Emulation is DEAD...LONG LIVE EMULATION!

[@NerdNest]

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[@stephenmcclean4996]

Imagine if Doom had a patent on the game concept of first person. No one should be able to patent stuff like that, looking at you nemesis system.

[@NartrachGaming]

@@stephenmcclean4996 yeah nemesis system was great... I heard the patent will eventually drop... Can't wait for that

[@Wimmle]

Wasn't it Capcom that had the patent for loading screen games 😡

[@tembmobile75]

I think you mean Wolfenstein ..

[@DragonDreamVNY]

Of course John Romero and wife are just such awesome people they never did something like that. I'm delighted they live in Ireland now and have been a joy to interact with at smaller conventions .

[@leerock1791]

Damn. Right.

[@IndubitablyRetro]

They can get rid of any Switch emulators but that won’t stop us from backing up our games and playing the backup on our switches. Emulation is here to stay and it’s never going away!

[@bernardbautista6209]

you back your games but majority of people outside the west are pirating the games.

[@t.c.b4722]

These emulators will continue to be available with or without the approval of Nintendo.

[@rev0lu7ion]

If anything, Nintendo just advertised emulation is available and effective.

[@Immortan_Bob]

If Nintendo won't allow emulation to grow in sunlight, Devs should go underground.

[@crystalwater505]

Seems like it's coming full circle.

[@dragonball3166]

True but how will people download emulators if it’s underground no one knows about it unless it’s out in open

[@crystalwater505]

@@dragonball3166 There will always be a group that knows, in fact, it's probably a good thing most people wouldn't know. Nintendo wouldn't be as aware or care nearly as much.

[@Dr.D00p]

Nintendo are also getting scared at the rise of PC gaming via handhelds in Japan. Suddenly, people can access their games in mobile form that can potentially look and perform better than their own cheap-out hardware....thats gotta sting.

[@Bugside]

Good point, I've always heard mobile gaming is big in japan due to lack of space on small apartments for gaming setup, Nintendo used to be the only mobile option till now, now with pc handhelds they're in trouble

[@Spongegoose]

I don't suspect this is the case. Nintendo's hardware is attractive because of their IP, and while emulation is incredibly advanced for the Switch already I doubt that's a big draw for most users. Emulation is a niche thing still.

[@marksapollo]

Is the Steam Deck available in that region yet though as it isn't been?

[@mamaharumi]

​​@@marksapolloJapan has had steamdeck for over a year now. It is sold in stores there.

[@jovi9918]

@@Dr.D00p they can solve this by launching the switch 2. Their fault for taking so long that another company reinvented the handheld space

[@joshmcej]

If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing.

[@LynxxLancer]

That's why I pirate everything indie, they almost entirely digital lmao.

[@Yannick9797]

​@@LynxxLancerbro indie titles are the games you aren't supposed to pirate

[@GeraldAllen-fg2bo]

But all of Nintendo's own games are available in physical carts, you can ACTUALLY own them.

[@LynxxLancer]

@@Yannick9797 Why not? I like free games too.

[@javierdiaz4763]

@@LynxxLancer I don't know if you are trolling, if you are, ignore the reply. Indie developers are smaller WAY smaller studios that are not suing everyone under the sun, for they also generally have cheaper games. And unlike big studios who fire thousands of developers if a game doesn't perform and are still around with their CEOs making millions, an indie studio can disappear. Epic and Prime Gaming give away free indie games often.

[@APEXGuerilla]

Long live emulation

[@Gazpolling]

Long live emulation

[@emtmcg]

lol still using YUZU just fine and all my other emulators😂 Loving my mig switch dumper. Hell with Nintendo.

[@Rakanay_Official]

@emtmcg is the Mig Cartridge still usable? I have a patched Switch, that's why I am asking

[@emtmcg]

@@Rakanay_Official Yep. It works on a normal switch. No hacks.

[@Rakanay_Official]

@@emtmcg sounds interesting, i can only play Switch games on it, i put myself in, right? it would be awesome if there is something that the switch can run and it is a emulator at the end

[@TechDweeb]

This thumbnail is a banger

[@NerdNest]

I’m curious which one you see?

[@TechDweeb]

Ah gotcha. For me it's angry Mario on the Ally X, Russ rage face on the right, Bill & Rich "thonking" face bottom left.

[@ThunderTheYellowJolteon]

@@NerdNest Angry Mario inside of the ROG Ally X. I'm getting the ROG Ally X soon.

[@oscaspunkja]

Invite this guy to the nerd nest podcast please

[@TheGuiBat1]

@@oscaspunkja Yes please! Dweeb and Russ!!! It would be epic

[@crystalwater505]

The fact that game mechanics can be patented at all is absolutely atrocious, because it seems like anything in a game can be patented since everything can be a mechanic.

[@zer0doughnuts]

"I Wanted To Patent Jumping In Games" - Shigeru Miyamoto Seriously, he said it as a joke, but again the thought crossed his mind. He took the correct stance and decided it was better to up their game and make a better product, but could you imagine if Nintendo had actually followed through and was granted that patent?

[@crystalwater505]

@@zer0doughnuts Oh man imagine video games if that could be patented. So many games are derivatives of other games. I think game mechanic patenting if it were to get crazy would ruin the industry.

[@dkazitoalcuadrado]

Funny "We want more games with worst graphics" while I was playing Pokémon yellow for the 128319823619th time.

[@Neowarshark]

they should at this point just release yellow to phones i can't play yellow right now officially

[@dragonball3166]

Always tell people grapichs don’t make good game it’s gameplay

[@Darkmetamorphosis1]

Emulation will continue despite Nintendo.

[@CD-vb9fi]

Yep, I have years of squashed emulators since UltraHLE. Nintendo will never win. It's one company vs the whole world. It's going to lose and it "deserves" to lose.

[@itsdeonlol]

If Nintendo made it possible for us to backup our games, we wouldn't have this problem.

[@CD-vb9fi]

I don't think so. This is not only about backups. It's about service, modding, features, and improvements. Things Nintendo does not care about that the community does. Even something as simple as getting a filter that upscales the graphics would drive emulation. And if you keep track of "Duckstation" and the texture replacement feature... that one has the potential to spit some massive potential by allowing patches/mods that can radically change the graphics of a game. This just goes to show... while Graphics does attract eyes... it's the gameplay that makes a game great or not!

[@Jantcha]

About Nier Automata: The "multiple endings" thing is often misunderstood. You don't have to play through multiple times the whole game to get different endings. The different "endings" are more akin to achievements. For example you get one ending if you die at the tutorial. You get many by ignoring the next story progression spot, etc. Also you don't have to fear that you lose some endings forever if you don't do them when you can (like the tutorial one) because at some point in the game you gain the option to go back to any chapter in the story with all of your levels, weapons, items, all of it. And when you go back to a chapter you aren't even stuck in that chapter any longer than you want. You can just skip around in the story as much as you want to the point you have progressed. It's a really fun way to collect all of the endings, do chapter specific side missions etc. Really relaxed and modern way to tackle an RPG.

[@Spolt_main]

I loved Nier Automata. Personally I got more enjoyment for the story of Nier Replicant. Both run great on deck.

[@DragonDreamVNY]

I remember prior to Nier Automata... Final Fantasy Xiii-2 had a fun multi branch alternative ending thing. But only one of them was the "true" ending. The others were fun "what ifs"

[@WalterRiggs]

1:12:12 If we do nothing, then nothing changes. Public ignorance doesn’t make what Nintendo does “right”.

[@johnhart8856]

Everytime Nintendo files a frivolous lawsuit/launches a copywrite strike I download 1 Nintendo rom... my library is basically overflowing now

[@dragonball3166]

I was about keep my switch until I decide go with steam deck after what Nintendo did to yuzu and others

[@gio87vr]

2 seconds? The fair use wasn't less tight? Are they really striking for 2 seconds? That company is a criminal den now.

[@soundspark]

There is no hard rule for fair use like that. That's pretty much misinformation.

[@gio87vr]

​@@soundspark So the rule is that criminal den makes the rules on youtube? Lovely.

[@soundspark]

@gio87vr What crimes are you alleging? Because at the same time Nintendo could argue that RGC was illegally importing circumvention devices under Section 1201 of the DMCA. Nobody made as big a stink when Nintendo was going after R4 cards, but at the same time people weren't vlogging about them as aggressively.

[@gio87vr]

@soundspark Almost 90% of its pre-switch games are abandonware, copyrighted abandonware, and dual screen games will never be back on the switch, so emulation is the only way. Their crime is against their legacy, their customers, the decency. I was a fan of that company, now they don't deserve their legacy, their trust, their customers, our cash. Not that ps and xbx are better.

[@soundspark]

@@gio87vr You're not even making an accusation of a crime.

[@Leopardeye]

Nintendo is conflicting… We don’t love what they do, but we love what they’ve made. 👾

[@Servbot31]

it is simply because we see Nintendo as a big entity when there's actually our love for the work of their teams making the games and the disappointment for the heads and legal department about the actions they take. When you think about it this way, it makes a bit more sense imo...

[@washuai]

Outlaws was not just out it. It wasn just mismanagement, formula slop, but Disney also exerted serious ET level interference, too.

[@JubalVoid]

Okay I'd never say anyone is bad for giving Nintendo money for games or hardware, but again the point of not doing so isn't to change Nintendo, the point is to not give your money to a scummy company. Nintendo isn't just delaying things, or making cheap products, or overpricing, they're being actively hostile and abusive to their own fanbase. As creators in this space you're giving them free promotion despite them going after you when you run the tiniest bit astray of what they want. Again it's NOT a moral reflection on you, I'm just surprised you can support them when they clearly hate you.

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

Haven't given Nintendo any $ since ~1996-1997 when I got a PS1 for Christmas

[@deborasimao7344]

@@EhEhEhEINSTEIN I know this won't solve the problem, but you made me smile there for a second. And it's 7 in the morning, it counts more 😆

[@conradsmith9441]

I kinda get why Nintendo is going after Switch emulation and I don’t entirely blame them. Sure it’s better to go for the pirates, but stoping emulation as a whole makes it especially hard for players to actually use pirated games. They may buy it instead. The pal world thing is just stupid though.

[@boonevillian]

Will you be allowed to show Nintendo content while reviewing a switch 2?

[@NerdNest]

I'll just use 3rd party games

[@DARKDEXX]

Wait, wouldn't that patent from Nintendo about the gameplay mechanics affect TemTem???

[@sendoh873]

I find for the most part regarding horror games or scary/spooky games that as long as I am able to fight back with my fists/legs or any weapons/items that my character has or can find, I don't get scared much. It's the games like Outlast where you can only run and hide and you can't fight back that scare the crap out of me and there's no way I'm going to play those. RE7 is an exception for me. Even tho you will find weapons eventually, that game scares the hell out of me and I'm too scared to play any further

[@morten8028]

I need to make sure I can refund a game if I don't enjoy it. So it's either steam, or pirate first.

[@CD-vb9fi]

Yep, Try before you buy, should be "standard" and we already have the tools necessary to provide this. But they won't because of "fear" and of course "control".

[@heshermunson]

I've spent years convincing a friend to play NieR Automata and he finally played it this year and told me he wishes he heard me earlier. Please Rich, play this game. The gameplay is very satisfying and the story gets amazing after the second run Theme Park boss.

[@StandardNegative]

Emulation is legal sure. What percentage of people do we honestly think are emulating Switch games they own a license to? People can claim the moral high ground all they want. 🤷‍♂️

[@TheScripflipNetwork]

I was literally looking for this this morning. Thank you

[@gp63]

We're seeing the pitfalls of digital at work with the stealth Zero Dawn hike. Pretty shitty. Also, the reason the PC community doesnt want a PSN launcher is because Steam has been the defacto distributor. If Sony wants their own launcher they need to do cross-platform promos/play/trophy sharing etc.

[@MaybeMizuki]

on the topic of PSN login requirement Even when it isn't about PSN not being available in many countries, I don't think people being mad about it are "unreasonable", given Sony's track record of cybersecurity the past decade.

[@MunuM77]

Patents and patent decisions in US have no effect on patents in Japan and vice vera. Nintendo would have to sue Palworld (pocket pair) in the US under US patent law to stop Palworld sales in the US market. Subject matter eligibility rejections are common for software patents. Software can be patented but you have to draft the claims in the proper format to be either a tangible method or device. Abstact ideas cannot be patented in the US.

[@jokingtiger]

The other problem with them trying to patent this in the US is that prior use does exist for what they are trying to patent. It has been used in books, movies, television, radio, and just about every other medium years before Pokemon was being worked on for the first time.

[@JohnSandlin-e3j]

I'm not boycotting Nintendo. I'm just not buying anything from them.

[@christianr.5868]

The only person that thinks the switch 2 is gonna be a small power jump is wulff. Even if it’s only as powerful as a base ps4, that’s a 3-4 times jump right there

[@NerdNest]

Yes, that would be a big jump, but it's going to be less powerful than current PC handhelds just based on the size of the battery (If those leaks are true)

[@christianr.5868]

@@NerdNest I mean the current PC handhelds are using x86 and the switch 2 is using ARM. It’ll be a lot more efficient. The switch OLED can run the Witcher 3 for 4 hours with only a 16 watt hour battery compared to steam deck decks 40watt. That means it’s running the Witcher 3 pulling around only 4 watts total system power. That and with DLSS and optimization. Could outperform the pc handhelds

[@Omar_Little]

There's absolutely ZERO CHANCE that it is close to PS4 level. That would put it on par with steam deck. The size and thinness of the device will not make that possible.

[@christianr.5868]

@@Omar_Little the m4 iPad Pro severely outperforms the steam deck and it’s only 5mm thick and doesn’t even have a fan. Arm is more efficient than x86. You can do more with less space

[@Aichi1138]

@christianr.5868 I'll be honest it kinda sounds like Nasa engineering trying to save Apollo 13

[@CyberClu]

Correction Bill. As of right now, the Original Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition has NOT been de-listed from PC. You can still get a copy from GoG. I guess none of the NerdNest gang actually shops there much. And you actually own that copy, because it's GoG. You can download the isos.

[@haroldcampos9661]

I think the reason they did this is because they don't want people showing how much better switch 2 games look on emulator first day. The switch emulator would probably have also been able to be a switch 2 emulator with a little bit of work, as many have pointed out. But the switch is easy to emulate, for a handheld, it can even emulate itself.

[@killingtime9283]

Happy to hear from you guys again! 😀

[@AB_223]

Sounds like Nintendo is also a little scared of the possibility of something like a Steam Deck 2/Ally 3 etc being able to emulate Switch 2 titles in a year or two. Not to mention desktop emulation already extremely easy.

[@NexZu-]

I think the next step is decompiled games. Its been getting quicker lately and creates far more control over games natively. Otherwise the hydra has to many heads for the Nintendo ninjas.

[@Toa-Ignicus]

In my opinion, if you have to count pixes to justify a remaster, remake or Pro console, it's not worth it

[@guardianbeardizer6361]

I flipped off someone with a bird once, & Nintendo copied it to make Spearow in Pokémon...therefore i must sue Nintendo for copying me

[@sandplasma]

Love these podcasts/videos. Rich's backdrop lighting is spot on!

[@LordBadenRulez]

Nintendo's last great handheld was the 3DS. I hate the Switch, it feels like I can snap that thing in half. The Deck is much better. Nintendo needs to be weakened. Not giving them a dime untill they stop being NintenDough.

[@ghostlucian12]

"In first mode causing a player to launch in the aiming direction, a catching item for catching a field character disposed on afield in a virtual space. " isn't it too generic, because many games have the same mechanics, for example a snare/bind/stun/etc skill that throws a net/potion/etc at a field character to prevent them from moving, isn't it the same as catching them. I know lawyers like to be vague when interpreting things to let more loopholes.

[@zzzzzap]

Companies are not your friends... that's true guys! But Video Games are also not your friends! Hehe! I think it's not good to tell people what they should do or not, what they should like or not. There are a lot fans of Apple for example. They are camping outside of the apple store to get a new iphone as soon as possible. Is that good or bad? Well it's not our business. Everyone shall do what he likes too. So if you like valve yes sure, why not! Of course it's not your friend tho.

[@mamaharumi]

I sure hope switch emulation is worked on behind the scenes. Otherwise, progress is set back quite a bit. Emulation just takes so much work and such a long-ass time.

[@mamaharumi]

I don't think the communities optimism is based in reality, either. It is cope. Just look at how those Yuzu forks never materialized. Look at how Ryujinx went down even though everyone said it was safe "because it's in Brazil."

[@UltraZelda64]

Emulation will survive. Nintendo's attacks on Switch emulators just shows that not only will Switch's successor will probably have backwards compatibility, it will probably use the same architecture. They're just trying to protect their next generation, and eventually this will all blow over. Maybe they are unsure of the security of their next console after what happened with the Switch. Best case scenario would be their next console is more secure, doesn't get hacked for at least several years, and until it does, all these attacks just kind of die down in the meantime. But right now, Nintendo/nVidia's own security failures have them freaking out, going overboard to kill emulation before it even has a chance to affect Switch 2.

[@soulsolis3096]

I'm gonna save everyone's time here, saying Emulation Won't ever die, as most of them are open source and no one needs Nintendo's approval to use them. That's it.

[@commidore4499]

Emulation isn't really new. I have emulators on my original Xbox.

[@seismicsmasher]

Why does everyone want a bigger screen on the ambernic sp? It would be so much harder to take on the pocket. I got my phone, my other phone, two headphones, and car keys. I'm at max capacity and I don't get another encumbrance upgrade for a bit

[@epicon6]

7:22 It’s not about Nintendo finding out about it, but all about when you make videos about emulation it’s promoting it to millions of people, and that’s what Nintendo doesn’t like, and that’s bad for emulation right now. Everyone who is promoting Nintendo emulation is also ruining it for other emulators and archives for other systems directly, because everyone gets spooked. If everyone stopped talking about Nintendo emulation online we could all emulate the games for all systems in peace. So yeah, in that way it’s actually your jobs that are bad for emulation even more than Nintendo would be by themselves because you are spreading this like wildfire.

[@jamesbrenton5390]

From your sponsored ads into 3 minutes of KZbin ads. The ads to content ratio is becoming 50/50.

[@NerdNest]

KZbin controls where ads go

[@leerock1791]

There unhappy with those of us that tire of them interrupted our video every 5 mins (exactly) to inject 2-3 ads that we usually don't care about and if we let them play by accident youtube takes that as an invitation to show you just 1 more ad. It's crap, and they're only doing it so aggressively right now because they are desperate to show that they are in control of their platform m news flash KZbin. You lost control of this platform and everything on it a LONG time ago. And until you start actually purging the people and channels that have no place on KZbin like the guy that shaved his but and on camera and posts it under education, then In my humble opinion as someone who has used this platform since its early days, the people that "run the show"? Are a joke. Do your job and make this a safe fair place. Not a place where like-minded psycho bullies can propagate and profit off of each other's agendas, as well as inspire more evil on the platform. It has to be said. What happened to Jacks films, can happen to anyone on here, including you guys, and I like you guys a lot. So that scares me a bit. Good people suffer for the negligence of the wealthy and powerful. It's WRONG. Don't care what generation you belong to. 🙂🙃😎👌

[@HuskyBusque]

The sad thing is, I quite literally bought a Wii U because of a video I saw on KZbin that had no connection to Nintendo. This is when the console was still current, they made a sale because someone else did good marketing for them and that is less likely to happen today. I don’t know what percentage of the market I could be compared to but it feels like they’re spending money on this stuff so they can make less in the end.

[@eccentricbeing]

Diablo IV is the kind of game, for me, where I turn off my brain and not stress out about the challenge of the game.

[@JamieR]

If NMS isn't the ultimate proof that it's not the state it releases in, but how the Devs further support a game which indicates a successful release, then I don't know what is. Companies pull the rug and move on too early, too often.

[@JamieR]

To clarify, No Man's Sky. Also, art style and gameplay trumps graphics any day. Proof is in the pudding.... Nintendo.

[@busterizow]

Kind of a weird move for sony considering the fact that the helldivers 2 debacle was also over psn sign up. And in that same topic, helldivers 2 was also made unavailable to multiple countries. Which was a very unpopular move considering the success of helldivers 2 at launch

[@luissolis2426]

I’m a simple man. I see Russ . I click.

[@zek62482]

Making emulation popular does make it seem like more of a threat to the likes of Nintendo. Or do you think it's a coincidence that we see Nintendo really increasing it's lawfare against emulation at a time when dozens of portable emulation devices come out every year?

[@chinogambino9375]

Emulation, even at its easiest is cumbersome to normal users. Its been relatively easy to play MvC2 and the arcade streetfighter versions for decades now if you wanted to, yet everyone got hyped for the Capcom Fighting Collection. In reality emulation is at most practiced by millions of people who still buy most of their games. Actual emulation for piracy is like thousands of people looking at the subreddit numbers. Nintendo has a legal team always looking for work and their Japanese clients who fundamentally believe emulation is satan/illegal throughout the entire universe regardless of US precedents. Superficially you could look at NSO and think emulation robs it of its value and Nintendo Japan probably labor under that delusion. Meanwhile Sony use opensource PSX emulators to sell their games on their own consoles and online servers.

[@Galo994]

Tears of the Kingdom was pirated at least 1 million times before it released. This wasn't lil guys backing up their own copies so they could play on more powerful hardware. THIS is the reason why Nintendo have used the scorched earth tactics we have seen.

[@chinogambino9375]

@@Galo994 Millions is infact nothing, that is the extent of the warez/torrent scene. There are 140 million Switch owners, 20 million own TotK; suing Yuzu contributed 0 sales to that total. People downloading games are 'lil guys', if they are downloading because they can't afford the game then they were not lost sales in the first place. Japanese companies old morons when it comes to IP and priacy, they will waste their time and money forever fighting a problem that have been solved just offering a good service and chilling out. You can pirate nearly everything on Steam and everything on GOG, literally no one who would otherwise pay bothers. Also I was one of those downloads, I own the game but want to play at 4K. Downloading is easier. Hell Nintendo don't even dump the games they sold on Super Mario 3d World or provide on the NSO service. Its normal to download games even if you own the cart.

[@CyprienCole]

It's like a torrent not all torrents are used for piracy but all torrents can be used for piracy. That however said just because something can be missed used doesn't mean you shouldn't be allowed to use it. If you go down that route the whole internet would be blocked.

[@KaiserSenpai420]

Great video, it's ashame we have to step on egg shells and double check if ex. Mario is in the background or ToTK being the last played game on your SteamDeck. Nintendo is scared because PC gaming is making waves.

[@imkayjaylea]

47:17 If you're talking about the Alice episode where they sing the ballad (Lorna's Version) I'd be curious as to why you didn't like it because thematically speaking it was a masterpiece that brought me to tears a little, outside of that, pacing was a little off, and Rio's introduction was a little out of left field since last we saw her in Episode 1.

[@JittikMieger]

The reason people don't like PSN is that Sony gets hacked regularly and people have to send copies of their ID's because of the legislation in their countries. I don't know about you, but I would not have any legal Sony device/ game if I had to send in photos of my ID... Screw 'em! If you run linux, like I do, you can use the launch argument steamdeck=1 %command% and you don't need PSN. That's how I got Ragnarök to work. I think it's cmd /c "set steamdeck=1 && %command%" on Windows. Might work, try it! Edit: What's with these Japanese companies, lately? They think they can rule the world THEIR way?

[@ni55an86]

Wow. A lot of corpo simps in the comments section. Lawful doesnt equal ethical or moral. Check your priorities people.

[@JoachimVampire]

let me clarify this: we DO NOT know what's going on with the palworld lawsuit, nobody knows actually, not even pocketpair (and i can even see nintendo not knowing about either tbh and i'm not joking) the thing is that the patents you mentioned to throw an item to capture monsters is pointless because poketpair made that thing a reality BEFORE legends arceus existed. that mechanic exists in Craftopia which released in 2020 and arceus released on 2022, the issue may be the parent patents tho and we don't know anything about them.

[@lexcelius6921]

Nintendo can't sue over Designs of fictional characters. No one can unless the Design is a 100% Match, even if its a 10% Alteration in the eyes of most Legal system. Their Different Characters. If this were not the Case we'd have far less Fictional Material. Its Why Nintendo is going for Patents instead of Copyright.

[@Cloud92390]

You devalued your big budget games with FTP garbage. And to add to that the games are usually not 100% complete on launch. Why would anyone pay full price?

[@ThePigeonStoop]

Emulation is legal everywhere as long as you have the actual product which would be considered a backup, if you don't have the cart/cd/whatever else its illegal. I agree with some of the people that state "content creators have ruined emulation" I'm from NYC and barely anyone knew about emulation but thanks to KZbin and you guys it now washes over a LARGE amount of people who search it up in the country, everyone talks about it and social media made it seem like its completely okay. Does no one remember the SouljaBoy Gameboy or some shit? lol

[@washuai]

None of this is as depressing as other atrocities making the news rounds

[@FanTheDeck]

😭 This is true!

[@NerdNest]

100%

[@washuai]

​@@NerdNest y'all bring some laughs and optimism, so a bit of sweetener.

[@scotrick333]

Here's the reviews for the Switch 2: It's crap but you're going to buy it anyway because it's where you get Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon. You'll complain about it but still fund the machine that will take rights away from us all.

[@Shplay101]

Okay seriously what is Nintendo gonna do when the gaming community starts boycotting their games and other products? They make amazing stuff but it's clear they don't respect us as players.

[@sendoh873]

Emulation is going to continue. Heck, you can even emulate certain Steam games without having to use Steam if you wanted to although I wouldn't recommend it as you can find and buy Steam games for cheap on other sites like Fanatical for example (if Steam doesn't have a sale for the game(s) you want). Whatever Nintendo's next console ends up being (Switch 2 or Super Switch...), people will find and create ways to emulate that system. It is inevitable

[@ghostbustthat]

My biggest issue with the Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster is that there were other ways to close the loophole. You could offer an upgrade to people who owned the game before a certain date, for example. I think the whole remaster was just to get the price back up to full price. It was a game on my list, but I haven't gotten to it yet so I'm happy to skip it longer. But honestly, if I had picked it up for cheap and loved it, I'd probably end up paying more for Forbidden West than I'd otherwise be willing to. Without that first touchpoint, there are other games I can shift my attention to.

[@CrimsonKale]

If anyone is interested, there's a segment on the Ghost of Yotei episode of the MinnMax Show where a video game IP lawyer actually discusses the absurdity of patents in a concise and easy-to-understand manner.

[@gamingtechandbeyond]

Also if I was Russ after the copyright strike by Nintendo, I wouldn't even promote anything Nintendo related in any video again. Honestly don't promote anyone buying their products or anything related for their console. They are taking your work away from you, your way of life, how you make a living. Don't promote theirs.

[@gamingtechandbeyond]

To be honest if I would use the MigSwitch for piracy, I would have a separate Switch with a separate account. I would have it offline and just play those games separate from my main Switch. That way no issues with your main account, main console and legitimate games. You can get Switch lites used in great condition nowdays for $100 or less for a secondary console for the MigSwitch. I don't have the MigSwitch,bfor context I have the Switch since day 1 and legally purchased all my games, hundreds at this point. Just my point of view on if I would have it, how to use it safely and not worry about my main account or about Nintendo.

[@gabo007x1]

I don't think the community can keep hiding behind muh games preservation and "emulation is legal" when people on an unprecedented scale are buying cheap chinese handhelds to easily play the newest Nintendo games for free. Also the famous study "proving" that piracy can be beneficial because it generates hype and the people pirating often end up buying later, doesn't apply either. Those times have passed. 99% of the people emulating Switch have never bought a single game let alone a Switch and are also never going to. Nintendo isn't going about this in the best way, but I absolutely understand why they're doing it. Content creators in this niche are also partly to blame for this, whether you guys like it or not. Just look at how Taki is handling this compared to you guys.

[@r9delta104]

Yeah the arguments man, it's pretty simple: legality does not necessarily equate to morality. While a little reductive, there's really nothing else to understand on that and those that think otherwise...I'd argue that they have a childlike understanding of the world.

[@apolopena]

Look I get it Nintendo's made some great games and that's an understatement of course also I get it Nintendo brings up a lot of nostalgia for mini gamers. And I get it, I get it from a content provider perspective there's a lot to talk about when it comes to Nintendo. But my goodness if any video game company deserves a strict boycott where you don't talk about their new products and you don't buy their products it would be Nintendo. Just take a hit and don't talk about new Nintendo products, they don't deserve your promotion or your hype which will increase their sales. You are talking about regionally restricting your channel why, not just talk about the Nintendo boycott every week or two and how well that's going honestly Nintendo doesn't deserve your content guys!!

[@sendoh873]

@1:16:08 The original Silent Hill 2 game was terrifying from what I've seen and heard from other gamers/reviewers (I've never played it so I can't attest to how scary it is but it looked pretty scary from gameplay videos I've watched). It's only fitting that the remake would be scary. I plan on getting and playing the remake eventually but I'm one of those insane people that has to start a series from the beginning (and read/watch/play the originals first) whether it is books, games, movies, TV shows, etc so I have no idea when I'll ever get to it. Maybe I'll get to it when it eventually goes on sale lol.

[@Seamoorif]

I’m trying to get through the first Silent Hill on my Odin 2 mini currently in preparation for the sequel remake. The graphics jump is gonna be monumental 😂

[@sendoh873]

@@Seamoorif The original Silent Hill 2 is very rough in terms of controls. Very clunky. One of these days I should definitely play through the 1st Silent Hill, try-out the og SIlent Hill 2, and then play the remake

[@washuai]

I know they haven't struck again, but there's still that not blurred theme fan art, especially esde, blur that

[@LeviathanFX1]

Watch, the Switch 2 uses the same file system as the original. So they'll try to squash it ASAP before the Switch 2 release.

[@hopelives7469]

I agree, everyone should make their own decisions. If you boycott, that means also not buying things you really want from that company. I am boycotting Nintendo. I don't mind what anyone else does but any company I want to put on that list (it's pretty long now), go on that list. I'm not interested in incentivizing them to improve. I'm gone. What it does is it makes other companies take notice and the ones who show mutual respect end up the most profitable. If I reviewed handhelds as my work or hobby, I would still buy them for work, just like I work a full time job doing crap I hate for an income.

[@launcelotlake]

Do you think the pokemon mechanic conflicts with Ghostbusters mechanic for throwing a ghost trap and capturing a ghost?

[@lennymarinez]

Bro there are some negative ass people on youtube for EVERYTHING? Just enjoy the damn thing.

[@sophisticated]

1995, rayman! There was also a bunch of very popular Rainbow Six games in the late 90s. They also had the heroes of might and magic franchise which was popular in the 90s but it was a 3DO IP in it's prime. They had lots of popular pc titles back then. The Crew Motorfest is a great game from last year and I think it was successful for them along with Valhalla.

[@mmmttt-jv8xv]

LONG LIVE FOR EMULATORS AND ROMS FOR PRESERVATION!!!!!!!!!!❤

[@emiliosanchez4610]

The palworld lawsuit thing is so dangerous. Imagine this entire creature collecting genre just being gone from dumb patents. If Nintendo wins everyone loses.

[@millondartin93]

Might be a reach for them to offset the payout from ads and views they receive here, but if Nerd nest and Retro Game Corp went to Patreon in order to say and show any content they wanted I’d be 100% in on that.

[@tical2399]

Emulation is not legal if the emulator works by getting around technological protection measures. The very first sentence of section 1201 of the dmca says that. So old stuff like nes had none of those protections but all modern consoles so so it's illegal to emulate those.

[@SeanFranchise]

There was a TON of conversation around patenting of game mechanics in the TTRPG world after Wizards of the Coast tried to close down the Dungeons & Dragons open gaming license last year. As I understand it, patenting game mechanics is unprecedented in the US, so I'd be surprised if Nintendo is able to push it through. Would be TERRIBLE if they manage to though, as they'd be effectively opening the the door for some clown to claim that they hold the patent for a poker hand.

[@Rabbitlord108]

Problem is. Try telling a bunch of KZbinrs to delete all their Nintendo related content. They'll just ban you from their comments sections and block you on social media. We'd have to perform a thanos snap to fix this issue. But is it worth letting a bunch of otherwise fine KZbinrs get caught in the crossfire?

[@tentenbits]

I don't trust Ubisoft.. I didn't buy Outlaws, but I did sign up for Ubisoft+ and will likely forget about it for a month or seven before cancelling. I wonder how many folks like me exist that Ubisoft doesn't report.

[@CyprienCole]

I wouldn't compare Outlaws for an example. It sold poorly, not due to being a single player but because it was an awful mess due to bugs and broken stealth system. I would rather a zero personality create a character that I could see myself in or my ideal-like person for the game. I dislike Kay design. Just because a game is multiplayer, it still can fail in the view of Concord, which couldn't get one good character design in a game that is meant to be based on heroes (characters). I would rather play OverWatch which I like alot of the character designs. Sure, they could have cut the Concord price in half, but I highly doubt it would have saved the game. That's the risk when you make a game that requires at least 10 players each round. It would need a massive ammout of people compared to something single player or co-op. They didn't want to take the chance of still lowering it, and no one was buying. I will say at least they refunded everyone who did buy the game, which is a huge plus in my book. If a game is good enough, it doesn't matter if it's Baldur's Gate 3 or Hogwarts Legacy; people will always buy a good game no matter what. You'll get some holdouts from sides, but the majority will play it if it's good. The difference is outlaws, and Concord wasn't a good game. Yes, certain choices in design can keep people from playing something such as Black Myth. Wukong as I don't care for it but doesn't mean other people didn't and it sold great because it was a good game despite me not caring about it. I've got to the point I rather play with online friends for most games but doesn't mean I wouldn't still play a single player game. I just more prefer a co-op game with a handful of friends (2-4).

[@Wrain.]

31:12 Problem with all these launchers is that's it's all bloat and when your internet is down some of those launchers won't work. If you buy the game off Steam that should be enough. I don't even buy EA, Ubisoft games because they require a launcher as well.

[@sevenredundent7256]

I gotta say, Emulation isn't illegal, it's how you do it that' maybe illegal, dumping your legally purchased ROMs is illegal but backing up data you legally purchased isn't but circumventing copyright protection is illegal so we're in a catch 22. Now, if we had some USB interface for Nintendo games, I'd be interesting to see if Nintendo does anything to that. If the copyright protection is "protected" and no backup copy of the game was made but, instead, an emulator just reads the content and plays it, I think emulation would be 100% legal, no questions asked, because Nintendo didn't have their copyrights infringed by anyone. Now, if we're able to make a USB to Nintendo cartridge interface, that's another question with legal implications: is any copyright circumvention happening when using this interface? (i.e. we can't use the device to dump ROMs, only play them via emulation) After this circumstance comes about, it would be interesting if emulation would still be considered legal or if, for some dumb reason, the courts rule that it's illegal.

[@kylegraywolf]

Would love to see reviews for future Nintendo games have all game footage blurred out.

[@ThisisCitrus]

Great ad spot, love the skit.

[@JohnSandlin-e3j]

Being woke is being respectful of all people. Woke is letting people actually be who they are. Starfield was accused of being woke because they respect pronouns. But that is a good thing. I bought Starfield because so many complained it was woke and I wanted to support that. Otherwise I would have waited a year and bought it at a discount. Instead I bought the premium collectable at the crazy price, because the haters were hating it.

[@catacocamping874]

Will never buy a Nintendo a game again use to buy them no questions ask now i will download it now

[@crystalwater505]

Unfortunately people get mad when you tell the truth. It's sad to see some people cling to a company like it's their friend, and when said company does something they don't like they act shocked that they would do something like that, like they were their romantic partner or something betraying them. Lol.

[@airiksknifereviews9548]

Its because the Switch 2 is backward compatible so for the first year they need their older games to still be big sellers. Having Switch emulation would highly effect their marketing on the new system .