hyperbertha
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Looks like we're entering the era of Nintendo's heel turn. It was inevitable.
Nintendo locks background music for empty open world in Metroid Prime 4 behind amiibo paywall
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Lokaum D+
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is this real ? how did ppl cope with that back in the days ?
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blacktout
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This is lame, because it simultaneously makes the base game more annoying without providing anything of substantial value to the person who buys the amiibo. If Nintendo is going to keep clinging to the toys-to-life craze long after everyone else has abandoned it, they need to put more work in to create unique in-game cosmetics to accompany each figure. This shit screams "we put zero thought into this, so let's take a minor feature we already have and lock it behind a paywall." Just shitty for both amiibo collectors and people who just want to buy the game and have a complete experience.
Judging by the rest of this thread, I think what's paywalled isn't a new track, but rather a "radio" mode on the motorcycle that lets you play background tracks from other parts of the game while you explore, which, honestly, is even more lame than a custom track.
Judging by the rest of this thread, I think what's paywalled isn't a new track, but rather a "radio" mode on the motorcycle that lets you play background tracks from other parts of the game while you explore, which, honestly, is even more lame than a custom track.
Lokaum D+
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i m accepting donations XD
graywolf323
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entering? they've been doing crap like this for many years
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Cr1ptkeeper
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So the possibility of having no sound effect when opening a chest in the next Zelda game except if you pay for it is real now.
What a time to be alive!
What a time to be alive!
Donald mac Ronald
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This game barely looks like a 360 game. Nintendo clowns actually eat this up?
CentralScrutinizer
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It was a Wii U game and only hardcore nintendo fans (those types who'd buy amiibo) so it was literally less of an issue.
HerjansEagleFeeder
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Hollowpoint5557
A Fucking Idiot
Is the unlocked music even any good? Any samples of it?
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Solarstrike
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Notorious_Roy
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Have a Snickers.
justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
Amigo lookeed way better than the game, but I just didn't knew to what extent!
Giallo Corsa
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Magic Carpet
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The largest complaint I've read about the Metro series is the music sucks.
I've never played one but most of the reviews I've read mention the music and how bad it is.
edit-metro-metroid. It's all the same game right?
I've never played one but most of the reviews I've read mention the music and how bad it is.
edit-metro-metroid. It's all the same game right?
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Robb
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Very similar. I'm pretty sure there was this exact type of thread posted on here for that occasion.
It's just tracks from the regular OST in other areas of the game. This doesn't unlock anything new.
I haven't started playing yet but the main theme and "Fury Green" tracks are great.
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DreamcastSkies
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I've defended the desert/bike inclusion in the game and the federation troopers but I'm not going to defend this. I think this is a poor use of Amiibo inclusion.
Robb
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Definitely not true for the mainline Metroid Prime series.
Brilliant stuff.
Metroid Dread's OST was very unremarkable though.
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Xaeroxcore666
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Companies always try to move the breaking point as further as customers allow....This kinda shit should be a whole fucking deal for everyone, more than the critic´s score of the game....But yet i see stupid people defending this shit or stating they´ll happily buy the Amiibo.
Also see what happened with the latest Pokemon mediocre subpar looking game, or the fact that Switch 2 it´s the first console i remember with a physical button (Gamechat) to a mandatory paid service (sadly, i pay NSO Expansion Pass myself, but this is crazy). And they have got away with all of it...
And not just Nintendo, you see people here defending on Sony´s side with passion price raising on PS5, or stuff no one asked for, just fanboys, like PS5 Pro (more expensive and with way less added value than what was PS4 Pro) and PS5 Portal (we need a proper PSP successor, not a Wii U gamepad Knockoff which needs mandatory Internet conection to work), while we have a PS5 catalogue 5 years later still being plagued with upgraded PS4 games....
Or on MS side, people defeding the console and Gamepass price rising, or their exclusives "killer apps" going straight to the competition...
So, companies in fact are just responding to the delusional passion or just lack of knowledge from most part of their userbase, which seems that will allow everything, just for the sake of a console war, or whatsoever!
When are we gonna punish them with our wallets?
At least on my end, won´t buy Metroid Prime 4 for now, and probably won´t renew next year my NSO service.
Also see what happened with the latest Pokemon mediocre subpar looking game, or the fact that Switch 2 it´s the first console i remember with a physical button (Gamechat) to a mandatory paid service (sadly, i pay NSO Expansion Pass myself, but this is crazy). And they have got away with all of it...
And not just Nintendo, you see people here defending on Sony´s side with passion price raising on PS5, or stuff no one asked for, just fanboys, like PS5 Pro (more expensive and with way less added value than what was PS4 Pro) and PS5 Portal (we need a proper PSP successor, not a Wii U gamepad Knockoff which needs mandatory Internet conection to work), while we have a PS5 catalogue 5 years later still being plagued with upgraded PS4 games....
Or on MS side, people defeding the console and Gamepass price rising, or their exclusives "killer apps" going straight to the competition...
So, companies in fact are just responding to the delusional passion or just lack of knowledge from most part of their userbase, which seems that will allow everything, just for the sake of a console war, or whatsoever!
When are we gonna punish them with our wallets?
At least on my end, won´t buy Metroid Prime 4 for now, and probably won´t renew next year my NSO service.
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AmuroChan
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The brilliant part is that they know they can do this and Nintendo fans won't care.
Kuranghi
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You can hear the ambient music track in that very clip, so there is BGM for the desert without an Amiibo.
It guess its annoying to lock the "radio" behind Amiibos but I'm not that bothered personally because I wouldnt mix music from the other areas with the desert, that would not make sense to me since those tracks are motifs connected to their respective areas.
It guess its annoying to lock the "radio" behind Amiibos but I'm not that bothered personally because I wouldnt mix music from the other areas with the desert, that would not make sense to me since those tracks are motifs connected to their respective areas.
Giallo Corsa
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El Hee-Ho
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Locking ANYTHING behind the purchase of a toy figurine is way too crazy yeah.
Paying consumers? get fucked in the ass.
Game preservation? ass fucked in the get
Pirate boys? Not affected at all, they'll just pirate the DLC as well.
It's not just crazy, it's fucked up beyond measure.
GymWolf
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Nah i meant what i said, it was their old motto.You mean this :
It was something similar to "never underestimate the power of playstation" or "every screen is an xbox" or "sega is italian for jerking".
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El Hee-Ho
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
nkarafo
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Nintendo has really lost it.
I mean this whole open world desert in a Metroid game, that you need this bike to traverse, was already a massive change and a tough sell for the franchise. They didn't have to make it even worse.
You could easily fix the music issue if you really wanted. You could buy the Amiibo at the end of the day or use emulation and/or a very simple mod when they become available. But what can you do to fix the federation troopers? It's going to be much harder to mod those fuckers out of the game.
So i think the troopers are worse. I rather have a game i would like to play with some locked content out of greed than a game i wouldn't want to play in the first place.
I mean this whole open world desert in a Metroid game, that you need this bike to traverse, was already a massive change and a tough sell for the franchise. They didn't have to make it even worse.
Well... the locked music is just a matter of pure greed. It doesn't affect the game more than messing with the the intended atmosphere in one area. The troopers is a matter of bad design and a complete misunderstanding of what a Metroid game should be. It ruins the atmosphere and tone of the game in a more substantial way.
You could easily fix the music issue if you really wanted. You could buy the Amiibo at the end of the day or use emulation and/or a very simple mod when they become available. But what can you do to fix the federation troopers? It's going to be much harder to mod those fuckers out of the game.
So i think the troopers are worse. I rather have a game i would like to play with some locked content out of greed than a game i wouldn't want to play in the first place.
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Robb
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coffinbirth
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cough, cough
Sebastian1295
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Cyberpunkd
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Nintendo, never change. Keep simping guys.
March Climber
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Nintendo without Reggie and Iwata.
Itchy Tickles
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Gaming companies removed game unlocks from games that were rewards for doing challenges or fun playthroughs and sold them back to us while raising the price of the game itself.
They removed cheats because Microsoft said it was to keep the integrity of achievements, but they again sold them back to us as dlc while making games cost more.
Now Nintendo is selling a game like Metroid 4, for full price, then wanting you to buy a sperate over priced plastic toy for fucking music for a traversal part. Music that helps the atmosphere and world building of a game is not fully included unless tou overpay after overpaying.
Guess that E.A fucker years ago that thought charging per bullet in a shooting game isn't the biggest laughing stock to these companies anymore, but an inspiration.
They removed cheats because Microsoft said it was to keep the integrity of achievements, but they again sold them back to us as dlc while making games cost more.
Now Nintendo is selling a game like Metroid 4, for full price, then wanting you to buy a sperate over priced plastic toy for fucking music for a traversal part. Music that helps the atmosphere and world building of a game is not fully included unless tou overpay after overpaying.
Guess that E.A fucker years ago that thought charging per bullet in a shooting game isn't the biggest laughing stock to these companies anymore, but an inspiration.
6502
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Represent.
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How did this ugly, cheap, outdated ass game score 8's?
Should be in the 4s and 5s from the shit ive seen.
How is this not bigger news. Imagine if COD did this, industry wide outrage. Nintendo? Barely anything. Lmfao. A sheepish cult.
Edit: What was the nickname for Nintendo fanboys back in the Gamespot SystemWars days? Sheep, was it? Fitting... TSHBO.
Should be in the 4s and 5s from the shit ive seen.
How is this not bigger news. Imagine if COD did this, industry wide outrage. Nintendo? Barely anything. Lmfao. A sheepish cult.
Edit: What was the nickname for Nintendo fanboys back in the Gamespot SystemWars days? Sheep, was it? Fitting... TSHBO.
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Miles708
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Agree completely.
Unfortunately, gamers as a whole are not known to be particularly smart with their spending, but still Nintendo fans are on a level of their own.
But I think this is changing, at least (anecdotally) in my circle of friends, even die-hard Nintendo fans for 30 years are getting fed up by all this shameless cash grabbing.
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