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Are gibberish titles like this as annoying to native speakers of English?

Oops, nearly didn't realize this is part of the anniversary collection I've got already. I'll keep my money, then.

I feel increasingly underwhelmed by this. I mean, the design is great, and full of that special Nintendo charm. But how long will the fun last, say if you're more than 9 years old? Are there any rides besides Karts and that Yoshi-themed one? Or are we just supposed to punch things, and touch them with our smart wristband?

I keep seeing these file size reveal headlines. How much do people really care about these things, though?

I used to play Konami's soccer on MSX, which looks a lot like this game. Who inspired who?

Also, that real life Kart looks awesome!

Can't understand why they wouldn't want to keep selling the 3D All-stars package indefinitely though. Sure, they will have massive sales during that time, but I still reckon they could have sold more if they didn't make it a limited time offer.

Easiest choice to pre-order I've ever made

They should add some green to the red and gold one. You know, Karma Chameleon, "Red, gold and green"

Seriously though, it's so fugly it hurts my eyes.

Of course people would know about it after assembling the whole thing?!

DKC and picking up some missing moons in Super Mario Odyssey

Hold it now. Great game, but how many iterations do we really need? Personally I'm good with the Konami anniversary collection and the NES port that's available through switch online.

He needs to be taken off the streets, right now.

Very much looking forward to this. Will play it alongside the Last of Us part II this summer.

They should realize they don't have years to make the service great. Unless they plan to keep the same content available on their next console?

If it does, I will only need the rest of the Wii U Mario titles on the switch so that I can retire my Wii U.

The only DE game I have any nostalgic feelings towards is Express Raider. I would probably buy that.

Just imagine if they remastered 64 with the Oddyssey-engine so that all of it looked like mushroom kingdom does there!

I've wanted All Stars 2 since, like, forever. Here, take my money, Nintendo!

I'm most excited about the opportunity to replay Galaxy, anywhere, but Sunshine with improved controls wouldn't be bad, either. Or 64, remastered, for that matter.

checks calendar Nope, not April 1st. wets pants a little from pure excitement

I'm absolutely delighted that I'll get Burnout Paradise to go

I've still yet to play Animal Crossing but truthfully, I don't quite get just what it is you actually do in these games just from reviews.

Dunno... Lego is more fun building things and Mario is more fun as games.

Live action? What would Mario be doing in it? Rescue Peach? Damsel in distress feels SO 2020, doesn't it?

The games don't need much in terms of plot. Movies do. Leave Mario alone, please.

Knowing myself, I probably wouldn't build a single level. Should I get this anyway?

@MrBelmont oooh, forgot about those. Might be time to fire up the old Wii U tonight

Almost haven't touched the predecessor, but I just might pick Mario Maker 2 up anyway

Am I the only one who doesn't get the remark about Ava Turing at the beginning of the review? Is there something funny about the name I'm missing?

I love this game! Yesterday the solution to one of the levels suddenly occurred to me at work. I love the feeling when my brain is processing a problem at the back of my mind while I'm thinking about other stuff and then comes up with the answer almost subconsciously. The last time that happened was with the original Lemmings, I think. I literally solved a Lemmings level while asleep.

@tyk007 Oooh, I didn't know that. Thanks a lot, my eyes will be very grateful

Nah, difficulty for difficulty's sake doesn't appeal to me. Still a great game, I bet.

Er... I've had lots of fun with tennis games in single player mode. Fact is, I've hardly ever played against human opponents.

@Radioactivesuit I'm just here to see if someone's being a total d**k about a real catastrophe.

Hardly joy-cons at all, considering they can't be attached to the console?

@fafonio as far as preservation goes, I think the 8 and 16 bit eras are probably well covered by now. I'm more worried about present day games. How do we make sure that our grandchildren get to play games that require gigabytes upon gigabytes of patches in order to run? Will they get to play the Last of Us and Days Gone, for instance?

@bLiNdSiDe82 nothing like a game of trategy!

I guess I'll never fully understand this sort of thing. To me it's always a bit sad when people buy things that they really love, but can't use them without rendering them worthless. But then again, maybe ownership of flawless items is in itself a greater joy to these people than actually using them.

@Paperboy oh, yes please! I actually just sold a bunch of MSX Konami carts, so I'd really love it if they became playable on the Switch.

@tendonerd If you were trying to say that the Switch is just a big touch screen, I can't agree. I hardly ever touch the screen while playing games, and I use the dock even more rarely. So, what did you mean?

Can anyone verify that this is indeed the same game as the one offered in the Konami Arcade Classics Anniversary collection?

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Actually, nevermind, it isn't

@Franklin cool. Even cooler since there is a Swedish artist named E. Gadd. Eric, to be precise

Maybe the one on the right is just a tall building. It got me thinking about Super Mario Odyessey, but there are no metro stations in the game

I'm curious about the builds left and right of the map. What are they?

I'm tempted, but it feels a bit pricey? Still, it will definitely get on my watch-list. Maybe it will be on sale some day? Still have Skyrim, Days Gone and Red Dead Redemption 2 on my backlog though and right now all I play is Zelda : A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening so I don't have time for this at the moment.

While they're at it, they should sue the companies that sell Retropie-based consoles bundled with 20k game roms, among them large parts of Nintendo's retro libraries. The asking price tag is too high for just the hardware, so they're literally selling illegal roms.

I'm super happy with my Switch, but I really thought it would be the ultimate means to gather all Nintendo's classic games and more wherever I go. As third party content is concerned the train has pretty much left the station with others than Nintendo cashing in on their own games. They still have the opportunity to make their own switch online service into an amazing one stop shop for all things classic Nintendo and I still hope against hope that they will. I'd much rather have N64, GC and Wii games for the switch (online) than in the form of new mini, consoles which frankly I can't be bothered to clutter up my home with. Please, make the switch the only retro console I'll ever need. Pretty please?

The decision not to include Virtual console on a system so perfectly suited for it is still beyond me. Don't you understand, Nintendo? I'd buy many of your games AGAIN given the chance, if you're not willing to include them in switch online for a monthly fee.

Didn't really think I'd do this, but I just bought Doom for switch. And I'm not really that nostalgic about it, I can't remember playing more than a few stages back in the day. I guess the hype got the better of me, but I kind of look forward to playing it again now.

I will gladly try it out

@akennelley1 do you remember, though, when Doom was the ultimate test as to what your PC could handle?

I just can't get past the blocky look of these games. Time really hasn't been kind to them. It amazes me a little that so many people seem to be excited about playing them again.