@tourjeff Yeah I know some people got some stuff they wanted, even me, but I looked back and this one rated lower than any other direct from last year but quite a large margin, which it definitely deserved
man i looked back at the directs from last year and they usually rate a good on the highest rating, and this one rated poor for the highest rating. I think it's pretty agreed that it wasn't great.
after that kinda fairly long wait for a normalish direct, it was super boring, only like maybe 1 bigger release from square, even then it wasn't that big.
I'm glad you can destroy everything, but i don't like doing that. It feels like there are so many fun design elements that are fun to also keep in place.
@Ramouz This is an awful way to do pricing. I think there is definitely a limit, but generally over like 10-15 hours of gameplay is a pretty full game. Plenty of slop out there that has tons of repetition to get 100 hours and aren't anywhere near the quality of shorter games.
@Suketoudara Some of them can be fun and the overworld design is kinda fun but the minigames.... they're so generic. Here is a generic putt putt level, oh a scrape off level lets just have them literally scrape off paint, oh a shooting game? Lets put them in blank blue room and shoot red balloons.
Where is the Nintendo charm here? Why are these so devoid?
@TrueBlueYoshi Except all the mini games suck are are devoid of a single shred of character. Would have made way more sense if they did mario party style mini games, would have been more fun to have like actual characters instead of every game being as generic as humanly possible.
@OctolingKing13 I hate them but I will take it over the stupid ones when like youtube updates and they're like "greasing the tubes that your videos go down" and I know someone on their team thinks it's SO CLEVER, but when literally every update is that it's just annoying.
I mean I enjoy some spongebob now and then, but why in the world wouldn't they add other sega IP into the mix? Monkey ball guys, Jetset Radio, crazy taxi, Persona
TBH, it's not anything I would say to buy ever, and it does look mostly like a lazy Unity game but there was atleast some effort put into it by someone. Looks almost like someone was just messing around trying to make a 007 type game then got really into it and made a whole thing. Should have just made it their own idea though rather than using that name.
I wish they nailed the open world a bit better, like switchup had some great suggestions there. The maps in grand pre are super super fun, I just wish though that some didn't repeat. Definitely good 8/10 from me, just like it felt mostly like a normal mario kart game though.
OLED is great, but everything I have seen on devices it usually causes battery life to get worse, and with it already being pretty bleh on switch 2 that was probably part of it. Though TBH switch oled had good life, idk if that just had a bigger battery or what
Is it just me or is the Sekiro/Soulslike genre kind of getting oversaturated. They all seem like well reviewed but like jeesh every company has one and they all look so similiar.
i almost hate these visuals, like they have a bit of the flash game aesthetic. However it looks like they have a lot of love and thought put into them so idk
It is kinda odd, the other games were lightly anime-ish, but kinda felt like their own thing too. This one just went like full anime and i'm not a huge fan.
They had a good way, if they would have just done every single preorder had to initially go through them and do priority that way, it would have been way simpler. I'm sure they could do that and figure out a way to still use partners like targe/walmart/bestbuy for shipping/pickup. That way we don't have the stupid rat race against bots on release day
I bought Yakuza, i'm not super happy about it, i just wanted one physical game and it was really the only one i was interested in that wasn't a pack-in or game i already own
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Re: Surprise! Nintendo Announces Indie World Showcase For Thursday 7th August 2025
Felix needs a Mic man. He's wired up like it's 2005.
Re: Anniversary: No Way Is Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 30 Years Old Already
WHAT IN THE HECK IS THAT COMMERCIAL. I do not remember that one
Re: Best Pokémon Spin-Off Games Of All Time
I would maybe rank snap 64 over the new one but that could just be nostalgia speaking, both are great.
Re: Surprise! Nintendo Announces Indie World Showcase For Thursday 7th August 2025
@sadboy took the words from my mouth. Hope we're proven wrong
Re: Rumour: Three Games Were Pulled From Nintendo's Direct Partner Showcase, According To Veteran Games Journalist
@tourjeff Yeah I know some people got some stuff they wanted, even me, but I looked back and this one rated lower than any other direct from last year but quite a large margin, which it definitely deserved
Re: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase July 2025: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
man i looked back at the directs from last year and they usually rate a good on the highest rating, and this one rated poor for the highest rating. I think it's pretty agreed that it wasn't great.
Re: Reaction: Switch 2 Needed A Partner Showcase With Pep; This Wasn't It
after that kinda fairly long wait for a normalish direct, it was super boring, only like maybe 1 bigger release from square, even then it wasn't that big.
Re: A Brand New Katamari Game Is Coming To Switch
best announcement today, it was all downhill after this
Re: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase Announced For Tomorrow, 31st July 2025
like I'll take it but that's highly disappointing as well
Re: Random: Players Are Completely Destroying Donkey Kong Bananza Levels, Because They Can
@datamonkey lol I had absolutely no idea, thank you!
Re: Random: Players Are Completely Destroying Donkey Kong Bananza Levels, Because They Can
I'm glad you can destroy everything, but i don't like doing that. It feels like there are so many fun design elements that are fun to also keep in place.
Re: Poll: Has Donkey Kong Bananza Made You Feel Ill?
Now and then the camera gets a bit wonky and i get a little crosseyed but nothing big
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Donkey Kong Bananza?
Not without tiny problems but definitely a 10/10 for me. Such a masterclass in platforming games
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2) - Absolutely Smashing, But Can It Beat Mario Odyssey?
@Ramouz This is an awful way to do pricing. I think there is definitely a limit, but generally over like 10-15 hours of gameplay is a pretty full game. Plenty of slop out there that has tons of repetition to get 100 hours and aren't anywhere near the quality of shorter games.
Re: Miyamoto Views Games As 'Products', Not 'Works Of Art', Says Ex-Nintendo Dev
I think maybe just a bad translation of the word "product" and how most of us view that maybe? Because it doesn't sound good lol
Re: Review: Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess (Switch 2) - Tower Defence With A Twist In Capcom's Gorgeous, Yokai-Slaying Hybrid
Honestly idk if it's technically as impressive as something like cyberpunk, but the art design is really really good
Re: Switch 2 Welcome Tour Developer Gets Officially Revealed
@Suketoudara Some of them can be fun and the overworld design is kinda fun but the minigames.... they're so generic. Here is a generic putt putt level, oh a scrape off level lets just have them literally scrape off paint, oh a shooting game? Lets put them in blank blue room and shoot red balloons.
Where is the Nintendo charm here? Why are these so devoid?
Re: Switch 2's Welcome Tour Developer Has Been Revealed
@TrueBlueYoshi Except all the mini games suck are are devoid of a single shred of character. Would have made way more sense if they did mario party style mini games, would have been more fun to have like actual characters instead of every game being as generic as humanly possible.
Re: Front Mission 3: Remake Appears To Replace 2D Art Assets With Generative AI
awful, leave the original
Re: Review: Ruffy And The Riverside (Switch) - An Inventive Platformer That's More Than Copy-Paste
This looks realllllly cool. I think with those cons it should have been a 9 atleast.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Receives Its First Update (Version 1.0.1)
@OctolingKing13 I hate them but I will take it over the stupid ones when like youtube updates and they're like "greasing the tubes that your videos go down" and I know someone on their team thinks it's SO CLEVER, but when literally every update is that it's just annoying.
Re: Sega Knows You Hate Mario Kart's Blue Shells
I mean I enjoy some spongebob now and then, but why in the world wouldn't they add other sega IP into the mix? Monkey ball guys, Jetset Radio, crazy taxi, Persona
Re: UK Charts: There's No Stopping Mario Kart World And Switch 2
man xbox aint sellin anything
Re: Third-Party Launch Games On Switch 2 Reportedly Sold "Very Low Numbers"
I bought yakuza, but i totally get people skipping game key cards too.
Re: PSA: GoldenEye 007 Rip-Off Removed From The PSN Store Resurfaces On Switch eShop
TBH, it's not anything I would say to buy ever, and it does look mostly like a lazy Unity game but there was atleast some effort put into it by someone. Looks almost like someone was just messing around trying to make a 007 type game then got really into it and made a whole thing. Should have just made it their own idea though rather than using that name.
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Switch 2 Box Art Shows Pauline In All Her Glory
so i'm confused if she like gets turned into a rock later in the game or if like this was all literally just fake and that character doesn't exist
Re: A New Goosebumps Game Is Shuffling Onto The Switch This August
I mean it doesn't look great, but doesn't look awful
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Direct Revealed For Wednesday, 18th June 2025
Boooooo wanted a general direct not a DK only one
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast)
for once they all kinda rock, and just are iterations of the same kinda idea. NA pops the most though
Re: What Review Score Would You Give Mario Kart World?
I wish they nailed the open world a bit better, like switchup had some great suggestions there. The maps in grand pre are super super fun, I just wish though that some didn't repeat. Definitely good 8/10 from me, just like it felt mostly like a normal mario kart game though.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy With Switch 2's Screen? Because Some People Certainly Aren't
OLED is great, but everything I have seen on devices it usually causes battery life to get worse, and with it already being pretty bleh on switch 2 that was probably part of it. Though TBH switch oled had good life, idk if that just had a bigger battery or what
Re: Review: No Man's Sky - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - Hello Games' Classic Without Cuts Or Concessions
i've barely played mario kart or yakuza because i picked this up on a whim and it's been so good
Re: Game Freak's Upcoming Action RPG Looks Awesome, But Don't Expect It On Switch 2 Yet
Is it just me or is the Sekiro/Soulslike genre kind of getting oversaturated. They all seem like well reviewed but like jeesh every company has one and they all look so similiar.
Re: No Man's Sky Multiplayer Is Currently Broken On Switch 2, Cross-Saves Also Causing Issues
yeah i tried mine today, immediately disabled and reverted my save after it broke it and i'm back in action thankfully
Re: Zelda: Majora's Mask Artist May Lend His Talents To A New SNES Remake
i almost hate these visuals, like they have a bit of the flash game aesthetic. However it looks like they have a lot of love and thought put into them so idk
Re: Video: "It's Actually...Really Good" - Our Hot 'Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour' Preview Take
I'm glad it's good, but even if it were literally game of the year, it still should have been a pack-in
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Trailer Highlights New Minigames & Tech Demos
As much as I sicken myself for it, i'll probably bite and get it
Re: Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots Has Been Rated By The ESRB
It is kinda odd, the other games were lightly anime-ish, but kinda felt like their own thing too. This one just went like full anime and i'm not a huge fan.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Marvel Vs. Capcom 2: New Age Of Heroes (Dreamcast)
@Polvasti lol if I didn't know better I'd be like "yeah looks like some AI art"
Re: Misc. A Tiny Tale Will Fill The Chibi-Robo-Sized Hole In Your Heart This July
has a very Pikminy vibe
Re: Mario + Rabbids Dev Is Hiring For A New 'AAA' Rayman Game
Would love some more great 3d platformers
Re: Talking Point: The Switch 2 Pre-Order Situation Sucks, But Can Nintendo Do Anything About It?
They had a good way, if they would have just done every single preorder had to initially go through them and do priority that way, it would have been way simpler. I'm sure they could do that and figure out a way to still use partners like targe/walmart/bestbuy for shipping/pickup. That way we don't have the stupid rat race against bots on release day
Re: Review: Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (Switch) - A Cracking Collection Of Top-Class Arcade Fighters
man powerstone was such a cool game, i wanted a dreamcast specifically for it
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Hardware Chip Was Potentially Finalised As Early As 2021
@FormerGameAddict lol yeah honestly. It's kind of a wild choice too since in 4 years quite a bit can change
Re: Opinion: Nintendo's Forgotten The Game With The Most 'Switch 2 Edition' Potential
Along with that, they didn't run awful, but Pikmin 4 at 1080p/4k and 60fps would be such a better experience.
Re: Mini Review: Please, Touch The Artwork 2 (Switch) - Another Absurd Little Art Exhibit
looks really fun
Re: Final Fantasy VII 'Creator's Voice' Implies Rebirth May Also Come To Switch 2
@CutchuSlow wasn't it at the end of the ps4's life though? I may be wrong
Re: Final Fantasy VII 'Creator's Voice' Implies Rebirth May Also Come To Switch 2
I mean it would be weird if it didn't right?
Re: Talking Point: Will You Be Buying Any Game-Key Card Switch 2 Games?
I bought Yakuza, i'm not super happy about it, i just wanted one physical game and it was really the only one i was interested in that wasn't a pack-in or game i already own
Re: TMNT Roguelike 'Splintered Fate' Scores A Totally Bodacious Collector's Edition
@AllBLK I still love them but also I absolutely see how it can easily be abused to make something super lazy