Henchdog

@Aurumonado Will it be compatible with the wii heart rate sensor? That'll be out any day now right?

He's just hoping to get into Nintendo's good graces so he can make a body horror Kirby movie.
You think he isn't sitting there right now building a life sized Marx prop!?

I got the definitive ending when I played my first time (with pure luck) and then watched the different endings on youtube. I figure I'll probably just do the same here since I can't see myself installing the game again just to watch an epilogue... Unless it's beefy. I did somewhat think about replaying it to recruit different units... GOSH DARNIT! FINE! I'll have to just play it again while I wait for Persona 5 Tactics and that rumoured FF Tactics remaster/remake thing.

@Pigeon Earworm version intensifies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eURHmUBkjJA

@belmont Less an issue of the music than the screen resolutions. Normal battles on Master System become increasingly impossible when you can't see stuff on the game gear. I remember being so excited to have the portable sonic experience and going: Hey, why is this so darned difficult?

Edit: Also a banger track that

This honestly makes me think they DID have physical copies ready for the original launch but decided they could double down this way. That or it's just a lazy way to make extra cash on the 2nd hand market if someone buys the disc.

That being said, I still don't see why the gamegear versions alone are on here and not the master system versions. I have tons of nostalgia for the bridge song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BVMXPTBcck

When there were no early review copies I knew this was gonna be a dud. There's always a small chance that an eventual Switch release might have some issue resolved from the current ones...

I still jam Tetris 99 and man did I love Mario 35. They're just games that work so well and then when I gave Pacman 99 a go... Something just didn't work there about it for me. It's easy to say I'm just bad I suppose but there was never any additional motivation for me to try and give it another go.
I wonder if this means they'll shadow drop a new unique multiplayer thing around June to "add value" to the service.

Sega: We saw you guys didn't have PacMan 99 anymore so here's Sonic 4 episode 1 99!

I'm pretty jazzed. Did a ton of effort to get a visa and travel arrangements and I'm finally going to Gamescom. Hoping I can eventually get opening night live tickets too.

@Dpullam Tricky thing about having a 3DS in South Africa was the lack of hits. On the odd times I got a hit I was so mesmerized.

I was pondering the new courses while playing em: They seem much more hazard aggressive than some previous stages.
Not sure if it's just me.

I seriously hope they don't lock the auto catch different pokeballs to this thing and allow the poke ball to do the same.

For me the biggest reasons I stopped playing:
1.) If you don't turn off background data it'll crash your phone randomly. (A shame cause background data is how I'd prefer to plant)
2.) No improvements to UI. They could've seriously done a lot to help filter pikmin and sort em. Not just that, maybe an option to download assets or set portraits to 2D to improve interface speeds.
3.) Just not... That much to do. I know it's not supposed to be a game entirely but you can only look at it for so long. And if you can't do background data due to random crashes that's a bit of an issue.

@neufel Tim is currently busy with a courtcase involving the vape pens he sold at a concert where his band was playing.

@Selim As I recall it's basically impossible for a non Japanese place to get any real foothold with shares like that. Nintendo's investors are heavily Japanese focused (banks and whatnot) and few of those would ever if ever sell to foreigners.

@Williamfuchs420 I just saw they removed that little notice that you can't trade with the recent videos. Maybe a mistake or maybe hopefully you can trade pokemon

@Williamfuchs420 Yeah it won't let you transfer pokemon, only rent. A bit of a shame since there was some digging that made it look like they tested the Mario Tennis N64/Gameboy connectivity to unlock characters.
Still, you never know if they'll turn it around. That being said, I feel sceptical that they'll ever release the pokemon games on Switch Online. They know they can sell those Gameboy versions as is on Switch and make money.
(Personally I'd love to see them on there with Pokemon Home features)

@Williamfuchs420 I believe they already put fine print over the N64 stadium game that mentioned it would have no connection stuff no?

@Oppyz666 I don't even think there's any games dubbed in any of the official languages of my country. (We have 11, but one is English but you get what I mean) So all games are foreign dubs for me.

In South Africa BOTW1 and 2 are the same price. Kinda shocking that 1 still holds such a high price after so long.

It's listed as 31st of March for South Africa. Noticed Africa doesn't even get referenced there

@Oppyz666 Probably buttons and analogs like they did with the 2nd entry on 3DS? I liked that well enough when I didn't wanna use the touchscreen.

@Chocobo_Shepherd I pre-ordered the PS5 version cause I had credit on one of the big digital retailers in my country. Just got to find out that the retailer is shutting down now that I'm actually excited for the game. Cherish your pre-order! Cherish it!

I think there was a typo and they meant $15/£12.

This game loves making my phone randomly crash if I enable background data.
There's honestly a lot of stuff I wish they'd improve/fix in the game.
Lemme filter out maxed out pikmin already!

I just logged into Farcebook directly and posted an image there earlier this week playing Persona FE. Surely those methods should still work? You don't specifically need the actual Nintendo Site.

@GrailUK I'm mulling over playing the PSP version on the PSVita with its OLED now. Sonic Mania looks stunning on it so might be worth it.

This kinda makes me wanna dig out my 3DS pilotwings and give the game another go.
I remember seeing it at a 3DS kiosk and going: "Whoooa."
...
And now I rarely use the 3D on my 3DS. (Mostly due to that weird double image thing with really bright colours)

Also, It's weird seeing gameexplain videos again.

@Serpenterror Recently a friend and I got our GBAs out to play Crystal Chronicles on Gamecube.
It didn't really grab us and we kept wondering if the "modern" version would be better.
Would you say it's not really worth getting the HD one if we didn't enjoy the Gamecube one? I thought it might have quality of life features that would help cause we do love the FF games.

I've been playing it on Gamepass and enjoying it. Waiting for the free versions to release so I can move my cloud save over to switch for portable play.
A number of things it has that I wish would be implemented in Animal Crossing but alas, I doubt that'll happen.

Because it's easy come, easy golf,
Golfing high, Golfing low,
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to
Me, to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

South Africa used to have amazing prices.

I was informed by the local Nintendo distributor here that the reason for the increase was due to so many people from other countries buying through this eshop.
(Possibly true but I'd also blame the exchange rate)

Ah well, at least the double voucher system helps to save a little bit.

You know... I'm starting to suspect this isn't coming to my region's playstore any more...

Not gonna lie, for reals thought this was free to play.
Maybe because the market has so many similar things that are free to play?
That being said, it seriously diminishes the chances of me playing this. Not cause I think it's bad, just that... I'll wait for a sale at best.

@Erigen I like to believe each company needs to fail after some arrogance of dominance to create better products.

Sony: PS2 arrogance gave us PS3. That led to the successful PS4.
Nintendo: Wii Arrogance gave us Wii U. That led to the successful Switch.
Microsoft: Xbox 360 arrogance gave us Xbox1. That led to Gamepass.

Yes yes I know that's oversimplifying it, but gosh darn they need to be knocked off of pedestals to work like crazy every 2nd generation if you ask me.

@Supertiefighter If you really want you can just get a bunch of custom stages/characters for Mario Kart wii and wii u.

@Slowdive And Rambo >.<

I'll be honest, years of stories about him have always painted a picture of him being a diva.

I've always assumed a lot of the success of Sonic games and whatnot came from everyone else, not him.

@OcarinaHolder52 I saw play-asia had a listing for a physical collection that went rogue after the shadow drop.
Reached out to them and they confirmed they weren't able to make a deal to release a physical copy
Kinda bummed cause I have physical copies on PC/PS3/Xbox of bother Portals and really wanted to complete the set like that.