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

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Especially given the same guy was the head producer on both.

With that said, while it doesn’t fix the game (definitely not enough), the OG Japanese version of OM is a bit easier to stomach, if only because the characterization isn’t as ridiculous. It doesn’t absolve the head producer though, as he was still the one responsible for overseeing the translation (despite not being good at speaking English).
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I remember people mainly disliking the plot, don't know if it's just culture clash with westerners wanting Samus to be a girlboss and japanese making her demure warrior. I do remember the gameplay was also criticized in being underwhelming.
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Samus not being a stoic quiet badass makes no sense in relation to lore because she was raised by a race of hyperadvanced birdmen and infused with their superior DNA when she was just a small child. Why would she be a pathetic, crying little bitch in her early twenties?
 
The Evil Midnight Bomber said:
Samus not being a stoic quiet badass makes no sense in relation to lore because she was raised by a race of hyperadvanced birdmen and infused with their superior DNA when she was just a small child. Why would she be a pathetic, crying little bitch in her early twenties?
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Not even that, she was crying over things she already dealt with. Other M would have made more sense if it was before the first game, but by that point, she had seen Ridley SEVERAL times before. Maybe they wanted to put the crying mechanic in the earlier games but couldn't do the technical limitation and only with the power of Wii waggle could they achieve this.
 
It's pretty funny how Metroid: Other M had so many glaring flaws that I didn't even mind the inclusion of Anthony. That pointing segment at the very end with MB was bullshit too; I just died over and over until I happened to get it. I never finished the game, but I do want to replay it, honestly.

Anyway, I only recently watched the Nintendo Direct, but it was hilarious. Paid DLC before the game even releases is insane. People said that they would raise prices and still slice off parts of games to sell them for an even higher price, and they're not even avoiding it in the first year of this shit.
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Does anyone even know why Nintendo strongholds their franchises to their own bubble still? Is it because they're scared of no longer being "unique"?
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I remember people mainly disliking the plot, don't know if it's just culture clash with westerners wanting Samus to be a girlboss and japanese making her demure warrior.
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It was literally just this.
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Timaeus Testified said:
Off the top of my head:
- You control Samus from a 3rd person perspective in a 3D environment by holding the Wii-mote horizontally like an NES controller. Try to imagine how much of a pain it is to move correctly in 3D space with just a D-pad.

- Until you have to shoot missiles, in which case you point the Wiimote at the screen to enter first-person mode, but now you can't move until you hold the Wiimote horizontally again. Which is a pity because the first person mode looks and controls well. You can imagine how this might open you up to take damage when trying to switch between control schemes while trying to blast a boss with missiles.

- Occasionally the game will just stop in the middle of a cutscenes and force you to play I Spy with the Wii-mote so that Samus can identify some interesting detail and point it out to the other characters to continue the story. I distinctly remember one of these being a pile of green puke on top of some already green grass, almost invisible.

- The story is full of a lot of repetitive dialogue that overly-explains what a character is feeling, or summarizes story events that literally just happened five minutes ago. There was also a side plot where one of the Federation Soldiers Samus is with is secretly evil and killing everyone else off. I don't remember if they ever revealed who that was or why he was killing everyone off. I think maybe he wanted to steal the secrets of making Metroids and sell them off to the highest bidder?

Overall, easily the worst Metroid I've played, and I personally think it's the reason Nintendo put the franchise on ice for almost a decade.
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Danann said:
If Nintendo weren't wanting to be the Disney of video games, they'd also develop games for their competitors.
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Releasing games for their competitors is a "throwing in the towel" move that they would only ever do if they're planning to exit the hardware market altogether.

Timaeus Testified said:
Overall, easily the worst Metroid I've played, and I personally think it's the reason Nintendo put the franchise on ice for almost a decade.
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By that (sound) logic I wonder if we'll ever see a new star fox after the disaster that was Zero?
 
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Danann said:
If Nintendo weren't wanting to be the Disney of video games, they'd also develop games for their competitors.
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Rather conclusively, they have become the apple of videogames. They do as they see fit and if the other two want to copy it, that's on them. Nintendo has benefited handsomely from both sony and indiasoft being run by brainless morons who have no idea what to do with gaming, so they hand those duties over to the worst people imaginable, and all they do is point their finger and bark "just do what nintendo is doing!". The result are sony portal and the xbox ally, both flawed on execution and concept, and complete wastes of funds.
 
Danann said:
Does anyone even know why Nintendo strongholds their franchises to their own bubble still? Is it because they're scared of no longer being "unique"?
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You, in theory, make more money this way. You profit off the hardware and the games. Plus anyone who puts games on your platform gives you a 30% cut. Its super lucrative. The problem is the whole industry shifted post COVID. Now all the money is made on Steam. Silksong did like 500K on Switch. It did over 3 million on Steam. Sony realized this which is why they moved their games onto Steam. Nintendo is doing it because they still think they can keep the walled garden going but I don't think its viable anymore.
 
I don't believe it's ever going to happen, but if by a miracle Nintendo starts to release games on PC, they'll create their own AIDS riddled client worse than EPIC and Uplay combined with a DRM that would make denuvo blush. It's going to be a horrendous experience all around.
 
Think that ma of beeen more a reference to a Ship In A Bottle.

Though I do have to wonder why a child was the symbol chosen to represent weakness in the game. Especially given how it led to that infamous moment with Ridley, which wasn’t supposed to be PTSD, but rather her realizing how much she hasn’t managed to get rid of her past.

Now whether that actually explains it to a satisfactory degree is up for debate.
 
Raging Capybara said:
I don't believe it's ever going to happen, but if by a miracle Nintendo starts to release games on PC, they'll create their own AIDS riddled client worse than EPIC and Uplay combined with a DRM that would make denuvo blush. It's going to be a horrendous experience all around.
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I think its more likely than people think. Investors forced Nintendo to make mobile games, and that was under Iwata, the guy every Youtube essay generators wanks off about. Imagine if Nintendo has the same problem Sony has where nothing sells on their system (seriously, look up PS5 best sellers, its horrifying). They'll pretty much have to do it because they aren't the default console like Sony is. I expect they'll do their own launcher though but at the same time, it's clear Steam is the one making the money. Even with Fortnite bucks, Epic can't get the EGS to take off. I'm sure that will be more of a headache if they do their own launcher and they don't make money while every other Japanese publisher is enjoying their patronage from Lord Gaben. Investors will be pissed if they fuck it up
 
At this point in a few years they will have to. They are primarily Japanese company that has to deal with Japanese economic problems, and that is high costs, higher taxes, and a contracting currency. Nintendo's worldview like its board, is decrepit. It targets an audience whose wallet is shrinking and in return will gain less return. They are trapping themselves out of ego. Most people game on their PC not only for reliability but for ease of use. You can alter your experience accordingly, you want to watch YTS on a big screen, you can beam it to your tv. You want to play a cinematic game on a larger screen, just connect it to a big screen. Fuck, you wanna know the super secret reason Iwata, why I use Steam? I can play Palworld for $20 and fucking watch Ghost Adventures at the same time. Not sit my couch playing on a large screen with my laptop next to me listening to Youtube shit.

They need to adapt or die, their game sales aren't really impressive anymore. Pokémon is still a machine at making money, but for merch, the games are starting to decline in interest, as an older audience discovers more mature games. Also fuck them hard for their Palworld lawsuit; it makes you look weak.
 
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