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"This guy just plugged adapters into adapters, quick, write an article!"

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Do y'all want the servers to be bogged down for Legend of Zelda 35? I don't think so.

Whelp, I can take this off the radar. "For development reasons."

I don't know if it translates to, "the team was not capable," or "the team doesn't care."

Disappointed either way. Missed out on this the first time. Thought that was gonna change.

Oh, good. My faulty product has been restored to working condition by the issuance of this apology.

@Heavyarms55 I mean, she's gonna die.

But, regardless, I think you're right.

It's one of those... unfortunate facts of life.

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End of an era.

Physical releases, along with game development, is a major risk. At least with digital releases, they don’t have to waste time worrying about unsold product. It’s a shame, but it’s an understandable hurdle. Props to them, regardless. They made a good game that people love to play. I’ve got it, myself, but have yet to spend enough time with it. Regardless, it’s nigh impossible not to note it’s own unique charm.

This breaks my friggin’ heart. I really did love Telltale. It’s a shame what they’ve done to everyone involved.

@Ryzaerian Did you know the site has a nifty feature to ignore users you don’t wanna see? I’m not about to run through reading comments to play detective, mods kinda needa get it together on this place, ‘cause the discourse nearly always degrades into oblivion, and this is supposed to be a fun place, ya know? I’ll admit, more than once, I’ve let myself be dragged into it, and I know when I got here nobody knew how to take me, but come on, guys. Be decent. Crapping on random internet strangers shouldn’t make you feel better, and if it does, I really hope you’re doing alright, and I hope you get through whatever you’re dealing with you can chill tf out.

@Ryzaerian I think he’s pretty alright, and I think he has valuable opinions and an interesting point of view. Several times he’s brought things to my attention that would’ve gone unnoticed, otherwise. Quit bein’ a hater.

@FoxyGlen You’re just a person, guy. Ya learn and grow, I encourage, accept and appreciate that. I look forward to your contributions in the future. Defending your work is admirable, itself. (And I’m no stranger to it.) We all do and say things that are going to be regarded as, “controversial,” now and then. If you’re pleasing everyone, you’re surely doing it wrong.

Getting all derogatory and coming off as attacking your audience is bound to leave a bad taste in some of their mouths, even if that wasn’t the intention. I’m seeing a lot of it, lately, not just here, but everywhere, nearly, in this modern culture. People thinking, “oh, I’m so cheeky, roasted,” type stuff. We’re seeing it from corporations, people, in social media, television, etc. It’s not always praise worthy, and many times it comes across as baiting, and it’s not going to lead to anything more than unpleasantries, and irritation. I guess at this point, I’m bending ears on a moot point. Y’all take care, this evening.

@Alantor28 Have you heard of NDA’s? Many people can’t speak of their work, because they’re legally bound to silence. Not that I care one way or the other, and I’ve read so much of this comment feed that I could hardly even want to try to read through to determine what’s up entirely, but... phew, man. This is that, “derogatory,” stuff again.

@1UP_MARIO Yeaaah. I dunno, everyone’s been talking about this site being on a general decline. This a new writer?

@BAN That is how it goes. I don’t think Nintendo sucks, but I think they’ve definitely made some poor decisions, and I think this service is one of them. The, “suck less,” is supposed to sound more like, “get better,” because they can. I guess this has come close to almost approaching being nearly acceptable.

They knew from the start, charging was gonna result in some sort of backlash. It’s to be expected, on both fronts. My, “hey, Nintendo, try to suck less,” is $20 a year for this is flat out asinine. I’d be happy to shell out more money for service that approaches the level of value their competitors have. I don’t even own the competition, but I see my friends getting really cool games all year long, and I’m like... “Uh, do... do y’all wanna play Ice Climbers?” And then I get shot for sounding like a fool. Not today.

But acting like, “oh, not everyone is ever gonna be happy, so whatcha gonna do,” is a poor attitude.
Expressing dissent is necessary for progress. People are complacent being spoon fed the same junk. But if they take the criticism and learn and grow from it... psst, everybody wins.

@BarFooToo I’m gonna grumble with you. Telling consumers not to be like, “hey, corporation, suck less,” means they’re never gonna suck less.

@I understand entirely, but when it comes to PC games, those games in most cases are programmed to work within the windows os, and are dependent on really similar framework and architecture. That’s why PC games usually continue to work as the software and hardware evolves.

This is a different circumstance, really. I will own up to purchasing the game twice, but only the DLC once on the Switch. You’re really missing out on that game if you only played it on the Wii U. I wanted to disregard that talk when I heard it, but, dang. This game shouldn’t have been on the Wii U. There were many things about it’s performance on the platform that nearly blew my mind, ‘cause it felt so... bad. I’m maybe just so used to Nintendo games being quality AF, and having such a polish and shine. That didn’t stop me from putting in over 150 hours on that release alone, but... I dunno. If you have an opportunity, just shell something out for it, used, even, at some point. Nintendo will definitely release the title for something like $20 at some point. Ala, “Nintendo Selects,” or some such, since those are based on sales. Even if it’s six years down the road, you won’t regret it. If you do, find me, and punch me. I welcome it.

@readyletsgo I'm sure the USB port only functions for power.

Ok, color me... not entirely sure, but very presumptuous.
Err... very presumable, in my opinion. We'll see how it goes though. Heck, it might be the perfect slew of games. Idk.

But the analogs? They weren't originally released with the first playstation, for the first couple of years, so if we can't figure out plain ol' USB controllers, you can bet pretty penny we'll be spending a pretty penny on "Classic CompatibleTM DualShock Controllers."

@GrailUK maybe not here, since Nintendo wanted them to pursue games on disc with a Super Nintendo add on, but they are an entertainment GIANT, so it would've likely happened at some point. I mean, they're in everything. Music, movies... other forms of digital media... Whatever. But them getting in when they did?

All Nintendo's fault.

@readyletsgo It's got USB, soooo... yeah.

The only way this thing will be purchasable. It would be closer with MGS and Castlevania Symphony of the Night, but still.
However, unlike the NES Classic Edition, this will certainly not be able to fit the entire library of games on it, which is unfortunate.

Y'all are haters, I'm buying this twice.

@Slitth You mean you bought Wii U software, and you're upset that's the only place you can use it? If you wanted it on the Switch, that's where you should have gotten it. Nintendo would never go through the trouble. Would it be nice? I mean, sure, absolutely. But it's not like they owe you or anyone anything.

I mean, if we're being honest, they did do the work, and they released it as a commercial product. You're free to upgrade for $60 for the base software, and an additional $20 for the extra content.

I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but we've all been expected to buy the original Super Mario Bros.... I dunno, 14 times now? Whatever.

@Mgene15 They gotta beat every bit of money out of the 3DS before they start making sensible decisions like that, come on now.

The Puyo Puyo Tetris demo was enough in my books, until I find a cheap copy. Also, hi, Sega, are you there?

Sonic Adventure DX, 2 Battle, 3, and then the Shenmue games. Maybe, NiGHTS, and figure out the joycon motion/aiming controls to do Virtua Cop. Then, do whatever your silly hearts desire.

A guy can dream.

@DavidMac So in a way... they came together? Eh? Ehhhh? Eh. I will look into them. If you’re a fan of covers, look into The Protomen. They did a live Queen album, and it was incredible. Not to mention an album called The Cover Up, and... so much good music.

@Don If we’re being honest, she’s probably on Facebook and or Tinder. What does she think? Who even knows. For all their sakes, I hope this all blows over for them. It, aside from the theft, was all relatively harmless, and hopefully this can serve as a wake up call. His child could have been hurt.

@PhilKenSebben http://nonprophetmusic.bandcamp.com/releases
Pro tip, if it tells you have to buy it after listening too much, open an incognito window. Continue free listening.

Plz dun ban meh, Nintendo Life. Haha.

@DavidMac Then you’ll be somewhere in the ballpark of elated and or disappointed to find I’m working on, “Come Together,” with a friend that basically had to twist my arm to get me to. Haha. Once I started producing the instrumental, I couldn’t stop myself. I can’t say I’m not a fan, but they definitely aren’t... not everything they did was my cup of tea. I can’t deny them their right to the level of acclaim they achieved. You wanna talk pioneering technique though, I take my hat off and burn it with respects to Queen and Freddie. Limitations are awesome things to work with because no matter how limited you are or feel, you can work with that. We’re clogging the good Nintendo Life’s comments and have horribly derailed them.

Ahem

GAMEBOY DS WOT N OUR NATION

(I know what I did, DavidMac, DO NOT EVEN.) Lol

@DavidMac Gonna assume it’s usually yourself, if this is any indication.
@LaVelle I have. Friggin’ hacks, I tell ya.

@DavidMac And now I’m less embarrassed that you, I and my father appear to share names. I think the kids would call that, “savage.” Get ‘em with that social commentary. Maybe it’ll fix Flint’s water supply or free those children from their cages. I don’t want everything to go to Hell, but whatcha gonna do?

@DavidMac I’m impressed by your ability to spell a six letter word, and simultaneously be straight up clueless. However, I am nonprophet, and my username is nonprophetmusic, so I can be easily located, should someone have the ability to Google.

@PhilKenSebben When my work initially started hitting streaming services and digital storefronts, they lumped me in with them. Haha. I got them to sort it out rather easily, and I’ve been contacted on a couple occasions by people looking for them.

@HobbitGamer I wanna say I’ve heard a handful of their songs, and I was a little bit fond of them. Not wholly familiar, however. I look forward to the day when I’m associated with my music. Lol

But I already bought these games, why do you hafta suck my money outta my wallet, Suda51? What gives? You know I’m gonna hafta buy both of them again. You’re disgusting and beautiful, do it, take my money.

@Camilla I anticipate or hope it will get better. Will it be soon enough? I mean, that’s all perspective, but I’d be happy to be paying $60 a year for decent online that had good offerings. That’s the thing with the competitor’s services, they offer some really cool games every month. I mean sure, they’re from the last two decades, usually, and... that’s much preferred.
I love the NES. I’ve still got my old guy and a classic, so they don’t have any luster as Switch titles.

@PLAYwithGregg How about [this is a website with children in the audience] it and don’t make assumptions? Lemme find you ever ripped a CD. You and your unauthorized reproduction. Bet you didn’t even have express written consent from the copyright holders.

I don’t debate with people that don’t have a firm grasp of the language I speak. It’s ok, a lot of native speakers don’t understand how it works, so you trying to learn is really cool, and you should be proud. Like your mother. She raised/is raising a winner. Some day, you might even be able to pick up the little nuances, and things like sarcasm. Could be some time, though. Go stream a video game, you beautiful, shiny beacon of justice.

@Razer It may or may not do anything apart from functioning as a toilet brush. Tomorrow, I will announce a date for the announcement regarding potential upcoming features which might be nothing.

@penamiguel92 Would you like to buy my toilet brush for $20?

It comes down to $1.67 a month. That's cheaper than Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services... If you pay a monthly subscription to any of these(which I don't, Crunchyroll is free), then you have no problem increasing the bill by $1.67 a month... Except the difference is that you'll have it forever.

@Razer If they came out, like, "hey, it comes with GameCube," or even N64 games, I'd be more with it. I want to give them money, but I'm not paying for things I neither need nor want. Some nearly 4 decade year old games don't make their P2P nonsense any better. It doesn't have a browser, access to YouTube or Netflix, I don't need it online. I'll play locally with my friends. If Brawl was any indication, which, I imagine they've tried to get better, online play is just never gonna be my bag, anyway.

@jhewitt3476 I've said it before, people vote with their money.

It's why Nintendo's Trash Online Service will make them millions.

Nintendo pricing Nintendo's games is one thing, but Capcom is the producer and publisher for Mega Man 11, so... That's on them. It's easily worth $40. Honestly, they're fools for that, I woulda shelled out $60 for it. That is a very strong example of a demo making or breaking you. Mega Man 11 is gonna be some nice, challenging fun. Sonic Forces looked good. Then they put out a demo and saved me $40. Fools, I tell ya.

@Razer Yeah, so my Switch is hacked, I have local backups of my saves and can play NES, SNES, GB/C/A, PSX, PSP, Gamecube, etc.

So, yeah, no, they'll get money for games from me, but not their "service." I couldn't care less. I'd be on-board if the service wasn't garbage. I'll stick with my foil, thx.

@Agramonte I'm so pumped for Saints Row The Third. Played a bit on a buddy's pc. Never thought I'd see it on a Nintendo system, let alone portable. Heck yeah. There are many, many more, but that's one that came outta nowhere that got me all kinds of excited.

@ChameleonBros It's odd, because I find myself really torn after a couple of points have been made. The Japanese really do seem to dig their phones, and I could see this as the cause for why this... hmm... "feels foreign," to us, to a certain degree. We're not the ones heading up Nintendo, we didn't make the Switch. Being a creative type, I would feel very alienated and disinterested in someone telling me that I needed to change the way I personally like doing things. "Change this snare drum to a duck quacking. Change this chord progression. Change these words. Use a different instrument. Ok, now we love it." Well, now it's not the thing I made, and I don't like that. I dunno. I have my leanings toward, "hey, Nintendo, figure out your commercial product so the consumers will want it." But... I can heavily relate to wanting to do things as I do them, as that's what I do. I wouldn't even like being told to do it different.

@Razer Semantics. The point of "how y'all tryna give them xMillions of dollars for diddly," stands. But I know you're not even tryna be nitpicky. I just went for the first figure I saw upon a Google.

@Ryan_Again I need that nifty green thing in your avatar, and I don't even have any clue as to what it's for. Lol

Awful decision. Give it away to anyone that owns Fighterz.

Charge some paltry $5 for it on eShop otherwise.

"We like money, but like... we don't necessarily want it." Uhh... Ok.

I've seen people here since I showed up, saying things like, "wow, Nintendo Life, you are hard up for articles and things you need people to click on."

I see that now.

I beat the Mega Man 11 demo and didn't even cry (much) in between starting and finishing, if you can do anything with that.

Oh snap, an 8-bit looking game on the Switch running at 60FPS?!

Pulled out all the stops for this one.

Looks like some awesome fun, but...
My god, your game that you developed that could likely actually run on hardware (if you were trying) from the 80's better be able to run proper.

"Our game runs like it should," just... doesn't feel like one of those... selling points, ya know? Especially from a title looking like this.

@Agramonte I know that's gotta suck for a lot of people, but I am so welcoming it, for the most part. I had a Wii and a Wii U, so I missed out on all the video games that weren't Zelda, Smash or Mario. I'm legitimately elated at most of these ports.

@Voodoo After what happened to the Wii U, I would not hold your breath anymore for an internet browser.

@OorWullie You're right, I'm sure of it, in most respects, but they're a friggin' multi-million to billion dollar company. They need to get it together strongly. I know Nintendo has always been a very... safely, carefully paced company, but they need to kind of get it together, and you know I'm right, too. It's kinda like with how, everyone's like, "oooh, mistah Nintendo man, I need me that Nsixfour classic," and they're like, "yeah, dude, we totally know and feel you and will deliver, but we're still tryna ride the SNES Classic train until it dies and we have to burn the tracks so there's no evidence."

I get it. It's Nintendo's thing, man. They don't stop at beating the horse when it dies. They gotta drain the blood and repurpose it. Kick it some more, just make sure it's got no second death wind in it.

I will never not love Nintendo, but I will always be critical of their obvious shortcomings. I'm sure they've got the Switch lifecycle pretty well planned out on paper, and that could mean, a revisit to the virtual console, (this, "oh you got a library of games to access," stuff is noise) and we could see GameCube titles hit the sucker, in three or four years, in an official capacity. It feels like, while the system has already enjoyed an awesome amount of success, they're dampening it, I suppose, and just really limiting what it can do.

It came out swinging when the bell first rang, but now it's on the ropes. Why isn't he fighting back? Where are the punches? Why doesn't he guard his face? If he keeps taking this kind of abuse from his opponent, is he even gonna be able to take him in the 9th round? Why is he gonna wait until the 9th round to act like he cares again?

Does... that... that makes sense, right?

Roughly 18 million units sold. If 1/8th of the install base pays for this garbage, Nintendo makes about 45 million dollars. For nothing.

It's my understanding they don't even have their own online servers, and the multiplayer is P2P. Why?

Why you tryna give them 45 million dollars for crappy online?
This is what's irritating about it. If morons gave me 45 million dollars for nothing, guess what y'all would get?
Nothing. Ever. Y'all gonna give me money anyway, why would I work to better what I'm offering you? Money talks, and you know who's listening.

I'm not denying it's ability to grow into a competent service, it COULD happen, I just doubt it at this point.

And you're not morons, I'm sorry. I just don't get it, is all.

The service is botched. If they wanted to save it, with effort and care, they'd rework the system's UI (or rather, just the system's internal framework) to start and partner with Discord or something to provide universal system chat. But, I'd wager they're not doing that, and relegating it to a phone app because that might just be too much to process on p2p connections in the first place, 'cause this harebrained idea was botched from the start.

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See, it's never been about it being extravagantly expensive, because it absolutely isn't.

My personal issue with it is, when you give a corporation money, you're supporting them and what they're doing.
But their online service is ba-friggin'-loney.

If they can get by with charging for a joke, you're paying for laughs.

Oh, wow, that makes it all incredible. Wow. Amazing. That’s the best. Gj Nintendo. Woo.

The direct was pretty cool, and I'm way excited for Munchkin.

They still blew it with, "Nintendo Switch Online." The service launches in less than a week and they still want to play coy on some of the details. Kind of embarrassing, really.

I'm a simple man. I see Team17, I give them money.

I remember this game caused an influx of people googling the term, "pacifist," 'cause people didn't know what it meant.

That's somewhere between "sad," and "beautiful," for the fact that everything can teach us something.

I'd like to check it out, but I just was so not fond of the style of game it is. I didn't like Earthbound at all.

@frabbit I don't own either of the competitors' consoles, and can confirm their online services blow Nintendo's out of the water by default.

"But you get twenty 30-some-odd year old games."

Well, stick a spoon in my rear end and call it a steal. Or, don't do either of those things, 'cause they're both not right.

Both Sony and Microsoft regularly give out games that are actually worth playing, and aren't approaching 4 decades old.

"But you get the privilege to play online."

Well, golly, you mean like Switch users were doing with the meager handful of games that were designed to support it and couldn't stand on their own without it? I hope the experience was better than when it was free, 'cause that was a bit embarrassing nearly 1/3 of the time.

I'll stick by my lonesome self and enjoy playing Gamecube games on my Switch.

Y'all have fun with Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Smash when it comes out. Maybe there will be some other games, too. Oh, snap, wait, them NES games have multiplayer?

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"Cloud saving!"

...that isn't available across the board, will not always be available or accessible by the end-user, and has already been handled better by hackers. "...neat."

"The online service is cheap."

And stabbing yourself in the leg is free if you've already got a knife, my guy.
I'm not saying this is "expensive," I'm saying it's lacking in value.

If Nintendo wants to do better, they need to do better. Tryna ride the nostalgia wave isn't entirely frowned upon when you've got a legacy like they do, but... they can't ride that wave forever.

@RailX It's a port if they had to recompile existing code for another release.

@Cobalt Ya know, I didn't consider that, I do tend to forget that framerate between PAL and NTSC releases differed.

Watching that video now, and wow, as soon as that music started.
Oh, my goodness, that's nearly unbearable. (Do I make a joke about Sega's original attempt to port the title to iOS? Nah...)

What an incredible difference, really. I knew that the difference existed, but... for some reason, I assumed it didn't really translate into any kind of real difference.

@Cobalt That I am, yes. Is this the part where I'm held accountable for the actions of people I neither support nor associate with?