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Their policies and hiring/collaboration practices over the past years led to this.

Alarmo is my all time favorite Nintendo game. I used to have a pretty big collection of games from N64 to Switch 2 but after getting Alarmo I threw them all in the trash and am so very happy with that decision.

As always it will be Vroom in the Night Sky for me!

The greatest game ever made!

You all remember when Crang controlled that weird looking human body from the lower stomach? Because obviously that's where all the controls would be located.

Do you all fully focus on a game as you play? I'm old so it's not a youngster thing but I like to have the TV on when I play handheld Switch 2. As a result, playing games like this aren't my bag. They're the game version of a subtitled movie. They better be all time greats or really fun (Train to Busan, half of Godfather 2, etc) for me to give them my all. Zelda is my all time fav series and I just couldn't get behind Cadence of Hyrule. So if that can't do it for me, I doubt anything will.

The pitch for this game: "It's basketball Rocket League. But here's the twist....It's significantly more difficult to play and also less exciting".

Who knows if the game will suck but from the trailers this is how you do DEI right. Speaking as someone who often gets annoyed by forced diversity, I don't see how anyone could get upset about this. The representation of the handicapped in this game appears to be done perfectly and I'm looking forward to playing this game.

Are current employees at NL not allowed to have Twitter links in their bio?

As always, I'll spend another weekend non-stop playing Vroom in the Night Sky.

If Tony Hawk kept Ollie the Magic Bum in the game it would have easily topped Mario Kart.

@LastFootnote Good call. I'm not sure how I was off that badly. I'm pretty sure I heard it on a podcast or something but now I'm thinking I probably misheard. I deleted the original comment. Thanks for the correction.

Without Ollie the Magic Bum no soundtrack or polished visuals could ever make this game worth buying.

I'm very happy with my switch 2 and I'm enjoying it quite a bit but overall I'm a little bit disappointed that Nintendo went in this direction. It's the safe direction, Nintendo not known for being safe. My entire life they would always come out with a new console that was inventive and broke norms and was fun and I know they failed with the Wii U and they didn't do super great with the GameCube and 64 but they also had the Wii and DS.

I wasn't expecting anything groundbreaking. We all knew a more powerful switch was the way they were going but it's somewhat disappointing nonetheless.

Am I wrong or when you use Cow on a bike she clearly has a dirty butt?

It's on brand for real cows in general but I just noticed it today and I had to do a double take cause I thought there was no way Nintendo would do that.

It made me chuckle.

Another reason why Cow is 100% the best character in MKW.

This is the first time I ever voted for a cover art that wasn't USA and I'm still gonna lose. Japan is way too busy, The fancy tea lad art is better than the American version and overall the best.

@mouseclicker Please let me know what I said that was bigoted.

I am a huge Disney fan. IMO he was the most creative person in modern times. I go to Disney World maybe 15 times a year. I love all things Walt Disney.

I 100% believe that Shigeru Miyamoto is the closest living person we have to Walter Elias Disney.

I feel lucky to be alive at the same time as Shigeru Miyamoto to witness him carve out his place in the history of creative geniuses. I love how he now has his own parks and movies. It just makes me so happy.

When people use blue sky to post about being laid off it tells me the layoffs were probably a good decision by the company. Here's to an overall stronger and more streamlined Playtonic!

@spiderman0616 My favorite food group is microplastics. I'm in favor of Switch 2 boxes being double or triple the current size. All digital purchases should be banned in favor of plastic cased physical media.

@Duncanballs This comment is more painful than my years spent in the Gulag.

@BirdoDidNothingWrong OMG, I'm so sorry. I should have never made light of the true horror so many have endured during the Console Wars that have raged for decades just to make a dumb joke. Please accept my sincere apology. I will be better going forward.

@donv2135 Game Keys are significantly worse than any war crime that has ever been committed.

I can't wait for this game. It was my all-time favorite 3DS game and my plan is to play this until however long it takes before I either max everything out or get sick of it and then go buy a Switch 2.

I'll be holding off on the switch too until I'm done with the new fantasy life. I've been waiting for that game forever. The 3DS one was amazing and it'll take me probably 3 months at least to get through or do we to get through enough of it where I'm happy. And by that time I'm hoping they'll be plenty of switch twos around.

Hobbits don't look like that in the books.

Just filled out the form for what to be called in the credits. I went with: "I Wish I Never Backed This Game".

I play video games so I don't have to read books.

Well Australia is upside down so I guess it makes sense.

I used to sneak my Gameboy into church and play Paperboy during the boring sermons.

An official charging stand for Joy Con? That settles it, I might have to finally get a Switch!

This was a great article and well written by Ollie Reynolds.

"A slight delay"??? Is that a joke??? This useless game has been delayed over 5 years! Jools is likely a con man and this game will never be released. Stop giving this grifter so much good press NL.

I'm just looking for pixelated boobs.

Nearly half of all Switch owners have MK8 Deluxe. Wow. I know it's been a pack in many times but that's still amazing seeing how at its core it's a Wii U game that was released almost 3 years before the Switch.

It will be nearly impossible for MK9 to live up to this success...but I hope to see it do even better on Switch U.

BOTW > TOTK.

Breath is such a better game.

I know the sales mean nothing since they were years apart but I truly feel that Breath of the Wild is by far the better gaming experience.

Ocarina was my all time favorite game until BOTW came out and knocked Ocarina to the #2 spot on my list. I don't think Tears even makes my top 10.

Xbox will catch up in no time!

Anyone remember that DK64 mini game where you played as a rhino and would smash rats or pigs or something in an arena on a timer? I haven't thought about that in like 20+ years but when I was a kid my friends and I would compete to see who could get the high score. We played that mini game way more than the actual game hah.

They had one set up at my local Blockbuster as a demo unit. That's the only time I ever experienced it.

Bowser has an elephant leg? hah.

Oh I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Weiner

Is there payola on with NL and Atooi? This site is always positive about this scammer outfit.

Well at least losing health benefits won't be a huge deal cause they can operate on themselves.

@kingbk Provide for your family, read a book, read the news.

@kingbk Just because lots of people do something it does not make it any less embarrassing.

Being an adult gamer is embarrassing. I mean I still do it cause it's fun but it's like playing in a Mcdonalds play place as a 30 year old.

If it wasn't so infuriating it would be funny that Hatch Tales might come out this year, the probable last year of the Switch. Chicken Wiggle was a really fun game and I believe a major reason it didn't sell better was due to it releasing on 3DS after the Switch released.

@JackieCMarlow Completely with you. It's just sad because I have enjoyed every game I've ever played from Renegade Kid/Atooi. But my trust and therefore support in Jools and everyone who decides to work for him, is completely gone.

@Kilroy "2) I don't follow the sheep in the internet hate machine and come online just to be negative. All that does is create stress."

When someone has disappointed me for around 5 years it does not create stress to bash that person. To me it's a release of stress that is also entertaining and makes me smile.

Perhaps that's just where we are different.