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@Spider-Kev it's primarily new for the Switch. I think it's also the first time you could gameshare with a previous gen console.

@Bitdead I still feel a screenless Switch 1 or 2 is a poor idea. Makes things cheaper at the expense of adding another SKU to develop for that has an incredibly small population of players.

@PinballBuzzbro near year long gaps? Isn't that a major exaggeration? Could've sworn there were a few games released just a few months ago. And then more several months before that.

I can understand why you're comparing the release schedule to GOG and Hamster (Hamster's release schedule is quite phenomenal) - to some extent, you're not comparing like-for-like and not being particularly reasonable.

GOG is a storefront and to a large extent, is dependant on publishers working with them on releasing games there. Both sell for money while any additions to NSO offerings are 'value-add' rather than generating any immediate financial returns.

I could be wrong but I'd actually be surprised if the size of Nintendo's NSO software library team are similar to or larger than Hamster's or GOG's.

It pains me to see the snark aimed at these high quality releases coming next week

@Atariboy the Pacific theatre series from Koei were indeed very good. Pre-Dynasty Warriors Koei was a very good Koei for strategy game fans.

My absolute favourites that I'd happy replay with no remaster needed are Bandit Kings of Ancient China and NA2.

Have a soft spot for Gemfire too

I played Nobunaga's Ambition to death and I'm absolutely stoked to see these Koei releases happen. Also played Uncharted Waters loads and suspect it was one of their better received releases in the West. RotTK 4 was an incredibly solid entry in probably their next most famous series after Dynasty Warriors.

The (PC version) manuals were some of the most enjoyable ones I've ever read and I learnt so much history through them

@niner the way the story and the in game experiences fit together is astounding

@damenauma game access =/= game preservation. Nintendo does a lot of game preservation as particularly evident by what they showed when they launched Mario Maker. Just because you can't play it for free doesn't mean it's not preserved.

@HammerGalladeBro yes-Nintendo has stated that it will be sent to your account's email address within 72 hours of purchase, and you'll also need to ensure it's redeemed before the end of January 2025.

@anoyonmus I remember others too in other countries but don't want to distract from the relatively much smaller infringement of taking photos in the presence of a no photos sign

@BLAZINOAH while I agree that Nintendo doesn't have realistic expectations of their customers in the West (that's a separate conversation), it's beyond unrealistic to request for them to keep their museum rules to the absolute bare minimum.

Your (probably Western) minimum is vastly different to their Japanese minimum. Plus, at the end of the day, this is for something relatively simple - no photos in the no photography area of the museum. They're not that special - Nintendo's museum is neither the first nor the last with this rule.

@HingryHuppo It's okay - it's not a straightforward thing at the end of the day. There are nuances of course and there's no way to fit everything in a comment box but to generalise, in Asia not following local rules = disrespecting culture.

Japan has a more rigid structure than most other Asian countries so, to some extent, rule breaking is more greatly frowned upon there. That's why I've been talking about culture and respect for it.

I suppose, if I would try to sum it up, in the West, it's very hard to equate rule breaking with disrespecting culture. While the two are quite synonymous in the East.

There are naturally exceptions to all this.

@HingryHuppo actual gaslighting considering the number of comments here openly objecting to the no photos rule and talking about flaunting it. That said Yojimbo here is also likely correct about the 'evil white tourist' thing being played up more in Japan.

As an Asian I'm (sadly) totally unsurprised at attitudes of what's presumably a predominantly Western (or non-Asian) group here believing that local culture/rules aren't to be respected because they feel those rules are dumb

@BLAZINOAH chances of a modded Switch being sold (and bought!) with only homebrew software is roughly 0%

Kinda surprising to know that several people here have no idea that game mechanics have been and will continue to get patented.....

As one of the early SteamWorld Ambassadors it's great to have a new SteamWorld game to sink my teeth into and it's even better that it's a well crafted game with quite good reviews so far!

An epic title for the next Killer 7 game might just be Killer 7-11 (Those in the UK might not get this reference)

I think many gamers would've been happier if the main character in Baten Kaitos was silent 😅

@120frames-please nicely put

@Denoloco the whole point of stealing your idea is to profit from it. If your idea has 0 value then it's not worth stealing it in the first place.

@babyThorman "They haven't even made a new IP character that stands out in....I don't know, have they ever since the original NES?" This is straight up trolling

@Denoloco Interesting. How would you describe it when someone steals your idea

@Matl appreciate the thoughts however, if Nintendo didn't take action - do you think those indies would be happy to accept that piracy? Who else would reasonably take up the mantle (so to speak) of challenging the piracy-enabling (and championing) hardware modder? Or is the alternative just to do nothing?

@axelhander your argument about ridiculous profits completely falls flat against the fact that Nintendo's games (and those by big developers) wouldn't be the only ones pirated. The highly rated games from small indie studios would undoubtedly get pirated too. They suffer more. I'm struggling to comprehend how you, like Matl, believe it only affected Nintendo.

@Matl I'm very confused by your big evil corporation stance when the lawsuit is clearly about modded hardware that enabled pirated Switch games. Did you think the piracy was only for Nintendo's games? This affects indie developers too.

@Dang_69 It's ok

@Dang_69 kinda proves that people will believe lieterally anything bad about Nintendo, no matter how far fetched

@pneumaticgnosis reckon it's quite charitable to describe most Twitter interactions as 'debates'

@OctolingKing13 It's as simple as changing the region on your account Then you can get the XC discounts without needing to create a new account

Trust an American to want American dollar prices in an European shop sale 😅

Just wait for the US eshop sale - the big sales are always mirrored there.

@Captain4359 several developers are willing to testify that the character models are too similar to be a coincidence

@Ejadaddy only true to some extent. In the sea of copyright infringing stuff the first check they seem to do is whether there's any money being made. They tend to prioritise those.

@datamonkey true words. It's also probably harder to understand defending copyright if they've never created anything to profit from

@The-Chosen-one that one that got covered recently? I'm not convinced it was ever worked on. We only ever got a video that I feel, going by his style, was just made to provoke a reaction.

Given that mobile phones are still having 128gb as the standard offering (with 256gb offerings being a lot more expensive) I think it's pretty wild to expect or request Nintendo to provide anything more than that in their next console while keeping the price way south of £400

Soooooo excited for this release

@Corvus96 just don't engage. The replies don't really make sense in any context other than trying to get a reaction

@LXP8 He's getting into a muddle with two points:

• People who say the current Switch is enough
• People who want more power

He seems to believe the two positions are mutually exclusive and believes the first camp 'hate progress'. He can't envision a world where there are many who say the current Switch is enough and who'd also say they want more power.

It's a puzzling position and evidence from the comments suggests that he's more interested in getting a reaction than in discussing it.

@Dragonite89 Yeah - this one needed more work before posting. Not sure you've thought through that punchline properly

Edit: I don't NEED 4k (in fact I don't have any 4k capable stuff anyway) and frankly, you don't need 4k on a mobile device. Nice to have? Sure. Would I rather lose 4k and have something else I'd actually benefit from instead like 1080p screen, more RAM, other hardware goodness? Absolutely.

Besides, 4k output would likely be murderous on battery life

Oh - just saw your other comment. Looks like you were just fishing for responses rather than wanting to engage reasonably.

@Dragonite89 people who hate progress? Switch deniers? What are you on about? This sounds like you're making 1 + a = Timbuctoo

There's a light and day difference between not needing something and wanting to deny progress

@PersianZSR probably not. Also probably not worthwhile

@dimi there wasn't a handheld like this in the 80s but there was an NES clone in Asia called the Micro Genius that frequently came with carts that had 150 games in one that were all Nintendo clones

@Wexter REally interesting!

@Ooccoo_Jr It is slightly reductive however that's the base gameplay. There's lots of tactics involved but it's nothing like chess - I play chess competitively at roughly club level.

I'm also old enough to remember that it was usually described as an action-based match-three puzzler game in the DS release. Perhaps we can meet in the middle and call it a brain engaging match-three puzzler? er... maybe that needs more work...

@JohnnyMind perhaps because they could play the victim?

@jco83 EVEN better!

@wiiware Just create a UK account and get the deal

I love Nobunaga's Ambition II so much I played it as every Daimyo on both scenarios. So many hours.....!

@Cashews Yeah - though there have already been a few reveals of information that Nintendo probably prefers to keep/reveal on their own terms