ChromaticDracula

What if this isn’t Mario Kart at all and it’s just the next open world Mario game that you could drive karts in. 🤔

It’s actually a stylus nub. You can slide/pull it out and draw on the screen.

Talking about how “Nintendo should have announced it sooner” and this and that is so cringy. Like, would you tell a woman to hurry up and give birth?

Let the company do what it needs to do! You have perhaps thousands of games to play right now in the meantime.

What if Nintendo’s next system somehow interfaces with Wii U and 3DS and this is a “read-between-the-lines” kind of thing where they’re really just telling you maybe don’t mod your system just yet.

….HA!!! ain’t that a load of wishful thinking…

I just watched a gameplay video or two and it looks awesome. Right up my alley in terms of the setting and style. Wasn't on my radar really until now. I'm definitely buying this after I get paid!

The screenshots ya’ll selected make it look so dark and almost like an N64 game, which is a bit off-putting for those who haven’t played it.

Luckily, I have it on 3DS and that’s where I’ll be playing it for the foreseeable future. It’s a great game worthy of any DK fan’s time!

Soma is INCREDIBLE. It’s one of the most memorable games/stories I’ve ever experienced. I beat it what feels like forever ago and I honestly still think about it, it’s such a cool story.
Not really ratcheted up on the horror side as much as it is just pure mental/thought-provoking.

This is great! I want the game released on Switch in the worst way. I had it on GameCube and bought it for Wii U but never really ever got that far in any time I played it. It’ll be brand new for me, more or less, and I’m dying to give it a go on Switch! Come on, Nintendo!

This gets me so irritated. It’s not the copying in itself, it’s the use of AI and the trickery trying to deceive folks, and the sheer cluttering of the shops with literal trash. I have no respect for these people.

I think NSO is priced very fairly considering it gets you the cloud saves, music app, and NSO/retro games.
That being said, I’d without a doubt just buy the games outright if I could. I’d muuucccchhh rather not have a subscription.

I definitely want it but I don’t want to spend $60 on it. I bought the same game on 3DS for much cheaper, half the price I believe, so it’s quite difficult to justify.
Will likely buy it on sale or with some kind of voucher to bring the price down a bit.
I think $50 would’ve been much more fair and would’ve gotten them an instabuy from me.

@NinChocolate every time I see your avatar in the corner of my eye, I think it’s Courage the cowardly dog, then realize it’s Kirby. It’s almost exactly Courage colored and expressed.

What if this is all a real Switch 2 (I.e. “New” Nintendo Switch like “New” 3DS) but there’s an actual real next gen console coming also that Nintendo will announce. Like this is a real decoy in a way. Legendary.

@anoyonmus please stay safe!
My brother is down there too in Redondo Beach. Not fun …

Ok…. I fought tooth and nail to avoid dropping $$$ on the NES one. That was hard enough for me. Now they go and do this. All it’s going to take is one too many beers one night and this will be arriving on my doorstep a few days later. Thanks Nintendo, you’re a master-craft at draining my wallet.

Do we think it will be called “‘New’ Switch” like “‘New’ 3DS” was?

Switch 2 isn’t very Nintendo. What is, is Super, New, U, SP, Advance…
Really want to know what it’s going to be called more than anything.

@Anti-Matter this is me exactly, except for me it’s Cassette Beasts

Since it’s all third-party folks showcasing it, I hope Reggie does it too one of these days for that extra blast of nostalgia. MY BODY IS (STILL) READY!!!
#bringBackReggie

Well, that’s certainly something. Very unfortunate for these folks, especially not being able to prove you opened it and saw that.
Now everyone has to play the part of the unboxer culture and film themselves opening things so they have proof of this.
“Dad, why do you have so many unboxing videos on your phone? I didn’t know you were into that. Times must’ve been tough, financially, huh?”
“Actually yes but I sold photos of my feet, not these unboxing videos. It’s a long story.”

I somehow read the headline as there was an unused mask in the game that was triggered by using your voice.
In my defense, I just woke up. But also, what’s my excuse for this type of thing other times of the day?

This is really cool and very Nintendo. I’ve been wanting to play Majora’s Mask again for awhile but I’m crawling through Ocarina over the past few months. I’m probably going to play on 3DS, not NSO, since it has all the QOL features. So many games have come out and I’m really trying to make a dent in my back catalogue!

I want more Blaster Master :/

To my knowledge, there is no other game quite like Punch-Out so it seems silly to can it.

@Wakkawipeout Speaking of Arms, I always felt that was the "spiritual successor" of the Punch-Out series!

Happy new year!! Thanks for all the great articles, reviews, soapboxes, moderation, going to Japan and documenting your store visits… the list would be big if I actually kept one, but keeping it simple, you are and probably will always be the site I visit multiple times daily. This community is great and it’s just fun to interact with like-minded Nintendo fanatics.
Here’s to a happy and healthy 2025. We’ll work with what we’ve got now (plus a switch 2).

This is nice to see

Reminds me of the 3DS days with mostly quality over quantity.

I acquired so many games the end of this year. I’ll HAPPILY give my wallet a much needed break.
My next buy is Bakeru physical and after that I don’t know…. Still waiting on Dragonyhm for GBC too!

Why not on Bandcamp?! I buy all my game soundtracks on there… :/

Konami needs to add the Castlevanias on there too.

@TCKuma came here to say the same thing! I’m 5 in and I’m thoroughly impressed and enjoying it.

I’m about 5 hours in and I’m loving it! Some slight performance hiccups, notably as the camera pans around scenes but otherwise it’s a smooth 60 on switch.
I really want to try/play DQIII too but there’s no way I have time for both. 😫

I would be so mad if I were the dev.

I’m working on a game at the moment in my spare time and at this rate it would take years to complete and come to full fruition.

If someone copied my game name and concept and was trying to mislead and divert money I thought I should earn after all this hard work, I’d be livid, especially if no response was given by the owner of the shop.

I have no sympathy for the copy cats and I hope they receive the full business end of the law here. I also hope Nintendo does something, perhaps more proactively, with the new system. In the end though, every game that gets on the shop and every transaction that happens, Nintendo gets a cut I think, so I can’t see them being in a hurry to stifle that income.

This nails the style I look for and is truly what I consider pixel art.
I’m not trashing the pixel style of say, Hyper Light Drifter, or Moonlighter, but those styles don’t really do it for me. This style here though looks authentic and tasty.
I’m likely getting this!

While on topic of NSO, I wish they would make the NSO apps check in automatically, or at least if I check one in, check them all in. I got burned one time on a flight because I hadn’t checked in all my NSO apps and therefore couldn’t play games in them because it couldn’t verify my subscription.

Am I missing something? Is there a way to just check in with all the NSO apps in one go?

First thing I checked was if there were one-hit deaths. That’s a negative and so I’m definitely buying this. I bought waaaayyyy too many games (on sale) this past month (seriously though) so far but this one is at a pretty good price point so I’m doing it.

I heard there is a glimpse of the Switch 2 tucked away in the Silo level of Goldeneye. You have to blow up a secret wall and it’s on a table in there or something.
Source: my uncle who works at the Silo.

If I could go back in time and not do this kind of thing one of the previous years, I would.
My “Redownload” tab in the eshop has a few ….”stains”… that won’t come out. I’m never going to play those games I got for free in there and I wish I could just hide them or get rid of them. This is like that recent article NL just put out about all the stunted games on the shop.
If you like these kinds of games, more power to you! But if you care about having these in your history seemingly ^forever, I’d avoid it.

^ I say forever because with rumors of this eshop rolling over into the next Nintendo gen, I would assume my history will follow right along. I want those games out of my history!!

Ok now this I’ll be listening to!! I frequent Ocarina of Time and Star Fox and I’m 100% adding this to my rotation. Whoever thought of and approved making this music app are geniuses!

I listen to game music a lot and I don’t always sync it over to my phone because… well it could be embarrassing sometimes… but having it segregated over to this app and available as needed is so cool. I’m also someone who hates the idea of streaming things but for this it works well for me. It feels so Nintendo.

I’ll be getting this but not at full price, I just can’t right now. Nothing against it but $50 is the sweet spot, not $60.
I have it on 3DS too if I really want to get down to business in the meantime.

If this is true, I’m so happy. I never got to play the game. Worse, because of the way 3DS demos worked, letting you boot them no more than 30 times, I also had paralysis every time I went to try it. I didn’t want to waste those precious 30 plays… it’s stupid I know but that’s how my mind works sometimes.

I know it’s critically acclaimed and always seemed to fetch a high price on the used market.

@Sylamp I came down here to say the exact same thing. “What fans and the team want it to be” sounds promising but who knows at this point. It would be very wise of them to work that part out anyway.

I agree here- I always sympathize with y’all having to create and hyperlink and type out all those (I’ll use the words) awful shovelware games. Back in the day I used to look forward to Thursdays and reading your lists but not this generation. It’s just mud and dirt and like one or two actual games. It’s gotta be crushing for the developers too having their game tucked in the cracks between all that crap. It should be the other way around having the crap tucked in between the gems.
Options are great, I hope there are some decent tools to block developers.

On another note. I took part in one of those .99 cent game per day all month things one year and I highly regret it now. My purchase history is littered with crap games I’ll never play and have never played. They’re not downloaded but they’re on my Redownload tab with no way to permanently hide them. More garbage to sift through to get to what I actually want or need.

@nuff64 haha noted!
I can see the charm and I do love to collect so I’m actually probably going to keep an eye out for it now lol. I love Top Gear 1 and 2 on gameboy color so I get it!

No I understand that (although I definitely didn't read the article thoroughly — guilty! 🙋‍♂️)
I guess I just find it hard to believe that "no one" wanted to take over the project. If I were Nintendo I'd be pushing hard to keep it alive. How many times do we read articles of devs that would love to work with Nintendo. Sure, Nintendo looks for top notch but still.

Sure, Nintendo, kill off one of your most fun, inventive, and graphically flare series.
Sometimes I don’t know if Nintendo is run by humans or really lucky hamsters.
Sure, I know not every game is for everyone, but the Mario and Luigi series is just truly a unicorn. It leans into the comedy, brings some interesting pieces (like rhythm) to standard RPG turn-based combat, and is a different take on standard Mario games. I think it should be considered a Mario tripod. You have the 3D Mario, the side screen Mario, and the RPG Mario. Perfectly balanced.

@EarthboundBenjy The beginning of your comment reads wishful but the back half reads convincing. Good point!

@nuff64 I just looked up a gameplay video of that and ooofff

I want a Shenmue collection on switch so bad. I have it on ps4/5 but come on, that ain’t switch.

I can’t believe they’re not making this a smooth transition from paid to free with this wait period. For a game that demands so much interaction, forcing a hard break is strange. Sure it’s only a few days but for folks who had and have a daily streak going, that’s going to kill momentum from your best players. Curious to see if there was any bigger player dropoff from this.

@BulbasaurusRex yaaaaa it’s not too bad but there’s definitely a part of me that knows damn well I’d turn that complete full mapping feature on if there was one. It’s not bad on switch but it took me a good hour to get comfortable without having a stylus. Definitely best played on the dual screen setup but still enjoyable on switch.

@BulbasaurusRex There is an “automapping” feature in the settings that you can turn on and change between:
ON: only floor tiles you cross over will be mapped
OFF: no automapping at all
FULL: all floor tiles and walls get added automatically (with the feature on).

I have FULL on and I need to manually add the secret wall passages and treasure chests and stuff. Although totally doable, it was a bit too cumbersome having to add walls and tiles without the stylus/DS/3DS setup. I’m enjoying the Switch version as much as the DS/3DS versions!

I am so happy ya’ll put streetpass on this list. If you hadn’t, I was going to.

That’s my number 1 missed feature on Switch. I’d actually be taking my lite out of the house if that were a thing!

I can tell Nintendo played it “safe” somewhat after the Wii U “failure” (that’s not what I’d call it but that’s what it’s known as sadly.)
So I feel the next Switch will be a fully realized version, incorporating lots more fun Nintendo flair. Would also love to see an adapter of some sorts that allows us to plug in 3DS carts or something like that or even a motion control bar like the Wii had so I could properly enjoy house of the dead remake and other light gun games. I suppose that’s where that extra USB port could come into play….
Happy holidays everyone! These speculation articles are fun

@Serpenterror it has a physical on PlayAsia and Amazon 😁

Like a mix between Cassette Beasts and Power Drift and Slipstream.