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Re: Feature: "He Is Truly One Of A Kind" - A Celebration Of Nobuo Uematsu, The Maestro Of Video Game Music

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I got Final Fantasy 7 for my 12th birthday, in late 1997. It was my first Final Fantasy game, but I had watched a friend play 4 and 6 ("2 and 3") during the SNES era and I had fallen into the hype for 7 in a big way (Virtua Fighter 3, FF7, and MGS were the actual blood-in-my-veins since diggity-six and now one of them was happening IN MY ROOM)

yadda yadda like 6 of my friends came over to watch me play the opening segment of FF7 very incompetently and kick their asses in Tekken 2 all to the tune of The Fat of The Land which I had also received as a birthday present. They were the best of times. I was a maniac. ❤️ Some of them are still my friends. 🥳

EDIT - I guess the point of the story is, I love Nabuo Uematsu now, but when I was 12 I really thought more of The Prodigy apparently 😅

Re: Unlike Nintendo, Playdate Maker Panic Is Doing The Right Thing With Tariff Refunds

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@Coalescence

"I don't expect them to ever do anything to my benefit except when they're desperately on the ropes as during the Wii U times."

I want Nintendo to be in this position at least some of the time. Or else they will lose me like all the other big entertainment corporations that put out mediocre crap and abuse their audience because they are continuously rewarded for it.

SNES is the only time I ever thought Nintendo was both "on top" and doing their absolute best work. 👍

EDIT - what am i saying? NES too, obviously.

Re: Unlike Nintendo, Playdate Maker Panic Is Doing The Right Thing With Tariff Refunds

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@Ruka

"respectfully, I doubt that."

I havent bought a nintendo product since TOTK launch.

In fairness, a new Fzero game might be tempting, but for what they are asking for the Switch 2 it isn't a given that I'd buy one just for that.

Thanks for being respectful 😊✌️

PS - I will happily "throw shade" at every company that chose to knowingly enrich themselves with Donald Trump's crooked agenda, at the cost of their loyal customers/fans. 👍

to paraphrase the great Lee Hazlewood of Mannford, Oklahoma,

"You just name a slimy corporation, Willie'll hate it for ya!" 🥳✌️

Re: Earthion Is Getting Its Own Hand-Made Sega Genesis Arcade Stick, But What's Going On With That Trailer?

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@X68000

"I think we belong to possibly the last generation who gives a damn about what AI stands for and what we could lose as a result."

I think future generations might care quite acutely about the mistakes we made with AI, and the state of the world we leave behind.

I mean, the stupid ones will eat the slop and ignore history, same as it ever was. there are many other websites out there for those people.👍

Re: Taito's NES Classic 'Bubble Bobble' Is Being Rereleased On PS5 & Switch 2 This Week, To Celebrate Bub & Bob's Birthday

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@CookieByte

It's possible you are correct about that! The article makes it seem like these features are unique to the NES release but if so lets pretend I never brought it up 😂

I personally like the NES sound better, but there is some nostalgia talking there. I generally think console ports sound better than arcade originals so take that as you will.

They do play markedly differently though, and I have more fun with the NES version! it's "floatier" and somewhat more forgiving in some situations like trying to dig yourself out of holes etc.

Re: Taito's NES Classic 'Bubble Bobble' Is Being Rereleased On PS5 & Switch 2 This Week, To Celebrate Bub & Bob's Birthday

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@CookieByte

"A little pointless when you can get the arcade version from hamster I think for the same price"

I prefer the NES version to the arcade version!

also, per the article:

"emulation-style bonuses thrown in like customisable buttons, save states, and CRT filters."

of course this is a non issue for me as I own a copy of Bubble Bobble on NES and also emulate it whenever I want 🚬😎

PS - Might've = might + have 👍

Re: Fans Can Try Out The Evercade Nexus Early At This Exclusive Event, Taking Place Next Month

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@Martin_H

"I'd probably put the number of Evercade games that support 16:10 natively at zero. That said, having a nice big widescreen display will happily display those 4:3 and square aspect ratios nicely, as long as the user doesn't mind some black bars either side."

this is the what I have when running Retrodeck on my Steamdeck, and you are correct that it's a usable setup, but the idea of spec'ing a display ratio on a device that literally has zero games or planned games that fit that ratio is perfectly asinine in my option.

with so many 4:3 emulator handhelds on the market that can run the entire everdrive catalog and then some, one wonders what they were thinking when designing this thing.

Like I said, am I missing something? 🤔

(PS - i'm not aware of any dual analog supporting games in Evercade's library, and It's kind of hard to imagine what they'd even be.

...Cybersled, anyone? 😄)

Re: Fans Can Try Out The Evercade Nexus Early At This Exclusive Event, Taking Place Next Month

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How many games in the Evercade library can properly display 16:10? Am I missing something here?

(btw 16:10 is one of the all time rectangles. when I accidentally run a game in letterboxed 16:9 on my Steamdeck, it's like I'm squinting 😆

but ps the bezels look "even" on 16:9 stuff because the actual bezels are that much thinner at the top and bottom. essentially it looks "right" either way, which is satisfying.)

Re: "The Demand Far Exceeded Our Expectations" - AYANEO Announces KONKR Pocket Advance Restock & New Peach Variant

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I'm not a "bezel queen" but couldnt they have gone with something not black for the peach one?

I like black handhelds with black bezels as a general preference but man the black just doesnt go on that peach one or most light colored handhelds imo.

PS - I cant believe these companies all get away with calling their products "Advance," "SP," "DS," et al. 🤔

Re: "I Don't Understand This Hate Towards Arcade Game Design" - Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance Dev Comments Trigger Fresh Debate

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@Razieluigi

I see your point 👍

but, I would argue that game development is a lot more like recording music than it is like performing it. likewise, a copy of a game is more like a copy of a record than it is like a guitar or piano, or a scale or mode or melody.

In that sense, the analogy is a lot more apt, in my opinion. recording itself has evolved by leaps and bounds, much like game development. essentially nothing physically resembles its analog (no pun intended) from 1970s recording tech.

yet, good music is good music, good games are good games. if this guy can't find plenty to work with in Shinobi III (decades on from the "infancy" of game development, btw) then he has no business making a Shinobi game, and he (he) can (can) get off of my cloud. ✌️

Re: "I Don't Understand This Hate Towards Arcade Game Design" - Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance Dev Comments Trigger Fresh Debate

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"modern gamers" who only like modern games and say things like "aged poorly" all the time are exactly like music listeners who only like new music, and say albums from the past "sound old/bad."

suffice to say, as a music lover, if you think music from the 1970s sucks, then I don't care about anything you say about music.

no offense to dear reader in particular.

Re: Random: "Parents Thought It Looked Like A Wiggling Penis" - Remember When Animal Crossing Triggered A Lot Of "Angry Calls" To Nintendo?

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@metaphysician

This is so true!

I work blue collar in a red state in the US and I run into what you are talking about constantly.

have you ever noticed that these same people have a tendency to refuse to pronounce certain words correctly? for example a common usage foreign word, or an english word that has a strongly "foreign" or even just "academic" flair?

Re: Random: "Parents Thought It Looked Like A Wiggling Penis" - Remember When Animal Crossing Triggered A Lot Of "Angry Calls" To Nintendo?

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I was about 17 when this game came out, and it never occurred to me even once that this looked like a penis. 🙄

to me, identifying penises where there are none and also jumping to the conclusion that they are bad and wrong is a red flag. like, where is your mind at, parents?

PS - anyone else remember the old lady that complained to Taco Bell because the dog was saying "gorditas" and she thought he was saying "Lord Jesus?"

Re: Mega Drive, Saturn And Dreamcast Watches Are Coming To Japan

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a "chronograph" style watch with a white face and complications at noon, 3, 6, and 9 in the shape and color of the dreamcast buttons would be dope. the second hand could be a spinning orange spiral. (or blue if you are so inclined i guess lol)

I see nothing interesting here.

Re: "All I Know Is I Want To Do This Game Justice" - Diddy Kong Racing Is The Latest N64 Classic Making The Jump To Dreamcast

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"the other 64 bit console"

also the only other major console with a single analog stick standard (and the second to launch with one,) and only the second with 4 controller ports too.

I hope this goes well! But I admit I don't really care about these unofficial ports when the consoles are this close in capabilities (I find remakes and dramatic glowups a bit more interesting.)