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Regarding N64 NSO: yes it's serviceable in that you can play games online and they basically work, more or less. But there's a genuine problem with Nintendo where there's a lack of functional consistency across its (specifically, retro-focused) products, especially across hardware generations. While Nintendo is getting more criticism this time in the past, there's also plenty of people defending them and ignoring the issues because it's Nintendo in a way they wouldn't with other products and manufacturers. Consider that the consensus around the SEGA Genesis Classics collection is that it's unplayable garbage, when it largely suffers from the exact same problems as N64 NSO (input lag, emulation accuracy, etc.).
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Nov 3, 2021 18:51
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Consider that Sega games are mostly garbage whereas Nintendo games are mostly not garbage
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Nov 3, 2021 19:04
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Mister Facetious posted:I know the dev is within their rights to get more money, but was it ever announced that Isaac: Repentance would be paid DLC? I don't remember reading about it. I'm more curious about the new physical edition. It will have to be a separate release from the digital one since there's no way otherwise to include DLC on cart, but will they have a mechanism to transfer saves (like the Pokémon+DLC release last year) or require you to start over? I mean, I'm not that curious because it's $60 and gently caress Nicalis.
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Nov 4, 2021 16:21
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I'd plug the Split Pad Pro again but apparently it's not compatible with the new (OLED) dock. Which I don't really think is the Split Pad Pro's fault. Anyways my dock is still in the box.
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Nov 4, 2021 21:11
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Detective No. 27 posted:Not true, I have been using my Split Pad Pros on my OLED dock with no issue. However, I did try to dock it onto my friend's non-OLED Switch and it wouldn't fit. So the SPP+OLED Switch works in the OLED dock but not the SPP+OG Switch? That's interesting.
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Nov 5, 2021 00:35
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loudog999 posted:Split Pad users, what games do you find yourself taking them off and going back to joy-cons? I tried the new white joycon with Metroid Dread briefly and went back to the SPP immediately.
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Nov 5, 2021 07:52
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loudog999 posted:Ok, I’m digging mine back out to give them a shot. Need to get used to them before I super glue the Mega Man one on.
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Nov 5, 2021 17:15
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:Why do 8bitdo controllers sometimes just... not pair with the switch? I don't think my Pro+ is running the latest firmware version, but the last I checked the latest firmware releases were marked beta. I actually use it more frequently than my Pro 2--it isn't really an issue I'm too bothered by.
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Nov 5, 2021 20:08
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I'm not sure I'm buying this fancy microwave stuff. You're just throwing EM radiation at your food, possibly PWMed at really low cycle frequencies. Like sure some of the special functions are pretty good for defrosting meat by weight or something but gently caress you still need a stove/oven/(preferably) grill to acutally cook.
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Nov 5, 2021 20:53
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:We also got our NES Christmas of 88. Was that the year most kids got one? Wikipedia says it debuted in 85 in NA? In '88 Nintendo released the NES Action Set which was price reduced and included the Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt combo cart as a pack-in. So yes, the holidays that year is when it really exploded.
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Nov 5, 2021 23:58
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Solaris 2.0 posted:Buy Super Mario 3D All Stars 2. Beat it, sell it. 3. Subscribe to NSO Expansion Pass maybe?
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Nov 8, 2021 01:01
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Solaris 2.0 posted:I was thinking the Expansion Service is actually a better deal as it includes Mario 64, Solaris 2.0 posted:The only thing holding me back on the expansion is the emulation issues - but honestly after watching the below video I think some of these issues are exaggerated and some come down to just the Switch being underpowered
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Nov 8, 2021 03:24
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No. 1 ANIME HATER posted:Can't believe I have to wait another 5 days for the Zelda Game and Watch
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Nov 8, 2021 04:15
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I don't think you have to wall jump in Dread but it's so easy to do even by accident that I did it plenty. I also bombed jumped a few times to get a handful of items without having to backtrack later. I think there is one spot in Dread you may have to bomb jump to escape if you get to too early. It's the shinespark puzzle below the green teleporter in Burenia. The first time I was there I grabbed the missle pack but decided to punt on the puzzle--I can't remember if I was actively blocked or just didn't want to commit to it yet, and the only other way out is a tunnel with bomb blocks you have to bomb jump to get back up to. Bust Rodd posted:This seems impossible unless your using a guide, Super Metroid deliberately traps you in a pit with 3 monkeys after you get speed boost
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Nov 8, 2021 18:22
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The silliest part of Dread is when you get a power bomb expansion early it reports "Unknown item" and doesn't actually give you power bombs. Which is a thing because even casual backtracking will reveal a couple of these. The only other time I think this happens in the series is in Zero Mission when you('re forced to) get space jump "early", but in that case Zero Mission was a remake of Metroid in which space jump didn't exist, and Samus doesn't get access to the post-Metroid powers until the post-OG Metroid ending sequence.
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Nov 8, 2021 18:52
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Oxyclean posted:I'm okay with this since it means you can pick up a few along the way and go to the final boss with more then the starting amount without a lot of back tracking.
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Nov 8, 2021 19:29
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Achmed Jones posted:does metroid dread do the thing that super metroid did where there's like green and orange doors, and you have very limited missiles or bombs or whatnot, and if you're colorblind you're boned bc you can't tell that the door is a new color, and don't have the missiles for a "shoot every door" strategy? Seriously though you should be OK even without the map text.
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Nov 8, 2021 19:53
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Oxyclean posted:It feels like any half-inquisitive player will end up with early power bomb expansions.
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Nov 8, 2021 19:54
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Re: Double Versions: As hinted to by the thread this was a thing that was embraced kind of widely after the success of Pokémon and even if you didn't need to purchase "both" versions of that there's certainly an appeciated cynicism that you might have to for any other game that tried this. Or you might purchase the "bad" version which I think was the case with one of the MMBN titles. Personally I've been a not-fan of Pokémon from the beginning--the entire concept is unappealing to me--so yes it's a bit strange to see people be suddenly bothered by something this time that's been present since the beginning here. The Zelda Oracle titles did it pretty well since they were wholly distinct games that just happened to be released simultaneously. But I'm glad this is no longer a regular thing outside Pokémon.
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Nov 10, 2021 21:54
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Tender Bender posted:Are people using their Switch OLED in Vivid or Standard mode? Tender Bender posted:Vivid makes colors really pop but it feels like it must be distorting the "real" colors.
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Nov 15, 2021 16:30
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Volte posted:The diagrams only prove Yamashita's point. The vivid mode maps the colours onto the entire colour gamut of the OLED which is much wider than the sRGB colour profile, hence why it looks more vibrant. The standard mode clamps the colours to the sRGB colour gamut which is what the games were designed for, so it should look more-or-less "correct". It's not just a saturation boost though, it's an entirely different colour management profile and affects the actual number of colours that the screen will display. On one hand, the standard mode is the "correct" colour profile to display the games as they were designed, but on the other hand it pretty heavily kneecaps one of the major "wow" factors of the OLED screen, so I understand why Nintendo would hesitate to make that default. In an ideal world the Switch would support HDR-ish features including non-sRGB color gamuts and DOOM remasters would map the original graphics to the appropriate color profiles so that when played on a modern television they look as close to a period-accurate CRT. In reality the only way to make use of the wider gamut of the SWOLED display is to turn on Vivid mode. Sure, doing so is technically inaccurate, and may or may not reflect "artist intention" or "a more accurate experience" depending on the title and time period. But again, this all comes down to user preference. Literally nobody gave a poo poo about how you set your CRT dials in the 90s, so why the elitism over it now? For what it's worth, the only two titles I've put significant time into on the SWOLED is Metroid Dread, for which Vivid mode seems appropriate and Nintendo would have you think this is the intended experience, and Bloodstained which is a total graphical mess to begin with and so doesn't necessarily look worse.
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Nov 15, 2021 16:47
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Volte posted:I didn't mean Doom or Doom 64 was designed for it, but rather the Switch's library at large. Even if some games weren't originally "designed" with sRGB-accurate screens in mind, they were at least tested and approved on them, so mapping them to a wider colour gamut is going to change the dynamic range beyond the expectation of what the game would originally look like, for better or worse.
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Nov 15, 2021 17:29
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Stux posted:do you also turn on motion interpolation on a tv lol
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Nov 15, 2021 17:30
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HiKaizer posted:I need to get an online subscription with the US region account I have because my Australia account can't play with friends in the US as Crystal Chronicles and Stardew Valley multiplayer is region locked for some reason.
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Nov 16, 2021 16:17
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The SN30 Pro+/2 are great and all but you should all buy the M30 too.
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Nov 17, 2021 01:04
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Devorum posted:God-loving-DAMMIT. I never noticed it before, and now it's distracting as hell. I'm probably a 70/30 split on Pro+/Pro 2 usage and the Start/Select position being slightly different hasn't thrown off my muscle memory at all. In contrast, I can never find the +/- buttons on the Pro Controller because they're not where I expect them to be anymore.
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Nov 17, 2021 15:37
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Where's the M30?
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Nov 18, 2021 14:57
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Detective No. 27 posted:Yeah. For JRPGs I like to go physical since the whole thing is usually gonna be on disc or cartridge. But these Diamond/Pearl remakes are the first time I considered buying them digitally because of the day 1 patch.
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Nov 18, 2021 16:18
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PSA for those of you who have recently picked up an SN30 Pro 2: Even if you don't plan on using the remapping feature, it's worth downloading the app and setting a profile that maps P1/P2 to Turbo and Hold, since there's no other way to access those features on the Switch. Assuming you like turbo buttons, but who doesn't?
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Nov 18, 2021 22:16
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In past years NoE has done the end-of-November eShop sales a week before NoA's Black Friday sales. I assume "Cyber Deals" intended to be thematically a Black Friday/Cyber Monday type thing, but is the latter really a thing in Europe what with Thanksgiving being a principally American holiday?
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Nov 19, 2021 22:39
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b_d posted:in the same pit as the atari ET cartridges, god willing
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Nov 20, 2021 14:00
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Did Sonic Colors Ultimate get patched to something acceptable, or no?
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Nov 22, 2021 18:08
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nemesis_hub posted:Does GameStop still do that thing where they for some reason open games and still sell them as “new”? A while back I bought the Resident Evil Triple Pack on sale for $40, which I think was the lowest it had been on sale at the time but it's been on sale for that pretty regularly since. Anyways, I bought it from GameStop online as "new" and when I received it, it came in one of their generic replacement cases. The thinking is that it was a gutted store copy and the case walked off while sitting on the shelf. I suppose it was "new" in that the cartridge hadn't been played and (more importantly) the RE5/RE6 eShop codes were still valid and I sold them on SA-Mart. But otherwise not new by any reasonable definition. I won't purchase from GameStop online anymore. I've had good experiences with the stores themselves and you at least know what you're paying for.
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Nov 22, 2021 18:44
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It sounds like the bearings have gone bad in the fan.
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Nov 22, 2021 18:58
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GiantRockFromSpace posted:Oh it didn't rumble in the dock. What I mean is I picked it up handheld and the fan started loud and suddenly I did notice vibration on the joy-cons, but as I said it stopped. Normally I just played handheld but wanted to see the game in better resolution since I had the TV free.+ The fan itself will turn on once the processor reaches a target temperature and turn off again when it cools below that. So your description of when the fan turns on is consistent with how the fan works, however how the fan works including loudness and vibration suggests the fan isn't working properly.
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Nov 22, 2021 20:31
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teagone posted:Did Nintendo stop manufacturing the joy con charging grip?
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Nov 23, 2021 15:46
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Blooster posted:I refuse to buy anything on Amazon with those fake randomly generated corporation names. Pretty much guaranteed the company doesn't give a poo poo about their reputation when two months later they can just rename themselves to BLORKCON and RASNORT. Otherwise, this is kind of the nature of Shenzhen gray-market electronics. They're not really based on brand or reputation, but recognizing a product as a specific clone model and looking up reports about them. Personally I tend to prefer to purchase branded products but occasionally there's things that just aren't made elsewhere at all. Fat joycons is apparently one of those things.
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Nov 26, 2021 03:08
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Shadski posted:Pillars of eternity is on a pretty steep discount, heard it was a train wreck on release, is it playable now? What's especially frustrating about PoE is that it's not immediately obvious that it's a bad port. At launch the game was "fine" aside from long load times, but the longer you played the more likely it was to crash or bug out, and some of the problems that would come up would persist in a save file. PoE was patched a handful of times in its first year of release, but every time a new version came out they would inexplicably introduce new bugs that weren't there previously. About a year ago they released the "final" patch which was 10 GB in size because they recompressed all the assets to resolve some performance issues. That "final" patch broke the ranger companion--they simply wouldn't appear in the game--making the ranger class useless. They ended up patching that version with one that fixed the ranger, but inexplicably made all the character models white. So now there's a final-final-final patch that fixes that, but it's anyone's guess whether all the spells actually cast and stats actually work. I bought the game on a 10% presale discount due to encouraging reviews. Wouldn't say that I'm satisfied. ExcessBLarg! fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Nov 27, 2021 |
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:Pretty much any of those adapters works though right? Like you could use the one that was sold for the Wii? I happened to have two compatible gigabit adapters lying around for use with laptops, and now I use one of them with the Genki dock.
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