There’s already very good, officially licensed, 6-button Genesis pads out there for considerably less. The look’s a bit different, but it’s not much of a surprise that these would be slow sellers.
Thank god. Also
this new pricing. Will wait for heavily discounted codes in the future.
It has been out of stock for a week or so now. Most people here redeemed the code as soon as it was available and waited to buy something from the Nintendo store to make the $7 shipping worthwhile.
Most likely it’ll come back in stock around the end of the month, when the current batch of issued redemption codes expires
Is that really how it works? Seems like it would be harder to enforce than just giving out the full DLC and doesn't cost N anything. It was pretty ambiguous in the trailers.
You can either pay $25 for the DLC, or get it as part of the family plan while it's active.
I agree that they can probably cut your access to the archipelago, but I have to imagine that the small feature updates that get integrated afterwards (partition walls etc) are harder to remove access to.
“Eurogamer also asked specifically what would happen if you unsubscribed from Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack after using it to play the expansion:
Note the line at the bottom about requiring an active subscription to access the DLC. Direct from nintendo, not a spokesperson.
the same says about the "silk rug" and Pac-Man 99 themes, that is why i have doubts...
I fully admit I'm feeding the conglomerate, but in the cheapest way possible. Anyone who signs up for the Expansion Pack via an Individual Membership is insane and the worst type of Nintendo-enabler.
I've dumped tons and tons of hours into this game. Great for casual co-op. Highly recommended!
I'm glad someone is being honest about Metroid Dread. The gameplay was really good for the short time you have with it & was actually tough in a few spots, but the much hyped conclusion to Samus's story ended on quite the whimper. The little story there was face palm worthy & the ending was just bad. Even worse getting 100% is pointless & doesn't net you a secret ending. Just a couple pieces of artwork.
I like that it's short and can't stand long games these days. The thing that annoys me are the EMMI sections. I absolutely hate forced stealth, and stealth sections are the last thing I'd want in a Metroid game. Just let me explore freely and pew pew at things, wtf. Pretty much every time I stopped playing was because I got bogged down by yet another EMMI section of the map. Boring. Though I died so damn often that I somehow perfected the timing for countering those stupid robots, so that made things slightly less tedious. I thought people were mostly in agreement that stealth sucks these days, but reviewers didn't seem to mind in this case for some reason.
IIRC, those were pretty much made to order (and huge), so it’d be hard to find a deal on them. Doesn’t help that Play-Asia prices their stuff like a scalper (lol $806).
Yep, on the N website, it says more coming late October I believe, but I expect those to go fast as well, unless your at the right place at the right time. They still stock the NES & SNES controllers, so with that in mind, it's only a matter of supply catching up with demand. Which sadly in times of C19, who the hell knows how often or how many, or how long they'll last once they do?
The Emmi "encounters" make me feel like the worst part of playing Dragon's Lair back in the arcade; ignoring the pretty images and just trying to mash the right button when the screen flashes. A cut scene with timed button presses to escape... Hard to imagine anything less metroid from my perspective.
It helps if you time the counter to the sounds the dumb robot is making instead of the flashing light. Well, that at least helped me since I play a lot of rhythm games. But yeah, it's very frustrating and annoying.
Elaborate? I’ve been able to escape once trying to time it to the flashing light
They make those whirring, mechanical sounds, and after dozens of times of seeing and hearing the same death animations you can kinda hear the pattern and press the button at the right instance. It was just easier for me doing it that way. Their faces constantly flash so I was always pressing the button on the wrong flash, not so much that my timing was wrong. So I tried not to pay attention to the flashing so much.
I play muted while in bed so thay won't help much. Thanks though!
It's not Nintendo's fault about the 3-button vs 6-button controller. Sega had already signed a deal with Retro-Bit to give them exclusivity for its distribution in North America. If you want one just buy a Retro-Bit one. It's cheaper, licensed by Sega, and feels the same as one for the real Genesis
I’ve seen the smaller one, doesn’t really interest me. Never seen the bigger one, I know you can get it from the hori Japan site but only available to an address there. Wish my daughter didn’t like rhythm games so much. I guess I’ll keep my eye on eBay, they’re between $509-$600, not what I’d care to pay for one game.
There's no easy way to do that. However, discounts are visible from your WISHLIST, so one trick is to wishl titles by companies known for discounts, then scan through your wishlist... or browse all titles by those companies, sorted by price, and look for titles which DON'T match the price sorting. The eShop sorts by "normal" prices, and NOT by "special discount" for ownership.
There were a lot more than just 2 games:
If you really want it you can use a forwarding service to get it to you. Would probably end up cheaper than eBay but not cheap since you pay their handling fees plus shipping within Japan to get to them and then shipping to get it to you.
Thanks man, that helps. Still have to get lucky and catch things at the right time, but being able to narrow some down makes it a little more bearable. The eshop is too sluggish to scroll through hundreds of games at once. I've added a title from each of those publishers to my wishlist and will try to remember to check them from time to time.
It's not only the button count, the D-pad was WAY better on the 6 button design. Also, something to consider is the controller has 4 buttons, which are all used by games, the 6 button controller actually has 8, with mode mostly being unused. This became an issue on the Sega Genesis Mini because with the regular controller you had to hold start for a period of time to get the menu to come up. With the 6 button pad you got it instantly with the mode button. That means when you want to do anything from the menu (like saving states) it involves a one second delay.
How does that work? I create a dummy account on my Switch and give you the log in details or do you give me log in info? What if I game share with a friend already?
