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@HamatoYoshi I think it's an Arrested Development reference

People aren't complaining that it isn't free forever. They're already paying for it via the NSO subscription. Nintendo has given countless interviews where they've spoken about adding value to the service; now they're deliberately removing value from the service because of an arbitrary promotional date.

Online servers may be expensive to run, but they're also returning record profits at the moment, so i hardly see that as a valid point for shutting it down.

If you want to talk cost-benefit, then they should gauge that on how many people are still playing, not on a date. There's also the fact they spent time, money and resources developing Super Mario 35, and putting the 3D Collection together, what sense does it make to cut-off further returns on that work.

They can also leave things on sale, and still celebrate other things. shrugs

I expect its been put there for people who saw the Pokemon Mini in the 25th Anniversary video in the latest Poke Presents, and wanted to look for those games on the official Ninty website.

It smacks of them being thorough to me in their representation of Pokemon games on their website.

I can't be the only one that's bothered that these essentially disguise your collection, making it impossible to see at a glance, which games you own.

You could resort to labelling the boxes I suppose.

NateDrake and others like him once again making their names on being "insiders", which sites, and their "fans" are happy to spread, even if they get things wrong.

It's such a convenient excuse for these people to then say "I guess plans changed", which they know implies that they were correct in the first place.

"and i never will" is rather over dramatic. Can't understand the logic in not finishing it either. Maybe when BotW2 comes out, you'll come to your senses and finish BotW1 knowing there's more Zelda, more Hyrule to be had in the sequel

It looks smoother, but the way people talk about it, you'd swear it changes the game completely, when it really doesn't.

Hmm. The question at the end of the video...not in the slightest. Plenty of unboxing videos on YT, and you can find out what most of them look like inside via Google Image search. Not sure what's to be gained by forking out a fortune to make content that's already out there.

@60frames-please If it was like Tim Rodgers it would be about 3hrs long and contain thousands of meandering, naval-gazey, self worship, pointless tangents and waffle that sound smart but amount to very little.

Rodgers needs to be medically prescribed an editor, stat.

@nessisonett It really is that simple. But here come the "They did it because Nintendo hates its fans brigade"

More of this. Less of the clickbait-style 'someone streamed Among Us to the Wii' etc

@sandman89 Considering the ***** show that is Britain right now, I see no problem with it.

@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.