JasonLee99

I’ve had mine connected by Ethernet since day one and it has always worked. It appears everyone’s issue is with it not working completely. I’ve wondered if mine is working as it should. I’ve compared my WiFi speeds to my hardwired speeds and while there is a difference it’s not as great as I would expect it to be.

@Rhaoulos Is it necessary? Every Nintendo site/influencer out there is going to report on anything of note put on it…2 minutes after it posts.

Yeah, maybe I’m missing something…for a couple weeks I couldn’t take a screenshot. But for the past couple months I’ve taken screenshots all the time to share in a Discord.

I can vouch for Call of the Sea. I played it several years ago. Gorgeous but lighthearted game. Puzzles were fun to figure out, no combat, takes less than 10 hours to complete.

Always sad when a favorite podcaster or website contributor decides to move on. Selfishly sad for me. But it’s nice when they get to go out on their own terms, hopefully on to bigger and better things. Congrats Zion…NL won’t be the same.

I feel like Dear Me, I Was is overrated. I typically enjoy games like this and bought it for NS2 based on some positive reviews. It just didn’t do it for me. Takes about 45 mins to play through. I ended up playing through twice (90 minutes) to see if I’d have more appreciation the second time. I really didn’t. I don’t think it’s terrible or anything. But I think it’s average at best. For context I had good times with Hotel Dusk and Another Code Recollection.

Stats page is nice. Stats have been tracked since release. Looks like I’ve played approximately 228 games. I’m sure that few copies were sold but at the same time I’ve never once had problems finding lobbies to play in. I’ve played it consistently since launch, never an issue.

Ghosts ‘n Goblins was the second game I got for my NES (after Super Mario Bros). Those were the only two games I had for several months. I played GnG so much I eventually got good and beat it. The first time I got to the end and the game suddenly put me back at the beginning, I thought I encountered a glitch and turned the game off disappointed. A week or two later I played through it twice to see if something different might happen and was elated to actually see an ending screen. I had no idea you had to play through twice until I did it.

Super Ghouls ‘ Ghosts was purposely my second SNES game. I thought it was great. I played Resurrection back in 2021. Looking at my notes I played through it twice and had a good time playing it.

I gave it a 7. I’ve put 4 hours into it now. Unfortunately it’s a game that 3-4 weeks from now I don’t see too many who bought it continuing to play. Besides the fun of the online games (which they are fun) there’s nothing to keep you coming back. Really needs to be a level system or something to provide incentive to keep playing.

Also, everyone struggles with the controls at first. Some are willing to put in the time to get it down and others are less willing. Even at 4 hours I’m still getting better with the controls. But once the controls are learned the actual games are quite fun, especially when you get teammates who are willing to pass.

@KayFiOS
Well, Playtonic did experience some layoffs a couple months ago so they for sure aren’t doing great.

It’s been six years since Impossible Lair. I always thought they were working on Yooka Laylee 2. Surely a remaster isn’t what they’ve spent the past six years working on.

Yeah, it’s wrong…

I’ve heard it may cost publishers $15 more to use a cartridge versus a keycard. They aren’t going to eat that. Instead, physical would just be $15 more for the consumer. Would physical buyers be happy paying $15 more? Most wouldn’t. And usually companies don’t like to make one medium more expensive than the other. So most likely everyone would be paying more. That’s probably where the “most beneficial option” comes in.

Agree with others here that speculate this was done for attention, follows, publicity, etc. If so it was wildly successful considering how many times I’ve now seen it.

“…most ‘normal’ people are happy.” That summarizes the NS2 launch perfectly.

Out of millions of consoles I’m sure there are a handful of faulty ones. But just because the NS2 gets warm doesn’t mean there are problems Nintendo needs to address. I mean Welcome Tour explains how the system was designed to account for unavoidable heat. Unless my system starts shutting down unexpectedly I’m not the least bit worried.

@DwaynesGames Exactly, if the dragons look real is it really Atari 2600 Adventure?

I get it. I mean how often do people simply read a news item on Nintendo Life versus click the link at the bottom of the story to visit the site where the news actually came from? I imagine most never move from Nintendo Life.

Go Nintendo is reporting vouchers won’t work for Switch 2 games either. 😒

I used Miiverse a lot. As a matter of fact, the day it went down a bunch of the guys I interacted with formed a Discord group and moved there, where we still interact to this day.

Miiverse had issues. But I would love for Nintendo to try something new in that space. I don’t think they will but I would support it. The main problem with Twitter, Bluesky etc. is having to wade through the non-gaming posts to find the gaming posts. Would be nice if there was something that was just 100% video games. Even better if it was Nintendo.

I’m not sure I understand the huge concern about companies taking things away if you buy digital. As far as Nintendo, I don’t think that has ever happened. It’s 2025 and games I bought on Wii digitally back in 2007 and 2008 and can still be redownloaded today. Maybe there are a handful of exceptions? I’m not aware if there are any. If Nintendo ever goes out of business I guess they would be unavailable. At this point, I’m not concerned about it.

We've only had the game 4 days. Most people assigning numbers either haven't played it or haven't played enough to really justify a score yet. Ask me in a couple weeks. And yes, I've played the Wii version.

Reading some of these comments, I better understand why Nintendo hasn’t bothered to do anything with it. People will always be unhappy, no matter the proposed solution.

I love reading articles like this. Someone takes a game with middling reviews and explains why they absolutely love it. Not every game has to be a 9 or 10 to be great for a group of people.

I have the game, played it a lot for 2 or 3 weeks, then haven’t gone back. I had fun for those few weeks. But like I said, I enjoyed reading this.

@Porky I was able to confirm via a Nintendo FAQ that platinum coins are no longer available with this new version.

Can anyone confirm whether or not you still earn the platinum coins with this? That’s the only reason I was still playing Pocket Camp.

I have the “missing” data as well. Also, I’m 99% sure the app only tracks playtime after you have installed it. If you install today you won’t get past data.

@JackieCMarlow I’m sure any story involving Hatch Tales and Jools gets a lot of clicks at this point. Hardly surprising Nintendo Life keeps reporting on the story.

How is this not going to be shut down? Looks great but whoever holds the rights to Chibi-Robo will surely have something to say.

Do the leaderboards include an option to only view people on your friend list? That’s always more interesting to me than world rankings where I will never be good enough to compete in.

Not a direct one to one comparison, but as far as being in the credits and recognized, this Nintendo Life article didn’t even credit the individual who is the source of this story (Chris Kerr). They credit his/her company, Game Developer.

“This is according to a new article from Game Developer in which several anonymous freelance translators confessed to having to sign decade-spanning non-disclosure agreements by Nintendo, preventing them from being able to discuss their work.”

Couldn’t the person who said they had large gaps in their employment history due to NDAs simply list the external agency they were working for during that time that got them the gig with Nintendo? That shows you were working without breaking any NDAs. Having gaps doesn’t make sense to me. At the very least just state NDA during that time.

Most credits simply list outside agencies/companies who contributed without listing every single person in that company who touched it. IMO, if your paycheck is coming directly from Nintendo, you should be in the credits. If it’s coming from an agency doing work for Nintendo the agency should be listed.

Can you comment on the save system? Can you now save mid level or are you forced to complete the entire level like the 3DS version? That was my biggest negative with this game.

Wow! I don’t normally watch game related videos, let alone those that are over an hour. But I’ve now watched about half of this one and am very much looking forward to the second half. The amount of production and documentation to put this together must have been enormous. On top of that it’s just entertaining to watch and makes me yearn for the glow of that little green light. Anyway, I just had to comment to say fantastic job!

Surprised nobody has mentioned the reason that caused me to quit shopping there way back during N64 era (unless I overlooked it). If you are selling “new” games, they should be new, not opened. There should still be shrink wrap on the case. It’s as simple as that. In the 90s I bought a “new” N64 game that already had a save file on it the first time I played. Haven’t trusted them since.

@Jamessmooth I’m not telling anyone to buy it. I’m not buying it myself, lol.

Yeah, IGN said 8 hours, but that was missing collectibles in half the stages. There are also gold rehearsal challenges which he attempted multiple times but never got a gold in any of them. I’m guessing a good 15 hours if you go for it all, maybe even more. I know I played that baker demo portion demo 5 times and still never got 2 of the sparkles. I just couldn’t get a high enough score on one section.

@TheExile285 Just read through it. The IGN review addresses my other question about challenge by going for 100% too. Thanks!

I mean we get it’s aimed at kids. But what about the more experienced gamer that is dedicated to collecting every single sparkle? Is it similar to other Nintendo games where there is some challenge to doing that? What is the runtime of the game? 5 hrs, 10 hrs, 15 hrs?

Great read, I could read personal stories like this for hours!

The game doesn’t tell you a lot because back then they came with manuals which explained all the systems, what each djinn does, and maybe even how to get started in the quest.

The developer of this game said the publisher rushed it out without his permission. Admitted it’s really buggy, especially the back half.

https://twitter.com/mistercoo_game/status/1701617789989958083?s=46&t=qJkj1AoGdUG8qKV10a-ukg

Pikmin Bloom is a passive app you can interact with daily without having to constantly focus on it. I use it every day. If you’re going in looking for a video game you will likely be disappointed, as evidenced by some of these comments.

Anybody that reads Nintendo Force magazine knows this book will be guaranteed quality, 100%.

Don’t understand why anyone would want TotK to be Switch’s last great game. We should be hoping for several more great games. The Switch lifecycle has been tremendous for Nintendo fans. There is no guarantee the next system will enjoy the same success. Three years from now Nintendo could be in a much different place and the opinion pieces on Nintendo Life will be yearning for the days of the Switch. My view is to ride this success wave as long as possible. Nobody knows what the next system may bring.

Nice deal. But eshop cards generally go on sale for 10% off at NewEgg one day each month. I always buy from them so everything I buy on eshop is already 10% off prior to any eshop deal. Combined with the $100 voucher means Zelda is $45 if you are willing to go digital.

Not only gaming mags…but the early days of gaming websites had mailbags as well. They were always one of my favorite things to read. I hope this is successful.

@Hero-of-WiiU Every day, currently level 86. I walked every day long before this game released. I doubt this will get anyone that’s not interested in walking to do it more than a week. But if you’re going to be walking regardless, it’s fun to gamify it a bit.

I put 13 hours into it and decided yesterday to quit. The bugs are ridiculous. But even discounting the bugs I don’t think this game is very good. Too many fetch quests, not enough direction, no map, and very little of my time was spent playing sports. And when I did it often didn’t seem to matter whether I did great or poor.

Weak, imo. I’ve never once noticed that in all my time playing. Even having it pointed out barely registers for me.