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If you're a* you're named Dick, do what AVGN says and name your character Dickard.

*Had to do that slight edit because that sounded better in my head but then realized it was so wrong. My bad.

@TitanSix Yes, you can get Ho-Oh in Colosseum by purifying all Shadow Pokémon and clearing Mt. Battle in Battle Mode using a team from Colosseum (transfers from GBA versions are ok as long as the registered team is from Colosseum).

While for Lugia, you have to purify the Shadow Lugia from XD.

Hope there's a Wind Waker joke somewhere in-game.

I only have a red New 3DS XL, so I'll go with that.

Having not played many 3DS games due to my late acquisition of one, my top 5 would be (in no particular order)

Super Mario 3D Land
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Metroid: Samus Returns
Miitopia
Kirby: Triple Deluxe

Runner-ups that just miss the mark.
Kid Icarus: Uprising; misses the mark due to how cramped your hands feel after a session. Otherwise, this is easily top 10 material.

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games; yes, really. It misses the marked due to the lack of Dream Events and how the events are now only playable by certain groups of characters. Otherwise I love how good the game looks and sounds as well as how much more pickup-and-play it is compared the handheld versions of Beijing 2008 and Vancouver 2010.

Mario Kart 7; lack of single-player Vs. Mode is a real dealbreaker in an otherwise good game I would see myself going back to if it had it.

Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash; yes, really (again). It's not as bad as the internet makes you believe it is. If you want a 2D platformer with a lasso as the main mechanic, then this is for you. It misses the mark by how RNG-based it can be on the level select.

LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins; loading times. Enough said. I do pop up this one every now and then just to do things you cannot do on console LCU.

Rusty's Real Deal Baseball; this one I consider a true hidden gem once you get/buy all the games. Yes, you had to spend real money to get the games (the program itself was free), but thankfully you could bargain and give Rusty some items to lower the price. I think in total I spent about 450 MXN (about $25 at most) for all the games back in 2023 and I regret nothing.

I also cannot be angry with New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Paper Mario: Sticker Star. I did get some enjoyment out of them.
I also wish my copy of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games worked, though.

Other 3DS games I wish I played include Kirby: Planet Robobot, Metroid Prime: Federation Force (yes, for real), the Mario & Luigis, Sonic Lost World, any of the Pokémon versions (mainly Alpha Sapphire) and Tomodachi Life.

And no, modding my systems is not an option. Going by my own experience, I've been able to play most of the games I've wanted to play by legit means on many systems on their due time.

@Mana_Knight The worst thing is that Comix Zone and The Ooze were already in the Japanese GC release. At least the Game Gear games were available in Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Gems Collection, right?

Funny enough, Sonic Gems Collection also had games removed. Normally the only non-Sonic games you can unlock are Vectorman 1 and 2, but in the Japanese release you can also unlock Bonanza Bros. and the Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle trilogy.

Looking at the copyrights at the end of the trailer, I don't see why they particularly show the Konami logo at the beginning. Makes it look like this will be a Konami-published collection when it only has 1 game by them.

Also, I'm guessing it is Throwback Entertainment the one that owns the rights to LJN games. So really Throwback Entertainment is the real new LJN.

Depending on the outcome, I may get this digitally only for X-Men: The Arcade Game. I don't need to go through the same suffering of AVGN in SIlver Surfer and almost all of my Marvel needs are covered by Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection.

WELCOME TO DIE!

Only played DuckTales: Remastered as well, playing the original will be a new one to me. plus, I've read good things about Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck, the latter as being pretty much Mega Man.

My favorites from this update have to be

Main Theme, why hasn't this one been included in Smash Bros.?
Whale Course (Turtle Zone)
Manhole Course (Macro Zone)
Star Course (Space Zone)
Captured Mario's Castle Course
The three parts of Wario Battle

I also like Ghost House Course (Pumpkin Zone) as a remix of SML1 Treasure Room BGM.

Maybe you want to specify on the headline that this is mostly for Pokémon GO.

I will. Not at launch, but in the next few days.

Will get FireRed in English and maybe LeafGreen in Spanish.

It's probably more Star Fox Adventures for me. Just got the second Spellstone.

Next week I intend to buy copies of Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse, Capcom Vs. SNK 2 EO and Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom.
I'll see if the guy could also lend me a hand to also get NBA Sreet V3 and SSX On Tour.

EDIT: Due to "certain events" going on in Mexico, those games may have to wait a little bit since they would be FB Marketplace purchases from one of the affected states.

Happy to be part of that 5% (as of my comment) that voted Scorbunny.

I just came to the realization, the Switch releases of FRLG bumped the ESRB rating from E to E10+, which in turn bumps the Mexican rating from A (all ages) to B (12+).

What the hey? Is it because of the Game Corner and the whole "Simulated Gambling" debacle? It is no more gambling than any modern Football/Soccer, American Football or Basketball game.

Played casually on the Gamecube on Zelda: Collector's Edition for the first time in 2004, eventually I got a CIB copy in 2018. But I didn't clear it until early 2014 on the Wii U Virtual Console.

Since they now announced FRLG, I suppose we'll get a release date for Pokémon Champions and hopefully Pokémon Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness on NSO.

Only here for Pokémon Mansion, Silph Co., Rocket Hideout, Sevii Islands, Battle! (Trainer Battle) and Final Battle! (Rival).

3 banging soundtracks almost in a row (FRLG, Origami King, Tomodachi Life, WarioWare, inc.). We're on a roll.

I'm someone who buys physical whenever I can, mostly due to storage issues more than anything else, yes a bit of ownership is also the reason. But at 40MB? That's a negligible amount that I won't mind getting a game digitally.

Are these listings within a deadline, kind of like Super Mario 3D All-Stars or Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light?

Huh? No PS4 sales this week?
Nevermind, I thought NL forgot them, but turns out PS4 sold more than the Series X...again.

Anyway, can I just say I love the header image? Something about Rosalina peeking behind someone gets me.

This is the only Xenoblade that really interests me but somehow I haven't gotten it in my collection yet. Looks like I'm going with the physical NS2E.

By this point, my votes will be mostly about exposure to certain Pokémon and not because I like them since, like I said the last time, I haven't played X/Y (or Legends: Z-A if it matters).

With that said, it's either Pancham or Dedenne (chonky baby Pikachu). Screw Greninja, I'm sick of it thanks to Smash. Same to Incineroar.

@Nep-Nep-Freak it is now available on the eShop. I just downloaded it on my Switch via the Nintendo Store app.

Oshawott is perhaps my favorite of this generation.
Other Gen 5 favorites of mine: Stoutland, Axew, Scraggy, Gothitelle, Krookodile, Zoroark, Chandelure, Vanilluxe (yes, I'm not kidding), Leavanny, Lilligant, Reshiram.

Would've loved to see Hydreigon with the original military theme, though.

With that said, this was the last Pokémon generation I played,. I may not objectively participate on the rest since I'm not familiar with all the Pokémon, except for Galar/Scorbunny.

Everybody better shout "Tiger!" every now and then.

Is the app now available? It's not showing up on the Mexican eShop. Well, at least not on the Nintendo Store app. Didn't bring my Switch to work to download it from here.

if it indeed doesn't show up, did Nintendo really regionally block this app and made it available only to accounts from regions where you can buy the VB replica or the cardboard version? If so, looks like I'll have to settle for the Japanese version of the app.

EDIT: Turns out that indeed it's not on the Mexican eShop. What the hey? Talk about a lack of communication, nothing in what Nintendo said implied you couldn't download in regions where they don't sell NSO items.
A lot of Mexican resellers will have a field day with this.

Can anyone from other countries confirm it's not listed on their eShop?

This is another no contest, look at my username and you can tell my favorite Gen 4 Pokémon (as well as my favorite Mario character that's not Mario himself).

Other Gen 4 favorites of mine: Empoleon, Froslass, Poké Goku Lucario, Roserade, Glaceon, Porygon-Z, Dialga. All of which I used as my main Sinnoh Pokémon in Pokémon Battle Revolution and sadly are now trapped in Pokémon DS Purgatory, aka GenV (yeah, I missed getting Pokémon Transporter on my 3DS while I could).

Bowser for me, he looks badass with those axes on his claws.

Maybe also Luigi by virtue of him being in Mexico Tostarena.

This one's a no contest, Big Axolotl (Swampert) is my absolute favorite from Gen 3.

With that said, there are a lot of Pokémon I love from this generation: Sceptle, Gardevoir, Mawile, Zangooze, Aggron, Flygon, Corphish, Milotic, Frieza's head Glalie, Rayquaza.

Feraligatr, Scizor, The WalkFurret, Ursaring, Porygon2, all of these are my favorites from Johto.
EDIT: Forgot about Misdreavus as well.

I think I'll go with Furret, mostly because during my playthrough of Round 1 and a bit of Round 2 of Pokémon Stadium 2, Furret was a bit of a lifesaver. An MVP, if you will.

Honorable mention goes to Slowking, particularly the one featured on the second movie.

From Gen 1 I'm gonna say Mr. Mime. It always puts me in a good mood whenever I see it.

Last year, I spent my Valentine's weekend with Samus Aran. Now, this year's Valentine's weekend I'll spend it with Sonic and Fox*.

Yesterday I got CIB copies in very good condition of Sonic Adventure 2: Battle and Star Fox Adventures. Still have my original save file from Sonic, but Star Fox's I do not.

I haven't played SA2B in almost 20 years, I used to own it but lent my original copy and got lost thanks to a "friend". Played a bit last night and I still think it controls better than any of the recent Sonic games when you're running.

SFAd I haven't played in almost 23 years, but the performance of the Shopkeeper by Steven Brand has lived rent-free in my memory all those years, particulalry the line "Put that down! You don't have enough Scarabs!".

*And yes, that may sound wrong, but I promise it's not for the weird stuff you'd expect from the former's fandom.

@OorWullie same deal over here in Mexico. It aired on free TV courtesy of TV Azteca for the first time on Christmas Day 2025. They have the rights to Illumination movies while Televisa (its rival) has the rights to air the Sonic movies.

What the hey is a Fandango?

@Coalescence I do remember someone saying back in like 2010-2012 that "Angry Birds was that generation's Super Mario Bros.", or something to that extent. I just can't remember when exactly that was said and who said it.

@Dee123 In this instance I think it's more of a problem with the benefactor (Ubisoft as a company and the execs) than the artist (Michel Ancel and the devs).

Is that the power of Dragon Quest in Japan?

Of course I'm talking about making the Xbox sell more than 1,000 units. Well, I don't know if DQ was released on Xbox in Japan.

EDIT: While we're at it, there's a mistake in the Xbox Series X's sales. Shouldn't it be below the PS4?

Hope for the best for the affected employees.

Man, Ubisoft's demise saga is almost as spectacular as the SuperSEGA's.

These save data bonuses can apparently be claimed at "any time", even if the save data for one of these titles is created after starting the Adventures of Elliot. As for the length of this promotion, it's taking place at the time of "release" but this does not guarantee it will be a permanent distribution or service, according to Square Enix.

So, this is Square Enix's answer to Pokémon's Mystery Gift?

My top 10 in no particular order
-Thrills at Night
-My Heart's a-Burnin' (I'll never forget that curveball the Shy Guy game show threw at me with the "censored" lyrics, both in text and a beep where the word was supposed to play, despite having no verbal singing)
-Snif City
-Event Battle
-Exploring Shogun Studios
-Sweetpaper Valley
-Olivia's Bench
-Autumn Mountain Battle
-Red Streamer Battle
-Sea Tower - 2nd Floor

Regardless of how you feel about the gameplay, almost everything else in Origami King (and dare I say, Color Splash) is top notch.

The entirety of the Blue Streamer Area (Autumn Mountain and Shogun Studios) and its soundtrack will forever live rent-free in my memory.

I'm sure there are fans for these 10 games, but my highlight is still Doraemon. Maybe one day I'll give Cool Boarders a chance.

Still, the potential for re-releases of neglected games cannot go unappreciated.

What happened on Xbox to have slightly more than 500 units sold?

Can see myself getting a Leon S. Kennedy amiibo to compliment the Ryu and Mega Man ones.

Ok, Konami. You had me there. I will get it, when I will? That's up in the air.

With that said, could you change the news title from "on Switch 2" to "on Switch systems"? OG title could be a bit misleading.

This and the Bomberman Collection were definitely my highlights of the Direct. I would say the Goemon Collection from the Japanese Direct as well.

I just hope Doraemon doesn't end up being more expesive due to the license. I know it's very close to being a kusoge, but I've always been interested in it.

@Johnny_Arthur that's weird because there was a time SEGA AGES Fantasy Zone was listed on the Mexican eshop for 10 Mexican pesos (about $0.50-$0.55) and it did let me buy it at that price.

Meanwhile, there's a game called NYAZ ~ OPERATION: OCCUPY HOUSE OF KOBAYASHI ~, which on the Mexican eShop is listed at a whopping 18,420.00 MXN (about $921) and had a sale on January that matched the period in the US. So i think this is a mistake on Nintendo's Mexican end.
It is by far the most expensive game on the Mexican eShop, according to Deku Deals, whereas on the American one is only about $10.

So much for Randy Pitchford's obnoxiousness on the NS2 Direct.

"Ouch, right in my Stocks and Shares!"

-investors and stockholders, probably.