@Indielink I mean they're definitely trying to channel the same roguelike energy as Vampire Survivors, Ballatro, Dead Cells. All different games but different roguelike subgeneres. Those got years and years of support. It's not needed, but I would say 10 months of support, while appreciated, is on the shorter end.
Not sure why they need to leave it as final. Seems like bad PR as it kinda makes it sound like they're abandoning it now, even if it doesn't rule out paid dlc.
@dazzleshell Yeah 100% the main thing the switch 2 needs is a lite version. The current one is so dang giant, it's not like ALL that portable. I really miss my lite, it was just so much more comfortable to use in handheld.
@xmkbest I mean there's definitely a difference between like photoshopping a person to make them look different and using photoshop to move and organize assets around. But i totally get the sentiment. Everything with AI is like this. Going to be like "remember when calling into customer service blew but you actually got a human being? good ol days"
@Milk_ I do agree to an extent. Not everything AI should be immediately bad, it's just when it comes to anything artistic, imo it mostly is. It's got a good handful of practical uses, but also so much investment in like AI videos/picture generation that from my point of view have 0 positive uses other than memes, otehrwise it's all just dangerous amd replacing artists with slop when it comes to that.
I think we could do some interesting theres here to improve AI characters in games, there are some cool use cases here which I don't totally hate what they're doing with that.
Give us 1+2. I never played any of 3 but from what I gathered it was the worst one by far. That could just be some reviewers opinion I saw though so correct me if i'm wrong
@Neckcrane I'd imagine they could get it delisted in most spots maybe? It's crazy that China would just literally not care legally at all but idk how it works.
@HauntedMasque I mean I think with this line of thought you could claim like 99% of things are a waste of money and resources, including posting in comments. Idk how a Yoshi Bucket is what you'd call out though.
The one downside honestly is the visuals for me. They aren't awful but something about them feels like bland ps2 game-ish. Maybe just not my style, not something stopping me from playing though.
@Browt Pokemon Compnay doesn't like Pokemon. Lazy releases like this tell me that much. We're all sitting here wishing they would care enough about it to spend more than like 2 days to make a worthwile re-release
@somnambulance I think it would be, this is a kinda disappointing release that they should have done more on, but also this game is still amazing and fun.
It boggles my mind that they didn't do even the most basic tiny remaster. LIke literally all you had to do was make a widescreen version. Gamefreak is the absolute laziest pokemon dev.
"What should we do for the 30th?"
"Literally just sell the rom who cares"
@HandHeld3fectAce I mean, technically, this should sell far worse. 20 million switch 2s out there vs 150 million switch 1s. Granted some people will definitely upgrade for this I would think still it will sell worse but i'm very very happy they committed rather than doing some janky switch 2 version that's basically the same thing.
Yeah idk what the heck is going on with this lol. Like I kinda sorta enjoy the insanity of it, and the box looks awesome. However, if they released an awsome mini gameboy with pokemon loaded on it, it would have been so much more hype.
@LuigiDude96 I hope graphically it holds up. Legends: Z-A looks good at some points, like the pokemon look great, but most other parts of the world are just graphically bad.
I'm not sure I would have played it myself, but with all the slop live service clones out there, this one sorta looked like it had a bit more of a unique identity/evolution to it, so that's sad it flopped.
@Rice Yeah pacing was the biggest issue. So so so many times it felt like somoene said "okay they need to walk 30 feet over there, how can we drag that out another 30-60 minutes" And sometimes it was in the least ineresting way possible.
The only really okay upside would have been if there was a cool physical realease which, a special edition of would absolutely sell out lol like why????
maybe some people like that? But isn't the most like lauded after thing in games the stealth mode section? Then this game says "what if that's the ENTIRE game"
The trailer was like "hey there are dinosaurs and you basically can't do anything about it!"
@Ironcore Yeah it's kinda odd. I reember being SOOOOO excited for Gold/Silver, I had beaten blue like 30 times. I remember getting it though and never beating it though, idk what happened. I know they're not like bad games or failures either.
@Nabbit01 I wondered if that was just me or not, i click on most of the pikmin stuff so I thought it might have just been that but yeah most days it's around half pikmin content lol
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Re: Talking Point: So, What Did You Think Of The Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Nintendo Direct?
I wish the girl characters weren't all designed like some sleazy fanservice anime, but otherwise looks great.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Mario Superstar Baseball (GameCube)
I have absolutely no idea how someone could like the Japan one more. The NA one kinda rules
Re: Ball X Pit Is Rolling Out Its "Final Free Update" Soon
@Gaymer90 Yeah it depends. I was really into Dead Cells so I loved all the DLC it had, but if you're new to them I agree it's kinda nuts to look at
Re: Ball X Pit Is Rolling Out Its "Final Free Update" Soon
@Indielink I mean they're definitely trying to channel the same roguelike energy as Vampire Survivors, Ballatro, Dead Cells. All different games but different roguelike subgeneres. Those got years and years of support. It's not needed, but I would say 10 months of support, while appreciated, is on the shorter end.
Re: Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2's Resolutions & Frame Rates Revealed
The only thing I want is metal gear solid V. Can i get that
Re: Here's How Final Fantasy X On Switch 2 Compares To Switch 1
Feels like it's just higher resolution and that's all
Re: Ball X Pit Is Rolling Out Its "Final Free Update" Soon
Not sure why they need to leave it as final. Seems like bad PR as it kinda makes it sound like they're abandoning it now, even if it doesn't rule out paid dlc.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Expected To Run At A Minimum Of 30fps On Switch 2
I mean that is the minimum that would be acceptable right???
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Is Reportedly Considering A Switch 2 OLED Model
@dazzleshell Yeah 100% the main thing the switch 2 needs is a lite version. The current one is so dang giant, it's not like ALL that portable. I really miss my lite, it was just so much more comfortable to use in handheld.
Re: Quiz: Can You Tell These N64 Games From The Mangled Box Art?
that was really fun, wish i did better but i'd love to see more of this
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Sonic The Hedgehog 35th Anniversary Switch Showdown
Origins plus is the clear standout
Re: Kingdom Hearts Collection Switch 2 Estimated File Size Revealed
i'm so confused on these naming schemes. If I wanted to play kingdom hearts 2 would I get the 1.5+2.5 or 2.8????
Re: Kingdom Hearts Collection Key Art Has Fans Sleuthing To Work Out If AI Was Used
@xmkbest I mean there's definitely a difference between like photoshopping a person to make them look different and using photoshop to move and organize assets around. But i totally get the sentiment. Everything with AI is like this. Going to be like "remember when calling into customer service blew but you actually got a human being? good ol days"
Re: Kingdom Hearts Collection Key Art Has Fans Sleuthing To Work Out If AI Was Used
Lol dude they can't even be bothered to like use photoshop for 10 minutes
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Direct June 2026 Predictions - What Do You Hope To See?
more Pikmin but also sorta kinda want a Pikmin 4 switch 2 version a lot
Re: Yooka-Laylee Dev Playtonic Seems To Be Teasing Something
Thank god, i've been waiting to play it more, but the 30fps was just kinda distracting.
Re: UK Charts: Pokémon Pokopia Is Starting To Prove Its Staying Power
What I can't believe is that Not only is the lego star wars game there but also flippen lego harry potter is still in the charts
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Mendel Palace
While NA doens't represent anything in reality, it's so bonkers i have to vote for it.
Re: Fox McCloud Blasts Into The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
see now THIS is hype
Re: "New Players Won't Feel Alone" - Square Enix Partners With Google For AI-Powered Dragon Quest Companion
@Milk_ I do agree to an extent. Not everything AI should be immediately bad, it's just when it comes to anything artistic, imo it mostly is. It's got a good handful of practical uses, but also so much investment in like AI videos/picture generation that from my point of view have 0 positive uses other than memes, otehrwise it's all just dangerous amd replacing artists with slop when it comes to that.
I think we could do some interesting theres here to improve AI characters in games, there are some cool use cases here which I don't totally hate what they're doing with that.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (GameCube)
Split between NA and EU cover, the US one is great in a cheesy way, the EU one I think tops it a bit. They made them mutants in Japan though
Re: Shenmue III Enhanced Is Coming To Switch 2, Physical Editions Confirmed
Give us 1+2. I never played any of 3 but from what I gathered it was the worst one by far. That could just be some reviewers opinion I saw though so correct me if i'm wrong
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library This Week
those character models are ugly even by gamecube standards right?
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 22.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@Joeynator3000 Yeah why is this so hard to give us lol
Re: New Survival Game 'Pickmon' Is Just Asking To Be Sued Into Oblivion
I think the best thing going for Nintendo is this looks absolutely awful, like i'm not saying it's AI made but it looks like slop of some sort.
Re: New Survival Game 'Pickmon' Is Just Asking To Be Sued Into Oblivion
@Neckcrane I'd imagine they could get it delisted in most spots maybe? It's crazy that China would just literally not care legally at all but idk how it works.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Tales Of Symphonia (GameCube)
Not much competition, that NA one is just better. Other one looks unfinished compared
Re: Yoshi Popcorn Bucket Announced For The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
@HauntedMasque I mean I think with this line of thought you could claim like 99% of things are a waste of money and resources, including posting in comments. Idk how a Yoshi Bucket is what you'd call out though.
Re: Review: Blue Prince (Switch 2) - A Masterful Mystery, And One Of The Best Puzzlers Ever
The one downside honestly is the visuals for me. They aren't awful but something about them feels like bland ps2 game-ish. Maybe just not my style, not something stopping me from playing though.
Re: Nintendo Direct For The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Announced
Nintendo...... just add this onto another direct.... Nobody asks for these
Re: Review: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen (Switch) - Red-Hot Nostalgia In A So-So Wrapper
@Browt Pokemon Compnay doesn't like Pokemon. Lazy releases like this tell me that much. We're all sitting here wishing they would care enough about it to spend more than like 2 days to make a worthwile re-release
Re: Review: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen (Switch) - Red-Hot Nostalgia In A So-So Wrapper
@somnambulance I think it would be, this is a kinda disappointing release that they should have done more on, but also this game is still amazing and fun.
Re: Review: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen (Switch) - Red-Hot Nostalgia In A So-So Wrapper
It boggles my mind that they didn't do even the most basic tiny remaster. LIke literally all you had to do was make a widescreen version. Gamefreak is the absolute laziest pokemon dev.
"What should we do for the 30th?"
"Literally just sell the rom who cares"
Re: Indie World Showcase Announced For Tomorrow, 3rd March 2026
I mean cool, would have loved more than 15 minutes but cool
Re: Pokémon Winds & Waves Will Be Released "Exclusively" For Switch 2
@HandHeld3fectAce I mean, technically, this should sell far worse. 20 million switch 2s out there vs 150 million switch 1s. Granted some people will definitely upgrade for this I would think still it will sell worse but i'm very very happy they committed rather than doing some janky switch 2 version that's basically the same thing.
Re: Pokémon-Themed Mini Game Boy Announced, Though It's Not What You Think
Yeah idk what the heck is going on with this lol. Like I kinda sorta enjoy the insanity of it, and the box looks awesome. However, if they released an awsome mini gameboy with pokemon loaded on it, it would have been so much more hype.
This is just... odd....
Re: Pokémon Winds & Waves Announced For Switch 2, Launching Next Year
@LuigiDude96 I hope graphically it holds up. Legends: Z-A looks good at some points, like the pokemon look great, but most other parts of the world are just graphically bad.
Re: Party Platformer 'King Of Meat' Bites The Dust Before It Could Make It To Switch
I'm not sure I would have played it myself, but with all the slop live service clones out there, this one sorta looked like it had a bit more of a unique identity/evolution to it, so that's sad it flopped.
Re: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Team Consistently Aiming For 30fps On Switch 2 "Wherever Possible"
@Rice Yeah pacing was the biggest issue. So so so many times it felt like somoene said "okay they need to walk 30 feet over there, how can we drag that out another 30-60 minutes" And sometimes it was in the least ineresting way possible.
Re: "We Thought It Would Be Fun" - Nintendo Explains Why Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Aren't On Switch Online
The only really okay upside would have been if there was a cool physical realease which, a special edition of would absolutely sell out lol like why????
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Gets Nintendo Switch 2 Upgrade, Out Now
FYI in NA it's $40 for digital on amazon and $40 for digital and physical at gamestop
Re: Missed Potential Or A Campy Classic? Switch 2 Exclusive 'Tokyo Scramble' Hasn't Been A Hit
maybe some people like that? But isn't the most like lauded after thing in games the stealth mode section? Then this game says "what if that's the ENTIRE game"
The trailer was like "hey there are dinosaurs and you basically can't do anything about it!"
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Gen 2 Pokémon?
@Ironcore Yeah it's kinda odd. I reember being SOOOOO excited for Gold/Silver, I had beaten blue like 30 times. I remember getting it though and never beating it though, idk what happened. I know they're not like bad games or failures either.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Rayman (GBC)
I feel like the EU version is definitely the worst
Re: Live Out Your British Murder-Mystery Fantasy In 'Clue: Murder By Death' On Switch
love the style on this
Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Unveiled For Switch, Launching In 2026
not a huge fan of the art direction but man am i thankful they went back to 2d
Re: Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Announced For Switch 2 And Switch
Am I the only one super disappointed we don't have Phantom Pain? By far my favorite.
Re: My Nintendo Store Adds A New Virtual Boy Reward (Europe)
Kinda cool. I wish the NA store got stuff in as timely of manner
Re: Poll: So, Should Pokémon Red And Blue Return For The 30th Anniversary?
lol who chose diamond and pearl
Re: Nintendo Today! App Adds A New Widget In Latest Update
@Nabbit01 I wondered if that was just me or not, i click on most of the pikmin stuff so I thought it might have just been that but yeah most days it's around half pikmin content lol