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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Boredom and Nintendo

« Last post by Evan_B on April 08, 2024, 07:23:12 PM »

But if they’ll be fine, why worry?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread

« Last post by Enner on April 08, 2024, 01:29:50 PM »

Japan Numbers!

https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/media-create-sales-week-13-2024-mar-25-mar-31.2553/

TOP GAME: 01./01. [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! <ACT> (Nintendo) {2024.03.22} (¥5.980) - 27.258 / 104.820 <40-60%> (-65%)

Media Create Sales: Week 13, 2024 (Mar 25 - Mar 31)

01./02. [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! <ACT> (Nintendo) {2024.03.22} (¥5.980)
02./03. [PS5] Rise of the Ronin # <ADV> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2024.03.22} (¥8.164)
03./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980)
04./00. [NSW] Winning Post 10 2024 # <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2024.03.28} (¥8.800)
05./00. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20} (¥5.980)

Top 5

NSW - 4
PS5 - 1

(Taiwan)
01./01. [PS5] Dragon's Dogma II <ACT> (Capcom) {2024.03.22}
02./02. [PS5] Rise of the Ronin <ADV> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2024.03.22}
03./00. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20}
04./03. [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! <ACT> (Nintendo) {2024.03.22}
05./05. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.02.29}

Top 5

PS5 - 3
NSW - 2

(South Korea)
01./02. [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! <ACT> (Nintendo) {2024.03.22}
02./05. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
03./04. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20}
04./00. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29}
05./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}

Top 5

NSW - 5


Famitsu Sales: Week 13, 2024 (Mar 25 - Mar 31)

01./01. [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! <ACT> (Nintendo) {2024.03.22} (¥5.980) - 27.258 / 104.820 <40-60%> (-65%)
02./03. [PS5] Rise of the Ronin # <ADV> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2024.03.22} (¥8.164) - 20.139 / 84.785 <80-100%> (-69%)
03./00. [NSW] Winning Post 10 2024 # <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2024.03.28} (¥8.800) - 12.845 / NEW <40-60%>
04./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 10.432 / 5.768.608 <80-100%> (+12%)
05./02. [PS5] Dragon's Dogma II <ACT> (Capcom) {2024.03.22} (¥8.990) - 9.172 / 77.764 <80-100%> (-87%)
06./06. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20} (¥5.980) - 8.163 / 1.803.747 <80-100%> (+1%)
07./00. [PS5] Winning Post 10 2024 # <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2024.03.28} (¥9.800) - 6.733 / NEW <40-60%>
08./10. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 6.618 / 3.483.557 <80-100%> (+1%)
09./12. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 6.411 / 7.729.183 <80-100%> (+4%)
10./11. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) - 6.172 / 4.264.330 <80-100%> (-3%)
11./09. [NSW] Mario Vs. Donkey Kong <PZL> (Nintendo) {2024.02.16} (¥4.980) - 5.941 / 137.369 <80-100%> (-15%)
12./13. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: The Earth Spins with Hope! <TBL> (Konami) {2023.11.16} (¥6.300) - 5.289 / 1.023.124 <80-100%> (-10%)
13./08. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.02.29} (¥8.980) - 4.840 / 310.596 <80-100%> (-32%)
14./17. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports # <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 4.802 / 1.299.683 <80-100%> (+15%)
15./00. [PS4] Winning Post 10 2024 # <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2024.03.28} (¥8.800) - 4.702 / NEW <40-60%>
16./14. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 4.633 / 5.476.270 <80-100%> (-2%)
17./18. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) - 4.310 / 5.320.999 <80-100%> (+4%)
18./19. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars <ETC> (Nintendo) {2021.10.29} (¥5.980) - 3.160 / 1.419.708 <80-100%> (+6%)
19./20. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (¥3.980) - 2.839 / 1.265.195 <80-100%> (+3%)
20./21. [NSW] Pikmin 4 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.07.21} (¥5.980) - 2.595 / 1.194.882 <80-100%> (-6%)
21./23. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 [Special Price] <PZL> (Sega) {2022.11.17} (¥3.500) - 2.519 / 148.943 <80-100%> (+5%)
22./22. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 2.480 / 2.270.837 <80-100%> (-1%)
23./29. [NSW] Luigi's Mansion 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.10.31} (¥5.980) - 2.088 / 967.855 <80-100%> (+11%)
24./30. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 2.052 / 3.538.329 <80-100%> (+10%)
25./26. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2023.05.12} (¥7.200) - 2.047 / 1.970.381 <80-100%> (-7%)
26./00. [NSW] Super Mario RPG <RPG> (Nintendo) {2023.11.17} (¥5.980) - 2.034 / 473.939 <80-100%>
27./27. [NSW] Jinsei Game for Nintendo Switch <TBL> (Takara Tomy) {2023.10.06} (¥6.000) - 1.980 / 197.995 <80-100%> (+0%)
28./24. [PS5] Unicorn Overlord # <SLG> (Atlus) {2024.03.08} (¥7.980) - 1.839 / 34.220 <80-100%> (-23%)
29./25. [NSW] Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku <HOB> (Imagineer) {2024.03.07} (¥6.345) - 1.788 / 25.220 <60-80%> (-22%)
30./00. [NSW] Hakuoki: Shinkai - Yuugi Roku - Taishitachi no Daienkai for Nintendo Switch <Hakuoki: Yuugi Roku \ Hakuoki: Yuugi Roku Ni - Matsuri Hayashi to Taishitachi> # <ADV> (Idea Factory) {2024.03.28} (¥6.500) - 1.750 / NEW <60-80%>

Top 30

NSW - 24
PS5 - 5
PS4 - 1

HARDWARE

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+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     57.533 |     60.828 |     56.543 |    721.741 |    936.351 |  32.508.397 |
| PS5 # |     20.846 |     27.788 |     34.677 |    494.706 |    858.644 |   5.459.563 |
| XBS # |      1.376 |      1.360 |        621 |     29.013 |     36.401 |     569.120 |
| PS4 # |        679 |        250 |      1.540 |     10.003 |     21.570 |   9.501.062 |
| 3DS # |          6 |          9 |         29 |        162 |      1.395 |  24.601.092 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     80.440 |     90.235 |     93.410 |  1.255.625 |  1.854.361 |  73.832.140 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |     18.272 |     24.183 |     28.654 |    414.832 |    726.546 |   4.713.002 |
| PS5DE |      2.574 |      3.605 |      6.023 |     79.874 |    132.098 |     746.561 |
| XBS X |        938 |        958 |        312 |     17.690 |     11.286 |     262.674 |
| XBS S |        438 |        402 |        309 |     11.323 |     25.115 |     306.446 |
|NSWOLED|     42.957 |     46.851 |     38.880 |    530.622 |    571.801 |   6.958.780 |
| NSW L |      8.302 |      7.826 |      7.304 |    119.631 |    160.531 |   5.793.705 |
|  NSW  |      6.274 |      6.151 |     10.359 |     71.488 |    204.019 |  19.755.912 |
|  PS4  |        679 |        250 |      1.540 |     10.003 |     21.570 |   7.925.339 |
|n-2DSLL|          6 |          9 |         29 |        162 |      1.395 |   1.206.147 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
Princess Peach holds on to the top spot as Winning Post 10 2024 releases.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Boredom and Nintendo

« Last post by Dinar87 on April 08, 2024, 09:47:27 AM »

I don't argue that we need Metroid Prime 4, but my reasons are more selfish than anything. I think, with the approaching midway point in the year, we'll get a more tangible look at what is in store for us for the Switch's final holiday season. Whether that's more ports or MP4 as a last hurrah (similar to the Wii U era, where Nintendo seemed committed to following through with their claims of "we're making a Zelda for this console, trust us") will be up to how much pressure Nintendo feels at this point to maintain momentum for Switch or keep their most loyal customers ravenous for the Switch successor.

Nintendo could easily give us nothing this year and still be fine. So my worry is because of this, games like metroid prime 4 (even though it's rumored to be already finished) will be made to wait longer to coincide with the launch of the next nintendo console.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Boredom and Nintendo

« Last post by Evan_B on April 07, 2024, 02:48:11 PM »

I don't argue that we need Metroid Prime 4, but my reasons are more selfish than anything. I think, with the approaching midway point in the year, we'll get a more tangible look at what is in store for us for the Switch's final holiday season. Whether that's more ports or MP4 as a last hurrah (similar to the Wii U era, where Nintendo seemed committed to following through with their claims of "we're making a Zelda for this console, trust us") will be up to how much pressure Nintendo feels at this point to maintain momentum for Switch or keep their most loyal customers ravenous for the Switch successor.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Boredom and Nintendo

« Last post by Dinar87 on April 07, 2024, 05:56:47 AM »

We need Metroid Prime 4 this year. A lot of people say Nintendo is saving it for crossgen but that doesn't make sense when probably the next 3d mario and other big games will also be releasing, then Prime 4 gets no attention.

Metroid Prime 3 was IIRC the first Wii game announced and apparently had good marketing at the time, yet it got destroyed by all the other more popular games releasing at that time.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Boredom and Nintendo

« Last post by Dinar87 on April 07, 2024, 05:47:21 AM »

I never ended up buying a Switch because I was waiting for whatever upgrade was going to come out. It would have been the OLED Switch, but that came out so late I thought  "what was the point?" So, I never bought that either. I pretty much skipped this generation. I got gifted a ps4 in 2017 and just bought up some of the main games there.

At the same time. I have a Wii U. So, it isn't like I missed out on 1/4 of the games that came out for Switch.

It was a weird generation because I turned my room into a Mario room with blue turquoise sky walls and all and played ps4 the whole time. My office room I turned into horror themed.

If you ever get a switch I once again recommend Metroid Dread and Fire Emblem Three Houses.

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General Gaming / Re: 4th Annual NWR Four on Four

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on April 06, 2024, 11:58:41 AM »

I completed the Baseball game within Wii Sports Club a few days ago by collecting the last of the ten stamps. This game is a Wii U exclusive and you might be wondering why it wasn't called "Wii U Sports". My memory is a little unclear but I seem to recall that in addition to buying this game as a whole package for the standard price, you could buy individual sports for a cheaper price and you could buy club passes, which allowed you to essentially rent the game, playing for 48 hours (or something like that). I think that approach to buying the game led to the "Club" branding in the name. I remember getting a couple free club passes and maybe using one of them. I was watching the game for a discount and don't remember it ever getting one. I eventually paid full price for the game many years later when the online community had already dissipated. Still, the retail version now goes for around more than that.
I did not have a Wii at launch and did not play Wii Sports regularly, but with this version really seems to replace the Wii version with HD visuals, Wii motion plus, and use of the Gamepad. The in-game achievement system of stamps is also back from the Wii version and I think this really gives you some nice goals for playing this single player. I plan to get all the stamps, but each sport is a bit of an undertaking so I am doing them one at a time. I got all ten stamps for tennis in February of 2022. That only tool my 11 hours. That game also did not use the Gamepad. This year I have been playing Baseball which took about 17 hours and uses the gamepad for the pitching/fielding half of the sport.
As I mentioned there are ten stamps to get and six of them should just happen from playing: hit a home run, strike-out one batter, catch ten fly balls, make all batters bat in one inning, shut out the other team, and hit a single, double, triple, and home run in one game. There is a leveling system and you start out facing really easy opponents. The trick is to get adept at the game before your opponents get too difficult. There are two other stamps that might be tough to get: retire the other side within three pitches and strike out three batters in a row. Again these are easy with the level 1 team, but when I was facing them I was just learning to play. You could always restart by clearing your save or using another profile but I managed to figure out the pitching just in time to get these two stamps. Then there are the two remaining stamps. One is to beat the baseball champion Enrique. I found this pretty difficult and there is no help online that I could find. If I was going to lose I would restart the game and after about a dozen false starts I managed to figure out how to beat Enrique. It felt really good, just the right level of challenge. Then there is the last stamp, hit 100 home runs (Centurion Hero stamp in the picture below). I thought this would happen on the natch as I collected the others but after beating Enrique I only had about 60 home runs. At my current level I usually just get one or two home runs per game so it was going to take far too long to get the other forty. So I did cheese this last stamp and farmed the remaining home runs in two player games played against myself. There is still some skill involved there to be able to pitch and hit at the same time so I managed to enjoy the metagame in it.
I did not pick up Switch sports because I still have this game to finish but it doesn't look like baseball made the cut with that one. So for folks looking for some motion control baseball I would highly recommend this game.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Boredom and Nintendo

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on April 06, 2024, 11:31:29 AM »

I ended up upgrading to an OLED switch around January. I started thinking about how many games I have on Switch and figured I should have a back up console. Luckily there were still some Splatoon 3 special edition OLEDs available so I got one of those. It really is nice, especially the wired internet in the dock. My launch switch is now stored away as a back up. Then I thought the same about the Wii U so I bought a refurbished Wii U. My gamepad was a little messed up so I swapped in the better gamepad and stored the console away for safe keeping. Then riding this high of buying hardware I picked up a switch lite. Finally I bough screen protectors for all of them. I didn't really think about screen protectors before switch but now I have one on the gamepad and 3DS.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Boredom and Nintendo

« Last post by ThePerm on April 05, 2024, 03:54:34 PM »

I never ended up buying a Switch because I was waiting for whatever upgrade was going to come out. It would have been the OLED Switch, but that came out so late I thought  "what was the point?" So, I never bought that either. I pretty much skipped this generation. I got gifted a ps4 in 2017 and just bought up some of the main games there.

At the same time. I have a Wii U. So, it isn't like I missed out on 1/4 of the games that came out for Switch.

It was a weird generation because I turned my room into a Mario room with blue turquoise sky walls and all and played ps4 the whole time. My office room I turned into horror themed.

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Movies & TV / Re: Khushrenada's Annual Oscar Thread. 2024 Edition.

« Last post by ThePerm on April 05, 2024, 04:12:45 AM »

I just watched Poor Things(well two days ago) and it was great. I love Bella Baxter. I want Bella Baxter action figures.

Why is it Disney(Searchlight Pictures) is making the best Universal Monster movies in recent years? The Shape of Water and now Poor Things.