countzero

@MadmanMike @Sabrewing The missing music is a really weird decision, but you can turn it back on in the options menu.

I think Nintendo backed themselves into a corner here. Without having much actual knowledge about the market, there seem to be very few companies actually making the sticks for gamepads. You can buy PS4 replacement sticks and put them in a Xbox One or Switch Pro Controller, because everybody is using the same parts.

With the smaller form factor of the Joycons Nintendo probably has even less choices for suppliers. If their supplier can't solve the drift issue, the only option they have is to make bigger Joycons that use the regular sticks.

Kind of off topic, because the Virtual Boy isn't really a VR console, but the new Battlezone game from 2017 is pretty good, especially in VR.

I like international cover but the Japanese one is just too cool to not vote for it.

I could rant about what I hated in Other M's story for an hour, but gameplay-wise it was awesome. The only complaint I have is switching to first person to fire missiles. Overall it's a neat mechanic but it is really annoying during boss battles.

Also it is the second best looking game on the Wii that I've played (best one is Mario Galaxy) and some aspects of the story were interesting (especially the main villain).

@impurekind What you have to keep in mind about Super Mario All Stars:.

Back then, emulating or even porting an NES game to the SNES wasn't even an option. Every time a game came out on a new platform in the 80s and early 90s, it was basically a new game built from the ground up.

If you have to make a new game anyway, using sprites and music from the original version doesn't save you much time.

Also while I appreciate the effort that went into it, I'm not perfectly happy with the decisions they made. The art in particular looks a bit generic compared to the originals and having both options on a modern system with save states and stuff, I usually play the NES versions.

@doctorhino It's rumored that they will sell the games individually on the eShop after March 31st. I think that's pretty likely.

@timp29 Looks like Art Deco is back in style. First those old school "Edison Light bulbs" turn up everywhere and now this font. I think they used it in Mario Odyssey as well, at least in the New Donk City level.

So far I haven't played a game published by Annapurna that I didn't like. From the list I have played Gorogoa, What remains of Edith Finch, Florence and Sayonara Wild Hearts and all of them were excellent. I would recommend to play Florence on a phone, because that's how it was intended.

@neufel The other 2D stuff, like trees and coins, looks upgraded as well, but it would have been cool if they ported the DS version instead, which had proper 3D models for this stuff.

For everyone interested that thinks 15€ is a bit much, the game currently costs 2,69€ on Steam. Even the non discounted price is a lot lower (5 or 6€ I think).

@Bunkerneath Yeah, I saw a Twitter poll a few weeks ago asking if you would prefer to live in "Idiocracy" or "1984" and 30% voted for the latter.

@emayekayee That's another thing. Why are they called "Bells" in the first place? That's clearly a star on the bag. In German they are even called "Sternis", with Stern translating to star.

@patbacknitro18 No, Apple banned Fortnite for violating the rules on purpose and Epic new with out a doubt that this would happen.

@Ralizah I have only played one game in the series, Hyperdinension Neptunia Re;Birth1,and as far as I remember it had the same issues. Poor visuals and bad performance, even though I was playing on PC.

@Mince so you didn't like them even before this article? Steamworld Quest was a Switch Exclusive (+ PC and Stadia). Or is it just when it's an exclusive on a platform you don't own?

It is probably my favorite SNES game but it was also my first, so that's likely a big part of it.

I think it is the first modern Nintendo game. It has a proper intro and tutorial at the beginning (Super Mario World had some Text explanations, but they were pretty shallow and also only available in English while Yoshi's Island was localised in several languages). It is relatively easy to beat but hard to 100%.

I beat it countless times but I think I never 100%ed anything besides the first world and haven't even beaten the bonus level.

@RidzPlays I'm not 100% sure but I think screenshots are always in 720p and all the take photo button does is remove the UI and then trigger the normal screenshit function.

@Moistnado I know what you mean. So far I have bought them once. Used one for Astral Chain and later that year they released Link's Awakening, Luigis Mansion and Pokémon so I was sure that I would buy at least one of them.

When I decided to buy Paper Mario I briefly considered buying it with a coupon but there is no game on the horizon that interests me that is confirmed for release in the next 12 month.

Worst case would be that Metroid, BotW 2 and Bayonetta 3 a get released on holidays 2021 and the coupon expires in summer.

@OorWullie considering that the developer said it would probably never run on the Switch when the PC version was released it seems to run quite well.

It has higher system requirements than you would assume when looking at it because it was built entirely with HTML5 and other web technologies which isn't the most efficient for a game in terms of performance.

My biggest problem is that random villagers just move into empty houses so fast. Last time a villager moved out they left on day 1, on day 2 the house was empty, on day 3 I didn't have time to play and on day 4 a new one had already moved in.

Without new villagers to meet the mistery island tours are pretty bland because most islands have nothing special on them.

The puzzle island event some time ago was pretty fun. I wish we would get more of those.

I don't remember what I played on the 3DS on 2013 but for the WiiU it was horrible. Not the entire year but the period from holidays 2012 to holidays 2013. We got a pretty good launch lineup, then nothing for months, than Lego City Undercover in spring than nothing again until Pikmin 3 in summer and than another period of nothing until the Holidays were we finally got some good games like Rayman Legends and 3D World.

I just wanted to stress that Joy Con drift and Pro Controller drift are not the same! On the Joy Con Nintendo uses cheaper sticks that as far as we know will eventually wear out a lot faster than they should. They probably chose them because of the smaller size and not to save money, but still the way they handle this is unacceptable.

On the Pro Controller however they use the same analog sticks as everyone else. That's the reason why the person who wrote the repair guide posted by @wert303b was able to use PS4 replacement sticks to repair his controller. So drift issues should be a lot less common and the same as on other consoles.

@X68000 If they put everything in the code from day one and just require an online check when it is unlocked, data miners would have already found and spoiled it all.

Also Nintendo has done this "release a base version and add stuff in for free over time to keep interest up" strategy for a while now. I think it started with the first Splatoon.

@Grot Not giving money to Tencent will get pretty hard. It is funny that they always get mentioned in association with Epic (or to hate on Platinum Games for their, admittedly badly handled, Kickstarter) but nobody seems to care that they also own shares from ActivisionBlizzard, Ubisoft, Paradox or Frontier among others.

Did you know they make movies, too? I hope you didn't watch Wonder Woman, Terminator: Dark Fate or are planning to see Top Gun: Maverick.

@Sean161 I watched a video recently were someone made an argument that the Pod Race is a great example of visual storytelling that shows that George Lucas is actually a pretty decent director. The real issue with the prequels is that he isn't a very good script writer.

How do you play a game like this without analogue triggers? Does it provide any alternative (like, IDK, using the right stick for gas maybe)?

I’m not saying it's unplayable with digital gas and breaks, but it would be another downside compared to the other plattforms.

@KayFiOS Nintendo has got you covered:

"If you’re concerned about making too much noise, simply just bending your knees or moving your arms are also available ways to jump rope and get your body moving."

@SyFyTy You sometimes get an island with a bunch of rocks in the middle that always give you bells, or an island that has different fruit than your home island. Also every island has coconuts which you normally also can't find on your own island.

Nook Mile Tickets are also a fast way to convert Nook miles into bells, because you can sell them at the store. You get more if you sell Bell Vouchers but it takes a long time to print several vouchers at once.

@Jalashek It has some platforming elements but it is more like an action RPG, so the better comparison would be Secret of Mana.

Such a great game! I should really go back to it, but I found it quite hard. So I'm afraid that it will kick my ass now that I haven't played it for several months

@SkullDragr It's funny to me that you can find a lot of conservative politicians in Europe that are more "socialist" than the so called "socialists" of the US Democrats.

Last time I checked Europe wasn't a communist hellscape, even if some people in the US want you to think that.

@Morshufan1 yeah, I wasn't sure myself if he was serious in his first comment, but reading all of them its pretty obvious.

@DWWM You sometimes get DAL items in the mail as a thank you for flying with them. I don't have the mug, but I did get a tshirt and sleeping mask so far.

With the game been completely 2D there shouldn't be any differences in performance, resolution and framerate between platforms, right? I want to buy it on Switch but only if it runs well.

@TechaNinja I can't speak for @Aurumonado but personally I liked Pirate's Curse more as well. The biggest difference is that Pirate's Curse is an open world/Metroidvania game while 1/2 Genie Hero has a world map with separate levels and feels a lot more linear in general. It still has exploration elements but it feels scaled back a lot.

@neppan I don't understand this mindset. If you bought the console JUST for those games why not wait until at least some of them are actually available before you buy?

So the "Tamagotchi" aspect of Project Mirai is missing completely, right?

It was both cute and annoying (and a little creepy, considering you could dress up a Chibi Miko in sexy clothing) so I'm not sure if it's good or bad

I played the demo and totally sucked at it despite playing a ton of Project Mirai a few years ago. Played around with the latency settings but didn't get really satisfing results. Thankfully it worked perfectly without any fiddling in handheld mode.

Did those of you played it on PS4 have any issues with input latency?

@ShadJV I'm pretty sure the next console will be to the Switch what the 3DS was to the DS. Basically the same form factor, improved performance, very likely backwards compatible.

I'm just curious what the new gimmick will be, because every Nintendo console needs one of those. I'm not complaining BTW, it's just that sometimes it works (Wii, DS, Switch) and sometimes it doesn't (WiiU, 3DS).

@Xansies Gamepass is available on PC as well. It doesn't have all the games from the Xbox version but all of Microsoft's own games will come to both.

@YANDMAN But when they are planning to release the finished engine at the end of 2021 we will have to wait for games that are truly using the tech, instead of just being ported over from Unreal Engine 4, until at least 2023.

@stevenw45 as I understand it this glitch requires local multiplayer. You just have to create two additional local accounts on your switch and can do it by yourself with a second controller.

@Moistnado Other M was such a conflicting game

Overall I probably liked it more than most people, but every great thing about it came with a catch.

I loved a more story focused Metroid game but the writing was pretty bad (I did find the main villain pretty interesting however).

It was cool to find out more about Samus` past, but her characterisation was weak.

The gameplay was very solid, but they made some weird design decisions (that boss fight were you had to constantly switch to first person to shot missiles made me pull my hair out).

It is also a technical masterpiece! I have never seen a game before or since, that transitions so seamlessly between pre-rendered cutscenes and in-engine graphics.

7/10
I struggled a bit with the wording on some of the questions (what the heck is a dungaree )

Good thing I read so many articles about the game or I would have gotten the names wrong, because I don’t play the game in English.

I think the only character I have encountered so far that does have the same name as in the English version is Tom Nook himself.

Touch controls worked well enough on the 3DS with a stylus. On the Switch with its capacitive touch screen it would probably suck. I tried playing a Picross game on my phone once and it was a horrible experience.

My problems are that resistive touch screens are a lot more precise and using my finger instead of a stylus covers up too much of the screen. The kind of stylus you can use with the switch is still a lot thicker then the (3)DS ones so that doesn't help me a lot, either.

That's a nice change. I have seen so many games that have very nice cover art that is not representing the in game graphics in any way.

@Hordak As far as I know you can only get four types of fruit with regular gameplay.

The fruit that is native to your island.
Coconuts
A second type of fruit with Nook Mile Tickets
Bamboo shoots from Bamboo Islands with Nook Mile Tickets

To get any other fruit you have to trade with other players. Also sometimes your mom sends you fruit in the mail.

@hbkay That isn't really a fair comparison, the Gamecube version is basically a port of the Japan only N64 game.

@CroRock I haven't seen that one, but I have a different issue. Sometimes there are fruit on a tree but they don't drop no matter how much I shake the tree.

@tylerryan79 The problem is too many sick people at once overwhelming the hospitals. If you get in a car accident tomorrow and you can't be helped because all the intensive care hospital beds are already occupied by people having Covid-19 you will probably think differently about this.