny out of me for years, and that will continue as long as his BS does.
GAME might not actually be dead - yet - but it’s starting to look real rough. That SOB has killed so much of the UK high street, and is poisoning the rest with a malignant festering tumour in the shape of Sports Direct.
Won’t be long before all we have left are tiny sections in supermarket chains (Tesco isn’t bothering already, dunno about the rest), independent shops and, of all the possible last men standing I honestly did not think it would be them, CEX.
Re: Feature: 9 'Mature' Games We'd Love To See On Nintendo Switch Online's New N64 App
I was half expecting Conker when the Mature app was announced anyway, so there's that, and I remember Forsaken from other formats, so.
Re: Nintendo Files DMCA Against Fan-Made 'Rhythm Heaven' Remix Software
Saw this coming the second I found out about Heaven Studio.
Grabbing whatever version they’ve managed to get out before it gets fully stomped.
[returns to this tab] …well, crap. Guess I’ll just have to use the last one I got, unless anyone can throw them all up to a MediaFire or something…?
Re: Switch Online's Latest N64 Release 'Perfect Dark' Appears To Have Some Emulation Issues
Never played the original, and I’ve missed the Xbox Live Arcade port on 360, so I have no baseline here - but they’ll fix this in updates, I’d have thunk…?
Re: Gallery: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Is Looking Absolutely Stunning On Switch
@Steel76 I suspect that if anything, it may well appear on both - bridging the gap between consoles the way Breath of the Wild did. That, or if you want the full all-singing all-dancing all-kitchen-sinking experience, you get a Switch 2. Same cartridge, but while the OG Switch will still undoubtedly be host to a stunner of a game (anything less after this long will be a massive howler), it’ll have noticeably more oomph on the new one. I’m expecting it to be an utter sock-blower-offer on the S2.
Re: Nintendo Direct June 2024: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
@Anti-Matter I've had a look, and Japan got everything we did, plus...
Re: Nintendo Switch Online Gets Four New Additions Today, Including Zelda, Metroid, And Perfect Dark
Ah, THAT's why they didn't show up in the existing app. I was in the shower for the Direct and missed the separate app bit.
We're probably going to get Conker's BFD at some point then, because a) we've got Perfect Dark, so there's not as many issues with Rare games as we thought [ergo also, proper Killer Instinct 1+2, not just the SNES one]; b) there's not much point in a standalone app for just two games otherwise.
Re: Nintendo Direct June 2024: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
With respect to stuff I didn’t even have a hint about happening, the Marvel/Capcom Fighting Collection, Stray, and Metal Slug Attack Reloaded.
Overall though, there’s no escaping Prime 4 and Legend of ACTUAL Zelda. Buzzed for those two in particular.
@Anti-Matter they didn’t get Turok in their NSO expansion, and there was something some of my pals on Discord spotted called Eggy Party… (…I know… 💧) …but we’re getting it too. Drops free to play next month. Don’t know about anything else, but I was on my way to work in the aftermath, so I’ll check when I land back.
Re: Reaction: A Direct That Delivered, And Shows That Switch Still Has Plenty Of Pep
Better than any recent stream I can remember.
Top announcements:
Surprise: When the Mature area of NSO was announced, I was honestly expecting Conker's Bad Fur Day, not Turok...
No Surprise: Silksong is just a collective fever dream now, isn't it...
Intriguing: MIO. Legit thought 'hang on a mo, Silksong got a lot more colourful' for a sec, and given that might be as close as we get for a while, I might well have a pop at that one.
Also, Darkest Dungeon II. I do love a roguelike, and another one on the backlog won't hurt. Much.
Missed Opportunity: DKC Returns HD. Surely it's been long enough for a new instalment...
Missed Opportunity 2: no-shows for Wind Waker & Twilight Princess HD. Much like when European Golden Boot winner Super Kevin Phillips kept getting snubbed for England because Bottler Keegan was obsessed with Shearer Poppins, I find myself thinking 'what's it going to take...'
Nope: Hundred Line. I have enough head weasels right now, thanks very little, Danganronpa-adjacent...
Re: Metroid Dread Director On Samus Losing Her Abilities: "Yes, It Has To Be Like That"
She could at least give us a ‘Not again…” when it happens…
Re: Disney Speedstorm's Inside Out Season Starts Its Engines Today
Is there any Tron content yet?
Re: Nintendo Is Seeking More Talent To Help Run Its Switch Online Service
Where do I apply? Here’s my CV:
I can spot a keyword-bingo ripoff non-game scam from a Norwegian mile away.
Re: The Animal Crossing Aquarium Experience Is Heading On Tour (US)
If only they could have been arsed to support it properly the past few years, eh. Bit late now.
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 18.1.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Lone Skum can go get in the sea. Best stability update yet.
Re: Retailer 'GAME' Is Ending Its Reward Programme And Elite Membership
Everything Mike Ashley touches dies.
Whoever has CEX in the pool for Last Man Standing would be coining it right now.
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Define 'Retro'?
I have a scale of:
Borderlines will blur at times, some will fall between the cracks - QL, C16/+4, Dragon, Oric, Enterprise, TI99/4A etc - and Vintage will expand as time goes by to encompass what was Classic as everything shifts back a tier.
Re: Viral Switch Sensation Suika Game Gets Online Multiplayer Update This Week
Suika just appeared in my home-screen recents of its own accord yesterday. I haven't played it in weeks.
Updated on its own, maybe? Can't see the Hallowe'en or Christmas themes, so they've either been taken out or hidden with a time-sensitive trigger...
Re: Random: Nintendo Emulator 'Delta' Changes Its Logo After Heat From Adobe
I’d have just switched to a lower-case delta - δ.
It’s clearly meant to be a riff on the A from the GBA & GameCube’s wordmarks. Nowhere near the thickness or colour of Adobe’s logo. Ridiculously childish of them.
Re: Balatro Is Getting Its First Major Update
Been at this a week or two now, still showing 1.0.0o-FULL (no sign of [i]any]/i] updates yet either 1.0.1 or 1.0.5?). Still got to win my first run, but got the closest I've been so far. Blue Joker, Joker Stencil, Chicot (my first Legendary!) and Mystic Summit got me within 30,000 of getting over The Wall in the 7th ante.
Thought about Misprint for a spell, but that would have been too chaotic, would have likely screwed me over earlier.
Re: Talking Point: One Year On, Has Everyone Beaten Ganondorf In Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
Pfft. Not even freaking close. By the time I get back from work I’m knackered, and in no mood for the slog.
I’ll get back on it one day - hell, I got to retire sometime, right?
Re: Poll: Will You Be Getting The Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition - Deluxe Set?
Might do, I dunno. Closest we’re gonna get to a new NES Remix by the look of it. £25, 18 July… hmm… I mean I’ll have a bit spare cash, there’s three paydays before then including today (and next month it’s also my birthday - be nice if it worked as a multiplier), so I’ll see how I feel then.
One thing itching in my head though.
“NES Edition.” Why add that to the name? It was only ever based on NES titles, wasn’t it?… (yes I know, Mario Maker in 2015, but that aped mostly NES games and it’s dead now anyway)
… unless…
Are they thinking about a future SNES Edition… or even N64…?
Re: RetroArch Is Now On The iOS App Store
Final Burn Neo is there as well! Nice!
Never thought I would be able to play the Parodius games on my phone before the Switch [glares daggers at Konami]…
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Roguelikes, Roguelites And Run-Based Games
Going the other way (it's just as good to highlight the bilge as the brilliant), avoid Might'n Mow'Em like the absolute freaking plague. I got caught by it in my current roguelike kick. Bug-ridden as absolute balls, slows to like FIVE FRAMES A SECOND when it gets busy, freezes at the end of the run if you actually persevere that far, and the devs are showing precisely zero inclination to rectify any of it.
Re: Square Enix To "Aggressively Pursue" Multiplatform Strategy, Includes "Nintendo Platforms"
Ditch AI and NFTs and I’ll think about it.
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Celebrates First Anniversary With Special Artwork
“Zelda”’s turn. The whole time after she first reappeared, I was giving her some serious side-eye. Not so much heel as full-on yandere.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (11th May)
Should the occasion occur that I actually manage to crowbar myself away from Balatro, I’ll be starting on Little Kitty Big City. Duck Detective’s demo might get a look as it seems interesting, and I’m trying to play a game of Smash Ult Classic each day to unlock as many characters as I can.
Oh yes - played a bit UNO last night in a mate’s Twitch stream. Dark Heresy is Sunday this week because our New Yorker was at a thing last night, so I was able to get in on it. Got done over by a very well-timed red Zero, out I’d have won.
Re: Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Crashes Onto Switch In June
Dammit Konami, WHERE’S THE PARODIUS SERIES?!
Re: Best Nintendo Switch 3D Platformers
Given we’ve got Spyro, can we not get Jak & Daxter? I loved that series - way better than Ratchet & Clank.
Re: Talking Point: Would You Want To Reuse Your Joy-Con On 'Switch 2'?
I just got another four JoyCons for something I’m looking to run next year, so yeah, I would like to use them with my S2 when it eventually drops. Just not physically connect them, obviously.
Re: Back To The Future, He-Man And, Er, Hot Fuzz Collide On Switch In 'Funko Fusion'
I have a Dan Marino, Tracer, Limited Edition Widowmaker (because my workplace was selling them for a fiver) and the full Vox Machina set, with Trinket and both Vex’ahlia types (because a mate gave me them for my birthday). Outside of that, I’m not fussed about any more - there are no signs of any Mighty Nein or Bells Hells Pops coming.
The Marino one was a piece of cake to find actually. I was after a Ryan Tannehill one as well to bookend 40 years of Fins fandom, but that turned out to be a bugger to find, and then he got traded to Tennessee…
Re: Unofficial Metroid Pixel Art eBook Is Currently Free, But Be Quick
@AfroMario To be fair I’m also a Critter, so I’m probably emulating in the wake of FCG’s permanent shutdown…
Re: Unofficial Metroid Pixel Art eBook Is Currently Free, But Be Quick
Tried to get it, but Shop kept screwing me over at the Captcha stage, refusing to accept my ability to recognise a sunflower or bumblebee.
Apparently I am now a robot. Beep boop.
Re: Review: PowerA Wireless Lumectra Switch Controller - Dazzling, Though Missing Some Key Features
I’ve got a PDP Afterglow, and it falls into the same category of pretty and functional, but little else. I still usually default to my 8Bitdo controllers unless they’re on charge.
Re: Europa Is A Beautiful Adventure Game With Shades Of Studio Ghibli And Breath Of The Wild
This feels for all the world like a thatgamecompany title. Wish they could bring Flower and Journey over, they were amazing.
Re: Nintendo Indie World Showcase Announced For Tomorrow, April 17th 2024
Will some hecker PLEASE light a fire under Deep End & 2124 and get a rattle on with Romancelvania‽
Re: Splatoon 3 Is Getting A Fresh New Update Very Soon
If only they’d updated Animal Crossing this much…
Re: Soapbox: I Thought I'd Clear My Backlog In 2024, But The Switch Had Other Ideas
Clear my backlog. Pfft.
Which one?
I have GENRES with their own personal backlog now.
Re: Staff At UK Retailer GAME Reportedly Facing Redundancies
@stronglook The only thing I’ve seen anyone get in there that was interesting were some sets of PolyHero dice for a fiver apiece. For the uninitiated, these dice aren’t in your usual Platonic solid style, but themed to various RPG classes.
I used to back them over Kickstarter until they stiffed everyone outside the US over the Bard set.
Re: Staff At UK Retailer GAME Reportedly Facing Redundancies
Just saw another report that everyone got told about the zero-hours BS after their “Cluster Managers” (four letters missing there methinks) were told about it in… a mass conference call over Teams.
Seriously, £₽₩$ GAME (expletive masked by currency symbols as they’re there only things Ashley cares about).
Re: This Monster-Collecting Deckbuilder Decides Battles On The Roll Of A Dice
Yeeeeeesss, I was hoping this was going to make the jump.
Damn sight sooner than some an’all [cough]romancelvania[/cough]
Re: Staff At UK Retailer GAME Reportedly Facing Redundancies
Mike Ashley can go get in the sea.
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Metroidvania Games
Said it before, saying it again, and I’mma keep saying it until some hecker answers…
WHERE
THE
HELLS
IS
R O M A N C E L V A N I A ?
It’s been a year since the last visible update on Kickstarter, the latest one is walled off because I missed the campaign, and not-good noises are emanating from those who were in on it.
Howay, 2124, take a dump or get off the pot.