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@Strawblaze

personally, I enjoyed both MK8 and BOTW more on wii u, before I had a switch. for different reasons.

esp. mk8 though because the game was better before double weapons and that's an objective fact!

It's impossible for me not to think about how much more fun I'd be having just playing MK8 for the billionth time.

edit - to be fair, I could sling the same insult at probably 90% of things in life, or more.

I'm really glad for the people here that are having a blast with their Switch 2s! That's what it's all about, truly. 👍👍

Personally, Nintendo has lost its lustre for me and its a bit of a stretch to imagine the Switch 2 "killer app" that would really bring it back. I need a true "return to form" sequel for Zelda and/or Mario, in either 2D or 3D, or an out of the blue excellent Pilotwings, F-zero, or even Excite game, and in all honestly it's no longer a matter of "will they," but rather, "can they," even if they wanted to. 😕

Again, I'm certainly happy for the people that are into Pokopia, Tomodachi, and Yoshi, but we are far from the Nintendo that I loved for decades at this point. ✌️

This was the game over which collectathon mascot platformers jumped the shark.

personally but also that was the feeling at the time, IMO. ✌️

btw is it just me or is that some very weak cover art? 😕

"Knocked it out of the park" means you could not have done better.

8/10 means you could have.

@WeHaveKirbyAtHome

I hadnt considered that angle, but perhaps I didnt make it clear: I dont particularly care about the breakdown, but it just so happens that the breakdown is the only place on the chart one might see a platform mentioned, at all. does that make sense?

it seems normal and customary to have a column for the platform that the game exists on. to me, that is the relevant information. I dont actually care which platform a multiplatform game sold best on, personally. ✌️

these are the only industry wide game sales charts ive seen in my 3+ decades of following such that don't mention the platform for each game in the list. I can't imagine why you've chosen to do it this way, but it does make the chart very uninteresting to look at or follow week to week, at least for me personally.

just to point one out: mortal kombat X has appeared on the list, with no breakdown of platform split, not any mention of the many platforms it is on, at all.

android users really need to finally avail themselves of ZXtune✌️

@joey302

can you imagine wanting to be the guy or company with tons of the money but every time you buy another company, or announce a new feature, virtually the entire community including the people who buy your games, collectively groans and rolls their eyes?

"Atari should’ve bought that team instead of Epic lol"

so true. ✌️

@LinktotheFuture

fair enough! 😊👍

Anyway I'm thinking it's not the music licensing, personally! Wouldn't it be nice if they would just tell us, like people?

@LinktotheFuture @Atariboy

is there any reality that the ost was composed by Barry, and then "licensed" for use in the game? is that how it's usually done for osts that are ostensibly composed "for" the particular game in question? 🤔

@JimNorman

"While it wasn't confirmed at the time, the removal statement came the very same day that Epic Games announced it was laying off over 1,000 staff members — Aquiris was acquired by Epic back in 2023, let's not forget. So you can see how dots could be connected there."

Jim, would you mind connecting those dots for us? it seems your audience is not quite following, myself included ✌️

@Otimus

this is an interesting take. I think an experienced gamer can look at a game (or play a well designed demo) and determine "yes this game seems worth X amount" whether they put the money down themselves or not. but i take your point that its only "real" if it was your X amount and youve already laid it down and are playing your paid for copy.

For example, I thought generically that TOTK would be worth 70 bucks because "hell, its a ZELDA game!" and I certainly got my moneys worth out of BOTW, and from videos and screenshots it appeared to be more of the same. but then once id spent the money and started playing, the cold hard truth finally hit me and I wouldnt spend 20 dollars on that game, in retrospect.

im liking it, but i think ill be tuning it more towards zelda and less towards souls, and just sacrificing the little trophies or whatever. i dont need the stress, life is hard enough as it is when im not playing videogames.

@8th_Observer

"I don't see why price should factor into reviews"

the point of a review is to tell the reader whether the game is worth buying, so I don't see how the price could possibly not be one factor in that equation.

@HalBailman

I like prices that reflect the value of the item in question, as I see it. I am very skeptical of people on team Valve or team Nintendo, et al, accusing one company of the same practices they excuse "their" company for.

Generally, lower prices are good. As a consumer, I'm not obligated to think harder about it than that, period. I'm not an industry analyst, and I think people pretending to do a job that people actually get paid to do, just to justify spending more money on the same product are seriously misguided, regardless of which "horse" they like in the race.

The Steamdeck was the best value in gaming last year, when the LCD was 399 at full price. I love mine. If I lost it (heaven forbid,) would I spend ~1k to replace it? Hell no.

EDIT - 5000th comment 🍻

can't imagine what time has done to this game, given its tepid reception at the height of N64s (and DKs) (and 3D platformers') powers.

personally I played it for 5 or 10 minutes at a department store and that was enough for me, frankly.

OG DK, DK'94, and DKC1 will always be my favorite DK games, I suppose.

EDIT - random thought: imagine an OG DK made in the style of SMW, where mario controls like SMW mario and everything is designed/balanced around those mechanics. I think I might love that.

"It's far too early to say what's next for the series, of course"

It's far too early to be calling it a series, to be fair.

BTW the best value in gaming is an ARM-based Android handheld a la Odin Portal or Retroid 5, and there isn't a close second imo.

I feel like the luckiest kid in town, getting my Steamdeck LCD for 320 last October. I've been a hardcore Nintendo fan my whole life, until the Switch era, and Steamdeck is the rugged, "Nintendo tough," experimental yet conventional, logical, ergonomic, affordable, Dpad having console that I've been begging Nintendo to make for years. A modern GameBoy that was, and then wasn't.

Pour one out for the Steamdeck. I'll be clinging to mine for the foreseeable future, for better and worse. ✌️

@HalBailman

Now THAT'S a price "hike!" 😅

@the_beaver

"Now the Switch 2 is even more worth it."

it's exactly the same amount of "worth it" as it was yesterday.

@8th_Observer

"But Valve is so pro-consumer!!"

personally, I think they should open their veins, so the consumers can drink their blood.

they really should do a Tetris DS remake for Switch.

hey all you Nintendomaniacs: play Tetris DS if you can 👍

expecting the words "complete edition" to remain true in perpetuity is like expecting RE4 to still be GameCube exclusive because it says "only for" on the box.

remember: it's not a lie, if you believe it.

@RadioShadow

"Who plays Tetris with a keyboard?"

Peter Gibbons.

PS - have you ever tried it?

by far, the best tetris playing of my life was on a keyboard, playing Tetris Friends in browser on a PC ✌️

@ShadLink

sure, but what do they mean?

its kinda weird releasing something like this pretending it makes sense, and everyone reading just sort of going along. whats the point of copy-pasting it at all? is this really what the company intends to communicate with its western audience?

"- Implemented in accordance with AI learning policy guidelines."

what is this fragment supposed to mean?

additionally, why would they "adjust" the difficulty of Master mode? is it easier or harder? why would Switch players want to be challenged differently? What's a "title name" and how has it been changed "as a result?"

what's a "USB keyboard connection type?"

Imitation is the sincerest form of larceny.

"Round Up: 12 Switch 1 & 2 Games We Played At BitSummit 2026"

"These Vikings will likely make it to a Nintendo Switch someday, although nothing is officially confirmed quite yet."

it kind of bugs me that y'all won't mention the breadth of platforms most games are coming to (Nintendo Power style) but on the other hand will discuss games that havent been announced for a Nintendo platform as though they are.

@N00BiSH

"I wouldn't exactly call exploiting nostalgic bias risky or interesting"

its all relative 👍

how about don't piss on my childhood in the first place.

it's almost like not being bathed in money leads Nintendo to take more risks and do more interesting things.

played this a bit, honestly found myself wishing it were just a straight remake of LttP. Traded it quickly which was a mistake in hindsight but in the moment I wasn't enjoying it and there were other games I wanted to try.

I also wish theyd have done the links awakening remake this way, instead of the "playskool" look they ended up going with.

under-promise and over-deliver, right? seems like the absolute right and normal thing to do.

i finally beat this game on SNES in highschool, c. 2003, after playing it semi regularly for at least 5 or 6 years. definitely one of the hardest games I've ever beaten without save states or codes.

needless to say I've been waiting a long time for a re release, and this is very disappointing.

@Switching

"I think all this talk about price kinda sours the good vibes around the game. Let the price be whatever it is and just buy and enjoy!"

LOL ok now we know you are trolling 😂👍 good show.

@gcunit

"I'm sticking with my pre-order, because I love Yoshi games, and will judge for myself whether the price paid turns out to be regretted or not. If it burns me, I shall very likely withdraw my custom from many new games until I can pick them up used or heavily discounted in a few years time. My collection will keep me more than busy and I'm not particularly keen on the idea of getting gouged as a reward for all my support over the past 10 years."

replace "Yoshi" with "Zelda" and youve got exactly my perspective approaching the release of Tears at $70.

Yada yada, I haven't bought a Nintendo game since. 😕

@LastFootnote

that makes sense. maybe you are right! hope so 👍

@LastFootnote

"Free-to-start is fine IF buying the full game is a one-time cost. If it’s a subscription or filled with microtransactions (or both), then yeah it sucks."

i agree, but i wish they'd just say "game costs $X, and there's a free demo" if that was the case. "free to start" definitely makes me think it's not a straight forward purchase.

@RetroBox

"If this type of thing makes you angry, you will have a difficult time dealing with everyday life situations as you get older."

yet, here they are, blindly defending a videogame whose defining feature is that you can't die.

what's the polar opposite of "irony?"

EDIT - i think it might be "destiny"

@jaypakavelya

"low scores lately, I wonder why ... ?"

occam's razor has the answer.

"If you can't lose, why play?" is a question to which this game apparently doesn't have the answer.

@OrtadragoonX

I've been meaning to give Burnout Paradise (and the Burnout series in general) another chance, I'm glad you brought it up!

I know what you mean about the "tetrislike" effect with GX, well said! I have ADHD and when I play GX (and Ikaruga, and Tetris... and I'm sure others) I get in a sort of flow state that I find very soothing. it's the rare time I ever feel that all my faculties are actually lined up and working on one task.

@Durians

Sad but true!

Hard to imagine that this makes Square enough money to be worthwhile, yet Nintendo can't be bothered to make the real thing.

Point of information: Suika Shapes on Steam is basic (in presentation,) cheap and excellent. 👍

IDK about this 3D take but we'll see! I try to support NAMCO.

"The Classic Zelda Formula Is In Safe Hands With 'The Adventures Of Elliot'"

interesting way to say "this game rips off that game."

but you know the age old cliche: "Square does what Ninten-did" 😂👍

@gcunit

no I'm just saying sales were even more impressive in the Wii era. Nintendo giving up on handheld gaming in favor of the hybrid approach was a risk, and that's the risk. 👍

@OpheliaDynamight

well, I haven't run the math on PS2 + PSP sales, but... maybe?

my point was more to compare Nintendo vs Nintendo. ✌️

Switch absorbed Nintendo's handheld side so it has to beat DS + Wii sales for true parity, imo.

255m give or take.