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  • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.orgtoGaming@beehaw.org•Nintendo has reportedly shut down Ryujinx, the Switch emulator that was supposedly immune
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    4 days ago

    The delisting is what gets me most (and we’re dealing with that in basically every media catalogue from film/tv to games).

    Well, that and the blatant cash grabs I see with rereleases that end up being console specific and basically unsupported like with the cases of the Wii store and basically every iteration of their online stores since.

    I played Wii and eventually Wii U with buddies for smash but am glad I didn’t own the systems. I know one of my friends gave a lot of money to Nintendo multiple times getting classics like Pokemon Snap and other nostalgia buys on multiple systems.

    My most recent experience with Nintendo was borrowing a buddy’s switch to play Breath of the Wild back around when it came out. I’m pretty meh on their new content and by the way a lot of their recent releases were received, I’m not super interested. Might bug someone to play the Pokemon Arceus one which seems kinda cool, but that would be the extent of my interest and it’s not really nagging at me, anyway.

    My main gripe is that they seem to be doing the bare minimum with their IP (with little innovation in the field/botched releases) and wasting money/resources on what I see as frivolous, shortsighted, lawsuits in the name of protecting their property as well as corporate heavy production that ends up with forgettable and formulaic games.

    Maybe I am now become old, but I don’t care to see the most recent iteration of the Pokemon, Zelda, Mario, or Smash Bros sagas and am perfectly content with replaying N64 to GameCube classics in those series. Probably doesn’t help that I went to college with a bunch of friends who hung out and played Project M with some Halo 3 or Reach sprinkled in for variety lol.

  • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.orgtoGaming@beehaw.org•Nintendo has reportedly shut down Ryujinx, the Switch emulator that was supposedly immune
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    4 days ago

    I getcha, just have not been stoked about Nintendo’s continual deathmarch against the hydra of emulation.

    I honestly think it’s more of a waste of money than it’s actually worth and the publicity of taking down emulation sites is pretty bad for them (especially when they take down ones which deal with largely abandonware or really old games, like Vimm’s lair did).

    Without getting into the debate over the ethics of piracy or anti consumer practices, jumping into the fray by aggressively litigating and making a splash like Nintendo and Sony seem to focus on likely hurts their bottom line and certainly hurts their reputation with consumers.

  • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.orgtoNews@lemmy.world•Most US voters say plastics industry should be held responsible for recycling claims – report
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    26 days ago

    The plastic producers were the ones pushing the grift and controlling the narrative/studies, just like what was done with fossil fuels and climate change (certainly a trend here with the oil industry).

    Additionally, they’re the ones that directly benefitted the most so it makes sense to go after their fraudulent gains.

    I’m all for being critical of municipalities and elected officials, but the solution is not to bankrupt cities or state/federal funds through litigation. The focus should be on the producers. Go to the top of the chain/follow the money.

    Edit: To your point about news conglomerates, that seems more viable and they certainly need better incentives and regulation.

  • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.orgtoTenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•Resistance is futile
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    1 month ago

    I stand by SNW and LD. Strange New Worlds is a solid return to form and Lower Decks was the kitschy fan service with a lot of heart that I needed after some horrendously bleak years in real life near the end of the 2010s and through the pandemic.

    I think both are doing a good job of keeping up with the times as past series have done when they aired. Cannot make it through Discovery, though. That one just did not grab me, despite me wanting it to and giving it multiple shots because I was stoked for Michelle Yeoh and Doug Jones.