@Spider-Kev agree with you I assume the reason for that was that Sony and Microsoft were on the forefront with digital games, where they could completely control price policy, while Nintendo was still all physical then and mostly physical until the switch.
I know... rage, angry posts, yadayadayada... Honestly, in Europe a switch 2 game is cheaper than a Nintendo 64 game was, and that's even so without considering inflation.
@Jeronan they've made several practical, well built and often time innovative accessories over the years, so I really don't get the tenacity you're putting into making your case and putting them on temu level. Call it a day with the endless debating, play a game and have some fun instead.
It's an all round good game. There's no Jank, and it's got as much variety as any other upper tier open world game out there like ghosts of tsushima, Spiderman, hogwarts etc. It's not as good as Zelda botw/totk or cdpr games but no other open world game are as good.
Just a bunch of the same old online hate trying to talk it dead. The same with AC shadows.
It's a good design, but diehards could never admit it. I guess a mix of online tribalism and misplaced nostalgia makes holding on to old things, as trivial as they might be, a badge of sophistication in the fanboys mind.
I'm really looking forward to playing this after falling in love with xbc 2&3, but I can't stand the silent protagonist trope. Do devs think I need a blank slate in order to relate to the character? Imagine movies would do the same, some blank faced moron stumbling around the plot.
"striking similarity" is an understatement, the secret level episode is a direct adaptation and promotion of this game. It was one of my favourite episodes and I'm looking forward to an inventive metroidvania. What it does have is a striking visual similarity to ghost song.
That's fine, by then the new gen of AMD chips will be in new pc handhelds and then we'll know if Nintendo's hardware will stack up. Of course switch 2 will have ease of use speak for it and I hope price as well. Mist say though, black myth wukong benchmarking 58fps @ 1080p on only 15 watt is very impressive on the hx370.
@batmanbud2 @Antraxx777 I absolutely love game soundtracks. Final Fantasy and square Enix in general (great official music channel on Spotify/yt), xenoblade, modern Zelda, Nier, persona, Yakuza, journey, last of us, ghost of Tsushima, metal gear solid, signalis, etc just to name a few.
What I'm talking about is mostly Nintendo soundtracks and pre PS1 game era in general that are meant to loop indefinitely and accompany gameplay. In a gaming context I find them very enjoyable, but outside that context that sort of jingle-like music can get grating very fast. There is great craftsmanship behind that kind of music as well, but it's designed for a very specific kind of listening.
I find nocturne (so far) is so much better than the original series, which started off really strong in a tight first season. Later seasons however dragged so bad. Especially the overwritten characters, each trying to sound more smug and self righteous than the other, it became too insufferable for me. Nocturnes in its first season feels like it was getting back to the basics with likable characters.
@-wc- absolutely agree, they should have the option for digital copies added to physical releases that don't increase the price immensely, because let's face it, a digital license is lesser in value since the consumer looses most all rights over their digital property and therefore should never be valued at regular retail price.
As for this, I have my Japanese copy pre-ordered. At least the Asian market still fully embraces physical media.
How about Nintendo coming half way to the consumer and towards game conservation by pledging that once you buy a licence for a Nintendo game, they will see to it that it will be playable on every future platform via official means.
If they'd do that I'm never going to (unofficially) emulate anything Nintendo again. And if Sony would follow suit then I'd never use unofficial means period.
These companies must admit that the main "bad player" in this legal whackamole are they themselves with their anti consumer practices. Offer me good service and I'll go for it.
Looking forward to when the rom hacking/fan translation scene digs themselves into switch games. They're the true heroes of game conservation, a task publishers aren't capable of.
Time waster with zero artistic integrity. Not just some old dude expecting everything to be like in my childhood. The hoyo games for example aren't made with my demographic in mind, but I do see their value with their beautiful soundtracks and great art design.
For some reason the 90s pg-13 movie felt more rated R than the actual rated R movie a few years back, so my expectations are somewhat dampened. Nothing beats the MK rebirth short film with Michael Jay White.
I've mostly been playing square Enix games the last two years because despite the quantity the games are high quality as well (with the few exceptions). Triangle strategy still remains my top game. The latest star ocean as well as the last remake were amazing. They should keep going with a little more spacing.
It's the absolute full circle mom... wait a moment, we're veering of the planned course aaaaand crashed. We will get that right in mk 2 so please pre-order.
Taking from the trailer the animation and tone is way ahead of its original run. Really loved s1 but the other seasons were mostly several episodes too long and just every character trying to sound more condescending than the next.
@ZeldaFan83 exactly my thought. That's why I relegate WB games to either 1 year later complete editions or even more likely just have it in one of the subscription services. So less money for you WB.
Homelander and Omega Man are some of the scariest Villains in current memory.
Over on pushsquare they keep on discussing FF16 sales non stop, while this is a piece of news that is genuinely exciting. Monolith soft is at the top of their game and Xenoblade 3 for me represents the pinnacle of RPGs together with the Witcher 3 and puts FF16 to shame with it's flashy yet shallow gameplay and it's wannabe Game of Thrones story.
Monolith truly deserves all the accolades in the world.
Square Enix is my favourite publisher of the last year. I just wished they would have paced their release slate a bit, because there is only so much time one can devote to games. I hope they continue as they did with a mix of new franchises (triangle strategy, diofield), sequels and remakes. Of course they're not all bangers, but there is an overall excellent quality.
Those who want to just keep going on about forspoken, Babylon's Fall and nft talk should just go into a cave and be salty.
Gameplay was great, but having to "engage" with this cotton candy anime fluff (coming from an anime fan… up to the early 2000s) between missions just dragged the entire experience down for me. They should have continued three houses direction with a new cast of characters and that smooth engage gameplay.
I got big hands, and the joy cons are perfectly fine for me. Splitting it up for my kids to play together... Genius controller (except for stick drift of course)
Had to laugh seeing this oddly written review, possibly written from someone who doesn't know that video games existed pre smartphone.
Also, illumination never made a bad movie before!? 🤣
"Totally inaccessible for non-fans of this Super Mario game from Nintendo. Fans might even have a hard time with the non-existent, antiquated and somewhat offensive story... Shocking misfire for Illumination, the only bad movie they've ever made." Grace Randolph Beyond the Trailer
Didn't get into the first ryza game, though more due to time constraints. Perhaps the anime can win me over. Generally like the idea of RPG anime adaptations because who on earth has the time for many of them.
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Re: Switch 2 Will Boast An Impressive Number Of Profile Icons At Launch
@Spider-Kev agree with you I assume the reason for that was that Sony and Microsoft were on the forefront with digital games, where they could completely control price policy, while Nintendo was still all physical then and mostly physical until the switch.
Re: Switch 2 Will Boast An Impressive Number Of Profile Icons At Launch
I know... rage, angry posts, yadayadayada... Honestly, in Europe a switch 2 game is cheaper than a Nintendo 64 game was, and that's even so without considering inflation.
Re: Accessory Manufacturer Genki Responds To Nintendo's Switch 2 Lawsuit
@Jeronan they've made several practical, well built and often time innovative accessories over the years, so I really don't get the tenacity you're putting into making your case and putting them on temu level. Call it a day with the endless debating, play a game and have some fun instead.
Re: Opinion: Switch 2 Finally Gives Star Wars Outlaws A Second Chance
It's an all round good game. There's no Jank, and it's got as much variety as any other upper tier open world game out there like ghosts of tsushima, Spiderman, hogwarts etc. It's not as good as Zelda botw/totk or cdpr games but no other open world game are as good.
Just a bunch of the same old online hate trying to talk it dead. The same with AC shadows.
Re: Limited Run's Atlus Switch 2 Collector's Edition Is A 'Game-Key Card' Release
What, Limited Run isn't about game preservation!? I'm rattled to my core!
Re: Donkey Kong's New Design Added As Icon In Latest Switch Firmware Update
It's a good design, but diehards could never admit it. I guess a mix of online tribalism and misplaced nostalgia makes holding on to old things, as trivial as they might be, a badge of sophistication in the fanboys mind.
Re: "We MUST Resist Buying These Game-Key Releases", Says GamesMaster Host
Please support this petition, share where you can and don't purchase game key cards
https://www.change.org/p/save-your-money-save-gaming
Re: Every Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Release
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Re: Poll: GameStop Offers A Tempting Switch 2 Trade-In Deal, But Is It Really Worth It?
Maybe a OG first production switch, but the switch oled is too good for trade in.
Re: Switch 2 'Welcome Tour' Estimated File Size Revealed By Nintendo
Pack in or get out!
Re: Nintendo's Quiet 2024 Led To 26% Drop In Physical Game Sales (UK)
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Re: Round Up: The First Impressions Of Donkey Kong Bananza Are In
My first and only pre-ordered switch 2 game this far. Got it for 59.99€ from amazon.fr.
This looks like it will do for donkey Kong what forgotten land did for Kirby or prime did for Metroid.
Re: Poll: Did You Get A Switch 2 Purchase Invite From Nintendo Yet? (Europe)
Being an active subscriber to the miserable nso service for two years in order to qualify!? No thanks, happy single player/couch co-op player.
Re: Marvel Gets The Shredder's Revenge Treatment In Upcoming Beat 'Em Up 'Cosmic Invasion'
Can't wait to play this with ma boy 😁
Re: 'Nintendo Today', A New Mobile App, Will Deliver Fresh Switch 2 News Every Day
Nice, a "who controls the media controls the people" approach, very cute.
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (Switch) - An Underrated Gem Transforms Into The Series' Best
I'm really looking forward to playing this after falling in love with xbc 2&3, but I can't stand the silent protagonist trope. Do devs think I need a blank slate in order to relate to the character? Imagine movies would do the same, some blank faced moron stumbling around the plot.
Re: Bandai Namco Unveils New Pac-Man Game, And It's Probably Not What You Expect
"striking similarity" is an understatement, the secret level episode is a direct adaptation and promotion of this game. It was one of my favourite episodes and I'm looking forward to an inventive metroidvania. What it does have is a striking visual similarity to ghost song.
Re: Plans To Announce The 'Switch 2' Have Not Changed, Says Nintendo's President
That's fine, by then the new gen of AMD chips will be in new pc handhelds and then we'll know if Nintendo's hardware will stack up. Of course switch 2 will have ease of use speak for it and I hope price as well. Mist say though, black myth wukong benchmarking 58fps @ 1080p on only 15 watt is very impressive on the hx370.
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members
@batmanbud2 @Antraxx777 I absolutely love game soundtracks. Final Fantasy and square Enix in general (great official music channel on Spotify/yt), xenoblade, modern Zelda, Nier, persona, Yakuza, journey, last of us, ghost of Tsushima, metal gear solid, signalis, etc just to name a few.
What I'm talking about is mostly Nintendo soundtracks and pre PS1 game era in general that are meant to loop indefinitely and accompany gameplay. In a gaming context I find them very enjoyable, but outside that context that sort of jingle-like music can get grating very fast.
There is great craftsmanship behind that kind of music as well, but it's designed for a very specific kind of listening.
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members
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Re: Review: Yakuza Kiwami (Switch) - A Decent Port Of An Ambitious, Frustrating Game
Story of the original packs more of a punch than zero, and zero profits from being played afterwards.
Re: Review: Shin chan: Shiro And The Coal Town (Switch) - A Stunningly Beautiful Game, Uncomplicated Yet Weird
Not quite clear from the review, English dub for the kids?
Re: "We Were So Stumped" - Nintendo On The 'Unorthodox' Development Of Alarmo
Lmao... Nintendo should have tweeted that a new hardware announcement was imminent and have everybody falsely hyped for switch 2.
Re: Alucard And Richter Create A Symphony In New 'Castlevania: Nocturne' Trailer
I find nocturne (so far) is so much better than the original series, which started off really strong in a tight first season. Later seasons however dragged so bad. Especially the overwritten characters, each trying to sound more smug and self righteous than the other, it became too insufferable for me.
Nocturnes in its first season feels like it was getting back to the basics with likable characters.
Re: Video: Solid Snake Himself Dives Into A Brief History Of Metal Gear Solid
Great promo, but still doesn't excuse konami's continual disservice to metal gear.
Emulation FTW
Re: Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Physical Switch Edition Delayed
@-wc- absolutely agree, they should have the option for digital copies added to physical releases that don't increase the price immensely, because let's face it, a digital license is lesser in value since the consumer looses most all rights over their digital property and therefore should never be valued at regular retail price.
As for this, I have my Japanese copy pre-ordered. At least the Asian market still fully embraces physical media.
Emulation FTW!
Re: Creators Of New Switch Emulator 'Suyu' Hope To Avoid Nintendo's Wrath
How about Nintendo coming half way to the consumer and towards game conservation by pledging that once you buy a licence for a Nintendo game, they will see to it that it will be playable on every future platform via official means.
If they'd do that I'm never going to (unofficially) emulate anything Nintendo again. And if Sony would follow suit then I'd never use unofficial means period.
These companies must admit that the main "bad player" in this legal whackamole are they themselves with their anti consumer practices. Offer me good service and I'll go for it.
Re: Review: Otogi Katsugeki Mameda no Bakeru: Oracle Saitarou no Sainan!! (Switch) - Good-Feel's Carefree Platformer For Goemon Lovers
Looking forward to when the rom hacking/fan translation scene digs themselves into switch games. They're the true heroes of game conservation, a task publishers aren't capable of.
Re: Pokémon's Former Chief Legal Officer "Surprised" Palworld Got This Far
Time waster with zero artistic integrity. Not just some old dude expecting everything to be like in my childhood. The hoyo games for example aren't made with my demographic in mind, but I do see their value with their beautiful soundtracks and great art design.
Re: The Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Has Officially Wrapped Filming
For some reason the 90s pg-13 movie felt more rated R than the actual rated R movie a few years back, so my expectations are somewhat dampened.
Nothing beats the MK rebirth short film with Michael Jay White.
Re: Square Enix To Slim Down Its Gaming Lineup To Ensure Higher Quality
I've mostly been playing square Enix games the last two years because despite the quantity the games are high quality as well (with the few exceptions). Triangle strategy still remains my top game. The latest star ocean as well as the last remake were amazing. They should keep going with a little more spacing.
Re: Amazon Prime Day Returns October 2023 With 'Big Deal Days' Event, Here's What To Expect
If a game isn't under 20 quid, it's not a deal
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Life Sims And Farming Games
Oi, where's crayon shin Chan's summer vacation?
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Shares "First Look" At Jean-Claude Van Damme As Johnny Cage
It's the absolute full circle mom... wait a moment, we're veering of the planned course aaaaand crashed. We will get that right in mk 2 so please pre-order.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Is Targeting A 2024 Release For The Switch Successor
Can't wait to see what monolith has cookin with new hardware.
Re: Castlevania: Nocturne, Netflix's Upcoming Animated Series, Lands New Teaser Trailer
Taking from the trailer the animation and tone is way ahead of its original run.
Really loved s1 but the other seasons were mostly several episodes too long and just every character trying to sound more condescending than the next.
Re: Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match Animated Movie Out This October
Joel McHale voicing Johnny Cage is very fitting. He'll just have to "Winger" it. All I still need is a kickpuncher reference, coolcool
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Reveals Six Fighters In Official Kombat Pack DLC
@ZeldaFan83 exactly my thought. That's why I relegate WB games to either 1 year later complete editions or even more likely just have it in one of the subscription services. So less money for you WB.
Homelander and Omega Man are some of the scariest Villains in current memory.
Re: The Witcher III On Switch Finally Gets DLC Inspired By The Netflix Series
Each patch will secretly do a super subtle morph into a Liam Hemsworth reskin to get us all onboard with the recasting.
Re: Monolith Soft Profits Almost Doubled In Fiscal Year Ending March 2023
Over on pushsquare they keep on discussing FF16 sales non stop, while this is a piece of news that is genuinely exciting. Monolith soft is at the top of their game and Xenoblade 3 for me represents the pinnacle of RPGs together with the Witcher 3 and puts FF16 to shame with it's flashy yet shallow gameplay and it's wannabe Game of Thrones story.
Monolith truly deserves all the accolades in the world.
Re: UK Charts: For Goodness Sake, Zelda: TOTK Is Number One Again
FF16 is pretty but shallow af. Totk is a game for the ages.
Re: Square Enix Game Sales Down 12.2% Despite Multiple High-Profile Releases
Square Enix is my favourite publisher of the last year. I just wished they would have paced their release slate a bit, because there is only so much time one can devote to games. I hope they continue as they did with a mix of new franchises (triangle strategy, diofield), sequels and remakes. Of course they're not all bangers, but there is an overall excellent quality.
Those who want to just keep going on about forspoken, Babylon's Fall and nft talk should just go into a cave and be salty.
Re: Alear Tops Fire Emblem Engage 'Popularity Poll' In Japan
Gameplay was great, but having to "engage" with this cotton candy anime fluff (coming from an anime fan… up to the early 2000s) between missions just dragged the entire experience down for me. They should have continued three houses direction with a new cast of characters and that smooth engage gameplay.
Re: Talking Point: Which Is Your Favourite Nintendo Controller? Every Nintendo Pad Ranked
I got big hands, and the joy cons are perfectly fine for me. Splitting it up for my kids to play together... Genius controller (except for stick drift of course)
Re: Mario's Creator Shigeru Miyamoto Teases More Nintendo Movies
As long as they get studio Ghibli, studio ponoc, chizu (Momoro Hosoda) or comic wave (Makoto Shinkai) to do Zelda, I'm good.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For The Super Mario Bros. Movie, And They're All Over The Place
Had to laugh seeing this oddly written review, possibly written from someone who doesn't know that video games existed pre smartphone.
Also, illumination never made a bad movie before!? 🤣
"Totally inaccessible for non-fans of this Super Mario game from Nintendo. Fans might even have a hard time with the non-existent, antiquated and somewhat offensive story... Shocking misfire for Illumination, the only bad movie they've ever made."
Grace Randolph
Beyond the Trailer
Re: Feature: 8 Switch Games We've Played At PAX East 2023 - Here's What We Thought
Loop8 and born of bread would be my picks
Re: Atelier Ryza's First Game Is Getting Its Very Own Anime Adaptation
Didn't get into the first ryza game, though more due to time constraints. Perhaps the anime can win me over.
Generally like the idea of RPG anime adaptations because who on earth has the time for many of them.
Re: Weird And Wonderful Zelda-Like 'Eastward' DLC Listing Spotted
Was really looking forward to this, and while it had the amazing art style and some nice story beats it clearly outstayed it's welcome.
Re: Advance Wars' Delayed Switch Release Might Finally Be Reporting For Duty
They might as well further delay it because with tactics ogre, fire emblem engage and sparks of hope, I'm tactically oversaturated.