The NINTENDO Thread

[Docteur Qui 1,544]

Fenyx is not bad. A decent appetiser while we wait for Breath of the Wild 2, but doesn't come close to Nintendo's craft. I didn't much like the combat until a good halfway into it, and the voice acting ranges from irritating to inspid. Also there's too many items to collect, I'm not a fan of that. But the art style is lovely, the world is fun to explore for a bit, and I liked the Vaults (aka Shrines), though most of them were too long and lacked the brevity of Zelda's finest puzzles.

[Wojo 2,453]

Fenyx is a very goofy game. They have a vault that is a pinball machine. 

 

I hate the lasers. 

[mstrox 6,643]

What’s wrong with the combat? Is it turn-based? Yuck!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I dunno, I thought the combat was pretty easy at least.  I'd rather mediocre but easy combat than mediocre but balls hard combat.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

So E3 is back as a digital event this year with the participation of Nintendo and Xbox but not Sony (which was also the case for the last in-person E3).  BOTW2 babeeeeee

 

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-04-06-nintendo-xbox-and-ubisoft-back-digital-only-e3-2021

[Jay 37,281]

lol, that's the same article I already posted to the video game thread

 

Anyway, They're not going to show off BOTW2 until Skyward Sword is out IMO

[SilverTrumpet 638]

I'd be a little surprised if we didn't get BOTW2 as the holiday game. Breath of the Wild was announced in 2013 or so, if I remember correctly, and came out in 2017. That was while trying to figure out the entirely new direction and building the world and the engine. We're that far out again for a game that's supposed to be a sequel and would presumably use a lot of the same assets, or at least engine, as the first. 

[Jay 37,281]

Oh, yea I think it's extremely likely to be a holiday 2021 or March 2022 game, but I don't think NIntendo will spend a lot of time at E3 promoting it, because they have Skyward Sword dropping this July.  I think after that media cycle is over they'll begin hyping BOTW2

[SilverTrumpet 638]

Yeah but SS is a re-release. They're not going to go all out on an E3 presentation. The best way to market it would be "Oh we got Breath 2 coming this holiday, but if you need something to tide yourself over until then, play Skyward Sword this summer!" 

[Jay 37,281]

Yea, I'm not saying it won't be mentioned at all, but I think a deep dive into it will come later in the year, not at e3

 

Here's the post-e3 1st party Switch games that have been announced already

• June 25 - Mario Golf: Super Rush
• July 16 - Skyward Sword HD
• November - Age of Calamity Expansion Pass Wave 2
• Late 2021 - Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
• Early 2022 - Pokémon Legends: Arceus
• 2022 - Splatoon 3
• no date - Metroid Prime 4
• no date - Bayonetta 3
• no date - Breath of the Wild 2
• no date - Detective Pikachu
• rumored to be "very close to completion" in 2015 - Pikmin 4

 

The big "headline game" of e3 could be something they haven't even announced yet.... if it's one of these games, it'd have to be BOTW 2, or that and Splatoon 3 as equal headline games.  I doubt Metroid Prime 4 has anything to show yet.

I still wonder what would have been their headline game had e3 last year not been canceled

[SilverTrumpet 638]

I think last year would have been a Mario blowout. They got delayed because of working from home and then wanted to wait a little longer. They would've shown 3D All Stars, 3D World, Mario 35, Game and Watch, Mario Kart, etc. 

 

They probably would have also shown Age of Calamity. 

[Jay 37,281]

Yea, that sounds about right!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

14 hours ago, Jay said:

lol, that's the same article I already posted to the video game thread

I mostly stopped reading that thread after you created this one!

[JacobCl1989 1]

On 3/23/2021 at 10:33 PM, Darth Wojo said:

I highly recommend Immortals Fenyx Rising. It's a lot of fun. 

This game is definitely the best sleeper hit of 2020. The story is a blast and hiding the pretty factual lore behind two bantering narrators was genious. I personally give this game a 8.5/10.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I barely play this thing but I don't have much time and I guess I always figured it'd be an occasional distraction. I did get up to 70 stars in Mario 64. Some of those stars are hard as hell mostly due to unseeable camera angles and what seems to be completely un-play-tested poor programming. 

[Jay 37,281]

I haven't played my Switch in a month and a half!

I was greatly enjoying 3D World and Golf Story, but I found a new distraction: I'm finally playing Final Fantasy VII for the first time ever, so that's the only game I've played for the past month and a half (and I'm only 22 hours into it over that month and a half).  Spring time means less game time!

[mstrox 6,643]

1 hour ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

I barely play this thing but I don't have much time and I guess I always figured it'd be an occasional distraction. I did get up to 70 stars in Mario 64. Some of those stars are hard as hell mostly due to unseeable camera angles and what seems to be completely un-play-tested poor programming. 

It always seemed easy enough to get those 120? Stars when I was a kid.  With enough distance, it’s always fun to go back to these formative games and see the ways that they were a bit clunky (usually because they innovated something and the years/decades have smoothed or perfected it)

[Jay 37,281]

Yea Mario 64 has 120 stars in total.  I never got them all (but I did beat the game)

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Thanks for downplaying my accomplishment. 

[Jay 37,281]

What do you mean? I just said I never got them all either 

[SilverTrumpet 638]

During my most recent play through, which was on 3D All Stars, I got all 120 stars by the morning after release.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

God himself could not make me get those last few stars from Rainbow Ride and the last flying one.  Thanks but no thanks, those are shit.  I did it as a kid when I didn’t care that they were shit though.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I was talking to mstrox, who responded to my achievements of 70 stars with a couple hours of spare time play with "Well, those 120 stars are easy and take no time all, as Mario 64 is a baby's toy."

[Jay 37,281]

Oh, by not quoting him it appeared as though you were responding to my post

[mstrox 6,643]

Sorry, I didn’t mean that!  I assumed given your strong feelings about 64 that you were in the same boat as I was, having played it excessively while young.  N64 didn’t even come out until I was 12 or 13, so I was playing a bit fast and loose with the definition of “kid” I guess.  I suspect that if I replayed it for the first time in like 20 years, I would share your frustrations and do what you and Stu are doing - just doing what’s fun/possible and then stopping.

[Jay 37,281]

Justin's younger than you are

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I have no use for a Switch Lite, but damn that Gamecube purple is a sexy handheld. 

 

 

I apparently have a thing with seeing this shade as purple not blue.  For years I called the spiky shell in Mario Kart the "purple shell" because that's just how it looks to me.

 

[Jay 37,281]

I'd describe that Switch Lite as being purple as well

 

I always remember calling those blue shells though.  Aren't they titled that in-game?

[SilverTrumpet 638]

I think this just makes us realize how many people can't see the color blue.

[Jay 37,281]

Miitopia is a "hilarious adventure game"?

[Faleel 5,329]

It's an roleplaying game, if it is hilarious or not, well... humor it is a difficult concept.

[Jay 37,281]

@Disco Stu

 

 

[SilverTrumpet 638]

PLUS, all the Jupiter Picross games are on sale starting today.

 

[Jay 37,281]

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Do it Jay!  At least just get the first one or two!

[Jay 37,281]

Looks like the sale hasn't started yet

[SilverTrumpet 638]

Probably 1pm Eastern or so.

 

Also, get all of them. 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Hey @Jay check out the opening topic on this week’s NVC  

[Jay 37,281]

Haha, that's funny

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Woooow, this looks awesome.  I'll double-check reviews when it comes out, but I'm leaning to insta-buy.

 

 

[Jay 37,281]

Looks like a Where's Waldo book come to life

[Disco Stu 15,495]

There actually are at least a couple of Where's Waldo type games on the Switch.  This game seems to have that aesthetic but is more interactive and puzzle based than a scavenger hunt, which is what makes it so intriguing (along with the great visuals).  At least, I hope there's more to it than that.  Hence "waiting on reviews"  

[Jay 37,281]

Huh.  Turns out it's based on a book series too

 

https://www.amazon.com/Hiro-Kamigaki/e/B01BI9NEJA/

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Now this is something you don't see often: an interview with a retiring veteran Nintendo developer.  In this case, Takaya Imamura, who worked at Nintendo from 1989 to 2021.  This interview is filled with amazing anecdotes and quotes, a must-read for all Nintendo fans!

 

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-man-who-invented-majoras-mask-reflects-on-30-years-at-nintendo

[Jay 37,281]

Oooh baby!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Great photo of him with a couple of souvenirs!

 

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

 

105 stars. I know, it's a baby's toy.

[Jay 37,281]

That's probably more than I ever got!

 

Actually, I still have my original cartridge , I could plug in my N64 and check... 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I got 120 once as a kid.  Nowadays when I replay it I stop around 116 or 117.  The last few just aren't worth the heartache.

[Faleel 5,329]

34 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

 

105 stars. I know, it's a baby's toy.