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@Max_the_German
The game isn’t a bad game because Nintendo is charging $60 for a 2D game.
This current release of DKC Returns is bad because charging $60 for a poorly-remastered Wii game is not a good business practice.
To follow your example, if Nintendo put a slightly upscaled version of DKC3 on the N64 for full price, it would also be a bad release and be lampooned at the time and today because it would not be a good business decision.
I haven’t played DKC Returns, but I’m sure that I would enjoy it, albeit probably slightly less than Tropical Freeze, which is one of my favorite games of all time. 2D platformers are some of my favorite games in general. But this release fundamentally is not worth the asking price.

Gonna knock out a little more of Brothership and plunge ever closer to 100%ing Sonic Generations despite some of the side missions kicking my tail.

The new DK model kinda reminds me of the original arcade art. I’d rather Nintendo lean in that direction if they won’t make a DKC game in the next millennia.

I was already on the fence before I heard that there were frame rate drops. I’m not at all a graphics guy but I’ve got to take my stand that a worse-running version of a Wii game is not worth paying 60 bucks for in 2025.

That’s a nope from me, which is a shame, because I love Tropical Freeze and have never played this one, but I can’t in good conscience support this game as a practice or as a purchasing decision.

Yeah I think Smash is a better rep over Hollow Knight to represent the Switch’s lifespan because so much of being a Nintendo fan from 2018-2021 was speculating about Smash. While there are a lot of great Metroidvanias that came to Switch, there are a lot of great Metroidvanias on a bunch of consoles. I think Hades edges in a spot just because of how prolific the roguelike has become as a genre in recent years, in large part due to how well this game meshes with the Switch’s portability.

Another member of the
“literally only ever used them when Warioware required me to”
party.

Picking Wario in solidarity

I don’t really buy this, as it’s not like Nintendo has distanced themselves from the Punch-Out series. Both the NES and SNES titles are on NSO, and plenty of the characters in their Wii format are spirits in Smash.
If some of the more iffy caricatures were removed or smoothed out, I don’t think anyone would complain.
It would also require the general public to notice an element of Punch-Out besides Tyson, so I think we’re okay.

My first ever true gaming device. I have extremely fond memories of playing NSMB and Mario Kart DS on it, but going back on its back catalogue now through totally legal and official means helps me to see that the DS was a packed console. A great entry in pretty much every genre (except maybe like an FPS or something) can be found on this bad boy.

While the direct was really anticlimactic, I find something stupidly funny in Miyamoto baiting coaster enthusiasts like he does in game showcases.

I will forever stand by the fact that the 3DS games were decent, minus the forced collectibles in Shattered Crystal, and the show itself is genuinely funny about 75% of the time, but Rise of Lyric is so bad that I can understand why Sega had to move on, and the era of Sonic we’ve reached isn’t too bad tonally.

I’m a huge coaster buff, so I’ve been looking forward to something like this that’s about to combine two of my biggest interests.
Obviously it’s going to be a family coaster, but I hope it has a decent length and packs at least a couple thrilling elements, it would be more in line with the IP anyway.

The minimal amount that Nintendo is suing Pocketpair for seems to help prove the theory that this is more about sending a message to Sony that they could win a legal battle if they tried to make Palworld into a Pokemon-challenging franchise than just a simple copyright suit.
If Nintendo really does have these patents, they could tackle just about any Pokemon-like on the market, but they just seem to want Sony to back down.

@Dr_Lugae
There’s 3 more you forgot:
1. Black-hearted evil
2.Brave-hearted hero.
3. All he is

The Wii U will not be dead until Nintendo Land escapes its burned remains.

Worst minigame is definitely Gate Key-pers.
Luck-based minigame without any of the charm of Bowser’s Big Blast and tricked me into thinking it was the key game from Mario Party 3.

Something can be stupid and still not matter at the end of the day.
Does removing three lines of dialogue really change the quality of a game that drastically for anyone?

@Max_the_German
It’s okay to think that a review that makes no sense is stupid, nobody is saying that they’re paid off or whatnot. Just don’t review a game you know you’re not gonna like. If I was a reviewer, I wouldn’t review an open world game because I don’t like the feeling of being lost in a game, although I know many who do. Likewise, there’s been around 20 MP games if you include handhelds, you kinda know what to expect when you play it, and maybe handing the review off to someone who actually enjoys a slightly luck-based party game (I know there are people like that bc these games sell crazy every time) is the best strategy. Maybe don’t review a pizza place if you hate cheese.

@nessisonett
My favorite part of that game was when they released an update trailer showcasing Jesus as a fighter:
“He’s back- and he’s cross!”

I think I might be the only one that likes the change to Platform Peril.
The challenge should always be the race to platform well, and when I would play it against causals, at least one or two would die on the first jump.
Making it a little bit more manageable is only going to make it more competitive in my eyes.

I will give this a try at some point. Super is one of the better RPGs I’ve played, and Gates to Infinity was fine enough, so I’m interested to see how much I would like the original.

I’ll go ahead and make the (fuNnY? BrItIsH?) joke now so no one else has to.

Only played Engage, but, as I can barely tolerate the life sim-stuff in that game, I don’t think I’d like Three Houses.
Focusing more on the story stuff is probably a good business direction for the series (3H sold unreasonably well) but I hope they can trim the fat a little bit and make stories that please everyone, because to a lot of people, Fire Emblem was a simple, no-nonsense fantasy RPG that focused on excellent strategic combat before it all went away suddenly. I think Engage’s gameplay with a better, more grounded story and non-intrusive life/dating sim elements would be the best Fire Emblem game for everyone. Fire Emblem means different things to many different people, and to make another one that everyone enjoys would be walking a razor-thin tightrope.

This takes me back to the days of the fan Lego projects, so in that sense, it’s kind of nostalgic.
It’s also hideous.

And that was all it took to get me to buy it.

I guess Mario vs. DK by default, as it was the only game I played released this year.
Been mostly a backlog year, but that’ll change in the second half.

I don’t pre-order a lot of games, but this is one franchise I want to see succeed.
November can’t come quickly enough.

Way to make me refuse to buy a game on principle, Nintendo

Can somebody give me the argument for Dark Moon as the best game in the series? Haven’t played 1, but that is the peak for most people in terms of replayability and atmosphere, and I’d say 3 definitely has the best puzzle design and bosses, what does Dark Moon bring to the table?

If you haven’t played Dark Moon and loved 3, this is a good game to get, just temper your expectations that it won’t do anything as good as 3 imo.
But if you have, like me, then why would you get this? I’m genuinely at a loss on this one. It looks marginally better, I guess, but otherwise it’s not setting the world on fire.
This really should have been $50 at most

Yeah, if Nintendo was really concerned about copyright from Palworld they would have tried a long time ago, so otherwise, does anyone really think there is any quality control going on in what games are allowed onto Nintendo platforms?
This is the eshop that has shovelware within the first few rows of the deals section pretty much every time.
The game would genuinely run awful if it came to Switch, from the footage I saw it’s being held together by duct tape and rubber bands at this point anyway.

I’d personally prefer a new IP for this concept, as all of the examples mentioned are either too obscure to realistically make a comeback, or too far removed genre-wise.

Played a little of this during my Apple Arcade trial, it’s good, but with no local co-op, definitely not $30 good, especially when there are so many rougelikes for cheaper on Switch.

I genuinely cried, Mario and Luigi was a cornerstone of my childhood and I’m so excited to see it back. I don’t know if it’ll be the same, but any Mario and Luigi is better than no Mario and Luigi.

Yeah, I played it on 3DS, and it’s fine, but I’m not getting it again when I can replay 3 with local co-op.

To me, Retro is the studio that made the Metroid Prime Series and the new DKC games

@Brady1138
For some degrees you have to take electives to finish them. I don’t know that there are people lining up to take a class about Fire Emblem on their own time.

I was going to say this is just objectively worse NES remix… but I do think that 8-player versus matches would be pretty fun.

Not fun enough for 60 and probably not for 30, though.

Must have been a real challenge to beat the Frasier reboot or the Halo show that everyone hated.
An alright show imo, but it’s not going to retain too many new viewers. Maybe if it actually had Knuckles in the show more, people would be talking about it.

Bold move so soon after the Yuzu shutdown, but I think they should be alright, as they aren’t taking away any money from anyone.

I’m now at the point where I am with all other forms of Sonic media where I’m hyped to either laugh at it or be genuinely entertained. Either way, it’ll never be boring.

Bring on April and then December!

@BTB20
Probably the fact they had to play Amibo Festival.

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Edit: I can’t read

One final round of Steve nerf copium coming up!

3D World is underrated by the fan community. It’s often seen as lesser than because it’s linear, but it should be in the conversation for the best imo.

Haven’t played a 2D action game in a while, and any game with Tee Lopes composing is an instant plus for me. May pick this up somewhere down the line.

I actually would be down to get those Magikoopa and Wiggler renders, I may go ahead and do this

@Not_Soos
I would like to thank you personally for reminding me of that masterpiece. I have now been sucked back into the DK rap pipeline.

I’m not against the idea of digital, I understand why companies go that way and I don’t think necessarily that as a consumer I deserve physical media, but I’m going to buy physical until it’s no longer an option because I enjoy collecting and want to be able to make sure my game doesn’t go anywhere.

@Not_Soos
I really think that if the draw of just roaming around and catching Pokemon in random encounters and battiling random trainers doesn’t grab you, then you might just not enjoy the older games. The story kind of supplements the experience, but it’s not going to wow you, in fact, I’d say Scarlet/Violet is probably the best you’re going to get in that department. The appeal for me always came from the ownership of the Pokémon, and building them up to become a strong team, and that doesn’t necessarily fly if you don’t already have nostalgia for the series. I would recommend giving the Mystery Dungeon games a try (I’m partial to Super on 3DS myself, but I’ve heard good things about Rescue Team) because those games, while having a slightly different gameplay loop and also being a bit grindy, do supplement that loop with dynamic, fun stories.