JJtheTexan

The upcoming Nintendo Life review will abbreviate the title after the first reference to GTSJIANAHOASBAAPDAMG

Perhaps equally important to its price increases is Sony's decision over the last decade or so to basically surrender the Japan market in favor of North America and Europe. (I could swear I read something about this on PushSquare last year or the year before, but I can't find the original post...)

I only just started playing a few days ago. Good timing!

Loved this feature! It was a lot of fun looking back at the reviews for these great games. I generally agree with the majority, with a couple of exceptions (glares at Skyward Sword).

A few omissions, at least in my opinion:

• Vampire Survivors (endlessly addicting, created an entirely new genre)
• OutRun (either 3DS or Nintendo Switch, it's flawless)
• Mega Man X (really the biggest omission on this list, I think)
• SteamWorld Dig 2

Fire Emblem: Awakening perhaps also deserved a shout. It has aged exceptionally well

I somehow managed to play this game quite a bit when I was a kid, and I loved it. I'm quite happy to enjoy it again on the Nintendo Switch, though I've already been able to do that with its inclusion in the Namco Museum Archives: Vol. 2 collection.

Anyway, I don't care for either box art. I'd love to see a modern interpretation from the Game Freak artists!

All three of these games are already available on Nintendo Switch in the Namco Museum Archives collections, if you don't have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. Either way, Mendel Palace is a bit of a hidden gem on the NES and well worth your time! Great visuals and music, and a few of the enemies look like sort of proto-Pokemon.

I wish my life was as stable as my Nintendo Switch 2

NEWS: Nintendo Switch game works on Nintendo Switch 2 in the same ways as nearly all other original Switch games

Nintendo is reeeeeallly reaching here.

@UpsideDownRowlet failing to understand sarcasm on the internet, even moreso.

A movie, like a game, does not have to be considered "good" by critics in order to be fun and / or enjoyable. The first (animated) Super Mario movie wasn't particularly good, but it was still enjoyable for fans. I think this one will be much the same.

My cinephile girlfriend refuses to see it. Too hung up on films with a "coherent plot" and "strong cinematography." I'll go see it with friends lol

I read this website every single day and I got almost every question wrong. I'm not reading enough articles!

I wish I could just be surprised and delighted and blown away again by something just one more time. It's a great feeling! But it never happens anymore, because everything gets leaked, or in this case deliberately shown to everyone because some imbecile in Marketing thought it was a good idea.

Awesome surprise character in an upcoming movie? Nope, you're not allowed to be surprised. Surprise remake of my all-time favorite game? Not anymore! Someone leaked it for Internet Cred and Aura Farming or some nonsense.

This crap is why my enthusiasm for gaming and entertainment in general is nearly at a nadir. Nobody wants to surprise and delight anymore. They just want to make money.

I was livid when Epic bought Aquiris. I love Horizon Chase Turbo, and pretty much everything I feared has happened; Aquiris was no longer allowed to make racing games, but instead moved to being a Fortnite support studio. No more Horizon Chase games would be made after Horizon Chase 2. Now this absurdity: delisting a game that has no reason to be delisted!

HCT doesn't have licensed cars or tracks, and the Ayrton Senna DLC is licensed but could easily be delisted by itself if there's an expiring license involved.

My best guess is that the excellent soundtrack, composed by Barry Leitch, is owned by him and Epic doesn't want to renew it.

Epic sucks. Tencent sucks. Wall Street sucks. I hate what has become of the gaming industry.

I loved The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! as a kid. I had some of the VHS tapes and re-watched them endlessly. Not sure it's held up well enough for me to watch it now, but at least it's available for everyone to enjoy now.

@dartmonkey wrote some years ago about a fan game in the SMBSS art style: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/09/this_super_mario_bros_fan_game_will_fire_up_your_super_show_nostalgia

I have 400+ hours in Vampire Survivors. I can't start again.

Day-One purchase. Send help

I'm very happy about handheld boost mode, but it seems strange Nintendo would just put it in a system update and not have a more significant announcement about it. Maybe a promotional video will come later.

I love that the OT series has been so successful. I sincerely hope it met Square Enix's famously lofty expectations.

Super Mario Run could have been a really great game. Instead, it's merely an average one, stuck with pretty much all the same content it launched with (checks notes) ten years ago??!?!?!?

I'm shocked it lasted this long.

This week, I am down-loading the exciting new action platforming video-game "Super Mario Brothers" for my Nintendo Entertainment System TV game console. It looks like it might be fun!

I don't know how to share GIFs here but just pretend my comment is the J. Jonah Jameson laughing meme from the early 2000s Spider-Man movie

As noted, neither the Joy-Con nor the Pro Controller has analogue triggers. Sony / Polyphony Digital are not going to release a high-precision racing game on a platform with those limitations. (Imagine making Gran Turismo for Nintendo Switch "GameCube controller required" LMAO)

The 3DS was my all-time favorite games system until I spent some time with the Nintendo Switch. I owned an original 3DS, a 3DS XL, a New 3DS XL, and a New 2DS XL. I still have the latter two. Such a wonderful handheld platform.

Sounds like we have our first way-too-early GOTY contender!

I have the original release on PS4. DuckTales is by far the best game of the bunch. DuckTales 2 is mostly OK. The Chip 'n' Dale games bored me, Darkwing Duck wasn't much fun, and TaleSpin is probably the worst Capcom game I've played this side of Trojan.

I'm still getting the Nintendo Switch 2 version of this because I've always wanted a physical copy, but overall I can't really recommend this beyond anyone with nostalgia for multiple games, curiosity about the new SNES additions, or just being a really big DuckTales fan like I am.

I first played on an NES at a babysitter's house in 1988 or so. I was intrigued by the gold cartridge. So shiny! I loved the game, but my eight-year-old brain couldn't make heads or tails of it. I didn't actually complete a start-to-finish playthrough until I was in college, I think.

@JimNorman the poll is missing Nintendo Switch Online, I think.

I'm glad they finally fixed the compatibility issue for Nintendo Switch 2. Can an upgrade be far off?

I have an original Virtual Boy, and I got this thing. @Damo is 100 percent correct in his assessment; the biggest problem is, then as now, the neck / back strain I experience even with the most ideal setup I can manage (VB on the very edge of my desk, office chair lowered all the way, sitting with the edge of the desk pressing against my stomach).

As an original Virtual Boy owner (I got one for Christmas in 1995), there is a ton of nostalgia here for me, but geez I wish Nintendo would just allow us to play the games on TV in 2D. There's no reason not to!

The games are pretty decent overall. The problem is the Virtual Boy itself. I have an original VB, and the Nintendo Switch / NS2 accessory is an excellent, highly-accurate recreation... for better and for worse. I found it nearly impossible to set it up and play in a way that did not cause me severe neck and back pain from being hunched over.

I just wish we could play the games in 2D on a TV.

I have my original Virtual Boy (I was one of those weirdos who got one new). I had it restored a few years ago to fix some common problems with the aging hardware, excitedly put it together and turned it on... and I had an intense headache within minutes.

I'm a sucker for punishment so I got the official accessory and I'll do it all over again. I'm like that guy from The Kids in the Hall who keeps pouring salt in his eyes in spite of repeated warnings to stop doing that.

Lack of online is surprising and a bit disappointing. I wonder if it will be added in a future update.

This is a welcome update! I've been playing Asphalt on and off since it launched on Nintendo Switch, and it can be reasonably fun in short bursts. The monetization hype and multiple currencies get old fast, though.

This was the highlight of State of Play for me. It looks EXACTLY like I hoped a future Castlevania game would. Bravo!

Wild Card Football, another 2K sports game, was also delisted sometime last year.

@SillyG I did not know that!

I was really interested in this game until I saw the Push Square review yesterday. If it chugs on PS5 Pro, it's sure as heck not going to be much fun on NS2.

I've only ever played and completed Yellow and Crystal. I'd love to give FireRed / LeafGreen a try!

I've heard praise for Braid for many years. I finally picked it up on sale on Nintendo Switch last year, played it for about an hour... and just gave up. Not my cup of tea. No idea where the acclaim comes from.

First reaction: "I'm sure glad I got the physical edition from Limited Run"

Second reaction: "I wish this game got a wide retail release instead of a, uh, limited run"

(cries in North American)

11 hours!??!? I ain't got time for all that. But I'm happy for the Paper Mario sickos

I'm not much of a Pokemon fan, but I thought the ad was cute and wholesome.

@Uncle_Franklin thanks for always keeping track of these. What was the one winner from ANZ?

Both are pretty good this week! I went with North America simply because it's less busy.

Pretty good week for retro game lovers like me!

@AussieMcBucket that's the guy. He uses some kind of special software to dig into the code and then if he finds anything, he posts it. I saw his initial posts and I suppose he hasn't had time to look in-depth yet. He did note the unusual phrasing Nintendo used to describe the patch.

Ordinarily, if it was a patch to fix bugs, Nintendo would say "provides greater stability for a better gameplay experience" or something like that. It's curious the way they worded it this time.

@AussieMcBucket a reliable data-miner like OatmealDome will probably post something about it in a day or two. Nintendo Life usually updates these articles once a dataminer weighs in.

@LinktotheFuture it'll come back to you. Took me about a week before I finally got the rhythm down again. They didn't put "HARD TO BEAT!" on the box of the original game for nothing!

Of all the Roguelike games that have ever Rogueliked, Caves of Qud is the most Rogue-like. Check out those sweet, sweet ASCII graphics let's gooooooooooooo

Seriously, I am looking forward to trying this out.

I did notice it (I've had the game wishlisted for a while) but assumed it was a placeholder. Still my most-anticipated upcoming NS2 game!

Great-looking game. Weak title. Should've just called it "The Millennium Tales" or something like that.