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

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Harman Smith said:
Sean Malstrom just posted an article claiming that JRPGs plots are on the same level of quality of Star Trek V. He’s a retard.
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You know, there's an bit of an fringe theory that autists genuinely hate mainstream media because they can't enjoy it as much as talking about whatever the fuck that they're obsessed with
 
Ilikeoreos said:
I'm very pissed right now. My local Target had like 3 Switch 2s on Wednesday but I decided to wait a day for my next paycheck and they were all gone by then. They are literally impossible to find online for non-scalped prices. I was tricked into buying a Switch 1 on Temu that was misleading labeled on my Google search and won't get fully refunded for a few days unless I call the bank and fight with them over it. My local Gamestop is supposed to get more either today or Monday but unless I can get refunded by then I won't be able to afford it, I'm in the poor house and spent the first half if the year between jobs after my last job downsized and a few months ago someone hacked my PayPal and stole my money.
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I finally decided that I must CONSOOM and snagged one from Best Buy when they restocked last Thursday. Really enjoying MKW so far and 60 FPS for TotK is nice.
 
If Nintendo can keep hitting it out of the park like they've done with Bananza then they're on a new Golden Age, might be the strongest we've seen them in decades. I'm very interested in seeing what the next Zelda will be. I know Tears of the Kingdom is relatively a new release but the fact that they reused BOTW's map hints they did that so that the Zelda team would be crafting a true original successor instead of a pricy Expansion Pack to BOTW.

No way am I buying a Switch 2 now. You need at least 3 must play exclusives to justify purchasing a new console. Bananza is the first one for me.
 
I’m normally kind of a Nintendo fanboy, but why is DKC Returns HD not priced like the Metroid Prime remaster? 60 dollars is unjustifiable.
 
Kulee Baba said:
If Nintendo can keep hitting it out of the park like they've done with Bananza then they're on a new Golden Age, might be the strongest we've seen them in decades. I'm very interested in seeing what the next Zelda will be. I know Tears of the Kingdom is relatively a new release but the fact that they reused BOTW's map hints they did that so that the Zelda team would be crafting a true original successor instead of a pricy Expansion Pack to BOTW.

No way am I buying a Switch 2 now. You need at least 3 must play exclusives to justify purchasing a new console. Bananza is the first one for me.
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I still think Nintendo's greatest great game to shit game ratio was on the Wii U. Like, there are a few shitty games like Star Fox Zero, but if you averaged the metascores of all the first party releases, I think it ends up being something like a 85% or something retarded like that. Unfortunately, only me and like ten other people bought one.
 
Never Scored said:
I still think Nintendo's greatest great game to shit game ratio was on the Wii U. Like, there are a few shitty games like Star Fox Zero, but if you averaged the metascores of all the first party releases, I think it ends up being something like a 85% or something retarded like that. Unfortunately, only me and like ten other people bought one.
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They were backloaded in the second half of its life. Those first two years, plus awful Nintendo marketing and naming conventions, doomed it.

I seem to remember there being a three week period where it got no new physical releases at all. Just brutal.
 
Caddo Cobgang said:
Nintendo is really starting to replace EA as the Great Satan of the Gaming Industry
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Inasmuch as Nintendo has engaged in truly scummy behavior, they've still got a long ways to go before they're at the Ubisoft, EA, and ActiBlizz circle of hell.

Also, from this interview, it seems like the new DK was inspired by the movie's success rather than any sort of attempt to distance themselves from the Rare design (makes sense given all the Rare-era references/cameos they added). I'd still prefer if they changed him to be a bit closer to the Rare design like in those Xitter edits, but at least the game seems good.
 
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For those of you wondering why the Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle is a limited-time offering it appears that today's Pokémon Presents had an answer to that...
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...in the form of a new $499 USD Switch 2 bundle releasing on October 16th that includes a digital copy of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. It honestly wouldn't surprise me if the way Nintendo starts to move Switch 2 systems is by bundling it with the company's game-du-jour, advertising it as being a limited-time deal, and then introduces a new bundle when the previous bundle's stock starts to run out.
 
Jarch6 said:
Inasmuch as Nintendo has behaved in truly scummy behavior, they've still got a long ways to go before they're at the Ubisoft, EA, and ActiBlizz circle of hell.

Also, from this interview, it seems like the new DK was inspired by the movie's success rather than any sort of attempt to distance themselves from the Rare design (makes sense given all the Rare-era references/cameos they added). I'd still prefer if they changed him to be a bit closer to the Rare design like in those Xitter edits, but at least the game seems good.
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The movie was mentioned once and only once in the link you posted and was given equal weight to Mario Kart World in it as an "updated DK design." It also released two years ago, it didn't influence shit in terms of DKs design. If anything it might have influenced the movie's designs, as Nintendo had veto power over them.
 
NerdShamer said:
As good as it is, I'm not really an fan of the open world gameplay.
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It's simultaneously packed with shit but also has nothing meaningful to do, kinda like BotW. It even has "shrine" equivalents, which I think actually fit DKB better.

A big part of the problem is enemies barely matter and there's a much bigger emphasis on exploration than platforming, whereas Odyssey balanced that better. They both have the same problem of collectables feeling meaningless due to oversaturation, I hope that problem goes away in the next Mario game.

LightDragonman1 said:
Putting that aside, are the aesthetics and such not as good as Country’s in your eyes?
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Throwing my 2 cents in: I don't see how it could be. Eventually putting DK & Pauline's redesigns aside, the best music is still from the Rareware games and none of the new characters hold a candle to the old ones. I hoped DKB's enemies would be an improvement over Retro's, but they might be even worse.

Then there's the environments. I'm in the area with the living crystal people, and it's completely uninteresting with bad music. These areas are hit and miss so far. I miss when the DK world was somewhat more grounded, like in Rare's games (especially DKC1). I'll give the game credit, it's addictive and fun regardless of its plethora of imperfections and issues. The core of the game is really good, a sequel could help iron the kinks out if they don't go full retard and do a TotK style follow-up.

One more complaint, this is very subjective, but I do not like the theme of the game revolving so heavily around music. Seems kinda random.
 
Jarch6 said:
Inasmuch as Nintendo has behaved in truly scummy behavior, they've still got a long ways to go before they're at the Ubisoft, EA, and ActiBlizz circle of hell.

Also, from this interview, it seems like the new DK was inspired by the movie's success rather than any sort of attempt to distance themselves from the Rare design (makes sense given all the Rare-era references/cameos they added). I'd still prefer if they changed him to be a bit closer to the Rare design like in those Xitter edits, but at least the game seems good.
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You can also add Nexon to the video game circle of hell, since THEY were THE ones that kicked off Pay-2-Win with MapleStory, and the cunny game Blue Archive is making them Billions too. Nexon being a Korean company alone also makes them worse than those 3.
 
SSj_Ness (Yiffed) said:
It's simultaneously packed with shit but also has nothing meaningful to do, kinda like BotW. It even has "shrine" equivalents, which I think actually fit DKB better.

A big part of the problem is enemies barely matter and there's a much bigger emphasis on exploration than platforming, whereas Odyssey balanced that better. They both have the same problem of collectables feeling meaningless due to oversaturation, I hope that problem goes away in the next Mario game.


Throwing my 2 cents in: I don't see how it could be. Eventually putting DK & Pauline's redesigns aside, the best music is still from the Rareware games and none of the new characters hold a candle to the old ones. I hoped DKB's enemies would be an improvement over Retro's, but they might be even worse.

Then there's the environments. I'm in the area with the living crystal people, and it's completely uninteresting with bad music. These areas are hit and miss so far. I miss when the DK world was somewhat more grounded, like in Rare's games (especially DKC1). I'll give the game credit, it's addictive and fun regardless of its plethora of imperfections and issues. The core of the game is really good, a sequel could help iron the kinks out if they don't go full retard and do a TotK style follow-up.

One more complaint, this is very subjective, but I do not like the theme of the game revolving so heavily around music. Seems kinda random.
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I'll have to play it myself, but based on everything I've seen, Bananza has more than enough things to do that actually progress the game. I guess I do like the more exploration-based design, which unlike in DKC3, here is combined with fast-paced action and the like.

I do agree that the designs by Rare were much more grounded and they had more memorable music though. Heck, I think some of the best songs in Bananza are the remixes of the ones seen in the DKC games. But the music here is still good, and it being themed around music I think has more to do with it reflecting the character of Pauline.

Heck, the theme of the game honestly sounds like something out of a Disney film (in a good way).

 
LightDragonman1 said:
Putting that aside, are the aesthetics and such not as good as Country’s in your eyes?
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They're pretty close towards being equal with each other, but the constant singing is cringe and everything else just isn't worth buying at launch. Especially with as much as the console costs.
 
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