In light of widespread layoffs, past comments from Hiroshi Yamauchi have circulated online to highlight how little has changed in gaming.
  • SuperSynthia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It’s interesting to see the impact that Yamauchi had on Nintendo as a whole. Generally Nintendo games focus on gameplay, with graphics and story built towards servicing the gameplay first. Say what you want about exclusives (not a huge fan of them really) but from the ground up when you buy a Nintendo game it’s generally gonna be what you expect from the previews.

    Now I hope they push for better specs in the future but that seems like a pipe dream. A game like Zelda BOTW/TOTK is completely held back by the Switch and that’s not good considering how fucking amazing it was to play them

    • caseyweederman@lemmy.caEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I don’t really get that argument.
      We did get Breath of the Wild. It’s right there.
      “How fucking amazing it was to play them” but… What? What part of the amazing experience was ruined, and by what? What would have been substantially better if the graphics had been slightly better?

      • Nikki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        the framerate is pretty all over the place, better hardware would allow for 60 fps a good amount of the time. games are amazing, just irks me that i have to watch a slideshow every camera pan

  • GingaNinga@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I like their games but its such a weird company. like… people had been asking for bluetooth for wireless headphones on switch for years and it had just never been a feature. then one day… they like, just turned it on and said hey you can use wireless headphones now! like, that took 4 years! absolutely bizarre.

    • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtsEnglish
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      6 months ago

      The Switch came out right around when people were bitching about phones getting rid of headphone jacks, which the Switch does have. I really don’t see the problem with including a headphone jack from the start, focusing on releasing a stable system first, and adding Bluetooth headphone support later.

      Adding Bluetooth audio support is not as simple as slapping a bluetooth radio in your system, especially when you have a custom operating system like the Switch’s