Dark Ninja
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Can they patch in Anime BombermanGirls from the arcade game
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Konami announces refinement update for Super Bomberman R (Switch)
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Played 4 matches online (and somehow won all four, I didn't even deserve some of the victories. One was simply down to me blowing up an AFK opponent from a revenge cart just as the other two players killed each other) and the actual lag is about the same as it was before, but the better controls do make things easier to handle.
Sounds good that it actually improves things and Konami is planning to continue to support the game into the future.
The reviews put me off the game. I might have paid the inflated price for a solid Bomberman game, even if it lacked some bells and whistles, but lacking stuff and playing poor were just too much for me when there were more games at launch that felt more worth my money and time.
I do still want to pick this up eventually so I'm glad Konami is sticking with it.
The reviews put me off the game. I might have paid the inflated price for a solid Bomberman game, even if it lacked some bells and whistles, but lacking stuff and playing poor were just too much for me when there were more games at launch that felt more worth my money and time.
I do still want to pick this up eventually so I'm glad Konami is sticking with it.
Depends on if you feel a Bomberman game is worth $50. Before it was a Bomberman game with many problems. Now it is a Bomberman game with less problems. But it's still a Bomberman game for $50.
It was worth it for me but I can see lots of people passing.
publicpwnerer
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Doesn't seem to be a patch down under. Any way to see what version I'm currently using?
Dreamwriter
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Title screen, bottom-right corner
If you buy it quick, you should be able to get it for $40 from US Amazon Prime. The preorder discounts apply two weeks after launch.
OrbitalBeard
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This game has Pro Controller support, correct?
Yes.
Based on the patch reactions, sounds like I'll keep my copy and finally open it up. Hoping Konami continues updating the game with new content as well. But, I only paid $30 for my copy, so I'm probably getting my money's worth now with the patch.
I'm less interested in whether it is "a lot better than what it was" and more interested in knowing whether it "controls perfectly and feels like what Bomberman should". I have no problems paying 50 or 60 dollars for Bomberman. I have problems paying even a single cent for what should be a tight and responsive multilpayer action game with less than ideal controls.
So far wonzo tells me it's still kinda poop, but I dunno how much he has tested it.
So far wonzo tells me it's still kinda poop, but I dunno how much he has tested it.
Even locally? Or just online?
OrbitalBeard
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SinCityAssassin
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I wanna give it another patch or two before giving it full confidence. Offline plays fine though. No problems with it.
Jon Carter
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Great to hear as my wife wants me to get it at some point since she likes Bomberman and it's a game we could play together, but I didn't want to tell her that people thought it played like crap.
Waluigilicious
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When I saw the words Konami, announces, Super and Bomberman all in one place I almost had a heart attack!
Come on Sakurai don't keep us waiting.
Come on Sakurai don't keep us waiting.
Well as long as the game is good for what it is I'll keep it in my radar. But I've only enjoyed multiplayer in Bomberman games. Ideally I'll consider it on a digital sale.
I kind of hope that this keeps Konami more involved in video games. I think there's plenty of room for smaller projects like this, and I think a lot of Konami properties are well-suited to such small projects. I'd like to see Konami offer stuff like this at lower prices, but I'd be lying if I said that I wouldn't pay $50-60 for a well-crafted Castlevania game. Or a Contra game in the style of Hard Corps.
Guess they had a tight budget for the game as they just wanted to test Switch's waters.
Since things seem to be going pretty alright they have probably added something to the budget.
SinCityAssassin
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That's not how development budgeting works at all.
UncleSporky
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I was just on my Switch home menu and saw Bomberman R get a small, quick update just now. Little bar appeared and filled up. I already got the first update when it happened a couple days ago so I'm wondering what this one did.
Game still says version 1.2. Quick little hotfix for something the patch broke but nobody even knew about?
Game still says version 1.2. Quick little hotfix for something the patch broke but nobody even knew about?
The problem with Unity is that "ways you can mess things up for yourself that you may not realize" often means "writing standard C#". Many of the niceties of C# as a programming language are actually harmful for performance in Unity and for top performance you have to write convoluted code that intentionally sidesteps most of it (having to manually pool objects to avoid garbage collection overhead, for example), cancelling out the whole "easy to use" aspect as development nears completion as lots of code that was very easy to write at first needs to be replaced by performant rewrites.
digita1alchemy
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Perfect timing, I'm finally wrapping up BotW. If they really do fix online, maybe this can carry me through to MK8. Also, this must have sold pretty well for them to bother with this.
I'm doing a load of Unity training right now and this is a fascinating post. Thanks for the explanation.
If you're interested in performance optimization in Unity, here's an excellent GDC video on that topic, by the PlayDead devs (Limbo/Inside). About half an hour in, it's shown how a careful and somewhat convoluted coding approach massively improves frame rate. Truth be told, some of the stuff shown there I feel should be handled by Unity. Watching this video has put somewhat of a damper on my enthusiasm about Unity. Well, I'm playing BotW now, anyway.
If you're interested in performance optimization in Unity, here's an excellent GDC video on that topic, by the PlayDead devs (Limbo/Inside). About half an hour in, it's shown how a careful and somewhat convoluted coding approach massively improves frame rate. Truth be told, some of the stuff shown there I feel should be handled by Unity. Watching this video has put somewhat of a damper on my enthusiasm about Unity. Well, I'm playing BotW now, anyway.
Awesome thanks. I'm helping on a game built in Unity and I'm sure the dev will be interested in this.
finalgamer
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Good to know. The gorgeous boxart must lead us to a world of magnificent mechanics and aesthetic mayhem. Looking forward to facing off against these SNK-hard Bomberman bosses with a friend.