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"FUSER redefines the music game genre," says NCSOFT vice president of marketing Tim Granich.

I love it when marketing over-hypes instead of selling the game. Classic

Its time to practice my Miyamoto signature

I seriously doubt they made $2 million selling these tools but it could be symbolic with the company filing bankruptcy and it all disappears.

I see quite a few that look interesting. Looking forward to these.

Well then. It looks different now.

And the sandwich is there because? Also Mario does not sound right

This feels like a product of a different generation and by that I mean in a really good way. If this, in some way, had come in the 80's it would have been mind blowing. There was PC site that did something similar and at the time it felt like you had the world at your command. Great job.

Awesome re-imagining of a legacy product

@Cool_Squirtle Unless you use the actual photograph there is no chance for litigation as the image of a blue collar worker whether it is a carpenter or a plumber is not an image you can copyright.

He could have been influenced by this but by his own recounting there does not appear to be an conscious effect so it does not matter.

I really like the look of this game but with a female character it feels like "gender appropriation". I need to stay PC in this day and age.👀

This theory is wrong. Nintendo has basically confirmed the original story several times. Let it go.

@jbreez00
Ah, still a good game.

@jbreez00
Battletoads is simply an awesome game as well as Double Dragon. Two early classics that still hold up. I spent many nights playing Battletoads and laughing my head off playing multplayer.

@WCB
You paid $140 for SF2?

A really great arcade game and it translated well into the ports. SOR 2 is still my favorite but Street Fighter is very close as well.Its a shame Sega didn't use that phrase "SOOOOOONIIIIC BOOM!" as Sonics intro.

A very odd thing is I was on the site right after the presentation and there was nothing on there about these. I was actually looking at the Xenoblade stuff.

I never even knew about this. This exclusivity trend is just becoming pure bulldung.

This can work out one of two ways. Microsoft, who seem to be doing much better with the Xbox platform now, leverage this purchase to put them in a better position in the market versus Sony.

Or, they could screw it up, which they are quite famous for doing, and end up scattering the studios to the winds and saying "nah it was only $7 billion. "

A version(or clone) of the game was on PC around the same time. I had a copy of it but I think I lost it somewhere during a move. Its decent if maddening for the control issues.

@OorWullie
Crap I forgot about that game. Nice.

Thats a bummer but he was always a nice guy. Best of luck to him

@sj33
First off I applaud you for stating you "mod" your Switch as opposed to Hack. Drives me insane that people think otherwise.

As far as the EULA the argument you have is technically right but not viable in court every time. There are numerous cases deciding either way whether you can legally agree to an agreement without signing or verbally stating so. Versions of EULA's have been used in other industries to great advantage effectively quelling any dissent on behalf of the consumer and this is the precedent normally cited by the video game industry. The problem is the entanglement of the creator/owners IP rights in conjunction with an outdated DRM policy.

I for one, being in the industry mind you, feel EULA's are crap. Also the right to repair/physical ownership movement is in the right because there is no legislation that explicitly states you are leasing/renting a piece of hardware when you make a purchase and agree to relinquish those rights. Here again we have outdated laws and policies that have been reinterpreted to create an over reach in response to theft/piracy of IP and likeness which in it's ignorance harm the ones that actually make the purchase.

Piracy is a different matter for me. I and many of the companies I contracted with have been hurt by piracy. What people do not realize that the developers and designers actually get hit harder than the companies in many cases. On my own I have had my stuff pirated but I try not to worry about it. If a game is out of production I think we need a more uniform way of preserving it for the future so it is legal(to protect the user actually) and costs minimal. There are so many titles that have disappeared and the real problem now is the rights holders have changed so many times and companies sold, bankrupted or licensed out that untangling them is not feasible. I have no answer for that situation but most likely you could still preserve these games for a nominal fee without legal actions being taken.

@BanjoPickles
Your list has a lot of great title. Some of the ones I liked were:

Professor Layton and the case of the Curious Village
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword
The Legend Of Zelda Phantom Hourglass
Call of Duty 4
Brothers in arms
Lionel On Track
Prince of Persia
Super Mario Bros 2 GBA games

I have the memory expansion and the web browser as well.

@BanjoPickles
My thoughts exactly. The DS Lite is still likely my favorite handheld/ great battery life, a really deep catalog and true portability with a built in screen protector. I still use mine. I almost pulled the trigger on the 3DS but the titles were thin in the beginning then stock was in short supply.

So it really is a conspiracy? Woowwww!

The Switch is basically in the middle of its life cycle. As Nintendo themselves have mentioned they anticipate a six year refresh cycle. This gives them time to fully flesh out the next hardware. What people are totally missing out on in these "rumors" is that even if they are true the timeframe is really long for testing, mfg samples and software work. It is likely 2022/3 for a new model.

EA is a perfect example of what happens to a great company with a lot of success that moves strictly corporate people into positions of financial influence. Activision was a great company and we did a lot of work with them but as the years passed they changed as well. Sierra was great until they sold it off and then it was destroyed. Its what happens.

Sure, give us more stability but allow the Joycons to drift.

@Kev_Morrison I don't find him funny in the least.

I had hope for High Score but for me it was too light on real substance. They spent way too much time not fleshing out the participants and repeating information to fill time. Then it spent a lot of time on diversity which is great but seems too political when you just want real details.

Part of the problem for me may be that I know everything intimately already but I was hoping for things to come out that I had forgotten or to see people form the past. This latest attempt may be better as along as Seth Rogan is not in it.

Not bad. I doubt I will buy one. I am waiting on the Amico probably.

The artwork looks great but not sure I am into this manga trend (I know this is barely manga) anymore. I think I am burnt out on it.

We have these "credible sources" and then alongside that a story where Nintendo is ramping up Switch production again. I do not believe it because Nintendo has always been cautious about MFG capacity and this does not fit their typical approach to console support.

@Boo-Thang
Awesome, thanks

I was skeptical when I saw the headline of the article but it does seem "Hexen like". I loved that series but it was difficult to control at times. I will probably grab this one but would love to see it on PC

I may be interested in Gollum once they show actual gameplay and Small and Gibbous. The racing game maybe but the the Dragon game looks unfinished or ill conceived to me.

The majority of reviews on other sites really disparage NBA 2K20. I was going to download the demo but I think I will hold off. Plenty of other stuff to play.

A good job but some of the compromises are unfortunate. I think overall it came out good.

Ah Sega. Still making those ridiculous decisions even after NA told you what would work in the west. Nothing has really changed as you always get in your own way. I personally am a huge fan of Sega and went with the Genesis over the SNES because the games were so much better initially like SOR but I came back to Nintendo because Sega left the market after the horrifying Sega 32X/Saturn kerfuffle.

There are so many games you could port and if you advertised a bit your fans would come back. I would like to see M2 do the emulation as they do a good job but somewhere in a cubicle someone is getting ready to make another bad choice.

I would definitely be interested in this. That was a fun game.

This does not look good.

@Bunkerneath
It needs some polish for sure.

@Jayofmaya
No, sorry if I wasn't clear that is was about the videos specifically and not the NL article. Thanks

I am still primarily a physical game player. On the Switch I have one of the largest physical collections I have had outside of possibly the NES. I do have digital games because some things cannot be had on physical media but these are stand alone older games with no live connection needed to validate. I have been burned by digital storefronts and I say no thank you to Steam and the like. If I want it forever I try to buy digital.

@Jayofmaya The original article mentions all of this and more and again it is a 30 second read.

I was interested but the price is way out reality here. I get they need to port it but the lack of polishing on this is apparent.

@Beaucine
You are correct. The controls were/are terrible. I still have these games from when I bought them on release.

Shouldn't Mario have a mask on? I see another character less than 6 feet away. Shame on you Nintendo

I saw gameplay on another site and aside from the 70's cop show music the game looks like it would not have much depth and wear thin quickly.

NOA gets boned yet everyone gets boned here(shipping costs only, right Nintendo)