cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/17548675
Making the welcome tour paid is completely baffling.
this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2025
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they really want to make a new Wii Sports... but they fail to realise the difference between Wii Sports, Nintendo Land, 1 2 switch and Welcome Tour.
Wii Sports was a pack-in Game!
Wii Sports was a pack-in Game!
That's their problem: the biggest game on the console that everyone knows was given away for free.
Execs: "Do you know how much money we would have made if we sold Wii Sports to people!? We do that from now on!"
Gamers: "F that, I'm not paying full price for a tutorial!"
Apparently the USA division head or whatever Reggie fought tooth and nail for wii sports to be an included free game. Nintendo Japan was very against the idea.
Nintendo Japan making gamer friendly decisions since nineteen ninety never
I'd say it paid off. Look whose remembered.
The console wouldn't have sold as well without it. Wii Sports definitely contributed to the success of the console.
I would love to really give 1,2 Switch a try, but I never will.
And good... Nintendo Land sucked
In my home, Nintendo Land is an all time great game. To this day, whenever my nieces visit, they demand to play Nintendo Land.
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I'm still flabbergasted we've arrived at games costing 100€ now. Not some collector's edition, just the normal game. On a console that'll set you back 500€ on its own, not to mention the service subscriptions. Even the god damn next-gen improvements for existing games supported through backwards compat now cost a 2-digit sum. What's next, subscriptions for device features (which you already paid big money for) to work like it's a freaking BMW? It's just utter insanity, and people are still paying for all that shit.
oh boy, do I have news for you! The Nintendo Switch 2 has a C-Button on its controller which opens their new feature "Game Chat" for which a Nintendo Switch Online subscription is necessary. This means there is now a dedicated button on the controller, which will open a popup that tells you to buy their subscription!
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Those backwards compat costs ain't optional either. Either payup (for each game) for super HD or don't play your existing games at all.
There's a difference between switch 2 edition (upgraded versions) and original switch 1 versions. It can run both, you don't need the upgrade (unless you want the newer features).
Do the switch 1 titles run in native (e.g. not upscaling) 1080p without paying more since that should just be a simple render change?
Games that ran at 1080p in docked mode should be able to do that on Switch 2, presumably the console could be smart enough to run the game at that resolution even in portable mode.
Otherwise, that definitely depends on the game engine and game programming. Not every game can handle arbitrary resolution changes.
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Almost all Switch games are natively compatible with the Switch 2. Stop spreading fake info, it does not help making whatever case you're trying to make.
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And on top of all that, patent trolling to hamstring any competition. I'm done encouraging their nonsense with my money.
Remember their attempt at patenting relative motion? Absolutely absurd…
I could understand if it was a cutting edge powerhouse system. But it's apparently somewhere around PS4 Pro level hardware.
Which is, to be fair, impressive for a highly mobile device. Kudos to those engineers. All that scummy fucking extortion shit still is fucked up though, no matter how you look at it. The only reason anyone buys this is because of the brand and its beloved exclusive franchises. In a more fair environment they'd be utterly demolished if they tried to pull of this bullshit, and the practice of preventing you to play your own older games to make you buy them over and over again (or hell, even not owning your games anymore) would be outright banned.
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What's next, subscriptions for device features (which you already paid big money for) to work like it's a freaking BMW?
I mean, yes, they already announced that in the direct. The new GameChat built-in-discord thingy is only free until next March, at which point you'll need a subscription to continue using it
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They will keep doing it as long as people keep buying it.
Having a lot of fun on games that cost a tiny fraction of that. I think Isonzo is the most expensive I bought in the past few years and its £40, got it in 2022.
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I wish Nintendo would catch up on Nintendo Lore. When is Link going to go relax with Zelda, only for Toadsworth to exit a pipe and ask if Link has heard of the Mushroom Initiative.
We could call it Super Smash Bros. Avengers.
Nintendo is on the same level as HP for me. As in they will never get another cent from me.
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original gameplay supported by lore
i mean pretty dang close but i think there's a slight difference between injecting people with praying mantis DNA and praying mantises creating mantis society by themselves
Sounds like two new testing opportunities. Get to it!
1-2 Switch being a $60 game that didn't come with the Switch was just as bogus. And now they're doing it again.
"Will run on your machine"
If you have a PC. Otherwise, it requires special hardware, too.
Procedes to install Linux on [INSERT CONSOLE HERE].
You have to go through a magical girl transformation first
You must be the pride of [SUBJECT HOMETOWN HERE]
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i REFUSE to pay 500 for the new switch, i don't even want to play any Nintendo games at this moment.
It sounds like you shouldn't buy the switch regardless of cost if you don't want to play any Nintendo games on it.
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its like they're trying to make PlayStation a monopoly, or is it all apart of the plan?
idk i guess
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My switch is in the closet, so no. But, if I did currently play switch games, yeah.
I dislike the pricing, but I feel like it's probably fair. I like comparing $price/hr-entertainment vs. going to the movies. I think for most games, it will still be better value. But, I can understand using other metrics. A dropout.tv subscription is only 6.99/mo and there's at least a couple hours of new stuff being added to that each month, I think.
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