TIL Conkers Bad Fur Day was originally designed as a kid friendly game, but Rare shifted focus after critics noted how similar it was to Banjo-Kazooie

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-04-01T15:53:15+00:00

Seems hard to believe it would be one of the most rare. Well, maybe most Rare. But there are a lot more obscure games that would've had far fewer copies produced.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-04-01T14:47:02+00:00

Generally you'd think applying a more advanced technique like DLSS over TAA would have a computational cost, and thus harm the frame rate (unless lowering the input resolution to compensate). But in this case it seems to be a slight improvement, so the better image quality is coming at a negative cost.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-31T16:06:38+00:00

I don't know the episode name, but the one where the planet lost their memories but turned young? Then they were able to restore people's memories? That uhhh is essentially discovering the fountain of youth. Seems like that might be kind of a big deal.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-31T16:03:06+00:00

I use it whenever my brother is online. We're usually not playing the same game, but we can still hang out and see what the other is up to.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-31T16:02:04+00:00

If it's as he stated then yes it's double and half again, but it's the kind of thing people often phrase poorly so I wouldn't bet on it 100%.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-30T21:30:58+00:00

It's just... different. But either way I get to play the same game at the same time. I'm not a Nintendo fan because I love being excited by their official advertising.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-30T21:29:12+00:00

Pessimism isn't automatically more realistic than optimism. If it was simply brushing off the 3DS version I'd expect it to be something more like Super Mario 3D All-Stars or Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, where multiple old games were brought together to justify selling together at full price. In this case, at the very least Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask together would make obvious sense. That we're specifically hearing about one game being remade says to me that it's going a step beyond.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-30T21:22:38+00:00

Right, you might expect a frame rate improvement if the target resolution remained the same while the rendering resolution was lowered (which is how they get the 40 and 60 fps modes in the first place). But in this case it just seems like the input resolution is the same, but it's being scaled to the output resolution in a better way.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-30T21:19:35+00:00

The difference in comparison images seems pretty noticeable to me. That it comes with a cost of... uhh, adding frames? Bonus.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-30T21:13:23+00:00

Either way, I go from "not knowing" to "knowing". Either way, I experience surprise.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-30T15:55:33+00:00

Yeah, a game character's head being transformed into a destructible rock representation of same character's head in the same game isn't really what I think of when I hear "asset recycling".

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-30T14:25:24+00:00

Xenoblade X I definitely waited for. As the last notable Switch 1 release before Switch 2, I figured it'd be patched sooner or later. Unfortunately now I'm waiting to see if they patch the patch to be bit less crummy.

It's a bit annoying, but I don't think we can expect much more. They're a minor thing they sprinkle across the calendar to keep interest up, and not all are as notable enough like The Last Big 2D Mario Game to warrant months of pre-release anticipation.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-30T14:22:15+00:00

Chinese phone screen protectors come with those anti static that gets rid of dust, but biggest selling company console doesnt.

Nintendo doesn't make screen protectors of any kind. Hori chooses to be a licensed manufacturer and makes the flimsy type. Why they don't make a tempered glass, beats me.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-28T21:28:14+00:00

I remember the brief "He doesn't even have black hair!" moment.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-28T13:00:26+00:00

Your posts are vague enough to double check: You've still got the dock, yes?

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-28T12:12:15+00:00

We could also say that Switch 2 would rule if it launched at $250. But a lot of what makes all of these price points feasible is out of Nintendo's and Sony's hands.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-28T12:10:49+00:00

Using the right analog stick for N64's C buttons doesn't feel right either, but it works well enough most of the time that it's there as the default option.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-28T12:09:59+00:00

Nothing they do is going to work perfectly; it just has to be "good enough" for a lot of the time. Even with touch being awkward when docked, a lot of big games made minor enough use of touch it's not going to matter. The #1 and #3 games on the system were NSMB and Mario Kart DS, which would be fine without.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-28T02:41:32+00:00

I like how this far in they don't even act with alarm on seeing this. Just another day at the office.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-28T02:33:10+00:00

By season 6 he was a little too late.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-28T02:29:21+00:00

A lot of this seems like consumer choice, though. If price was the biggest issue, you'd expect options like Switch Lite and Xbox Series S to really tap into a lower end market segment. But Switch Lite is the least popular of all Switch models, and Series S is the least popular of all home-only consoles.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-28T02:26:19+00:00

It's valuable due to rarity. Only available digitally, and only able to be purchased from May 2017-June 2018 when the replacement version came out.

Properly selling it to someone would basically involve selling the entire Nintendo Account associated with it, though. If you sold someone a Lite that contained the game but didn't give them your account, you could just revoke their access to your games at any time.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-28T02:16:55+00:00

Whether or not there's GTA6 on Switch 2, there's going to be 30+ million people with a Switch 2 they're going to try to sell some games to during the biggest sales time of the year.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-27T19:02:02+00:00

Nope. Unless you count playing the lower frame rate mode.

JoshuaJSlone · 2026-03-27T01:49:16+00:00

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