I think the main problem a lot of people is having with what is for all intents and purposes the first dlc character is is at the end, PP is just a generic mook.
People might be afraid the characters for the fighter pass will include Kremlin, Moblin, Space Pirate, Wadle Doo and Bandit.
Well, lucky me, I just stopped playing Xenoblade 2 around chapter 8...because of other games that just began taking my attention. If I get the expansion, I might be able to play the games the way they were meant to be played, awesome.
The system should also help with the size matters. Now, most save data is very low on size, true, but certain games, (i.e.sport games) have very big filesizes for the save data. IIRC, NBA 2K18 received special coverage because it had a savedata size of 5 GB, bigger than many retail games, and I would guess the new NBA game is the same.
Some players will find useful to be able to store this gigantic files on the cloud if they need that Switch memory space for something else, or some gamers sooner or later might even end up running out of memory with the 32 GB switch limit for save files.
It makes sense for people that like to have physical backups to dislike this.
To save locally, you have to take the time, the phyisical media and the space to gather all your importante data, put it somewhere and store it somehwere. That data becomes obsolete the moment you keep using your regular saves, true, but it becomes a lifesaver if you lose your progress and want to do a "system restore", even if it is not completely up to date.
In this case, people might not feel the need to renew inmedately their subscription (because they have little time to play those months, no new online games that they feel the need to play that season, etc), but it would sure be nice if they could do a system restore if their system goes the way of the dodo in that time and they renew their subscription after the incident. That is what people whining want...we shall see now if there is indeed a grace period and how long is it.
My main doubt remains...the season pass code that comes with the retail version, contains everything save the Torna game? because it would be a serious misuse of space if I get the retail version and still have to carry the whole filesize of the Torna expansion because I want to use the free pass.
@rjejr
It's all about the combo value. Bayonetta is 30 USD digital por Switch...but if you get it after purchasing Bayonetta 2, the price goes down to 10.
In this case is the same...if someone already gave Nintendo the full price or the original XC2, they can get this prequel for less money...getting both is cheaper than getting each of them separately.f
Curious factoid: Bloober Team is made of Nibris former employees...that same Nibris that teased Sadness for the Wii all those years ago. Google the whole fiasco for a good chuckle.
But don´t think that is something I hold against them. I am really glad the good part of the company actually managed release horror games, I am really enjoying Layesr of Fear Legacy.
Not sure if you are jesting, but indeed, those resolutions are not standard. They are the max the Switch can output in both docked and portable modes, but many games give less than that.
For example:
Zelda and Skyrim are 900p docked, 720p portable. Pokken and both Bayonetta games are 720p both docked and portable. Naruto and Xenoverse 2 are 900p docked and 540p portable.
As a very dedicated gamer, and as a doctor with lot of experience in mental health and investigation, let me tell you something guys.
Videogaming has been a hobby since the early seventies. Social media in your phone have been a thing for around...one decade?
Revisions on the disease catalog for the WHO require TONS and I mean TONS of evidence in order to be included. We need studies that follow people with the issue for many years, and said studies need to be repeated and repeated in different countries, different ages, different genders, etc. in order to reach conclusions that actually can be considered for a worldwide organization.
Wait for the next revision in 20 years, you will see social media just next to the videogame disorder. But of course, by then, your children will be mad because the FluxenGojimbo addiction is not included instead.
Just played the first few missions...and as someone who actually enjoyed Shuffle and Rumble World quite a lot...I can easily say that this one just doesn't cut it.
Pretty sure a Bokumono title (Story of seasons) was confirmed some time ago to be in development...at any rate, as I said somewhere else, while everyone pretty much keeps badmouthing the "Portendo" switch, I definitely wouldn't mind a few wii HD remasters: Rune Factory Frontier, Arc Rise Fantasia, Muramasa or Little King's Story would be day one purchases for me.
The free games don't sound so bad...if the whole thing was not rigged to give us scraps in the next couple of years and call it a day. I mean, It took Nintendo a year and a half post-launch to have a system ready with whooping 20 NES games ready, 20 of the oldest most re-released games in history.
It is hard to believe that they could release many games for other systems (SNEs or N64 to begin with, which were available on the Wii launch day BTW) in the 4-5 year average console lifespan.
So far so good, the docked resolution is a very nice 900p, and after playing the entire first game story mode I have yet to see a single frame rate drop in the fighting themselves or cutscenes.
Overall a fantastic value for the price, I would say is a clear must have for the people who never played the games before and like (or think they could like) the Naruto franchise.
I can´t disagree with the score...the gameplay feels all around unpolished and the overall presentation and interface seems amateurish to put it kindly...
But I am still loving the whole experience. As a mexican, (and one coming from the often forgotten midnorth) to see this entire game, crafted around the Raramuri culture, world and legends, made by mexican developers and released on a Nintendo home console, it almost sounds like fantasy for a gamer born in my generation. I just couldn't pass it up.
I think both sides are in the right here. Take for example a game that you can get or 10 bucks on other systems but costs 60 for Nintendo. Even if the game is a 9 out of 10, people will dislike it.
On the other hand, this game presents a rare instance in which the games costs exponentially lower on the Nintendo platform...and even if it is a 6 out of 10, people will like it.
I just don't see logic in asking for this game right now.
Do people realize at this rate (great reception, too few characters, the anime is still very popular) the game is for sure getting a sequel?
Do people realize that Namco Bandai only needs to put twice the ammount of characters, tinker a little the modes and the sequel will be ready to go in as little as one year?
Do people really want to pay for an already late port that is going to be surpassed by the sequel in the near future anyway?
Perhaps most importantly, do people realize if they start porting this game to Switch right now, we could very well get (again) the scenario in which Switch gets FighterZ with its less than 30 characters at the time the other systems are getting FighterZ 2 with like 60 characters?
So I'd say, wait for a more complete sequel, and pass the first FighterZ.
Man, I think this is the first time this happened. I got a retail game before Nintendo Life had the review up and running. Thanks to that thanksgiving 19.99 sale at GS yesterday.
I think the article makes sense...sure things are looking up, Bute we have to remain realistic:
-The cartridge problem, with bigger cards requiring more money and because of that, higher prices for the userbase or otherwise, less profits for the publisher, which ends up in higher sales needed to determine if the game becomes a hit or a bomb.
-Related to the previous one, games today are far too big, and get used to requiring space like 5 GB for saving, 9 GB for multiplayer, and God knows how many GB for a piece of your average multiplatform update. Not a problem in other consoles, but a major nuisance for the average Switch user.
-Say the game is ultracompressed, in an attempt to counter the previous two issues (i.e. Rayman Legends) then you get compressed graphic assets and longer loading times in response, all the more of a problem in a portable in which the power time is so limited as this one.
-And even if all those elements weren't an inherent unavoidable problem, you still have a machine that just plainly is not as powerful as the other two systems.
But hey...cheer up, at least the number of buttons is the same this time.
The problem indeed is that the game quality is abover average. Therefore the reviewer feels the need to wait.
Take for example an excellent game like Breath of The Wild or perhaps the upcoming Mario Oddissey. Suppose for a moment that as amazing as they were, came with some strong heavy bugs, particularly one that consistently erases your whole progress but thankfully in today times, easily fixable with an update...and yes, Nintendo big brands are no stranger to those kind of bugs , Skyward Sword, Majora's Mask 3D and Pokemon to name a few had both in the past mild examples of file erasing bugs that needed correction with updates.
If that had been the case, you can trust me, you would have waited too...unless of course you had either a vendetta against the developer, or actually thought the Zelda or Mario were horrible games to begin with.
I did not see any problem with the controls bak then...and the camera while horrible, was above the standard for the time I think.
But yeah, I agree with many...the game is just not that kind of AWESOME Mario experience. The small numbers of levels (7 full featured levels! less than half the number of regular levels seen in Mario 64), the repetitive nature of the tropical setting (good bye to Ice World, Sky World, Desert World, and even the chance for a regular lava world was wasted with Corona Mountain), average bosses and a horribly unrewarding final boss (Sure, most Mario final bosses are easy, but at least most try to put a facade of epicness), limited powerups (just two very situational fludd extra modes, and of course, Yoshis made of soap), and last but not least, the horrible padding from the blue coins and repetitive missions.
I see the Mario 3D evolution as a circle. Back when Sunshine was released, I believe the most praised moments wer the fludd less levels ("Mario back to the his roots" "Classic platform action" "Just get to the finish, no fluff"). I agreed, and because of that, I preferred both Galaxy games and even Mario 3D Land. We shall see if Oddisey truly is able to get the open 3D platformer style right, because while most seem to beg for it to come back, I don't miss it on the least.
Actually, I kinda see where Square Enix is going with this. Think about it. If the player really wants to have this game on the big screen and on the go, right now it seems they will need to get the game twice. Twice the sale, twice the profit.
On the other hand, releasing it on Switch, some players would get both experiences, handeld and home for the price of one.
Like it or not, the first party brand is a saving grace for games like this. Picture for a moment if this game (or say, ARMS) were being promoted by a big third party like Ubi Soft or Capcom as their respective Switch exclusives...at best they would get som indifference and expectation, but most likely they would be a prime target of complains about how the games would surely bomb because they are not AAA material.
3DS have sold more than a third of their entire numbers in the smallest of the three big markets (Americas, Euro and Japan). That's both good and bad from different perspectives.
Regional differences are always interesting to see... For example, did you knew that the "lame duck, third party shunned" N64 sold basically the same numbers as the "super popular, third party darling" SNES...IN the Americas? NOA was able to hold most of the SNES market...sure, the system was crushed by the PSone in sales, but at least NOA gave a good fight.
Or how the first Xbox sold like a few dozen systems in Japan...and still managed to sell more systems globally than the Gamecube.
Liked the game, enjoyed the ride, LOVED the trilogy as a whole... but in the end this one leaves a bittersweet feeling in my gut, I want to believe a rushed production and lack of budget limited the final showing, with a little too many details being dropped from the ending.
Curiously enough, just this very week, another dearly franchise for me just ended: the manga Bleach, and I could use the same words to describe my last feelings about it.
It is the dream of every game maker. The game can look awesome in every press footage and commercial thanks to the n3ds, yet most people will not necessarily see the same on their systems.
But I seriously wonder how the Wii U only users can try to muster optimism right now...even in the kickstarter front, they should know that any Kickstarter this year is a lost cause, either the projects ignore the Wii U, or they promise a port, and release it far too late when everybody else has already jumped into the new machine.
Second place would be a tie between Shin Megami Tensei IV Final and Fire Emblem Fates.
2016 is looking great, after all, my top 3 favorite games in 3DS are Virtue's Last Reward, Shin Megami Tensei IV and Fire EMblem Awakening, and all three of them are getting sequels.
Agree. Had to use the 'other' slot to give my GOTY vote to Project Mirai.
It also made me think how exactly were the 'slotted' 20 entries in the overall GOTY category chosen, because it was obviously not according to Nintendolife opinnion about them. Case in point, Mario Party 10 and Ironfll Invasion (both were given a good score of 7/10 here in this very site) were included instead of other games that got 8 or 9/10 from this site. Were they chosen because of sales?
To the people worried about the sales, and whatsoever, you need to remember that this is about the company that published both games in Japan. In America, Code of Princess was published by Atlus (so keep expecting a sale every two weeks), and Yumi by Natsume (expect a sale once a year).
ANd that is also the reason why any copy we might have gotten means squat for this piece of news. The copies sold in a certain region brings money to the publisher of that region, As far as Agatsuma was concerned only the sales in Japan mattered.
While I have Trauma Team for Wii since it was released 5 years ago, I would still download that digital release if I had a Wii U, the game is that good. Even disregarding the surgery and medical themes, there is a whole 'Phoenix Wright' style gameplay mode that takes hours to finish with more than 5 cases.
As for now, Pokemon Picross right now, and tomorrow Ninja Battle Heroes...I have waited a sale for that one since it was released, got a great review here and a very nice artstyle.
IIRC the arcade has the dubious honor of introducing microstransactions to the videogame industry. You could purchase in-game items by introducing more real coins/quarters into the arcade machine.
Evil twin hahaha, never heard that one about this two.
I was wondering about the name issue for Europe. As far as I knew, Natsume was a non entity in that region, and the Harvest Moon franchise have been published there by many companies using the HM brand since ever. In short, they most likely can legally use the Harvest Moon name... but will they?
Plot twist You transfer your uberpowerful Flynn from SMT IV to Final... and he becomes an uberpowerful boss enemy that royally wipes the floor with your current playable character.
Some 20+ badges, most of them useless. Haven't spend a cent for them of course.
You see, my problem with the badges is that I want them for my folders and that is...so I got a couple of Game boys for my GB folders, an 8 bit Mario for my NES folder, a Mario coin for my Free to play folder, etc. ANd that's it. I have no need for Splatoon badges, or most Animal Crossing badges, or most random enemies from the Mario franchise. I want icons to represent my folders, and I can wait until something pops up them. Frankly, when I got the initial 5 free plays I basically wasted most of them because there were simply no badges useful for my folders.
Well there you have the problem. Going by your definition, a remaster doesn't include a change in textures, so technically speaking, that would put this game in the Remake category, if even for that small details. And as a remake, a lot of people will call it a lazy job.
That's the problem when people try to catalogue something.
The only requisite, mentioned back then when Snake was first announced for Brawl, was for third party characters to have appeared at least ONCE on a Nintendo system.
Cloud have appeared in games for the GBA (KH Chain of Memories), DS (KH Re:coded) and 3DS (Theathrythm Final Fantasy, Curtain Call Theathrythm Final Fantasy and the upcoming Final Fantasy explorers)
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Re: Review: Dragalia Lost - A Deep And Rewarding Smartphone RPG That Might Just Surprise You
Perhaps one of the smash dlc characters will come from this game.
Re: Three New Characters Join The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Roster
I think the main problem a lot of people is having with what is for all intents and purposes the first dlc character is is at the end, PP is just a generic mook.
People might be afraid the characters for the fighter pass will include Kremlin, Moblin, Space Pirate, Wadle Doo and Bandit.
Re: Feature: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Team Talk Torna, Female Blades And The Ending That Never Made It
Well, lucky me, I just stopped playing Xenoblade 2 around chapter 8...because of other games that just began taking my attention. If I get the expansion, I might be able to play the games the way they were meant to be played, awesome.
Re: Your Nintendo Switch Cloud Save Files Will Be Lost If Your Online Subscription Expires
@SKTTR
The system should also help with the size matters. Now, most save data is very low on size, true, but certain games, (i.e.sport games) have very big filesizes for the save data. IIRC, NBA 2K18 received special coverage because it had a savedata size of 5 GB, bigger than many retail games, and I would guess the new NBA game is the same.
Some players will find useful to be able to store this gigantic files on the cloud if they need that Switch memory space for something else, or some gamers sooner or later might even end up running out of memory with the 32 GB switch limit for save files.
Re: Your Nintendo Switch Cloud Save Files Will Be Lost If Your Online Subscription Expires
It makes sense for people that like to have physical backups to dislike this.
To save locally, you have to take the time, the phyisical media and the space to gather all your importante data, put it somewhere and store it somehwere. That data becomes obsolete the moment you keep using your regular saves, true, but it becomes a lifesaver if you lose your progress and want to do a "system restore", even if it is not completely up to date.
In this case, people might not feel the need to renew inmedately their subscription (because they have little time to play those months, no new online games that they feel the need to play that season, etc), but it would sure be nice if they could do a system restore if their system goes the way of the dodo in that time and they renew their subscription after the incident. That is what people whining want...we shall see now if there is indeed a grace period and how long is it.
Re: Reminder: You Don't Need Xenoblade Chronicles 2 To Play Torna – The Golden Country
My main doubt remains...the season pass code that comes with the retail version, contains everything save the Torna game? because it would be a serious misuse of space if I get the retail version and still have to carry the whole filesize of the Torna expansion because I want to use the free pass.
@rjejr
It's all about the combo value. Bayonetta is 30 USD digital por Switch...but if you get it after purchasing Bayonetta 2, the price goes down to 10.
In this case is the same...if someone already gave Nintendo the full price or the original XC2, they can get this prequel for less money...getting both is cheaper than getting each of them separately.f
Re: Talking Point: It's September And We Still Don't Know Enough About Nintendo Online
What I wonder the most is, what´s so wrong with giving us the actual date for the change?
Re: Bloober Team's Cyberpunk Horror Observer Will Soon Be Scaring A Switch Near You
Curious factoid: Bloober Team is made of Nibris former employees...that same Nibris that teased Sadness for the Wii all those years ago. Google the whole fiasco for a good chuckle.
But don´t think that is something I hold against them. I am really glad the good part of the company actually managed release horror games, I am really enjoying Layesr of Fear Legacy.
Re: Praise The Sun! Dark Souls: Remastered On Switch Has A Confirmed Release Date
@Francema
Not sure if you are jesting, but indeed, those resolutions are not standard. They are the max the Switch can output in both docked and portable modes, but many games give less than that.
For example:
Pokken and both Bayonetta games are 720p both docked and portable.
Naruto and Xenoverse 2 are 900p docked and 540p portable.
Re: Poll: As "Gaming Disorder" Becomes A Thing, Is It Time To Assess How Much You Play?
As a very dedicated gamer, and as a doctor with lot of experience in mental health and investigation, let me tell you something guys.
Videogaming has been a hobby since the early seventies.
Social media in your phone have been a thing for around...one decade?
Revisions on the disease catalog for the WHO require TONS and I mean TONS of evidence in order to be included. We need studies that follow people with the issue for many years, and said studies need to be repeated and repeated in different countries, different ages, different genders, etc. in order to reach conclusions that actually can be considered for a worldwide organization.
Wait for the next revision in 20 years, you will see social media just next to the videogame disorder. But of course, by then, your children will be mad because the FluxenGojimbo addiction is not included instead.
Re: Pokémon Quest Is A New Free-to-Start Game for Nintendo Switch & Mobile Devices
Just played the first few missions...and as someone who actually enjoyed Shuffle and Rumble World quite a lot...I can easily say that this one just doesn't cut it.
Re: Marvelous Is Working On "Unannounced" Nintendo Switch Titles
Pretty sure a Bokumono title (Story of seasons) was confirmed some time ago to be in development...at any rate, as I said somewhere else, while everyone pretty much keeps badmouthing the "Portendo" switch, I definitely wouldn't mind a few wii HD remasters: Rune Factory Frontier, Arc Rise Fantasia, Muramasa or Little King's Story would be day one purchases for me.
Re: Soapbox: Let's Give Nintendo Switch Online A Chance Before We Throw It To The Wolves
The free games don't sound so bad...if the whole thing was not rigged to give us scraps in the next couple of years and call it a day. I mean, It took Nintendo a year and a half post-launch to have a system ready with whooping 20 NES games ready, 20 of the oldest most re-released games in history.
It is hard to believe that they could release many games for other systems (SNEs or N64 to begin with, which were available on the Wii launch day BTW) in the 4-5 year average console lifespan.
Re: Review: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy (Switch eShop)
So far so good, the docked resolution is a very nice 900p, and after playing the entire first game story mode I have yet to see a single frame rate drop in the fighting themselves or cutscenes.
Overall a fantastic value for the price, I would say is a clear must have for the people who never played the games before and like (or think they could like) the Naruto franchise.
Re: Review: Mulaka (Switch eShop)
I can´t disagree with the score...the gameplay feels all around unpolished and the overall presentation and interface seems amateurish to put it kindly...
But I am still loving the whole experience. As a mexican, (and one coming from the often forgotten midnorth) to see this entire game, crafted around the Raramuri culture, world and legends, made by mexican developers and released on a Nintendo home console, it almost sounds like fantasy for a gamer born in my generation. I just couldn't pass it up.
Re: Review: Earth Wars (Switch eShop)
I think both sides are in the right here. Take for example a game that you can get or 10 bucks on other systems but costs 60 for Nintendo. Even if the game is a 9 out of 10, people will dislike it.
On the other hand, this game presents a rare instance in which the games costs exponentially lower on the Nintendo platform...and even if it is a 6 out of 10, people will like it.
Re: Review: Millie (Switch eShop)
First Brawl and now this.
To complete the collection we need a new indie title called "For we you"
Re: Random: Dragon Ball FighterZ On Low PC Settings Gives Us Hope That A Switch Port Could Happen
I just don't see logic in asking for this game right now.
Do people realize at this rate (great reception, too few characters, the anime is still very popular) the game is for sure getting a sequel?
Do people realize that Namco Bandai only needs to put twice the ammount of characters, tinker a little the modes and the sequel will be ready to go in as little as one year?
Do people really want to pay for an already late port that is going to be surpassed by the sequel in the near future anyway?
Perhaps most importantly, do people realize if they start porting this game to Switch right now, we could very well get (again) the scenario in which Switch gets FighterZ with its less than 30 characters at the time the other systems are getting FighterZ 2 with like 60 characters?
So I'd say, wait for a more complete sequel, and pass the first FighterZ.
Re: Feature: The Most Exciting Indie Games Coming to Nintendo Switch In 2018
Mulaka for me.
Re: Review: 80's Overdrive (3DS eShop)
The 3DS, the system that keeps giving and giving.
Re: Review: Batman - The Telltale Series (Switch)
Man, I think this is the first time this happened. I got a retail game before Nintendo Life had the review up and running. Thanks to that thanksgiving 19.99 sale at GS yesterday.
Re: Nintendo Titles Get Pushed Down the Japanese Charts as Switch Clings Onto Top Spot
Vita games on the top 10, impressive!
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Switch and Third-Parties - Let's Be Realistic
I think the article makes sense...sure things are looking up, Bute we have to remain realistic:
-The cartridge problem, with bigger cards requiring more money and because of that, higher prices for the userbase or otherwise, less profits for the publisher, which ends up in higher sales needed to determine if the game becomes a hit or a bomb.
-Related to the previous one, games today are far too big, and get used to requiring space like 5 GB for saving, 9 GB for multiplayer, and God knows how many GB for a piece of your average multiplatform update. Not a problem in other consoles, but a major nuisance for the average Switch user.
-Say the game is ultracompressed, in an attempt to counter the previous two issues (i.e. Rayman Legends) then you get compressed graphic assets and longer loading times in response, all the more of a problem in a portable in which the power time is so limited as this one.
-And even if all those elements weren't an inherent unavoidable problem, you still have a machine that just plainly is not as powerful as the other two systems.
But hey...cheer up, at least the number of buttons is the same this time.
Re: Feature: Looking Back On Enhanced Versions Of Pokémon Games
I kinda want them to be "just" updated versions, because I never got to play the originals, and I wouldn't want to miss anything from the experience.
Re: Review: NBA 2K18 (Switch)
The problem indeed is that the game quality is abover average. Therefore the reviewer feels the need to wait.
Take for example an excellent game like Breath of The Wild or perhaps the upcoming Mario Oddissey. Suppose for a moment that as amazing as they were, came with some strong heavy bugs, particularly one that consistently erases your whole progress but thankfully in today times, easily fixable with an update...and yes, Nintendo big brands are no stranger to those kind of bugs , Skyward Sword, Majora's Mask 3D and Pokemon to name a few had both in the past mild examples of file erasing bugs that needed correction with updates.
If that had been the case, you can trust me, you would have waited too...unless of course you had either a vendetta against the developer, or actually thought the Zelda or Mario were horrible games to begin with.
Re: Super Mario Odyssey's File Size is Only a Little Bigger Than an NBA 2K18 Save File
Nice. Tempts me to go digital.
Re: Soapbox: Playing Super Mario Sunshine Today Painfully Illustrates Nintendo's 3D Evolution
I did not see any problem with the controls bak then...and the camera while horrible, was above the standard for the time I think.
But yeah, I agree with many...the game is just not that kind of AWESOME Mario experience. The small numbers of levels (7 full featured levels! less than half the number of regular levels seen in Mario 64), the repetitive nature of the tropical setting (good bye to Ice World, Sky World, Desert World, and even the chance for a regular lava world was wasted with Corona Mountain), average bosses and a horribly unrewarding final boss (Sure, most Mario final bosses are easy, but at least most try to put a facade of epicness), limited powerups (just two very situational fludd extra modes, and of course, Yoshis made of soap), and last but not least, the horrible padding from the blue coins and repetitive missions.
I see the Mario 3D evolution as a circle. Back when Sunshine was released, I believe the most praised moments wer the fludd less levels ("Mario back to the his roots" "Classic platform action" "Just get to the finish, no fluff"). I agreed, and because of that, I preferred both Galaxy games and even Mario 3D Land. We shall see if Oddisey truly is able to get the open 3D platformer style right, because while most seem to beg for it to come back, I don't miss it on the least.
Re: Preview: Going Back to SR-388 in Metroid: Samus Returns
@FrankJaeger @MegaTen
"Ha ha, 'snort', I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder."
Re: Secret Of Mana Is Getting A 3D Remake, But Guess What Console It's Not Coming To
Actually, I kinda see where Square Enix is going with this. Think about it. If the player really wants to have this game on the big screen and on the go, right now it seems they will need to get the game twice. Twice the sale, twice the profit.
On the other hand, releasing it on Switch, some players would get both experiences, handeld and home for the price of one.
Re: First Impressions: A Switch Surprise - Cutting Snipperclips Down to Size
Like it or not, the first party brand is a saving grace for games like this. Picture for a moment if this game (or say, ARMS) were being promoted by a big third party like Ubi Soft or Capcom as their respective Switch exclusives...at best they would get som indifference and expectation, but most likely they would be a prime target of complains about how the games would surely bomb because they are not AAA material.
Re: The Nintendo 3DS Has Now Sold More Units In Japan Than The PlayStation 2
3DS have sold more than a third of their entire numbers in the smallest of the three big markets (Americas, Euro and Japan). That's both good and bad from different perspectives.
Regional differences are always interesting to see...
For example, did you knew that the "lame duck, third party shunned" N64 sold basically the same numbers as the "super popular, third party darling" SNES...IN the Americas? NOA was able to hold most of the SNES market...sure, the system was crushed by the PSone in sales, but at least NOA gave a good fight.
Or how the first Xbox sold like a few dozen systems in Japan...and still managed to sell more systems globally than the Gamecube.
Re: Review: Zero Time Dilemma (3DS)
Liked the game, enjoyed the ride, LOVED the trilogy as a whole... but in the end this one leaves a bittersweet feeling in my gut, I want to believe a rushed production and lack of budget limited the final showing, with a little too many details being dropped from the ending.
Curiously enough, just this very week, another dearly franchise for me just ended: the manga Bleach, and I could use the same words to describe my last feelings about it.
Re: Hardware Classics: Bit Corp Gamate
Man, it had been years since I last saw an ASHENS video, that was entertaining.
Re: Video: Hyrule Warriors Legends Footage Shows a Stark Difference in Old and New 3DS Performance
It is the dream of every game maker. The game can look awesome in every press footage and commercial thanks to the n3ds, yet most people will not necessarily see the same on their systems.
Re: Editorial: Let's Make 2016 a Year of Nintendo Optimism
3DS 2016 is looking sweet, so I can't disagree.
But I seriously wonder how the Wii U only users can try to muster optimism right now...even in the kickstarter front, they should know that any Kickstarter this year is a lost cause, either the projects ignore the Wii U, or they promise a port, and release it far too late when everybody else has already jumped into the new machine.
Re: Video: See What it's Like to Play Super Metroid on its Side
No ammount of 'creative' shinespark would be able to clear most of the speed boost blocks, so I go with not possible without some additional hacks.
Having said that, I still love the idea.
Re: Feature: The Biggest 3DS Games of 2016
Zero Time Dilemma by far.
Second place would be a tie between Shin Megami Tensei IV Final and Fire Emblem Fates.
2016 is looking great, after all, my top 3 favorite games in 3DS are Virtue's Last Reward, Shin Megami Tensei IV and Fire EMblem Awakening, and all three of them are getting sequels.
Re: Gallery: Gawk At the Super Smash Bros. Reveal Art for Bayonetta and Corrin, Along With Cloud Screenshots
That Cloud artwork as boxart would sell the game by itself.
Re: Feature: Time to Vote for Your Nintendo Life Game of the Year Awards 2015
@SakuraHaruka
Agree. Had to use the 'other' slot to give my GOTY vote to Project Mirai.
It also made me think how exactly were the 'slotted' 20 entries in the overall GOTY category chosen, because it was obviously not according to Nintendolife opinnion about them. Case in point, Mario Party 10 and Ironfll Invasion (both were given a good score of 7/10 here in this very site) were included instead of other games that got 8 or 9/10 from this site. Were they chosen because of sales?
Re: Code Of Princess And Yumi's Odd Odyssey Studio Agatsuma Is No More
To the people worried about the sales, and whatsoever, you need to remember that this is about the company that published both games in Japan.
In America, Code of Princess was published by Atlus (so keep expecting a sale every two weeks), and Yumi by Natsume (expect a sale once a year).
ANd that is also the reason why any copy we might have gotten means squat for this piece of news. The copies sold in a certain region brings money to the publisher of that region, As far as Agatsuma was concerned only the sales in Japan mattered.
Re: Steel Empire Blasts Into Europe on 17th December, With a Discount Also Heading to North America
For those prices I would reccomend Cube Tactics and Groove Heaven.
Re: Review: Johnny's Payday Panic (3DS eShop)
Gonna donwload this one to become a big shot.
Re: NX Won't Be The Next Version Of Wii Or Wii U, Says Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima
Nice, I'm all for a 3DS succesor.
Re: Nintendo Download: 3rd December (North America)
While I have Trauma Team for Wii since it was released 5 years ago, I would still download that digital release if I had a Wii U, the game is that good. Even disregarding the surgery and medical themes, there is a whole 'Phoenix Wright' style gameplay mode that takes hours to finish with more than 5 cases.
As for now, Pokemon Picross right now, and tomorrow Ninja Battle Heroes...I have waited a sale for that one since it was released, got a great review here and a very nice artstyle.
Re: Review: Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones (Wii U eShop / NES)
IIRC the arcade has the dubious honor of introducing microstransactions to the videogame industry. You could purchase in-game items by introducing more real coins/quarters into the arcade machine.
Re: Story of Seasons Hits Europe on 8th January, Australia the Next Day
Evil twin hahaha, never heard that one about this two.
I was wondering about the name issue for Europe. As far as I knew, Natsume was a non entity in that region, and the Harvest Moon franchise have been published there by many companies using the HM brand since ever. In short, they most likely can legally use the Harvest Moon name... but will they?
Re: Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final to Feature Predecessor's Cast and Use Its Save Data
Plot twist
You transfer your uberpowerful Flynn from SMT IV to Final...
and he becomes an uberpowerful boss enemy that royally wipes the floor with your current playable character.
Re: Hands On: Getting Pinned Down By Nintendo Badge Arcade
Some 20+ badges, most of them useless. Haven't spend a cent for them of course.
You see, my problem with the badges is that I want them for my folders and that is...so I got a couple of Game boys for my GB folders, an 8 bit Mario for my NES folder, a Mario coin for my Free to play folder, etc.
ANd that's it. I have no need for Splatoon badges, or most Animal Crossing badges, or most random enemies from the Mario franchise. I want icons to represent my folders, and I can wait until something pops up them. Frankly, when I got the initial 5 free plays I basically wasted most of them because there were simply no badges useful for my folders.
Re: Video: Check Out a Graphical Comparison for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
@JaxonH
Well there you have the problem. Going by your definition, a remaster doesn't include a change in textures, so technically speaking, that would put this game in the Remake category, if even for that small details. And as a remake, a lot of people will call it a lazy job.
That's the problem when people try to catalogue something.
Re: Final Fantasy's Cloud Is Set To Cause Some Strife In Super Smash Bros. On Wii U And 3DS
The only requisite, mentioned back then when Snake was first announced for Brawl, was for third party characters to have appeared at least ONCE on a Nintendo system.
Cloud have appeared in games for the GBA (KH Chain of Memories), DS (KH Re:coded) and 3DS (Theathrythm Final Fantasy, Curtain Call Theathrythm Final Fantasy and the upcoming Final Fantasy explorers)