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Crosspost from the AI images thread.

All it needs is Crash or Sonic bound and gagged on the ground in the center.

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The mainline Hyperdimension Neptunia games are getting ported on the Nintendo Switch, with a planned release date set at May 23th in Japan and somewhere in 2024 for the West. It's also being ported on PS4 but digital-only in Japan (unlike the Switch version available in both formats and as a Triple Pack) and no plans to come out global-wise.

Earth Defense Force World Brothers 2 officially comes out in May 23th (Japan) and September 26th 2024 (Global).
Worth to mention that the Switch version is priced 1,000 yen / 10€ / 10$ less than the Playstation versions. And while they've been primarily focusing on the gameplay through a PS5, there was one previous livestream showcasing the Switch (timestamp for video below is 1:00:50)

Wonder how Kingdom Come: Deliverance on Switch (for March 16th) will turn out, but it's handled by Saber which has a record of making decent ports of otherwise impossibly-thought projects (The Witcher 3 and World War Z).
 
SSj_Ness said:
I really want to like Neptunia but it's so damn flawed in every category.
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They're more of a guilty pleasure and I agree that there are much better RPG offerings on the Switch between Atelier, Xenoblade, Star Ocean, SMT, Legend of Heroes, etc.
However I do appreciate they're another figure of the Vita era being ported to Nintendo, and I hope the momentum keeps up once more so we could eventually get the old Vanillaware and Aquaplus titles.

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There is also a detective/suspense ADV game (visual novel) under the name of Iwakura Aria, published by MAGES. as a Switch exclusive, which will come out on June 27 in Japan. No info for a western release yet.
 
Ibanez RG 350EX said:
I find it extremely hard to believe that Nintendo was unaware of emulators of their current gen console and how closely they tread the line of legality until they received an email from some irrelevant faggot. That just doesn't add up.
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You’re probably right. Counter argument is that it’s more funny to think that one sperg caused Nintendo to act
 
People on Ebay suck. Trying to buy Capcom vs SNK 2 for Cube. It's disk only, untested, person asking for 13.19+9 for shipping. So i offered 11.99... rejected in under 10 secs. Offered 12.99... rejected in again under 10 secs. It's untested. Come on take the fucking off!
 
Two Dollars said:
I’m open to other ideas about why they decided to go after this specific emulator at this specific time, but I can’t think of anything. It’s not like any huge release is coming soon.
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People must write to Nintendo and tell them to do whatever all the time. This guy just happened to send an email before they happened to do what they were going to do anyway. It rained after he did his rain dance, so he thinks his rain dance must have done the trick. The only unusual thing is that this particular sperg saved the receipts. That's me being a fedora-tipping Sagan-reading enlightened Skeptic™ about it.

But maybe one angry retard really can make a difference. Inspiring, if so. A couple of times, video game stuff I've requested through feedback forms and surveys has come true. I can't help but wonder...
 
Well, its been a good one month or so since I wrote that long, autistic paeon to Xenoblade Chronicles 3, what say we all gather round for another whatever I feel like Switch game review. Today's game is none other than the Switch version of Hogwarts Legacy with the major caveat that I have only played the game on Switch and will thus be taking it on its own merits and only occasionally comparing it with the surely better versions available on other devices. Coming after... *checks notes*... my seventh favorite Switch game of all time this is going to have some big shoes to fill. Especially when considering that I paid full retail price (69.99) at Game Stop for a new physical copy of the game in order to make journoscum cope and seethe.

And let me just say this, the start of this game was rough as the Switch struggled to even run the introductory title card well and leaving me mortified at the thought of playing through an entire open world Ubisoft-styled game in this manner. And yes, the game does not look pretty on Switch, with character faces bearing the brunt of the ugly-stick's ire but also with very visible texture loading, loading doors within the castle that are supposedly seamless on other versions and an Oblivion-town bubble placed around Hogsmeade.

But thats not all, early-game combat is also a slog with your very limited spell selection doing a miserable job of whittling away at enemy health bars (all scaled near-exactly to your own level so don't worry too much about that, though you'll be level-locked through the whole campaign anyway.) And yes, while I wasn't rushing to hit eject my initial feelings for the first few hours were definitely those of disappointment.

That said, the game manages to do the near impossible and get good the further you go. The open world aspects of the game were fun and once you learn more spells the combat becomes "better" aka you get overpowered and can blast through enemies. Perhaps people praising said combat would enjoy all games more if they just set their difficulty sliders to journalist mode? It also helps once you learn that countering spells is for dummies and the dodge button, which can be spammed endlessly, practically makes you invincible. Yeah wow, great combat system there guys, but having said that, yes, my lizard brain does indeed enjoy casting crucio on a giant spider, striking it with lighting and then shrinking and stomping on its buddies.

Likewise, while the game's plot is equivalent to an anime filler arc, that doesn't necessarily mean that its bad. Indeed, while the plotlines of the game don't appear to be anything special, the "dark arts one" is very fun and the actual emotional center of the game. Never did I expect to actually have to pause and think, and have a hard time deciding what option to take, with the side-characters in a Harry Potter game. And thats coming from someone who thinks that moral choice systems are stupid and almost always just picks "good."

Needless to say, I did stick it out to the end of the game, going 80 hours deep with it and enjoying most of them. As a matter of fact, when it was over I wished that there was more. Pretty much impossible to argue with that, having seen it not only surpass the dollar an hour mark at 70 dollars but make you wish there was more story to enjoy in a liscensed tie in game? Needless to say, Hogwarts Legacy gets a 2 out of 2 from me. Just, if you have the choice, play it on something else. PC, Playstation, even last gen consoles.

Having said all that, just to dissect the game a little more, to me the game being as good as it is is either a miracle, an accident or a combination of the two. All around are signs that Hogwarts Legacy is rife with cut content, some of which has been confirmed by analyzing the PC version, others of which we can only speculate on. And all that despite a long development cycle and dictionary-sized ending credits list, we can only wonder what could have been had the studio been given more resources or had a higher talent level. I look forward to the sequel, due out five to seven years from now, and wish the team at Avalanche luck in refining the formula to make an even better product. Please enjoy these "screenshots" I took of the game:

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As of right now I am playing a little more of Picross S9, which I gave a 1 out of 2 a few months back but am debating whether to go straight on to XB3: FR, SMW, an indie comedic dungeon crawling game that I brought on a lark or something like the single player portion of Splatoon 2, which I have owned for years but never bothered to play. Or the Prime remaster, or giving Captain Toad another shot, or fucking around in TotK, or playing my copy of the Diofeld Chronicles, or...
 
MaxMouse said:
People on Ebay suck. Trying to buy Capcom vs SNK 2 for Cube. It's disk only, untested, person asking for 13.19+9 for shipping. So i offered 11.99... rejected in under 10 secs. Offered 12.99... rejected in again under 10 secs. It's untested. Come on take the fucking off!
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There was a time when these online auction sites were pretty neat. It was a period of about 20 minutes some time in late 2006 or 2007.

Now it is a bunch of "house-flipping" faggots pricing 90% of us out of the market and most of the stuff goes unsold and un-played. Sad.

@whatever I feel like Captain Toad! Played it twice on Wii U and again on Switch. The small handful of missing levels (3D Land? World?) is sad, but they added some others. Captain Toad is one of those games that is more or less perfect for what it is. Wish they'd put it on sale more often so more people would buy it. LOL Nintendo and sales.
 
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TheDarknessGrows said:
There was a time when these online auction sites were pretty neat. It was a period of about 20 minutes some time in late 2006 or 2007.
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I'd say around 2020 it became unusable? The collector's mentality went full retard.

I got some very good deals last decade. We used to joke about PCE collectors or NeoGeo collectors being nuts but that's literally all video games now except Xbox lol.
 
IDanceonTrannyGraves said:
Happy 7th birthday to the Switch.
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Damn, that long already, and probably a final year to boot.

I was a high schooler like @Vyse Inglebard when I got mine. It was a great first year for the thing back in 2017. Looking at the full history though, I feel like I was there for half its life and fell off the next. Don’t know what it was, most likely College and part time eating all my time, but I felt a significant drop off in 2020 where I missed a lot of the titles till way later or haven’t even yet got to.

Best way to describe this system is that it feels like a middle point, a beginning and end of an era. Franchises like Mario & Zelda went all in on redefining themselves to start over again. Others like Smash & Mario Kart felt like finals to a long run. Some, like Kirby, did both within the Switch’s time.

When it comes to the library, the Switch will likely be known most for BOTW, Splatoon 2, Odyssey, Xenoblade 2, Smash Ultimate, Three Houses, Luigi’s Mansion 3, New Horizons, Dread, Ring Fit Adventure, Forgotten Land, Xenoblade 3, and Wonder. Pretty damn strong lineup all things considered, even if I am not fond of 1 or 2. Also, should give some mentions to WarioWare, ARMS, Fire Emblem Warriors, Origami King, and Crafted World, which I think are a bit underrated.

Biggest hopes for Switch 2
  1. ARMS 2 - It really deserves a second chance. Once the Mario Kart team is done, please give them the opportunity to expand this series. It had great designs and decent gameplay.
  2. Smash & Mario Kart Reboot - I think it is time for these two to get a massive shakeup. Smash could really gain from going back to a Brawl size and putting more emphasis on single player again. Mario Kart is sort of an IDK, maybe a Double Dash 2? Just something to refresh it after DLC.
  3. Fire Emblem - I hope FE continues down the 3H path and that Engage was just a product of the Fates era left in reserve to long. The more dark stories carried more weight.
  4. Zelda - Just do a new open world and get rid of ultra hand. Focus more on exploration and dungeons. I saw some concept for an ocean based one, and I think that would be super cool.
  5. Mario & Kirby - No suggestions, just continue.
  6. Animal Crossing - Tone down the creator mode and give the animals more personality and bite again.

Old IP I hope to see:
  1. Donkey Kong (Please 3D Platformer)
  2. Star Fox - Give them an open world Space title.
  3. Nintendo Land 2
  4. Endless Ocean (please let Luminous do well)
  5. Another Code 3 - I believe there was supposed to be a 3rd, so with the remake seemingly doing well, why not.
  6. Hotel Dusk - Remakes will likely get made thanks to Another Code.
  7. Chibi-Robo
 
Basic Blond Boy said:
Chibi-Robo
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I'd say there might be a chance for Chibi-Robo (albiet with a whole lot of hopium behind it) consitering in the very same Japanese version of the partner showcase that shown off Mother 3 as part of NSO's subscription service, there was a new Denpa Men game as the very first entry shown dispite the entire series up to that point living and dying on the 3DS up to that point, even in Japan.
 
Basic Blond Boy said:
Double Dash 2?
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Revisiting that and expanding on the concept of single-kart teamwork and character specific special techniques would be awesome.

Basic Blond Boy said:
Zelda - Just do a new open world and get rid of ultra hand. Focus more on exploration and dungeons. I saw some concept for an ocean based one, and I think that would be super cool.
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Like a Wind Waker thing? I'd be hyped for that, include underwater traversal.

Basic Blond Boy said:
  1. Donkey Kong (Please 3D Platformer)
  2. Star Fox - Give them an open world Space title.
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I think 3D DK is definitely happening. For Star Fox I'd be satisfied with anything, but Adventures 2 is my pipedream.

Basic Blond Boy said:
Another Code 3 - I believe there was supposed to be a 3rd, so with the remake seemingly doing well, why not.
Hotel Dusk - Remakes will likely get made thanks to Another Code.
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After the race swapping bullshit of ACR, I no longer want a remake of HD. Just thinking about any of those classic characters niggered/fagged up makes me sick.
 
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