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Tag: video games

  • Here we go!

    neon

    Well, I found something to share, or discuss at the very least. Nintendo’s been buzzing thanks to the full reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s certainly impressive and there’s a whole mess of games I’m excited about. (Especially yours, Professor Layton.)

    However, there’s been a lot of negative feedback lately, with $80 games, possible issues due to tariffs, and least of all, a $10 price tag for a tutorial “game.”

    I’m getting away from the point. Nintendo is also adding a built in chat to its new console, but after an initial trial you’ll need Nintendo Online to use it. Having an online pass for online play is nothing new. If I want the full Elden Ring experience on my PS5, I need Sony’s Playstation Plus. On the other hand, I can join XBox party chats when I’m hunting for Monsters. (Does anyone else hate the Rathalos? No?)

    Nintendo has been weirdly archaic with a lot of things. Reggie Fils-Aimé fought to include Wii Sports with the console, which ended up being a massive selling point for the more casual gamer. (Seriously, my mom even tried Wii bowling!)

    It doesn’t look like they’re backing down from their price tags and I certainly don’t think they’re going to be offering more affordable options for playing with friends. They took long enough to catch up with Sony and Microsoft in terms of hardware – maybe we’ll see a better online component for Nintendo in the future, but I don’t think it’ll be any time soon.

  • Chrono Trigger’s 30th Anniversary and More.

    neon

    If you love RPGs and haven’t played Chrono Trigger I cannot recommend it enough. Releasing in 1995 on the Super Famicom/SNES, it is (in my opinion) one of the best games full stop. I could go on and on about the same things everyone else loves about it including the music, the characters and writing, the gameplay, Akira Toriyama’s art and designs.

    I considered finding a video essay on it to try and convince the few wayward readers of my blog but I don’t know that any of them would do it proper justice anyway. Check the trailer above and if you think you’d be remotely interested please try it. You won’t regret it.

    The reason for this post is that it’s not just the 30th anniversary, for which Square announced a whole mess of tributes for the year, but it also topped off 5 million sales worldwide recently. This might not be super impressive considering Persona 5 and FF7 Remake both sold over 7 million copies. Silent Hill 2 sold over 2 million within a few months!

    But it’s still cool to see that over the years people continued to come back to this world and these characters.

    I’ve heard mixed things about Chrono Cross but I’m stoked to dive into it (soon).