BrokenCiv

Toot! Toot!! All aboard!!!

But seriously though, I really miss the videos Bill used to do with Reggie. Bowser is apparently a very boring guy…

Been on Steam early access for awhile now.

@Ulysses I agree 100%. Nintendo lost a lot of its magic when they stopped having fun with it themselves....

"Well, if the boot fits!" - Woody, Toy Story 2

Sure would be nice if I could preorder in the US. I've already resolved myself to the fact that I will be paying more.....Let's just rip the bandaid off and let us preorder the $%^& thing.... Change sucks but that's life. Roll with the punches.

Bowser is a joke. He cares nothing for the consumer; only the money. NOA was in a much better place with Reggie.

Switch 2 is no more of a Steam Deck killer than Steam Deck is a Switch 2 killer. I consider them to be vastly different. Kind of silly to compare the two honestly.

Sounds like GAME is the UK version of Gamestop (not literally but figuratively)? Also, I'm in the US...patiently waiting to see what happens. Its a frustrating situation to be sure.

"The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone, baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong, baby
And you'll be sorry someday"

• B.B. King

Consider the ball dropped.

Most consoles don't make money for the company. Its the software. Its been that way for years. Nintendo, a company that made 3.25 billion in 2024 alone and is also the richest company in Japan, can afford to keep the price the same to break even on this, at least till the tariff situation is settled which after they will keep the same price gouging sticker price on it to get their profit. What it boils down to is just greed and ego. They literally think they can do anything they want and us suckers will throw money at them.

Honestly I cringed quite a few times watching this movie. The only reason I watched it was because my kids wanted to see it and by kids I mean my 12 (soon to be 13) and my 14 (soon to be 15) year olds wanted to watch it. Glad the movie did well but it was just a little too overboard especially Jack Black which is saying something. My question though is why did it do so well? I’m thinking the name alone was the culprit.

I guarantee Nintendo’s ninjas knew these tariffs were coming and this is why everything is priced the way it is. When Nintendo saw all the backlash around the prices on their Treehouse streams they more than likely used the tariffs as an excuse to temporarily halt preorders and in the coming days they will announce that they are going to keep the price the same and look like heroes for not increasing the prices in order to charge the price they already knew they wanted. Nintendo’s financial reps aren’t stupid. They know full well what’s going on. Chess, people…….chess.

This game has no appeal for me...

“I don’t care. I’ll double dip for the eventual OLED Switch 2!” - People like this are part of the problem where Nintendo feels they can just nickel and dime us…

@DonJorginho the best, most sensible take in the whole comment section. People need to stop nonsensical shilling and be able to call BS when they see it.

Hey! The 3DS isn’t a bad prison to be stuck in!

Wow……that’s unprecedented.

After the slow DLC drip that was 8 Deluxe and playing it so much I have literally zero hype for this.

Quoting Michael Prachter immediately make you lose all credibility in this argument. This guy has been so wrong about a great many things for years on end. However these days you really can only take anything these anal-ysts say at face value anymore.

“Hey we are gonna charge you to learn about this system you just dumped a lot of money on”….. Nintendo nickel and diming us. EA is so proud.

Well they obviously learned nothing…given their approach to things this time around they’ll probably charge for themes later on…

Where’s the Nintendo Life article on how to breathe? I’m sooooooo lost with out it.

Congrats to Nintendo to finally making me a PC only gamer after being invested in this for 40 years. Ridiculous! https://insider-gaming.com/nintendo-switch-2-games-will-cost-80-for-digital-90-for-physical/. It’s not that I can’t afford it but it’s a little too much for what you actually get. We have to draw the line somewhere. I have two kids I still need to pay for the college education…

@1UP-HUSKY that’s like 97.71 USD. If that’s the case I’m pretty sure I’m done with gaming at this point. That or I’m going to be PC only gamer.

I honestly didn’t see anything that got me excited. It’s just a bunch of stuff I’ve already been playing on Steam mixed with a few new Nintendo games that still have the same aesthetic as they did on GameCube/Wii/Wi U. Like there’s not much graphical upgrade to them. I’m not even sure if I want to preorder now until I see something that I just GOT to play. My FOMO is non-existent at the moment. The launch lineup is incredibly underwhelming. What’s funny is that they were showcasing the chat feature when everyone else has been doing it for like 25 years (first games I used voice extensively was StarCraft and Halo 2 over 20 years ago).

LOL nice try Nintendo Life! April Fools was yesterday, silly!

LOL Ubisoft trying to recoup some of that loss…

Well that didn’t take long. At least it didn’t drop as hard as Snow White…

I don’t find X difficult to navigate at all…🙄

I love the “aka a trilogy” because we’re not smart enough to figure that out. 🙄 Anyway, of course they are shooting in New Zealand but somehow I doubt this captures the same magic as LotR…I would love be wrong though. Also, I think it’s risky going with Sony.

@Dee123 well you know what they say about opinions. If not feel free to look it up but really, politics have no place on a gaming site.

@Dee123 America has about as many morons as any other country honestly. We don’t have a monopoly, I promise.

@johnedwin but I’m not. I said I wished for a watered down version and even said it was wishful thinking…and I have several friends with “decent” computers that runs Wilds just fine. We all play together quite frequently. These devs aren’t going to release software that requires so much power that it out specs the majority of PC gamers. Not a good strategy.

@johnedwin people saying it takes a strong computer to play Wilds are misleading others. I have a good pc, yes, but it’s like two years old and I only consider it “mid” to be honest and it plays Wilds just fine without any spec tweaking.

I’ll be 44 this year. Having lived through many console launches I have to say that I don’t really get excited for them anymore. The last one I was genuinely excited for was probably 3DS (this is counting consoles from other companies as well…I pretty much have them all). After awhile you learn that the newness eventually fades and it’s all just the wash, rinse, and repeat method: new console releases, buy new shiny console, buy games, play games, wish for a new console after awhile, new console releases, buy shiny new console, buy games, etc… Will I preorder it? Yes however it still feels like Nintendo releasing already outdated tech. I understand they have to release it at a point it’s accessible to the average consumer price wise. What I hope to see out of the Direct are what new features it brings to the table. Sure we saw that mouse functionality thing but it looks awkward and not really a selling point in my opinion. As for games, I would like to see Metroid Prime released as a steelbook with all 4 games but I don’t see that happening so I would gladly take the trilogy and 4 separate in their own steelbooks. I know this is wishful thinking but perhaps a watered down, working port of Monster Hunter Wilds. I play it on PC and would love to play it when I travel. It just doesn’t work that well with my Steam Deck.

@Henmii Nintendo wants to be able to sell you the same games over and over and over because they know there are many people gullible enough to do it.

Probably an unpopular opinion but none of them. I’m tired of giving Nintendo money over and over again for the same games. The only one I would actually welcome with open arms at the moment isn’t even from Switch but Wii U which would be Wind Waker HD. I’d love to have a portable version and why we didn’t get it is beyond me. Nintendo ported everything under the sun from Wii U to Switch BUT that game it would seem.

Getting a preorder in for a new console always gives me anxiety… scalpers suck.

I hate it. Why do they have to do things so strangely? Don’t reinvent the wheel on everything. Apply the “kiss” principle we adhere to in the programming world: “Keep It Simple Stupid”.

My opinion. Call off your wolves.

I can’t get behind the idea that dev kits aren’t in the hands of developers yet. June release, fine. I can believe that. The phased approach for games? That sounds ludicrous. If true I’m starting to think upgrading my Steam Deck to ROG Ally X might be the better way to go.

@Yosher are you the Yosher who use to write for GoNintendo (you might still but I don’t frequent that site anymore)?

My time with Civilization VII has inspired me to return to a better game, Civilization VI which I have all the DLC for. I’ll also be dipping into some Helldivers 2.

The game that kept me sane during the “pandemic”. For that I am eternally grateful. This game will always hold a special place in my memories.

The majority of the USA says we are fine with this.

I’m loving the game on Steam. This game has been my daily “go to”. It’s also inspired me learn the duduk (I love music and play several instruments already like guitar and trumpet).

43 year old here and did I miss something? I have mostly good memories playing their games on my various consoles, especially my SNES and Genesis. Every company had their fair share of shovelware back then; still does today.

@Spider-Kev excluding Phil, Lance Henriksen was killed by a terminator, alien and predator.

H&!! YES!! Take my money!

But Nintendo is always so quick when it’s their own IP involved…surely they can be just as quick for the underdogs too?