The Video Game thread

[the _Ryan]

I don't play many video games, but while visiting my brother last week he got me addicted to Undertale.

I beat it twice in two days.

[Iommic Pope]

Yeah man, im down for the Shift, but not at what will undoubtedly by crippling and gruesome Australian "new tech" retail prices.

Not to mention that if you are at all interested then you have to preorder it immediately or have fun dealing with the usual eBay powersellers selling for twice the price. Because Nintendo is well known for making excessive amounts of Hardware and Software.

*cough* nes classic *cough*

Yeah, STILL can't get one of these things. Fine with me since I do a ton of emulation anyhow but for those that want one, dumb.

Yeah i preordered my NES classic when it was cheap. Thank fuck i did, my son LOVES playing Mario and Kirby.

[fcknoise]

I didn't even know nes classic existed...

and now I want one

[Iommic Pope]

Yeah buddy, its rad.
As others have pointed out, you could totally do it cheaper in a dozen different ways, but i like my bonsai 8Bit childhood memory.

[Andrew]

It's not an original statement, but QTEs can choke on my fucking dick.

[Iommic Pope]

I honestly dont know how that shit survived the last decade.
They were shit then and they're even shittier now.

[UglyCasanova]

Just checked the price of the Nintendo Switch in Norway....$586....

[backwardsvoyager]

Yeah man, im down for the Shift, but not at what will undoubtedly by crippling and gruesome Australian "new tech" retail prices.

From what i can gather, it's $470 here. 299USD is like 400AUD right now so that kind of sucks but I was kind of expecting worse.

Just checked the price of the Nintendo Switch in Norway....$586....

now THAT is fucking terrible..

[blakestree]

This looks like it might be fun.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMIdDAllGMM[/youtube]

[bob the r0bot]

Did Switch preorders already sell out on Amazon? I'm seein dudes posting about theirs

[cherler]

I know I mentioned this before with regards the the nes classic, but retropie is rad and not too hard to get going if anyone's really sad they can't get their hands on the actual hardware. Granted to have to fuck around with a Raspberry Pi and get your own controllers and all that but it's totally worth it.

[snipelfritz]

So Mario is interacting with "real" people now in a hub between fantastical levels?

Soooo, Nintendo said "Sonic Adventure was good. Let's do that almost 20 years later." (For the record I have a soft spot for SA, but it was sort of the beginning of the now notorious decline for the series)

[Iommic Pope]

Yeah man, im down for the Shift, but not at what will undoubtedly by crippling and gruesome Australian "new tech" retail prices.

From what i can gather, it's $470 here. 299USD is like 400AUD right now so that kind of sucks but I was kind of expecting worse.

Just checked the price of the Nintendo Switch in Norway....$586....

now THAT is fucking terrible..

Yeah I'll be waiting for that come down. And to see what the titles are like.
I mean, Zelda, but im gonna need something else as well.

UC that blows man.

[JereFuzz]

I'll be an early adopter. Zelda is a seller for me. I'd also like get the FIFA game. I enjoy soccer but I need to be immersed more than just the World Cup and copa to really enjoy the game on a consistent basis.

[JereFuzz]

Did Switch preorders already sell out on Amazon? I'm seein dudes posting about theirs

Cool ... I want this to be a success, gotta give credit to Nintendo ... they single-handedly created what we know today as the video game market (the Atari era before them died off) ... and they debuted the nes during the depths of the crash of the video game market ...