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X. Xenoblade freaking X. Impossible but I wanna dream.

3 successful salmon runs in a row and all three had communication errors at the very end. It was so frustrating!

I believe X was the culmination of what Takahashi intended for the Xeno franchise ever since Xenogears. An open, story-driven sci-fi RPG with full-sized mechs. It was his dream. He wanted to continue the legacy of Gears. Sadly, although financially successful, didn't get to be played by a lot of people. Hopefully the series can get the attention it deserves in the near future, not to mention a proper sequel. Though you can argue XC3 is more akin to Gears in story.

@Fizza I wouldn't be surprised as Gamefreak already moved-in with Nintendo (or at least in the same area as Nintendo EPD).

@RiasGremory Yes that's the one I'm referring to c/o Monolith Tokyo.

@Fizza It was never confirmed that Monolith was involved with PLA and the company was never credited in-game although I believe the rumor was some Monolith employees were credited. I think it was the same with SwSh

Props to Monolith Soft Kyoto for the nice support for Nintendo's IP. The branch was set up to collaborate with Ninty internal dev teams afterall especially EAD.
Though I hope to see something new from the Tokyo branch even though they're the team that's providing assistance to BotW2; hopefully their rumored action game. After XC3 I'm thirsty for a brand new Monolith Soft IP.

The real downer for me with my 8bitdo Pro and Pro 2 is the PS style design. I still much prefer the ProCon or Xbox shell design so this is a huge positive for me. Expensive, yeah, but considering the quality of the Pro and Pro 2 I might just give in.

@CorePrideX 🤦‍♂️ I did say based on how the game refers to the character and there is no official confirmation. I personally think Juniper is female despite what I said. Chill.

Well even in Xenoblade 3, Juniper is almost certain non-binary based on how the game refers to the character which is pretty cool. But without official confirmation you don't assume these things and will only leave you with disappointment.

IMO regardless of the gender, we need to respect the designer who made the character and the vision they had with it. There's no reason to get disappointed in the first place.

The question pops up a lot when it comes to the use of gyro on handheld. IMHO it really depends on your usecase. If it's a game that you think gyro is critical to your style of play then regardless of the screen shifting/tilting you would still use it.

Honestly, even on handheld like in Splatoon, DxM, or BotW, I only ever use the gyro for precise aiming and not for wide camera control. So that slight screen tilt doesn't really impact my gameplay much, at least in my case. Gyro is the closest thing you can get to a mouse for precise aiming using controllers. I only bought the Split Pad Pro for games I prefer playing portably and for sure doesn't need Gyro controls.

@NeonPizza Nope.

I don't mind the lack of HD Rumble. But the absence of gyro is a deal breaker

...that said I already have 2 pairs.

@Rayquaza2510 DLSS only works with RTX GPUs. Specifically, GPUs with tensor (AI) cores. FSR 1.0 and 2.0 on the other hand will theoretically work with any GPU.

I have loads of friends who lay their docks on its back like that. Doesn't really affect anything thermally. Same reason either to fit in a tight shelf or scared to trip the whole thing over (it happens).

You already feel overpowered with the current set up. But if this could reduce my times on anomaly quests then so be it. Afflicted mons are such a chore to grind!

When it comes to high-speed anti-grav racers I might've been spoiled by Fast RMX which i still enjoy the heck out of even today. 30FPS just won't cut it for me for this type of racer. Games like Forza Horizon though is a different story and I mostly enjoy that for the environments and such, so 30 on that is quite alright.

Hopefully it won't be long before Shin'en comes out with a new Fast xD. Both performance and visuals are so good on RMX it's hard not to be so impressed with that game.

@MrGawain The difference with Jon though is that he guessed 1 game per tweet. Although still in our best interest to carry a sack full of salt, this guy guessed multiple games/announcements in a single tweet. That there is quite a "coincidence".

I need my Djinn fix! Hopefully there's something out of this.

With all the weird and bad decisions DE made over the years with Warframe, they're really trying hard right now to lure back their lost playerbase. Warframe was one of the "best free-to-play" games back then and I really enjoyed my time with it. Now it's just riddled with nonsensical or straight-up bad content. Hopefully their new "frame" game gives a lot back to the players. I'm gonna keep an eye on this one.

@Piyo That's no question. Though it's still possible that they're either in POC stages or it was decided that they're separate from the get go. Either way the point that the main game could still be content complete still stands. Although I get the criticism.

@Piyo Not defending them but we have no way of knowing if the DLC (except vol 1) was being developed alongside the main game or after the main game went gold. I do remember Nintendo mentioning that if they do DLC they still make sure the main game is complete despite having pre-launch expansion passes like with BotW and XC2. So we can't assume they just removed finished content and selling them later, therefore construed that the main game in unfinished. Games like Splatoon 2 and ACNH are different stories since they deliberately went for staggered content releases.

Even SSBU the main game is finished but the development was ongoing for the DLC up to Sora. Personally for that game, I thought the main game was quite polished at launch. I felt the same for BotW and XC2 since even if I didn't buy the DLC it felt they were complete games. I only bought the DLCs a year later.

So IMHO as far as Nintendo games are concerned, you don't need to buy their expansion passes and won't be missing out on anything.

@zen1990 I would assume it would depend on the terms of the deal with the license holder(s). I would also attribute that to simple timing and coincidence. Was there an actual reason for them to private the video just to announce the OLED?

I would also guess it's probably nothing. Even if new hardware is imminent there's no reason for them to private a video for an already released product.

@Rambler Yes of course. I meant from the perspective of business and dev ops. People risk management is a thing afterall.

As currently an InfoSec and Cybersecurity specialist, it's reasurring they're taking the necessary steps. I just hope this isn't just a side project on their end since security is a top priority in any organization. If not, the most important.

Shame that a fast-paced hack n' slash game will be limited to 30FPS but since this is my first time playing the game I'm sure it'll be fun still. Hopefully consistent all throughout.

Although pretty weird that Platinum won't be handling the port. I'm guessing they're busy with Bayo 3 atm.

@ModdedInkling Agreed. Although it's possible part of the contract is the nontransparancy at least up until the deal expires.

@ModdedInkling This is going on for years though. I'm already thinking even before Atlus even starts developing a Persona sequel Sony's already sending checks to them for the exclusivity.

@ShadowofTwilight22 It won't stop. That kinda thing is best to just ignore. Let the mods worry about that and less hair-pulling on your end. As long as the discussion is still civil I don't see any problem people "asking" for a port. IMO it only turns into "begging" when one is being quite aggressive about it.
Chill.

@ShadowofTwilight22
Chill. I personally have it pre-ordered on Steam. Though it doesn't really hurt to tell Atlus we want it on a different platform especially the last survey they had. There's a difference between, "this should be on Switch!!!111!!" versus "I also want this on Switch!".

Now release Soul Hackers 2 on Switch. wink

Finally the trailer theme!

Is this another high-speed anti-grav 30FPS racer on Switch?

Oh dear...

I agree with the others. That single con was pretty forced. I want to know if that actually made it miss a perfect 10.

It blows my mind how NoA keeps boasting that Nintendo's biggest profits comes from the US but they can't even do pre-orders right in the region. They should have expected the load on their servers miles away considering they already waited too long for pre-orders to go up.

The 6 looks good now but I wish they'd go back to the stylized "Steet Fighter".

Also, Chun-Li's face looks weird. No consistency across the games, movies, and other media whatsoever. Although I'd say it's better than MvC Infinite's Chun-Li.

Downloading now. Pretty excited!

Finally some news on this

@Mgalens If subsequent Switch generations are powerful enough to emulate prior generation games, I think that's the proper route for them business-wise like with PS and Xbox. Unless the newer hardware still supports the old APIs and architecture, it'll probably be to expensive still to maintain rather than develop an entirely new SoC.

@Grumblevolcano A good point. Though still hard to imagine Nintendo silently killing off proper backwards compatibility for every Apple-like Switch generation like with smartphones these days. People will riot 😂

It sounds like they were waiting for a possible Switch successor before commiting which is fine and makes good business sense. But in the last article they were talking about technical due diligence with the Switch and whatnot so their reasoning doesn't really line up well. It's like they're just making excuses to not do it though I'm still happy they're finally bringing to Switch. This is the only reason I didn't back it initially.

Now I also have a good reason to get the spin-off game as well.

I'm wondering how this would work. So if you want to play on another Switch only your online stats, rank and whatnot, won't transfer over? I consider gear and story as offline data so if it's just stats I'm fine with this. I love playing ranked but I'm not that attached to it to complain. Though I'm more concerned for my gear.

@Richnj Unfortunately I can't cite you any sources aside from just giving out a generalized opinion. I'm sure it's the same on the other side of the argument. Though as a former software dev and currently a cybersecurity specialist I think I can give a valid opinion on the matter to an extent. I dabbled extensively with homebrew back in the 3DS and Wii days and tried to code apps myself although just personal, run of the mill projects.
What we could find on the internet are articles related to rampant piracy on Nintendo systems especially the use of flash carts and softmods. One of the ways they they could exploit the systems is by using tools and exploits created by the homebrew community (shocking!). I should know because I did it too. Thousands (or maybe millions I don't know) of illegal rom downloads versus the number of people in the homebrew community. I am inclined to lean towards the former in terms of number. I'll leave it at that.

This is fine for me if this ever goes through. Sucks for "innocent" modders but modding from a security perspective could still potentially lead to exploitable vulnerabilities either in the system or in-game. Which in turn could expose exploits that can lead to cheating. It's an endless cycle. Like I said a bazillion times, there are more modders with the goal of cheating and pirating than modders that actually just want to enjoy homebrew and Nintendo are weighing their options from that.

IG best weapon. Disgustingly underrated. I love how utilitarian the weapon is. Not the best in terms of DPS but hey it's how you use it. I honestly think it actually got buffed instead than nerfed since they essentially removed the stop animations so that you can do more damage per second. Not to mention the more you do the aerial attack the bigger damage you inflict with diving wyvern. Compared to Iceborne the speedruns with this weapon in Rise are insane!
I also love how they gave the hammer the spinning top attack from HH.

Manana has a freakin' wok as a shield!

Even if I don't understand the heck they're saying, it's oddly satisfying listening to sports commentary in languages other than english.

Can't wait to get my copy!

@moodycat I agree on both.

Hopefully this gets resolved as soon as possible. It's possible that the problems just weren't that transparent to the higher-ups. If this was apparent from 2015(or at least the earliest the contractor was with Nintendo) then Reggie was still with the company and the problem already exists. Despite him saying it wasn't like this when he was still there. Unless this whole fiasco happened after he left. It's possible it just slipped his periphery. Not that I'm defending anyone in the company, just basing off from the official statements.

Time will tell.