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@benmalsky198 I find it boring because on a straight the player is almost redundant. Placement is almost entirely based on power ups during these sections so it's basically watching a coin toss with pretty visuals.

I also find it frustrating because when you are not on a straight the game is fantastic. It's everything a video game should be.

But then it's back to a straight. It's like the game actively wants to stop you having fun.

MK World was a huge letdown for me. Huge swathes of the game are boring. It's the equivalent of adding a section between levels in Mario Bros where you just run to the right, no jumping.

It wreaks of an idea that didn't work but had to be left in to save face.

At least they're being up front about it for this launch rather than the smoke and mirrors double-talk during the original PS launch.

I got so much stick on forums for saying it had no multiplayer at launch. Even Eurogamer got sucked in and couldn't say if it had multiplayer, despite reviewing the game and finding it had no multiplayer.

@SteamEngenius So you can say a game is bad but you cannot say a game is good?

As you sat, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

@PoundShopOrwell You've confused irresponsible with informative. Anyone who is capable of following these instructions is also capable of understanding their warranty. They're certainly capable of reading this page, which includes a warning about voiding your warranty.

@RCGamer You don't have drift, you have dust. Different issue.

@Gerald Soda Streams and teasmaids

@Shepdawg1 This is a management decision straight out of the Nintendo playbook. Create demand via scarcity.

@Wexter That you find 3D All Stars amazing value is not a variable in this. The question is did Nintendo put minimal effort into creating the 3D All Stars package and they demonstrably did when you compare to other releases.

It is unfair to use the term lazy, instead I will say that the dev team were not given the opportunity.

There is a lack of polish and finesse about the whole package that doesn't feel like Nintendo.

I remember on the 3DS, if you downloaded a game you it appeared on the menu in a little present which you opened with a little animation. Where is that little bit of magic here?

Last week Sony gave away Horizon Zero Dawn, that came with an 'art of' extra. What came with 3D All Stars, a music player and that's it. No box art, no history, no model viewer, no concept art.

The upgrades that have happened are bare minimum, if they weren't in place the package would simply have been laughed at.

There is nothing about this package that is a celebration of these games and as they pushed it as a celebration of Mario that's pretty poor.

@Wexter You seem to be saying that Nintendo did not remake Mario 64 because they would make more money out of repacking 3 old games with minimal work. That I agree with.

But, you keep pushing that as a 'creative' choice, when it is a business choice.

@Steel76 Would love a Mario Kart VR. Tried Dash Dash World, it's pretty good but ultimately just makes you want real Mario Kart.

@Wexter It's not an easy out. Nintendo set the standard for re-release packages like this with the original Mario all stars. A good re-release changes the game so someone who played the game at the time won't notice it changes and a new player won't get hampered by archaic design choices.

Mario 64 is one of the greatest games of all time, but it was not the greatest game released last year by a long, long way. However with some love and attention Mario 64 could have been the game of the decade again.

Yes, it was Nintendo's choice. To re-release Mario 64, again instead of making it the best game of the decade.

@Wexter I was with you up to not porting Mario 64 with 60fps as a 'creative choice'. Was a lazy port of one of their best games released at a time when other companies are showing what can be done with a remaster.

@dmcc0 Sorry your right. Edited to reflect this. Usually UK charts are physical only and the section that chart is about talks about physical sales, which is where is got confused, but AC is the only one singled out.

As I say in my edit, that must be crazy figures for AC.

This is a misleading article. All the figures in that list are physical copies. Animal crossing shouldn't be singled out as being different.

Yes, it would be a different chart if digital sales were included, Minecraft would probably top it.

Edit: was wrong, that's probably crazy sales for AC as it launched after lockdown in UK.

@WickedUnicarnBoi Yeah they did. My son loves the books but gave up on the Netflix show. There IS a great game lurking in the pages of that book, but I'm not sure this is it.

Probably my most played game on PS4 apart from Rocket League. Was interested to see how it felt on Switch so will be in this weekend to see.

@TG16_IS_BAE I will see if they can go a few months without having to issue an appology before I get my hopes up.

@ReikoMortis Thats what diversity is. Whats happening at the moment is crap people get hired because of who they are.

@Y2JayRome This is not an appology, this is damage control.

Don't talk about the abuse, here's some games.

@TG16_IS_BAE Money they are donating... becuase the need to be seen to be doing something because they are desperate for this to go away.

@doctorhino This is done to anchor prices in the customers mind so you can equate a value to the content. When you see that a skin 'costs' 20, you see the content available in passes, which is what they really want to sell, as a good deal.

@Bermanator If a game encourages you to make in game purchases then that is an advert. Console games are full of them.

@Zuljaras The pattern I see is people assuming others level of offense when they give their opinion. Then trying to shut that discussion down.

@Zuljaras So 3 comments catch your eye. Two sound more disappointed than offended and the other being the most reasonable thing written on the internet since 2013. And you say:

"It is funny how many people find this game offensive. This tells much about the fragility of peoples minds"

Kind of prompts the question - why do you think people who are offended by something have fragile minds and if their offence offends you what does that mean?

@Zuljaras Thought that might be a link to someone being actually offended to back up your claim. Why are you angry about something that doesn't exist?

@Zuljaras I find it funny when people think people show how edgy they are by not being offended... when there is no sign of anyone being actually offended anywhere.

@Grot I didn't say I haven't experienced drift in another controller and that is the point you're missing.

You have to compare the speed of wear against similar items.

If the apples you buy from 'Shop A' go mouldy much faster than the apples you buy from 'Shop B' do you continue to buy apples from Shop A saying 'but all apples go mouldy'.

@Dethmunk It's pretty demonstrable that they would have known there was a problem before releasing the Switch Lite, and certainly arguable that they would have been aware when the original Switch launched.

@Grot Been gaming for 40 years and never experienced the problems I have with the joycons. If you cannot produce the complexity without stability then you cannot produce the complexity. You certainly can't hide behind it as an excuse.

Last night was playing Yacht on 51 Clubhouse Games and my opponent's controller was clearly drifting. Helpful for me because it was selecting the wrong cell to put their score in. But imagine producing a controller that can't even be used to play a turn based dice game properly then producing a console with the controller attached to it !?!

@Bunkerneath That's an odd response. You don't like a game... so you want it to be responsible for an email address leak?

@GameOtaku Games were unrated at one point. The ratings boards were brought in as a way to regulate the content the games industry creates rather than censor it.

While ratings boards are not great as they are paid for by the publishers so stuff like paid loot-boxes gets a free pass, they are better than the government controlling censorship. That leads to a situation where a knee jerk reaction from the media blaming games combined with a populist politician gets games pulled off the shelves.

The saddest part to this is there's a new generation of gamer growing up on switch who will think Nintendo = bad controllers.

@Zeldafan79 @Rayquaza2510 Contact cleaner is not only a temporary fix, but also the requirement for so many people to resort to this temporary fix on hardware that is only a few years old just highlights that there is a problem.

@RickD Sounds like a lovely romantic meal.

@Stocksy Fan-boyism and jealousy. If you're angry about the content being created in Dreams you may as well be angry at pens because someone once drew Mario in the back of their Maths book.

@fafonio You have told me everything I need to know. In your own words you have to be stupid to spend any money on it.
Not a great review is it.

@rockodoodle If your justification for this is that Nintendo didn't do it for years then you also have to accept this in their full price games because that same argument applies.

For example -

Ubisoft have been offering 'time saving' xp boosts for years why shouldn't the new Zelda let you buy Rupees - it's the players choice, you don't have to buy them.

@fafonio Is the caps lock trying to shout at me or just drown out the doubt in your own mind?

@fafonio If it looks like a turd and smells like a turd I'm not going to have a taste 'cos someone told you it was a brownie.

@fafonio You even capitalize the flaw in your logic.

I'll simplify it for you.

The game is entirely free HOWEVER if no one pays for it the game makes no money.

Your option is entirely based on the fact that YOU'RE paying nothing. Add to this that you openly dehumanise the people who are funding your gameplay by calling them whales (you also refer to them as stupid people and idiots in this thread)

Even if you can justify this utterly selfish response with yourself it is ultimately short-sighted. I've seen enough people think they are magically immune to the lure of free to play end up paying because they think they're clever. If they can keep you in the casino... eventually they'll make it back.

@fafonio What do the racers give you other than cosmetic variety?

You say you don't have to 'pay squat' - how do Nintendo intend to make any money then?

@fafonio If you think that 'you dont have to pay for cosmetic items' is a good excuse for the manipulative tactics employed by free to play games then it is you who is uninformed.

It's a real shame to watch Nintendo jump on this, especially as they're doing so when the ethics of such games are being questioned by governments around the world. The games industry is in danger of being regulated because it cannot control its greed.

@Tempestryke as you have qualified your statement by mentioning you're a parent, here's my experience, I am a father, a game developer of 10 years and I also advise magicians on the psychology of misirection.

And even though I know you won't believe me i will still say this - they dont need to hide the spike in the toy because you think its safe.

The easiest person to fool is the fool who thinks they know the rules.

@ReaperExTenebris I am defining a loot box as a reward that you can pay for when you do not know what you will recieve. Fortnite did have these but they were removed.

I underatand very well how addiction works. You are only refering to what attracts most people to most activities. We evolved to produce dopamine when curious and most games mimic curiousity and reward this. This is not Fortnites primary gameplay loop. It explots a number of other less desirable human traits. Firstly the desire to find order in randomness. People believe they can control the randomness in the game to try to replicate a good run. Secondly, and more insidiously, the nature of time limited items preys on our desire to fit in, leading people to play not for fun but for social acceptence. Thirdly is the sunk cost falicy which tricks you into thinking that once you have put money and time into the pass that you need to continue playing to get the most out of it. Thats just 3, but I should hope I've demonstrated that I know the difference between using dopamine to keep a player invested in a exploring a metroidvania and using seemingly innocent tactics to keep people in your casino till they part with their cash.

@ReaperExTenebris A few questions and points relating to your post.

1. Yes parents have an obligation to look after their children. But consider a toy that had a hidden spike inside. Would you blame a parent for not realising it was there? It is assumed on sites like this that everyone is aware of preditory tactics of publishers but thats not true. The rating for the game is 12 and does not suggest parental supervision.

2. Fortnite does not contain loot boxes. Many praise it for its more transparent battle pass system. But it is this system that is so addictive. It is totally designed to stop you playing other games and is full of physiological traps that most people, even those aware of the dangers of lootboxes, are aware of.

3. The word addictive, as it has been used in gaming for many years, means 'so enjoyable you want to repeat it'. This is addiction in the terms of a behavioural change and a dependency that requires the game. You can play a game for 500 hours and not be addicted to it. Thats a developers job. Not to keep you in their shop so they can milk you for your cash.

4. Yes, don't just 'not care' that's ultimately pointless. If you dont have an opinion thats fine but why post it.

@Galenmereth Nice to see a reaction that isn't a knee jerk 'defend the game'.

Yes, to sue Epic sounds like just a cash in.

But lazy parenting is letting your kids play instead of doing homework, chores and sleeping.

It is NOT spotting that a toy, marketed at children and clearly marked as being suitable for ages 12 and up, contains mechanics designed to cause obsessive repetition and dependency.

The hooks that are being used in Fortnite are deeply unhealthy and I've seen their results first hand. This isn't the future I want for my hobby.

@popey1980 @LavaTwilight if your in the UK they will only help if its in waranty.

My dad (an OAP) has been treated horribly by Nintendo as he brought a switch for my nephew who had problems with drift. They kept telling his to turn the switch on and off again, which wouldn't fix the issue. I had to get involved and was really disappointed with the level of service he recieved.

@BarefootBowser Just to be clear, I wasn't saying being a 'nerd' is wrong. If playing a Switch at a train station makes you one I am in the club.

The idea of someone choosing not to do something because of the way someone else will perceive them is ridiculous but, sadly true.