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A Gamecube controller patent could just be for a new Smash game. Expectation management people!

Hope it's true though.

Excellent. I'll never have to visit Nintendo Life again for my Nintendo news

I'm surprised this hasn't happened before. Multiple games disappear from Playstation Plus every month. Maybe Nintendo, to their credit, insist on longer term licenses?

Pokemon Stadium 3!

I'd take a 2nd gen rerelease of Soul Silver though.

Splendid. I'll take ten.

40k? Don't get ripped off folks. I'll sell you a switch 2 for half that price. As long as you don't mind waiting until release day. And that it comes shaped like a Switch 1.

Now you tell me. I'm 40 hours in and near the end 😂

Megaman X9 please and thank you.

Sure, NSO might get shutdown one day, but it will just be replaced with another official way of playing the games on future hardware, so NSO disappearing is highly unlikely to mean these games are gone forever.

Your VC purchases on the other hand are tied to your 3DS, Wii or Wii U. What's going to happen when your hardware dies (and it will die one day)? Gone forever...

"It needs to be a great game"

Such wisdom. I dread to think where Sega would be without him...

It is kind of weird that everywhere does GOTY lists in December and not January when all the games for the previous year and have been released and people have had a chance to play them.

I was looking for a Metroid Prime artbook for Christmas so while this is obviously late for that, it should make a great birthday present next year instead!

@BananaCookie That first screenshot makes him look like he has eyes with slit pupils! But it's just his hair. Tricked me for a moment!

That's quite the visual update, even if some of it is a bit jarring.

I'd be interested to hear if it has any QoL features, and if the button layout can be customised. I'm not sure when I'll get this but I've wanted to give the first game in the series another go for ages.

I started the game tonight and I noticed this too! It throws me off. I probably will get used to it but right now it doesn't feel natural, it requires just that little bit too much concentration.

It sold badly because most have played it already. I suspect that has more to do with it.

Bizarre statement considering the end product. Nothing wrong with Okami in my opinion.

Not sure how well it will have aged but one to watch, especially with any extra polish they might put on.

There will definitely be cheaper physical preorders available at some point but if you like digital, it's cheaper than the £49-59 these will be on the eShop.

I hate to say it but... I think we're going to see a bunch of stuff we already saw at Summer Games Fest. 3rd party titles for Switch. Like Lego Horizon.

Just picked up Berkserk Boy on sale.

At the end of the day, there's no getting away from the facts.

Everything breaks eventually.
Nothing lasts forever.
Joy cons that get used alot, break faster.
You can't compare Joy Cons to older Nintendo controllers. It's like comparing a bicycle to a car. There's far more things that can go wrong with a Joy Con than a SNES controller. It also explains the price hikes. Consumers/Developers want more functionality from their controllers. That comes at a price.

I hate to sound like I'm making excuses and I hope Nintendo go even further to test their hardware durability for Switch 2. But trying to sue Nintendo because "stuff breaks" was never going to work.

Looks good but not seeing the Sonic Adventure comparisons. Looks much more like boost era Sonic to me, Generations, Colours and Forces gameplay of running fast on a road. There's Sonic Heroes vibes too. But not so much Adventure in my opinion.

I mean, they both have Chonky Chu so are both winners in my eyes.

There are many things I loved about TotK, and some things I thought it did better, but overall I think BotW is the better game. Both outstanding though.

@OorWullie I came on here precisely to comment this. How can you leave out the cows from Earthworm Jim.

"Well done" Cow says as his friend grins in the background. Thank you cows. I appreciate you, even if Nintendo Life doesn't.

Personally, I'm waiting to see if these will be playable on Switch 2. Avoiding digital Switch 1 purchases until we know more.

They said the same about FF7R

Unpopular opinion, but I think I'm ready for a new 2D Mario. The last all new one was on the Wii U.

I would however, not like it in the "New" style. I'd like to see a different style, or even the return of something like the Yoshi's Island look.

Of course, I'd take a new 3D game too.

I also made a 40 level 8 world "claasic" game in Mario Maker 2. I spent months on it rather than years though. I'm proud of it even if it ain't a "Mario Bros 5".

I always thought Rayman was kind of cool so off you pop NL. There's several Nintendo first parties I'd rather not play over Rayman Origins or Legends.

I'd add the Megaman Zero/zx Collection to this list. And I'd take Mario 3D World off because... it just doesn't belong here. Sorry haha!

Love it. I had to scan my eyes over every bit a few times and saw something different going on each time.

Don't steal games, then this sort of thing won't happen...

I'm just looking forward to seeing what progress has been made. Cause those gameplay videos a few months back were a bit dull and bare bones, in my opinion.

Wild Charizard!

Helping out disadvantaged kids? Always great. If The Pokemon Company benefits from the good publicity, who cares.

Jebus, I'm not sure I have time for 100 hours of additional side quests, no matter how good they are. At least the ones I do end up doing won't feel like a waste of time.

I just bought Axiom Verge 2 for 25% off. Pretty sure that's not a multiplayer game! XD

My point is, for those complaining... there's single player stuff on sale too. And big sale's come along fairly regularly. No need to panic.

What do I want to see from this very specific Splatoon Direct??

Smash Bros character reveal and BOTW2 news, OBVIOUSLY!

That Midway 12 in 1. Lovely! Maybe some day...

I'd rather have a timeline for their release to be honest.

Sega's creativity through the Dreamcast/Gamecube generations was top notch. Shame they're not the same now.

I'd take a Megaman X9 with SNES graphics please.

It's an optional mode. What's the problem?

Sonic the Leghog.

I pronounce it "The demo was just ok, I might get it on sale"

Sounds like there's room for a lot of improvement with the EU site. Maybe it's a big overhaul?
There's never a good time for these things.

@mariomaster96 We've all been hyped about something in our lives so I understand. It's still kind of bizarre if you think about it though.

Who cares about how they announce things?? Whether it's announced in a direct or not makes zero difference to the final game or your level of enjoyment.