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@NESlover85 I know, right...that HURT. -_-

I see what you did there, Ninty!

Super Mario Maker 2, as well as Tetris 99 to get the Splatoon theme. I'll be playing Banjo-Kazooie too. Maybe play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for a bit as well.

I'm too busy playing Super Mario Maker 2 and Banjo-Kazooie at the moment.

That's fine with me. I would admittedly like a Switch Pro but I can wait.

I gotta admit, it looks great. Too bad it ain't real...

I have no problem with Nintendo continuing to sell 3DS's, as there's a lot of great games for it (Virtual Console games included, plus SNES games for New 3DS owners) and it's very affordable. But yeah... sooner or later demand will decrease, especially since Switch Lite is now a thing.

@Anti-Matter I'm not sure if that will happen. Nintendo's been only giving the 3DS stability updates lately, so it probably won't happen. Same thing with the Wii U. I agree though, it would be great to have both 3DS and Wii U region-free.

I'm not in the UK, but that sounds like a really good deal!

I've uploaded 3 levels so far. I'm working on another right now!

My only concern is that we may have to keep transferring our saves from the OG to Lite and vice versa, if we want a smaller Switch to take with us or want to play on the TV. If that's the case, no thanks...it already took a while to transfer all my save data and games to my New 3DS XL. The Switch Lite looks cool, don't get me wrong. I just hope that won't happen for those who want to have two different versions of the Switch.

Oh, it's actually happening. I'll still stick with my OG Switch though.

I got the online sub for the online play and cloud saves. Now that Super Mario Maker 2 is out, I'm getting more good use out of it thanks to me being able to play everyone's levels. Tetris 99 is pretty good and I even got the game vouchers, so I pretty much got more bang for my buck by having access to the online and a pair of $60 games. If I were to have longer access to NSO, though, I'll probably use my gold coins for another 1-year sub, that way I save another $20. I have enough gold coins for it and they're going to expire.

With all that said, here's what I would do with the service:

1) Have better servers for games
2) Expand the retro game library (I love the idea of NES Online, but only having NES games is boring... SNES, N64, and GameCube games would be rad. Have "Switch Online Gold" with those three platforms if they want to)
3) Don't pick and choose which games don't get to have cloud saves
4) Add friend messaging
5) Let players use headsets for voice chat
6) Make more games that let players join friends (Nintendo's been weird with that...)

If they do all that, the NSO numbers might increase quite a bit.

Pretty good numbers. Loving this game so far

Good, I have more time to beat King Dice.

Multiple themes would be great - I would love to have a Mario theme myself! I wonder if Splatoon music will be playing if you have that theme equipped (example: when there's 10 players remaining, Now or Never starts playing).

@KazooieTooie I'm pretty sure the DLC stays in the Switch's internal memory or a microSD card.

Super Mario Maker 2, of course

Just waiting for SMM2 to be playable!

Seems like a tacked-on feature to me. I don't see myself putting too much time into the dungeon maker.

I have the game downloaded already. Can I play it now, Big N?

Really sad to hear that he passed away... Rest in peace and my best wishes go to his family and friends.

I went through some difficult moments in my life, I'm not gonna lie... but I don't give up. Ever. Life is just way too precious to have, plus I have a career to live up to. No matter how miserable things get for you, your life is worth it! Suicide is never the answer. Keep going, and definitely get help when you truly need it.

This could be one of the best games on the Switch. I'd love to give it a shot sometime.

I've never heard of Etika, but this is truly heartbreaking. I really hope he's okay...

I so want an English translation of this. I miss Iwata

Wow, you can't even get wumpa coins when you're offline? Good going, Activision. -_-

Wow, he was quite young. Rest in peace, man...thanks for everything!

I'm more than okay with this, I'll happily take a brand new Zelda game.

Already got the game from the eShop!

I'd rather stick with physical copies and digital downloads, thank you.

Well, this thing's gonna bomb big time. Why would I need these kind of specs, as well as 4K, for playing Atari games out of all things?

I'll likely get Celeste for that price. Been wanting to play it for a while.

I commend Nintendo for treating their employees well. As long as the game turns out to be good, I'm okay with it!

Definitely giving this a shot. Sega should definitely give this kind of treatment to more of their retro IPs that aren't Sonic.

@JayJ That would be cool, or they could at least remake Jet Set Radio Future.

That's awesome to hear, good thing Big N listened in that regard!

Looking forward to this. Can't wait to suck up some more of those pesky ghosts with Luigi!

Rare Replay when?

I never thought I would live to see the bear and bird be playable in Smash. This literally made my day.

Must-haves for my Switch? Come on Nintendo Life, I don't even like Pokemon that much.

All I'm predicting from this upcoming Direct is more info for already-announced games like Link's Awakening, as well as the next DLC fighter for Smash Ultimate. Other than that, I'm not expecting too much. Though I would be a very happy man if they announced SNES games for Switch Online (more retro Nintendo platforms would be even better), Mario Kart 9, the next F-Zero (though I admit, that's a very slim chance), DLC kingdoms for Super Mario Odyssey, or the next Donkey Kong Country. Not expecting those though, just my wishful thinking.

Bring in the announcements, Ninty!

Not really expecting anything besides more info on already-announced games. Just gonna enjoy the ride myself.

Judging by the datamines, I bet that Erdrick will be the next DLC fighter. Like a lot of you, I would love to have Banjo and Kazooie playable, but I'm not getting my hopes up for that for obvious reasons. I also want to see Crash Bandicoot playable, which would be more feasible because after the PS1 days, Crash games were coming out on all platforms.

Those are just pipe dreams of mine, though, so I'm not expecting much. We'll see who makes the cut at E3.

"given that 2D hand-drawn anime is our company’s focus..."

So we could be having something inspired by say, Dragon Ball Z?

Good to see that it's selling well. I haven't gotten the Torna expansion yet, but I love the base game. I'm pumped for what's next in the Xenoblade series!

Gonna finish up Super Mario Odyssey! I'm very close to 100%ing it.

Cool, I'm interested in seeing gameplay for Mario & Sonic. More Dream Events, please!

Very good lineup overall, but I'm disappointed that Sonic 3 & Knuckles isn't on here. Granted, I have it on the Wii Virtual Console, but come ON Sega... more people deserve to play that masterpiece! I'll pick it up at some point though, since there's some Genesis games I want to try out, like Monster World IV (I never got it on the Wii VC).

Some more Team Sonic Racing. I just beat the adventure mode and I'm gonna head into online next. I played Super Mario Odyssey (finally got some more moons!) and Yoshi's Crafted World last night so I'll play those this weekend too.

My favorite Mario Kart game overall. With that said though, I'm ready for a new console installment!

Best wishes to Vignocchi!