DQ3 is one of the most influential games of all time easily, especially within the JRPG scene, it paves the path for the standard for RPGs even for games you wouldn't expect (Dark Souls is notable example).
I'm glad that Square is reminding us that they haven't given up on this remake along with DQXII.
If the speculation is correct and they're remaking the whole Erdrick trilogy instead of just 3, then that would explain why we've been waiting so long. It would make sense given how long we've been waiting since the initial reveal, not to mention Square Enix teased on twitter "The Legend of Erdrick draws near" with the symbol or Erdrick and didn't specify a numbered entry.
Personally I wouldn't mind if it's just 3 as long as they include the additional content from the remakes like the pachisi board and extra postgame dungeons, I just want there to finally be a definitive way to play the trilogy, the mobile/switch remakes are inexcusable and lazily made. If you want a better way to experience the trilogy, skip the mobile/switch versions and instead emulate either the super famicom fan translation of 3 or the GBC version.
I'm not trying to judge how sakurai stores his games but I couldn't help wincing seeing them outside of their cases. The boxes are an important part for me, they're a big part of the charm of video games as a whole.
Only fanboys will defend this, the dismissal of this lawsuit is a loss for the consumer letting Nintendo know that they don't have to strive for quality hardware and can get away with it. People seem to forget that we only got free joycon repairs (At least in the US) because of the lawsuit.
I won't be surprised if this issue is also present in the 'Switch 2'.
If the people actually wanted to play the game they would've downloaded the fan-translation instead of begging for a localization all these years.
Nintendo fans aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.
Why does everyone assume the next console is Switch 2? It could be something else entirely.
It could, but considering how massive of a success the Switch has been, it's incredibly unlikely and would honestly be foolish on Nintendo's part to do so.
You don't ow anyone anything as a fan, no one is obligated to play every single entry in a series they like nor are they obligated to own every single piece of hardware made by a company they buy from.
For a game that somehow required an extra ten bucks despite a load of recycled assets, you think they would have been able to spend proper development time patching all these holes pre-launch. Don't get me wrong, I've exploited them, but have never seen a Nintendo game this open to it
Ah yes a game isn't allowed to have a single glitch or exploit or else it's rushed and unfinished.
I was kinda of expecting more for the 20th anniversary, a simple poll and merch (via the website) doesn't seem so special.
Hopefully theres more interesting things down the line as they said but as of now the 20th anniversary for one of my favorite series is off to a pretty underwhelming start.
@Astral-Grain It quite literally isn't subjective as you can actually go out of your way to measure the framerate of the games yourselves, digital foundry and a multitude of other youtube channels do it themselves.
People like @Dazman can pretend to not notice it but that doesn't change the fact that the issue is still present.
What is subjective is how "playable" it is as you mentioned it.
In the anecdotal example you gave me you could just argue that your ability to play the game wasn't hindered that much if at all was because that the framerate issues for TOTK aren't nearly nearly as bad compared to Scarlet/Violet and even to an extent DQM3's. For this entry the framerate issues are plain as day especially in the open world areas.
Look I don't mean to come off as snarky or condescending, I just don't know how else to word this; but I think this is just due to you and a lot of other switch players having much lower standards than the average person, because only on a nintendo forumn would this ever be a discussion about how good a games framerate needs to be and other people justifying it.
I played my fair share of games too with framerate issues and still very much enjoyed them (SMT V, MH Stories 2, XC2), but I would be lying to say that I was disappointed by those aspects in the games and would be delusional to say I didn't derserve better as a consumer.
I play in handheld and it works fine. Probably you're playing it docked?
It has frame drops for both docked and handheld mode, you either don't notice it (though I don't see how considering how prevelant it is) or are just used to it.
Also why is "I didn't experience it msyelf therefore it doesn't exist" such a common defense on this site?
You aren't the only person in the world and this has no substance so you just make yourself look like a shill.
There are multiple people here that pointed it out, even on the review on this site and there are performance reviews you can look on youtube.
The framerate is a huge issue that needs to be addressed.
So the dlc of a rushed game that runs like garbage also runs equally as bad if not worse? No surprise there.
But then again pokemon fans defended the main game so I shouldn't be surprised.
This makes me even more glad I dropped pokemon years ago as a franchise.
I feel like Banjo only won first place due to nostalgia and not the actual quality of the trailer. Sure it was funny but it was just a continuation off of K Rool's trailer and they just threw a jiggy and you immediately knew who it was.
Sephiroths trailer had way more effort put into it and got me excited despite me never touching a Final Fantasy game. Seeing Galeem casually being obliterated then hearing Sephiroths music cue in with him appearing is amazing and theres nothing like it. Theres also the brilliant blend of CGI and in game shots mixed in well together that also do a ton of subtle yet brilliant references to the game and Advant children movie.
While Banjo was a good addition, his trailer was boring and sadly his gameplay also shows it, Sephiroth easily has the best trailer in smash history.
@Samalik In his defense demos aren't nearly as common as they used to be, nowadays you're basically making a gamble since more often than not, there is no demo in the first place.
@Not_Soos Smash may celebrate a lot of legacies of gaming but that's never been it's main purpose, it's a nintendo fighting/party game first and foremost, thats just something that the fans have coined.
Also a character "deserving" to be in smash in compeltely subjective, at the end of the day Nintendo adds who they want to (example corrin and Byleth despite not being that high demand, corrin releasing before they're game even coming out too).
Smash on it's own is too big to need ultimate, even before it came out it was still one of the biggest scenes in the fighting game community, with even some fanbases combined not standing up to it.
Personally I would love for the fat of ultimate to be trimmed out, a significant portion of the roster were just echo fighters with most of them just being reskins, I would much rather the focus being on refining on what we already have instead of trying to add more, one major problem I had with smash was it's garbage online, elite smash or just online in general was such a step down from for glory and for fun it's sad.
Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to knock on you for wanting a port of ultimate with enhancements, I'm just trying to be realistic and just pointing out what you're wanting is basically a wishlist and not on whats actually likely to happen.
And I'm perfectly fine with that, for the next entry they can focus on quality over quantity by prioritizing modes instead of characters. I would love to have a smash game with both smash run and square strike playable online. As for the roster I'd be perfectly content with a smash 4 sized one, while not as big as ultimates is a still a very generous and reasonable amount to ask for in my opinion.
But ORAS went above and beyond and gave an entire story based on Rayquaza, which I found way better than just remastering Emerald.
I wouldn't call adding a postgame content that can be beaten in a couple hours at most going "above and beyond", especially in replacement to the features that were lost in it's stead. Personally I found all the endgame content for the 3Ds pokemon games to be heavily mediocre, ORAS probably being the worst offender. Thats why I immediately went back to XY or even SM once I realized thats all there was to do in ORAS.
@betterthanvegas I'll take a leveling curve anyday over content being cut out. Besides the level curve not being fixed thats the only flaw I can confidently say those remakes has, I can't say the same for ORAS.
You know it's a shame that we never got a third version to this game. Out of all the 3D pokemon games (at least on the 3Ds) I think that XY had the most potential. There was a ton of good it brought to the franchises being the models, the refined online, megas and a lot more which makes it my favorite out of the 3D entries, despite it being very flawed.
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Re: Palworld Boss Says A Switch Release Could Be "Hard" Due To Technical Reasons
Not surprised, it even struggles to run on the Xbox Series S.
Re: Geoff Keighley Would Love Nintendo To "Be A Big Part" Of Summer Game Fest
The Summer Games Fest is terrible anyway so nothing of value will be lost.
Re: Marvelous Officially Reveals Farmagia, A New Monster Game Releasing This Year
This is a Square Enix tier name lol.
Re: Soapbox: The Erdrick Trilogy Is The Right 'Dragon Quest' For The HD-2D Treatment
DQ3 is one of the most influential games of all time easily, especially within the JRPG scene, it paves the path for the standard for RPGs even for games you wouldn't expect (Dark Souls is notable example).
I'm glad that Square is reminding us that they haven't given up on this remake along with DQXII.
If the speculation is correct and they're remaking the whole Erdrick trilogy instead of just 3, then that would explain why we've been waiting so long.
It would make sense given how long we've been waiting since the initial reveal, not to mention Square Enix teased on twitter "The Legend of Erdrick draws near" with the symbol or Erdrick and didn't specify a numbered entry.
Personally I wouldn't mind if it's just 3 as long as they include the additional content from the remakes like the pachisi board and extra postgame dungeons, I just want there to finally be a definitive way to play the trilogy, the mobile/switch remakes are inexcusable and lazily made. If you want a better way to experience the trilogy, skip the mobile/switch versions and instead emulate either the super famicom fan translation of 3 or the GBC version.
Re: Japanese Charts: Ring Fit Adventure Jumps Into Second In A Quiet Week For Sales
It must be really slow month for games in Japan then, most of these games in the top 10 are years old.
Re: Random: Sakurai's Game Storage Solutions Are A Sight To Behold
I'm not trying to judge how sakurai stores his games but I couldn't help wincing seeing them outside of their cases. The boxes are an important part for me, they're a big part of the charm of video games as a whole.
Re: Switch "Joy-Con Drift" Class Action Lawsuit Dismissed After Five Years
Only fanboys will defend this, the dismissal of this lawsuit is a loss for the consumer letting Nintendo know that they don't have to strive for quality hardware and can get away with it.
People seem to forget that we only got free joycon repairs (At least in the US) because of the lawsuit.
I won't be surprised if this issue is also present in the 'Switch 2'.
Re: Monster Hunter Series Surpasses 100 Million Sales After 20 Years
Deserved, such an amazing series that keeps on giving.
Re: 'NetherWorld' Brings Deliciously Dark Storytelling To Switch In 2025
I like the pixel art and the general atmosphere the game is showing but from a gameplay prespective it doesn't seem to be my type of game sadly
Re: Disgaea 7 Complete Is Coming To Switch In Japan
They are pumping these games out like candy
Re: Best Pokémon Spin-Off Games Of All Time
I'm honestly surprised that the new Pokemon Snap was ranked so high, maybe I'm missing something.
Re: Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Confirmed For Switch, Adds New Chapter & Storyline
Atlus has been real scummy with it's dlc practices lately.
Re: Mother 3 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Online, But There's A Catch
If the people actually wanted to play the game they would've downloaded the fan-translation instead of begging for a localization all these years.
Nintendo fans aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Direct Predictions - What Do You Hope To See?
I don't really have any expectations for this direct since it's 3rd party focused.
But if there is one thing; I hope we get another glimpse at Dragon Quest 3 remake, but I doubt it being shown here to be honest.
Re: Japanese Charts: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Jumps To The Top Spot, Once Again
This is the most amount of playstation titles on here I've seen in a while.
Re: Hands On: Splatoon 3's Spicy 'Side Order' DLC Isn't For The Faint Of Heart
I forgot this game was getting story dlc it's been so long since release.
Re: Switch Sales Pass 139 Million, Will Be "Main Business" Heading Into 2024, Says Nintendo President
Rainbowfire wrote:
It could, but considering how massive of a success the Switch has been, it's incredibly unlikely and would honestly be foolish on Nintendo's part to do so.
Re: Talking Point: As A Nintendo Fan, Do You Really Need To Play The Virtual Boy?
You don't ow anyone anything as a fan, no one is obligated to play every single entry in a series they like nor are they obligated to own every single piece of hardware made by a company they buy from.
Play and own what you want, simple.
Re: Random: Former Nintendo Employees Kit & Krysta Share Their Initial Reaction To Palworld
Are you guys done milking this topic yet?
The desperation for clicks is really starting to show right now.
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's New Spirits Have Been Revealed, Out This Week
I still miss trophies, they had more effort put into them than all these png replacements.
Re: Random: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Glitch Lets You Kill Any Enemy Or Boss In One Hit
sleepinglion wrote:
Ah yes a game isn't allowed to have a single glitch or exploit or else it's rushed and unfinished.
Re: Monster Hunter Series Producer Shares New Year's Message Ahead Of 20th Anniversary
I was kinda of expecting more for the 20th anniversary, a simple poll and merch (via the website) doesn't seem so special.
Hopefully theres more interesting things down the line as they said but as of now the 20th anniversary for one of my favorite series is off to a pretty underwhelming start.
Re: Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Switch Frame Rate, Resolution & Accessibility Revealed
It's a miracle the framerate isn't cut or half for once.
Though we'll still have to see if it's a stable 60fps.
Re: Feature: Which Zelda Game Has The Best Ganondorf? Every Design Ranked By You
This reeks of recency bias.
Re: Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Update Announced For Switch
@Astral-Grain It quite literally isn't subjective as you can actually go out of your way to measure the framerate of the games yourselves, digital foundry and a multitude of other youtube channels do it themselves.
People like @Dazman can pretend to not notice it but that doesn't change the fact that the issue is still present.
What is subjective is how "playable" it is as you mentioned it.
In the anecdotal example you gave me you could just argue that your ability to play the game wasn't hindered that much if at all was because that the framerate issues for TOTK aren't nearly nearly as bad compared to Scarlet/Violet and even to an extent DQM3's. For this entry the framerate issues are plain as day especially in the open world areas.
Look I don't mean to come off as snarky or condescending, I just don't know how else to word this; but I think this is just due to you and a lot of other switch players having much lower standards than the average person, because only on a nintendo forumn would this ever be a discussion about how good a games framerate needs to be and other people justifying it.
I played my fair share of games too with framerate issues and still very much enjoyed them (SMT V, MH Stories 2, XC2), but I would be lying to say that I was disappointed by those aspects in the games and would be delusional to say I didn't derserve better as a consumer.
Re: Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Update Announced For Switch
Dazman wrote:
It has frame drops for both docked and handheld mode, you either don't notice it (though I don't see how considering how prevelant it is) or are just used to it.
Also why is "I didn't experience it msyelf therefore it doesn't exist" such a common defense on this site?
You aren't the only person in the world and this has no substance so you just make yourself look like a shill.
There are multiple people here that pointed it out, even on the review on this site and there are performance reviews you can look on youtube.
The framerate is a huge issue that needs to be addressed.
Re: Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Update Announced For Switch
Hopefully they do something about the performance.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Cross-Play Release Window Confirmed, But There's No Mention Of Switch
@NatiaAdamo You're 100% correct but Switch fans will buy anything and defend it too looking at the latest pokemon games and this mess.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Cross-Play Release Window Confirmed, But There's No Mention Of Switch
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Re: Best Nintendo Switch DLC & Expansions
Not a single pokemon game should be on here, their dlc is just as mediocre as the base game.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk DLC
So the dlc of a rushed game that runs like garbage also runs equally as bad if not worse? No surprise there.
But then again pokemon fans defended the main game so I shouldn't be surprised.
This makes me even more glad I dropped pokemon years ago as a franchise.
Re: Feature: The Best Smash Bros. Ultimate Character Trailers, Ranked By You
I feel like Banjo only won first place due to nostalgia and not the actual quality of the trailer.
Sure it was funny but it was just a continuation off of K Rool's trailer and they just threw a jiggy and you immediately knew who it was.
Sephiroths trailer had way more effort put into it and got me excited despite me never touching a Final Fantasy game.
Seeing Galeem casually being obliterated then hearing Sephiroths music cue in with him appearing is amazing and theres nothing like it.
Theres also the brilliant blend of CGI and in game shots mixed in well together that also do a ton of subtle yet brilliant references to the game and Advant children movie.
While Banjo was a good addition, his trailer was boring and sadly his gameplay also shows it, Sephiroth easily has the best trailer in smash history.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 2nd)
On Switch still working on finishing the Dragon Quest Monsters 3 and Star ocean demos.
On PC, Nick all stars 2 and lethal company with friends.
As well as the rest of my steam backlog for games I bought but haven't touched yet.
Re: Capcom Ending Monster Hunter Rise "Collab DLC" In January 2024
@Joeynator3000 Honestly I couldn't agree more, the 3DS games had much better collaboration DLC, especially MH4U.
Re: Hori Unveils New Dragon Quest Slime-Themed Switch Controllers
I hope we get a local release because I'm really tempted to buy these as a huge DQ fan.
Re: Persona Developer Atlus Is Raising Its Average Employee Salary By 15%
Thats pretty neat, at least not the entire industry treats their employees like slaves.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1's DLC Fighter Homelander Won't Be Voiced By 'The Boys' Actor
Well the Joker in MK11 wasn't voiced by Mark Hamil either as long as they find a good impersonator it should be fine.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Gets A New Update On Switch, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
The update should've just been removing the game from the switch eshop.
Re: F2P eShop Title 'Omega Strikers' Ends Development Just Months After Launch
@Samalik In his defense demos aren't nearly as common as they used to be, nowadays you're basically making a gamble since more often than not, there is no demo in the first place.
Re: Sakurai Is Sceptical That Future Smash Bros. Titles Can Match Ultimate's Scope
@Not_Soos Smash may celebrate a lot of legacies of gaming but that's never been it's main purpose, it's a nintendo fighting/party game first and foremost, thats just something that the fans have coined.
Also a character "deserving" to be in smash in compeltely subjective, at the end of the day Nintendo adds who they want to (example corrin and Byleth despite not being that high demand, corrin releasing before they're game even coming out too).
Smash on it's own is too big to need ultimate, even before it came out it was still one of the biggest scenes in the fighting game community, with even some fanbases combined not standing up to it.
Personally I would love for the fat of ultimate to be trimmed out, a significant portion of the roster were just echo fighters with most of them just being reskins, I would much rather the focus being on refining on what we already have instead of trying to add more, one major problem I had with smash was it's garbage online, elite smash or just online in general was such a step down from for glory and for fun it's sad.
Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to knock on you for wanting a port of ultimate with enhancements, I'm just trying to be realistic and just pointing out what you're wanting is basically a wishlist and not on whats actually likely to happen.
Re: Sakurai Is Sceptical That Future Smash Bros. Titles Can Match Ultimate's Scope
And I'm perfectly fine with that, for the next entry they can focus on quality over quantity by prioritizing modes instead of characters.
I would love to have a smash game with both smash run and square strike playable online.
As for the roster I'd be perfectly content with a smash 4 sized one, while not as big as ultimates is a still a very generous and reasonable amount to ask for in my opinion.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 28th)
Playing the demo for Dragon Quest Monsters The Dark Prince (or dragon quest monsters 3).
After I'm done with it I'll move on to the Star Ocean demo.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Gets A New Update For The Nintendo Switch
I hope it doesn't take too long for Netherrealm to add crossplay, at least for the good versions.
Re: Talking Point: Along With Joy-Con Drift, What Does Nintendo Have To 'Fix' With 'Switch 2'?
@Vortexeo Heavily agree, I miss the 3DS' activity log so much...
Re: The Mario Movie Had No Influence On Wonder's New Character Designs, Says Developers
I mean this isn't surprising in the slightest.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon X & Y - The Series' Greatest Paradoxes
Savage_Joe wrote:
I wouldn't call adding a postgame content that can be beaten in a couple hours at most going "above and beyond", especially in replacement to the features that were lost in it's stead.
Personally I found all the endgame content for the 3Ds pokemon games to be heavily mediocre, ORAS probably being the worst offender.
Thats why I immediately went back to XY or even SM once I realized thats all there was to do in ORAS.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon X & Y - The Series' Greatest Paradoxes
@betterthanvegas I'll take a leveling curve anyday over content being cut out.
Besides the level curve not being fixed thats the only flaw I can confidently say those remakes has, I can't say the same for ORAS.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon X & Y - The Series' Greatest Paradoxes
UmbreonsPapa wrote:
That would definitely be either HGSS or Platinum, ORAS would an example of how not to do a remake.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon X & Y - The Series' Greatest Paradoxes
You know it's a shame that we never got a third version to this game.
Out of all the 3D pokemon games (at least on the 3Ds) I think that XY had the most potential.
There was a ton of good it brought to the franchises being the models, the refined online, megas and a lot more which makes it my favorite out of the 3D entries, despite it being very flawed.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Gets A New Update On Switch, Visual Improvements & More
@Lizuka Jeez really? So the only versions worth getting are the console versions, neither of which I have..