HammerGalladeBro

I've played worse if I'm totally honest.

Mosslax is what I imagine Kouji Nishido would look like if the moldy food he ate affected his skin.

The casino scene made me think of those Challenge Cube levels from Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World more than anything else, though.

But on the other hand, maybe Mario will finally take a leaf from Sonic and have Casino levels such as Casino Night Zone, Casino Park and Bingo Highway.

@MeloMan Apparently yes, but it probably depends on how fast you're going.
At least, the final piece of evidence on this Reddit thread (the Facebook videos of that guy trying to avoid a collision) might suggest you can pull it off at moderate speeds.

Considering I most likely will watch it in Latin American Spanish, I wonder who will dub Rosalina.

Bowser Jr. eyes creeped me a bit in the scene revealing his actor. Though I liked how the mask/bandana animated as if it was his mouth moving when he spoke. That's a detail I never imagined I wanted to see from him.

@datamonkey Just for that, here's a new round of western layoffs and you're gonna love it. /s

In all seriousness, I agree that western companies should do that, even if it is every once in a while.

Missed opportunity for the subheading to say "Kick off is finally here"

Before I make a general comment about Nintendo using Game-Key Cards, I would need to see them using them on Mario in general, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Smash Bros. or even Xenoblade.

Pokémon? It is in a weird position and at this point, I'm convinced TPC gets the final say that overrules Nintendo's for everything Pokémon, at least when it comes to the games.

The music in this game is just as delicious as the food seen in-game.

That opening paragraph mean that writers do read our comments.

Anyway, it wouldn't be a UK/British chart if it didn't have Football on the top.

Why are we acting like this design is a revelation? The Old Spice leak hapened in September. Not to mention, have we forgotten that Yoshis do appear in the first movie? Granted they were at a distance, but this design looks on par with those, only in green.

Or is there something that will differentiate wild Yoshis from "the" Yoshi?

Somehow thanks to this website, I realized Amanda The Adventurer 2 was released on the Switch on October while I was checking if Amanda 1's issues on Switch 2 were resolved.

You know "Bad Box Art Mega Man", but here comes Bad Box Art "Goku".

The real Nazo (Mystery) is if the game had a rerelase, would it still be Dragon Power in NA?

Didn't it already leak on that Old Spice photo?

My bigger take from this is the confirmation of Bowser Jr.

It is a cool stunt, I won't deny that. But when everyone does it, it gets old really quick for me unless they do it differently (such as Shadow doing it vertically outside a building) or the slide has an actual purpose (an attack in Samus' case).

Edit/Side note: Of all the characters shown doing the slide, one that I'm surprised hasn't done it is Mach Rider. I know the game predates the movie, but not even fan arts of her doing it exist.

Just one more year and you can legally drink, NL.

Well, at least in the US, not sure about the UK. Here in Mexico you could by the age of 18.

@JohnnyMind I'm not sure if the Donkey Kong Land series counts as rereleases. The only thing in common between the DKL and DKC games is the music, settings and bosses, but the plot (save for DKL2, whose plot is more or less the same as in DKC2) and level design are different between the DKL and DKC games.

In fact, DKL1 is way more different to DKC1 than how DKL2 and DKL3 are different to their respective DKC.
It is the most original of the DKL trilogy and, ironically, the one with the least stakes in the series since it is just a test by Cranky, arranged by himself with King K. Rool, that Donkey and Diddy can stop King K. Rool on less-powerful hardware.

@gcunit Thanks for the invitation, I really appreciate it, but don't worry. I'm part of my sister's family plan along with a few of her friends, but it is about to expire so I have to pay my part soon.

Finally I can pretend Samus ran over Captain Falcon instead of the other way around.

For everyone asking why wasn't this on the Nintendo Today! app, it says it in the story. This app predates NT!, by a few years, as the original version, My Nintendo, was available only in Japan. This is the international version of that app.

If anything, it should be the other way around, meaning Nintendo Today! should've been part of My Nintendo / Nintendo Store.

Anyway, I booted up the app, and yes, I'm surprised to see my Wii U and 3DS registers being there. Unfortunately, it won't be complete because it's missing my addition of Metroid: Samus Returns from February 2025 and Wii Party U from June 2024.

Doesn't Kanden...um...slithers while in Alt. Form? This creature looks like it crawls/walks instead.

If it were Kanden, why would he show up so casually for no reason in a random area? I'm sure both him and Samus would react differently if it were Kanden.

At least this data half answers my question from the other day.
Now we only need the data of how many of those 34 million play Animal Crossing.

Thanks for the semi-reminder that my NSO is about to expire, though.

@LastFootnote As a Metroid fan, I really don't understand why people want a Direct, I doubt a Direct will sell the game to many who aren't already in Metroid's target audience (which I'm willing to say is on the niche side when compared to other Nintendo series). The only thing it will do is spoil more than it needs to.

A trailer explaining the basic plot and how/why Samus gets the VI-O-La Suit and bike would be enough for me. The rest I don't need to know.

As for myself, I was expecting to buy the game at launch or near-launch, but now I'll probably wait a bit and get it by Christmas Eve at the latest, but maybe now I can also get it with the Sylux amiibo at least.

A well deserved award. Something about the combination of what made Dragon Quest what it is cannot go unappreciated.

Thanks for the reminder that I still need to play Dragon Quest XI. Realistically the only mainline DQ I've played is IX. I've also played Monsters: Joker 2 and, if you want to be technical, DQ Wars, Itadaki Street DS and Fortune Street since they also share elements with the DQ series. No, Slime in Mario Sports Mix and Hero in Smash probably don't count.

The actual little content of DQ I've played over the years did leave me wanting more. One day I'll play the HD-2D trilogy, Monsters: The Dark Prince and VII Reimagined.

With that said, I wonder what the deaths of Akira Toriyama and Koichi Sugiyama mean for the future of Dragon Quest?

@Nintendomatt64 It's only a matter of time before we see Animal Crossing: Galaxy Colony and you can also live along with aliens.

Aa for the box arts, despite being the same image, I like both for different reasons, as both actually emphasize their names. The western one shows a World, while the Japanese one encourages the characters to say おいでよ (Oideyo, which can mean "Come here"), implying the distance between players.

I love how Blathers' sister (forgot her name, sorry) had to be relocated to the top of the museum in the Japanese cover.

Cartridge art (it's been a while since I did these)

North America (shared with Europe and Australia)

Japan (shared with the Japanese Manual cover)

Bonus:
South Korea box art (identical to the Japanese one)

The Camerupt one kinda looks like a casual/civilian Team Magma outfit. I actually like it a lot if I see it that way.

Itadaki Street DS
I'm convinced the Slimenia board in the Alena Tour hates me, I've tried to win it what? 4 times already? And when I'm practically at the doors of victory, some nonsense happens that snatches victory from my hands. Either that or Alena goes forced buyout-happy (think trigger-happy in purchasing already owned properties) in my properties on districts I already own entirely.

The funny thing is that the Mario equivalent, Delfino Plaza in the Wario Tour, was a piece of cake. I cleared it on my first try.

Disney Illusion Island
Taking advantage of the NSO Trial to measure if Mickey and Friends controlling like in Rayman Legends are enough to entice me into Metroidvanias.

Thank you for showing me that Mario X Independence Day, it made my day already.

Animal Crossing has had a game or new content to a previous game about every 3-4 years.

Doubutsu no Mori in 2001 on the N64, which then had international versions and re-releases on the Gamecube in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 (this one for the Chinese iQue).

Animal Crossing: Wild World in 2005.

Animal Crossing: City Folk in 2008.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf in 2012/2013.

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer in 2015. Is this one a spin-off? I never played it to know if it's a proper AC or not.

Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival (let's stop pretending it doesn't exist), a board game spin-off made by ND Cube that probably doesn't count towards that 3-4 years trend, also in 2015.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo, a major content update for New Leaf in 2016.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, a mobile game from 2017, may also not count towards the trend. Was shutdown in 2024, but a Complete edition was released almost immediately after.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons in 2020.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise DLC in 2021.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + major content update for both the NS2 Edition and regular NS1 version in 2026.

Going by that trend, I'm expecting a Switch 2 Animal Crossing by 2028 at the earliest.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant Oh, I see. So they're pretty much any other piece of furniture without NSO, but with NSO they become playable systems. Thanks for the correction.

With that said, how many people play Animal Crossing without NSO other than kids? Honest question I'm curious about.

If LEGO Villagers aren't a thing, get on it.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant Umm, unless I misunderstood something, aren't the playable Nintendo systems part of the free update and not the paid NS2 Edition?
I mean, they were presented in the segment of the free update and not in the NS2 Edition one.

I was thinking about finally getting Animal Crossing: New Horizons, maybe I can wait a bit longer and get the NS2 Edition.

Count me in for the "Pokémon has always been good enough" crowd. I was there in Gen and I remember it as a coding mess, softlocking (there's a reason why I stopped using Softboiled in the field) and glitching out of nowhere during normal gameplay (never forget that Lass that started the battle normally and ended it as a Machoke back sprite).

Now, despite the fact of how the rights of Pokémon are split, I'm convinced The Pokémon Company has the final say.

There's a reason TPC is usually listed in the copyright (as simply Pokémon) before Nintendo, Creatures and Game Freak and may actually hold some of the rights to the series if the composition copyrights in Smash Bros. starting with Ruby/Sapphire music is anything to go by. Those songs state: Composition Copyright Pokémon. / Nintendo / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK inc.

TL;DR TPC's decisions most likely overrule Nintendo's starting with Gen III, but before that the mainline series was already a coding mess.

@TYRANACLES thanks for the info. When Nintendo Life put up the story they only had the listing of games and the release windows. For Zero they had it listed as a separate release from the Aero collection.

@RupeeClock I believe the original story, like the Aero and Zero confusion, did mention those games but for some reason NL removed them. I remember seeing AVGN on the list and reacting like "****, AVGN has sold himself out to LRG".

@neil9000 No problem. I do agree more Rare (the Twycross company) games need to come to the Switch, though.

Ok, apart from the obvious that Capcom is now succumbing to LRG, I have 2 questions.

1. Why only Capcom Arcade Stadium? Why not make both CAS and call it Capcom Arcade Complete Stadium or something like that?

2. Why the hey they didn't include Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel in Aero the Acro-Bat Collection? It's not like there are a lot of Aero games, not even if you include the SEGA Mega Drive versions. Including those, there are 7 games in total: Aero 1 SNES/MD/GBA, Aero 2 SNES/MD and Zero SNES/MD. It would go up to 8 if they somehow included the unreleased Aero 2 GBA.
EDIT: See below.

Of all the series that I imagined would receive an amiibo, Resident Evil wasn't one of them. Not that I'm complaining.

Hopefully the game can be compatible with the other Capcom characters amiibo.

@neil9000 in this case it means Rare as in "rarity", not that it was made in Twycross by a certain company.

I'm gonna take the chance and ask... what color is the hair of Princess of Moonbrooke (otherwise known as Princessa) supposed to be? blond or purple?

Can't believe 12 years later we can once again say "Xbox, Go Home. You're drunk."

Wasn't this also coming to Switch 1? Or am I misremembering?

I'm not sure how long I will continue gaming, I've accepted the Switch 2 might be my final system ever, but even if that ends up being the case, I'm glad Mario (as well as Kirby and Samus) will still be there for my gaming departure.

What kind of 3DSes there were at the Louvre? Regular or XL?
I know they couldn't have been New 3DSes since the Louvre Guide predates that model for about 2 years.

That's an important knowledge to have to decide if I'd pull the heist myself or not.

@Anti-Matter
I'm not really insightful to know, but I feel if you change too much the design of a character from one game to another, you run the risk of also changing its appeal. At least that's how I perceive it.

I feel like what they've been doing in the sports spin-offs (Golf, Tennis, Strikers (since the GC days) and Mario & Sonic) where they now wear proper clothing for said sports is a good approach. Though at the same time, I miss seeing Mario running in Athletism or in swimming competitions while wearing his usual overalls and shoes.

Remember Crash? He's back! In Netflix form.

Don't mind me, I'm only here for the appreciation of the Minigames, and maybe Mario Vs. Luigi - Stage 2 BGM.

Anyway, since I'm playing Itadaki Street DS, eventually I'll get to Bowser's Castle as one of the final boards, which uses a Koichi Sugiyama version of the Castle Theme of NSMB using the sound engine of the DS Dragon Quests.
Might as well get used to the song once again since I'm expecting to hear it a lot.

Man, 2017 in general feels like it just happened yesterday.

@Qwiff I know it's been a while since Retro Studios was founded, but it still blows my mind that there is a connection between Metroid, Turok and Aero the Acro-Bat.

You know, exclusives are what would really make me say "This is an Xbox", not a ROG Ally with Xbox branding and Game Pass on it while erroneously being called an Xbox handheld or seeing Microsoft games everywhere.