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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards
« Last post by Evan_B on Yesterday at 01:30:40 PM »Bad bot.
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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 953: Get a Grip, Game Journalists
« Last post by Cool Uncle Vince on Yesterday at 10:01:34 AM »Get the bad game. Let the kid learn. It's sad. It's not fun. They're going to learn how to discern what's a good purchase & what's bad and use judgment. This is the teachable moment where next time, you say, "Let's look up some reviews." This'll be a good skill when they're buying cars or making other big purchases in adulthood. And it was only 15 euro to learn this lesson.
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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 953: Get a Grip, Game Journalists
« Last post by Oliver-1984 on November 26, 2025, 09:51:40 PM »James taking the piss out of Arlo made my day.
I’ve been using YouTube (via SmartTube) for a long time with very tightly curated settings, and I usually stick to my subscribed channels or to recommendations from people I trust. Despite all these precautions, the hype around the Switch 2 has managed to give me a glimpse into YouTube’s outrage machinery. After this little taste, it’s even more baffling to me how anyone can subject themselves to that platform without the safeguards I mentioned, without developing some colourful fantasies of violence.
I’ve been using YouTube (via SmartTube) for a long time with very tightly curated settings, and I usually stick to my subscribed channels or to recommendations from people I trust. Despite all these precautions, the hype around the Switch 2 has managed to give me a glimpse into YouTube’s outrage machinery. After this little taste, it’s even more baffling to me how anyone can subject themselves to that platform without the safeguards I mentioned, without developing some colourful fantasies of violence.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards
« Last post by Khushrenada on November 24, 2025, 11:53:34 PM »I am once again nominating myself to win all forum awards.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]
« Last post by Khushrenada on November 24, 2025, 11:52:53 PM »Sort of skimming through the above posts since I'm not looking for more information and thus possible spoilers as well as some of the argument (or is it discussion?) didn't really interest me all that much.
I continue to be less surrounded by game discussion these days. Don't keep up with Discord like I used to and these forums are pretty slow now. Don't use any social media like Twitter, BlueSky, Tumblr, and others. Don't follow any YouTube talking heads or channels. No more Nintendo Power to keep up the hype on upcoming games. As such, there are times I keep forgetting that Prime 4 is actually soon to release. Which is wild since it was a game I was waiting on for years after its announcement at the 2017 E3.
It's also kind of a good thing as it's allowed me to stay pretty unspoiled about the game. Nintendo's been doing this Metroid Monday thing on the Switch news app which I've been dismissing as I don't need more information about the game. I was sold when it was just announce with the text image of Metroid Prime 4. Still, maybe it is that lack of knowledge which has made me keep forgetting about it. Aside from the last Nintendo Direct which showed more of the game and the Vi-Ol-A mobile, I haven't heard much about this game until recently with some talk about a Myles character that I see is brought up and complaining about him telling Samus what to do or where to go or something. To which I just roll my eyes. Feels like the past 25 years of a Metroid game releasing has always been a negative overreaction to something about it and how it will "ruin" Metroid and then the game turns out to be good or great after all. Even Federation Force was a good game and great fun if you could get a crew together. It took me awhile to finally get around to Other M (I think it was 2019 or so that I finally played it) and liked it way more than I was expecting based on the reaction it had and continues to get. So, I don't give a rip about the opinions and "concern" trolling of people over a bit of footage from a game they haven't even played or know what the complete product is like. At this point, the Metroid series has proven itself by consistently delivering a quality product in my eyes over the last 30 years. It easily gets the benefit of the doubt over some rando on social media I've never heard of whinging about some aspect of the game they don't like. There was a post I had seen somewhere a few months back along the lines of how Switch 2 has created the most desperate Nintendo haters and this just feels like a further part of that desperation.
For myself, my only real question about the game is whether I should get it now or wait a few months as I'll likely get a Switch 2 then. And when I do, should I get the Switch 2 version and make Prime 4 my initial launch game. I guess the less hyped I stay about the game then the easier it may be to wait until that time.
I continue to be less surrounded by game discussion these days. Don't keep up with Discord like I used to and these forums are pretty slow now. Don't use any social media like Twitter, BlueSky, Tumblr, and others. Don't follow any YouTube talking heads or channels. No more Nintendo Power to keep up the hype on upcoming games. As such, there are times I keep forgetting that Prime 4 is actually soon to release. Which is wild since it was a game I was waiting on for years after its announcement at the 2017 E3.
It's also kind of a good thing as it's allowed me to stay pretty unspoiled about the game. Nintendo's been doing this Metroid Monday thing on the Switch news app which I've been dismissing as I don't need more information about the game. I was sold when it was just announce with the text image of Metroid Prime 4. Still, maybe it is that lack of knowledge which has made me keep forgetting about it. Aside from the last Nintendo Direct which showed more of the game and the Vi-Ol-A mobile, I haven't heard much about this game until recently with some talk about a Myles character that I see is brought up and complaining about him telling Samus what to do or where to go or something. To which I just roll my eyes. Feels like the past 25 years of a Metroid game releasing has always been a negative overreaction to something about it and how it will "ruin" Metroid and then the game turns out to be good or great after all. Even Federation Force was a good game and great fun if you could get a crew together. It took me awhile to finally get around to Other M (I think it was 2019 or so that I finally played it) and liked it way more than I was expecting based on the reaction it had and continues to get. So, I don't give a rip about the opinions and "concern" trolling of people over a bit of footage from a game they haven't even played or know what the complete product is like. At this point, the Metroid series has proven itself by consistently delivering a quality product in my eyes over the last 30 years. It easily gets the benefit of the doubt over some rando on social media I've never heard of whinging about some aspect of the game they don't like. There was a post I had seen somewhere a few months back along the lines of how Switch 2 has created the most desperate Nintendo haters and this just feels like a further part of that desperation.
For myself, my only real question about the game is whether I should get it now or wait a few months as I'll likely get a Switch 2 then. And when I do, should I get the Switch 2 version and make Prime 4 my initial launch game. I guess the less hyped I stay about the game then the easier it may be to wait until that time.
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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 953: Get a Grip, Game Journalists
« Last post by pokepal148 on November 24, 2025, 01:24:34 PM »You're all clearly just jealous that youtube influencers are the future of games journalism while your podcast discussion articles just sit here unread and unloved.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]
« Last post by M.K.Ultra on November 24, 2025, 01:21:42 PM »I continue to get more hyped for this game. Listening to some podcast discussion I found it interesting that it has been 18 years since the last Metroid Prime game! I think I am just grateful that this game exists and is coming out so soon.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards
« Last post by M.K.Ultra on November 24, 2025, 01:16:56 PM »No one's going to vote for them, but I feel like these games should be on the Multiplatform list:
Hey, you know what they say "It's an honor just to be nominated"
Yes, participation in the vote has been quite low but that just means every vote is worth more.
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Of America Announces Black Friday Deals Including Dates For Digital Sale
« Last post by broodwars on November 23, 2025, 08:00:29 AM »Just FYI, the games in this announcement are currently $30, not $40. Much better deal.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]
« Last post by Evan_B on November 21, 2025, 07:37:50 PM »As surreal as it feels to say this, we’re less than two weeks away from release and I personally haven’t wavered in my excitement. I wanted to pivot from the silliness of this one conversation and talk about another: environment design and scope.
What made Prime 1 feel like a good 3D representation of Metroid was the way that the environments were interconnected. I mean… yeah, okay, the elevators going from one place to the next doesn’t feel spatially plausible, but it did evoke that traditional Metroidvania map in how many environments felt connected to one another by multiple elevators.
I wonder if Vi-O-La is going to impact that sense, somewhat. Don’t get me wrong, I think the increase of scale warrants the inclusion of a fast-er travel system, but Sol Valley being “Hyrule Field” means that environments have fewer places to cross-cross with one another. What with all the talk of teleportation (and a rather explicit teleport occurring from one place to the next happening in the early hours of the game), one could argue that teleporting from region to region could add to the interconnectivity of the world in a way not too dissimilar to the elevators of Metroid’s past.
On the other hand, Prime 3 was a much more straightforward and much less interconnected game from an environmental standpoint, and due to the game’s context, that makes sense. Perhaps we will see a similar “chunked game world” philosophy in Prime 4, which might beg the question: how essential is the Vi-O-La?
Based on some preview videos, which I won’t really spoil, it seems that the Vi-O-La is not simply “Epona,” but has additional versatility/use even in each particular region. Which is good- I did feel that the gunship was a nice concept that could have been improved or a bit less context-specific.
What made Prime 1 feel like a good 3D representation of Metroid was the way that the environments were interconnected. I mean… yeah, okay, the elevators going from one place to the next doesn’t feel spatially plausible, but it did evoke that traditional Metroidvania map in how many environments felt connected to one another by multiple elevators.
I wonder if Vi-O-La is going to impact that sense, somewhat. Don’t get me wrong, I think the increase of scale warrants the inclusion of a fast-er travel system, but Sol Valley being “Hyrule Field” means that environments have fewer places to cross-cross with one another. What with all the talk of teleportation (and a rather explicit teleport occurring from one place to the next happening in the early hours of the game), one could argue that teleporting from region to region could add to the interconnectivity of the world in a way not too dissimilar to the elevators of Metroid’s past.
On the other hand, Prime 3 was a much more straightforward and much less interconnected game from an environmental standpoint, and due to the game’s context, that makes sense. Perhaps we will see a similar “chunked game world” philosophy in Prime 4, which might beg the question: how essential is the Vi-O-La?
Based on some preview videos, which I won’t really spoil, it seems that the Vi-O-La is not simply “Epona,” but has additional versatility/use even in each particular region. Which is good- I did feel that the gunship was a nice concept that could have been improved or a bit less context-specific.
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