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So they run away with their tail between their legs instead of try and fix all the mistakes they've done... Mmmmmm

And they'll have the face to tell us is our fault for not buying the game.

I really like this genre of games. I didn’t knew about this game before but it’s now definitely on my watch for list.

I wish someone would make a game like Killzone: Liberation on PSP. That was my favorite game of that generation. This is the closest(?) thing I’ve found.

@The_Pixel_King Not being an English native means that sometimes what we write might not come as we intended...

I obviously misinterpreted @Cobalt tone, and I'm truly sorry for that, but I'm glad everything ended up being a misunderstanding between us.

I really love meaningful, constructive discussions and I accept and respect every one's opinions. We are all different and, obviously, we agree and disagree in multitude ways.

Anyway, it ended up being an interesting conversation.

It's midnight in Japan, and I get up at 6 a.m. so I'm leaving it here and going to bed.

In Europe and America it's still Sunday, so enjoy your day!

@Cobalt No need to apologize. I guess I was too quick to judge. My sincere apologies.
No hard feelings!!!!

@Cobalt I’m perfectly aware that the GPU in the Switch is underclocked.

Do you have some kind of problem or something? Is there a reason for that aggressive way of writing I’m unaware of? You seem to be one of those guys who think that they hold the Universal Truth and their opinion is the only one worth having.

Whatever, I’m done playing cat and mouse for no reason. Enjoy your day.

@Cobalt I’m not trying to make you change your opinion, I just gave you mine, but I don’t talk like a PR I just see things for what they are not for what I want them to be.

But it’s OK, to each their own. There are only a couple of things I can’t leave like that.

First you say that the Tegra wasn’t the best (or at least a high class Mobile GPU) at the time the Switch was being developed. Then, tell me, what was better? And don’t tell me the Tegra 2 because that wasn’t a GPU meant for consumers, it was made for AI in airplanes and automobiles. The Switch GPU was the best fit for the machine.

You say that the Joy-Cons are very cheap to make, do you have any insider info that we haven’t? Because you seem to know better than anyone else.

And then, you want Nintendo to include a 128GB memory card for free? That’d be awesome, right? But you can’t be serious. You know little about business if you are.

@Cobalt Just giving my humble take on your points:

1. As much as you might not like them, ports are good both from a business point of view and for the new gamers. You might own a Wii U and all those games, but there are literally millions of people who didn't and that is a potential market that no company in its right mind would ignore. The more ports the better, both for Nintendo and for all those who skipped the Wii U.

2. It is low spec if you compare it with home consoles, but it has the currently best GPU that a consumer oriented mobile device could have. You might find the Joy-Cons expensive but there is no denying that those controllers pack a lot of technology inside them. That you think they are cheap, doesn't mean they are actually cheap.
I grant you that the dock is way to expensive for what it does though.

3. I agree with you here, mobile games are an attempt to grab a piece of the huge mobile market. As players that prefer gaming on a dedicated console we might not agree, but yet again, it makes all the sense in the world from a business point of view. And Nintendo is a business first and foremost, they're here to make money not to please us.

4. The online service was always free because it has never been an important part of their business model. Things are different now and increasing service and infrastructure cost more money that what they had before. Paying for a service is normal, getting it for free is the exception.

5. 32GBs is small but it strikes a balance between usable storage and price. Putting 128GB (or even just 64GB) would have make the price of the Switch skyrocket. I don't know if you are aware of the shortage problem with NAND flash memory that the whole tech world has been through. NAND flash is crazy expensive and big companies like Apple buy in bulk leaving smaller companies to fight for the remains. I say it again at it current price nobody can expect big storage on the Switch.

6. They are making full games. DLC is an EXTRA, you don't need, nobody is forcing you to buy it.
Are you telling me, that Splatoon 2 is not complete game because they didn't give you the Octo expansion for free, or the same with Breath of the Wild?
Saying that a game is not complete because because it has DLC is utter nonsense.

Just my two cents. Different people, different opinions.

For people concerned about the steep learning curve of most fighting games (I fee you! As much as I love them I suck at them), try BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle.

It's much more casual gamer friendly without taking away all it depth for those who can.

Great game but I get TOTALLY destroyed anytime I try to play online.

A few days old news...

Inti Creates make awesome 2D action games. This is already on my wishlist.

@Tsurii Thanks, I have little idea about what’s going on outside Japan anime wise

Is this series (I mean the anime) available in the West?

If not, then most people won’t have a clue what this game is about...

@TulipWaltz Yes, that's the one!

I love the art style, it’s extremely beautiful and original, but it seems that a lot of people don’t.

Amazon Japan has a good number of 1-star reviews (that aren’t even based on the full game!) that really bash the game because it has “horribly ugly PS1 graphics”.

I couldn’t disagree more with them.

There are also a lot of people complaining that the characters don’t interact with each other in the least, they travel together but are basically invisible to each other. I don’t know what to think about that, I need to play it by myself.

I have it preordered so I’ll be playing soon enough and judging by myself.

This is another one for my wishlist! BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle made me remember why I love fighting games.
I’ve got the fever on myself all over again.

@GameOtaku Definitely, but at least you can keep playing them as long as you keep the original hardware... Something that is changing now since the practice of putting only part of the game on the cart is becoming widespread, so sooner rather than later buying physical games will be even more pointless than buying digital

The Radiance and Nightmare King are giving me nightmares (pun intended). I get killed astonishingly fast.

@8-Bit_Superman I'm at 105%.

I still need to complete all Hunter's Journal entries, and to defeat a couple of late game bosses and those two guys are giving me nightmares...

@GameOtaku Let me point just one thing there: you don't own 60 VC games on your 3DS. You think you do, but you don't. You are just being licensed to use them.

You could say you can backup them to a card or a PC, and you can, but that is just extending the leasing period, it's not a permanent solution. You don't own them and never will. Denying it is lying to yourself.

I don't say it's OK. It definitely sucks... but it is what it is. Digital content don't give ownership, just a temporary license.

It's very ironic how Nintendo Life says it's against piracy and other shady practices... and at the same time makes articles of all hacking and even piracy related things out there.

Let's hacking sites take care of hacking news and stop promoting those, which is exactly what Nintendo Life is doing.

Between my two kids and I, we use our Switch extensively every single day. It gets like 4 or 5 hours of play almost each day but, so far, there are no cracks or scratches or warping that I can appreciate.

One of my kids even dropped it once to the floor but fortunately it came unscathed.

My problem is with the Joy-Cons, that sometimes keep registering input on the analog stick even when it's not being touched. I've had Nintendo replace the left Joy-Con twice but the problem always returns, although this time it seems to be intermittent instead of constant like it was before.

@GKO900 For me the Switch is the whole experience. It is to be able to play on the TV or on the go, and it is also to be able to share a controller with someone instantly, and it is the motion based experience that the Joy-Cons offer...

If you think that the Switch only feature is its hybrid nature, I think you are missing the other half of what makes a Switch what it is.

Anyway, for each person it will be different I guess.

@GKO900 So, you basically want a Switch that is not a Switch at all?

All those “worthless” features are precisely what make the Switch the machine it is...

Sorry but I don’t get your logic there.

I gave this game several chances both on Switch and mobile... but I just can't spent more than 5 minutes with it before it becomes tedious.

It's a game (?) with no substance whatsoever.

@TulipWaltz I finally got to read that article and I don't believe the screenshot is from the remake. I would post a screenshot of that page, but I don't know if it is possible to attach images to a comment.

Anyway, no screenshots from the remake.

Edited: Wait a moment! Looking closely and comparing the screenshot with a YouTube video I found, I actually retract my comment. It is a screenshot of the remake. It has more detail than the SuperNES version.

@Cobalt No, what I’m saying is that the Switch already has plenty of system sellers for newcomers. You said it needs games that sell systems, didn’t you? It already has that a plenty. Does that mean that it doesn’t need more? Not in the least, and those new games are coming, two of them this year. It would be nice to have a must have first party game every single month... but that’s never going to happen because it’s not feasible.
Unfortunately, in a world where people only care about instant gratification, patience is a virtue that most people lack.

@Cobalt And in the meantime I’ve got soooooooo many things to play on mine that I just can’t keep up. Weird, uh?

Like I said in my previous comment: want it all, want it now!!!!

@Cobalt I agree that the E3 direct was lackluster, and Nintendo needs to show some more new games, but the Switch already has plenty of games that sell systems.

You already have a Switch so might want more, but people new to Switch still have Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 DX, Splatoon 2... All those games sell systems and are totally new to those who haven’t buy a Switch yet.

Patience is not a virtue of shareholders or gamers. They all want instant gratification. Want it all, want it now! And then start whining when they get rushed, incomplete games because of that.

@pika677 you underestimate the attraction of Pokemon, specially in Japan. Remake or not, casual gamer focused game or not, it will sell a ton in Japan. Got no clue about those games will perform outside Japan though.

Also, at this pace, by (fiscal) year’s end the Switch will probably overtake PS4 in Japan with more units sold in two years than PlayStation in five!

I think is waaaaay to early to call doom on Nintendo.

@Knuckles-Fajita I think that what they mean is that it feels like a 120 inch screen while using it.

Mmmmm... Not interested in VR in the least. Although I don’t think this can be considered real VR without motion and proper support from the Switch. It’s just an oversized screen that covers most of your vision.

I played Velocity 2X on my Vita a couple of years ago but I didn't go far though... I might get it someday to play it to the end.

@TulipWaltz The magazine won't be on sale until tomorrow (July, 5th) so no one can get scans yet.

I'm subscribed so I'll be getting the digital issue on my iPad soon enough, and I'm sure someone will post a scan sooner or later.

I just want a HD remake of Metroid Prime Trilogy for Switch. That'll satisfy me for the rest of 2018.

Though I wouldn't say no to a surprise brand new IP that no one has heard about yet...

This is awesome.

Labo is definitely not for me, but for some creative people and, more importantly, for kids, it can be used to make very cool things, like this video demonstrates... and, who knows, some of the kids playing with Labo today, might be inspired by it to become game designers/developers in the future.

I believe that this game not looking better than it does on Switch is more because of the poor optimization work of the devs or just the lack of enough time before the release date, than the hardware itself.

It still looks good enough though and no one is going to play it side by side with a PS4 or Xbox so it doesn’t matter much in the end... but still, with a little more effort and time, I’m sure the devs could’ve get a better looking game.

A jerk move. A player without any honor whatsoever. It’s just a stupid game I get it, but anyway taking advantage of that situation when everyone was trying to see the event, don’t deserve any kind of praise, just despise. How many kills would he or she have gotten in a normal game with everyone trying to kill each other?

This just add to the mounting list of things I dislike about this kind of multiplayer games, where just one person can ruin the fun of everyone.

After watching Marty Friedman playing this game I was over excited! It was just amazing.
Then I downloaded and played the demo and found out that Marty and I aren’t on the same level... lol
For all my love for metal music, this game isn’t for me.

It looks good to me.

Just like with DOOM, plenty of people were saying that it wasn’t worth playing it on Switch... Well, I bought the game, played it and I can say that it was a blast. Blurry? Yes, that didn’t stop me from enjoying the game while running and shooting like crazy.

I’m pretty confident it’ll be same with Wolfenstein.

For those who own other consoles or a gaming PC, just ignore this game because it wasn’t made for you. Let the people who actually want the game enjoy it, would you? That it isn’t worth for you doesn’t mean it isn’t worth for me.

@TheMisterManGuy I know.
My comment was made before they announced that.
Unfortunately they didn’t implement any form of family sharing so each family member needs to buy all digital games and DLC separately. I wasn’t expecting them to actually do that anyway so...

@sixrings I see... I would (probably) put the blame of that on the shoulders of the developers and not the hardware.

Focusing on optimization instead of deadlines makes wonders.

@LUIGITORNADO You will miss on one of the best Metroidvanias ever made... At $14 is a steal, so give it a chance. If you like this genre, you won't regret it.

It is happening sooner or later whether we like it or not (and I don't like it). It is already happening now, just look at music or video.

The age when you don't own anything and must rent/license everything is coming at an alarming pace. Even now, with digital games you don't own them, you are just renting them for as long as the servers are up.

It sucks, but the days of physical media are reaching their end.

@sixrings Did you read what I wrote at #50? Because what I said about the game's art style affecting fps also applies to resolution.

1080p 60fps games can be done on the Switch but is dependent on the art style of the game. Cell-shade and cartoony games, definitely, but realistic looking games not so much. Then again just like with fps, 720p looks worse than 1080p but not "that" worse.

You (anyone) can't expect a 398g console running on batteries and consuming 8.9W to perform in the exact same way as a 2.1Kg console plugged to a constant power supply and consuming up to 165W...

Like I said in the comment before: unrealistic demands and expectations.

This game deserves to sell ten times that number.
For me is among the best, probably even THE best Metroidvania game ever made. For me, personally, it’s superior to even Super Metroid.

@gatorboi352 you are comparing oranges to apples to be honest.

Nintendo games have a totally different art style that’s easier on the GPU/CPU so targeting 60fps is reasonable and even expected.
A “realistic” looking game graphics will tax the GPU much more heavily, making reaching 60fps much more difficult or down right impossible.

There’s no irony to be seen anywhere.

What I find incredible are some people’s totally unrealistic demands.

Besides, a 30fps game can be as good and enjoyable as a 60fps. Most people who don’t look at the numbers won’t even find the difference, not because the eye can’t detect it but because the actual gameplay experience is not that extreme. Now if you go below 30fps, especially below 24fps, then the movement becomes much more jarring. For each person will be different, obviously, but if you can’t enjoy a game at 30fps then you’re locked out of MOST games even on PS4...

Just my two cents...

I think I’m like 60% docked 40% handheld more or less.

@Jaxad0127 I don’t think so... the sound is very clearly an R.
In songs (mostly J-pop) you’ll hear a lot of Rs pronounced like Ls, but that’s just because it sounds “cool” because it’s not the way they pronounce it normally.
I’ve been living in Japan for the last 14 years and in normal conversation you won’t hear Ls at all, unless they are trying to sound different on purpose.

@The-Chosen-one except that’s the other way around, since in Japanese the “l” sound doesn’t exist and they pronounce l like an r.

@Dayshader #23 this, this and THIS!
Google has a terrible history of aggressively buying talented companies with very promising products, and then ruining them and smothering them into oblivion.
If they are starting to go after game studios too, we are all doomed.

I can't wait to get this... but first I need to finish DOOM and my next buy is going to be Octopath Traveller so it'll be a little while but I'm sooooo getting this game as soon as I can.