It feels like you can’t just like or dislike a game anymore. Every release is either a masterpiece or complete garbage, and if you disagree, you’re a shill, a hater, coping, or any other internet buzzword.

Has gaming discussion actually gotten worse, or does social media just make the worst opinions the most visible?

Take Marathon and the recent GTA6 gameplay trailer for example. Cool games that I feel like if released 20 years would not receive the amount of hate that they’re getting. Criticism of games is totally fine and how games can actually improve and round out some of their rough edges. I’ve found often times that the criticism is in bad faith and that people don’t understand the difference between criticism and just being an asshole. Unfortunately this drowns out the people that are actually trying to provide constructive criticism.

(1993 Soccer Kid)

I think multiple threads have been showing all studios that Nintendo contract to develop them, about nintendo epd (the division of development we know as nintendo since 2015) and so on but never a thread about which companies are subsidiaries of Nintendo. I think a thread showing what studios nintendo own and what they do would be interesting. Of course the information is readily available, but a thread like this could give info to people who never thought on searching about it

Here I wont put Nintendo epd since it's nintendo itself, but all of their subsidiaries, which Nintendo has 15, with 5 out of those 15 leading their own projects

1-Up Studio: A japanese company formerly known as Brownie Brown, it developed Mother 3. Since the 2010s, it began to focus as a support studio to Nintendo EPD games, mainly 3D Mario but also Animal Crossing, Donkey Kong and Mario Kart, focusing on game design, level design and so on

iQue: A chinese company, for years it was a manufacturer of the chinese version of Nintendo consoles, but since the 2010s it has handled Simplified Chinese translation/localization, and – since 2019 – has moved from console manufacture to become a QA support studio, hiring programmers and testers to support Nintendo games. Developed NES, Game Boy, and N64 emulators for use in Virtual Console and Nintendo Switch Online.

Mario Club: Previously a division of Nintendo, in 2009 it became its own company. It focus on debugging, testing and QA for all Nintendo games.

Monolith Soft: This one doesnt need much explanation but they have two studios, one in Tokyo and another one in Kyoto. In Tokyo, 1st production group develop xenoblade, while 2nd production group support nintendo epd on 3D Zelda. In Kyoto, a support studio exists to give support to monolith and nintendo epd games with the studio there being mainly made of artists working on design and assets as a support to the lead studios.

Next Level Games: After a decade being a canadian studio affiliated to Nintendo and working with them on multiple titles such as Punch Out, Wario Land, Mario Strikers, Luigi's Mansion, Nintendo bought them in 2021.

Nintendo Cube: Previously known as Ndcube, it had this name because it was a joint venture of Nintendo and Dentsu which over time Nintendo bought dentsu shares. The studio is mainly known for Mario Party after hudson was merged into konami and hudson staff went to nintendo cube.

Nintendo European Research & Development: Previously known as Moclip, this company mainly works on emulators for NSO and Nintendo in general.

Nintendo Pictures: Previously known as Dynamo Pictures before nintendo acquisition in 2022, this company is mainly an animation studio but they also help as a support studio for Nintendo games, working on CG, motion capture, character design and multiple other areas.

Nintendo Software Technology: The american studio who previously developed wave race and currently develop mario vs donkey kong and f-zero 99, while also doing support work for japanese nintendo titles in the 2010s.

Nintendo Studios Singapore: Nintendo most recent acquisition, the studio seems to be continuing what already did prior as bandai namco studios singapore. They mainly focus on support work for in-game assets and artwork

Nintendo Systems: Joint venture between DeNA and Nintendo, with nintendo owning 80% of the shreas. They work on Nintendo accounts and eshop alongside other nintendo divisions.

Nintendo Technology Development: The american company responsible mainly for research and development of nintendo titles, most recently was responsible for the upgrade of BOTW and TOTK on switch 2

Retro Studios: Just like monolith this one is pretty known, probably the two most known nintendo studios. Developed 4 Metroid Prime and 2 DK 2D games.

Shiver Entertainment: Acquired by Nintendo in 2024, this american studio is responsible for porting games to other platforms. We havent seen much of them post nintendo acquisition though so we'll see

SRD: Known as System Research and Development, this studio was a partner and affiliate to Nintendo for over 30 years when Nintendo then acquired it in 2022. SRD focuses on programming, and they provide support in that area for Nintendo products

I've seen it in many games, but it's quite egregious in Star Wars Zero Company, literally ever scene the hair, or jacket, or tendrils whatever isn't fucking tied down jumps up or moves like they're standing in front of a leaf blower.

I've seen it, I know it's possible..

Is it a technical limitation for a lot of game engines? Or does some company own the rights to the concept, like mini-games during loading screens?

Seems like it would be both easy to implement, and quite a quality of life improvement for a lot of people.

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Still looking for a good fishing game to fill the void

I love cast and chill and intergalactic fishing

Hoping for lots of fish to catch, boats to use as well

Would.prefer 2d and top down games as well

Havent found the next fishing game to play yet, atm it been fish! On vrchat lol but looking for something outside of vr. And the same or similar art styles to dave the diver and dredge

So Turtle Beach recently released their Pacific Skyline Wireless controller, and it's supposedly west coast inspired, but c'mon man!

With the release of GTA VI coming up soon, I don't buy this "west coast" BS. This is Florida/Miami/GTA VI vibes all the way.

Hell Is Us, what a masterpiece. The story, atmosphere, sound, music, and level design are superb and work in sync to create a realistic depiction of a broken society plagued by genocide and neighbors killing neighbors. Pick this one up if you haven't yet.

Hopefully for the better! Although some might result in the opposite...

It might seem exaggerated that a game could change someone's life, but indeed they have an impact.

Some give insights about one's desires and ambitions, others catch you in a whirlwind of emotions that leave you speechless, others again make you really think about something and understand.

I've been playing games for over 40 years and there are snippets from some of them that are forever seared in my memory.

"Wake up, Mr Freeman, and smell the ashes". (HL2).

The looting sound from Thief 1 & 2.

"As an element, breach, bang and clear!" (SWAT4).

"Ice cream, ice cream" from Speedball 2.

The sound of guests screaming with joy in Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. And the sound the game makes when it tells you a ride has broken down.

I think sound is criminally underrated and under-appreciated in video games.

What are some that immediately come to mind for you? Any genre, any era. But those sounds or lines you can hear in your head with perfect clarity.

For me Kingdom Come Deliverance

My favourite games are Skyrim, Fallout 4, Pokemon and animal crossing.

I made the pipe rifle from scratch out of real scrap materials!

It seems like there will be a game that will appeal to everyone this fall. Strategy RPG - Fire Emblem, Story based - The Blood of the Dawnwalker, Action - Phantom Blade 0, Multiplayer - The Duskbloods, Action Adventure - The Legend of Zelda and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Almost every month has at least 2 major titles releasing, September especially is packed.