@Jamessmooth 8/10 isn't a low score. You said your self, it's a very very good game, aka great, aka 8/10. Is it excellent? Probably not, is it outstanding? No.
@RoboCube yea you can steal games and play them on your phone. You can steal lots of stuff, publishers shouldn't have to take that into account when they're pricing stuff.
I absolutely loved the Wii U era and early 3DS era with all their quirky features and stuff. However I also had an Xbox and PlayStation at the time, I'd imagine if you didn't those were some long months checking if TVii or whatever it was called was still coming soon, and answering random surveys.
People have weird expectations of prices. Mario galaxy was like 35 quid or something, it's only 3 years older, this is half that.
And those crappy final fantasy remasters aren't they like £15 for a 30 year old game? If they put in minimum effort to remaster something you don't want remastering is it fine then?
Stuff is worth what people will pay, that how economics works
I feel like if it did have native online, you'd have to become really good friends with the other 3 people who bought this game to play it online with strangers to arrange to be on at the same time. I definitely think gameshare is the correct choice for Bomberman online, best played with friends
@dew12333 Should they stop running theme parks, making movies and selling merch to focus on games also?
Legal action by Nintendo is just another way for them to make money like the above. It's not taking anything away from game development. If it's bringing in money then if anything it's helping game development by helping to fund it
I don't understand why they have stuck with the eFootball branding for this. They must know that game is total garbage, I was interested until that appeared on screen. Now I just assuming they don't wanna taint the PES brand with this crap in case they wanna bring it back one day
I made the remote control moving bit of cardboard from the variety pack, I'm sure that got binned, and I made the fishing rod which is in a cupboard. The other sets I've never opened
I'm not sure why they'd lie about it? I was pretty surprised when I saw them on there with Pikmin already available to buy and prime 2 remake heavily rumoured as "ready" for years
Used to love this game until Nintendo got greedy and stopped allowing game sharing. I can convince friends to play splatoon when they come round. I can't convince them to buy it and an NSO sub.
Hopefully they bring back a split screen option for 4
@Andee9001 Should be a big change this year being the first one to not come out on last Gen. That being said, it probably means it'll run like trash on Switch 2
I'm so glad I cancelled this now. It didn't even dawn on me when I preordered it that they'd charge that much for a the Virtual Boy accessory, and not drop all the games at once.
But if course, they're gonna slowly roll these out for the next 5 year to add an extra couple of hundred quid on
@Nep-Nep-Freak I don't understand why that's annoying. It saves you having to pay for the game and also NSO if you don't already play one of the 3 games people have to buy it for, and it means that matchmaking is still really easily despite the fact it's an 11 year old game.
I don't think it deserves all the hate it gets, but not does it deserve all the attention from publications it keep getting. It's an OK game, of which there are literally hundreds of each year, move on.
I think they made an error with the time between announcing this and it's release. I was excited when it got announced and pre ordered it, I've since had time to come to my senses and cancelled the pre order. Ive already got something that looks like a virtual boy on my shelf to collect dust.
I also thought if I preordered it and they slow drip fed the games like every other NSO catalog I'd be fuming
@Shade_Koopa ye disagree massively. The main reason I even own an iPad is because I can't watch anything on my Switch 2. These really aren't difficult things to add, it's not like having them changes anything for people that don't want to use a switch for that. Other than Smart TVs Switch is by far the most obvious choice to have streaming apps on, yet for some reason it doesn't, yet PlayStation and Xbox can. Even the Wii had netflix
Arkham City FIFA Sonic Racing Transformed Black Ops 2 Tekken Tag 2 Nintendo Land New Super Mario Bros U
Nuts to Zombie U, these are some great games, especially if you didn't own other consoles, and even if you did, playing them just on the tablet was great
@SillyG I don't think making it 8 players and encouraging folk to invest in 8 controllers to just to have an absolutely awful time is a good idea. People would be fuming
I wondered why I'd never played this before or why it was Warios only 3D platformer, 10 minutes of playing it answered that questions. Feels like a bad PS1 platformer
I never really understand why people wait when it comes to new consoles. You know your gonna get one eventually, it's most likely not going to come down in price by the time you do, enjoy the brand new console hype.
@Jayvir the last part, you don't play online. That's what your missing. It's arguably the best online game Nintendo has made this far. Granted the bar isnt crazy high set but still, multiplayer is where it's at, and it's not really pick and up play enough for local
@Nep-Nep-Freak if games don't push this kind of thing, a new player will buy the game in 6 months and find all the lobbies empty and never get to experience online play or only be able to do it in the most popular mode
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Re: FIFA Returns With Free-To-Play Arcade-Style Football And An Utterly Bizarre Roster
@roy130390 they didn't set a precedent for this kind of free to play rubbish, the blame lies with Konami for that
Re: FIFA Returns With Free-To-Play Arcade-Style Football And An Utterly Bizarre Roster
@roy130390 it's gonna be a pile of crap, because it's gonna be a pile of crap. You cant blame EA for this particular pile of crap
Re: FIFA Returns With Free-To-Play Arcade-Style Football And An Utterly Bizarre Roster
@roy130390 what's EA got to do with anything?
Re: PSA: Switch 2's "GameChat Welcome Offer" Ends This Month, Try It Out For Free While You Still Can
@Anti-Matter It's for playing with people online though, not for calling your mum for a chat.
If you're doing that, you're already paying for an NSO online subscription anyway.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Pokémon Pokopia?
@Jamessmooth 8/10 isn't a low score. You said your self, it's a very very good game, aka great, aka 8/10. Is it excellent? Probably not, is it outstanding? No.
Re: Quiz: Can You Name That Pokémon?
I don't think I'd have done any better if they weren't shadows
Re: Pokémon Winds & Waves Will Be Released "Exclusively" For Switch 2
This is fair, people can't expect a console to still get new games after 10 years. It'd be like Mario Sunshine also coming out on the SNES
Re: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Switch Update Censors Naughty And Offensive Names
I was really sad that I couldn't put my rival in from 20 years ago. Rip C**ty
Re: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Are Already "Best Sellers" On The Switch eShop Charts
@RoboCube yea you can steal games and play them on your phone. You can steal lots of stuff, publishers shouldn't have to take that into account when they're pricing stuff.
Re: Mailbox: A Good Switch 2 Console Pairing, Fun With Strangers, Sterility - Nintendo Life Letters
I absolutely loved the Wii U era and early 3DS era with all their quirky features and stuff. However I also had an Xbox and PlayStation at the time, I'd imagine if you didn't those were some long months checking if TVii or whatever it was called was still coming soon, and answering random surveys.
Re: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Are Already "Best Sellers" On The Switch eShop Charts
People have weird expectations of prices. Mario galaxy was like 35 quid or something, it's only 3 years older, this is half that.
And those crappy final fantasy remasters aren't they like £15 for a 30 year old game? If they put in minimum effort to remaster something you don't want remastering is it fine then?
Stuff is worth what people will pay, that how economics works
Re: "We Thought It Would Be Fun" - Nintendo Explains Why Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Aren't On Switch Online
@Friendly Nostalgia absolutely doesn't hit hardest in your early 30s, it's like late teens and in your 20s
Re: Review: Super Bomberman Collection - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Real Blast From The Past With Friends
I feel like if it did have native online, you'd have to become really good friends with the other 3 people who bought this game to play it online with strangers to arrange to be on at the same time. I definitely think gameshare is the correct choice for Bomberman online, best played with friends
Re: 13 Switch Emulators Hit By Latest Wave Of Nintendo Takedowns
@dew12333 Should they stop running theme parks, making movies and selling merch to focus on games also?
Legal action by Nintendo is just another way for them to make money like the above. It's not taking anything away from game development. If it's bringing in money then if anything it's helping game development by helping to fund it
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Gen 2 Pokémon?
25 years later and that list just reads like gibberish. Maybe we do need a modern Silver/gold remake
Re: Assassin's Creed Has "Overperformed" This Quarter, Says Ubisoft
@Filthy I don't think I'd even unlocked the 2nd character in 5 hours
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Mario Tennis Fever For Switch 2?
@AG_Awesome you've just proved their point. None of those prices are $10-$20 and alot of those were much cheaper games in a much cheaper world
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Super Bomberman 2 (SNES)
Why isn't the European one Gold?
Re: Pro-Evolution Soccer Successor 'eFootball' Is Getting A Switch 2 Exclusive Spin-Off
I don't understand why they have stuck with the eFootball branding for this. They must know that game is total garbage, I was interested until that appeared on screen. Now I just assuming they don't wanna taint the PES brand with this crap in case they wanna bring it back one day
Re: Talking Point: Where's Your Nintendo Labo Now?
I made the remote control moving bit of cardboard from the variety pack, I'm sure that got binned, and I made the fishing rod which is in a cupboard. The other sets I've never opened
Re: Rumour: Switch Online GameCube Releases Might Have Been Leaked
I'm not sure why they'd lie about it? I was pretty surprised when I saw them on there with Pikmin already available to buy and prime 2 remake heavily rumoured as "ready" for years
Re: Surprise! Splatoon 3's First Update Of 2026 Has Added Health Bars
Used to love this game until Nintendo got greedy and stopped allowing game sharing. I can convince friends to play splatoon when they come round. I can't convince them to buy it and an NSO sub.
Hopefully they bring back a split screen option for 4
Re: WWE 2K26 Is Reportedly On The Way To Switch 2
@Andee9001 Should be a big change this year being the first one to not come out on last Gen. That being said, it probably means it'll run like trash on Switch 2
Re: Nintendo Announces Launch Line-Up For Switch Online Virtual Boy
I'm so glad I cancelled this now. It didn't even dawn on me when I preordered it that they'd charge that much for a the Virtual Boy accessory, and not drop all the games at once.
But if course, they're gonna slowly roll these out for the next 5 year to add an extra couple of hundred quid on
Re: Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Nintendo Direct Announced For Thursday, 29th January
@Grumblevolcano you think it's going to outsell Pokemon meets Minecraft? Ok...
Re: Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Nintendo Direct Announced For Thursday, 29th January
@rvcolem1 The big Spring game is definitely Pokopia, there won't be a switch game that sells more than that this year
Re: PSA: Switch 2 Visual And Performance Improvements Included In New Rocket League Update
@Nep-Nep-Freak I don't understand why that's annoying. It saves you having to pay for the game and also NSO if you don't already play one of the 3 games people have to buy it for, and it means that matchmaking is still really easily despite the fact it's an 11 year old game.
Re: Nintendo Download: 22nd January (North America)
Astro Duel Deluxe has been one my go to local multiplayer games when I've had friends round, so very much looking forward to the sequel
Re: Talking Point: Metroid Prime 4 And The Burden Of Being 'Good Enough'
I don't think it deserves all the hate it gets, but not does it deserve all the attention from publications it keep getting. It's an OK game, of which there are literally hundreds of each year, move on.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2025 'Year In Review' Is Available Now
1. Tears of the Kingdom
2. Silksong
3. FC 26
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Mario Power Tennis (GameCube)
The Japanese one is just really dull, it doesn't even look like a game cover, it looks like the free poster inside that you throw away
Re: Opinion: The Nintendo Console Nobody Wanted To Review Returns Soon, And I'm Here For It, Again
I think they made an error with the time between announcing this and it's release. I was excited when it got announced and pre ordered it, I've since had time to come to my senses and cancelled the pre order. Ive already got something that looks like a virtual boy on my shelf to collect dust.
I also thought if I preordered it and they slow drip fed the games like every other NSO catalog I'd be fuming
Re: Review: Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance (GameCube) - Aged & Easier Than You're Used To, But Still A Winner
Always found it weird how much people loved this entry, so many people say it's their favourite. Doesn't even make my top 5
Re: Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period
Metroid doesn't shift consoles like a 3D mario did. Shocker
Re: Nintendo Switch's Hulu App Will Be Discontinued Next Month
@Shade_Koopa Show me these media box adverts
Re: Nintendo Switch's Hulu App Will Be Discontinued Next Month
@Shade_Koopa ye disagree massively. The main reason I even own an iPad is because I can't watch anything on my Switch 2. These really aren't difficult things to add, it's not like having them changes anything for people that don't want to use a switch for that. Other than Smart TVs Switch is by far the most obvious choice to have streaming apps on, yet for some reason it doesn't, yet PlayStation and Xbox can. Even the Wii had netflix
Re: Opinion: We Need To Talk About X Games
@Debo626 @darkswabber that classic childhood game Naughts and Exes...
Re: Talking Point: Does Switch 2 Have Nintendo's Best Launch Line-Up Ever?
How can anyone not appreciate the Wii U launch.
Arkham City
FIFA
Sonic Racing Transformed
Black Ops 2
Tekken Tag 2
Nintendo Land
New Super Mario Bros U
Nuts to Zombie U, these are some great games, especially if you didn't own other consoles, and even if you did, playing them just on the tablet was great
Re: "This Just Didn't Fit Into My Gaming Lifestyle" - Hideki Kamiya Isn't Happy About Switch 2's Lack Of A D-Pad
@tameshiyaku try and play pretty much any fighting game in handheld mode other than Smash
Re: Opinion: My Daughter Made Me Realise That Mario Wonder's Difficulty Options Need Work
@SillyG I don't think making it 8 players and encouraging folk to invest in 8 controllers to just to have an absolutely awful time is a good idea. People would be fuming
Re: Talking Point: Does It Bother You That Big Games Companies Are Using GenAI?
@wiiwouldliketoplay it's about as much as a bubble as the invention of electricity, and internet
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Ice Climber
Definitely that North American one now as it's an iconic design, but either of the other two back then.
Re: Nintendo Fans Might Get The Entire Tomb Raider Survivor Trilogy Thanks To Their "Passionate Response"
I'd be happy with just shadows as I was bored of the trilogy by that point
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch 2 GameCube Library With Wario's 3D Outing
I wondered why I'd never played this before or why it was Warios only 3D platformer, 10 minutes of playing it answered that questions. Feels like a bad PS1 platformer
Re: Feature: My NES Longing, My Son's Terrifying Switch 2 Obsession
I never really understand why people wait when it comes to new consoles. You know your gonna get one eventually, it's most likely not going to come down in price by the time you do, enjoy the brand new console hype.
Re: Ongoing MicroSD Shortages Could Have A Knock-On Effect For Switch 2 Storage Availability
Storage is pretty sufficient, can easy get 10 massive games on there, I don't need to be playing 10 massive games at the same time
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Kirby Air Riders?
@Jayvir the last part, you don't play online. That's what your missing. It's arguably the best online game Nintendo has made this far. Granted the bar isnt crazy high set but still, multiplayer is where it's at, and it's not really pick and up play enough for local
Re: Kirby Air Riders In-Game Events Are Planned To Run For A Year After Launch
@Nep-Nep-Freak if games don't push this kind of thing, a new player will buy the game in 6 months and find all the lobbies empty and never get to experience online play or only be able to do it in the most popular mode
Re: Poll: Is Your Third-Party Switch 2 Dock Still Working After This Week's System Update?
If I Docked my Switch 2 then I'd have to walk all the way over to my dock to get my switch and play it, madness
Re: Pokémon Pokopia Is Seemingly Nintendo's First Game-Key Card Release
I think the last physical Nintendo game I got was a 3DS game so doesn't bother me in the slightest