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Definition of Illluninating: when a misspelled word should be highlighted, but isn’t.

I played this lots in the arcades back in the day, but I find all these Arcade Archives just too expensive for a little reminiscing. Someone port International Karate (and IK+) from C64 and then we'll talk...

With Mario Odyssey, NL talk about how ’post-credits it takes on a life of its own’. Aren’t you just revisiting all the same levels looking for more moons? Or am I missing something? To me, post-credits felt like I was repaying the game all over again, and so I stopped after a couple of worlds.

Funny reading this review directly after the Review Bombing article...

If I paid a hundred Aussie bucks for a game that merely had player name changes, then that’s a zero out of ten. Fortunately I don’t trust EA, and so wait for reviews and the eventual price-drop. Otherwise I’d be super-annoyed

I got out of this exactly what I spent ... zero

Was expecting the worst, but it was actually pretty good. Doesn’t push me into buying the game though

It looks and sounds gorgeous. Controls like a pig in a sack though. Raced once and deleted...

The weapons overheating complaint in the review is analogous to the weapons breaking in Zelda - just so infuriatingly pointless!

My interest in streaming and my interest in EA meet at a singularity with a value indistinguishable from zero...

So was it better when he played in on Switch before release? And hence the surprise? Or is he merely making excuses for a game that shouldn’t have been released in such a shoddy state?

ASMR?!? I feel older and older every single day

Sounds intriguing, but small font sizes are a no-go - my ageing eyes struggle enough

It reminds me of how rubbish I am at Zelda...

The onus really is on Nintendo to announce how they’ve fixed the drift issue with the Lite - considering they have admitted it is an issue on the original Switch (which took them far too long to acknowledge in my opinion). It’s not up to the customer to ‘wait and see’. If Nintendo don’t release a statement, then I have to assume that nothing has changed, and that rules me out of a second Switch for my daughter (along with the crappy family-share model, but that’s a different story).

This (called Hyper Olympics in NZ) and Hyper Sports were two of my favourite arcade games growing up. And I’d buy both for a couple of bucks, anything more seems overpriced

Something I can play in one or two sittings and then archive is a big ‘joy’. And as I now live in beautiful Australia, I’d better support the Aussie devs

Dumbest. System. Ever.

Why do Nintendo sometimes hate us so much? Nothing worse than legislating for the minority that would abuse an easy-sharing policy, so the majority of us have to suffer. It’s anti-consumer, and means I’ll not purchase a second Switch for my daughter

Announcing paid DLC before the game is released feels strange - like if it’s already planned and underway, then it should be part of the game. An announcement post-launch I’ve got no problem with at all

I think I’ll hold out for Sociable Soccer, although it seems to have been stuck in mid-development for years.

Do Scotland still play football? (Kidding! I still remember ‘82 when us Kiwis played you in the World Cup)

It just keeps getting worse - terrible family-sharing model, shorter battery life than the new Switch, and worst of all is Nintendo haven’t announced that they’ve reworked the joy-cons to eliminate drift (which they finally admitted was a problem).

I’m sure there are many people who will love their unSwitch Lite - and that’s great, but it seems like Nintendo missed an opportunity to appeal to more people - it should’ve been dock-able (no dock included), improved battery life, a more durable form factor for kids or travel (clamshell could have bigger screen with far less width, keeping it more portable, and you could play in tabletop mode), and the ability to play my games on a second Switch without hassle.

I love the art style, and Untitled looks quirky as hell, but I’m not sure there’s enough meat on the bones, so to speak. I’ll wait for a review, and if it’s more than a mere diversion, then I’ll grab a copy.

No, I’m not. Is every game getting a poll about who is playing the game? If so, then, great, if not (which we all know is the case), then why not ?!?

It’s a shame the Switch’s latest teased gadgets won’t work with a Lite out of the box. The new Ring, and the AR glasses, which have both been reported in the last week. It’s also a shame it doesn’t switch. Nor is the screen protected. As a second unit it’s ok, but anyone buying just a Lite may be disappointed

Platform exclusivity only harms the gamer. From a business point-of-view it makes perfect sense, but as a consumer it sucks

Phew, was looking like a quiet month...

I used to roll my sleeve over my hand so I could scrape back-and-forth over the buttons for maximum speed. Utterly loved this in the arcade (especially all the Easter eggs).

Would love this and part II, but as a stand-alone, it just feels overpriced

MSR was one of my favourite games - I was living in London at the time, so driving around familiar streets was awesome. Strangely, I’d always assumed I’d played it on my PS2, so was surprised it was a Dreamcast exclusive - memory is a funny thing

They call it Air, as that’s all the Kickstarter backers are likely to get...

Also, how did they manage to make it look so ugly?

So you have to buy the game AND still get hounded by micro transactions? No thanks. Add in loading times of a couple of minutes, and I’ve already moved on to another game

So the moral here is: don’t admit your mistakes, don’t apologise, don’t try to be a better person. Um ok, seems like a misguided punishment.

And for the record, I’ve not been great with everyone in my past, and have certainly been sub-par as a person in relationships, but I matured and learnt from my failings

Why developers/publishers release a shoddy, unfinished game is beyond me. Imagine of all companies did that ...

Here’s your new car, and the brakes get added in a few months time.

Hey, here’s my latest novel, the first three chapters are great, the middle hasn’t been edited, and the ending will come at some unspecified later date.

Big Mac with fries ... the meat patties ain’t in there yet, and sorry but we’re still trying to get salt on those fries.

I’ve not played a SNES game in over 25 years, so was looking forward to retro-bliss. Even grabbed an annual subscription in anticipation! And so far ... underwhelmed. The games I’d played before didn’t age well, and those I’m playing for the first time are pretty poor too. I haven’t yet played Zelda, Metroid or Yoshi’s Island, so hopefully they’ll be more fun

@AskAnEnemy This is not my game genre at all, but since you’ve engaged the community, and are obviously passionate about your game, I’ll grab a copy. I’ve gotta support people living their dream!

ReviewLite.

Methinks certain software is great to be mini-reviewed; this software, not so much.

The convoluted title is probably so its initials could be ADHD

Enough with the SNES games already; when are the N64 games coming to Nintendo Online...

The Wii only sold 101.63 units??? Who bought almost two-thirds of a Wii?

@johnvboy Wow, well done on entirely missing the crux of what I said. And perhaps you didn't understand the question NL posed, which was will YOU buy the Switch Lite - and for me it's a no. But like I said, in a different form factor I may have been interested - namely a clamshell (so my four year old daughter can play with less chance of it getting broken). Adios

I’d definitely grab PES. Looks like I’ll be waiting for Sociable Soccer, but don’t have high hopes of it turning out particularly well, as the development has been plagued by problems. To be fair, I don’t so much want a spiritual successor to Sensible Soccer as much as I want actual Sensible Soccer - that would get all my monies...

A Switch that doesn’t switch, with a terrible form factor that only makes sense on a switching Switch? Um, no thanks. A clamshell design with a footprint of the screen size might have got me interested; but this is devoid of innovation.

I almost bought this on sale on the eShop, but with two different versions, both listing additional costs for other stuff, I couldn’t be bothered working out what to buy - give me a version with all DLC and no extra costs, and I’ll be interested

Having picked it up in the latest sale, I’ll be playing Steamworld Heist. Have a good weekend y’all, and happy Father’s Day to the Dads out there

Another article on Astral Chain!

One of my favourite games. I do wish there was an option to just play each level though - wandering around for the additional challenges is a bore.

Also the Donkey Kong DLC is not as balanced as the main game - your characters are far too powerful.

But that said, it’s a gem, and at a discount it’s an utter bargain!

It seems a strange decision to make the game in portrait mode with one thumb control. Landscape and two thumbs gives so much more control. But then I’m not the target market as I don’t game on my iTelephone

The text of the review reads like the game was good fun. A 4/10 says the game was rubbish.

I can rate my own personal cost:time metric myself, as it’s different for everyone, so I’d rather a review told me if the game was worth playing.

I also agree with many comments that the 30fps ‘con’ seemed out of place. You’d have been better telling us how many frames per completion of game

I’m with @Mr_Muscle on this one. Before reading the review I knew it’d get a 9 or 10 based on the pre-release coverage and hype.

And I’m disappointed in the NL staff replies to Mr Muscle’s comment - where’s the professionalism? He’s your customer, treat him like one. For me, a reply along the lines of ‘you should definitely try it, as it garnered praise from many reviewers, and we think it’s one of the finest Platinum games we’ve played’. Whereas your defensiveness comes across as petty.

But hey, just my opinion, and I’m a NL fan, but I thought it was worth pointing out. Irrespective, this ain’t my kind of game, but I hope y’all enjoy it.

Thanks for the reminder EA. It also gives me the opportunity to remind EA that I don’t purchase half-assed versions of games, especially when they’re fairly similar to the previous year’s, and the one before that, ad infinitum

Beautifully written review, thanks @Vikki-Blake