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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 29, 2022 13:56:38 GMT -5
Wind Waker could be more of a port, the WiiU version still holds up fantastic due to the art style. Twilight Princess would need a lot more work visually. I hasn't aged as well since it tried to do a more realistic style as a Gamecube/Wii game, and those issues are made worse playing it on a 4K TV it wasn't designed to be played on I think. EDIT: I just remembered there was a WiiU HD remaster of Twilight Princess as well. I have been playing the Wii release. So.....nevermind what I said I guess, I have no idea how the Wii U HD remaster of it looks TPHD is kind of a mixed bag. It made everything brighter and more colorful, which is definitely a point in its favor, but everything was kind of just reskinned so some aspects of it look rather strange. Ilia in particular looks like some kind of freaky alien. Still, I'd say it's the best way to play TP on the whole if only because they ironed out some of the pacing, especially at the start of the game. If I remembered the HD version existed before I started playing I would probably have bought it. (I'm playing my Wii disc on a Wii U) But I just got past the part where you can change into a wolf at will, so I think I'm a little far along for it to be worth starting over.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Mar 29, 2022 14:04:56 GMT -5
Nintendo made reference to the bad "It Stinks" ad campaign for Earthbound
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Mar 29, 2022 14:12:08 GMT -5
Nintendo made reference to the bad "It Stinks" ad campaign for Earthbound Surprised Jay Sherman never sued... Release Mother 3
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Post by BorneAgain on Mar 29, 2022 17:34:29 GMT -5
Useless trivia: Barring an unexpected port/remake, this will be the first year since 2012 to not have a somewhat major Zelda release.
2013: Wind Waker HD/Link Between Worlds 2014: Hyrule Warriors 2015: Tri-Force Heroes 2016: Twilight Princess HD 2017: Breath of the Wild 2018: Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition 2019: Link's Awakening Remake 2020: Age of Calamity 2021: Skyward Sword HD
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Post by burdette25159 on Mar 29, 2022 18:40:36 GMT -5
Guessing Advance wars is taking BOTW2's place this year now, guessing we'll be seeing LOZ themed DLC on Mario Kart 8 on the switch or worse The Minish Cap game being ported
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Post by Mike Strike on Mar 29, 2022 18:45:56 GMT -5
Useless trivia: Barring an unexpected port/remake, this will be the first year since 2012 to not have a somewhat major Zelda release. 2013: Wind Waker HD/Link Between Worlds 2014: Hyrule Warriors 2015: Tri-Force Heroes 2016: Twilight Princess HD 2017: Breath of the Wild 2018: Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition 2019: Link's Awakening Remake 2020: Age of Calamity 2021: Skyward Sword HD Assuming they don't have a rainy day plan b ready to go.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Mar 29, 2022 19:40:01 GMT -5
Useless trivia: Barring an unexpected port/remake, this will be the first year since 2012 to not have a somewhat major Zelda release. 2013: Wind Waker HD/Link Between Worlds 2014: Hyrule Warriors 2015: Tri-Force Heroes 2016: Twilight Princess HD 2017: Breath of the Wild 2018: Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition 2019: Link's Awakening Remake 2020: Age of Calamity 2021: Skyward Sword HD Assuming they don't have a rainy day plan b ready to go. I wouldn’t be shocked if Switch ports are in the can, or close to it, for WW HD and TP HD. It makes no sense those games haven’t been ported yet.
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Post by burdette25159 on Mar 29, 2022 20:27:39 GMT -5
I could see a Fire Emblem Warriors Three hopes\Zelda crossover DLC in the fall
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Mar 30, 2022 8:27:26 GMT -5
Apparently there's some NES/SNES games being announced this week as there's apparently maintenance for both services coming on Thursday. Time for people to get angry if it's not Mario RPG again.
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Post by chrom on Mar 30, 2022 11:16:45 GMT -5
If we get Aero The Acrobat I'll be fine without Mario RPG
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 30, 2022 11:54:47 GMT -5
Anyone have any thoughts on Skyward Sword HD?
I have the original still, and the Switch version is available for 40 bucks or so.
Worth the upgrade?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 30, 2022 15:17:24 GMT -5
Anyone have any thoughts on Skyward Sword HD? I have the original still, and the Switch version is available for 40 bucks or so. Worth the upgrade? Think it kind of comes down to just how much you want to play it again and if you want to have it on Switch. The biggest difference is that they cut a loooot of padding on it - the whole time at the start of the game is significantly shortened and they trimmed out a ton of incidental dialogue, although admittedly they arguably cut too much because NPCs basically don't even acknowledge Fi whatsoever anymore. The HD version did a lot to improve my opinion of the game personally but if you're fine with SS as it is it's probably not worth it unless you just want it handheld.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2022 18:00:49 GMT -5
They could either port the HD remake of Twilight Princess/Wind Waker or port the 3DS version of Ocarina of Time/Majora Mask since those versions are the closest we ever got to remaster of those games.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 30, 2022 18:24:38 GMT -5
They could either port the HD remake of Twilight Princess/Wind Waker or port the 3DS version of Ocarina of Time/Majora Mask since those versions are the closest we ever got to remaster of those games. I assume OOT and MM are big draws on the Switch Online stuff so that seems unlikely
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Post by CMWaters on Mar 30, 2022 20:39:03 GMT -5
We got our retro titles.
I'd have to admit, surprised they put Earthworm Jim 2 up on there and not 1. Unless the first one is being saved for a (whenever) Genesis library update.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 30, 2022 20:44:04 GMT -5
Better than most recent batches at least, though still not really anything I actually particularly care about. At least it has things I've heard of.
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Post by FinalGwen on Mar 30, 2022 20:54:52 GMT -5
Huh, honestly one of the best drops they've done, including a game I didn't expect to see on there. It's still kinda piecemeal and pathetic when compared to what can be done outside of Nintendo's ecosystem, but it's something, I guess.
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Post by Push R Truth on Mar 30, 2022 21:00:38 GMT -5
I bitched a lot about some embarrassingly lame games they crapped out on NES/SNES lately, but I'm ok with this round batch
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Post by CMWaters on Mar 30, 2022 21:00:44 GMT -5
For the record though...Japan instead of Earthworm Jim 2 gets one of the Harvest Moon games.
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Post by chrom on Mar 30, 2022 21:20:17 GMT -5
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