Altaria_97

If Camelot didn't completely botch Mario Golf Super Rush then I would probably pick that up lol. I remember playing my brother's copy when I lived with him... it was such a slap in the face to longtime fans of the series.

A Pokémon health app for gym routines, exercise, nutrition, and meditation would actually be sweet.

My favorite year was either 2017 or 2019. I also really enjoyed 2021. And the first half of this year is packed... I seem to like the odd year for some reason lol.

Sweet. Now every mainline 2D Metroid will be playable on Switch (not including remakes).

I’m holding out for Zero Mission, though. The original Metroid is the only game in the series that desperately needed the remake treatment.

On my original model 3DS (un-modded) I have the Animal Crossing Isabelle bulletin board theme. I highly recommend that one.

On my New 3DS XL (modded), I have a custom Pokémon Mystery Dungeon one I found online. Easily one of the coolest themes.

Looks good to me. The Yoshi's Island and Singapore Speedway tracks look great. I'm also excited to replay Riverside Park, Waluigi Stadium, and DK Summit.

Seems like a good pack to me.

@Altaria_97 Less than an hour after posting this I got lucky and found it for store pickup at Best Buy. Says it'll be at the store on the 7th so I'll snag it after work and the gym. Very stoked.

It's been a week and still can't find anything. Amazon pre-order still isn't budging, and I couldn't find any copies locally in any stores. It's kind of impressive they understocked this so much. I'm still waiting for the physical.

Cool to see them bring back old cosmetics. They’re a pain to collect them all since it involves so much play time so keeping this system would be a good idea.

The crown for A ranks is also a neat idea. Don’t know if I’m A in any but I know I’m at least B in a couple of the sports. Haven’t played in a couple months but I might boot the game back up this weekend.

Just for context, here are some highlights from previous years:

2018 Direct: Let’s Go reveal
2019 Direct: Sword/Shield reveal
2020 Presents (delayed til June most likely due to pandemic): New Pokemon Snap reveal + Sword/Shield DLC with gameplay and shadow drop
2021 Presents: Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl reveal + Legends Arceus reveal
2022 Presents: Free Legends DLC + Scarlet/Violet reveal
2023: Scarlet/Violet DLC (no gameplay)

We’re definitely getting another presents later this year closer to the dlc release but man… this current one felt lackluster.

What a boring event. The only notable thing was the Scarlet/Violet DLC which they barely showed anything of and isn’t coming out until fall. I went with low expectations and they somehow underdelivered on them lol.

I thought this was already confirmed but maybe I'm just used to not expecting the 3 to show up at E3 anymore lol.

Amazon order still not coming. Went to two store after work and zero stock. If I can’t find a copy come Sunday I’ll just buy it digitally. I want to be able to sit back and play it all Sunday.

Awesome read and the game looks great. The game played great from the demo I played. Picking this up sometime in March/April!

@Paulo Very true. It’s smaller scale just makes me think they have another 3D platformer very far in development that they’re trying to lineup with a new system. Bowsers Fury is goated tho.

Played the demo and enjoyed it a lot. Way better than what I played of Star Allies. I’ll be picking it up once I finish a few more games.

Given how long it's been since Odyssey and Mario Maker 2, they're most likely just waiting to release the games with new hardware. A new Mario game will help sell a Switch Pro or next-gen system.

Seems like whenever I go, I’ll just wait in line for the Mario Kart ride, go to a gift shop, then hop back to the base Universal Park. The rest seems like a pain.

Don’t see why they wouldn’t work. Nintendo clearly stated that multiplayer features would work with the GB/GBA apps.

For some reason I thought Octopath 2 was coming out in March. It's a very packed week between this, Metroid, and Kirby.

Unless I missed it, they didn’t mention fixing the ground clipping issue. Or performance. Those were my only two real problems while playing.

@Browny Same story here. Late March. I’ll try to pick up a copy during my lunch break on release day and if I can’t find one in stores within a day or two then I’ll just get it digitally.

Pokemon Presents Predictions:

• Standard updates on mobile/digital games
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game
• Pokémon Scarlet/Violet patch, Home support, and DLC
• Pokémon games on NSO. Stadium will drop with Pokémon Red/Blue. Supports transfer pack capabilities. Other games will follow over time. Home support will be added for these in the future.

Wild Guess:
I have a feeling ILCA is working on a traditional, more linear game in the Paldea region. Basically Scarlet and Violet but maybe a couple year in the past with the style of Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. That would be very interesting.

If my memory serves correct since I was super young…

My original model GBA I got from my grandparents.

My SP I got the following Christmas (think my parents were happy to get it so they could stop buying batteries lol).

Still waiting for my physical copy but.. it's gotta be a 9 or 10 lol.

Assuming we’re staying in the Mario universe:

Wiggler is my top request. He was my main in Mario Kart 7.

Then Funkey Kong, Diddy, and Petey.

Milk > Dark > White

I don’t even have Splatoon 3 but chocolate is one of my favorite things lol.

I thought the direct was great. My favorite stuff:

• Pikmin 4 gameplay reveal and release date
• Disney Illusion Island
• Advance Wars release date
• GB/GBA games
• Kirby Demo and extra content
• Metroid Prime Remastered
• Professor Layton
• Mario Kart’s Yoshi’s Island track looked sweet
• Zelda looked great but… that $70 price tag

Also, I'll be waiting to pick this up if I can't snag it for $60 or cheaper. I have trouble justifying most titles more than $50 as it is.

GameStop won't let me pre-order it. The button is there but when I click it I'm told it can't be added to the cart at this time. Think some lucky people got the $60 pre-order and they took notice fast.

I haven't played a Layton game but now seems like a great time to start the series. I have the Miracle Mask on 3DS that I bought on a clearance rack a while back and I still haven't popped it in my system lol.

Regardless, this was a fun surprise and I'm excited to give the franchise a go.

Sweet, I'll probably pick this up on my Xbox or PC but I'm glad to hear it's a fun time. The Battle for Bikini Bottom remake was a lot of fun.

I want all of them but picking two for the next additions... I'd go with Diddy Kong Racing and Donkey Kong 64.

For me:

1. Hoenn (with Rayquaza)
2. Alola (with Necrozma)
3. Kalos (with Zygarde)
4. Johto (with Celebi)

I like tropical vibes so Hoenn and Alola are top two, but Kalos and Johto would be fun locations as well.

I only have two amiibo. The Wolf Link that came bundled with my copy of Twilight Princess HD back in 2016 and the Pink Yarn Yoshi. I bought the Yarn Yoshi impulsively because it was on clearance and I’m a sucker for plushies.

Definitely but I’m just gonna wait a bit. Trying to kill a lot of my backlog first.

I didn’t care much for the “school simulation” stuff and wanted a more traditional game. This seems to be what I was asking for so I’ll pick this one up in a month or so when I finish a few more games from my backlog.

I’ve played Sacred Stones, Awakening, and Three Houses. Of that trio, my favorite story-wise was Sacred Stones, although Awakening was a close second.

Three Houses was good but I’m glad Engage is going for a more traditional story-progression experience.

Love the game but they butchered the launch. Kind of weird they’re announcing this update about a month and a half in advance.

My guess is fixes for major glitches, like seeing through the ground, and Pokémon Home support. Maybe they’ll give us DLC but GameFreak always likes to throw curveballs at us so who knows what they’ll do.

Breath of the Wild and Age of Calamity. I never actually played through my copy of the latter so it’ll be a good time to do so to get the complete story.

Fire Emblem, Kirby, and Zelda are enough to make the first half of the year a banger. Anything else Nintendo announces will just be a bonus.

For the second half, I’m expecting Pikmin 4 and a few smaller things… like maybe a new Mario Party, Mario Baseball, another basic 2D Pokémon by ILCA, who knows haha. Metroid Prime 4 I’m hoping is the big holiday title.

Edit: Hopefully Advance Wars sneaks in the year!

I’ll snag Sports Story sometime early next year. Too much to play for now!

My Animal Crossing Switch is holding up great, and somehow I’ve never had to deal with joycon drift on any of my 8 joycon (knock on wood).

I have no reason to upgrade unless there truly is a more powerful variant or system coming.

I’m away from my place at my family’s for the weekend. I brought my Switch to play when everyone else goes to bed but I probably won’t have much time. That said, I’ll be playing my 2nd playthrough of Brilliant Diamond and Fall Guys.

Happy holidays, everyone!

As someone who really likes Nintendo Switch Sports and thought it was vastly over-hatted… even I have to admit it takes way too long to unlock the weekly costumes.

Basically 3+ hours minimum of playing exclusively online, which is pretty lame considering the game comes with barely any cosmetics to begin with. It’s even worse when you’re playing bowling and golf (the two best sports imo) and you have to wait sometimes full minutes just for random people to finish their frame or hole.

1. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
2. Pokémon Scarlet
3. N64 Online App

Legends Arceus has the same amount of play hours as the N64 app for me on my Switch so it had to be a close battle for third. And yes, I love the Pokémon titles on Switch. Let’s Go Pikachu and Sword weren’t my cup of tea but the past three really hooked me.

Looks good but I agree the cow should retain the original chunky aesthetic. I’ve only played the remake of Friends of Mineral Town so I’m not sure how the cows looked in the original Wonderful Life game but the art style seems off a bit with the more realistic animals. The realistic animals would look good if the game was on more powerful hardware and if the rest of the game looked super realistic… but neither is the case. It looks fine but not as good or fun as it should.

As someone who enjoyed my time with this game, I still agree it was underwhelming and super light of content. What a shame, too. If the online was done better, there were a couple more things to do in single-player, and there were as many characters/stages as there were in Charged for the Wii this would have been a huge success.

Instead we got what is basically shallow recreation of the GameCube version with this awful content drip feed.

I always wanted a true Wind Waker 2. Same world but expanded with new dungeons. I know that wouldn’t make a ton of sense considering how the original ended but, hey, they could think of a fun story.

Also, I’m aware that Phantom Hourglass is TECHNICALLY the sequel to Wind Waker… but let’s be real, it’s not. It felt like a marketing stunt to get people to buy the new weird looking Zelda on the DS. I was super disappointed playing that and it felt like it had 0 connection other than a minor shoutout at the opening.

I always go into the Game Awards expecting nothing. There’s usually not much revealed. Same with this year, but for what it was, I’d say it was a decent list of announcements. For the Switch, my favorite reveal was probably EarthBlade but none of the games really got me super excited.

I should mention that I haven’t played Hades yet. It’s on my bucket list lol.