Reducing TBS, the single most important company and network in Japanese television, to just "the guys what made the shiw Wipeout is based on" is the most offensively anglo-centric headline I've ever seen
@Solid_Python The Switch port was more an experiment in "can it be done" than anything else, and a way of getting Guilty Gear and all it's many.... idiosincrasities it has in it's lore and single player modes as possible in preperation for Dual Rulers. One promotes the other, essentially. Casuals would be coming in from the anime and the Switch is the most casual friendly platform right now. Plus, it was a good excuse for them to press a whole bunch of new versions of the game with "most" of the DLC included, which as someone who doesn't care for anyone past Queen Dizzy, I greatly appreciated.
In summation: because you aren't suppossed to be e-sports tryhard on Switch. You'd break the joy-cons if you were.
@MirrorFate2 @Fighting_Game_Loser @Solid_Python We know the reason from that massive leak: it's simply because Tantalus is doing all 3 at the same.
We also know that the game is for all intents and purposes Xrd Rev 3; including all the models from the Xrd being fully code compatible. The same is true of pretty much EVERY Unreal ArcSys game; to the point DBFZ Goku is a load bearing file in all current builds of Strive. That Strive is pretty much the only fighting game Team Red working on right now and its unknown if Team Blue even still exists, but seemingly that they are working on a Super Switch exclusive set to release in November 2025. I won't say the project's name here for risk of not fully stepping on the site's toes, but it does appear to be some sort of murder mystery game.
I have long been one of harshest critics of LRG's model; specifically their horrible production times and lack of transparency. They are the sum total of everything that could and has possibly gone wrong on the side of consumer rights in gaming: opposite of Microsoft. I swore to myself i would never pre-order ever again on anything because of them.
HOWEVER
FINAL GEX IS REAL! FINALLY THE JOKE IS COMPLETE AND GEX IS IN SQAURE-ENIX STYLE
They're still using the Gex parody as the key visual? That's just putting a hat on a h- don't think about it too hard Zeebor. It's Josh Fairhursts. The only people who live more in their own world than him are Melee players, and politicians.
Still, I respect the choice to put the oft-forgotten Bubsy 3 at the top of the list. It's never been ported to anything outside of the original Jaguar release, and is considered the best of the series until 6. Granted, that's with the double bell curve of being a Bubsy game that's passable to play, and being one of the precious few third-party Jaguar exclusives. A console with not very many good FIRST party games.
What gets me is that he makes no mention of Sega themselves being involved. Now, Nintendo says Sega owns Ecco, but Sega themselves have said they don't actually know what they own. They lost ToeJam and Wild Woody to their original creators (and what Woody's dad ensed up doing with him was ... well I respect the lack of #&$@ given I'll say that), and Ecco's always been kind of... segregates from the other Sega characters. He was never in an All-Stars game, and Ian Flynn said in interviews that when he wrote Sega vs. Capcom for Archie, Ecco was one of franchises he was explicitly forbidden from using (along with Sakura Wars and Puyo Puyo as I recall).
I'm still incredibly confused as to why Not-Touikoden 3 was ever an EA game in the first place. And lumped in with the Indie Distribution PR stunt division too. It just keeps raising more and more questions
Man, it is nice to see EA being evil again. With everything being so unpredictable and ... explodey nowadays, it's actually refreshing to see some consistentcy again
Because why expect quality, when you can expect Limited Run? Though, to be fair, they do have a point in just being thrle hired gun for this. I guess how these deals work out were the big box is on a 6 to 25 month delay, but the game is still available for normal people to buy at normal retail stores like God intended, the games are just provided by the actual publisher, whi get the equivalent of selling the game to wholeseller plus licenseijg fees, in exchange for LRG getting to make their requisite mark ups to actually turn a profit for Freemode despite the legalized embezzlement that is LRG' corporate pay structure. Hence the ludicrous price tags.
Though of course this excuse opens up the paradox of WHY THE HELL IS THERE A MULTI MONTH DELAY ON THE "NON-NUMBERED" STANDARD EDITIONS?!
If those games are all printed with the Pegi copies by GOE, why does it still take A RANDOMLY DETERMINED TWO TO TEN MONTHS for Clear River, Headup, and SNK games to make it to normal stores for normal people JOSH?!
@cvrator Id rather not get a railroad spike shoved up my keister, but yes the transparency and honesty is better than one gets on Xbox. Still leaves just as nasty a scar, but at least you get a chance to lube up before hand so it doesn't hurt as much in the moment.
Just like Vegas, the real pain doesnt come till 8 years later when the strange lump appears.
I'm still curious why the Marvelous home office cheaper out on the domestic market, but Xseed/Marvelous Europe are allowed to be one of the two publishers being pro-consumer on Super Switch.
It could just be my hatred of professional sports leagues talking, but this is the one time i can understand using the Key-cards instead of a real cartridge. Sports games have a definitive shelf life of about tenish months already, so they have an excuse for a built in kill time. No other game does, but Sports do
@SillyG Oh. Well that's surprisingly based of Sega to do that. Especially for an IP they don't technically own (or maybe Two Point put that condition in the contract themselves)
Somewhere it was stared that the reason for this is that the Super Switch ONLY has 64gb cartridges and that's either over kill if a game is well optimistized or not bug enough it's made by a division of Microsoft or Take-Two, but I refuse to believe that because we KNOW LRG is going to be making Super Switch games, and for once their cheapness may be the one saving grace we have. There is no way their margins will allow for that much wasted overhead on 4gb indie games. They're already some of the weekest ROI in all of Embracer, kept around almost exclusively for the Carbon engine, and Fairhurst's inhumanly good networking skills.
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Re: Nintendo: "Physical Games Are Still A Key Part Of Our Business"
I know not to trust Doug specifically. Especially not when we're hearing Take-Two call them "publisher friendly."
Take-Two's definitions are always "good for us worse for the consumer"
Re: Locomoto Lets You Become The Cutest Train Conductor On Switch This June
Huh... never realized THQ was publishing the console port. Well I feel stupid And yet still no console version of Scarf.
Re: Talking Point: Are You Ghosting Switch 1 To Save Yourself For Switch 2?
I still have to re-beat Xenoblade X. Literally just got to the 2nd new party member.
Re: Xenoblade Dev Monolith Soft Is On The Hunt For New 2D And 3D Designers
Yeah, this pretty obviously has nothing to do with Xenoblade. This is getting more grunts for Splatoon 4
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Looks To Be Winding Down Support With The 'Definitive Edition'
The real question is: what's next for Shiver?
Re: Review: Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (Switch) - A Cracking Collection Of Top-Class Arcade Fighters
No mention of London Stage
0/10
Re: Nintendo's New Store Will Stock Mini Sculpture Replicas
WHY IS IT STILL TWILIGHT?!
Re: Square Enix Details Plan To 'Reboot And Awaken' Its Business
If it doesn't involve Gex then it's all pointless
Re: Square Enix Is Teaming Up With Takeshi's Castle TV Network On A New Game IP
Reducing TBS, the single most important company and network in Japanese television, to just "the guys what made the shiw Wipeout is based on" is the most offensively anglo-centric headline I've ever seen
Re: Talking Point: Are You Excited At All For Switch 2 GameChat?
Nintendo said this is because they have hard data that jids don't hang out at each other's houses anymore.
The kids are not alright
Re: Rumour: New Leak May Explain Why So Many Switch 2 Physicals Are Game Key Cards
Yet another reason to hate Bridget mains
Re: Limited Run's Switch 2 Numbered Releases Will Reportedly Include The "Full Game On The Cartridge"
When the most annoying person you know found a way to he EVEN WORSE
Re: Guilty Gear Strive Adds Another DLC Character To The Roster Later This Month
@Solid_Python The Switch port was more an experiment in "can it be done" than anything else, and a way of getting Guilty Gear and all it's many.... idiosincrasities it has in it's lore and single player modes as possible in preperation for Dual Rulers. One promotes the other, essentially. Casuals would be coming in from the anime and the Switch is the most casual friendly platform right now. Plus, it was a good excuse for them to press a whole bunch of new versions of the game with "most" of the DLC included, which as someone who doesn't care for anyone past Queen Dizzy, I greatly appreciated.
In summation: because you aren't suppossed to be e-sports tryhard on Switch. You'd break the joy-cons if you were.
Re: Guilty Gear Strive Adds Another DLC Character To The Roster Later This Month
@MirrorFate2 @Fighting_Game_Loser @Solid_Python We know the reason from that massive leak: it's simply because Tantalus is doing all 3 at the same.
We also know that the game is for all intents and purposes Xrd Rev 3; including all the models from the Xrd being fully code compatible. The same is true of pretty much EVERY Unreal ArcSys game; to the point DBFZ Goku is a load bearing file in all current builds of Strive. That Strive is pretty much the only fighting game Team Red working on right now and its unknown if Team Blue even still exists, but seemingly that they are working on a Super Switch exclusive set to release in November 2025. I won't say the project's name here for risk of not fully stepping on the site's toes, but it does appear to be some sort of murder mystery game.
https://youtu.be/b3XaJy3ooDE?si=cME2zB8Mpa4Bd2_V
Re: Gearbox's Randy Pitchford Admits Borderlands 4 Might Follow Nintendo's New Pricing
@Jester676 Take-Two: why would anything nice happen?
Re: Gearbox's Randy Pitchford Admits Borderlands 4 Might Follow Nintendo's New Pricing
Hey, maybe if Randy keeps talking Nintendo will drop the price just to keep from being compared to him.
Re: Nintendo Reiterates Plan To Continue Bringing Out "New Titles" For Switch
Someone eemind me what Champions is? Is that Stadium/Coliseum but with loot boxes?
Re: Another Switch 2 "Code-In-Box" Physical Release Appears Online
Yeah, that's about what i expected
Re: Gex Trilogy Lands June Release, Special Edition With Blow-Up Doll Revealed
I have long been one of harshest critics of LRG's model; specifically their horrible production times and lack of transparency. They are the sum total of everything that could and has possibly gone wrong on the side of consumer rights in gaming: opposite of Microsoft. I swore to myself i would never pre-order ever again on anything because of them.
HOWEVER
FINAL GEX IS REAL! FINALLY THE JOKE IS COMPLETE AND GEX IS IN SQAURE-ENIX STYLE
Re: SEGA Announces English Voiceover Cast For Yakuza 0: Director's Cut
Is there an option to put everyone in English EXCEPT Kiryu speaking?
Re: Double Dragon Gaiden Doubles The Fun With A "Free DLC" Update On Switch
@Sylamp TIL
Re: Double Dragon Gaiden Doubles The Fun With A "Free DLC" Update On Switch
I still have no idea who Jeff and Abore are
Re: Tales Of The Shire Physical Release Announced For Switch, Pre-Orders Live
Ha! Middle Earth Enterprises has a front row seat to LRG's fumbling, so they went with the direct competition instead! Ha again, I say!
Re: Full Game List Revealed For Atari's Upcoming Bubsy Collection
They're still using the Gex parody as the key visual? That's just putting a hat on a h- don't think about it too hard Zeebor. It's Josh Fairhursts. The only people who live more in their own world than him are Melee players, and politicians.
Still, I respect the choice to put the oft-forgotten Bubsy 3 at the top of the list. It's never been ported to anything outside of the original Jaguar release, and is considered the best of the series until 6. Granted, that's with the double bell curve of being a Bubsy game that's passable to play, and being one of the precious few third-party Jaguar exclusives. A console with not very many good FIRST party games.
Re: Switch 2 Will Boast An Impressive Number Of Profile Icons At Launch
We get the entire cast of ARMS, and Other M Samus, but they STILL want you to pay extra for Wario and Xenoblade.
Ah, I'll just stick with my Mii then
Re: Ecco The Dolphin Is Making A Comeback With Remasters & New Game
What gets me is that he makes no mention of Sega themselves being involved. Now, Nintendo says Sega owns Ecco, but Sega themselves have said they don't actually know what they own. They lost ToeJam and Wild Woody to their original creators (and what Woody's dad ensed up doing with him was ... well I respect the lack of #&$@ given I'll say that), and Ecco's always been kind of... segregates from the other Sega characters. He was never in an All-Stars game, and Ian Flynn said in interviews that when he wrote Sega vs. Capcom for Archie, Ecco was one of franchises he was explicitly forbidden from using (along with Sakura Wars and Puyo Puyo as I recall).
So, you know, Wonder Boy
Re: Ubisoft's Switch 2 Physical Release Of Star Wars Outlaws Is A "Game-Key Card"
Of course. Why would you expect anything good from Ubisoft at this point?
Re: 'Wild Hearts S' Switch 2 Release Detailed By Koei Tecmo
I'm still incredibly confused as to why Not-Touikoden 3 was ever an EA game in the first place. And lumped in with the Indie Distribution PR stunt division too. It just keeps raising more and more questions
Re: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Switch Estimated File Size Revealed
Its a shame Level-5 can no longer do physical releases because the one time they did it Kojima'd them so hard they couldn't even release domestically.
Re: Louvre Says Au Revoir To Nintendo 3DS Audio Guides
It dies it's final death
Re: Talking Point: Will You Be Buying Any Game-Key Card Switch 2 Games?
I hate digital downloads more than I hate the NFL and my mother
Re: Xbox Is Raising The Price Of Consoles, Accessories, And Games Worldwide
The suffering will continue
Re: Nightdive Studios' CEO Says That Game-Key Cards On Switch 2 Is "Disheartening"
Atari almost killed gaming in it's infancy. Now they're the only one's trying to save it.
We're doomed.
Re: TMNT Roguelike 'Splintered Fate' Scores A Totally Bodacious Collector's Edition
They're doing it all "themselves?" SMEC is a High A/AA indie. That means they're using U&I: Limited Run's extremely based mirror universe counterpart
Re: PSA: Redownloading Switch eShop Games Has Now Changed With Latest Update
I don't trust it
Re: EA And Respawn Hit By Hundreds Of Layoffs As New Project Cancelled
Man, it is nice to see EA being evil again. With everything being so unpredictable and ... explodey nowadays, it's actually refreshing to see some consistentcy again
Re: Talking Point: Which Nintendo Series Are You Most Excited To See Return On Switch 2?
While it will most likely get Xenoblade 4 first, I cast my vote for Famicom Detective Club Episode 5
Re: Limited Run's Atlus Switch 2 Collector's Edition Is A 'Game-Key Card' Release
Because why expect quality, when you can expect Limited Run? Though, to be fair, they do have a point in just being thrle hired gun for this. I guess how these deals work out were the big box is on a 6 to 25 month delay, but the game is still available for normal people to buy at normal retail stores like God intended, the games are just provided by the actual publisher, whi get the equivalent of selling the game to wholeseller plus licenseijg fees, in exchange for LRG getting to make their requisite mark ups to actually turn a profit for Freemode despite the legalized embezzlement that is LRG' corporate pay structure. Hence the ludicrous price tags.
Though of course this excuse opens up the paradox of WHY THE HELL IS THERE A MULTI MONTH DELAY ON THE "NON-NUMBERED" STANDARD EDITIONS?!
If those games are all printed with the Pegi copies by GOE, why does it still take A RANDOMLY DETERMINED TWO TO TEN MONTHS for Clear River, Headup, and SNK games to make it to normal stores for normal people JOSH?!
Re: New Nintendo Music Update Beefs Up A Bunch Of Track Runtimes
https://youtu.be/8l_Kyjvbi4Y?si=QUVkLiiQNpwXXrvj
Re: Switch 2 "Code-In-A-Box" Physical Game Listing Spotted Online
Leave it to the Four Presidents to say "Don't worry, consumers. Things will still continue to get worse."
Re: Marvelous USA Confirms Its Switch 2 Physical Releases Will Contain The "Full Game"
@cvrator Id rather not get a railroad spike shoved up my keister, but yes the transparency and honesty is better than one gets on Xbox. Still leaves just as nasty a scar, but at least you get a chance to lube up before hand so it doesn't hurt as much in the moment.
Just like Vegas, the real pain doesnt come till 8 years later when the strange lump appears.
Re: Marvelous USA Confirms Its Switch 2 Physical Releases Will Contain The "Full Game"
I'm still curious why the Marvelous home office cheaper out on the domestic market, but Xseed/Marvelous Europe are allowed to be one of the two publishers being pro-consumer on Super Switch.
Re: Japanese Charts: A Quiet Week Sees Japanese Visual Novel Grab The Gold
Congratulations
Re: Madden NFL 26 Confirmed For Switch 2, But College Football Isn't In The Starting Lineup
It could just be my hatred of professional sports leagues talking, but this is the one time i can understand using the Key-cards instead of a real cartridge. Sports games have a definitive shelf life of about tenish months already, so they have an excuse for a built in kill time. No other game does, but Sports do
Re: Fast Fusion Price On Switch 2 Puts Welcome Tour To Shame
Shin'en has my eternal respect for showing up EPD at nearly every technical milestone on their own system
Re: More Switch 2 Estimated File Sizes Seemingly Revealed
How the heck is The Continuing Mis-Adventures of Not-Cookies-and-Cream 3 the biggest one?
Re: Sonic X Shadow Generations Is Confirmed As A Launch Title For Switch 2
@SillyG Oh. Well that's surprisingly based of Sega to do that. Especially for an IP they don't technically own (or maybe Two Point put that condition in the contract themselves)
Re: Switch 2 Game-Key Cards Won't Make It Easy For Physical Collectors In Japan
Somewhere it was stared that the reason for this is that the Super Switch ONLY has 64gb cartridges and that's either over kill if a game is well optimistized or not bug enough it's made by a division of Microsoft or Take-Two, but I refuse to believe that because we KNOW LRG is going to be making Super Switch games, and for once their cheapness may be the one saving grace we have. There is no way their margins will allow for that much wasted overhead on 4gb indie games. They're already some of the weekest ROI in all of Embracer, kept around almost exclusively for the Carbon engine, and Fairhurst's inhumanly good networking skills.
Re: Sonic X Shadow Generations Is Confirmed As A Launch Title For Switch 2
@PikaPhantom I blame every president since Teddy except for Carter
Re: New 'AI: The Somnium Files' Is Latest Switch 2 Game To Include Mouse Mode Support
It really is just like PC gaming: use a mouse and own nothing. Gabe is there