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@SonicSpeedX You're not alone. It made me rediscover the music of the Wii's Check Mii Out Channel. Yes, really.

I suppose the Pikmin cameo in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and playable R.O.B. in Mario Kart DS never happened.

Another banging soundtrack to the list.

However, I'm still wondering why Smash Bros. refers to the Ending song as "Theme of Samus Aran, Space Warrior". Did at some point Nintendo change their names and the original Theme of Samus Aran, Space Warrior is now called something else?

What took SEGA so long to add Puyo Puyo to these crossover racing games?

@romanista yes, it came out on February 2007 in Europe, in Japan it was July 2006, September 2006 for America and October 2006 for Australia.

Maybe you want to update the poll to mention that the North American cover is shared with Australia.

Also, the Japanese cover is not entirely the same as the European one, the logo is positioned differently and doesn't follow the style of the western ones, and it has the text タッチでドリブル、スライドでシュート! (Touch de Dribble, Slide de Shoot!)

Anyway, my vote goes to NA/AU for showing actual basketball. The European cover and name kind of look like they follow the conventions established by Mario Smash Football.

Apparently, years later there was a re-release of the North American version that came on a red box and the Nintendo logo was black on the cover. Must've been around 2010-2011, when Nintendo re-released various Mario DS games on red boxes.
I don't know if in-game there's any difference, though.

Let me use this chance to once again say to anyone who plays this game, you can cheat Tournament mode games as it allows you to restart the second half of a match as many times as you want, just make sure you won the first half. This is especially useful for the match against the Final Fantasy trio in Hard Mode.

Maybe EA as a publisher can finally feel a sense of pride and accomplishment for releasing a game without lootboxes.

I'm surprised it doesn't have Shy Guy, aka Yoshi's Goomba.

@BLK_4EVER I guess it depends on who's tracking the data.
Capcom once said that their GKC sales are considered digital, but this is Famitsu tracking sales data, hence why RE Requiem is listed.

About Mario vs. Donkey Kong, I'm hopeful that the more people play it and see/hear the opening, the more people will be aware of the Spanish audio of "dos cero tres ochenta y ocho". Maybe that way I can finally find its origin and the full audio.

Other places where I've heard it: Space Ghost: Coast to Coast (from here I know it's a long audio), Shaq Fu's commercial and apparently was also used in the Mexican movie known as "Amores Perros", though I've read that a later edit removed it.

Remember that Japanese commercial for New Super Luigi U where Peach was horrified at the mere sight of Luigi? This is the reason why.

Oh, we're talking about the LEGO set?

I kinda like how they turned Gouken from Street Fighter 4 into a karate bear.

Otherwise, no.

Edit: looking at the trailer, it also looks like they stole the cow from Harvest Moon and even Palworld's take on Lucario. (look at the 0:44 mark)

@Robot99 that's why I said seemingly. A lot of people swear that it's a remix of Bowser's Castle/World 8-5 from Super Mario 3D Land. Not me, though.

@FernandoMachado the western NSO release sadly doesn't, but the Japanese one does. Or at least levels e-1 to e-6 are available from the get go. I'm currently playing to see if completing them unlocks e-7 to e-12.

Lots of bangers for me this time, I'm here for all of these.

-Super Bell Hill
-Underground Theme (I've always liked this version of Underground Theme the most, with the 3D Land version in second)
-Chainlink Charge
-Footlight Lane
-Hands-On Hall
-Snowball Park (returning from 3D Land)
-Simmering Lava Lake (seemingly returning from 3D Land)
-World 8
-Bowser's Lava Lake Keep (returning from 3D Land)
-Super Block Land (returning from 3D Land, which itself is like a variant of SM3DL Main Theme)
-The Great Tower Showdown 2

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-Lake Lapcat
-Scamper Shores
-Fury Bowser Attacks! (Hopeful that this song makes it to Smash Bros. one day)
-Fury Bowser Withdraws (similarly, I hope the end of this song becomes Bowser's victory fanfare in Smash one day)
-Fury Bowser Driven Back
-Fort Flaptrap
-Furious Fury Bowser
-Mount Magmeow

At least as a professor, he ensures that his knowledge will be passed on to younger generations who may very well make the next WarioWare or Incredible Crisis.

Ganbare, Abe-san.

Angry Kirby covers have gotten to other series.

Thanks for the reminder that I have this game in my collection and that I need to give it a go, but that will happen only when I beat Baten Kaitos I.

Unlike other people, this weekend I'll play Sonic Lost World (3DS version), I got a CIB copy yesterday.

This is a game I've always wanted to play but never found, just like any other handheld Sonic game.
I know it is a little divisive in that some people prefer the Wii U version and others the 3DS one. But the idea of it being the first 3D Sonic game on a handheld has to count for something.

We'll see where I stand.

My guess is that Wart manages the casino where Birdo is seen on the first trailer and Mouser is the security.

@Kyloctopus the cancelled GB one or the F2P 3DS one?

You had me at Mario Clash, the only one from this batch that I don't own. I have 2 copies of Mario's Tennis in my collection and Mario vs. Donkey Kong is on my Wii U.

@PikaPhantom Thanks for that. The loss of the lighthouse song is fine by me. I heard it too much in the original Air Ride because the lighthouse event happened way too often for me it made me sick of the song.

Now, I don't think the song itself is bad, is just that I had enough of hearing it.

I have to listen to the new soundtrack properly. I'm mostly here for the music from the original Kirby Air Ride and the anime, namely

-City Trial: City
-The Mysterious Bird Dyna Blade (originally called "Dyna Blade Intro" in KAR1 and "Destruction! Nightmare's Giant Fortess" in the anime)
-Drag Race (originally "Reserve Strategy" in the anime)
-Machine Passage
-Beanstalk Park
-Fantasy Meadows
-Nebula Belt
-Nebula Belt (Alt) (originally "Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land: Dream Land" in KAR, which itself is a slight remix of Fountain of Dreams from Smash Bros. Melee)

Props for having a track from Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, though. (Cyber (Alt) in case you're wondering).

That said, is Checker Knights (originally "Strong Star Warrior" in the anime) not in here? I cannot see it.

EDIT: Oh, I see. Is it still used in-game?

I was gonna comment on how funny it is that 100% of the poll is "I don't have a DS Lite to test " before I realized my vote was the very first. (I voted before commenting when the story went live).

Anyway, I only have a Mario 25th Anniversary DSi XL that still holds its charge as if it still were 2010-2011.

Ok, let me repeat what I said before.

The reason Pokopia is a GKC is most likely a decision by TPCI, the actual publisher in Japan. There's the copyright notices that mention Pokémon (referring to TPCI) before Nintendo, Creatures and Game Freak? That makes me believe that TPCI decisions overrule Nintendo's.

I don't know if that's the case in other eShops (I know for a fact it is on the Japanese one), but on the Mexican eShop there are 2 companies listed as "Nintendo". One is your usual Nintendo where you have Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Metroid, etc., and the other is one where only Pokémon games are listed, those listings match the ones on the Japanese eShop that say are published by "Pokémon".
I think by this point it should be clear that Pokémon operates differently to other Nintendo IPs and it's not 100% Nintendo's calls when something bad happens.

About Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, even if it was a proper physical release, it was still at risk of being a GKC due to it technically being a Koei Tecmo game that used a Nintendo IP, keep in mind Koei Tecmo is the publisher of Hyrule Warriors and Fire Emblem Warriors in Japan.
I suppose that Age of Imprisonment ended up being a proper physical at the request of Nintendo, which they coud because it was a game using an IP they 100% own, unlike Pokémon. Look at every other KT release so far, all of them GKC except for Age of Imprisonment.

All of this is not defending GKC, I'm just trying to put some perspective on why Pokopia is one. I said it before, but I need to see a Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Smash or Xenoblade as a GKC before I question Nintendo's claim of not releasing GKC of their own games.

With that said, eventually I'll get the game one way or another, provided that I get to play Dragon Quest Builders to determine if this is a genre I'm willing to invest time on, considering I'm not really into Minecraft and the like.

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.