chrom
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Post by chrom on Apr 13, 2023 9:51:07 GMT -5
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 13, 2023 10:08:47 GMT -5
I don't really know how a three minute trailer showed like 80 times the content a 15 minute one did but I do think that did the job of selling me on it.
Weirdly lowkey I think my favorite moment is Gleeok turning up.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Apr 13, 2023 10:52:52 GMT -5
Next trailer, Link finally talks:
"You motherf***ers need to do some shit for yourselves, I'm taking a smoke break..."
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Apr 13, 2023 18:29:33 GMT -5
I would say that the Tears of the Kingdom trailer was epic. But somehow, epic doesn’t seem like a strong enough word.
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Apr 13, 2023 22:25:07 GMT -5
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Post by Fundertaker on Apr 14, 2023 3:01:21 GMT -5
Well, building a Zelda Gundam it is!
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Apr 14, 2023 6:45:57 GMT -5
Link flew into that trailer like a boss, I'll tell you that much.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Apr 14, 2023 9:08:19 GMT -5
Next Splatfest is Zelda-themed
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Post by chrom on Apr 14, 2023 17:22:18 GMT -5
Whilst Calamity Ganon was no doubt capable of endless destruction, he was basically a mindless beast.
Ganondorf's greatest weapon which makes him far more dangerous is not his swordsmanship or his sorcery, but his cunning.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 14, 2023 22:02:36 GMT -5
I have really conflicted opinions on Ganondorf. I do think he's a better antagonist than Ganon, but I also pretty much think the only game in which he's actually interesting in his own right is Wind Waker. And really with the stupid Demise baggage the character can probably never be interesting again because they've reduced his entire existence down to MWAHAHA.
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Post by castletonsnob on Apr 16, 2023 14:00:53 GMT -5
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I don't think the N64 would have done THAT much better if it used CDs instead of cartridges. From what I've read, Nintendo sticking with cartridges was more of a "the last straw" thing for third parties than the main reason they jumped ship to Sony. Nintendo treated third parties TERRIBLY during the NES and SNES era.
Even taking cartridges out of the equation, the N64 was EXTREMELY hard to develop for.
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Post by Spiderf 4 on Apr 16, 2023 14:25:41 GMT -5
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I don't think the N64 would have done THAT much better if it used CDs instead of cartridges. From what I've read, Nintendo sticking with cartridges was more of a "the last straw" thing for third parties than the main reason they jumped ship to Sony. Nintendo treated third parties TERRIBLY during the NES and SNES era. Even taking cartridges out of the equation, the N64 was EXTREMELY hard to develop for. It's strange to say, but the N64 might be the best video game console that was technically a failure (it's definitely either that or the Dreamcast) because the game library always gets praise and is remembered for fond memories. Nintendo seems to always prioritize being the most fun gaming experience over the most powerful technology, and that has certainly helped them way more than it hurt (with the Wii and the Switch and all of their handheld systems) but it has hindered them with the N64, as well as the GameCube and Wii U. But that's where their bread has always been buttered: Fun, fun, fun, and that's pretty much why they still thrive today. My point is the N64 was never going to be as powerful as the PS1 or even the Saturn. They weren't really ready yet to do the big CD games. Heck, had the 64DD been localized, I think it would have been a financial failure, because the games wouldn't have been there to justify the investment for many gamers and it probably would've lost Nintendo millions.
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Post by BorneAgain on Apr 16, 2023 14:52:48 GMT -5
I think CD's would have allowed them to do better back in Japan (Square Enix having actual CD's to work with for FF7 would have made a big difference), but the West was probably always going to belong to Sony. The latter company embracing the older gamer demographic expanded the potential audience greatly, and it was something Nintendo simply wouldn't do at that point.
The funny is that the N64 didn't do that much worse in North American or Europe/Australia in comparison to the SNES (a drop of 3 million and 2 million respectively). It was the 18 million drop in Japan that was most devastating, and losing the likes of Square (and to a lesser degree) Capcom played a huge part in that.
Honestly given how much the N64 was the system that forced N64 to effectively sustain themselves through strong first party efforts (including Mario spin-offs effectively emerging to buoy up the library) the situation may have been a small benefit to t Nintendo long term, much like how the Wii-U's failure finally curbed Nintendo's worst excesses when it game to controller/gameplay experiments.
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Post by Ganon83 on Apr 17, 2023 1:18:00 GMT -5
iirc the only company that Nintendo had a special publishing deal with prior to the Gamecube era was Namco due to them being their first big partner when the Famcom launched. It didn’t matter to them if you were Squaresoft or Taxan, you were only allowed to release X amount of games per year with the same license and manufacturing fees as everybody else. Not as much a problem in the NES days because companies like Capcom made bank on it anyway, but they definitely took their third parties for granted.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Apr 18, 2023 8:15:38 GMT -5
New Indie World tomorrow.
Good odds it's way to early to speculate on Pizza Tower getting ported.
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Apr 18, 2023 20:07:01 GMT -5
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 18, 2023 20:10:08 GMT -5
Funny, I was just wondering about playing Pulseman again earlier today.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Apr 18, 2023 20:12:07 GMT -5
Pulseman is a big one.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 18, 2023 20:15:26 GMT -5
Think this is the first it's been re-released since the Wii.
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Post by chrom on Apr 18, 2023 20:19:35 GMT -5
Ha, haven't seen Kid Chameleon in ages.
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