pokes head into the crossposted thread

Sure smells like ableist in there. Perfect example of why comment sections should not be merged.

This is the first I’m hearing of jelly beans and suddenly I have a sawsall in my hand.

Same for me, doubly so with over-ear cans. Any internal noises (breathing, swallowing, coughing etc) get cranked to 11. And any noise from the cans or headrest goes to 12.

So there must have been different bundles because my Wii U Mario Kart bundle came with a physical copy of the game and a special red Mario controller + plastic wheel.

There’s been a LOT of bundles. Either way, we both learned something today. I’d call that a win.

People really really latched onto the key card narrative despite it all being 3rd party publishers making use of it. The lone exception as far as I know is Pokopia, which as a Pokémon title comes with all the usual fucky bullshit that comes along with TPC and GameFreaks… but it was published in the west by Nintendo themselves.

It may be the only one, but people have convinced themselves that it’s everything and no amount of facts will sway them otherwise.

All previous versions of Nintendo consoles with a bundle came with physical media.

Not true. If anything I’m trying to remember the last one that came with the physical game. The MK8 Wii U bundle was digital. As were the ALBW 3DS bundles. There’s probably a few though, between the 2/3DS and Switch there have been quite a few collectors’ editions. Some with game, some without.

MSoft and Sony would adopt the latest (most expensive) usb version for the transfer speed.

Nintendo opted for SD Express (a spec that has existed for years) in the Switch 2 and people pitched a fit over the “proprietary” format.

I bounced pretty hard off of the demo. Hoping the full version has in-game button remapping. My hand does NOT like using A as a perma-mash/hold button. Yes, I know you change it in system settings, but until you can assign mappings per-game it’s an awkward kludge.

I want off this ride, Mr. Bones…

Excellent comic, now with more pixels and attribution:

I, too, want 75¢ in 10 years.

One room full of typewriters, and a lab full of TRS-80s.

Gourd 4 lyfe

I’ve always wondered.

Then again, that’s something davel would say to throw us off the trail. Hmm.

I played the fan translation for BB a few times, and started on NM before being annoyed at being tied to my PC to play. Have yet to try either of the SNES games… and I may sound like a filthy casual but I think I’d prefer a remake with modern QoL. I’ve picked up enough through osmosis that I’m not sure I would have the patience for playing the originals lol.

I hope there’s at least $10 more game than Doom Eternal to justify it.

Yep. I don’t follow Pokémon so I had to double check. There’s usually some weaselly stuff going on with Pokémon as it’s technically The Pokémon Company and Gamefreaks doing the heavy lifting… but Nintendo did indeed publish Pokopia outside of Japan. No weaseling out of this one.

I played the shit out of Engage lol. And went back and played Echoes after that. (Fell into the Heroes gacha trap before Echoes came out and that soured me on FE for a good long while.) Won’t feel right to play FW without having the 3H base to build off of.

Hoping for western access to New Mystery, Genealogy, Tharacia, and Binding Blade before too much longer. I’ll take ports or a remake.