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@jimi the only one bad at math here is you. and you're making wrong assumptions that have no basis in reality.

@jimi well then just continue to buy physical games (which is what i'm doing too btw) and enjoy your 1 % in gold coins. where's the problem with that? it's not much (it's barely anything really lol) but no other company is offering you ANY reward for buying physical games. right now you're getting 16 gold coins for a physical 59,99 EUR game. starting in march you'll get 59 gold coins. i don't see any problem with that.

@jimi again, you're assuming that rewards like the luigi dlc, that have a higher value than what you would get with spending your gold coins for a discount on an arbitrary eshop game, will go away completely. but you don't know that. (and i doubt they will go away.) using your gold coins for discounts is just another option in case you don't need that luigi dlc or whatever else they offer.

@jimi oh and btw: your gold coins aren't getting devalued. first of all a 5 % discount on EVERY digital purchase is great. look at what i just wrote about microsoft's offer: 1 % discount after you spend $300 within a year. wanna guess how much you have to spend for a 5 % discount? it's not $1500 but a whopping $1800. and remember that this is not the total amount you've spent in the xbox store, that's what you have to spend WITHIN A YEAR. so when you spend less within a year your discount will decrease (or go away completely) for the year after that. and of course you won't get any reward for physical games. so being able to spend gold coins for discounts on any game ADDS value to your gold coins.
secondly you're assuming that all other gold coin rewards will go away which you have no way knowing. if they do go away then yes it would devalue them somewhat but we'll just have to wait and see.

@jimi i suggest you take a look at microsoft's "reward" program. i've been a member for years and haven't gotten A SINGLE THING out of it because the requirements you have to fulfil are ridiculous. for starters, you have to spend an insane amount of money to even be eligible for a 1 % discount on games ($300 within a year). and the kicker is: not everything you buy counts. they have these missions where you have to fulfil very specific things. (e.g. they might have an anime mission where you have to spend a certain amount on anime and anime games within a month..but only certain items will be eligible). it's basically an absolutely worthless program. so yeah, nintendo's rewards programs now and of the past are much better than microsoft's. and sony doesn't even offer a program in europe.

@jimi game of the year releases also aren't what they used to be. in many cases you will get the old disc with some download codes for the season pass or whatever thrown in.

@Kiyata sadly your argument was only true in the past. nowadays games have huge day one patches sometimes adding massive amounts of content that's not on the disc. so yeah, a lot of your physical games will only be half a game when they shut down the servers and you won't be able to download those patches anymore. the only reason i prefer physical these days is because i can sell them again.

a 5 % discount is pretty good on digital games. but the Wii U digital deluxe program back in the day effectively gave you an 8 % discount on digital games, so now you only get 62.5 % of that.

the ps2 games looked better than this

@YamAsereht they have all been released on the same day worldwide since launch day

@Joker13z haven't all neo geo games on switch so far released in the same week in japan and in the west?

edit: just checked. they all have been released on the exact same day worldwide.

@Equinox have you ever played a ridge racer game? you don't need analog triggers. it's the most arcade racer ever.

except ace combat 7 isn't a PS4 exclusive. how much can you trust a "lead designer" who doesn't know what platforms his game is on? especially when you want to use information from the same guy regarding what platforms other games are on LOL

of course a lot of it is shovelware. now that wouldn't be a problem if nintendo would fix the eshop layout already...

i've never heard the word 'gherkin' before. and i know a lot of words.

nicalis is the worst publisher.

45000 responses is a very good sample size for any survey

jesus christ that looks like a nazi book burning

and why did they use an actual steamroller? surely they had better equipment in 1994.

this thing is the definition of vaporware lol.

"Miitomo- themed icons and clothing items used in your Nintendo Account or the Super Mario Run™ game will not display after the service has ended."

that's the worst part honestly

@thesilverbrick yes. daily. my life is over now (well, in may)

the reason it's not working that great is because you can only vibrate the joy-con at one frequency with the find my joy-con app. the actual game will allow you to tune the frequency so you can get the most movement out of the toy-con.

@chiptoon that and that Wii U had its launch games ...and then nothing for 8 months which absolutely killed any momentum it might have had at the beginning (Wii U initially actually sold better than Switch in Japan).

these figures just emphasise how horrible most of sony's character designs are

@BigKing i) why would you even compare the two?
ii) you haven't even played with this

2016 Sony: We made a really powerful console!
2017 Microsoft: We made an even more powerful console!
2018 Nintendo: We made some weird toys out of cardboard!

i wonder if for some toys you will need more than one set of joy-con

yes, helicopters use pedals!

eh? the first thing is not a break pedal. it's a gas pedal that they showed in combination with a wheel (that's different from the motorbike thing)

we will obviously get tons more "kits".. after all they have already started numbering them.

if people really want the 3DS to die, maybe they should stop buying it

it's nintendo cardboard lego, i love it!

and project giant robot is back, baby!

i still don't understand why people are eager to pay for online..i mean, if you think that nintendo's online will be magically a lot better the day they flip the pay switch you're delusional. nothing will change except that you have to pay for it.

@GrailUK you should always be cynical

but when it comes to licensing fees: i get it. it can cost a fortune to even include a single song, let alone dozens. it's just not feasible for a small project like this. (and btw: if they ever decide to bring it to the west including licensed music would have been the death sentence for that endeavour.)

"We made the decision to not use recent famous music, especially rock or metal music, because there is already an answer, a 'correct' answer to how the song is played. There are no rules and no limit. We want to see players seeing someone on YouTube and going 'WOW, I want to beat this guy!'"

yeah..no. you just didn't want to pay any licensing fees.

@Nincompoop oh really? that means we could eventually see a dvb-t2 receiver for switch

what?! i personally don't use netflix, but they must be insane if true!

@Nincompoop it's already on switch. sort of.

that's all just marketing speak. of course they're researching 4K/HDR/VR/new things no one's ever heard about. and if/when they come up with a concept that different from and better compared to competitors they will release it.

@thesilverbrick camelot haven't made a great game in years though

@SLIGEACH_EIRE well two years would be enough to tack on a story mode to ultra smash (which is exactly what the game needs)

why are websites reporting this only now? nintendo added that information very shortly after they announced the port.

sure, why not?

she's still alive?

@Timppis that's probably the weirdest conspiracy theory i've ever heard lol
do you have AN OUNCE of evidence for that?

how can this review not mention mario 3d land? the first level of this game is an almost 1:1 copy of the first level of 3d land. i would almost call it a copyright infringement. maybe they copied even more levels..don't know, only saw the first one.

@Kalmaro i dunno. that was 30 years ago and i wasn't around. a lot has changed since then.

@JHDK we wouldn't float away
if you're sitting right now (or standing) and i turn off gravity you would still be sitting (or standing). the only difference would be that you wouldn't feel the chair or the floor beneath you anymore which would feel super weird. it probably would feel like you're floating even though you're sitting or standing. that's because we don't notice gravity itself. all we notice is the counterforce on our feet or buttocks emerging from the chair or floor and that would be gone if we turn off gravity.

if this were about a woman (peach) this would be considered incredibly sexist...

@bluesdance you're probably right about that lol