@Rika_Yoshitake If only Nintendo ($12 billion in revenue for 2023, just a totally unrelated tidbit) had the time and resources and planning acumen to make sure a bare-bones port of a 24-year old game worked before release. So sad. ๐ญ
Collecting rupees in chests before you get the sword is just... dumb. You can't start with that! You get the sword, bang! Game is yours! Explore! Someone definitely felt they were improving on the original there...
What always kills me are the super oversized funkos of characters that nobody cares one whit about, like some background alien in a star wars spin off, who is asking for that?? And knowing that there must be thousands of them out there just filling shelves taking up space sitting there.
The older I get, the more often I see a photo like that and think, "gah, that's a whole lot of cheap junk that's just going to be getting in the way in no time."
There are a few moments, even near the very beginning, of pixel art animation and nuance that made me think, okay game, now you're just showing off xD but in a good way! Another vote for a more zoomed-in map level, or at least one without such chunky outer borders.
Okay, I watched some gameplay walkthrough, I'm much less interested now ๐
The first ten minutes, played by someone who absolutely knew what they were doing, was nothing but super-fussy platform jumping and stabbing (and only stabbing) the same generic skeleton enemy 1000 times, it took nearly 9 minutes for the game to present a gun (the pistol, oooh) to be used. I was already really bored by that point. Also, this is my impression of the musical score: "nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn"
That stinks, that I can play Quake and Doom and such just fine once I adjust the control sensitivities up all the way, but this one is still too...everything for even that. Big-screen couch FPS-ing is so fun!
I'll be curious to know how this patch affects general Switch gameplay and responsiveness, please say if you can! I.e., if this was the original release, is there a real difference?
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Re: Random: Fan Art For Zelda's New Game 'Echoes Of Wisdom' Is Already Getting Creative
Zelda with two Samus arm cannons is all I ever needed. ๐คฉ
Re: Video: New Metroid Prime 4 Footage Spotted On Nintendo's Teaser Website
@Noxide I'm sure this has been mentioned, but the shape behind the logo does look like the black hole depiction from Interstellar...
Re: Switch Online's Latest N64 Release 'Perfect Dark' Appears To Have Some Emulation Issues
@Rika_Yoshitake If only Nintendo ($12 billion in revenue for 2023, just a totally unrelated tidbit) had the time and resources and planning acumen to make sure a bare-bones port of a 24-year old game worked before release. So sad. ๐ญ
Re: Feature: 20 Great Gaming Accounts You Should Follow On Bluesky
I know I'm getting old when I've never even heard of the platform being highlighted
Re: Stealth Metroidvania 'Yars Rising' Gets An Easter-Egg Packed New Trailer
I saw very little stealth and a whole lotta blastin'...
Re: The Thing: Remastered Is Officially Announced For Swith, Coming This Year
@Olliemar28 Only a Swith deals in abtholutes!
Re: Review: Star Wars: Hunters (Switch) - A F2P Hero Shooter That's Fast, Fun, And Force-ful
I don't like that the game icon just says STAR WARS ๐
Re: The First Review For Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Is In
@Rob3008 You're welcome
Re: The First Review For Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Is In
I don't know what a shin megami tensei is, and at this point, I'm afraid to ask.
Re: Random: Unofficial Legend Of Zelda NES Remake Gets 20-Minute Gameplay Video
Collecting rupees in chests before you get the sword is just... dumb. You can't start with that! You get the sword, bang! Game is yours! Explore! Someone definitely felt they were improving on the original there...
Re: Metal Slug Tactics Blasts Onto Switch This Fall
So much bobbing up and down xD
Re: Review: Overmorrow (Switch) - Intriguing, But Assumes Too Much With Its Save-Wiping Setup
It can't even be beaten because it's broken? ๐ Sure, sounds like money well spent ๐
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 DLC Fighter 'Homelander' Arrives Early Next Month
Why exactly couldn't Starr voice him? Did he just really not want to?
Re: Gorgeous Pixel Art Metroidvania 'Blade Chimera' Gets August Launch Window
Dangnabit, that looks really great! Definitely some not-unappreciated Alucard inspo!
Re: Review: Capes (Switch) - Solid Superhero Strategy That Channels XCOM
That is a LOT of tiny and hard to read type onscreen.
Re: Site News: Suggest Questions For Our Upcoming Switch Summer Survey
How do you buy games: all digital, all physical, physical unless not an option, etc.
What is your primary non-joycon controller (like, playing docked)
Why aren't you using DekuDeals for your game wishlist?
Re: Random: Another Banjo-Kazooie Funko Pop Is On The Horizon, But It's Still Pretty Horrifying
What always kills me are the super oversized funkos of characters that nobody cares one whit about, like some background alien in a star wars spin off, who is asking for that?? And knowing that there must be thousands of them out there just filling shelves taking up space sitting there.
Re: TMNT: Mutants Unleashed Physical Collector's Edition Looks Totally Tubular
The older I get, the more often I see a photo like that and think, "gah, that's a whole lot of cheap junk that's just going to be getting in the way in no time."
Re: Switch "Joy-Con Drift" Class Action Lawsuit Dismissed After Five Years
More like, Joy-Con GRIFT, right? Ah? Ah?
Re: Square Enix To "Aggressively Pursue" Multiplatform Strategy, Includes "Nintendo Platforms"
This tells me that there might be an actual good sale on the FF Pixel games at some point in the future xD
Re: Video: Nintendo World Championships Japanese Gameplay Officially Revealed
Every Wario Ware minigame looks more fun than any of this...
Re: Zelda Master Sword Replica Joins Tamashii Nation's 'Proplica' Line In 2024
Looks pretty cheap and exceptionally plastic-y. 200 bucks lol
Re: Rumour: Switch Successor's Codename May Have Been Uncovered
Muji? So bougie!
Re: Review: Animal Well (Switch) - An Exceptional Metroidvania That Stands Out From The Pack
There are a few moments, even near the very beginning, of pixel art animation and nuance that made me think, okay game, now you're just showing off xD but in a good way! Another vote for a more zoomed-in map level, or at least one without such chunky outer borders.
Re: Review: Animal Well (Switch) - An Exceptional Metroidvania That Stands Out From The Pack
well, this came out of nowhere...adding to my DD wish list!
Re: Review: Another Crab's Treasure (Switch) - Great Ideas, Crabby Performance
This looks like it could have been an N64 game, why does it perform soo badly???
Re: Review: Wrath: Aeon Of Ruin (Switch) - Impressive Quake-Like FPS Is A Bad Fit On Consoles
Okay, I watched some gameplay walkthrough, I'm much less interested now ๐
The first ten minutes, played by someone who absolutely knew what they were doing, was nothing but super-fussy platform jumping and stabbing (and only stabbing) the same generic skeleton enemy 1000 times, it took nearly 9 minutes for the game to present a gun (the pistol, oooh) to be used. I was already really bored by that point. Also, this is my impression of the musical score: "nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn"
Re: Review: Wrath: Aeon Of Ruin (Switch) - Impressive Quake-Like FPS Is A Bad Fit On Consoles
That stinks, that I can play Quake and Doom and such just fine once I adjust the control sensitivities up all the way, but this one is still too...everything for even that. Big-screen couch FPS-ing is so fun!
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Micro SD Cards - Cheapest Memory Cards In 2024
@JaxonH If I didn't have a 1TB already, I would SO jump on that.
Re: Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Getting PvP And 'Chaos' Modes
The Curse of the Moon games were better
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons 'Isabelle' First 4 Figures Statue Now Available To Pre-Order
Way to strike while the iron's hot...
Re: Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Getting PvP And 'Chaos' Modes
@Olliemar28 Please do! I think a lot of people would be interested in it.
Re: THQ Nordic Digital Showcase Announced For This August
I just remember THQ being a sign of like, anti-quality, back in the NES days. Are things different now?
Re: New Contra: Operation Galuga Update Is Finally Available On Switch, Here Are The Patch Notes
I'll be curious to know how this patch affects general Switch gameplay and responsiveness, please say if you can! I.e., if this was the original release, is there a real difference?
Re: Back To The Future, He-Man And, Er, Hot Fuzz Collide On Switch In 'Funko Fusion'
The Gelatinous Cube Funko is pretty great. It's all downhill after that ๐
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Endless Ocean: Luminous
Sounds super dull and snoozy! And it's not even cheap!
Re: Video: 10 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In May 2024
"Exciting" might be pushing it... ๐
Re: New Contra: Operation Galuga Update Is Heading For Switch, Here Are The Patch Notes
@Zulzar I only played the demo on the Switch, but isn't the 'arcade' version or whatever it's called do that, get rid of all cutscene nonsense?
Re: Review: Slave Zero X (Switch) - Slick, Stylish, But A Hot Mess On Switch
@Vyacheslav333 No, it was one of the people who first meet up with Neo...had to look it up, her name is Switch!
Re: Review: Slave Zero X (Switch) - Slick, Stylish, But A Hot Mess On Switch
Someone be sure to post here if patches go through to fix these things! I want this, but in the words of whatshername in The Matrix, not like this.
Re: Rise Of The Triad: Ludicrous Edition Receives Cross-Platform Multiplayer Update
@SwitchForce I too love fiddling with a tiny plastic cartridge and wobbly hinge cover instead of simply choosing the game on the menu screen.
Re: Rise Of The Triad: Ludicrous Edition Receives Cross-Platform Multiplayer Update
This is all great news!
Re: Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Update 2 Now Available, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
A little print-on-print, but Lara sells it.
Re: Review: MLB The Show 24 (Switch) - A Solid Swinger Emerges After A Laughable Launch
Is that a PS1 game? Woof, that looks rough.
Re: Atari's Arcade-Inspired Racer 'NeoSprint' Speeds Onto Switch This Year
I was more excited when I thought the game looked like the image at the top. ๐
Re: Nightdive Is Remastering One Of The Most Insane FPS Games From The '90s
As someone who knows their 90s FPS games... I had never heard of this one until I saw the announcement video on their IG. xD
Re: Feature: The Pitch-Perfect Storytelling Of Final Fantasy VIโs Opera, And How The Pixel Remaster Missed A Note
I'll have an opinion on this once Square lowers the price to a reasonable level.
Re: Pokรฉmon TV Has Officially Ended On Nintendo Switch
Did not know this even existed. Uh, bye?
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 18.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@BoFiS OMG yes! I was thinking this exact thing this morning!
Re: Poll: So, Do You Prefer Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Or Tears Of The Kingdom?
Haven't played either