@Anti-Matter Then why even comment on stuff you’re not interested in?

@axelhander HYUUUURGH!!!

@Duncanballs The scoring system is there for a reason you either accept or you don't accept. I would hope that the review is more than just a subjective view since the reviewer or critic has had the game to work through and pick out all the good points and the faults so we don't have to.

Tbf, this wasn’t a switch 2 game from the ground up, and they also warned us about this

@Exerion76 Nope.

Is “DK’s best game that doesn’t have Country in the title” from Eurogamer really a high bar? You’re competing with such visionaries as Donkey Konga, Jungle Climber, 64 (I get it has its fans but come on), and, even though you’re playing as Mario, the Mario Vs. Donkey Kong games and DK 94, which, while good, were never going to stand up to a 3D platformer made by the Odyssey team. Odd thing to close a review on.
Really excited to play this once I get my hands on a Switch 2, though.

This is the same thing they did, sort of, with arms after the switch launch.

@Hank_Scorpio
Guess you missed the part, when John praised the game?

DF are bright and knowledgable guys no doubt, but sometimes I think they’re enjoying games wrong.

Something tells me they are gonna take after twilight princess

30fps during bosses is a lot worse than I thought the frame rate drops would be (I figured they’d just be small dips here and there and Photo Mode being 30fps). I’m sure the game is great but having a first-party game launch a month later and already have performance issues is not a great look. Hopefully they fix it.

That Tripster guy on twitter is probably getting very aroused watching that analysis

NL should just stop giving review scores. Everyone is discussing the number and not the review, and it happens every time.

Nintendo made a console with Nvidia tech and VRR. And yet they use FSR1, the worst of the upscalers. Sometimes I wonder if Nintendo even knows how this tech work...

Waiting for the standard "works great on MY console" and "I hate DF" comments 😂

@Debo626
Nudity is indecent?
Oh, I'm sorry, I guess you were born with clothes on!

Again, use blinds!

There is NO nudity in the eShop images! Just bikinis and underwear. Underwear actually covers MORE than bikinis!

I think it was designed with VRR in mind and then they were caught off guard by the hardware team having to drop it at the last minute. Hopefully docked mode VRR will arrive in a future firmware update. It won’t magically solve the frame drops but it would make them less noticeable.

Just as I thought. Giving Zelda and Odyssey perfect 10s even though they had far more performance issues. DK? Nah we'll give you a 9 instead.

@dr-gorgo Metroid Prime 4? Pokémon? DRAG X DRIVE??? OTHER SURPRISES??????????

Would I rather it be a locked 60fps, sure but my only real concern from that is some bosses going down to 30fps, so hopefully that can be looked at, everything else seems minor and not something I'd be bothered about.

Actually watching DF's video, John is overall very complimentary about the game, much more so than this article suggest as they only pickup on the negatives

"I highly recommend giving it a shot if it looks interesting to you. Sure, it has a few technical issues under the surface, but what the team has accomplished on the whole is really quite amazing"

I’m always happy when a good game gets a 9 and not a 10.
10/10 games come along once every 10 years or so.
This keeps expectations realistic 👍

Glad to see a demo. I've never been good at rubbing my tummy and patting my head at the same time. 🤪

Putting the demo behind a paywall makes sense for this one. In case some of you missed the memo Nintendo is all about making money this gen, not being customer friendly. They are all in on the cash flow. Why do you think the system launched with MKW? Pay for the system. Pay for the game. Pay for the online. Pay for the camera. Pay for the extra controllers. I'm sure Donkey Kong Bananza was probably ready but that's a single player (yes it is) offline game. And a $30 amiibo.🤑

Haven't seen anyone mention this but maybe there's a reason the game is only $20 and so damed ugly. Maybe Nintendo is planning to sell a lot of colorful dlc skins like the Mii costumes in SSB, to "individualize our characters" or some such marketing BS. I think there will be new areanas later on like SPlatoon and ARMS for free but they gotta make money somewhere. $1.25 sticker sets could be a possibility. Or maybe they'll sell a season pass. Man I hate modern gaming.😩

That's certainly a way to characterize DF's overall conclusion of this video game because it wasn't what the headline suggests. But hey, I'm the idiot for clicking on obvious clickbait.

@Cronodoug
And XenoBlade!

A 9 out of 10 for Nintendolife and IGN gave it a 10 out 10... what gives? I thought all Nintendo games got a perfect 10

@ottoecamn Textbook examples tend to have verifiable merit.

whos knows maybe ill wait for the switch 3 edition for better specs 💔
joking, this looks absolutely stunning honestly, cant wait for thursday!

Strive still looks super-good today. Like it is visually stunning even in 2025. If they want to add more characters and story they can do so as Strive DLC.

Big DK energy is the vibe for today.

I want to hear that guy's Link sounds, but not a word of actual dialogue.

People shocked at Link actor having brown hair forgets that the first Link and the "excuse me, princess!" Link were also brown haired. And honestly, if we were able to accept Link getting rid of his green suit, I don't see brown hair as something hard to get used to.

@somnambulance remastered version (SM Galaxy 2) coming late 2025.

I preordered. I’m currently 60 hours in TOTK Switch 2 version, in my first play through. Taking my time. Do I stick with this, or take a DK break and come back? What great first world problems I have.

@AussieMcBucket BF was a pretty special series round that time, so many memories crouching low as a jet sends a supersonic wave overhead or a mortar bombards a hill, feeling like an ant, just like real soldiers. It's only really gotten worse since, there was a vid on how the most recent one has terrible physics and collisions compared to the ten-year-old entries, tanks just glide over the ground without any sense of physicality, embarrassing...

Nice cast, also thanks to nintendo for clearing the dumbest rumor ever lmao

Thank you for the review! I think I may just bite the bullet and give this a try. I'm usually not into platformers (or DK for that matter) but everything about this game looks charming.

Cool, looking forward to seeing what happens. After stuff like Ledger's Joker, Jackie Chan in Karate Kid 2010, and the Star Wars prequels I completely stopped caring about casting in as much as judging how good or bad it may be solely based on the actor. There are way more reasons why execution can go right or wrong and a good bit of that is totally out of the control of the actor. Especially with this movie, where the direction, the writing, the effects, and pretty much everything else is up in the air. All I can say now is they look the part, BOTW-style Zelda.

And let's be real. Regardless of casting, this won't be the Zelda a lot of people are expecting. Every Zelda game suffers that, and the movie absolutely will too. Shame the actors will undoubtedly take some heat for it.

@DaGoldenBoo RIP AND TEAR UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE!!!

…wait, wrong franchise.

Definitely Game of the Year, by far!!!

@Fiergala That sounds crazy! Yeah, it definitely adds to the realism, for me. I remember being amazed by it with Red Faction.

Yeah, never heard of them but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’m glad that it’s, at least to me, two relative newcomers that are getting a shot. Time will tell how they do but I wish them both well.

Right now I'm more curious on who they will get/have gotten to play Ganondorf.

@N00BiSH Okay, maybe they're leaning on the absurdity of it for comedic effect. Fair.

@AussieMcBucket It's a mystery. Battlefield Bad Company 2 and 3 had the best destruction in the series before it was subsequently nerfed in basically every game. Actually being in a house as the supports collapsed due to explosives was so f-ing dope.

At least it's not Tom Holland and Zendaya. Or going for name as opposed to talent like with the Mario movie.

Will defo try it out. Am shocked they're selling it for so cheap so pretty certain I'll be picking it up anyway.

Good to know that it's overall great, hopefully those performance hiccups can be patched out in the future.
Digital Foundry have reviewed, pick out it's graphical flaws but overall give it a thumbs up.

@Samalik I won't argue your subjective reasons for preferring those games, it's basically impossible to argue "vibes". But I dunno, I mean the newest Street Fighter has done plenty of things with the characters I haven't liked (they "nerfed" Juri, RIP) Luke is kinda gross I wish there was way more SF3 stuff (Ibuki where) and the music is dogwater but it's still like fun to play at the end of the day, make Ryu do Tatsumaki brr, it's not that deep. E: When it comes down to just being fun to pick up and play without extraneous BS (if you're not getting stomped lul) I still find FGs to be one of the "purest" genres.

Wont read the review till after playing it, but a 9 is a good sign!

I’m tired of ‘repetitive brawling’ getting a bad look in game reviews. Some of us just want to hack away till we’ve had our fill, dammit