Nintendo: General Discussion

allen175 · 06-02-2023 5:37pm

Has anyone checked in Irish stores if we are getting the same discount on them?

CastorTroy · 06-02-2023 7:02pm

Going by HUKD, it's not just Switch since some got XBox Series consoles cheap.

sligeach · 07-02-2023 9:21am

Nintendo Switch clears 122m to outsell Game Boy, PlayStation 4

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switch-clears-122m-to-outsell-game-boy-playstation-4/

The figure means that Switch has now officially outsold the Game Boy (including Game Boy Color at 118.69m) and Sony’s PlayStation 4 (116.6m).

07-02-2023 9:34am

Can it beat the DS and 154million? Possible but not probable before a new system. If Switch continues to sell after the new system is released, like DS did with 3DS, then it could slowly tip over 154million.

sligeach · 07-02-2023 9:41am

Nintendo Cuts Outlook as Questions About a Switch Successor Grow

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-07/nintendo-cuts-outlook-as-switch-ages-in-uncertain-games-market

Nintendo expects full-year net income to fall 22.5% on Switch woes

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/Nintendo-expects-full-year-net-income-to-fall-22.5-on-Switch-woes

The 10 best-selling first-party Switch titles are:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 52 million
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 41.59 million
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 30.44 million
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 29 million
Pokemon Sword / Pokemon Shield – 25.68 million
Super Mario Odyssey – 25.12 million
Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet – 20.61 million (New)
Super Mario Party – 18.79 million
Ring Fit Adventure – 15.22 million
Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! – 15.07 million

Nintendo also announced the following additional sales numbers:

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 14.75 million

Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 14.63 million

Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 12.44 million

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 10.82 million

Splatoon 3 – 10.13 million

Mario Party Superstars – 9.38 million

Nintendo Switch Sports – 8.61 million

Kirby and the Forgotten Land – 6.12 million

Mario Strikers: Battle League – 2.47 million

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 1.81 million

Bayonetta 3 – 1.04 million (New)

More than 994.30 million Switch games have been sold worldwide.

https://www.gematsu.com/2023/02/switch-worldwide-sales-top-122-55-million-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-top-20-61-million

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have already sold 20 million copies and Bayonetta 3 is a million seller, just about.

07-02-2023 3:02pm

It’s happening!! 22:00 Irish time.

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1622958687101890561?s=20

sligeach · 07-02-2023 11:49pm

Nintendo Stock Falls on Weaker Outlook

https://www.barrons.com/articles/nintendo-stock-price-earnings-51675803922

Nintendo's American depositary stock dropped 4.5% to $10.10 in Tuesday trading.

Nintendo is raising its employees’ base salaries by 10% in Japan

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-is-raising-its-employees-base-salaries-by-10-in-japan/

sligeach · 08-02-2023 9:54pm

New Super Mario Bros. Movie poster.

You'll find a few more posters at the link.

https://www.universalpictures.com/movies/the-super-mario-bros-movie

https://twitter.com/supermariomovie/status/1623420346836869122

SuperBowserWorld · 08-02-2023 10:01pm

That poster does a good job of capturing the spirit of Mario.

sligeach · 08-02-2023 10:22pm

What is it you see Waluigi?

sligeach · 08-02-2023 10:44pm

Cal State Fullerton feared a student had sent campus threat. It was just a bad Nintendo joke

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-08/cal-state-fullerton-campus-threat-nintendo-direct-event-joke

The things we do for ~~love~~ Nintendo Directs.

08-02-2023 10:46pm

What a dickhead of a “joke”.

09-02-2023 10:05am

Metroid Prime looks great on Switch. Really great. Metroid Prime 4 could absolutely release on the current hardware.

johnny_ultimate · 09-02-2023 10:38am

It's definitely a few steps above a standard remastered edition of a game. Looking forward to seeing some in-depth tech dives on it, but it's clear when booting it up that they've done a great job on it and it isn't just a high res port.

https://twitter.com/dark1x/status/1623579537794641920?s=20&t=-Dh4tQBMWR8uNNFRMAR6Hw

09-02-2023 10:43am

It’s not even THAT hi-res. Apparently running at 900p docked and slightly below 720p handheld. But even handheld it looks amazing, especially in the OLED screen. And the updated controls are the icing on the cake. A wonderful remaster and hopefully a sign that Echoes and Corruption might also be given similar care.

dominatinMC · 09-02-2023 10:44am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120218747#Comment_120218747

Agreed, but they had a good canvas to begin with as the original Prime on the GC was a gorgeous game that still holds up incredibly well today

xckjoo · 09-02-2023 11:19am

Anyone playing Prime on Lite/handheld mode? I'll probably pick it up but wondering if there's any issues on the smaller screen?

Torn between getting it now on digital or waiting for the physical. I'll try and hold out for now anyway

CastorTroy · 09-02-2023 11:34am

Do they have Wii type control option?

SuperBowserWorld · 09-02-2023 11:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120219099#Comment_120219099

So wiimote is the best controller option for pointing at things accurately and quickly on screen. But it's a Switch game ...

Then gyro + stick ... hopefully it has this.

Then stick.

pixelburp · 09-02-2023 11:43am

According to this technical review, it has a few controller options:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV6UJIIVQPo

SuperBowserWorld · 09-02-2023 12:00pm

Yep, it's got a load of control options, gyro is covered.

So, basically this is the Metroid Prime 4 team getting up to speed I would imagine gameplay and technology wise. This is effectively the engine for MP4.

09-02-2023 2:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120219039#Comment_120219039

Playing handheld on OLED and it looks fantastic.

WeleaseWoderick · 09-02-2023 7:52pm

Any sign of the pricing for the physical version of Metroid Prime? Not seeing it on Amazon, Smyths or Gamestop yet.

Grassey · 09-02-2023 7:54pm

It's $40 in US so same as digital... Will we see the same? Haven't seen it anywhere this side of pond yet.

TitianGerm · 09-02-2023 8:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120221222#Comment_120221222

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/metroid-prime-remastered-ps2985-at-shopto-4083889

£30 from ShopTo.

sligeach · 09-02-2023 11:14pm

Read this headline earlier but didn't have a chance to post it.

Nintendo Says $70 Switch Game Pricing Will Be Evaluated On A "Case-By-Case" Basis

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-says-70-switch-game-pricing-will-be-evaluated-on-a-case-by-case-basis/1100-6511366/

I was thinking about Metroid Prime Remastered selling for €40, and it's a good, fair price, but at the same time, what gives? This isn't like Nintendo, maybe it's to get people who are curious and on the fence about the franchise, before possibly Prime 2 and 3 releases, to grow the fanbase up to Metroid Prime 4, whenever and on whatever platform that is.

Grassey · 09-02-2023 11:32pm

Probably sucker in more people to pay €120 for the 3 games (again) that would baulk at a 3*€60 cost... Spread the games out, drip Prime 2 around Aug... Prime 3 for Christmas... Prime 4 shortly after...

10-02-2023 10:49am

Having thought about it, I don’t think we’re getting Prime 2 and 3. I think Retro rebuilt their engine for Switch hardware and remastered Prime 1 as an exercise to get things running well on Switch hardware to overall benefit the development of Prime 4.

The fact it isn’t just a glorified ROM dump like Mario Sunshine and Galaxy makes me think Prime 4 is closer than we think and I think it is far more likely to release on current Switch hardware than ever now.

Fysh · 10-02-2023 11:48am

It's interesting to compare to the Link's Awakening remaster in terms of launch price. I suspect it's partly that while Metroid has a fanbase, it's never been seen as a top-tier system-selling franchise.

I might pick up the remaster but if so it'll be physical - I still have my copy of the Prime Trilogy for Wii, but a modern twinstick control scheme does appeal more than wiimote controls...

10-02-2023 12:05pm

The better comparison would be to Skyward Sword HD. Links Awakening is a full on remake and was priced accordingly imo. Skyward Sword was a low effort remaster that doesn’t justify the price.

Fysh · 10-02-2023 12:57pm

Link's Awakening is a full-on remake without any new game content - it looks very pretty but £50 for a game of that limited duration is cheeky to say the least, particularly when it's not exactly replete with replayability...

Ultimately they are two new versions of old Zelda titles on the current hardware with the same launch price, but one gives you about 15 hours of gameplay and the other more like 40...

johnny_ultimate · 10-02-2023 2:20pm

TBH when you look at The Last of Us Part 1 or Demon's Souls costing €80 for what are pretty much just graphical makeovers - dramatic though they may be - €40 doesn't seem too bad at all for Metroid given the work they've put in. Would it be more palatable again at €30 or as a bundle with the other two games? Of course it would! But when I see Dead Space - another 'remake' that's more or less the same 15-year-old game, albeit with a few small mechanical, story and level layout tweaks - selling for €80... €40 seems fairly reasonable.

I have to admit though, I was sort of blown away by Metroid Prime again when I was playing it last night. I only ever had a lend of it from a friend when it was released so not sure I ever completed it (played a fair bit though). I did play all of MP3, and I tried the opening hour or two of MP1 on Wii U too when it was released digitally there. But playing it last night and getting past the initial hour, I had the joy of discovering the game as if it was new. It's such an absolute joy exploring its world. It's been a while since I've played a game that has aged so well, even putting aside the cosmetic work it has received here. No 3D Metroidvania game has worked anywhere near as well as this one: the sense of isolation and discovery, not to mention the mysteriousness and 'living' nature of the environments you've explored... very few, if any, games have managed to live up it in the many years since (and I'd include subsequent Metroid and Metroid Prime games in that).

CiDeRmAn · 10-02-2023 3:20pm

I bought it on release, it came out on GC at the same time as Halo on the Xbox.

And, I had both and loved both but I preferred Metroid Prime and it has definitely aged better.

The environments are fantastic, Dark Souls is lauded for making its areas become characters in the game, well Metroid Prime did it first.

Replaying it, the only thing marking it as having vintage origins is that some of the areas feel a little small compared to what we have become used to.

Everything else is still as good as it ever was, and yet to be bettered

Grassey · 10-02-2023 3:45pm

Up on gamestop for preorder.

Nothing on Smyths/Amazon yet

Screenshot_2023-02-10-14-43-02-061-edit_com.android.chrome.jpg

Edited to add back up on shopto for €39 delivered which is a bit more palatable.

evad_lhorg · 10-02-2023 3:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120224488#Comment_120224488

Don't give them a penny. Absolute robbing feckers they are on everything.

CastorTroy · 10-02-2023 4:04pm

As for the suggestion of using this as practice for Metroid Prime 4, wasn't that the reasoning given for Wind Waker HD? They did that as practice for their first HD Zelda game.

brady12 · 11-02-2023 12:45am

How hard is metroid prime remastered ? as hard as dread ?

noplacehere · 11-02-2023 1:27am

I get carpel tunnel off the standard joycons. I got a hori split pad pro off a recommendation here during the first lockdown and it’s been perfect until my children killed it this week. Is it still a good alternative? I’m starting Mario Odessey.

I’ve got this in my basket. I don’t care about design, it’s the cheapest with decent delivery times of the hori split pad pro. Before I hit go I wanted to check in here!

https://amzn.eu/d/3gmaBEe

CiDeRmAn · 11-02-2023 6:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120227065#Comment_120227065

Quite different.

My first playthrough, on release, got me as far as the second stage of the final boss, I quit then!

It's not too hard, lots of environmental puzzles, which is what the franchise is known for

Grassey · 12-02-2023 4:57pm

https://twitter.com/pierre485_/status/1624350440916656132?t=3pFNjrmT3f2UCDTjKVGRdA&s=19

Start the rumour mill.... MP2 & 3 to be released by June! Ninty must also be sitting on them..... Right.....

sligeach · 12-02-2023 10:09pm

If you have demons in your leaky pipes 😳, who you gonna call? ~~Ghostbusters?~~

https://www.smbplumbing.com/main/

CastorTroy · 12-02-2023 10:23pm

Good way to use the old Mario Show theme tune.

I remember when I was younger, getting it mixed up with an ad from the 80s.

So my version would go

"We're the Mario Brothers, oh yes sirree. The 2600 from Atari"

sligeach · 12-02-2023 11:54pm

Seen this earlier, it's a cool poster, but was trying to legitimise it before posting it, as I couldn't find it anywhere else.

It's a new secret poster on the official Super Mario Bros. Movie website. If you click on the manhole below the Miace van, it shows up.

https://www.smbplumbing.com/main/

It was right there.

CastorTroy · 13-02-2023 12:16am

And if you click the number at the top right, you get the GameCube startup theme.

13-02-2023 9:19am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120234083#Comment_120234083

Bunch of little Easter eggs dotted around the page. It’s a wonderful purposefully terrible website, complete with “missing image” icon. All it’s missing is a Geocities logo.

sligeach · 13-02-2023 11:44am

https://twitter.com/supermariomovie/status/1624888325105684481

I can see this image being used in future memes.

sligeach · 13-02-2023 7:09pm

New Super Mario Bros. Movie posters.

sligeach · 13-02-2023 11:01pm

It's a Deep Plunge. 🤣 🪠

sligeach · 14-02-2023 12:22pm

Everyone needs a big hug, especially Kirby! 💗

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1625450216252907521

sligeach · 14-02-2023 6:34pm

Zelda OLED model preorder starts most likely march 10th

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1128ea5/zelda_oled_model_preorder_starts_most_likely/

You can mark this as rumour for now but the Zelda Switch OLED has to be real, given the photographic evidence that predated the announced Collector's Edition. Anyway, it's supposed to be available for pre order on 10th March(Mario Day). It's possible we'll get a dedicated TOTK around that date.

I could see a TOTK Direct on Mar 8th, let it Mar(in)8th in people's minds for a couple of days, then open pre-orders for the TOTK OLED on the 10th.

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