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Speaking of Metroid Prime...

I just got an email from Amazon saying my Metroid Prime 4 pre-order (placed on June 14th 2017!) was cancelled "due to a lack of availability".

Switch 3 confirmed!!

I'm not bothered by the Switch 2 not fitting into the OG dock. It makes sense if the Switch 2 requires more power. I just hope the OG Switch fits into the new dock.

I don't want to have to have 2 docks, basically lol

Because it's working.

I think these leaks quell expectations, IMO.

If there's any magic hidden, it's in the dock. Home server? TV as a second screen (ala Wii U)?

The level design itself looks really polished and fresh!

Not to downplay what these devs have done, but I think that's what's really appealing to me about the n64 era right now. It's achievable by small teams! So you know there is heart and soul poured into the game, and not just something off an assembly line.

My one nitpick here is I feel like the main character could use some, like... sunglasses... or guitar... or something to make him feel more iconic and like a player character instead of an NPC

I believe the real magic will be in the dock. Somehow. Independent screen? Upgradable horsepower?

Eevee's Mansion when?

I mean, what can they possibly say that hasn't already been said? Feels like they're throwing that out there as bait

@Knightrider1 We know just enough gossip for spreading hype with the family around the Christmas tree

@Anachronism Just tried this and it works great — thank you!! I honestly thought that was for selling, not buying.

@Deviant-Dork I don't understand what you mean.

@Bret Sony is behind Palworld. It's more complicated than you'd think.

https://youtu.be/8apzrwv75i0?si=pBsGzAOTHAef6rFh

@msvt Agreed!!

@msvt The whole Palworld thing is complicated. It's more about Sony vs. Nintendo.

But, to your point, it does seem like Nintendo should have more empathy for those trying to protect their IP.

I genuinely love that we're all excited for a bigger device.

[grumpy old man voice] back in my day, we all wanted the newer things to be smaller!

@VoidofLight sometimes I wonder if Nintendo is completely aware of viral marketing and gave them a pass. Even as a kid waiting for Ocarina of Time, or a little older with the Revolution/Wii, the speculations and rumors would drive up the hype.

Come to think of it, the Wii U was the only time that didn't happen for me.

I'm still upset that they're calling this an "indie" game

I heard from my Uncle's Nintendog that the new Switch will be able to screencast to other Super Switches. Like the Wii U.

This reduces the dev time needed to make games multiplayer.

And all OG Switch games will work on the new one, but you can purchase DX packs on select games which enhance the graphics.

Also, StreetPass is coming back.

I'm finding my interest waning.

For the life of me, I can't seem to get one of my favorite Pokemon, Jolteon. I've only seen it in a wonder pack once, even.

Otherwise, it's really just a fun way to kill a few minutes, I'm having fun with trying different strategies for each type. But, it takes so long to get to that screen-- between the startup logos and other animations-- that I find myself not opening it.

I've got a Sega Genesis Mini 1, and a Sega Genesis Mini 2. I think I'm covered

@-wc- Quake and DOOM support USB keyboard and mouse IIRC

@sanderev I was fully expecting that! I played a lot of TotK during parental leave and the whole time I imagined what it will be like when we play together.

Oof the "Cherish every stage of life" got me right in the heart as well. We recently welcomed a daughter into this world and it resonates so well. It makes me so happy for the future.

I can't wait to teach her how to jump in Super Mario...

I'm not crying, you're crying!

@Edu23XWiiU and they're usable on the NES/SNES Classic systems! I have this golden controller as well!

Hopefully it's a 3D screen. So each eye can be a different screen.

Or simply make the Super Switch foldable like the Moto Razr.

But really, wouldn't it make the most sense to show the second screen on the TV? Maybe the Super Switch dock will have the ability to output an independent view, similar to the Wii U.

I love that we live in an era where I can literally download and print the toys I could never get as a kid.

Side note: love seeing Bluesky over the other app

@Bydlak It's funny, I've always felt the same way. I grew up starting with the NES and the N64/PSX era to me has aged awfully. It's like we went from beautiful 16-bit graphics, to this ugly blurry mess. And with the fog, it almost feels eerie.

However, I think the nostalgia has started to kick in over the past year. I don't know why but it just hits that sweet spot of "achievable". As-in, it's something I could make all on my own these days. There's something really wholesome about that and I start to really fall into it.

But the scarcity on launch day is part of the fun 🙃

Hmm if you have a family plan for just 2 people, this would be the cheaper route!

I've been enjoying the game but I feel like they've missed one grave detail... 1st edition stamps!

I want to show off that I got my illustrator cards before everyone else

My 8-month old has been falling asleep to GC's "& Sleep" series for basically her whole life. Mario, Zelda, Final Fantasy...

I had no idea that this was a popular channel!

@JohnnyMind thank you!

@JohnnyMind Glyph rendering is very straight forward, but also requires a lot of moving parts in the code. Throw in HLE, and my guess is that it's some parallel process throwing off either the index, or the page.

This is totally without looking at the code or anything. But just throwing the guess out there.

I'm not able to watch the video at the moment.

What's the point of linking up with friends? Can you still visit each other's sites?

I don't know about this whole "free marketing" thing. Does Nintendo really need to do this? They have money coming out their goombas, and can sell an alarm clock like hotcakes with a YouTube video.

And I definitely don't think Nintendo is surprised by this at all.

My money is on the theory that Nintendo is just testing the waters for how to actually keep something like this under wraps. They're looking to see where the leaks happen, and building strategies on how they can prevent them in the future.

A fun, random story about Shadow the Hedgehog I've learned from being the industry.

When the GameCube game was coming out, Sega was trying to market to the American audience. So they put together the cover featuring Shadow with guns. IIRC this is the Japanese cover art.

Their US marketing director knew right away that wasn't going to fly, so they setup a focus group of kids and them what kind of gun this Shadow version of Sonic should hold. In a typical 10-year-old American boy fashion, the immediate popular answer was "A BAZOOKA!!"

And this, folks, is why the cover of his debut game had him holding a bazooka.

The REAL test was seeing how long random folks could keep their mouths shut.

@Ultimapunch man, I just had flashbacks to the early aughts when some random devs tries to remaster Chrono Trigger and it either got C&D'd or went vaporware... but the trailer looked AMAZING (for the time)

Edit: Ah, found it. It's called Chrono Resurrection. It still holds up IMO

Like SSBU, I enjoy every minute and feel like I have a lifetime of action-packed content to consume

I genuinely forgot all about this immediately after I saw it until I read this post. Nintendo does weird stuff all of the time, especially back then. In a way, I sort of appreciate it.

Am I missing something? They don't really look AI generated?

Actually, in the scene with the trees, the trees look copy pasted. AI is terrible at consistency like that.

The new console will be stationary, and the current Switch will dock into it for portability and backwards compatibility.

[Old man voice] Back in my day we just locked two people in a closet against their will

@RupeeClock Ah sorry! I should have been more specific!

I was referring specifically to the step of making the variable names readable and/or adding comments and other documentation.

I frequently use copilot to help me with documentation, and sometimes coming up with variable names, and it's actually fairly good at it. I could see it working really well in something like this.

Dead Mario Party Theory

@RupeeClock This is one of the few places where I feel AI could really help out. I say that as a coder for over 25 years. I can see this step becoming faster over time.

Really looking forward to this!

I'll probably pick it up on the Steam Deck tho. One of the few games where I could appreciate the 120hz support.

@SillyG on the OG Pokémon card packs, the packs with a holographic in them had slightly different print quality for the barcodes. I would just look at that and it was a 100% success rate.

I brought this up to a good friend who used to work in the card printing industry and he said that it had something to do with the variance in the thickness.

What, no red cart??