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Has anyone actually found the NSP/XCI somewhere?

I've found an update file but the base game doesn't seem to be anywhere I have access to.

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[–] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 66 points 1 week ago (4 children)

On which website, so I can avoid it?

[–] monstoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is a torrent floating around but availability is 20.9% at the moment.

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] lemmywinksthegerbilking@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

unrelated but we both have a south park reference as username lol

[–] electricprism@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do either of you know of a great warrior by the name of loves2spooge?

He fought with my father, DildoShwaggins.

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Taodung com has the update but not the base.

My friend wants me to ask what site you're avoiding

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

In case you didn't see it, someone commented where it is.

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

It's on a bunch of my private torrent trackers. I'm sure it will filter it's way down to public trackers shortly

[–] parlaptie@feddit.org 34 points 1 week ago

Now all the emulator devs just need to please not brag about being able to emulate it.

[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago

Good fuck Nintendo lol

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've got it up and running in Yuzu with prod.keys 18.0. At least I watched the opening cinematic. Not that interested in playing. Just seeing if it was true.

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It... Kind of sucks.... I don't think I'll even bother to open my physical copy when it arrives.

I think the idea is neat to echo monsters but to have that be my main attack, it's not fun for me.

[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hmm. That doesn't sound particularly enjoyable. I haven't played a Zelda game since Skyward Sword, and that one really rubbed me the wrong way. Formulaic and dull. I suppose that's why the next entry made such drastic changes. I might just emulate BotW someday to see what all the fuss is about.

The Wii and WiiU eras were a creative black hole for Nintendo. Most people would begrudgingly agree Skyward Sword is the worst Zelda game on a Nintendo console.

[–] koncertejo@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

My early impressions are certainly quite positive, I love how experimental it is and very willing to explore new gameplay styles. Certainly curious to see what the metascore ends up being, probably higher than Link's Awakening HD?

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago

Oh boy, someone's getting sacked hard

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

That's it, thank you.

Huh, that wasn't there yesterday when this was posted, I've checked everything I have access to

Either way, it's everywhere now

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

And if you are wondering why Sony is killing physical games...

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 85 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We'll keep wondering cause the shift to digital clearly isn't stopping piracy.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Like almost everything, it isn't about stopping piracy entirely.

Physical copies get sold early by stores/cashiers that don't care. Or they get outright pocketed/copied at the factories and warehouses. Which lead to the constant "This nintendo game leaked a week or a month or whatever early". Which... less so after the lawsuits but it means emulators can be updated to support the games before they even hit shelves.

Digital only doesn't entirely stop that. But it tends to lead more toward "an unknown fake influencer posted all the cutscenes of this game online a week early".

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

These fuckers should just release digital first, and physical comes when it's done being printed and distributed. This anxiety over "oh no a finished game got leaked early" is manufactured drama. If the game is done, then it doesn't matter when it gets released, except for artificial marketing angst. Make a good game that players want, and it'll be purchased. Eventually. It doesn't have to all happen at exactly the predicted moment.

[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah i agree. Ffxvi just came out on pc and square is whining about not hitting sales goals. Like visions of mana just came out and im still playing that. Give me a couple months to buy the game, dorks

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Releasing physical months after the digital release basically guarantees you are only selling to enthusiasts and it no longer is economically viable. That is why companies like LRG exist.

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is saving the game from an early leak worth getting rid of physical games? I hope not.

I might be unique in this but I'll never "buy" a digital game. They're impossible to resell and I can't lend it to friends or my kids, they'd need my account or console. Plus I'll have the physical game forever, digital games are only good as long as the servers are up.

I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in this, so if companies stop offering physical games then I'm not going to buy them. (I'll just pirate). I've preordered Zelda from GameStop. I support the content I want more of, like Zelda games, and I'll continue to buy each one. If I don't, then they might not make more.

[–] Sgagvefey@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 week ago

I have no interest in physical games. I'm not willing to carry around 300 cartridges or only have access to a small portion of my library. But Nintendo has to know that physical game collectors are a big portion of their audience (with probably more than any other platform in either raw number or proportion). They can't abandon physical.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Is saving the game from an early leak worth getting rid of physical games? I hope not.

As a PC gamer who has been basically digital only since the late 00s/early 10s? Probably?

But the thing to remember is that, like with DRM, the studios have this data. There are orgs dedicated to analyzing (and selling...) sales data that can detect the impact that Mass Effect PC being "unplayable" for pirates because of securom for the first week or so had on sales (anecdotal but... probably real positive). Because this kind of stuff costs money (well, less so for removing a disc drive...) and they aren't going to do that if they think it will hurt revenue.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

Because you can't easily borrow it your friend or bring it with you to a game night?

[–] Sgagvefey@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

lol Nintendo are the only ones who get their games pirated, because they use antique hardware.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also, I feel like they kinda deserve it for being global vexatious litigants and squashing free fan projects at every opportunity.

Yep. This is for fucking PalWorld assholes patent trolls

You get what you fucking deserve

[–] Faydaikin 6 points 1 week ago

A quick look at TPB's top 100 games tells me that was a lie.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not the "antiquity" of the hardware. It's that the chipset was known and they forgot to lock the bootloader.

[–] Sgagvefey@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's what happens when your core manufacturing philosophy is "withered technology". You get old tech people have figured out.

[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not a nintendo fan boy, but i will say i love that they focus more on good gameplay than having the flashiest graphics

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 7 points 1 week ago

I loved that the Gameboy was designed to survive a fall from the average shirt pocket. I love that the Wii controllers pushed gyroscopic technology so far that it allowed the explosion of quadcopters. I loved the idea of 3d through rapid aspect switching.

I loved when Nintendo pushed boundaries, not just through hardware but through gameplay. I enjoy and appreciate the Nintendo polish

I agree with your sentiment wholeheartedly - good gameplay is much more important than flashy graphics. But the polish was nice - pushing boundaries is what made the difference

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

???
Consoles get unlocked sooner or later.
There's already exploits circulating for the PS5. People already have game rips running. You're gonna tell me that's “Withered technology” ?

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 23 points 1 week ago

I'm gonna assume you're just a really sad person who hates everyone, and this comment is off-topic, because there's no way you're in the Piracy community complaining about a Nintendo leak.

[–] ludicolo@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

oh no! big corpo nintemdo is gonna be so sad!

lemme play a song on the world's smallest violin.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

lemme play a song on the world's smallest ~~violin~~ ocarina.

Ooohhhh nooobody givvvvess a shiiiit

[–] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

Someone recompile it fast, hahah

[–] 10_0@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago
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