They have a very pertinent point when referring to kids media essentially being made for adults’ nostalgia fixes now. There’s a genuine epidemic of kids’ media being completely overtaken by adults. A bloody Bluey rollercoaster or whatever in the UK had to tell the weirdo adults to stay away so that actual kids could have their turn. Instead of having media that cultivates kids’ imagination and creativity, we have checklists of ‘references’ for adults to point out and laugh to themselves about or post online.
It’s taking out a major pillar of communities in games like these. One of the best ways to make friends in an MMO is through more experienced players guiding noobs through low-level content until they’re ready to join their guild or equivalent.
Who needs Yoshi when at Fenway they’re giving out Peanuts stuff. I wish I had money for flights so badly, I have family out that way and Peanuts is the cutest cartoon of all time.
@AG_Awesome Baffling they’re not there already, there’s an argument to be made that they’re the best entries in each series. Toadstool Tour is up there too.
My original blue 3DS really is gorgeous and it’s such a shame that the charger port fell out, and then the battery died after using the cradle for another wee while. The New 3DS XL got my vote though, it was a great replacement for my original, everything ran brilliantly and it’s probably the best handheld console of all time.
Wouldn’t be the first time Grubb spoke absolute bollocks. I’m not sure if other software engineers here feel differently but I personally don’t see the value in creating a build of a game for a console it will never release for, especially through the use of a Switch 2 dev kit. I see a lot more value in creating a build for a hypothetical handheld console in an environment simulating a rough estimate of the specs and architecture that Sony are aiming for. Or it’s possible that they’re porting GT7 to PC and these sorts of tests are pushing their optimisation to the limits and working out the range of setups the game will run at an acceptable level on.
It’s a tough one; I do commend him for adding more to Stardew but you have to decide when enough is enough. He’ll end up stuck on this one game forever if he’s not careful. This is why support studios became more important the last couple of generations.
@Dogorilla True, the Meep also worked better than an awful lot of the villains they had with Gatwa so maybe the more out there stuff is the way forward. Makes me want to listen to The Holy Terror again, I love Frobisher.
@a1904 Bars of Dairy Milk and blocks of cheese are now being kept in plastic anti-theft containers. Things are bad and I think an awful lot of people are more well off than they realise. As somebody made redundant right before Christmas, it can all change in a flash and there’s just nothing out there at all.
Thus ensuring any future releases in this vein will be £25-£30. Virtual Console worked because you could build up a library through small purchases fitting the fact these games are old as hell, and to encourage impulse buys. £17 is not an impulse buy in this economy, £17 is a few nights dinner. It takes the better part of a year’s saving to get one of these consoles, software should not feel like an investment too. Besides, the lack of an emulation menu means that the game won’t even look correct, that’s raw colour output that hasn’t even been filtered to resemble the GBA screen and so several Pokémon will look the wrong colour.
People actually spending that amount on a basic ROM that lacks even an emulation menu. No wonder they do this nonsense, they know the public are suckers.
Fire Red/Leaf Green coming to Switch as well for 20 bloody quid. Insanity. There’s a GBA app right there and besides that, GBA games were a lot cheaper than that on Wii U.
I love this stupid monkey. Genuinely have so many great memories of playing Super Monkey Ball 2 as a kid, even if it was mostly the minigames cause the actual main game is hard as nails.
@ShadLink The opposite is mostly true up until fairly recently. FIFA was the arcade experience, with less realistic physics and gameplay targeted at flashy skill moves and high scoring matches. PES offered more weighty physics and a slower build up throughout the golden age, it was later in the PS3 generation into PS4 generation that FIFA attempted a strange blend of pretend simulation with arcade gameplay. I honestly don’t mind the simulation gameplay in the newest FC games in single player but Ultimate Team rules all and that gameplay is blatantly scripted to generate income.
PES 2021 is still the best football game out there. eFootball is an unmitigated disaster on all fronts. Thankfully the PES 99 mod is coming to PC soon.
It does feel like it’s closer to just all being over. GenAI is eroding democracy at an alarming rate and the way it’s completely destroying arts and culture means we’ll just be stuck with grey sludge.
I did love the 3DS game for how genuinely odd it was. Good to see they’ve finally added more diversity too, it’s not a life sim unless it accurately reflects life.
@CaptainQuo I have great aunts and uncles who still speak what I would call Scots. It’s mostly alive in the older generations. The general ‘Glasgow uni’ accent hatred is because they’re the ones who get the opportunities, and if they came from nothing then they’ve fair forgotten it. All the big cities in Scotland share a proud history of working class roots and I have more in common with poor folk in Dundee than the toffs in the West End. The push to keep Gaelic alive should also extend to Scots, it’s as much a part of our culture, but you’ll be hard pushed to find those in Holyrood who come from that stock. Also, like 90% of the newsreaders on Reporting Scotland have lilting Highland accents. Not sure when it started, I swear the most popular job in Dingwall must be newsreader for the BBC 😂
@CaptainQuo Glesga dialect is only gone in the posh parts. That’s the side of Glasgow that looks good on the postcards but it’s not reality. But you’re right that Doric is kept alive a lot better than Lowland Scots. I grew up in a council estate in a fairly rough area that’s slap bang in between social climber central and one of the most deprived areas in the country, so I went to a high school where you could quite literally tell those who had money from those who didn’t just based on their accent. Which is why it grates so much hearing the accents of those who make it in the media.
@MarkieMAN64 Correct, people confuse it with Scottish English which is obviously the modern dialect, but Oor Wullie is indecipherable for kids these days. We technically have Scots and Scottish Gaelic as indigenous languages and even then, Doric is a dialect of Scots and I couldn’t tell you half of what they say.
@AussieMcBucket Burns was born into a poor family and he opposed both slavery and class inequality. His poems were an inspiration for the later founders of liberalism and socialism.
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Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
@benmalsky198 All I can say is that I sincerely hope that you are not an adult.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
They have a very pertinent point when referring to kids media essentially being made for adults’ nostalgia fixes now. There’s a genuine epidemic of kids’ media being completely overtaken by adults. A bloody Bluey rollercoaster or whatever in the UK had to tell the weirdo adults to stay away so that actual kids could have their turn. Instead of having media that cultivates kids’ imagination and creativity, we have checklists of ‘references’ for adults to point out and laugh to themselves about or post online.
Re: So, Will you Be Watching The Super Mario Galaxy Movie?
I am over the age of 12 and I don’t have kids 👍
Re: Feature: The Best (And Most Cursed) Tomodachi Life Miis We've Seen So Far
Charlie Kirk
Re: Devil May Cry 5 Devil Hunter Edition Has Been Rated For Switch 2
Amazing game. Can’t believe it’s 7 years old, it still is a hell of a visual masterclass. Need another one!
Re: Mario Wonder's 'Meetup In Bellabel Park' Soundtrack Has Been Added To Nintendo Music
31 tracks for the most missable DLC in video game history is quite impressive.
Re: "New Players Won't Feel Alone" - Square Enix Partners With Google For AI-Powered Dragon Quest Companion
It’s taking out a major pillar of communities in games like these. One of the best ways to make friends in an MMO is through more experienced players guiding noobs through low-level content until they’re ready to join their guild or equivalent.
Re: Europe Might Be Forcing Nintendo To Revise The Switch 2
@ViewtifulCool 25. I got my 3DS in 2012 therefore it absolutely is ‘back in the day’ given it was 14 years ago.
Re: Europe Might Be Forcing Nintendo To Revise The Switch 2
@ViewtifulCool I’ve been on this site since I was 13 years old.
Re: Europe Might Be Forcing Nintendo To Revise The Switch 2
Good. I had to replace my 3DS battery back in the day and it was super easy.
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog 4's Full Movie Cast List Has Been Revealed
@CaleBoi25 The concept of incredibly acclaimed actor Sir Ben Kingsley being remembered for his capeslop character
Re: Super Metroid's Soundtrack Has Been Added To Nintendo Music Today
Brinstar Red Soil is up there for my favourite tracks in games. Always nice to hear it pop up in other games like Prime 2 and Samus Returns.
Re: ICYMI: Nintendo's Dishing Out Mario Galaxy Movie Digital Collectible Cards
@Whirlwound It was a joke 👍
Re: ICYMI: Nintendo's Dishing Out Mario Galaxy Movie Digital Collectible Cards
Nintendo finally getting into the NFT game 😂
Re: 18+ Lego Mario Kart Set Starring Luigi Is Now Available For Pre-Order
18+? Does Luigi have his Poltergust hanging out?
Re: Yoshi Popcorn Bucket Announced For The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Who needs Yoshi when at Fenway they’re giving out Peanuts stuff. I wish I had money for flights so badly, I have family out that way and Peanuts is the cutest cartoon of all time.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Virtual Boy And GBA Library With Three More Titles
@AG_Awesome Baffling they’re not there already, there’s an argument to be made that they’re the best entries in each series. Toadstool Tour is up there too.
Re: Pokémon XD: Gale Of Darkness Comes To Switch 2 GameCube NSO In March
I have this and Colosseum on disc. Not sure why Colosseum isn’t first given that XD is a direct sequel.
Re: Yes, Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Are Getting Home Support
@somnambulance Not online you can’t. You’d need someone beside you with a Switch and a copy of the game.
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite 3DS Model?
My original blue 3DS really is gorgeous and it’s such a shame that the charger port fell out, and then the battery died after using the cradle for another wee while. The New 3DS XL got my vote though, it was a great replacement for my original, everything ran brilliantly and it’s probably the best handheld console of all time.
Re: Rumour: Sony Apparently Has Gran Turismo Running On Switch 2, Just Don't Expect To See It
Wouldn’t be the first time Grubb spoke absolute bollocks. I’m not sure if other software engineers here feel differently but I personally don’t see the value in creating a build of a game for a console it will never release for, especially through the use of a Switch 2 dev kit. I see a lot more value in creating a build for a hypothetical handheld console in an environment simulating a rough estimate of the specs and architecture that Sony are aiming for. Or it’s possible that they’re porting GT7 to PC and these sorts of tests are pushing their optimisation to the limits and working out the range of setups the game will run at an acceptable level on.
Re: Stardew Valley Is Celebrating 10 Years With A Special Anniversary Broadcast
It’s a tough one; I do commend him for adding more to Stardew but you have to decide when enough is enough. He’ll end up stuck on this one game forever if he’s not careful. This is why support studios became more important the last couple of generations.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Tangle & Whisper DLC Pack Launches For Free This Week
@Dogorilla True, the Meep also worked better than an awful lot of the villains they had with Gatwa so maybe the more out there stuff is the way forward. Makes me want to listen to The Holy Terror again, I love Frobisher.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Tangle & Whisper DLC Pack Launches For Free This Week
Utterly bizarre and incredibly niche. Like Frobisher turning up in an actual Doctor Who episode.
Re: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Are Already "Best Sellers" On The Switch eShop Charts
@a1904 Bars of Dairy Milk and blocks of cheese are now being kept in plastic anti-theft containers. Things are bad and I think an awful lot of people are more well off than they realise. As somebody made redundant right before Christmas, it can all change in a flash and there’s just nothing out there at all.
Re: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Are Already "Best Sellers" On The Switch eShop Charts
Thus ensuring any future releases in this vein will be £25-£30. Virtual Console worked because you could build up a library through small purchases fitting the fact these games are old as hell, and to encourage impulse buys. £17 is not an impulse buy in this economy, £17 is a few nights dinner. It takes the better part of a year’s saving to get one of these consoles, software should not feel like an investment too. Besides, the lack of an emulation menu means that the game won’t even look correct, that’s raw colour output that hasn’t even been filtered to resemble the GBA screen and so several Pokémon will look the wrong colour.
Re: Super Mario Galaxy Movie Description Straight Up Spoils An Unannounced Character
@UpsideDownRowlet Wario has a more realistic body shape.
Re: Video: Pokémon Shares Side-By-Side FireRed And LeafGreen Opening Theme
People actually spending that amount on a basic ROM that lacks even an emulation menu. No wonder they do this nonsense, they know the public are suckers.
Re: "We Thought It Would Be Fun" - Nintendo Explains Why Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Aren't On Switch Online
@Samalik The funniest thing is that if it was on NSO, it would have online play.
Re: "We Thought It Would Be Fun" - Nintendo Explains Why Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Aren't On Switch Online
Insane price to not even include online play. Over double the price of Wii U VC games. Shocking greed.
Re: Pokémon Unite Is Adding The Original Legendary Bird Trio As Playable Pokémon
Fire Red/Leaf Green coming to Switch as well for 20 bloody quid. Insanity. There’s a GBA app right there and besides that, GBA games were a lot cheaper than that on Wii U.
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Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Gen 1 Pokémon?
I would say Charizard but I’m doing a Professor Oak challenge in Fire Red and that ***** took me hours and hours and hours to evolve. Mewtwo it is.
Re: Two Legacy Of Kain Titles Are On The Way To Switch 2 And Switch This March
Currently in a giant mansion in Blood Omen funnily enough. Decent game with awful hitboxes and I never seem to have enough health. But fun enough.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Super Monkey Ball DLC Update Launches For Free This Week
I love this stupid monkey. Genuinely have so many great memories of playing Super Monkey Ball 2 as a kid, even if it was mostly the minigames cause the actual main game is hard as nails.
Re: Pro-Evolution Soccer Successor 'eFootball' Is Getting A Switch 2 Exclusive Spin-Off
@ShadLink The opposite is mostly true up until fairly recently. FIFA was the arcade experience, with less realistic physics and gameplay targeted at flashy skill moves and high scoring matches. PES offered more weighty physics and a slower build up throughout the golden age, it was later in the PS3 generation into PS4 generation that FIFA attempted a strange blend of pretend simulation with arcade gameplay. I honestly don’t mind the simulation gameplay in the newest FC games in single player but Ultimate Team rules all and that gameplay is blatantly scripted to generate income.
Re: Pro-Evolution Soccer Successor 'eFootball' Is Getting A Switch 2 Exclusive Spin-Off
@ShadLink You must be young. During the PS2 years, PES was far and away the better game. FIFA only really took over in the PS3 years.
Re: Pro-Evolution Soccer Successor 'eFootball' Is Getting A Switch 2 Exclusive Spin-Off
PES 2021 is still the best football game out there. eFootball is an unmitigated disaster on all fronts. Thankfully the PES 99 mod is coming to PC soon.
Re: Telltale's "Cult Classic" Poker Night At The Inventory Returns On Switch This March
Time for the kids to find out what Penny Arcade is. And wish they hadn’t.
Re: Civilization VII Ver. 1.3.2 Rolls Out Today, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Game just doesn’t work. Lasted longer than my brothers as an apologist but the entire structure is flawed. Roll on Civ VIII.
Re: Google's 'Project Genie' Is Basically A Huge Plagiarism Tool, So When Will Nintendo's Legal Ninjas Strike?
It does feel like it’s closer to just all being over. GenAI is eroding democracy at an alarming rate and the way it’s completely destroying arts and culture means we’ll just be stuck with grey sludge.
Re: Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Moves In On Switch 1 This April
I did love the 3DS game for how genuinely odd it was. Good to see they’ve finally added more diversity too, it’s not a life sim unless it accurately reflects life.
Re: UK Retailer GAME Is Reportedly On The Verge Of Collapse Once Again
Game have always been crap to be fair. But it’s never easy on the staff to watch a company sink.
Re: PSA: Dispatch's 'Visual Censorship' Settings Can't Be Removed On Switch
Very odd. The eShop is filled to the brim with dreadful hentai slop. Cyberpunk also avoided censorship. So what gives?
Re: Switch Online's Virtual Boy Adding New Feature To Change Screen Colour "Later This Year"
I know it’s Nintendo but what possible reason is there not to have this feature at launch? It’s literally just a block colour filter.
Re: Random: Here's To Robert Burns And His Long-Standing Relationship With...Animal Crossing?
@CaptainQuo I have great aunts and uncles who still speak what I would call Scots. It’s mostly alive in the older generations. The general ‘Glasgow uni’ accent hatred is because they’re the ones who get the opportunities, and if they came from nothing then they’ve fair forgotten it. All the big cities in Scotland share a proud history of working class roots and I have more in common with poor folk in Dundee than the toffs in the West End. The push to keep Gaelic alive should also extend to Scots, it’s as much a part of our culture, but you’ll be hard pushed to find those in Holyrood who come from that stock. Also, like 90% of the newsreaders on Reporting Scotland have lilting Highland accents. Not sure when it started, I swear the most popular job in Dingwall must be newsreader for the BBC 😂
Re: Random: Here's To Robert Burns And His Long-Standing Relationship With...Animal Crossing?
@CaptainQuo Glesga dialect is only gone in the posh parts. That’s the side of Glasgow that looks good on the postcards but it’s not reality. But you’re right that Doric is kept alive a lot better than Lowland Scots. I grew up in a council estate in a fairly rough area that’s slap bang in between social climber central and one of the most deprived areas in the country, so I went to a high school where you could quite literally tell those who had money from those who didn’t just based on their accent. Which is why it grates so much hearing the accents of those who make it in the media.
Re: Random: Here's To Robert Burns And His Long-Standing Relationship With...Animal Crossing?
@MarkieMAN64 Correct, people confuse it with Scottish English which is obviously the modern dialect, but Oor Wullie is indecipherable for kids these days. We technically have Scots and Scottish Gaelic as indigenous languages and even then, Doric is a dialect of Scots and I couldn’t tell you half of what they say.
@AussieMcBucket Burns was born into a poor family and he opposed both slavery and class inequality. His poems were an inspiration for the later founders of liberalism and socialism.