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I’m really curious to see how the assist mode works on The Perfect Run. Will it still give you 6 health? Or maybe it always doubles, so you get 2? Either way, it should make practicing that level much better as you don’t have to repeat the start sections over and over.

I won’t pay that much, I’ll just re-play it on my Wii instead. They’d need to replace the pointer mechanic for that price, the 3D All-Stars way of doing it wasn’t very good at all so it needs to be thoroughly reworked to be fun on a device without a pointer.

All my old 8-bit NES carts still working vs countless examples of digital-only products being switched off says his argument is naive at best.

About 10 years ago or so I realised that I barely knew this game at all. I had it back in the day but as soon as I found the Warp Zones the only levels I ever played were 1-1, 1-2, 4-1, 4-2 and as many levels of World 8 that I could manage (which often wasn’t much! 😅)

So since then I’ve made a concerted effort to avoid the Warp Zones and to play all the levels Big Shiggy and his team spent time making back in 1985. Ironically, finding the Warp Zone is probably what made me a gamer- the idea that experimentation and exploration could be rewarded completely rewrote my idea about what games could be.

I wish that 9,999 to 99,999 had been done to Odyssey, you could grind for coins in Luigi’s Coin World so much more effectively if you didn’t have to keep losing your winning streak when hitting the 9999 limit.

I love that they’re doing this, I’ve just got my preorder in. I’ve actually got a VB but I don’t have all the games and I’d expect the 120Hz screen could reduce eye strain by being less flickery (unless Nintendo deliberately try to mimic it! 😅).

Don’t summons in early Final Fantasy games count as prior art? I’m pretty sure Pokémon wasn’t the first game to do this.

How on earth is the European art winning, it’s by far the worst, it doesn’t even include the character art. Japan all the way for me.

I tried the demo on PC a few months back and the performance was shocking on Steam Deck and even on my desktop with a 5080 I was getting random frame dips and frame rates worse than Cyberpunk (and that’s with Cyberpunk running path tracing!) I’d recommend waiting for some performance analyses before buying this one in case they don’t fix the problems before launch.

I’ve enjoyed the game a lot, yes it’s only one track and a slightly different version of it, but it’s got that immediate satisfaction only an arcade game can give.

The funniest thing to me is that all these years later and Wave Race 64 is still the best jet ski racing game ever, and believe me I’ve tried loads of the alternatives hoping someone could scratch that itch. Aqua Jet is probably one of the stronger contenders too!

This looks awesome, I love how the trailer is done in the style of an old-school He-Man toy advert. The Golden Axe influences seem like a good choice too.

Oh, and I love those total junk controllers they’re playing on. 😆

Still can't see it on the UK store. You'd think they could at least put a place holder up.

Ahh, I love Metroid 2. I beat it back in the day but struggled without a map, but I gave it another go after playing the excellent AM2R and found I didn’t need a map after all, as the game does a great job of encapsulating the game into manageable sections which can’t be reached until the right conditions are met. It’s probably my second favourite Metroid now after Super.

The fan made DX version looks awesome on an OLED GameBoy Colour, with the subterranean creatures and backgrounds often having a nice bioluminescent glow to them. It’s a real shame Nintendo didn’t do an official DX version back in the day.

@HammerGalladeBro I just listened to the extended Escape theme in the Nintendo Music app and wow, you’re right where did that extra bit come from?!

Also weird is how it’s there for the cartridge version of the Escape theme, but the extended FDS version doesn’t have it.

That's great news, the last thing you'd want is to be shackled to IGN's owners.

I loved the idea of Game Builder Garage but I found it too limited in certain ways and what I really wanted was some sort of “encapsulation” tool.

Too quickly the flow became a spiderweb of lines that were hard to follow. If I could build a unit within a container which hides all its innards when closed it would make navigating the main program flow a lot cleaner.

"Sorry, this survey is not currently active."

Translation: Woah, woah, we didn't want this many people telling us they don't like Game-Key cards. Now how am I going to spin this to look good to senior management?

The map was very good, but I do wish they'd perhaps allowed the player to zoom in a bit closer at times. Particularly towards the end where I'd be trying to work out where a missed banana might be by looking at the numbers on either side and trying to guess roughly where it would be nearby on the map! 😅

I'm late to the party as I wanted to finish the game before deciding on a score, if I'd scored it in the middle of doing the Zebra Rehearsal yesterday with its annoying time limits it would have been busted down to a 7/10. 😂

I'd say it's a solid 9/10 overall. It doesn't quite score a 10 as I found banana discovery a bit more luck than skill and sometimes I'd waste a lot of time trying to find a banana that wasn't actually collectable at that point (the helpful parrot in Odyssey would tell you when there's nothing left to find). The larger level sizes perhaps contribute to more aimless searching for bananas and there seemed to be a bit less variety in missions compared to Odyssey.

I probably sound too negative, I had loads of fun playing it and pretty much played it non-stop every evening and for most of the weekends, so it's very addictive. I think because it's from the Odyssey team that I'm holding the game to a higher standard than I probably would hold any other game. Roll on whatever game they make next (hopefully it's Odyssey 2)!

I love how MK8 is still selling! I'd buy another physical copy myself if there was a version out there with all booster courses on it. 😂

As yes, the old don’t ask questions you know you won’t like the answer to trick.

Surprising considering this supposedly started as a Switch 1 game. What would performance have been like if they hadn’t moved to Switch 2?

On the one hand, all I’m playing on the Switch 2 at the moment is old Switch 1 games, so the Switch 2 is kind of pointless from that perspective. Bananza should hopefully fix that problem.

On the flip side, I like the bigger screen (I think it looks fine, all these reviews saying it’s the worst screen eva and all I see is a nice, big, bright screen 🤷). I also rather like the Pro Controller.

The oddest thing with the Switch 2 is I used to play the Switch 1 handheld all the time, but with the Switch 2 I’m mostly playing docked! 😅

I’ve barely played it, 150cc is just too slow, so I’ve gone back to MK8D. Maybe if they add a 200cc I’ll give it another go. Most of my Switch 2 time has been spent playing old games (Odyssey, Mario Wonder, Super Metroid and of course MK8D). Hopefully Bananza will reverse this trend!

I've got those themes already, it's more recent ones I missed. I wish Nintendo was much better at communicating when these events are on. If I don't catch it on the NintendoLife homepage then I'm completely oblivious about them.

For me at least, it's too late for many of these third party games. I bought them and beat them on Steam Deck ages ago. It will be the same for FFVII Remake and Rebirth, beat them both just recently. Nintendo really should have launched the Switch 2 at least 3 years ago. I'm probably mostly going to just buy exclusives on the Switch 2 and carry on with the Steam Deck as my main system.

My screen is still fine, but it’s got a screen protector on it and oddly enough I’m mostly playing with the console docked, unlike the Switch 1 which I used almost exclusively in handheld mode.

It’s a good game but it always felt rushed to me with so few dungeons. If only the remaster had added a couple more in it could have been one of the best ever Zeldas.

@Schliedenbaum Thanks. 👍 I guess we’ll get it with MK World Deluxe on the Switch 3! 😅

@Interesting_Bear_184 I agree about the steering feeling off compared to the arcade machine, it’s almost like the whole car sometimes moves sideways when cornering (rather than the expected tail sliding out when power-sliding).

I think it’s down to them compressing the range of an analogue steering wheel down to an analogue stick with a smaller range of movement. I’d seen the same issue in MAME and until now assumed it was an emulation inaccuracy, but now I think it must be correct but never happens on the arcade machine because people don’t steer the wheel so quickly.

Maybe Hamster could find a way to alter the analogue progression so that it increases more gradually to remove the more wild movements.

Anyone know if there’s a 200cc mode to unlock? I’m so used to the speed of Mario Kart 8D that I’m finding 150cc slow as molasses.

Worryingly my card still hasn’t been charged by Nintendo. I assumed preordering with them back in early April would have meant I’d get the Switch 2 on launch day but it looks like that’s not the case. 😢

I’m looking forward to finally trying SCII. I ordered it back in the day but it never arrived and I never got around to trying to find a copy after that.

SC1 is still a masterpiece and I recently re-beat it (including all the quest mode stuff) and it’s still amazingly good. It will be interesting to see how much of that transferred to SCII as I did buy SCIII on the PS2 back in the day but I don’t remember being very impressed with it.

What’s going on with the SuperFX 3 version of Doom for the SNES? I assumed it would launch around the time of Doom Dark Ages but there’s been no news for quite a while (that I’ve seen anyway!)

I like the new design, but I don't think the old one was incapable of expression. The original DKC game had DK's eyes popping out on stalks and his jaw dropping.

It would probably have been more honest of Nintendo to just say they are unifying their designs so the games and movies look the same to avoid confusion when characters don't look the same.

@N00BiSH I do find them very useful on Steam Deck, particularly in emulators, I normally map one to save and one to load. To avoid accidents I also set them to need a double click so I can’t accidentally wipe out progress when I rest the device on a knee!

Who knows what the future will bring, but I can’t see myself ever using this feature at all.

A well deserved recognition for GoldenEye. It’s still amazing to play on the N64 and the AI always keeps me on my toes by doing unpredictable things or placing enemies in unexpected places. Plus the missions often involve more than just shooting everything and require more thought than your average shooter.

I can see how it might feel weird on a dual stick controller, but if you’ve played the original RE4 it’s basically the same control scheme.

I actually quite like the GameBoy T2 game (the one that isn’t based on the arcade game). It does jump around genres a bit with a little puzzle game section and a bike section, but it’s short and quite fun.

It’s interesting the devs of T2D mention that a lot of tie-in games back then were made without seeing the film, I think the GameBoy game was made before the film’s ending was changed as it shows the playground from that ending.

Switch 2 will probably continue to be secondary to my Steam Deck as there’s just more choice on there (and freedom to mod). I suspect I’ll be buying fewer games at these higher prices, most games just aren’t worth that much to me so I’ll wait for a sale (or just never get the game).

It will be rare events like a new Mario that I would be willing to pay £80 for.

I’m actually surprised. I assumed of the negativity reflected real consumer sentiment (unless of course all these preorders are scalper bots). Hopefully the pricing hasn’t put as many people off as it seemed.

Japan, that CG cover just looks really dated now.

There was a terrible game on the Atari ST back in the day called Pothole Pete, the story was the titular Pete had fallen a thousand feet underground and needed to escape. Once you get in game, Pete can’t fall more than 3 feet without dying… 🙄

I thought that was pretty good, I’m still excited for the Switch 2 even though it feels like no-one else is. I’m not interested in any of the multiplayer stuff but the single player looks like it will be a lot of fun.

The open world is definitely either going to make or break this game. Hopefully it will be the latter and the world will be exciting to explore and not just be a long slog between tracks. I got slight Diddy Kong Racing vibes from the exploration so this could be really special.

@Chlocean I’m really hoping to hear about that too. I’d guess they’re going to save it for closer to the launch of The Dark Ages.

Wow, nearly 50% of us got one, not so exclusive after all! 😂 I got mine on the first day, so hopefully that means Daddy Nintendo still loves me more. 😉

Just got my invite to preorder from Nintendo, grabbed the MK World version along with a carry case and the GC controller. So glad I don't have to deal with scalpers: 💩

Finally, button remapping! The default is just horrible to use.

Considering they haven't shot an inch of film yet, I'd take this as no more than a target rather than a locked in certainty. Considering the Street Fighter film just fell apart, there's plenty of things that could go wrong to cause this to be delayed.

Even when they've shot the film, if it's not working it could end up being endlessly re-shot like the recent Captain America movie. I'll be happy to see it turn up in cinemas at that time, but this just feels like when they announced Bayonetta 3 too early.

For some reason I thought Bam Margera was a WWF wrestler…