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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 7 points 14 hours ago

I would have cared but they went after Palworld.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I literally could not care less. Thanks to their relentless pursuit of emulator developers and fans who mod their games, Nintendo is dead to me. I'll never understand why they choose to sue their biggest, most dedicated fans into oblivion. It's pure evil.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago

Because Nintendrones will still buy it

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

I could in some ways understand their pursuit of emulators when they're monetizing those same games currently (even if I disagree with their pricing structure on them). What really got my goat was when they went after Garry's Mod animations, a medium that has promoted their visibility and never conflicted with their software sales in the slightest.

[–] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not saying they're doing the right thing but this is always such an overreaction. Among all the evil in the world today nintendo's actions are relatively minor, and widespread piracy gives them a plausible legal basis for doing it

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, they're jerks who happen to produce good games from time to time and build consoles out of parts that are 4 years old at launch.

I believe Nintendo went after Switch emulators because the new Switch shares enough with the original to make it a cake walk to emulate Switch 2 games with better performance.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

That's what pisses me off so much. Instead of releasing a console with decent performance, they rather sue their fans into oblivion, just because they want to run their games @ 4K 120Hz. I wouldn't need a Switch emulator if their god damn console wasn't so weak. It can't even handle 30 FPS in many titles, let alone 120+. It's not like these are demanding titles, either. I've played mobile games with better graphics. There's no excuse.

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Totally agree. It's silly how much better ToTK is at 60fps.

If you hack your Switch and overclock it up to the stock Nvidia shield speeds most games run a lot better.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

Heavy speculation and a lot of "if the console is able to run them well enough."

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Master Chief, Solid Snake and Mario all on one system.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You have Mario on steam deck!? Hello, FBI, yes this comment right here.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 10 points 1 day ago

Technically possible to do legally if you plug a USB floppy drive and install the DOS version of Mario is Missing.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

nintendo lawyers sharpening their "enhanced interrogation" tools

[–] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now add Master Chief to Smash Bros.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

And yet again Waluigi gets passed by again.

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hope it’s all compatible with the old one. I don’t really want to upgrade.

[–] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You might get one dual console launch game like twilight princess or BotW but that's it. If switch 1 could run elden ring or FF7R they'd have had ports years ago

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you don't upgrade, why's it matter if it's backwards compatible? Its not like switch 2 games will work on switch.

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

If two platforms share compatibility then developers can choose to target the weaker system and release on both.

For some games this might involve a bit of compromise and cause resentment with the owners of the more powerful system, but for other (simple) games it might not involve any compromise at all.

Either way there are a lot of Switch consoles in the wild and there will be some publisher support for the Switch for a few years yet.

As an example from the other side of the fence ps4 is still getting titles:

https://opencritic.com/browse/ps4/last90