@lemonjellydude Not more difficult than from any other, be it American or Japanese one. You set up an account, select Russia as your country and fire up the eShop. Any Visa/MasterCard should be accepted, there are no limitations here, even with sanctions. As long as you don't select the Autonomous Republic of Crimea as your home region. 1 EUR is roughly 70 RUB now, so yeah, it's 699 RUB which is just under 10 EUR.
I believe the game selection is a bit on the strange side because of licenses. IPs owned by Nintendo passed easily, while 3rd-party apps are having some hard time, obviously.
Pretty sure we'll have no problems getting it here in Moscow. The NES Mini was relatively easy to come across until January, I believe. The second controller was a real nightmare to buy, though.
BTW, I believe a guy named Cluster found a way to sideload ROMs in the NES Mini. Should it be possible with the SNES Mini as well, I'd get my childhood collection runnning, complete with Lion King, Dinsney's Aladdin, DKC 2 and 3, Pitfall and Jurassic Park.
However strange this might sound, I like it more than Breath of the Wild. And I am a long-running Zelda fan (started with A Link to the Past and never missed a major console or portable release). Of course, it's a clone, but it clones those old-school LoZ games without the open world mechanics. While executed greatly, I really doubt those cooking and weapon-collecting mechanics with easy deaths are good for LoZ. It frustrates and distracts from using your brain to acrually progress the story. After the fantastic A Link between Worlds, this is what a Switch LoZ game should have been in my book. Executed with Nintendo craftsmaship, of course. But I'll buy this one for the 4th time (own it on iOS, Steam and Xbox One already) to show support for developers and to send a message to Nintendo.
@MikeW Yes, but there's nothing to be done. Reminds me of my first smartphone I bought in 2010. There were no cheap smartphone-oriented data plans here in Russia at that time, I had like 50 Mb a month and tried my best not to overuse them. And I had no Wi-Fi at home either. Well, thу phone was still usable, even the "smart" functions, but it was a real pain you know where. Thу same's with the "I want to be completely autonomous with my consoles" approch today. Technically possible, but uncomfortable.
Well, I used to go physical only, but eventually I put up with the idea I'm actually renting my games for several years. Modern gaming has a really bad foundation for collecting in a more or less long run: the quality of consoles decreases, they literally tend to fall apart after 3-4 years of CAREFUL usage, proprietary batteries are hard to find after the maker support is finished, and even physical copies are not complete without patches and DLC. So I got used to the idea I buy a video game player (called 3DS, WiiU, Xbox One or whatever), and it only gives me 4 or so years to enjoy the games I can digitally rent for it. After that, they're all gone and only live in my memories. That's why I never get collector's editions. Rather sad, but well, it's clear as day we are rapidly going to the streaming-only feature, where a console is a tiny set-top box (or even an application in a SmartTV, smartphone or whatever), and the content is delivered through the Net. Once servers are shut down, it's useless.
Where's the logic in not splitting up the digital Puzzle and Dragons release? I mean, when you buy it physical it's only sensible to offer good value of 2 games on one card. But why not to offer separate digital downloads? Say I don't need the original Puzzle and Dragons, I want only Super Mario Bros Edition. And I'll gladly get it for 15 Euros, but not for 30, since I know I'll never play the other game.
Well, It'd be nice to have a look at your arguments. Otherwise it's a "my word vs yours" situation. But I also believe such discussions should take place in a separate thread. It's funny to hear such things from a person from the US, the country that invaded Iraq, Livia and Syria just because the government felt like doing so.
It wasn't "annexation", it was a reunion. Western media including BBC are extremely biased regarding this matter. Crimea was virtually "presented" to Ukraine by Nikita Khruschev and has never really been part of the country, even after independence. Unlike say Kosovo in case of Serbia.
Political matters aside, I 've seen the mural with my own eyes and it looks really good. Regarding copyrights I hear there was a formal consent from the Russian office of NOE.
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@lemonjellydude
Not more difficult than from any other, be it American or Japanese one. You set up an account, select Russia as your country and fire up the eShop. Any Visa/MasterCard should be accepted, there are no limitations here, even with sanctions. As long as you don't select the Autonomous Republic of Crimea as your home region. 1 EUR is roughly 70 RUB now, so yeah, it's 699 RUB which is just under 10 EUR.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Shares Its Full Technical Breakdown of Sonic Mania
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Yeah, you're right. Damn oil prices and exchange rate fluctuations
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@bignrules
Of course, tovarisch!
Re: Guide: Everything We Know About the Super NES Classic Edition
I believe the game selection is a bit on the strange side because of licenses. IPs owned by Nintendo passed easily, while 3rd-party apps are having some hard time, obviously.
Re: Guide: Everything We Know About the Super NES Classic Edition
Pretty sure we'll have no problems getting it here in Moscow. The NES Mini was relatively easy to come across until January, I believe. The second controller was a real nightmare to buy, though.
BTW, I believe a guy named Cluster found a way to sideload ROMs in the NES Mini. Should it be possible with the SNES Mini as well, I'd get my childhood collection runnning, complete with Lion King, Dinsney's Aladdin, DKC 2 and 3, Pitfall and Jurassic Park.
Re: Review: Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (Switch eShop)
However strange this might sound, I like it more than Breath of the Wild. And I am a long-running Zelda fan (started with A Link to the Past and never missed a major console or portable release). Of course, it's a clone, but it clones those old-school LoZ games without the open world mechanics. While executed greatly, I really doubt those cooking and weapon-collecting mechanics with easy deaths are good for LoZ. It frustrates and distracts from using your brain to acrually progress the story. After the fantastic A Link between Worlds, this is what a Switch LoZ game should have been in my book. Executed with Nintendo craftsmaship, of course. But I'll buy this one for the 4th time (own it on iOS, Steam and Xbox One already) to show support for developers and to send a message to Nintendo.
Re: Talking Point: The Fragility of Buying Download Games
@MikeW Yes, but there's nothing to be done. Reminds me of my first smartphone I bought in 2010. There were no cheap smartphone-oriented data plans here in Russia at that time, I had like 50 Mb a month and tried my best not to overuse them. And I had no Wi-Fi at home either. Well, thу phone was still usable, even the "smart" functions, but it was a real pain you know where. Thу same's with the "I want to be completely autonomous with my consoles" approch today. Technically possible, but uncomfortable.
Re: Talking Point: The Fragility of Buying Download Games
Well, I used to go physical only, but eventually I put up with the idea I'm actually renting my games for several years. Modern gaming has a really bad foundation for collecting in a more or less long run: the quality of consoles decreases, they literally tend to fall apart after 3-4 years of CAREFUL usage, proprietary batteries are hard to find after the maker support is finished, and even physical copies are not complete without patches and DLC. So I got used to the idea I buy a video game player (called 3DS, WiiU, Xbox One or whatever), and it only gives me 4 or so years to enjoy the games I can digitally rent for it. After that, they're all gone and only live in my memories. That's why I never get collector's editions. Rather sad, but well, it's clear as day we are rapidly going to the streaming-only feature, where a console is a tiny set-top box (or even an application in a SmartTV, smartphone or whatever), and the content is delivered through the Net. Once servers are shut down, it's useless.
Re: Nintendo Download: 7th May (Europe)
Where's the logic in not splitting up the digital Puzzle and Dragons release? I mean, when you buy it physical it's only sensible to offer good value of 2 games on one card. But why not to offer separate digital downloads? Say I don't need the original Puzzle and Dragons, I want only Super Mario Bros Edition. And I'll gladly get it for 15 Euros, but not for 30, since I know I'll never play the other game.
Re: PAL Gamers Can Brighten Their Day With This Club Nintendo Majora's Mask Light
Ordered it with no problems over here in Russia. The only problem is shipping taking up to 4 weeks. Oh, but I can wait anyway.
Re: Moscow Mural Replaces Crimea With Super Mario
Well, It'd be nice to have a look at your arguments. Otherwise it's a "my word vs yours" situation. But I also believe such discussions should take place in a separate thread. It's funny to hear such things from a person from the US, the country that invaded Iraq, Livia and Syria just because the government felt like doing so.
Re: Moscow Mural Replaces Crimea With Super Mario
It wasn't "annexation", it was a reunion. Western media including BBC are extremely biased regarding this matter. Crimea was virtually "presented" to Ukraine by Nikita Khruschev and has never really been part of the country, even after independence. Unlike say Kosovo in case of Serbia.
Political matters aside, I 've seen the mural with my own eyes and it looks really good. Regarding copyrights I hear there was a formal consent from the Russian office of NOE.