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Would have been really bad if not for Another Code. That was the announcement that got my attention. Other than that it wasn’t great. I’m glad to see F-Zero isn’t dead anymore even if this isn’t the F-Zero game I wanted. Hopefully if this gets a large enough player base it will convince Nintendo to give us either a complete new game or at least remaster/remake of GX. Ending it with TTYD remaster was disappointing. Great game but that just wasn’t worth the “one last announcement” treatment. The fact that this was what Nintendo felt was their big announcement is rather telling that the Switch is winding down in favor of new hardware likely next year

@ottoecamn the anniversary edition of the first Halo did it as well. It was remastered for the Xbox 360 and at the push of a button could swap on the fly back to the original graphics. I think one of the Wonder Boy remakes does this too if I’m not mistaken. But yeah I love this feature and I wish all classic game remasters did it.

This was the highlight of the direct for me. I never played Trace Memory but I heard it was really good and this looks great. What a great surprise from an otherwise uneventful direct

Wasn’t a fan of the new movie. The turtles didn’t feel unique enough from each other, I didn’t like the interpretation of Splinter at all, making him fearful and hating humans, wasn’t a fan of the design for April at all, the mutants all felt kind of tacked on, hated seeing even Bebop and Rocksteady working with the turtles, they should have been the two mutants that remained sided against the turtles so they set up for them to become henchmen for Shredder. I don’t know nothing really worked for me in that movie. Maybe I’m still bitter about never getting a sequel to TMNT 2007… that movie is to underrated and under appreciated

@Spider-Kev that sucks, hope you can get a hold of them soon. I missed the like what two minute preorder window, and waited for day of release to hunt them down. Fortunately I ended up waking up randomly at like 3:00am and checked and found Best Buy had them back up for in store pick up. Managed to score two sets (one for me and one for my friend I’m no scalper) Xenoblade Chronicles is among our favorite franchises so we had to have them. Good luck hunting it down.

Any word if Baten Kaitos is getting a physical release? I couldn’t find a listing on Amazon

I will happily revisit this game, but I’m hoping some of the more hidden gems of the N64 library start showing up. I’d like to see the Snowboard Kids games and the one I really want to see show up here is Beetle Adventure Racing. Unfortunately due to licensing I doubt that one will actually come over, might have to just pick up a used copy some time. So many great memories renting that game

@SwagaliciousJohnson did Nintendo ever deny it takes place on Earth? I always assumed so since the first game.

@Daniel36 if you liked the Death Note anime I would also recommend the live action Japanese Death Note adaptation movies. They follow the events much closer to the anime and manga up to a certain point until they decide to do their own thing, I won’t spoil it for you if you are interested. Also the Rurouni Kenshin movies are superb. They represent the template on how live action anime/manga adaptations should be handled. Not to say they aren’t without their faults, specifically in how they seriously sideline Sanosuke and Yahiko, but for condensing the first season into one movie and the second season into two those movies were fantastic

And this is why I don’t bother with Pokémon online. People ruin it with hacked overpowered Pokémon

@stevep I see your point as somebody who still has all my old consoles dating back to Atari 2600, but it’s the convenience of having access to these titles on current hardware you are most likely keeping hooked up and actively playing so you don’t have to dig out old hardware you don’t really have the space to keep hooked up. Besides there’s only so many inputs on a tv

@CharlieGirl backward compatibility needs to be an all or nothing situation. I think digital backward compatibility but no method of allowing physical backward compatibility would cause more rage than no backward compatibility in general. Many Switch gamers prefer physical cartridges as it makes more sense on Switch since it’s the only modern console that games don’t have to be fully installed. I personally buy physical when I can. I already filled my 400 gb sd card to max and had to delete software to make space just from eshop exclusives and update data/dlc for retail games. If I bought everything I currently have digital no doubt even if I bought a terabyte sd card it would be maxed out by now. I want backwards compatibility but if it doesn’t support physical media as well there’s really no point

@Snatcher I actually just picked up Pirate Warriors 4 as well while it was on sale dirt cheap. I’ve been playing through Pirate Warriors 3 and binging the anime any chance I can get. I tried about 5-6 years ago but only got up to just before Water 7. Love the anime but it’s such a commitment. Currently I’m only on Arlong Park so I have quite a ways to go.

I’ve only had this happen to me once from an order on Amazon. It wasn’t a Switch game but rather a 3DS game. I had ordered Pokémon Alpha Sapphire a couple years back as a new copy sold and shipped directly from Amazon. The game case came in and had no cellophane wrapping at all and the game was missing. Amazon sent me a replacement right away and I sent them their empty box, I always assumed it was somebody in the warehouse that saw the opportunity to steal it out of the packaging without being seen

@TenEighty I get what you’re saying, but the issue is current games are struggling to run properly on the current hardware. This is especially prominent with third party, but even one look at Pokémon Scarlett and Violet, or heck even Zelda Tears of the Kingdom show that even Nintendo’s own in house games are getting too ambitious for the current hardware. Higher resolution is nice and all, but I do think it’s time for new hardware to allow these games to perform better, even if we stay at a capped 1080p docked 720p handheld. If we get hardware that ensures every game can hit these target resolutions and run at a stable 60fps I think it will be worth the upgrade

I’ve been in a major One Piece mood lately, started watching the anime from the beginning (last time I binged it I only got as far as Skypia arc) so I’ve also been playing One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 in between watching the anime. I already had it as well as Unlimited World Red, but I saw that Pirate Warriors 4 deluxe edition was on sale for $14.99 down from $89.99 so I picked that up as well. Eventually I will go back to Zelda, but I know once I do it will absorb my life again so I’m trying to be careful when I decide to go back

@Notsoavid preorders were sold out in America due to scalpers… it’s really tiresome when preorders sell out in less than 15 minutes after going live. Fortunately some retailers started taking orders on release day. I just don’t understand why Nintendo so often underestimates demand. The Link amiibo for TotK at least was available for preorder for months so hopefully Zelda and Ganondorf won’t be so difficult to get a hold of

Still waiting on mine. Best Buy had a restock available for preorder for the 28th. Got two sets, one of me and one for my friend. I hope everybody who wants them manages to get them without giving in to scalpers

Ended up waking up at about 2:30 this morning and checked for stock updates and was able to order two sets from Best Buy (one for me and another for my friend). It says they won’t be ready until July 28th so I guess this is a second wave shipping, unless this changes later after they actually open today. It’s crazy how hard it is to get a hold of these. Almost as bad as the early Fire Emblem amiibos

@Vyacheslav333 you are right about Project X Zone. If I’m not mistaken I think Bandai Namco own the rights to the actual ip

@canaryfarmer on Xbox. Microsoft retains all rights to Perfect Dark when they acquired Rare. If you want a new Perfect Dark Microsoft is the one to ask

F-Zero, Sin and Punishment, Custom Robo, Eternal Darkness, Wave Race, 1080 Snowboarding in that order. Really almost any dormant Nintendo franchise I would be happy to see come back. But this is my top wishlist

@Desa F-Zero GX remaster with online play, that’s all I ask. It doesn’t even have to be a new game… although if they were to give us a new game I certainly wouldn’t mind

I have to resist the urge to pick this up right now. I just (finally) picked up Pikmin 3 Deluxe and I plan on getting the physical copy of 1 and 2. Pikmin is a series I always enjoyed but never finished any of the games before (never even played 2 despite owning the Wii version) so I’m not letting myself get Pikmin 4 until I beat 1-3

@Bobb if you haven’t already I suggest checking out the demos for both Pikmin 4 and Pikmin 3 deluxe. Pikmin 1 as far as I can tell is the only one with much of a time limit, though I have yet to play through Pikmin 2 as I skipped it on GameCube and always had it on the backlog when I got the Wii version but according to this review and what I’ve heard 2 is the most lenient of the bunch. The only “time limit” in 3 is making sure you have juice which isn’t difficult. Honestly even Pikmin 1’s time limit is generous, but as somebody who enjoys exploring every nook and cranny and taking my time doing so I can definitely sympathize with you.

I’m still waiting for R-Type Command aka R-Type Tactics. This was one of my favorite PSP games. Glad it’s finally going to other platforms as well as the sequel US never got. I’ve had my physical preorder on Amazon for so long now.

I just wish Square Enix would put the PSP Dissidia games on Switch as well.

@Hero-of-WiiU I’m currently playing through Danganronpa 1 as I’ve been waiting for my Rain Code limited edition (coming in today finally) and I can confirm they did exactly this with Danganronpa too. When there is voice acted dialogue it doesn’t always match exactly with the dialogue on screen. It’s not the biggest deal in the world because both still essentially say the same thing, but it can certainly be off putting the first time you notice it

I’m curious about this cheat code to unlock the AX version of F-Zero. This is the first I’ve heard that AX is actually hidden on the disk. Does this require anything special? Such as running the game on Dolphin because the original hardware can’t support it? Or any modding my console? I’d love to try this if it is easy enough to access. I have the original hardware and game disk already.

@Tryffel where did you find them for preorder? I was interested in picking them up if the price was reasonable

Never played the PlayStation games but I was interested in this series. Perhaps if this does well the rest of the series will come to Switch too. I’m tempted to pick this one up

You guys forgot the best compilation Danganronpa Decadence

So can we stop pretending a Xenoblade Chronicles X port would be too expensive to produce now?

Only one more chance for my favorite MK course, Airship Fortress DS, to come to the game… please don’t disappoint me Nintendo

@Greatluigi I would settle for a hd port at this point. Just give us a collection of the Mega Man spin-off titles like X Command Mission, Network Transmission, Mega Man and Bass, Battle and Chase, The Power Fighters 1 and 2, Xtreme 1 and 2, and heck while we are at it throw in Mega Man Soccer. I would buy this collection day one

That answer was honestly just a typical PR answer that really indicates nothing about the future of the franchise. Capcom is too busy remaking old Resident Evil games to be concerned about Mega Man…

@UltimateOtaku91 glad to hear that the game is really good, not enough people are talking about it. I’ve had the collector’s edition preordered since the game was first announced. Between the art style and the fact that it’s a spiritual successor to the Danganronpa series I had a lot of faith in it. When reviews started coming out to mostly 7’s I started thinking maybe I should cancel my collectors edition and just get the game later on discount. I ended up keeping it though and still waiting for it to arrive. I think it’s coming today actually. Looking forward to checking it out hopefully after work today.

@steely_pete my guess is that it will likely be censored though I hope I’m wrong.

On a side note does this indicate we may finally get an official English version of Fate/Stay Night? I was a fan of the original anime before the series became fairly well known in the west, as well as Zero and Unlimited Bladeworks. I have the original visual novel on my old pc with an English patch but I never got around to going through it. I would gladly buy it on Switch though if it actually makes it over here

@Scooby-Doo how is it overall? The way you wrote your comment suggests that you enjoyed it but it’s only your current goty by default so I’m curious what you actually think of it. I have the limited edition on preorder which was delayed so I’m still waiting to get it but I’m also kind of on the fence as to whether to keep the preorder or not.

@Dm9982 yeah not necessarily a fan of that either simply because you are essentially put into a lottery. If you are not granted an invite you are just out of luck. Unless Nintendo can ensure that anybody that’s subscribed to NSO is guaranteed an invite, and even then I’m on a family account so i no longer have my own NSO. I like the idea of trying to beat the scalpers but not if my ability to get one falls entirely to a chance lottery

@NinjaWaddleDee this right here. I don’t understand why these companies don’t understand this. Ok with collector’s editions those are intended to be made in lower numbers as they are made to be limited. But with the consoles they should give like a two hour window for preorders and work to fulfill those, even if you can’t fulfill all preorders for day one at least those that preordered in that time would be guaranteed on subsequent waves

@Dm9982 yeah that didn’t work all that well for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 collector’s edition… their servers could not handle the traffic and crashed the page and even when you could get on other issues came about. The site actually prevented me from being able to order at all. It glitched saying that I had over the allowed quantity in my cart. I had one in my cart but it would not let me check out. What’s worse is this was the first time they put them up when they went up again I tried again and still was blocked. It’s as if the website thought I already successfully ordered it even though I hadn’t.

@-wc- I fail to see the difference between ignoring a feature and having the ability to turn it off. At the end of the day you are still self imposing challenge. Having a toggle in the options menu will not change anything. Either you want to use it or not. I personally will not but I don’t have an issue with it being there for younger/inexperienced players that want to enjoy the game. This is like selecting the easiest difficulty option and then complaining it’s too easy. You already have the choice not to use it. Having the ability to disable it in the options is essentially the same as just ignoring it

@TanukiTrooper I was going to say the exact same thing. The people complaining about it seem to argue that having it available without the means to completely deactivate it will tempt them to use the function. That’s just silly to me. If you don’t like that the function is there then just don’t use it. Simple as that. Nothing in the game is going to force you to use it. Oh well I guess people need to find something to complain about

Continuing on with Dragon Ball Z Kakarot post game content. I finished Trunks Warrior of Hope dlc yesterday and still working on leveling up for the New Power Awakens content so I can get SSG and SSB transformations. Also likely to jump back into Hyrule as it’s been a couple of weeks since I touched TotK I’m ready to jump back in. Also highly considering getting Pikmin 1 and 2 on the eshop. I want to wait for the physical copy but I still don’t know if both games will be on the cartridge. I know the games are around a gigabyte a piece so it’s not like they can’t both fit but then again Megaman Legacy collection could have easily fit both games but that got a download voucher for volume 2 so until I hear otherwise I can’t assume both will be on the cartridge

@Sonicka I agree with you, however, I have to wonder if they did actually give us a remastered F-Zero GX, would it actually sell well enough for Nintendo to see it as a success? Or is it more the vocal minority crying out for it? How many of us will actually put our money where our mouths are? I’m sure people like you and I would, but maybe Nintendo isn’t completely out of the loop about this as much as it hurts to admit it. I want either a new F-Zero or at least a remaster of GX with online. Heck I’ve been saying for a while what they should do is make F-Zero GX + AX and give us the arcade tracks. I just don’t know if Nintendo sees a big enough active fan base for it unfortunately. As for the Zelda remasters I wouldn’t worry about them. If not on Switch they will most certainly make it to the next console. With TotK released just last month it was too soon to talk about them, give them at least to next year

So I just had a thought, do we know if both games are on the cartridge or if it’s going to be a Bayonetta 1 and 2 kind of deal where only one game is on the cartridge and you get a download voucher for the other game? I was holding off for the physical release but thinking about it now if one of the games will be digital anyway why bother waiting for this release?

@Vivianeat @YANDMAN unfortunately due to the licensing rights expiring we are likely to never see Devastation ported… I still have my digital copy on Xbox Might pick up a physical disk at some point just in case the game is ever removed from the download servers

@protocol_penguin War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron were both also really good games but they are also delisted. Only way to play them is to find copies on 360 or ps3. Not sure if the Xbox versions are backwards compatible I should try running them in my Series X one day just to see

I’m honestly surprised at how people are raving about this direct. No Metroid Prime 4 news (or Prime 2/3 hd ports or remasters) no F-Zero, no Zelda TotK dlc, no FE 4 remake, nothing new and exciting other than a new 2D Mario that admittedly looks very nice. We got ports, remakes, etc. I do hope this is Nintendo’s was of telling us their next gen hardware is on the way next year

This may have been the stand out game of the direct for me. In a direct full of ports and remasters this actually stood out to me. I love the art style

If Illumination were to do a Zelda movie I could only really see it working if they did it based on the Wind Waker style. Even if it’s not an actual WW adaptation just using that kind of style and the somewhat more light hearted atmosphere of WW. If they would want to capitalize on the success of BotW and TotK I really don’t think Illumination is the studio to handle it