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Sounds like fun, but it's a question of timing. I think Xeno 2 will be my next purchase...

Doubt I'll pay more than $20 AUD for this.

The problem is this will never replace traditional revenue streams. It has to be additive - so as long as it's new and interesting games, it could be interesting.

I'm yet to see cloud deliver on new gaming experiences - this might be a MMO version of the frostbite engine - maybe combined with something like second Life.

They are making the Oasis.

Lol....

RE4 is amazing. Best game of the GC generation (any platform) and legitimately one of the best games ever made.

Its going to be hard NOT buying this again - I don't think I have a working copy of this (GC gone, not sure where my Wii copy is, etc...).

C'mon Capcom - release all 3 in a pack for a decent price, and watch the sales soar

Umm, Bluetooth "button" controllers have been available for phones and tablets for years. This makes no difference.

Unless the software is designed for the device, it's more of the same.

Although I would always prefer a local, non streaming service - I would be happy to use this if the play quality isn't impacted too much. Especially if it means playing any game.

I can see the attraction for publishers and developers -assuming the backend costs are low.

@Gold_Ranger sounds like a shipping error. Call them up pronto.

I'm interested in this, but the price and difficulty is looking too hard for the kids. Will pass for now.

My friend from work just bought his first console ever, for his kids. This is the game I recommended for him, and they love it.

I suspect this will have a very high digital attach rate, so between physical and digital sales this should blast though 1m worldwide quickly. My copy was digital...

@Ludovsky I'll probably give it a go, just not sure when. I'll have to get Xenoblade at some point...

@jariw probably , but I spend very little time following gaming these days. It was more a criticism of what Nintendo Life is becoming... I would expect all games around the top #100 to at least get a review. It's not that hard!!

Was wondering why I've never heard of this... No page or review on NL.

More reviews please ... Still go long periods on NL without any.

Still remember when I got flowerworks released... Only in my horror to discover the real challenge was to get any attention from the media. You only have a few weeks post launch, unless you get some traction with an article like this.

How is this for a theory - developers find the best way to boost sales and visibility is to put out a (fake) press release saying how well their game is selling...

Watch the first minute of the second video. All of this is in-game, none of it is cutscene or FMV. This looks fantastic for a game of this type.

I think it looks great, and having played the first game this is going to be a big step up. Predicting this to be a smash hit in Japan, and hopefully will set the benchmark for what Pokemon will have to exceed next year.

Hollow Knight is selling incredibly well - and it deserves it. Undertale just came out, but Hollow Knight has been out for months ... And it's basically #2. Clocked over 100hrs and I have to force myself to not play more. 2 bosses I can't beat, 106% otherwise...

It's good, but it's not FTL imo. I finished the game on my first real attempt, using 4 islands.

There is some replayability from unlocking and using other squads, but some squads just feel unfair IMO. Probably give this a 7, whereas FTL is a 10 for me.

Finished this on the ds and it remains one of my favourite games ever. I also love how much of it is based on the real layout of parts of Tokyo.

That said, I doubt I'll get this again - I think ds style touch controls were essential in making this work properly.

But for those that haven't played this, it really is a great game.

I don't understand why a game like this would be procedurally generated. It's better to actually design the world, build the puzzles into it - and not have the hassle of designing and testing the world randomisation system.

My house is loving this at the moment. Playing the 4 player co-op puzzles is a blast, and something for all ages.

This is the first time I have pre-ordered and pre-installed an online purchase. Whole house waiting for Saturday.

As fun as this is, it really feels like an arcade game. It doesn't have the depth or full gameplay as the full Mario kart experience.

The longer you play it, the more the immersion becomes irrelevant... And the game matters.

Still, it's definitely fun and worth trying out

I really wanted to try the Dragon Quest... A co-op style game would be better and could go for longer.

I really enjoyed, maybe even loved Other M. Tried to get to 100%, and topped out in the high 90's. It was different, but that was the point.

Metroid: Samus Returns ... now that was a disgrace to the Metroid name

Celebrating 10 years without an original release...

I was keen to get this one for the kids... But with our large backlog, Mario party, Pokemon ... It's too much for now. Maybe in the Xmas holidays. The first labo is also now in pieces...

Nice, and more or less piracy proof. This allows sharing of digital games with a friend. Only one console can access these games, per account at once.

So you could play a physical game, and share your digital library with a friend.

I've finished about half the mainline Pokemon games, and I'm looking forward to this. And my kids will love it.

This should be obvious to people, like really.

They are not joycons. They have no analog stick, no shoulder buttons, etc. The only reason they snap-on is to charge.

They could be supported by other games - but this support would have to be coded in explicitly. This could happen in the future, but Nintendo isn't going to promise something that doesn't exist now.

They are nes controllers to play... Nes games. Shocking concept I know

Obviously an experiment from ubi. It's unlikely to sell well regardless (in Japan), but it could open up to providing all their back catalogue via the cloud.

5G is no panacea - game streaming has massive data requirements. People seem content to play one of the million available app store mobile games instead on the go

If they work on porting odyssey to the switch, it will happen after the full release on the other consoles. It's going to take time and cost $$$.

People need to remember this is tied to an account, not a device (right?).

So you can go to a friends house, log into your account, download the games ... and they can play them for a week (being offline) after you go back home and continue using your Switch...

If they only checked on expiry date ... it would only take 1 person sharing their account details online, and people could abuse this badly.

...and coming tomorrow is an article about not renewing subscription will stop you from playing online multiplayer.

Oh, the horror

Hollow Knight is chock full of delicious art - it underpins the entire game. If any game could put out a physical release with a gorgeous artbook ... It's this one.

The Port-all has opened.

Compared to what the Wii U and even Wii got ... This is a total dream.

I could actually play this together with my kids. Very tempting...

I played a bit of this on PC (free) at the time... The free demo might still be available.

Really enjoyed this, and would love to see this on the switch. Backlog and price would determine if I actually got it, but there would be 50-100hrs of play in this, if not more...

Streaming on the other consoles utilised both streaming from the DVD drives and streaming from the hard drives ... Concurrently to maximise the data throughput.

It would be very interesting to see what data rate is capable streaming on the switch (cartridge, internal memory and external memory all at once).

It might even be possible for Nintendo to manufacture "faster" cartridges (which are more expensive, or optimised for streaming). Be an interesting investigation.

I suspect the breaker might be the size of the data on the physical disc, compared to a cartridge and cost.

I'll be very surprised to see a rage type game on the system, but you never know...

Looks and sounds similar to stranger things on mobile...

Finished this on the Wii, and it's a truly brilliant game. It will be interesting to play this without motion controls. Close to My favorite game of that generation.

Very tempted to double dip, which I normally never do.

Go spend some time in Japan. A lot of people spend a lot of time on trains. Virtually everyone in a train is on a phone. And many of those people are playing games.

I'm surprised mobiles aren't 90% of the total revenue market...

If Nintendo can get $10m - $100m out of this, this is a great source of revenue.

More than they will ever get out of those ROMs directly.

Win-win.

@dougphisig depends on the items, but i would say 1-2hrs.

I have clocked over 100hrs on this, on 300+ runs. At first it seems impossible, but you slowly learn patterns, items, maps, bosses... The more you play the better you get.

I have got to the true ending on 3 characters, and beaten the easy final boss (Hunter). The pilot final boss seems way to hard, doubt I'll ever beat it.

Unlocked almost everything, including the secret floors.

My main criticisms are the game has too much, and is too random as a result. You can have easy runs or impossible runs, and it's nothing to do with skill. Some items can kill your game, depending on your setup.

It's also a little too mean, and eventually there is nothing to do with currency - I wish you could buy a gun or upgrade before a run with it.

Not sure how I feel about a massive extra content pack - there is too much stuff as it stands.

@maruse I was definitely surprised. Maybe it's the routes I was taking, or the hours... Mainly during working hours with no kids around. I had my 3ds out, and didn't see a DS in use the entire trip. Had plenty of street pass hits though, but not as many as I expected...

I only spent 1 day in the Tokyo region, and 1 night around Shinjuku. I did try out the Mario kart VR, which was quite fun.

You know what's funny? I just came back from 2 weeks in Japan, spent a lot of time traveling, trains and major centres.

I didn't see a single person playing switch the entire time - no joke. In fact the only console, was an older man playing PSP / PSV near Toyko on a train... Everyone else was on their mobile.

How about:

The hardware is a controller that syncs or clips into any modern Android phone.

The service is a YouTube red subscription.

Servers run PC games like NVIDIA shield.

Makes all available PC games available to all Android users with a minor subscription, or an additional subscription.

People need to look at the motive... Why would Google do this?

1/ attack Microsoft and windows
2/ make Android and Google an active option for high end gaming
3/ defence and attack against Apple - Google can leverage server / provider skills
4/ boost YouTube or other subscribers, and more revenue
5/ if successful, they can own the streaming market - and even own the platform for other providers
6/ the more people online, the more ad revenue for other divisions

I doubt they would spend a lot of $$$ on original content - be just a few games for promotional and exclusive purposes

...

I've always been strongly against cloud gaming - as hardware gets better and cheaper over time, it's even less useful. But if it opens up a new market - i.e 1000s of quality games to a billion (Android) users... It could be scary.

Thanks all. One of these sucker's would make for a great Xmas present my kids. My eldest has my old small 3ds, but my younger is on a DS XL. It's looking a little dated...

Do these consoles fold? I thought the 2ds ones I have seen stay open, partially because it uses one larger screen as a cost saving...

If it's 2 screens, it's much closer to a real 3ds...

Given how poorly Nintendo usually does in the UK, this shows that the switch is actually working and making inroads into the market. This is great news for Nintendo, and if things continue with this trajectory the switch will end up dominating globally.

A simpler cutdown switch hardware would work fine as a 3ds ... It purely comes down to the software side. What is the value of the second screen? Would they keep it compatible with 3ds games? It's a 3d screen still a thing?

They could do a souped up 3ds with a better screen, faster processor and even mobile network...

Would it be compatible with the switch - use it as a controller? The price point would need to be around half to work...

I'm keen to try this out, but after watching the first minute ... It's not going to happen in my household while the kids and wife and around. I don't think it would go down well...

Given LABO 1+2 have already sold 250k in Japan, why are people surprised that its "met expectation"?

This would equate to global sell-through between 600k-1m units ... with a lot more units shipped.

Give it a year, and it will certainly be a million + seller.

Real pity. Have a full online experience between 2 Mario Party households would have been awesome. Even a Red vs Blue concept.

My time is too limited and my backlog too large. Had 1 game, and the storm killed me even while I seemed to be inside.

Personally I'll rather play Splatoon, unless I can play this with a bunch of friends.

Nintendo and switch will do just fine this year. It's still at full price and they do have some killer games ready for Xmas, so sales should boom ... Combined with existing titles like Mario, Zelda, Splatoon and more.

So maybe they are hedging their bets, and unlike Sony and Microsoft have regular directs to show off new games.

Still, compared to last year E3 is barren that disappoints me. The industry seems to be running in idle and looking for the next big thing... If Ninty could have announced a bag of big third party games (even all ports) it could have really changed things.

No such luck... Maybe it will take another year for the big publishers to have something solid ready.