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@dartmonkey I'm sure someone will come with a cheap mod/DIY solution to play them. At worst, I'd donate my somewhat faulty VB as a shell for the Switch.

Maybe on a sale I'll bite... or if it is delisted digitally after only 10 months, like the Bill & Ted collection.

I was hoping Japan would get Polygo Block, the unreleased Japanese version of 3-D Tetris. Instead they'll get 3-D Tetris as well.

Zero Racers looks like a mix between 2D F-Zero and the Tunnel Scenes from X on the Game Boy and X-Scape on the DSiWare. As much as I don't like F-Zero, the latter similarity got my attention.
X-Scape itself looks like it could've been developed on a Virtual Boy devkit.

EDIT: Upon watching the Japanese trailer, I had no idea D4 Enterprise had the rights for T&E Soft games and that Hamster (aka the Arcade Archives company) had the rights to Athena games.

I'll take original Pikmin 2 only if it has all the product placement intact. Prime 2? As much as I'd like a remastered version, I'm in no hurry to play it again. I don't have the need to face that damn Quadraxis right now.

For third-party games, I'll take the Sonic games in NSO if that's the only way SEGA can be arsed to bring them to Nintendo systems again.

The songs Four Seasons and Drifting Away had no right to be the bangers they are.

Top 2 favorite songs of this game. Top 5 includes Reality, Wario's Adventure and Skating Board: Stage. All the music in the game is an audio pleasure.

When they add WarioWare: Get It Together! I hope they include Penny's Song (Spanish Version), which is not available in-game but on NoA's YouTube channel.

For all that questioning about if there was going to be a Direct or not for Tomodachi Life, there was Direct for the 3DS game back in 2014. So it's not that unprecedented to have one for the Switch game.

Now, if they'll make a Direct for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book or Rhythm Heaven Groove is up in the air. I'm sure Splatoon Raiders will get one, though.

This Direct will answer the biggest question: When is the game coming out?

Final Fantasy VII Resident Evil

Who would've thought that Jurassic Park would appear in a Mario movie.

At least the western version doesn't have the proper and confusing full name, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Anyway, as far as box art goes, I think I'm going with Japan by virtue of it being new art and not a reused cover, as much as I like the SNES original cover.

Cartridge art
North America, shared with Europe

Japan

@bring_on_branstons Well, technically in Japan the SNES/SFC original is officially called Super Mario Yoshi(Yossi) Island, even as of the NSO re-release.

The funny thing is that there are unused Super Mario World 2 graphics in the western GBA version for the Yoshi's Island title screen, but there are no equivalent Super Mario graphics for the Japanese GBA version.

Is this what they brought Michel Ancel back for?

Whether we like it or not, eventually everyone that made those games of their times will retire. The best I can do is to hope they trained younger generations to make the new future classics and that they have a great retirement.

Not that I particularly care, but it looks like I'll get the Mexican versions of the NS2Es I intend to get.
It has the text at the bottom, sure, but at least it's less intrusive since it only has 1 language for the disclaimer. The actual card itself is an American one.

Here's an example from Pokémon Legends: Z-A

WIll it be the Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 bosses?

I kind of wanna see King Kaliente, Kamella, Kingfin, Bouldergeist, Gobblegut and King Lakitu.

Of these batch, I'll try to get Captain Toad/Talking Flower. Maybe Elephant Mario if I can find him for a good price.
Poplin/Prince Florian? I need to play the game first to determine if I want a figure of them.

You had me at Rosalina. Now the only character that's missing is Wario. If it had him, it would have every character that has been playable in a mainline Mario game or remakes.

Now my Tetriminos are as stable as my Pokémon, Karts and 2 Bananas.
Soon enough my Poyo (Kirby Air Riders) will be next.

Keep it up, Nintendo.

Now my Pokémon are so more stable than at My Pokémon Ranch.

So do my Karts and Bananzas.

Seeing his name in a lot of my all-time favorites such as Metroid Prime, Mario Strikers, Punch-Out!! Wii, ExciteBots: Trick Racing, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, the WarioWare series and LEGO City Undercover, I'm glad he had a hand on those.

Even his apparent failures such as Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash, Paper Mario: Color Splash and Origami King did get appreciation from me. And I'm sorry hate mob, but I did enjoy Metroid Prime 4 as well.

Thank you Tanabe, your retirement has been well earned.

Hopefully it won't become a fire hazard.

I suppose Hasbro needed their own Bowser.

@JohnnyMind There's also the whole "adding Mew after debugging". Nowadays that sounds like par for the course with patches.

I swear the original GB versions were so unstable even without modifications or trying to do things you're not supposed to. I'll never forget a battle I had with a Lass, she started the battle like normal and somehow ended it as a Machoke back sprite. Even my sister saw it and was like "what the hey did you do?". I cannot remember where or which specific Lass it was, though.

The final boss music has been living rent-free in my mind since 2010.

So Meta is the new EA now? As in, they buy companies only to close them later.

(regrets not getting that copy that popped up locally once)

@nathatruc Do we know how third-parties account GKC sales? So far only Capcom has stated they consider GKC sales as digital sales.

I'm currently in Lava Pool on my second playthrough, and I'm still enjoying my time with it for what it is and not for what it doesn't. This is the game that made me get a Switch 1 in the first place, and in the years following its announcement not many games made me glad I got a Switch until I played Metroid Dread and Kirby and the Forgotten Land, eventually Prime 4 joined them. I know it's odd but I still prefer the 3DS and Wii U as a combo over the standalone Switch 1. However, this is a different topic to the one at hand.

I think I've played enough to form my opinion on Prime 4.

I'm someone who actually likes Other M (cannot speak for Federation Force since I haven't played it), so in a sense the writing feels the opposite to that game, as in Other M is about Samus being a human (nothing wrong with that) and Prime 4 shows the Federation members being humans (again, nothing wrong with that and it shows that not all of them are like "let's turn Metroids into bioweapons").

We already know the discourse around Mackenzie, and now we have it with Nora Armstrong and how she fangirls about Samus. Again, a fair reaction when you see your inspiration. How would you react if you had the chance to meet Samus for real?
Besides, just like how annoying Mackenzie is according to the internet, Nora is just as much, as in, she only shows her fangirlism during the Lava Pool cannon deactivation, which is only about 5-10 minutes and not more. After that she doesn't show that much fangirlism, if any.

I've been positive about the game, do you want to hear my negatives? (scroll after this paragraph if you don't)
-The Green Energy collecting on itself isn't bad, it's how much you have to collect to get the Legacy Suit, let alone for the Gallery unlocks. Thankfully, for the latter it only has to be done once per Switch user.
-The VI-O-La is definitely underused. I would have expected it to be used on the final battle against Sylux.
-That ending definitely left me with more questions than answers. Did the Federation guys die or Sylux spared them?
-Shouldn't there be Space Pirates looking for Sylux in Viewros if they were also within the blast range at the beginning?
-The items Tobaki gives you appear at random while the drone marks all of them in your map, meaning that you have to check the marked areas randomly and hope for the item you're looking for.

Some say the game feels too much like Prime 1, and that's fine by me, I was asking for more Metroid Prime as a series, and more Metroid Prime as a series is what I got. It plays like Metroid Prime, it sounds like Metroid Prime, it looks like Metroid Prime. Personally, unlike Mario and Kirby, I play Metroid for the lore and characters, not so much for the gameplay, that's a bonus for me.

Now, I understand that's not what some were asking and wanted something completely different. So here's where I legit ask: Back when the game was announced in 2017, what was your expectation for this game? What did you want to see from it?

I think nobody, myself included, truly thought about this prior to its presentation in 2024 and we just built some high expectations without even knowing what we wanted.
Keep in mind, some of talent that worked on the Prime Trilogy are not with Retro anymore, so it wasn't going to be the same as the original trilogy.

I apologize, this comment was longer than I had expected.

Now, would I pay that much for shovelware? Nope.

I already wasted 34 Mexican Pesos (about $1.50) on purpose during a sale on Popeye for the Switch while it was still listed.

What would Kyle Massey (Cory's actor) think about this?

It's ok, you can have this one, Switch 2 players. I'm sure a lot of you will be in Animal Crossing New Horizons NS2E, anyway.

@Strawblaze when you manually update games there's the option. A host with the latest version of a game can distribute the update in a manner somewhat similar to the DS/3DS Download Play.

I'll take this opportunity to once again reiterate that if a game has DLC, you can try to get the one that's cheap or free to be elegible for updates even if you don't have the game itself.

This can be useful if there's a game you intend to get later to be ready with the updates by the time you get it (especially for those with GBs worth of updates).

That's what I did with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Sparks of Hope, Pac-Man World Re-PAC, Mega Man 11, Sonic games and even Animal Crossing: New Horizons itself (I still don't have the game, but the option to download Happy Home Paradise via the NSO subscription allows you to download updates as well).

@Strawblaze let's forget about the "Match Version with Local Users" option again.

Nobody talks about this when it comes to updates preservation.

I will definitely be there for the Switch release. Just keep a physical away from LRG.

I just wish Disney were more open to let companies re-release their older games. My Switch would love some Magical Quest, Castle of Illusion and Mickey's Speedway USA.

EDIT: Also, other than Disney, who has the rights for a re-release of Mickey Mania and an obscure Japan-only game for the Super Famicom called Donald Duck no Mahō no Bōshi? The latter was published by Epoch, but I don't know if after they stopped releasing videogames they kept the code/rights to their games.

@wiiwouldliketoplay doesn't need to be an EA exec now.

Will be ready in time for the 2034 Fifa World Cup

Mine looks like this:

I can advocate for these results.
I bought a lot of ACA NEOGEO games throughout the year plus Capcom Fighting Collection 2 in September and Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection in October made sure Fighting was one of my most played genres of 2025.

My playtime was reduced on April thanks to Jump Super Stars and Tingle's Balloon Fight DS, both of which I got on early April, then again on June and July due to my various Gamecube purchases of late May.

I'm trying to remember what made me go back to the Switch on May.

If you really must get the sets, just wait a bit. Eventually they'll be as available as a copy of Scarlet/Violet.

With that said, I know it's the iconic Kanto trio because it'll be the 30th anniversary, but I'm so sick of them. Can I get love for the Johto or Hoenn trios instead?

Thank you, Switch. My horses are so stable thanks to you.

Come to think of it. Other than Super Mario Odyssey and the Western cover(s) of Mario Power Tennis, is there any other cover to show Mario without his cap on his head?

That alone stands out for me more than the fact Diddy Kong is on the cover without Donkey Kong.

They're gonna adopt the naming conventions of Kingdom Hearts with the name
Persona 5.8 Reloaded: Joke's on You!

@Wexter doesn't sound too different than what we have here in Mexico with GamePlanet, which more often than not I tend to call LamePlanet.

However, one thing I will give them is that they occasionally have the odd good sale. Last week when I bought WarioWare: Move It! at 600 Mexican Pesos (a little less than $30 and so far the lowest price I've seen for that game in my area), they had both versions of Pokémon Legends: Z-A at 900 Pesos (a little less than $45 and so far the lowest price I've seen for the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition in Mexico).
If it wasn't because my sister already has the NS2E of that game, I would've bought a copy.

Those odd sales are the reason I still buy there occasionally. And when I do, I go straight to the point.

Disc art as a separate comment
North America, shared with Europe, only with different branding

GC version

Wii version

Nintendo Selects version (notice the removed New Play Control! branding)

Japan
GC version. Bonus: Japanese manual cover art

Wii version

I think the Japanese cover is meant to evoke the same vibes as the Japanese Mario Tennis 64 cover.

Whether you think it's worthy of mentioning or not, don't dorget the New Play Control!/Wii de Asobu version.

North America Wii variants (all of them are shared with Europe, only with different branding)

New Play Control! cover

Reverse cover

Nintendo Selects cover (European covers remove the bottom text)

Japan Wii variants
Wii de Asobu cover

Reverse cover

I'm yet to get Mario Wonder, so I suppose a physical NS2E cart will be for me.

It's my last weekend of vacation before I go back to work. This time will be...

Tetris 99
Almost missed the current Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 3.0 theme thanks to my internet that for no reason said "Oh, you wanna play online? Let me be on the sh****est quality I've ever been and disconnect you constantly".
Thankfully, I managed to get the theme.

WarioWare: Move It!
I bought a copy yesterday at 600 Mexican Pesos (roughly $30) just beforea cold storm hit my area, so I'm playing that as well. I'm taking my time with this one because I know WarioWares are over before you know it.

@Solid_Python Thanks a lot for that, I hope @NintendoLife can update this nothingburger of a story with the reply.

EDIT: Updated with the mention.

@Divide_and_Wander your brother must've been an AndroId all this time.

In a serious tone, nothing I saw in these photos made me think AI. If anything, my first thought was that these people may have real issues with their hands.

At this point, many amiibo in my collection are really only for display purposes, which is fine by me. I've always seen amiibo as pseudo-Smash Bros. trophies, even for non-Smash releases.

I got various amiibo such as Pac-Man, Sonic, Snake, Simon, Cloud, Kazuya and eventually I'll get Terry and Sora, fully aware that they won't be supported much by Nintendo or their original companies outside of "scan any amiibo to get regular items".

Capcom seems to be the exception here since they have use for Ryu and Ken (but not Terry?) as of SFVI, they also have the upcoming Resident Evil amiibo and have consistently been releasing figures for Monster Hunter.

Is this Alex or Ralf Jones? Seriously, for a moment I thought that was the Ikari Warrior himself.

Odd that there's no ball for Goomba, Koopa Troopa and Boo.