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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jan 30, 2023 23:56:40 GMT -5
No Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft at E3 this year has been confirmed
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 30, 2023 23:59:08 GMT -5
No Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft at E3 this year has been confirmed Also notice how the Summer Games Show tweeted out about their event right after the announcement came out. I’m not saying that confirms anything but…
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Post by ToyfareMark on Jan 31, 2023 6:24:29 GMT -5
I tried playing Goldeneye on the Switch. With the default controls you basically need another hand lol.
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Post by BorneAgain on Jan 31, 2023 6:26:28 GMT -5
I tried playing Goldeneye on the Switch. With the default controls you basically need another hand lol. There's some online guides that suggest which in game control setup (Solitaire I think?) and which Switch buttons to remap to basically get a twin stick setup.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 1, 2023 13:24:08 GMT -5
The game vouchers appear to be confirmed as a video got leaked and removed.
Also looking as if a Direct could be sometime this month
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 1, 2023 14:49:54 GMT -5
The vouchers might cement me going for Return to Dream Land. Never played it and not like super interested in it but I have been wanting a new 2D Kirby for awhile and while I'm not really looking to spend $60 on it, spending $40 plus preemptively buying Tears of the Kingdom looks like a much better prospect.
Granted at the moment my interest in TotK is kind of entirely intellectual. Guess being fair they haven't shown much but it is pretty firmly, "I'll like it because I like BotW, but I'm not hyped for it and never really asked for it, would've rather had Wind Waker and Twilight Princess," right now.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 1, 2023 16:16:16 GMT -5
The vouchers are now already up for sale.
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Post by BorneAgain on Feb 1, 2023 16:47:11 GMT -5
The vouchers might cement me going for Return to Dream Land. Never played it and not like super interested in it but I have been wanting a new 2D Kirby for awhile and while I'm not really looking to spend $60 on it, spending $40 plus preemptively buying Tears of the Kingdom looks like a much better prospect. Granted at the moment my interest in TotK is kind of entirely intellectual. Guess being fair they haven't shown much but it is pretty firmly, "I'll like it because I like BotW, but I'm not hyped for it and never really asked for it, would've rather had Wind Waker and Twilight Princess," right now. Return to Dream Land is a genuinely great game, and its only real flaw is that the likes of Planet Robobot improved on its formula so well that the former just feels a touch lacking compared to the latter.
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Post by Facetious on Feb 1, 2023 22:11:42 GMT -5
Grabbed the voucher. Not sure what to grab yet, might hold for Zelda and something else. There is a few titles that have my eye right now, but I feel like I can get it cheaper elsewhere
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 4, 2023 18:59:19 GMT -5
I tried playing Goldeneye on the Switch. With the default controls you basically need another hand lol. The Normies had some great quotes about the controls while they were playing. "It feels like the controls are in braille." "It's like I'm drunk on a roller coaster."
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Post by chrom on Feb 4, 2023 19:02:25 GMT -5
The controls for Goldeneye on The Switch suck. Probably have to get a N64 controller for it if you wanna play.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 4, 2023 19:12:13 GMT -5
Gotta hope that Nintendo does restock the N64 controller, otherwise you're stuck paying around $100 on the secondary market.
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 7, 2023 9:05:25 GMT -5
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Post by dirtyoldman on Feb 7, 2023 9:30:22 GMT -5
Zelda, Hogwarts, Pikmin 4 and what else are the big stuff? More on the Mario movie?
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 7, 2023 9:56:47 GMT -5
Maybe a mention of wave 4 of the Mario Kart 8 DLC.
Speaking of Mario Kart 8, Nintendo released numbers and it's the 6th best selling video game of all time. And the 2nd best selling console/brand exclusive game of all time. Wii Sports has it beat for best selling console/brand exclusive, all the other games in the top 6 are multi-console. The Switch is also the 3rd best selling console over, 30 million units behind the PS2 and DS.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Feb 7, 2023 10:06:35 GMT -5
I wonder if it's possible for the Switch to beat the DS and even the PS2? Will the new Zelda help it get there?
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 7, 2023 10:41:02 GMT -5
I wonder if it's possible for the Switch to beat the DS and even the PS2? Will the new Zelda help it get there? Doubtful. DS and PS2 are only a million or two apart and I can’t see the Switch selling 30 million+ more consoles before the end of its lifespan. I think it stays in third
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 7, 2023 10:47:24 GMT -5
Zelda, Hogwarts, Pikmin 4 and what else are the big stuff? More on the Mario movie? Return to Clu Clu Land and Ice Climber 2!
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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 7, 2023 11:29:12 GMT -5
I wonder if it's possible for the Switch to beat the DS and even the PS2? Will the new Zelda help it get there? Doubtful. DS and PS2 are only a million or two apart and I can’t see the Switch selling 30 million+ more consoles before the end of its lifespan. I think it stays in third If Nintendo really wanted to do that, they'd drop the price of all versions of the console by the equivalent of 50€ for each country or some other aggressive marketing strategy. But I'm thinking they're good making bank on it as it is now.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Feb 7, 2023 11:40:52 GMT -5
Doubtful. DS and PS2 are only a million or two apart and I can’t see the Switch selling 30 million+ more consoles before the end of its lifespan. I think it stays in third If Nintendo really wanted to do that, they'd drop the price of all versions of the console by the equivalent of 50€ for each country or some other aggressive marketing strategy. It would be good PR and of course bragging rights if they did manage to claim the title of biggest selling console of all time.
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