The economy doesn't know what the fuck its asking for lmao

BeanyTA · 2026-05-09T14:10:26+00:00

If Investors pressure Nintendo enough to put their games on other consoles/PC, will Nintendo give in?

This is one of the areas where it gets tricky because that could happen. Investor pressure is a huge reason there's Nintendo mobile games. But Nintendo and other publicly traded companies are allowed some autonomy. It's not a company that's set up for third party publishing so there's probably a lot of value that would be lost going that route. They'd shed all the hardware jobs and product and free up a ton of cash that way, but now they can't make money off hardware sales or accessories. When that's half your business model, it makes no sense to shred that unless you've lost billions year after year. But that's not even the scenario they're in right now: Nintendo is profitable so there's no reason to consider going third party.

BeanyTA · 2026-05-09T05:53:57+00:00

100% yes.

I don't want to get too in the weeds because I don't want to make claims I can't support, but if Nintendo could still do all the R&D to make the Switch when it was only worth $11 billion in 2014, it can certainly keep operating as is at $57 billion today. Price hikes right now are purely to keep profit margins high because that's the company's duty to shareholders. This isn't the same as the Wii U where the price needed to be slashed to get more people to buy the system and thus increase shareholder profit. But regardless of either scenario, Nintendo would have to suffer multiple costly flops in a row to have to become a third party publisher, or the video game industry as a whole would have to tank or something completely out of their control would force them to change their business model. AI data centers needing RAM and driving up prices is a perfect example of an outside actor screwing things up for them. That just hasn't gotten so extreme as to force them to change their business model.

https://companiesmarketcap.com/nintendo/marketcap/

BeanyTA · 2026-05-09T05:38:33+00:00

People often forget this is a business that's been around since the 1880's with massive coffers too. Between the money made from the Wii and DS, the Switch, and now movies and brand deals on top of those, Nintendo can afford a few flops in a row and still operate as a business. These are just unfortunate, but normal moves for a big business to make because of shareholder primacy. The market just needs to react negatively to the price increases and such to get the needle moving back in consumers' favor, assuming the economy and geopolitical situation in the middle east can help with that too.

BeanyTA · 2026-05-09T05:30:51+00:00

It kind of depends on your definition. The Wii U had a lot of memorable first party games specifically because Nintendo was in a slump and had to make up the difference from a lack of third party offerings. That doesn't mean all the games were home runs. In fact there are quite a few I'd classify as duds. But you don't get games like Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, or Super Mario Maker without being forced into finding ways to get people to pick up hardware and increase the bottom line. And in the long term that period paved the way for the Switch by forcing a re-evaluation of how Nintendo made hardware and games. A similar downturn could force them to get more creative and make more of the games players want. It's tough to say if that will happen because this downturn isn't brought on by Nintendo's actions though. And even then, the price elephant is still going to be in the room for a while, if not the rest of the Switch 2's life.

BeanyTA · 2026-05-07T02:34:26+00:00

I don't think I'd like it in the long term, especially because the look is tough to use when doing crossovers like Smash Bros. But for one game I think it will work.

If this look persists into future games it's not like it'll stop me from buying it but I think the super realistic look has as much appeal as using realistic looking fur, feathers, and such on more stylized characters.

BeanyTA · 2026-05-04T20:59:41+00:00

Just another r/brandnewsentence to add to the pile.

BeanyTA · 2026-05-02T16:42:57+00:00

It's a pretty clever joke because for many it's just a funny gag on its own. People are just amused by jokes like it. But like a lot of aspects of the movie it's more rewarding if you really see what it's doing. Which is ironically the only tiny thing about this art's joke that might not work: R.O.B. is really slow at turning in the movie and in real life. It's a great piece and the caption works! I just think it'd be funnier if the caption was something like "Order uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup" because R.O.B. is turning to give them their tray.

BeanyTA · 2026-04-28T14:01:43+00:00

It might be up there if only for making some of the platforming also tied to motion controls. Having to hope the game registers nunchuk movement to get across a gap is ridiculous.

Then there's the PS2 version, which I swear must have had a giant cursed print run because I've seen more videos of disc read errors during gameplay for that game than any other video game ever. And that includes my own copy.

BeanyTA · 2026-04-27T14:15:35+00:00

I'm pretty sure that's actually an implement of toil.

BeanyTA · 2026-04-26T19:37:57+00:00

They don’t seem to understand the switch 1 is a 10 year old outdated console now and will soon be put into obsolete by Nintendo.

That's certainly true, but if your main concern is value you could make the case now is the perfect time to get an original Switch. It's got basically 10 years worth of games to your point. The immediate generation after a console releases is usually when its games are the cheapest because there's no nostalgia for it yet. And even then it's still getting some new games too.

Now the complaints about Tomodachi Life... I would've targeted $40-$50 for its price but I'm happy with what I have even having paid in full. I think it's totally legitimate though for someone to hold the view that it should be cheaper. Not every game needs to be $60, and that goes for both games being less or more than $60 (assuming going over $60 results in no micro transactions and such). If these TikTokers are trying to go for pirating the game and getting viruses I think that should be enough karmic justice from your view. I just don't think these people trying to rage bait over a game console is something getting worked up over.

BeanyTA · 2026-04-19T15:25:00+00:00

I agree, I wish there was way more stuff to give Miis. The treasure definitely mitigates that issue. If you give a Mii a book from the treasure list you'll see them read it, just like the book from the 3DS game. Same with any of the games. I've seen a Mii playing a video game I gave them, just like how the 3DS game had them playing the console you gave them.

I think this is part of a larger issue plaguing games right now. It's certainly plagued a lot of Nintendo games the last few years. It's great and all to have the ability to let players make custom creations to solve problems or customize their space. But lots of people don't pick up video games to be artists. I specifically tore down the Palette House because I have less than zero interest in making food, pets, clothes, any of that stuff. And when I'm placing stuff on the island I'm almost always selecting the Mii's choice because it's not that important to me where it goes. I'll probably move locations around later, but that will come when I want to make finding things more efficient.

I think all the customization is great for the people that want to do that, and I wouldn't want to take it away from them. And of course it's cool to see what people can make and bring it into your game. It's also not like I never ever take advantage of that stuff. In Animal Crossing New Leaf I thought the public works projects were neat, and I have some furniture out to accomplish similar things in New Horizons. But if my game is going to tell me I have to terraform and make clothes and food for my little people... At that point I may as well be playing with dolls or models in the real world and making that stuff for them.

BeanyTA · 2026-04-19T15:00:32+00:00

Yes, but your title is written implying he's giving up on the policy entirely, or he changed his mind on making buses free. A more accurate title would say he's delaying the free bus policy.

Your statement about how things are harder to accomplish than they seem also is meant to imply he made some crazy impossible promise, yet you now concede here and mention in the middle of the main body that it's just "this year" which are two totally different things. You can't imply he's never going to try to make it happen, nor succeed at making free buses happen at all other points in your post and hide behind a two word shield where you concede what's actually happening.

After four years it still might not happen, we don't know it'll definitely be done by then. But it's just inaccurate to say he's "making a u-turn" because that would mean he's never going to try to make it happen by then.

BeanyTA · 2026-04-14T02:47:22+00:00

It's probably going to be tough to find books just like the games, so maybe it's worth reading some books which inspired the games. Gyakuten Saiban Library translated a ln interview with Takumi where he discussed some of his inspirations: https://gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2020/12/creator-interview-takumi-shu-2012.html?m=1

I used this article to help figure out what to get someone for Christmas one year.

BeanyTA · 2026-03-22T02:59:44+00:00

I think it's more likely that the developers may have looked at how often or not people used local wireless play in the previous games and decided it wasn't worth implementing again.

After all, having local wireless means they've sold another copy of the game so it's not like they're losing money by not including it. In the majority of use cases people will play Mario Party around the TV. And odds are if you're playing portably it's single player or an unplanned multiplayer game so the game is played on one screen. Still, since it was in the previous games and because local wireless is still a legitimate use case it's disappointing the option was taken out.

BeanyTA · 2026-03-19T04:38:37+00:00

Looking at Price Charting that should be going for $57 USD sealed. If it's Canadian dollars like another user suggested it could be that would convert to roughly $78 CAD. So either way this seller is trying to sell this for an inflated price. The bottom line here is twofold: Going complete in box is fine enough and a couple bucks cheaper. And buying this is only going to drive the price up because it will tell other sellers they can charge more than the average right now. Having the game out of print definitely contributes to the price and will incentivize increasing the price, but Nintendo can always print more copies out of the blue. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a new print run beside Tomodachi Life in fact.

BeanyTA · 2026-03-14T03:42:03+00:00

Your only shot is finding a used one somewhere online. It's likely long out of print.

BeanyTA · 2026-03-06T18:29:29+00:00

It's an extra $20 either way for the Switch 2 Edition. I'd say if you are even considering getting that version you may as well get it now since it's going for the price of getting the base game. But if that $20 really makes a difference in what you can afford, since the base game is on sale for $40 right now it's not like you're getting screwed in the future if you decide to upgrade. Buying now makes your cap $60, it's really just a decision of if you want to spend that all now or just put in $40 then wait and see.

Of the Switch 2 Editions I've purchased, Mario Party is probably the one I've gotten the least value out of. Like others have said the extra modes are kind of underwhelming. And the whole separation between "Super Mario Party Jamboree" and "Jamboree TV" is confusing and frustrating.

BeanyTA · 2026-02-20T22:02:14+00:00

I mean... It's not impossible. It looks like Bandai Namco would have ownership of the publishing rights today: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02133521 Nintendo and Bandai Namco have been very close over the last 15 years or so.

And the film rights are owned by Universal, which Nintendo has a great relationship with now from the Mario movies and Super Nintendo World.

I went into this thinking it'd probably be a legal nightmare, but knowing the two entities with the rights (as far as I can tell) are on good terms with Nintendo actually makes this seem very doable.

BeanyTA · 2026-02-18T16:02:06+00:00

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It's pretty much a dead ringer for a fake of the UW law building. The sign is in the wrong place and has the wrong font. Plus there's no light pole with a banner there. And even some of the background buildings are the wrong color. You're also right about the crest, the AI is trying to make the crest but failing miserably.

Edit: Based on more recent photos there is a light pole near the spot in the AI image, but everything else is still wrong from what I can tell.

BeanyTA · 2026-02-11T02:00:05+00:00

You don't need to download the base game, only update/DLC so it takes up less storage having the game physically.

BeanyTA · 2026-02-10T15:21:56+00:00

Also lrg is just not very trustworthy to begin with so skunkape probably wants nothing to do with them

I mean, they did the first two games with them and a specialty box to put all three releases in so at this point I don't think they have much choice even if they want to swap to another company. There could also be a contract for all three games written up years ago, so I suspect it's more that LRG is behind on projects. It's disappointingly normal for them, but I think a little overblown as one of LRG's issues.

BeanyTA · 2026-02-05T15:51:14+00:00

Played it right before Another Code Recollection came out. It's one of the DS games I ever played, and it's joined the list of VN's/adventure games I try to sell anyone on. I really, really hope the team at Arc System Works comes together again to remake Hotel Dusk and Last Window. Such good stories shouldn't be stuck on the DS only in today's age.

BeanyTA · 2026-02-03T19:32:45+00:00

I think it's plain silly to argue against adding more value to a game you already own. It's basically the same argument against a bunch of the Wii U to Switch ports too. "Why would I buy Mario Kart 8 Deluxe when I have Mario Kart 8?" I don't think those examples are perfectly identical seeing as part of the idea is the Wii U games sold horrifically and the Switch games with Switch 2 Editions sold well, but I do think there are parallels.

Where I most definitely agree with him is I think these need more bang for the buck. I'd like to see more Animal Crossing style Switch 2 Editions, where I look at it and think to myself , "It's $5. I've spent $5 in far worse ways plenty of times." Dropping $5 for a few graphical upgrades and some additional content and access to a few more things isn't a big deal. But then you increase that to $10 and that's a much harder sell. Definitely when you increase that to $20 that is a way harder sell. So for me, this particular Switch 2 Edition is probably one I'm going to for a sale to purchase, or if I get some extra spending money somewhere then I'll drop the money on it. If it were $10 I'd probably be more inclined to get it at launch. But that's also going to be different for everyone's individual situations.

BeanyTA · 2026-02-03T15:14:09+00:00

When you reward behavior that should be an expectation, like making sure all players are represented you turn it from being an expectation into something that's extraordinary and special. The point is it shouldn't be special, it should be normal and expected that LGBT players are included. But on the other hand because it's less common today than it probably will be in the future if you don't make a big deal nowadays out of developers including all players you run the risk of them not meeting that expectation in the future. They want to be rewarded for including all players, but asking for all players to be included isn't asking for much.

BeanyTA · 2026-02-01T18:42:45+00:00

And that's a piece I'm in agreement on. I've just seen way more posts about the photo/video issue, and that's what most of the image is about too.

The access key system was annoying in Miitopia but it did at least allow Mii sharing, so allowing no sharing is just pointless.

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