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I have pre-ordered. After watching the comparison video I am very excited!

@thenikdavies Yeah, I feel the same. I wouldn't usually play this type of game, butI do love TRON and like to support it so they do more (can't wait for that ride at WDW to open!). We'll see. If the price is okay, I might give it a shot.

It's fine. It's a big game and I'm sure cost more to make. Considering inflation, etc. I don't think it's unreasonable. I do believe "case by case" basis is fine.

There wasn't like a LOT I will be getting, but the stuff that I do want is top-tier. There were some other cool reveals too though.

@Ryu_Niiyama I'm still trying to re-unlock everything in the Switch version.

I jst saw the price on the eShop - will Physical be the same? I think I want physical on this one, even if I have to wait.

This is cool. I've already got the GB games loaded. The selection is sparse, but I assume they will add more. It's interesting that they have sequels without the originals on there though. How about Super Mario Land and SML3: Wario Land and WLII?

As a huge Disney fan, I've definitely got my eye on this one. It's looking good!

@Ryu_Niiyama I have the WiiU version, but the expansion pass made me upgrade. I did get the base game on a good sale though at least.

This is cool. It sounds liek there will be a lot of control options. The Trilogy version with Wii controls was the best.

@GoshJosh Now, that's fair. I do agree that a $70 should be very polished and bug free at the least. I would absolutely factor such things into the value equation.

A lot of folks seems to say that $70 is fair for the higher-end consoles with 4K graphics, but shouln't the value of the product be measured in the game itself? We used to happily pay 50 bucks for 8-Bit games, and that was in 1980's money. That doesn't necessarily mean that I want to see Nintendo going to a $70 standard, but I don't think that they should be held to a different standard.

@jamspaper Neat! I always wish the more obscure features would get more love.

Honestly, I don't think they should have too many power-ups - a handful is enough. Save them for later. Actually, considering this seems to be an "origin" I don't like seeing all the latter-day stuff included. I do think the movie looks good, but I'm afriad they are cramming too much into it, like Kart and Smash elements. Hopefully it'll work out though.

@nesrocks The right Joycon has an IR camera for detecting things. The only game I know that actually used it was 1, 2, Switch where it could like detect rock. paper, scissors. or somethign like that - I never had it. Some of the Labo applications use it too (like it uses the camera to detect movement in the build). There doesn't seem to be much interest in the use beyond that though.

@Not_Soos This is in fact true.

Also, that show was pretty weird.

@Bucky So many people probably don't know that because widescreen TVs were so rare at the time. The dual-stick setup was also well ahead of it's time, though I found it less than ideal due to the difficulty reaching the face buttons. Still, Rare being on the forefront isn't surprising.

@WaffleRaptor01 I didn't claim it was a success, obviously they missed the mark with it - BUT it created the ideas that would lead to Switch. Personally, I enjoyed a lot of the games on it, as many enjoy those same games on Switch now. It also wasn't poorly made, as was suggested. It was a misfire for sure though. Considering the topic of this artcle, so was the N64!

@Bratwurst35 Yeah, but without the Wii & Wii U we would have never gotten the Switch, which is like a marriage of both.

I don't agree that either the Wii/U were bad though either.

@Vexx234 Well, right, but the GC controller is not standard (it's better!). Personally, I like Nintendo trying unique things. If they hadn't done that we wouldn't even have that standard controller layout that we have today.

@Vexx234 Wel, they got it right with the superior Gamecube controller. Interestingly enough, they also practically invented the "standard" layout too!

Weapon degration is the absolute WORST part of BOTW. It makes no sense at all. A sword won't break if you hit someone with it 5 times. It works for a tree-branch or other makeshift weapon maybe, but it was so obtrusive and annoying. At LEAST offer a repair option.

I just get the ones I like, especailly if they are from a more obscure brand that doesn't get a lot of collectible merchandise. I will buy Metroid related ones as that's my favorite. I do not feel like I have to have them all though. Sometimes I will see one for cehap somewhere and might go for it if I don't already have it.

Interesting. I also like that Miyamoto eventually got to make a Popeye game, though it would be quite different, but still really good! It worked out for the best though as Nintendo ended up owning the IP for their biggest hit. Had it been under license, things can change.

No reason they can't make a hybrid console AND something else. Who knows what nintendo will come out with. I would bet they may be eying somethign in the VR realm, either as an add-on or a standalone unit.

@Dezzy70 I was a big Wii U guy too - I really appreciated that system. I had Zombie U too, though I was not very good at it!

The thing about Three Houses is that there are several potential different stories. I played Golden Deer and felt that was very good, but I am familiar with the other stories, and they don't seem as strong.

I alos chose Golden Wildfire in Three Hopes, but I felt the story was not nearly as good, with Claude doing some very questionable things.

@Shiro28 You're right - it wasn't the "real world" at all, but it was heavily based on Super Mario Bros. 2 with the Pyramids, etc. It was definitely "The Mushroom Kingdom" though as shown in the opening of them getting sucked through the pipes from Brooklyn.

You know, the show was pretty crazy and off-model, but it was fun. Back then we were just excited to have it! I can actually remember watching the premiere week of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, and then on Friday, bang, Zelda! I was shocked. Keep in mind that there was no Internet - I didn't know anything about it. It was exciting being a kid back then!

Also, there were actually comics that followed this show somewhat, but they were a little more serious. NOT actually serious mind you, but deeper than the cartoon. It got a little into how the Tirforce of Power will corrupt the user, and even started to get into Zelda II territory with the Triforce of Courage. They're not terrible if you ever want to check them out.

I would like to hav eplayed Sparks of Hope, but I have the first one and, while I thought it was good, I just...didn't really play it much. I have a backlog anyway....

@Wexter You're right - it's not at all clear-cut. The handhelds really ran on a different cadence and should probably be counted seperately.

Really, the Game Boy belongs with the SNES generation - GB was out in '89 and SNES was 1990 in Japan. VB was '95 and N64 was '96, so really, they belong together too (with GBC).

A buddy of mine just gave me this for Christmas, so the updates are just in time! I'm playing thorugh the NES TMNT first - and man, does rewind come in handy!

It's MM2 for me - one of the all-time greats! Generally though, MM games are solid. I have found myself frustrated finally playing the Zero collection - what is with those games being so hard and obtuse? They have such a good reputation too.

Seeing some Castlevania is nice, but I don't much care gor "rogue...." games. I like the Baynoetta spin-off - nice art style there! On the Non-Nintendo front, Jedi: Survivor should be awesome like hte first game was.

That's too bad about performance issues - the art style is definitely great and very striking!

@Truegamer79 Oh, I HATE the breakable weapons! It's one thing if it's a tree branch, but a sword doesn't just snap in half because you hit a guy with it six times. At least have a repair option of some kind. It's honestly the worst thing about BOTW - but I still played the heck out of it!

@RupeeClock Yes, that is the A/V Famicom, and it also has the composite outputs that the US top loader lacks. You can read about it here on NintendoLife (just found it when double-checking the name):
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/02/hardware_classics_nintendo_av_famicom

Nintendoland was great - so much potential! It's unfortunate that so few of the ideas ever really bloomed into something bigger. We all had a blast playing it!

I love Miyamito and I love his story too. He came into Nintendo to design packaging art and such, but had these wild ideas that got noticed. He was often told that what he wanted was "impossible" but he'd push for more. If it really wasn't possible, he'd save the idea for when it was. He's a visionary, and that vision has made video games what they are today.

It really sounds like any other 3D Sonic game, which I know get a bad rap, but I still generally enjoy them. The glitches/performance issues are a little concerning, but hopefully they can smooth that out with an update. I'm not scared away yet, though I am not in a hurry to get this due to backlog.

I'll probably get it later - I jsut have too much in the queue, not to mention a couple games that are out that I haven't picked up yet. It is low-priority.

Road Rage was good and Hit & Run was GREAT! The Simpsons Game was solid, but not really as good as Hit & Run. Honestly the rest aren't that good, but I can still say that I loved playing Bart vs. The Sapce Mutants as a kid, even though that game is incrutible and difficult to control. We had fun with it though, so there's that.

@Morph I agree that the Saturn was a solid system, but I also agree with @Truegamer79 that the WiiU is woefully underrated. It's such a shame. The only real issue with the system was the branding & marketing - otherwise it's brilliant!

It should be a bigger version of Bowser's Fury style - that was perfect! It doesn't necessarily have to be fully open-world, but use those basic mechanics.

Great game - well deserved! Here's hoping they make more like it.

@Markiemania95 Yeah, it's the HORI. It's great! I got an extension cable for it too since it is wired only.

I generally like the Switch Pro D-Pad, though I sometimes hit the wrong input on it. I think that has more to do with positioning than teh quality of hte D-Pad itself. When playing a game using the D-Pad only, it feels great - when I am using the stick and trying to hit the D-Pad for ancilliary functions, I sometimes "miss" or hit it wrong. I think that's a "me" problem though.

@Markiemania95 After I got my Gameboy Player back in the day, I ended up picking up a third-party SNES style controller for GC - no analog sticks, but perfect for playing GBA games with a nice, big D-pad.

You know, when this came out I didn't like how different it was from the SNES version, which I just loved. It didn't seem like a must-buy or anything so I largely passed on it. I went back at some point and really learned how to play it and it is great - but still, I really preferred the feel and characters of the SNES one.

@-wc- Jsut a note, Hans Zimmer scored the moive, not Danny Elfman. Your point still stands that it was not Alf Clausen.