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@HeadPirate "Japanese people love Splatoon is the new Germans Love David Hasselfhoff" I get what you're trying to go for, but the "Germans Love Hasselhoff" trope is for media that's more popular OUTSIDE of its home country, which Splatoon certainly isn't. I don't believe its a trope for a piece of media to be more popular in its country of origin than elsewhere, but I could be wrong. That said, it is staggering just how much more popular Splatoon is in Japan than anywhere else. Puts Yo-Kai Watch to shame really.

Voted for the Japanese one because the guy in the middle making the "W" sign with his hand has a very derpy expression and I find that funny.

Things that are "definitely happening":

1. Nintendo Direct in September
2. TP and WW ports
3. Metroid Prime Remaster (remember when it was a Metroid Prime Trilogy remake that Nintendo had fully completed and was sitting on?)
4. GoldenEye Remake
5. Star Fox Grand Prix (Pepperidge Farm never forgets)
6. Switch Pro

I wonder if they'll ever give these units from FeH their own game.

As far as I'm aware, Sakurai has never spoken about games or aspects of specific games he didn't like; only ever about things he did. More than likely he was making a point about art design in the environment and picked the tree because its the most generic object to use.

Still hoping the movie does well. It may encourage Nintendo to branch out its other IP into other genres. A pipe dream of course, but the potential for series like Metroid, Zelda, Star Fox, etc. as movies/tv shows/anime or such is compelling to me.

@XenoShaun Thank you! I was blanking on his name. Ever since he left Kotaku I stopped reading there. Glad to hear he is still getting work, he was one of the good ones.

I will never get why these leakers get clicks and such. It's not like they leak anything particularly groundbreaking, and most of the time they get it wrong anyway. Even if they are right its news that the public is going to learn anyway, usually within a few days even. Seems incredibly selfish to me to risk somebody else's career within a company to leak such useless info. If I were them, I would try using my internal connections to try to expose terrible internal policies and practices the public wouldn't normally be aware of, like what that one journalist did to BioWare with Anthem if anybody remembers that.

Mine was Mario Kart 64. Still very nostalgic for it, but my personal favorites are Mario Kart Double Dash and Mario Kart 8.

@Olliemar28 True! Although I'm sure he'd much rather trap everyone in this comments section in a killing game.

As someone who just recently played and fell in love with the Danganronpa series, the thumbnail for the article nearly gave me a heart attack.

@ThePizzaCheese I mean something like this:

Anti-Pirate: I can't support emulation because piracy is bad.
Pro-Emulation: Emulation is not piracy. You can copy the game you bought legally yadayada
Anti-Pirate: Can't believe you'd support literal theft.

And then they go on like that. Obviously a very paraphrased discussion, but this is essentially the brass tacks of most "discussions" on the topic I see. Neither side in this conversation actually was discussing the other's points. Most obviously with the Anti-Pirate, blatantly ignoring the legality of emulation. However, the Pro-Emulator side ignores the point of the Anti-Pirate. Emulation is most commonly used to pirate games, even brand new ones, but they ignore this in favor of attacking the generalization of the statement. Really discussion should be about how companies or emulation sites could encourage the purchase of the media being emulated in question, but that will never happen. So instead both sides will take their own moral high ground on the issue and restate what is essentially a pro-con list. It's especially funny imo, because both sides actually agree that piracy is bad.

I like how both the Anti-Piracy and the Pro-Emulation people constantly misinterpret or misrepresent the other side's arguments. A lot of strawmen getting burned in these "arguments".

I... never knew they got rid of it.

As a concept, I think Comix Zone has actual potential, don't think Space Channel 5 has much of a shot though honestly, unless they really rework it, but then what's the point?
What bothers me most about the description for the Comix Zone one is that they describe the comic book creator as "jaded", a personality trait, but they describe the writer as "young, queer and of color". Those are not personality traits unless they are saying that IS his/her/their personality, but I think it's clear they threw those in there for the buzzwords. It becomes even more apparent when they mention that they must "put aside their differences" later. That line would have worked better if maybe the writer was described as "new, optimistic or high-spirited" to play off the jadedness or if the creator was described as bigoted. It could play off the queer/of color part (although not sure Comix Zone is the right movie to have a major focus on the overcoming of bigotry, but more power to them). Using it for marketing is one thing, but I just hope they actually flesh the character out in the movie instead of just making them another diversity plug-in that only exists to be the token minority representation.

I am currently playing through it. As of now, it's the second-best Warriors game I've played, only behind the original Hyrule Warriors for me. It's excellent so far.

I consider the tracks for all 3 prime games to be some of the best OSTs in gaming, so I'm happy they didn't go with them. Not saying that their OST would have been bad, it probably would have been pretty good, but I'll take what we got over their sounds every time.

I just want Mega Evolutions back.

I really don't get the people hyping this up or complaining about the wait personally. It's not like these are big new releases. There are plenty of other larger, newer experiences to try while you wait for your 8 new courses that, as history shows, you will inevitably complain about anyway. That said, if this is the experience you are pining for, more power to you, I just personally don't get it. Coming from someone who adores Mario Kart 8.

@AstroTheGamosian I did some digging because I was curious to figure it out and I discovered that the background is an official render of the Frigate Orpheon, so not a room used in-game. I've tried a couple of times to post a picture of the room, but whenever I did it would just show up as a blank line with no text or image, so I'll just post the link to the site. It's in the Gallery section scrolling down as the third image. Compare it the image HammerGalladeBro posted above and you can see its the same room, clearest with the orange lights coming from the floors and walls. https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Frigate_Orpheon

@Spoony_Tech You know what they say. Great minds think alike.

@AstroTheGamosian I actually think it's a brightened shot of the interior of the Frigate Orpheon based on all the metal walls and pipes.

As iconic as I personally find the NA box art, it is very static and lifeless. Japan's is much more appealing.

Can't say this is my preferred release model, but it does make a lot of sense from both a business and consumer perspective to release content updates after launch for high-profile multiplayer releases (as far as I am aware, Mario Kart and Mario Party are the only two that didn't have significant content updates after launch). I wonder though, if the game did launch with everything these updates will bring and then no updates after, will the sales be more significant? In my opinion, its hard to say. Aces, Golf, and New Horizons are already, or on the way, to being the best selling games in their respective franchises so clearly this model isn't hurting Nintendo in the slightest. Then again, Super Mario Party became the best selling game in its franchise and had the equivalent of the color beige for content compared to something like Mario Party 2's rainbow. So compared to that I would easily take this. Just don't start charging for it Nintendo. This all coming from a guy that wouldn't have played the game anyway, so no lost sale here.

Edit: Also Daisy is the best Mario Princess.

It was between the original or Ultra for me. The rest were either just okay or absolutely hideous.

This review really shows off the level variety well!

Is this an out-of-season april fools joke?

Minor correction, but the NES and the ? block piece counts are backwards in the article. The NES is bigger than the block.

I don't know if I'll get this one. I don't dislike it, but I'm not loving it like I did the other two.

@Dinglehopper "Nintendo doesn't take risks anymore." Sorry, but I'm going to disagree with that statement even though I agree with the overall message you're sending. I'd consider Labo, Game Builder Garage and arguably Mario Kart Live to be risky ventures made in house that didn't really pay off. I wouldn't call any of those "safe bets." I will personally agree that Nintendo isn't focusing on the right areas to take risks in though.

2019: Metroid Prime Trilogy Remake coming
2020: Metroid Prime Trilogy Remaster coming
2021: Metroid Prime Remake coming
2022: Metroid Prime Remaster coming
2023: Metroid Prime ported to NSO soon
2024: Metroid Prime Pinball port coming

@Jayenkai haha, I understood that reference!

@ShadJV LOL, Rusty Bucket Bay is my favorite world in the game.

Great if true. Not getting my hopes up at this point.

Constance and Shamir confirmed in the same trailer. My first two S ranks. Nice.

Ashen Wolves base game lets gooooooo!!!!!!

E3 Leak!

Nintendo unveils the Nintendo Music app, exclusive to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pass! Listen to your favorite game soundtracks straight from your Nintendo Switch console! Launches with the Mario Galaxy, Ocarina of Time and Hong Kong 97 soundtracks! More to be added bimonthly!

I saw nothing that really tells me what the game is other than "look, its an open field now with some samey looking combat." Not saying it looks bad, just looks generic right now, nothing to really sink my teeth into.

Wow, just like when he was working with Nintendo he used a lot of words to say pretty much nothing at all

@Toph6661 this, exactly

Best House, Best Characters, Best Route. The first one I'll be playing for sure.

I didnt play it on Switch, but it was very fun. It was a little easy up until the very last level though.

Famicom Detective Club got ground-up remakes and Mario Strikers is getting a sequel. I think F-Zero will see the light of day again in some form eventually.

Its the worst entry in the series I've played, but it had nothing to do with the opening taking its time, Twilight Princess' opening also takes a while and I adore that game. No, its entirely on the godawful writing, mediocre gameplay (for Metroid), and Dadam.

I'm pretty sure this is the first time since the GameCube that a Mario Strikers, Golf, Tennis, Kart and Party were all on the same system. Nintendo representing all the side party series this gen it seems.

As someone who got the other two Adult Nintendo sets, I look forward to this one. They were the most creative and fun sets to build and play with.

@liljmoore not the only odd thing I noticed either. Why Fire Emblem Sacred Stones and not the more popular "original" Fire Emblem? Why Super Mario Advance 3 when Yoshis Island is already on SNES online?

Why Battle Network 2 and 5 and not, I don't know, the first one?

999 and VLR were my first killing games and I love them both. 999 has the best story and VLR has the best gameplay. Also no, the Zero Escape trilogy is not on switch, if they were I would have bought them again.

@Specter_of-the_OLED It bothers me that X is listed after XII and that there are 3 different versions of IV.

All these Earthbound-inspired indie movies about mental health problems, find a new genre guys. /s

While the first game was honestly weaker than most Ace Attorneys in my opinion, the second NAILED IT and is one of the best in the series!