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Post by Ex on Sept 5, 2019 9:32:34 GMT -5
if Deadly Premonition 2 is going to be an exclusive for it I would be highly surprised if DP2 didn't get a PC port.
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Post by Sarge on Sept 5, 2019 10:22:55 GMT -5
Well, MP4 is still coming, even though they had to go back to the drawing board.
I'm not freaking out, though, because they haven't even ported over Super Mario 3D World yet.
Also, not sure I ever expected a port of Jedi Outcast. I did expect SNES, though, and the lineup is a bit different than I would have figured. But Brawl Brothers? Seriously? Hoooooo boy. Still, it's got Demon's Crest, so that's a win. Might even give me an excuse to play through it again.
I'm getting won over by the graphical style of the Link's Awakening remake, but I haven't liked the instrumentation in almost all the tunes. I hope they include an option to swap to the original soundtrack.
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Post by Sarge on Sept 5, 2019 14:49:46 GMT -5
River City Girls reviews are starting to filter in, and so far I've seen a 7, 7.5, 8, 9, and 10. Feeling pretty good about the purchase now.
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 5, 2019 20:10:38 GMT -5
SNES is the best system in the world. I can't bring myself to care about a few SNES games finally coming to the Switch. They already burned us twice with the VC reset and now their pathetic slow drip feed of NES/SNES titles releasing on their online service begins. And you never own these. I don't care about their online rental service here at all myself. Nintendo's made me fully embrace emulation again for those generations.
EDIT: Swery is fully onboard with Deadly Premonition 2. HYPE!
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Post by Ex on Sept 5, 2019 20:55:53 GMT -5
Yeah I would advise against leasing games from Nintendo's Virtual Console service.
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 5, 2019 21:40:03 GMT -5
Yup. I know Sarge owns all this stuff, for some of us it could be an easy excuse for some replays and nothing to really fret over... but Nintendo's classic service just really rubs me wrong. Their attitude, more like it. Last I remember, they more recently acted "surprised" that people want to play SNES games on the Switch. Clearly they're kidding themselves. Those moments when they're on such a high horse and can't admit being in the wrong. In the ideal timeline, a huge chunk of the NES-GC libraries would be up there and they'd speed up these Wii/Wii U remasters and ports. But yeah let's get excited to play Balloon Fight in 2019 instead.
On a positive note the new art for SD3 is absolutely doing my girls justice. <3
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Post by Sarge on Sept 5, 2019 23:27:22 GMT -5
I actually wonder. Clearly, Virtual Console wasn't the cash cow everyone seems to think it is if they don't really care to push it out in its old form. And I wonder even more if it's just a vocal minority of folks that really, really want to play SNES on Switch. Dunno. I think a lot of younger folks will boot them up for a bit, then move to something else.
I think it's a nice little bonus. I do wish you could also purchase them if you wanted, but I'm not against them making them available like this. I ponied up the $20, and extended it through that Twitch Prime offer, so I've got two years as it stands. I think Nintendo wanted a cash influx for potentially making their online better (a concession that perhaps Microsoft had it right), and so they give something as a little enticement so it's not just online play you're getting.
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 6, 2019 6:33:23 GMT -5
I think it's a nice little bonus. I do wish you could also purchase them if you wanted, but I'm not against them making them available like this. I ponied up the $20, and extended it through that Twitch Prime offer, so I've got two years as it stands. I think Nintendo wanted a cash influx for potentially making their online better (a concession that perhaps Microsoft had it right), and so they give something as a little enticement so it's not just online play you're getting. This makes me want to ask, I did the Prime thing for a free 3 months. Now I got an email to extend that for another 9 months at "no cost". Well when I go through the Nintendo pages to redeem it, there's a $19.99 fee... I can't tell if that's for the automatic renewal when that hits after the next 9 months or not. It almost seems intentionally confusing and Nintendo is really trying to push automatic renewal.
I backed out for now until I figure it out. I haven't even touched Tetris 99 and originally got the online to play some Mario Maker 2, but I didn't end up getting it. It seems cool but the potential for nobody to play any maps I make and 99% of the maps I see online being kaizo/puzzle stuff non in the spirit of Mario really turned me off.
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Post by Ex on Sept 6, 2019 10:00:00 GMT -5
Clearly, Virtual Console wasn't the cash cow everyone seems to think it is if they don't really care to push it out in its old form. Nintendo did bring the VC to three of their gaming platforms. I'd think if VC weren't lucrative, Nintendo would have stopped at the Wii's VC. I assume the VC store was at least moderately profitable for Nintendo with Wii, Wii U, and 3DS combined. I think their hesitation rather has to do more with the aggravating logistics of the whole thing. Nintendo made a mess out of how the VC works in general. No cross-platform sales, expiring IP licensing issues to contend with, delisting woes from customers, emulation quirks to contend with for each new entry, server maintenance and upkeep for the VC libraries, spending lots of money on lawyers to shut down ROM sites, stuff like that. Perhaps the logistics outweigh the moderate profits. Edit: Also got to love the irony of Nintendo demolishing all the popular ROM havens due to protecting their vested interest in Virtual Console - and then later implying nah, we don't really care about VC after all. Scorched earth tactics are good for no one.
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Post by Sarge on Sept 6, 2019 10:18:10 GMT -5
It was certainly good early on with the Wii, but the Wii U kinda made a dumpster fire out of it, despite having a few exclusives (Earthbound Beginnings) coming there.
I agree that heavy crackdowns on ROM sites without offering viable alternatives is lame. If you're gonna do that, Ninty, give us somewhere to spend our money.
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