Hank_Scorpio

I’m a digital only guy so don’t have a dog in this race, with patches and updates and such the idea of everything you’ll need forever being on the cart/disc are long gone.

BUT! This feels sneaky, whatever your thoughts on physical v digital - the merchant should always be upfront and honest about what you’re paying for and I don’t think they were in this case.

Cool, sounds alright. I’ll wait for a sale.

37 hours, 4 minutes.

1) N64 Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 8)
2) The Great Sea (Wind Waker)
3) Rosalina in the Observatory 3 (Super Mario Galaxy)
4) Athletic BGM (Super Mario World)
5) Badge Challenge (Super Mario Bros. Wonder)
6) Aquatic Ambiance (Donkey Kong Country)
7) Dire, Dire Docks (Super Mario 64)
8) Kass's Theme (Breath of the Wild)
9) A-Type (Tetris GB)
10) Please Select Player (Super Mario Bros. 2)

@WheresWaveRace Hopefully Wave Race.

Ahhhh lovely! Gonna take a nice soothing dip into DMG001 waters today.

Barry Burton?

@garfreek I love how kind this community is!

But to be clear, that post was a joke. Because I'm actually well sexy.

Oh good, get to hear "BMI Results (Obese)" again.

Will I play the heck out of this update? Yes.

Would I pay to upgrade to a Switch 2 version down the line and play it all again? Yes.

Do I need help? No.

Thanks, wouldn’t have done this without the PSA. Why isn’t it done automatically!

"I don't want guitar lessons!"

Give the people (me) what they (I) want:

A remake of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.

Please! 😊

Surely if it's £4 to upgrade to the NS2 edition, it wouldn't hurt to make it free for Expansion Pack members.

I haven't touched my island since 2022... must be in a right mess now. Or left alone the residents have created a perfect society - either way, excited to find out!

@Pj1 Before this summer I last visited NY in 2016 and the stuff there was great. They had an exclusive T-Shirt with a group of Pikmin crossing a NYC street which I wore frequently and Mrs Scorpio picked a purse modelled on a GBC. Hoping London makes up for it a little.

I’m going on Sunday and from the looks of it there’s more interesting stuff in London than there was in New York back in August.

@Angelic_Lapras_King Exactly what I was thinking. There is a USB-C port on the top of the Switch 2…

@JJtheTexan Much to my relief, GRID Autosport was fixed a couple of months back.

Despite this looking like it’s right my street I’m ashamed to say I missed this on Switch 1, definitely picking it up for Switch 2.

Beautiful, just what I needed this morning. Thanks for sharing!

Yeah, only like £37 on the HK eshop. Bargin!

Mrs Scorpio is getting me this for Christmas.

Unless the package that's just arrived for her from the Lego Store isn't for me and I'm in a more geeky Emma Thompson/Love Actually thing.

@WiltonRoots In those circumstances it looks less nice.

In my testing I have also noticed that Mario and the updated textures can disappear if you remove the HDMI lead.

I'm here too soon, the video is private!

I can offer my opinion on the visual upgrades of Galaxy 1 and 2 though: they look nice.

@nib0 Mission accomplished!

This is probably my most played game at launch, love the series anyway, but glad to see continued improvement. Gives me hope for 007.

Just loving the love for ISS 64, much prefer it to ISS ‘98.

“He’s had a crack!”

@OldManHermit You are lucky! I missed them in 1997 and 2007, was hoping for something in 2017 but nope… at least in 2025 there’s Fortnite…

It probably says more about me than I’d wish, but the price of that unit didn’t stop me instantly pre-ordering it. The price of the Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 though… woof. And I love those games.

For a second I thought Extreme-G was back! This is better news!

Mental, didn't see that coming. Certainly didn't see it coming to NSO before Diddy Kong Racing.

@777dan777 Was going to say the same thing! Loved the game, but had to take it in short bursts!

This is incredible and really brightened my day! I love stuff like this where talented people bring their passions to life (closest I’ve come is building a secret bookcase door), thanks for sharing I’m off to play Wind Waker…

Fantastic game, blooming awful commercial!

Happy 30th to an all-timer.

This delay aside, I still feel like they missed a trick not releasing it on August 29th. Easy money!

@Jack_Goetz Yeah… that’s the thing. If it was a couple of quid difference it wouldn’t be worth the agg. But £20 plus, is too big to ignore.

£36 on Amazon.jp...

@pepsilover2008 @Ralizah Of course, I understand they have a niche and an audience who are interested in their analysis and I totally respect their expertise. I think sometimes (sometimes!) this stuff is given more weight than is actually warranted.

@Exerion76 Nope.

DF are bright and knowledgable guys no doubt, but sometimes I think they’re enjoying games wrong.

All of the above! Besides, once DKB is out, maybe we can get to work on Fighters Destiny and Snowboard Kids for N64 NSO eh Nintendo?

I’ve been playing Hitman on the Switch 2 for a couple of weeks and it’s not been that much of an issue for me, even docked. I’d welcome anything to improve it but I’d fix the online requirement and lack of gyro first.

I love the mechanics of this game, but this update feels like it's moving away from what (for me personally anyway) is really needed to make this game shine:

• Grand Prix is laps only
• Knockout Tour is the connected routes
• Add a way to show progress in free roam.

That's it!

Yay! Had this on CD back in the day (Love, Peace and Happiness) so great to have this streamable. Looks like a couple of tracks have been renamed but either way this is a cracking blast from the past!

@Bucky Great news! I know what I’m playing today!

@ozwally Awesome! Alien and GRID were the only two I was waiting on, that’s great!

The music to Four-in-a-Row is a banger to be fair.

Free roam needs a checklist. If you can’t track your progress it doesn’t feel like you’re making any, which is why its absence is so strange to me. Seems like a massive own goal.

Oh and Grand Prix should ideally have been regular laps only.

It's definitely weird but thankfully muscle memory kicked in and I've been fine with default - less of a hassle when using the Wind Waker but nice the option is there.

@BrokenCiv https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/03/random-is-miyamotos-most-famous-quote-not-his-after-all

A delayed film is eventually good, a rushed film is bad forever.