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I hated the weapon degradation in BOTW and still do but rather like it here as it keeps giving me reasons to experiment with such a vast array of items, the exception being the Master Sword and I still don't think it's necessary to confiscate it every 5 minutes.

As for rupees, whilst they aren't necessary to play through the game, they're obviously needed for armour upgrades and a lot are needed for a fun side quest. I seem to be able to get plenty of rupees, many side quests seem to give me 100, plus there's that guy with the sign and the many many blupees to farm

@TrixieSparkle 100,000 for all the dream room parts? Why would you ever buy them all as you can only put down 15 and it only costs 6700 to fill the plot of land. I did initially duplicate a few diamonds before the game auto updated but even so, after a few armour upgrades and building my house I've still got effectively all the rupees left from those extra diamonds. Perhaps it'll seem to be more of an issue later but so far I've never found it hard to get money even without cooking or farming

I've updated it as I've never felt the need to duplicate items anyway, same as with BOTW I just mark any resources I need on the map and you basically trip over zonaite in the depths, even star fragments are easier now as they often spawn when you dive from the sky. Plus on top of that there's still a couple of easy dupe glitches in the new patch if you really want to use them

@HeadPirate emulators are legal though as long as they don't contain any copyrighted code, ROMs are the issue and how people get them but you can't take down an emulator because people are downloading pirated ROMs, these are 2 separate issues despite their links. Playing your own discs or ROMs by other means isn't illegal in any way.

The reason this DMCA takedown has occurred is because it turns out that Dolphin contains the Wii common keys in its source code, which is copyrighted material, so in this instance Nintendo are correct to take it down. This is why Retroarch is still on Steam as it's Dolphin core had these keys removed so Nintendo has no grounds to take it down despite the fact you can play many Nintendo systems on it

They're not sorry at all have you seen the state of the game? Whoever authorised it to be released should be sacked and every person buying it should be refunded, yes both of them.

@HeadPirate yet this is about Dolphin which isn't a Switch emulator and is perfectly legal, if Nintendo had any legal grounds against Dolphin they'd have gone after them years ago. They just don't want it available on a rival platforms storefront which is understandable

The old style of dungeons are still much better for me, the Divine Beasts weren't particularly good but the temples in TOTK are quite a bit better, with a much longer journey too them, effectively forming part of the dungeon. Plus the shrines are once again much better than in BOTW, with much less emphasis on that one enemy and more interesting puzzles.

Still I'd like to see a more traditional style Zelda game, even of smaller in the vain of Links Awakening

What's that a percentage of? This just looks like Sony making ***** up to make themselves look good. No matter how you swing it, the Switch has been outselling Playstation for years and it's best selling games are significantly more successful than Sony's

Over 35 hours for me which is very rare these days for any game in such a space of time. This game just has me hooked with so much to see and do no matter where I turn

@Serpenterror I disagree with the arcade comparison for 2 main reasons, the first being that you're effectively renting play time on an arcade game where as these mechanics are gambling. Secondly this is a piece of software that you have access to all the time and you could spend hundreds of dollars in seconds which you simply couldn't in an arcade.

Sure there is responsibility on the end user but to suggest the company isn't at fault is nonsense, these kinds of games are very deliberately designed to do exactly this.

Mario Kart Tour along with the vast majority of mobile games are absolutely scummy when it comes to monetisation and this is why I don't play any of them. The fact that someone could spend $170 and above on something like this just goes to show that they are designed primarily to drain the money of a few idiots and those vulnerable to such mechanisms and they should be banned in all games

@Il_Nintenditore I agree with you, Ocarina of Time is the literally foundation of how we play 3D action adventure games today. Even the recent God of War games adapted to follow its formula and became a huge success off the back of that

How is BOTW top? Tears of the Kingdom is better in every single way and even without that game I wouldn't put BOTW 1st.

My top 3 would be

Ocarina of Time
Tears of The Kingdom
Windwaker

@Mattock1987 the game makes building very easy when you've done certain quests

One of the few and easiest 10's I'll ever give to a game, it's the best game I've played on any system for a very long time and already one of my favourite ever games. The game looks great, performance is fine for the vast majority of the game and the draw distance is impressive for what's going on.

More importantly its great fun with the new mechanics offering almost endless gameplay possibilities. There's plenty to see and do no matter where you head out to and much like Skyrim it's not afraid to let you complete tasks before being told.

Compared to BOTW, the world feels much more alive, there's a lot more to do and everything is seemingly unlockable without Amiibo.

A definite 10 from me and it makes most open world games look very dated by comparison

It's not a great addition when you consider that these games are effectively already on the service. I'd much rather see games which don't already have versions already on there

@lighteningbolt79 it's definitely in the top 5 games I've ever played and I can't think of anything I've played on Switch or elsewhere over the last few years that really come close to it

Quite how Skyward Sword managed that is anyone's guess but Tears of The Kingdom is a staggering achievement in game design and execution

I managed to get that very controller but luckily mine seems to be fine, I've played at least 10 hours with it and no issues so far

As much as I felt BOTW went in the wrong direction, I have to say that Tears of The Kingdom has proven to me that Zelda does work this way. That said I would still like them to create more traditional Zelda style games, perhaps just on a smaller scale such as the Link's Awakening remake

I've played about 15 hours and can't say the performance has affected my enjoyment at all. The only time it really dips is using ultrahand, at which point you're not doing anything that needs quick responses anyway. In general gameplay it runs great and if anything makes me wonder what developers are wasting resources on with more powerful hardware, given how interactive this world is

@MrLinkTathapast its certainly the same map underneath but I'd argue it still feels new with how much has changed and that's before you consider the shrines plus the world above and below. Yakuza made an entire series out of a very small evolving city and if anything I'd say more games should reuse maps for sequels rather than throwing everything away

@DwaynesGames I've not seen any gyro ones yet and they were annoying in BOTW, especially in handheld mode. Those that I have done have taken a bit more thinking than before and one even turned into a mini game of sorts after putting it together. Even the combat shrines have been good as they teach you a technique that you may not be aware of

I've played about 10 or so hours and already I'd say its better than BOTW in almost every way, the shrines are better designed and there's a lot more thought into quality of life touches such as recipes etc. An amazing game

@SwitchForce nobody here is playing fast and loose with the definition of emulation here apart from you.

"Also Nintendo games never came on emulation"

Well if you ignore the entire Wii Virtual Console, the Wii U Virtual Console, every game on Nintendo Switch Online, the Zelda bonus disc back on the GameCube, the NES games in the original Animal Crossing, Mario 3D All Stars, Super Mario All Stars on the Wii and the Arcade Archives entries of Donkey Kong and Sky Skipper then perhaps you could be right.

"emulation has benefited no one"

I'd say the people who have played all of those games, or subscribe to PS Plus to play PS1 and PS2 classics, or bought PS1 classics on the Vita, PSP and PS3, or indeed played a PS1 or PS2 game on the PS3 hardware, or play back compat 360 and og Xbox games on the Xbox One or Series console benefit from emulation. Oh and all the people who have bought the however many retro collections we've had over the vast amount of consoles released, I could go on but I suspect you get the point.

@-wc- it just makes me laugh seeing these comments
Article - person playing game early on actual Switch
Everyone else - emulation is bad

@Kestrel You can re-use any of the parts, either those lying around or from the capsules. Just that once a capsule is opened you can't put them back in your inventory, think of it more like it gives you the ability to spawn a fan or another item anywhere in the world

@epicgamner exactly, in BOTW I ended up hoarding a lot of weapons that I never used, now I swing away happy that I can turn a stick into a deadly weapon. Without spoiling anything for anyone, this has fixed every niggling gripe that I had with BOTW and everyone is in for a treat

@SwitchForce You're conflating emulation and piracy, emulation has no part in obtaining illegal copies, it can be used to play them afterwards but that can also be done on original hardware. Playing on original hardware is often the bigger problem, think back to the PS1 or those cards for the DS and even this very article shows the game running on the Switch itself and is the biggest cause of Switch piracy

I emulate many games, either through publishers like Nintendo who sell me emulated games, or the vast amount of roms I have, almost none of which are available to buy anymore and the rest I've bought legitimately anyway

@-wc- I find it hilarious how they say this is why Nintendo hates emulation, all whilst Nintendo sells its customers a literal emulation service on Switch.

Not to mention that the post they're commenting on shows the game on an actual Switch, so emulation has absolutely nothing to do with it.

@Kestrel if anything it encourages exploration and experimentation as this allows you to use them anywhere in the world. Those fans and other things are generally only placed where you actually have to use them

OK that's just gone straight to the very top of the games I'm excited to play

@RetroGames there really isn't, most people are quite normal and don't care about such things but you keep on enjoying your odd fanboy life

@RetroGames as a Sonic and Sega fan, I can honestly say that Mario being successful makes no difference to me whatsoever. Who cares which games or films generate more money? It's not like we're getting any of it.

As for the Mario film, the trailers look pretty fun and I might take my little boy to see it and I really enjoyed the Sonic films

@-wc- I'd agree with that, Metroid Prime looked significantly better than most games that gen and was arguably the best looking, plus it was 60fps too, Star Wars Rogue Leader would be up there for me as well

@Cia the dual stick controls are a big upgrade and I really enjoy the original game, as for the doors they look better now anyway

Great review and an easy 10 for a fantastic remaster of what was already one of the best games ever made, with the only negative being worse motion controls than the Wii and that's entirely down to the hardware anyway. The new controls are great, the visuals are some of the best on Switch and the new doors look better anyway frankly

Just an absolutely brilliant game that's as visually appealing as anything I've played on PS5, which shows that tflops aren't everything

Well yeah they could, Goldeneye has been emulated far better by the community for a decade, you can play 4K60FPS, mouse and keyboard and upscaled text. All without the z fighting issues, poor music, enemies clipping through walls, slowdown, incorrect strafing speed and other issues that the Xbox and NSO versions have.

It's nice to have them but it could have been so much better

Sounds like on Project 64 without the correct RSP or plugin, hopefully they fix this

Well apart from some visual effects being missing and the sound isn't great either with some of the music sounding off, which is very noticable in the pause menu. Hopefully Nintendo fix this as it doesn't look to be a great emulation of it

Well if they're going back to a more Sonic Adventure style world then it makes sense as you wouldn't have the room to use it but it'd be nice to have it in there in some form

These days I almost always go digital, partly as I mainly play on PC and have no choice but mainly because physical is nowhere near as attractive as it used to be.

I love physical for older systems with manuals which are a big part of the experience and the ability to just put a disc or cartridge in and play the game without worrying if it's installed and how often are you actually playing the game that is on that physical media these days? On PS5 for example Ratchet and Clank doesn't even have a 60fps mode on disc, whilst HFW is a blurry mess and the less said about what's on Cyberpunks disc the better. For Xbox you probably dont even have the game on disc at all at times due to smart delivery, this is less of an issue on Switch but still very much there.

So overall I see modern physical games as an inconvenient way of accessing what is essentially a digital library anyway and it always makes me feel sad when opening the box to see no manual

I'd love to see more toon Link, Windwaker is still my favourite Zelda game and Minish Cap is brilliant too. Nintendo should make smaller scale Zelda games alongside the likes of Breath of The Wild

@HotGoomba it's amazing on PSVR, I'm hoping for a PSVR2 update for when I get that

And pretty appalling value compared to the Atari 50th collection and well anything else to be honest. This should have been one cartridge at most

@somnambulance excessive? It may well be a fun game to play but it's hard to ignore that the game looks dreadful and has performance issues

Once again proving how easily people are influenced by a brand rather than the quality of the actual product. This looks to be quite comfortably one of the worst looking major game releases we've seen on any console and whilst graphics certainly aren't everything, this game just looks very poor by any standard.

If people enjoy playing it then great but this level of polish should be unacceptable and especially for a franchise that basically swims in money

This is my favourite game on the PS4, a great game with high replay value

@somnambulance yep, it being short is a strength for me and I've already replayed it many times.

My first console was an Atari 2600 and many great times were had, with such collections there is always going to be the disappointment of missing third party/licensed games sadly. That said there are still plenty of great games on here that are still fun today, Tempest 2000 is a brilliant game in any generation whilst Asteroids, Crystal Castles, Yars Revenge and Millipede will always be fun and the reimagined stuff looks like fun.

My copy comes today and I'm really looking forward to it

How about they start by trying to catch up with the original Xbox.

It'll be a very long time before I consider subbing to NSO again, they're online functionality is truly awful, cloud saves don't work for every game and their drip feed approach to gaming libraries mean I'll probably be dead before we get anything approaching the Gamecube

First of all I've got to say the review on here is ridiculously harsh, granted I've not played the Switch port but short of it being broken I can't come close to seeing where the reviewer is coming from

For me its around an 8 at the moment, the controls are pretty good and just running around as Sonic in the open world is great fun. Some of the dialogue can be a bit dull but quite a bit of it is intriguing and I like what they've done with Robotnik here. So far I'm about half way through the second island and loving it so far