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Shouldn’t Captain Falcon be a shoe in? He’s a better fit than Link or Isabelle, there’s already a car Zero track, and there’s never going to be another F Zero so they might as well put him in there.

Price discrimination at its finest.

Punch Out title theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEF3OR-WGVk

The various boxers also have excerpts of national anthems or folk music (Sakura, La Marseillaise, Ride of the Valkyries, etc).

Did something actually get announced, or is the game still vapourware?

The durability system is a critical part of the challenge and improves the game experience. It encourages strategy and using the right tool for the job rather than just rushing in with brute force. One can especially appreciate this in Trial of the Sword, specifically the Master Mode variety, in which every weapon must be used wisely against the strong enemies that can regenerate their health. The weapon system reminded me a bit of the power-up inventory from Super Mario Bros. 3, in which limited power-ups that can give you a real advantage added depth that wasn’t there in the original game (or in World, which effectively has unlimited power-ups with its replayable levels and bonus areas). It wouldn’t be the same if you got access to a permanent P-wing and hammer suit halfway through.

Through blood moons and marking spawns on the map, good weapons are always readily available and they will get better as you explore more and level up. And for people that really don’t like it, the fully upgraded Master Sword lasts so long that your other weapons will be burning a hole in your pocket by the time it breaks (recharge time is pretty generous too).

But Nintendo needs to launch a new console with marginally better graphics to compete with the PS5, even though it’s still the best-selling ninth generation console in Nintendo’s worst region. Or something.

Wario. 30 years since Wario Land came out according to the title screen (it was delayed to 1994, but nobody needs to know that).

It's fake. The Switch 2 is coming out in 2023 with Star Fox Grand Prix, Pokémon Stars, Metroid Prime Trilogy, and the Retro Studios mystery project as its launch titles. Wild card!

That's the war on Christmas for you. Welcome to Joe Biden's America.

Tavistock got shut down. I’d say she’s been vindicated 100%.

Four Swords came out in 2002, not 2003. Dunno how much stock we should put in their nomenclature when they can't even get their release dates right.

Eh?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/15/entertainment/ash-ketchum-pokemon-win-trnd/index.html

He still has to catch Ho-Oh and evolve his Pikachu. The ratings would be through the roof.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other? Either one would be great!

Eh, this has been known for a while. I thought he had figured out a way to actually steal the weapons.

Nope. The Switch had more than enough overpriced ports by the end of 2017.

Fully agree, but the fact people will buy 80$ ports means Nintendo will keep making them and that the Wii U will be their last backward compatible system.

I play it for the articles.

Wario Land II for Game Boy Color. Great game.

A Zelda game with no title made the list (perhaps because it got punted to 2023)? That's... something I guess?

So he was wrong about Prime Trilogy, as we all knew. He could be wrong about this too, but he was clearly wrong about Trilogy.

Yup, the Switch continues to lead the Ninth Generation sales. No need to make a new console any time soon, if ever.

I'd go with "fake E3" unless there's a Nintendo Direct. There's probably not much more to reveal at this point, as the rest of the year is already quite packed. So Fake E3 it is.

"You're welcome to state that you won't be buying the game for these reasons, but otherwise remain on topic of the game itself."

Hypothetically, if someone were to self-righteously declare that they're going to buy the game because they're a big fan of JKR and her outspoken defence of women's rights, would that also be allowed?

2026 or later, if ever. It makes sense for sales to slow down because the number of people that want a Switch but don't already have one can only go down as the system has been on the market for longer. Graphics are as good as they're ever going to get, there's no need to stop releasing games for anyone that doesn't want to spend hundreds of dollars on a new machine that does the same thing. As it is, profits are minimal on hardware (Nintendo is an outlier in that they even make one at all). The games are where the money is.

Sounds like oppo research lol. Keep it coming, maybe they'll cancel it still.

@Kestrel Everyone that was alive at the time could potentially buy them, because they had the option of buying the console. If a console has many great games for people of all tastes, it will have more appeal and sell better. People buy consoles for the games at the end of the day.

@KingMike There’s nothing wrong with including pack-in games. A game is chosen to be part of a bundle because it is an E-ticket game expected to sell very well (and usually it’s not included in all console bundles or throughout the console’s whole lifespan). If the bundled game underperformed, they would replace it with a different one.

Hopefully they end up cancelling it and Miyamoto goes back to what he’s good at, making games. No trailer yet, so there’s still hope.

This is one of those rumours that’s so unlikely that it calls the original rumour into question. There’s no way the Switch somehow becomes compatible with an N64 peripheral that was discontinued 20 years ago.

@PokemonDMG That was Peter, not Paul.

But in the game you can call him whatever you want so I don’t see what the big deal is. Fun fact: the Satellaview version of the game allows you to play as a female character.

Mario Kart 8 DLC is being released until the end of 2023. That's the earliest possible date the next console comes out, though it will probably be even later as Mario Kart 9 is long overdue so they'll have to release it as a launch title. But as it is now, a new console is unnecessary. Graphics are already as good as they're ever going to get (improvements between generations are more and more marginal), the Switch is still selling very well (beating its fellow Ninth Generation consoles despite coming out 3.5 years earlier), and most Switch owners want Nintendo to continue supporting the system until 2026 or later.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/03/the-state-of-switch-survey-highlights-nso-joy-con-drift-and-hopes-for-a-long-generation

@KBuckley27 Not everyone is into Mario, or Zelda, or Animal Crossing, or Smash, or any E ticket series that they release. It’s still going to sell tons of copies regardless.

"That doesn't mean that this Summer will be devoid of long, ad-filled game announcement streams, though, because Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest is still going to take place — and it looks like Keighley is aware that E3's crown is up for grabs, since he tweeted this just seconds after the news broke"

But none of these fake E3s ever have any news from Nintendo, and summer 2020 didn't have a big direct even though E3 was cancelled. Though they at least have many games lined up for 2022.

Switch already has enough overpriced ports. A new 2D Zelda would be nice (it's been almost 10 years now, the longest time between 2D Zelda games!) or a new Mario game, but Pokemon is about as E ticket as it gets. That will be the big holiday game, just as it was in 2019.

Disappointing, but at least 2022 is pretty jam packed. The 2021 trailer looked rather prototype-y, so it’s not a huge surprise.

@somebread I see, it requires a legal copy of the game to use. Other point still stands.

@ModdedInkling There’s a clear difference between domestic violence and making comments Twitter people don’t like, just as there’s a clear difference between creating the Harry Potter books and pirating an N64 game.

Good to see common sense prevail.

There's no clear timeline for the Zelda games either, the Kirby people are just more honest about it.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanKirbyIsHardcore

Disagree about NSMB2. As Dave Bulmer would say, the game has earned a place up on the shelf with the good Mario games - which is all of them! Except Sunshine, obviously.

@Sagobok Who’s out of touch? Ultimate became the best-selling fighting game in history, and Nintendo did it without catering to the competitive scene. The idea that Nintendo ‘s lack of involvement caused people to abuse children is silly and insulting.

Context:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/07/talking_point_what_do_abuse_scandals_say_about_the_smash_bros_community_and_its_future

They took away the Virtual Console and this is what we get instead. They’re laughing at us.

Being bad at a video game isn't a disability, thus difficulty levels and auto-play modes are not an essential accessibility feature. Remappable buttons, colour options for dichromats and anomalous trichromats, and specialized peripherals are good ideas.

Reminds me of that Art Attack show with that Neil guy.

@Crono1973 "not quite as simple or cheap as fixing.a cartridge" -> a difference in degree, not in kind.

@Crono1973 @Mallow T It's a difference in degree, not in kind. You lose access to the game on the SNES cartridge whenever it stops working, even if it can be played on more than one console.

@Mallow How is digital not "ownership forever"? It's inferior to physical copies because they have no resale value and you have to use your own memory cards, but you still own the game and can play it whenever you want. You lose it if your Switch ever stops working, but that goes for just about any product you buy (be it a physical Switch game or a lawnmower).

@westman98 Nintendolife conducted the interview. I'm not going to "take it up" with them for doing their job (conducting interviews), but it is up to every reader to question how credible any given source is. "We report, you decide" is useful to keep in mind.