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@AndyC_MK84 yeah f zero was bad, but Zelda, Metroid, Luigi's Mansion, and others used the gamepad exceptionally. Many are still a blast if you get a group of 3-5 people together.

@AndyC_MK84 I didn't say they haven't put out any new games on switch. I only said that the majority of the games on switch are Wii U ports. Mariokart, Pikmim 3, Super Mario Bros U, Zelda Breath of the Wild (which they took away gamepad functionality so that it would be the same on switch), Captain toad as you mentioned. Mario Maker 2 though technically not a port is clearly a port because it still has the exact same glitches from Mario Maker. But like most of the ports they added some new functionality of levels and took away some as well, as is the case of Captain Toad and others.

@AndyC_MK84 Nintendoland, Batman Arkham, Assassin's Creed, Xenoblade, Skylanders, Mario kart, Call of Duty... Honestly it's harder for me to think of games that didn't have extra futures with the gamepad than games that didn't. But you're right that some didn't use the feature.

As far as social interactions I guess it depended on having friends that also had a Wii U... But at it's release you could even comment on sports games while watching TV and the gamepad would show you where each shot was attempted in basketball at least.

@AndyC_MK84 Yes removal of the DLC and even the game for a time was ridiculous. My only hope is that they were preventing unknowing parents from getting it for their kids on the wrong console around release date on the switch.

@AndyC_MK84 Most every Nintendo released Switch game is a Wii U port... Even 3 years later. The Wii U had the virtual console and full Wii functionality. Most other games are ports available on PC at a lower price. If you only care about the number of games available you should just stick to PC gaming. If you want to play Nintendo games the Wii U is the system with the most Nintendo games available. Your argument doesn't seem to hold up when you think about it.

@Bret I think it's the best Nintendo system by far. It has better social interactions, better functionality with the gamepad, better user interface (though load times were admittedly atrocious), better backwards compatibility. Anyways in many areas the Wii U was the best Nintendo has put out. Unfortunately it also had the worst marketing of any Nintendo system. I actually own every Nintendo system, including virtual boy, and the Wii U is the only system I own two of... Because I moved overseas and got one that was compatible with the region I moved to.

As are most things with the Wii U... This was the best way to use Netflix. You could brows movies with the gamepad or if you needed to leave the room, say go to the kitchen or bathroom, you could take your movie with you.

@MrGawain Don't forget that code also works on Smash Ultimate for the Switch! A very useful code indeed

This mostly makes me sad. I assume that, since this was originally a Wii U title, there would have possibly been Miiverse integration and you would have also possibly seen your own Miis pop up in game. So sad to see what was scrapped to port this to the switch. Like the more verified removal of the use of the Wii U gamepad as a map. That would have made the game way more immersive.

Yes xenoblade. Very few games are better. I'm never excited to see a release be game of the year... But this is one game I can always support being at the to of a list.

@CoastersPaul This needs to be answered!

@Strife89 If you consider the amount of stages, music, spirits, etc in the base game with the dlc the pricing looks even worse. I believe 74 fighters, 104 stages and 800 in base game verses 1 fighter, 1 stage and however many songs in dlc. For me it's not worth it unfortunately.

@Broosh When you look at states at songs it gets worse because there are more stages in the base game than characters. Yeah I just don't buy overly priced dlc. On Wii U I bought the Mario kart dlc though, but it gave you 16 new tracks and like 8 new drivers for the price of 2 smash characters...

@Broosh look at it this way. For the base game I paid less than $1 per fighter. So the DLCs are a 600% markup. I could afford the base game yes. But if the base game was $444, the price if every base fighter was $6, there would be no way.

So I can pay 10% of the price of the game and I can get one more character... I wish I had that type of money because I love Sephiroth. But as I don't buy Cloud for Wii U I won't be getting the One Winged Angel for Switch. If they were more like $1 each I'd definitely be able to afford them... Even if that would still make them more expensive than the fighters already in the game.

I'd prefer to see how his Amiibo fits on my shelf.

@HeyItsFlapjack as @wsli said "I don’t think you can decide for someone else if they can be offended or not." If he truly believed what he said he should remove the comment because I'm offended by it. That should be enough. If you believe what he says you shouldn't need to ask me about why I'm offended either. But, hopefully you're just honestly curious, so thank you for asking. But I'm not comfortable sharing why it's offensive. Hopefully he'll do what's right and remove the offensive comment.

@wsli I'm offended by your comment. Would you kindly remove it? I'm not trying to be mean or anything, I just find it offensive.

Just another Wii U game ported to switch.

I'll probably get it for Christmas. I never buy games between mid November and Christmas, because then what would I get on Christmas day?

@wazlon their review confirms this.

It's sad that one of the best Nintendo consoles was also one of the worst selling.

Many of my friends didn't even know what a Wii U was. But once they saw experienced Nintendoland they loved it. Early on there was great 3rd party support like Assassin's creed, Mass Effect, Call of Duty and several others. Though the big names stopped showing up there was always great Indy support and the Nintendo games were amazing.

I still recommend this system to people that haven't played videogames in awhile because it can play almost every Nintendo games, including every Zelda game ever made to this day.

The only reason I can think that it was a failure was bad marketing. As I mentioned before none of my friends know what it was, but many played videogames and had a Wii.

@SpacedDuck they did this back with the GameCube... And people still thought there ps2 was more powerful. Plus the ps2, with way less power, destroyed the GameCube in sales. Whole they were open with the Wii having less power, and sold way more consoles than their competition that time around. So I don't they'll go for a new system centered around performance anytime soon.

So should I skip this if I was hoping to play multiplayer?

@wazlon I could definitely tell a difference between Wii U and this in multiplayer. Single player however isn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be but the fps definitely dips at times. For me not enough to ruin the experience... Multiplayer is unplayable unfortunately.

Well I already have the amiibos, so of course I'll be using them. I wish they would announce some new ones. Still bummed there weren't any for xenoblade.

@fayaine Is it pretty easy to emulate Switch games? I'm already buying... but I have found it, the demo, to be unplayable two player which is how I wanted to play it.

Have they improved the frame rate? Single player is fine but when you enter 2 player mode... it's borderline unplayable.

I think the Doh is pretty easily heard. If it weren't for that I'd more easily consider the German phrase.

Nintendolife is right, Skyward Sword is way better than Twilight Princess.

@Maxz if it's digital how is it sold out? I wish they would release the digital version for free or a small price so I wouldn't have to put the cart in every time I wanted to play... I usually prefer physical for games. But for a workout games I feel like the easier to get started playing the better.

Since when can you get ring fit adventure digitally?

I actually started playing this two weeks ago and I love it. One of the best f2p games I've played.

@Soft I care... a little bit.

When I purchased my first special edition of a game I loved how it had no ratings label on the front.

Also, when I first started purchasing games in the EU instead of NA I found it frustrating the the boxes have like a little pink triangle on the bottom of the box that the NA and JPN versions don't have.

Now, does it prevent me from buying a game. No. Do I complain about it ever... not really. But does it bother me a little bit that when I put my boxes together the EU ones look different than my NA and JPN boxes... A little bit.

Personally I think it's not a good choice to change the artist's original intent. But I do understand.

@Fazermint in this pack golf is entertaining for 10 minutes, so is robonauts.

I got the rest because often there will be sales to get a free game if you own another game. Sometimes those games have been free at earlier times.

I'm still bummed they didn't make amiibos for any Xenoblade game.

It's amazing what an international virus that requires you to stay indoors can do for the videogame industry!... and decent marketing early on.

@__jamiie and people that can't afford the newest console so they are a generation behind.

@Blooper987 I believe Captain Toad was either $30 or $40 when released on the Wii U.... So basically for every release of a ported game they are staying around the price of the original.

@Octane When you could buy 1-3 for $60 today on the Wii U or wait to buy 3 only on the switch for $60 it only makes sense. Well at least if you assume they don't care about their consumers it makes perfect sense.

@Spartacus3765 before they took it away from the eshop you could purchase Pikmin 1, 2, and 3 for less than $60... And then use gold coins for the dlc. I guess they realized it was too good of a deal on the Wii U and had to remove it.

@Tharsman As of earlier today you could get the game for $20 and one of the dlc packs for 20 gold coins. I doubt the 3 month wait and $40 difference makes up for the extra price of the other, I believe 2, dlc packs. Or, for less than $60 you could get Pikmin 1-3 one the Wii U, plus 1 DLC pack... Is the additional content going to be as good as the first two Pikmin games? I think the fact that they immediately dropped the game, 3, from the Wii U eshop says something about how much faith they have in the new content.

Also I don't believe they would drop the price by 25% within the first two months of release. Has Nintendo done that with another title before? I know other companies have, but I don't recall Nintendo ever doing that.

@Electric-Dreams Thank you for this comment.

I can buy a second copy on the Wii U for $10-$20 today, or wait 3 months to buy it on Switch for $60. Tough choice to make. Can someone give me advice on what I should do?

But seriously, I'd recommend buying a Wii U and Pikmin 3 because the play style with the gamepad was amazing. I saw these plus a couple other games on craigslist for $80 recently. Plus you can get them today.

A 7 year old Wii U game I already own, but I can own it again at full price for a minor update. I think I'll pass like I have on so many other Wii U, I mean Switch games that I already own. I wish I could get some new games, but I guess it's good that other people are getting the opportunity to play.

@SpaceKaren literally own every Nintendo console... Bought by first non Nintendo system this generation. I don't hate the switch. But it has had to many rereleased Wii U titles that I don't care to repurchase while I wait for something new.

@Big_Fudge I don't know how people are ignoring what happened, didn't happen in 2016. Basically they stopped everything to move it to the Switch the following year. For instance, BotW would have been one game that would have made 2016 incredible, but it was delayed to be a simultaneous released on the Switch.

@Woodyshoe I don't know. I like vii and ix but I also like rpgs. Honestly none of these are probably down your alley. Maybe try Torna the Golden country if you haven't played it. If you really want an ff I'd say ix if you like fantasy stories and vii if you're more info sci fi. X is very linear and not much exploring, so if you like XC you might not be into it.

@Zach777 No, our second year. XC the first year, because I thought it would be good for her to play it before we played XC2.