Zeldafanforlife

@Damo
I won't believe anything until I hear it from Nintendo.

@HSuzumiyaVI
Where did you hear that AMD got undercut by nvidia? You just pulled that out of thin air.

@Wolfgabe
Nintendo has worked with AMD since the Gamecube, why would you think they'd switch to nvidia all of a sudden?

@A01
You and me both.

@Dakt
Yeah really. This Damien McFerran guy needs to stop treating rumors as fact.

@DarkKirby
Yes I know what comparisons you're making, you're making comparisons to the story as that is your biggest complaint against BotW in terms of how ambitious it is which doesn't even make sense as we don't know how in depth the story is. You're assuming that the game is light on story just because you can go beat the game right from the beginning. Will the game have an incredible, in depth story? Probably not, but IT MIGHT!!! You try to point fingers at me saying I'm making assumptions when I'M NOT, YOU ARE!!!

Lastly, whether a game has a good story or not is totally up to the individual. What someone might find entertaining someone else might find boring. The Completionist said in his review that he didn't care too much for the story in Skyrim and from what I've seen of the story it doesn't look too interesting to me either.

@DarkKirby
What do you have to say? Why is it that I hardly ever see people leveling criticism at sony's first party games? Anyone who does is berated/mocked/ridiculed by countless sony fanboys to no end.

@thehappyjack
One thing that I haven't seen anyone talk about is the fact that most people can't play the game because their smartphone is too old. How many people are there that WANT to play it but they can't because they don't have a tablet and their phone isn't good enough to run it? I'd guess it's a rather large number. How many millions of kids would be playing this if they were able but they can't or just people on a tight budget?

@Luna_110
I think the QOL has already started with Pokemon GO. A lot of people are improving their quality of life with all that exercise.

@PlywoodStick
I honestly think Pokemon GO is part of the Quality of Life initiative. More people are out exercising improving their quality of life.

@DarkKirby
YOU are making assumptions, not me, I never said there would be a great story, there MIGHT BE a great story, we don't know. Don't ever put words in my mouth. To answer your question, no I have not played any of those and I really have no desire to. Especially GTA, it is an abomination that should not exist. Fallout and Elder Scrolls look all right but nothing special to me. They both look very stiff to me in their gameplay and they both take themselves far too seriously, not willing to accept criticism, but hey I guess paying off reviewers will do that. Nintendo's first party games have fluid, smooth gameplay that I don't hardly see from anyone else.

Zelda is my favorite series ever but I'm not ever going to say the games are without flaws. You can think a game is incredible but still find flaws in it and it bothers me to see people heap SO MUCH praise on The Last of Us when it has some pretty big flaws.

@DarkKirby
How does it not look ambitious? Just because the game MIGHT BE light on story? Is that your only criteria for judging how good a game is? BotW will probably have the best puzzles we've ever seen in a Zelda game.

@DarkKirby
You don't think BotW looks like an ambitious game? Did you see the same game I did? Did you see the shrines of trial? We don't know how much of a story there is to the game or how good it is but the one woman from the Treehouse stream seemed like she really, genuinely thinks the story is really good.
I guarantee you the stasis shrine trial is not the most interesting trial in the game and it is still really cool. With over 100 shrines the possible gameplay mechanics they have in store is incredible.

@NodesforNoids
No matter how much you want it to happen Nintendo is never dropping hardware.

@VanillaLake
I don't think the side quests in Xenoblade Chronicles are boring and I like the repetitive nature of the fighting, I think they have the perfect amount of depth to the fighting that makes it very enjoyable to me. There were times where I'd grind for 2 or 3 hours straight and it would feel like 15 minutes.

@Uncensored
Are you talking about the original Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii? If you are it has one of the best stories I've ever experienced in a video game. It's not perfect and has a few plot holes but all story driven games do. You really should stick with it. How long have you played and where are you at?

@rjejr
Have you thought about the possibility that the game could have multiple endings? If you can beat the game at any time it makes sense.

@Spoony_Tech
I proved my point that Nintendo is keeping their main focus on their core games. If Nintendo only needs to sell 2 million copies of Zelda to be profitable then they're definitely doing something right because it'll easily sell twice that. I think this new Zelda could be a 10 miliion seller. It deserves it.

@Spoony_Tech
Why would you be worried about Nintendo's core gaming focus? If anything the revenue they bring in on mobile will only strengthen their core gaming experiences. If Nintendo wasn't keeping their main focus on core games then they wouldn't be making an incredibly ambitious Zelda game. It costs millions of dollars to rent out that much floor space at E3 and who knows how much more it cost to construct the Zelda booth. The game deserves the advertisement though.

@A01
If anything the revenue Nintendo brings in on mobile will only strengthen their core gaming experiences.

On topic, Mr. Iwata was one of the most influential figures in the entire history of video games. Even more importantly, he was a good person, you didn't need to know him personally to know that. I really wish I could have met him and had a conversation with him.

@Dislikesfats
You're not arguing my point because you can't.

@Dislikesfats
It doesn't matter if one doesn't have as much as the other. From what I've seen on youtube the ps4 version has quite a lot of pop in. Even if one has more than the other you can't completely dismiss the one with less. I will eventually play XCX but I will not be playing witcher.

@Dave24
Staying directly on the topic, what the whole argument was about, let me ask you this. Is it all right to take issue with the pop in in Xenoblade but at the same time wrong to take issue with it in the witcher?

@Dave24
I'm really glad I don't know you personally, at least I hope I don't. I wasn't even talking to you in that conversation so how can I change the subject of something you had no part of? There is no doubt in my mind you and greengecko007 are the same person or at the very least are friends in real life. It honestly wouldn't surprise me if both of you were developers on the witcher 3. You people are untrustworthy wretchs. I really wish I didn't have to say that as much as I do, I wish I didn't have to say it at all.

@Dave24
Unless you've read through our entire discussion you have no right throwing your two cents in. He's the one trying to change what the argument's about because he knows he's been caught in his hypocrisy. He was also trying to say I don't know what a double standard is when I do, it's hypocrisy and that's exactly what he is, a hypocrite. If pop in is an issue to you in one game it should be an issue to you in another. Trying to change the subject is the only thing he can do because he knows he is in the wrong, and it's very immature. If you can't stay on the original topic and veer into another direction then you're not worth talking to.

@Dave24
Whether there is any merit to what he's saying is not pertinent to the original argument. He's giving witcher 3 a free pass for all the pop in issues and yet takes issue with it in Xenoblade, that is a double standard, hypocrisy.

@greengecko007
It doesn't affect the end result. What you see in the end will always be the same.

@Porpoise
What I said came out wrong. I was aggravated dealing with trolls and I took my frustration out on you. I wasn't trying to suggest that YOU were thinking the name of a game would affect it's quality, just that I think others who read your comment might get that impression. What I believe Nintendo's thinking on the title was this, Breath of the Wild people will equate to 'breath of fresh air', I'm guessing you've probably thought this as well but the pessimist in you knows most people will instantly think bad breath. It was honestly my first thought as well. When I first saw breath in the title I instantly thought 'this isn't good'. We don't know yet how this will affect sales obviously but I want to remain hopeful.
I wholeheartedly agree with you in one of your other posts equating xbox gamers, both kids and adults, to immaturity. I would add a good number of playstation gamers as well. I rarely see a Nintendo gamer acting like a 5 year old. I think most kids today are very immature mainly because they have terrible, immature parents but I know that's what you were getting at. I will say this though, your response to me was very condescending and immature. More than anything I think you were just like me, letting frustration get to you and venting in a rant.

@greengecko007
You said one looks better than the other, LOOKS better than the other, you are talking about the visuals, THE GRAPHICS!!! Pop in has nothing to do with how something looks, only when you finally see it. I'm calling you a troll because you are being a troll. You are in the wrong and I'm calling you out on it.

@greengecko007
We're not discussing the graphics of either game we're discussing the issue of pop in!!! What the hell is the matter with you? Do you think I have the attention span of a goldfish or the mental capacity of a 2 year old? You trolls are beyond pathetic.

@Porpoise
I fail to see you're logic. Just because a game has a name that you don't care for does that automatically make the quality of the game worse? I don't think so. I happen to like the name Breath of the Wild, it conveys exactly what the game is, going out into the Wild. The name of a game has no impact on it's quality and your ill feelings towards it serves no purpose.

@XCWarrior
You've also got the Cloud amiibo that works with other games and is a nice collectible. There's a difference between having a positive outlook on something and having a negative outlook on something and with the way you say things all it does is make me and anyone else who reads what you type think that you WANT people to think negatively about Nintendo. Tell me, do you want people to think negatively about Nintendo?

@PlywoodStick
The videos I watched said it was the ps4 version and no I don't know what you mean. It is not a hypothetical that the Gamepad takes processing power away from the tv and should most certainly be taken into account. You have no idea what you're talking about.

@greengecko007
Yes it is a double standard.

@PlywoodStick
Not every Wii U game has processing power going to the Gamepad.

@electrolite77
I wonder how much CD projekt red paid off people to win that game of the year award last year? The entire gaming industry is paid off which is why I put little to no stock in 80% of the reviews I read from people who are paid to review games.

@Dave24
Xenoblade has some of the processing power allocated to displaying information on the Gamepad. Did you ever take that into consideration? I doubt it.

@PlywoodStick
The textures of the witcher on the console versions don't look too great. You're also not taking into consideration the fact that Xenoblade has some of the processing power going to displaying information on the Gamepad. I'd have to guess that without the Gamepad taking up some processing power the pop in would be nearly non existent.

@greengecko007
I haven't played witcher but from videos I've seen the pop in is really bad there too at points. Seeing an entire group of people spawn right in front of you. I saw one video where it was an entire building. You don't think that's hilariously bad? You're double standards and hypocrisy are astounding.

For the record, I don't even care about pop in. I just needed to call out a hypocritical fanboy.

@XCWarrior
Why do you always put a negative spin on everything?

@electrolite77
Sure there are going to be complaints but why is it only truly brought to the forefront when it comes to Nintendo? To see the complaints with the witcher you have to go out of your way to find people complaining. With Nintendo it's brought up constantly, you don't need to go out of your way to see the complaints when it comes to them. Jose Otero from ign complained about pop in in Xenoblade Chronicles X in his review but I've never once heard him complain about it in the witcher even when he's talking about both of them. Yes there most definitely are double standards with most people.

@Dave24
Anyone who thinks Xenoblade Chronicles X looks outdated is not taking into account that it's world is far larger than the witcher 3. It also bothers me that I've seen many people complain about pop in in Xenoblade but don't with witcher even though it has a lot. Double standards are heavily prevalent when it comes to Nintendo.

@XCWarrior
Over the last 2 fiscal years Nintendo has made a little over half a billion in profit. $380 million in 2014 and $150 million in 2015. If they're still turning a profit even in a transition period how do you think they'll be doing when they have all their other initiatives up and running? Their movies, theme parks and others? I think they'll be just fine in a couple of years. Also, what do you think the Cloud amiibo's functionality is going to be in the FF7 remake?

@XCWarrior
The Wii U definitely was a failure in terms of sales (which it shouldn't have been) but Nintendo has still turned a profit the last 2 years.

@ThanosReXXX
If you think streaming to a second screen is too demanding then how did they make it work in Xenoblade Chronicles X? Sounds like a fairy-tale to me.

@Peek-a-boo
If the NX doesn't have an improved Gamepad I'll be extremely disappointed. Zombiu is incredibly immersive thanks to the Gamepad. I've put hundreds of hours into that game. The NX needs an improved Gamepad, slimmed down so it's easier for little kids to hold and an improved battery. Also, shoulder buttons similar to Gamecube's.

@FlaygletheBagel
Cartridges are a very good thing for the consumer. I don't know why you wouldn't want them to benefit us unless you're one of the people running one of these big name game companies and you don't want to take a small hit on your bottom line. Am I speaking to the president of EA, Activision, Ubisoft, etc...?

@Jolt
Why would it be hard to fit the new Zelda on a cartridge? You can buy a 256GB micro sd card and you can fit several of those into a 3ds cartridge. The new Zelda will not be 256GB in file size.

@Stu13
I couldn't have said it better myself. There are people on n4g moaning as if this is the final product Nintendo is shipping out. Not that I'm surprised there would be people acting that way, it's expected.

@HSuzumiyaVI
x86 will never be the right way to go, PowerPC is superior. There's a reason why the fastest supercomputers use PowerPC.