@Verg I am not talking about pixel art, only the first two games had pixalted graphics due to technical limitations I think they could've make their games look like the remasters did they would have back than. That is not the point I am making.
@bmumble I love the backgrounds but cannot stand the character design it's well drawn but badly designed. I have a strong adversion for the 'discolored nose' art. The somewhat deformed proportions also do not feel very Monkey Island to me, it was always somewhat cartoony/pulp cover inspired but this just feel like I am watching a cheap coorporate flash ad. from 2005 or something. So yeah I have a real hard time with this game. the art is design is too off putting for me to the point that guybrush' nose is distracting me from every scene, and why is his head so big and why does everything animate so rubbery.
@Pak-Man This and Quality of life evolves over time as well so certain gameplay ideas fall to the wayside.
The 3DS remakes are a good example, it is easier to port these games over to the switch than rerelease the N64 versions.
the HD ports are touched up and more compatible with modern hardware etc.
There is pros and cons for both argument and nintendo did do a decent effort with their handhelds to be atleast compatible with the previous generation.
IDK how rare these games really are but my most notable games are. Terranigma in English with box and manual Secret of mana with box manual and map Miles Edgeworth Investigation in English for DS Pokémon Soul Silver for DS Solar boy Django for GBA Conker's Bad fur day for N64 For Wii I can only think of Sin and punishment succesor of the skies For NGC : MGS Twin Snakes, Eternal Darkness and Killer 7 and the master quest disc of ocarina.
@Bass_X0 I think most people have a different definition of the concept of representation. Replacing stereotypes that one deems wrong with stereotypes that one deems right is not representation.
@Arawn93 Ethnicly diverese means "has Afro-Americans" in media speak most of the times. The fact that Ada Wong is Asian, RE4 has Spanish characters, RE 5 takes place in Afrika and the black cop in RE2make got a really great role doesn't matter.
Being an 'old' guy, my first zelda game was Zelda II The Adventure of Link.
I was like 5-6 at the time and a classmate and friend of mine had it, the golden cartridge looked so pretty and impressive.
The title screen with the sword stuck in the stone looking out over the lands of Hyrule was such a evocative scene for 5 year old me in 1990-ish.
Then much later,trough the dreaded ways of emulation. when I was about 12 I came in contact with A link to the Past and Links Awakening as I never owned a SNES or GB.
And even Ocarina of time trough very primitive N64 emulation circa 1997-98. You needed a 3DFX card to run it and it was still horrible but the first time I saw a Hylian sunrise with the cock's crow, it gave me the chills.
Then when I was around 13 I bought my very own GBC with Links Awaking DX, my very first owned Zelda game and I loved it.
Since then I have managed to own all Zelda games save for the horrible CDi games, they don't count.
@flightsaber That is true but is it for good reason? I could tell any monkey island from looking at a screen. I personally love the art of Monkey Island 3 the most. The art of the remake of the 2nd game was also good.
@Vix I personally believe they should've taken an artsyle that was more in line with the older designs and presentation. They have been fairly consisten with it in the past but this... it is not for me...
@BloodNinja Odly enough I am disturbed by violence irl and sometimes in games too but somehow, and idk how I do it, I can understand that games.movies etc. are not real and thus I can partake in the enjoyment of said media. I cannot understand, however, how people are disturbed by sex, they are far fewer than those who are by violence I assume. unless it goes into the hardcore territory then I can get it.
@MetalMan Think it is more that they own the character of the Idols like in Wrestling. The Rock is property of WWE, Dwayne Johnson is not. But then again Yakuza is a criminal organization so them owning people is not that much of stretch.
@nimnio I prefer playing Far cry games with the radar pointing everything out, track enemies etc. It makes the game a lot more fun to play because you don't play the radar. Same goes for Metal Gear Solid, without radar you have to be more patient, observe the patters and learn what the general cone of vision is. Some games have hint vision modes like Tomb raider, it's easy to ignore that or the option to turn off item highlights, some options make the game a bit more immersive if you are not guided every step of the way.
@DiamondJim Depends on who you are asking, but you cannot blame Nintendo for trying something different with Zelda, they are not well versed in open world design like say, Rockstar or Ubisoft. It's not the greatest open world game nor the greatest Zelda game but it is still a damn good game in many regards even though I hate a lot about it too. Far from perfect bit still a great game.
@SpiderPirate4 I pick option C) whatever that is.
It always has to be about race with you guys, I would've also complained if they casted a red headed man with a thick Irish accent or a black haired scrawny dude as Wesker.
There have been many times where I disagreed with casting choices be that they did not look the part or were just actors unsuitable for the role imo.
Like Ben Affleck as Batman or Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze.
I but now that it involves a black man it is racism all of the sudden... ok sure.
@SpiderPirate4 Yes! Totally. you caught me red handed! Gosh you are so clever! Or maybe just maybe it does not connect with me because it deviates from the source material too much and I don't like things because it has a certain brand attached to it I like the brand because it is of a certain quality. And also ofcourse I only watch gone with the wind and the intro of American History X.
It's seems like a cookie cutter modern netflix show. Race swap some roles, shoe horn in some diversity. Now I have no qualms with the skin color of actors but I do have issues with taking established characters and changing them for 'reasons'. Feels like pandering to me. (these are usually executive choices based on popularity metrics and focus groups don't go blaming this on the staff and cast) I am going to pass on this show even though I do like me some Resident Evil. No hard feelings or love lost on this one.
Super Circuit is a great Mario Kart, it looks and plays amazing and includes all the SNES tracks as a bonus. When it came out is showed how much more powerful the GBA was compared to the SNES.
'Crunch' should only be driven by passion, not greed, and even then people need to realize it is ok to slow down. Many people who are passionate work harder and more hours to finish what they started yet once exploited it drains all the soul out of the product.
@SteamEngenius Oh I do love me some metal gear I only buy games for old consoled that I would want to play. I am not going out of my way to get a rare game just as a mantle piece.
@Savino That is a highly subjective claim. Not claiming it is a bad soundtrack by anymeans, from what I heard it has some serious bangers but I really do like the SoR4 OST as well.
@ramu-chan Yeah, well, that is like, your opinion, man.
I think the oldskool hiphop track with cheesy lyrics fits the vibe the 1987 always kinda had.
It is a lot better than 'Go ninja! Go!' by Vanilla Ice.
The ingame music sounds closer to the Konami games, this is propably an end credit song or a nice promo/bonus track.
@Pat_trick I liked the designs, animation and art but the writing was too much of the level of "I'm 14 and I think this is deep/edgy."
All in all not the worst series one could get based on a video game so I am curious about this new series I hope it focuses more on character building rather than profanity.
(not a prude but this level of profanity is not part of Castlevani imo, titilation sure, I mean look at a lot of designs in the game but all the swearing an cursing and such, nah)
This is a wonderfull game, for both fans of the movies and point and click adventure games and those who like some old school Westwood goodness before EA ate them alive.
NA/JP give a bigger Mario Kart with football vibe and the EU one triest to pose as street art. I like them both but Super Mario Strikers does sound a lot cooler than Mario Smash Football.
@NotoriousWhiz Yeah, NSMB is a fine game but I enjoyed super mario 3D land on 3DS a lot more. DKC returns on both Switch and 3DS are super fun to play and Tropical Freeze is up there with Rayman Legends when it comes to side scrollers imo.
This game is not weird and janky! This game is amazing and near perfect! This game is so unique and weird and so full of everything I love about games.
Donkey Kong country is more fun to me than SMW that is not to say that SMW is a bad game at all and DKC 2 only exists standing on DKC's shoulders. So that makes DKC the best platform game on the SNES. LOZ: aLttP the second best game but since the best game. chrono trigger, is not on SNES online. I guess the 3rd place would be Earthbound ?
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Re: Illumination Website Reverts Super Mario Movie Release Date Back To Spring 2023
@mereel I think Nintendo refuses to put a big massive group dance number at the end...
Re: Feature: "Unfinished Business" - Why Gilbert & Grossman Returned To Monkey Island
@Verg I am not talking about pixel art, only the first two games had pixalted graphics due to technical limitations I think they could've make their games look like the remasters did they would have back than.
That is not the point I am making.
Re: Feature: "Unfinished Business" - Why Gilbert & Grossman Returned To Monkey Island
@bmumble I love the backgrounds but cannot stand the character design it's well drawn but badly designed.
I have a strong adversion for the 'discolored nose' art.
The somewhat deformed proportions also do not feel very Monkey Island to me, it was always somewhat cartoony/pulp cover inspired but this just feel like I am watching a cheap coorporate flash ad. from 2005 or something.
So yeah I have a real hard time with this game. the art is design is too off putting for me to the point that guybrush' nose is distracting me from every scene, and why is his head so big and why does everything animate so rubbery.
Re: Poll: Do You Actually Want Switch Ports Of Wind Waker And Twilight Princess?
@AG_Awesome That would be cool if they add some sort of way to intergrate the crossover element while still having 2 games
I got the oracle games on my 3DS
Never really played them much.
Re: Poll: Do You Actually Want Switch Ports Of Wind Waker And Twilight Princess?
I hope they come on one cart, the games are great have them both on gamecube but I admit I have not played windwaker that much.
Would love them on my Switchlite
Re: Poll: Do You Actually Want Switch Ports Of Wind Waker And Twilight Princess?
@Platinum-Bucket Whoa Whoa Gamecube is not one of Nintendo's worst consoles.
Re: Soapbox: Endless Zelda Remakes Are A Poor Substitute For Backwards Compatibility
@Pak-Man This and Quality of life evolves over time as well so certain gameplay ideas fall to the wayside.
The 3DS remakes are a good example, it is easier to port these games over to the switch than rerelease the N64 versions.
the HD ports are touched up and more compatible with modern hardware etc.
There is pros and cons for both argument and nintendo did do a decent effort with their handhelds to be atleast compatible with the previous generation.
Re: PAX West 2022 - Every Nintendo Switch Game At PAX
Getting Girard and Arin for the Shovel Knight Dig trailer was the right kind of cringe.
Re: Talking Point: What Was Your First Mario Kart Game?
@Deepdoop Mario kart Wii is one of my most played Wii and Mario Kart games but yeah I am simply too old for it to be my first.
Re: Talking Point: What Was Your First Mario Kart Game?
The first mario kart I knew was Super Mario Kart, the first I played was Mario Kart 64 and the first one I owned is Super circuit.
Re: Video: Our Video Producer Showcases His Top Five Rarest Games
IDK how rare these games really are but my most notable games are.
Terranigma in English with box and manual
Secret of mana with box manual and map
Miles Edgeworth Investigation in English for DS
Pokémon Soul Silver for DS
Solar boy Django for GBA
Conker's Bad fur day for N64
For Wii I can only think of Sin and punishment succesor of the skies
For NGC : MGS Twin Snakes, Eternal Darkness and Killer 7 and the master quest disc of ocarina.
Re: Netflix Cancels Resident Evil Series After First Season
@Bass_X0 I think most people have a different definition of the concept of representation.
Replacing stereotypes that one deems wrong with stereotypes that one deems right is not representation.
Re: Netflix Cancels Resident Evil Series After First Season
@Arawn93 Ethnicly diverese means "has Afro-Americans" in media speak most of the times.
The fact that Ada Wong is Asian, RE4 has Spanish characters, RE 5 takes place in Afrika and the black cop in RE2make got a really great role doesn't matter.
Re: Talking Point: What Was Your First Legend Of Zelda Game?
Being an 'old' guy, my first zelda game was Zelda II The Adventure of Link.
I was like 5-6 at the time and a classmate and friend of mine had it, the golden cartridge looked so pretty and impressive.
The title screen with the sword stuck in the stone looking out over the lands of Hyrule was such a evocative scene for 5 year old me in 1990-ish.
Then much later,trough the dreaded ways of emulation. when I was about 12 I came in contact with A link to the Past and Links Awakening as I never owned a SNES or GB.
And even Ocarina of time trough very primitive N64 emulation circa 1997-98. You needed a 3DFX card to run it and it was still horrible but the first time I saw a Hylian sunrise with the cock's crow, it gave me the chills.
Then when I was around 13 I bought my very own GBC with Links Awaking DX, my very first owned Zelda game and I loved it.
Since then I have managed to own all Zelda games save for the horrible CDi games, they don't count.
Re: Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition Team Talks About The Game's Messy Launch
@NintendoWife Being on the Nightdive discord, the process of validating stuff for the consoles is a slow process.
Re: Ron Gilbert Shares Humorous New Look At Return To Monkey Island
@flightsaber That is true but is it for good reason?
I could tell any monkey island from looking at a screen.
I personally love the art of Monkey Island 3 the most.
The art of the remake of the 2nd game was also good.
Re: Ron Gilbert Shares Humourous New Look At Return To Monkey Island
@Vix I personally believe they should've taken an artsyle that was more in line with the older designs and presentation.
They have been fairly consisten with it in the past but this... it is not for me...
Re: Ron Gilbert Shares Humourous New Look At Return To Monkey Island
@Jhena Gybrush nose looks kinda like something...
Re: SNK Announces New Entry To The Fatal Fury Series, Its First Since 1999
@Li_Bae It's not really a trailer, just an annoucement teaser.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon
@BlackMayge I like the old logo, it's nostalgic to me.
Re: Raunchy Rhythm Title 'Massage Freaks' Delayed Indefinitely After Online Backlash
@BloodNinja Odly enough I am disturbed by violence irl and sometimes in games too but somehow, and idk how I do it, I can understand that games.movies etc. are not real and thus I can partake in the enjoyment of said media.
I cannot understand, however, how people are disturbed by sex, they are far fewer than those who are by violence I assume.
unless it goes into the hardcore territory then I can get it.
Re: Raunchy Rhythm Title 'Massage Freaks' Delayed Indefinitely After Online Backlash
@MetalMan Think it is more that they own the character of the Idols like in Wrestling.
The Rock is property of WWE, Dwayne Johnson is not.
But then again Yakuza is a criminal organization so them owning people is not that much of stretch.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Metroid Prime
Forget the box art!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLLE_PvJ5mY
Re: Witcher 3 Dev Admits He Overcrowded One Map With Too Many Points Of Interest
@nimnio I prefer playing Far cry games with the radar pointing everything out, track enemies etc. It makes the game a lot more fun to play because you don't play the radar.
Same goes for Metal Gear Solid, without radar you have to be more patient, observe the patters and learn what the general cone of vision is.
Some games have hint vision modes like Tomb raider, it's easy to ignore that or the option to turn off item highlights, some options make the game a bit more immersive if you are not guided every step of the way.
Re: Witcher 3 Dev Admits He Overcrowded One Map With Too Many Points Of Interest
@DiamondJim Depends on who you are asking, but you cannot blame Nintendo for trying something different with Zelda, they are not well versed in open world design like say, Rockstar or Ubisoft.
It's not the greatest open world game nor the greatest Zelda game but it is still a damn good game in many regards even though I hate a lot about it too.
Far from perfect bit still a great game.
Re: Feature: Resident Evil Netflix Review: Wesker Steals A Show That Lacks Bite
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Re: Feature: Resident Evil Netflix Review: Wesker Steals A Show That Lacks Bite
@SpiderPirate4 I pick option C) whatever that is.
It always has to be about race with you guys, I would've also complained if they casted a red headed man with a thick Irish accent or a black haired scrawny dude as Wesker.
There have been many times where I disagreed with casting choices be that they did not look the part or were just actors unsuitable for the role imo.
Like Ben Affleck as Batman or Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze.
I but now that it involves a black man it is racism all of the sudden... ok sure.
Re: Feature: Resident Evil Netflix Review: Wesker Steals A Show That Lacks Bite
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Re: Feature: Resident Evil Netflix Review: Wesker Steals A Show That Lacks Bite
@SpiderPirate4 Yes! Totally. you caught me red handed! Gosh you are so clever!
Or maybe just maybe it does not connect with me because it deviates from the source material too much and I don't like things because it has a certain brand attached to it I like the brand because it is of a certain quality.
And also ofcourse I only watch gone with the wind and the intro of American History X.
Re: Feature: Resident Evil Netflix Review: Wesker Steals A Show That Lacks Bite
It's seems like a cookie cutter modern netflix show.
Race swap some roles, shoe horn in some diversity.
Now I have no qualms with the skin color of actors but I do have issues with taking established characters and changing them for 'reasons'.
Feels like pandering to me.
(these are usually executive choices based on popularity metrics and focus groups don't go blaming this on the staff and cast)
I am going to pass on this show even though I do like me some Resident Evil.
No hard feelings or love lost on this one.
Re: Poll: What's The Best Mario Kart Game?
Super Circuit is a great Mario Kart, it looks and plays amazing and includes all the SNES tracks as a bonus.
When it came out is showed how much more powerful the GBA was compared to the SNES.
Re: Random: We Need To Play This Gorgeous Fan-Made Super Mario RPG Remake Now
the Colors look a bit too natural, I like the bright colors of the original.
Re: Wayward Strand Pushes Back Release Date To Focus On Team Health And Happiness
'Crunch' should only be driven by passion, not greed, and even then people need to realize it is ok to slow down.
Many people who are passionate work harder and more hours to finish what they started yet once exploited it drains all the soul out of the product.
Re: Ubisoft Closing Online Services For Three Wii U Titles This September
@cyrus_zuo It's on Sale for the switch so often had to double dip on it as I own it on PC.
Re: Memory Pak: After 20 Years, Eternal Darkness Really Deserves A Second Life
@SteamEngenius Oh I do love me some metal gear I only buy games for old consoled that I would want to play. I am not going out of my way to get a rare game just as a mantle piece.
Re: Memory Pak: After 20 Years, Eternal Darkness Really Deserves A Second Life
@SteamEngenius I don't think I payed that much for my copy but that was quite some time ago
I don't have many GC games but some of them are pretty nice like Twin Snakes, Killer 7 and this one.
Re: Review: Final Vendetta - A Violent Love Letter To '90s Arcade Brawlers
@Savino That is a highly subjective claim. Not claiming it is a bad soundtrack by anymeans, from what I heard it has some serious bangers but I really do like the SoR4 OST as well.
Re: Capcom Airing Dragon's Dogma 10th Anniversary Video Broadcast Later This Week
@MajinSoul License deals, that's all there is to it.
Re: Check Out This New Track From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
@ramu-chan Yeah, well, that is like, your opinion, man.
I think the oldskool hiphop track with cheesy lyrics fits the vibe the 1987 always kinda had.
It is a lot better than 'Go ninja! Go!' by Vanilla Ice.
The ingame music sounds closer to the Konami games, this is propably an end credit song or a nice promo/bonus track.
Re: Check Out This New Track From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
This track has more drip than a broken ooze cannister.
Re: Here's Your First Look At Netflix's New Castlevania Series
@Pat_trick I mean I don't mind profanity perse but in this case it just didn't fit in Castlevania in the way it was present in the show.
Re: Here's Your First Look At Netflix's New Castlevania Series
@Pat_trick I liked the designs, animation and art but the writing was too much of the level of "I'm 14 and I think this is deep/edgy."
All in all not the worst series one could get based on a video game so I am curious about this new series I hope it focuses more on character building rather than profanity.
(not a prude but this level of profanity is not part of Castlevani imo, titilation sure, I mean look at a lot of designs in the game but all the swearing an cursing and such, nah)
Re: Oops, It Looks Like Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium's Line-Up Has Leaked
@Orokosaki These are all licenced games, costs more money.
Re: Blade Runner Enhanced Edition Is Nearly Here And It's Getting A Physical Release
This is a wonderfull game, for both fans of the movies and point and click adventure games and those who like some old school Westwood goodness before EA ate them alive.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel #98 - Super Mario Strikers
NA/JP give a bigger Mario Kart with football vibe and the EU one triest to pose as street art.
I like them both but Super Mario Strikers does sound a lot cooler than Mario Smash Football.
Re: Every Nintendo Switch Online SNES Game Ranked
@NotoriousWhiz Yeah, NSMB is a fine game but I enjoyed super mario 3D land on 3DS a lot more.
DKC returns on both Switch and 3DS are super fun to play and Tropical Freeze is up there with Rayman Legends when it comes to side scrollers imo.
Re: Soapbox: Dragon's Dogma Is A Janky, Weird, Ageing RPG, And Everyone Should Play It
This game is not weird and janky!
This game is amazing and near perfect!
This game is so unique and weird and so full of everything I love about games.
Re: Every Nintendo Switch Online SNES Game Ranked
Donkey Kong country is more fun to me than SMW that is not to say that SMW is a bad game at all and DKC 2 only exists standing on DKC's shoulders.
So that makes DKC the best platform game on the SNES. LOZ: aLttP the second best game but since the best game. chrono trigger, is not on SNES online. I guess the 3rd place would
be Earthbound ?
Re: SNES Platforming Shooter 'Jim Power: The Lost Dimension' Returns On Switch
My thought was, who asked for this!?
Re: SNES Platforming Shooter 'Jim Power: The Lost Dimension' Returns On Switch
@Kermit1 That's an odd reply...
I was merely elaborating on your comment