@link3710 The first part of the trigger is definitely analog. So it squirts water depending on how much you press the button. Pressing it all the way (past the "click"), and it becomes essentially a digital button; Mario stands still and shoots. But you can control the amount during the first mode.
Eh. If they can do Mario 64 with only digital controls (quite successfully IMO, though your mileage may vary), they can figure out a way to do Sunshine without the analog-type shoulder buttons. But I think people on the Internet tend to overestimate the appeal of Sunshine.
@Euler I wouldn’t say they are overestimating Sunshine’s appeal, it’s just the one they are hungriest for. It’s not had the availability of 64 or was as recent as 3D World, it being so old on a less successful console means there’s a rarity to play it again.
I'm convinced that this week has nothing, next week has Indie World, the week after has nothing, and finally the week after has the Nintendo Direct we want. The first week of September, almost exactly 1 year since the previous direct. My expectations are really low right now.
Maybe Nintendo wants to play chicken with Microsoft and Sony so we don't get any more 1st party news until the PS5 and Series X prices are revealed
I've honestly considered the same thing. Like they might consider a last minute price drop depending on how things go (though I mostly doubt a price cut is happening until at least next year).
I would just love it if they released a new Donkey Kong game in general, whether it be 2D Country game, or a 3D Platformer. Heck, at this point if they could ever sort out the licensing, I would just love if they remastered DK64. I prefer new games (heck knows I am getting sick of Wii U ports on Switch), but I feel DK64 is old enough that a remaster/remake would be justified.
I wonder why they don't seem to have continued further with the 2D Donkey Kong games. Tropical Freeze was a pretty big success I thought. It's sold around 5 million between the Wii U and Switch versions.
Especially given that they've kinda brought the 2D Mario games to and end (or so it seems), you'd think they'd want to keep their other 2D platformers going. Yoshi and Donkey Kong most notably.
@Dezzy I've seen people suggesting that the Wii U ports may effectively work against a new entry in the franchise.
Donkey Kong (DKCTF); 2D Mario (NSMBD); Mario Kart 8; Pikmin all haven't gotten a new entry on the Switch yet (you may even count Smash, but I won't start that argument). Whereas the games that did get new entries, like Kirby, Mario Tennis, Splatoon 2, Yoshi's Crafted World, etc. didn't their their respective Wii U game ported over.
Maybe this is Nintendo's ways of thinking; ''Switch got a DK game, so that's sorted, no need to worry about DK until next gen''. So it's possible that they're prioritising other franchises over DK for the time being.
A new 3D Donkey Kong game could be interesting but I don't want another 2D one any time soon. I really enjoyed Donkey Kong Country Returns but I started to get bored during Tropical Freeze. Can only release so many similar 2D platformers before they get stale for me like with New Super Mario Bros.
@Octane I really hope Nintendo is not using that logic. Although it would explain quite a bit of my disappointment with Nintendo at the moment. I probably wouldn't mind this logic if it led to some older franchises coming back such as F-Zero, but who am I kidding? That won't happen.
@jump That's a fair point. Might also have to do with the Teletubby Generation coming of age and being more nostalgic for Gamecube-era games than games like Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time. Hence they get a Renaissance.
Yep I worry that's possibly true. Especially when games like Mario Kart 8 are still in the top sellers, why would they bother making the next one?
Lol my main complaint against the Wii U ports is they've ported all of the ones I didn't really care about having on Switch and ignore the ones I wanted. I wanted Xenoblade X, Wind Waker and a version of Star Fox Zero with better controls. Then maybe Yoshi's Woolly World too (although I'm not paying full price for that).
We got basically everything except those ones.
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