Nintendo Switch 2 - For the Soytendo consoomers to speculate about the successor to the Switch, recently announced for 2025.

[Basic Blond Boy]

I enjoyed Three Hopes mechanically more than FE Warriors 1. FEW1 was also just fateswakening pandering with special guest marth from the super smash bros series.

Felt the combat was overall less fluid in Three Hopes when I initially played it. They seemed to take the more stiff animations from Three Houses and port them over to maximize player choice, but for the type of game it was, it didn't feel nearly as good to play. I also really like the weapons triangle system in the first FE Warriors, added some basic strategy to the gameplay that a casual like me could get into.

Also, in defense of FE Warriors, Hyrule Warriors was initially Ocarina, Twilight and Skyward Sword pandering at launch. I feel like everyone forgets that Zelda only really did three games initially, then heavily expanded later down the road, mostly in the 3DS version. I wish FE Warriors got more DLC or a second crossover entry to really fix the roster as that was the only issue I really had with it.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

 

[Dysnomia]

Another OoT release? I wonder if that means the Zelda movie will be based on that game? The video seems to suggest that. I'd rather see AoL remade. But that's my own personal pipe dream.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Another OoT release? I wonder if that means the Zelda movie will be based on that game? The video seems to suggest that. I'd rather see AoL remade. But that's my own personal pipe dream.

OoT film is going to be a shitshow, in a sane world it will a duology with one film in the past and a darker one in the future, but I can't see modern Hollywood not just turning it into regular capeshit with quipping Link and both memberberries and allusion to some greater Nintendo Universe.

Also if we talk about old games for the 3DS, what the fuck happened to Layton and Phoenix Wright?

 

[whatever I feel like]

I really didn't gel with Ultimate but can understand why other people love it. You know what really fell apart? New Pokemon Snap. Jesus fucking Christ....

Oh, and real Pokemon too, of course.

The guy that is being cited here is very low reliability. Not famous enough to have a GLAR rating but the threads on him there put him at around a tier 3 or 4, barely high enough to avoid becoming a banned source.s
edit: I have this youtube fucker on double speed and am still wishing him to hurry the fuck up. You seriously watch this shit?

 

[Croaking Spider]

Warriors Spin-offs - Don't care to differentiate between FE and Zelda. They both have been on a downwards trajectory since FE Warriors (2017). Most of it is due to basing these titles on one game, but even mechanically, they feel worse.

To be fair, these games have been in decline for over a decade now. It's literally just Dynasty Warriors Nintendo Edition. The Dynasty Warriors games and the spinoff titles have gradually gotten worse and more half-assed feeling as the years have went on. Koei Tecmo are as bad about reskinning the same game as a different IP as Bandai Namco are about reskinning their 3d arena fighters across whatever anime franchise they can get a license for.

 

[skykiii]

To be fair, these games have been in decline for over a decade now. It's literally just Dynasty Warriors Nintendo Edition. The Dynasty Warriors games and the spinoff titles have gradually gotten worse and more half-assed feeling as the years have went on. Koei Tecmo are as bad about reskinning the same game as a different IP as Bandai Namco are about reskinning their 3d arena fighters across whatever anime franchise they can get a license for.

Was the series ever actually "good" though? I've played the first two DW games (though the first one was a fighting game, its only DW2 that the series became what its known for) and honestly.... I found it boring. It probably didn't help that I had just come off of playing Devil May Cry.

What's the point where it finally gets good?

 

[NerdShamer]

What's the point where it finally gets good?

Probably never if you're just playing it for the story. I see that 9 is a little bit different in the sense that it's an open world game that certainly didn't age well. Origins is for the current gen stuff (with the canned voice acting that the series is known for)

 

[Archeops]

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Well played, Gamestop.

On the one hand I find this kind of hilarious but considering the reason behind the usage of the stapler I still feel bad for the day-to-day employees that were ordered to do that. Not so much the store and district managers though, they can burn in Super Hell for all I care.

And I guess I should check out my local GameStop again to see if the got their restock in, I still need to replace my defective unit at some point.

Super Smash Bros has lost so much soul since Brawl. It is a series that went fully in on new characters, many of which being 3rd party now. As a result, that Nintendo soul the series had in Melee and Brawl feels largely absent in the newer entries as they slowly remove features such as trophies, chronicle, masterpieces, stickers, etc.. The series also just lacks significant content with the removal of so many side modes. Really wish they would do something like Adventure/Subspace again - it was my favorite mode. The games are by no means bad, but they really lack that extra flavor they used to have.

trophies

IIRC Trophies were removed from Ultimate due to the sheer amount of work needed to make 'em. Combine that with the licensing needed for third-party IPs and possible hardware issues it's kind of understandable why they were dropped.

chronicle

Did anyone really use this mode? I know I never really looked at it when I played Brawl.

masterpieces

I can kind of understand why this one was dropped. Masterpieces was basically a "try-before-you-buy" mode for the Wii's/Wii U's Virtual Console releases and with NSO's various game services being offered for a "small" fee (that you'd be paying anyways since NSO also tied to online functionality for most games) it became a bit pointless.

stickers

Stickers basically functioned in the same way Spirits do, the latter just applies additional benefits to a second mode (Spirit Board) while the benefits Stickers provide are bound to Subspace Emissary alone.

Really wish they would do something like Adventure/Subspace again

The closest you'll probably get is something like The World of Light story mode. Sakurai is still kind reeling over how the Subspace Emissary's plot line appeared online shortly after release when really hammered in the idea that it has to be experienced first-hand to truly appreciate it.

 

[Just A Wagtail]

I hate that all the newer nintendo dyansty warriors games are based off a single game instead of being an ultimate franchise spin off circle jerk with a bunch of references and mindless side modes with 100 levels to mush buttons through, maybe im just the ultimate sucker for it but the newer games are too story-mode focused for me to get into as much.

 

[Achtung Bitter]

Was the series ever actually "good" though? I've played the first two DW games (though the first one was a fighting game, its only DW2 that the series became what its known for) and honestly.... I found it boring.

If you didn’t enjoy DW2 then I don’t recommend any of the sequels. I liked those games a lot up until Sw2 and Dw6.

Dw 3-5 play almost identically, except boss duels in 4. 3 was the most balanced one, 5 was a mess, many final weapons were so bad that they ruined the best characters.

Samurai Warriors was a really great game, I would put it alongside Dw3. SW was kind of a more strategic version of Dw and also the character stories were decent caricatures of historical events, they were fun.

There were also Warriors Orochi games, I only played the original, it was ok but nothing really impressive.

 

[Hermiöne Granger]

The gamekey card excuse was to make games cheaper, and here we go charging $10 more for a gamekey card

 

[Markorian]

Also, in defense of FE Warriors, Hyrule Warriors was initially Ocarina, Twilight and Skyward Sword pandering at launch. I feel like everyone forgets that Zelda only really did three games initially, then heavily expanded later down the road, mostly in the 3DS version.

I'd also add that the base game focused pretty heavily on Zelda 1 as well, between the bosses, some of the weapon choices, and the initial adventure map itself. Zelda is also much less of a character-driven franchise than Fire Emblem, with the 3d games having much more emphasis on characters, and of the available 3d games at the time, Hyrule Warriors initial wiiu launch focused on 3 of the 5. Of the TWELVE non-remake games of the series at the time FEW1 launched, it focused on 2 (no, I am not counting the each sold separately routes of Fates/14 as different source games, that's retarded), with Marth barely being a cameo. The DLC for FEW1  did expand Shadow Dragon to a larger role... while also adding even MORE fateswakening. Hyrule Warriors 1's initial dlc at least added Majora's Mask, too.

 

[starborn427614]

DK Direct today/tomorrow. Who's ready for 13 minutes of old news plus two minutes of vaguely hinting that the purple rock is secretly Pauline?

 

[Basic Blond Boy]

I'd also add that the base game focused pretty heavily on Zelda 1 as well, between the bosses, some of the weapon choices, and the initial adventure map itself.

Was more going solely of character roster, but cannot argue this point. Helps that Zelda has a recurring main cast of characters unlike FE.

Zelda is also much less of a character-driven franchise than Fire Emblem, with the 3d games having much more emphasis on characters, and of the available 3d games at the time, Hyrule Warriors initial wiiu launch focused on 3 of the 5

Firstly, you’re giving Zelda a little too much of a pass by completely ignoring the 2D entries. Its equation would be roughly the same if counted. Even going by HW, they ended up including Link’s Awakening and Link Between Worlds eventually. Sad they never fully got around to the GBA and DS entries outside of Toon Zelda and a few weapons.

Otherwise, yeah, this is the biggest hurdle for FE. They couldn’t really just do the main guy of each game as the series is more based around a large cast, plus all the main lords are sword users in a game that needs axes, lances, bows and magic, amongst other varieties. I believe the game has as many unique play styles as Hyrule Warriors did at launch, but double the character count overall if we include clones. Given the circumstances, I think they did fine. Marth’s games definitely got side-stepped in terms of roster and would argue that it was a poor decision to not have two more characters from his game in place of Lynn and Celica, who are the true cameo characters.

Personally, if I were Koie, I would have just created a sequel that added as many newcomers as the base game of the original, with the previous characters returning. Have Three Houses be the headliner/Fates of the title to get normies in, then do the Binding/Blazing and Radiant games. Lynn was already in the first, so that is one character down, plus they could have more slots by not having 2 characters from other games and 3 originals. Then you can DLC additional side characters from those games like 1 did.

Marth barely being a cameo.

His series got two original characters and a clone, about half of what Awakening got. He also took up the last third of the game having an original boss with Gharnef and stage with the World tree. While he definitely could have used at least 3 more characters, it was definitely more than a cameo role.

 

[whatever I feel like]

Awakening and LBW

Both developed in house at Nintendo, don't expect the Capcom stuff to get any love, regardless of quality.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Distraught Pokémon Fan Lost '1,000+ Hours and 20 Years' of Progress During Switch 2 System Transfer — Proving Need for Pokémon Home to Save Beloved Creatures

Is it fake? Maybe.
Is it funny? Absolutely.

 

[whatever I feel like]

Distraught Pokémon Fan Lost '1,000+ Hours and 20 Years' of Progress During Switch 2 System Transfer — Proving Need for Pokémon Home to Save Beloved Creatures

Is it fake? Maybe.
Is it funny? Absolutely.

That sucks, might I recommend a noose?

 

[Tri-Tachyon'sClown]

I just want a new f zero

Most you'll get is a fan game for the Wii (iirc) that was DMCA'd because the retard put a "totally not Blue Falcon" and then I think just quit anyway, and shit like 99. And various rom hacks of course. I remember someone made a fan game that didn't even involve racing, just a pixel shit narrtive "muh GBC retro nostalgia" game.
There was someone making a promising F-Zero style game but he abandoned it for pixel shit game that been in beta since 2020. And even then he only even talked about his old F-Zero fan game because of F-Zero 99. I think XF Extreme Formula is still being worked on, made by the same guy who made Spark the Electric Jester (2 is not on there for some reason but it is on Steam). Man beat Sega at their own game and now he wants to beat Nintendo. Anyway, 21-22 years since the last real, mainline F-Zero game. Painful.

 

[Basic Blond Boy]

Distraught Pokémon Fan Lost '1,000+ Hours and 20 Years' of Progress During Switch 2 System Transfer — Proving Need for Pokémon Home to Save Beloved Creatures

Is it fake? Maybe.
Is it funny? Absolutely.

It's fake, 4chan /v/ found the guy on Reddit who is a third-worlder who didn't even own a Switch 2. The user also deleted his posts once called out. For some reason, the gaming news sites picked this story up and once one said it, the rest followed as got to keep up that content mill.

In other news, what are we expecting from Donkey Kong today? Any characters you are hoping to see return?