A shame this isn't part of M2 STG series, but the X360 version instead. Hopefully it will get to the west alongside Mushihimesama Futari at some point.
Not a fan of micromanagement at all, but one must understand that such heavy quality control reflects on the end product's... quality. It seems obvious but no one cares about small details in most western game studios.
@romanista Which means preservation is at a halt since they don't have any other way to distribute official soundtracks outside a Switch Online plan. I fail to see who's their audience with this app, really. I like the idea but the subscription model is just wrong for people who don't own the hardware, it costs more than Spotify but offers way less, with no Desktop version as well.
The drip-feeding strategy will not work with this one. People will just go back to Youtube when a game (among hundreds of unavailable games) isn't there.
One of my favorite games from the past gen. It was stellar and the gamepad usage was brilliant. A shame it required a bit of learning and people gave up.
@Dr_Lugae Pachinko and other minigames remained exactly the same in Virtual Console releases back then. There is even a gambling minigame in Wario Land, slot machines in Mario Land 2, various casino minigames in SNES Yoshi's Island, a freaking CASINO in Super Mario RPG... well, you get the idea. None of those games received a higher rating in the release/re-releases.
@Cia Except you are. At the end of BotW, you only care about Royal gear because endgame enemies get 10x more health and no other weapon gets enough durability to stand a single encounter. In Silver Lynel fights, you switch between everything you have at your inventory and ends up wasting at least 3 good melee weapons. For what? Are the rewards really worth that much? Anyway, the strategy is always: 1- Farm Durians, cook all five in a single dish to full recovery + 20 bonus hearts; 2- Go to the castle, loot weapons, ignore enemies, warp outside; 3- Buy arrows.
@hd94 That's my point - BotW had a much wider lifespan in said social networks OUTSIDE its bunker on Reddit or game-specific forums. Talking about general media here. We have GOTY news because it was obviously nominated, but that's about it, it's been months since the last "player xxyyz makes impossible ultrahand build" article.
@hd94 It's groundbreaking if you're not a BotW veteran. That's pretty much a consensus among all opinions we've seen since launch. Outside Ultrahand builds (which are the highlight here), It's pretty much DLC for the first game placed in the same map. TikTok was filled with build shorts for about two months, then it started dying.
Wonderful 101 was a work of art and was extremely underrated back when it came out and during the kickstarter re-release. I guess we get the games we deserve after all. Why bother making a very polished product when you can simply squeeze another sequel? No doubt they'll keep milking Bayonetta just like Fire Emblem.
You mean like their Sega Forever lineup that didn't last 6 years before mass delistings and halted releases a couple months after the debut? Sure, bring 'em on.
Simple: because with a more limited world we had better level design. A better designed game as a whole if you think about it. Those open world Zeldas are just bloated with filler content, a good chunk of it is nothing but tech show-off.
@ModdedInkling It's not about highlighting the best crafted games of the year, It's about promoting companies. The "awards" are nothing but premium ADs. There is a good reason why you only see AAAs populating the relevant categories, even though stuff like Among Us were extremely popular or influential in their respective years. Those deserve the budget categories like Best Indie or Best Family Game so the billion-dollar publishers don't get offended. The fact we're always labeling pixel art games as "Indies" says a lot about how the industry works.
@LXP8 Ocarina is essentially a reimagining of Link to the Past in 3D. In fact, this is how Nintendo creators craft their games - the tech and gameplay lead the story, not the opposite. They take certain established concepts as part of a chronology (i.e. Ganon being sealed, the hero venturing through the Dark World, the sages, the triforce) but never in a strict way like a direct sequel of a movie would do. Final Fantasy also works the same - there are certain characters or entities that share multiple iterations between entries, but those games are also legends, never connected chronologically.
The idea of caring about a timeline in a franchise where each game is treated as an independent chronicle is laughable to say the least.
@LXP8 It was never something considered by the creators themselves (Aonuma and Miyamoto), but they still made a timeline draft back in late 1990s due to countless unanswered questions surrounding Ocarina of Time. It is creatively irrelevant.
It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds to say a thank you and thank everyone who helped in the game. This is basic stuff. A minute maybe, if you're considering a stretch.
Truth is that no one is interested in hearing long speeches and crap like "I've been dreaming of becoming a developer since I was 8 in my little hometown and gaming was always my passion blablabla". Problem is - 80% of this ***** party is all about advertising and e-celebrities.
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Re: Aspyr's Next Star Wars Remaster Is Now Available To Pre-Order On The eShop
Aspyr? Never again.
Re: Shmup Fans Rejoice! 'DoDonPachi True Death' Is Coming To Switch In Japan This Month
A shame this isn't part of M2 STG series, but the X360 version instead. Hopefully it will get to the west alongside Mushihimesama Futari at some point.
Re: Random: Metroid Prime 3 Dev Left Retro Studios After "Unhealthy Relationship" With Nintendo Micromanagement
Not a fan of micromanagement at all, but one must understand that such heavy quality control reflects on the end product's... quality. It seems obvious but no one cares about small details in most western game studios.
Re: Random: Move Over Anakin, Link's Coming For That Podracing Title
The full battery stack gets depleted in a matter of seconds.
Re: ININ Games Acquires Shenmue 3 Publishing Rights, Teases Announcement
That's a 100GB game. Good luck.
Re: Rumour: Ubisoft May Be Working On An Animal Crossing Competitor
Voxel? Good luck.
Re: Final Fantasy VII Switch Update Removes "Restrictions For Sharing Features"
This isn't a spoiler since early 2000s.
Re: Opinion: Chrono Trigger Isn't The Only Great Time-Travel RPG On DS
What made me quit this game was the annoying confirm/cancel sounds from the menus. I wish they could change that in a future remaster.
Re: Nintendo Adds Metroid Prime 4: Beyond To Official Metroid Website, Says It's "Coming Soon"
@GravyThief It's closer to Prime 3 judging by the trailer and Kensuke Tanabe being involved with the production (again).
Re: Nintendo Adds Metroid Prime 4: Beyond To Official Metroid Website, Says It's "Coming Soon"
It's going to be a Switch 2 launch title.
Re: Video: New Switch Online Trailer Highlights Classic Pokémon Games
Easily solved with a .gba file, but it could've been officially released since the dawn of Switch Online service.
Re: New Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Update Leaves The Switch Behind
Are you seriously complaining about the lack of a 4K update on a hardware that doesn't support 4K?
Re: Best Mario RPGs Of All Time
Superstar Saga remains as the #1 for me, It's SO good.
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Update Adds Wii Sports Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
@romanista Which means preservation is at a halt since they don't have any other way to distribute official soundtracks outside a Switch Online plan. I fail to see who's their audience with this app, really. I like the idea but the subscription model is just wrong for people who don't own the hardware, it costs more than Spotify but offers way less, with no Desktop version as well.
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Update Adds Wii Sports Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
The drip-feeding strategy will not work with this one. People will just go back to Youtube when a game (among hundreds of unavailable games) isn't there.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Mario & Luigi: Brothership
That's Paper Jam all over again.
Re: Random: Takaya Imamura Ponders The Possibility Of Star Fox Zero On 'Switch 2'
One of my favorite games from the past gen. It was stellar and the gamepad usage was brilliant. A shame it required a bit of learning and people gave up.
Re: Reaction: With Xenoblade Chronicles X On Switch, The Wii U's Demise Is Complete
Not yet. We need Star Fox Zero.
Re: Review: Yakuza Kiwami (Switch) - A Decent Port Of An Ambitious, Frustrating Game
They should have ported 0 first.
Re: Talking Point: How Would You Fix Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom's Most Frustrating Feature?
They should stop trying to make every Zelda entry play like Breath of the Wild. That's a good place to start.
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Version 1.0.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Framerate made me wait until it's fixed.
Re: Nintendo Is Reportedly Targeting AI-Generated Mario Pictures
Good luck hunting AI generated content.
Re: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Rated For Switch By ESRB
@Dr_Lugae Pachinko and other minigames remained exactly the same in Virtual Console releases back then. There is even a gambling minigame in Wario Land, slot machines in Mario Land 2, various casino minigames in SNES Yoshi's Island, a freaking CASINO in Super Mario RPG... well, you get the idea. None of those games received a higher rating in the release/re-releases.
Re: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Rated For Switch By ESRB
Sounds like a May release date if too late.
Re: Soapbox: How Zelda's Bad Economy Made Weapon Degradation Great Again
@Cia Except you are. At the end of BotW, you only care about Royal gear because endgame enemies get 10x more health and no other weapon gets enough durability to stand a single encounter. In Silver Lynel fights, you switch between everything you have at your inventory and ends up wasting at least 3 good melee weapons. For what? Are the rewards really worth that much? Anyway, the strategy is always: 1- Farm Durians, cook all five in a single dish to full recovery + 20 bonus hearts; 2- Go to the castle, loot weapons, ignore enemies, warp outside; 3- Buy arrows.
Re: Soapbox: How Zelda's Bad Economy Made Weapon Degradation Great Again
@BTB20 They still break and that's the problem. Permanently losing an item that took time and effort to make is never a good thing.
Re: Hamster Corporation Reveals Its Final Arcade Archives Release Of 2023
@SpeedRunRocks Took them forever. Finally!
Re: Hamster Corporation Reveals Its Final Arcade Archives Release Of 2023
Bring back the NeoGeo games or at least the CD ones. There's not a single Arcade Archives game since Sunset Riders that's worth a purchase.
Re: Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Director Makes 2023 'Variety500' List
@hd94 That's my point - BotW had a much wider lifespan in said social networks OUTSIDE its bunker on Reddit or game-specific forums. Talking about general media here. We have GOTY news because it was obviously nominated, but that's about it, it's been months since the last "player xxyyz makes impossible ultrahand build" article.
Re: Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Director Makes 2023 'Variety500' List
@hd94 It's groundbreaking if you're not a BotW veteran. That's pretty much a consensus among all opinions we've seen since launch. Outside Ultrahand builds (which are the highlight here), It's pretty much DLC for the first game placed in the same map. TikTok was filled with build shorts for about two months, then it started dying.
Re: Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Director Makes 2023 'Variety500' List
@hd94 It doesn't even come close.
Re: Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Director Makes 2023 'Variety500' List
@hd94 Far from having the same buzz that BotW held for years after its release. It's not even close to being as popular/discussed.
Re: Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Director Makes 2023 'Variety500' List
This game is dead, buried and forgotten.
Re: Review: Dodonpachi DaiOuJou Blissful Death Re:Incarnation (Switch) - Poetic Bullet-Hell Perfection
Is this another Japan-only release?
Re: Sea Of Stars Developer Sabotage Replacing 'The Completionist' NPC
@LikelySatan Ah, the ignorance... delightful to look at.
Re: Sea Of Stars Developer Sabotage Replacing 'The Completionist' NPC
@LikelySatan You missed the point entirely.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Reveals Why He Left PlatinumGames
Wonderful 101 was a work of art and was extremely underrated back when it came out and during the kickstarter re-release. I guess we get the games we deserve after all. Why bother making a very polished product when you can simply squeeze another sequel? No doubt they'll keep milking Bayonetta just like Fire Emblem.
Re: Sea Of Stars Developer Sabotage Replacing 'The Completionist' NPC
@LikelySatan Play Bayonetta.
Re: Sea Of Stars Developer Sabotage Replacing 'The Completionist' NPC
Those e-celebs should never have been part of this game to begin with.
Re: A New Pokémon Theme Park Is Launching In Japan
I just feel like those are coming a decade too late.
Re: Sega Plans To Revive Even "More" Legacy Franchises
You mean like their Sega Forever lineup that didn't last 6 years before mass delistings and halted releases a couple months after the debut? Sure, bring 'em on.
Re: Zelda Producer Responds To Fans Who Want A More "Traditional Linear" Adventure
Simple: because with a more limited world we had better level design. A better designed game as a whole if you think about it. Those open world Zeldas are just bloated with filler content, a good chunk of it is nothing but tech show-off.
Re: Reminder: Star Wars Heritage Pack Physical Edition Now Available (North America)
They have put like 20GB on a cart and left the another half as downloads. What's the point?
Re: Geoff Keighley Agrees Music Was Played "Too Fast" For TGA Winners This Year
@ModdedInkling It's not about highlighting the best crafted games of the year, It's about promoting companies. The "awards" are nothing but premium ADs. There is a good reason why you only see AAAs populating the relevant categories, even though stuff like Among Us were extremely popular or influential in their respective years. Those deserve the budget categories like Best Indie or Best Family Game so the billion-dollar publishers don't get offended. The fact we're always labeling pixel art games as "Indies" says a lot about how the industry works.
TGA is just a very expensive farse.
Re: Zelda Timeline Is Only Considered "To An Extent" During Development, Says TOTK Director
@LXP8 Ocarina is essentially a reimagining of Link to the Past in 3D. In fact, this is how Nintendo creators craft their games - the tech and gameplay lead the story, not the opposite. They take certain established concepts as part of a chronology (i.e. Ganon being sealed, the hero venturing through the Dark World, the sages, the triforce) but never in a strict way like a direct sequel of a movie would do. Final Fantasy also works the same - there are certain characters or entities that share multiple iterations between entries, but those games are also legends, never connected chronologically.
The idea of caring about a timeline in a franchise where each game is treated as an independent chronicle is laughable to say the least.
Re: Geoff Keighley Agrees Music Was Played "Too Fast" For TGA Winners This Year
E3 is gone for good, TGA might be the next pointless, expensive event to fall. It became a 3 hour commercial with like 20 minutes of actual content.
Re: Zelda Timeline Is Only Considered "To An Extent" During Development, Says TOTK Director
@LXP8 It was never something considered by the creators themselves (Aonuma and Miyamoto), but they still made a timeline draft back in late 1990s due to countless unanswered questions surrounding Ocarina of Time. It is creatively irrelevant.
Re: Random: The Game Awards Urged Eiji Aonuma To 'Wrap Up' Zelda Acceptance Speech
It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds to say a thank you and thank everyone who helped in the game. This is basic stuff. A minute maybe, if you're considering a stretch.
Truth is that no one is interested in hearing long speeches and crap like "I've been dreaming of becoming a developer since I was 8 in my little hometown and gaming was always my passion blablabla". Problem is - 80% of this ***** party is all about advertising and e-celebrities.
Re: Zelda Timeline Is Only Considered "To An Extent" During Development, Says TOTK Director
And yet people waste time believing it exists.
Re: Eastward's Farm Sim DLC Will Sprout Onto Switch January 2024
The main game was glitchy, boring, pretentious yet beautiful to look at. I hope this DLC ends up being good.