We are a month and some days from Metroid Dread release, and there is a chance we get a Direct this/next week?
Which reminds me we should be getting Dread's previews pretty soon. I'd say sometime in the next two weeks.
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Which reminds me we should be getting Dread's previews pretty soon. I'd say sometime in the next two weeks.
On the other hand, crazy that we've known about BotW2 for two years and it'll take at least another year to come out 😭
Out of these two approaches, I almost certainly prefer the latter - 4 to 12 months is a good timeframe as far as I'm concerned. But it is the case this year Nintendo's software has had smaller release to reveal windows than it usually does. Most often it's been 3 to 5 months from reveal to release, with a few exceptions (mainly the Pokemon titles).
It'll end up being the longest period between announcement and release ever for a Zelda game. I remember thinking the wait from E3 2004 to Christmas 2006 was a huge wait for Twilight Princess.
Makes me wonder if the ambitions of BotW2 changed throughout development. Originally it was presumed it wouldn't take long to come out due to the main systems already being in place and talk of the same map being re-used to a certain degree.
Here's what I posted 2 weeks ago (we are currently in W36)
Lolif it releases before Sep 6, 2022 I'm gonna eat my hat.
September 2nd just to make you eat it :P
Since we're talking Metroid again and I don't wanna make a thread just because I suck at Super Metroid:
Any tips/tricks at fighting Ridley? I am already annoyed that I have to walk to their chamber for a few minutes (and defeat some really annoying enemies on the go) before I can get another shot at them but I can't seem to escape any of their attacks, its just random, hurts alot and I never get the feeling I have this fight under control. I now maybe died 10 times to them and its getting really frustrating.
Any tips/tricks at fighting Ridley? I am already annoyed that I have to walk to their chamber for a few minutes (and defeat some really annoying enemies on the go) before I can get another shot at them but I can't seem to escape any of their attacks, its just random, hurts alot and I never get the feeling I have this fight under control. I now maybe died 10 times to them and its getting really frustrating.
Makes me happy knowing that there could be a Direct this week. I'm ready.
Today's a US holiday, so wouldn't be today. Tomorrow is most likely.
Monday announcements for stuff like this are an exception. I wouldn't expect it, if it happens you're just even more happily surprised.
Tuesday announcement for Wednesday event is what I'm expecting.
My personal experience is that you need to tank a lot of the fight so maybe you need to explore more other areas to try and find health upgrades.
Otherwise I'd recommend using the handy save state feature on the NSO app so you can at least reload right at the beginning of the fight rather than having to do the same walk everytime (assuming you're playing on Switch).
Also obviously stock up on missiles and super missiles so you can spam that shit during the fight.
It's pretty much always been the 13th or before in recent history.
Also, it seems like a lot of places got word of the Game Boy NSO stuff on Friday, given how even places like GameInformer that don't normally do "leaks" corroborated it. I think it might have already been released to the press under embargo.
It's pretty hard to avoid his attacks, so I just go all out and try to cause as much damage as I can before he kills me. Usually I can do that just fine with the amount of extra health tanks I have at that point.
Thanks, sounds like I just might have to make a (big) detour to find a few more energy tanks then. I think I'm at around 6 tanks, 75 missiles and 25 super missiles. Got Ridley "red" a few times but don't know how far away I was from killing them.
And no, Save States are not an option, I play on a SuperNT. Technically there might be save states possible with custom firmware but I'm just trying to go the nostalgic route :)
I'm sure there's ways to fight Ridley more safe / with attack evasion, i've always thought that this fight was designed as a battle of damage output. Rather take a hit if you get two or three more super missles at him instead of playing it safe.
It also feels "right", given the backstory of Samus and Ridley.
Nice, I forgot we usually have a Direct around this month.
Personally I wouldn't like know more info from Dread, but if Nintendo include Metroid Fusion as a unlockable I would go bananas.
Oof if that's that hard, I'm scared of getting to the end now. Hopefully I'm not as bad as I think I am.
Posted Mochizuki's follow up tweets in the MC thread:
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The Japanese respondents to his polls were more likely to consider Switch a home console, but developers tell him that they need to make use of the power of PS/XB/PC to succeed outside of Japan.
Media Create Sales: Week 34, 2021 (Aug 23 - Aug 29) Sales
This game deserves so much more.
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Media Create Sales: Week 34, 2021 (Aug 23 - Aug 29) Sales
This game deserves so much more.
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The Japanese respondents to his polls were more likely to consider Switch a home console, but developers tell him that they need to make use of the power of PS/XB/PC to succeed outside of Japan.
The final boss in SM is actually pretty easy. Ridley is probably the hardest fight in the game.
Capcom, literally swimming in Rise money, Scrooge McDuck-style: "Really now?"
It's easy to credit that all to Monster Hunter World, like people on ERA have.
Rise couldn't have succeeded on its own merits, it's riding World's coattails.
SQEX, right after greenlighting 5 more Asano projects: "I'm with Capcom here." ^^
Well, I mean, everyone does know that it was a niche unremarkable franchise before MHW 🙄
I know I'm sort of preaching to the choir here but I don't understand this logic at all.
Some of the most popular games on PS/XB/PC are games like Fortnite, Minecraft, and NBA 2K. There are very few AAAA titles that "make use of the power of PS/XB/PC" that end up on top and it's really hard to break into that space if you're not already a CoD/Battlefield/Assassin's Creed/Elder Scrolls. Square Enix had the Avengers license, arguably the biggest IP in anything right now, and they couldn't do it. And going for that is a hugely expensive gamble.
Meanwhile, the Switch is hugely popular globally.
More like Monster Who?-nter
Yup, not to mention GTAV being a literal PS3/360 game.
You also don't need that much power to make ambitious, accomplished games which find huge audiences. One of Switch's defining and best-selling games is Breath of the Wild. Another is Mario Odyssey. Monster Hunter Rise has already been highlighted here. The goddamn Witcher 3 runs on the thing. If you optimise for the system, you can achieve a lot.
I take it WarioWare's embargo is expected to go up two days ahead of release like most Nintendo games?
I'll probably get it day one since the demo was fantastic and its not even going for full retail here but I'm interested to know how extensive of a game it is.
I'll probably get it day one since the demo was fantastic and its not even going for full retail here but I'm interested to know how extensive of a game it is.
Don't insult Nagoshi and Harada like that.Imagine making use of the the power of PS/XB/PC and still flopping
Ha! Proves my point. I've always said that Japanese devs are delusional about Switch's userbase. They fail to identify them and that's the main reason they don't know what to do with it. "Support home consoles for overseas success"? One of them has small install base and other is the ultimate mainstream platform, you'd drown in a library full of Call of Dutys and FIFAs. Literally any Japanese game has better chance of survival on Switch and Sakura Wars failure was a evidence of it.
One reason for the failure to know audience better is that they have no idea about Europe. It's as much Nintendo land as Japan and it's constantly growing. There's a reason why the big or small European studios are so eager to bring their games to it, no matter what the costs are. Japanese devs just simply ignore the fact.
They must explain to WB that Mortal Kombat is impossible to be successful in the West because it has a Switch version.Posted Mochizuki's follow up tweets in the MC thread:
Media Create Sales: Week 34, 2021 (Aug 23 - Aug 29) Sales
This game deserves so much more.Media Create Sales: Week 34, 2021 (Aug 23 - Aug 29) Sales
This game deserves so much more.
The Japanese respondents to his polls were more likely to consider Switch a home console, but developers tell him that they need to make use of the power of PS/XB/PC to succeed outside of Japan.
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