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Post by The Legend of Groose on Jun 9, 2024 20:34:59 GMT -5
... I really liked the Stat Fox Puppet skits. I don't get why so many hated them. It was just a shame it was for a game that was ruined by bad control direction. I'd love to see them fix Star Fox Zero as there's a good game in there, just... Yeah.
I think Federation Force would have been more accepted if that was not our first Metroid anything in years. It felt like being slapped in the face for Metroid fans. They would get to eat soon, so not the worst in the end.
Was hype for animal crossing until it ended up being a party board game. There was so much swinging and missing in that showcase. I don't think it was worse than 2008, that show was just bad minus I think Mario Galaxy (I think that was that show).
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 9, 2024 23:22:03 GMT -5
... I really liked the Stat Fox Puppet skits. I don't get why so many hated them. It was just a shame it was for a game that was ruined by bad control direction. I'd love to see them fix Star Fox Zero as there's a good game in there, just... Yeah. I think Federation Force would have been more accepted if that was not our first Metroid anything in years. It felt like being slapped in the face for Metroid fans. They would get to eat soon, so not the worst in the end. Was hype for animal crossing until it ended up being a party board game. There was so much swinging and missing in that showcase. I don't think it was worse than 2008, that show was just bad minus I think Mario Galaxy (I think that was that show). I thought the idea of the Animal Crossing Board Game could have been really fun and then I bought it and there... really wasn't a game to it.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jun 9, 2024 23:31:44 GMT -5
... I really liked the Stat Fox Puppet skits. I don't get why so many hated them. It was just a shame it was for a game that was ruined by bad control direction. I'd love to see them fix Star Fox Zero as there's a good game in there, just... Yeah. I think Federation Force would have been more accepted if that was not our first Metroid anything in years. It felt like being slapped in the face for Metroid fans. They would get to eat soon, so not the worst in the end. Was hype for animal crossing until it ended up being a party board game. There was so much swinging and missing in that showcase. I don't think it was worse than 2008, that show was just bad minus I think Mario Galaxy (I think that was that show). I thought the idea of the Animal Crossing Board Game could have been really fun and then I bought it and there... really wasn't a game to it. I own the game and have never played it. Bought it for $10 at Walmart on a whim entirely for the Isabelle and Digby Amiibos that came with it.
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Post by darbus alan on Jun 9, 2024 23:54:45 GMT -5
I honestly wonder if Nintendo brass basically put out stuff like non-wearable technology announcements and big promises about the mobile just to get placate stockholders and had little intention with going through with most of it. Once the Switch got big basically every mobile experiment that wasn't MK Tour got put on a life support and there's been little mention of Blue Ocean related strategies since. Honestly I suspect that's also the reason why the past few months they've suddenly started doing events in Mario Run again. It's at least something they can point to as them doing stuff in mobile games for investors even if in practical terms basically the only game they have anyone still cares about is Fire Emblem. Fire Emblem Heroes ended up being the perfect gacha game for them.
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Post by Paul on Jun 10, 2024 12:55:12 GMT -5
Having the 5 Game Boy Mega Man games available on Nintendo Switch Online is great, and IMO makes it one of the best values of paying for the service. I'm glad all 5 games were added at once.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 10, 2024 13:01:57 GMT -5
Adding all 5 at once was probably wise. It's a great value, like you say, Paul, but also, Mega Man games tend to be similar enough to where, had they staggered it, it would have been more of a risk of "another one? Ehh, alright...." reactions.
Like, I think they are very worthy additions, but this is maybe giving them the most fighting chance of getting attention and play.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jun 10, 2024 13:05:28 GMT -5
They should really do a bulk drop of the various GBA ports of games already on the service. Like maybe do one of the Donkey Kong Country games then another of Nightmare in Dream Land and Link to the Past. Both of those two would be really nice if only for Meta Knightmare with save states and Four Swords with online play.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 10, 2024 13:34:13 GMT -5
Adding all 5 at once was probably wise. It's a great value, like you say, Paul, but also, Mega Man games tend to be similar enough to where, had they staggered it, it would have been more of a risk of "another one? Ehh, alright...." reactions. Like, I think they are very worthy additions, but this is maybe giving them the most fighting chance of getting attention and play. And part of the problem with a lot of the Gameboy ones are they are kinda like the nes ones but worse.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jun 10, 2024 13:45:43 GMT -5
Adding all 5 at once was probably wise. It's a great value, like you say, Paul, but also, Mega Man games tend to be similar enough to where, had they staggered it, it would have been more of a risk of "another one? Ehh, alright...." reactions. Like, I think they are very worthy additions, but this is maybe giving them the most fighting chance of getting attention and play. And part of the problem with a lot of the Gameboy ones are they are kinda like the nes ones but worse. I imagine whenever the Donkey Kong Land games go up they'll be all at once for similar reasons. Kind of hope when they put those up they also do the GBC DKC. It's kind of a mess and has no real point with being able to play the SNES one on there but I have a soft spot for it.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jun 10, 2024 14:07:54 GMT -5
And part of the problem with a lot of the Gameboy ones are they are kinda like the nes ones but worse. I imagine whenever the Donkey Kong Land games go up they'll be all at once for similar reasons. Kind of hope when they put those up they also do the GBC DKC. It's kind of a mess and has no real point with being able to play the SNES one on there but I have a soft spot for it. That’s the downfall of a lot of the GB/GBC library, awesome games when you can’t play the console one but not really worth a shit when you can. Not everything falls into this trap obviously, the Zelda and Mario titles hold up great, Pokémon Gen 1 and 2, DK ‘94 etc but a lot of the library doesn’t hold up beyond nostalgia value. Also, I have no memory of a GBC DKC. Totally missed that one, I kept thinking you were referencing the GBA port which I remember being decent.
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Post by chrom on Jun 10, 2024 17:29:01 GMT -5
Donkey Kong Land series is basically just the same thing as DKC but with lower graphics
It's not like Mario Land which had it's own plot and storyline
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Post by darbus alan on Jun 10, 2024 17:36:59 GMT -5
Rare ported DKC to the GBC in 2000. It more or less used the assets from Donkey Kong Land and updated the colors. It was a bit of a mess but interesting from a tech perspective. Like they pushed the limits of what the GBC hardware could actually do in terms of graphics.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jun 10, 2024 20:46:37 GMT -5
Switch update is live and, as was previously announced, removes Twitter share integration. It also removes the ability to link social media accounts from My Page/Friends Suggestion
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jun 10, 2024 22:27:31 GMT -5
Someone accidentally put up a trailer early for an Among Us update that was supposed to shadow drop on the 18th. Given other recent Among Us updates have been shown off in Directs and the 18th was already the rumored date that's likely when the next one's going to be.
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Post by BorneAgain on Jun 11, 2024 18:49:04 GMT -5
Got the Rocket Knight collection today. I had forgotten how of a quasi-run and gun the first game was at points, so definitely a trickier game than I recall. Still quite fun though, and it's been so long since I played either Sparkster they might as well be new games.
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Post by chrom on Jun 15, 2024 18:48:41 GMT -5
Any confirmation of the rumored Direct for this week?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jun 15, 2024 18:57:06 GMT -5
Any confirmation of the rumored Direct for this week? Nintendo usually only announces these the day before they happen so probably will announce it on Monday if it's happening.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jun 16, 2024 10:23:04 GMT -5
Pyoro suddenly tweeted something that seems to be hinting at Direct news soon so yeah, probably getting an announcement tomorrow.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jun 16, 2024 16:10:48 GMT -5
Seems like the right time with SGF out of the way
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Post by Paul on Jun 16, 2024 19:05:26 GMT -5
Does anyone know if Nintendo World Championships- NES Edition contains only Time Attack type challenges? Or are there going to be other types / varieties of challenges included in it?
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