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[Not Thread Owner]

Just now, Stanley said:

..unlikely being developed by FROM.

 

So? It's being developed by a new studio. It's not "Bandai Namco" making it any more than it was Bandai Namco making Dark Souls. It's just got their name on it.

[Stanley]

Just now, deKay said:

 

And this team of not-Bandai Namco-originally staff are...?

Already answered that - ex Lucas Arts staff who worked on the scrapped Star Wars 1313 game.

[Stanley]

Just now, deKay said:

 

So? It's being developed by a new studio. It's not "Bandai Namco" making it any more than it was Bandai Namco making Dark Souls. It's just got their name on it.

I'm not sure what your argument is here.

[mushashi]

3 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

And Metroid Prime 4 is...?

 

An internal Bandai-Namco developed game. If you own the developer, they get classified as internal development, not exactly rocket science is it?

 

Is Naughty Dog a Sony internal developer or just some company Sony happen to own and pay the running costs for? You don't want to go down that slippery slope, otherwise you'd have to start questioning what is a Nintendo game

[Not Thread Owner]

2 minutes ago, Stanley said:

Already answered that - ex Lucas Arts staff who worked on the scrapped Star Wars 1313 game.

 

So we agree.

[Not Thread Owner]

1 minute ago, mushashi said:

 

An internal Bandai-Namco developed game. If you own the developer, they get classified as internal development, not exactly rocket science is it?

 

A team which has never made a Bandai Namco game. So you can't say "Bandai Namco haven't made a good game in decades" because this isn't those people.

[The Mighty Ash]

Management will still be Bandai Namco.

[Stanley]

Just now, deKay said:

 

So we agree.

Probably, I'm confident Nintendo will be making sure good people are working on it. The point was that it's an internal Bandai Namco studio not just a game they're publishing, such as Dark Souls which was independently developed by FROM.

[Stanley]

1 minute ago, deKay said:

 

A team which has never made a Bandai Namco game. So you can't say "Bandai Namco haven't made a good game in decades" because this isn't those people.

The same studio made Pokken and Smash Bros.

[MidWalian]

Bloody Retro Studios did too good a job with the first game, any sequel will just get people complaining. It will never be as fresh.

 

Hopefully it will turn out well, I really enjoyed the third game too. 

 

I would still like a HD package of the first few games. Maybe a surprise announcement at E3 with MP4 next year?

 

Oh, and what the hell is Retro working on? I've read rumours of a new IP.

[mushashi]

11 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

A team which has never made a Bandai Namco game. So you can't say "Bandai Namco haven't made a good game in decades" because this isn't those people.

 

I didn't say that, though that doesn't stop that being true for the person who did say that if they don't rate that publisher's internal output overall. Publishers set-up and close or move developers all the time internally so without insight to the CVs of the staff working there or on this game, difficult to judge how successful they can be, but this series has precedent for taking dodgy looking raw ingredients and making something good out of it.

 

This a bit different than the reaction to people learning that Playground games were making a new Fable but that seems predicated on a widespread misunderstanding mainly, otherwise the same questions would arise there too.

 

 

 

[Stanley]

Yeah an HD remaster of the Wii Trilogy would be good for this year if it doesn't make it out, and let's be honest, it probably won't.

[dataDave]

A HD release of the trilogy would be a ballsy move. It'd show that they're not worried about the sheer quality of it impeding on 4 in any way.

[Fatsam]

An HD remaster would be nice, but the Wii collection still manages to look superb and is already 60fps. I also think there's way too much gyro drift going on when using the joycon as a pointer.

[MikeF]

7 hours ago, The Mighty Ash said:

Tesco have Bayonetta for £35 with the code TDX-KH7H:

 

https://www.tesco.com/direct/bayonetta-2-bayonetta-digital-code/770-5704.prd?skuId=770-5704

 

Cheers, snagged a copy too for £30 after using a voucher I didnt even know I had

[Azrael]

Cheers, 2 Bayonetta games for £35 is too good to pass up on.

[Cheeko]

You don’t need to setup any extra accounts or emails for buying stuff in other regions, you just use your usual account on the website, switch your country in settings, buy the game and then switch it back. 

[Kos Mos]

I do love my Switch but it's the only console I've ever owned where you can lose one of the controllers down the back of the sofa 

[shirubagan]

3 hours ago, Cheeko said:

You don’t need to setup any extra accounts or emails for buying stuff in other regions, you just use your usual account on the website, switch your country in settings, buy the game and then switch it back. 

 

That’s fine if you have no credit on your account, or it’ll get wiped. 

[revlob]

Has anyone here had to send any part of their switch to Nintendo for repair? They've had my joycon for a week and as far as I know they've not even looked at it yet. I know someone here had terrible problems after a package went missing but I'm wondering what the average turnaround is. I've got Pro controller but I've found myself playing so much less since I've not been able to use it in handheld mode.

[SteveH]

Does anybody know where I can get an official dock from? I want a second one for the bedroom but everywhere is out of stock. I have tweeted Nintendo asking about them, and they have just ignored me :/ Cheers

[Stanley]

1 hour ago, SteveH said:

Does anybody know where I can get an official dock from? I want a second one for the bedroom but everywhere is out of stock. I have tweeted Nintendo asking about them, and they have just ignored me :/ Cheers

https://www.tesco.com/direct/nintendo-switch-dock-set/129-5107.prd

 

There's a code on that page to get a tenner off too bringing it down to £69.99.

[SteveH]

11 minutes ago, Stanley said:

https://www.tesco.com/direct/nintendo-switch-dock-set/129-5107.prd

 

There's a code on that page to get a tenner off too bringing it down to £69.99.

Only place I didn't think to look. Robbing bastards charging that much though (Nintendo, not Tesco) Cheers!

[Stanley]

I know, they're dead expensive. I would have bought one myself in the £40 region but £80! 

[mdn2]

Dark Souls Switch is £29.85 at Base.

 

https://www.base.com/buy/product/dark-souls-remastered-nintendo-switch/dgc-dsrns.htm

[rgraves]

10 hours ago, revlob said:

Has anyone here had to send any part of their switch to Nintendo for repair? They've had my joycon for a week and as far as I know they've not even looked at it yet. I know someone here had terrible problems after a package went missing but I'm wondering what the average turnaround is. I've got Pro controller but I've found myself playing so much less since I've not been able to use it in handheld mode.

 

I sent my left joy com back to them once. Took about 10 days. Ignore their system, it was still saying they’d not looked at it when I got it back! I then got a flurry of emails as they obviously updated it all afterwards.

[sprite]

If anyone else is having issues with Tesco, Amazon have now dropped the price as well to £41.99 (so £39.99 for Prime)  

[Foxworth]

I need to be persuaded as to why I should buy this game as I will only be able to play it when the child has gone to bed. Why does it score so highly? Usually games that have this kind of gratuity are rubbish. Why is Bayonetta great? Sell it to me 

[Nespresso]

Have they announced Sega Soccer Slam and Mario Strikers for VC yet or what? 

[davidcotton]

So I find myself thinking about getting a switch.  Any decent offers on atm or just go with amazon for the service?  Thinking about getting Zelda, Mario and Mario Kart to start with.