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Perhaps if/when Nintendo's publishing rights expire, they can find other means to release the games on other platforms.

@UltraVideoGamer "I don't feel like Xbox has really added anything constructive to the videogames industry" ... Really? Are you delusional? They literally defined the blueprint for online gaming and social networking on console, created Achievement Points, were first to add a Hard Drive in their console - all of which Sony later copied and Nintendo stubbornly doesn't do or struggles to do correctly.

@PanurgeJr Likewise (hence, my avatar), and I agree about the game. But it's still not a real retro 80's character, despite how much its creators wish it was (so that it can fulfill their childhood dream of having their character be in Smash Bros).

Shovelknight and his cameos are just annoying at this point. Also, he's a fake wannabe 80's retro game character, which makes him even more annoying.

Imagine getting angry about what's essentially an MS Paint game.

Even without cheats, the hardcore Jedi Knight/Academy community was always on PC anyway and the games have always played best with mouse/keyboard.

If this was Nintendo's strategy all along, that's quite disgusting, and no one should buy a second Switch out of principle/protest. It's basically them treating their customers like braindead Sheep, and it's everything that's wrong with totalitarian-like closed platforms in general.

Interesting... Cevil's comment seems to have made the people who would usually chastise male gaze games to do a U turn and support it, instead.

@shaneoh Yeah, it's kinda weird they didn't just make it free like it is on Steam.

Also, for anyone reading, Tomb Raider (2013) is currently free on Steam, so go get it!

RIP Switch homebrew/modding/emulation scene, I guess. Also, apparently you guys are "the scum of Earth".

Did he use a hacked Switch to create those macros? Won't he get banned or have his non-hacked / ban-dodged Switch account banned?

That's Sony level of arrogance right there.

E3 literally died in 2006, and then they slowly started bringing it back again over the years.

@rjejr True, wouldn't hurt the author to mention it. But you can probably logically deduce which VR games can and can't run in VR on Switch; this looks like one which can't.

Apparently most Smash players don't shower/ bathe before tournaments, which has resulted in Smash tournament halls smelling atrocious. I guess this must be an inside joke/ method to get Smash players to wash more?

@rjejr Almost anything can run that Spice and Wolf experience; wasn't a surprise that it came to Labo. It's quite low poly, and it's basically a 5 minute demo, spent entirely in a small room, with 2 characters present.

@CodyMKW And you clearly don't know anything about the Vivox SDK, that allows for native voice chat on Switch, and is already supported in games like Fortnite, Dauntless, Smite, Paladins and more on Switch. The 'software' is literally right there for Nintendo to use, but they're not going to, because they want to keep kids away from native voice chat, at least in their first party online games. They assume kids are less likely to own a smartphone, thus that's their asinine method to prevent kids playing with predators.

@CodyMKW Lol, "more power to use". You make it sound like voice chat takes up so much processing power, when it wasn't even an issue 20 years ago for the Xbox.

Trust me, it has nothing to do with performance, and everything to do with Nintendo's Japanese management being out of touch and afraid of online predators coming in contact with their players, who, even they themselves, assume are mostly children.

The voice chat situation on Switch is still a sign that their online first party games are for kids. They've intentionally obfuscated voice chat, and moved it all to a separate phone app, to prevent predators and kids easily talking to each other over the console.

@Wexter You can pontificate all you want, but we'll just have to wait and see. For all we know, both companies are negotiating right now to bring Bayoneta 2, 3 and Astral Chain to multiple platforms.

Also, if I had to guess: I don't think Astral Chain 2 will be a Nintendo exclusive; I think from here onward, all their games are going to be multi-platform.

@Wexter @Lady_rosalina https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/02/platinumgames_wants_to_bring_the_complete_bayonetta_series_to_other_platforms

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-02-07/inaba-platinum-games-has-interest-in-self-publishing-bayonetta-game-series/.156202

https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/platinumgames-open-to-scalebound-revival-and-bringing-astral-chain-to-other-platforms/

Sounds like they want to bring the games to other platforms; also sounds like it's possible for them to self publish with (or without) Nintendo's consent, via crowd funding.

Who? Is every person, who leaves Nintendo after 6 years, going to get an article as well?

Seems like they're talking to Nintendo to get Bayonetta 2/3 and Astral Chain ported to other systems as well.

Lol, would this equally make the news if some big fat guy was crying about it?

It does seem like a legal grey area. At the end of the day, Sony are selling a game, which endorses a lot of copyright infringement. And Companies like Nintendo have the legal right to do something about it. It will be fascinating to see how this all plays out.

Maybe I misread, but can you use voice chat/ text chat through the Switch itself?

@sanderev That's fanboys for you. But the reality is, Microsoft are happier expanding their audience/ profits.

This cross-compatibility between PC and Switch kinda makes you think about the possibility of Nintendo games on PC...

If Nintendo made their own launcher for PC, where they could reap 100% of profit, it would be a cool option for people that want to play Nintendo games at max graphics, with cross saves across all games, etc.

@Elvie I respect your preference. Personally, I found the later levels a bit hard using the Wii mote. I was playing the PC version just now, and for me, the pixel precision of using a mouse, is super satisfying.

@Elvie Not anymore. The game has since been ported to phones, tablet and PC - touch and mouse controls are far more precise than using the Wii mote.

Makes sense. Reggie was hired to shake Nintendo up, and the GameCube was flopping before he joined the company.

When Reggie debuted at E3 2004, it was an awesome moment for us older Nintendo fans in particular. We're the generation who had witnessed 1st hand Nintendo go from the dominant company in the NES and SNES eras to 2nd place with the N64, onwards.

So when Reggie debuted, it was a sign of hope that Nintendo had brought someone in to shake the company up - and as he literally said, to "kick ass and take names".

Sadly, I think this is going to become a continuing trend when PS5/XSX comes out.

I don't think many developers/publishers will have the money to pay for another team to port the games to Switch. Nor will they want to internally crunch overtime to port the games to Switch. If the Switch had similar specs/ architecture as the other systems, porting would be a lot easier.

The game can finally be played at 60fps, as it was intended. On Switch, it looked like it ran sub 30 fps most of the time.

Won't happen; Nintendo won't allow it. The team at Rainway wanted to bring the Rainway app to Switch, which would let you stream your PC to it, and to date, Nintendo hasn't got back to them.

This, SteamLink, Rainway, Xcloud, Stadia, etc, on Switch, would be cool, though.

SuperMetalDave64 is going to be salty when he hears this, Lol.

There's only one first person puzzle game I want on Switch, and that's Obduction.

Patent trolling is bad; Nintendo better not try to sue Alienware.

Looks like a 50p stylus that Nintendo will charge £10+ for. You have to remember all the rumble tech is inside the JoyCon.

PlayStation/traditional console gaming is dying in Japan, we've known this for over 15 years. The PS4, despite having much better Japanese console exclusives this generation compared to the PS3, is still not selling all that well over there. PS2 sold just over 23 million units in Japan, but PS3 only managed 10 million, and PS4 is selling about the same pace as PS3, with 8 million sold, currently. It's no wonder Sony recently moved their PlayStation HQ from Japan to California when you read things like this.

@JayJ That's basically what I want it for. I like my Switch, but I find it a bit awkward to use in public. Having an ultrabook looking device, which I can work and sneak in some AAA gaming time on is something I really want, which is why I'm excited for the GPD Win Max. Also the Win Max will have a large Qwerty keyboard, so I can actually type properly on it, unlike the Win 2. The only real downside is that it's not pocketable, but neither is the OG Switch, so I'm not too bothered. Also, it's using the same Ryzen APU in the Smach Z, so the games will perform much better than the Switch.

@StevenG I'm in the same boat as you. I want a portable gaming system that I can also use as a PC, for productivity, design, coding and whatnot.

You should keep an eye on the GPD Win Max (not the GPD Win 2, which was released 2 years ago). Supposedly, GPD are going to launch it this year and we'll hear some news about it in the coming months. It's going to be quite large, though (about the size of an 8" Ultrabook), so it'll be more of a "baggable" than a portable.

Early prototype image:

@SwitchForce What are you even talking about? You're trying to imply Aikun copied the Switch, but then contradicted yourself by saying Nintendo didn't have a public patent.

And not only that, but years before, was the Razer Edge from 2013

And the Wikipad from 2013:

It's all the same concept as the Switch: detachable tablet with detachable controls at the side - where you can separate the tablet from the controller part, and dock the tablet part to an external monitor and use the controller part as a wireless gamepad. You can argue Nintendo were the ones who copied this basic concept from Razer then refined it with the Switch. About the only thing Nintendo did differently, and the part you can argue Alienware copied, was that they used a separate central piece that connects the Joy-Cons together.

@SwitchForce There was no public patent for the Switch in 2015 for any Chinese compay to 'steal'. Also, the Aikun was shown publicly as a near-finished product at a trade show in 2015, but it was realistically in development over a year earlier. So there's objectively no possible way they could be the ones who copied; your logic makes no sense. You're grasping at straws. Just let it go; there's nothing Nintendo can do, because the Switch idea was never unique in the first place.

If you haven't played the Mother 3 translated rom by now, you really ought to. That game will never be officially localised, and even if it was, it would be heavily censored, mainly due to the Magypsies.

Yikes at those winners. Thankfully, literally no one takes this award show seriously.

Only CWC type people will complain about the eyes and the arms being blue; everyone else thinks the redesign looks good enough to great.

There's probably a lot of casuals/middle aged women in the UK, who still have their Wii lying around for stuff like this and Wii Fit.

If you're gonna port mobile games to Switch, at least port Call of Duty Mobile. That's a somewhat good mobile game at least.

I used to occasionally play link cable multiplayer games in the mid/early 90's. But even back then, I thought it kinda sucked and couldn't wait for the day I could do it wirelessly or via the Internet.