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lots of people surprised that Nintendo added telemetry ("spyware") to FRLG, but they've been adding it to their games since 2017 lol
for example: Breath of the Wild is packed with telemetry for things like game progress, where players die and how, popularity of settings, etc
how the heck is Nintendo is prioritizing who gets Switch 2 devkits
the campfire game from the Direct is made by Oink Games, a company primarily known for making board games
they have made some video games but none of them are super popular
oinkgames.com/en/games/
meanwhile, Digital Extremes is still waiting for a Switch 2 devkit so they can upgrade Warframe (a game that is currently averaging 50,000 players per day on Steam)
ign.com/articles/warframe-de…
I sure hope Nintendo is going to replace this and Gold Points with something else...
the optics of this aren't great, especially since it's right off the heels of the Switch 2 game pricing fiasco
interesting, Chris Meledandri (Illumination CEO) only got 75% approval from shareholders for re-election to Nintendo's board of directors
all the other directors were elected with 90%+ approval (and last year, Meledandri also received 94% approval)
wonder what changed?
a Nintendo employee, 8 years ago: "In Japan, there’s a sense of, 'We’re making this thing for you, and this is how we think this thing is better enjoyed.'"
thought this quote was especially relevant with recent events
web.archive.org/web/20180125…
tomorrow is the Splatoon series' 10th anniversary, so I wonder if they're planning something special
I highly suspect that the reason GC emulation is Switch 2 exclusive is that the hardware allows their emulator (Hagi) to directly run ROMs without prior work
Super Mario Sunshine and Pikmin 1+2 required substantial work for each game on the CPU side before they could run
Today on Digital Foundry, a look at GameCube emulation on Switch 2 with resolution and performance testing - plus a look back at 2017's 'forgotten' Wii emulator for Nvidia Shield, running at a higher resolution on the Tegra X1: youtu.be/MiW6xfJn2O8
I love trying to figure out what Japanese abbreviations for things are supposed to be
earlier I was looking at some comments about ゲースロ and I was like "wtf is that" for 5 minutes until I realized
Game of Thrones (ゲームオブスローンズ)
finished Metroid: Zero Mission!
the first 90% was excellent, just classic 2D Metroid gameplay
then the stealth section started! felt novel at first, but I was not a fan after like 2 minutes
also, the final boss was way too easy... I killed it in ~5 hits with Super Missiles
