Dude , it's GenZ. I go to a Barcade/Arcade a few times a month and at 37 I am the old man in the place. It is packed with teenagers screaming and yelling while gathered around competitive game of original Mario Bros., Ms. Pacman, Galaga, Dance Dance Whatever from 1995, that 80s bubble hockey game that got popular after the USA's 1980 miracle on ice.

GenZers have zero attention span and want to have a quick burst of zero thinking fun 3 seconds after learning a few basic game play facts.

My brother and sister in laws have multi arcade cabinets in their homes mainly for their kids.
The Barcade/Arcade scene in Koreatown mirrors the PC Bang scene I enjoyed 20 years ago.

AAA publishers have lost the plot.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

August 30 2024 13:25 GMT

#4162

New video for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, featuring additional gameplay, puzzles, dungeons, boss battles, story information, Hyrulean inhabitants, "swordfighter form", the mysterious Still World, and a lovely little teaser at the very end:

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17009 Posts

September 01 2024 17:24 GMT

#4163

Darkest Dungeon and Darkest Dungeon II are on sale on the Switch. Both games are equally great. DD1 is $7. DD2 is $30.
The turn based fighting works great on the handheld Switch when travelling.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 03 2024 00:00 GMT

#4164

Simple. Adorable. Creative.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 03 2024 22:02 GMT

#4165

A short teaser video.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 04 2024 13:46 GMT

#4166

Early game commentary and gameplay (spoiler alert).

Edit: A second video too.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17009 Posts

September 04 2024 17:03 GMT

#4167

If you want to waste 50 seconds of your life checkout how Switch games can be played on the N64 with degraded graphics.
https://youtube.com/shorts/cMp3ptixaOo?si=QG3AjZ40jL_QSvQk

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 04 2024 17:41 GMT

#4168

On September 05 2024 02:03 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
If you want to waste 50 seconds of your life checkout how Switch games can be played on the N64 with degraded graphics.
https://youtube.com/shorts/cMp3ptixaOo?si=QG3AjZ40jL_QSvQk

+ Show Spoiler +

I wish that were true lmao

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 06 2024 14:43 GMT

#4169

I'd love to see this Nintendo timeline for the next 16 months:

1. End of 2024 / holiday season: Switch bundles/discounts;

2. Early-mid 2025: Announce the next-gen console and its key features (e.g., hybrid like the Switch, backwards compatibility, improved specs, improved online/NSO experience), and announce upcoming 2025 Switch/next-gen titles;

3. End of 2025 / holiday season: release the next-gen console alongside new next-gen games, announce 2026 games, and significantly reduce the cost of the original Switch, Lite, and OLED models.

Ideally, before 2026, we'd have a new Nintendo console and the Switch will have outsold the PS2 and DS. (Even if my ideal timeline isn't met, the Switch will likely become the best-selling console of all time by the end of 2026 anyway.)

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17009 Posts

September 09 2024 16:43 GMT

#4170

No Man's Sky is now $24 USD on the Switch. The game is better than it was a year ago and it is about to get even better with a new update.

Here are a bunch of games steeply discounted. Many of these games had substantial performance issues and big problems when they were first released. The games have been patched and fixed and are priced lower than ever.

Publishers are training consumers to wait long after a game's release to make a purchase. You get a better game at a lower price.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 12 2024 19:43 GMT

#4171

Another Zelda trailer!

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 13 2024 08:46 GMT

#4172

Just picked up the brand new Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics that just came out, and I finally pulled the trigger on Hogwarts Legacy because it's on sale for only $18 (a 70% discount). Not sure when I'll have time to jump into either of them though, as I'm still really enjoying Bakeru... and Echoes of Wisdom comes out in less than 2 weeks!

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17009 Posts

September 13 2024 12:58 GMT

#4173

It is sad that the new Zelda game, Echoes of Wisdom, has been leaked and everything about the game is trickling through the dark caverns of the internet. The game is prolly playable within emulators. Avoiding spoilers is going to be difficult.

On September 13 2024 17:46 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Just picked up the brand new Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics that just came out, and I finally pulled the trigger on Hogwarts Legacy because it's on sale for only $18 (a 70% discount). Not sure when I'll have time to jump into either of them though, as I'm still really enjoying Bakeru... and Echoes of Wisdom comes out in less than 2 weeks!

more great games than time! i know the feeling. good times!

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17009 Posts

September 16 2024 03:57 GMT

#4174

This is why Nintendo is so great...
THis is a re enactment of the 1986 World Series on NES.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 18 2024 23:26 GMT

#4175

If you like Crash Bandicoot and/or Donkey Kong Country:

I'll definitely be getting it

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 25 2024 01:12 GMT

#4176

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered coming to Switch this December!

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/09/legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver-1-and-2-remastered-announced-for-switch?fbclid=IwY2xjawFgQkxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdDxfKk7Hh3tgxKWk-Ua3aCJhPqw3Mx6XVLWTie0NWXEwV8vgyb-WmaseA_aem_uANFemXLDQOIu8LO8N7X8Q

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 25 2024 14:26 GMT

#4177

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is already receiving rave reviews, as expected! It comes out tomorrow

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17009 Posts

September 25 2024 19:29 GMT

#4178

The "Atari 50" collection on the Nintendo Switch now contains 103 games. They keep adding new games for "free". It just never goes on sale. LOL. Soon , they are introducing multiple paid DLC packs and a physical steel book edition in November. The fact that it never goes on sale for the Switch or on Steam tells you the small publisher behind the "Atari 50" are making out like bandits.

https://www.amazon.ca/Atari-50-Anniversary-Celebration-Steelbook/dp/B0D92YBMTF

The Steel Book Edition coming out November 8 includes all games from the original "Atari 50" collection and all the DLCs that have come out since then. The Steel Book Edition also includes an Al Acorn business card.

I need that hat. Atari did a great job getting the licenses for Berzerk and Frenzy. They signed the greatest Free Agent Game Maker on planet earth: Robert Decrescenzo!

Have You Played Atari Today?

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45057 Posts

September 26 2024 10:47 GMT

#4179

Just started playing The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and it's absolutely phenomenal. I'm already loving it. Amazing intro + Show Spoiler +

as super-powered Link

, beautiful art style, and absolutely hilarious and endearing. We all know about the memes where Link breaks all the pots in the store... but going into a home as Zelda, lifting up a pot, and then smashing it... and seeing the residents' shocked faces... it's such a cute attention to detail that Nintendo is known for.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17009 Posts

September 27 2024 16:02 GMT

#4180

I am having more fun with Iron Meat than I did with WH40K:SM2.
Iron Meat easily runs on state of the art 2010 hardware. WH40K:SM2 requires a $1500 2021 machine at bare minimum.

Iron Meat is about as good as the best Metal Slug games. The combat has more clarity than in Metal Slug.