HandsomeDead

Yeah, the PS5 may even be more of a focus since more of the audience is there and because the systems are similar. No doubt a lot of their games will be on the Switch 2, because surely PC versions of their games will need to be optimised in a way that brings them inline with the power of the Switch 2. There may be a few that are too much but I think it'll manage most. But the idea they'll leave the Playstation out for revenge via Nintendo is laughable. They have all those millions to make back and they aren't leaving cash on the table to get revenge.

I suspect having a project like this is something safe to fall back on, it's potentially a retirement plan. I remember seeing him in interviews during Barbarian. Definitely a thoughtful guy who doesn't see himself above doing something like this. When it comes to RE I just hate the faithful comment. It was a fine and novel scenario for a 90s videogame. I want much more than that for a current film. I hope it's just in a more "sure, it'll be faithful 😉" kind of way. Great if it captures the specific vibe but please do a lot more with the characters and story.

They're trying again with Resident Evil Cregger did Barbarian (I really liked that) and he has the comedy to horror background. I don't think the last film was particularly unfaithful, it was just boring, so that alone isn't going to fill me with promise but let's see I guess.

As a NG fan (NG1 + 2 are up there as all time faves (in fact I love the momentum based combat, and it's where NG3 drops the ball imo)) the new character does look like someone from a PG project. Looks like there is parrying and maybe even witch time, but the brief footage of Hyabusa does look more like what I remember from the other games so I wonder how much you play as each character. I'm well up for it, anyway.

Well that's a pleasant surprise, I'm looking forward to that 🙂 Just a solid action game, that's more than fine, I'm not even asking for much.

I think that's no doubt. A lot of the first couple of years are gonna be riding on portable versions of last gen games (and because of the way things are, this gen tbh). Much like how the Switch filled out it's lineup with Wii U games. Even in the early days of the Wii U there were Ubisoft AAA as well as the occasional other. And Japanese developers will be all in on it (Final Fantasy and Persona/Metaphor and RPGs generally for sure).

It's hard to predict with Nintendo. I guess since I doubt it'll be emulating the Switch so I think it'll natively running the games so having access to the extra power should boost performance for any unlocked games and they're putting all this AI upscaling in there, I'm leaning to there being some improvements. Probably not what Xbox games get but something. Or they do something out of left field that's totally unnecessarily worse. Could go either way.

Energy isn't a card here, one is generated at the start of a turn. Draw cards are very good but matches are short so it can be ended before you can pull what you need, and having a hand full of good cards doesn't mean you'll have the energy for them. It's definitely balanced differently. If you're running a duel element deck (I'm having some success with a Vaporeon, Flareon with Greninja) it gets difficult because the energy generated is 50/50 each turn, and sometimes RNG does it's thing. I hope they have another look at that. Or maybe it'll sort itself out where more energy generating Pokémon are added. There's a couple at the moment.

So, they just started an event. It looks like they'll do this just before they add new expansions where you can earn a little medal if you win 5 matches in a row. Sounds easy enough but I've been hearing some struggle and even say they wish it lasted longer than a week. Card games are inherently RNG but the point of building a good deck is to try and mitigate it. I just logged in and just won my first 5 in a row. Last time they did this it took a few more attempts and maybe on the second day. So I'm feeling pretty smug and I found a place that hosts decks so I can generate an image: That's the deck that did it. I'm probably gonna tweak it (I did have 2 X Speeds but swapped one to a Potion last minute. Will probably swap it back) but that ruined a few folks morning. It does make me hope the add some sort of league because there's little stakes to the fights outside this little event they do. Just a little xp if you win and nothing if you lose. I think they want to keep it pretty casual but I just think having a ranked mode would really add something to those that like the battling.

I don't get teary at sad stuff, I just tend to shut down which will require some therapy sessions to find out why, but sentimental stuff can get it out of me and Persona 3 worked like a charm and maybe even Xenoblade. Weeb stuff does tend to more often go for that sentimental style of story.

Teach me to be a cheapskate

Okay @mmmark how much did you put on Mario Kart? 😠

I'm sure it's gonna be on Game pass too so it's easy to try out. Looks to me like TotK meets Monster Hunter so it could be really cool if they execute on it.

If things were like what the were 20 years ago and everyone bought the "right" games (ones I like) then the industry would be cool and good. Great insight. I don't like these kinds of nagging arguments, they don't convince anyone. Most just aren't as invested as us and they're gonna play the game they know and like. And people feel better about a new game if they feel like they kind of discovered it themselves. You just gotta be more tactful with your recommendations. With digital games the big thing I don't like is the laws around licensing and ownership which makes games disappear into the digital abyss. I don't care that much otherwise. I'm more interested in changing that stuff than nagging about an individuals buying habits.

I think there's too much fretting over the name. It's a numeric progression which worked for PlayStation pretty well all this time and it looking kinda similar doesn't stop people getting confused about a phone upgrade. When it came to the Wii U I don't think it was just the name and look that confused people, there was more going on than that. I think a bigger part that isn't brought up as much is a lot of Wii adopters had moved on completely and weren't interested in an upgrade. They just didn't want it, not that they would have bought it if there was more clarity. I don't believe this will be the case with a new Switch, and it has informally been called a Switch 2 for all the years it's theoretically been discussed. Like I said, this soft announcement is because of February's investor meeting and they don't want to start the marketing machine in January. The big push in April through the summer with in person events where people get their hands on it plus all the digital events during that time you're not gonna hear about anything else. I'm sure it won't hit like the Switch, unless they have another BotW in that I don't mean a Zelda but a really attention grabbing game. Mario Kart, while very popular, is too iterative to really be that game and maybe a new 3D Mario could be but it'd have to have a stronger hook than usual. Maybe if they have an Animal Crossing ready too they can hit the different Nintendo sub-fandoms at once, I suppose that could work.