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While I'm annoyed by the amount of ports to new games I do recognize the importance of ports. Not only are they relatively safe investments, they are also really useful for training new talent. If you have a bunch of new developers the best way to get them used to game development and the office structure is to have them work on a port. It's just at a certain point it starts to feel just plain stupid. Look at The Last of Us. It was ported to the PS4 & 5 and they didn't really change much. I don't want to see that within a few years of every games' release for Nintendo. Like if they do release a "Switch Pro" we shouldn't see a Breath Of The Wild Ultra HD Edition. That would just be infuriating.

This is gonna be on Twitch? Can't wait for it to cut out mid stream after a DMCA.

First game I played was Yellow. While Pikachu is your starter and you get all the other starters, I chose Pidgey as my Pokemon. I beat every gym with Pidgey, I solo'd the Elite for with Pidgeot, and by the time I was done playing, my Pidgeot was level 95. I forsook all other Pokemon for Pidgey, and the only thing I regret is that I lent the game to someone to do what I now know is the Missingno glitch, and after getting the school involved to have them give me my game back, they erased my save data. Such a tragic end to Pidgeot the Unbreakable. Fast forward to Pokemon Silver, I then knew about Pokemon types and basic strategies. And I was immediately enthralled by the fact that Pidgey, once again, was a Pokemon I could play the whole game with. This time however I knew the value of a Pokemon team and when to use each Pokemon for full effect. I started with Cyndaquil and Pidgey, and by the end of the game I had a full team that had different types and functions. Then I beat the game and for the first time ever, which I will wager is what most kids then felt, I experienced nostalgia. The place I had been, making Pidgeot a monster birb, I was back there. And it was entirely thanks to one man, one man whom I can never thank, least not enough. So thank you Iwata, for letting me experience nostalgia for the first time, and thank you for doing what you did for Nintendo and the gaming community as a whole. Pokemon Silver/Gold/Crystal and Soul Silver/Heart Gold are my favorite games bar none, and are as close to perfect games as we can get, especially when looking at them from a sequel's standpoint.

Played Kingdoms of Amalur and Stubbs and they are both gems. Stubbs is a one and done type game so I'm glad it's not too expensive. Amalur has a ton of ways to play and a lot to do. Gonna be a good month.

"Why doesn't it look like it should be played on my $5000 super computer!? Doesn't anyone understand? I buy games on Nintendo systems for the graphics!"
That's the vibe I'm getting from some people.
Honestly, they look alright. Plus we have 7-9 months for them to add stuff or clean up things. IF by say august or so they still look rough THEN we can really start complaining. Right now we should let them know we feel they could look better but saying they look like garbage now isn't constructive at all.

Interesting to note that over half the pokemon, 16/17, are round/cute pokemon. Which makes sense cause Japan LOVES cute stuff.

Bought mine the day it released and am a Nintendo Ambassador. And I still can't believe that it took them almost 10 years to design one that didn't make the top screen dirty or scratched.

I actually feel terrible for the developers. They're the ones who are going to be hurt most by this. And why CDPR? Why not Activision or EA if you're going to go after bad companies that ruin games/franchises? They are the ones that need to go if the industry wants to get better.

Personally I'm just waiting to see how Activision ruins Diablo 4 with MTX. Or a season pass where half of the things you get are cosmetics that were in the game originally. Any and all remasters come second to that.

I also don't see CoD coming any time soon cause Activision knows that most Switch owners have at least a basic level of intelligence and won't buy into their MTX schemes. I'd bet that's what happened to Fifa. People refused to buy the MTX packs so EA stopped putting literally any effort into it cause all they'd see was just game sales and that's not good enough any more.

@ThanosReXXX Yes. They showed it off last year during a show or the XBox X reveal. Should be leagues better than 2k's wrestling games (not sayin much) cause they aren't on a yearly deadline for it. I think they've been making wrestling games for like, 20 years.

@ThanosReXXX It's the AEW game that's being worked on by Yukes, the former team responsible for Smackdown Vs Raw/WWE 2k. And once they were made to leave it was plain as day who was holding who back with that franchise.

Grinding being good or bad is entirely dependent on the results at the end and the way you grind in game. Look at Disgaea versus Ghost Recon Wildlands. Disgaea has different types of upgrades you can grind that are valuable and and serve purpose. Wildlands literally is full of fluff that does nothing so they can sell "Time Savers." It's an entire content/bloat chart that some games suck at (looking at you "Games as a Service") and others reward you for playing the game a lot.

Spent 200+ hours on XCX and hard froze my system several times due to equipment choices. Outside of the ending I loved every second of it and would totally sink in another 200 easy. In terms of just gameplay I enjoyed it more than the other 2 Xenoblade games.

@BloodyMurder Thanks. Wish there was more in depth info on that but oh well.

@BloodyMurder Can I get a link to that info please?

When it comes to a "Switch Pro" the bigger issue is getting developers to patch older games to utilize the upgrades. New games can be programed with that in mind but people would want the benefit for games they already own so they don't feel they wasted their money with a New 3DS style upgrade.

With the New 3DS the modding community made it so games would actually use the upgraded processor and for some games it showed. The last Pokemon games would have pretty significant slowdown during double/sky battles. This was fixed with just the games having a little more power on the New 3DS after you turned up the base clock with your homebrew. Which is what I did and I can honestly say it's hard to go back after how smooth it made the games.

For us here I think we're in agreement that if we could have 720/60fps minimum with no drops and less/no pop in we'd be more than happy right? That would warrant an upgrade. And folders/themes.

As someone who thoroughly enjoyed this game before it's controversies, (Rhode Island helped fund the game which led to several problems when the studio filed bankruptcy) it is way better than it deserved to be. Kind of like The Warriors.

There's combat depth, a cool story, lots of explorable space, and interesting lore. So long as they don't screw up the port, it should be a wonderful experience for those who decide to try it.

The fact that I've had 2 pair of Joy Cons that are still working while my nephew has had 2 pair that each new pair consecutively had drift shows there's a problem. A products success rate should not be 50%. That is unacceptable, especially with electronics.

Definitely pre-ordering this. I have the Thank You Iwata Nintendo Force poster framed and this will be another wonderful reminder of his work.

As someone whose family had rented over $10k of stuff from them over the years this sucks. 2020 took one more thing before it was over. I hate it.

Since so many people in this thread are omnipotent, can I get the location of Jimmy Hoffa's body? Since y'all know there were no death threats and this is just a marketing scheme with your magic abilities. Cause it's not like death threats are sent privately and directly to the devs/publisher with throw away accounts, like...nah, that can't be how they're sent.

I kinda want SquirrelBuddy.

As someone with a -1 luck stat this game is fun but utterly infuriating. Still love it though. The music slaps, HARD.

This game as a battle revolution type is solid. As an rpg not so much. The whole idea of exploring the Pokemon world is just that, to explore the world. This game goes from a few wild open spots with only 3-6 pokemon roaming around, to an on the rails experience that's so on the rails, you can't even turn your head to see the story that's supposed to be happening. I want this to be a demo/stopgap to something greater and now that GameFreak is literaly rooming with Nintendo maybe that will be the case. Here's to hoping they don't find a way to screw up the new Pokemon Snap.

Sorry but we rejected godhood and have returned to monke.

@Don No. There names are Mario Mario and Luigi Mario. Haven't you seen the movie? lol

I know them. They're the doctor from Spider-Man who says they don't want to cure cancer. They want to turn everyone into dinosaurs. Cause this is the exact same vibe.

Played CoD back in the MW2 days and it was always a euphoric feeling to get people to rage at you. You would try and make people scream crazy stuff just cause it was funny. Now they immediately go to racist or homophobic slurs and it isn't funny. Now they just want to say stuff they think is hurtful and its sad and pathetic.

Being surprised that TLoU2 won is like being surprised that 2k sports games don't have gambling, simulated or otherwise, in the ESRB rating.

This is great until you realize this game has multiplayer and people on PC can cheat the save and then move it to the switch. Luckily their isn't that varied of a PvP mode so it won't hurt that bad.

Had a similar situation happen at Walmart when the NES Classic was still being sold. Had to shop for Easter, saw they had 5-6 in electronics, so I asked if they could leave one up front. They did. I finish shopping and ask for the system to pay for it. They say it was already picked up. Turns out some guy watched me ask them to hold it in the front of the store, bought ALL the other ones, then went up front and bought mine. I'm still livid, cause that was going to be a mother's day gift since the original Super Mario Bros is one of her favorite games. And if I ever find out who did it, I'll probably go to jail for the rest of my life.

I'm genuinely hoping for that IX remake. I remember playing that for 300+ hours on the DS way back when. It was so much fun.

In all honesty this is a genuinely fascinating case. This was clearly intentional by Epic, Apple for all intents and purposes has a monopoly on their end due to having multiple devices (iPhone, iPod, iPad) but only one place to curate content from, and the long term affects this will have on the gaming industry. And the if 30% now seems high it was because back in the day during cartridge production the console manufacturers covered a lot of the production costs and wanted to regain money if the game didn't sell well cause selling games back then was risky business. The fee was an investment into the game that may or not be returned. Now with microtransactions it's just bonus money to the platform holder since the fear of failure is no longer on them.

Reading some of these comments hurt.
So, real quick;
Square Enix made this. NOT Nintendo!
Nintendo probably had nothing to do with Square Enix's design choices.
That lack of wireless co-op does suck. You shouldn't need an internet connection to play this game.
I'm not against people needing their own screen, it's kinda nice on these kinds of games. Playing Diablo 3 locally, on separate Switches is wonderful. Should've been in the game.
Again, SQUARE ENIX! NOT. NINTENDO. Can't stress that enough.
I'll probably wait til it's on sale for 20 or less.

I still play Tiger Woods 2005 so until they make the games like that again, or the 2007 kind, I don't care.

Read through the whole kickstarter and they have Koji Igarashi, who they worked with in their last company, promote their game. Given this information there's a chance they worked on Bloodstained and are not fond of making another switch port of a game. At the very least he probably said stay away.

Played 3, 4, 5, and Tierkreis. They are really good RPGs and I enjoyed all of them, even 4 which is considered the worst one. Tierkreis was a treat on the DS. The biggest downsides, to me, are there are pretty big variances on usable characters, some are just bad by the end of the game. The hidden units replace other units you could have and change the story for them, usually its sad. And you have to collect EVERY character to get the best ending. Kind of a pain since you can miss some and some have weird recruitment requirements. Still a wonderful RPG franchise.

I wasn't expecting anything so it was a pleasant direct for me. Love Nocturne & SMT in general plus I'm genuinely interested in the WWE game. Reminds me of All Stars and I had a lot of fun in that game.

Remember playing this game so much I couldn't level up anymore. Which somehow gave me basic attacks that did 10m damage. Never figured out how.

@Tasuki As someone who plays this on PC there aren't a lot of cheaters. The devs do a good job of getting rid of them. Stream snipers happen a lot though. And if you're on the same team as a streamer things can go sideways fast. But that could happen on any system.

I would have still bought this with local coop but online only is unacceptable. 2020 just keeps taking more and more.

2020 has been a terrible year for most people. We in the gaming community have been hit hard, especially in the last month. So many big name gamers have been discovered to have done terrible things. Mini ladd, Lui Calibre, Satellizer are big YouTube/Twitch names and when they were accused it was an eye opener. This sort of behavior can be a part of any group. And while we must stand with the victims we must be wary of people who inevitably/already make false claims. It hurts the real victims and will guaranteeably be used by the abusers as a way to vindicate themselves. We must learn from what we're seeing and better ourselves and our community.

Love reading the negative comments on here. Seems people forgot Sonic Mania was made the exact same way and that's been the best Sonic game we've had in a decade. And yes, it needs more work. The skybox jumping looked horrendous. These people are doing a good job though. I would love to see them smooth it out and maybe add the DS content to it.

Ok Nintendo, here's what you do to fix this problem. You ready?
HIRE THEM!!! Seriously, give them the Sonic Mania treatment and make them your developers to properly remaster your old games. EVERYONE wins. Everybody.

I've played all the Borderlands games and I'm really excited to see the Switch ports hold up well. And in all honesty, the $50 price for 1, 2, & 1.5, plus all their dlc is amazing. That's $15 a game and a $5 tip. With, given how much time you can put into each game, is more than worth it. Yeah, they are cheaper elsewhere, but the price we're paying is to help support the studio who ported this over. And the reviews show they did a good job.

Just wanted to point out that these are now available in the US for 50 Platinum Coins.

Can someone download them and send me a link please?

The reward is not available for your region. Thanks NoA!

I'm good thanks. I still have my copy of Tiger Woods 2005 that I play so I don't need 2k's garbage.

As someone who's played all the Xcom games, without mods I won't double dip this game. It's hard to go back to the regular game once you get used to the options the alien recruitment mod gives you. That being said if you enjoyed Mario+Rabbids you will likely enjoy Xcom 2. It's a solid game.