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I am afraid I can't do that Dave.

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Re: The Switch Port Of Bayonetta 2 Has Outsold Its Sister Version On Wii U

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The Switch is the FULLY REALIZED vision of what the Wii U should have been. Games are succeeding on the Switch because it is an inherently more understandable, attractive system due to hybrid nature of being portable + TV. It makes sense to people, so they want to buy it b/c it fits into their lives. The Wii U was a failure because it had those ideas of portable screen, but it wasn't portable. Great work on Nintendo taking those ideas and failures and making them into success with Switch.

Re: Soapbox: My Nintendo's Updated Rewards Scheme Is Anything But Rewarding

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While I do miss the awesome physical rewards, I do understand that they were not sustainable from a business point of view.

Getting ANY kind of monetary discount is an incentive as opposed to downloading wallpapers (yippee... not really), so I am happy gold coins have SOME kind of meaning that is monetary is a DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT over previous method of using gold coins to download games that I already owned.

Would I like a higher amount... of course.. but I am also being realistic that the physical rewards are done by stores (20% pre-order discount on Amazon) - so the digital rewards should be Nintendo.

Re: You Can Now Spend Your My Nintendo Gold Points On Digital Switch Purchases

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The problem with physical games is that the price can vary outside of Nintendo's control... if a game goes on sale (Mario rabbids over xmas was $25 on black Friday - they won't get same ratio of discount as if it was digital since that reflects the price you actually pay) - the physical is based off of the price of game when it launched... with amazon prime pre-order - I can get physical games at 20% discount .... so I take the savings in money and storage (save space on SD cards!) over the digital rewards.

Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend?

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Bayonetta 2 - I love that the amiibo support allows me to purchase the chain chomp and costumes that I couldn't afford or unlock (finish 3rd climax... not a chance... sorry) on Wii U. Playing with peach costume + guns on hands (bowser punch) + chain chomp (nicknamed "chompy").

Re: Ubisoft Is the Leading Third-Party Publisher on Nintendo Switch

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Mario and Rabbids is one of the BEST strategy games that I have ever played. I love all the movement options available in a single move with dashes, team jumps, specials and unique characters.

I hope the Donkey Kong DLC replaces Mario with DK so that you have to rescue Mario (a nice twist) and get someone besides Mario in first character slot for story missions.

Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend?

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I had a great moment on Friday night where I actually had to take time to plan out which of the AMAZING games on Switch I was going to play. What a great system for it's hybrid portability giving me time to play again inbetween teacher grading/planning and it's amazing selection of Nintendo + Nindie games.

Priorities:
Finish Ch 3 challenge levels on Mario Rabbids in preparation for DK DLC
Celeste
Shovel Knight campaign (plague knight is next)

Re: Soapbox: Switch's Rampant Success Is Proof Positive That You Should Never Write Off Nintendo

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The Switch is the evolution of the Wii U. The Wii U felt like it "should" have been able to move away from the TV... but it could only go a set distance because it was tethered. Just put the Wii U gamepad and Switch next to each other and see the evolution (and marvel at slimness of Switch). The best concept of Switch is definitely being able to take your games on the go and sharing it socially. I remember being so frustrated by the games that I was playing on 3DS being separate from Wii U games. Nintendo has a perfect niche with a hybrid system that is unique (niches allow life to flourish in biology).