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@Tchunga I like this theory. Makes sense

I'm in the USA, and when I tried to get this, I get a message that reads, "This reward is not available in your registered country/region." Anyone else have this problem?

@BrianJL I did not know that! It makes a lot more sense than the original "lore"

Not that story has ever really mattered in Contra games, but this seems like a series reboot, since Red Falcon is apparently now a terrorist organization rather than alien invasion force. Either way, I'm excited for this!

It had to peak sometime. The game has something like a 50% attach rate, which is almost unheard of for a game that isn't a free pack-in with every console. Pretty much everyone who wants MK8 has it by now.

This is also why Nintendo games rarely go on sale. They hold their full retail value because the demand is so sustainable. Make quality products, and people will gladly pay full price.

I pre-ordered the physical version and I'm looking forward to it! Pretty much every major KoF game is on Switch now except for 14 and 15.

Here's hoping that long-rumored Kid Icarus: Uprising remake is among their projects.

Ahh yes, the Xbox community, famous for being welcoming, inclusive, and not at all toxic

"A new movie from the minds at Nintendo..."

(YEAHHHH!!!!)

"...a story based on The Legend of Zelda..."

(OMG THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT)

"...from the producers who brought you 'Morbius' and the director of 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure'"

I was a regular reader of Wii Virtual Console Reviews when it was absorbed by Nintendo Life, and I've been here ever since. Keep up the great work!

I would happily buy more and want the amiibo line to continue expanding if they weren't so difficult to track down in the first place. I gave up after missing out on too many because of limited print runs and scalpers scooping up inventory. Typical Nintendo.

Only 18 out of 25. The agony of de feet.

I'm a huge fan of Tecmo Bowl and the Dallas Cowboys, but I will pass on one of these. The reason: the designers just added team logos as-is to the pixel art helmets, instead of creating "pixelated" logos. Frankly, they look incongruous and tacky.

Nightdive does fantastic work and I'll definitely be getting this... but boy oh boy, do those "remastered" cutscenes look like they were "upscaled" by AI.

I expect this will be pulled from the eShop, but perhaps for an unexpected reason: the vehicle in the first screen shot resembles a Jeep... a little too closely. The distinctive front grille is trademarked by Jeep's parent company and is vigorously defended. The knockoff Range Rover / Land Rover is also probably infringing on IP rights.

Fortunately, news media coverage exposes this stuff since Nintendo is too lazy to care, and it tends to resolve itself pretty quickly.

The NES version is among my all-time favorite games on any platform, and I still prefer it to the SNES because of its tighter controls... but I really, really love the extra features and added courses in the GBA version.

I just wish there was a version that had the SNES visuals with the NES controls / physics and GBA extras, except for Mario voice acting. Sorry Ollie, the "Lucky!" and "Just what I needed!' does get old, and fast.

@BTB20 indeed it does; I watch a lot of Vtubers so I picked up on that. Just thought it strange that the game has a different name in the eShop vs. on the console.

I know Nintendo loves to do things differently, sometimes for their own sake and in spite of themselves, but it would really be great if they would take a cue from Xbox and PlayStation and preserve 100% backward-compatibility on the next console. New PS4 games are still coming out every week, and having access to the full PS4 library on my PS5 adds a ton of value to that console. The same goes for Xbox owners. Everyone wins: developers, consumers, and the platform holder!

Agreed with the review - this is easily worth $3 and a fun little distraction. I wish they'd put a minimal amount of effort into localization (just put English text on the "Start" and "Scores" and "How to Play" buttons, for example), and there is uncertainty around the name, which is Suika Game in the eShop but Watermelon Game once it's on your Switch console.

Love this and LOVE Calli so much! I'm really happy she got to do another official collab of this magnitude.

It's definitely worth $3! The lack of localization stinks, but it's easy to just button-press your way into the game. I recommend watching a YouTube video if you need a tutorial (there are THOUSANDS)

The game is fun and addictive. Give it a try!

I still have my original Atomic Purple Game Boy Color, a Christmas gift in 1998! I was a college student at the time.

I didn't get many GBC-exclusive games for it, but it really did give new life to my existing Game Boy library.

My favorite GBC game is still The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, though I really do love launch title Tetris DX. I'd love to see it come to Nintendo Switch Online...

@JimNorman PLEASE review this game, Nintendo Life! It's been more than two years since your last 1/10 review (Lawnmower Game Racing) and we could all use a laugh these days.

The biggest problem with the North American design is the placement of the clock in the title. It makes it look to me like it reads "The UnwoundOFuture." Is that an Irish name? O'Future?

I love this because it shows some good-looking games that totally passed me by. I plan to check out Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers looks very unique and appears to take some inspiration from Sine Mora, another great shooter now on Switch. Blade of Darkness also looks like it would be something I might enjoy as someone who was too busy with college and work in the early 2000s to check out games like that when they were new.

Excellent finds, Nintendo Life fans and writers!

For those wanting a better explanation of Zelda lore that ignores Nintendo's shoulder-shrugging, check out Zeltik on YouTube. The dude makes some outstanding videos that manage to satisfactorily explain most Zelda mysteries and apparent incongruities / inconsistencies.

This looks pretty good, though I am a bit put off by the apparent emphasis on cosmetics... it smacks of free-to-play shenanigans.

My guess is Katsuhiro Harada - Sakurai-san has appeared on his channel before, in the "Harada's Bar" series. (Harada-san is a GM at Bandai Namco and longtime senior producer of the Tekken series.)

Toss-up for me. I went with Japan because I like the statue design.

I watch a lot of hololive streamers (see the video shared by @Bass_X0 above for an example), and pretty much all of them have been playing this game lately. I am hopeful for a localized release on the North American eShop, but since the game's success apparently caught the developer by surprise, I imagine it could be a while, if it ever happens at all.

It does look like a lot of fun, being simple, addictive, and inexpensive. A handful of obscure indie games hit this cycle every year, it seems, and often long after their initial release. (See also: Phasmophobia, Among Us, Vampire Survivors, etc.)

I really enjoyed Pac-Man 99, and I am bummed to see it go. I finally got my first Pac-One win a couple weeks ago, though I guess it comes with a * since most of my opponents were bots... perhaps only a dozen human players were in the game.

@Coversnail that's what I thought. Strange to me how some folks push their PCs to limits without benefits.

Today I learned, from these patch notes, that there are people trying to play Quake II at 1000 FPS on their PCs.

What does that even look like? I honestly had no idea there were consumer-grade monitors capable of that refresh rate.

7.8/10 too much soccer

Worth noting SHARK! SHARK! was originally to be an exclusive for the doomed Intellivision Amico. Switch seems like a much better fit. I hope it does well.

I suppose I can relate. I backed the Kickstarter game "Heart Forth, Alicia" in April 2014. For Wii U. It is still in development, with occasional updates from the developer. Every update is blasted with comments from backers unhappy with the nine years of development hell. Every original platform announced for this game has been discontinued: Wii U, 3DS, PS4, and Vita. I will be shocked if it ever releases at all

Out of all the games for Commodore 64, these are definitely four of them.

Wow. I was really excited for this game, but glad I waited for a review. Maybe I'll take a look at it on PS5

@rushiosan I have the same question. I want to recommend this game to a friend, but she only has a Switch Lite.

The nice thing about this report (if true) is that most of the major publishers and indies are still supporting PS4 and, to a lesser extent, Xbox One, because of their huge install bases. The gap from PS4 to PS5 is much less pronounced than it was for PS3 to PS4. Heck, very few games are still hitting the fabled "4K + 60fps" target, and no one has figured out how to do ray tracing with high performance yet, on consoles anyway.

(Also with Xbox Series, publishers are stuck with the need to create a "low-spec" version for Series S, as Microsoft requires it. I suppose it's not a leap to suggest a similar approach could make sense for multiplatform releases including the next Switch.)

I think this estimate of PS4 parity makes a lot of sense, and could result in strong third-party support for the Switch successor.

This is FANTASTIC news. Went from a "eh, probably" to a "must-buy" for me.

I guess I'm easy to please, at least as Nintendo fans go. As long as there are a few welcome surprises, I'm usually very happy with Nintendo Directs, and I was certainly satisfied with this one.

It helps that I long ago made peace with the fact that we are never, ever getting Mother 3, and that Metroid Prime 4 is vaporware.

Sigh. At some point, I think Nintendo is just going to say "to heck with it" and announce that the Zelda games take place in various dimensions of a multiverse

MythForce looks heckin' good, but I really want to see a review from this fine website before I take the plunge. Probably going with the Limited Run (sigh) physical copy anyway

Regardless of the circumstances, we can all agree Charles is a CLASS ACT and is handling the situation with absolute grace and professionalism.

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Charles at an event a few years ago. He posed for a photo with me, autographed a Mario poster, and briefly chatted. He was so genuinely sweet and kind and happy to meet me, even though I'm probably the millionth fan he's encountered.

I doubt we'll ever know exactly what transpired to get us to this point, because Nintendo is Nintendo and Charles will respect whatever agreement they made with him, to protect his own privacy and Nintendo's. But I wish him the very best for all he's done for the community, and I hope everyone will join in supporting the new voice actors!

I am bummed, disappointed, etc. I had the privilege of meeting Charles at Dallas Fan Expo in 2021. He is such a a sweet, kind man. I will really miss him as the voice of Mario, and no one can replace him.

That said, I would caution everyone against any outrage. We don't know who initiated this, we don't know if Nintendo will use AI or a cheaper VA or whatever, and Mr. Martinet is a class act, so he will never say publicly if he was fired or told they were moving on. (He probably has a big NDA about that anyway.)

I really do wish him all the best, and I hope everyone is welcoming to the next Mario VA, assuming it's a human. If it's not, then I will join you all with pitchforks and torches at the ready.

I still have my original Virtual Boy and eight games. I love a lot about it, but I really wish I could play it for longer than a few minutes at a time. It really does cause severe eye strain now that I'm in my 40s.

Poll is still broken.

Highly, HIGHLY recommended. I have 100+ hours on my PC, and I am going to start all over again on my Switch. Addictive, charming, and fun! I promise you will get your $5 / €5 / £4 / worth.

190 hours, got all shrines and lightroots, completed all temples, beat the final boss, and I'm at around 60%. I got tired of trying to find all the caves / Bubul frogs, Addison locations, etc. Absolutely no way I am going to try and find all the Korok seeds.

I love how much content Nintendo crammed into this game, but I doubt very much I will ever attempt to "90 percent" the game like I did Breath of the Wild - that is, everything except Korok seeds.