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Gonna be real, the controls just don’t look fun and visuals look super bland. I’m sure it could be fun if you have a group of friends to play with and you’re all at a desk but I think just isn’t for me.

Glad you guys enjoyed it tho, hope it turns out well.

Yes, it’s too far, at least for me. I was expecting $70, but $80 is too high and sets a precedence for future Nintendo games and other companies.

Still not buying. This is a tech demo you have to pay for. It’s an absolute joke that this costs any amount of money and shows how greedy Nintendo is with Switch 2 due to the success of Switch 1.

I know inflation and tariffs are a thing but holy cow, this is expensive for one game. Unless I go the digital route with the Mario Kart bundle ($50 there), then I’ll be waiting to pick this up discounted.

I don’t even buy current games for the usual $60/$70. I always wait or find deals and get them for $50 max, usually even cheaper. The Thousand Year Door was the one exception since I wanted to support OG Paper Mario.

Looks like Nintendo is getting a tad bit greedy due to their larger audience.

It says I already voted but I didn’t… did you put the poll from the last direct here by accident?

Anyways, probably a 9/10 for me. Not perfect as I would’ve preferred another major game reveal or two… but it was damn good. Looking forward to June!

EDIT: Fixed now. Could’ve been cookies, cache, or something on my end.

Considering tariffs, I’m okay with that price. The real issue is $70 for DK and $80 for Mario Kart… that’s messed up.

Still not a fan of the new design but I’m sure it’ll grow on me and the game looked terrific. Stoked for July!

I have work but no meetings in the morning. I’m hoping nothing comes up so I can throw some earbuds on and watch it at my desk!

1. Pokémon Legends Z-A
2. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
3. Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots

It’s about damn time someone finally made a normal 3-click golf game! They’ve been absent this entire generation cause every developer thinks they need to reinvent the wheel lol.

This was one of the only new games I cared about from the Direct this morning. I love old school, 3-click Mario Golf and I enjoyed the couple Hot Shots games I played. Looking forward to this despite the visuals looking very basic.

More power to the people excited for Tomodochi Life, but I thought this was hands down the worst Direct… maybe ever? The only “new” games I’m interested in are Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots and the Marvel arcade game… both of which are multi-platform lol.

I hope all the good stuff is coming next week cause this did nothing for me outside of seeing more pretty visuals for Metroid Prime 4.

@Not_Soos I didn’t pay for this feels trip haha

For real, this is a beautiful story and message. Thanks for sharing and I can attest to most things said. I won’t go into detail but I went through a really rough patch for a few years. Now I’m about to be 28 and I’m the happiest I’ve been since high school. Things like time, faith, discipline, exercise, health, and changing things in my life really helped get me to where am at physically and mentally. I hope you keep killing it and everyone here does as well. Everyone deserves a happy and fun life.

My guesses:

• Metroid Prime 2 + 3 ports
• Kirby Planet Robobot HD
• Fire Emblem remake
• Shantae Advance
• Hollow Knight Silksong (finally lol)

I REALLY want Wind Waker HD to appear but I have a feeling that’ll stay trapped on the Wii U. Hopefully tomorrow proves me wrong lol.

That’s so young and I feel so sorry for his family, friends, and fans.

The end of the article mentions a suicide attempt. For anyone ever struggling, please remember that life is full of ups and downs. Life is always worth living and will always get better. Stay strong everyone.

Glad to see that it’s not only reviewing well, but also a big improvement over the Wii U version. I have way too many games in my backlog to consider picking this up at the moment, but maybe later this year I’ll snag it.

I feel like my time to game shrinks each weekend lol. But my plan is:

PC: Monster Hunter Wilds

Switch: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

This couldn’t be more perfect. I legit just beat the Mario vs DK remake yesterday (including all the + worlds) and loved it. Guess I’ll start DK 94 soon. I remember playing it once a while back and liking it a lot.

My guess is they found a way to trick the system into thinking it’s running in “docked” mode to allow for 1080p output. If so, this could look great with the smaller display in terms of pixels-per-inch.

I’m between Totodile and Chikorita. Emboar has grown on me but he’s still my least favorite of the three on offer here.

I thought it was pretty good for a Pokemon-only event. The new TCG Pocket expansion seems good, Champions seems promising, and I actually liked what I saw from ZA.

Since Super Rush was such a disappointment to me, I’d love to see Mario Golf World Tour come to the Switch and/or Switch 2. Having that in HD with seamless local multiplayer would be incredible.

It’ll never happen, but that’s my most wanted 3DS game remake/remaster.

Eh, I’m more than okay with the current NSO system. Outside of some missing titles, it’s very convenient and runs very well for my needs. I’ve had some great nostalgic throwback nights with family and friends with the N64 app.

The virtual console was cool but rebuying games on each system sucked and emulation wasn’t consistent between platforms. Subscription services like NSO aren’t perfect and I know Nintendo will do something to irritate me down the road (like remove a game I like), but for now, it’s great for my needs.

Edit: I agree with everyone saying Nintendo should allow us to both rent AND buy older games. Everyone wins in that scenario.

Mario Golf 64 and Toadstool Tour are my favorites. I love 3D arcade golf games and these were near perfect. The 3DS version is great too but is sadly trapped on a handheld. Super Rush, while not bad, was such a disappointment for me. I'm hoping the next Mario Golf title returns to the gameplay of the older titles.

@Splash_Woman This is one of the best internet comments I’ve read in a while. Good job on making me genuinely crack up.

Probably. I imagine they'll want to show off what to look forward to on Switch 1 before Switch 2 releases. The Switch 1 install base is so large that it just makes sense to keep supporting the console with ample games.

Kinda exactly what I expected. Just cards being the same rarity is the only real throw-off. I’m fine with it but that’s because I already have most of the cards and like slowly building up a collection. I can see why others would be annoyed by this.

@N00BiSH His comment is already removed and now I’m curious what was said lol

@TomSupreme This is my guess too. They’re definitely taking their time and polishing it, but I’d assume they want the game newly released on the first day/month of the Switch 2. We’ll have to wait and see tho.

I’m obviously looking forward to the console but I thought the reveal was pretty mid. Even ignoring the leaks, there just wasn’t much here. A slightly redesigned Switch with basically no information other than 6 seconds of a new, vanilla looking Mario Kart.

While I’m looking forward to hearing more, I’m not “hyped” at all. I need to see how powerful the system is technically, more games, the draw to what makes this Mario Kart worthy of being a new entry, and hopefully some fun new hardware/software features for the Switch 2 itself.

I guess we’ll have to wait until April. Until then… looks fine, I guess lol.

Jeez. It’s one thing to not credit each person individually… but to not even mention the original development studio at all? Would it have killed them to say “based on Retro Studio’s game”?

Nintendo is using the work of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people that put years of commitment and hard work to make the company money. The least Nintendo can do is say “thank you” to them.

The lack of respect from companies these days, man.

Weird list imo. BOTW and New Horizons, but the rest I don’t personally agree with.

Man, the amount of games I’ve been buying has been dwindling over the past year or so. I think since I’ve been barely playing online multiplayer titles, I’ve been going through my backlog and realizing how content I am with my current game library.

All that is to say, DK Country Returns HD is something I might get down the road, but at the moment I have no plan to pick it up. I have it on the 3DS and loved it on that, so if I suddenly want to replay it soon I’ll either play that or maybe see if I can borrow my brother’s copy for the Switch.

Regardless, it’s a great game for anyone that hasn’t played it yet!

Mine are exclusively used for Switch Sports and Mario Golf Super Rush (the motion controls are the only reason why I enjoy that game lol).

Otherwise, I never use the straps.

I remember hearing a year or so ago that the Wii guitar hero guitars are very pricey now on the used market. I think there are some PC guitar games that work well with it, making it the best one to get.

I’m just regurgitating what some guy told me at a game store a while back but if true, I imagine that’s why these are being made.

@mariomaster96 Agreed, it usually looks pretty good. There are some games with bad DLSS implementation (no sharpness adjustment and/or artifacting) but most titles I’ve played with it look good.

@StarPoint Agreed. I like that the game is being remastered but $60 is a little much for me, personally. I enjoyed the Luigi’s Mansion 2 remaster but in retrospect I don’t think I’d buy anymore 3DS ports for more than $40… unless it’s among my favorite “niche” titles like Mario Golf World Tour.

I expect zero Nintendo news and not much news from other publishers and developers.

I won’t be watching the show at all, never cared for it. I’ll just look up an article to see all the announcements and watch any trailers that interest me.

I don’t think we’ll get remasters. I think they’ll just be upscaled ports like what they did for the Pikmin 1+2 and Mario 3D All-Stars.

If we get full-blown remasters, though… I’ll be super happy!

I’ve had this on my backlog for a while. Since I’ve stopped playing most live-service games I’ve been steaming through games, though. I’ll probably finally play this during the winter.

That said, I’m guessing this is a sign that a sequel/successor is far in development and they wanted to bring some of the easy-to-implement features over to the original. Just a guess, but very cool and I’m excited to finally play it.

The status of this game needs to be changed from "upcoming" to released. I cannot add the game to my collection and no one will ever be able to review it

I had it pre-ordered through Best Buy’s buy 2 get 1 deal a while back. I have a large backlog though so I might not get around to it this weekend 🫠

I loved the game and it’s probably my game of the year, but I also have nostalgia from playing the game back in the day.

Should be noted that despite the Switch version outselling the GameCube original, the ratio of software to console sales is still way better on the GameCube. Basically, the GameCube version has a way higher software attachment rate. There was a higher percent of GameCube owners who bought the original than the percent of Switch owners who bought the remake.

All this is to not underplay the sales. Approximately 2 million is nothing to scuff at… it’s just a little underwhelming given the hype I saw for it online. I’m hoping the next new entry plays like an improved version of the N64/TTYD games rather than something completely different.

Waiting for a steep discount. That’s typically what I do with Sonic titles, especially remakes/remasters (well, this one is only half a remaster lol). And I’ll probably get it on my PC to run it at 4K/120. Very grateful to have a powerful setup for such a high speed game.

The $50 has been more than worth it for me, but I was a late 90’s/early 2000’s kid with older siblings… so I have A LOT of nostalgia for the N64 and GBA. The extra $30 has been more than worth it for me, but I can see it being pretty steep still for others that didn’t grow up in a similar scenario.

I’ve also used the free access to the Booster Course Pass quite a lot. Wiggler is my main now and I play the new tracks in time trials quite a lot.

All that said, I’m hoping we get some more big games next year. There are still some heavy hitters for N64 missing, like Smash Bros, DK64, Conker, Banjo Tooie, Diddy Kong Racing, among others. And the GBA library has a lot more, with the obvious omissions being the Pokemon titles.

GameCube and DS (if the new system supports dual-screen somehow) would be awesome too, but I’d imagine that would create yet another price tier lol

I always wanted the New 3DS but it came out when I had barely any money to my name. As such, I stuck with my original model 3DS which I still have today. I ended up getting the Galaxy New 3DS XL down the road as it was way cheaper than the regular New model since that wasn’t being produced anymore. My original 3DS is stock and my New XL is modded.

Despite me thinking the regular sized New 3DS is the best, I’m more than happy with my two systems.

I slightly prefer the Japanese art. You can see more characters and silly things, plus I prefer Mario’s artwork there. Both are great, though.

Zelda and Astro Bot. I’m actually really close to finishing Astro so when that’s done I’ll continue playing Star Wars Outlaws. I’ve been busy so many weekends so it feels great to have a weekend (mostly) to myself. Time to catch up on games!

Upsetting but it’ll hardly hamper the experience for me. The visuals look too charming anyways and the gameplay just seems really fun. Looking forward to popping this in tonight when my buddy leaves my place.

Maybe my 20+ years of wanting something Chao garden related will come true.

I know it won’t lol. I’ll check the news after to see if any interesting new games/remakes get revealed.

@B_Lindz Yeah, it was so obvious that I didn’t realize it was never confirmed lol