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Nintendo Online's chat app, the main reason there's Discord available. Much easier to get chatting to friends.

It's nice Ubi are taking the Switch serious with these additional features, however it's the framerate that's a concern of mine. The Direct made it look aweful, sort of sub-30 frames.

I thought it wasn't possible to transfer Splatoon 2 data as it could be considered "cheating"

From my sources, it'll cost £7.99 per stream. An additional £4.99 will be charged for audio, and £2.99 for the audio to be in the language you require.

Microtransactions are included, starting with the £2.99 "You guys have mobiles, right......." meme

The Oracle titles maybe, that would be nice to see

I'll wait and see.

On a plus, Nintendo at least sell us a complete game with extremely minor bugs (at best). Then sell additional DLC created AFTER the game was finished for a reasonable price.

Unlike other companies, who sell 3/4 of a game and sell the other 1/4 at a later date. And also shove micro-transactions (which to be fair, should only be for "free to play" titles like Fortnite and Candy Crush Saga) into £40-£50 games.

Wonder what wasted SP version we'll get this month.

Honestly, Japan gets 3 to our 2. Just bring the SNES app now, everyone is wanting it.

It was never a good idea to begin with, Nintendo would lose out more than Microsoft on this.

There are a lot of smaller titles available, some of which are fantastic games and do certainly show that you don't need millions of pounds/dollars to make something worth playing.

It's nice to hear positive stuff about a Nintendo console once again, especially after the WiiU era.

Can't wait, love doing run-throughs.

"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever Bad"

Shigeru Miyamoto

Strong and Stable.

On a plus, least the connectivity issue is resolved. Just in time for the final Meltan box in the Double candy event, more so with the Pinabs.

Looks like a good update, time to get back to it.

@Majora101 I don't think they could revive Dinosaur Planet, that i believe was a Rare original IP which evolved into Starfox Adventures.

It'll come to other platforms, Hollow Knight itself was a timed exclusive to the Switch console.

Never owned the first, however i'm interested. Will definitely look into this.

Thought we'd be waiting a long time to see this on console, least it's not that far away now.

Kirby's Adventure is one of the better Kirby games, i'm happy to give this another playthrough.

@thesilverbrick Can always move them to the bottom as i've done

More of a good thing can only be good. Loved Dead Cells, so i'm all for DLC.

LINE isn't as well known in the UK than over in Japan.

They bothered with Streetpass, hardly ever get Streetpass hits these days. Good thing coins can be generated from walking about.

I'm surprised this is on the 3DS, maybe also should have been ported to Switch (same as Captain Toad). Still, it's a decent swan song game for 3DS for many.

1,800 odd games, that's a lot. Out of them all, i reckon 8-900 are worth playing with the other 1,000 (ish) just shovelware

Can't remember the last time i bought a game for the 3DS, however if it's still selling and making money for Nintendo then all for it. Demand is fading, i can only see another year or so before Nintendo will stop supporting the machine

The Switch online service needed to be something different when it launched, with a few NES titles each month (Japan gets 3, the West gets 2) so far, it doesn't seem anything different.

What it needed from the get go was

A library of between 10-20 SNES, NES and Gameboy/Color titles from the get go, with more being added each month. N64 games coming in the spring, GameCube and GBA titles in the Summer and Autumn respectively. And giving us the option to purchase said games

The ability to message friends, and invite them to play games. It's standard with Xbox and PlayStation, why not Nintendo.

Special offers as promised, and an updated reward scheme to reflect the Switch.

Even though i already owned Downwell on PS4/Vita (via PS+), it was a no brainer to double dip for the Switch.

Just putting SNES games on will entice people to sign-up.

Dr Mario is one of the few franchises that will work on mobile, and will most likely do quite well too.

Sounds like this is a "wait for a sale" game.

See, this will be the issue with digital. Companies have the power to remove the service and said games.

That price though, that's waaaaay too high for what is basically a novelty. It's 3x less the price on other formats

Dead Cells is a fine game, well deserved of it's sales figures. Tough, but fair game.

SNES games should have been available at launch for the online service.

But still, SNES is one machine with some fine games that everyone is more excited for than NES (and the SP versions of some versions)

Another 2 wasted slots for the SP version, essentially it's the last level but you're powered up to the max. Should have had them as separate modes within the regular game.

Makes a change, usually it's the Kanto 'Mon that appear in events more often.

Another game for Cross Play, it's about time for Rocket League. Hopefully those on each system can use purchased content from one system on another, and transfer progress.

And Nintendo think mobile games are profitable (outside of Fire Emblem, which works on mobile and is updated frequently).

SNES should have been included from the start, hopefully the next Direct reveals SNES is coming.

The 3DS was the machine that certainly kept Nintendo floating. The system itself has some excellent games, and has one of the best libraries for software available right now.

And that was after it was relaunched because of poor sales and launch titles.

But, it's now over 7 years old. The Switch is out, people are moving over to the new hybrid device as the sales figures are showing. I'm actually surprised games like Luigi's Mansion and Kirby's Epic Yarn are coming to the 3DS alone, should have had Switch versions lined up at the same time. This should be the final year of the 3DS. The Streetpass across public WiFi has ceased, Miiverse ceased and Nintendo themselves have given up on the 3D tech they envisioned. Developers need to move with the times and onto the Switch.

It's been nearly 9 years, people are moving onto the Switch (most of the gaming group i'm in moved onto the Switch on launch, but still occasionally play 3DS)

It's surprising me (and others) that games re-releasing on the 3DS form Nintendo's past (Luigi's Mansion and Epic Yarn) are not also coming to the Switch, Captain Toad is one such title to double re-release.

Personally, they should just put the 3DS out to retire now. It's had an epic run, it's got a fantastic library of games available for just about everyone.

As much as it's great to see games still being released on the 3DS, surely this should have come to the Switch as well.

All these re-releases of WiiU titles is good for those who may have missed out initially. And at least it's 2 games, and not just one.

For what is being asked for this controllers with limited functionality outside of the NES games, no thanks. The Switch Joycons handle everything but with the bonus of working with no issues in most other games outside of the Switch online service.

If it wasn't copyrighted before it was in the game, then he hasn't got much hope to get anything out of Epic.

Hardly surprising the NYT Crossword overlooked the WiiU, millions of other people overlooked it also. The WiiU suffered because many believed it to be an expensive add-on to the Wii. It also didn't help with the many, many different controls available to play games. Not only did you have that Fisher price-esq tablet, but you had a Pro controller and the Wiimote along with it's accessories. And WiiU games worked with most controls that were compatible with the WiiU.

The sheer attention to detail in this game is just something else.

Nintendo have their holiday line-up sorted, Smash is.........well, smashing it in terms of sales. Not surprised physical sales are up, Switch consoles are also up significantly over WiiU sales.

Let's Go is also doing well in terms of sales.

Unlocking characters in Smash is pretty simple, and Nintendo know that. 10 minute Smash matches, and you have the opportunity to unlock a character. No need to play WoL if time is against you (you can get characters unlocked this way too).

10 minutes is perfect for those with little time for gaming, and if you don't succeed in unlocking the character at first, it re-appears later for another shot.

To me, it seems Nintendo got it right.

Going to be a tough choice, both sides have characters i like.

Not surprised, seeing as both Quest and Go are doing well.