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Nintendo, Please Understand that Less is More

Chris Hyde: "Please understand, we appreciate all the work that Masahiro Sakurai and his team have done to squeeze so much into the game, but let us find some of it out for ourselves."

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otakuapologist2884d ago

"less is more" also applies to your writing, by the way. The second half of the writeup seemed way too long to deliver a simple message.

FallenAngel19842884d ago

“The gameplay formula has remained largely unchanged since it’s inception on the N64.”

You seriously believe the gameplay hasn’t changed at all in the series’ 19 years of existence?

TheUndertaker852884d ago

Nice job removing context.

“The fact Nintendo would choose to spend the best part of half an hour of a presentation on one game, which let’s face it to even the most ardent super-fan is not a game that NEEDS much explaining. The gameplay formula has remained largely unchanged since it’s inception on the N64. There’s only so much you can say about a 2D brawler where you try and knock people off the screen to win, right?”

paintedgamer19842884d ago (Edited 2884d ago )

Lol it hasnt... the fighting mechanics, modes, ect are virtually the exact same... sure little things have updated and changed but the core game is exatly the same. Exactly like the 6 or 7 god of war games weve gotten until gow ps4... sure you could say each game added this or that or different weapons, different bosses, and different cut scenes... but the games were very similiar and very stale and played out... and then came gow ps4 which almost completely changed things up. Smash Bros NEEDS a reboot.

Razmiran2884d ago

Im guessing you never played Smash Bros

TheFirstClassic2884d ago

The different smash games all control and feel fairly different, the concept is the same though and we definitely didn't need that much e3 time.

Sirk7x2883d ago (Edited 2883d ago )

Reboot into what? A different fighting game? Smash is one of the very few fighting games that's drastically different than the rest of the 2D games out there. How does one reboot a fighting game anyways without stripping away its identity? Let's give Smash health bars and have it play like Street Fighter lol. Riveting.

FallenAngel19842884d ago

@ Under

Even with context it’s still blasphemous to say the gameplay hasn’t changed at all since 1999 regardless how much it was showcased at the conference

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Prince_TFK2884d ago

In what world is having less game contents good?

superchiller2884d ago (Edited 2884d ago )

Yeah Smash has been rehashed to death, seems like Nintendo has trouble coming up with new ideas. They take a single game like Mario and Zelda, and beat it to death with sequels and upgrades. By now most people just don't care anymore, time to move on.

Prince_TFK2884d ago

“By now most people just don't care anymore, time to move on.”

How would you change your tune comes December when Smash become the best selling game of the month?

Question_Mark2884d ago

He’ll never change his tune. He’s a broken, ignorant record on everything about Nintendo.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai30d ago (Edited 30d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio29d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing29d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9229d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit29d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing29d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9229d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."

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Koei Tecmo Announces Record Financial Results After Releasing Many Big Games

Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.

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