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Wow I forgot about Amazing Alex, but seeing that picture brought it all back. What a blast from the (not too distant) past. Thanks, therealbiryani

I think this is fair enough since it is covering accidental damage, like an insurance policy.

I don't know how it works in other regions, but here in the UK Nintendo's repair service have repaired my drifting joy cons 5 or 6 times for free, despite them being 4-5 years old.

@FX102A a Swindon magic roundabout track? Now that WOULD be chaos 😆

Got to be Japan for me.

@AlanaHagues you have a small typo: ESBR

@eltomo There are also daily rewards for Toad Rally and rewards for clearing worlds on Super Mario run

I know this is an expensive amiibo, but those UK prices are eyewatering compared to the US ones (£24.85 is approx $35)!
Personally I don't want to take up space with plastic figures, so this is a hard pass for me. I wish Nintendo did official NFC/RFID cards - the hole is plugged by non-official ones on eBay, which are a whole lot more tempting than amiibo from my point of view.

Not complaining. This may be the closest we in the UK get visiting Super Nintendo World this year!

@Snatcher You could always wait for a sale 😉

I'm sure my kids would love to bring a Switch to their maths class, with the excuse of, "it's my calculator."

3 NL articles on this topic today (and counting) ... roll on tomorrow 👍

I'm still a newbie here but have enjoyed your content for the past 3 years or so. Keep up the good work!

I am a little confused by the penultimate sentence. Is there a typo or does my Language Processing Unit just need a reboot?

"We've also got some exciting developments happening within the wider network which we can't help to share with you later this year."

Super excited for this. It's Zelda's 35th on Sunday, so hoping for some LoZ announcement. Can't wait!

That was really fun. I got 14/20. Would love to see more quizzes like this

I appreciate there's quite a lot of 3rd party titles incoming in the next couple of months.

Still, that's quite a close horizon for first party releases. Not particularly excited for SM3DW port, although I'll probably get it eventually when it's on sale.

I hope we get a direct/announcement of new first party releases soon

As far as I am aware there is no legitimate way to play this, or any other BoTW mod. Looks cool though.

I've pre-ordered it so should be arriving today. I'm going to exercise some self restraint and give it to myself for Christmas. Currently replaying BOTW so should Hyrule should be fresh in my mind when I start this.

Tbh playing the demo made me want to replay botw more than I wanted to play a warriors game. Still it's Zelda... so I had to buy it 😁

@Rodan2000 clearly my scalping career is over before if even began 😉

This was widely posted on UK deal sites yesterday, so I'm not surprised it has all sold out today. Plenty of pre-Christmas demand and probably more than a few scalpers hoping to make quick money selling on eBay too.

Although I'm tempted to get a second switch or a Lite for my household to ease the contention with the kids on my OG Switch, I'm holding out for a Switch Pro. It's got to be just around the corner, right?

This list seems to be missing some 1st party game price drops. For example Amazon UK has:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Pokémon Sword and
Luigi's mansion 3 at £34.99 each

@Jmjfrank @TeslaChippie @Giancarlothomaz thanks for the replies. That's what I hoped. I think I'll play this AoC first then, if I enjoy the warriors element, go back and get the first Hyrule Warriors. Really looking forward to this

Should one play the first Hyrule warriors game before this one? It's been on my list to buy for a while, just concerned that it may feel like a backwards step to play it after playing this.
Any thoughts?

Shame there's no preorder bonus for physical copies ☹️

@Miyamotosan agree this feels like DLC to me. Having bought the first game I don't feel the need to spend £40-50 on this. I would have have considered paying for DLC tracks, trainers etc if it was around the £10-20 mark.
The first game already had 2 player mode, which was fun, so I don't know why that's being singled out in the announcement.
Strange decision by the developers if you ask me.

I'm still playing PoGo, after more than 4 years. I like how it helps gets me out and about. However there is no denying that the whole game is essentially based on gacha mechanics. I'd argue that this isn't it of line with most of the mainline Pokémon games, which rely heavily on RNG anyway - rewarding those willing to spend hours grinding away for rare/shiny Pokémon and good IVs.
When I look at it in the cold light of day it makes me wonder why I still play this. However the thought that the next Mon I tap on may be that new shiny IS tantalising...

I was on the fence on this one. Going to wait for a demo or at least an eshop sale

@mesome713 as someone who has ordered codes from ShopTo on more than one occasion, these were digital codes delivered via their website.

I'll be sad to see this go, as getting 20-30% off the eshop price always felt good. I wonder what the reasoning was to do this only in the EU.

@Chris77 I've also been waiting for Grid Autosport to be reduced for a while. First time I think. I'll bite at this price, but might head to the South Africa eshop to save a few £'s more...

Any idea what the deal is with UK repair centres? Are they open? How long have people waited for repairs? Got a left joy con waiting to go in, but need to weigh up how long we can go without it.

@piitaahh agree, my fave is Jaws

Actually I've found the opposite; that, as a long time Pokémon Go player, my interest in the game has plummeted to its lowest level ever. The main appeal for me was getting outside for walks whilst hopefully catching some interesting 'mon. Now that's gone there doesn't seem a whole lot of point opening the app to catch the one or two Pokémon that may spawn near my house.

@carlos82 and @Perryg92. Thanks. I was checking on the eshop through my browser. I'll check on the Switch when I'm home.

The demo is not currently available on the UK eshop. Is like to check this out, so maybe I'll check back later

Wish I'd not bothered with the fighter pass. The only one to interest me was Banjo. I won't be buying a second pass, but perhaps will but individual fighters if they are of interest.

My preorder arrived today, a day early (thanks ShopTo!). Can't wait to play this later this evening.

Mario Odyssey 2 announcement. Calling it now 😉

That is super useful. Can't wait to give it a try

I'm going to give it a miss. No option to dock to a TV is a deal-breaker for me

Has there been any news on the Zelda mobile game since it was initially rumoured by WSJ in May 2017? Has it been canned or did it never exist?

You just reminded me how much I loved that game... and that I gave my copy away to a friend years ago... Hitting eBay now 🙂

Hang on a minute... just realised that Etsy also sell that awesome Sheikah slate case FOR THE SWITCH. Now that's a tasty proposition

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/504198768/nintendo-switch-sheikah-slate-case-3d

A sturdier kick stand and a second USB port that isn't on the bottom so that we can charge it when in tabletop mode

@pazuzu666 did 8bitdo already announce their own version of the pro controller or do you mean a newer version of the Sf30 pro?