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Re: Square Enix Asks Fans To Consider Dragon Quest Monsters eShop Version After Physical Release Sells Out

mattesdude

Should they print more? Absolutely.

Will they? I kind of doubt it. SE hasn’t been the greatest consumer friendly company in ages. From a business sense, they see the upfront costs for a product people can play digitally. Would be interesting to learn about minimum purchase orders and costs, And finding out how many copies would need to be sold again to make it profitable.

Re: Talking Point: Along With Joy-Con Drift, What Does Nintendo Have To 'Fix' With 'Switch 2'?

mattesdude

I’d really like to see Themes and Street Pass return. That said, many of the things on the list I’ve never had trouble with. I’m also unsure of the OLED screen. It sure does make games look nicer, but I’m concerned with the price difference it’ll make. So maybe an option for both?

Finally, internal storage is another issue. Yes, I want it increased. Though, at some point the increase will in price would just make it more affective for me to purchase a micro sd card for the increase.

Re: Analogue's CEO Reckons Not Even Nintendo Could Beat Its New 'N64'

mattesdude

Nintendo could I would bet…though the money spent developing it for a niche market wouldn’t make sense for them…especially considering what this will need to cost. That said, I definitely want this

I do think we will eventually get the N64 Classic, and, no, it probably won’t be as good as this. But it’ll have built in games and will be probably a quarter of the price.

Re: Random: AMOLED 3DS Concept Shown Off At Tokyo Game Show 2023

mattesdude

@Yalloo it’s amazing for some games. It’s so nice having map Always displayed without taking up screen space, or for like curing party members without opening a menu. Simple, but effective. Or games that were using the touch screen a ton.

Some companies took really cool creative ideas and put them to use (ZombiU, for example).

However, there were a ton of game that the second screen was more of an afterthought.

Re: Nintendo Reportedly Briefed Activision On 'Switch 2' Back In 2022

mattesdude

Pre-Switch people spouted off Nintendoomed comments because the Switch would be comparable to PS3/X360…and here we are with what is now, 130m sales later?

If Switch2 is closer to PS4 in terms of power-that wouldn’t be a problem.

Plus, the power game is losing ground, imho, each generation. The leaps from Gen3 to 4 to 5 to 6, appeared much bigger then Gen 6 to 7 to 8 to 9.

Re: Best Nintendo Switch RPGs

mattesdude

There’s so many great RPGs on this list! Personally, I think Final Fantasy 6 and 8 deserve to be on here more than the other picks from the franchise, but to each their own.

Re: GuliKit Reveals New SNES Themed Docking Station, Compatible With Switch

mattesdude

Are people still worried about bricking the console with 3rd party docks? I thought that problem has long been solved. I’ve used several over the last…idk 4 years with no problem.

This looks like a cool 3rd party dock-and I love the NA Snes design! I know there’s a debate over which SNES looks the best, but I’ve always loved the purple scheme.

Re: Poll: Do You Think Switch Can Catch PS2's Total Sales Before 'Switch 2' Arrives?

mattesdude

@Kehkou …except, if you’re comparing it to the other consoles, it’s going to be underpowered. The last Nintendo system to really try to go for power was released over 20 years ago.

And the DS, 3DS, Wii, and Switch won their battles that way.

Switch, in general has had some amazing ports…And really their third party output was weakest on the systems where Nintendo tried playing the power game since the late 99s.

Re: Soapbox: Obstinate And Addictive - Playing Final Fantasy For The First Time In 2023

mattesdude

I recently went through this again-it’s only the 2nd time I played through the game. I loved every minute! The remaster is wonderful…and it makes me want to keep playing through with different party types (still need to play through FF2 and 3 first).

Also, while there isn’t a huge story to get hooked in like in other installments, it was enough to keep me interested. The first time I found out the twist I was really shocked (somehow over the years I never had it spoiled!).