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And still no Daisy...

The render distance depends on whether you're docked or undocked.

Yet they failed to support the newest Mario series amiibo in their own series.

This game FINALLY gets the 10/10 it deserves!!!!!

Smart Steering doesn't allow you to do the ultra drift, and stops you from taking shortcuts!

Yay! They added Daisy...now add her amiibo suit to Mario Kart Deluxe.

Also, there's a Three Pikmin amiibo that works in Super Mario Maker.

Version 1.1.2 improves the AI of a certain boss in the game...

I wanted a Daisy amiibo costume Nintendo!

@gatorboi352 The Switch getting hot suggests that the game is using up all the CPU/GPU resources available. So yes, the Switch is being pushed to it's limits.

TT Games need to revamp their engine. It looks good but performance is a killer. LEGO Star Wars on Wii U had visuals that were clearly next gen...but suffered from an abysmal framerate

@sillygostly All Splatoon Series amiibo only unlock the orange costume. It's easy to code a game to allow amiibo based on a series like Animal Crossing or Splatoon. Just one line will do

Animal Crossing is Series5

Splatoon is Series8

Meanwhile, the Super Mario amiibo are split between two series (Smash and Super Mario), so individual character ID's have to be used.

For Daisy, it's 0x0013.

For Waluigi, it's 0x0014.

For Boo, it's 0x0017 (after Goomba and Shy Guy).

Also, they would obviously need 3 different suits. Funnily enough, Miitopia, a game coming soon, supports Daisy but not the other two.

@Dakt Nearly all Battle Mode assets are brand new.

@Moon Ironic how they added King Boo and a Boo item, yet they completely forgot to add Boo amiibo support...

@dethmart The digital version has faster loading times.

But still...Nintendo where are my Daisy and Boo amiibo suits? You added a Daisy amiibo suit for Miitopia recently...

Why doesn't this game support the Daisy amiibo?

I hope these decent sales for Mario Sports means that NINTENDO WILL MAKE BIGGER BUDGET SWITCH ENTRIES!

An abandoned idea for a project name was the 'Samus Seekers', but the team wanted to utilise a franchise that was still active and commercially successful.

HAHAHAHA.

...work on the inevitably disappointing successor to Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash; successfully promoting a game with so little marketable content was considered punishment enough.

@Skunkfish Digital Foundry confirmed via PM that it runs at 675p when docked

Unfortunately, I won't be touching this game because of how blurry it looks in handheld mode.

For shame Sumo. 720p native should be mandatory on the Switch.

Something seems very, very fishy.

The game size on Switch is 7GB, whilst on PS4, Xbox One and Wii U, it's around 20GB....did they compress the cutscenes?

That mandatory install might be that "typical content update patch" in disguise...

Yet, we get obvious rehashed, recycled content with no love in Mario games.

Case in point.

I wish voice actors like Deanna Mustard were more in the public eye...

It was good, but the 540p resolution and low tickrate need fixing STAT

Looks very pretty with new voice acting, new engine, and refined gameplay mechanics....COUGH MARIO SPORTS SUPERSTARS

I'm blaming the Wii U burning bridges.

The Wii U version DOES have identical visuals at a lower resolution

Bowser Jr did not get his profile icon as a punishment

I called this. In fact. I was the one to alert Digital Foundry on this when I played the demo and looked at screenshots.

OH! The Wii U version is sub-HD too???? Assassin's Creed III did push the system harder then....

Going to get the one with Daisy's pic in it for obvious reasons.

Please let there be a Daisy amiibo suit!!!

@Reignmaker I want a game like this to come to Switch because then they are going to have to deal with HD assets...and the big screen. So cutting corners would be more easily picked and called out on.

As a Princess Daisy fan...this review... is fair and justified.

1. The amount of recycled content is just awful for a priced title. I had a complete lack of excitement when I saw the complete course list. A Golf Course like Golden Links would be better off as DLC for World Tour...and it already DOES feel like piecemeal DLC!

2. Bad unlockables. Metal Mario and Pink Gold Peach? Seriously? Did they run out of time? Baby Peach and Baby Daisy would make more sense, as at least effort would be put into making new animations and not lazy skins.

3. amiibo. They have seriously dropped the ball on amiibo support. None of the Super Mario amiibo work, unlike Animal Crossing amiibo figures in Happy Home Designer This feels scummy, especially as the more powerful Supestar characters are locked behind them. Getting 5 Princess Daisy cards is going to cost a lot of money and they won't work in Mario Party Star Rush or Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World.

4. Exciting stadiums like Bowser Jr Street or The DUMP are nowhere to be found, so this game lacks the spice and flair that's present in games like Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games series (which is frankly much more impressive than this game).

5. This should really be in HD in a home console environment. The 3DS has really hurt this game IMO. The Switch is the perfect console for this

I just want a Daisy profile picture.

Nintendo were not lying when they said battery life will vary by game.

Doing tests on my PC, the amount of heat and noise generated is 100% dependent on what game I'm playing and what I'm doing in said game. The Witcher 3, with it's dense grasslands and detailed hair physics causes the GPU to rise to 80 degrees Celcius, and that's with the default fan curve. Less demanding games like Rocket League run at 59 degrees and a game like Sonic CD causes the GPU to idle at room tempertuare.

It's the same for mobile phones. Playing a video game like Grand Theft Auto causes the phone to burn in your hands and die in an hour, especially when explosives and the police are involved.

Even the developer on Minecraft Pocket Edition wrote that raising the render distance (how far you can see) is not good for the battery.

I know YOU have a Switch in your hands Nintendo Life. Don't cover it up. There's an embargo and you will talk about it on Wednesday.

OMG Nintendo!

Where's Daisy, Toad, Rosalina, Wario and others? Seeing that they have PNG files and 3D World style icons, there's no excuse!

EXAMPLE

This is the PS3 version!

Heh, I actually know the leaker's name and stuff....he has access to Wii U and New 3DS documents too.

It doesn't bother me now, but it absolutely should have the media apps by year 1. NERD are pretty good with the OS and Virtual console.

PS3 version without Ultimate Team here we go!

Sports games are better when they have Daisy in it.

The characters seem to snap in place when they move directions, like a 1994 game...

@JohnGrey 6 hours 3DS battery life? What?

@JohnGrey 3DS charge time = 3.5 hours.

I hope the Daisy amiibo figure acts the same as the card.

This system should honestly be dead after 2017, otherwise it's just going to hurt the Switch in the long run.

The Switch is marketed as a home console in order to not lessen it's value, but it's innards are handheld through and through. Even the ARM architecture is built for mobile processors.

All the 3DS games are either ports now, or ones using recycled assets. Look at the newest Mario Sports, which should have been on Switch.

(Mario Golf World Tour)

(Mario Sports Superstars)

Why can't characters in games be more like Daisy, with obvious traits that allow for fan interpretation and creative freedom?

@thesilverbrick Probably the IR port

Hnngh, Zelda on my car trips!

It will probably be based on the PS3 version, but custom built to exclude Ultimate Team!