IGN thinks it might be better than Odyssey (gave a ten and commented at end of video). I look forward to deciding for myself.
Most important is that it's not all about the smashing, with movement and platforming taking priority. So looking forward to this.

@AussieMcBucket I did see this in the comments of SkillUp's preview but it's a goodun

@LazyDaisy @Fiergala there was a leak that Hunter Schafer was cast as Zelda, she’s a transwoman.
@DadJKP is misgendering her.

Not unknown actors for me.. my first reaction was - That's the kid from Son of a Critch!! Very niche show I admit

@carlos82 Haha yeah.

Oh! Okay, so that I can accept. Still not an ostrich thing that I'm aware of, but fine.

Wait, who's producing and/or distributing this film? Two Disney connections is curious, though it could be a coincidence.

Oh, right, Sony. Huh. So probably a coincidence.

@invictus4000 Or hair dye/bleach. XD

Brunette Link?!??! This is James Bond all over again!
But in reverse.

Yeah. That's a 10 out of 10 for me. Gonna hop on this over the weekend.

It's interesting that Nintendo ran so far from Wii U (understandably so, as much as it saddens me) yet they can't quite top the "system sellers" of that console over a decade later (MK8 and BOTW, both easy 10/10s. ✌️)

Odyssey this and Odyssey that.
Come on! Odyssey wasn't even the greatest Mario game.

Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World and Super Mario 64 all made a bigger impact at their own respective point in time.
They say you can't compare apples and oranges, but those oranges were better oranges than that apple called Odyssey will ever be.

@zool splitting hairs between 95 and 100 is just subjective views amongst reviewers. I wouldn't conclude much between a score of 95 and a score of 100. Both suggest a very excellent game.

NL haven't posted about it but Tony Hawk talked more about it and basically said as plainly as possible his hands were tied. I think some of y'all don't realize how f-ing awful the music industry is, it makes games look like a tabernacle court. Just listen to Labels by GZA, probably my favorite "major labels are evil soulless leaches" song.

So far so good. Y'all realize they can make him blonde for the movie right? There are these things called wigs.

Spicy subheading!
Great review - lots of laughs and well written!

Has this joke already been made? If not, please spread it around, because I think it's perfect:
Given the similarities in basic mechanics to Volition's game, I think we can refer to this as RED FACTION: GORILLA.

it is currently holding at 90 on metacritic most of the main game reviewers have it at the 90 score eurogamer only gave it a 80 one main critique was the repetitive boss battles..

Is that last screenshot from a GBA game?

IGN gave it a 10. Seems like all scores are landing on a damn fine game regardless of a 1 point difference here or there.

Can't wait 👍

@MTMike87 Yeah, I think similarly to BotW and TotK, you just have to give up the 100% completeist mentality as the games are just too damn big.

Complaining about how many moons there are or how many Koroks there are is a bit silly since getting all of them is purely optional and it's not like you get a particularly great unlock or anything anyway.

Switch 2 is starting to get a few must have games, Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World, Fast Fusion, along with Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Additional content next month. It's getting nearer to a must buy.
We need a direct now to give us a roadmap of the rest of the year for Nintendo to show us how they plan to keep things exciting going forward...

@AussieMcBucket in a game where an ape wearing a tie is traversing Hollow Earth, I feel like this is the weirdest thing to be skeptical of in terms of suspension of disbelief.

@VoidofLight “ If one thing hasn’t changed at all about this series, it’s that gamefreak always aims for a game a year- and aims for that game to release in the holiday season to maximize profits. ”

Granted, both the original diamond and pearl and black and white saw Q1-Q3 released instead of Q4 outside of Japan.

@Samalik I mean do you think N is actually going to make GTA: Mushroom Kingdom like that one Robot Chicken sketch? Outside of Fire Emblem which was only at it's raciest for two games, and was still T-rated and nowhere near h@ntai, N just doesn't make games like that, and the tagging system requires an aggregate.

I will be honest, I basically side with you and support as little censorship as possible, but you are getting weirdly worked up about the ability to freely see anime booba and I always have to wonder if people like you contribute as much energy towards protesting for policies that actually help women live freer and more sexually healthy lives IRL and against policies that are being passed in the US right as we speak much less the atrocious repression and mutilation in many less fortunate countries.

@YunoboCo people are well within their rights to express their distance of something, but if you're going to do so - constantly I might add - the least you can do is articulate your dislike in a more constructive sense. Otherwise you're better off not saying anything at all.

@AussieMcBucket I know, it just me me smile when I really think about some of these things.

I just went back and looked at the direct and it looks like the ostrich only glides, similar to how it did in DKC, with updrafts of air to give you more height

I can’t wait to play, this weekend. Love the character and its wonderful selection of games from the past.

they did give mario kart world a 9 score as well and we know it is not a 9 game..

@Fiergala yeah, until the next mario game gets added to the sexual content pile because of Peach's peaches was put in a costume that made her alluring to certain post pubescents, kinda like how the biker outfits were for MK8 Steam would block that game outright, so I'm not for copying that system.

out of sight, out of mind, never thought of again. Some times it take exposure to something unique to hook them on a new style outside their comfort zone.

@N00BiSH so people are only allowed to speak positively about DK’s new design? I don’t see why there is any issue with me saying that I dislike the new design.

I don’t see why it is any different, both people are talking about their opinions and experiences

@VoidofLight So you went from "go read the interviews" to "I remember hearing"...
First of all, he is not purple, it's bright pink. Second, his belt is yellow. Third, he has both yellow and brown on the sprite that could easily have been used for the color of the hair had they wanted.
It is a very much intentional decision. He also has brown hair in the manual. It's not as dark as previous, but it is brown, with Zelda being much more blonde.

@LazyDaisy because one of the rumors going around pointed to the opposite

@Fiergala uh no?

@LazyDaisy there where rumours that the Zelda actress was trans, which was false.

@Flashlink99 Spoilers!!!

@Mr_Zurkon You named yourself Mr Zurkon you just gotta be looking forward to this one. That robot is a running gag in our house.😂

@teo_o yeah that’s a good point Nintendo really got greedy by trying to MILK Switch 1 for sooooo long… Switch 2 should had come out sooner before higher cost of living & tariffs factors came into play…. Now Nintendo has launched Switch 2 in the worst market dynamics could derail the success of the console for some time….

So far Switch 2 has sold well but higher inflation and tariffs will now start coming into play lets see how the Switch 2 performs over the next 6 - 8 months

If Switch 2 start to struggle due to a horrible economy, I could see them starting to release what would’ve been Switch 2 exclusive on Switch 1

I’m happy with those picks, glad they aren’t high profile actors.

@N00BiSH Somewhat. Chickens can "glide" but not fly. And I think you're kind of reinforcing my argument anyway. Why did they pick an ostrich for that skill? It's a small thing, but it bothers me a bit. I wondered if anyone else had thought about it.

@DadJKP Why wouldn’t Zelda be cast as a girl? Please elaborate.

Obviously haven't played this yet but I am expecting to like it more than Odyssey. The problem with Odyssey for me wasn't that it was bad, it's that it wasn't as good as Galaxy 1& 2. I kept waiting for Odyssey to have the creativity of the levels in Galaxy but it never did.

I don't think I'll like this more than Galaxy as a platformer, but throw in the story and the destruction and this could possibly become my favorite first party Nintendo game. Which is setting myself up for failure and disappointment I know, but that's how I feel so far. I've been waiting 20 years for a proper follow up to Jak & Daxter Precursor Legacy and I think this might be it.🤞

Still need a Switch 2 first though. This game was going to be my birthday present.😢

@Fizza Yeah, I never understood that. It's an objectively incredible game! I think its a vocal minority of completionists that want to 100% every entry in a given series. The common complaint is simply "Too Many Moons," and I think that's simply remedied by pacing oneself over the game having too much to collect, lol.

Anyway, really looking forward to Donkey Kong Bananza. Not getting it Day 1 since I have too much play on Switch 2 already but will still get to it later this year!

@Debo626 If you're ok with "baby feeders" all over the shop, that says a lot about you, and it comes across as creepy.
if boobies are creepy and weird to you, I am honestly wondering how you even had kids..... Legitimately Or even had a wife! You remember it takes two to tango, right? seriously, this ain't adding up. When I think creepy, I think of a serial killer, not motherly love...

some censorship in the name of civility and decency is ok.
Ah yes, because this certainly won't be used against you in the name of someone else's definition of these in the next 5 years...

Said a different way, if disallowing the nudity and semi-nudity currently on the eshop would choke creativity, that type of creativity doesn't really belong on a video game eshop anyway
I wonder what the average bayonetta fan would think of this? 2 major classics in the entire action game genre after all.... suddenly not allowed to ever re-release ever again...
You're not the only one browsing the eShop, so please act your age instead of throwing a moralistic fit. You're clearly twice my age from what I can piece together, but you're feeling like half my age and still in high-school awkward years.

"Like what are you trying to justify here? Again, all this "pro-giant-anime-mammaries" advocating is really weird.."
Getting really discriminatory towards certain type of women here are we?
and since you asked the other guy Why are you ok with it? It's kinda weird man, allow me to answer and say that I don't separate sexuality from the human experience like some sh|tty american porno or AI slop. I don't treat human instinct like it's a subhuman concept that has to be purged from everything. Therefore, sexuality has a place in storytelling, humor, horror, drama, relaxation, fantasy, romance, et cetera and even character or world development. I might not like everything with these, but I'll at least give the baseline respect and move on with my gaming life to something I so like.
I also live in europe, where we have the vatican filled with naked statues from 100s of years ago, still preserved on holy grounds, and "peeing" fountain babies in belgium, where even the kids joke about and play with the water for like a game.
I also speak as someone who also wants to write stories and get creative myself, therefore I don't wanna be put in a box and be told what I am and am not allowed to make when I'm just trying to earnestly appeal to my theoretical audience, especially when I try tackling taboo topics in a nuanced and comedic fashion. And I certainly don't wanna deal with a karen dictating my choices... cough cough

So allow me to leave you with this
"those who arrest themselves in shame will imprison themselves in shame"

Because hot damn you saying this...
you don't understand there's a clear difference between bikinis at a beach and overtly disproportionate half naked anime mammaries on a TV screen
...was cognitive dissonance nonsense.

@carlos82 Okay, but this isn't one of those arguments. I'm just saying, why did they pick a bird that is known to be a non-flyer and give it flying as its mechanic? I didn't realize the zebra runs on water. But even that, you're like, okay, it just runs really fast. That's fantasy. But zebras can actually run. Honestly though, ostriches are known for their running speed. It's just a weird decision, to me. It's not important; I'm just discussing.

@Samalik I don't play the games professionally and am not an old fan in the way you seem to be but like fighting games quite a bit, I have played the most recent entry everyone seems to enjoy with the ridiculously terrible name, 3rd G-Rev or some crap, haven't played Strive, and don't see how the franchise has lost it way in particular. There's still plenty of heavy metal, cool character designs, and let's just be honest, if you don't think there's enough anime babes I see plenty lmao. I still get the vibe of playing a game version of a cool late 90s/early 2000s anime that would be broadcast on Toonami. Now be honest, is there another reason for your consternation that rhymes with Lidget?

@ButterCashier

But... Link's hair is the wrong colour!

Please, please, PLEASE tell me you're joking. 🤣

Not bad. I'm interested to see how the movie goes.

Can’t wait to play this.

I guess I'll be buying it day 1 after all

Link has had pink hair, blonde hair, brown hair, white hair (Fierce Deity), black hair (Dark Link) etc.

I think he should don all of the above & more at some point throughout the film as nods to the series’ history lol.