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I retired my copy a long time ago but my Mum still fires up her DS on New Year’s Eve to ring in the new year with her villagers.

@Styledvinny79 The game’s ready to go - they finished it a while ago.

I love all the new/returning Nintendo items. The mouse controls will be a big plus too when I’m making my football kit replicas!

Paper Mario remains my favourite in the series and I’d love a remake someday. I’m in the minority with TTYD, I found it quite boring at the time with far too much backtracking, but maybe the remake has fixed that. It’s on my to-do pile anyhow. I actually really enjoyed Origami King and Color Splash despite their faults. I hope CS gets a remake, but with a fair bit of tweaking to the card battling and especially the Thing cards and boss fights. The music in CS is sublime too btw - Cherry Lake is possibly my favourite in the whole series.

This sounds like something my son (5) and I can enjoy together. Thanks for the review!

I’ve been looking forward to this announcement for a few years. My best mate worked on the animation for a few of the characters shown off in the trailer - Spider Man, Venom and Storm!

I liked the idea of a rumble-enabled stylus they patented a few years ago. And the mouse-scroll style shoulder buttons - they’d make item selection in Zelda games way easier for instance.

Link to a report on the 2015 patent for this: https://venturebeat.com/games/new-nintendo-patent-reveals-scroll-wheel-shoulder-buttons/

This was patented by Nintendo a year or two before Switch was revealed, so it’s possible. Also very possible this is a fake rumour directly based on that patent description.

Pegi dispute? https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/03/indie-hit-balatro-removed-from-console-stores-in-pegi-age-rating-dispute

TotK Gannondorf appeared on the UK store this morning too.

Surely it’s time for us to see something from their deal with Nintendo in 2021.
I thought we’d have seen some remakes of classic Nintendo IP by now.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/06/nintendo_to_give_forever_entertainment_significant_financial_support_in_new_publishing_deal#:~:text=Forever%20Entertainment%20SA%20has%20announced,%22several%22%20games%20on%20Switch.

Detective Pikachu wasn’t rereleased in the UK in 2023, looks like it’s just a glitch in BoxOfficeMojos’ figures. Their own top grossing UK 2023 release list confirms this.

You missed these UK Mario Sunshine ads!
https://youtu.be/zMJCcnYcOzo

I gave up on building up my island a while back. I’m disappointed there’s still so much content missing from older games, like proper shops and facilities to build, or NPCs to meet. I do still love the clothing design feature and that’s the only reason I play now - making football kit designs is a fun creative outlet for me. (Search GameTropolis on YT if anyone wants to see them!)

How could you miss this one from Yoshi’s Crafted World? (Warning: keep fresh undies on standby!)
https://youtu.be/KSk0QP5LuXs

Cheat codes here if anyone needs them:
https://youtu.be/gfdiizjFE_k

Footage here if anyone’s curious:
https://youtu.be/bkVq8rkrsms

Endless Ocean 3 and Giftpia Remastered please! 😃

@shgamer it launched worldwide Jan 28th

@westman98 A little thing called Christmas. Unit sales between Oct to Dec can be as much as the rest of the year combined.

Thanks to Red Dwarf I always read Ouroboros as Our Rob or Ross

How does this stack up against Rune Factory Frontier? That was the last RF I sunk serious time into and loved it, except the spirit balancing mechanic which eventually put me off playing more. Are there any similar annoying gameplay elements in this one? Are the soundtrack and graphics on a par with RFF too?

There were a couple of interesting ones filed a year or so before the Switch came out that looked pretty cool - a mouse-scroll type shoulder button with digital click, and a stylus with built in rumble to provide haptic feedback. I thought both would have been nifty additions in the Switch.

Because the developer’s name is Fred, and it’s a pun on Words With Friends. Same as Wordle is a play on that dev’s name (Josh Wardle)

@ROBLOGNICK that would be an amazing feature. So many crap-shovellers clogging up the eshop pages.

Is the soundtrack as good as previous games? That alone could swing my decision!

Are any of these similar to the card-battling in Baten Kaitos? That game had such awesome combat.

Does it come with Death Tank included?

One of my favourite N64 games, played it to death. A few years later, the Art Director (Paul Docherty) joined my Game Design course as a lecturer, so we got to see loads of scrapped art assets from the original sequel (not 2nd Coming) and Forsaken 2 in our Modelling For Games modules!

@Rambler yeah it was released and available for a couple months before Nintendo threatened legal action. I had a copy, it was a great platformer!

My lovely horse
Running through the fields.
Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing
In the wind

@YusseiWarrior3000 Because there isn’t a ‘console’ version to begin with. This is a port of the PC/tablet version tailored to Switch. Just like the Xbox Series S/X version is port.

@Ponyo404 Took the words out of my mouth! Smash Bros is a good example of Nintendo licensing content (even some of their own music has to be licensed from a publisher if it was ever released commercially). They also license software for development PhysX/Unity for example.

@ModdedInkling You’re thinking of Trademarks, which are different to Licenses. Patents cover the design and architecture of hardware, or unique gameplay systems. Trademarks cover tangible commercial properties like brand names, logos, colours, sounds etc. A License is an agreement with a third-party to use their property, which in this case is archive footage, probably used in a cut-scene.

@chapu2006 Thanks! That kit was a nightmare to get just right.

I splurged all of my birthday money on a Super GB and DK in ‘94. Absolutely amazing piece of kit. My friend and I used to try and complete Marioland with the screen completely covered by the pen tool. Only ever made it to the end of the first level!

The TV ads were class too. Nintendo at their best.
https://youtu.be/TLtf7-utywc

@zombi3wolf Got you covered here if you haven’t found it yet. I’ll start work on the new season kits in August too 😃

https://youtu.be/kT0D7qeJAxw

@Shinnos Cheers!

@Shinnos Thanks for that. I rely on views and engagements on YT to guage which kits are popular and worth spending the time on. No need for anyone to watch it now.

@6ch6ris6 I’ve made over 150 club kits from the Premier League and Champions League (plus some lower league requests from subscribers) if you want any of those? The video above has links to more videos with the design codes.

@bluemujika Makai or Rhapsody would be a good pairing.

I’d welcome a La Pucelle Remaster. I got a review copy back in the day and it hooked me instantly and opened my eyes to the SRPG genre like Disgaea and Fire Emblem. Somehow lost my purchased copy in a house move but would love the chance to replay it again.

Already got Battle Axe via KS, and waiting for Pokemon Snap to be delivered. Can’t wait to play it with my two year old.

@MoonKnight7 Couldn’t agree more. I enjoyed Tri on Wii and Wii U, but it always felt so unfriendly and convoluted I never came back to the series. Glad I gave Rise a chance, it’s now one of my favourite Switch games.

I've captured footage here: https://youtu.be/oGXxtlUj41Y

Interesting to note Eveline Fischer (Rare composer and voice of Joanna Dark) voices Krystal in this version. Also a few spelling mistakes in the subtitles!

Great collection, loads of extras and different versions yet people still moaning about the price!!

The Brian the Brain ads were pretty fun though
https://youtu.be/W3MyQnlAIds

Fairune and SubaraCity are well worth picking up

Hah! That moment when you click on a news item and see your best mate’s tweet made the headlines. I’d love a new BK but I don’t think anything can capture that magic of the original game. The game industry has moved on, and so have we.