So Hawlucha became Rey Misterio? Sorry, I don't know much about wrestling and that's the first thing that popped in my mind when I saw the mask colors.
With that said, I love that Hawlucha is getting a Mega Evolution, but as others have said, I wish it also got an actual Evolution. Call it Maskle (mask + muscle) if you have to.
As an aside, I would've loved to have Hawlucha as the wrestling Pokémon in Smash Bros. and not Incineroar. Nothing against good ol' Gaogaen but I feel Hawlucha being Flying-type could've made for a more interesting moveset. That and the fact it's semi representation of my country and I could pretend it to be Tizoc from Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
On top of that, Iizuka claimed that the development team was keen to focus their attention on the Sonic characters first and foremost, ensuring that the interactions between them were nailed down before worrying about the wider cast. "They really had to focus, put all the effort into Sonic," he explained, "and they had to give up on the non-Sonic characters".
If Sonic gets top billing, why even bother making it a SEGA crossover? Let alone marketing it as such when said SEGA crossover won't even be in the base game.
@Axecon @Anti-Matter Agreed, either a movie or an anime, if it had the artstyle of Min-Min's reveal trailer in Smash Bros. would be glorious, though probably expensive.
Don't mind me. I'm only here for A Trip To Alivel Mall, The Wondaria Dream Parade and The Wastes Where Life Began.
EDIT: Listening to The Dream Discoveries Tour and Eternal Echo of the Thrilling Tour-our-our and I noticed they have the voice of the Japanese Guide.
Kind of wish they had included a toggle for the other guides, I love the European Spanish Guide dialogue of "Mmmm ¡Ya hemos llegado!" and to a lesser extent, the Latin American Spanish equivalent, "¡Por fin hemos llegado!", if only for how they say those lines. In English those lines correspond to "And here we are!".
I'm trying to see the situation from every possible angle. At this point, I don't think there's a good outcome for the consumer.
Nintendo requests 3rd parties to use regular carts once they're reasonably available? 3rd parties would likely say "Eff you" and either continue to use GKC or go to another system.
As much as I don't like it, I see GKC as a compromise to have the 3rd party support on the system.
With that said, I'll repeat myself. If an indie releases a game through GKC and legit cannot afford regular carts without resorting to LRG and similar companies, I'd gladly buy said GKC to support the devs.
If by June 2026, major 3rd parties such as Square Enix or SEGA are still using GKC, they can forget about my money.
While I'm on the topic of GKC, yesterday I went to a mall in my city and none of the stores had any GKC games apart from a Bravely Default. Either retailers aren't carrying them or they got a very small stock of them that they're sold out. For that matter, I haven't seen a single copy of Mario Kart World in my city since launch, but I've seen Cyberpunk and Donkey Kong Bananza. They did have the NS2 Editions of the Zeldas and Mario Party.
What about X (the Game Boy game that's the first game to ever feature Totaka's Song) and its follow up X-Scape (on the DSiWare, which also has Totaka's Song triggered in the same way as the original, also known in Europe as 3D Space Tank)?
As far as I know, those are called "eks" and "ekscape", the latter I initally called "eks scape"
Since it was announced I've been saying either Drag Cross Drive or just Drag Drive. I forget Nintendo calls it Drag and Drive. If that's the case, it should've been written as Drag & Drive not Drag X Drive. I also have that problem with Spy X Family and to a lesser extent with Hunter X HUNTER.
For every other instance I just say "eks" when it's not a crossover, if it is a crossover I tend to say "cross", so for example I call the game as "Xenoblade eks".
Technically there should be 3 contenders, because as @N00BiSH says the North American boxart has Walmart label. And the game also had an Australian release.
Even if it is the same art as the NA box, it doesn't have any labels, which would make it a potential 2nd victory for Australia in Box Art Brawl's history.
Please consider updating the poll if it is possible.
Real North American Box Art
Australian Box Art
In its current state, I refuse to vote for the North American box art (the better one of the 2 current options) because it's not the real one.
Anyway, I believe the reason the Japanese box art has flowers instead of the garden/park background is because of the title, Sakasete! Chibi-Robo!, which roughly translates to Make It Bloom! Chibi-Robo!.
I just learned this yesterday when I was actually thinking about this game for no particular reason. I believe the game is calling me for another playthrough to get ready for the time I get a Switch 2 and play the original. Yes, I have it in my collection thanks to a second-hand copy that was available in 2010-2011 in Blockbuster/Game Rush when we still used to have them in Mexico.
Today's my birthday, but I don't think I'll do anything special or play anything in particular other than maybe finally do the Pokémon League of Pokémon Black, which I'm not ready for (first time in my mainline Pokémon playthroughs where I'm not ready for the League).
With that said, I saw an image today that already made my day. I'll share it with you once I upload it to imgur (sorry it's the only image hosting site where I have an account).
@Wewewi To my understanding, the GC NSO offers both the NSTC (American) and PAL versions for every game currently available on it, and that includes Chibi-Robo!
I cannot confirm 100% since I don't have a Switch 2, but I remember seeing both versions listed on the NSO app of the HOME Menu on the Switch1.
Just remove the quotation marks inside the brackets, I added them because otherwise the site would think I'm actually trying to add an image. Here's how it would look without the brackets:
(url%20of%20the%20image).
For how many weeks has the Switch 2 been available? It's surreal that on each of those weeks Mario Kart World and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe were in the top 10, and counting.
However given that these weekly charts are tracked by Famitsu and not publishers themselves, I believe there is some credibility to the idea that people aren't buying them. Unless Famitsu also acknowledges them as digital sales.
I knew the game presented a dysfunctional family concept, but had no idea how it presented it.
To think that every other game (yes, even Zip Lash) is more light-hearted. Can't speak for the DS Japan-only game, never played it and haven't watched any playthroughs of it.
If ever see a not-so expensive copy (2,500 Mexican pesos at most), I'm sure I'll get it.
-Your character enters DK Mode from GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark.
-The game switches to graphics in the style of the original game.
-Updated Blue Screen of Death
-The game out of nowhere switches to a completely different one. As in, you enter a room and the game is now an 8-bit shooter in the same vein as Sky Kid or something like that.
-A prompt saying that to continue playing you have to buy DLC with a prompt to open the eShop. If you refuse to do so, your character blows up and the game ends.
@Not_Soos well, for better or worse the Hunters one is just mentioned in the lore logs about what happened when Gorea (the final boss of Hunters) was on the loose, it never actually happens in-game.
There's a log entry that reads: "Our defenses were useless against Gorea as it swept through our empire in an orgy of annihilation.".
Also, in Hunters other log entries refer to Gorea as "the cancer".
@ArcadianLegend99 True. It's only a matter of when.
My idea for her special would be to briefly ride a drawing of a mini Dyna Blade with the offensive abilities of the Hydra and the flight capabilities of the Dragoon, both Legendary Air Ride machines from the original. Either that or summon Ribbon to attack with Crystals.
Speaking of those machines, I hope they returm for the new City Trial.
Not sure how I feel about the Pac-Man X Sonic collaborations.
On the one hand, the Sonic stuff in Pac-Man World 2 looks nice and looks like those Nintendo levels in Sonic Lost World. But the Pac-Man stuff in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is directly interferring with what has been advertised as a Sonic & SEGA crossover racing game. But then again, that Nick stuff and Minecraft already broke what the game was supposed to be.
@Huntrix3 I already ranted about it, but let me bring this topic once again.
Even if a game is rated E10+, the violence and themes tend to be mild.
I'm convinced the ESRB doesn't know what E10+ originally stood for.
Something like Donkey Kong Jungle Beat on the GC or Mario Strikers Charged on the Wii are well worthy of the E10+ rating because the characters do go out of character and I'd say are even more aggresive and violent than even Smash Bros.
The modern Sonic games I'd say are also worthy of E10+ for their themes of serious death and destruction to a degree that goes a bit above what you'd expect from a game aimed at all ages. The gameplay itself is tame.
The Kirby games, however, are a stretch. Nothing in them is as aggresive, violent or suggestive as the examples I mentioned. At most you get a final boss that bleeds, which penalizes the entire game to that rating. And from what was shown, I suppose that dark creature riding a dark Wheelie Bike at the end might fill that criteria.
For reference, Puyo Puyo Tetris 1 and 2 are also rated E10+: Really, a puzzle series? What's it doing to get that rating? I mean, it deals with the destruction of the Puyo Puyo and Tetris worlds due to the merger, but it doesn't present it as a serious threat as in the Sonics. In my past comment on the link, I previously mentioned Satan/Dark Prince declaring his love for Arle Nadja.
Also, Mario Strikers: Battle League is also rated E10+, but it is the mildest in the series. Super Mario Strikers on the GC is more violent and gritty and it still got an E at a time E10+ was already a thing.
I'd agree if Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie were bumped from E to E10+, playing them again in 2021 after 20 years made me realize these games are gore for kids: characters blow up and get dismembered for no reason when they're defeated but is done in a cartoonish way and not a single splash of blood is seen.
Anyway, I'm going off a tangent here.
I like the box art, but the logo is seriously lacking. I was hoping that wasn't the final logo. Unfortunately, it follows the simplicity of the Japanese logo.
The illustration does the job of representing the fact you have more playable characters compared to the original, which was just Kirby for the most part.
Janken the Great from Alex Kidd in Miracle World, so Alex can help you and make some sort of reference to Shinobi Kid/Alex Kidd in Shinobi World along the way.
Since my mother tongue is Spanish (specifically Mexican Spanish) and since the first time I encountered Rayquaza in Pokémon Sapphire in 2003 a few weeks after my friends got their copies at launch but didn't find it, I've been calling it the written name with Spanish pronunciation: rahi-kwah-zah. The rahi part as in Raikou.
I also have that pronunciation issue with Rayman.
With that said, I believe Pokémon Battle Revolution pronounced Rayquaza as ray-kway-zah. And if I remember correctly, the Latin American Spanish dub of the movie Destiny Deoxys (which was handled by Disney instead of the usual anime dub studio at the time) has its pronunciation as ray-kwah-zah. The Ray part similar to "rey" (the Spanish word for King) and how it is pronounced in English.
About Arceus, that one has pissed me off for a bit.
Why did they change that pronunciation? Pokémon Battle Revolution established it as Ar-see-us and I've been calling him like that. Then its movie comes and it's suddenly Ar-khe-us. Did they also change the Japanese pronunciation (therefore, its name) from アルセウス (aruseus) to アルケウス (arukheus)?
Given how we know next to nothing about the game, 45 minutes seems about right to give you a good dish of information.
EDIT: To all that doubt about Nintendo releasing Kirby Air Riders in the same year as Mario Kart World.
Remember 2003? That year Nintendo released Kirby Air Ride, F-Zero GX and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. In Kirby and F-Zero's releases, almost close to each other, moreso in Japan where only 2 weeks and Pokémon Channel separate their launches.
I've said it before, but 2025 feels like a repeat of 2003, Nintendo racing-wise. We're having Mario Kart World, Kirby Air Riders and the re-release of F-Zero GX in the same year.
On the GBA side, 2003 is also the year F-Zero: GP Legends had its first release in Japan. In other parts of the world it came out in 2004.
I had my doubts, but I'm on board if the paid version has offline battles against CPUs in the same vein of the Pokémon Stadium games, Battle Revolution and the Battle Mode of Colosseum.
If the European cover didn't have the red border, it might actually show what Master Higgins/Takahashi Meijin is looking at. For that reason it doesn't get my vote, but Japan does so I'll vote that.
Come on, Konami. Where are the Adventure Island and Bonk/PC Genjin Collections?
In fact, why are you neglecting the Hudson Soft library beyond Bomberman and Momotaro Dentetsu? Why did you buy Hudson Soft IPs if you don't intend to do anything with them?
Not having played many of them, from these options my only choices would be Lumines Arise, Marvel Tokon and Rare Replay. If I could, I'd add Sea of Thieves.
Also, Papers, Please...ummm...please.
EDIT: Other games that came to my mind: The Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog, Amanda The Adventurer 2, Duck Season, Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition (yes, I want to play as Heihachi dressed like Mario again), Shinkanzen 0 and a few of Chilla's Art horror games, Hatch.
I'd also say Mouse: P.I. for Hire but I believe that game was confirmed for Switch 1 and teased for Switch 2. And just today they confirmed Bad Cheese for both Switches.
@Suketoudara
"The co-operative mode, in which one player drives and the other throws stuff, is neat, though mostly redundant given that most pairs will prefer to drive a kart each."
That really depends on who you're playing with. I know me and my friends didn't mind playing co-op to tackle each other using the side attacks available in only in co-op.
A few years I played with my nephew who isn't a good driver so he was fine attacking.
"It is a party game, and anyone buying it for anything more than frantic, foolish, social fun will grow tired of being cheated very quickly indeed."
When has Mario Kart been considered a serious racer to the point of getting its own "Fox only, No Items, Final Destination"?
Yes, I know there are communities in MK8D where Waluigi with that Wiggler ATV and small tires are almost a must, but they still use items and run on tracks with gimmicks.
Sometimes I wonder if reviewers try to review games from another perspective.
@KingMike I had no idea there were plans for a GBA release of Kid Icarus. I would've vought that regardless of which version was the base.
Speaking of 3D Classics: Kid Icarus, does that version have all the endings? Specifically the worst ending that was only on the FDS version (Palutena turns Pit into that Groucho Marx-esque enemy) and the best ending only on the NES version (Pit/Kid Icarus becomes Man Icarus).
I sadly couldn't get it before the eShop closure, so I missed on that version.
Despite being on NSO, it's the only Paper Mario I haven't played (TTYD remake doesn't count since I played the original).
Since I haven't played it, I don't think too highly of it, but I can see why it gets it's praise.
One day I promise I'll play it, and who knows, maybe I'll also sing my praises for it.
My wish is that we get a new game with the RPG gameplay but the music, aesthetics and writing of Color Splash and Origami King. TTYD remake is a start.
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Re: Poll: When The Heck Is Metroid Prime 4 Actually Launching?
It will come when it has to.
i.e. when I have money for an hypothetical Special Edition.
Re: Japanese Charts: Switch And Switch 2 Hardware Are Both Crushing The Competition
Curious to see next week how Kirby and the Forgotten Land NS2 Edition fares. Though knowing Japan, it will do pretty well.
Press F for Microsoft as usual, but this time because only 1 sale separate the Series X and Series S.
Re: Pokémon Legends Z-A's Latest Mega Evolution Looks Particularly Snazzy
So Hawlucha became Rey Misterio? Sorry, I don't know much about wrestling and that's the first thing that popped in my mind when I saw the mask colors.
With that said, I love that Hawlucha is getting a Mega Evolution, but as others have said, I wish it also got an actual Evolution. Call it Maskle (mask + muscle) if you have to.
As an aside, I would've loved to have Hawlucha as the wrestling Pokémon in Smash Bros. and not Incineroar. Nothing against good ol' Gaogaen but I feel Hawlucha being Flying-type could've made for a more interesting moveset. That and the fact it's semi representation of my country and I could pretend it to be Tizoc from Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Is Selling Like Bananas On Switch 2 (US)
But how well are bananas selling in the US?
rhetoric question, btw.
Re: Takashi Iizuka Explains Why Sonic Racing: CrossWorld's Guest Racers Stay Silent In-Game
If Sonic gets top billing, why even bother making it a SEGA crossover? Let alone marketing it as such when said SEGA crossover won't even be in the base game.
Re: Nintendo Subsidiary 'Warpstar Inc.' Has Been Renamed To 'Nintendo Stars Inc.'
@Axecon @Anti-Matter
Agreed, either a movie or an anime, if it had the artstyle of Min-Min's reveal trailer in Smash Bros. would be glorious, though probably expensive.
Re: Feature: Nintendo's New App Reminds Me Of A Universal Truth: It Feels Good To Squash Mario's Face
This is probably what I need. A bit of wholesome entertainment.
Re: Nintendo Music Update Adds More Songs To Kirby And The Forgotten Land Playlist
Don't mind me. I'm only here for A Trip To Alivel Mall, The Wondaria Dream Parade and The Wastes Where Life Began.
EDIT: Listening to The Dream Discoveries Tour and Eternal Echo of the Thrilling Tour-our-our and I noticed they have the voice of the Japanese Guide.
Kind of wish they had included a toggle for the other guides, I love the European Spanish Guide dialogue of "Mmmm ¡Ya hemos llegado!" and to a lesser extent, the Latin American Spanish equivalent, "¡Por fin hemos llegado!", if only for how they say those lines. In English those lines correspond to "And here we are!".
Re: Multiple Kirby Themes Return In Tetris 99's 'Second Chance' Maximus Cup
Have all 3 of them so I'm gonna pass this time. Hope those who missed them can get them.
Re: Nintendo's New 'Hello, Mario!' App Is Now Available On The Switch
I'm guessing the international release will happen later. The Japanese eShop listing mentions the usual supported languages.
Also, the article doesn't say it, but according to said listing, this is strictly a handheld-only app.
EDIT: Now it does mention it.
Re: Japan's National Library Says Game-Key Cards Are Not Eligible For Preservation
I'm trying to see the situation from every possible angle. At this point, I don't think there's a good outcome for the consumer.
Nintendo requests 3rd parties to use regular carts once they're reasonably available? 3rd parties would likely say "Eff you" and either continue to use GKC or go to another system.
As much as I don't like it, I see GKC as a compromise to have the 3rd party support on the system.
With that said, I'll repeat myself. If an indie releases a game through GKC and legit cannot afford regular carts without resorting to LRG and similar companies, I'd gladly buy said GKC to support the devs.
If by June 2026, major 3rd parties such as Square Enix or SEGA are still using GKC, they can forget about my money.
While I'm on the topic of GKC, yesterday I went to a mall in my city and none of the stores had any GKC games apart from a Bravely Default. Either retailers aren't carrying them or they got a very small stock of them that they're sold out. For that matter, I haven't seen a single copy of Mario Kart World in my city since launch, but I've seen Cyberpunk and Donkey Kong Bananza. They did have the NS2 Editions of the Zeldas and Mario Party.
Re: Japan's National Library Says Game-Key Cards Are Not Eligible For Preservation
What about key discs on Playstation and Xbox or Live Service games on discs?
Re: Opinion: We Need To Talk About X Games
What about X (the Game Boy game that's the first game to ever feature Totaka's Song) and its follow up X-Scape (on the DSiWare, which also has Totaka's Song triggered in the same way as the original, also known in Europe as 3D Space Tank)?
As far as I know, those are called "eks" and "ekscape", the latter I initally called "eks scape"
Since it was announced I've been saying either Drag Cross Drive or just Drag Drive. I forget Nintendo calls it Drag and Drive. If that's the case, it should've been written as Drag & Drive not Drag X Drive. I also have that problem with Spy X Family and to a lesser extent with Hunter X HUNTER.
For every other instance I just say "eks" when it's not a crossover, if it is a crossover I tend to say "cross", so for example I call the game as "Xenoblade eks".
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol
Technically there should be 3 contenders, because as @N00BiSH says the North American boxart has Walmart label. And the game also had an Australian release.
Even if it is the same art as the NA box, it doesn't have any labels, which would make it a potential 2nd victory for Australia in Box Art Brawl's history.
Please consider updating the poll if it is possible.
Real North American Box Art
Australian Box Art
In its current state, I refuse to vote for the North American box art (the better one of the 2 current options) because it's not the real one.
Anyway, I believe the reason the Japanese box art has flowers instead of the garden/park background is because of the title, Sakasete! Chibi-Robo!, which roughly translates to Make It Bloom! Chibi-Robo!.
I just learned this yesterday when I was actually thinking about this game for no particular reason. I believe the game is calling me for another playthrough to get ready for the time I get a Switch 2 and play the original. Yes, I have it in my collection thanks to a second-hand copy that was available in 2010-2011 in Blockbuster/Game Rush when we still used to have them in Mexico.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (23rd August)
Today's my birthday, but I don't think I'll do anything special or play anything in particular other than maybe finally do the Pokémon League of Pokémon Black, which I'm not ready for (first time in my mainline Pokémon playthroughs where I'm not ready for the League).
With that said, I saw an image today that already made my day. I'll share it with you once I upload it to imgur (sorry it's the only image hosting site where I have an account).
EDIT: Here, I still hate this website (imgur).
https://imgur.com/gallery/wario-warioware-0ocEWVF#3UdcKQJEDIT 2:
Re: Review: Chibi-Robo (GameCube) - A Charming Game About An Altruistic Robot Or A Shambolic Scavenger Hunt?
@Wewewi To my understanding, the GC NSO offers both the NSTC (American) and PAL versions for every game currently available on it, and that includes Chibi-Robo!
I cannot confirm 100% since I don't have a Switch 2, but I remember seeing both versions listed on the NSO app of the HOME Menu on the Switch1.
Re: Where To Pre-Order Kirby Air Riders For Nintendo Switch 2
@The21zonz
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Just remove the quotation marks inside the brackets, I added them because otherwise the site would think I'm actually trying to add an image. Here's how it would look without the brackets:
(url%20of%20the%20image).
I suppose what you wanted to say is
The21zonz wrote:
Re: Japanese Charts: Mario Kart World Gets Back To Demolishing The Competition
For how many weeks has the Switch 2 been available? It's surreal that on each of those weeks Mario Kart World and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe were in the top 10, and counting.
Re: Japanese Charts: Mario Kart World Gets Back To Demolishing The Competition
@GrailUK To (try to) answer your question 2. Capcom has said they record Game-Key Card sales as digital ones, so I assume other publishers do the same.
However given that these weekly charts are tracked by Famitsu and not publishers themselves, I believe there is some credibility to the idea that people aren't buying them. Unless Famitsu also acknowledges them as digital sales.
Re: Review: Chibi-Robo (GameCube) - A Charming Game About An Altruistic Robot Or A Shambolic Scavenger Hunt?
I knew the game presented a dysfunctional family concept, but had no idea how it presented it.
To think that every other game (yes, even Zip Lash) is more light-hearted. Can't speak for the DS Japan-only game, never played it and haven't watched any playthroughs of it.
If ever see a not-so expensive copy (2,500 Mexican pesos at most), I'm sure I'll get it.
Re: Nightdive's CEO Reiterates Desire To Remaster 'Eternal Darkness'
@WheresWaveRace Ideas for new Sanity effects.
-Your character enters DK Mode from GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark.
-The game switches to graphics in the style of the original game.
-Updated Blue Screen of Death
-The game out of nowhere switches to a completely different one. As in, you enter a room and the game is now an 8-bit shooter in the same vein as Sky Kid or something like that.
-A prompt saying that to continue playing you have to buy DLC with a prompt to open the eShop. If you refuse to do so, your character blows up and the game ends.
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Lands Another New Mega Evolution
You had me at that goofy smile.
Honest question: what were people expecting for a Mega Victreebel? That it grew root arms and legs and became a big Bellsprout?
Re: Metroid Prime 4 Rating Spotted On Nintendo's Website
@Not_Soos well, for better or worse the Hunters one is just mentioned in the lore logs about what happened when Gorea (the final boss of Hunters) was on the loose, it never actually happens in-game.
There's a log entry that reads: "Our defenses were useless against Gorea as it swept through our empire in an orgy of annihilation.".
Also, in Hunters other log entries refer to Gorea as "the cancer".
Re: Metroid Prime 4 Rating Spotted On Nintendo's Website
@Not_Soos never forget Admiral Dane saying "Damn!" in Metroid Prime 3 or the orgy of annihilation in Metroid Prime Hunters.
Re: Sonic X Pac-Man Collabs Announced For Sonic Racing And Pac-Man World 2
Also, why is Pac-Man shorter than Sonic? I always thought they were roughly the same height.
Re: Sonic X Pac-Man Collabs Announced For Sonic Racing And Pac-Man World 2
@kalosn
"Pac-Man? They invited Pac-Man? That cherry chasing dot muncher isn't even from this company."
Re: Kirby Air Riders Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
@ArcadianLegend99 True. It's only a matter of when.
My idea for her special would be to briefly ride a drawing of a mini Dyna Blade with the offensive abilities of the Hydra and the flight capabilities of the Dragoon, both Legendary Air Ride machines from the original. Either that or summon Ribbon to attack with Crystals.
Speaking of those machines, I hope they returm for the new City Trial.
Re: Round Up: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 - Every Switch 1 & 2 Announcement & Trailer
Not sure how I feel about the Pac-Man X Sonic collaborations.
On the one hand, the Sonic stuff in Pac-Man World 2 looks nice and looks like those Nintendo levels in Sonic Lost World. But the Pac-Man stuff in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is directly interferring with what has been advertised as a Sonic & SEGA crossover racing game. But then again, that Nick stuff and Minecraft already broke what the game was supposed to be.
Re: Atari Announces Bubsy 4D From 'Demon Turf' Developer Fabraz
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for this one.
They have had 29 years to figure out Bubsy in 3D (no, not Bubsy 3D), and it looks to be on the right track.
Re: Kirby Air Riders Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
9/10. Only missed the mark for not showing my girl, Adeleine.
Re: Kirby Air Riders Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
@Dark-Luigi You mean Dark Meta Knight and Galacta Knight or Sword Knight and Blade Knight?
If it is the former two, then for better or worse Meta Knight has alts of them.
Per the Japanese website, which shows the alt colors of the characters confirmed so far: https://www.nintendo.com/jp/games/switch2/aaaba/rider-machine/index.html
Re: In Kirby Air Riders, The Pink Puffball Isn't The Only One Who Can Use Copy Abilities
I wonder if this might set a precedent for mainline games.
Re: Official Box Art For Kirby Air Riders Revealed, Price And File Size Confirmed
@Huntrix3 I already ranted about it, but let me bring this topic once again.
Even if a game is rated E10+, the violence and themes tend to be mild.
I'm convinced the ESRB doesn't know what E10+ originally stood for.
Something like Donkey Kong Jungle Beat on the GC or Mario Strikers Charged on the Wii are well worthy of the E10+ rating because the characters do go out of character and I'd say are even more aggresive and violent than even Smash Bros.
The modern Sonic games I'd say are also worthy of E10+ for their themes of serious death and destruction to a degree that goes a bit above what you'd expect from a game aimed at all ages. The gameplay itself is tame.
The Kirby games, however, are a stretch. Nothing in them is as aggresive, violent or suggestive as the examples I mentioned. At most you get a final boss that bleeds, which penalizes the entire game to that rating. And from what was shown, I suppose that dark creature riding a dark Wheelie Bike at the end might fill that criteria.
For reference, Puyo Puyo Tetris 1 and 2 are also rated E10+: Really, a puzzle series? What's it doing to get that rating? I mean, it deals with the destruction of the Puyo Puyo and Tetris worlds due to the merger, but it doesn't present it as a serious threat as in the Sonics. In my past comment on the link, I previously mentioned Satan/Dark Prince declaring his love for Arle Nadja.
Also, Mario Strikers: Battle League is also rated E10+, but it is the mildest in the series. Super Mario Strikers on the GC is more violent and gritty and it still got an E at a time E10+ was already a thing.
I'd agree if Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie were bumped from E to E10+, playing them again in 2021 after 20 years made me realize these games are gore for kids: characters blow up and get dismembered for no reason when they're defeated but is done in a cartoonish way and not a single splash of blood is seen.
Anyway, I'm going off a tangent here.
I like the box art, but the logo is seriously lacking. I was hoping that wasn't the final logo. Unfortunately, it follows the simplicity of the Japanese logo.
The illustration does the job of representing the fact you have more playable characters compared to the original, which was just Kirby for the most part.
Re: Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance To Get Classic SEGA Villains Stage DLC Next Year
Janken the Great from Alex Kidd in Miracle World, so Alex can help you and make some sort of reference to Shinobi Kid/Alex Kidd in Shinobi World along the way.
Re: Kirby Air Riders Direct Revealed for Tomorrow, 19th August 2025
Thanks everyone for not coming with "Waluigi/Goku for Kirby Air Riders" jokes.
Re: Random: The Pokémon Company Is Putting This Pronunciation Debate To Bed
Since my mother tongue is Spanish (specifically Mexican Spanish) and since the first time I encountered Rayquaza in Pokémon Sapphire in 2003 a few weeks after my friends got their copies at launch but didn't find it, I've been calling it the written name with Spanish pronunciation: rahi-kwah-zah. The rahi part as in Raikou.
I also have that pronunciation issue with Rayman.
With that said, I believe Pokémon Battle Revolution pronounced Rayquaza as ray-kway-zah. And if I remember correctly, the Latin American Spanish dub of the movie Destiny Deoxys (which was handled by Disney instead of the usual anime dub studio at the time) has its pronunciation as ray-kwah-zah. The Ray part similar to "rey" (the Spanish word for King) and how it is pronounced in English.
About Arceus, that one has pissed me off for a bit.
Why did they change that pronunciation? Pokémon Battle Revolution established it as Ar-see-us and I've been calling him like that. Then its movie comes and it's suddenly Ar-khe-us. Did they also change the Japanese pronunciation (therefore, its name) from アルセウス (aruseus) to アルケウス (arukheus)?
Re: Pokémon Teases New 'PokémonXP' Event
Looks like another venue for scalpers and resellers.
Best of luck to those who decide to attend.
Re: Kirby Air Riders Direct Revealed for Tomorrow, 19th August 2025
Given how we know next to nothing about the game, 45 minutes seems about right to give you a good dish of information.
EDIT: To all that doubt about Nintendo releasing Kirby Air Riders in the same year as Mario Kart World.
Remember 2003? That year Nintendo released Kirby Air Ride, F-Zero GX and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. In Kirby and F-Zero's releases, almost close to each other, moreso in Japan where only 2 weeks and Pokémon Channel separate their launches.
I've said it before, but 2025 feels like a repeat of 2003, Nintendo racing-wise. We're having Mario Kart World, Kirby Air Riders and the re-release of F-Zero GX in the same year.
On the GBA side, 2003 is also the year F-Zero: GP Legends had its first release in Japan. In other parts of the world it came out in 2004.
Re: Pokémon Champions Confirmed For Switch 2, Includes "Free-To-Start" And "Paid" Digital Version
I had my doubts, but I'm on board if the paid version has offline battles against CPUs in the same vein of the Pokémon Stadium games, Battle Revolution and the Battle Mode of Colosseum.
If it's just PvP, then you lost me.
Re: Mattel Adds Special Edition Pauline To Its Mario Kart Hot Wheels Line
@NFrealinkling amiibos at least look better than this. I agree they're now expensive though.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Super Adventure Island (SNES)
If the European cover didn't have the red border, it might actually show what Master Higgins/Takahashi Meijin is looking at. For that reason it doesn't get my vote, but Japan does so I'll vote that.
Come on, Konami. Where are the Adventure Island and Bonk/PC Genjin Collections?
In fact, why are you neglecting the Hudson Soft library beyond Bomberman and Momotaro Dentetsu? Why did you buy Hudson Soft IPs if you don't intend to do anything with them?
Re: Feature: 32 Games We're Dying To See On Switch 2
Not having played many of them, from these options my only choices would be Lumines Arise, Marvel Tokon and Rare Replay. If I could, I'd add Sea of Thieves.
Also, Papers, Please...ummm...please.
EDIT: Other games that came to my mind: The Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog, Amanda The Adventurer 2, Duck Season, Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition (yes, I want to play as Heihachi dressed like Mario again), Shinkanzen 0 and a few of Chilla's Art horror games, Hatch.
I'd also say Mouse: P.I. for Hire but I believe that game was confirmed for Switch 1 and teased for Switch 2. And just today they confirmed Bad Cheese for both Switches.
Re: Bubsy In: The Purrfect Collection Slinks Onto Switch This September
"and enduring popularity."
What popularity? Honest question.
Re: We Might Be Getting An Update About Sakurai's New Kirby Game Soon
@Suketoudara
"The co-operative mode, in which one player drives and the other throws stuff, is neat, though mostly redundant given that most pairs will prefer to drive a kart each."
That really depends on who you're playing with. I know me and my friends didn't mind playing co-op to tackle each other using the side attacks available in only in co-op.
A few years I played with my nephew who isn't a good driver so he was fine attacking.
"It is a party game, and anyone buying it for anything more than frantic, foolish, social fun will grow tired of being cheated very quickly indeed."
When has Mario Kart been considered a serious racer to the point of getting its own "Fox only, No Items, Final Destination"?
Yes, I know there are communities in MK8D where Waluigi with that Wiggler ATV and small tires are almost a must, but they still use items and run on tracks with gimmicks.
Sometimes I wonder if reviewers try to review games from another perspective.
Re: Fast & Furious: Arcade Port Cruises Onto Switch This October
Already dead on arrival. That's a Fast way to make me Furious.
(Drops mic)
Re: Random: Metroid Composer Was Just Trying To Impress Someone With Ending Theme
@KingMike I had no idea there were plans for a GBA release of Kid Icarus. I would've vought that regardless of which version was the base.
Speaking of 3D Classics: Kid Icarus, does that version have all the endings? Specifically the worst ending that was only on the FDS version (Palutena turns Pit into that Groucho Marx-esque enemy) and the best ending only on the NES version (Pit/Kid Icarus becomes Man Icarus).
I sadly couldn't get it before the eShop closure, so I missed on that version.
Re: Uniqlo Reveals New Pokémon TCG Clothing Range
Great, looks like we're now also dealing with the scalping of clothes.
I'm, to a certain extent, surprised that's actually a thing. I had expected that be a thing during the end of the world.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library Next Week
Hopefully they add the soundtrack to Nintendo Music to go along with it.
Not counting Smash Bros., this is Chibi-Robo's first appearance in 10 years.
Re: Captain Toad Returns In This Week's Nintendo Music Update
@OctolingKing13 only until we get (Poochy &) Yoshi's Woolly World.
Re: Anniversary: Paper Mario First Unfolded On N64 25 Years Ago
Despite being on NSO, it's the only Paper Mario I haven't played (TTYD remake doesn't count since I played the original).
Since I haven't played it, I don't think too highly of it, but I can see why it gets it's praise.
One day I promise I'll play it, and who knows, maybe I'll also sing my praises for it.
My wish is that we get a new game with the RPG gameplay but the music, aesthetics and writing of Color Splash and Origami King. TTYD remake is a start.