Henmii

I find a 3 to be very harsh. I played it recently (it did have a big update that might have improved it though) and would give it at least a 6 or 6,5. I found it pretty enjoyable, even if it was technically pretty janky.

Graphics: Okay
Music: Okay
Short loading-times
Satisfying controls, I especially liked the high jump
Technical janky, glitchy
Funny references everywhere
Decent lenght
Dissapointing bosses, as most aren't even bosses
Bad hit-detection

Overall not a patch on A hat in time, Yooka Laylee or Mario Odyssey to name just a few 3D platformers, but still worth it if you want more of that stuff and like collectathons.

@TomSupreme

Lol.

Goodbye gold points, goodbye vouchers (well not entirely goodbye). Switch 2 sounds enticing, right? Wouldn't surprise me if all the Switch 2 releases look barely better then current Switch games, making the Switch 2 worthless.

Greed is good!

On a cruiseship could be great. And if there are multiple locations they could choose a amusement-park and a camping-site.

Super sad. Shows that things aren't going well with Platinum (Wich might be because of Tencent). I hope they make a glorious comeback with Ninja gaiden 4, but I doubt it. Maybe Kamiya can revive the company with his company called Clovers?

I haven't seen a single reason why it should rise. I first have to see wich games they bring, price, power and release-date. And whether it actually takes off (if it doesn't take off, stock-prices may go down again).

Was thinking about it recently. A pity that it went this way. Hopefully they can recover and deliver something great again in the future.

A bit late (seeing as Switch 2 will be released this year) but nice nonetheless. Hopefully Switch 2 continues the current eshop, making your better shop also usefull for the future. How acurate are you guys with the European deals? I switched (hah) to a dutch site for the deals since you guys didn't give the full lists for a long time now (and sometimes even skipping weeks). Now I must say that dutch site is also pretty late nowadays and sometimes also skips a week. If you guys can manage a full list every week and on time, I can see myself using your site often. It does look handy!

One little advice: Maybe a tag for genres? I couldn't find a Metroidvania tag for example and that's one of my favorite genres.

On a sidenote: You Nintendolife guys made this better shop to get some eshop-cards revenue, right. Well, its okay. As long as the shop works fine.

Eh, they do know there's a official movie on the way?

Its nice. You sometimes have to do something new to keep things fresh, and it definitely looks better then the modern plastic design of Starfox.

Makes me also wonder how Diddy looks. And this must mean there's a new DK game on the way, right? I really hope so!

If they just revealed it to silence the rumors, that's sad. Seeing as they are showing the games in Februari, they could have just revealed it then. A device means NOTHING without the games, especially if it looks this similar.

To be honest, "fully backwards compatible" might mean there's just a one-way transfer of your digital games and maybe saves between your old Switch and Switch 2. I just want to put my microsd with digital games (and saves) into the Switch 2 and it works. And just work with the old eshop, give us a proper account system so that everything purchased on Swith can easily be downloaded on Switch 2 too.

Average. It does show the device in a snazzy way, but its just a bigger Switch (with a better kickstand if that's your thing). Good that its backwards-compatible though (with physical and digital, but maybe with some caveats). Clever Nintendo, bigger console with bigger joycons means you can't connect your old joycons or peripherals (they do this on purpose). Also, what if there's still joycon-drift? And do we really need a different charger for it?

I am interested in the power, games, price. I won't rush to the shop for the exact same thing. The new Mariokart at first didn't even look new to me.

Nintendo might face the same problem with the Wii u: How do you get people on board? The Wii u looked more different than Switch 2, and it might not work like smartphones where people bought a new version every year. And even that changed now with the current financial crisis. People might hold on longer on their old Switch. Also, don't you guys think it really has magnetic connections for the joycons (with clamps in place)?

Must be very profitable, posting fake news articles EVERY DAY (?!) about the Switch 2! Personally I'll just wait for the official announcement, as should you.

@doom64_abit ,

Mario vs Donkey Kong is not new, its a remake of the GBA game.

Surprised that Zelda didn't score higher, hoped Prince of persia would score higher (Prince of Persia is my favorite). Haven't played Sonic X Shadow yet.

Banjo Kazooie Switch 2 confirmed!

@Morph,

Sure, but I still think Januari is to soon for them. Mark my words, they will wait.

"Nintendo's gamble to save its 'Switch 2' announcement for the New Year"

Its not a gamble, they know exactly what they are doing! They announce it at the end of March (after Xenoblade), maybe even later. Might get released in the summer, or maybe even as late as the winter.

And I would laugh my ... off if it turns out to be something totally different from the Switch! Accesory makers, you probably made the wrong accesories lol!

Game of the year: Prince of Persia the lost crown
Runner ups: Mario and Luigi, Zelda

Waka waka?

Anyway, don't know what to think of it (is this a tie in to the Amazon episode? I have to watch that stuff someday). Could be awful, but could also be great. Lets wait and see!

Yes, it reminds a bit of Bomberman Zero. But that was a gritty looking Bomberman game, while this is a Metroivania with Pacman elements.

If you want more "crazy" Pacman stuff, Terminalmontage on youtube made a halloween video once on Pacman. That was actually great.

Its nice to see a stunning 3D platformer to win the game of the year award. I probably will never play it because I am a Nintendo consumer, but If I had a PS5 I definitely would have bought and loved Astrobot. Nintendo has their work cut out with their upcoming 3D Mario, that's for sure!

Great news! I hope to see it on Switch 2. Teaser reminded me a little bit of the original Okami teaser.

Its crazy though: Never was a sequel possible, Kamiya leaves the studio and creates a studio with almost the same name (?) and POOF its possible! Well, as long as it is good (and hopefully arriving on Switch 2). Kamiya and people from the original staff are on board, so that's promising (and published by Capcom). And probably no Tencent involvement! But I guess Clover studios is gritting its teeth. Might be the nail in their coffin.

Wonder how it will look like. Its just a teaser, but it gives the impression that it is a different look. But still very beautiful.

I lean more to the "a legend eternally retolded while stuff changes all the time" theory. That being said, I always found a split timeline weird. And its even weirder that Botw and Totk are their own timeline.

I was so annoyed when this didn't hit the Wii u back in the day, so happy that we have it now and with extra content to boot. I ordered it, looking forward to it.

I am not entirely sold so far. I mean, Arcane is amazing and Captain Laserhawk was pretty cool too. But this looks a lot less. Doesn't help that most stories are based on either franchises I don't care about or haven't played. That being said, a free to play online multiplayer game (wich I don't care about) produced the best series (Arcane).

That's sad to hear. It looks like the company did a solid job on the new Mario and Luigi, judging from the couple of hours I played so far. And now Nintendo has to seek a new company once again. Fingers crossed then.

Something I noticed: Recent Nintendo games don't show any year on the title-screen. In the past you could always see on the title-screen in wich year the game came out.

Nice review and nice score. If I am in luck this could become my game of the year instead of Zelda. Can't wait to try it out!

That's a funny short.

Judging from this funny trailer, it doesn't look like the islands immediately connect to form one big island. In fact they just get attached with a string of light, wich is a little bit dissapointing. I hoped they would connect like in the game "Islets".

About fricking time heh?! I never thought it would happen! Great for all the people who want all the titles on Switch. Ironically it also means we won't get Switch 2 before March 2025.

I played the game back in the day but stopped pretty shortly. It wasn't bad, but other titles got my interest. However the lettertype was far to small, so I hope for you guys they really changed that.

I didn't even know Animal crossing was on mobile.

Overheating as in your device dies? But the system always shuts off when it gets to hot right? Well, I played Zelda the past few weeks and I didn't notice a thing.

@Migoshuro ,

I totally agree, but that's the modern landscape we are in now. Can you think of even one person who came back after cancellation? I can't think of any! What I meant to say: Everyone deserves a second chance, but nowadays that just won't happen.

Sounds like a real hot mess! Disbanding the team behind the Awesome "Lost crown", placing some of them on Bgae2 (should I say more, trololol?) and some on a "Rayman" remake, with a cancelled person as a consultant. If so, Ancel can also be brought back on Bgae2. Ubisoft doesn't seem to understand cancellation: it lasts for Life!

As for a Rayman remake: I rather have a new one.

Game looks really nice and I definitely download it someday at a huge discount. However I am pretty bothered by the fact there's so much copy pasting going on from DK and Crash. There's getting some inspiration, and then there's nicking complete level-designs. Is it so hard to come up with your own designs?

@HomeBearStudio,

I recognized some stuff from the trailer, but if you guys say its all new I take your word for it. Anyway, I also saw lots of stuff that looked new to me. Definitely looking forward to it!

Well, that would be Smash Ultimater of course! I hope that this time he allows more work out of his hands and into other hands. You don't have to do everything, Sakurai! You have a massive team to back you up. Stay healthy!

@MSaturn ,

I feel the same way. The competitors are arriving, and if they are just as good or even better that might not be good news for Team Cherry. Nine Sols for example seems to be really good.

That being said I still hope to one day play a epic Silksong. Maybe they have trouble making it different enough from the first one? Maybe's that why it takes this long?

Didn't know the game came from my homecountry, Holland! I played it and loved it, but didn't finish it (yet). Nice that it finally gets a sequel, though I do recognize some areas and puzzles. Hopefully it doesn't duplicate to may things we already experienced in the first game.

This is trolling on a epic scale. I love it!

Might be this month or in November to promote Mario and Luigi (and maybe a bit more on Metroid Prime 4). Switch 2 will be a no-show though, that will be revealed next year.

It was to be expected, Nintendo being Nintendo. Its more about the merch than the actual museum. Should of course had lots of unseen/rare stuff, information, information on the developers, etc. If I would be in the area and the price would be right I might still have visited it, but from what I have heard/seen they have missed the mark.

If they go with Tencent that doesn't sound good.

I think its a combination of many things: To many copy-paste open-worlds, to many sequels, to many (bad) Marvel-esque humor, to many versions of a game with pre-order dlc a and b, to many bad glitches, to many early discounts, Prince of Persia remake never gonna finish, Beyond good and evil 2 never gonna finish too, etc, etc.

Just go back to the basics, making strong games without nonsense. Prince of Persia: the lost crown was such a great game!

Absolutely NOT! The game looks amazing to me all the time. I play in handheld-mode. The game does have problems, but the framerate ain't one of them!

@Zeldinion ,

Makes sense then.

Nice review and nice score! Finished Prince of Persia the lost crown today so that I can fully focus on Zelda tommorow!

Looks pretty nice, although I hoped you could move free through the city. From the looks of it its still screen by screen progression.

Also: Wasn't Luke supposed to be grown up in this iteration? He seems like a kid again.