Sentences with phrase «of home console»

While the Switch is a flawed console, I'm a big fan of Nintendo's latest system because of its home console - portable nature.

Nintendo will officially be dropping the price of its home console starting September 20th.

I am downright terrified of a new Animal Crossing that masters the addictiveness of its portable iterations with the soothing, «comfy» atmosphere and charm of the home console games.

The type of gamer attracted to iphone games is, in general a whole other kind to that of a home console gamer.

An early standout of home console entertainment and one of the first sports video games, Punch Out was successful for targeting arcade - style fun rather than attempting to emulate the sport it's based upon.

I play plenty of home console games.

Sega's last - ditch attempt to recapture part of the home console market was the Dreamcast in 1998/1999.

Game carts, once a bastion of the home console world, have long since faded into relative obscurity with the rise of digital media and games you can purchase and download online.

As good as the PS3 version is, it's not as impressive as the Vita version, simply due to the fact that the PS All - Stars on the Vita so closely matches the experience of a home console — something I've never yet seen.

This year we said goodbye to Ralph Baer, video game pioneer and inventor of the home console, while PlayStation turned 20 and Naughty Dog, the highly regarded studio behind Uncharted and The Last of Us, turned 30.

Whether you have handheld of home console, either version of Ultra Despair Girls is just as good as the other.

The different power combinations are always exciting to discover and fun to use, the graphics look as clean and colorful as an N64 side - scroller could, and per the norm, Kirby once again boasts one of his home console's most terrific but underrated soundtracks, with a number of its original tunes being some of the best in the series (which are thankfully seeing new appreciation with their remixes in more recent titles).

With the shift from the fast - paced, high - score oriented arcade games to the more leisurely pace of the home console, Mario's function began to change.

It also creates a situation where, for the first time in a long time, PC gamers may not be in a position to favor the PC release over something like the Nintendo Switch since the latter will offer playable portability with all the bells and whistles of home console play when it's docked.

The console, which was previously known as the Nintendo NX before Thursday's announcement, looks to be a healthy mix of home console versus portable gaming system.

The next Nintendo NX release date rumor comes from NintenGen and it has some interesting information regarding Nintendo's plans for 2016, specifically the holiday release of the home console.

While no official statement from Nintendo has ever been forthcoming on the matter, members of the Star Fox 2 development team have expressed the opinion that the game was canned to avoid unwelcome comparisons between it and titles like Ridge Racer and Daytona USA, then considered to be the cutting edge of home console visuals.

Far longer, legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto suggests, than the five to six years that is more typical of a home console.

The Nintendo Switch, previously bearing the codename NX, is Nintendo's follow up to the Wii U, a less - polished hybrid idea that has progressively struggled to corner a sizable chunk of the home console gaming market, surpassed by its field competitors Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

From motion controls that no longer require a sensor bar to the portability of home console gaming, the detachable, instant - local multiplayer function of the Joy - Cons, IR Sensor and Amiibo scanner, there's a TON of functionality baked into such a small system that the world's greatest video game think tanks are going to have a field day with.

Here, in no particular order, are a handful of major players we're surprised we haven't heard from (yet) as we head into the next era of home console gaming.

The term first - party developer generally only applies within the realm of the home console market.

After all, it's a handheld with the technical power of a home console!

But what if they already have the handheld as part of the home console they bought, and what if they didn't have to worry about two separate ecosystems of games, but could just continue playing the game they were playing at home while on the train to work?

A little over 40 years ago, the Atari 2600 was released and became the ancestor of all home console gaming with huge games like Centipede, Asteroids, Breakout, and Missile Command.

If you're unsure of what they are exactly, they're basically gaming computers in the shape / form of a home console.

Because of one limitation or another, handheld versions of the games available on today's consoles usually are more limited offerings that capture some of the essence of home console version, but don't really offer the experience per se.

If you have played any of the home console versions of this game, then you know what to expect, given that there are no additions to the Vita version.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (UMvC3) has been on store shelves since the launch of the PS Vita, and I have to say that after playing quite a few rounds, this fighting game is a solid port of the home console version and you'd be hard pressed to find anything like it at this time on Sony's new handheld, well, at least until Capcom releases Street Fighter X Tekken finally for it.

Regardless, that doesn't change the fact that the quality of the games are of a home console standard.

In many ways, LEGO Batman 2 for PS Vita feels like an even more kid - friendly version of the home console game.

This was followed by a range of home console conversions from 1983 to 1984 on Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and Commodore 64 before a further range of home console ports followed between 1987 and 1988 for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum and more besides.

The handheld is especially interesting as it has the SD card slot for expanding your collection and the 2 player aspect of the home console is great too.»

You could argue that the game is meant to be played on a handheld instead of a home console.

A controller is an essential part of the home console experience.

The average selling price of home console software increased slightly this year as lower priced Wii software sales declined and higher priced Wii U software sales increased.

Hitoshi Yamagami (Nintendo Producer of Fire Emblem Echoes, Fates and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE): The Fire Emblem series has a long history of home console games.

Nintendo will be suspending the production of its home console, the Nintendo Wii U, at the end of the year 2016 according to The Nikkei.

Less than a year later, the International Edition of the game is now out for the PlayStation 4, with the added bonus of significantly better visuals that utilize the graphical capabilities of the home console.

The Nintendo NX will use «Interact with your games on the go» for a marketing phrase which could point to further evidence of a home console / handheld console hybrid.

However, this is not going to happen in the next seven to eight years, which is the typical life cycle of a home console.

Thanks to the disastrous early marketing pitch from Don Mattrick and the team making absurd promises about multiplying the power of every home console and enabling telekinesis, plus the general public loathing they garnered for their always - online plans, «Power of the cloud» became a laughing stock and the memes are not hard to find.

A miniaturised version of the home console that made Nintendo what it is today, the plug and play device seems like a deliberate nostalgic love - letter for fans and collectors alike....

Playing cooperatively with a friend who also owns a 3DS and a copy of the game would be have been great and as it would have kept that team feeling you get when playing with another person on any of the home console versions.

(These will both be added to the list of available systems to choose from, so every backer who is set to receive a download version of Mighty No. 9 can choose either of these as the system for their game download, instead of a home console or PC version.)

Outside of the home console environment, Call of Duty has had its portable releases in the past with the standouts being both PlayStation releases including Call of Duty: Roads to Victory for PSP in March 2007 and Call of Duty: Black Ops — Declassified on Vita in November 2012.

Gameplay-wise, the game's control scheme has been mapped to a layout that should be fairly familiar to fans of the home console entries in the series, since the game was built with the same gameplay style.

Call of Duty has previously made an appearance on Vita in the form of Call of Duty: Black Ops — Declassified and even the PSP with Call of Duty: Roads to Victory, although there has never been a port of a home console Call of Duty game, but at least there is remote play as a consolation for players who want a home console Call of Duty experience on Vita.

Of course, when looking at any of the home console's online services you have to do a compare and contrast to what is currently the best, which happens to be the 360's Xbox LIVE service.

People can rant as much they want about the Switch, but Sonys expensive Upgrade surely isn't the holy grail of home console gaming.