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@Lizuka This. Almost every other nintendo game has directors we know almost nothing about.. those are the actual people not wanting to be in the spotlight because they just aren’t..

@canaryfarmer yeah, I don’t think he was being sarcastic about disliking the character. It’s just the way he is writing from the beginning is filled with quips and sarcasm.

@Jack_Goetz Ha! I am assuming you are referring to the writer being overly sarcastic.

@batmanbud2 @canaryfarmer
He is clearly making a joke by throwing shade at Samus repeatedly saying that in Other M. The whole article has a clear sarcastic tone.

@LastFootnote @LastFootnote you are right, I can tell you about games that look better: Jak 3, Dark cloud 2 and Sly 2 come to to mind. The details, art style, animation and voice acting blow all pokemon games out of the water. Sure, maybe ZA models have more polygons and it may look sharper but everything else is worse than many ps2 games.

100% Pikmin. The music doesn’t just sound like pikmin’s music, it is pikmin’s music.

How is the switch 2 version? Is it up to par with ps5? I remember it wasn’t optimized for switch 2 yet.

@fenlix I get your point but the gaming landscape is different now.
We are at a point of diminishing returns with graphics and AAA publishers are going to start prioritising less graphically advanced games with a shorter release cycle (According to IGN during Gamescom this year).

My guess is it's also easier to make games with less fidelty to run on less powerful hardware than before.

@GgGames We criticize the ps5 general first party line up all the time actually.

@JamesS2612 I am jealous that you got to experience BOTW for the first time on switch 2. Must have been a blast.

I find my feelings contradicting - MkW was a let down and there was no killer app at launch. However, I haven’t stopped playing my switch 2 since launch. Fantasy life on switch 2 was awesome.. i didn’t want to get the switch 1 edition because it ran like crap while the ps5 version would bind me to the couch for such a grindy game. Then I played Echoes of Wisdom, which I have been holding off on because it didnt run well on sw1, then I played bananza and now silksong.

So, yeah.. not a great launch lineup but having the switch 2 has been awesome with no shortage of unique experiences.

@Kingy What you are saying sounds about right. This has nothing to do with silksong. Also, calling your potential audience stupid (lizard brain) is a dumb move in and of itself.

@ShadLink i am not arguing about how free to play games generate revenue. Bottom line is that they exist and they require 0 investment from the players to play them. Complaining about hollow knight being 20 dollars because it distorts the player’s idea of how much games should cost makes no sense then.

Hmm, free to play games make this argument moot.

I only tried a little bit of the demo then deleted it. The presentations is indeed boring but the mouse controls is what ultimately turned me off. It’s just a chore to play this game.. I get trying to mimic sword fighting, driving or even boxing with motion controls… there is a cool interesting factor with these examples. Here it’s just tiring.

Not to mention the fact that it’s a competitive game, maybe a single player game that slowly builds up with a character in a wheel chair and an interesting world could save this idea.

I don’t know man, can’t believe this game came form Nintendo of all gaming devs.

The poll is missing an option for me. I have played it before but I don’t want to play it again right before silksong to not sour my experience or burn me out.

I have done that with TOTK by playing BOTW in anticipation and it really turned me off. Mainly because it was more of the same so it really made TOTK a slog and I couldn’t stop comparing everything.

I don’t want that to happen with silksong.

No. Playing the game was so much work with the mouse movements especially in a competitive setting.

And his companion fae who is a fairy “my name is fae and I am a fairy”. If this the quality to be expected of the dialogue then im quite sad. Game looks great but I am tired of cringey dialogue in jrpgs.

@Serpenterror Looks worse than ninja five o? What are you smoking?

@Anti-Matter Clearly if a section is not labeled with a specific platform then it’s for all platforms.

Love how seamless it is to switch controls.
Nintendo is quite smart, this functionality will allow many PC only games to port to switch.

@Olliemar28 Have you guys considered using some kind of GenAI for the translations? They do a much better job at translating than google translate. I recommend claude

All this stability tipped the scale.

Have favorites in a radial menu and allow setting multiple menus that you can name and switch between easily. So, you can have an overworld menu and a dungeon menu. Adding multiple lines is also great.

I mean that wasn’t the case in SNES till gamecube era but okay.

@NintendoWife But it was a cultural/marketing moment where everyone was amazed that you can play a huge RPG like skyrim on the go. It successfuly targeted the hardcore gamer demographic using Skyrim.

I think Baldur’s gate 3 on switch 2 is mot an outlandish thought and it would have this wow effect. It runs on m1 macs and steam deck. Not to mention DOS2 is already on switch so they probably know how to make it work.

With these numbers why even release a switch 2?!

It’s crazy that the switch has sold more than the ps5 AND ps4 combined (in Japan)

@fenlix My impression was that it’s not a side-game. It’s a mainline 2d zelda game, no?

The next mainline zelda coming out in 2031 is depressing...

@MitchK No one complains about it anymore, it’s old history.

@MitchK that was 20 years ago…

@NintendoDadI I think complaining about which game or setting the movie will choose is a good problem to have.

Most are just worried it will be trash. I hope it will be a good quality movie with good actors, writing and soundtrack. Regardless of all the things you mentioned

@sikthvash sounds like my worst nightmare

They need to get the composers of the botw/totk trailers involved with the soundtrack.

I hope they utilize zelda’s music correctly. I think that will make or break the movie for me.

To me zelda’s emotional connection is to the atmosphere the games set and that’s usually done through the aesthetics and the music.

I hope they don’t drop the ball like they did with the mario movie soundtrack.

@Quiet2down I didn’t pick it up exactly because if that. The writing in the demo was very bland. Weird because the messenger had outstanding writing. I liked how meta it got in the end as well.

I would have expected an rpg like this would have unlocked the full potential of the writers but alas.

Maybe someone can help me understand this. So microsoft buys companies to claim IPs. Why would Disney do that if what they are more interested in is to make games from their own IPs?

Why not just open their own development studio?

While I understand that point of view and indeed Nintendo didn't start with video games. However, it has been mainly about video games for the last couple of decades. Everything is centered around their games. Even these new ventures are all about their games. So.. yeah.

They aren't making characters only for movies or figurines. The characters are created for the games then everything else follows.

@Alpha008 I sure hope so otherwise someone needs to call the cops.

Ffxvi does side quests wuite well. I guess it falls under character development and world building. If you look at the side quests only from a gameplay perspective, they are nothing better than fetch quests. However, every single builds the world further and makes it more believable. You get to see how people live, the things they struggle with, the things they need, conflicts, worry or triumphs. It really drew me in and I do every single side quest immediately.

@Serpenterror I mean, just last month we got a new entry of one of the biggest IPs in gaming (zelda) and we are getting a new pikmin and a new 2d mario. How is it only relying on indies and remakes?

The only reason the switch is doing so well is because nintendo is still supporting it with new well made, and fun games. Sure there are many remakes and indies but that’s not all it’s running on.

@Yalloo a new mainline mario will most likely be a launch title for the new console.

Would a switch Pro make sense at this point? Slightly more powerful oled could drive sales even further. Or would a switch 2 be better for nintendo?

I 100% agree with this article. I enjoyed botw more because it was quiet and the distractions were few and far in between. Finding something out of my way felt earned.

Totk has so many things on the surface going on that trying to do something I want is difficult because there is constantly something pulling on my attention that I forget what I wanted to do in the first place. That feeling of guilt you mentioned rings true.

However, this is exactly why the depths is my favorite part of the game and where I personally spent the most time. It’s quiet and empty with very clear direction, intriguing and just gives me the botw and subnautica vibes.

At the end of the day totk’s ability to give me this kind of experience and it’s only 1/3 of the experience says a lot about the game. I may not be in the right place to enjoy the chaos of the surface as much as other people but it still gives me the depths.

Bah, having to choose between remastered and OG versions is evil.

@bransby Same here. I am sure it will be a great game. I just wish for a similar "Holy Sh*t" this game ruined other games for me like Botw was.

Skyward sword and tropical freeze sold (almost) 4 million each. Man, easy money for nintendo. Games barely changed, especially skyward sword..