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Post by BorneAgain on May 12, 2022 19:09:28 GMT -5
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on May 12, 2022 20:23:45 GMT -5
Kirby 64 is the next game in the Switch Online Expansion Pack: Out May 20'th
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 12, 2022 20:28:34 GMT -5
I figured Pokemon Snap would come first to put maximum distance between Kirby 64 and Forgotten Land.
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Post by The Ichi on May 13, 2022 3:00:42 GMT -5
Been wanting to try Kirby 64 but I still need DK 64.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 13, 2022 5:41:59 GMT -5
Kirby 64 is the next game in the Switch Online Expansion Pack: Out May 20'th About when I expected it. I believe Snap is the last one featured in the trailer that hasn't been added yet.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 13, 2022 5:45:39 GMT -5
Hope the next update brings some much-needed fixes to Paper Mario. At least they fixed the Watt thing but no clue what's up with stuff like the intentional lag on the pause menu or how the game will crash if you hammer a particular tree.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 13, 2022 8:53:21 GMT -5
Kirby being a T-rated game is hilarious
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 13, 2022 9:13:06 GMT -5
Kirby being a T-rated game is hilarious I like how obviously that is entirely due to the last five or so minutes of the game.
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Post by castletonsnob on May 13, 2022 9:43:16 GMT -5
People point to the N64 and GameCube failing as reasons Nintendo shouldn't make a powerful console, when power had nothing to do with why those consoles failed. The N64 and GameCube failed because Nintendo made stupid decisions with those consoles, like sticking to cartridges and using mini-discs.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 13, 2022 10:15:26 GMT -5
They put out a trailer showing that the entirety of the Blue Lions are playable in Three Hopes, so the same probably goes for the other houses.
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Post by chrom on May 13, 2022 10:18:54 GMT -5
Don't see why everyone in Three Houses wouldn't be playable in it.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 13, 2022 10:20:38 GMT -5
Don't see why everyone in Three Houses wouldn't be playable in it. I pretty much figured all the students would be at least, especially if we're bringing people like Holst and Monica into it. Could maaaaybe see some people in the church staff not making the cut, though probably will, though are at least some further question marks around ones like Jeralt and Rhea. And I'm really hoping for the Ashen Wolves but I'm guessing they'll be DLC again.
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Post by chrom on May 13, 2022 10:23:45 GMT -5
Don't see why everyone in Three Houses wouldn't be playable in it. I pretty much figured all the students would be at least, especially if we're bringing people like Holst and Monica into it. Could maaaaybe see some people in the church staff not making the cut, though probably will, though are at least some further question marks around ones like Jeralt and Rhea. And I'm really hoping for the Ashen Wolves but I'm guessing they'll be DLC again. Any reduced to NPC roles I think would be like Hanneman
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on May 13, 2022 12:39:32 GMT -5
Don't see why everyone in Three Houses wouldn't be playable in it. I pretty much figured all the students would be at least, especially if we're bringing people like Holst and Monica into it. Could maaaaybe see some people in the church staff not making the cut, though probably will, though are at least some further question marks around ones like Jeralt and Rhea. And I'm really hoping for the Ashen Wolves but I'm guessing they'll be DLC again. I'm pretty sure they'll have clones, as the movesets will be based on the classes, with the exception of musous, so that can help squeeze more of them in.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 14, 2022 8:19:00 GMT -5
People point to the N64 and GameCube failing as reasons Nintendo shouldn't make a powerful console, when power had nothing to do with why those consoles failed. The N64 and GameCube failed because Nintendo made stupid decisions with those consoles, like sticking to cartridges and using mini-discs. The reason Nintendo shouldn’t try and compete power wise with XBox and PS is because it’s been proven time and again that there isn’t room for 3 consoles trying to achieve the same goal. Nintendo’s much better off doing it’s own thing and just being Nintendo rather then get into a pissing contest with the other 2 over Ray tracing and 8k. Also, I wouldn’t call the 33 million N64’s and 22 million GCN’s a failure. They were both profitable consoles for Nintendo, and had a full life cycle, the Wii U and the Virtual Boy are they only outright failures they’ve had. Both of those were killed off before their originally planned end of life cycle, that’s the sign of a failure.
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Post by BorneAgain on May 14, 2022 9:06:42 GMT -5
Nintendo not chasing after cutting edge graphical return may actually prove to be a long term benefit, as the cost of HD gaming has proven to be such a drain that even making money in it is a risk. As noted, numerous third parties can thrive on Switch because it doesn't demand huge development costs while having enough of an install base to get decent numbers.
The industry is at its healthiest when there's a mid level market to sustain companies, and Nintendo could provide that in spades.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 18, 2022 12:45:10 GMT -5
Pokemon Home finally has compatibility with BDSP and Legends, though with some strange restrictions; specifically you can't transfer Nincada into BDSP and you can't transfer Spinda in or out of it. The latter is due to a glitch where in BDSP its spots are inverted, but for Nincada it seems to be some kind of safeguard against their clone check being overly finicky.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 19, 2022 20:03:30 GMT -5
Kirby 64 is now up
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Post by chrom on May 19, 2022 20:30:01 GMT -5
You'll need to use the Dpad instead of the analog stick for Kirby
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Post by chrom on May 20, 2022 10:00:13 GMT -5
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