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...where's the ZL and ZR buttons, though?

Also, shame to hear about this thing's true nature. I love arcade sticks and would absolutely have been in the market.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Without.

South Park on Nintendo. Are we in the N64 era again?

@Capt_N I know that. And the GameCube adapter works with the Switch.

I'm hoping it's a port. It's too soon for a Smash 5.

...You could've just given us a virtual console release...

Here's hoping for Roy and Ike.

@Caryslan At this point, I'd just be going through the old laundry list of complaints. All of Nintendo's failings can fall under one of two categories:

1. Not keeping up with the times.
2. Trying too hard to be different, usually at the expense of something that works.

This blunder falls under the latter.

You had one job, Nintendo... But then again, when could we EVER rely on Nintendo to do anything right?

Darn it!... Not only are there no more screenshots (I don't use Facebook, thank you very much), but there goes the ability to share stages in Smash!

@Jeronan Did you forget the disaster that was the PlayStation 3's launch price?

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@BinaryFragger Being last place in the console market in terms of being taken seriously by gaming culture in general* for the past four generations at least, we're a pretty cynical and defensive bunch. While I'm glad that Spencer seems to be open-minded, I don't really blame anyone else for thinking he has sinister intentions; if anything, it's a way to cope with our fear of the Switch being the fifth failure in a row.

(*Meaning not sales numbers. The Wii sold well, but gaming culture still hated it.)

Looks like Ninja Pig and Skunk Software are going to have to find another place to turn into a zoo.

Oh wow, I honestly didn't know this! I thought it'd still be locked!

I feel bad for anyone who might want to talk about it on Miiverse, since typing Project M ekuru would trigger the auto-banning bots.

Alternate interpretation: The Sun writers are furries who really, really like cows.

Normally I'm the first to lash out at Nintendo for taking something down. I am, after all, an info-anarchist who's vocally against IP in general.
But even I think they were within their rights here. These guys were, after all, making money off of it.

Wait, it beats the Game Boy SP, too?! And the iPad, and the PS Vita? That's amazing!

Time to rub it into some naysaying friends' faces.

Unpopular and unreasonable opinion: I still think it's a mistake to ramp up production. The shortages were the main thing that made Amiibo and the NES Classic so desirable despite their limited use; complaint and desperation is still discussion. If they want the Switch to not bomb, they need every dirty trick they can muster.

I'm not saying I'd enjoy it as a consumer. I'm just being realistic from a business perspective.

False alarm, then?

Sooo, they're absolutely useless, then?

Sheesh, those are WAY too small. Impractically small, even. My cat could eat one of those if I'm not careful...

"Oh, my... car?..."

Cue people getting triggered at being reminded of the existence of Kanto, just like they always are.

So many comments are ignoring the fact that he freaking returned it.

Would you have returned it?

And so many people are saying "well, nuts to you, you shoulda' stored them properly"—we were little kids, for crying out loud!

I've actually read that blog post quite a while ago, and an unfortunate number of my Windows 98/XP games have definitely succumbed to this, I've found...

The issue is, TVs only have so many ports. To even hook up the Switch, something else will have to go, so it needs to cover the functions of whatever it replaces. It's the same reason the lack of backwards compatibility is such a dealbreaker for me.

Huh. Coulda' sworn Mario Vs. DK was already on there, but I guess not...

So he expects it to be literally the second-highest-selling console of all time, only not being first because the PS2 had a perfect window of timing the likes of which will never happen again?

I already knew he wasn't that smart, but this is just asinine.

—Gh... Dag...nabbit, I literally just bought Bomberman '93 on the Wii Shop Channel a couple days ago...

That's... actually pretty sound. First smart decision Kimishima's made, if you ask me.

If it was WONDER Trade rather than the GTS, it might've been possible...

I could see it now:

"We have our answer. It's 'no'."

Wow, Bowser. So your tyranny is even within your own home.

Nice. As a RetroN 5 owner... Nice.

I think I might pick this up. My GBC hasn't worked properly for over a decade now, and I miss how it felt in my hands.

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@Syrek24 I wanted to apologize for yesterday. I was talking big and I let myself get out of hand. I don't actually pirate retail games.

My stance on fan works still hasn't changed, and I still strongly believe that "fan work = copyright infringement" is about as relevant of a law as "don't wash a fish in a faucet if it's not a fish-washing faucet in a national forest" — meaning I believe that it's one of those laws that, though it's in the books, it's not reasonable to enforce — but that's just my stance on the matter. If there's consequences for it, then those consequences will be mine to face. I'm comfortable with my stance because I don't believe there will be, because a notable number of content creators vocally feel the same way. But, if I'm wrong, then I'm going to accept defeat and face it with dignity, not kicking and screaming.

I'm sorry for being so snooty about it.

@Syrek24 People like you are the ones who pushed me into this attitude. In fact, I think it was you specifically. I remember seeing you in past comment sections.

I know what the law says. The law bans fan fiction and fan art, too. Plenty of those have been taken down in the past. (Just look up Anne Rice, who's infamous for C&D-ing authors of fanfics for her book "Interview With A Vampire".) But the law isn't holy, infallible, and unquestionable. There's a reason most content creators willingly ignore fan fiction and fan art. Sometimes, it's the law that needs to be changed.

I'll stop breaking the law when the law gets half a brain. I'll stop supporting the harmful when the harmless stops getting lumped in with it.

@Dr_Lugae Spite. Pure, bitter spite.

I never said it was justified. But if they don't want me to "steal IPs" by enjoying harmless fan works, then I'm gonna steal IPs harder just to defy them.

What can I say? I'm a grudge-holder.

Things like the comment section here are why I now proudly support piracy. If you want to call fans thieves for wanting to pay tribute to series they like, I might as well take advantage of it and go all the way with what I've apparently been doing anyway.

Yo ho ho.

And here I thought they ended support.

"This video has been removed by the user."

I successfully registered, I used Snorlax's Hold Back on every random encounter I could, and I caught several hundred for the challenge. My boxes are filled with Lilipups and Caterpies... You can't blame me for jack squat.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

They're lying through their teeth. The alleged Switch version will face the exact same quote unquote "technical problems". They, like Project Cars, just don't want the embarrassment of being on a Nintendo platform. Just wait and see.

Apparently it's the only art program compatible with Swapdoodle. I wonder if that's a bit of a saving grace...?

Shadow Dragon. Finally. Europe's had it since, what, 2014?

The timing's not a coincidence. They're asking for help now because Miiverse was hacked repeatedly for several hours by Arian and PF2M yesterday. I'm astonished NintendoLife didn't report on THAT.