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I've seen a couple of scalped systems in my city. Thankfully they're just resellers selling them at the Mexican MSRP. Haven't checked in actual stores, though.

@N8tiveT3ch how many PC focused group posts is my Facebook feed gonna regurgitate about that same topic?

Does it only work with the Gamecube NSO controller? What about an actual GC controller through the Controller Adapter?

@The_Nintend_Pedant Here in my area I've seen a couple of loose carts being sold, but nowhere near as loose Gamecube discs going for as much as if they were CIB.

From now on, June 5th shall be known as Cow Day.

And no, it has nothing to do with Chick-Fil-A.

@Vyacheslav333 before you know it, people are gonna mate with the Switch 2, bringing us closer to the reality presented in Pulseman.

Shouldn't this be a (mini) review instead of news?

@Debo626 Yes, it does.

Look at the second photo of that Reddit post. Do you see the vertical gray rectangle with a smaller black one inside on the left part of the controller? That's one of the analog triggers. The other one is barely visible due to the angle but it's there as well.

That's fine, but how does it compare to a NEOGEO cartridge?

In all seriousness, how does it compare to a Wii U GamePad? Having somewhat big hand, the GamePad is actually comfortable to use for me.

Nintendo: Take this object, but beware it carries a terrible curse.

Alex: Ooooh, that's bad.

Nintendo: But it comes with a free game.

Alex: That's good.

Nintendo: The game is a Game-Key Card.

Alex: That's bad.

Shopkeeper: But you get your choice of card.

Alex: That's good.

Nintendo: The card contains potassium benzoate.

Alex: ...

Nintendo: That's bad.

Alex: Can I go now?

@SpinEnDash
Legit questions: Which Switch model (OG or 1.1, Lite, OLED) did you send for repair and which one did you receive?

Mine will have to wait a year or so. Games, however, I'm ready to buy them. I intend to at least get Mario kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Kirby Air Riders and Metroid Prime 4 Beyond - NS2 Edition before the year ends.

As of now, my Gamecube is getting the attention I had neglected it for 15 years after a certain accident that wasn't even my fault left it unused all that time.

Good Gaming to anyone who gets a Switch 2.

Having watched the supposed clip. If it's real, i understand some compromises have to be made, but is it me or the Extreme Gears are slower than in the Sonic Riders series?

Missed opportunity for the subheading to say "Racing to be the first at the starting line!"

Of course we needed an external character to fill the quota, whatever that is.

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing had Miis and Banjo-Kazooie. Cannot remember if the PS3 version had any guests.
Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed had Wreck-It Ralph and Danica Patrick.
Team Sonic Racing I believe was spared.
Now Sonic Racing CrossWorlds has Spongebob.

What's next? He will race in a Camp Coral track?

Of the collaboration IPs mentioned, only Hatsune Miku is the one that should be on the base game.

Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather have Pac-Man as a guest if we have to have at least one aside from Miku.

This is definitely a take for the Unpopular Gaming Opinions forum topic.

Now, as for the topic at hand of should it be a pack-in game?
Can we stop telling people what they're allowed to do with their own money? They earned it for themselves, not for you.

If people see value on this, by all means let them enjoy it as long as you stay respectful. There are far worse things you can get with those $10.
If you don't, that's fine and even I encourage to call Nintendo on it, but not at the expense of attacking or disrespecting those that legit want to buy it.

Yes, I would've liked to see it as a pack-in, but I also understand that it wouldn't had necessarily been a free pack-in if it were.

I actually think it's an interesting choice to have Mario and co. eating beef burgers near Cow.
Either they love to tease her (kinda like that Squidward meme in Spanish where he says "We're gonna k*** you!" to a little kid) or she's gotten used to it.

If I cannot race as that bull from the recent animated movie, Garfield's dad or even Baby Garfield then I'm not interested.

It's funny how they're promoting the game with Liz but not with John, though.

Watch these signs become sought after collector's items after retailers remove them.

But what about Pokémon Blue?

I'm not getting a Switch 2 any time soon but I'm on a Gamecube roll these days thanks to friend that was selling his games.

I just beat Luigi's Mansion and I'm currently playing

Star Fox: Assault
Currently on Mission 3. Having some issues with the controls, but the gameplay feels solid.

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
A 2-disc game. Just started so I'm still getting the hang of the gameplay loop. I'm hopeful one day I can get that copy of Baten Kaitos Origins I saw in my city.

Tales of Symphonia
Another 2-disc game. Just started.

Mario Party 6
Have had this game for years but never played too much to determine if I like it or not. Now I'm back to answer that question and to get everything I'm still missing.

I also play some NBA Street V3 on the side. That is if the disc doesn't throw me a "Game Disc could not be read" error message.

Last week I got Luigi's Mansion and Star Fox and just yesterday I got Baten Kaitos and Tales.

Even if it's only a difference of 11 copies, it's funny how Nintendo Switch Sports is the first-party game that sold the most this week.

Here, have some sports goods in conpensation. Now go outside and do some exercise, will ya?

All jokes aside, I hope those affected can land one at launch.

I like what it entails, but what's up with the name? If you didn't tell me what is Hot Girl Walk, I'd assume it's a runway contest for models.

I love the idea of the mascots themselves joining the game, but man it looks very rough. I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but what happened to the days of EA making NBA Street games?

Also, when did human players start to look like Doug rejects with those skin colors?

@AccessibleDaydream not yet. I guess that will be next week when the Switch 2 launches.

@TonyTyga90 @MeloMan this was included in the Virtual Game Cards update on April. I agree it was long overdue.

A lot of people were missing the Super Mario All-Stars theme, I'm glad they'll be able to finally get it. I have all the themes currently available and probably my favorite is the Miitopia one.

I have a copy of the GC version I got back in 2022, but unfortunately it seems the disc is prone to disc read errors, it started recently. For that reason, I haven't done much beyond clearing Arcade Mode with Link and playing some Weapons Master (or whatever that mode is called), also with Link.

Other GC games I've gotten but haven't made much progress for the same reason are NBA Street V3, Eternal Darkness, Sonic Riders and Sonic Gems Collection.

Whatever the reason is, you can tell when a person has taken care of his/her games. Last week I got Luigi's Mansion and Star Fox: Assault from a friend who was selling GC games. He had the games CIB and the discs themselves were in really good condition, they look as if they were originally from my collection.
Other used games I've bought (particularly GC and Wii) have been a gamble, either they don't have the manual (for some games such as Odama you may need it) or the disc gives me the dreaded "Game Disc could not be read".

Of course I'll give Soul Calibur II and other games (particularly F-ZERO GX) a better chance on Switch 2.

@Anti-Matter I agree with everything but #6.

Look, I'm not saying Nintendo should not demand full physical or full digital, but if they do, chances are third-parties would rather abandon Nintendo again than deal with their "no-BS policies" (yeah, let's give it a name).

Unfortunately, I can see that scenario happening if #6 happens. For better or worse, I see it as a compromise if we want equal third-party support.
Only if Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft collectively start demanding full physical is how I can see #6 as effective. Like that is gonna happen.

12 out of 13... Shoot! I didn't see in how much time. Didn't get the reward for clearing a star with Super Guide correct since I don't use it. Everything else was correct because I actually replayed it back in 2022-2023 when I got the Wii Download Version on the Wii U before its eShop closure. So that information is still fresh in my memory.

EDIT: 12/13 on 02:38 nets a place in the Top 3 (as of this edit)? Not bad.

@awp69 Kemco as a publisher has been around since the 80s at least. Some of their games include Space Hunter on Famicom, the Kid Klown series, the Top Gear series, the Crazy Castle series (and that whole convoluted rabbit hole (pun intended) of releases), Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout, NES Superman, Phalanx (that SNES shooter with an out-of-place hillbilly on the cover), Universal Theme Park Adventures.

Kirby's Star Stacker compliments the SFC version. It's funny that Kirby isn't the frontrunner for this update.

It's curious that Survival Kids is on NSO just before the Switch 2 remake is released. That's definitely a choice, but whose choice is it? Nintendo's or Konami's?

Gradius? Not so big on it, but I always appreciate when classic Konami is here.

The hey is a Sword of Hope? Will give it a chance later.

Disappointed Big Brain Academy is not getting mouse controls, that would've brought it closer to how you play the DS original or Wii Degree.

I unironically kind of want to give Hydlide a chance. Never played it but I'd be lying if I said AVGN didn't make me aware of the series.

EDIT: Slightly off-topic, but per this Facebook post from the official Nintendo account (seemingly shared only with select people) and for some reason, Super Mario Run is currently on sale in Mexico and Colombia until May 29th. Costing 59 Mexican Pesos (slightly below $3, putting it on the lowest price ever), I don't know the cost in Colombia.
I know it is a mobile game, but for that price I'm seriously thinking it. That is if Google finally lets me procced with adding funds, though there seems to be an option to pay on a convenience store, might go with that.

Nice to see Capcom Fighting Collection 2 on top.

Hope this means we could get follow-ups to the included games. I'd love to see Capcom vs. SNK 3 (an actual CvS3, not cross promotion of the other in your game) with Mega Man (classic or X), Phoenix Wright, Viewtiful Joe, Tizoc, Blue Mary and Duck King (the real one, not that DJ from CotW that was supposedly trained by him).

Thanks for the heads up on the update. I had forgotten to update since the last one.

Are we now racing with stability?

Hopefully no speeding tickets and accidents involved.

I see DK's redesing the same way I see the Infraggable Krunk from The Justice Friends segment of Dexter's Lab (remember that?): A jolly, carefree chap, but make him angry and you'll pay dearly.

If you're that desperate to scalp Pokémon cards, all I can say is "You have issues.".

I wonder if Sephiroth's other sword can also do the same.

I want to be optimistic, but Ubisoft and AAA are two words that I cannot use together in a sentence in a positive way. Hope the brink of destruction made them realize they have to take good decisions, a new Rayman is certainly one of them.

I'd totally be there for Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S if it were a paid upgrade for those who already have the Switch version. As it is it's a pass for now, if down the line they do the same kind of sales they did for PPT1 and 2 on Switch, then I'd buy it. Same for Sonic X Shadow Generations.

Yakuza? Never played one so I'll give it a a chance one day. Though it'll be with the Japanese dub.

RAIDOU? Not interested!

I'm gonna get a lot of flak for this, but I didn't mind the fact they tried to show Samus' human side. Yes, she's a badass* but most of the time we forget there's still a human inside with feelings and emotions she probably hasn't fully assimilated or hasn't had the chance to mourn her losses.

Also, the high heels. I understand they're not the best footwear for the kind of missions she accomplishes, but if she can still pull off those feats with them, then I don't mind. It feels like one of those "you can question my methods but not my results".

Now, could her emotions have been coveyed in a better way? Absolutely. How? I don't know, I'm not really a writer to tell you how to fix it.

*can I say that or do I have to censor myself?

Looks like Sonic won't be needing Tails anymore to fly.

To the people making the physical version possible: Thank Goodness You're Here!

He has a point but coming from him I cannot take him (not the point) seriously.

This is the same Randy that put that patronizing comment saying that people prefer the work of him and his team over the Borderlands movie (which itself doesn't sound like a hard accomplishment) and the man who screamed during the Switch 2 Direct. When he did that, I almost turned off the Direct

The worst I remember is playing against my cousin, he was Sheik and I was Mario. I Caped him as he as coming back to the stage via an edge grab on the left edge of Final Destination. Somehow he teleported all the way to the right ledge.

To this day I still debate whether it truly happened or not because I haven't been able to recreate it.

Yes to a Kyle Hyde Recollection, please. I'd love to play Last Window for the first time since NoA denied me the chance back on the original version, as well as re-experience Hotel Dusk/Wish Room.

(sees Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite on the list)

Wait, what? Did they find a warehouse full of copies or something?

@B3RTAY Thanks, I legit had no idea Level-5 was also in Fukuoka.