Windom Earle
Member
Yo this is crazy. We have reached peak Nintendo.
No problem, just buy the Amiibo for that!
Nintendo locks background music for empty open world in Metroid Prime 4 behind amiibo paywall
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DeltaPolarBear
Member
That is just... sad. Making games used to be about making the best game you can. Selling background music separately? That is a dark place for gaming to go.
Lupin3
Targeting terrorists with a D-Pad
Like this, yes. Absolutely!
Robb
Gold Member
Falls pretty low on my list of locked Amiibo content. But to each to their own.
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HerjansEagleFeeder
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There was a time when people considered music art and when it was used in the context of a video game, it was deemed a crucial element of the experience. Imagine people trying to play this game in like 25 years from now. Is it the right way to drive through the desert with or without the music? Does it belong to the game? Will it be available at that time? Is it possible to preserve any of it?
Unknown Soldier
Member
It's very easy to emulate an Amiibo if you just want the unlocks they grant, they are literally just NFC tags
Lupin3
Targeting terrorists with a D-Pad
Is there even a good reason as to why something like this should be locked behind a paywall at all?
DeltaPolarBear
Member
Imagine if ALL the music are locked behind Amiibos. Imagine if Nintendo games don't come with music out of the box and you had to pay for every track separately.
That is where you are going. As soon as you are willing to sacrifice the gaming experience to make money, the game experience can only go down.
Splatoon would be a very different game if its background music are not there by default.
Robb
Gold Member
No, same as there isn't a reason you should have to scan a plastic Ganondorf for a difficulty mode in Twilight Princess HD. It's all crap, some are just more crap than others.
Robb
Gold Member
That's where we're headed? This doesn't even unlock anything new. It allows you listen to the OST from other areas of the game while riding the bike. It's all already available in the game.
Soodanim
Member
I was annoyed when they locked a Hyrule Warriors 1 character weapon behind an Amiibo, and since then it seems they haven't gotten any better.
I'm strongly opposed to locking in-game content behind poxy little toys. It's scummy, wasteful, and made worse by the collectors that buy up all the limited stock. I don't know if that is still the case, but it once was.
I'm strongly opposed to locking in-game content behind poxy little toys. It's scummy, wasteful, and made worse by the collectors that buy up all the limited stock. I don't know if that is still the case, but it once was.
Either way they're fighting for last place—no winners here.
lifa-cobex
Member
Nobody hates Nintendo fans more than Nintendo.
Imagine being the creator of the track.
"You're doing what with my music?"
Imagine being the creator of the track.
"You're doing what with my music?"
Robb
Gold Member
One unlocks a difficulty setting that's not otherwise available in the game, the other unlocks a radio to listen to music that is all already available in the game.
One is a pretty clear "winner" to me. But that just my opinion of course.
Pejo
Member
It's insane that people will defend this type of thing, in this very thread.
It's not like they added some awesome new feature to the game or something, they literally stripped something out and then are trying to sell it back to you. This is worse than day 1 DLC, in my opinion.
"Let's make the experience worse for the player on purpose"
It's not like they added some awesome new feature to the game or something, they literally stripped something out and then are trying to sell it back to you. This is worse than day 1 DLC, in my opinion.
"Let's make the experience worse for the player on purpose"
Soodanim
Member
I agree as a direct comparison, but I wouldn't class the lesser of two evils as a winner. When we're talking about locking game content behind toys it's always going to be bottom of the list for me.
Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Physical DLC.
Aressa
You can't die before your death
Both are stupid and outrageous and if Xbox or Sony pulled something like this they'd be absolutely crucified for it.
Robb
Gold Member
I don't disagree.
TonberrysKnife
Member
If this is actually true, then truly is some pathetic shit from Nintendo.
Giallo Corsa
Member
Now, just wait for the usual 3-4 people of the Nintendo cult in here to start the usual and tired by now defence force and tell us that we're all "trolls" and "haters".
Imagine if Microsoft and/or Sony did the same thing, this thread would have already reached 20 pages mostly due to the usual suspects "concern trolling" - the very thing that they accuse others of.
Literally the most greedy company out there exceeding both MS and Sony by a long, long, long mile, Amiibos = physical DLC, worst refund policies in existence (even worse than Sony's if that's even possible), 80 Eurodollars pricetag for their always a generation behind hardware, terribad LCD fake HDR screen on a 450+ Eurodollars system, absolute laziness when it comes to BC games which are still stuck in 30fps and 540p/720p hell...
G'damn disgrace of a company, and the worst thing, their absolute dweeb minions eat it all up.
Got a switch 2 on day1 (unfortunately), can't wait to get rid of it - the final straws were the "you should read/watch reviews before buying a game from our store just to be sure" response I got upon asking for a refund for a game that kept crashing (Cookie cutter), the idiotic , still 60+ pricetag for 8 year old games and their absolute insufferable fanbase.
Imagine if Microsoft and/or Sony did the same thing, this thread would have already reached 20 pages mostly due to the usual suspects "concern trolling" - the very thing that they accuse others of.
Literally the most greedy company out there exceeding both MS and Sony by a long, long, long mile, Amiibos = physical DLC, worst refund policies in existence (even worse than Sony's if that's even possible), 80 Eurodollars pricetag for their always a generation behind hardware, terribad LCD fake HDR screen on a 450+ Eurodollars system, absolute laziness when it comes to BC games which are still stuck in 30fps and 540p/720p hell...
G'damn disgrace of a company, and the worst thing, their absolute dweeb minions eat it all up.
Got a switch 2 on day1 (unfortunately), can't wait to get rid of it - the final straws were the "you should read/watch reviews before buying a game from our store just to be sure" response I got upon asking for a refund for a game that kept crashing (Cookie cutter), the idiotic , still 60+ pricetag for 8 year old games and their absolute insufferable fanbase.
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HRK69
Member
That's not the fucking point
Breathe
Giallo Corsa
Member
Cope
CentralScrutinizer
Member
Whats the issue? I thought Metroid fans cared about "muh isolation and atmosphere"?
Horseganador
Member
This is bordering on a scam, having to buy the amiibo to have music in the desert (which is the worst part of the game), Nintendo is taking usury to its users to another level.
Hyet
Member
Ah, music doesn't contribute to atmosphere now?
Fake
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CentralScrutinizer
Member
I am making a joke. A lot of reviews and people complained about the talking characters ruining the atmosphere and isolation, but now we are complaining about an obnoxious song playing in the background being locked behind an amiibo, which said song sure ruins the isolation and atmosphere of the game (imo). Its kinda contradictory.
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