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I mean did anyone actually play or want to play it...?

(I know that's not the point but)

Hopefully the full remastered soundtrack is released on CD quickly. It took until the trilogy boxset to get the remastered XC1 soundtrack on CD

Why is the rest obscured?

I mean, does anyone abide by the age rating for real? It's an online purchase after all lol

They're bound to have something new lined up, the timing of this is very telling. But I'm sure it'll be exclusive to NSO subscribers, to give you more incentive to sign up.

Ngl that artwork looks like a straight rip off lmao

This sort of shovelware plagued the Wii shop. I can't believe they didn't up their standards for what they allow on the Switch store but I guess money is money

That's a disgrace. They sell boxed games bigger than that and don't slap on an oversized charge. They may as well just bump up the price on the store front, at least they'd be up front about ripping customers off to make extra profit.

It's about time! Now we just need the 2nd one

We're looking at less than £350 imo

Yeah this is why working within the gaming industry might sound like a dream job, but when you can't enjoy it as a hobby because it's your job it really doesn't sound appealing to me.

Damn, your MUM was playing Secret of Mana? My mum wouldn't even know what a SNES is.

That is absolutely horrible timing for anyone outside Japan/Oceania. I suppose it's not so bad on the west coast of US where you can wake up early. Ugh why can't they do this on a weekend? Looks like I'll probably be taking time off work to watch...

Rated A for Awesome

That's just odd. They should either be the same size, or cut in half to be square. That's the perfect size for the case, like CD case size and thickness. Going bigger is strange. Hopefully this is wrong.

@MrCarlos46 unless the tickets are only accessible through the webpage and you have to be logged into the account to have it on your phone, having them linked to certain accounts will be pointless. If they just send you an email near the date with a code to scan, anyone can use it. They can't prove it's not linked to your account.

@GrailUK why would he? He's going to be invited to an exclusive behind closed doors hands on event probably held the day after they air the Direct. And then his own console weeks before launch to try out. All of the games media industry have no need to attend these events, they'll have their own. And yes, he was selfish in applying for one, knowing full well he'll get invited out to Tokyo to see it anyway.

More fool anyone who actually buys it. Even if you're able to use it, you're funding a scalper who paid nothing to begin with. But also, I can't see how they can prevent anyone else using your ticket. Definitely not a foolproof system. You need a Nintendo account to get a ticket, but there's no actual way to prove that account that of the person attending. Unless they do name checks against a form of photographic ID, which seems unlikely.

As much as I would love to go and try out the console early, I wouldn't pay anywhere near that much to do it. It's not exactly a completely unique console experience, it'll largely be the same as the first Switch for the most part. The only really exciting thing would be playing the new games.

Nope. Just wondering how many tickets they had available tbh. In the UK, 3 timeslots per day, albeit overlapping with each other. It’s a huge place, that ExCeL centre. Obviously don’t know how much space they’ve rented out, but they can get a sizeable attendance there. And yet it seems as if like 5% of all applicants got tickets. Would love to know how many tickets were available for each timeslot and how many they’re allowing in at once with the overlapping times.

No mention of how automated Luigi is, which is a real disappointment. Find it strange you complain about the "random encounters" which are not actually random encounters since you can see the enemies on the map. It's a staple of the series and RPGs, you have to fight to level up. If that annoys anyone, they're playing the wrong genre.

Are we going to report the share price every week now? It goes up, it goes down. I'm not sure we need a regular update.

Of course it won't. There are those of us who will always be day 1ers

It definitely made the reveal less exciting. But what it did do was prepare us for the fact there isn't anything revolutionary or innovative this time around. We've had months to let that reality sink in. Whereas if we had been hyped about this super secretive new console, expecting something really wild and excitedly trying to guess how they could go a step beyond the Switch, we would've been pretty bummed with this reveal. "Is that it?!" So it's both good and bad.

Annoying the leaks showed us pretty much everything. Wish there was something that expanded upon the design like dual screen play, but I guess a better more powerful version of the best selling console since PS2 isn't a bad thing. Name is a bit boring, but understandable to avoid the Wii U confusion. Just wish they would at least have done something more interesting with the logo. Even PlayStation change to logo entirely every generation so it feels distinct.

Wish it wasn't just an teaser and announcing a direct THREE MONTHS AWAY. We've waited so long, they really should've come out with the full showcase either today or in a weeks time, even if the release date is to be further away than we want it to be.

Here we go, more moaning about the track textures not being as sharp as they could be like with all the DLC tracks 😂

I really hope that DK design is just an optional skin and you can still play as the original design. Because why only him and not Mario and Luigi? Either have all or none available. Movie designs should stay in the movie and video game designs in the games imo

Do these guys ever post analysis and find something is flawless? Genuine question. They're obviously looking for flaws, that's their whole gig. They find something wrong with every game I swear.

Nintendo have just lost complete control of this whole thing. They've handed it so badly. 3rd party accessory companies revealing what the console looks like before them. Whoever is in charge of keeping this stuff getting out should be fired, frankly. Surely these companies had to sign NDAs to not disclose anything about the console until they're allowed? And now we're hearing a French journalist saying the release date is April. They may as well let someone else announce the launch games too. Don't even bother with an official trailer, it's all out in the open now anyway.

There will actually be nothing left to reveal at this rate. Nintendo are just gonna shadow drop a trailer with some games and a release date and be like "happy now? Ya bloody vultures"

Not sure why MK64 is there, which has aged horribly, but OOT doesn't make it. If we're factoring in how groundbreaking there games were. Can't be that Zelda can only be represented once on the list, ALTTP is there too

I think it's obvious the "two Robotnik's" story was just for this movie, taking inspiration from SA2. Good to hear he's gonna be back for more, let's just hope it doesn't cost them $100,000 in gold ink this time.

Really random appearance to reference with this. I don't think I even got far enough to see him in Sonic 4, I gave up on that nonsense after a few levels.

They needed to be doing this on Switch 1. Absolutely shocked we never ever had a joy-con with a D-Pad, or at least ones which replicate retro button layouts from past consoles. Seems like such a Nintendo thing to do, but that was the Nintendo of the past, not present. Same as we didn't get any sort of menu theme update. Simplicity seems to be the strategy now, but I hope they take a more creative outlook with Switch 2 now that they've established themselves again.

We all know they'll release something in October/November again. It's like clockwork. Rather than just work on something until it's ready, they have this bizarre ambition to release something once a year in the fall no matter if it's polished or not. As a great man once said, a delayed game is eventually good but a rushed game is bad forever.

Can't see the need for Big the Cat if I'm honest. Rouge is a must, if only to up the female character count. Never played a game with Silver in but I hear he's in demand. They're at risk of bloating the films with characters the same as the games though. How long can these films realistically go on for though? Probably safe to call it quits after 5 or 6?

@VHSGREMLIN was? It's not even finished yet seeing as the 3rd one isn't out until tomorrow, and as such you can't know how good or bad it is personally. So quick to write off a whole trilogy...

@Pigeon if you had read the article you'll have seen he's already given permission to use it in the movie, so it's nothing to do with trying to reap some of the film profits.

Sony will find another few mil

Finallyyyyyy

@VoidofLight they've been a support team on several titles including the last two open-world Zelda games

I'm really feelin' this.

Yessss Bristol based icons!

Btw isn't the latest W&G actually a follow up to A Matter of Loaf and Death, or even Curse of the Were-Rabbit? Making it sound as if it's been dormant for 30 years

Nah, it'll be a placeholder image hence why it's just a blurred outside that resembles the current Switch

It's spine time

@MrCarlos46 surely not though, because the 3DS had themes and music

@MrCarlos46 definitely, it's crazy we didn't get anything for the Switch

@N8tiveT3ch a strategy that very nearly saw them withdraw from the console market. There's a reason they changed tact with Wii, and why it was a roaring success

Said it before, and I'll say it again. Different joy-con. If nothing else, one that has a D-Pad to feel more natural for 2D games. But it's a wasted opportunity to not release ones which are based on retro controllers. Give me that classic NES D-Pad and buttons with the 90 degree edge. The colourful SNES buttons, the Gamecube button layout with a yellow C-stick. And I'm surprised they never just made regular joy-con with retro designs on them the same way we had a NES/Famicom GBA SP. This is 100% something Nintendo would've done 20 years ago, but they've shied away from special edition controllers somewhat.

But of course, crazy controllers with all sorts of gimmicks and gizmos on for certain games. They could turn the console into an actual accordian or something daft like that.

What's with the grumpy moany articles recently? You wrote that one about not knowing who Raye was as well. You alright man?

It's really quite surprising no one, especially Nintendo, has made use of the fact you can detach and reattach whatever kind of controller you like to the side of the Switch. I really expected at least some retro controller attachments. I suppose it's not so easy if you want people to play on the TV not just handheld though.