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It's safe to immerse in water though right?

@MrGawain Today I learned that a brogue is not just a shoe.
Edit: spelling - an r in learned eluded me

@OldManHermit With marketing speak like that you'll be snapped up by one of these silly companies shortly.

I want a controller with a roast dinner on it. I don't want a controller advertising foods that lead to greasy controllers.

This Direct had pretty much something for everyone. Best one in a good while.

Isn't the point in NFTs to show off that you "own" something no one else has or to sell at a profit one that you bought who feels the bragging rights are worth more than what you paid for it. Who wants to show off NFTs from this company.

This sounds like it would go well with some toe jam!

NFTs are the Emperor's New Clothes. Everyone buying into them thinks they're great and everyone else is just pointing and laughing.

Smash has the least number of iterations compared to those entries though.

The OLED Switch will probably outsell the Wii U within a year. The Wii U sales aren't justified though as it was a great console and the second screen was useful in some games. If it played Gamecube discs it would have played games from all Nintendo home systems and would have sold like crazy. In my dreams anyway.

They've taken down the Mother 3 soundtrack? Surely that means a Western release is incoming.
That is what glass half full people will infer anyway.

@Rambler It sure is. Loved the show and loved Bob Monkhouse. Now reminiscing again. Shame they never made more.

When the internet was invented I would like to think this is they type of content they envisioned it would be filled with, and cats of course.

@Specter_of-the_OLED Mystery Dungeon games used to be split. I did say often the norm. I believe this could have been number one with a split option. I will add that I am not a fan of the dual game versions as it's a lot of messing about to fill the pokedex.

I imagine it would be even higher if it came in two flavours as is often the norm for Pokemon.

Maybe people will think it is a tie in game to the movie Triangle from a few years back.

I'll reserve judgment until I hear Pratt's Mario as I can't get his normal voice out of my head and surely it won't just be that.

Gameplay over graphics any day of the week. I'd buy a game with Spectrum/C64 level graphics if it was really good.

It looks like it would be easier to get into on the right hand side of the window/door those curtains imply. Assuming there is an obvious reason why it isn't.

@Ryu_Niiyama That makes me feel even older!

On the plus side, we are getting close to Super Mario 40.

Delaying something is good for health but not so much for safety these days with the online hate delays entail.

"People have greater freedom and ownership over digital items".
Greater than right click?

If I worked at a games company I'd be "leaking" stuff to these folks all the time just to see how far it runs. By leaking I mean making stuff up.

I wouldn't want an NFT if they were giving them away. Which just reminded me of when Apple gave everyone a new U2 album a few years back and I had to find out how to remove it. I don't want digital rubbish. If they start to add NFTs to games hopefully there is a disable this rubbish option rather than a long winded method of "giving them back".

The only thing worth spending that much money on is a massive house or a small flat in posh part of London.

@Silly_G @ModdedInkling That level will be the death of me as it remains uncompleted on my Wii U and Switch as well. Adding some more levels would get me to fire it up again and maybe finish the job.

Worst game I have played on Game Pass. The story wasn't great which for a game where the main selling point after the cast is the narrative. I can forgive a game if the narrative isn't good as long as the gameplay is fun. This didn't tick either box for me. Reviews are subjective and no-one will ever agree with every review as you can't please all of the people all of the time.

@ModdedInkling The Switch is the little engine that could. It's only now coming up to its 5th birthday. It's still got at least a couple of years in it before we get a sequel. Depends on how much the pace slows over those 2 years though. Let’s look again next year. I'll be the first to admit I was way off buy I like to remain hopeful.

How long before GTA Online mobile edition?

@ModdedInkling @Duncanballs If they ever release a Switch Pro then it could even beat the PS2.

@Balta666 Hopefully they read the room last week.

With just a new logo they have done better than Konami's Castlevania "celebration".

Might try and push through some more of House of Fata Morgana and get to a point where it gets good. Put it on hold all week as it was too slow for me and needed a break. How many hours in is it supposed to pick up? This is my first visual novel and as I like reading I thought I would enjoy it more.
Playing Forza Horizon 5 and The Pedestrian on Game Pass as well.

@Mauzuri I think some people are waiting for something outside of marketing material to help them decide. People are almost there and just need a nudge to dive in. I'll get it eventually even if the reviews are terrible but the reviews may persuade me to get it sooner rather than later. Still playing Shining Pearl at the minute anyway. Seems strange they decided to release this so soon after that release.

Read the headline as "Analyst throws dart at their rumour board to see which one they'll wheel out this week."

Not only sold more combined but 4.5 times more. That is impressive. I would say the Switch is the console I would keep of the current three if I was told I can only keep one, although the Series X is a close second due to Game Pass.

I think the headline is missing some quotation marks around celebrating.

If this actually works then maybe we can get some joy con, preferably first party, that use this tech. Not had the issue yet myself but there are enough people who have to warrant an upgrade.

Currently trawling through The House in Fata Morgana. Around 8 hours in and nothing has really happened so far. One "decision" made at the start and that is it. I was aware it was light on options so that isn't an issue. I'm wondering at what point the story picks up as barely anything has happened so far and have had to take a break before I lose the will to live.

So what he is saying is that most gamers are happy playing games and getting their "hit" from completing a level or constructing something or whatever but some people want to be given a virtual "biscuit (which is a flavour no-one else is allowed to eat but can lick with permission) and a pat on the head" to say well done little Johnny.

I own this on the Dreamcast and the sequel on the PS2. Played both. Entertaining at the time. Not sure I would be in a rush to revisit either unless the extra content makes it worth it though.

@BloodNinja I play DDR wearing roller blades and in my local arcade I asked them to cut the safety bar off the machine as you only live once. I've only fallen off and broken my leg three times but totally worth it. Hit every step wrong but I enjoyed myself.

Played just enough Shining Pearl yesterday so I can trade with my brother tomorrow. Other than that no gaming for me.

With the classics being released this week I think you may need to amend your Switch games of the year list.

When the lowest selling version of the Switch is selling 20 times more than the competition combined you can see why the game charts are dominated by Switch games.

I remember borrowing the game off my friend back in the day and playing this track into the early hours trying to set a stupidly fast time he would never beat. He never even noticed when I gave it back. In my dreams it was as fast as this. In reality it was probably about one minute per lap.

@Not_Soos I was definitely connected to WiFi as it updated SNES online games when I loaded that up and played some Pac Man 99.

Says I played 100% docked but I know that is a lie as I remember playing some Switch while I was away from my house unless it is a rounding thing and less than 0.5% was portable. Other than that seems about right.

@TheRedComet How about a black Australian and we're both happy?