@ScalenePowers Yeah, Mario Maker 3 is a no brainer. I could have seen them doing Mario Maker Deluxe instead of MM2 when Switch launched, but that's not what we got so now it's iterative.
@NatiaAdamo This is an angle that many people ignore when we talk about this. Nintendo clearly screwed Sony over royally, but let's not pretend that they may have had no choice but to do the screwing. Look at Sony today. I love my PlayStations but that company is f***in' evil.
It certainly couldn't be any worse, that's for sure. Switch voice chat is a complete joke, and honestly, getting rid of it entirely would be an improvement.
I'm so excited to revisit this game. The first time I played through, Monster Hunter World came out. And I was so close to the end! But monhun... (Luckily I don't have the proper hardware for Wilds or I'd be screwed this time too!
I expect $399. $499 is my cap but I'll be pissed off if it's that high. I've bought every Nintendo console on launch day save for the NES (because I was five) and I'm not gonna stop now.
@batmanbud2 so the games that were built on the foundation of ALTTP were better? Go figure. Both games started as remakes of ALTTP, and there was over 20 years between ALTTP and ALBW. Are you aware that technology improved in that time? I bet you also prefer Mario Odyssey to Super Mario Bros. Unfortunately we didn't have Odyssey back then.
@MonadoBoy The quest itself starts fine, but if I never see another black liver bean again it will be too soon. And if I do ever see one again then I'll be surprised, because they're so freaking rare
So what? A really untalented developer could make a really terrible Mario game. We already saw what an untalented developer could do with Zelda back in the 90s
I stopped caring about this game ten years ago. I stopped wanting this game when I saw the trailer 7 years ago. At this point I want them to retroactively unrelease the original and I am willing to lose at least some portion of my soul in a black magic ritual to make it happen if necessary.
Where's "The Last Story," Mistwalker? Huh? I got muh Xenoblade Chronicles X, I need more now! (TLS is so underrated, I never hear anyone talk about it.)
Listen guys I gotta' be real, I'm not one of those fps clowns but this thing is like barely running at 0.23 fps for me with long dips into 0.008 fps territory. Something's gotta' give.
@Daniel36 you must've been playing a heavily modded version of Minecraft. All you have to do is take to villagers, move them to your new village, put down some beds and give them food.
They're sort of lined up with Zelda 1 and Zelda 2, which would support my theory that botw and totk are "remakes" of the first two games. First game, Hyrule is in ruins and we rescue Zelda from Ganon. Second game Ganon is reborn and we rescue an ancient Zelda who has been sleeping for thousands of years. There are a lot of discrepancies but the story was just in the instruction booklet anyway.
I guess a lot of people played this as kids, or with their kids, but I bought and played it as an adult. I'm not a Disney guy, I particularly don't care about Mickey, but the art direction and story seemed too compelling for me to miss, despite the middling to poor reviews.
It played like absolute garbage. And I love waggle! It was an unmitigated disaster and I got about 1/3 of the way through it before shelving it permanently. Maybe if I was a die hard Mickey Mouse fan I could have finished it, but the thing was broken. If it had been an original character in an original world we would never get this remake and nobody would care. That said, with all I've read about this game so far, perhaps I'll actually double dip one day.
@ArcticEcho get CrossCode it's incredible. I went about a year where I kept trying to play new games (or games in my backlog) and I couldn't get into any of them. CrossCode broke the curse.
@World fair enough. I think the twist still holds up but I'm def not gonna' try and talk you into playing it. The story kind of takes a back seat to the gameplay anyway and it's a bit tired at this point (and as others have noted the creator is a bit of a jerk)
@World The story is good and was almost universally well received? It's also about the atomic age, so not very 2000s ... Not sure how you "look up" things that are so subjective anyway.
@rjejr The author worked for Nintendo Power in the late 1990s and mentions in the second paragraph that they played the original Metroid when it came out in 1986. I do agree that removing the minimap from BOTW was extremely disappointing.
1 year seems pretty light, but I'm American and up until a few years ago we were putting people away for years just for possessing negligible amounts of marijuana. Potentially life for repeat offenses. Also our prison system isn't for rehabilitation, it's strictly for punishment at best and slavery at worst. We're not the most brutal country by a longshot but we need reform like woah. Most of our prisons are built to generate profit.
Man, we're gonna' have to play as Raiden again aren't we? Oh sure, we'll get to be Zelda for the opening tanker sequence, but right after we beat Olga it's the old switcheroo.
@Gameplay4fun that's odd, I used to carry around a large pocket knife and whenever I would forget it was in my pocket when I went to the DMV or the airport they just made me go and put it in my car... It's been a couple years since then. Should I be expecting a summons?
@John_Deacon According to some Irish beer company the distinction of longest video game titles goes to the Japan only release deep breath Summer-Colored High School Adolescent Record – A Summer At School On An Island Where I Contemplate How The First Day After I Transferred, I Ran Into A Childhood Friend And Was Forced To Join The Journalism Club Where While My Days As A Paparazzi Kid With Great Scoops Made Me Rather Popular Among The Girls, But Strangely My Camera Is Full Of Pan** Shots, And Where My Candid Romance Is Going
But to be fair "The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past And Four Swords" is 12 words long and that's pretty close.
@Xbox_Dashboard I'll grant you that there are some questions regarding the Blizzard stuff but your second point about a "bullseye" is a little strange considering all we know is pyoro's source is that they work for Nintendo of Japan. Beyond that he didn't even know how their own source was getting info so there's not a lot for anyone to go on. The source still seems pretty anonymous to me. Perhaps I'm wrong and this is somehow enough information to single out the true leaker, but I'm pretty sure Nintendo already knew this.
@timp29 people keep saying this but how are you supposed to keep the anonymity of an anonymous source? Schreier has a long track record of journalistic integrity. If he says he made the terms clear I'm inclined to believe him until it's proven otherwise.
Comments 389
Re: Talking Point: Which Switch Game Needs A 'Nintendo Switch 2 Edition' The Most?
@ScalenePowers Yeah, Mario Maker 3 is a no brainer. I could have seen them doing Mario Maker Deluxe instead of MM2 when Switch launched, but that's not what we got so now it's iterative.
Re: Minecraft Is Getting A Graphics Upgrade
@MirrorFate2 it's optional.
Re: Chrono Trigger's Lifetime Sales Have Now Surpassed The Five Million Mark
Could be much higher if they ever rereleased it on consoles. Wouldn't even have to be a remake or remaster.
Re: Random: Hang On, Sony Vet Ken Kutaragi Has A 'SNES PlayStation' Sitting In His Cupboard
@NatiaAdamo This is an angle that many people ignore when we talk about this. Nintendo clearly screwed Sony over royally, but let's not pretend that they may have had no choice but to do the screwing. Look at Sony today. I love my PlayStations but that company is f***in' evil.
Re: Nintendo Joins Cross-Industry Effort 'Accessible Games Initiative' As Founding Member
@flighty I came here to say this. Nintendo is really really bad at accessibility.
Re: Best Xenoblade Chronicles Games Of All Time
@UltimateOtaku91 I love X but it's definitely the worst game in the series.
Re: New Nintendo Patent Hints At Improved Voice Chat On Switch 2
It certainly couldn't be any worse, that's for sure. Switch voice chat is a complete joke, and honestly, getting rid of it entirely would be an improvement.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection 2.0 Update
@JS_Comics in this case, because Konami.
Re: Hands On: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - A Decade On, Mira's Still Got It
I'm so excited to revisit this game. The first time I played through, Monster Hunter World came out. And I was so close to the end! But monhun... (Luckily I don't have the proper hardware for Wilds or I'd be screwed this time too!
Re: Opinion: The Okami Sequel Simply Has To Come To Switch 2
Counterpoint: this is not an opinion, it is a fact!
Re: Don't Worry, Nintendo's Thinking About Affordability With Switch 2 Pricing
I expect $399. $499 is my cap but I'll be pissed off if it's that high. I've bought every Nintendo console on launch day save for the NES (because I was five) and I'm not gonna stop now.
Re: Zelda Dev "Wasn't Too Pleased" About Working On 'A Link To The Past'
@batmanbud2 so the games that were built on the foundation of ALTTP were better? Go figure. Both games started as remakes of ALTTP, and there was over 20 years between ALTTP and ALBW. Are you aware that technology improved in that time? I bet you also prefer Mario Odyssey to Super Mario Bros. Unfortunately we didn't have Odyssey back then.
Re: 'Techno Banter' Is A First-Person Bouncer Simulator All About Keeping The Party Going
I hope it's better than the last game I played where you're a bouncer.
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Metal Poster Pre-Order Bonus Revealed
@rvcolem1 lol that's the last chapter
But also I did the same.
Re: 15 Best Sidequests In Switch Games
@MonadoBoy The quest itself starts fine, but if I never see another black liver bean again it will be too soon. And if I do ever see one again then I'll be surprised, because they're so freaking rare
Re: 15 Best Sidequests In Switch Games
Listen guys, I know we all love Xenoblade Chronicles, but rebuilding colony 6 is horrible.
Re: Banjo-Kazooie Has The Potential To "Rival 3D Mario", Says Ori Dev
So what? A really untalented developer could make a really terrible Mario game. We already saw what an untalented developer could do with Zelda back in the 90s
Re: Feature: Everything You Missed In The Switch 2 Mario Kart Reveal - Characters, Features, Easter Eggs
@Polley001 it's the 9th Mario Kart game and calling it Mario Kart 9 is shorter than any of the "less divisive" options you've laid out.
Re: Rumour: 'Switch 2' Will Reportedly Be Officially Revealed This Thursday
@Dr_Corndog So they're just bringing back the Wii? I can dig it.
Re: Switch 2 'Indentations' Make It Incompatible With Original Switch Dock, Says Genki
@ShaneReactions that's the second time I've seen the word "schtum"
Re: Original Minecraft Creator Has "Basically Announced" A Spiritual Successor
oh cool and maybe Jordan Peterson will make a tower defense game yay
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Crash Nitro Kart (GameCube)
Ewww yucky bleh
Re: Nintendo Switch Finally Surpasses PlayStation 2's Lifetime Sales In The US
@-wc- As the Wii U is one of my favorite consoles of all time, I can get behind that.
Re: Nintendo Switch Finally Surpasses PlayStation 2's Lifetime Sales In The US
@-wc- The PS2's numbers would be more impressive if it wasn't also one of the cheapest DVD players you could get for a few key years.
Re: Michel Ancel Says Beyond Good & Evil 2 Development Issues Due To "Problems Between Managers"
I stopped caring about this game ten years ago. I stopped wanting this game when I saw the trailer 7 years ago. At this point I want them to retroactively unrelease the original and I am willing to lose at least some portion of my soul in a black magic ritual to make it happen if necessary.
Re: The First Review For Fantasian Neo Dimension Is In
@garfreek If you're not aware, all of the locations are hand built dioramas and they're gorgeous.
Re: The First Review For Fantasian Neo Dimension Is In
Where's "The Last Story," Mistwalker? Huh? I got muh Xenoblade Chronicles X, I need more now! (TLS is so underrated, I never hear anyone talk about it.)
Re: Review: Slay The Princess - The Pristine Cut (Switch) – A Brilliant Horror Narrative Hampered By Technical Issues
Listen guys I gotta' be real, I'm not one of those fps clowns but this thing is like barely running at 0.23 fps for me with long dips into 0.008 fps territory. Something's gotta' give.
Re: Feature: "We Tested 60fps In Pre-Production, But The Smoothness Felt Unnatural"
lmfao I knew people would still be in the comments complaining about the framerate.
Re: Minecraft Live Returns Later This Month With News, Updates And Much More
@Daniel36 you must've been playing a heavily modded version of Minecraft. All you have to do is take to villagers, move them to your new village, put down some beds and give them food.
Re: Mini Review: Sunsoft Is Back! Retro Game Selection (Switch) - An Intriguing But Limited Slice Of History
Batman please
Re: Zelda Timeline Featuring Breath Of The Wild And Tears Of The Kingdom Spotted
They're sort of lined up with Zelda 1 and Zelda 2, which would support my theory that botw and totk are "remakes" of the first two games. First game, Hyrule is in ruins and we rescue Zelda from Ganon. Second game Ganon is reborn and we rescue an ancient Zelda who has been sleeping for thousands of years. There are a lot of discrepancies but the story was just in the instruction booklet anyway.
Re: Hands On: Epic Mickey: Rebrushed - A Fresh Coat Of Paint For A Once-Flawed Platformer
I guess a lot of people played this as kids, or with their kids, but I bought and played it as an adult. I'm not a Disney guy, I particularly don't care about Mickey, but the art direction and story seemed too compelling for me to miss, despite the middling to poor reviews.
It played like absolute garbage. And I love waggle! It was an unmitigated disaster and I got about 1/3 of the way through it before shelving it permanently. Maybe if I was a die hard Mickey Mouse fan I could have finished it, but the thing was broken. If it had been an original character in an original world we would never get this remake and nobody would care.
That said, with all I've read about this game so far, perhaps I'll actually double dip one day.
Re: CrossCode Devs Announce A Brand New Action RPG, And It Looks Stunning
@ArcticEcho get CrossCode it's incredible. I went about a year where I kept trying to play new games (or games in my backlog) and I couldn't get into any of them. CrossCode broke the curse.
Re: Braid: Anniversary Edition Sales Have Been "Utterly Terrible", Says Creator
@World fair enough. I think the twist still holds up but I'm def not gonna' try and talk you into playing it. The story kind of takes a back seat to the gameplay anyway and it's a bit tired at this point (and as others have noted the creator is a bit of a jerk)
Re: Braid: Anniversary Edition Sales Have Been "Utterly Terrible", Says Creator
@World The story is good and was almost universally well received? It's also about the atomic age, so not very 2000s ... Not sure how you "look up" things that are so subjective anyway.
Re: Soapbox: Why I Love A Good Map, And That Time I Mapped Yoshi's Melons For Nintendo Power
@rjejr The author worked for Nintendo Power in the late 1990s and mentions in the second paragraph that they played the original Metroid when it came out in 1986. I do agree that removing the minimap from BOTW was extremely disappointing.
Re: Nintendo Live Threat Culprit Sentenced To One Year In Prison
1 year seems pretty light, but I'm American and up until a few years ago we were putting people away for years just for possessing negligible amounts of marijuana. Potentially life for repeat offenses. Also our prison system isn't for rehabilitation, it's strictly for punishment at best and slavery at worst. We're not the most brutal country by a longshot but we need reform like woah. Most of our prisons are built to generate profit.
Re: Rumour: 'Tales Of Xillia Remastered' Switch Release Spotted Online
I figured they'd do Symphonia first, it's a masterpiece. I'd love to have it playable on the Switch.
Re: Link Will Be Playable In Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom, According To New ESRB Rating
Man, we're gonna' have to play as Raiden again aren't we? Oh sure, we'll get to be Zelda for the opening tanker sequence, but right after we beat Olga it's the old switcheroo.
Re: Random: Zelda Fan Jailed For Carrying Small Master Sword Replica
@Gameplay4fun that's odd, I used to carry around a large pocket knife and whenever I would forget it was in my pocket when I went to the DMV or the airport they just made me go and put it in my car... It's been a couple years since then. Should I be expecting a summons?
Re: Random: Artist Reimagines Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Scene With TOTK-Inspired Visuals
@SillyG Reddit has sections of it that are quite lovely though. On that note, does 8chan still exist? Because I'd vote for 8chan.
Re: Random: Zelda Fan Jailed For Carrying Small Master Sword Replica
Meanwhile, over here in America...
Re: Hands On: 'Reggie: The Game' Is A Promising, Gravity-Defying Platformer That Oozes Charm
@John_Deacon According to some Irish beer company the distinction of longest video game titles goes to the Japan only release deep breath
Summer-Colored High School Adolescent Record – A Summer At School On An Island Where I Contemplate How The First Day After I Transferred, I Ran Into A Childhood Friend And Was Forced To Join The Journalism Club Where While My Days As A Paparazzi Kid With Great Scoops Made Me Rather Popular Among The Girls, But Strangely My Camera Is Full Of Pan** Shots, And Where My Candid Romance Is Going
But to be fair "The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past And Four Swords" is 12 words long and that's pretty close.
Re: Hands On: 'Reggie: The Game' Is A Promising, Gravity-Defying Platformer That Oozes Charm
@OorWullie dammit you beat me to it
Re: Hands On: 'Reggie: The Game' Is A Promising, Gravity-Defying Platformer That Oozes Charm
My body is ready
Re: Leaker 'Pyoro' Locks Account After Claiming Their Source Works For Nintendo
@Xbox_Dashboard I'll grant you that there are some questions regarding the Blizzard stuff but your second point about a "bullseye" is a little strange considering all we know is pyoro's source is that they work for Nintendo of Japan. Beyond that he didn't even know how their own source was getting info so there's not a lot for anyone to go on. The source still seems pretty anonymous to me. Perhaps I'm wrong and this is somehow enough information to single out the true leaker, but I'm pretty sure Nintendo already knew this.
Re: Leaker 'Pyoro' Locks Account After Claiming Their Source Works For Nintendo
@graviton has he reveled pyoro's identity? Pyoro's contact's identity? Seems like they're still quite anonymous to me.
Re: Leaker 'Pyoro' Locks Account After Claiming Their Source Works For Nintendo
@Xbox_Dashboard Examples?
Re: Leaker 'Pyoro' Locks Account After Claiming Their Source Works For Nintendo
@timp29 people keep saying this but how are you supposed to keep the anonymity of an anonymous source? Schreier has a long track record of journalistic integrity. If he says he made the terms clear I'm inclined to believe him until it's proven otherwise.