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What I miss are games that do not force you to go through a ton of tutorials about every single detail in them (even the secondary or easy to figure out parts). This became a trend in part because manuals stopped being a thing.

As the gaming press likes to call ripoffs: it is actually a "love letter" to Ghostbusters. Or, a "homage". Or, "inspired by".

Props for stuff like the hanging picture on the wall or the bones on the table being actually drawn, and not lazily rotated sprites like some "nes style" games do.
(last two screenshots)

PS - I saw from the trailer that there are still rotated sprites on certain elements of gameplay, but at least this seems to be minimal, comparing to the rest. Character animations for example still seem to be frame by frame pixel animation.

The best-sounding most unbelievable soundtrack on SNES is

"Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge"

Here's a YT playlist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Q0s95SRXM&list=PL224CFF3B77A60C49

It's like a Jazz Band is playing inside the game cart. Even the High Scores List soundtrack is excellent wtf..

[doesn't require an external power source]

So how does it work for playing on gaming consoles? (Switch, PS4/5 etc)
It draws power from the mini-HDMI cable?

..now watch the video again, but this time turn off the audio and forget about the shameless attempt at hijacking of the excellent Zelda games name. The effortless riding on one of the best franchise names in gaming history. What is left is just some generic-looking bland mess.

Why is it not even being sued by the aggressive Nintendo company? Because it is not even close to a Zelda game.. So why treat it as if it was..?

Old pixel-art aesthetics looked better imho..
https://youtu.be/SZWtgfmBJys?t=13914

I remember giving up playing the original one because of too many glitches, like getting stuck on parts of the scenery or some other mildly annoying stuff/bugs.

But I wanted to play it because I liked the aesthetics and game style.

So hopefully this port is free of those minor annoyances, and I can finally enjoy it.

In this game the over simplified and meaningless battles are just a repetitive nuisance. Why include them at all..

Instead of 4K, it would be much nicer to have a stronger Switch that would just improve framerates all around for the same games.

That way the playerbase would not be divided at all.

Like when one upgrades a gaming PC's graphics card.
Same games, but smoother gameplay. And maybe enable antialiasing for the ones that already could run at 60fps on the regular Switch.

Thank god for not-rogue-like.

The theme of ANY game has nothing to do with the Quality of it.
Devs are free to take their chances and gamers are free to choose where to spend their money.
Worst article I ever read here on Nintendo Life. Prejudiced biased opinion is not news material.

One of the benefits of making a system-exclusive game is supposed to be the ability to optimize the game for it..

Who is the reviewer? Other reviews have the reviewer's bio at the end, but not this one..?

Not going to debate whether or not the result was well executed or not but..

Funny how Pokemon Company hates being copied, yet copying other's creative style is totally ok.

@Zippers
Exactly. It is not like the stuff being sold alters gameplay or gives unfair advantages to whoever pays for it. It is just optional aesthetic stuff and on top of that, made by the person selling them.

I hope they don't Super Mario 1, 2, 3, World and Land all into "New Super Mario" style.

Physical Edition with bonus Replicant figures please.

@Zyph
Agreed. But in this specific case, and if you still would enjoy having the physical release.. the japanese physical version is 1.03 out of the box. At least the one I got is. The japanese release was delayed so many times, so I think that the initial version of thr game was never even printed.

Why no gameplay video and not even gameplay screens, in an article about the release of a game..

@misterflipnote

Thanks for mentioning that; I looked it up and learned something new.

That said, the wikipedia article itself funnily enough says:

""Poe's Law applies to more and more internet interactions." The article gave examples of cases involving 4chan and the Trump administration where there were deliberate ambiguities over whether something was serious or intended as a parody, where people were using Poe's Law as "a refuge" to camouflage beliefs that would otherwise be considered unacceptable."

So yeah we will never know if this whining about pokemon is serious.

Lol. Cute spoiled brats.

@thiswaynow
The game itself is good. But, in portable mode at least, there are slowdowns all the time. People who say they do not notice it are being too generous. BUT, the slowdowns are not erratic, it is like a constant mild sluggishness for a few seconds mostly whenever you transition from an indoor area to the outdoors. Not game-breaking and not really unnerving stuff, but definitely pretty much noticeable, and happens all the time.

+1 for physical release (fully patched if possible)

@BlueOcean
NL needs the clickz

@vio
Watching the video and seeing all the messups they managed to do on the porting I was involuntarily laughing in disbelief. How the hell can a "professional team" make this kind of mess and release it lol.

@frabbit
They probably took care of that part and made it comfortable; I believe the main problem is going to be it quickly wearing down around the edges, losing whatever coating is over the base plastic probably, leaving it exposed. Similar to what happens on eBook/Kindle covers for example, that are always worn out at the edges and stop looking good pretty soon.

@Matroska
Yes of course I am aware of all that. I think I did not get my point across. What I meant was more like.. at that whole offline starting era in game's history, games were much more of a closed thing (no Unity/Unreal, no data mining, no widespread and social internet). So it was almost as if the cartridges had definite, unchangeable, tangible content. In the player's imaginations. Kind of a difficult idea to explain really..

@melwheezy
Switch makes much more sense for the devs of course. But I would love getting to play this with good 3D effects like the Mighty Switch Force games have on 3DS. This will never be a reality though.

Awesome stuff like this is lost forever now sadly.
Nowadays with all the online patching and dlc and modding and so on.. it is a different era. Games are ever changing, not solidly set in stone like the unpatchable cartridges/CDs of old.

"strong art design that stands easily alongside that of Journey or even the mighty ICO"
A bit over enthusiastic there maybe.

@nintendolie
Exactly. This is beyond believable. Even after it's dead they still want to avoid it being modded lol.

@Kriven
But would you be ok playing the same 16-bit games and miss out on anything that came after that? PS1-2-3-4, N64-Gamecube-Wii-WiiU-DS-3DS, VR headsets, etc etc? Hardware makers are huge companies wanting to make a profit. They keep pushing forward because they want people to buy the next hardware, but they need to put that hardware to use hence the new games..
It is a pretty difficult situation to define as "good" or "bad "all in all.

@Kriven
I get what you are saying and I honestly think those are all valid points from a consumer's perspective in the immediate and short terms. But also there is the matter that competition drives technology/improvements forward.
Imagine all we had was a single platform, say the gaming PCs in the 90s that did not even have a 3D-graphics card, and still used CDs (600mb size)... we would be stuck with that until now.
Competition from various different angles is what keeps content evolving.

Then you may reply "competing PC makers would make better PCs where the games run better". Well the truth is if the consumers could enjoy the exact same games, and have all the same experiences, on their existing PCs the majority would not bother getting a new PC.

That is why ultra-resolution TVs are taking decades to break into the market. That is also why PS4 Pro is a tiny fraction of the market. Or super top of the line graphics cards take years to be put to use. People just won't spend hard-earned money on new hardware unless they feel they NEED to.

If someone NEEDS the Switch for playing Smash Bros, he/she WILL skip expensive lunch meals, or drinking at bars, or buying new clothes, to make money for the Switch.

So as I said, as a consumer I agree with you; right now I have sold my Switch because I needed the money for real life stuff, and I have a pile of games stored back home that I CANNOT play, even though I do have a PC and a 3DS. Does it feel bad? Yes it does. I wanna go on playing my Zelda and my Closed Nightmare cards.

@PBandSmelly
Yes I smiled when I saw Invader Zim in there. I don't know if it is a good or a bad thing it got cancelled after a short time. Because 99% of what was made available is awesome stuff. Maybe quality would inevitably go down at some point. What is out there is mostly gold.

@JayJ
Walking simulators are entirely dependend on the content, like a book. If the content appeals to you it is very enjoyable, if the content is not the kind of thing that grabs your attention it is just a dull pointless waste of time.

I want to know people's honest opinion.. if Nintendo released Breath of the Wild on Xbox would you be happy or mad? Really curious if people are open to cross-platform or just wishing everything comes to the Switch.

I am pretty sure the narrator on the trailer above is the same guy from the House of the Dead Overkill game (he narrates not only the trailers on that one, but the whole game too). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tF6oUhDpnA

@Shadowmoon522
"Nintendo DSi (incl. XL) only had one, got stolen by a druggie who is now dead."
Hm

I am so glad (most) news media have gone past the "games make people into murderers" nonsense; and now people understand that originally stupid people are at fault, and not the other way around. 10 years ago the headline would have been "Pokemon Go on the verge of causing major car disasters"

@Shadowmoon522
Except when you are playing Carmageddon; in that case that is when the fun begins I guess.

@Gerald
Nintendo could offer an official trade-in service like that. You ship them only the main body unit and they ship you the new one back at a minimal fee enough to cover their costs.

@Viision11
I played for a bit on PC some years ago, and I really enjoyed how you don't (didn't?) need to form a group before going to do the missions, it was all very fluid. Like say you are a villain, and you get a mission to go blow up 20 police cars in a certain area. You could just head there and start blowing the cars and the counter would start 01/20, 02/20 and so on.. but if another villain player joined the action the kills would stack up for both, and so on.

This makes it ideal for quick sessions without compromise, no need to make a lot of preparations and matching free time with your fixed group of friends etc. I might pick this up on Switch because of that.

The video from 2:55 to 3:00 lol

"new standard Switch is believed to increase the current Switch's 2.5 - 6.5 hour battery life to 4.5 - 9 hours. It's also running an updated 'Mariko' version of the Tegra X1 chip"

Why mislead people and make it sound like Nintendo did something separate specifically to increase battery life? It is increased BECAUSE of the new chip as a bonus.

Telling the truth plain and simple is always better:

"new standard Switch is running an updated 'Mariko' version of the Tegra X1 chip. One of the side benefits of that is, this will increase the current Switch's 2.5 - 6.5 hour battery life to 4.5 - 9 hours. "

As others already pointed out here and in other communities, the change to the updated chip is due to it being the new in-production model, that's it. AND, the old one has a hardware flaw that made it hackable and Nintendo is of course happy to get rid of that problem.

I agree and am glad it ended up as a good thing to end users (expanded battery life).
But is Nintendo doing this for that purpose, or because the previous first gen chip is hackable? I mean they could continue using the old one for cheaper because it is last gen for nVidia and up their profits, couldn't they?
I'm glad this time a Company's interests met 100% with the consumer's. That's rare.

@Kwehst
Yeah also nobody is counting the double personality types. And the ones who lead double lives. Oh the madness.

@dimi
I would say yes. That is a way of increasing numbers "without lying".