(09-23-2020, 06:32 PM)huckleberrypie Wrote: [ -> ]It's quite disappointing to see the compilation being a cop-out hence the negative reception over the supposed remaster, er, emulation. And even more so considering the unofficial efforts by those who managed to make source ports of the original SM64 game.
On a somewhat unrelated note, I think the Prop. 65 warnings ("This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.") is a little cringy and alarmist when 1) it's known elsewhere besides California, and 2) it's a frivolous and meaningless warning which can also be abused considering the trigger-happy nature of lawsuits there in the States.
The Prop65 warning on the back of the game must be a case of OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope. Nintendo caters to kids quite a bit, so I imagine they put the warning on the back to try and fend off a possible lawsuit. They can say "Hey, the warning was on the back of the game case" in defense. But the way it's worded though, it screams "This game can give you cancer" when it definitely won't. They should have just said a generic Lead warning and then referred you to the URL. That could possibly save Nintendo from frivolous lawsuits.
I first came across the Prop65 warning nearly 20 years ago on strings of holiday lights, around 2001 or so. Before them the warning was never present on holiday lights at all, despite the law being passed in 1986. Being a young middle schooler in 2001, this message naturally alarmed me. It always said "wash hands after use", so that is what I did and I felt better about it. I do admit, those wire coatings on newer light strings do tend to leave some sort of residue on your hands after, say, you've been setting up a lighting display for a couple hours. Even if that warning wasn't there, I'd still wash my hands just for the residue.
I guess the reason why nearly every light string and many other electronics now carry this Prop65 warning, even if you don't live in California, is costs. Rather than just make packaging and labels for one state, they just apply the warning to all products sold nationwide or even worldwide.
As for the game itself, yeah, it's emulation, but rather good emulation at that. Nintendo is known for good emulation of their older games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwYzYt1oKJ4
But yeah, they could have gone the whole nine yards with Mario 64 with a full blown HD Remaster with true visual upgrades and full 60fps framerate. They pulled it off with Mario Odyssey in both docked and handheld mode, and they could have just used the same engine. Hell, even using the Unreal engine could have produced similar results. I still plan on enjoying the games though. At least now you can read the text in Mario 64!
I try not to post twice in a row very often, but every now and then, Wikipedia really gets annoying. No, it's not because of poorly researched edits or behind the scenes drama. It's their preference to guilt you into donating in the most annoying way possible.
About once or twice a month, Wikipedia starts displaying these large donation appeals on any articles you load. You can scroll away from the first one, but another will appear halfway through the article, either on the side or along the bottom. It's also worded in a way that attempts to guilt you into donating. Try to ignore the messages and open another article? The red box will keep track of how many appeals it tries to show you.
However, the macOS dictionary app doesn't display these at all.
To be fair, once you click the X button, the box will go away and never return. But IMO, this box shouldn't be there in the first place. Instead, why not place the red box along the sidebar? It will be very noticeable there, and it won't interrupt your article. I hate it when sites have to resort to tactics reserved by commercial advertisers to try and get people to donate. Wikipedia doesn't run ads and does need donations to stay online, but forcing donation appeals into people's faces isn't going to get you more donations. Like me, it's only driving me to use the macOS dictionary app for Wikipedia searches now. It's cleaner, you get the full article content, and you never have to deal with these donation prompts. Just like online advertising, donation appeals also need to be created in a way that won't alienate or annoy the reader.