
I cannot speak about the quality of the port (I played it on the DS), but Capcom ports Ace Attorney to every system they can.
Windows (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/787480/Phoenix_Wright_Ace_Attorney_Trilogy/
Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/phoenix-wright-ace-attorney-trilogy-switch/

Yes, they have a tendency to get (very) delayed on their big name projects, but they are more than making up for it in volume. They have ramped up to putting out like 6 new games per year. So far this year, they have announced Push Push Penguin (a children's game) and Seeker Chronicles.
Hopefully by pausing printing, they can take the time to develop their games more before talking about manufacturing. And by doing more digital-first releases, they can get mass play testing of in-development expansions so they are less tempted to hold projects back for balance changes.

Wise Wizard Games: Board Game Tariffs in the U.S.
Major points:
- Price increases are coming.
- They will pause producing most games except for cheap to manufacture, card-only games.
- For games with app adaptations, upcoming expansions will get a digital release before physical.
- They will design, develop, and prepare future games to hit the ground running when tariffs come down.

Is anyone (other than maybe Nintendo) setting up a wait list for buying systems as they restock? I would not mind getting at the back of that line.
There aren't any release window games I want, but I may want one by the holidays or next year, once more games are released.

The article does not get into detail, but I assume Stonemaier Games is going to argue that the President does not have the power to impose this type of tariff. The company is probably hoping that the judge will stay the tariff until the case can be argued. If this only buys the company enough time to refill their US warehouse without paying a tariff, they could come out ahead.

You still get company swag? In the 2010's, I got a ton of it, but not anymore. Maybe it is just that the company I was working at got too cheap to give out swag and when I switched jobs, I joined another cheapskate, but I assumed that it was the same everywhere.
I have enough company and recruiter swag collected during the good years that I have not needed to buy t-shirts, especially because I generally wear a collared shirt over them, so I don't care what logos and slogans they have.

Note, that data is from April 8th, which is before the 90 day tariff pause was announced.
From what my friends working in retail have told me, the trend is (temporarily) reversed. Every freight container going to the US is getting booked solid at inflated rates as brands try to bring in merchandise from non-Chinese factories into the US in case the tariffs resume.

Wow. They have two very popular game series: Sentinels of the Multiverse and Spirit Island. Hopefully everyone who was at the company lands on their feet and the amazing games they put out can live on at another publisher.

Nintendo is not going to do extensive QA testing for every single Switch game (especially not every third party shovelware game which might have had errors running on a regular Switch). I assume they ran every automated test they had handy and had someone spend X hours poking around the game to try to find issues.
The more interesting question would be how will games be fixed? Are they patching the game to fix the issue or are they patching the Switch 2 firmware to match Switch behavior? The more bugs they fix with the later approach the less important it is to exhaustively test every single game.

As far as I know, all media age-appropriate ratings in the US are industry self regulation. The government has threatened action but never actually stepped in.

What confusion? If a box says "Switch" on it, it will run on the Switch and the Switch 2.
If the box says "Switch 2", it will run on the Switch 2 but not the original Switch.
There are some games that are available for both systems, so make sure to check the system name when buying the game. It has been the same in previous console generations and in consoles from other manufacturers.
The only issues that I foresee are if the eShop makes it hard to understand what system you are buying the game for and if the eShop makes it hard to change the version I am buying.

With LeBron, I think it is a combination of a couple of things. Yes, he is an all-time great and a major superstar, so refs may be hesitant to argue with him on a questionable decision. But he is also ancient, in athlete years. He has been referreed by all the refs plenty of times and probably knows where each of their thresholds are and what behavior may trigger them. He also seems like a nice guy, so sometimes it is not "a player whining to them about a call he did not like" but it is "their buddy LeBron pointing out that they keep falling for a flop".
Besides, James gets superstar calls. He has no right to whine about anything.

Those Biden dollar prices, though. Will other console makers stay at their current prices or will they raise prices as US stock starts to run out.

I still have 2 Reddit accounts in good standing. I used Reddit entirely via the Reddit Is Fun app. I tried the official Reddit app but the ads flooded out content and performance was trash.

In my home, Nintendo Land is an all time great game. To this day, whenever my nieces visit, they demand to play Nintendo Land.

The license carts are worse than physical cartridges but better than buying digital. At least you can give them to a friend or sell them (while the software server is still active).

The entire article has a tone of "it is exactly as we expected it to be". Good to have a journalist say that Nintendo was not covering up some horrible, obvious flaw.

Black man brandishing a gun? He is a thug.
White man brandishing a gun (and giving out guns for his children to brandish)? Respected member of Congress.
Not defending Ja, since he should know better, but calling out a double standard.


It’s bigger, it’s more powerful, and it has some weird Nintendo control gimmicks.

TL;DR:
- Joy-Cons are more comfortable for adult hands, though still not as big as other systems.
- Mouse mode joy-cons are awkward. The buttons are small and there is no place to rest your other fingers and palm.
- You will want to have a table if you are playing mouse-oriented games like Metroid Prime 4 and Civ 7.
- Graphics seem better than the Steam Deck, worse than a PS4 Pro, but will improve as games are optimized.
- Mouse aim works well in Metroid.
- Mario Kart World is good and Knockout Tour is a fun addition to the game.

There is a reason that most games are listed as "capable of starting, more testing required". It should not be too hard to set up automation that loads a game on to the Switch 2, launches it, and checks that it did not crash within 30 seconds.

Nintendo US website. Mario Kart has an MSRP of $79.99. Donkey Kong has an MSRP of $69.99.

For me, it depends on how much the upgrade packs add. If you frame it as "We will be releasing select Switch titles as enhanced editions on the Switch 2. If you already have the Switch version, you can buy the enhanced edition at a discount by getting it as an Upgrade Pack."
Doesn't PlayStation have a similar program?


Accessory maker says 3D mock-up at CES is sourced from an actual console.


Cards Against Humanity continue to bring good into the world


cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14072409

App to organize work notes (OSX)
I am looking for a note talking app to keep work notes in. My requirements are:
- Allow hierarchical organization of notes (like project1, project1/build, project1/configure) and easy to navigate to different notes.
- Allow basic formatting (heading, code block).
- Run locally
- (Optionally) Have a table of contents for quick navigation
Obsidian looked promising and had the additional benefit of storing notes in Markdown format for easy export. Unfortunately, I would need to buy a commercial license in order to store work-related information.

Accessory maker MobaPad says that Switch 2 will accept Switch cartridges and extra Joy-Con buttons

New Joy-con buttons, 1080p screen also feature in MobaPad's "first-hand information."

MobaPad is a Switch controller and game case maker (that I have never heard of), so they should have reliable info. They said that:
- The Switch 2 will have physical cartridges and the slot will also be able to accept Switch 1 games.
- There will be a new button on the back of each Joy-Con, behind the triggers.
- There will be a new button on the right Joy-Con, by the Home button.

Any good April Fools jokes out there?
Are there any good April Fools jokes today? For example, a few years ago Google announced a sewage based ISP (i.e. flush some fiber optic cable down the toilet and they would fish it out and connect it).
The only one I have come across is IGN article about the Nintendo Virtual Boy Pro.


I've been thinking about Gunpei Yokoi a lot lately. Before his tragic death in 1997, Yokoi was a game designer at Nintendo — one of the first, in fact. For them, he created the Game & Watch, the Virtual Boy, and the original Game Boy; over in games, he produced games like

TL;DR: The author asserts that Nintendo is able to be so creative because they retain employees long term rather than hiring and firing like other game developers.
Some excerpts that I found interesting:
All of the designers of the original Super Mario Bros. on the original Nintendo Entertainment System are credited designers on Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Back in 2013, the late Satoru Iwata — the former president of Nintendo — said this at a shareholder meeting:
"If we reduce the number of employees for better short-term financial results, employee morale will decrease, and I sincerely doubt employees who fear that they may be laid off will be able to develop software titles that could impress people around the world."

Has anyone ever shopped at Gate Play?
Has anyone ever shopped at the online store Gate Play? I have never heard of them.
I saw an out of print expansion being sold below MSRP and wanted to see if anyone knew if the site was a scam. I am going to pay by credit card and read the terms of service, but don't want to have to bother with charge backs if I am not their first victim.

What gifts are you getting for your friends and family members?
Share your gift ideas, because I am a bit stumped.

Are there clients that allow switching accounts without losing my place?
Are there any Lemmy clients that allow me to quick change accounts and return back to the last community or post that I was looking at? Ideally, one that has an Android app version.
This matters to me because whenever I see any discussion of instances degenerating or having uptime issues, the go to answer is to create accounts on several servers. It is also good to allow me to have several distinct "identies" (for example a professional one, a hobby one, a local one).
Subscribing to a KBin magazine from Lemmy
From what I understand, KBin can import a Lemmy Community as a Magazine. Is the inverse also possible? Can I subscribe to a KBin magazine in Lemmy?
I want to subscribe to @[email protected], but [email protected] returns no search results on https://lemmy.world/ .