Nintendo: General Discussion

ThePandazorian

Maybe it’s me but it doesn’t look good imo. All the years of seeing these Unreal Engine Zelda attempts, they never look good visually imo. Always look plastic, over bloomed with lighting, and lacking art style.

OoT 3D might have fewer polygons and lower resolution but it still looks better imo.

sligeach

Nintendo says it wants to avoid Switch 2 scalping by making enough to meet demand

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-says-it-wants-to-avoid-switch-2-scalping-by-making-enough-to-meet-demand/

Furukawa also noted that the semiconductor shortage that affected numerous companies’ ability to produce new hardware in recent years is no longer an issue.

“Last year and the year before, we were unable to produce sufficient quantities of Nintendo Switch hardware due to a shortage of semiconductor components, but this situation has now been resolved,” he explained.

The semiconductor shortage didn't affect the Switch, or if it did, it was minimal. It did, however, greatly affect Sony and Microsoft. The way it did affect Nintendo, was that we never got the Switch Pro model. That's why they went with the OLED model instead, because it wasn't affected by the chip shortage.

Fysh

Was there ever a believable (as in, official from someone at Nintendo directly, not the usual blogger or youtuber whose Uncle Definitely Works For Nintendo) confirmation that a Switch Pro was being developed and prepared for release? If so, what were the specs?

sligeach

Gallery: Nintendo Japan shares 15 Pikmin wallpapers

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gallery-nintendo-japan-shares-15-pikmin-wallpapers/

Really nice Pikmin wallpapers, both desktop and mobile.

sligeach

Anthony Bray sentenced to four months for possession of replica Master Sword

https://www.warwickshire.police.uk/news/warwickshire/news/2024/july/anthony-bray-sentenced-to-four-months-for-possession-of-replica-master-sword/

Seems rather harsh, 4 months in prison for being in possession of a 6 inch replica of the Master Sword in its sheath in public. It's a pity he didn't have a replica of the Ocarina of Time, he could have done things a little differently.

CiDeRmAn

With knife crime at an all time high in the UK, the courts have to be draconian when it comes to dealing with people carrying blades.

Retr0gamer

I see some new games have dropped on the Nintendo old game service or whatever. Two absolute stinkers there along with some good games. Im not sure what obsession Nintendo do has with urban champion but it's now on switch for anyone curious as to what Nintendo's worst game is. It's also the first western release of mystery of Atlantis/Atlantis no nazo, a legendarily bad early NES game that is so bad its kind of funny in its wanton cruelty to the player. Made famous again in Japan when it featured in one of the best game center cx episodes.

geographica

hi hope this is correct thread, is there any place one can get discount codes for Nintendo shop?

Do they ever issue discount codes?

Thanks for help

mrcheez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122353206#Comment_122353206

as in putting items on sale? Or to get discounts for full price games?

If the latter, the best approach is to create a second account in South Africa and buy the game from there instead if it's cheaper… the main account can then play this game once it's downloaded to the device

geographica

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122353218#Comment_122353218

I meant discounts for full price games 👍👍

Is it possible to set up account for SA with Irish IP address etc?

Thanks for advice