VideoGame_Discussion

So don't boink in while recording video? Aside from video capping a transaction or talking about sensitive stuff while recording, is there more of a threat?

KCPenguins wrote:


Another article I read about it said they could gain access to the payment info saved in your eShop account.

Has anyone read anything about Wii U and 3DS sales ahead of the eShop closure in about three months? I'm surprised more of them aren't included in the holiday sale.

There have been quite a few sales on the Japanese 3DS eshop.

As far as US stuff, a lot of Capcom games are on sale, as well as Culdcept Revolt and Rpg maker fes. Plus a lot of shovelware and a few decent small publisher titles

To my knowledge, if there are any planned last hurrah sales, nothing gas been announced.

KCPenguins wrote:


First posted user reviews are mostly bad. Complaints of game breaking bugs, poor performance, and generally just bad game design. The bugs and performance should be fixable I hope. I remember the first one had at least one game breaking glitch that I never saw.

I'm worried about the performance complaints though as this game has been in development over 5 years. Scope creep leading to a poor game has been brought up a few times which was one of my major concerns. Hopefully some sites can put up some reviews, and they can quickly patch the perfmance/glitch issues.

It's a shame as I have a $10 gift card and nothing to buy now.

KCPenguins wrote:


That's very disappointing, especially because like you said, this was in development for quite a few years. I already bought the game, but now I know not to bother playing it until it gets patched up. Maybe this dev deliberately chose not to send out review copies for that reason.

Or you could play it and let us know if the user reviews are legit. :P I don't trust Reddit and Metacritic user reviews too much, but it's all I could find.

I was reading/watching more about that recent exploit that could allow hackers to take over your system and I was surprised that this goes beyond Nintendo's 1st party titles on Wii U, 3DS and Switch. It was actually first discovered in 2016 when a modder was snooping around in Mario Kart Wii's code (but has since been discovered in Mario Kart DS which was all the way back from 2005).
Since at that time Nintendo didn't have any kind of bounty for hackers to be rewarded for submitting that kind of info, the hackers just kept it to themselves. But they did make codes that could essentially brick other players' consoles, or remotely install CFW. By 2016 you'd need a modded console to play Wii or DS games online anyway.

But stuff like Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon on Wii U haven't been patched yet and the full list of games affected by this exploit is bigger than what has been released publicly so far. And Nintendo's bounty payouts to these groups has been pretty low all things considered (one guy getting $577 for an exploit that could have potentially ended up costing Nintendo millions of dollars). There's actually a group of Japanese hackers that are active in Mario Kart 7 and resetting other players' VR ratings in online lobbies at the push of a button and they didn't submit their exploit for a bounty, they chose to just be butt-holes.

For those who are friends with me on Switch, pls don’t judge if you see “Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry” logged in my play activity. I’m only playing it for educational purposes.

…yah, that’s it. Educational purposes.

LoL

theJaw wrote:

So what have you learned from it?

That ol' Larry Laffer has still got it, let's go boys.

lol truthfully, I love point and click games and discovered LSL when I was first getting into them so there's a nostalgia factor for me with this series. They're not particularly great, but I love crude humor and Larry is such a dork, I had to give these new ones a go. Plus boobs.

theJaw wrote:

I WILL judge you. . . . . . for having great taste!

theJaw wrote:

I mean it’s permanently burned into my trophy list on PlayStation so I wouldn’t have room 🤣

Got Mario + Rabbids Spark of Hope and been playing it. Pretty fun so far, not really bothered by the non grid aspect. It's still fun. The lack of battle goals is nice, no need to play perfectly.

I'm finally trying Dead Cells again. I tried it a few years ago and lost interest pretty quickly. I guess my hangup is I don't really know what I'm supposed to be doing. Just try not to die???

I have never been a huge fan of rogue-likes, but I'm to the point now where I get annoyed every time I see another one. It sounds like a cool idea....randomly generated levels so they're never the same. But it seems like a lazy copout now. Concepts like level design and progression just non-existent.

bonham2 wrote:

Welcome

bonham2 wrote:
I definitely hear that, that the idea might seem like a copout, however I think that when it comes to rogues the design of the stage isn't the focus of the game but rather the mechanics and gameplay. For instance, when I was playing Slay the Spire and Hades, although level design doesn't change much, there's definitely progression and a deep and intricate level of synergy going on. Something that non rogues don't usually have nearly that much of.

Hades was truly different. I never felt like I was starting over because they made death part of the story.

I got Pokemon Scarlet for Christmas and have been playing through it. I've beaten 2 gyms, 2 titans, and I'm about to attack my first team star base. I'm glad they finally made a 3D Pokemon game with a huge open world, with free-roaming Pokemon. This is the style I've been wanting for a long time. I don't mind the poor graphics too much. I mean, better graphics would be great, but I don't think I would want it to look TOO realistic. I prefer a more cartoonish look for Pokemon. But, the poor performance is frustrating. They really need to make some other improvements too, like giving us a way to sort Pokemon in boxes. I loved the way Let's Go did it. You just had one giant box and could sort on various criteria. I'm really hoping they add that soon.

Scott wrote:


Was Arceus not that?

KCPenguins wrote:

I haven't played it yet, but my understanding is that it's open world with free roaming Pokemon, but doesn't have (or has very little) trainer/gym battles. Also, it doesn't have the traditional catch method where you battle the Pokemon and then catch it, you just throw Pokeballs. So it had some of what I was hoping for, but Scarlet/Violet has it all.

Arceus wasn't really open world either. It was segmented, like Witcher 3 and the Xenoblade games. The areas weren't nearly as large as in those games.

Scrapped Heroes of Hyrule

https://youtu.be/cIHtTl4U4yU

I read a story about it that said it was a pitch document from Retro Studios that Nintendo dismissed outright and that's as far as it ever got.

Personally, I wouldn't consider a pitch from an excited dev (even one who is affiliated with Nintendo) to be a "lost" game.

Otherwise all those fangames that get shut down should be considered that too.

yeah, i actually watched this when the video was originally posted. its getting a ton of traction now because N fought them to take it down, but the channel won (incredibly rare).

sounds like it could have been a really cool idea if executed, but i'm sure that happens on a monthly basis at most devs lol

bogo wrote:

The same story I read mentioned that they appealed the DMCA notice, and Nintendo just hadn't respond after two weeks, so it was automatically reinstated.

If N wants to take further action they still can, though there doesn't seem to be much of a reason based on the fact that this never got past the pitch stage.

benstylus wrote:
oh, that's interesting...thats different than what i read. either way, just gives the public a bit more time to get a debrief on things that don't actually matter since it'll never turn into anything lol

FE Engage previews are looking good

https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/preview/62526/...

BloodPuppetX wrote:

I hope it puts Three Houses to shame. I found Three Houses to be a bit boring, great combat as always, but boring. Really didn't like the huge main base hub either.

bogo wrote:


Agreed. I wonder how much was lost in translation in the pitch document, and how much N already had planned for Retro (much to their dismay). Sounds like the latter.

Hearing they were burnt out during MP2 is not surprising to me. That game completely failed to grab me. After trying to get into it multiple times, burned me out on the series as a consumer. I bought MP3, but dropped it after only an hour or so and never went back.

I'm hoping 4 will be great whenever it drops, but after the success of Dread I have a feeling they are shifting development more towards that direction and further away from the exploration the series was known for. One possible explanation for seeing nothing to date.

I just picked up the following games on sale on the eShop:

Cathedral
Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea DLC
Rogue Legacy

Considering Getsu Fūma Den: Undying Moon as well but might wait until it’s even cheaper down the road.

Today I learned that MyNintendo coins expire

Although there's nothing currently in the rewards that I really want, it's a waste to let the coins go to waste. Oh well. Something to keep in mind for next time. On a side note, imo, the Club Nintendo rewards in the past were much better than the rewards offered now. Gold Nunchuks? Figurines? Way better.

nonamesleft wrote:


I learned the gold ones expired last month. Was saving them in case I ever wanted a digital game that was over $20 since I won't spend cash outright. Then got an email showing I had gold ones expiring. I miss club nintendo.

I guess they are cycling in previous icons you can buy with platinum coins. I just bought all the n64 ones. Can someone please let me know when the NES ones get cycled back in. I want those punch-out ones.

nonamesleft wrote:

I always set a reminder on my calendar for when my Platinum coins expire....then I spend a bunch on the MyNintendo physical rewards and jsut pay the $6.99 shipping. I usually spend 2000+ coins at a time which then buys me 3 months before the next round of expiring coins.

I always spend my Gold coins on the next digitial purchase. Since I rarely buy a full price $59.99 game on the eShop, I never worry about them expiring.

Club Nintendo gave free shipping too!

3hitcombo wrote:

...and the rewards were good! Hanafuda cards, character statue, Mario hat.

MyNintendo did have free shipping for quite a while before starting to charge $6.99 if the order was under $50.

Mario and Rabbids Spark of Hope is honesty pissing me off. Enemies respawning is really annoying. Too much RNG going on here.

Sun wrote:

I literally just opened the button set the other day. My lady needed some buttons and that’s an item that has stayed at its value. But dang those buttons are a pain. Luke the back is made for storage but I feel like I’m going to stab myself trying to ion it