I understand your viewpoint, but ignoring the fact that this stuff is happening doesn't help anyone either. We're hardly promoting the idea - in fact, I think it's probably quite clear from my wording that we don't support it - but you can't just ignore negative news.
If anyone reading this is the sort of person who would actively hack into consoles and download illegal software, I'm sure they will already know all about it long before this article. Reporting on criminal or even slightly shady activities doesn't warp innocent readers into suddenly following suit.
@diwdiws I didn't attribute it to Switch. Here's what I said:
"Of course, the game's recent jump to handheld and mobile systems will have given these numbers a rather significant boost"
The paragraph aims to explain the impact that handheld (Switch) and mobile devices have had in increasing player numbers in recent times - due to their more recent releases in comparison to PC/PS4/Xbox etc. - and how this appears to be a focus thanks to recent marketing efforts and new hardware products. 🙂
@DanteSolablood @SteveF Apologies, I've included a small description but yes, you've explained things perfectly.
Sometimes people need the extra info; sometimes people complain to us that they don't need to be told everything. Getting the balance right every time our end can be tricky. But thanks for jumping in and helping out a fellow reader in the comments - that's great to see! 😊
@DanteSolablood But that would ruin the fun of the fateful day when the blessed 'Animal Crossing is coming to Switch' article arrives - this way, you'll be even happier when it really does happen.
@Nintendofan83 No worries. And honestly, no. Despite people wanting to believe that we plot all sorts of master schemes in a dungeon underneath the office, we just report on news.
I simply stumbled across the comments this morning.
@Nintendofan83 Thought I should probably clarify that I have absolutely no connection to the developer and have no intention of siding with them, or Nintendo. The article is simply reporting the fact that those comments were made as it makes for an interesting debate.
The fact that I've reported on it before is just down to the fact that I write a healthy chunk of the articles on NL. There's no conspiracy here
@HobbitGamer I think the delay with this week's challenges going live has threw a bit of a spanner in the works of our guides this week so they'll likely be a bit later than usual.
@Hobbesyall You mean, you didn't want to hear about GTA V sitting in the top ten for the gazillionth time before the news of a huge remaster coming to Switch?
Haha, this was just scheduled - we were on the case! 😊
@Joker13z Hi! All five are exclusive to pre-orders, but not exclusive to any console in particular. The Platypus chef you mentioned is exclusive to Switch, but doesn't have anything to do with this pre-order exclusivity - hence why it wasn't mentioned.
The pricing there was just provided by Team17, but you're right that the Nintendo store lists it at a different price. There seems to be a little confusion on the matter!
@toiletseatgamer It probably wouldn't hurt to have the game running from the internal memory for optimum performance, but there have been slightly more issues than usual since Season 5 started for all players.
It's probably not directly linked to your setup (unless it's really, really bad) and will hopefully be ironed out over time
@shoeses Because Game Freak has said so. It's considered a core series entry; just like Fire Red and Leaf Green were core series remakes of Red/Blue, this is a reimagining of Yellow.
I understand why you feel it's a spin off, but it is technically main series hence my description in the article
@boop22 A massively popular Switch game getting a line of official merchandise from one of the biggest pop culture toy manufacturers in the world isn't news?
@HobbitGamer He's playing against viewers. So you can jump on right now and watch the games being played, and if you enter the tournament code you might be selected to play against him and be featured on the stream.
@Matthew010 It relates to the game which has become a hugely popular title on Switch, and world records can be achieved on any version. This timed event also happened in the Switch version, so it would make sense for people to be interested in things that happened during it.
Let's take another game as an example. If, say, someone broke the world record of speedrunning through a game like Sonic Mania - which is on all platforms - would the same issue apply? Multi-platform games are just as relevant to fans (and readers) as first-party.
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Re: Weirdness: The Pokémon Company Has Created An Eevee Dance And It's Absolutely Bonkers
@sevnlabs I'm extremely serious. Not sure the rest of the team will be quite as on board
Re: Pirated Copies Of Super Mario Party Appear Online, Switch Piracy Concerns Continue To Grow
@Razer @onex
I understand your viewpoint, but ignoring the fact that this stuff is happening doesn't help anyone either. We're hardly promoting the idea - in fact, I think it's probably quite clear from my wording that we don't support it - but you can't just ignore negative news.
If anyone reading this is the sort of person who would actively hack into consoles and download illegal software, I'm sure they will already know all about it long before this article. Reporting on criminal or even slightly shady activities doesn't warp innocent readers into suddenly following suit.
Re: Revisit The Challenge Of Old-School Difficulty With oOo: Ascension, Out On Switch This Week
@MeloMan Yeah, I have Nnooo idea how you say it either!
Re: Random: Nintendo Is Now Refusing To Offer Stock To Amazon France After Disagreements
@DanteSolablood Yeah, that's right. As we've said above, the thought that this is completely Nintendo's decision comes from IGN and their sources.
And yep, Nintendo and Amazon France have had similar issues in the past - the relationship doesn't seem too great!
Re: Revisit The Challenge Of Old-School Difficulty With oOo: Ascension, Out On Switch This Week
@MeloMan As much as I wanted it to be like "ooooooohOOOOOOHooooooooh", I believe it's actually "triple O".
Re: Pokémon The Movie: The Power Of Us Will Hit UK Cinemas In November And December
@MasterJay Screenings are happening towards the end of November in the US, too. It was confirmed a little while back 🙂
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/pokemon_everyones_story_gets_us_release_date_trailer_and_brand_new_name
Re: Random: Switch Hack-And-Slash Game Warriors Orochi 4 Just Won A Guinness World Record
@bimmy-lee The game's actually called 'Musō Orochi 3' in Japan 🙂
Re: Pokémon GO's Next Community Day Takes Place In October With Beldum As The Star
@RadioHedgeFund Haha, oh dear. It's been a very long week! (Fixed now).
Re: Random: Introducing The Nintendo Labo Toad Kit Of Your Dreams (Or Nightmares)
@Matthew010 Nothing but sweet, sweet music.
Re: Fortnite Season Six Arrives Today With Updated Map, New Items And Pets
@dew12333 Hmm, it's working fine for me. It's taken straight from the official Fortnite YouTube channel so should be working just fine.
Try this? https://youtu.be/xAtebIYU85U
Re: Deals: Get Crazy Savings On 400GB, 256GB And 200GB MicroSD Cards For Your Switch
@FTL Hi! Thanks for the heads up on this. I've passed your message along to the powers that be so hopefully this can be sorted soon. 😊
Re: Fortnite Had A Whopping 78.3 Million Players In August, Largest Numbers Ever Recorded
@diwdiws I didn't attribute it to Switch. Here's what I said:
"Of course, the game's recent jump to handheld and mobile systems will have given these numbers a rather significant boost"
The paragraph aims to explain the impact that handheld (Switch) and mobile devices have had in increasing player numbers in recent times - due to their more recent releases in comparison to PC/PS4/Xbox etc. - and how this appears to be a focus thanks to recent marketing efforts and new hardware products. 🙂
Re: Legendary Pokémon Must Still Be Battled In Let's Go Pikachu, Mobile Connectivity Details Shared
@dimi Mewtwo will be in the game just like the originals. Mew is only available if you grab the Poké Ball Plus controller.
Re: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu And Eevee Will Have IVs And EVs, Ditches Held Items And Abilities
@DanteSolablood @SteveF Apologies, I've included a small description but yes, you've explained things perfectly.
Sometimes people need the extra info; sometimes people complain to us that they don't need to be told everything. Getting the balance right every time our end can be tricky. But thanks for jumping in and helping out a fellow reader in the comments - that's great to see! 😊
Re: Nintendo Listed As Most Reliable Japanese Company In Forbes Report, 11th In The World
@Rhaoulos There's clearly been a HUGE mistake.
Re: Fortnite's New Port-a-Fortress Item Looks Set To Make Building A Whole Lot Easier
@Blizzia Yeah, unless there's some kind of specific error, the game usually allows you to spectate until the end of the game. 😊
Re: Review: Phantom Trigger (Switch eShop)
@Sinton Yeah, that's a strange one. We've contacted them about it so hopefully this will be fixed soon!
Re: Nintendo Direct Officially Rescheduled For Tomorrow, Thursday 13th September
@GrailUK Yep, our Lovely Alex should be hosting it just before it goes live!
Re: Nintendo Seems To Have Accidentally Revealed The Title Of Next Year's Yoshi Game
@Giygas_95 I was hoping for that, too. It's a sad time.
Re: Nintendo Direct Airing Tomorrow To Showcase Upcoming Switch And 3DS Titles
@HenryKissinger If the show doesn't start exactly like this, I'll riot.
Re: Hollow Knight Was The Best-Selling Game On The European Switch eShop In August
@Bunkerneath Yes boss!
But yeah thanks to you and @Kruell
I'm pretty sure our system has a mind of its own sometimes. I definitely didn't make each link correspond to the game before it.
Re: Rumour: Yet Another Nintendo Direct To Air Tomorrow, Switch Online Details Incoming?
@DarthFoxMcCloud Yep, we were an hour off! We've posted a new article acting as an official announcement right here: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/09/nintendo_direct_airing_tomorrow_to_showcase_upcoming_switch_and_3ds_titles
😊
Re: Get Up To 50% Off Top Nintendo Select Titles In North America Right Now
@DanteSolablood But that would ruin the fun of the fateful day when the blessed 'Animal Crossing is coming to Switch' article arrives - this way, you'll be even happier when it really does happen.
Re: Cosmic Star Heroine Dev Explains Its "Frustrating" Experience Working With Nintendo
@Nintendofan83 No worries. And honestly, no. Despite people wanting to believe that we plot all sorts of master schemes in a dungeon underneath the office, we just report on news.
I simply stumbled across the comments this morning.
Re: Cosmic Star Heroine Dev Explains Its "Frustrating" Experience Working With Nintendo
@Nintendofan83 Thought I should probably clarify that I have absolutely no connection to the developer and have no intention of siding with them, or Nintendo. The article is simply reporting the fact that those comments were made as it makes for an interesting debate.
The fact that I've reported on it before is just down to the fact that I write a healthy chunk of the articles on NL. There's no conspiracy here
Re: Fortnite v5.30 Adds Portable Rift Item, New Point Scoring Mode And Much More
@HobbitGamer I think the delay with this week's challenges going live has threw a bit of a spanner in the works of our guides this week so they'll likely be a bit later than usual.
Normal service will hopefully resume next week 😊
Re: Nintendo Grabbed Every Top Ten Spot In Japanese Charts Last Week, Minecraft On Top
@DockEllisD Ah, apologies. Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax was the 3DS entry, whereas 'Evolution' is the one on Switch. We've changed this now. 😊
Re: Hollow Knight Godmaster DLC Is Now Available For Free, Game Also On Sale For The First Time
@Rhaoulos You're very welcome! Thinking of doing the same myself 😊
Re: Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom Secures November Release Date On Switch
@turntSNACO Exactly this ^
Re: Gear.Club Unlimited 2 Revealed Exclusively For Nintendo Switch
@ThanosReXXX "digitially"... It's a newer, cooler version of "digitally".
Re: Overcooked 2 Cooks Up An Eighth Place Spot In The UK Charts, Crash Bandicoot Still On Top
@Hobbesyall You mean, you didn't want to hear about GTA V sitting in the top ten for the gazillionth time before the news of a huge remaster coming to Switch?
Haha, this was just scheduled - we were on the case! 😊
Re: Chinese Gaming Giant Appears To Rip-Off Zelda, Mocking Nintendo Fans And Lying In The Process
@8-Bit_Superman The bottom image is a screenshot, and more can be found via the source at the bottom of the article 😊
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 28th)
@immensechicken See you there!
Re: Review: Go Vacation (Switch)
@Matthew010 Yep, as @pbb76 just mentioned above - there isn't any online. The minigames are purely for single player or local co-op (up to 4 players).
Re: Pre-Order Overcooked 2 Now And Receive Exclusive Characters At Launch
@Joker13z Hi! All five are exclusive to pre-orders, but not exclusive to any console in particular. The Platypus chef you mentioned is exclusive to Switch, but doesn't have anything to do with this pre-order exclusivity - hence why it wasn't mentioned.
The pricing there was just provided by Team17, but you're right that the Nintendo store lists it at a different price. There seems to be a little confusion on the matter!
Re: Fortnite v5.10 Sees The Return Of Playground Mode, A New Weapon And Birthday Treats
@toiletseatgamer It probably wouldn't hurt to have the game running from the internal memory for optimum performance, but there have been slightly more issues than usual since Season 5 started for all players.
It's probably not directly linked to your setup (unless it's really, really bad) and will hopefully be ironed out over time
Re: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu And Eevee Will Have Extra Requirements To Take On Gyms
@shoeses Because Game Freak has said so. It's considered a core series entry; just like Fire Red and Leaf Green were core series remakes of Red/Blue, this is a reimagining of Yellow.
I understand why you feel it's a spin off, but it is technically main series hence my description in the article
Re: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu And Eevee Will Have Extra Requirements To Take On Gyms
@shoeses This isn't a spin-off. It's a core series entry, albeit in a different style.
Re: Enter The Gungeon's Free Expansion Is Now Live With Bucket Loads Of New Content
@Joker13z Hmm, we were just told "available now" which would suggest all regions. It's definitely launching today, though, so keep checking back!
Re: Funko Secures Fortnite Deal, Joining Pokémon For Even More Pop! Figures
@XenoShaun Sometimes you just need to let it all out
Re: Funko Secures Fortnite Deal, Joining Pokémon For Even More Pop! Figures
@boop22 A massively popular Switch game getting a line of official merchandise from one of the biggest pop culture toy manufacturers in the world isn't news?
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Be Playable At Evo 2018 Alongside Melee Tournament
@LeRaposa I think Ultimate will replace Wii U and Melee will continue to be honest...
Re: Octopath Traveler Smashes Its Way To Number One In Japan By A Huge Margin
@Spoony_Tech Haha, I didn't think of it that way Changed it now.
Re: Japanese Players Vote Hollow Knight As The Most Recommended Digital Switch Game This Month
@Bunkerneath Eek! Fixed now!
Re: Site News: We Want Your Help To Become Even Better
@Jack_Goetz Thanks buddy, that means a lot!
Re: Intense Top-Down Shooter Solstice Chronicles: MIA Is Headed To Switch This Year
@erv There's a great website for that
Re: Pokémon Card Artist, Mitsuhiro Arita, Talks About The Process Behind Those Iconic Designs
20 years later and my mind still remembers the exact layout, colours and character designs for these cards. Amazing work.
Re: Join Us Now For The Mario Tennis Aces Community Livestream And Win Some Lovely Prizes
@HobbitGamer He's playing against viewers. So you can jump on right now and watch the games being played, and if you enter the tournament code you might be selected to play against him and be featured on the stream.
Hope that helps!
Re: Fortnite Player Takes All-Time Kill Record By Savagely Taking Out Rocket Launch Viewers
@Matthew010 It relates to the game which has become a hugely popular title on Switch, and world records can be achieved on any version. This timed event also happened in the Switch version, so it would make sense for people to be interested in things that happened during it.
Let's take another game as an example. If, say, someone broke the world record of speedrunning through a game like Sonic Mania - which is on all platforms - would the same issue apply? Multi-platform games are just as relevant to fans (and readers) as first-party.
Re: Fortnite Player Takes All-Time Kill Record By Savagely Taking Out Rocket Launch Viewers
@Matthew010 I think you've answered your own question there?