DrJiggle

Lightening what? Quest for the what? That's Thunderforce IV, man!

Seriously, though, I hope it's a remake of "Looney Tunes: Space Race" for the Dreamcast.

I guess until it's announced, you'll just have to call me "Shin'en The Wonder-er".

@Silly_G The cool thing is — the right/red joycon already has a camera! Granted, it's IR but as anyone who's played around with Labo can tell you, it's actually pretty darn good and should be able to distinguish between the general shape of different faces/expressions.

There's way more to the creation of the Virtual Boy than most people realize, most of it having to do with sheer coincidence on the part of how Nintendo came across the technology, combined with Yokoi's famous design philosophy of "lateral thinking with withered technology". This article is one of the best I've read: https://www.fastcompany.com/3050016/unraveling-the-enigma-of-nintendos-virtual-boy-20-years-later

A lot of the unfortunate design limitations of the Virtual Boy were intended to offset safety and usability concerns inherent with VR that are still being addressed today (how to make it portable without people killing themselves, how to make head tracking work so people don't want to throw up). To say that anyone could have created a workable VR technology that was safe, economical and suitable for mass home use back in the early 1990s is pretty naive.

@RupeeClock Actually, the lack of an integrated microphone is probably one big reason why Nintendo WOULD release Nintendogs on Switch: so they can produce some goofy dog-shaped microphone that plugs into the headphone jack and then bundle it with the game for $99.99. I know — I shouldn't give them any ideas.

Title for Western release: "Imagineerz: Little Friendz: Dogz & Catz"

I know Nickelodeon games have a reputation for being almost unequivocally awful (I still have nightmares from the hour or so I spent trying to play "Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies" on the GameCube back in 2004), but perhaps there's a more diplomatic way to introduce a feature on one of their games than "Introducing the Nickelodeon slime".

@Captain_Toad Touché!

Doesn't "Ultimate" mean "final", though? Maybe that's addressed in the video. I would have at least preferred a "Super Smash Bros. Penultimate" or "Super Smash Bros. The Next to Final Chapter" first, if that's the case.

A interactive encyclopedia ca. 1991 would be so awesome to play around with today. I'm holding out for the 3DO Classic, though.

The irony is that they couldn't wait just a few days to play a Mario Party game, a series whose gameplay is pretty much defined by waiting.

It's an advanced Golurk prototype, the G-1000, made of a mimetic polyalloy. Liquid metal.

That is very sad news and my thoughts and prayers are with his family. I'm glad they were able to come together around their shared love of games and make some memories together. People don't always realize how important games can be for bringing families, especially brothers, together and how important those memories can be after you lose someone close to you. Rest in peace.

Their former employees will remember that.

Have they fixed the frame skip issues while in portable mode? Been holding off on purchasing this because I heard they had some issues at launch.

I remember getting four copies of this for $6 around four years ago on Humble Bundle. So yeah, $10 now on Switch seems fair...

The long-awaited Wii classic comes home to the Switch. 9 out of 10.

@BigKing Awesome comment. 9/10. I didn't make the connection that the recent slate of reviews were all re-releases of games that have been available on other platforms for much less money, for years. Not every game can be just one degree shy of perfection.

@ThatGiloFella Thanks for the recap! It was very helpful. Will definitely pick this one up, on sale.

Counterpoint: Why would anyone want a potentially legally discoverable record of them, via a cloud-save file on Nintendo's servers, having ever owned "1-2 Switch"?

I agree that Minecraft needs cloud saves, though, just given how much work people can put into creating their worlds.

This one looks good. So is Velocity 2X the original game or the sequel that the dev is promising to make if this one sells well?

Also, "Quarp Jet" sounds like something you experience after eating at Chipolte. Thank you! Good night!

@Crono1973 Yes. Eventually you'll be able to pre-order the NES controllers for $60. I think we'll see more of Nintendo introducing the eShop discounts after everyone has blown through their 7-day free trial.

I wonder if the actual physical box will vibrate manically anytime anyone near you is speaking, just like the joycon do with every letter of every word of every line of in-game dialog.

@DTMOF84 Count / Pointercount

@luxoricious You can still save any game's save data to your physical Switch system without the online subscription. If your Switch is lost or damaged, though, (or if power is interrupted while you're saving) you'll lose your save data for good. It's been this way for everyone since the Switch launched and you can continue doing it this way for free.

With Nintendo Switch Online most of your current games (and future games) save data can be uploaded to Nintendo's servers (realistically it's probably Amazon's servers but anyway) to keep it safe just in case the save data on your Switch is lost. You can pull it back down from their servers to your Switch whenever you need it.

It is a great offer. We have three Switches in our household so for $35 we each get 20+ NES games we can all play (well two of us at a time can play) together... and in 12 months that'll be closer to 50 or 60 NES games, plus eventually SNES. Plus, backing up the 150+ hours I have in BotW is easily worth $35 to me (not to mention Mario Odyssey, Hollow Knight, Stardew Valley, etc.).

@Rohanrocks88 @JohnQuixote I actually postponed playing the game for a year because (among other reasons) I wanted to make sure there at least a plan in place to offer cloud saves before I sunk a bunch of time into it.

One of those 20 un-announced titles has got to be "Jumping Flash 2: Big Trouble in Little Muu" or what's even the point?

I have never in my life felt emotionally or physically safer than the moment last night when I was finally able to upload my 64.7MB "Breath of the Wild" save file, representing my investment of 150+ hours in the title, to the cloud. Last night was the first time in the six months or so since I picked up the title that I actually slept, secure in the knowledge that my save data was safe. And so far today, I've felt a sense of inner calm that I haven't felt in I don't know how long. I can't thank Nintendo enough.

One question: Do you GRIP on a GRID or in the DIRT?

"...And only Streets of Rage 2 can seriously be considered a superior entry in the genre."

Ahem! "Ninja Baseball Batman", anyone? And yes: seriously!

I have this on Steam. It's an excellent collection.

All NES'ed out, eh? Well, we'll just see how you feel after we take away your precious ROM sites for a few years. You'll be singing a different tune then, I bet! You'll come crawling to Nintendo Switch Online for your NES fix! Mu-hu-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Seriously, though, I think the NES launch is just a proof-of-concept for SNES, N64 and WiiWare games at some point. You have to start somewhere and Nintendo is known for dipping their toes tentatively into every new pond, especially when it comes to digital distribution.

@Mgene15 Bombing Dumpsters? I haven't played that since High School!

In my experience, the best way to play this game is to find a 10-year-old who has played through the game multiple times and gotten all the endings to act as your strategy guide to tell you where to go next so you still get to see everything but don't waste time wandering around or grinding (until you get find the Tem Shop anyway). Regardless of how you feel about its fans, it's certainly an essential game on its own merits.

@KoopaTheGamer Yeah, but it's not amazing CGI, not the way the "real" trailer for Civ VI is. Do a YouTube search on "CIVILIZATION VI Launch Trailer" to see what I mean. And there's no comparison in terms of the music, either. It's just weird that they would choose to promote such an amazing game with such a goofy trailer, especially when a really good trailer — that actually tells a pretty poignant story about a relationship that adapts and evolves as civilization evolves — already exists. The original intro makes me want to play the game. The new Switch intro makes me feel like I'm playing MySims or something. It's a little thing, but weird.

I have to admit this trailer made me LOL. If the past three Civ games have been known for anything, it's their lush, cinematic intros with amazing CGI showing the rise and fall of human civilization over thousands of years, set to intricate scores provided by virtuoso composer Christopher Tin. But for the Switch? Eh, you get an intro that makes it looks like any F2P clicker game on mobile.

I love playing this game on PC (it's the ultimate "laptop" game), and I'm happy to hear the Nintendo version doesn't suffer from the same issues the PS4 version did at launch. I'm holding off on double-dipping until there's a massive sale though because the Nintendo version doesn't include any of the user-generated levels (or the level-editor) which vastly extends the play value (and also because I only paid $3 for the PC version on Steam).

These games are all a must RetroPie! I mean a must buy (of course).

If you haven't played "Undertale" yet, it really is one of those essential games — and I say this as someone who held off on playing it on PC for almost a year, just I didn't think it could be as great as everyone said it was. It's not the GOAT or anything, but it's certainly important enough not to skip.

"Old School Musical" looks like a video game that gives you the experience of watching someone else play a video game, while you simultaneously play a slightly less fun version of the same video game. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

"Obviously I was bluffing, I didn't have all the money."

That's great. Elon Musk should try that one with the SEC.

Any review score that doesn't take into consideration value for money (or "bang for the buck") is essentially worthless. Review scores for "Minit" have been overwhelmingly positive, and it's a cool game with some cool ideas, but unfortunately at nearly $10 for a little over an hour of gameplay, I can't in good conscience recommend it to anyone. Now if it had been a browser-based game you could play for free, yes, that would make it "essential". For free, it would be a 10/10. For what you actually get for $10, it's more like a 3/10.

So yeah, overwhelmingly positive review scores can be very misleading.

Hey! That's the guy from the cover of Realpolitiks! They need to hire a different Polish actor to pose for these covers.

@Painkiller_Mike "Robert Mueller's Real Indiktments"

The poor frame rates and load times are explained at least in part by the fact that each cartridge contains a tiny Yasuhiro Wada who lives in your Switch and hand-draws every frame for you in real-time as you play.

Or at least that's the only thing that could justify a $60 retail price for this when Stardew Valley is literally 1/4 of that.

This is a really cool idea and the price definitely seems right for something you'll probably play around with only a few times.

Ready player one!

Wow, the guy on the cover looks absolutely THRILLED to be starring in his very own videogame, doesn't he?

And in terms of the amount of work needed to make Bastion run on the Switch, I can't imagine it's very much work: the game can run in a Chrome browser window....