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Yeah, if it comes to fruition I'll be buying that.. 😀

Awesome news. I don't believe they could have possibly casted better Robotnik.

Classy move. Not sure why some people hate on Astro though, that game is clearly inspired by 3D Mario as any 3D platformer is (that tends to happen when you CREATE a genre, ask Metroid and Castlevania), but it adds a lot of it's own. Also, Nintendo just couldn't pull some of it off with it's current hardware, as Team Asobi 1uped big N and copyrighted game to it's own platform mechanics. Astro would for sure lose a score point if it wasn't using DS mechanics and PS5 wasn't strong enough for some playful effects (physics).

"but it didn't turn out great because some shoulder pad was shifted slightly" - arguably it turned out great exactly because shoulder pad was shifted slightly to serve IP, instead of doing what was easier.
Attention to detail like that are what makes the difference and makes Nintendo the king of polished experiences.
These tradeoffs are sometimes hard, but it takes knowledge and experience to understand what exactly is important in the shipped product, and usually it is details not appreciated by implementers (no disrespect).

Played it on a different platform as I just had to get it day 1. Amazing way to update an old classic, felt like just back in the day. Except if you put 'em next to each other you can see superior art and their imagination just filled "the holes" same as mine 😃

As a person not based in US, I'd like to remind everyone IGN has many subsidiaries and all except ".com" scores have been ranging from 9-7.
Lately, main IGN site has been handing out outrageous scores hoping it would increase traffic (at least that's my theory). That is literally the only way I can explain The Penguin season review situation 😃

As somebody who got into the series through XC3, I really appreciate I can catch up with the whole series on a SINGLE console. GG

Most likely caused by next Nintendo system being completely backward compatible Switch 2, as in a regular console lifecycle usable emulators would start popping up just in time as the system is getting retired. However, if same platform continues to live on and be commercially viable, big N needs to control the piracy more so than usual.
My personal opinion, I have nothing against emulation, used it myself for legacy systems as it's almost impossible to get to working hardware for a reasonable budget. As long as you own the games, it's not piracy or illegal (no law preventing you running cartridges on whatever you want).

Made me laugh!!
Bura literally means a wind that blows in a direction from north to south 😃 The way the wind blows, I guess.
Good luck to the team.

Awesome to see. I don't get the hate for taking inspiration from Nintendo's work. We as consumers should not be limited to just Nintendo releasing new Mario 3D game every 8 years to enjoy such content. Good games are good games, regardless of who is making them.

Kind of expected this to happen. I've played through the game and it had interesting setting. But gameplay/progress/combat was most generic of generic metroidvanias. It was just so by the numbers, no mystery or discovery challenge. I'm sorry, but in a market full of good metroidvanias, there was just nothing to separate it and make it stick out.

Gave it a 9/10 as I want to keep some room for future Direct that will melt my brain, but this was quite awesome. Hard to believe Switch is getting this many games 7 years in. Also, I'll be going mental for Metroid Prime 4, that alone would have made me happy with this Direct.

I understand most people won't agree, but I find these "options" terrible. First off, it absolves developers of responsibility for one of the modes not working. Not completely of course, but what would be considered an unplayable game automatically becomes "but yeah, the other mode is decent enough" thing. Secondly, I've been a PC gamer for decades and switched to consoles exclusively because I did not want to choose, tweak, optimize, and then compare results to my friends/co-gamers. Make the game work, and make it work the same for everybody, leveled field. If there are "modes" like resolution, these should be applied automatically based on output/TV, gamer should not have to care about any of this.
(I understand one can choose not to care, but we all know that is not a realistic option.. Apple has made billions removing the choice from otherwise overzealous users)

My understanding is this game is getting patched soon. Would be interesting to revisit, as I feel they are very close to "perfect job".

I'm interested in what was added to Mario Strikers post launch? On release, it had great potential but I didn't jump in as all the reviews panned it for being light on content. What changed?

For people doubting, Hi-Fi Rush is definitely worth the wait if you can't play it on another platform already.
Gameplay is genuinely up Nintendo's alley, and something Switch audience would appreciate. I wouldn't call it a 10/10 game, but it's probably the most fun (equals best for me) game MS produced over the current generation.

It's just sad to see. Both of these games are just pure quality, far above typical Ubisoft products. They should not be scratching 3 millions in sales through discounts, these should be bona fide hits.

Hopefully it's HiFi Rush, that game was quite good. Probably best Xbox game of last year, and I think it's very fitting to most Switch audience (actually a fun game/play and style over groundbreaking graphics).
But it's probably gonna end up being a re-release of an emulated classic from early '00 or something like that

@CheapCheepBeach my assumption is based on AMD cards, that are a huge chunk of market, not having viable RT support until this year. Everything up to latest generation on PC basically brought FPS to twenties with tracing. Last gen top of the line AMD hardware in 2026 will be 4 years old, and it seems really aggressive not to support it.
There is also a curious case of Steam deck, where I believe a PC game should definitely target that hardware if in anyway possible (and would really need to have a good art/design reason not to).

While I believe Switch 2 doesn't need GTA6, nor does GTA6 need Nintendo user base, and truly loving Digital Foundry in general, this was one of their most useless analysis.
I understand trailer uses a lot of RT, but realistically solution will have to be worked out as this game is eventually going to ship to PC market (and high RT capable graphics is not going to be a minimum requirement). It's just too early to do such guesswork.

I've picked the game up on Monday as part of Cyber sales and it cost me 32 euros. At that price, it should have flown of the shelves.
But going against SMW, what were they thinking?? I'm hopeful others like me will pick the game up after they 100% Mario, but yeah... Bad bad timing.

@ZeldaLord demo had a weird bug for me, where everything after scene change would be extremely blurry for a second, until it resolves to decent image. It looked as if some heavy upsampling technology was used (which I didn't know switch was capable of). Might that be what you are referring to?

Totally expected game to be a 10. Most of the review reads like it too. But yeah, 9/10 is still wonderful, can't wait for tomorrows delivery.

MS buying and merging Nintendo would ruin gaming for me. One whole approach to what entertainment is, completely opposite to what MS/Sony are doing would just lose identity and die.
Somebody needs to stop this man.

I always thought of Nintendo as a toys company, and I believe that is how they billed themselves previously.
That is where they operation has originated from and what defined their games as "special". Nintendo games have always been toys player can experiment with and get excited about unexpected outcomes, getting more out of experience through imagination. There is an old interview with Shigeru Miyamoto talking about how his game testing process basically involves using the game as a toy, where he tries to do with a game what a kid in a literal sandbox would do with new figurine...

I love how PS and PX comments are bleeding from hate after this news, and NL is like "CoD on Switch confirmed"
Never change!

Lovely! Nintendo can (and has) pack so much content into 40 mins, this could be really interesting as I have no specific expectations of what's coming.

@Yosher well, to be honest, my only issue with the game is not including Rabbid Yoshi, so I see where you are coming from

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope is a great game deserving better sales...

Never used this glitch.. literally best game ever contender, why would I ruin it for me by exploiting a cheating glitch.

I got used to Chris's voice very quickly, and I would say he did a really good job. One can not do 90 minutes movie with a caricature voice from games. Going for slightly accented regular voice of a recognized actor was an understandable choice.

Great news, I've loved the movie. It was exactly what I wanted it to be (frantic pace, lightweight story from games, lot of references and visually stunning design and action pieces).
I guess movie critics don't get video games, and probably vice versa. Go figure, it's almost like it's two different jobs and fields...

Trailer feels like Nintendo saying: I hear you are not as hyped as much as you could be. Let me crank that up to eleven..

I wanna meet whomever voted abysmal. I just like peculiarities and oddities that way..

As much as I would love to own it, it's a bit overpriced. If it ever gets Nintendo 33% treatment, I'm getting it!

I am indeed playing this, and it's not a bad workout for days when you can't get out of the house due to weather or similar. Also, in a unique situation where I have a love for boxing but can't do the real thing anymore due to back injury.
Anyway, glad to see Nintendo continue FB series.

Seems like a natural fit for Switch with art style that might not require a beastly GPU/CPU. However, already beat the game and don't see myself double dipping.

@strollin_stu most likely tied to NoA opportunity just being a next step in career. Seems like a step up, but I might be wrong.
Anyway, great to see Nintendo pick up awesome staff, maybe prepping for 3rd party relations on their new, more powerful platform? One can hope..

I haven't played the sequel, but the first one is one of my favorites on Switch (tall order). I'll get the second one when it hits sale.
Also, rabbids are nowhere near as annoying as one would expect. Especially Rabbid Yoshi, my wife went through house screaming "bla bla bla" battle cry

Given there is Mario Rabbids as a spin on XCOM formula, and it is rather GREAT.. maybe this was a blessing in disguise?
Not saying this wouldn't have been, but there would probably be place for only one, and I love my Metroids as they are.. (being overly cautious I know)

Loved the first, way better game than one would expect from the pitch. I'll be sure to get my hands on the sequel when frontlog allows (there is literally a pile of AAA games I already purchased on discounts I need to beat before I can spend a penny more).

I... rather liked this! To my own surprise, I think I'm hooked now.

@RickRau5 not sure about candles being held, but I've tried both and am actively playing Splatoon 3 and not playing COD MW2..
Sometimes that is the only metric that matters.

Great game, glad to hear it!

@Silly_G Well, if same rule was applied to COD, we would now be somewhere around COD 2 1/2.. about 20 games in..

This person is delusional. 3000 dollars is low, but almost standard today for a new game/unproven IP. It's sad, but inline with the market.
Full game offer, more than fair. Actually, act of a company trying to make things work (you have to understand, setting a standard outside of normal ranges disturbs the whole market, and this is business).
She is the only reason why I'll buy game 3, so in a sense, she should be due some residuals

Didn't like how she handled this from the get go. You get paid to do a job, no equity. It's somebody elses IP. She did a job 2 times. Negotiating 3rd job is a separate thing, and if you don't get to terms, you don't get to terms. There is no guarantees. And there should be no hard feelings. It's business. Going around and trying to discredit other side of the table is just pity and sad.

People are really blowing this out of proportion. I'm sure it will be fine. Also, if there is 10 mins of Jack Black in that movie, it will be worth it!

@GrailUK I feel that line (launch debacle) has been drawn a long long time ago. They have gone above and beyond with the updates and changes. Teams like 343 should take a peak and learn few moves from Hello games.

Astral Chain sales always make me sad actually.. it deserved so much more (not sure why, but that game really clicked for me).