JJtheTexan

Localized Mother 3 is basically Half-Life 3 for Nintendo fans

@Fizza a press release for the game says Spector is indeed involved in the remake! I was very pleased to see that.

I will take a delayed game to get it right 100 times out of 100 over releasing it "on time" in a broken state. I wish more publishers had the courage to do this.

I hope Warren Spector feels some vindication now. I was delighted to see he is indeed involved in the remake, in a limited capacity as an advisor. This game really deserves a second chance.

The Switch has always felt like a perfect home for Endless Ocean, with Abzu being the closest we got to that, I think. This looks like a very good evolution of the original concept. I'm looking forward to it!

"I wish for the incredibly rare and sought-after Ninja Five-O to come to Nintendo Switch, with a physical release!"

(Monkey's paw finger curls)

@GrailUK They might have one! Goncalo Lopez is a Brazilian games writer who occasionally contributes to Nintendo Life and Time Extension.

I'm waiting for Grave Robber Trilogy: The Adventures of Lauren Kraft - Special Elite Deluxe Turbo Edition Bundle, from the makers of every shovelware game on the eShop

I would love to see a similar animation showing the lifetime sales of all Nintendo-published games, starting with Donkey Kong on Famicom in 1983 and continuing through today. I'm not sure if sales data are available, though.

@Banks it gives me a little thrill when someone asks, "What is that thing?" and even more so when a guest asks, "You have a Virtual Boy??!?"

I've had one since 1996. I loved it at the time it was new, but after getting mine refurbished and playable again, I find using it to be unbearable and headache-inducing. It's still a nice display piece and conversation-starter, though!

As for the games, none was all that special, but Nintendo missed a big opportunity in not porting these to the 3DS. It's a shame, since it should have worked (in theory) and would have been the only practical way to preserve the games to be played as intended.

@switchscreenshots gotcha, thanks!

@johnedwin agreed, which is why I'm a little disappointed by San Diego Studio's choice of him as the cover star. There are many more deserving players out there. Also, I think Canada always gets a special Blue Jays player cover for physical releases anyway.

How can you say this game rips off Pokemon when it runs at a steady 60fps / 1080p?

(runs)

Love, love, LOVE this game. I pre-ordered the physical game "Steel Empire Chronicles" from Strictly Limited, so I'm slightly confused as to whether this "Legend of" version is included.

I was curious what Nintendo Life's worst of 2023 might be. I queried the site's game list and filtered by year and review score, and came up with this:

4/10 (Poor)

• Colossal Cave
• Digimon World: Next Order
• DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing
• Ebeneezer and the Invisible World
• Hatsune Miku: The Planet of Wonder and Fragments of Wishes
• Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest
• Minecraft Legends
• Molly Medusa: Queen of Spit
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Skautfold: Userper

3/10 (Bad)

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Clive 'N' Wrench
• MythForce

2/10 (Terrible)

• The Walking Dead: Destinies

@Vexx234 I blame King Daphnes! xD

@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.