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StarTopic Nintendo General Discussion |ST3 Dec. 2021| Topical Threes

When Should Raccoon’s New Nintendo Direct Speculation Thread Launch?

  • Monday, Dec. 27 • 12pm EST

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With the Holidays and everything, I've been a bit too busy to pay attention to everything happening online. Soooooooo...any new cool gaming rumors pop up recently?
 
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HockeyBird said:
It's nearly 2am on the East Coast of the US. Most normal people here are asleep so I was expecting EuroFami to be keeping this thread actives with tales of Eiffel 65, 3 month long holidays, football, farming simulators, and not getting Earthbound on SNES.
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Eiffel 65...???? Oh my......
 
Seven said:
Agreed, I'm far more excited for Triangle Strategy, the next SaGa, and whatever remasters SE has cooking up then FFXVI and Forspoken.
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Totally forgot there is a new SaGa on the way, will be interesting to see what they do with it.

It isn't even exclusively about SE, in case someone thinks I'm holding a grudge against them. I rarely ever like the big and shiny AAA efforts. Maybe it's because I grew up pretty much exclusively with handheld gaming, but I generally prefer games with a smaller scope that tend to be more of a function over form kind of affair.
 
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I am once again asking for Mass Effect Legendary Edition to come to Switch. Tempted by the half price sale on Series S, but with it being a longer game (and with the OLED screen), I'd rather have the option to easily play portably.
 
MisterSpo said:
I am once again asking for Mass Effect Legendary Edition to come to Switch. Tempted by the half price sale on Series S, but with it being a longer game (and with the OLED screen), I'd rather have the option to easily play portably.
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Hadn't there been a rumor about the Legendary Edition on Gamepass? I know it's still on the series s and you can't play it portably, but at least you could save some money.
 
I've realized that now that we are in late december it's been two years since I started lurking back in the old site... it's been a real pleasure, thank you all for making lives funnier and hobbies more interesting!
 
After a LOOONG time, i started the Symphony of the Mask DLC for Cadence of Hyrule.

The hell were they thinking? This is something not approachable if you aren't a cript of the necrodancer die hard fan, it's not even funny.
I said this before, and i say it again: COH is not a welcome ticket to Zelda fan for another kind of game, it's a Cript of the Necrodancer sequel with Zelda skins just to have more founds.
 
Raccoon said:
I apologize for being overly personal, but in the interest of disclosure I feel that it's important.

I will not be sharing any details of my plans for the Nintendo Direct Speculation thread until December 30. I understand that this is very late, but my mother is having an elective surgery on the 29th and if there are any complications, heaven forbid, I will likely not be running the thread. I apologize for this contingency.

I have been increasingly stressed about the procedure, so please excuse my absence in the coming days.
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You and your mother are in my thoughts. Sending good thoughts.
 
Plum said:
Took a COVID test - negative, but I still feel like shit :( Reaaally don't want to go into work tomorrow but I can't really afford to take off another random two or three shifts after doing so earlier in the year.

Just want to stay in bed for like a week and play some SMTV and Guardians of the Galaxy, but alas I can't...
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Hope you feel better soon and I'm glad it's seeming to not be COVID.
 
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MisterSpo said:
I am once again asking for Mass Effect Legendary Edition to come to Switch. Tempted by the half price sale on Series S, but with it being a longer game (and with the OLED screen), I'd rather have the option to easily play portably.
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I'm close to giving up on it coming to Switch and caving on the Xbox version. The only reason I haven't done so yet is because I'm replaying a different trilogy (DQ).
 
Raccoon said:
I feel like I've been unclear about my stance on discussing ResetEra in the past, so I'd like to take the convenient opportunity to do so. The only sort of ResetEra post that really bothers me is the kind that @Ozzie posted (sorry for using you as an example). Posting that a thread is going poorly or chastising their opinions from afar is so worthless and honestly just rude. It reminds me of the Discord culture that has been a problem since ResetEra's inception and directly contributed to the creation of Famiboards.

Half of you guys seem to still read ResetEra and even post there, so go fight them there! There's nothing for us to do here other than be judgmental towards the most harshly-judged website on the internet, deserved or not.
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Sorry, it won't happen again.
 
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MisterSpo said:
I am once again asking for Mass Effect Legendary Edition to come to Switch. Tempted by the half price sale on Series S, but with it being a longer game (and with the OLED screen), I'd rather have the option to easily play portably.
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Let's see if they're part of the upcoming February direct.

It's obvious that some insiders (Grubb and Zhuge) know about the Switch version of ME Legendary but refuse to talk about it. Kinda baffling how it's easy to leak or talk about unannounced first party Switch games but everyone's quiet about the third party ones.
 
Onilink said:
After a LOOONG time, i started the Symphony of the Mask DLC for Cadence of Hyrule.

The hell were they thinking? This is something not approachable if you aren't a cript of the necrodancer die hard fan, it's not even funny.
I said this before, and i say it again: COH is not a welcome ticket to Zelda fan for another kind of game, it's a Cript of the Necrodancer sequel with Zelda skins just to have more founds.
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I really wanted to get into this game but I can't do shit in the demo. I'm usually great at rythm games and I was part of a music emsemble for ten years but I just don't understand how the game works.
 
Amadeus said:
Hadn't there been a rumor about the Legendary Edition on Gamepass? I know it's still on the series s and you can't play it portably, but at least you could save some money.
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Yes, there had. If it happens it'd be a good option because I could still buy an eventual Switch version without needing to give EA my money twice.
Dardan Sandiego said:
I'm close to giving up on it coming to Switch and caving on the Xbox version. The only reason I haven't done so yet is because I'm replaying a different trilogy (DQ).
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It doesn't help that the price has gone down in the UK - £25 currently for the download which, given the amount of content, is pretty good.
9-Volt said:
Let's see if they're part of the upcoming February direct.

It's obvious that some insiders (Grubb and Zhuge) know about the Switch version of ME Legendary but refuse to talk about it. Kinda baffling how it's easy to leak or talk about unannounced first party Switch games but everyone's quiet about the third party ones.
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This is sort of what I'm thinking of doing - I have more than enough to keep me occupied until then. I tend to associate this time of year with Mass Effect, probably given the fact ME2 launched in January (2010, sheesh I'm old) and my last few returns to the series took place around Christmas and New Year. Some conditioning is kicking in here.
 
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I got Cruis’n Blast for Christmas based on all the hype here. Super fun game, that I had a blast getting 100% completion on (all gold medals, all keys). All those first place finishes you clench by milliseconds are incredible. I’m glad it got hyped here since it would never have been on my radar otherwise. So thanks!

I’m also super happy I finally finished Blue Reflection Second Light after 106 hours across my initial playthrough and a new game+ playthrough. Was a great night for gaming :)
 
Dropping a dog off at the groomer is one of the most heartbreaking occurrences you can have at regular, planned intervals.
 
so I know basically no Sonic lore first-hand but from what I understand, would Shadow be “gotta go fake” ?

also somebody please tell me there’s a Sonic character that works for “gotta go faust”
 
Going over some financials, I just realized I pay over 1060$ a year on streaming / gaming services, and that's absolutely insane.
They suck me in and I dont leave.

Yeah I think I'm gonna clean house next month.. I could probably lower that in half, maybe, perhaps. Hopefully.
 
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HockeyBird said:
It's nearly 2am on the East Coast of the US. Most normal people here are asleep so I was expecting EuroFami to be keeping this thread actives with tales of Eiffel 65, 3 month long holidays, football, farming simulators, and not getting Earthbound on SNES.
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TEW MUCH OF HYEAVEEEEN
 
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It’s crazy to think that we could be 12-18 months away from a Switch revision/successor when the current models are still flying from the shelves and they can’t meet demand. I understand the supply issues, but it is still weird. I wouldn’t be surprised if internal plans at Nintendo kept changing and we don’t see the thing until late 2023 or 2024.
 
Eurogamer's Martin Robinson hit the nail on the head about this year in gaming:

There hasn't been a lightning rod of a release like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, no towering triple-A statements like The Last of Us Part 2 or showstoppers like Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Even the disappointments have been on a lesser scale; we've got the reliably unreliable Battlefield doing its best with 2042's botched launch, but it's never reached the same drama as Cyberpunk 2077's own belly-flop.

A low-key kind of year, then, which helps set up some more modest productions providing some of the biggest showstoppers of 2021. If you've love for more modest productions of a certain vintage, 2021's been packed with heartwarming returns
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www.eurogamer.net

2021 in review: Samus returns, or how double-A games provided some of the year's big showstoppers

Hello! Over the next few days we're going to be going back over some of our favourite games and moments and themes and …
www.eurogamer.net www.eurogamer.net

Community GOTY voting is going to be interesting this year
 
curl-6 said:
I mean, technically they already have.
7th gen is the PS3/360, Switch is beyond that both in the quality of its graphics and the kind of games it gets.
You wouldn't see stuff like Witcher 3, Dying Light, Luigi's Mansion 3, etc on 7th gen hardware.

Switch may not be a 4K powerhouse, but it has a GPU a decade more modern than PS3/360's in terms of features and 6 times as much usable RAM.
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lol I swear that I edited that part to "move into the 8th generation," over a day ago :p You are right - the Switch is a weird half-way point between the PS3 and the PS4 generations, so it's technically progressed past that - but it's definitely not on par with the PS4/XB1.
 
shoptroll said:
Eurogamer's Martin Robinson hit the nail on the head about this year in gaming:



www.eurogamer.net

2021 in review: Samus returns, or how double-A games provided some of the year's big showstoppers

Hello! Over the next few days we're going to be going back over some of our favourite games and moments and themes and …
www.eurogamer.net www.eurogamer.net

Community GOTY voting is going to be interesting this year
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Honestly this year has been so much more interesting game-wise than last year or (probably) next year.

This year's Game Awards Best Game nominations had three cartoony 3D platformers (that are themselves very different to one another), a 2D Metroidvania, a Survival Horror and an Immersive Sim.

Next year we're almost guaranteed to see (if they all release on time and are good)

Elden Ring - A big budget open world action adventure game
BotW2 - A big budget open world action adventure game
Starfield - A big budget open world action adventure game
Horizon 2 - A big budget open world action adventure game
GoW: Ragnarok - A big budget slightly-more-linear open world action adventure game

And I'm sure they'll all be amazing games well-deserving of their nominations, but it most-definitely won't be as interesting.
 
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This and Torna... I think i'm in action RPG heaven right now
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Yo hell yes! Ys VIII was a surprisingly good game for me. I loved the atmosphere and the characters. The gameplay felt really chill, too.

And of course Torna is my #1 favorite Switch game, so...
 
I think I’m gonna do the smart thing and save for whenever the switch pro, Dane or whatever does happen, I’ll have the money ready to pre order. I guarantee you all it will sell out quick like the new consoles have been, and it took me a bit to get both of them.
 
I just came across this game while watching a video on Souls like



It looks pretty good. I had no clue this game even existed.
 
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10 hours in, on the third dungeon now. And yeah, I'm in love with it. The dungeons, characters and bosses are really damn good. Great music too, especially like the Lanayru region music so far. Love that industrial/synth sound and the way it keeps changing with the way the time mechanic works.
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Awesome! Yeah, that is a really memorable area and dungeon. The timeshift stone mechanic is genius.
 
Suswave said:
so I know basically no Sonic lore first-hand but from what I understand, would Shadow be “gotta go fake” ?
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As someone who does not particularly like Grimdark Vegetavoice The Hedgehog: ...yes.

Starphanluke said:
I can already imagine people saying that even when it's literally impossible to find a Switch on shelves next year.
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They'll just insist Nintendo deliberately under-shipped in order to create the illusion that it's selling out so it'll appear to be a hot item and therefore artificially drum up demand. 😅
 
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Scrawnton said:
Nintendo: Switch will be in short supply in 2022 due to the chip shortage.

Internet: Nah, it’s just saturated.
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I mean, you even have industry analysts saying that Nintendo has unsold stock and they're just doing this to drum up demand so...
 
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Plum said:
Honestly this year has been so much more interesting game-wise than last year or (probably) next year.

This year's Game Awards Best Game nominations had three cartoony 3D platformers (that are themselves very different to one another), a 2D Metroidvania, a Survival Horror and an Immersive Sim.

Next year we're almost guaranteed to see (if they all release on time and are good)

Elden Ring - A big budget open world action adventure game
BotW2 - A big budget open world action adventure game
Starfield - A big budget open world action adventure game
Horizon 2 - A big budget open world action adventure game
GoW: Ragnarok - A big budget slightly-more-linear open world action adventure game

And I'm sure they'll all be amazing games well-deserving of their nominations, but it most-definitely won't be as interesting.
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Metroid Dread wasn’t announced until June 2021 (and Death’s Door wasn’t announced until March). There will be plenty of great games next year outside of AAA open-world experiences. We just don’t know about them yet.
 
Skittzo said:
IIRC monster conversion rates in DQV were incredibly low. Like, you could go the whole game without recruiting anyone besides Purrcy.
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I've only ever played the DS remake which felt okay but I never went for specific monsters. On this playthrough I already have 6 (Slime, Slime knight, Brownie, Dracky, Small fry, Rotten apple) without trying. It's just the friggin jailcat that I want.
 
Dardan Sandiego said:
I've only ever played the DS remake which felt okay but I never went for specific monsters. On this playthrough I already have 6 (Slime, Slime knight, Brownie, Dracky, Small fry, Rotten apple) without trying. It's just the friggin jailcat that I want.
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Hmmm which version? I feel like they probably changed the chances in some versions.
 
em said:
Metroid Dread wasn’t announced until June 2021 (and Death’s Door wasn’t announced until March). There will be plenty of great games next year outside of AAA open-world experiences. We just don’t know about them yet.
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That post was mostly in the context of "what games get GOTY." As someone who's GOTY for 2019 was Sayonara Wild Hearts and 2020 was Umurangi Generation I know all about the wider world of interesting stuff :)
 
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