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Also enjoyed Eternals, it didn't deserve the hate. Also nice shout out to The Waters of Mars, one of my favourite Doctor Who episodes

Guess I won't bother then, what a shame. I still have Octopath 2 to play anyway, plus Live A Live. Hopefully the Adventures of Elliot is a proper physical release at least, fingers crossed

That's a really fun sounding free update! I want to pick this game up and support it, but it would take a fully physical release to get me to so it's unlikely I'll ever play it. Got way too many games in my backlog to justify it otherwise

Enjoying it a lot and the music callbacks are awesome. Only complaint is there only being 1 lap per course, the first 2 of 3 laps is just getting to said course. Unless there is a way to change that in the settings?

I think this interview has sold me on trying the early games in the series rather than this one

Honestly I thought Animal Crossing was already included, but I guess it must have been one promised as a later update or something. Thought about getting one of these, but selection is a bit too limited

It actually does look sharper and looks like there is more pokemon on screen, maybe they improved the draw distance? I wonder if the choppy frame rate on pokemon in the distance will be improved too, because that often looks laughable on a regular Switch. Looking forward to being able to go to places like the lake and the frames stay stable

I'm loving this game on my PS5. If they release this on Switch 2 with the whole game on the card, not a key card release, then I'll be tempted to double dip

Going from 147 icons on Switch to 258 on Switch 2 had to be by design, each number has been incremented by 1, like the Switch 2 itself! Nice to see Fire Emblem and Pokémon options available now

Loved this game on 3DS. Not sure if I'll be double dipping with it being one of these game key releases though. Its a small enough game to fit on an actual game card and not need to be downloaded

@Diowine We can assume the joycon drift has been fixed or at least reduced. They wouldn't openly admit the original joycons were problematic in a big presentation like this

@countzero yeah same thing happened with me. I looked it up a few times over the day thinking it just hadn't been added in my region yet, but then looked at other Nintendo made apps and it was there to download

Happy for the Rhythm Heaven fans! I was thinking this would be a great time to get into the series before Switch 2 releases, but a 2026 release? Bizarre. I wonder if this means Switch 2 is out sooner than we realise, because there's not much coming soon at the moment right?

Glad they're still adding themes. Once they add a Donkey Kong theme or a Metroid one I'll bite, but really the game I'd love to see added most is Star Fox Adventures! I can easily imagine going to sleep to the Thorntail Hollow (Night) music, waking up to the morning variation and then the Sharpclaw battle music playing if staying in bed too long. But I acknowledge thats an unlikely pick

And this is why buying and owning is better. Yes, the streaming service is cheaper with all the games available, but if you only want to play online or only have a couple older games you'd choose to make time for then its not cheaper anymore. Better to pick and choose the few games that you know you will go back to long after Nintendo or anyone else decides its not to be played anymore

@rjejr I was thinking the same thing. Part of me thought the Xenoblade thumbnail was just a red herring to get people to click on the article, but nope, apparently its a brand new game 😄 I never got round to playing more than a few hours of the original release on my Wii U, so I'm going to try not to double dip, got what feels like a million games to play in my backlog

I love Donkey Kong, but have still got my Wii original version so not too fussed, especially with the newly added visual issues. Didn't get the Tropical Freeze port either, had recently finished the original Wii U release a second time. Not typically a fan of buying the same game multiple times unless there has been significant improvements, got other things in life to pay for

This is great! But also can't imagine Donkey Konga without the bongos, could be fun to try this one they are supported

After Shadow being out of the spotlight for so many years I prefer to see him front and centre in the Western cover, rather than upside down in the Japanese one

Probably not. I picked it up when it originally released on Wii U and only played the first few hours of it. Enjoyed what I played and always meant to go back to it, but never did. Too many games, not enough time to play them, so if I double dipped it would probably happen again 😅 Might change my mind if they reveal a whole bunch of new stuff, otherwise I still plan to go back to my Wii U copy one day!

@Serpenterror Conker's Bad Fur Day was re-released through Rare Replay, unless you're talking about Nintendo re-releases specifically. The remake on the original Xbox was really good too, probably not as good as the original with some of those changes though even if it looks and plays great

@Magician agreed. If you go into it expecting survival horror you will be confused and disappointed. Its a great action game though, especially in co-op

I remember having Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters on GBA as one of my two first GBA games as a kid alongside Pokémon Ruby. Definitely spent more time on Pokémon, but Dungeon Dice Monsters was still pretty neat. I wonder if its included in this collection

The remake for Rescue Team is already awesome and available, but its still nice to be able to go back to the original. Not for me though as I don't pay for the NSO Expansion

This is one older Star Wars game I would pick up again, loved this back on the Gamecube. Hopefully they do a good job

Are there many differences between Marvel Vs Capcom 2 on arcade and the console versions? Extra characters, better framerate etc? Originally had it on the original Xbox and loved it and thinking of getting this collection of the arcade games

Wish I could be interested, but the value proposition isn't there in my opinion. Double the games from 13 to 26, add NES Remix-style remix missions and add online multiplayer then this would probably be a no brainer

Think I'll just stick with NES Remix 1 and 2 on my Wii U. I like the up to 8 players local play aspect, but there's a clear lack of content here for a package that costs more than the two NES Remix games combined. Maybe there's more they haven't revealed yet, but not impressed so far

Awesome. One of my favourite parts of this update are the new character portraits for some important NPCs that didn't have one before, like Mayor Regis, Allen and Mariana. Being able to actually rewatch all endings you've previously unlocked is great too

@LoneHammerBro its on sale on the eshop right now if you're interested. I picked this up at launch and loved it. Definitely miles ahead of the PS1 and PSP versions

I like everything I'm hearing about this one. Will stay optimistic

More RPGs should do this. Even if other players only take part in battles its still a fun option and better than AI partners in real time games

Hopefully HD remasters of the first two games

@gcunit Ha nice catch, just fixed the typo👌

@MarioBrickLayer or maybe a duology if its Ocarina of Time inspired, with the first movie ending on the cliffhanger of Link waking up as an adult in the Temple of Time. So many possibilities for a Zelda movie. I'm sure with Nintendo working closely on this we'll get something good

I appreciate the Dodge Ball reference in the opening paragraph, love that movie. Really looking forward to this Zelda movie and am actually glad they're taking a live action approach, though I don't expect we'll get any more information on it this year and definitely not from one of these meetings

I think they still have a chance at overtaking Sword and Shield too in a year or so, but we'll see. I initially held off on buying this for about a year due to all the issues, but they're just such fun games, definitely better than Sword and Shield for me. Hopefully next time Game Freak can sort out the performance issues and add voice acting

Delayed getting this game for almost a year because of all the issues, but now I've been playing it its a lot of fun despite those issues. Definitely a good evolution for the series, just hope the next one is less broken! Haven't touched the DLC yet so this will have to wait, still taking my time with the base game and playing other stuff

Watched the first 3 episodes of this earlier today and its really charming and well made. Looking forward to watching the last episode tomorrow morning with breakfast, shame its only 4 episodes long

Understandable that due to the format the speeches need to have some kind of limit, but 30 seconds is way too short, you don't hurry Aonuma off the stage! I enjoyed the Game Awards, but Matthew Mcconaughey, Anthony Mackie and heck, even Hideo Kojkma didn't need to be on stage quite as long as they were if it meant that developers didn't have time to accept their awards

@Andee The game on sale, Dark Arisen, is the first Dragons Dogma. There's only 1 game in the series currently available outside Japan, but there's a second game on the way

Not a huge drop-off for Warioware so thats good. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Star Ocean is out of the top 10. Guess we'll find out tomorrow when places 11-30 are revealed, but hoping the Switch and PS5 versions at least will be there still

Good to know they're updating it. My copy is still sealed and sitting on a shelf. Have had too many other games to play

Star Ocean and WarioWare only in the top 40 for a single week, just painful. I know there's a lot of competition this year, but ouch. Some great games are being slept on

Shame WarioWare hasn't done so great this time, been really enjoying it. At least Star Ocean Second Story R is doing a bit better than SO6 did last year, but not by a lot considering its on Switch

@Mauzuri its a really great game and you'll be able to jump in without having played the other games. One of the two playable characters is the son of two characters from Star Ocean First Departure, but Second Story gives you a short recap of what happened if you select that character. The story of the first game is irrelevant if you choose the other character so either way you're good to go

@Porky Not hard at all, the whole game is on there. The download is only for additional languages and bug fixes. English and Japanese included on cart @CANOEberry pretty sure the download is optional from what I've been hearing. Will confirm myself when my copy arrives

As a huge fan of the series, I'm loving seeing this one get great reviews across the board. So excited to play this once my copy arrives and hopefully Star Ocean Till the End of Time will be remade next

I really want to try them, since I love tri-crescendo's work on Eternal Sonata and Motoi Sakuraba's music, but the English dub being removed is kind of a deal breaker. Maybe I'll pick it up and keep it shelved then wait in hope that it will be patched back in due to complaints. Haven't decided yet, this should have been an easy preorder

Can't believe this. Didn't know the Quest for Camelot had a videogame until I found it in a preowned store a couple months back and picked it up. Loved the film back when it came out, so strange to see this get re-released. Weirdest NSO additions yet