DreitonLullaby

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[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Was that the joke? I don't know if I was misunderstanding, but I thought the loud crow was supposed to be a new Linux user complaining that the few-mentioned easy-to-use distro's being too many options.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, you're right. I should probably just make sure I've got enough protection, especially in the legs and arms which I need the most to drive. Helmet is obviously something I'd always wear though. Mitigating the risks is probably more than enough to be safe.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the encouragement! Yeah, you might be right that I might not often have injuries; not any that would be severe enough to handicap my driving at least.

Skating seems like it would fit the van-life really well on one hand, it just seemed on the other hand to be too risky for someone constantly travelling around in a vehicle; especially when that vehicle is your home and contains most of your possessions and you don't want to get stuck somewhere you don't want to stay. I guess it's not really worth worrying about than. I'll figure out what to do when that day comes that I get injured enough to not be able to drive, if it ever comes.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Sheesh. Usually a launch title is supposed to demonstrate the potential of a console in regards to it's power and/or new gimmicks. Judging by the graphics in the Pokemon games of the Switch generation, when the console is more than powerful enough to do far better, I can't imagine a Switch 2 Pokemon launch title looking very impressive graphically, even if it's an improvement over the Switch 1's Pokemon graphics.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

True. Some of the things I mentioned are obviously things that have already been done historically time and time again and Nintendo is obviously doing as we speak. As for the price drop though. Yeah, I don't expect Nintendo to do that because Nintendo is Nintendo. But I do think personally that that would be the logical step to take if I was in their shoes. My point about the price-drop is that because there are so many people who won't have bought all of the games that they wanted on the Nintendo Switch, it would be best to make those customers (which is a huge amount) be able to more easily purchase the games they want, thus the price drop suggestion.

If they have the games they want already, they are much more likely to care for and want to buy the next generation console, and they will gradually amass a list of games (even if it's a purely mental list) that they really want to get on that new system. A lot of people won't want to collect for the new system, until they've already bought much of their wishlist for the older system. Most people I think, including myself, can't afford to spend thousands of dollars on $80-90 games (AUD), or $60-$70 games for those in the USA. I think also, that a large amount of gamers won't want to spend that much money on a whole new console, when there are already so many Switch games they want to collect, which they don't yet have, as it is.

Even though so many are willing to spend that $80-$90 for 7 yr old games, so many still aren't willing, and in my opinion, it is more important for Nintendo to assure the success of the Switch 2, than to make some extra cash on the Switch 1 software sales during its slow-down year. Because if the Switch 2 is not successful, or does not sell as Nintendo hopes for, it will result in more loss of money in the end. It's a small sacrifice of short-term profit, that will result in a greater amount of long-term profit, while also making the customers more happy, and giving Nintendo back some good reputation from those who already hate how they keep their games the same price for over half a decade.

If I'm looking for the right sales, I could easily buy half a dozen or more Switch games for the same price as what the Switch 2 will likely cost on its own. I would rather buy the games on the Switch then fork out the money for a new console, and miss out on those games for a while longer. Therefore, backwards compatibility doesn't matter here, because if the Switch 2 is backwards compatible, than I can only play the games on the Switch 2 that I already owned prior. I, and I think many others, would rather play new games that I don't yet own, on a Switch, than to play the games that I already own, on a Switch 2 at a better frame rate or graphical resolution. Most people prefer new experiences over old ones; at least when it comes to gaming.

As for Metroid Prime 4. I think it probably won't launch that early on the Switch 2. If it has any chance of being very successful on the Switch 2 in the first year of that consoles life, it will have to be on launch day and launch day only. Otherwise, any other time in the year, and it risks being forgotten by the masses, because by the time most people have migrated to the Switch 2 in the 2nd or 3rd year of it's life, Metroid Prime 4 would no longer be relevant in the mainstreams' eye, and therefore sell very little in comparison to if it was released DURING that 2nd or 3rd year of the Switch's life. Of course I don't want Prime 4's release to be that long away, but I feel that if it's not a launch title, than launching in the 2nd or 3rd year of the console is the only chance it has of big success of sales. Imagine if Xenoblade Chronicles 2 launched in 2018 or 2019 (the 2nd and 3rd yr of the Switch's life) instead of 2017. I think it would have sold far more copies than it did. Not that Xenoblade 2 was an unsuccessful game.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

No worries. Thanks so much for uploading it. Glad I reached so many people before the time.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Another cool one is an unofficial YouTube client app called ThirdTube which is pretty cool (and has 3D video playback if the video itself supports it). There's an emulator for the Virtual Boy called Red Viper which just had a huge update recently, which made every game in the entire consoles library run accurately at full speed (and even the 3D from the original Virtual Boy works too!). You can add custom themes to your main menu with the app Anemone3DS and can make a backup of the save data for each of your games onto your SD card with an app called Checkpoint. They're all my favourites; otherwise I haven't explored a large amount of what is on offer still.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

No worries. Awesome. Hope you enjoy your newly modded 3DS. I recommend a Homebrew app called FTPD that lets you wireless transfer files to your computer, but if your on a New 3DS or New 2DS, it's particularly handy because it reduces the amount of needing to screw open your entire 3DS each time you want to transfer files.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Sorry, what I heard about data sticking around after a factory reset unfortunately isn't true. I'm sorry about that.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Super Mario Bros. 35 😂

But yeah, in all seriousness, I think this is way too soon considering the 3DS was officially discontinued less then 4 yrs ago.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Sorry, I was wrong about data sticking around after a factory reset, this is just something I was told. I'm editing my comment to clarify that.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks a lot! It's unfortunate this happened, I'm hoping there weren't too many who tried uploading during this time.

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