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I feel a bit prickly over the FRLG rerelease doing as well as it did when, in my eyes, it was very overpriced for what it was offering but at the same time I certainly won't complain if it leads to games like RSE getting the rerelease treatment next (though I probably will still moan about the pricetag all the same XD).

Pokopia doing 4M+ units right out the gate is excellent news to hear as well; I never imagined it'd be a system seller on the level of something like Mario Kart but I have no qualms with it whatsoever 🙌

Always felt like an inevitability given the state of other console/hardware manufacturers but man it still hurts to see all the same 💔

For what its worth, this is actually a smaller increase than I was anticipating after Sony/MS bumped their consoles up by at least 100 bucks each (Switch 2 is only going up by €30 here in EU for instance) but a price increase is still a price increase and it sucks that, despite all their attempts to avoid it, Nintendo was not immune from raising costs across the board (especially in Japan).

Nintendo will create a world where Star Fox 64 lasts forever

I feel so immensely conflicted about this in so many ways. The new realistic visual style was very off-putting at first but I have grown to like it the more I see of it (even if I do prefer the anime stylisation of older games) and the gameplay looks like more of the classic rail-shooter action I've loved the series for in the past....but man why is it Star Fox 64 AGAIN 💀

This series is in perpetual arrested development narratively and it drives me absolutely bonkers 😭

Regardless though, I am fairly intrigued by this but am heavily skeptical at the same time XD

Thrilled its coming out so soon and for such a low pricepoint but a part of me is genuinely wondering how Yacht Club won't go under with all the pro-consumer moves they've made throughout their existence as a studio XD

The demo for Mina was very good though so I'd be down to give it a go whenever possible (especially for such a low pricetag 🙌).

I've heard rumblings that Nintendo wants a potential Metroid movie to be positioned as 'Alien for all ages' which has me somewhat concerned though at the same time you could definitely make the argument that that's what Metroid already is for almost every entry aside from Fusion XD

This would still be years away from being a thing (especially if it would only enter production following the Zelda movie's release) but Metroid has some pretty fascinating stories that I'd love to see done justice on the big screen (Zero Mission feels like it'd be a perfect base to build off of in particular).

@anoyonmus On the cheaper end for first-party Nintendo games shockingly enough: $50 digitally and most likely $60 physically.

Nintendo this is the second time in a row you've jumpscared me with info on this game, my heart can't take this XD

Certainly wasn't expecting Raiders to be essentially a full Salmon Run game, though this time with permanent upgrades, map exploration and base building elements, and while I am a little bit worried that'll result in it feeling a bit repetitive (since Salmon Run typically works best as a palette cleanser between the core Splatoon gameplay loop), the trailer footage looked very promising and I'm excited to see how it fares around July! ❤

Been a big fan of Vampire Survivors for quite some time ever since they initially offered it as a NSO Game Trial on Switch years back so naturally I'm all over Vampire Crawlers as well, especially given how one of my other roguelike loves is Slay the Spire XD

I've got some work to take care of beforehand but once that's out of the way, I'll absolutely be jumping into poncle's latest (magic) banger 😎

@Glassneedles Christ you're right, I forgot about that too 😭

@EarthboundBenjy The crazy thing about this game in particular is that it isn't just ripping off Pokemon either: the MC is the spitting image of BotW Link, there are FF14 save crystals everywhere across the map and, in the most ironic fashion imaginable, Palworld's own knockoff mons get copied here as well XD

anything besides another damn Star Fox 64 remake ideally XD

In all seriousness though, I'd like to see them revisit some of the non-rail shooter concepts they had back in Star Fox Assault, particularly in regards to the third-person shooter segments, but with the knowledge that we have now on how those kinds of gameplay styles work in the modern age. I definitely think the core rail-shooter gameplay the series is known for should be the primary gameplay loop but I wouldn't mind additional grounded segments which break up that gameplay in the vein of something like Kid Icarus Uprising ^_^

Such a heartbreaking bit of news to hear. Blaney's performance as Wolf was so well-done that his quotes in Star Fox 64 have become eternally iconic to pretty much everyone who's heard them despite only having about a minute of spoken dialogue . Rest in peace to a legend of the radio/voice acting space ❤

Purposefully skimming through the review to avoid spoiling myself but hearing that Pragmata was worth the six-year wait has me absolutely elated after having my own anticipation for it reach a boiling point after the past couple trailers its had XD

Hoping to snag this on or as close to release as possible and am over the moon that Capcom has been able to continue its 2026 hot-streak 🙌

Pretty much every Level-5 fan on the Western side of the world, with the exception of Layton fans, has been left absolutely dejected by this presentation and unfortunately I'm joining them in feeling that way as well.

Layton does look very good so far and there does seem to be a lot of genuine HUMAN-MADE craft behind it but everything else they showed here either feels like vaporware with constant delays and nebulous release windows (Decapolice....) or has Gen-AI gobbledeegook thrusted in your face expecting you to not bat an eye at the elephant in the room (the Yokai Watch-adjacent projects were especially guilty of this).

I hate being so cynical about Level-5 because they've been a long-time favourite developer of mine for many years, particularly with how much effort they put into giving each of their IPs these elaborate multi-media expansions. But I must say: when the AI bubble inevitably pops, Level-5 will have nobody but themselves to blame when all the short-term solutions they've been using to shore up their self-inflicted efficiency problems start blowing up in their face.

@Thomystic I believe they said in the commentated trailer that a major theme of the game is 'corruption' so I imagine this is a zombified version of Joan of Arc corrupted by the antagonist (especially given how the real-life JoA died in 1431, about 60 years before BC takes place).

There's also a cool adherence to Castlevania's lore where she labels the Belmonts as 'those who commune with dark and evil powers' since the clan were viewed as heretics up until Trevor in 1476 which she obviously wouldn't be aware of since she was....well, dead XD

While I do lament (of innocence 🥁) that this trailer was basically just elaborating on what we had already seen back in February, a lot of my own personal concerns regarding Belmont's Curse were assuaged with this latest showing, particularly in regards to the RPG elements which have been faithfully (and thankfully) retained in all their glory. I imagine Konami's probably waiting until something like a Direct or State of Play to properly share new info but for now? This will do nicely 😎

also good lord that music was rocking XD

name a better duo than Nintendo and dropping critical info out of the blue XD

Happy to see Rhythm Heaven Groove finally get a release date confirmed (especially after such a long period of radio-silence since its reveal) but a part of me is definitely curious as to why Nintendo hasn't done a standard Direct yet when they've clearly had more than enough announcements to fill one up over the past month and a bit 🤔

@somnambulance Please god no, the absolute last thing I need right now is Castlevania derailing my plans for the month XD

I love this series but I also wanna play Pragmata and Vampire Crawlers over the next two weeks, I quite literally cannot afford another game right now 😭

@Tempestryke I believe they confirmed its a brand new trailer in advance (plus they'll also be elaborating on it further in the post-show) 👍

I was initially surprised that the Triple-I Initiative managed to bag the next proper trailer reveal for CV Belmont's Curse....and then I learned that the dev team behind BC are also the same team who created the event and suddenly everything made sense XD

I've been massively looking forward to this ever since they announced it a couple weeks back. The past couple Triple-I events have been very entertaining and Castlevania is currently my most anticipated release of 2026 so I'll absolutely be there frame-one🔥

@Mgalens I think YuGiOh Master Duel is an excellent comparison point for Champions personally: a live-service game designed to be analogous with an existing competitive scene which is definitely in a better state nowadays but was plagued by a horrendous gameplay format and many technical problems at launch which caused new people looking to get into YGO to completely bounce off of it and resulting in only those already entrenched with YGO sticking with it in the long-term.

@BrazillianCara Not much better from what I've gathered 😅

A lot of the same complaints as those on the Western side of the world keep cropping up (particularly in relation to bugs occurring in the middle of matches).

@UpsideDownRowlet The most damning indictment I've seen so far on my end is Joe Merrick of Serebii, typically the most charitable of Pokemon fans around, plainly saying that VGC should be played on SV instead of Champions for the foreseeable future 💀

I understand that live-service games are designed to grow and improve over time but a critical aspect that so many game companies seem to forget is that the launch experience has to be up-to-snuff as well in order to actually keep people invested for future updates.

There's the bones of something good with Champions but right now its plagued with an insane amount of bugs, confounding design choices which seem to incentivise forking out extra cash above all else (see Floette being a dominant mon when the only way to acquire it is by playing through PLZA) and a general lack of polish which makes it very hard for me to see a future where its adopted en masse for competitive play like TPC desperately want it to be.

Its really funny how announcing that your physical release isn't using a GKC is basically free positive publicity at this point XD

Certainly not complaining though, I'm thrilled a game as beloved as Absolum is getting the proper physical it deserves 🙌

I wanna love Level-5 so badly but god they have made it very difficult to do so lately XD

Been seeing a ton of Asian game companies using Gen-AI for April Fools posts this year and its a damn shame. I'm not the biggest fan of the holiday myself (particularly for how venomous disinfo can be on this day specifically) but I like when companies actually put effort into making goofy gags with their games so seeing so many just type a prompt and let AI do the work for them is really disheartening and makes me even more eager for the day where Gen-AI as a whole goes under 😵‍💫

Pragmata's is great at least, really hoping that's a proper unlockable outfit in the game XD

@Nintoz I can already see the absolute (and understandable) bafflement from film reviewers as to why a hyper-realistic dinosaur shows up out of nowhere 😆

@RenanLK I gave the first movie a 7/10 myself as I thought the animation and certain performances were sublime but the story pushing everything along was incredibly dull and cliche and everything I'm hearing about the sequel indicates that it pushes both of those aspects even harder in their respective positive/negative directions XD

I'm currently prioritising Project Hail Mary for my cinemagoing palette but I wouldn't mind giving Galaxy a watch for a more turn-your-brain-off experience 👍

Nintendo has been bending over backwards to avoid increasing the price of the console itself these past couple months (instead focusing on accessories, NSO and physical games to counteract the current economic landscape) but I genuinely can't envision a future where they stick to the current $480 pricepoint while these RAM shortages are in effect. The problem with that though is that people are already furious with Nintendo over the pricing strategy of Switch 2 in general so bumping up the system itself might be the straw that breaks the camel's back for them 💀

@JohnnyMind DMC is a massive personal favourite of mine so here's my thoughts on each game for a newcomer:

• DMC1: Quite jank in places by virtue of being the first of its kind but a surprisingly enjoyable first entry with immaculate gothic vibes.
• DMC2: A lot of cool ideas let down by horrid execution. An interesting time capsule for sure but you're more than fine to skip this if you want.
• DMC3: One of the best action games ever made that will live in your memory long after the credits roll. If you're to play any DMC game, make it this one.
• DMC4: A remix of what DMC3 established held back by bad pacing issues in the lategame. When DMC4 is good though, its wickedly so.
• DmC Reboot: Excellent gameplay marred by some rancid early-2010s vibes. Good for a more 'turn-your-brain-off' experience but there's a reason they reverted back to the original canon after this one.
• DMC5: Pretty much what I said about DMC3 but amped up to eleven. The pinnacle of the franchise and a game I recommend to anyone and everyone.

Capcom's been going crazy with Switch 2 ports this past year so a DMC5SE port (probably with an added co-op Bloody Palace a la DMC3 on Switch) feels like a no-brainer to me. Kinda hoping they also bring DMC4SE/DmC Definitive Edition over as well to fully complete the series but if they had to prioritise one game for now, DMC5 is absolutely the right call 🙌

This has already been a thing for years in the EU (even long before Switch 2 if memory serves me) so this isn't entirely a case of Nintendo Greed™ (though it certainly still is partially XD) but moreso Nintendo having parity across all regions in terms of its pricing🤷

The PS4 port they put out a couple months back certainly alluded to this but its nice to see it finally confirmed all the same, hopefully it has decently accurate parity with the higher-end versions and isn't locked out of certain content the same way that the PS4 version is 🙌

I have to imagine Nintendo probably had a new Animal Crossing on their priority list for Switch 2 relatively early on given the meteoric sales of ACNH (yes the pandemic helped with that considerably but they could very much ride the install base of ACNH into the next game) but given the truly shocking rise of Pokopia (complimentary) and assumed success of Tomodachi Life, I wonder if Nintendo is reconsidering when to actually return to Animal Crossing now as a result XD

AC and Splatoon share dev teams internally if I'm not mistaken so we could see a case of Splatoon 4 getting fast-tracked to compensate (though how exactly that would work with Splatoon Raiders being a thing as well remains to be seen).

Good lord I already had Darwin's Paradox and Pragmata on the slate for April, now Vampire Crawlers is coming out near the end of the month as well? XD

Very happy to see this though, I've been keeping up with Vampire Crawlers pretty much since the moment they announced it as a big fan of both Vampire Survivors and deckbuilders/roguelikes so I will absolutely be on this day-one 🙌

@FX29 Precisely yep, most companies (gaming or otherwise) can't stand unions in the slightest, they just never outright say it because they know how bad it is to do so from a publicity/reputational standpoint 🫥

Man that's terribly sad to hear, Diskin did a great job with Rock in MM11 and not having him back for the sequel is one hell of a gut-punch. I respect his decision however and wish him the best in the future 🩵

Unfortunately Capcom holding an anti-union stance isn't a new development as they've also been called out for it in the past regarding recasts for RE2R and Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster. For what its worth, I do trust Capcom's word (for now) that they wouldn't resort to using AI voicework over actual VA's as pretty much every VA who has worked with them (including Diskin himself) have been very positive about the company. Still though, Capcom should not be allowed to be so draconian about its hiring processes and I fear that the moment they start resting on their laurels again like this, the goodwill they've accumulated this past decade will start crumbling down like its 7th-Gen all over again 💀

@Diowine They didn't even have the courtesy to air this on MAR10 Day 😓

@larryisaman I'm pretty sure it was initially announced before the PS5 had even released 😭

Been a very long road to get to where we are now but after giving the demo a go and loving what I played (even if it was criminally short), I'm thrilled to see Pragmata finally be on the horizon XD

yknow for how much Pragmata was memed on for never coming out in the early-2020s, having one final release date adjustment to have it come out earlier than expected feels so perfect for it ❤

@Fighting_Game_Loser We have gone from cooked to cooking XD

thank Christ this is coming out next year btw, my wallet is in jubilation XD

yknow for how pessimistic I was for Gen 10 beforehand, I've never had my opinion turn around so drastically than it did the moment they showed that little doggy XD

This is looking super promising though! The general tropical vibes look genuinely very nice visually (feeling like the 'nice water' Miiverse guy rn XD), the roster of returning mons has a ton of variety and the starters are absolutely adorable. Definitely need to see more to form a concrete opinion on it but I'm very pleasantly surprised by Gen 10 so far (which is a sentence I never anticipated I'd be saying XD).

Pokemon Day actually falls on a holiday for me this time around so it'll be nice to revel in whatever they announce here as it happens (spoiler: its probably gonna be Gen 10 XD).

@Krlozgod Wait really? I could've sworn online trading was a thing for them 🤔

@ShadLink Very true but at the same time if we try to justify exorbitant pricing with 'oh but it could've been higher!', I feel like that's just gonna give Nintendo the runway to steadily increase the RRP for these rereleases over time XD