@JSC016 Both are sort of difficult to begin with! I played 0 first and muddled my way through the many callbacks to the first 5 games and appreciated them a lot when I made my way throughout the rest of the series. But then Kiwami is essentially a sequel to 0, with the way they tie it in! Both are good to play first and also not, I’d say 0 is the better game though.
The Switch is already just big enough to not entirely be comfortable imo. I miss the form factor of the 3DS, that was far more comfortable and you could maximise screen space far more conveniently these days.
Lmao, a rom hack is infinitely more legal than this. What is he thinking, saying that he just lifted the original assets and dumped them into Game Maker? Look, I love a good hack but this strikes me as particularly provocative.
Honestly if you go literally anywhere in the world with historical sites, you’ll find enough fertility symbols to realise that it’s one of the most accurately depicted monsters in the series despite being a massive penis.
@d2k Oh for sure, there’s still great third party games on the N64…. it just sorta pales in comparison to the third-party PS1 library. It’s probably due to me being slightly too young for that generation the first time around but I’m honestly not that big on a lot of the first-party PS1 games so that console’s third-party fare really stands out compared to the other consoles of that generation.
@ScalenePowers The N64 in general just has a really small selection of games. If it wasn’t for the first-party selection being genre-defining stuff, it probably wouldn’t be thought of anywhere near as much as it is! My heart lies with the Cube but the esoteric nature of the exclusives on that console is both a strength and a weakness.
Please tell me he’s responsible for Shadow cocking the barrel of an SMG like a shotgun in the opening to Ow the Edge. Man that game sucked. Still got the Morrisons sale sticker on the PS2 case, probably paid too much for it.
@GrowingWings Well the problem is that Kiwami is 100% a sequel to 0! There’s honestly not a best way to start the series but I’m glad I started with 0 back in 2017 cause it was a great enough game to get me into the series.
@DripDropCop146 Spongebob? The first few seasons stand up incredibly well, it’s only the last 15 years or so that have been rubbish. Like the Simpsons.
Up there with my favourite series ever. Yes, 0 is much better than Kiwami but it’s also a decent starting point given 0 does have a hell of a lot of callbacks to the first 5 games in the series.
She’s a great actress but Civ have always made good choices for narrator. Leonard Nimoy, William Morgan Sheppard, Sean Bean and now Gwendoline Christie. It’s a shame that the gameplay makes me want to cry! Cannot fathom why they’ve used Humankind as inspiration when it just did not work.
@Hyrulewarrior Imagine thinking that was remotely funny. There’s not even a joke there, all you’ve done is correlated a horrible disease that is ravaging parts of the world with an unrelated tragic death. There is no way that anybody would ever laugh at such an inane comment.
Backlogs are both a curse and a blessing. I have a million things still to play… but it means I can experience great games for the first time! F-Zero X is a game that genuinely holds up so it’s nice to see it getting some love.
Personally, I think they should just separate categories. There’s a bunch of failsafes so why not disable them in one mode, and enable them in another? Something like this would be patched out of the glitchless mode but retained in a glitches permitted mode.
@VoidofLight It’s always going to be a product of a parasocial relationship. It’s not a follow-up to Undertale, it’s ’more Toby Fox content’. Everything is defined within the boundaries of what we expect from him, which is an issue with the auteur mindset. He also has other devs working on this but we’re getting Kojima levels of THIS IS A TOBY FOX GAME DEVELOPED BY TOBY FOX. There is no way for this to stand on its own two feet, every slightest scrap of content will be torn to pieces by fans trying to decipher if it ‘means anything’ or how it connects to Undertale, and personally I think that’s exactly what he’s banking on. I’ll always prefer Nintendo’s approach of genuinely not caring about canon in series like Mario and Zelda, media in general has become far too cameo heavy, fan theory nonsense etc.
Just bad vibes all round. Undertale was a big deal when it came out but it’s not nearly as revolutionary now, and none of the Deltarune snippets that have released so far have come close in any way to recapturing that lightning in a bottle. He could basically just release some Vivziepop-ass art to a fart soundtrack with flashing text saying ‘MURDER IS BAD’ and the dedicated fanbase would spend 10 years picking it apart like flies on sh*t. I literally saw a post on Reddit trying to work out why there’s a camera in a bush in Undertale despite the game explaining in great detail how Alphys is spying on you with cameras.
DS for me, the click is super satisfying, also I am far too young to have nostalgia for anything before the GBA. The N64 ones and the Super Famicom ones are nice though.
P-06 turned me around on the potential of this game. Yeah, it’s utter sh*t, but clearly there was something there for it to be salvaged. Just release that officially, Sega have form.
@roboshort It’s surely a grey area because could you not define the act of feeding the model these videos as ‘making use of copyrighted materials’? It’s not just viewing the video or anything like that, anything that these models produce, you would then not have gotten without the addition of said copyrighted materials. It’s so much easier to prove than human learning because there’s a digital paper trail. Once it’s in there, the whole batch is tainted and that’s where they’ll get these massive data scraping into model training endeavours in court. If they keep flaunting the rules then eventually the onus will be on them to prove they didn’t have any mishandled data creeping into their training, which will be impossible without running an airtight operation. We’ll end up with rules as strict as user data handling in the EU and UK is now, which to be fair doesn’t strike me as a bad thing, as it requires tech companies to keep on top of every single piece of data being handled by the company.
Fire Emblem is probably the only franchise I’m genuinely disappointed with on Switch. I know people have gripes with the 3DS lot but they’re still superior, the slimming down is justified and they fit the hardware.
We’re going to see more and more charlatans being sued to oblivion over the next few years. Training AI models on copyrighted data is so blatantly taking place, and if any proof comes out then there’s no option but for a hefty payout and complete cease-and-desist.
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Re: Get A Closer Look At Yakuza Kiwami On Switch In New 'Play It Together' Trailer
@JSC016 Both are sort of difficult to begin with! I played 0 first and muddled my way through the many callbacks to the first 5 games and appreciated them a lot when I made my way throughout the rest of the series. But then Kiwami is essentially a sequel to 0, with the way they tie it in! Both are good to play first and also not, I’d say 0 is the better game though.
Re: Get A Closer Look At Yakuza Kiwami On Switch In New 'Play It Together' Trailer
@Warioware It can only be a good thing if it does well!
Re: Get A Closer Look At Yakuza Kiwami On Switch In New 'Play It Together' Trailer
Sure it’s Kiwami and not 0 but these games are so brilliant that I hope there’s a new audience of Switch only players.
Re: Random: Someone 3D Printed The Rumoured 'Switch 2' Design
The Switch is already just big enough to not entirely be comfortable imo. I miss the form factor of the 3DS, that was far more comfortable and you could maximise screen space far more conveniently these days.
Re: Random: Zelda Fan Project Turns 'A Link To The Past' Into Roguelike Dungeon Crawler
@KingMike You’ve just described what a ROM hack is 😂😂😂
Re: New DIY Kit Aims To Revive The "Classic GameCube Controller Feel"
I kinda like the convex stick of the original. Not a big fan of that style of stick.
Re: Random: Zelda Fan Project Turns 'A Link To The Past' Into Roguelike Dungeon Crawler
Lmao, a rom hack is infinitely more legal than this. What is he thinking, saying that he just lifted the original assets and dumped them into Game Maker? Look, I love a good hack but this strikes me as particularly provocative.
Re: 'The Art Of Bravely Default II: 201X-2021' Is Getting An English Release In 2025
Didn’t realise that they started developing this during the events of Robocop 2.
Re: Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Free Update Adding New Demon Navigators
Honestly if you go literally anywhere in the world with historical sites, you’ll find enough fertility symbols to realise that it’s one of the most accurately depicted monsters in the series despite being a massive penis.
Re: Nintendo Announces New Switch OLED 'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' Bundle
And you can get two of them instead of a PS5 Pro!
Re: Hands On: 'Royalty Free For All' Looks To Smash It With A Cosy Fighting Format & Timeless Roster
Was there not a fighting game like this where you got Jesus and Santa and the Buddha and it was f**king awful.
Re: Random: Smash Bros. Meets Battle Royale In This Upcoming Playable PC Prototype
@Samalik It’s 2024. If it’s this early in development, it’s not coming to Switch.
Re: Random: Smash Bros. Meets Battle Royale In This Upcoming Playable PC Prototype
Wow looking forward to this prototype for a game that isn’t coming to Switch.
Re: Soapbox: Sony's Insane PS5 Pro Price Highlights The Delicate Balance Nintendo Must Strike With 'Switch 2'
This alone sold me on Switch 2 more than anything else. F**k Sony.
Re: Gearbox Co-Founder Compares Company's Success Rate To The Beatles, And Fans Aren't Happy
He’s such a moron. Regardless of personal taste, the Beatles are indisputably important in so many more ways than this clown is.
Re: Feature: Blasphemous Devs Talk Switching From Metroidvania To RTS Stealth In 'The Stone Of Madness'
This sounds so far up my alley it’s seeing last night’s dinner.
Re: Feature: 5 RPG Maker Horror Classics On Switch (And 3 We'd Love To See Ported)
The original Yume Nikki is incredible. Dream Diary is not.
Re: Random: Former Nintendo Boss Reggie Fils-Aimé Rediscovers His N64 Collection
@d2k Oh for sure, there’s still great third party games on the N64…. it just sorta pales in comparison to the third-party PS1 library. It’s probably due to me being slightly too young for that generation the first time around but I’m honestly not that big on a lot of the first-party PS1 games so that console’s third-party fare really stands out compared to the other consoles of that generation.
Re: Super Mario Party Jamboree Will Include Pauline As A Playable Character
I do love how she’s just a random woman. Like Peach and Daisy and Rosalina have very ‘Mario’ designs but Pauline is just a sort of glam lady.
Re: Random: Former Nintendo Boss Reggie Fils-Aimé Rediscovers His N64 Collection
@ScalenePowers The N64 in general just has a really small selection of games. If it wasn’t for the first-party selection being genre-defining stuff, it probably wouldn’t be thought of anywhere near as much as it is! My heart lies with the Cube but the esoteric nature of the exclusives on that console is both a strength and a weakness.
Re: Random: Former Nintendo Boss Reggie Fils-Aimé Rediscovers His N64 Collection
@ScalenePowers What about Tetrisphere? I really enjoy that take on Tetris.
Re: Sonic 3 Movie Director Reflects On "Full Circle" Shadow The Hedgehog Moment
Please tell me he’s responsible for Shadow cocking the barrel of an SMG like a shotgun in the opening to Ow the Edge. Man that game sucked. Still got the Morrisons sale sticker on the PS2 case, probably paid too much for it.
Re: Yakuza Kiwami Brings The Dragon Of Dojima To Switch For The First Time
@GrowingWings Well the problem is that Kiwami is 100% a sequel to 0! There’s honestly not a best way to start the series but I’m glad I started with 0 back in 2017 cause it was a great enough game to get me into the series.
Re: MySims Is Officially Returning In November With The 'Cozy Bundle'
@Anti-Matter Yes, that is the definition of a remaster.
Re: The Legend Of Heroes: Trails In The Sky Remake Is Real, And It Looks Amazing
I love Sky but the 3D games never really hit me the same way, I’m not that big into the artstyle and the traversal is a bit less enjoyable!
Re: MySims Is Officially Returning In November With The 'Cozy Bundle'
@Anti-Matter It’s… a remaster?
Re: Patrick Stars In New Open-World SpongeBob Game, Getting Goofy On Switch This October
@DripDropCop146 Spongebob? The first few seasons stand up incredibly well, it’s only the last 15 years or so that have been rubbish. Like the Simpsons.
Re: Yakuza Kiwami Brings The Dragon Of Dojima To Switch For The First Time
Up there with my favourite series ever. Yes, 0 is much better than Kiwami but it’s also a decent starting point given 0 does have a hell of a lot of callbacks to the first 5 games in the series.
Re: Hands On: Epic Mickey: Rebrushed - A Fresh Coat Of Paint For A Once-Flawed Platformer
I neeeeeeed this! One of my favourite games from that era and why yes, it’s nostalgia talking.
Re: Game Of Thrones Star Confirmed As In-Game Narrator For Civilization VII
She’s a great actress but Civ have always made good choices for narrator. Leonard Nimoy, William Morgan Sheppard, Sean Bean and now Gwendoline Christie. It’s a shame that the gameplay makes me want to cry! Cannot fathom why they’ve used Humankind as inspiration when it just did not work.
Re: Atsuko Tanaka, The Japanese Voice Of Bayonetta, Has Passed Away
@Hyrulewarrior Imagine thinking that was remotely funny. There’s not even a joke there, all you’ve done is correlated a horrible disease that is ravaging parts of the world with an unrelated tragic death. There is no way that anybody would ever laugh at such an inane comment.
Re: 'Tintin Reporter: Cigars Of The Pharaoh' Finally Adventures Onto Switch This October
It’s gonna be terrible but I would like to give it a go because of sheer fanboyism.
Re: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Has Been Delayed Again
I just want it to be good. The original is an all timer.
Re: Nintendo Announces 'Nintendo Museum Direct'
Miyamoto pounding the glass box he’s encased in, screaming for his family. Cannot believe they would do this.
Re: Random: Man Sets World Record By Connecting 400+ Working Game Consoles To One TV
Remember the Amazon Rainforest? Your kids won’t.
Re: Rachael Lillis, Voice Actor For Pokémon's Misty And Jessie, Has Passed Away
Ahh saw that there on Twitter. Such a shame, part of many of our childhoods.
Re: Catch-Up Crew: F-Zero X - "In First Place I Just Yeeted Myself Off The Course"
Backlogs are both a curse and a blessing. I have a million things still to play… but it means I can experience great games for the first time! F-Zero X is a game that genuinely holds up so it’s nice to see it getting some love.
Re: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake New Story Segments Will Focus On Your Father
@Abeedo Ortega is a sublime physical specimen. I would like to experience the moment the protagonist is conceived.
Re: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake New Story Segments Will Focus On Your Father
Can we clap those cheeks please.
Re: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom New Art And Screenshots Revealed By Nintendo
Really love the artstyle. Similar to Link’s Awakening but definitely improved, and reminds me of claymation.
Re: Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Player Uses Glitch To Top Donkey Kong Leaderboard
Personally, I think they should just separate categories. There’s a bunch of failsafes so why not disable them in one mode, and enable them in another? Something like this would be patched out of the glitchless mode but retained in a glitches permitted mode.
Re: Toby Fox Shares Another Development Update On Deltarune Chapter 4
@VoidofLight It’s always going to be a product of a parasocial relationship. It’s not a follow-up to Undertale, it’s ’more Toby Fox content’. Everything is defined within the boundaries of what we expect from him, which is an issue with the auteur mindset. He also has other devs working on this but we’re getting Kojima levels of THIS IS A TOBY FOX GAME DEVELOPED BY TOBY FOX. There is no way for this to stand on its own two feet, every slightest scrap of content will be torn to pieces by fans trying to decipher if it ‘means anything’ or how it connects to Undertale, and personally I think that’s exactly what he’s banking on. I’ll always prefer Nintendo’s approach of genuinely not caring about canon in series like Mario and Zelda, media in general has become far too cameo heavy, fan theory nonsense etc.
Re: Toby Fox Shares Another Development Update On Deltarune Chapter 4
Just bad vibes all round. Undertale was a big deal when it came out but it’s not nearly as revolutionary now, and none of the Deltarune snippets that have released so far have come close in any way to recapturing that lightning in a bottle. He could basically just release some Vivziepop-ass art to a fart soundtrack with flashing text saying ‘MURDER IS BAD’ and the dedicated fanbase would spend 10 years picking it apart like flies on sh*t. I literally saw a post on Reddit trying to work out why there’s a camera in a bush in Undertale despite the game explaining in great detail how Alphys is spying on you with cameras.
Re: Poll: Which Is Your Favourite Nintendo Game Cartridge Design?
DS for me, the click is super satisfying, also I am far too young to have nostalgia for anything before the GBA. The N64 ones and the Super Famicom ones are nice though.
Re: Braid: Anniversary Edition Sales Have Been "Utterly Terrible", Says Creator
I’m glad. He’s a w*nk.
Re: Sonic X Shadow Generations Continues To Show Love For Sonic 06
P-06 turned me around on the potential of this game. Yeah, it’s utter sh*t, but clearly there was something there for it to be salvaged. Just release that officially, Sega have form.
Re: Rumour: Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games "Finished"
I really liked these. Them being a few years apart gave them time to work on them too, they could have stepped the quality up.
Re: AI Generator Scraped YouTube Videos Without Permission, Including Nintendo's
@roboshort It’s surely a grey area because could you not define the act of feeding the model these videos as ‘making use of copyrighted materials’? It’s not just viewing the video or anything like that, anything that these models produce, you would then not have gotten without the addition of said copyrighted materials. It’s so much easier to prove than human learning because there’s a digital paper trail. Once it’s in there, the whole batch is tainted and that’s where they’ll get these massive data scraping into model training endeavours in court. If they keep flaunting the rules then eventually the onus will be on them to prove they didn’t have any mishandled data creeping into their training, which will be impossible without running an airtight operation. We’ll end up with rules as strict as user data handling in the EU and UK is now, which to be fair doesn’t strike me as a bad thing, as it requires tech companies to keep on top of every single piece of data being handled by the company.
Re: Poll: Do You Prefer Fire Emblem: Three Houses Or Engage?
Fire Emblem is probably the only franchise I’m genuinely disappointed with on Switch. I know people have gripes with the 3DS lot but they’re still superior, the slimming down is justified and they fit the hardware.
Re: AI Generator Scraped YouTube Videos Without Permission, Including Nintendo's
We’re going to see more and more charlatans being sued to oblivion over the next few years. Training AI models on copyrighted data is so blatantly taking place, and if any proof comes out then there’s no option but for a hefty payout and complete cease-and-desist.