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The subheading already made my day. Thanks a lot.

About the story. Thanks scalpers, you cannot go 5 minutes without shaming yourselves?

Before I complain about the lack Mario Kart World's soundtrack, I need the soundtracks of Double Dash!!, DS and Wii.

If I didn't know any better, I'd believe the Japanese cover is actually medicine or something. Not necessarily a bad thing.

The western cover doesn't exactly tell you visually what the game is about other than the quotes, but at least has the courtesy of showing you the cast, that always counts for something.

I kind of wish there was a toggle of how Samus dies in both Zero Mission and Samus Returns to allow her to die the same way as in the originals.
And yes, I feel bad for Samus for asking for such things, makes me sound like I have pleasure in seeing her die in those ways. I apologize.

I never really thought about it, but what crosses Samus' mind while she disintegrates?

Ok, you had me at Puzzle Bobble 1 and 2, as well as KOF 2003 (yes, really) on Vol. 7.

@Antraxx777 That's true. I still wonder how I was able to get the Samus Unmasked ending on the Wii Virtual Console without NARPAS SWORDing my way through.

@KingMike To my understanding, the Samus in a bikini and Samus Unmasked endings are also on the FDS version. However the suitless Samus playthrough is not accessible on that version.

Japanese players wouldn't be able to play as suitless Samus in the original Metroid until the port included in Metroid: Zero Mission, which is based on the NES version. On the other hand, the Classic NES Series version (also on GBA) is based on the FDS version, which in turn gives western players the FDS version for the first time.

I was playing the Gamecube version about a month ago and got stuck on the first snow mountain level. Maybe I should go back and finish it before I commit to the Re-PAC version.

The music of the original Metroid is the one thing that holds up pretty well of the game. Tanaka's music never disappoints.

Now that we have Hip Tanaka's attention, can someone ask him about the extension of the Escape theme?

Of course! However it will have to wait until I have a Switch 2.

My top 10 SNES games on NSO as of August 8th, 2025 would be
1. Super Mario World
3. Donkey Kong Country 2
2. Super Mario All-Stars
4. Kirby Super Star
5. Panel de Pon
6. EarthBound
7. Super Punch-Out!!
8. Wrecking Crew '98
9. Mario's Super Picross
10. Kirby's Avalanche / Super Puyo Puyo 2 (cannot decide which one I like more)

Runner-ups (part of top 15): Sutte Hakkun, Yoshi's Island, Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid and Killer Instinct.

Sorry, Super Metroid. As great as you are, your controls kinda ruin you for me after playing Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Zero Mission.

Don't worry, I already did with my almost 4 yo nephew when I took him to the Mario movie (his first exposition to the series) and gave him my pairs of Mario and Luigi plushies and her aunt my Yoshi plushie she wanted for some time.

He really values those gifts.

Honestly, I'd get the Wood Block Set, it looks like it would be a nice diorama based on the fake wood characters from Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World.

Mina and UFO 50 so far for me. Maybe also Content Warning.

Haven't checked the western presentation, but the Japanese one had a NS2 Edition upgrade for The Exit 8 (a performance upgrade which should bring it up to par with the Steam version), that's also on my radar. If a small (and I do mean small) indie game can get an NS2 Edition upgrade, what's stopping companies like Square Enix from doing the same (other than greed and their usual bad decisions)?

EDIT: Why at the beginning of the article is the April 17th, 2024 presentation? I got confused when I saw Little Kitty, Big City at the beginning.

EDIT 2: Corrected. Thanks a lot.

Now I have no excuse to not support UFO 50.

"You're too slow!"

Already have it on Switch 1, so I might just go for the digital upgrade. However if I ever come across a cheap copy, I'll gladly double dip on one of the games that revitalized my interest in gaming.

Might as well download some Pilotwings songs while I wait for my flight.

When I saw Gollum on the Japanese box art, my reaction was "what the hell is Spyro doing in a Hobbit/LotR game?

That tease alone made me vote Japan.

Sorry, since I'm on vacation and I self-imposed a rule of not gaming until I'm back, this weekend will be only the theme unlock of Donkey Kong Bananza in Tetris 99.

Yes, I brought my Switch with me, but since I received some unfavorable comments, I decided not to game.

Once I get a Switch 2, this will be my first digital game.

Wait, is Kirby gonna face a final boss that bleeds? That's been mostly the reason recent Kirbys have been rated E10+.

Can we expect the removal of Ms. Pac-Man (both the character and the bonus game) here as well?

@Markatron84 @AmplifyMJ
I think I've broken enough rules these days. I have to contain myself a bit, even if only for 7 days.

Oh, come on! Are you kidding me? The NSO Playtest, Mario Paint on NSO and now a Bananza theme for Tetris 99 all happen while I'm on vacaction with a self-imposed rule of not gaming while I'm away?!

@Joeynator3000 we did have a Mario Paint sequel and a spiritual successor: the Mario Artist series on the 64DD and WarioWare: D.I.Y. on the DS.

I admit I'd love to see the Mario Artist games on NSO one day.

Japanese version directed by Michael Bay.

All jokes aside, my vote goes to Japan, as noisy as it can be, it represents the general idea of destruction the game goes for.

Cartridge art (it's been a while)
North America (shared with Europe and Australia)

Japan

Have you tried out Pokémon Friends yet?

This question should also have a "No, not yet." option.

I'm unironically interested in trying it, but I haven't played either version, mostly because my Switch has been unused since, what? Late May? And my phone has run out of memory.

Has Donkey Kong now become the second banana?

I just am unable to play Bananza knowing that I’m putting a red cartridge in my Switch.

Despite the fact you won't see the cartridge while you're playing?

Gardner has posted one final video on the matter, in which he addresses some of those who have decided to mock him for his mistake, ...

I mean, what did he expect? A kiss on the cheek? He posted his own blunder on the internet, he should've known what happens next.

I agree with @darylb24 and @Metazoxan in that it feels like it was done for internet points/fame. If he had shown it after painting the cart and hadn't said that thing about the red card, I would buy it as genuine.

@nessisonett I agree there, I wish there were a few more handheld-only first-party games (or Nintendo-related).
The only ones I can think of are Pokémon Café ReMix and Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (for the most part, as it has a mode that can be played on the TV).

That would bring back some possibilities from the DS/3DS days. I miss some of those games.

@ShieldHero I'd prefer it if NL did it like this going forward as a sort of changelog for each game.

He's obviously talking about the revival of Google Stadia.

@nessisonett Mouse Mode at best for Switch 2, maybe Gyro aiming, a la Metroid Prime Remastered, for Switch 1?

Just let me have a good Pokémon Maker* so I can enjoy whatever the game has to offer to someone that's not into the competitive scene. Restrict it only to this game if you must.

But I understand that would be easily exploitable by hackers at one point.

*Let me choose which Pokémon I want to use, which moves, which held items or if it Mega Evolves (or whatever mechanic is the flavour of the day, I honestly stopped playing before Gen 6 so I don't know the mechanics of Gen 8 and 9), a good stat balance according to the Lv. 100 standards of said Pokémon.

@shiningpikablu252 Now that you mention it, for something like Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars, there's a minimum chance. As far as I know the music in those games is original and none-taking from the animes of the mangas represented, which means the music (and other elements of the game) are owned by Nintendo and Ganbarion.
Though in Jump Ultimate Stars, specific stages such as those from Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto or Saint Seiya have music meant to sound similar to that of the animes, but they're still original compositions.

They probably would just have to get a license from Shueisha to use the name JUMP and to show the characters and stages. But given they partially own the music, I imagine it wouldn't be much of a hassle to deal with the licenses. If Shueisha doesn't agree, at the very least they could negotiate to show only the box arts.

However, things like the Ouendan games and Elite Beat Agents are definitely out of the question unless they add only the original songs: Title Screens, Menus, Tutorials, Maps, Pre-Stage Custcenes, Stage Clears and Endings.

Between the 3 games, it would be about 24 songs in total.

Cannot check right now, but the Clu Clu Land music is only vanilla CCL or does it include the Arcade music? Which was then used for the Famicom Disk System release.

EDIT: Sadly it doesn't have the Clu Clu Land Disk System music. Similarly, Ice Climber doesn't have the music of the arcade/FDS music and it seems VS. Excitebike (the FDS version, the arcade original uses the NES/FC music) will be a separate listing.

I understand the Virtual Boy wasn't a good system for most people, but what is up with all the snark?

Anyway, my VB collection currently has Mario's Tennis, Galactic Pinball and Panic Bomber.

If I boot up the Virtual Boy, it's to hear the banger soundtrack of Galactic Pinball and maybe a playthrough of Panic Bomber in parts.

Obviously my eyes won't take a full playthrough of either of them, but I could try. I already have astigmatism, might as well let it develop while doing something I like.

Other than the hat, I don't really see Toadette. But whatever.

I'm not the biggest fan of Waluigi, but that cosplay deserved to be #1.

@KingMike Mario Superstar Baseball (Super Mario Stadium: Miracle Baseball in Japan) was indeed released in Europe in 2005, it's the Wii follow-up the one that wasn't: Mario Super Sluggers (Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball)

Unfortunately as a Wii Download Version on the Wii U it wasn't released in Europe either.

@darkswabber technically 3, he's also playable in Mario Super Sluggers, which has all the characters of Mario Superstar Baseball plus Wiggler, Blooper, Baby Peach, Baby Daisy, Baby Donkey Kong (yes, really), Funky Kong, Tiny Kong, Kritters and even King K. Rool.

For no apparent reason I actually played a bit yesterday. Had forgotten that on Monday it will be 20 years since it first came out.

I discovered that now I suck at the game, even against the CPU on the easiest difficulty.

The song in the opening movie lives rent free in my memory, though.

Might as well postpone it until the World Cup next year.

@PigmaskFan of Magical Vacation fame.

The real surprise to me is that they helped with Mario Kart World. Not so much that they did for Donkey Kong Bananza.

As @N00BiSH pointed out, since Super Mario 3D Land they've been assisting the main team with 3D Marios, and given that Bananza was made by the Odyssey team, it's no surprise that 1-UP Studio was also involved, but I legit had no idea they did some work in Mario Kart World as well.

Latin American Spanish voice by Elizabeth Infante, aka Anya from Spy X Family.

I know she's voiced other characters, but that's the only one of her roles I've heard.

Wishful thinking: They're retiring Takashi Nagasako to let him rest to get ready to be the Japanese dub voice of Chadondorf in the live-action Zelda movie.

@ShieldHero Yes, people are forgetting that you could scan amiibo during gameplay to do other things, but to unlock the costumes you first have to talk to Uncle amiibo.
The amiibo implementation in Bananza doesn't sound any different than that of Odyssey.

@HistoricKombat Oh, don't worry about me. I know interior art is still a thing.

I was making fun of people going to retailers and opening "pre-order" boxes (you know, empty boxes with quick prints made by retailers to promote pre-orders) and deduced that Switch 2 games wouldn't have interior art and everyone believed it.

But I was told in the weeks prior to the Switch 2 launch that its boxes were soulless and without interior art.

This guide doesn't answer the biggest question I have about NS2 Editions.

Can you play Nintendo Switch 2 Editions physical cartridges on a Switch 1 (minus the enhancements obviously), kind of like the black cartridge Game Boy Color games which are playable in DMG Game Boys?

@WheresWaveRace I'm currently playing Eternal Darkness, and one thing that popped in my mind. Is there a way they could use the Sanity Meter in something similar to the Wonder Flower of Mario Wonder? As in, the lower the sanity, the crazier the level gets.

They perfected Kirby by going to a Forgotten Land and "putting things in their mouths".