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Is Basic Math 60fps? It better be, otherwise ‘no sale’!

@johnvboy Chill dude. It’s a comment section, and I left a comment. There’s nothing for me to ‘get over’. Bye!

In the Italian dub of the trailer, the Mario voice is spot on!!

Sounds terrible! But still sounds better than the Mario football game…

As a kiwi, I will obviously have to get Super Kiwi 64. It looks awesome

KIWI APPROVED

Sounds like too much Rabbids for my liking. I wasn’t a fan of them in the first one either, but still loved the game despite them being in it

Although my biggest issue with the first game was the exploration/puzzle bits. All I wanted was the option to choose a battle without wandering around looking for one. Basically, I just want the tactical part of the game and zero story. Considering this game now has expanded environments and more dialogue, I’m probably not going to get it. Shame

When they announce DLC (and three of them!!) before the game has even released, it means I’ll wait until there’s a complete package before buying - and by that time it’ll be on sale!

Redd has yet to visit my island (well, my daughter’s island), so have yet to see any artwork. Shame

I have been to Buñol for La Tomatina, and it was one of the most fun things I’ve done in my life! If you get a chance to go to the festival, take it - it’s an hour-long, hilarious food-fight

Can’t wait to play this again! But how do you ride the dolphins?!?

Waving your joy-con like a wand means I’ll definitely get this on Switch. Expelliarmus!

Beautifully written article. My only quibble would be that you put onion on the ‘perfect burger’, and yet no cheese? Other than that, five stars, would read again…

The thing is, I’d rather EA did treat their game more like a legacy product, and sell a cheaper updated roster (especially now that Fulham are back in the Premiership!). And then update their core game with new mechanics every couple of years for a full-priced new release

This looks like a rather nice, relaxing game. I’m thinking it’d be really fun in co-op, with two people swinging their joy-cons to the music!

Before the Atari 2600 came out, we had a system called Sportstronic. It basically had four or five variations of Pong, such as Squash, and Football, but still just paddles going up and down to hit a ball. So my first every video game was Pong!

This isn't a war - it's a needless invasion by the Russians. When the Russians are killing civilians, bombing civilian targets, executing Ukrainian soldiers, and committing many atrocities that I'll not go into - then they are very much the 'bad guys'. Let me shoot some virtual Russians in a video game, and send 20% of the Goldeneye purchase price to fund the post-war Ukrainian rebuilding effort

F2P, no thanks. I don’t want my daughter pestered by micro-transactions whilst playing a game - I want her to enjoy the full experience. I ended up subscribing to Apple Arcade just to avoid ads and micro-transactions; it makes for a much more relaxing gaming environment

Loved the battles in the first one (hated the wandering around looking for battles…), but this left me a little underwhelmed. It could be the lack of a grid that’s thrown me, or maybe it was the off-putting voice-over. I’ll wait until it’s released and see how it reviews

Just add some friggin’ games. Nintendo’s glacial pace is dissuading me from resubscribing. I’ve always been a fan, but I’m slowly losing interest…

@CharlieGirl you win the internet today!

The term ‘metroidvania’ irks me, mainly because I’ve never played a Metroid game nor a Castlevania one. But I know what a 2D side-scrolling game is. I played the fabulous Pitfall back in 1982, so I’ll refer to this genre as Pitfall-like (or Monty on the Run-esque, or…)

Can you turn off those cut-scenes when doing a super-shot? The break in action would annoy me far too much

The floating rails look so bad that I can’t even take the game seriously. I’d rather they just remade Sonic Adventure - I loved that on the Dreamcast!!

I got the NSO Expansion pack, purely so I could buy the N64 controllers, solely on the off-chance that Goldeneye would be coming to the Switch…

Thanks @Silly_G - I appreciate your thoughtful response. You’ve pretty much sold me on getting it for her!!

How do you die in a game when you’re already dead…

I threw up a little watching that…

I’ve never played Pokémon. Ever. But I’m thinking of getting this for my seven year old daughter. Two questions: age-wise is seven ok? And why are there two versions? Do you need both?

@KateGray I’m going to steal/borrow the phrase ‘getting LIIT’ - I love it! And I might shortly have a tea cake, just to remind myself that today was far from TEAdious…

Tea! During the day I’m an Assam kind of guy, and by night I go Rooibos (which is naturally caffeine-free). And when on the town, it’s a Long Island Iced Tea…

Sorry, what are we talking about?

The project is a scam, as are NFTs. Which makes it a scam within a scam … it’s borderline Inception

If the development team is only two people, then they were probably working on this before Link’s Awakening came out

Mario + Rabbids was a great game, despite the Rabbids, not because of them. I prefer my games Rabbid-less

Gibbon is also on Apple Arcade. Get a free trial subscription and you can play them both for nothing!

Cracking video - thanks Zion, and all those who contributed!

I love this Backlog Club idea. I’ve got NSO, but don’t think I’d ever be bothered trying Earthbound - but if everyone else is giving it a go this month, then why not!!

It was a new, all-inclusive way to play. And it was awesome … for a bit. But in typical Nintendo fashion, they never expanded upon it. How hard can it be to add a new golf course?!? I’d be embarrassed if I set up this phenomenal way of playing with friends, and then let it wither and die … but it unfortunately sums up how Nintendo act, which is beautiful and bizarre in equal measures

I barely play anything on NSO, but I think it’s because the games are drip-feed so slowly at random times. If there was some sort of schedule, like two new games at the start of each month, I reckon I’d be more engaged

It makes a mockery of the publisher’s name, Devolver Digital…

I very much look forward to these dropping at an irregular and snail-like pace...

My six year old daughter loves Overcooked All You Can Eat, and Lego Harry Potter; both in co-op. She also likes the SNES Super Mario games (no idea which one/s). Mario Kart gets the odd go too. (And Little Big Planet on PS4 in co-op was hilariously fun!)

After reading the first sentence, I knew this article was written by Kate! Love it!!

Why does everyone keep referring to prequels, sequels and trilogies? As far as I can tell, there were only two Star Wars films - Star Wars, and The Empire Strikes Back…

The Legend of Zelda: Breathe in the Wild

So everyone in here seems to want a free copy of a Nintendo guidebook. And Nintendo don’t want everyone to have a free copy of their guidebook. Well, naughty Nintendo for expressing what they want to happen with their stuff - don’t they realise people feel entitled to have it!!

Diddy Kong Racing is the best Mario Kart ever. Great single player adventure, and awesome power-ups mechanic that feels 100% fair

I like how a skateboarding game gets reviewed by someone named Ollie

I was surprised Fortnite is still so popular. Most of the kids I knew who played it have moved on, or seem to play it less that they used to. But then you see Epic raise US$50M in 24 hours for the Ukranian humanitarian effort, and you realise this game is a behemoth!

I checked it out a few years ago, but was terrible at it, and the building mechanic was well beyond my skill level. Without building, I might give it another whirl - do they have lobbies for newbies?

I made one called Games, and put all my games in it … am I doing it wrong

I just had a few races with my six year old daughter here in Australia - we loved the new tracks. I thought the graphics were fine (didn’t notice any difference from the usual tracks), and my little one commented on how cool she thought the music was in the Paris one, and loved seeing the Eiffel Tower!!