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Grovbolle
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45332 Posts
On September 18 2025 15:35 Grovbolle wrote: Just waiting for Hades 2 - loved Hades and getting more of the same formula is a-ok with me Same here! I've read that Hades 2 will have more complex combat and a higher level of difficulty; I hope those don't detract from my enjoyment. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45332 Posts
I just wish it were possible to make a new Diddy Kong Racing game too. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45332 Posts
This week is Hades 2 and Pac-Man World Re-Pac 2; Next week is Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles and Super Mario Galaxy 2; October is Yooka-Replaylee, Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake; November is Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment and Kirby Air Riders; December is Octopath Traveler 0 and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond; aaand then early 2026 has a bunch of other games I want to play (plus some newly announced games whose release dates haven't yet been announced, but might still be late 2025 or early 2026). | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17292 Posts
the catchphrase he was searching for and never said was: "the devil is in the details". This guy does a nice job of digging into the details of Nintendo's patent tactics. THe pokeman company was also granted the same patent. Anyhow, Nintendo continues its law-fare tactics. Continued scumbucket practices from a scumbucket company. These people who treat Nintendo like their best friend are delusional. She should credit her parents for creating her happy childhood. Nintendo did not give her a happy childhood. There are 87 bazillion great games out there. With all the free time she had as a kid she would just find another great game to play. This chick is off her rocker. If she doesn't think the Switch2 offers a good value proposition then she should not buy it; please, don't turn a console purchasing decision into some deep philosophical life moment. This chick is nuts. She provides a good summary of what Nintendo has been up to lately. Spare me the maudlin presentation though. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18595 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45332 Posts
I gotta say, between the epic ending of Super Mario Odyssey, the epic ending of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the epic ending of Donkey Kong Bananza, and the epic ending of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Nintendo really knows how to land a perfect, all-the-feels finale. Well played. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17292 Posts
I think if there were no tariffs Nintendo would've kept those jobs in the USA. Nintendo created a bargaining chip for itself by laying off these workers. I'm seeing this play out in many areas. Lots of formerly "friendly to America" entities are creating leverage any way they can. I'm surprised that the US administration is surprised by these actions. On September 22 2025 21:41 sharkie wrote: Is there a tl:dr? I tried to listen to her but I just can't... Also sueing Palworld was a great thing Nintendo did. 3 weeks later she apologized and said she was embarrassed for publishing the video. She outlines things like i) Nintendo encrypting data across its USB-C port making it NOT Universal. b) all kinds of lawfare from abusing the patent system to crippling game preservation ... of their own games. 3) Nintendo is playing it 'boring safe and predictable' with games that are just incremental improvements are remasters as opposed to taking risks and pushing boundaries. Contrast this safety with Wii, the N64 Controller, Switch 1 , etc. iv) Nintendo crushes content creators... chokes off ways to buy their music. they crushed Gary and he'll never recover. MS and PS refused to help nintendo crush Gary the software pirate. 5) Nintendo went hard after Palworld via patents on game mechanics this woman seems to forget all the stuff Nintendo did with game rentals in the 1980s or 3.5" floppy recorders with the SNES from 1992 to 1995. The recorders were not illegal in Canada. Renting was not illegal in the USA. Nintendo did everything they could to crush rentals and crush backing up carts on 3.5" floppies. She is shocked, stunned, and in disbelief. If she had a proper grasp of Nintendo's history she would not be surprised. She personifies Nintendo likes its a real person throughout here 20+ minute critique. Nintendo is a big corp no different than Disney or Mattel. I think one of the reasons people are so emotional and angry with Nintendo is that Nintendo used to be the cheap option. the NES was $100 a year after it was released. Their biggest competitor was the C64... a minimum $500 investment. In 1996, the SNES was $100 or $190 in today's money with a great pack-in game and 2 controllers. The 3DS was $170 in late 2011 or $250 is today's money. The GameCube was $100 less than 2 years after its debut. The Wii was super cheap. Nintendo is no longer the scrappy little guy compared to big bruisers MS and Sony. Nintendo is the Incumbent. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18595 Posts
On September 24 2025 00:19 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Nintendo`s move to lay off 200 American workers and replace them with workers outside North America creates some interesting possibilities. This creates a bargaining chip for Nintendo. In a year or two, Nintendo can bargain new American jobs in exchange for lower tariffs. I think Nintendo is playing Chess, not Checkers, with this US layoff. Nintendo can say... hey... lower our tariffs... give us a special exemption on tariffs and we'll put 500 jobs in the USA. I think if there were no tariffs Nintendo would've kept those jobs in the USA. Nintendo created a bargaining chip for itself by laying off these workers. I'm seeing this play out in many areas. Lots of formerly "friendly to America" entities are creating leverage any way they can. I'm surprised that the US administration is surprised by these actions. 3 weeks later she apologized and said she was embarrassed for publishing the video. She outlines things like i) Nintendo encrypting data across its USB-C port making it NOT Universal. b) all kinds of lawfare from abusing the patent system to crippling game preservation ... of their own games. 3) Nintendo is playing it 'boring safe and predictable' with games that are just incremental improvements are remasters as opposed to taking risks and pushing boundaries. Contrast this safety with Wii, the N64 Controller, Switch 1 , etc. iv) Nintendo crushes content creators... chokes off ways to buy their music. they crushed Gary and he'll never recover. MS and PS refused to help nintendo crush Gary the software pirate. 5) Nintendo went hard after Palworld via patents on game mechanics this woman seems to forget all the stuff Nintendo did with game rentals in the 1980s or 3.5" floppy recorders with the SNES from 1992 to 1995. The recorders were not illegal in Canada. Renting was not illegal in the USA. Nintendo did everything they could to crush rentals and crush backing up carts on 3.5" floppies. She is shocked, stunned, and in disbelief. If she had a proper grasp of Nintendo's history she would not be surprised. She personifies Nintendo likes its a real person throughout here 20+ minute critique. Nintendo is a big corp no different than Disney or Mattel. I think one of the reasons people are so emotional and angry with Nintendo is that Nintendo used to be the cheap option. the NES was $100 a year after it was released. Their biggest competitor was the C64... a minimum $500 investment. In 1996, the SNES was $100 or $190 in today's money with a great pack-in game and 2 controllers. The 3DS was $170 in late 2011 or $250 is today's money. The GameCube was $100 less than 2 years after its debut. The Wii was super cheap. Nintendo is no longer the scrappy little guy compared to big bruisers MS and Sony. Nintendo is the Incumbent. While I disagree that Nintendo is not different to Disney or Mattel (they are way worse) I agree with you it is a big corp. And I am sure that Nintendo is trying to get the next innovative thing but you can't force it. For the Switch to happen it needed the Wii U which was a financial disaster for Nintendo. Nintendo was a lot of good things under Iwata but that is also a long time ago. Also thank you very much for the tl:dr! | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45332 Posts
Hades 2, 9/25: Pac-Man World Re-Pac 2, 9/26: Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, 9/30: | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17292 Posts
This is hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s2ZKy_1u0Xw | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45332 Posts
On September 25 2025 00:19 JimmyJRaynor wrote: i don't think Gearbox delaying Borderlands 4 for Nintendo Switch 2 will make Nintendo look bad. I think Gearbox looks really dumb. If anything, the delay makes Nintendo look good because they were able to keep lying Randy PItchford ... honest. This is hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s2ZKy_1u0Xw I don't think devs delaying their own game reflects the console company in any particular way, so I don't see Nintendo in a better or worse light as a result of this. Also, at the end of the day, I'd rather have the devs spend a little more time to make sure the game is truly done, as opposed to rushing out a half-assed product. I haven't played the Borderlands games, but if the devs want to push back the release date of Borderlands 4, then I won't judge until the game is actually released. | ||
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Gescom
Canada3509 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45332 Posts
On September 25 2025 03:46 Gescom wrote: I already have 150hrs on Hades 2 over the last 16 months. Extremely excited to get cooking in the 1.0 update tomorrow. That's so awesome! For Hades and Hades 2, did you prefer a specific console or PC? | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17292 Posts
On September 25 2025 01:28 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I don't think devs delaying their own game reflects the console company in any particular way, so I don't see Nintendo in a better or worse light as a result of this. Also, at the end of the day, I'd rather have the devs spend a little more time to make sure the game is truly done, as opposed to rushing out a half-assed product. I haven't played the Borderlands games, but if the devs want to push back the release date of Borderlands 4, then I won't judge until the game is actually released. i will. they talked about BL4 like it was going to be the greatest thing since WoW. They did nothing to improve the horrible problems with BL1, 2 and 3 on the Switch 2. Many games got updated for Switch 2... not the Gearbox games though. Clearly, they were given a precious DevKit based on big promises made to Nintendo. Many great indies like the makers of UFL and Legend Bowl are being denied those DevKits. If DevKits were plentiful I would not judge Gearbox so harshly. Also, this yap from Pitchford now looks so cringe in retrospect. Contrast this, with all the work they did on 1 and 2 leading up to 3. Gearbox has fallen down badly since the Movie and New Tales. It cost the company massive sums of money and now they are trying to soak up cash from their fans in any way they can. In my world, a top exec that berates the fans of his #1 franchise while directly BSing them about basic technical facts... gets judged accordingly. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45332 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45332 Posts
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/09/surprise-a-new-free-to-start-fire-emblem-game-is-out-on-mobile-devices-today | ||
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sharkie
Austria18595 Posts
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Grovbolle
Denmark3813 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45332 Posts
Another set of game developers has just come out in favor of the key cards as well... the Final Fantasy VII Remake team: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/09/final-fantasy-vii-remake-intergrade-director-highlights-the-speed-problem-with-switch-2-game-cards While physical cartridges definitely have value to gamers, on the game dev side it appears that key cards have some key advantages over carts... particularly "the speed of loading high-end, AAA games and their huge assets". | ||
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