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There he is!
He's the puffball we call Kirby and Dreamland's the place he defends.
He's so cute!
But he gets a little burpy, because he devours all his friends.
He's got an eating problem....

@HexagonSun You need 8 stars to unlock Mario (they can be from anywhere). You can play as Mario for the vast majority of the other 142. Not that there's really anything wrong with the other characters.

"If you've never played Super Mario 64, you'll probably want to begin as nature intended with the home console version due to its vastly superior control system. This remake controls too awkwardly on original DS hardware to compare favourably to the N64 launch title."

Except it's hardly "vastly superior"; Super Mario 64 DS controls great if you actually spend two minutes getting used to the controls instead of watching Youtube videos about how bad it supposedly is, and the additional content more than makes up for it.

@Nemesis666 Even Nancy Pelosi’s daughter and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) are against the film. You don’t have to be alt-right to think soft child porn is wrong.

Would be a smart move, but it's just virtue-signalling without actual release dates for 2021 and beyond.

Hopefully there’s an alternate ending in which they defeat Ganon on their first try and Mipha marries Link.

Water’s wet in other words. All the more reason why they don’t need to release a new system to attract third parties. Stick to what you’re good at.

@BlubberWhale There’s 24 blue coin shines, and you need only 51 shines to beat the game (the first one, seven episodes in each world, and the final boss).

@Ghostchip I think there's more to it than that. A lot of risk-taking experimental games are widely regarded and hold up well - Metroid Prime, Wind Waker (the game itself was a mistake, it sold very badly because its art style didn't have the right appeal, but it's still appreciated gameplay-wise), Galaxy, Odyssey, Breath of the Wild. Others not so much (Metroid Other M). To name a few:

• The structure and progression is off. Sunshine is marketed as an open-world game, yet is arguably the most linear of the home console 3D Marios. In 64, Galaxy, and Odyssey you can play the stars in pretty much any order you want (some parts are gated behind Bowser fights, grand stars and whatnot). You just need a certain number to reach the final boss, and every star will contribute to that total. A power star is a power star. It's a lot like Breath of the Wild, which takes things to the extreme in that you need to complete only a brief tutorial before you can go to the final boss, but everything you collect makes you more powerful in a way (directly or indirectly helping you accomplish your ultimate goal). In Sunshine, there are 51 specific shine sprites you need (the first one, the final boss, and the first 7 episodes in each course) to reach the end credits. All others are necessary only for 100% completion (every shine sprite is either mandatory or optional), devaluing them and making them seem pointless. Miyamoto has said this was a mistake.
• Too many red coin and blue coin-based shines (the blue coins are hidden in obscure places and are episode-specific to make it worse). 48 in total, 40% of the game's total shine sprites.
• FLUDD isn't a good substitute for traditional power-ups, and Yoshi is more frustrating than fun or useful.
• The difficult parts are that way because of bad controls or camera (false difficulty). Watermelon level, pachinko machine, lilypad ride (which follows the Yoshi boat sequence), etc.
• It's common knowledge that the game was rushed (it epitomizes the Miyamoto quote that a delayed game is good eventually but a rushed game is bad forever), and Miyamoto recommended people play it for 3 days before making up their minds. As the saying goes, when you're explaining you're losing.

It's not to say that it's all bad. There are a lot of fun parts and the setting is unique and varied (the haunted hotel/casino stands out for me, though it's not as spooky as the haunted levels in 64, Galaxy, etc). Still the weakest of the series though.

To paraphrase Dave Bulmer - all of them! Except Sunshine, obviously...

Played it to death, unlocked all of the Mystery Mushroom costumes. Should’ve been a Wii U launch title, it’s one of the best games they’ve made in a long time.

“There’s no multiplayer”. Yeah...

I think Meme Run (Wii U) got a 1.

@BrettAwesome Seven of the ten best-selling Switch games are Switch exclusives.

Meh. Seems pointless. I already know how it ends.

Completely redundant, but more ways to play is always better. Lots of people grew up with the SNES versions or otherwise prefer them to the originals.

Nah. You can get these games for far cheaper on the 3DS, which can do everything else the Game and Watch can do but better.

@sanderev The 30th anniversary of Mario had Super Mario Maker, the 25th had Galaxy 2 (a game that won't be part of this collection, by the way), and the 30th anniversary of Zelda had Breath of the Wild. Far better than a bunch of rehashes.

It doesn’t say anything about a 35th anniversary on the product description (the words “no doubt” in the NL article make that clear), and new Mario branded products come out every year. Nothingburger.

@Archius9 Apparently not in real life though.

@Archius9 New is new for all 62 million switch owners. Something 62 million can enjoy is better than something 50 million can enjoy.

And there it is.

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Breath of the Wild 2 or we riot.

@nessisonett No, they changed their formula circa early 2000s. Not that I'd know that or anything.

Also, it doesn't say anything about the 35th anniversary (which isn't a milestone year to normal people).

@Jack_Goetz Yeah, the lack of hype is the biggest argument against it. That and delays due to COVID. On the other hand, if there really is going to be a big holiday title it will be something that hasn't been hyped at all this year. And something that we've actually heard of is a better bet than something we haven't. So it's not completely hopeless, but it's more likely not to happen. Which is why I wouldn't give it more than a 25% chance.

@Jack_Goetz The Skyward Sword port may be fake (they have to square the motion control circle somehow). Even if it were real, Nintendo released a port (NSMBUD) and a new entry (Mario Maker 2) from the same franchise within six months of each other once before.

When there's smoke, there's fire? 15-25 cents would probably be a fair bet for a 2020 release now. A little bit more reason to be optimistic.

Falco's already in Smash. And these Amiibo are good reason to be optimistic Breath of the Wild 2 is on the way.

@Crono1973 You ignore the fact it’s Nintendo we’re talking about. It’s okay when they do it. The same way the people singing Nintendo’s praises for not doing loot boxes would justify it and post that stupid “Shut up and take my money” Futurama meme if they did it.

@COVIDberry Lol? How about banning portbegging comments too while they’re at it then? Or better yet, ban neither and let people talk about what they want and you block people you don’t like? Seems like a win-win.

Really don't get all these geniuses that say Breath of the Wild 2 won't come out until 2022. Even if it's real, they released New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe and Super Mario Maker 2 within the same six month period. Also, the 35th anniversary isn't a milestone to normal people.

@nessisonett Why would they have VC and backward compatibility when they can just cuck everyone into buying an $80 port every time there’s a new console?

Amazon listings are unreliable, the Switch continues to have enough ports as it is, and they already said it’s a no go without motion controls (which, as anyone that’s tried the apparatus shrines in Breath of the Wild can attest to, are vestigial at best on the Switch).

Oh dear... 4.97 for Sticker Star? That's so sad...

Purple chairs part 34540...

Not a chance they pass up the opportunity to sell Prince Sidon amiibo. Which means he’s in the sequel for sure.

@Goat_FromBOTW Who’s to say it’s not just the same universe and a different artist’s impression? Killing off Falco Lombardi would only be a problem if they were actually planning on making another Star Fox game.

@Tourtus Ah, ok. I think I just hit him with a bunch of metal killer type stuff. It’s been a while.

Has anybody in the history of Smash Ultimate ever used that item before?

Also, the argument about how ports don’t stop them from making new games holds even less water now (not that it ever held much, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe means they won’t be making a Mario Kart 9 for example) because they’re releasing fewer games now than they did during the Wii U/3DS era (which we’re told was a game drought) even if you don’t exclude the ports. The numbers don’t lie.

Pretty easy argument to make when you get free copies of every game Nintendo releases for Switch or Wii U.

@Screen True. Though they could announce the game(s) on the anniversary and not launch them until November or December.

10/12. Messed up the box art and had no idea about the actors.

@StevenG The difference actually has to be appreciable (you still get HD when playing on the TV), and enough to justify the inevitable loss of battery life. Diminishing returns.

@Screen I hope the Mario remasters are Fake News and I agree there’s no real evidence for them, but what’s the evidence against?

“ more rumours about it re-releasing the Metroid Prime Trilogy” -> article from January 2019 about how it’s almost done.

@westman98 Diminishing returns. It will sell less in 2021 because there are fewer and fewer people that want it but don't have it yet. There will also (hopefully) be more games to choose from by then.

Bundling is kind of a chicken or egg thing. Nintendo packs games in with their consoles because they know they're E ticket games that sell very well. Most people who buy the console would buy them anyway, and they can be considered system sellers or killer apps. If Nintendo had launched the Switch with Pikmin 4 bundled in, the game still wouldn't have sold as well as Mario Kart (and the bundle likely would've quickly been replaced with something else).

The Switch is already a ninth generation console. The improvement in graphics is only going to be marginal at best from now on (there's an upper bound on what the human visual system is even able to process), and there's no need to split the install base. Third party AAA games typically don't sell well on the Switch anyway. Stay the course and keep on making great games.

@westman98 It hasn’t so far, even though it would’ve if it was a new title, and we’ll see how the current trajectory holds.

So Sword and Shield are the best-selling games since Dexit I, but they came out after Dexit II. Talk about ironic.