Will the nlife10 code still be valid on Thursday? Not going to buy e-shop cards till I know what Nintendo put on sale the time. These days I prefer paying the exact amount — I had points left on the DS and Wii shops when they folded!
Bummer, this looks neat. Though roguelike seems to me like an excuse for games to not have a story or curated environments. The few I tried did not work for me, now I avoid games that are Rogue not followed by Squadron. I don't understand why developers don't take the assets and mechanics they created and tell a story with them. A scripted game with the option to generate additional random contend, that could be cool. Maybe unlocked after finishing the story.
I think we do have a unique point of view, which is not about how everything has to run on a single device or platform. That's the key statement. This acquisition was about intellectual property. Microsoft owned franchises are going to be available on Apple, Google, Netflix and every capable "smart" device. The question is, are there still going to be dedicated hardware devices atall in the future!?
PC gaming is nuts, the money you have to spent to stay current is crazy. I wonder if games are going to be made for, or even optimised for this hardware. If not, it is to expensive. Who will developers target, 90 million underpowered Switch owners, or a few thousand underpowered PC handheld owners?
Nintendo's intention is to have customers subscribe past the free trial. That should be a no-brainer if the service offered was worth keeping the subscription! The moral and noble way would be to have the auto-renewal disabled by default, and ask to enable it in-app, and via email. The fact that this is not the way Nintendo set it up indicates that they don't expect to be able to convince potential subscribers of the value they can get from NSO.
The context of the Balan Wonderworld release matters. It is an okay game for kids, that could have received more favorable reviews had it not been hyped over the moon. It is the same story over and over and over, marketing creates high expectations, the product falls short, consumers get mad. No Man's Sky, GTA, Cyberpunk, the biggest reasons I am never going to pre-order or buy day one, but wait for reviews, the bug fix, and the price drop. However, I will never buy Balan Wonderworld. Arzest, Square Enix and Yuji Naka are now names that I will look out for and avoid. Not because the game is bad, but because of their attempt to hype the game with fake "user" reviews.
Some of the best and most acclaimed games can overstay their welcome when they get tedious at some point. I often finished games just to be done, not really enjoying the last hour(s). I'd rather play short games that invite me into their world for a few hours, than grind for days to get to the next artificial obstacle.
Some games I enjoyed that are not in the article: Another World Planet Alpha Oxenfree Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP Layers of Fear: Legacy InnerSpace The Count Lucanor Pinstripe Shape of the World AER Memories of Old Limbo
Gyruss, Defender of the Crown, Gauntlett, Uridium, Impossible Mission, Paradroid, Sanxion, Nebulus, Bruce Lee, Usagi Yojimbo, Bard's Tale … just some games I remember for being great. The C64 had amazing concepts and gameplay.
Spoils from the Switch phoning home to spy on Nintendo customers. I'm glad I got to disable that in the EU because of GDPR! (https://accounts.nintendo.com/analytics/opt_in)
@Not_Soos Have a look at dekudeals.com. Nintendo should seriously hire the guy who made it, Michael Fairley. It is what the eShop should be … minus the option to buy of course.
The shop is almost unbearable, this new feature won’t change that. No ratings, reviews, recommendations on top of the ..s..l..o...o..o..o...o..o..o...w.... speed. I keep track of sales, my wish-list and purchases on DekuDeals, read reviews online, and buy from the browser on nintendo’s website. I would love to have the option to hide the icons for the shop. And for NSO and news. The unused space could be used with an icon for the full game list, it is ridiculous that it needs 2+ clicks to get there.
@N64-ROX : portable handheld N64 is the entire point of Switch N64 Very good point! The only reason I even considered the Expansion Pack. The Switch N64 controller is nice, but they should have made N64 Joy Cons. The Switch is designed to be modular. Nintendo should make a $100 N64 controller set (left, middle, right) with rails on both sides of the middle prong and rail covers for all three modules to play in tabletop mode.
I don't feel like donating money to Nintendo. If they had put the legacy titles into a second service, separate from the cloud save and online play subscription, called it The NintendoGameMuseum, part of the NintendoHistoricSociety, asked for a monthly membership fee for the club and donations, it would at least have been honest. This could have cost even more than the lackluster NSO(+), but at least people wouldn’t feel stiffed.
“… it feels like every other ‘new’ game being released is a remake or a remaster of some old game …” The flip-side of the Switch selling like crazy and having a handful of great old games ported successfully: bad ports of ancient games and bad mobile games.
Never pre-order, never buy day one, always wait for reviews.
@SwitchForce Men never admit fault or seem to want to learn from mistakes that's something they were always taught from young age. You are right. I used to to be unaware my privileges existed. As a teenager, I took long walks after midnight, went alone to raves and clubs. Later in life, I dozed in the park during lunch break. When I learned of the term whitemaleprivilege, it was something that made me think of abusive men, wife beaters, rapists, rich frat boys throwing roofie parties. The term did no apply to me, I thought; I'm not evil, I do no harm, I'm a good person, I'm not asking for anything. I fear my initial reaction is a not uncommon. We reject what we perceive as unjustified attack, not realising that we have something, hold on to something given to us by other white men. My non-white friends, my gay friends, my female friends, made me aware that my reality is drastically different and less dangerous than theirs. I was angry my cozy bubble got burst, my ignorance got taken from me; my world had gotten darker and scarier because of this new perspective. I guess, I was lucky this happened before social media—who knows how I would have been influenced by heated discussions like the one here.
@DK-Fan Yes, life would be more pleasant if everybody could turn the rhetorics down a notch, not only on this subject. Misogyny and racism are extreme terms that people can't and won't identify with, they inflame the discussion. People who acknowledge injustice and are aware of bias feel unjustly vilified. I sure do. As @Not_Soos wrote above, we wonder if we are part of the problem. The uncomfortable fact is, yes, we are part of the problem. Almost everyone is part of a privileged group, most even several. That’s okay, as long as we are aware and actively try to compensate whenever we can.
When I was in a position to hire people for the first time, I was asked to look for men because they wouldn’t get pregnant. I ignored that, and used my position of relative power to hire women, by simply stating they were the best candidate. They were not better nor were they worse. Shortly after, the employment laws changed (that was in Germany), now fathers could get the same amount of maternity leave as mothers. I hired more men again.
We don't live in a merit based society, and we most likely never will. Quotas are an attempt to get rid of a symptom, not a cure against injustice. Looking out for each other is an easy way to make the world a better place for everyone.
@Not_Soos Your 3 posts above are heartwarming, a blessing to this comment section, and I hope everyone reads them in their entirety. I would like to highlight and repeat: you have changed the way you speak to prevent discrimination!! Terrible that you had to, but good for you. Most can’t get rid of the reason for their discrimination.
The best applicant for a position should be hired regardless of physical appearance, age, gender, etc.— but they can’t. Not as long as they are not even invited to interview. The bias comes from the mind, and it will take a long time to get rid of it. It takes awareness and the will to take action, and companies like Nintendo, with a huge platform, can provide that by just declaring intend, as is evident with the discussion here.
@Zuljaras “… just hire the best PERSON …” — valid request! However, men are still the ones subjectively deciding who is “best,” so the intend to change that is great!
edited: Changed the original “… just hire the best HUMAN …” to “… just hire the best PERSON …” to reflect the edit in Zuljaras post.
@GrailUK @BloodNinja Recreating a digital work of art, especially an interactive story, is a very interesting problem, not only legally but also morally. I haven't made up my mind if it's right or wrong. When the brother's Grimm wrote down fairy tales that had been told to them orally, they had a claim on the rights to their specific wording, but not the content. If someone records a reading of a fairytale, he can claim the right to its reproduction. (I don't really know where to go with this ...) I think some iconic video games have achieved cultural heritage status and copyright law needs to be changed to reflect those cases. When generations remember a virtual experience as part of their life, the rights holder should be encouraged (to say the least) to make that part of history accessible. For example, release it into public domain. Port it to every generation, as is. Repair original hardware, at cost of course. Oh, now I know where I'm going with this: as long as the original source is a trade secret, the reverse engineered code is the best we have to keep a historic record! phew... =)
@GrailUK Copying an artwork is not forgery, unless it is sold with the claim to be the original. If they can build N64 cartridges that run on original hardware and sell them, then it is forgery. IMHO
@Znake : “even Zelda stutters in many areas and that’s lame for first party software” — this is a fact that has been puzzling me from the start. BOTW stuttering on WiiU was a disappointment, games released near the end of a console cycle should be flawless, but the same game on new hardware should have been optimized to the absolute max!
Sin & Punishment is the reason I kept my Wii hooked up. I love the insane story, the ridiculous buildup to the battle of planets. With the cut scenes skipped, It has the perfect length, less than 45 minutes. (I like the sequel okay, but it has pacing issues, momentum is lost in some sections.) I would have bought it again for the Switch, but I'm not going to rent it. It was a one time 12 € payment 14 years ago, well worth the money. 14 years of NSO+ would amount to 560 € — if the service even lasts that long!
Nintendo’s Expansion Pack pricing is exactly what I needed. It made me take a hard look at the way I use my Switch, and what I want from it. I found that:
I still play the NES, SNES, N64, GameCube and Wii games I own on Wii.
I only play in handheld mode to use headphones.
BOTW was the only first party game I have played on Switch in the last year.
The feature I miss most in games ported to the system is surround sound.
Nintendo hasn’t offered anything new nor anything old I’m interested in for a long time now. The games I’m interested in are ported from other system’s back catalogues. They look and run worse on Switch, and cost more than they do on the systems they where intended for. (Why am I paying the Nintendo tax?!) Checked the current catalogue of XBOX Game Pass games, to learn how Nintendo’s offering compares. Found 5 Games from my Switch wish list, totalling 136 €, and at least 10 games interesting ones that are not on Switch. Game Pass is 120 € a year. Long story short, after more than 25 years of Nintendo, I’m done. Getting a XBOX Series S. Greedy pricing made me re-evaluate and come to the conclusion I’d rather pay more for a better service. Should have made the switch from Switch a year ago, I would have saved money.
@johnvboy [quote: Stick with the original service, if the other stuff is of no interest that is....] I would, if I still had it. =) Considered to subscribe again for the N64 games and controller. But so far there are no titles I'm interested in, definitely not for this price. I still play games from the beginning of the Virtual Console—that was 2007, fourteen years ago! Had these been part of a subscription at the same price, it would have added up to 560 € by now. NSO is not for me. Though I would really have liked to get the controllers …
NSO went from bad to worse for me. Not interested in Animal Crossing, so the generous inclusion of the DLC means nothing to me. Of the 9 N64 titles I have 3 as cartridges, 5 on Wii Virtual Console (including all three cartridges). I would have subscribed and bought two controllers if there had been a plan with just the N64 games at a reasonable price, let's say 15 € a year. Nintendo have already received hundreds from me for those games, at some point the convenience is no longer worth it for me.
@Abighoul There is no cognitive dissonance, just different needs. I can't speak for “people,” but I can give you my personal reasons. I'd rather pay 5 times 10 bucks for 5 games I know I will play as long as my console is working, than pay 20 bucks five times over for a hundred games I am not interested in.
After the free trial I knew I would not spend any money on a service that did nothing for me. If N64 had been thrown in for free, I would have considered subscribing and buying controllers. I would still gladly buy the controllers if they came with a coupon to download a couple of N64 games to keep. I'm not going to sign up for a subscription and pay a lot for retro controllers on top.
Hard to believe this game has been around so long, it feels like a beta or a demo at best. Not impressed at all by the “game-play”. But I was pleasantly surprised it let me play without giving away more than my Nintendo ID (and IP of course). I guess I'll keep it installed for now, and give it another look in a few weeks. I wonder if the developers are actually aware of the quality of games Sky has to compete with, or if this is just a marketing stunt to get more subscribers on mobile!?
@LinkSword Same here. Seems like the target audience of this company are spouses and family members of PlayStation players. They seem to be completely unaware of the long history of “wholesome” games on every single Nintendo platform …
@Savino (#58) One good reason not to have a Smart TV, even if one could afford it, is that a Smart TV is not necessarily a “good” TV. Some people, like I, have invested in high-end devices before “Smart” was a thing, and they are still as good as new. Another reason is badly implemented “Smart” features cumbersome to use. If my TV needs to be replaced, I will take a veryhard look at the “Smart” features of possible alternatives, and even consider studio monitors without TV tuners or internet connectivity. Picture quality is most important to me, and that does not equal resolution, but color and quality D/A conversion.
@SwitchForce (#111) That is a pretty good point. Nintendo doesn't need Netflix as a selling argument, the Switch is insanely popular without it. It made sense for the Wii, I bet there was a lot of “Grandma, we can play bowling together when we are at your house and you can finally get Netflix streaming instead of the DVD service“ and similar reasoning.
There is simply no way to know how hardware and software is going to be used, and which specific feature was the one deciding factor in a customer's decision to invest in the product. We live in a time where products can get stripped of features remotely without even having to access them, because they rely on “services“.
While I personally couldn't care any less for this particular service on these particular devices, I can feel for people getting angry:
1. For a short, wonderful time, I had a morning routine where I turned on my Wii and TV, made coffee, and then sat down with a cup and read the News Channel. Nothing important, but when the possibility was taken from me, I was angry.
2. I used Apple TV to watch YouTube on the big screen until YouTube was no longer supported on the device. I could replace it with a newer version, but they don't come with optical digital output, which happens to be its raison d'être in my audio setup. Now I use the Switch for YouTube, if I want it on the TV, till Google decides they don't want to support it anymore.
I like the concept a lot, but don't want to play on the computer. I want them to go talk to Nintendo about releasing devices like this as accessories for Switch and future consoles. Maybe Nintendo would allow commercial emulator software if the emulation is tied to a physical copy? They could offer the option to buy or rent a digital license in the emulator too, for games they hold the distribution rights for.
Long Answer: No game “license” is worth $60 or even $40. In the Good Old Days™ of cartridges and discs one could buy a medium containing a final version of a game, with the right to use it.
The game industry as a whole has failed far to long to create the infrastructure needed for access to content inaccessible from commercially available platforms, and instead opted to cry “pirates“ and build safeguards into new releases. Now, we think we buy a physical medium containing a video game, but get scammed instead. The actual playable version of the game has to be downloaded as a "day one“ update. Some games require registration, some are unplayable without authentication by a remote server, some even require a constant online connection.
If I am forced to pay the same $60 for a game that is either a download or a faulty game with a mandatory download to fix it, it will be in competition with download only games and second hand games not ever requiring downloads.
Currently, I'm willing to pay $30 for a game that is on record for being worth the money, either via a good demo or real people reviews (sorry nintendolife, paid reviews do not count).
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Re: Random: Who Needs 3DS? You Can Now Play Super Mario In Holographic Form
@RamenNumerals Ah, the good old days when computers had phone numbers instead of IP addresses. I remember them fondly!
Re: Nintendo Announces Huge Switch Sale, More Than 1,000 Games To Be Discounted
@ryancraddock Thank you, that's awesome!
Re: Nintendo Announces Huge Switch Sale, More Than 1,000 Games To Be Discounted
Will the nlife10 code still be valid on Thursday? Not going to buy e-shop cards till I know what Nintendo put on sale the time. These days I prefer paying the exact amount — I had points left on the DS and Wii shops when they folded!
Re: Deals: Get 2 Ubisoft Games For £22 In New Nintendo Switch Promotion (UK)
All time low prices for these games:
Sports Party: £5.99
Rayman Legends: £7.49
Monopoly: £7.49
RISK: £6.40
Wheel of Fortune: £7.50
Trivial Pursuit Live: £6.40
Child of Light: £4.80
Just Dance 2019: £12.49
Trails Rising: £7.99
source: dekudeals
Re: Deals: Get 2 Ubisoft Games For £22 In New Nintendo Switch Promotion (UK)
Bad deal, even if it wasn’t from Ubisoft, who recently jumped on the NFT scam bandwagon.
Re: Review: Vagante - A Roguelike Too Empty To Make An Impact
Bummer, this looks neat. Though roguelike seems to me like an excuse for games to not have a story or curated environments. The few I tried did not work for me, now I avoid games that are Rogue not followed by Squadron. I don't understand why developers don't take the assets and mechanics they created and tell a story with them. A scripted game with the option to generate additional random contend, that could be cool. Maybe unlocked after finishing the story.
Re: Xbox Boss "Trusts" Nintendo To Not Do Anything That Would Harm The Games Industry
I think we do have a unique point of view, which is not about how everything has to run on a single device or platform. That's the key statement. This acquisition was about intellectual property. Microsoft owned franchises are going to be available on Apple, Google, Netflix and every capable "smart" device. The question is, are there still going to be dedicated hardware devices at all in the future!?
Re: Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Has "Done Just Great" Despite Disastrous Launch
Read: We paid nearly nothing to make it, and then overcharged the suckers.
Re: Konami Sold This Castlevania Pixel Art For Over $26K In Its 'Memorial' NFT Auction
It's a donation. No harm done.
Re: The Company Behind This High-End Switch Rival Thinks It Has Solved Analogue Stick Drift
PC gaming is nuts, the money you have to spent to stay current is crazy. I wonder if games are going to be made for, or even optimised for this hardware. If not, it is to expensive. Who will developers target, 90 million underpowered Switch owners, or a few thousand underpowered PC handheld owners?
Re: Reminder: Nintendo's Massive Switch eShop Sale Ends Today (Europe)
Seems like the same discounts on the same titles as always. No FOMO here.
Re: Random: Logan Paul Made A Table Out Of Game Boys, And The Internet Isn't Happy
Stop making stupid people famous.
Re: Free Switch Online Trials Are Available To My Nintendo Members (North America)
Nintendo's intention is to have customers subscribe past the free trial. That should be a no-brainer if the service offered was worth keeping the subscription! The moral and noble way would be to have the auto-renewal disabled by default, and ask to enable it in-app, and via email. The fact that this is not the way Nintendo set it up indicates that they don't expect to be able to convince potential subscribers of the value they can get from NSO.
Re: Balan Wonderworld Is Officially The Worst Switch Game Of 2021, According To Metacritic
The context of the Balan Wonderworld release matters. It is an okay game for kids, that could have received more favorable reviews had it not been hyped over the moon. It is the same story over and over and over, marketing creates high expectations, the product falls short, consumers get mad. No Man's Sky, GTA, Cyberpunk, the biggest reasons I am never going to pre-order or buy day one, but wait for reviews, the bug fix, and the price drop. However, I will never buy Balan Wonderworld. Arzest, Square Enix and Yuji Naka are now names that I will look out for and avoid. Not because the game is bad, but because of their attempt to hype the game with fake "user" reviews.
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Short Games
Some of the best and most acclaimed games can overstay their welcome when they get tedious at some point. I often finished games just to be done, not really enjoying the last hour(s). I'd rather play short games that invite me into their world for a few hours, than grind for days to get to the next artificial obstacle.
Some games I enjoyed that are not in the article:
Another World
Planet Alpha
Oxenfree
Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP
Layers of Fear: Legacy
InnerSpace
The Count Lucanor
Pinstripe
Shape of the World
AER Memories of Old
Limbo
Re: Commodore 64 Games Are Being Teased For Nintendo Switch
Gyruss, Defender of the Crown, Gauntlett, Uridium, Impossible Mission, Paradroid, Sanxion, Nebulus, Bruce Lee, Usagi Yojimbo, Bard's Tale … just some games I remember for being great. The C64 had amazing concepts and gameplay.
Re: You Can Get Your Official 'Year In Review' Switch Stats Now
Spoils from the Switch phoning home to spy on Nintendo customers. I'm glad I got to disable that in the EU because of GDPR! (https://accounts.nintendo.com/analytics/opt_in)
Re: Surprise! Nintendo Has Added A 'Most Played' Section To The Switch eShop
@Not_Soos Have a look at dekudeals.com. Nintendo should seriously hire the guy who made it, Michael Fairley. It is what the eShop should be … minus the option to buy of course.
Re: Surprise! Nintendo Has Added A 'Most Played' Section To The Switch eShop
The shop is almost unbearable, this new feature won’t change that. No ratings, reviews, recommendations on top of the ..s..l..o...o..o..o...o..o..o...w.... speed. I keep track of sales, my wish-list and purchases on DekuDeals, read reviews online, and buy from the browser on nintendo’s website. I would love to have the option to hide the icons for the shop. And for NSO and news. The unused space could be used with an icon for the full game list, it is ridiculous that it needs 2+ clicks to get there.
Re: Talking Point: Should The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Library Expand Faster?
@N64-ROX : portable handheld N64 is the entire point of Switch N64 Very good point! The only reason I even considered the Expansion Pack. The Switch N64 controller is nice, but they should have made N64 Joy Cons. The Switch is designed to be modular. Nintendo should make a $100 N64 controller set (left, middle, right) with rails on both sides of the middle prong and rail covers for all three modules to play in tabletop mode.
Re: Talking Point: Should The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Library Expand Faster?
I don't feel like donating money to Nintendo. If they had put the legacy titles into a second service, separate from the cloud save and online play subscription, called it The Nintendo Game Museum, part of the Nintendo Historic Society, asked for a monthly membership fee for the club and donations, it would at least have been honest. This could have cost even more than the lackluster NSO(+), but at least people wouldn’t feel stiffed.
Re: Review: BloodRayne ReVamped - A Joyless, Frustrating Port That Shows How Far We've Come
“… it feels like every other ‘new’ game being released is a remake or a remaster of some old game …”
The flip-side of the Switch selling like crazy and having a handful of great old games ported successfully: bad ports of ancient games and bad mobile games.
Never pre-order, never buy day one, always wait for reviews.
Re: Updated Nintendo Policies Push For Increased Transparency And Diversity
@SwitchForce Men never admit fault or seem to want to learn from mistakes that's something they were always taught from young age. You are right. I used to to be unaware my privileges existed. As a teenager, I took long walks after midnight, went alone to raves and clubs. Later in life, I dozed in the park during lunch break. When I learned of the term white male privilege, it was something that made me think of abusive men, wife beaters, rapists, rich frat boys throwing roofie parties. The term did no apply to me, I thought; I'm not evil, I do no harm, I'm a good person, I'm not asking for anything. I fear my initial reaction is a not uncommon. We reject what we perceive as unjustified attack, not realising that we have something, hold on to something given to us by other white men. My non-white friends, my gay friends, my female friends, made me aware that my reality is drastically different and less dangerous than theirs. I was angry my cozy bubble got burst, my ignorance got taken from me; my world had gotten darker and scarier because of this new perspective. I guess, I was lucky this happened before social media—who knows how I would have been influenced by heated discussions like the one here.
Re: Updated Nintendo Policies Push For Increased Transparency And Diversity
@DK-Fan Yes, life would be more pleasant if everybody could turn the rhetorics down a notch, not only on this subject. Misogyny and racism are extreme terms that people can't and won't identify with, they inflame the discussion. People who acknowledge injustice and are aware of bias feel unjustly vilified. I sure do. As @Not_Soos wrote above, we wonder if we are part of the problem. The uncomfortable fact is, yes, we are part of the problem. Almost everyone is part of a privileged group, most even several. That’s okay, as long as we are aware and actively try to compensate whenever we can.
When I was in a position to hire people for the first time, I was asked to look for men because they wouldn’t get pregnant. I ignored that, and used my position of relative power to hire women, by simply stating they were the best candidate. They were not better nor were they worse. Shortly after, the employment laws changed (that was in Germany), now fathers could get the same amount of maternity leave as mothers. I hired more men again.
We don't live in a merit based society, and we most likely never will. Quotas are an attempt to get rid of a symptom, not a cure against injustice. Looking out for each other is an easy way to make the world a better place for everyone.
Re: Updated Nintendo Policies Push For Increased Transparency And Diversity
@Not_Soos Your 3 posts above are heartwarming, a blessing to this comment section, and I hope everyone reads them in their entirety. I would like to highlight and repeat: you have changed the way you speak to prevent discrimination!!
Terrible that you had to, but good for you. Most can’t get rid of the reason for their discrimination.
The best applicant for a position should be hired regardless of physical appearance, age, gender, etc.— but they can’t. Not as long as they are not even invited to interview. The bias comes from the mind, and it will take a long time to get rid of it. It takes awareness and the will to take action, and companies like Nintendo, with a huge platform, can provide that by just declaring intend, as is evident with the discussion here.
Thank you for speaking out!
Re: Updated Nintendo Policies Push For Increased Transparency And Diversity
@Zuljaras “… just hire the best PERSON …” — valid request! However, men are still the ones subjectively deciding who is “best,” so the intend to change that is great!
edited: Changed the original “… just hire the best HUMAN …” to “… just hire the best PERSON …” to reflect the edit in Zuljaras post.
Re: The Game Awards Has A "World Premiere" It's Been Working On With A Dev For 2.5 Years, And One Guess Is Zelda
Half-Life.
Re: Zelda 64's Game Code Has Been Successfully Reverse-Engineered, "Opening The Door" For Mods And Ports
@GrailUK @BloodNinja Recreating a digital work of art, especially an interactive story, is a very interesting problem, not only legally but also morally. I haven't made up my mind if it's right or wrong. When the brother's Grimm wrote down fairy tales that had been told to them orally, they had a claim on the rights to their specific wording, but not the content. If someone records a reading of a fairytale, he can claim the right to its reproduction. (I don't really know where to go with this ...) I think some iconic video games have achieved cultural heritage status and copyright law needs to be changed to reflect those cases. When generations remember a virtual experience as part of their life, the rights holder should be encouraged (to say the least) to make that part of history accessible. For example, release it into public domain. Port it to every generation, as is. Repair original hardware, at cost of course. Oh, now I know where I'm going with this: as long as the original source is a trade secret, the reverse engineered code is the best we have to keep a historic record!
phew... =)
Re: Zelda 64's Game Code Has Been Successfully Reverse-Engineered, "Opening The Door" For Mods And Ports
@GrailUK Copying an artwork is not forgery, unless it is sold with the claim to be the original. If they can build N64 cartridges that run on original hardware and sell them, then it is forgery. IMHO
Re: Former Metroid Prime Engineer Admits He Was "Disappointed" With The Wii's Specs
@ecco6t9 You are making a good point, never thought of it like this!
Re: Former Metroid Prime Engineer Admits He Was "Disappointed" With The Wii's Specs
@Znake : “even Zelda stutters in many areas and that’s lame for first party software” — this is a fact that has been puzzling me from the start. BOTW stuttering on WiiU was a disappointment, games released near the end of a console cycle should be flawless, but the same game on new hardware should have been optimized to the absolute max!
Re: Digital Foundry Continues GTA Trilogy Analysis, Sets Switch As 'Bottom Tier' Version
@Ponyo404 "Take take" — I see what you did there! =)
Re: GTA Trilogy Is Very Close To Receiving The Worst Ever Switch User Review Score On Metacritic
Never ever preorder. Never ever buy on release day. Always wait for reviews. Spread the word!
Re: Watch: This Is What Grand Theft Auto Definitive Trilogy Looks Like On Switch
This did not age well at all. And 60 € … not going to happen.
Re: Mini Review: Heaven's Machine - Short, But Unfortunately Not Sweet
Is this supposed to be some kind of practical joke? These screenshots show the ugliest game I have seen in decades.
Re: Review: Sin and Punishment - A Genuine Treasure And No Mistake
Sin & Punishment is the reason I kept my Wii hooked up. I love the insane story, the ridiculous buildup to the battle of planets. With the cut scenes skipped, It has the perfect length, less than 45 minutes. (I like the sequel okay, but it has pacing issues, momentum is lost in some sections.)
I would have bought it again for the Switch, but I'm not going to rent it. It was a one time 12 € payment 14 years ago, well worth the money. 14 years of NSO+ would amount to 560 € — if the service even lasts that long!
Re: Poll: N64 And Sega Genesis Nintendo Switch Online Games Launch Today - Which Will You Play First?
Nintendo’s Expansion Pack pricing is exactly what I needed. It made me take a hard look at the way I use my Switch, and what I want from it. I found that:
Nintendo hasn’t offered anything new nor anything old I’m interested in for a long time now. The games I’m interested in are ported from other system’s back catalogues. They look and run worse on Switch, and cost more than they do on the systems they where intended for. (Why am I paying the Nintendo tax?!)
Checked the current catalogue of XBOX Game Pass games, to learn how Nintendo’s offering compares. Found 5 Games from my Switch wish list, totalling 136 €, and at least 10 games interesting ones that are not on Switch. Game Pass is 120 € a year.
Long story short, after more than 25 years of Nintendo, I’m done. Getting a XBOX Series S. Greedy pricing made me re-evaluate and come to the conclusion I’d rather pay more for a better service. Should have made the switch from Switch a year ago, I would have saved money.
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Price?
@johnvboy [quote: Stick with the original service, if the other stuff is of no interest that is....]
I would, if I still had it. =) Considered to subscribe again for the N64 games and controller. But so far there are no titles I'm interested in, definitely not for this price. I still play games from the beginning of the Virtual Console—that was 2007, fourteen years ago! Had these been part of a subscription at the same price, it would have added up to 560 € by now. NSO is not for me. Though I would really have liked to get the controllers …
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Price?
NSO went from bad to worse for me. Not interested in Animal Crossing, so the generous inclusion of the DLC means nothing to me. Of the 9 N64 titles I have 3 as cartridges, 5 on Wii Virtual Console (including all three cartridges). I would have subscribed and bought two controllers if there had been a plan with just the N64 games at a reasonable price, let's say 15 € a year. Nintendo have already received hundreds from me for those games, at some point the convenience is no longer worth it for me.
Re: Poll: What's A Fair Price For The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack?
@Abighoul There is no cognitive dissonance, just different needs. I can't speak for “people,” but I can give you my personal reasons. I'd rather pay 5 times 10 bucks for 5 games I know I will play as long as my console is working, than pay 20 bucks five times over for a hundred games I am not interested in.
Re: Poll: What's A Fair Price For The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack?
After the free trial I knew I would not spend any money on a service that did nothing for me. If N64 had been thrown in for free, I would have considered subscribing and buying controllers. I would still gladly buy the controllers if they came with a coupon to download a couple of N64 games to keep. I'm not going to sign up for a subscription and pay a lot for retro controllers on top.
Re: Random: IGN's 'Best Video Game Of All Time' Tournament Is Getting WILD
@Clarice Ghetto Auto! I will henceforth never call it anything else!
Re: Feature: thatgamecompany On Sky: Children Of The Light And Seeking Humanity's 'Brighter Side'
@Old-Red I wondered the same thing. they say: There is currently no way to disable in-app purchases from within the game.
Re: Review: Sky: Children of the Light - An Experience That Soars On Switch
Hard to believe this game has been around so long, it feels like a beta or a demo at best. Not impressed at all by the “game-play”. But I was pleasantly surprised it let me play without giving away more than my Nintendo ID (and IP of course). I guess I'll keep it installed for now, and give it another look in a few weeks. I wonder if the developers are actually aware of the quality of games Sky has to compete with, or if this is just a marketing stunt to get more subscribers on mobile!?
Re: Feature: thatgamecompany On Sky: Children Of The Light And Seeking Humanity's 'Brighter Side'
@LinkSword Same here. Seems like the target audience of this company are spouses and family members of PlayStation players. They seem to be completely unaware of the long history of “wholesome” games on every single Nintendo platform …
Re: Netflix No Longer Works On Wii U Or 3DS, So Where's The Switch Version?
@Savino (#58) One good reason not to have a Smart TV, even if one could afford it, is that a Smart TV is not necessarily a “good” TV. Some people, like I, have invested in high-end devices before “Smart” was a thing, and they are still as good as new. Another reason is badly implemented “Smart” features cumbersome to use. If my TV needs to be replaced, I will take a very hard look at the “Smart” features of possible alternatives, and even consider studio monitors without TV tuners or internet connectivity. Picture quality is most important to me, and that does not equal resolution, but color and quality D/A conversion.
@SwitchForce (#111) That is a pretty good point. Nintendo doesn't need Netflix as a selling argument, the Switch is insanely popular without it. It made sense for the Wii, I bet there was a lot of “Grandma, we can play bowling together when we are at your house and you can finally get Netflix streaming instead of the DVD service“ and similar reasoning.
Re: Netflix No Longer Works On Wii U Or 3DS, So Where's The Switch Version?
There is simply no way to know how hardware and software is going to be used, and which specific feature was the one deciding factor in a customer's decision to invest in the product. We live in a time where products can get stripped of features remotely without even having to access them, because they rely on “services“.
While I personally couldn't care any less for this particular service on these particular devices, I can feel for people getting angry:
1. For a short, wonderful time, I had a morning routine where I turned on my Wii and TV, made coffee, and then sat down with a cup and read the News Channel. Nothing important, but when the possibility was taken from me, I was angry.
2. I used Apple TV to watch YouTube on the big screen until YouTube was no longer supported on the device. I could replace it with a newer version, but they don't come with optical digital output, which happens to be its raison d'être in my audio setup. Now I use the Switch for YouTube, if I want it on the TV, till Google decides they don't want to support it anymore.
Re: This Adapter Lets You Play Game Boy Cartridges On Your PC, And It Even Detects Fakes
I like the concept a lot, but don't want to play on the computer. I want them to go talk to Nintendo about releasing devices like this as accessories for Switch and future consoles. Maybe Nintendo would allow commercial emulator software if the emulation is tied to a physical copy? They could offer the option to buy or rent a digital license in the emulator too, for games they hold the distribution rights for.
Re: Nintendo Fears A Popular ROM Website Could Make A Comeback
@Atticus-XI Username checks out.
By the way, the true answer to “Do you know what time it is?” is always “No”. But that is a philosophical issue. =)
Re: Video: Are 2D Games Worth $60?
Short Answer: No, 2D games are not worth $60.
Long Answer: No game “license” is worth $60 or even $40. In the Good Old Days™ of cartridges and discs one could buy a medium containing a final version of a game, with the right to use it.
The game industry as a whole has failed far to long to create the infrastructure needed for access to content inaccessible from commercially available platforms, and instead opted to cry “pirates“ and build safeguards into new releases. Now, we think we buy a physical medium containing a video game, but get scammed instead. The actual playable version of the game has to be downloaded as a "day one“ update. Some games require registration, some are unplayable without authentication by a remote server, some even require a constant online connection.
If I am forced to pay the same $60 for a game that is either a download or a faulty game with a mandatory download to fix it, it will be in competition with download only games and second hand games not ever requiring downloads.
Currently, I'm willing to pay $30 for a game that is on record for being worth the money, either via a good demo or real people reviews (sorry nintendolife, paid reviews do not count).
No pre-orders. Ever.