Just get a GPD XD or one of the new portable Raspberry Pis. You'll get a much better experience too and not much more pocket space.
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Nintendo Delays Launch of 'Mario Kart Tour' Mobile Game Until Summer
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Just get a GPD XD or one of the new portable Raspberry Pis. You'll get a much better experience too and not much more pocket space.
Lots of delay due to "lower than expected quality" lately at Nintendo..
That's a good thing, not a bad thing. When making a creative product, either you're playing it too safe/conservative and will put out a bland rehash of prior art, or you'll produce something new. Some of that new stuff will be high quality and should be kept. Some of that new stuff will be low quality and should be discarded.
It's good that Nintendo isn't playing it too safe. It's good that Nintendo recognizes the lower quality stuff and is discarding it. Nintendo can take their time to get it right. They've been making phenomenal video games for over 40 years - trust them.
Lots of delay due to "lower than expected quality" lately at Nintendo..
Even though I know they wouldn't release most of their games on iOS, it would be awesome if they released a few of the classics. They could even charge a premium, and people would buy them. I'd pay $20 to have Super Mario Bros on my iPhone or iPad.
Yes and no, may be i was too short on explaination, it is not that I do not like them taking their time and fixing thing, it is the fact that so much stuff lately need fixing.
To be more clear, delays are normal, too many delays means bad planning, bad quality at the end of a cycle means the check that should have been done in between have been skipped.
While I am glad things get rectified, there should not be the need for so many "fixing".
Yes it is a good nes the big N prefere to fix stuff, and welcome the change, for once a company is fixing before the release and not after, but the trend of let's just make thing and check later should be fixed.
I am sure the big N is pretty pissed right now as redoing Metroid will cost a fortune, and I am sure they learnt a lesson.... may be this Mario Kart was late in the lesson.
As much as people say this, controls for games like that could be awful.
The "classic" games like Super Mario, Donkey Kong, etc. require VERY precise left/right and jump/run buttons. On-screen buttons have never worked anywhere as close to physical buttons. Fingers slide and drift. You don't have the tactile feel of button edges. You have to keep looking down to make sure you re-center your fingers, etc.
Classic Pokemon games would work, as the D-pad and confirm/cancel buttons don't need to be as precise as they would be for an action game.
Super Mario Run worked very well because it was 90% tap, and 10% swipe, with no precise button presses necessary. Plus, the bottom ~25% of the screen was one big button. As long as your finger wasn't covering the action, it was in the "correct" position.
Animal Cross, Miitomo (RIP), Fire Emblem, and that damned 3GB game that has downloaded about 20GB worth of updates (Dragalia) are slow-paced games that a touch interface is fine for.
Well, another iAP Freemium experience.............I think I'll stick to Mario Kart 8 in my Switch
There is this thing called the Nintendo Switch. It costs a fraction of what a new baseline 32GB iPhone costs, and comes with controllers and the ability to play high quality games on the go. You can even hook it up to a TV!
But in Nintendo owned games? So far I haven't seen any IAP in the few Nintendo games I have. Mario Kart, Smash Brothers, Donkey Kong, NES collection... granted I just got a Switch a few days ago, but I haven't seen any IAP in any of those games.
My understanding is that Nintendo didn't have the proper organization for building a Metroid Prime type game. The last time Nintendo made a game that was all about exploring a progressively larger area, where you found items in one area unlocking stuff in another area - was Skyward Sword... and they didn't do it well then. Arguably you have to go all the way back to the original Metroid Prime and Wind Waker.
Odyssey and Breath of the Wild were both cool, but they didn't have item gating like Metroid Prime traditionally does, which I think hugely changes the way you build everything. Ironically, I think it let Nintendo have a bunch of teams working on totally separate parts - one group is working on a desert, another is working on a forest, this one is working on a volcanic area, etc, and that works because there's a tiny fixed set of skills the player has. They all have the same starting point and the player can adventure wherever they want, whenever they want.
Other games Nintendo has made over the last 10 years had very episodic levels - having the same start and end point meant they could be developed by totally separate teams, and the levels could just be rearranged however.
Although... I think I would like to see a Metroid game with that same openness that Breath of the Wild had... I do want item progression like past Metroid games, but having a vast outdoor area without hard item-gating could be cool...
Lots of delay due to "lower than expected quality" lately at Nintendo..
Metroid Prime 4...
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I agree with you about the controls, but I don't think that they'd be even attempting $60 games or the flagship titles like Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, or Smash Ultimate, so it wouldn't hurt Switch sales.
I think he meant DLC. But yeah, this model of free-to-play and in app purchases needs to die. The gaming scene on iOS is dead to me. It was somewhat decent in the early days of the App Store, but now is just horrible.
They dont want another Super Mario Run on their hands. I applaud that!
didnt even realize a mobile mario kart was in the works
didnt even realize a mobile mario kart was in the works
$60 is a bit high, but I have no problem paying for a quality game, especially if there is no IAP. I am not sure that some of the classic games would cannibalise Switch that much considering what it could bring in.
Personally I think Switch and an iOS version of games target 2 different demographics, as switch is more targeted towards gamers on the go, where as any app on the iOS would be better for those who do not wish to carry and extra gadget but still want to enjoy short sessions once in a while.
Haha true"We suggest you buy one of our consoles, handheld or table top, we don't care which."
-someone at Nintendo probably
I will need an extra backpack to carry al that stuff with me
I actually think my younger brothers have 1 or 2 extra 3DS laying around, especially since one of them just got a switch.
I get that they don't want it, otherwise they would have done it by now, but that will not stop me from wishing for it.
Relax, dad.
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Yeah, it was going to come out last summer
