I thought Bananza was some third party title like Mario & Rabbids (very good game), so I didn't pay much attention to it. Then I heard it was being developed by the Odyssey devs and then I was immediately super interested. These early reviews are looking solid.
Eh, they'll become worthless once Nintendo shut down the NS2 eshop in the near future and you can't download them anymore. It'll be a weird thing to own once that happens, like, what do you do with it then?
I bought the Switch for BotW and now I'm buying Switch 2 to re-experience BotW/TotK. I'm very excited for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Elden Ring Tarnished Edition and The Duskbloods. Can't wait for 5th June.
Finishing BOTW first before heading into TOTK, still got 2 divine beasts to rescue, so not sure how long it will take to finish (maybe half way through?) but It'll make TOTK a better experience if I can hold my restraint and ignore TOTK sitting on my shelf there. Looking so forward to it though!
I'm guessing the Switch will cease to exist in 6 months too? >_>
This looks like fun and it's a cool idea, reminds me of Tetris Attack in the way you could dump garbage blocks onto your enemy's screen to mess them up. I was going to try it but this gone in 6 months malarkey has put me off, but it's just Nintendo sticking with their gimmicky nature.
So I'll just say goodbye SMB. 35 now. See you in 5 years.
My favourite console, I still spend more time on my 3DS then I do on my Switch. With so so many great 3DS games and then you have access to the many, many great DS games, it will be a timeless console, it'll take years to play through the impressive library.
Even back in the day, the 2D sprites (trees, coins, fenses, UI etc) in Mario 64 looked awful, glad they sorted this for this release at least, it looks a lot better.
What a shame Nintendo didn't spend more time on this package to make it special for Mario's 35th.
The omission of Mario Galaxy 2 makes me wonder if it will be a fully fledged Remaster/HD standalone title like the Zelda Wii U releases, which I would be very fine with. Otherwise, it's odd it wasn't included.
Also, I'd call 3D All*Stars an inferior All*Stars package when you compare it to the Super Nintendo Mario All*Stars which did an amazing job of remaking/updating all 4 Mario games for the SNES, that was an amazingly well made package.
Still have my trusty Wii U to play NintendoLand, Mario Party 8-10, Wii Sports + Wii Sports Resort and Wii Party + Wii Party U, they're amazing party games and nothing so far on the Switch has bettered them.
I started with Wild World, became an instant fan and was eagerly awaiting New Leaf, was not disappointed and oh my god I sunk so many hours into that game. Pocket Camp was too stressful to play, with those timed events which you had to grind to unlock items was just a horrid experience and it felt like the events were getting tougher so you had to spend money on them. Immediately removed that game and never looked back, that's not Animal Crossing.
It blows my mind that New Leaf came out 7 years ago already and Wild World was released 15 years ago! Recently went back to Wild World and the game feels weird, the controls felt off and the animals just look creepy, but as a DS game it looked great. New Leaf really spoiled us with much better aesthetics, I never played City Folk so going from Wild World to New Leaf was quite a big jump, it was a brilliant sequel.
Hoping New Horizons feels the same and I expect it will seeing how series keeps going from strength to strength.
Amazing series. Still got that promo VHS tape I got with Nintendo Magazine System (they were amazing to read before it got changed to Official Nintendo Magazine or ONM) with interviews with the Rare staff and watching some guy in a DK suit monkeying around. The gag was the banana thing, they kept offering and eating them, was pretty nifty, it even showed you some very easy game secrets which I felt was pointless.
Made me chuckle. Nintendo, many people have taken apart the joy-cons to try and fix the problem and it's glaringly obvious you used cheaper materials which are not durable or well designed at all and the fast wear and tear of the contact pads which read the x and y inputs just introduce more gunk build up which can interfere with the control stick readings. The joy-cons are not going to last long especially for the price paid, they need to redesign the metal sliders inside the control stick which slide across the contact pads to be less scratchy and the contact pads need to be more durable. They messed up.
I love how you can share and rate pictures and explore other peoples creations, such a great unexpected new feature! Decided to get this on PS4 instead after trying the Switch demo...That Switch hardware upgrade cannot come soon enough!
There's alot of great talent at Playtonic which made me back their kickstarter for that special physical release. I bet Playtonic will really shine with their next game especially after all the fixes they released for Yooka-Laylee.
The animated Final Fantasy's and animated Resident Evil's are solid efforts, basically live action films just never look or turn out good. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Silent Hill and Warcraft at least tried, there was a lot I liked in those films but they're far from perfect.
You're better off just sticking with animated, comics or books which do a much better job but ofcourse, just watching a game get spliced together as a film on youtube is far more enjoyable than these terrible films.
The 3DS has got an impressively LARGE library of fantastic and quirky titles. That's what I loved so much about the 3DS, it had so many amazing exclusives whereas the Switch is drowning in re-releases that the Switch is quickly losing its identity.
Luigi's Mansion, then Yo-Kai Watch 3 and soon Bowser's Inside Story and then Etrian Odyssey Nexus in Feb are fantastic releases as the 3DS leaves the limelight but it will never leave our hearts.
The 3DS is easily my favourite console so far and it shocks me to see how many games I own for it, probably about 80 last I checked since I keep my games and never sell them on. I've never purchased so many games for a console before, just shows what a brilliant console it is.
This looks like a decent game and I never knew it existed a few days ago, still hoping Yo-Kai Watch 3 will arrive in the UK...And then there's Etrian Odyssey Nexus and Luigi's Mansion to look forward to which I'm hyped for!
They should offer just cloud storage for a cheaper price, because the rest of the Switch Online features are of no use to me. I'd be paying £18 a year just to backup my saves. :/
My Switch is mostly docked and noticed a few weeks back there's a crack next to the top air vent. Never been dropped, so it's odd. Will contact customer support once Switch Online goes live since I have 2 years warranty on it.
Will be interesting to see how this affects the population of MK8 and Splatoon 2 when this thing launches, because it's so barebones right now and still needing to use that horrid app for voice comms is terrible. And cloud saves won't work for all games, so that's a worry.
I pay £40 a year for PS Plus and feel it's a great deal, especially with those newer PS Plus games every month.
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Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Donkey Kong Bananza
I thought Bananza was some third party title like Mario & Rabbids (very good game), so I didn't pay much attention to it. Then I heard it was being developed by the Odyssey devs and then I was immediately super interested. These early reviews are looking solid.
Re: Splatoon 3's Summer Nights Event Returns Next Month With A New Splatfest & Free Items
Just got Splatoon 3 last week so looking forward to this.
Re: Publishers Are "Thanking" Nintendo For Game-Key Cards On Switch 2
Eh, they'll become worthless once Nintendo shut down the NS2 eshop in the near future and you can't download them anymore. It'll be a weird thing to own once that happens, like, what do you do with it then?
Re: Opinion: Upgraded For Switch 2, ARMS Deserves A Second Shot At Greatness
Always really liked this game, why I never sold it, will be revisiting it on NS2.
Re: Hands On: I Didn't Think I Could Love BOTW Or TOTK More, Then I Played Them On Switch 2
I bought the Switch for BotW and now I'm buying Switch 2 to re-experience BotW/TotK. I'm very excited for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Elden Ring Tarnished Edition and The Duskbloods. Can't wait for 5th June.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 13th)
Finishing BOTW first before heading into TOTK, still got 2 divine beasts to rescue, so not sure how long it will take to finish (maybe half way through?) but It'll make TOTK a better experience if I can hold my restraint and ignore TOTK sitting on my shelf there. Looking so forward to it though!
Re: Soapbox: An Ode To The 3DS, Nintendo's Workhorse Console
I'm keeping my MASSSSSSIVE 3DS game collection, the 3DS is hands down the best console I've ever had the pleasure of owning.
Re: Review: Super Mario Bros. 35 - A Six-Month Jolt Of Life For An Iconic Classic
I'm guessing the Switch will cease to exist in 6 months too? >_>
This looks like fun and it's a cool idea, reminds me of Tetris Attack in the way you could dump garbage blocks onto your enemy's screen to mess them up. I was going to try it but this gone in 6 months malarkey has put me off, but it's just Nintendo sticking with their gimmicky nature.
So I'll just say goodbye SMB. 35 now. See you in 5 years.
Re: Nintendo 3DS Production Has Officially Come To An End
My favourite console, I still spend more time on my 3DS then I do on my Switch. With so so many great 3DS games and then you have access to the many, many great DS games, it will be a timeless console, it'll take years to play through the impressive library.
Re: Video: Super Mario 3D All-Stars Looks Miles Better Than The Originals, And Here's The Proof
Even back in the day, the 2D sprites (trees, coins, fenses, UI etc) in Mario 64 looked awful, glad they sorted this for this release at least, it looks a lot better.
What a shame Nintendo didn't spend more time on this package to make it special for Mario's 35th.
Re: Review: Super Mario 3D All-Stars - Three Of Mario's Greatest Adventures Come To Switch
The omission of Mario Galaxy 2 makes me wonder if it will be a fully fledged Remaster/HD standalone title like the Zelda Wii U releases, which I would be very fine with. Otherwise, it's odd it wasn't included.
Also, I'd call 3D All*Stars an inferior All*Stars package when you compare it to the Super Nintendo Mario All*Stars which did an amazing job of remaking/updating all 4 Mario games for the SNES, that was an amazingly well made package.
Re: Soapbox: Wii Party Is 10 Years Old, And I Really Want A Switch Version
Still have my trusty Wii U to play NintendoLand, Mario Party 8-10, Wii Sports + Wii Sports Resort and Wii Party + Wii Party U, they're amazing party games and nothing so far on the Switch has bettered them.
Re: Blimey, Donkey Kong Country 2 Looks Lovely In HD
DKC1-3 Remastered as one package on the Switch, when?
Re: Video: RoboCop Versus Terminator Is A Thing Again, Thanks To Mortal Kombat
Nice. Now give us the game.
Re: Review: DOOM 64 - Will Tide You Over Until DOOM Eternal Arrives On Switch
I'm seriously surprised at that low price.
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Director "Thrilled" By The Isabelle X Doom Slayer Artwork
I must admit 2 of my favourite game series coming together like this has been pretty awesome, keep sharing your amazing work people!
Re: Video: The Animal Crossing Clone You've Probably Never Heard Of
Hah, never heard of it too. Could be fun to try.
Re: Feature: Best Animal Crossing Games Of All Time - Where Does New Horizons Rank?
Here at last!
I started with Wild World, became an instant fan and was eagerly awaiting New Leaf, was not disappointed and oh my god I sunk so many hours into that game. Pocket Camp was too stressful to play, with those timed events which you had to grind to unlock items was just a horrid experience and it felt like the events were getting tougher so you had to spend money on them. Immediately removed that game and never looked back, that's not Animal Crossing.
It blows my mind that New Leaf came out 7 years ago already and Wild World was released 15 years ago! Recently went back to Wild World and the game feels weird, the controls felt off and the animals just look creepy, but as a DS game it looked great. New Leaf really spoiled us with much better aesthetics, I never played City Folk so going from Wild World to New Leaf was quite a big jump, it was a brilliant sequel.
Hoping New Horizons feels the same and I expect it will seeing how series keeps going from strength to strength.
Re: Guide: How To Customise Furniture In Animal Crossing: New Horizons - How To Import Designs From Animal Crossing On 3DS Explained
I never even knew you could import designs from New Leaf, that's just fantastic. Nice little guide.
Re: Feature: We Paid A Visit To Nintendo TOKYO On Opening Day, And Here's What We Found
Those LoZ pins look fantastic, Nintendo put out some great merchandise.
Re: Anniversary: Feel Old Everyone, Donkey Kong Country Turns 25 Today
Amazing series. Still got that promo VHS tape I got with Nintendo Magazine System (they were amazing to read before it got changed to Official Nintendo Magazine or ONM) with interviews with the Rare staff and watching some guy in a DK suit monkeying around. The gag was the banana thing, they kept offering and eating them, was pretty nifty, it even showed you some very easy game secrets which I felt was pointless.
Ah the times.
Re: Video: Ciri And Yen From The Witcher Netflix Series Read Fan Reactions To The Teaser Trailer
Freya Allan wasn't sure where Yennefer was from. As one of the lead characters in the show, you'd think she did her homework.
But I was expecting them to read out the mixed responses.
Re: Nintendo Releases Statement About Switch Joy-Con Drift Issue
"recent reports" and "some joy-con controllers"
Made me chuckle. Nintendo, many people have taken apart the joy-cons to try and fix the problem and it's glaringly obvious you used cheaper materials which are not durable or well designed at all and the fast wear and tear of the contact pads which read the x and y inputs just introduce more gunk build up which can interfere with the control stick readings. The joy-cons are not going to last long especially for the price paid, they need to redesign the metal sliders inside the control stick which slide across the contact pads to be less scratchy and the contact pads need to be more durable. They messed up.
Re: Review: Terraria - A Fine Switch Port That’s Missing One Key Ingredient
That's got to be a pricing error?
Re: Team17 And Playtonic Games Share Super Mario Maker 2 Levels For You To Play
Whoa, this is amazing!
Re: Review: Dragon Quest Builders 2 - Beating Minecraft At Its Own Game
I love how you can share and rate pictures and explore other peoples creations, such a great unexpected new feature! Decided to get this on PS4 instead after trying the Switch demo...That Switch hardware upgrade cannot come soon enough!
Re: Yooka-Laylee Dev Playtonic Games Teases New Game Reveal
There's alot of great talent at Playtonic which made me back their kickstarter for that special physical release. I bet Playtonic will really shine with their next game especially after all the fixes they released for Yooka-Laylee.
Re: Breath Of The Wild Mod Finally Lets Zelda Forge Her Own Legend
Just wow, BOTW looks stunning in 1080p+.
Re: Feature: Forget Sonic, These Are the 10 Worst Video Game Movies Ever
The animated Final Fantasy's and animated Resident Evil's are solid efforts, basically live action films just never look or turn out good. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Silent Hill and Warcraft at least tried, there was a lot I liked in those films but they're far from perfect.
You're better off just sticking with animated, comics or books which do a much better job but ofcourse, just watching a game get spliced together as a film on youtube is far more enjoyable than these terrible films.
Re: Starlink: Battle For Atlas' Huge Crimson Moon Update Is Now Live
This is wonderful, so glad this game got more goodies.
Re: Random: Phew, The Internet Is Fixing That Terrible Sonic Movie Trailer
The redesign from Edward Pun looks great.
Re: Soapbox: I Don't 'Get' Smash Bros. And I Just Don't Know Why
It's the only Ninty game I've never purchased.
Re: Feature: The 50 Best Nintendo 3DS Games Of All Time - Zelda, Pokémon, Animal Crossing And More
Should have been a top 100, the 3DS has an amazing and large library.
Re: Talking Point: Come In Nintendo 3DS, Your Time Is Up
The 3DS has got an impressively LARGE library of fantastic and quirky titles. That's what I loved so much about the 3DS, it had so many amazing exclusives whereas the Switch is drowning in re-releases that the Switch is quickly losing its identity.
Re: Video: Old-School Footage Of Reggie At E3 2006 Surfaces On YouTube
What does he keep trying to catch?
Re: Feature: The Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Team On Remaking A Beloved Classic
Luigi's Mansion, then Yo-Kai Watch 3 and soon Bowser's Inside Story and then Etrian Odyssey Nexus in Feb are fantastic releases as the 3DS leaves the limelight but it will never leave our hearts.
The 3DS is easily my favourite console so far and it shocks me to see how many games I own for it, probably about 80 last I checked since I keep my games and never sell them on. I've never purchased so many games for a console before, just shows what a brilliant console it is.
Re: Talking Point: Which SNES Games Do You Want To See On Nintendo Switch Online?
All of Capcom's SNES releases please.
The 3 amazing RPG's.
Secret of Evermore
Terranigma
Illusion of Gaia
And for the dungeon crawlers!
Eye Of The Beholder
Dungeon Master
Might and Magic II/III
Arcana
Wizardry V
Re: Yo-Kai Watch 3 Is Finally Headed To Europe And North America This Winter
OMG, FINALLY. A big part of me was expecting this not to happen with all the talk of Yo-Kai Watch 4 on the Switch, so glad it's finally happening!
Re: David Wise And More Set To Appear On Video Game Soundtrack Radio Series Diggin' In The Carts
Ah, that picture from DKC2 bings back very fond memories of this amazing game.
Re: Yo-Kai Watch Blasters - A Spin-Off Done Right, Even If We've Had To Wait A While
This looks like a decent game and I never knew it existed a few days ago, still hoping Yo-Kai Watch 3 will arrive in the UK...And then there's Etrian Odyssey Nexus and Luigi's Mansion to look forward to which I'm hyped for!
Re: Soapbox: We Like To Grumble, But Nintendo Switch Online Is Actually A Very Generous Offer
They should offer just cloud storage for a cheaper price, because the rest of the Switch Online features are of no use to me. I'd be paying £18 a year just to backup my saves. :/
Re: Super Battletoads Is A Cancelled Game Boy Game That Was 100% Finished And Ready To Go
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs and Battletoads Double Dragon on the SNES were brilliant, never played the Gameboy versions sadly.
Re: Poll: Is Your Nintendo Switch Cracking Under The Pressure?
My Switch is mostly docked and noticed a few weeks back there's a crack next to the top air vent. Never been dropped, so it's odd. Will contact customer support once Switch Online goes live since I have 2 years warranty on it.
Re: Random: Toys R Us Employee Finds A Mario Kart 64 Box Hidden Under A Shelf
My favourite Mario Kart. It boggles my mind that's been sitting under a shelf for 21 years or so!
Re: Pre-Orders For Banjo-Kazooie Statue By First 4 Figures Can Be Validated On 10th July
Looks like a tapeworm spewing out of his bellybutton. They could have designed the effect better for that price.
Re: Four New Weapons Are About To Make A Splash In Splatoon 2
Still addicted to this gem, still splatting salmonids.
Re: The Virtual Console Isn't Coming To Switch, Nintendo Confirms
Wow, they're really pushing their Switch Online nonsense.
Re: Nintendo Switch Online Finally Revealed: Cloud Saves, NES Games And Pricing Confirmed
Will be interesting to see how this affects the population of MK8 and Splatoon 2 when this thing launches, because it's so barebones right now and still needing to use that horrid app for voice comms is terrible. And cloud saves won't work for all games, so that's a worry.
I pay £40 a year for PS Plus and feel it's a great deal, especially with those newer PS Plus games every month.
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Switch)
We just need DKC Returns on the Switch, that game is also brilliant.
Re: Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom Switch Pre-Orders Are Ten Times Stronger Than PS4
I miss Tomba! Reminds me so much of those games. I have a PS4 and Switch and I'd rather buy this on Switch.