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@Yosher On second thoughts they probably wouldn’t want to release the GameCube game just now as it would clash with Tomodachi Life. So it so could still come. They might have still wanted the OST out for the anniversary

@Yosher Sad…. Wonder if Nintendo doesn’t want the hassle of potential bad PR from animals calling people and their kids “fat” “ugly” “a mental patient” “anti social freak” etc… it’s a different world today. Maybe they should make a GameCube mature app and put it on there 😂

@AussieMcBucket I want Dr Mario 99

@Yosher @Simu001 Plot twist: Nintendo finally gives us themes, but they are all horse themes 🐴

@HandheldHero The Switch 2 runs Resident Evil Requiem in 60fps. Not the consoles fault if some developers don't optimise their games properly for it or in some cases aren't given the time or resources by their publishers.

Love Miyamoto but he does come across as a little desperate for Pikmin to be a bigger franchise than it is

@DiamondJim I wouldn’t be surprised if Kirby Robobot doesn’t still comes eventually as one of the last few Switch 1 releases, same with Yoshis Wooly World

@MasterGraveheart Yeah same, it sucks that websites and YouTube channels don’t have the decency to hide spoilers and rumours until after you click.

Makes these leaks pretty much unavoidable if you want to keep up with Switch news

@murty I keep hoping for that too and also I miss seeing country flags of other online players like in MK 8. That was always interesting. I don’t understand what you mean by difference in how avatars are used?

@OorWullie I’m starting to wish David Wise made the music for the 2D Mario games. The 2D soundtracks (not 3D) really took a nosedive post Yoshi’s Island and this one is once again “serviceable” but forgettable.

With that said, the desert theme in the base Super Mario Wonder was a rare win and a true banger! https://youtu.be/SwjHh6ZyQVE?si=MhGgKvIKLZSzkJs_

But in general the 2D Donkey Kong and indeed the 2D Sonics blow 2D Mario out of the water musically.

@SillyG The Animal Crossing update really isn’t a big deal with the hotel just being a rehash of the Happy Home DLC and Switch 2 edition adding mouse mode.

I don’t think that tells us anything about when we’ll get the next game so I suspect it’ll come in the next year or two, possibly alongside a Switch 2 Lite.

New Horizons was a huge system seller, there’s no way they’d skip a generation and Tomodachi Life isn’t even a Switch 2 game, nor does it have a Switch 2 edition so that’s not gonna do the same for them. And Pokémon Pokopia is quite different and I suspect won’t have the same longevity or broad appeal to non gamers.

@eminence_grise @Nao120 SEGA should totally capitalise on this ININ release by putting 1 and 2 on Switch first, even if it’s just digital. It would be such a good fit and I imagine wouldn’t be difficult to port.

Only bringing 3 would be like a repeat of Shenmue 2 coming to Xbox without the original game and we all know how that went

Or maybe we’ll get Dreamcast on NSO this year with Shenmue 1 and 2 on it… hey I can dream 😉

In saying this, input lag isn't believed to have changed and is apparently "still the same as previous versions since launch".

This isn’t accurate, the December update improved the input lag a lot. It’s much better than at launch.

Nice but when is Arika (Tetris 99 developer) gonna bring Tetris The Grand Master 4 out on Switch/Switch 2?! It's been almost a year since the Steam release

@rvcolem1 @EarthboundBenjy Zoom is disabled in the app

@Dev-N The worst thing about the remake is they got rid of the three star scoring system which killed a lot of the remake value

I think it's pretty interesting that this Q&A even exists and that they're taking control of the narrative head on.

Maybe the first signs of difference from the Doug Bowser era where they'd just be silent and let the Internet go wild with misinformation and speculation.

Wario Land and Teleboxer seem the best

Not Tetris 3D! If you want a much better 3D Tetris game try the arcade version of Blockout (1989) The soundtrack is actually SO good too! Vaporwave before it was called Vaporwave: https://youtu.be/46cgFyE3cww?si=6CeS09Z6t6TWjwFP

Number 2 is a lot better than "decent" come on! Especially when it's the mighty Fifa (in all but name) stopping it reaching number 1.

Reading the headline I assumed it would be like number 7.

@PtM We don't talk about Everybody 1-2-Switch

@Anti-Matter:

All the 3rd party games on Switch 2 with game key card are 0 from 10 for me

What about if Konami made Dance Dance Revolution: Bluey Mix, made it a Switch 2 exclusive and released it only on Game Key Card?

The game features alternative Chibi Boxer outfits for all Bluey characters and Eurobeat remix of the Bluey theme tune.

Would you rate it 0/10 and never buy it?

@Ham-n-jam It's developed by a 3rd party though. Nintendo's rule is no Game Key Cards for 1st party developed games, as opposed to published.

Just brought it. Very nicely presented with rotatable boxart from all regions and SNES manuals available to read in full

@cylemmulo Yes it does because the Switch 2 version has online (via GameShare) unlike the Switch 1 bedroom

I've been playing a lot of Balloon Fight on the NES lately, so happy with this addition. Never had a NES but have nostalgia for that one from playing it in Animal Crossing GameCube when it came out!

Very annoying they didn't bring the Game Boy Colour over though. Guess I'll have to go through the palava of getting the Japanese app.

BTW I noticed an Animal Crossing New Horizons wallpaper in the UK Direct!

People bleating on about "freedom of speech" as if the moderators are running a country and not a website with rules to abide by like all communities. Try a cesspit like 4chan or X if you want a free for all.

Or YouTube. The grifters on there are gonna have their rent paid for months off videos complaining about how Nintendo's gone woke and probably blaming the new NOA president because she's... gasp... a woman.

Interesting that the Nintendo UK direct was different to the Nintendo of America one, not only the voice over but the Miis used. The UK one was funnier, much more unhinged.

@AmplifyMJ I played Yoshis Island in full for the first time this year and it blew me away.

The variety of enemies is crazy and on a purely artistic level I don't think there's been a Mario game so beautiful. At times it was hard to believe I was playing a Super Nintendo game and not a modern stylised indie game.

The reason I never played it when I was younger was cause I'd just sold my SNES to pay towards a PS1 when it came out in UK and then I passed on the GBA version because I had Yoshi's Story on N64 in between and found it a bit mediocre, so assumed it would be the same thing. I now know it's way better!

An old Mario Kart interview from 1992 featuring Konno and a picture of Mario Kart development team:

https://shmuplations.com/supermariokart/

@batmanbud2 I heard somewhere Kondo isn't very hands on anymore and the last soundtrack that he really made rather than supervised was Super Mario 3D World.

I wish they'd update it to remove Wario's Aroma of the Day :-/

@Dogorilla Also there's been multiple free DLC since the original review which makes the contrast between the scores seem evwn more weird

@WoodyDonut

@AlanShore couldn’t agree more. This should have been free hands down. Honestly, the game overall just doesn’t stand up to other games that have been released since AC original release

This was a great opportunity to play catch up and they added literally pointless things.

What games? Personally I haven't enjoyed any other cosy life sims as much as Animal Crossing New Horizons. Dinkum is maybe the closest to it. I suspect they'll be saving a lot of that stuff for the next Animal Crossing game.

A higher score than I'd give the Switch 1 version since it's the ultimate version of the game.

According to this site's rating the Switch 2 version is worse so not sure it makes sense for them to even rate it if they're only reviewing the new features and ignoring the entire rest of the game 🤷🏻‍♂️ It's more of a "Should I upgrade?" editorial really, not a review of the entire package

Another year of no themes and more horses

Honestly I'd rather they struggle a little at the moment. Not GameCube or Wii U level struggling obviously as I want it to be well supported but Nintendo always becomes a little arrogant and lazy if they have too much easy success.

It'd do them good to be on the backfoot a bit and have to work to earn their success I think and hopefully mean less or no more $80 games.

It still did better than Kirbys Air Riders physically. Hopefully digital sales were strong.

@Bobobiwan Reggie is quite overrated IMO. People have rose tinted specs because he was always clowning around in Directs and became a meme, but they don't remember how he refused to bring a lot of Japanese games to the US and could be hostile to Indie developer "No garage developers"

And let's not forget him and Iwata were behind the hated YouTube Creators Program and the disaster that was the Wii U era. Arguably Nintendo's quality control wasn't up to scratch in the 3DS/Wii U either and Iwata greenlit a lot of dubious projects. I mean they still make some games with flaws, but compared the likes of Paper Mario Sticker Star and Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival... Not even to get into games like Star Fox Zero and Kid Icarus uprising that had god awful control schemes and the amount of times New Super Mario Bros got rehashed with little innovation.

As I said there's a lot of rose tinted specs for these times, I suspect especially so for those who were children or young adults in those times.

@RonMexico

And the sooner they can Furukawa, the better. The company was run by men who knew gaming. Now it's run by beancounters.

Furukawa is a gamer, that's a common misconception. He's stated he loved Nobunga's Ambition series and Golf Story which aren't even mainstream titles. Playing Super Mario Kart as a child inspired him to join Nintendo.

@The_Nintendo_Expat You can sort and filter it on Switch 2 including filtering games on sale which is nice

@The-Chosen-one Yep! I guess they know (some of) their market 😂

I raise your weird wishlist games and present you with Korean FMV game No Girlfriend Since Birth:

We all eagerly await it's Nintendo Life review

@PJOReilly How did you find it?

@neogyo I haven't got it yet, I resisted as I already have an increasingly large backlog of several games I haven't played yet that I brought on sale!

@AussieMcBucket @Yosher

ThomasGameDocs did a good video on this which as a quote from the UI team that said "Looking around we saw a number of multipurpose device which could play games. So we decided to return to our gaming roots, making the Switch straightforward, clear and uncluttered"

And Masato Onishi who was in charge of the Switch's sound design said it was a conscious decision to not only make sure the UI was really fast but also to put the focus on the games themselves. He said "The Switch is designed to be game-centric so we ommited background music"

My own suspicion is it was a reaction to the Wii U flopping and they felt their brand had moved too far towards the "celebrity" staff and other non-gaming stuff so wanted to strip everything back to what makes Nintendo Nintendo. Maybe they perceived that as part of the reason they weren't doing well. I do feel like the quality of the games wasn't always great in late era Iwata and there's a possibility people were stretched too thin managing other stuff.

The speed thing definitely wouldn't be an issue with Switch 2 BTW. I hope they do reconsider the idea now things are back on track for them. They do seem to be moving back to themes in many areas as the Nintendo Today! app has them too, even Alarmo.

I bet EPYX Games: Sports Collection is never gonna be updated 😭 No Commodore 64 Winter Games for me this Christmas (a childhood favourite)

@Nitrome_Ltd Do you have a Switch 2 Dev kit yet? Been looking forward to Mouse Works 😃

@thesilverbrick Is that with the Pro Controller or GameCube controller? As I know some games feel a lot more slippery on the Pro Controller due to the looser stick, like Super Mario 64

@Yosher 💯 I don't bother with most gaming social media outside of this site and a select few high quality YouTube channels now for that reason

@JohnnyMind Yeah, that's ridiculously hyperbolic but that seems to be a common thing with a lot of the Switch 2 discourse online :-/

@Yosher F-Zero GX feels a lot better, if there is still a lag it's really not noticable to me.

Wind Waker as I recall had a bit of lag in the original game played on the GameCube too, definitely in the roll at least which has a slight delay built in.

@Lizuka You know the entire Ambassadors of Funk album Super Mario Compact Disco is on Spotify right?

https://open.spotify.com/album/3gD551MnFVYan32bQbQ0X6?si=d1TUNctDS-6Du-h4B2kftw

Shigeru Miyamoto gave permission for them to release the song and an album!

@neogyo @JohnnyMind @molkom @The_Nintendo_Expat @TyGuy @Zach

📢 KUUKIYOMI enjoyers! Does anyone know what the hell this game is from the same publisher (G-Mode) that's appeared on Switch 2 eShop?

Punyan for Nintendo Switch 2

Another Switch 2 edition with mouse mode and only £5.99 on sale at the moment. It has ZERO reviews on Metacritic or Steam so must only be "big in Japan." I'm not sure that it's just a Suika Game clone with cats. It looks like it plays a bit differently.

@PJOReilly If you wanted to add a second game to your extremely obscure Switch 2 games list you could consider a review 😂