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Lots of underage smokers where I'm from, Jack. I can't imagine it's all that different in Manchester. 🤔

(not that 13 year old smokers are probably "demanding" anti smoking videogames, more to your point 😆)

@HoyeBoye

i came here to say basically this! count me as one more "no." 😂

i know criminals arent known for being terribly intelligent, but come ON. 😆

@JabooMooseKeys

youre probably right!

my perspective that it's a glorified DS is just that, as I have no interest in modern PC gaming, or emulating consoles beyond Dreamcast. Value is in the eye of the beholder, and this thing's usefulness doesn't rise to its cost for me.

also I get zero joy from Windows, and I havent used it in years and I'm never going back, but that's just me, too.

OTOH, what I want is something along the lines of a typical anbernic/miyoo/powkiddy handheld, but with this layout, for 200 or less (with respectable battery life, and a good dpad.) for me, that's a much more valuable thing. ✌️

PS - "if you're buying this purely for emulation, there are more cost effective ways of doing this."

are there? meaning, a handheld which can emulate DS games properly? please do tell as I've never seen them! ☺️

@Damo

Wise words, my good man. 😊 I personally miss resistive touch screens and never have felt like capacitive had the same feel, even with an advanced stylus like the apple pencil, for example. I have thought of it as an example of simple tech that gunpei yokoi would have approved 👍

OTOH my OG DS and 2DS never had a problem and I guess I was projecting my experience a bit there without realizing it, as AFAIKnew, they were dead reliable! Wrong again!

You are right, that I'm prejudging obv. without trying it for myself. The flat dpad as you described is a bit of a deal breaker for me, though. as is that astronomical price. I'm sure if I actually tried it I'd find myself having fun though 😊 cheers, and thanks for taking the time as always. ✌️

the screen on this looks obnoxiously large and bright, the controls look awful, and the overall design looks like a knockoff DS from the early 00s. This combined with the confirmed terrible battery life and insane price make me question the 8/10 score frankly, given that its' main competition is legitimate hardware on the second hand market, which can be had for a fraction of the price, have none of these problems, and can play 3/DS carts natively.

Resistive screens have been around longer than capacitive, but "primitive" is a touch (😎) hyperbolic when in the same breath mentioning technical advantages of the former that make it the better spec for the application.

Also I must say, was reliability really an issue with DS lower screens? 🤔 seems like grasping at straws to me.

the way the typeface ligatures the F and 1 in the headline really bothers me. 🧐

no idea what this article is talking about and seems like an oddly small stakes story but I suppose it isn't "for me" as the kids like to say. 👍

maybe it's just because i only ever had a white 1st Gen Wii, but that black wii looks so damn cool to me. 🤙😎

Why is this here instead of NintendoLife?

@Mr_Monochrome

i would be shocked if AT+T, AMC, MSNBC, IBM, et al are not trademarked.

@Damo

it reminds me of my beloved (and long gone) childhood "play it loud" clear gameboy, but i like it even more with the raspberry buttons!

and the OG shiny black dpad style on a GBA really is a look!

anyway cheers, thanks for the article 😊👍

Damo you have the all time classiest GBA 🤤 always love to see it. 👍

the perspective of this article is weird, especially as someone who does not have an apple watch. i'm not sure what the "story" is, here, tbh.

i wish GOG had a plug n play console. I can't stand playing games on a PC anymore but that is a great catalogue.

in theory I'd love to have a device like this, but the button layout will keep me away. too bad!

DC arcade stick is the best ever, still 👍

PS - is it just me, or does everything look rather left-justified on this thing? 🧐 🤔 all that margin for graphics on the right, too, and they crammed it in under the stick for some reason. really strange.

I can't afford it so it's not gorgeous.

OMG why.

shameless.

"Secret Base has received some replies on social media urging the studio to continue with the project but without the Golden Axe IP."

this is absolutely what should happen.

also I'm cautiously optimistic for a new 3D golden axe 😬

'can you think of any other examples of in-game swipes about the SNES or Sega Mega Drive / Genesis?"

in Uniracers, if you input your name as "sega" or "sonic" it would be rejected, with the message "not cool enough!"

@sdelfin

I played Mario 3 the other day and it's still a remarkable, fun game. Great graphics and sound, too! Just about perfect ❤️

@superdad64

hard disagree, I've been trying to get into Wind Waker for years and I just don't like it 😐

(POV - Zelda is my favorite game series of all time. ✌️)

@Rambler

that's... probably true! 👍

@RadioHedgeFund

"I think Ocarina was the first game where the protagonist sheaths their weapon to then interact with the world"

interesting! come to think of it, I noticed the distinction too, when I first played TOoT. especially the "put away" command. you're right, that really seemed new at the time. 😊👍

EDIT - metal gear solid definitely had holstering/readying of weapons, just months before Ocarina IIRC, but it's not third person or a sword, as you mentioned. I like this topic!

EDIT 2 - many games I can think of either had the character running around with sword in hand, as you pointed out, or carrying nothing, and the sword/weapon magically appearing during the attack animation, only to disappear again! i dont know which is stranger haha.

i feel as though resident evil had weapon ready/ unarmed states, but that's guns again. I'm determined to come up with an exception but so far i can't! 😊👍

@RadioHedgeFund

I'm not disagreeing with your whole comment (which i enjoyed btw!) but:

"Kratos carries his weapon on his back because Link did."

I must point out that they both carry their weapons on their backs because people IRL have been doing this for time immemorial. Link mightve been the first (I'm not quite convinced) but it's hard to give a game credit as innovator when the designers were simply modelling what already existed in the world.

Your comment got me thinking, and it's just my opinion of course! ✌️

Yeah I'll just keep saying "SEGA" thanks.

@Coalescence

"A clone would play gba carts."

holy cow that's some quality pedantry 😄 can you back it up at all?

I love establishing and ruthlessly enforcing lexicon! ❤️

@Poodlestargenerica

you've lit some part of my brain that remembers emulating SNES with a logitech dual shock knockoff years ago. 👍

I think I stand by what I said, but I do now remember doing what you say and you've given me something to ponder 🤔 thanks!

@MetaCrystal @EarthboundBenjy

basically you are giving the game some headroom 👍

OK, 13 grand? 😂 yeah these are really gonna set the world on fire.

No sticks - YES!

My prayers have been answered 😂

PS -
"the RG35XX SP will lack dual analogue sticks, which could present problems when emulating some PS1 titles."

Like one game I can think of 😆 and if you think you'll be comfortable playing Ape Escape on a device like this, IMO you are kidding yourself.

this is going to be an ideal GB/A + S/NES machine! I can't wait 👍

I wish that if these companies are going to name themselves stuff like "SIPEED" they would at least leave it off the front of the product.

PS - 2" is probably too small for my aging eyes, but of this had HDMI and bluetooth I'd buy it.

EDIT - oh, it does have HDMI! 🧐 🤔

@JJtheTexan

I'm glad you like the idea! ✌️

at the rate of ~4 games per month, I think 20 bucks/mo is about the best we could hope for, but compared to 8 bucks a pop thats a great deal! and youd be expanding your collection and videogame knowledge/experience constantly.

I'm not particularly interested in every single game they put out, but the thought of (eventually) having them all in one place for my perusal is enticing!

@Moroboshi876

id put aside 100 dollars US for a hamster half price sale. just putting it out there. 🤞🤞

@Diogmites

my pleasure, you're gonna love it! 👍👍

the NES port of super sprint is shockingly smooth and fun to play btw!

if hamster did a subscription service where you just "get" every game each week for a discounted monthly fee id subscribe.

if hamster did compilations of their games Id buy them.

If hamster did more sales I'd buy more of their games.

lighted bezel, poor choice 🫤

overall I'm pretty excited to see this whole thing, though 👍👍

@Diogmites pro am is a formative game for me, as the first game i ever played with "tank controls" (oh, how i loathe that term 😆)

i feel like the day rc pro am "clicked" for me was the day i started getting "good" at games 👍 great game!

ps - if you haven't played rc pro am 2 i highly recommend it! ✌️

pps - also i played many rounds of super sprint for the first time with a good friend who grew up with it and I can strongly recommend that game too!

@sdelfin

I consider this a clone or ripoff of Micro Machines, but I'm here for it. 👍

i just played RC pro am to exhaustion over the weekend, and Super Sprint, and Lonely Mtn downhill 😅 I suppose I'm in the mood for some isometric racing! 👍

i played this mode at a friend's house and never knew it was hidden or elusive! Today I Learned.

@Nahhhtendo

I had soul blade and crash, too! and I always loved playing Saturn when I had the chance.
it was a great time to be into videogames! 😊

PS - I do wish there were more Saturn games available on switch (seriously, where is my Model 2 collection?!)

@sdelfin

I thought calling it TEKKEN like it's just self explanatory was pretty bold and I still do 😎 it was the epitome of cool to me when I was 10 and got my first PSX. I couldnt believe I was playing a game like that in my bedroom! 🤯🤯

I abandoned playstation in the PS3 era, and I miss the Tekken series the most.

WHY did wii U get a Tekken game but not Switch?! I only need ONE title to be happy! One!

PS - where the Hell is Virtua Fighter as well? 😟

Nothing is more boring and lazy than aiming a virtual gun at a virtual head. I dont really even think this that arrogant or pretentious of a take. More like it's just true, and harsh. ✌️

Tetris DX so rarely gets a mention, but to me that's the most important tetris release between OG GB tetris and tetris 99 by far!

anyway the 300 iq remark is insanely hyperbolic lol but I always love these esoteric deep dives, keep em coming! 👍

play what you like, people.

and if you like fallout, play it somewhere else.

thankfully i can still get (and have) CRT sets where I am, because the cost per system of these mods is still prohibitive for me. 😅✌️ cool as they are.

@Daniel36

I have less of a problem with the dumb name (and yeah, it is dumb! 👍) and more of a problem with the fact that it gives legitimacy to the idea that the genre was equally birthed by the two games, super metroid and SOTN, and we have been stuck with that story for the last... 26 years(?!) and here we are again:

"one half of the Metroidvania puzzle"

1) super metroid popularized (and to be fair, perfected) the form, it wasnt the first.

2) SOTN copied super metroid and somehow now gets equal credit in the eyes of gamers and game content writers for all eternity.

in my opinion, these are both Action RPGS.

Super Metroid is sci fi Zelda on its side.

SOTN is Super Metroid with vampires and more "rpg elements."

Feel free to disagree! I love it haha. ✌️

(PS - it sounds like I'm minimizing or trashing these games, but they are easily two of my favorite games of all time! I played both when they came out, when I was a child, and on a good day they are both still top 10 or even top 5. so, I'm not bashing them!)