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[davidwhangchoi]

50 is too much

 

[Peltz]

How do you play this pretending you see a ball?

 

[JSevere]

I'm really surprised this isn't just bundled with the system

 

[Shard]

This game is just a NEO GAF GIF generator.

 

[Soroc]

I mean, it is. So was wii sports and Nintendo land.

At least those were pack ins

 

[wild wild rice]

I can't comprehend how this is worth $50 lol

If there were like...100 games it might be worth it.

I was hoping for a casual game to play with my wife. Not sure if this is it.

 

[MADGAME]

This game is just a NEO GAF GIF generator.

Should legit be the title of the game.

 

[Jazzem]

This honestly looks like it could be great fun in the right circumstances, but yeah it's baffling they're not packing this in with the system :/

 

[oti]

this table tennis one is duuuuuuumb and I mean the bad kind of dumb

 

[Jacobs]

You can do this fake pretend stuff in real life without paying 50 bucks.

 

[Huggers]

Jokes aside. This is an absolute mess

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

I'm really surprised this isn't just bundled with the system

Yeah, it seems like the kind of game.

 

[Joqu]

I usually really like Nintendo's minigame demo games but this just... sucks. I do not see myself buying this game, ever.

Maybe it's the presentation? Like what if they had given it a Wario Ware aesthetic? It just seems really really lame. Wii Sports and NintendoLand were MUCH better at showing off the new controllers and gameplay ideas.

The aesthetic really turns me off yeah. This stuff reminds me of those silly intro videos they would do in WarioWare Smooth Moves as tutorials, except awkward because it's actors

 

[OricWindstar]

I have a feeling Ping Pong will show of the HD rumble the best.

 

[DecoReturns]

Yo pack in that Clipping game.

That was great

 

[Peltz]

How do you play this pretending you see a ball?

Welp.... that's.... that's.... just fuggin dumb.

 

[Wandering Robot]

This whole experience has been surreal, but what's surreal right now is that this isn't a pack-in. It's perfectly suited for that. Is no game coming bundled up with the Switch, as far as we know? It needs one.

 

[Grakl]

I think they wanted this to be the next Wii Sports, and make it super relatable to non-gamers.

You do that by packing in, wow Nintendo

 

[davidwhangchoi]

where's the ball?

 

[KiefbladeMaster]

Table tennis with no visual cues at all, awesome.

'Pretend you see a ball' Seriously?!

 

[SomewhatGroovy]

How do you play this pretending you see a ball?

The purpose is to look for audio and physical cues

 

[DonShula]

Table tennis with an invisible ball. K.

 

[Majukun]

the game itself might also be a fun party game,but it's not full price by any stretch,what the hell nintendo....

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Imagine Ball? Boring

 

[dallow_bg]

::shakes head::
I'm really open to all kinds of games, but this is dumb to me.

I'm really surprised this isn't just bundled with the system

It really should have been.

 

[MADGAME]

Need the BRB using imagination can't see the ball pic

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Ping pong is actually pretty good, to be honest.

 

[NESpowerhouse]

Imagination is half the battle. It's like playing table tennis in Wii Sports Resort if you were blind.

 

[Yado]

Imaginary table tennis. Jesus.

 

[evilromero]

I want to fast forward this

How I felt through all of last night's presentation. Goddamn Nintendo. Fumbled the ball.

 

[Spukc]

looks like flash game from newgrounds

 

[RayearthRob]

I'm the biggest nintendo fan on earth ahahhah

And this game is horrible. I loved the switch, the games...

But this shit???

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

These two mini games aren't doing it.

 

[wild wild rice]

Invisible table tennis. Stoners are gonna love this game.

 

[Sephimoth]

This is awful...........

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Are they really hitting invisible balls?

 

[ktroopa]

Table tennis with an invisible ball. K.

infinity gifs inbound...

 

[digita1alchemy]

I mean, the games do look really cool. But I really doubt there are enough to justify 50 damn dollars.

 

[oti]

Ping pong is actually pretty good, to be honest.

As a tech demo, sure.

 

[Peltz]

This game is just a NEO GAF GIF generator.

Lol... can't wait to see the gifs that come from this. It's Wii Music levels bad.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

This is fucking awful.

 

[dh4niel]

How is this not the free pack in game? No one is going to pay 50 bucks for this.

 

[emb]

ARMS is interesting.

It seems like a straight up fighter. (Maybe meant to try to be competitive? It does have tradititonal controls option)

I'm sure other people noticed that there's like no party elements so far.
Smash Bros has items, hazards, other junk.
Mario Kart has the same.

But what they showed for this game was straight fighting. I was expecting some kind of "wacky" thing in the treehouse, or a mode but nope. Just fighting techniques were shown.

Thoughts...?

I did see one stage where the middle broke apart and revealed a trampoline. I imagine there will be more like that.

Even if they add other crazy stuff, I think the game does have potential to be take way too seriously (which is good imo). Koizumi even billed it as having depth.

 

[Cuningas de Häme]

Ooh, that works surprisingly well!

I mean, you can really hear the ball traversing. I have proper headphones on so can hear it properly.

So neat!

 

[bahamut zero]

Nintendo has made a lot of different table tennis games over the years and yet they managed to fuck this one up...

 

[MCN]

I'd pick this up if it came with a pair of Joycons, Wii party-style.

 

[GuitarGuruu]

The Table Tennis bit has me rolling. Wow how does Nintendo expect people to shell out 50$ for this?

Should have been a pack in.

 

[Delstius]

Blind Ping Pong is actually cool, the others games tho...

 

[DashReindeer]

Judging from this thread, plenty of ppl disagree with you. They just don't want to pay fifty bucks for it

People are lying to themselves if they think motion controlled mini-games are at all relevant to the current videogame market. This feels like a game that would have done mediocre sales even in the Wii's heyday in 2008. I'm bored out of my mind watching them play through this just once for each mini-game. Imagine after the 5th time through.

 

[poros1ty]

This is the worst thing I've ever seen.