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@Ghost_of_Hasashi Sonic the Hedgehog F-Zero Racing with zombies, coming soon to Google Stadia!

Sonic is still Sega's Mario. Where would they be today without him.

I picked up Generations again recently from Steam for something like £1 in a sale so maybe all those units sold didn't actually bring in that much.

Hoping for something more interesting than just the Sonic Colours remake at E3

Would Nintendo Life be interested in doing a proper article about the real cost of emulating these different platforms?

Coding, licensing, obtaining reratings by modern standards, advertising, hosting costs, etc etc etc. And a measure of what the actual demand for these games is, how much they really get played, how much Nintendo actually make from NSO vs the cost of running it?

We get these "wouldn't it be wonderful if..." articles every single day here at NL, but never one looking at the reality.

It simply is not as easy as it sounds.

E3 is often disappointing so I don't get my hopes up for too much.

They'd be mad to not show anything from the big 3 we're waiting for (Zelda, Bayonetta, Metroid). I suspect we'll get a 2022 release date for Zelda BotW2 as a minimum, and a couple of new reveals for lesser releases.

I say 2022 for BotW2 because we're already getting a Zelda this year. I also believe Nintendo and a lot of other publishers have not been honest with us about just how much COVID has effected development times. I would be very surprised if we see a concrete date for Metroid.

Nintendo's argument will be that if people are playing fan made games, they're not playing the real games and therefore, not giving their money to Nintendo. It's a business decision. Are they right? Debatable.

I'll tell you exactly what it is!

It's a Switch!

Love their games. Wish Capcom would let them do Megaman ZX3. That story needs finishing.

Cringe. Cringe. Cringe.

@duffmmann Oh I agree. I was talking more about launching MK9 on the same platform as MK8. All they would be doing is replacing one currently selling well game, with another, at great developmental and publishing expense.

It would be nice but it makes no business sense as long as MK8 is still selling so well.

Sounds like some old dates from an older document copy and pasted in and nobody bothered to update them. Must have been 1 line in amongst hundreds of pages. Nothing to see here.

@60frames-please Thanks! It kept me busy in lockdown! You're right, there's tons of good levels but people are too lazy to look properly.

I have! Try out my Super World. It's not too hard or troll-y.

VDS-MLS-Q4G

Baldo?

Baldo?

Baldo. Yes it's called Baldo. I had to read it a few times.

Looks cute.

So, is this better for charities? I thought that was the whole point of humble bundle.

Breath of Shadows.

Shantae for me! I just picked up Seven Sirens too as it was on sale.

The YouTube chat is a sad state of affairs. Everyone commenting BotW2, Prime 4, Smash etc... it's INDIE! The clue is in the name.

Tough one this week. I like them both.

Nice list. I'm trying to find a pre order for pokemon snap under 42 quid. Usually one of the cheaper online retailers has a good deal on new releases, but struggling this time.

Nevermind what Green Mario thinks! Where do I get that picture of the baby Mario's and the stork??

It's not like there isn't other stuff to play...

35 isn't even a proper anniversary to celebrate anyway. We going to have all this drama again for the 40th?

Feels longer. Anyone else agree?

Wow. This list really brings home what an awesome library the little GBA had. Lots of my fave games here. I don't even disagree with general layout and was pleasantly surprised that the top 10 wasn't dominated by Mario, Zelda and Pokemon. Good job all.

Voted Aus/NZL. It's more crisp than the Japan region.

Europe's just sucks.

It's more action adventure in my humble opinion.

This list looks very short. Lots missing I can imagine.

Some great great games in there. Hopefully they'll shine amongst all the Mario and Zelda ports.

We need stuff like this to keep us grounded in a world that takes things to seriously sometimes.

Sadly, I'm the one guy who played the Wii U version, so can't take part

Those are some top, top tier games they've worked on. Looking forward to seeing what the final products look like.

I don't mind it and the games aren't finished yet. The final product will look better. Reserve judgement!

@Letzg077 These, and the Legends game, are unfinished. I would expect some of the rough edges, like jaggy polygons and jumpy animations to be improved before the final releases.

The environmental cost of all consoles is pretty interesting too. No one comes out looking good in that regard.

Nintendo shot itself in the foot making celebrating 35th anniversaries a thing.

They'll have to go through this whole thing again for the 40th! Constantly spending time and resources creating rereleases, deluxe editions and collections for whatever console is around then, causing further delays in actual new games.

Sums up Twitter really. Nothing nice can survive there.

I'M FROTHING, FROTHING AT THE MOUTH! LET'S BURN DOWN POKEMON HQ!!

Are we going to go through all this again for the 40th anniversary?

Fans: Don't announce games too early!
Nintendo: Ok
Fans:

Waiting for a trailer.

Nintendo should absolutely continue to innovate. There wouldn't have been a Switch without Nintendo's experimentation. It's unbelievably foolish to say they could just keep releasing Switch 2, 3, 4 forever and people would just keep buying it because it had Switch in the name. It didn't work for the Wii U and the name Wii was just as well known at the time as Switch is now, arguably more so!

I think there's a happy middle ground to be met. I enjoyed Sword and Shield, but my biggest gripe with it was the battle mechanics feel so dated and slow now.

Having a wild pokemon in the red and with a status condition and just selecting Ultra Ball from a menu screen over and over again and having no luck? Infuriating and dull in 2021. I'd actually prefer Let's Go catching to that today, where the quality of your throw can make all the difference to whether or not you catch the pokemon or not, rather than some random catch rate stat in the background.

"We're excited to announce... Sonic 2 for the PS5 and Xbox Series X!"

...

In all seriousness, hoping for an actual reveal, not an announcement about an announcement.

For a company that "can't wait!" to share news about what's next for Sonic, they sure have waited a long time...

The GBA SP Classic NES Edition thank you! Yum yum yum.

@kuri4 Hand on heart, I did not see your comment starting "here's the thing..." until after I posted mine. The fact mine started the same way as yours is a glorious coincidence! Haha

Here's the thing. There's nothing "classic" about Nintendo directs. They got on just fine without them for over 25 years before the first Direct in 2011. Times have changed, the way people digest media has changed. Directs had their time, now we get news differently.

Man that box art takes me back to a simpler time. The nostalgia is real.

Not strict at all. Very reasonable and any legit streamer or let's play channel pretty much sticks to these rules anyway to avoid YouTube's algorithm taking it down automatically.

Anyone with one of these cards should hold onto it. Cards with mistakes tend to become quite collectable later on.

What are they bravely defaulting on? Their mortgage payments?

Maybe it's something to do with data protection laws in Europe that mean Nintendo aren't allowed to crunch these numbers over here?

Or it's Nintendo being Nintendo.