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@Noid This. It really isn't anything impressive or interesting. It's a shame so few people can notice that. I really take against the framing of it "running on Switch" when it isn't.

It's a shame all of the screenshots used for this review 'look' really quite bad, as that'll give fuel to the ignorant naysayers who don't appreciate what a technical achievement this port is.

Fortnite really is the biggest whore in gaming isn't it.

If they're going ahead with this, it's a shame from Nintendo's point of view that the only game on Switch they can tie the cross-promotion to is Smash Bros. Ultimate, as there's no Metroid games available on the system just yet (Unless you count the NES / SNES online service)

The real scary thing is, this isn't even all of them

How do you have a 'Most Wanted' Awards category and not include Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 in the nominations.

What a joke.

@AlexSora89 I'd imagine so. I suspect they don't come pre-packaged like the download PR's do anymore(?), so someone would have to sit there, engage the filter on the eShop discounts page, and laboriously work through each game page to get the details.

That hideous early 2000's aesthetic. I'm getting Sony VAIO mini-PC vibes.

The stick and face button placement being almost flush with the edge of the screen and edge of the device isn't good either. You need room on the side for travel and to be able to grip the thing properly.

What's the point of power if it feels difficult to play

Would love these if they could get the dumb Gelato Pique branding off of them.

In truth, i'll probably watch all the cutscenes once they become available. I have zero interest in the mindless hack-and-slash gameplay of the warriors series, and no amount of dressing it up as Zelda is going to change that. I'm just being honest with myself.

11/12! Boy am i annoyed with myself. I'm sorry Pikmin, i let you down

Am i missing something or is Online Friend Match broken? You can select the Online Friend Match option but there's no way to create a lobby and thus no way to invite or join anyone else.

Sales are booming. Is this question even worth asking right now, does it need experts to work out. It's ridiculous to be honest.

Wow. That's incredibly disappointing to hear that the side-stories are basically mission mode remixes with Olimar cutting promos to camera every so often.

I'll have to decide if co-op alone is worth the purchase now. What a shame.

"Exciting" new games....FIFA 21 Legacy Edition.

Guys come on! Where's Space Crew, Cook Serve Delicious 3, GoNNER 2, Transformers Battlegrounds, Carto or AVGN I + II Deluxe.

Yeah, i'll just wait for the actual announcement thanks. Quite tired of all these industry "insiders" and "leakers" being taken as if they're the all seeing eye, and are infallible.

This is wildly speculative?

The whole article could've been summed up as "They did it with MH on 3DS, maybe they'll do it for Switch too"

High Score and Console Wars are light, or in the latter case, embellished and deliberately skewed, docs for the masses.

If you're are really serious about gaming history, i recommend the 'They Create Worlds' podcast.

@SpectralDynamite I agree. It's the same with the Paper Mario: The Origami King news posts. Every post seems to be about the "controversy" surrounding the battle system, and sites will cherry pick those specific interview questions / answers to lead with in their articles, because that's where you'll see more clicks, comments and engagement.

In before lots of people bleat out their opinions instead of waiting for the column to come out and be translated.

Were there no new sales this week, are they going to be outlined in a separate post, or just ignored completely?

@Fazermint I've been reading some reviews for them. Robonauts is probably the best of them. It's a planet hopping platform shooter that Nintendo Life gave 7/10.

The rest are average and uninspired, save maybe for Mini Trains, which is a puzzle game where you have to construct lines for multiple trains to follow, collecting stars along the way to rack up points.

“don’t devalue your work! Don’t deep discount!” At No More Robots, we haven’t discounted any of our games by more than 40 per cent"

Looks like the No More Robots team had to backtrack on that to sell as one of their games 'Not Tonight' was recently 90% off on the NA and EU eShops.

@RickD Not sure about profitable, but the first game def. sold over 100,000 copies worldwide, and Park Patrol sold 160,000 copies in Japan alone. Its worldwide take would've been higher had they not completely botched the North American launch by making it a limited-release through Walmart only.

The Japan exclusive game sold 130,000 copies, so across the first 3 games, sales were pretty stable.

It's only after that with the spin-offs that the sales started to tank. Zip Lash only sold 14k at launch in Japan for example.

@ROBLOGNICK As someone who's played the english translation of the Japan exclusive Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Ōsōji!, i absolutely implore you to hunt it down.

It's a direct follow up to the Gamecube game as it follows the little frog hat girl Jenny who is now all grown up. It's honestly the best game in the series. It takes everything you loved about the Gamecube game and expands on it.

@JHDK If you look at that original icon, and your first though isn't that it looks like a part of a woman's anatomy, then you need to see your optician.

4:40 is the start of the island visit itself.

We already knew about the vegetable, farming stuff ages ago as they've been in the games code through at least the last few updates. Not sure what's new at all here that was worth mentioning.

Just why? A handheld system of say the GBA SP's size [of which there are plenty of clones out there] isn't difficult to carry around, plus you've then got ample screen size to be able to play games effectively.

The Funky S is pure novelty that no-one is going to actually use long term.

Hopefully this is pre-recorded with English subtitles, otherwise it'll be pointless watching.

Nah. The island tours are not that interesting i'm afraid. Esp. when you have all the amiibo cards and play the stalk market a few times. With your villager and money needs sorted, trying to needlessly rare islands for fish just isn't worth the effort when you can just farm fish bait instead. I've got 170,000 Nook Miles with nothing i want to spend them on. Why-oh-why there aren't more Nook Mile catalogue items to buy i don't know. Only the fencing seems to change. Sigh.

New Leaf islands at least had mini-games, and could be visited 'with friends'.

I dont get it. It just looks dirty, worn and Cyberpunk 2077 has bugger all to do with Game Boy.

It's unappealing and makes no sense. It'd be like having a Mario decal for your PS4.

@scottishwildcat Bingo. It's always the same song and dance

We are close
People keep telling us they want Switch version
We want it too

Well, get on with it then?

They say the engine issue is no longer such a big problem. Switch is selling enough and they're constantly getting feedback from fans saying they want a Switch version.

What further motivation do they need?

I fully expect demand to go unmet, and money will be left on the table.

@darkswabber Good lord. Did you even read the article? No Wario Land on VB wasn't the only good game on the system. Jebus!

Yeah. That's just silly now. Seems more a sad quest for celebrity now more than anything else. You aren't going to keep 64 games of Poke Go going at once. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets pulled up by law enforcement given his view is now completely obscured.

@gcunit Dont be so flippantly disingenuous. No-one needs to pay for 'both' games and both 'DLC packs to "play them all". You can buy one game and trade with others to get the Pokemon from the others, or buy ONE game and ONE dlc pack, and trade for the others.

That's kind of the point. You're supposed to trade to get them all. Where have you been for the past 2 decades plus.

Why would you want to play them all? Are you that in to seeing the text differences where one says "sword" and the other says "shield"?

How do those presents stay airborne exactly?

@TeeJay He doesn't. Bulbware made this one. Bulbware is cashing in on Pew's perplexing and undeserved fame by letting him slap his name on it.

I can see them doing some of this to tie in to the Universal partnership but the headline is surely nonsense. They aren't going to 'remaster' the 15 approx 'Super Mario' series games + other spin offs in the same year.

Port maybe, but not remaster all of them.

Nintendo are not going to "remaster" 15 Super Mario games for Switch in the same year.

@fiben1002 Except you don't need to because the festivals / holidays now seem to last longer than a single day.

As the article fails to be precise about this, please note you don't 'always' have to be online for a holiday.

Just connect online at some point after the real date so the game knows and that it won't simply go based off the system clock.

I really can't understand why the non-host characters in single Switch co-op can't pick things up. Just have a shared inventory with the leader [host]. It's so simple that it's deeply frustrating they didn't implement it.

If your helpers have no inventory and can't pick anything up, what can they do besides shake trees and run around then?

It's almost functionally pointless as a result.

Watched an English dub of this years ago.

Well, that told me absolutely nothing that hasn't been shown or covered elsewhere.

People have a ton of questions about this game, so either you haven't thought to address them, don't know, or can't say i suppose.

@Xaessya Glad to see someone else concerned about this because they made absolutely no mention of it in the Direct. I love that ACNH features greater freedom and deeper customisation than ever before, but I also want more things to actually 'do' apart from traditional bug, fish and fossil hunts.

If the mini-games from New Leaf don't return then that'll def. be a mark against it in my book - especially since there's now 8-player online, and single switch 1-4 player support.

We know some of the side-islands are for foraging things and bringing them back to the central island, another is run by Harvey and lets you stage photo shoots with other characters, so hopefully there's one for activities / friends

Hopefully Nintendo's lawyers will continue to be in touch with Sabi. Clearly another selfish leaker that doesn't care about people working hard on these games getting to pick and choose when and how they want to reveal their creations to the world.

Is there any particular reason the ShopTo link for the Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch is not on here?

🟢 ShopTo - £319.85: https://fave.co/37GfQYe

@Mando44646 Bank and Transporter are free for the first month after HOME releases. Just transfer them then.

@sikthvash I was also excited to learn there was a demo, but considering how short the game is, i don't want to try it. Heh.

I'm already sold it though i guess, so the demo isn't for me.

@jump agreed, esp. that they have the gall to charge that much but don't include a battery, or even a charging cable.