V. Amoleo

I'm going to sound like a broken record but we're now approaching the last 14 days so I think another reminder is in order. You will not be able to buy Wii Shop Points past Monday 26th March 2018.

Bought this yesterday so that's nice to see. I did wonder why it took a while to download the update.

Bandai Namco have announced that Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 will be coming to the Nintendo Switch in Q3 2017. The game will feature ad-hoc multiplayer, motion controls and two-player battles with each player using a single Joy-Con. [tweet]866567372462862336[/tweet]

Thought it was worth putting this in here too.

How are people finding FIFA? It's on sale at the minute so I might pick it up.

I've picked up Riptide GP too. Along with Oxenfree. Which I've owned on Steam for ages but never got around to playing.

This will fail if they don't sell the cardboard part of the package separately and cheaply. Make the game be the expensive part, not the cardboard peripheral.

This has been mentioned in the Nintendo Direct Mini thread but thought it was worth a post here too. So we're getting two pieces of DLC for Pokken DX. Wave 1 – available January 31st New Battle Pokémon: Aegislash New Support Pokémon set: Mega Rayquaza/Mimikyu New items for your avatar Wave 2 – available March 23rd New Battle Pokémon: Blastoise New Support Pokémon set: Mew/Celebi While that sounds pretty cool, this is all you're getting for £13.50. Or to put it another way for 25% of the cost of the game on the eShop you can get two more characters and two more support sets. DLC is never good value but this feels particularly stingy when put next to the other season passes available.

Just a reminder that you will not be able to buy Wii Points past Monday 26th March 2018. These are the games I'm currently looking to buy: Castlevania Rondo of Blood Bomberman Blast Crystal Defenders R1 Crystal Defenders R2 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord (+ it's DLC) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (+ it's DLC) Contra ReBirth Gradius ReBirth Pokemon Rumble I already own some games on there but I think the above are the remaining exclusives that are worth me picking up. Anybody else looking to purchase Wii Shop games before it's too late?

Looks like I'm buying Hyrule Warriors again. Very impressed by the H1 line up. I didn't think they'd be able to keep up the momentum from the end of last year but it looks like they are. Mario Tennis with a story mode and it's still by Camelot. I hope they go the Mario Golf Advance Tour route but I doubt it.

Yeah it's missing quite a few images. I was hoping they'd have a way to upload the archives created via Nintendo so you could help complete it, but that doesn't seem to be an option.

I've found having the room be in complete darkness helps. I'm still trying to find the time to mount the PlayStation Camera much higher up facing down as when I've temporarily had it in that position I've had a lot more luck with it. The symptoms it has when it's not working quite right, is that it feels like it's almost constantly swaying. Not by much but by enough that it starts to make me feel ill. Just in case this is putting anybody off, it's almost certainly an issue with the way I've got it setup rather than being an inherent issue.

The problem with this, Fallout and Doom is that people have the non-VR games to compare with so they're being a bit over the top about it. The PSVR is definitely a noticeably lower res (and generally lower quality all around) but as soon as you're immersed in it, you just don't care. On the occasions where the stars align and I can actually get the tracking to work properly, PSVR is just as enjoyable to me as my Vive.

Definitely interested in this but really what is the difference between what it was and this new 'Enhanced Edition'? I've had a scout around and it seems like it's added all the post-release content from the other consoles, but there's very little details on if anything else has been tweaked.

This is a pretty good Wii U sale. That's a lot of Mario Kart for £25. Unfortunately I have everything other than Mario Party 10. But I might pick that up as you can't buy that anywhere for £14.

Looks like a Burnout Paradise re-release might be on the way for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. I'll be annoyed if they call it Burnout Paradise HD though. The original was HD. I loved the original game so I'll be suckered into buying this though I sorta wish it was coming to the Switch but y'know EA.. Hopefully they're sniffing out potential for another Burnout game.

What exactly have they changed with NBA Playgrounds for it to get a new subtitle?

Definitely. I'm already miffed with Intel's marketing-esque response and that they're the last ones who seem to be doing anything to help mitigate. And I'm very annoyed that they knew this could happen with the way they design their hardware. But I bet they'll still push the second round of Coffee Lakes out the door over the next couple of months.

If you're gonna poke holes in what I said, go for that I said Intel are working on a fix firmware side They've known longer than everyone else and still done nothing leaving it up to the OS and browser makers. Hell they've known ages and still been releasing new chips with the hardware setup which makes this never 100% fixable via software. You can't really give Microsoft a hard time considering they've released their public patch on the day the exploit was made public, with it already going through Insiders (beta) for a while. Apple are yet to even comment about their plans for Mac OS and Safari. Google aren't patching Chrome until the end of the month.

Very crappy that Intel has known about this for a while. From a security point of view this is terrible and Intel deserves all the flak they're getting and going to get for it. But at least Microsoft is on top of it with an emergency patch for their OSes and Intel are working on a firmware patch. From a performance point of view though this isn't really going to effect us as consumers:

When you say platforming do you just mean the overworld movement? Because I'm yet to come across a jump button which would be pretty important for any sort of platforming mechanic.

Just got mine as well. Completely forgot this was being released this week. eShop pricing is a joke when it's this late.

Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers is a HD remaster (+ a few small additions) remember. These are pure arcade ports. So it's not like you're getting the game you already have in this if you buy it. This collection is looking awesome. Definitely one for me to pick up on Switch.

Why does the music in this game not flow correctly? It sorta crashes into the next piece rather than subtly changing. I've just got onto Chapter 2. Enjoying it so far. Though I'm not sure if should be running about during battles. You can't avoid attacks like that and it seems to cause you to break your attacking chain.

It's going to be a massive ask for them to keep up the momentum that they've had the end of this year. So at the minute I'm fully expecting a disappointing six months or so. I hope that we'll see another new IP from Nintendo but I suspect Arms might have been our only one for now. I also hope that they delve into their back catalogue in attempt to keep things fresh. Advance Wars, Sin & Punishment, Excite, The Last Story, etc. I think we're likely to get ports from the Wii U to boost their releases. Bayonetta, The Wonderful 101 and Super Smash Bros.