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@RupeeClock I think Xenoblade 2 was a bit rushed. Xenoblade X ran much better on the WiiU, albeit with some pop-in and the WiiU was a weaker system

@Waluigi451 I wonder why they don't offer both. Like why not offer people the ability to buy the game if they want to?

@roy130390 There are lots of sidequests. In fact, most of tge story is in the sidequests. That might be the best way for you to explore cause it gives you a purpose. It’s also cool because the city evolves as you go through them. I personally loved free roaming and seeing the landscapes but if you want a lot of towns and villages there isn’t a lot to see from what i recall other than some Nopon and enemy outposts.

@Potimarron If you want to watch a good movie about a bathhouse, check out Melancholic.

@Lord There were other games the motion controls enhanced like Call of Duty. The motion controls actually made sense for Okami, but were not implemented well enough. The team likely did not have the technical expertise to implement them properly. Now it would be easier, though, since computer vision has advanced considerably in the past 20 years.

@Rob3008 I doubt we’ll get another Direct before April unless it’s really small. I imagine the Switch 2 will probably release in June (given they are having events near Tokyo in April) so it won’t be too long.

@Bluerangervegeta The models and textures were actually updated. Technically DKCRHD was remastered, though you may not like the remastering job.

Was the 3DS a stopgap generation? To me it seems like Nintendo learned their lesson. Like with the WiiU, they tried to innovate too much as well as have a Wii and ended up with something complex and expensive without a clear vision, and that hurt them badly. They can innovate with their accessories.

@rushiosan Unfortunately Nintendo invested a lot of money into Forever rather than Panic Button or Tantalus.

@Frailbay30 Most video game writing is bad. Like even God of War Ragnarok had terrible writing. I think video game developers just need to get professional writers. I don’t play video games for their writing quality.

There hasn't been that many. Sure the novelty has worn off, but it is just a stylistic choice. It is like saying "no more realistic-looking polygon games". Some people might want that, but there are also far more of those than there are HD2D games.

@Lightsiyd Yeah. His new studio is called "Clovers". There was an article about it in Famitsu.

@Toastmaster Who told you it’s legal? The people who are doing it? Or a lawyer who specializes in intellectual property roghts?

@WheresWaveRace Not when you consider the PS5 Pro is going for ¥120,000. Now the yen is weak but normally that would be about $1000.

@JDCII It’ll be awesome if it can at least increase the resolution and framerate.

@somnambulance I think Mario Party games consistently sell over 10 million copies. Top-down Zelda games don't sell nearly that many. So Jamboree is the big game this holiday season.

This was developed by Acquire who made Octopath Traveler, I believe. You wrote Nintendo developed it.

It bothered me a lot that FFV got cancelled in the US. It was supposed to be FFIII and introduce me to the job system but it didn’t come til years later

@Grim yeah. But it’s bound to be packed. Given that Universal Studios is not too far from it you can check that out too. But Kyoto is a must see anyway. I recommend renting bicycles to get around if you go there.

@Daniel36 If you are getting started with game design, there’s no need to start with Unreal. In fact it’s probably overkill because it’s got a steep learning curve and there’s so much you have to worry about besides game design.

@sanderev It does depend somewhat on the country. In some countries such patents are harder to go through. But one of the things that set Japan back in the realm of software was its stricter IP protections. And also its far stricter crackdowns on corporate crime and malfeasance. So I don’t really like this. It’s the kind of behavior that stifled startups in Japan

@mariomaster96 I think the also developed the 3ds game that people didn’t like. Triforce heroes or something. It’s also a step up from the 3ds remake.

@Neph They are not owned by Nintendo but they have an exclusive agreement with them and Nintendo publishes the titles and has partial ownership over their IPs so I don’t think they’re games would be shown

@gcunit You need to brush up on your Scots if you don’t know what “hald” is. Doesn’t everybody know what it is?

With this and the parks at Universal Studios you’ll be able to spend like two days just on Nintendo in Kansai.

@Qwiff Fair use covers copying, not extracting information. The learning that goes on is more akin to extracting information. To show that it is copying will be challenging battle but maybe not impossible. I don’t know how this will turn out. But copyright laws weren’t designed with this technology in mind cause it didn’t pose a threat until very recently so was not on the radar of the legal system

It’s surprising how many people on here think they understand the technology but have no clue.

@link3710 I am in the field of AI (primarily machine learning) and sorry to be a bit critical but your understanding is a bit too simplistic and possibly your understanding of what human learning is doing is perhaps a bit too mystical. The systems are learning, at least by any sort of scientific definition of what learning is.

@nessisonett My guess is copyright laws do not provide protection against the practice of training, even in countries where they are more strict. It is not "copying", at least not in a sense that would be covered by current laws, it is learning patterns. There would be all other sorts of ramifications if it was considered copying. For example, whether human learning is considered violating copyrights. Because human learning is a very similar process.

If it produces material that violates copyrights though that would be covered. Just like for humans. AI is likely to bring about massive changes to the legal system. It'll be interesting to see how it changes things.

@Matl So do you think shoplifting is okay? Or how about burglary?

@fabiop The Wii had a crap controller? Honestly nunchuck combo was probably my favorite controller up to now. Especially after motion plus. Just wish the motion controls had been better at the time.

@PikaPhantom Japanese people do not stand for a lot of the antisocial behavior that is accepted in say the US. I don’t think there is a law that says the CEO must take a pay-cut but i think they do it out of a feeling of responsibility for the workers and the company. That said, I think in some ways Japan has too many protections for workers and this has hurt it. Like it is really hard to fire someone.

Remake means the game was completely remade with new code/engine

Remaster means it was touched up but the core engine and code are the same

Also, I don’t think FF7 Remake is really a remake since it’s a different game. More like a reimagining

Games like Mario Kart 8DX are tough though. Not really a remake and not a remaster or port. More like am enhanced version

@Axecon Why ? It’s an RPG. Having it be at 60fps doesn’t have that much of a benefit. Trying to simply satisfy framerate snobs is not that a good business decision

@nocdaes They didn’t really play it safe. It was the first real foray into 3d for Kirby. They shouldn’t have compounded that with more risk

@VoidofLight No doubt this will give the antiwoke crowd some fodder

@NintendoWife NST still makes games, but not as much as before. I think they made the remake of Mario vs Donkey Kong.

@larryisaman Next Level could also probably handle it. It seems like it would be a good next new game for them.

@bighirofix Given that Namco publishes many of FromSoftware’s games I don’t know if Kadokawa will care if Acquire makes a game for Square. Though I wonder why Kadokawa bought them.

@Goat_FromBOTW You can't be equal to your employees. Your employees will take advantage of you if you do, even if it is not really intentional on their part. And it will probably stunt their growth as well as yours.

@GOmar Most entrepreneurs tend to be quite creative so there are creative people that want to be executives. In fact, Iwata was a developer. The thing is you need a good COO or some other person to handle the day-to-day stuff and someone to tell the person why their idea sucks.

In Japan it is not uncommon to put "creators" (engineers or artists) in executive positions. That's a bit different from the US where boards will tend to try and replace creative execs with "business-people".

The problem with putting people like her in the lead position is they don't have a vision for the product. While it's okay for companies that can get by on repeating processes like shipping companies or food manufacturers to not have much of a vision, companies that hinge on creativity eventually lose their competitive edge without one.

@HammerGalladeBro Thanks for the detailed answer. I meant it mostly as a rhetorical question. I really hope Retro makes a comeback though. Releasing just a remaster of Metroid Prime and DKTF Deluxe doesn't really cut it. Though I think they also helped out with some other projects.

@xDeckardx Personally I think game companies should more actively put developers at the top of companies not “businesspeople”. I don’t like that Nintendo has Furukawa at the top either, though Nintendo has more developers in executive positions

I hope this lady cleans up the company though

It’s been 10 years since Retro last released a new game. How many games have Monolithsoft, Next Level, Intelligent Systems and so on released in the same timeframe.

@somnambulance They probably look at how Capcom turned things around and became one of the top game developers again and realized they need to follow suit and trim the fat. I do hope Square still puts out small-budget titles, but they have too many projects going on and quite a few bad flops which is all pretty distracting and makes it hard to put out quality.

@garfreek It's because they are having trouble making money. Unity has been way in the red for a long time and losing tons of money. They have way too many projects going on simultaneously that probably will never result in them making money.

Unreal is also a huge money pit for Epic. Epic is fortunate to have Fortnite though. Unity doesn't have something like that.

Nintendo is one of the most popular companies to work for in Japan. Definitely not for people who want to take it easy or have good work-life balance as people today would say

@GoshJosh The game has a 76 on Metacritic so an 8 is pretty reasonable. Last I checked NintendoLife’s average score was below average for review sites which would mean they aren’t mire lenient than most sites

@johnvboy When did Sony have a monopoly on the core video gaming space? The only time they came close was in the PS1 and PS2 eras. But that is almost 20 years ago.

@AndroidiOS Rugby is also called Rugby Football so that would make it American Rugby Football

@ShonenJump121 I take it you never played the Silent Hill slot machine. A lot of Konami's IP have been reimagined as slot machines.