Hank_Scorpio

Such a lovely story, DKC always reminds me of my Dad.

The emotional connection we have with games is why I get a little annoyed when games are looked at as a lesser art than movies or music.

Will pay ca$h money for a port of the REmake trilogy on Switch 2.

@TimelessJubilee Without being too pessimistic I think the population are too far gone, the chances of them looking in detail at who they are voting for and understanding how to best use their electoral systems to their advantage seems slim.

Feet up sir, you've deserved it. Thanks for everything!

Cheers to the orange man and tech bros then.

@AG_Awesome Roxy Music’s More Than This is a banger. Almost bought the game just for that alone!

Crack on Nintendo, I’m ready for lower priced classic remakes. Just do Wave Race 64 next yeah?

I’m an investor in Nintendo, I want them to stay the course price wise. Better for customers in the short term and better for everyone in the long term.

@TenEighty I know.

@TenEighty We all better off with HTML5 etc, rather than running proprietary, bug and vulnerability ridden software like Flash and ActiveX.

There’s a world of difference between “IMAX” and true 70mm 15 perf IMAX, and I doubt this is being shot in the latter.

At my funeral I want the 'Player Down/Game Over'' music from Super Mario World played as the coffin disappears.

Shame about the lack of gyro (and too much cheese) but sounds great otherwise, will pick this up! Feels pretty good not to be starved of decent third party games.

Pfft. He’s holding the sword with the wrong hand! 😉

@KevinPeterson Tomorrrow Never Dies is one of my favourite scores. I’m really hoping Arnold comes back to the fold, he just gets Bond.

Star Fox 128 would do for me thanks! Nothing wrong with the formula.

ELLISONNNNNN!

Wow. Thats almost everything I wanted.

…apart from Wave Race.

@Kiz3000 On the same page as you, can't see the point in revealing it now. If having Fox in the movie will get more bums on seats then why hasn't there been a new Star Fox game in the last 10 years?

For half a second there I thought a new Star Fox game was coming...

We'd always like more software from Nintendo, and they do need to start unveiling their roadmap soon (Direct please). But it's kinda nice that third parties have had room to breathe so their titles sell in (hopefully) meaningful numbers rather than get obliterated by Nintendo's software - as is historically the case.

Can't help but wonder if there is anything else happening in America that might be giving customers reason to put off any expensive purchases?

@cvrator Maybe, but you clicked on the article and made an engagement so mission accomplished as far as the writer is concerned.

@babybilly Logically it feels like 30 years, emotionally not so much!

Sounds cool. I know it’s because I’m old but RE still feels like a “new” franchise to me.

Hoping for something to mark the 40th anniversary of another classic series this year…

Imma gonna ween (an Oscar)!

Apart from on the N64, Mario Tennis is always a 'wait for a sale' game for me.

Bit extreme. Just one death would be enough for most.

Fair. It's a recreation of a flawed system so the flaws are kinda crucial to that recreation. I'm enjoying it for what it is.

PS) Your stand is the wrong way round.

Had this back in the day and had an absolute blast with it. It felt like magic at the time, almost like MGS1 had been shrunk into a cart the size of an After Eight.

I haven’t played MGS4, but that interaction made me cringe.

Up the workers!

@subechin That was 100% the journey I went on with this news!

@rushiosan Exactly, Indy was basically a Game-Key Disc on Xbox to start with.

Mrs Scorpio put it in the recycling bin. Our daughter really wasn't happy about that!

That was a cool watch, looking forward to the 27th!

But if we're ranking current day scream queens, Samara Weaving has to be top of the list right?

@RhiannonRune It's just a guess as no one outside of Nintendo has got hold of one of these yet - but don't see why not? It's just a bit of plastic (or cardboard) and Labo didn't do any checks, and that was just cardboard too.

@PushMyGran86 My uncle told me. Can’t say where he works.

At some point in 2026 Nintendo will have the first full-fat Direct of the year. Mark it.

@Res462 I've put well over 50 hours in at this point, no problems at all.

It's a great game, the patch locking it to 30 fps smoothed over what (to me) was a minor issue.

1. HITMAN World of Assassination
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of
Wisdom

@The_Nintendo_Expat I get ya, just think using just the US experience isn't a fair comparison as Nintendo would've allocated resource for development and publishing based around when the hardware was out in the wild.

If I were to make the same point but focus purely on how it was here in the UK, ALL of those titles released in the first 9 months. Games were announced way before release then too (mostly, DKR was announced and released within a couple of months if I recall) so we knew Zelda and BK were coming the following year - we haven't really seen what is planned for beyond Q1 this year.

Is it an age thing? It might be for me! But nothing feels as fresh as it did back in those days, felt like gamers and developers were finding out what was possible together and the possibilities felt endless. Even getting my hands on a Rumble Pack for the first time was incredible... yeah, it's an age thing!

@The_Nintendo_Expat There’s a little bit of date fudging there, it’s not a fair comparison as the N64 had a staggered release across the regions - Switch 2 did not.

It’s been around six months since Switch 2 launched.

Blast Corps for example was released 9 months after the N64 launched in Japan. KI 8 months (in US). DKR would be 17 months after the Japanese launch. Bomberman 15 months.

I remember the N64 days very well, for me nothing will top the excitement of that time. But it’s early days in the Switch 2’s life and we have no idea what they have cooking.

The world is a very different place to 2017, for better or worse.

Who am I kidding! It's worse.

@Angelic_Lapras_King Whoa, you’re right. I still think of Pikmin as a new franchise but that’s made me feel well old!

I suppose 3 does come before 4… but still!

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.