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gaminghardwareingames · 1 year ago
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alliedcreation · 2 years ago
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Videogame Console Market Everything You Need To Know Forecast, 2023-2032 Market
A video game console is a device that displays a video game by outputting a visual image or video signal. It is essentially a console machine designed primarily for consumers to play video games, as opposed to home computers or arcade machines. Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Steam Machine, Leap TV, and Retro N5 are a few examples of video game consoles. Over the past few years, the gaming console market has gone through several hardware changes. It is also expected that HDTVs with HDMI ports and inherent wireless connectivity, which can support external hard disks, will offer enriched customer experience. Console manufacturers are introducing new devices that are compatible with the latest specifications according to the gamers' demand while improving the gameplay experience. 
Therefore, owing to the great source of entertainment that the video games provide, the forecasters predict that the global video game console market is anticipated to grow exponentially during the forecast period. 
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COVID-19 Scenario Analysis: 
This industry faces huge decline due to disruption in trade with China.
Shutdown of all non-essential goods during COVID-19 also slows down this market. 
Consumer demand is shifting toward the essential food and safety items.
However, online sales platform is witnessing an increase in the demand for video games console because people sitting back at their homes are seeking for sources for their entertainment.
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Top Impacting Factors: Market Scenario Analysis, Trends, Drivers, and Impact Analysis:
Innovation and new technologies have significantly surged the demand for video game consoles in several audio-visual types of equipment. The increase in availability of high-end sound systems and displays give customers a rich and enhanced experience. New consoles with wireless connectivity and a growing number of gamers drive the growth of the gaming console market. Along with this, an increase in the availability and popularity of a multi-functional gaming console is the latest trend emerging on the market for gaming consoles. Several advantages offered by the multi-functional consoles, such as allowing gamers to download videos, browse the internet, listen to music and watch videos simultaneously while playing games, are expected to have a positive impact on market growth over the coming years. 
However, high-cost purchase and disk-cost associated with such consoles impede the market growth. Along with this, the introduction of new smartphones and tablets with the latest gaming application is expected to significantly hamper the growth of the industry. Also, shift in consumer trends to alternative platforms, including online games and mobile games, may create obstacles in the market growth over the next few years. Increase in piracy rates and unauthorized users gaining free access are few other factors hamper the revenue of the video game consoling market. Online and mobile games are available at a significantly low cost compared to expensive console disks, resulting in a decrease in the demand for a gaming console. Furthermore, the main challenge for manufacturers competing in this market is expected to be maintaining a balance between quality and price, along with incorporating the latest features into the game console.
Asia-Pacific and North America are holding majority of market share in terms of revenue in the global video game console market because of the increase in number of gamers in these areas. To cater to the requirement of customers, companies are focusing on developing advanced gaming console.
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This study presents the analytical depiction of the videogame console Industry along with the current trends and future estimations to determine the imminent investment pockets.
The report presents information related to key drivers, restraints, and opportunities along with detailed analysis of the videogame console market share.
The current market is quantitatively analyzed to highlight the global videogame console growth scenario.
Porter’s five forces analysis illustrates the potency of buyers & suppliers in the market. 
The report provides a detailed videogame console market analysis based on competitive intensity and how the competition will take shape in the coming years. 
Questions Answered in the Videogame Console Market Research Report:
What are the leading market players active in the videogame console market?
What the current trends will influence the market in the next few years?
What are the driving factors, restraints, and opportunities in the market?
What future projections would help in taking further strategic steps?
 Videogame Console Market Report HighlightsAspectsDetailsBy Type
Home Console
Handheld Game Console
By Products
Xbox One
Wii U
PlayStation 4
Steam Machine
Leap TV
Others
By Distribution Channels
Online Channel
Offline Channels
By Region
North America  (US, Canada)
Europe  (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, rest of Europe)
Asia-Pacific  (China, Japan, India, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, rest of Asia-Pacific)
LAMEA  (Middle East, Brazil, rest of LAMEA)
Key Market PlayersSony, Nintendo Co. Ltd., BlueStacks, PlayJam, Mad Catz, OUYA Inc, Microsoft, Valve Corp., Nvidia Corp.
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Just Dance 2016 contains unused Mario-related content. Avatars depicting a Question Block and Mario exist in the files but cannot be unlocked in-game; these were likely intended to be exclusive to the Wii and Wii U versions of the game, but the unused data exists even in versions on non-Nintendo consoles.
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madmark255 · 2 years ago
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Anybody remember,Skylanders? For those of you who aren't savvy, Skylanders was a relatively successful video game franchise based on Toys-To-Life technology. You'd have the game, a USB "Portal of Power" that you'd plug into your console of choice, and, of course, the titular Skylanders figurines, which communicated with the Portal using NFC technology that allowed you to play as the character depicted on the toy in the game.
Skylanders was a relatively brief but immense success. There were SIX games, each introducing some gimmick with a new generation of characters. The first game, Spyro's Adventure (yeah, this was originally supposed to be a continuation of the Spyro series, but that's another story for another time), introduced the basics: put the figures on the Portal, beat up bad guys, save the world, yada yada yada. The second game, Giants, had larger figures that were super strong in-game, able to clear obstacles normal figures couldn't. The third, Swap Force, had figures with interchangeable top and bottom halves. The fourth, Trap Team, let you play as Bosses using traps, and had special figures that dealt more damage to boss enemies. The fifth, and last one I played, was Super Chargers, which introduced vehicles. The sixth, and thus far final game in the series, Imaginators, allowed players to create their own Skylander characters using Creation Crystal figures.
The Skylanders franchise, however, was somewhat short lived, as Toys-to-Life technology, or at least games that were completely dependent upon it, proved to be little more than a passing fad. The major problem with Skylanders was, and I can tell you this as someone who bought probably over a hundred of those damn figures at one point and admittedly kinda enjoyed doing so, was that Skylanders was basically pay-to-win, microtransaction filled cash grab, not all that much different than something you could find on Google Play or the iOS appstore.
Let me use another popular line of NFC figures that's still around today to illustrate my point: Nintendo's Amiibo figurines. The thing about Amiibo, and probably a key reason that they're still around, is that, to a surprising degree, they're usable with multiple games. Not all Amiibo were bound to a specific game, several could be used for multiple games. Also, some games allowed Amiibo from outside their series. More importantly, most games that let you used Amiibo, even to the point of touting it as a flagship feature of the game, were not actually DEPENDENT upon the figures. With only two exceptions to my knowledge, Amiibo were entirely optional in their games. Smash Bros. For 3DS and Wii U had an entire mode of using Amiibo figures, but it was completely optional. You didn't a Mario Amiibo to play as Mario, you just needed to pick Mario from the fighter menu. Having a Mario Amiibo just allowed you to access a special mode that was kinda cool.
Skylanders, on the other hand, were bound to their series games and those games alone. If you wanted to play the games, you needed the figures. You needed a LOT of the figures. If you wanted to play Giants, you needed the Giant figures, not just the regular figures from the first game. If you wanted to play Swap Force, you needed to buy those two halved figures, you couldn't (and shouldn't) just cut your existing figures in half and make them swappable. And sometimes, new games had to have new Portals. The Spyro's Adventure Portal isn't usable with Swap Force because it lacks the NFC tech to read the swappable figures, and the Swap Force Portal isn't usable with Trap Team because it's missing a hole for the boss traps. You had to buy the regular figures, the specialized figures, the Traps, the vehicles, the Creation Crystals. And then, as if having to buy all those computer chip infused hunts of plastic in real life wasn't enough, Skylanders Superchargers and Imaginators had actual microtransactions available for boosters, character parts, in game currency, etc.
It got to be too much. Activision made Skylanders so consumer unfriendly it ultimately killed the franchise. So, before I bothered completing my collection for Superchargers (I was missing just ONE guy), I sold all my figures and games and never bothered with Skylanders again for a long time.
So, you might be wondering why I bring all this up. Well, apparently, there's a rumor that Activision is considering remastering the first three games of the Skylanders series.
BUUUT
They're doing so WITHOUT the need for figures, instead allowing you to pick your Skylander characters from within the game itself.
Now, bear in mind, again, this is all just a rumor. If they do it, it could go one of two ways:
1. Activision could just make it kinda like Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, where you have all the "figures" and don't have to buy them.
2. It's another microtransaction packed shitshow, just minus the excessive amounts of space consuming plastic.
If it is the former, I will definitely pick it up for some Nostalgia in Skylands. If it's the latter, I'll avoid it and would heartily advise you do the same.
TL;DR: Skylanders was cool, I used to collect them, they got greedy, I stopped collecting them, and now I heard about a possible remaster without figures that I might actually buy.
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veworfs · 2 years ago
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foxpeople477 · 3 years ago
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Wii ManufacturerNintendoTypeVideo game consoleGenerationSeventh generation eraFirst available November 19, 2006 December 2, 2006 December 7, 2006 December 8, 2006CPUIBMPowerPC-based(1) 'Broadway'GPUATI 'Hollywood'Media12 cm Wii Optical Disc 8 cm Nintendo GameCube Game Disc System storage512 MB Internal flash memory Secure Digital card Nintendo GameCube Memory CardController inputWii remote, Nintendo GameCube controllerConnectivityWi-Fi Bluetooth USB 2.0 x2 LAN Adapter (via USB)Online serviceNintendo Wi-Fi Connection WiiConnect24 Virtual Console Wii MenuBackward compatibilityNintendo GameCubePredecessorNintendo GameCubeSuccessorWii UArticle on Nintendo WikiWii
The Wii is the fifth internationally released home video game console released by Nintendo. The console is the direct successor to the Nintendo GameCube. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3, but it competes with both as part of the seventh generation of video game systems, despite being noticeably underpowered compared to its rivals.
A distinguishing feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and can detect acceleration and orientation in three dimensions. Another feature is WiiConnect24, which enables it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode. The Wii remote and Nunchuk combination can be used to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl, while the Wii remote (turned on its side), the Classic Controller, or a GameCube controller may also be used.
Nintendo first spoke of the console at the 2004 E3 press conference and later unveiled the system at E3 2005. Satoru Iwata revealed a prototype of the controller at the September 2005 Tokyo Game Show. At E3 2006, the console won the first of several awards. By December 8, 2006, it had completed its launch in four key markets. The Financial Times reported that as of September 12, 2007, the Wii is the sales leader of its generation, based on sales figures from Enterbrain, NPD Group and GfK. The Wii sold 101.63 million units worldwide, making it Nintendo's best-selling home console and beating its contemporaries, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3, both of which have sold 84 million and 87.4 million worldwide respectively.
The Wii Mini was released initially in Canada on December 7th 2012. While the console can play Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it cannot play Super Smash Bros. or Super Smash Bros. Melee, as it lacks the online functionality needed to download the former, and it lacks the GameCube controller ports and GameCube memory card slots needed to play the latter. The lack of GameCube controller ports also prevents the use of GameCube controllers with Super Smash Bros. Brawl.Though it was only available in Canada at launch, it was later released in Europe on March 22, 2013, and in the United States on November 17, 2013.
In the Super Smash Bros. series(edit)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a Super Smash Bros. game released game for the Wii in 2008. Backwards compatibility allows for Super Smash Bros. Melee to be played on the Wii, but with GameCube controllers only. Also, Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64 has been released on the Virtual Console in Japan, Europe, America and Australia for 1000 Wii Points. The Wii makes it possible, for the first time, to play all previous Smash Bros. games on the newest game's home console, as well as the first time any past Smash game has been playable on a newer console.
Some characters that debuted in games originally released for the Wii became playable fighters in the Super Smash Bros. series, all of which debuted in SSB4: Wii Fit Trainer, Rosalina, Shulk and the Miis.
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References(edit)
^Wii: The Total Story. IGN. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.
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Official channel on YouTube
Wikipedia has an article on Wii.
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johannahairasfmpyear2 · 5 years ago
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Video Games
Today, video games make up a $100 billion global industry, and nearly two-thirds of American homes have household members who play video games regularly. And it’s really no wonder: Video games have been around for decades and span the gamut of platforms, from arcade systems, to home consoles, to handheld consoles and mobile devices. They’re also often at the forefront of computer technology.
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The Early Days
Though video games are found today in homes worldwide, they actually got their start in the research labs of scientists.
In 1952, for instance, British professor A.S. Douglas created OXO, also known as noughts and crosses or a tic-tac-toe, as part of his doctoral dissertation at the University of Cambridge. And in 1958, William Higinbotham created Tennis for Two on a large analog computer and connected oscilloscope screen for the annual visitor’s day at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York.
In 1962, Steve Russell at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology invented Spacewar!, a computer-based space combat video game for the PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1), then a cutting-edge computer mostly found at universities. It was the first video game that could be played on multiple computer installations.
In 1967, developers at Sanders Associates, Inc., led by Ralph Baer, invented a prototype multiplayer, multi-program video game system that could be played on a television. It was known as “The Brown Box.”
Baer, who’s sometimes referred to as Father of Video Games, licensed his device to Magnavox, which sold the system to consumers as the Odyssey, the first video game home console, in 1972. Over the next few years, the primitive Odyssey console would commercially fizzle and die out.
Yet, one of the Odyssey’s 28 games was the inspiration for Atari’s Pong, the first arcade video game, which the company released in 1972. In 1975, Atari released a home version of Pong, which was as successful as its arcade counterpart.
Magnavox, along with Sanders Associates, would eventually sue Atari for copyright infringement. Atari settled and became an Odyssey licensee; over the next 20 years, Magnavox went on to win more than $100 million in copyright lawsuits related to the Odyssey and its video game patents.
In 1977, Atari released the Atari 2600 (also known as the Video Computer System), a home console that featured joysticks and interchangeable game cartridges that played multi-colored games, effectively kicking off the second generation of the video game consoles.
The video game industry had a few notable milestones in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The Video Game Crash
In 1983, the North American video game industry experienced a major “crash” due to a number of factors, including an oversaturated game console market, competition from computer gaming, and a surplus of over-hyped, low-quality games, such as the infamous E.T., an Atari game based on the eponymous movie and often considered the worst game ever created.
The video game home industry began to recover in 1985 when the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), called Famicom in Japan, came to the United States. The NES had improved 8-bit graphics, colors, sound and gameplay over previous consoles.
Nintendo, a Japanese company that began as a playing card manufacturer in 1889, released a number of important video game franchises still around today, such as Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid.
Also in 1989, Sega released its 16-bit Genesis console in North America as a successor to its 1986 Sega Master System, which failed to adequately compete against the NES.
With its technological superiority to the NES, clever marketing, and the 1991 release of the Sonic the Hedgehog game, the Genesis made significant headway against its older rival. In 1991, Nintendo released its 16-bit Super NES console in North America, launching the first real “console war.”
The early- to mid-1990s saw the release of a wealth of popular games on both consoles, including new franchises such as Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat, a fighting game that depicted blood and gore on the Genesis version of the game.
The Rise of 3D Gaming
With a leap in computer technology, the fifth generation of video games ushered in the three-dimensional era of gaming.
In 1995, Sega released in North America its Saturn system, the first 32-bit console that played games on CDs rather than cartridges, five months ahead of schedule. This move was to beat Sony’s first foray into video games, the Playstation, which sold for $100 less than the Saturn when it launched later that year. The following year, Nintendo released its cartridge-based 64-bit system, the Nintendo 64.
Though Sega and Nintendo each released their fair share of highly-rated, on-brand 3D titles, such as Virtua Fighter on the Saturn and Super Mario 64 on the Nintendo 64, the established video game companies couldn’t compete with Sony’s strong third-party support, which helped the Playstation secure numerous exclusive titles.
Modern Gaming
The 8th and current generation of video games began with the release of Nintendo’s Wii U in 2012, followed by the Playstation 4 and Xbox One in 2013. Despite featuring a touch screen remote control that allowed off-TV gaming and being able to play Wii games, the Wii U was a commercial failure—the opposite of its competition—and was discontinued in 2017.
In 2016, Sony released a more powerful version of its console, called the Playstation 4 Pro, the first console capable of 4K video output. In early 2017, Nintendo released its Wii U successor, the Nintendo Switch, the only system to allow both television-based and handheld gaming. Microsoft will release its 4K-ready console, the Xbox One X, in late 2017.
With their new revamped consoles, both Sony and Microsoft currently have their sights set on virtual reality gaming, a technology that has the potential to change the way players experience video games.
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britesparc · 5 years ago
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Weekend Top Ten #409
Top Ten Things I Saw 2019
2019, eh? What to make of that? For me, “culturally” speaking – that is, in terms of things I watched, read, or otherwise consumed (that weren’t, y’know, food), it’s defined by huge, long-anticipated finales; a raft of incredibly impressive kids’ films; really exciting TV shows that I never got round to watching; an increasingly-interesting new Transformers comic that I have run way, way behind on and need to catch up with; and reading about cool stuff that’s happening in 2020 (but more on that next week!).
As we make our way gingerly into this newest of years, it feels odd to look back on, say, Avengers: Endgame, and try to remember a time when we didn’t all know who died and how. Massive things seemed to come and go, having to make way for the next massive thing. 2020, from this vantage point, doesn’t seem quite so epochal, but what do I know, I just work here. 2019 though; that was a big one. Even outside of the MCU ruling the roost, there’s Frozen, Star Wars, Toy Story, and even some stuff not owned by Disney.
Because I seem to operate on a slightly delayed timescale, there are still huge films and TV programmes that I’ve not managed to catch (work commitments also obliterated my free time for a couple of months, meaning I didn’t even make my own lax standards of cinema-going). Especially in the last third of the year, I’ve missed some really exciting films; Hollywood, Knives Out, Joker, Irishman (which, yeah, is on Netflix, so I’ll probably see that before the others). Hopefully they’ll do some screenings around awards time, or I can just get the Blu-rays. Anyway, that’s why that stuff’s not here, and also because I couldn’t think of a witty hat to hang on the artier fare.
Right, caveats out the way, this is what was occurring in 2019.
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“I knew it!”: Probably the most difficult thing to do this year was provide some kind of closure to the various huge pop-culture juggernauts that more-or-less decided to end. Star Wars was a disappointment, I’ve not seen Game of Thrones, but good Lord did Avengers stick the ending. Endgame is a masterpiece, a beautiful thrill-ride of cinema (see what I did there?), and for me the crowning moment – the bit that nearly made me cry-laugh and is one of the greatest moments I’ve ever had in the cinema – was when Captain America lifts Thor’s enchanted hammer. Magic, indeed.
“Welcome to the Sys-Star System”: I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of many of the kids; films I saw this year, and also by the more progressive and inclusive message they expressed. This started before this year, to be honest, with the frankly surprising left-field political allegories of Zootropolis and Smallfoot. But 2019 started great with an amusing dissection of movie misogyny in The LEGO Movie 2 (better than the first one, don’t @ me); the underrated Dora and the Lost City of Gold was also a great adventure film to show little girls, especially if you’re trying to inject some diversity into their lives. Along with Detective Pikachu it was a good time for PG-rated live-action family movies. So: 2019, great for kids’ films (Klaus on Netflix!); great for films about diversity and empowerment, especially if you’re going to the cinema with two little girls. Speaking of…
“Can there be a day beyond this night?”: Talk about sticking the landing; following up the most successful animated film of all time (apart from the, ahem, “live-action” Lion King), and its culture-defining song, was a very tall order. I was amazed at how they managed it. whilst perhaps “giving Elsa a girlfriend” was a little bit too much to ask (cowards) they still doubled down on themes of empowerment and finding oneself, and Elsa’s two big songs still manage to feel (to this straight dude) like coming-out anthems. But it was the maturity and depth of the film that surprised and delighted; I never expected to see a film where a Disney Princess sang a song about being so overcome with grief that they want to die.
“Honk”: Untitled Goose Game is probably the game of the year, even if it’s not my favourite game, simply because of how robustly it seized the zeitgeist. There was a time when you couldn’t move for memes of mallards (yes, I know it’s not a mallard). For a small indie game to do this was fantastic. And its recent appearance on Xbox Game Pass cements a banner year for that Microsoft service too; a year in which it’s gone from “nice addition” to seemingly indispensable. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass PC, their very generous E3 offer, and the tantalising prospect of xCloud (still in beta, and really rather impressive) means Game Pass – geese and all – was the gaming highlight of 2019 for me.
“This will be a great start to my legend!”: Speaking of gaming highlights, we finally got a Switch this Christmas, and it’s already being played to death. I didn’t know how much we missed Mario Kart. The Nintendo Switch is clearly, far and away, the best console of this generation (or is it next generation? When was the Wii U?). Anyway, we also got Pokemon Sword for my eldest, and that’s really rather fab I think, in its amusingly foreign depiction of Britain. But with Pokemon Go seemingly going from strength to strength, and the excellent Detective Pikachu at the cinema, it was a great year for small collectible creatures. Now I just need to learn how to play the card game…
“No, you’re breathtaking”: The E3 moment that launched a million memes, Keanu Reeves’ appearance in Cyberpunk 2077 was a surprise as much as his good-natured response to the audience was a delight. But really 2019 was Keanu’s year; John Wick 3 cemented his status as the most ice-cool of action stars, he expertly and hilariously sent himself up in Always Be My Maybe, and was very funny as a burning bush in the Spongebob trailer. Next year he brings back his other other greatest character, Ted Theodore Logan, in Bill and Ted Face the Music. It’s Keanu’s world, we’re just living in it.
“What the hell happens now?”: Alright, I might have got the quote slightly wrong, but the closing moments of the first episode of Years and Years was probably my TV moment of the year. Horrifically tense and terrifying, utterly believable but also a freakishly scary look at a potential near future. The series continued in this fashion, marrying soapy drama with increasingly sci-fi flavoured concepts, until it culminated in a full-on dystopian future uprising. Already feels unnecessarily prescient.
“Let us see what the future holds”: Speaking of top TV, Star Trek: Discovery season two had highs and lows but generally was a better stab at a contemporary Trek show than season one. The infusion of familiar Trek characters and settings (chiefly Spock, Pike, and the Enterprise) was a blessing and a curse, and although the time-dancing plot sagged, it all came together for a phenomenal finale. An epic space battle the likes of which Star Trek had very rarely seen, culminating in a sacrifice play and the prospect of further adventures in a timeline we’ve never explored before in Trek. Mind you, Picard will be better, won’t it?
“David Braben done a poo”: Moving away from the blockbuster TV shows and epoch-defining superhero sagas, Digitiser Live was another high point. I didn’t get away as much in 2019 as other years – I skipped TF Nation and couldn’t make Thought Bubble – so any opportunity to chat to like-minded geeks is always welcome. The show itself was madcap, weird fun, and it’s so nice to know Mr. Biffo and be a small, tangential part of the whole shebang. More in 2020, please.
“#ChrisHewittsFilmOfTheDay2019”: Okay, so bear with me: Chris Hewitt, from off of Empire magazine and podcast (and The Film Programme, remember that?) recommended a film a day every day of the year. Except – top gag – it was always Avengers: Infinity War. The fact he kept this bit up the whole year, and found new and increasingly surreal ways to recommend Infinity War, was a comic delight. And y’know what? The Empire Podcast was a delight this year too. It’s not new but it’s great, and I hope in 2020 I get to go to one of the live shows at last.
Well, that was 2019. In many ways an absolute shitshow. 2020 looks like it’s starting off with the world literally burning, an addled madman attempting to start World War III, and frigging Brexit. On the flipside, I had a lovely Christmas, we all enjoyed playing on the Switch, the first episode of Doctor Who was fantastic, my kids are great, my wife is great, and at some point this year I get to see WandaVision. So let’s all keep our collective chins up and look forward to whatever we can possibly look forward to. Despite how tepidly the Skywalker Saga ended.
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Top Video Games To Play On Nintendo Switch Gaming Console!
It wasn’t very long ago when Nintendo’s gaming console was struggling to perform well on the gaming console market. Nintendo came under considerable pressure when its Wii U started to lag in the race of gaming consoles, so to make up for it Nintendo decided to enter the mobile gaming world with its Super Mario Run and Miitomo.
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Fast-forward to 2021, Nintendo Switch is on the verge of becoming one of the company’s best and most sold home gaming consoles of all time. The major reasons for its success are its hybrid gaming format and an ever-growing game library which also supports third-party game support.
So now that we are halfway through 2021, it feels like now is the best time to pick up a Nintendo Switch. It is available in two variants, one is the Nintendo Switch and the other one is the latest Nintendo Switch Lite. Nintendo Switch currently is the most accessible gaming console available in the market, given the fact that there’s a shortage of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X out there.
It is not very easy to come around the Nintendo Switch’s online store, it is a little hard to navigate it around. And through this blog post, we wish to help you understand the store and start your Nintendo journey with all the ease. All the games that we are going go to list here are supported by the Nintendo Switch Lite as well. Let’s start then:
1- The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Breath of the Wild is simply the best game of 2017. Many people consider this game to be the best developed. The game that, for some reason, managed to outsell the Nintendo Switch at its launch.
People still can’t figure out how it happened but eventually, it did.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a true masterpiece that distills the open-world genre down to its essential ingredients and rewrites its DNA to focus on pure adventure.
2- Super Mario 3D world + Bowser’s fury
Super Mario 3D World is probably the best game for small children ever created. Especially for a parent who wants to join in the fun. It’s straightforward, and there’s no need to read anything. The levels are well-thought-out, open, and accommodating.
This game is supreme in almost every way.
When you add in Bowser’s Fury, an experimental Mario game that could reveal where Nintendo plans to take the series next, the package becomes unbeatable. Play Super Mario 3D World with your kids, and when they go to bed, play Bowser’s Fury. It’s perfect.
3- Animal Crossing: New Horizon
The New Horizon is said to be the best game of the Animal Crossing game series. It eliminates many of the clumsy parts of previous games and provides plenty of incentive for players to continue creating their island community. And it undoubtedly looks much better than any of its previous games, encouraging people to keep filling their virtual home and closet.
4- Hades
In Hades, you play the character of Zagreus, son of Hades who is not on the right terms with his father and attempts to escape the underworld, and to do so Zagreus has to fight the enemies at different levels to make it to the surface.
Hades, a Supergiant Games isometric rogue-like, appeared out of nowhere in 2020 and is now a serious contender for Game of the Year. It’s partly due to the combat, which is slick, hefty, and tactile, but it’s the game’s growing storyline, which weaves the idea of eternal death into Hades’ saga, that truly pushes it over the edge. This is a rogue-like that even non-rogue-like fans will appreciate.
5- Hollow Knight
It is a 2D game and one of the few Kickstarter games which exceeded players’ expectations. It is a Metroidvania-style game which more of a mood. Your character in the game unlocks new movements and attack skills as you move forward in the vast land of Hollow Knight. The developers of this game did a good job depicting a story through its environment and atmosphere. The gameplay of Hollow Knight has a nice punch of sense of humor along with nicely animated and voiced characters.
6- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
The Wii U version of Mario Kart 8 was the first to be published. It was fantastic back then, and it’s much better now with all the new material.
There hasn’t been much change, but Mario Kart 8 is as decisive as it gets. It’s jam-packed with playable characters, original music, and brand-new features. It’s still the Nintendo Switch’s most engaging multiplayer game.
7- Super Mario Odyssey
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild inspired Super Mario Odyssey, which is a Nintendo game. Everything you thought you knew about Mario has been turned on its head. But there’s one thing that will never change: flawlessly tuned, precision gameplay that feels great every second your hands are on the controller.
8- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a fantastic Nintendo Switch game. It includes the most characters of any Smash Bros. game to date (thus the “Ultimate”), as well as the best single-player ‘campaign’ mode of any Smash Bros. game to date.
9- Into The Breach
The makers of Faster Than Light have created a fantastic turn-based strategy game. A complicated, intelligent construct that challenges the player to solve problems in novel ways.
10- Celeste
Celeste is a video game that makes you want to stick your controller into your television right away.
Celeste is one of the best games of its kind ever created, with outstanding level design and finely adjusted precision platforming. It’s witty, engaging, and jam-packed with information.
It’s also ideal for use with the Nintendo Switch. On public transportation, you’ll be shouting obscenities at this game and loving every minute of it.
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M E T A L   S L U G
Metal Slug, is a run and gunvideo game developed and originally released by Nazca Corporation and later published by SNK. It was originally released in 1996 for the Neo Geo MVS arcade platform. The game is widely known for its sense of humor, fluid hand-drawn animation, and fast-paced two-player action. It is the first title in the Metal Slug series. It has been ported to the Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network, iOS, Android and Neo Geo X, and to the Wii, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
The player must shoot constantly at a continual stream of enemies in order to reach the end of each level. At this point, the player confronts a boss, who is usually considerably larger and tougher than regular enemies. On the way through each level, the player can find numerous weapon upgrades and "Metal Slug" tanks. The tank is known as the SV-001 ("SV" stands for Super Vehicle), which not only increases the player's offense, but considerably adds to their defense.
In addition to shooting, the player can also perform melee attacks by using a knife. The player does not die simply by coming into contact with enemies, and correspondingly, many of the enemy troops also have melee attacks. Much of the game's scenery is also destructible, and occasionally, this reveals extra items or power-ups, although most of the time it simply results in collateral damage.
During the course of a level, the player also encounters POWs, who, if freed, offer the player bonuses in the form of random items or weapons. At the end of each level, the player receives a scoring bonus based on the number of freed POWs. If the player dies before the end of the level, the tally of freed POWs reverts to zero.
There are a total of six levels, in locations such as forests, garrisoned cities, snowy mountain valleys, canyons, and military bases. The vast majority of enemies are soldiers equipped with weaponry befitting their specific role. There are also several mechanized enemies, such as tanks, mobile artillery, aircraft, armored personnel carriers and technicals. Much of the game's humor comes from how the enemies are depicted; the player often encounters them as they are sunbathing, roasting food over a fire, or simply conversing amongst themselves. They also tend to scream loudly if they see the player, and often try to run away.
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