The_Nintendo_Pedant

I've clicked the links and read more than i care to about it, and i still don't really understand what AI has to do with this. w/e.

@RZ-Atom

if you dont know what a word means you can always look it up oh wait you did.

@Bod2019

FWIW rc pro am II is an excellent game 👍👍

@Scollurio

yes, OP believes Rogue came out recently, it seems. 👍✌️

the open mouth. oh no. 😬

to me, this is what a "remaster" is. a game looking as good as it possibly can while sticking to the "script" of the original. 👍

black box mid 90s trilogy (remaster,) vs gold box "special edition" trilogy (remake,) in a nut.

i randomly got a SMB game and watch, and now im looking around at other "ultraportable" handhelds I could slip in my pocket and play whenever.

this sounds like almost a reinvention for the playdate, just in time(?) 😊👍

@Omarzuqo

Not correct.

EDIT - ✌️ Unless you actually meant "Rougelike," in which case, touché.

yup, thats a gba game alright.

music sounds like a dance remix of "Island in the Sun."

pure kayfabe.

do y'all say "arcades?" we tend to always say arcade games.

"I've never been big on customising consoles or handhelds."

says the man with the best looking modded GBA ive ever seen 😅✌️

@BionicDodo

I'd buy a wonderswan clone, and a NGPC clone, absolutely. 👍

indeed, if its gonna be microswitched, the deadzone should be fairly tiny I reckon. on ngpc, i was pulling off fireballs and dragon punches et al with a very light touch on the stick, not even touching the extents of its travel much of the time.

@BionicDodo

ive always wanted to love the NGCD pad, but its never felt quite "right" to me, so i havent bothered to check out the 8bd version, though im always low key tempted.

tbh I think the NGP stick is an improvement over the original, and my dream controller would essentially be a dualshock 3 with NGP stick in place of dpad. 😊

Time Extension

why the NGP's micro switch stick hasn't been copied widely, or at least a little, is a real mystery.

never heard of this game! If i ever get a flash cart for my NGPC I'll check it out, thanks 👍

@RootsGenoa

yet, given the quote, it does seem that both "the company is pointing the finger at Nintendo," and "this issue will also impact the PS4, PS5, and Xbox versions, as the platform holders share similar requirements" are true. 👍

@Martin_H

yeah, that was a little before my time. I'm glad to have missed it, but it seems like it's just one thing after another! my mom was worried about Mortal Kombat, Beavis and Butthead, and "raves" LOL. i think I got off easy. 😅

@PKDuckman

yes, we are backsliding horribly. so many people see the lack of "culture" like you see in this article clipping as "the death of comedy," because they never had a sense of humor in the first place.

OTOH, i mean, what if her face WAS copied from a man's face, and then i was attracted to the same face? 😱 the horror.

I'm curious, is this SEGA endorsed?

if not, how is "VMU" not a SEGA trademark? 🤔

bonus question: does anyone remember what VMUs were called when first announced? I distinctly remember them having another name. I think. 😅

Make a real GameCube type controller, you cowards!

@N00BiSH

wow this is like an early birthday present 🥳 thank you!

(I agree about the graphic design in wipeout! looking back it was very mind expanding for young me, visually, aurally, and even spatially, being my first "real" 3d game. my imagination just went crazy for this game from the moment I first played it at Sears.)

@Exerion76

wipeout was my very first game on my v1 PSX, when I was 10. I turn 40 next month 😱 feels like yesterday I was playing this game in my bedroom, of course with mind thoroughly blown.

cheers!

"I’m literally standing on the shoulders of giants here…"

🙄

"Ready To Feel Really Old?"

no

"WipEout Turns 30 Today"

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-

"the 32-bit console struggled to accurately replicate the grandiose nature of the arcade version"

I'm sure this is true, but I don't remember anyone complaining at the time. what I do remember is people praising the twin stick controller and balking at its price 😆

@SirAileron

"Microsoft got the rights to the Dreamcast's designs, which led to the creation of the Xbox,"

this is good to hear as it supports my existing world view! 😅 AHHHHHHHH feels so good doesn't it? 😂✌️ cheers.

@Flitzpiepe

we have different ways of thinking about it! ✌️ I don't think there are necessarily wrong answers, and I'm so happy that other people even want to think about this kind of stuff 😅

fwiw, I've thought since release it was obvious that numerous specific features unique to the Dreamcast were imitated in the Xbox's design, and too many to chalk up to coincidence or zeitgeist. just my opinion!

tbh the Sidewinder angle does introduce a wrinkle to the story I hadn't really considered. 👍 thanks for chatting with me about one of my favorite topics 😊

@KingMike

yeah, I actually thought the b+w buttons were the real identity of the Xbox controller, (along with the asymmetrical sticks,) but like everyone, they've done away with most anything remotely distinguishing (or dare I say whimsical!) in favor of oppressive, mundane, "modern" hegemony.

@Flitzpiepe

so, the XBOX controller can't be a ripoff of the Dreamcast controller, because the Sidewinder was a ripoff of the Saturn controller. interesting logic, I'm not sure I follow. 🤔

"And with the weird rotation of the buttons, the bottom row was more likely X, A - not A, B."

there is no "bottom row" of buttons for the Dreamcast controller as you've defined it, but I am not sure how this supports your argument anyway. ✌️

@BrianJL

GRAVIS GAMEPAD, the only acceptable controller for commander keen and halloween harry. 🥳

FUN FACT: in the earliest days of ZSNES/9x, I'd play with a Gravis gamepad, and if necessary, press keys on the keyboard with my pinkies for L and R! 😅 so fancy!

@Jawessome

also reverting is not the right word, because it wasn't "ABXY" before it was "ABCXYZ."

"converting" would be accurate. or "adapting," or "evolving," or simply "changing" would suffice.

@Flitzpiepe

"Your explanation is that Microsoft copied from the one company that failed horribly"

yes, "the one company that failed horribly." 1000%

"Then, why did Microsoft used another color coding for the buttons?"

wow you just destroyed my entire argument.

"That's a bit of a low bar you've set there."

yet I did openly call for recommendations... 😮‍💨

from your comment, it seems you enjoy... nothing?

@Flitzpiepe

"Much simpler answer: Microsoft is a western company - labeling from left (A) to right (B} seems natural."

I see what you are saying, but I disagree that it's a simpler answer than "they were copying Dreamcast" which to my mind they clearly were! why go looking for another reason beyond that? ✌️

2 VMU slots, analog triggers, button/stick placement. they looked at what Sega did and copied, because they aren't a videogame company, and they had never successfully made an original controller design that "caught on." they still haven't, as every Xbox controller has essentially been an iteration of the same design.

(btw Sony copied the SNES controller pretty much whole stock, but at least they had the self respect to relabel the buttons 😂✌️)

on top of that, SEGA did it first, and they are a Japanese company, so the explanation that Microsoft did the same because they are a western company actually doesn't make a ton of sense. 👍 imo.

(EDIT - to be fair, they also stole dual analog sticks and pressure sensitive buttons from PlayStation 😆)

Xbox controller was copying the Dreamcast controller note for note, that's why.

The Dreamcast was simply following the established SEGA pattern, but obviously dropping C and Z to make a 4 button version. ✌️

it's a bit of a "SEGA does what Nintendon't, Xbox does what they've seen others do."

@NoirConceit

"Dude what? Please explain."

sure.

I found your comment to be kind of hateful towards a person you don't know, for no reason. I don't really get where your animosity comes from, except that maybe you wish you could make stuff like this but for some reason you can't, or more likely just believe that you can't.👍

also I listened, there's some pretty good stuff in there! 😊✌️

not a huge deal anyway, good luck with all your endeavors!

@Ristar24

I agree with you, except that I had and loved Sega rally 2 on dreamcast instead, blissfully unaware of the problems other people had with it and just loving my time with that game!

I should try to get a copy of 1 for my Saturn... 🤔

@smoreon

"how much of it is EGM itself, versus gaming in general, versus being a kid in the late '90s?"

suffice to say, if you were middle aged in the 90s, with no interest in videogames, then you probably wouldn't have gotten as much out of EGM as we did 😂✌️

off the top of my head, I particularly miss the sushi X files, and decapitato, and the GoldenEye hype train, and the metal gear solid hype train, and TOoT hype train, and their protracted comedic usage of Gameboy Camera long after the hype for that peripheral had died.

I also really enjoyed reading the bios for the "review crew" members, which they updated every single month and were often entertaining with recurring gags and themes, and sort of in-jokes.

if everyone doesn't know Jeremy Parish, or Retrobird on YouTube, I consider them the top shelf, along with gamesack. I'd be curious about some others I've missed though!

OMG I'm so pleased that Game Sack is getting some exposure on here! If some of y'all haven't checked it out... check it out!

Also EGM was my #1 magazine during the PSX era. SUCH. a great time, the whimsy and genuine excitement about the games were both palpable while reading. I miss being 12 years old, poring over every page, even the ads. ♥️ I absolutely can't wait for this! but I will!

see also Gameplayers, my favorite mag of the SNES era. ✌️ I could say everything I've said about EGM towards GP instead, still true.

@NoirConceit

"this trying to ride the game's coattails is the definition of fan trash."

dude...

first game, duck hunt
second game, super Mario bros.

@KingMike

somehow I never even considered how stupid that is, but yeah I think you are right 😅👍

it'd be far more ethical to just steal it.

I always wished Nintendo wouldve made a game and watch that just played all the (single screen) game and watch games, instead of Mario or Zelda.

UPDATE: I found a SMB g+w mint/complete at a second hand store (seriously) and I LOVE it!! 😍🤩

now I gotta get the Zelda one 😂

@hste

no doubt, I'll be here 😅✌️

I'll wait for the next one.

I see! that's 4x the pixels if I math legit.

I'm not sure but I think my 353vs is 480. now that I've used it a while, I can see where more res would benefit me, even with GBA games for example. 👍

(How do they even pretend to regulate product advertising claims when the language is this bad?)

all "metroidvanias" are theoretically "inspired by" SOTN. this one is just copying it directly.