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@Chlocean,

Yeah, that's a game I might try someday. It looks interesting.

Can't say I am very excited for a remake, where's my proper sequel? Overall Playtonic is very dissapointing. Over all those years they just made Yooka Laylee (a fun hommage to Banjo, but not great) and a decent Yooka Laylee sidescroller. But where is the proper sequel, where are the titles based on the other Yooka Laylee characters (they wanted to create a universe)? All they do is their indie-label, Playtonic Friends. Its quite dissapointing in my opinion.

I hope Nintendo still has at least one or 2 cool surprises in store for the Holiday to send the Switch off. But to be honest I just expect even more ports and remakes, but we'll see.

As for Silksong: It takes soooo long now, we should get it off our radar for now (we'll see it someday, hopefully). However, maybe a release-date for Nine Sols, wich may be a bit of a Hollowknight killer (I heard its really good).

Isn't it sad?! As far as I know this game isn't even about ramming "the message" home, as some people call it nowadays. Instead, its just a guy who wants to show his culture inside a game, just as Never alone also showed a culture (a "snow people" culture, their real name is a bit hard for me to write. Difficult name). I actually find that refreshing. You get a different peak on the world, and why has every game to be exactly the same?

If it would only be social sim, I would be out! Besides, Engage had the better gameplay (better then Three houses).

I have a couple of loose ends in the game, Ganondorf being a big loose end! With Breath of the wild I also took a hiatus before the endboss, but now I am taking quite a big hiatus. I am also a bit scared I think, the route to him alone is quite painful. But one day I will do it, otherwise the game isn't finished!

The "Magnetic docking" system for the joy-cons scares me. Not only do we have yet another magnetic field, but what if the magnets fail and you drop your Switch? I really hope there's also a physical way to dock those joy-cons. As for the new Switch being compatible with physical AND digital Switch games, does that mean that they finally continue their e-shop and that we finally get a account system (so that we don't have to buy everything again?)? We wait and see.

So Goodfeel keeps making games for Nintendo (They went independent)? Anyway, played the demo. It was okay, but as casual as casual can be. I still might buy it someday, but at a huge discount. And I am hoping that they still bring that "Goemon" game to the west!

Well, they took their time. But it seems it was worth it. I download it someday, at a discount.

I liked the Switch-demo and was thinking it looked nice enough, it was fun and it functioned great. I'll download it someday at a discount, by that time it might be even better (with patches and all). For me it all worked.

Nice review and nice score. I am hoping there will be a physical version though, and not of the "Limited run" variety. Otherwise I'll just wait for a discount.

What happened to that other 2D title, with the skeleton? It looked also very promising. Did they really cancel it just because their Kickstarter campaign went wrong? That would be terrible!

@sanderev

Unless the whole idea is to revisit old Pokemon places with new gameplay.

I saw it recently: better then the first one! Now I am looking forward to the Knuckles series.

I wonder if this will be anything like Arceus, with the throwing mechanic and catching Pokemon without fighting (stuff they ditched in Scarlet and Violet). Might be interesting then. It could also just be a city-builder. Maybe it all plays in one gigantic city?

Lol at the people who immediately assume it will be a Switch 2 launch-title or a dual release. Personally I think its just one of the very last Switch titles in Spring 2025, BEFORE we jump to Switch 2.

@Chaos_Knight,

Fair point, but I still want Rare Replay. Killer instinct is one of the titles that I have the least interest in.

Magical castle remake on Switch please.

No physical version?

@Mgalens,

That would be nice for Nintendo Online users for sure, but I still would love Rare Replay and physical at that. There are quite some games on it that I never played, including all the Xbox stuff.

I have yet to play the first one (downloaded, but its in my backlog). This one looks pretty nice, dark and moody.

Nice for Switch Online users, but personally I hate it! I just want Rare Replay!

I missed the last batch, and don't know if I am going for this new batch (to busy with other games and stuff). But I guess they all get added to the in-game shop at a later date?

Looks like a back to form for Good Feel. Really hope it comes to the west! Looks gorgeous.

Played the vc version, wich was great. Definitely gonna buy this remake someday, it looks amazing.

The previous one didn't blow me away. I think I have had my fill with this series, especially since I am a single-player. That, + I don't want to bother with my dead joy-cons again (I play handheld all the time, with Split pad pro) and I am just waiting for a new Warioland.

I really want to buy it someday, but I hope motion-controls aren't required. My joy-cons are as good as dead, I use the Split pad pro instead!

As for the puzzles: If I remember correctly the sequel almost has no puzzles. Its really a walking simulator, but still worth playing. I never played the first one (the ds title).

Nice review and nice score! Though I really hope they do a 3D Prince of persia again someday, this will do for now. Seems like a return to form, even in 2D. The demo was pretty fun so I'll buy it someday (but I'll wait for a discount).

@johnedwin,

but Japan is Nintendo's own country and Nintendo always takes their country first when making their plans. But we'll see.

In Japan it still seems to be selling massively, and that might be leading for Nintendo. So yeah, another year without a Switch2 or even its anouncement: It wouldn't surprise me.

Happy new year everyone! We aren't through the woods yet with the Switch, games-wise. There's still Mina the hollower, Penny's breakout, Professor Layton, Prince of Persia, to name a few. So even if there's no succesor there's plenty of good stuff. That and my huge backlog.

Zelda on 1...you chose wise guys! Its also my number 1. Also happy that Pikmin 4 is in the top 5 (on 5).

@johnedwin,

If it's still doing that good in Japan I wouldn't be so sure. That and the huge game-sales. I mean I would have also expected it, but not after these figures.

So Switch is still on top in Japan (and there are still people who buy a 2DS?!), Nintendo isn't in a hurry to release a succesor (And I don't mind, as long as there are good games released. Besides, I have a huge backlog).

Great to see that Pikmin does it so well, the series is saved. But where the blazes is Zelda? Ah well, there are just games that Japanese like more it seems. Overall (worldwide) Zelda still did very good, if not the best it ever did.

Definitely something I download next year at a discount. Seems to be a pretty good game and I liked the demo. Very original concept and lovely artstyle (though that artstyle might get boring after a while, I don't know).

nr 1 Zelda
nr 2 Fire emblem Engage
nr 3 Pikmin 4
nr 4 Mario Wonder
nr 5 Sonic superstars

Community nr 1 Mario rpg remake

So far really liking it. Looks great, sounds great, controls great, fun levels. Bosses are pretty fun too.

If they don't bring this to "normal" devices, they are robbing themselves.

Deserved! Doing good on Zelda!

This sounds a lot colder then the old Wario, a lot more gruff (though not bad).

As for Mario and Luigi in Wonder: There Mario also sounded a bit colder, while Luigi was spot-on.

@OorWullie

You are right. But I tried them and like them now. I especially search them out (when they are in a corner) just to hear what they have to say.

That being said the game doesn't blow me away just yet (very early in the game), since its very easy. The New super Mario bros games where harder and had more secrets too.

I thought they would annoy me, but I do like them too. Always a joy to just reach a flower somewhere in a corner just to get a reaction from them!

Hmm, no 10? But a 9 is still very good. I wonder (hah!) how this will click with me. I mean, it does look nice. But nowadays I am into Metroidvania's...maybe this is to simple for me? And does it have enough meat on its bones outside of the online-modes? Also, I might get annoyed by the talking flower. But I'll know soon enough when I have the game in my grasp. It soon gets on my backlog though since I very recently started Pikmin 4.

This is one of the higher scoring reviews. More reviews give it a 6 or 7, wich is usual for Arzest games. That being said, the game looks really cool. Biggest problems seem to be the rubbish online modes and bosses that drag on. I definitely give it a try in the future.

So the people who believed Mario sounded a bit different in Mario bros Wonder where right: Its the new voice-actor. Welcome Kevin! So far you sound really good to me. I personally don't hear any difference to Mario. I don't know about Luigi yet and I wonder if he also voices Wario in the new Warioware. Anyway, looking forward to hearing more of him in the upcoming years!

Well, what did we expect...its from Arzest. They aren't really known for high scoring games. It might still be worth it though, but I might buy it someday at a discount.

I think I'll just get the base game and Picross 9, since that's the only way for me to get acces to Picross 9.

The series has been milked completely dry though. I have all the Switch entries minus 1 or 2, but have still to play most of them.

That's pretty cool!

Sooo, this doesn't solve the "house of bones" crash, or the "Last cutscene" crash? Hopefully they solve that with a future update.

That he didn't Mario's voice in the movie probably was a sign on the wall, though I can't imagine Chris Pratt to be doing it now from now on. Anyway, very sad news. He did a superb job and a new voice in the games might be something we have to get used to. Thank you very much Charles!

Nice review and nice score! The first one was amazing, but I'll wait for this sequel untill a huge discount arrives. Very expensive and I don't have time to play it at the moment anyway because of Zelda. See you next year Blasphemous 2!

By the way: The ign reviewer found the bosses to be pretty easy. Sure that can't be right? How is the difficulty compared to the original?

Also nice to see that the story takes place right after the first ones dlc. Sadly I couldn't play that dlc because it was locked behind New game+ but at least the developers recognize that it exists.

145 hours in and still going. I do have Pikmin 4 but it really has to wait. I initially was very worried about the game: Same overworld, Nintendo being to secretive.

But I shouldn't have worried: The game is amazing, the same overworld isn't a problem since there's so much to do. And then there is the sky islands, grotto's and depths.

However, I think one of the weakest points is actually the advertised sky islands. I just can't get a proper feel for them, they are to far apart and you can't simply fly from one island to the other. Yeah, you can use planes but they also have a lifespan.

Now the depths, that's my stuff. And the grotto's. And the lifely world with all their inhabitants (with their own day-night cycle, Majora's mask style). A lot of things have been improved from Botw. Botw is the more serene experience for sure, while Totk is the more lively one with more stuff to do.

I do prefer the Divine beasts over the dungeons in Totk though. And I also prefer the story in Botw. Totk is yet another "Ganondorf is back" story with zero connection to Calamity Ganon from what I can tell so far. And that's super dissapointing, I really hope the next Zelda has a different antagonist. Also, there isn't much new music that sticks in my head so far. And I prefer the towers in Botw. Sure, they had some fun ideas for it in Totk. But they where super easy to unlock, while in Botw you had to really climb them. The roots in the depth make up for them for a bit, since its often quite a challenge to get to them.

Put short: Lovely game, keeps me goin for a while and definitely game of the year. But Botw is the more serene experience with the better story and dungeons (and it was of course the first Zelda with this format, artstyle and world).