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Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
I love Nintendo and the Switch, but lets be honest, they're the company of 'free passes'. It is known. I mean just recently people's Nintendo online accounts weren't just compromised, people had stuff bought from their accounts (like makiing hundreds of dollars worth of purchases on Fortnite for example). Their emails were compromised. A whole bunch of stuff happened and you know what.... no one gave a damn. It was forgotten pretty much as soon as it happened. The articles on N4G just barely passed 200 degrees in heat lmao. I mean good on Nintendo. But they really are NOT competition for any console. They're a 'companion console'. Approximately 70% of Switch owners also own a PS4 and/or an Xbox One. They've got free passes all over the place. They've got a massive bank vault filled with free passes.
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I do agree that they shouldn't get a pass. But we also know the reason they get it.
If they're competing with Sony and Microsoft, they should be held to the same standards we hold the other two at. If their system is "weaker" then that's their own fault, not the competition.
The problem is society has come to expect Nintendo to have weaker hardware so as a result, they don't get knocked on for it BECAUSE the expectation is already low.
If Sony or Microsoft purposely came out with a weaker system with the trade off of a gimmick, people would be all over both companies.
I’m confused as what the author is getting at exactly. Blaming the switch for a poorly done port of a game like Outer Worlds (which did not get a free pass), is fine, but other studios have brought switch ports over with far less issues. So wouldn’t it then be the developers problem? Secondly “giving the switch a pass,” does mean games are suddenly glorified more than what they are. For example the port of Wolfestein 2, it had poor resolutions, but it worked and it’s a fun way to play the game on the go if need be. But anyone to have the expectations that it’s the “best” way to play that (from graphics standpoint) and blames the Switch for that expectation, is kidding themselves. Blaming the Switch for poor buggy technical performance, isn’t on the Switch when others have been able to accomplish decent playing ports.
Agreed.
They do and they always will solely because they're Nintendo. I mean they've literally been pumping out the exact same games for decades and people STILL buy their products.