@Vexx234 Have to admit that I'm partial to animated movies, too (even CGI ones which is why I'm so looking forward to the Mario one).
That said, don't mind live action ones either which is why I overall enjoyed Detective Pikachu!

Still have to watch both Sonic movies, but happy this one won nonetheless, have heard mostly good things about both of them!

Europe / North America since it better highlights this game's exclusive mechanic, although I quite like the contrast between Light and Twilight, especially how the latter looks like it does in game, in the Japanese box art.
Hope we'll get a Box Art Brawl for the Wii U version at some point!

@N-MCMXCIX I see where you're coming from, but Switch Online isn't cloud since you fully download the apps with the games and only need to connect to the internet after a week for them to check if you still have the membership.
That said, despite how much I personally dislike cloud games I agree that they should count for this list until they shut down.

This is one of the biggest reasons why I love the Switch so much, so many quality games throughout almost all videogame history (and almost every platform as @Serpenterror pointed out), not just Nintendo's!
Also why I really hope its successor will have backward compatibility, to expand on this incredible library instead of starting from scratch yet again.

@IronMan30 Good thing it was at least in a couple of Nintendo Directs including the usual demo with save transferring, I dare not think how much sales would've been hurt if that hadn't been the case!

@AlanaHagues There's a typo if you want correct it, "spome" instead of "spoke".
Anyway, this interview was a pretty nice read, keep up the good work!

@AlexanderDaniels And also an Assist Trophy!

@Quarbit Personally hope they'll at least release the older games on Switch Online, I played Hero for the first time on the Wii Virtual Console and had a blast, pun intended, although I didn't beat the final boss because it was kind of tough and then got distracted by other games (if you're curious about some more Bomberman games I played as a kid and older check my previous comment)!
By the way, have you played the other N64 Bomberman games?

@-wc- I unfortunately doubt it will happen early in the film, but I do hope that at least when they rescue him he'll fight alongside Mario!
While I don't mind the classic "stomping koopas" (I see what you did there), parties, sports etc. I'd love to see more of Mario's various jobs even in more recent games, it is such a fun trait of him!
The closest thing we got were the costumes in Odyssey, especially when NPCs were looking for a "insert job here" and even more so him playing a song as a mariachi, plus him dancing with Pauline and the band.

Tonight most likely Scarlet with my sister and her boyfriend to do the event raids since we're not meeting with our friends this weekend.
Tomorrow I'll go back to my schedule of Persona 5 (right after Kaneshiro's arrest) and alternating between Engage (6 Chapters, 2 Paralogues and 1 Divine down), Scarlet (3 Gyms, 3 Titans and 2 Team Stars down), Sparks of Hope (still on the fourth planet) and Return to Dream Land ("Level" 1 and 2 completed)!

@TopazLink Practically the same, I only had Bomberman 64 for a while and later Bomberman Land Touch games (unfortunately didn't get to play those in multiplayer despite also having a sister)!
@TobiasAmaranth I'd say Bomberman 64 is a good game in its own respect, although I've also never finished it in the sense of unlocking the real last world and so getting the true ending. Doubt they'd ever revisit it which is a shame, but I hope they'll eventually add it at least to Switch Online (that and also its quite different sequel, Second Attack, which I've never got to play except barely with emulation since it never came out in Europe)!
@Mana_Knight The N64 Bomberman games are the ones I'd like to see the most as you can tell from my response above, but the more Bomberman on NSO the better, Wario Blast absolutely included!
@Serpenterror At least Castlevania is now getting a crossover with Dead Cells.

@MeloMan It seems that the start, i.e. before they get separated, will also be about the Bros. and I'd say even when Luigi is out of commission the title still fits in that sense because it's Mario's quest to get reunited and rescue his brother Luigi.
By the way, we'll still probably have a good amount of Luigi scenes between the start of the movie I mentioned, after being separated and before being captured, maybe even during à la Paper Mario Peach sections and hopefully after like you suggested!

@-wc- Couldn't agree more with @DiggleDog and @Vexx234, I don't think Luigi's Mansion ruined the character because while some will only consider those parts of his personality they forget that he always faces his fears to save those dear to him and that's what true courage is!
By the way, funnily enough Mario has actually don camo in Mario's Bombs Away, a Game & Watch game (although I definitely agree that it's pretty out of character and one of the most random jobs Mario has ever done).

@TheBigBlue Same, bought them as soon as they were available, so happy we got icons for this game!
@CheekyZelda Yeah, it's such a wasted opportunity not being able to combine elements from different series.

Would've been perfect for the role/roll section of the latest Direct!
Jokes aside, this is brilliant and even though I'm still not sure I'll get it I'm so glad it exists!

@Buizel @Grumblevolcano Couldn't agree with you two more, considering not only first party games, but also third parties, ports etc. 2022 for me too (so much so that I have still way too many games from it in my backlog like @BodkinDQ), although 2023 has the potential to beat it.
@Thomystic Didn't mention any game in particular because the list would be way too long but yeah, definitely can't forget those games for 2022. Nice mentions for those other years, too!
@Teksetter Could you at me whenever you vote and comment about it? I'm quite curious to hear which year will end up being the best one for you!
@LikelySatan Well said, why should we arbitrarily ignore games released on Switch? By the way, while I enjoyed the remake I still love Link's Awakening DX (and let's not forget the photos are exclusive to it), good thing we finally have that on Switch, too!

@Bizaster A new game would be incredible, but considering the 3DS eShop closure ports would be welcome, too.
That said, I'm happy we're at least getting Ghost Trick in the meanwhile, if you've never played it I can't recommend it enough!

@Clyde_Radcliffe That I agree with and while I get why releasing more than one N64 game at a time could be a bad idea (look at how Ocarina, Paper Mario etc. went) not much so with Game Boy (Color) and Advance games where emulation is way easier (some exceptions being the games that require special controls like Tilt 'n' Tumble).
Still, my point stands, it's just the start of the month and so we could get at least one more game by the end of it.
And honestly, it doesn't matter that much for me with all the games in my backlog, games coming out every month and how much I pay for Nintendo Switch Online and the Expansion Pack (only €10 a year since I share a family plan with my sister and friends, can't recommend it enough if you're able to) so I'm just happy whenever new game(s) get added, even more so when it's something as good as Fusion!

@Crono1973 Again, I'm not talking about the drip feeding in general, simply that being just the start of the month we could get at least one more game and people should stop jumping the gun.
I don't get why people's expectations have to always be either too low or too high (not only in this case, it happens all the time with Directs etc.), a middle ground is healthier: there could be more this month, but if there isn't oh well, at least we're getting Metroid Fusion next and soon which is really cool!

@Crono1973 Excessive pessimism isn't called for either, it's literally just the start of the month so we could still get one if not even more games added to Switch Online.

@MrGam3andBu1ld Yep, this very wave has some courses that had only been datamined in Tour and/or 8 Deluxe.
I'm happy we're finally getting some characters but yeah, if they really want to go the extra mile some retro karts would be nice, too!

As long as they don't take it too far (which I honestly doubt from the little we've seen in the trailers) it's for the best since my favorite Peach even in games is the one that has a more active role than just being kidnapped (look at the first two Paper Mario games where she's being kept captive and still takes initiative and shows more of her character).
Plus, Luigi being the damsel in distress is a way more compelling motive for Mario to take on Bowser!

@TheBigBlue Same, still don't know if I'll actually go back to watching the Pokémon anime, but this looks pretty cool so I'll at least try to!

@Bunkerneath Yep, love that they added SMK Mario and DK Jr.,
would be nice if they added more of if not all those characters!
@Patendo Being able to play new and classic games online together with friends and/or family is the best!
@victordamazio Undoubtedly and honestly, apart from the typical mobile game garbage mechanics Mario Kart Tour is quite an interesting twist on the classic Mario Kart formula (going for combos instead of just first place, character specific items back, track variants etc.) which is why I still play it!
@rockodoodle I wouldn't say that, on the contrary if Mario Kart Tour didn't exist we wouldn't have the Booster Course Pass and it's far from guaranteed we would already have a new game instead!

@LastFootnote The day before, which on the one hand is kind of sad since it would've made March 9th even better than it already is going to be, but on the other hand it's obviously better since it means we're getting it earlier!

Probably won't get it, but good to see they're back in stock, hope the same happens for the other controllers, especially the N64 one!

Would've been nice if the other actors wore their respective costumes too since I think they would fit them pretty well, but oh well, Jack Black was great!

Didn't expect Wave 3 to come out so soon, what a nice surprise!
Imagine if we also got this on March 9th instead, would've been an even wilder day than it already is going to be!
Jokes aside, it's obviously better getting it one day earlier.

@OctoAmbush Plus Wave 4 for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe AND Metroid Fusion on Switch online releasing on the same day!

Yet another thing on March 9th, it will be an incredible day for videogame fans!
@DiamondJim @Lony85 Don't know if it interests you, but we're also getting the last Mario movie Direct on the same day!

Got my copy yesterday so even a day earlier than the official release here in Italy!
Won't play it immediately since I'm currently playing way too many games, but I definitely will as soon as I either have more spare time or I finish one of those!

@Rudolf Didn't know that the Japanese version had a hard mode weirdly exclusive to it, interesting!
Not sure if I'll try it when I play this game but still, good to know!
By the way, hi and thanks again for the book recommendations, they've just arrived and I quickly skimmed through them, they all seem quite interesting!

To all those complaining about the drip feeding, can't we at least see what they end up releasing this month since we're literally only 3 days into it?

March 9th keeps on getting better!
So happy we're already getting a new GBA game on Switch Online and even more so that it's Metroid Fusion, will finally have a chance to finish it (missed it when it came out, played but didn't finish it later on emulator)!

@ChromaticDracula You can play with rental pokémon, but that makes the games way more difficult because fully evolved ones usually have worse movesets than not fully evolved ones (and even those aren't as good as those you could come up with yourself) so just keep that in mind!

@MrGam3andBu1ld I won't mention datamines and speculation based on them, but please do tell me if you're interested!
Koopa Cape and Rainbow Road are already in Tour so they could come in Wave 5 and/or 6!
Yeah, Mario Circuit would've been a fine pick had Luigi's Mansion and/or Airship Fortess, both already in Tour, had already been added to 8 Deluxe, but they haven't been so...
Daisy Cruiser, Dino Dino Jungle and also DK Mountain are already in Tour so fingers crossed we'll get most if not all of them!
The Bowser's Castle from Tour are GBA 1, 2, 3 and the 3DS one, personally hope we'll get at least the latter.

Not sure if I'd call it my favorite since I've barely seen and even less so used other themes, but I have the A Link Between Worlds one because it goes well with the Badges I have!

@Naoto-chi If I recall correctly it's because whatever source Nintendo Life uses for these articles stopped doing the European list unfortunately.

@TheBigBlue @Nanami_Ataraxi Absolutely agree with both of you and couldn't have said it better!

Love to see Kirby doing so well! Not bad for Octopath Traveler II, especially on Switch.
Again, happy to see the PlayStation 5 finally selling well, but the Switch is far from dead considering even this weak it sold around 60k all models combined!

The poll is broken for me, too.
Anyway, the only one I'm considering is Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star, not sure if it would be too much for me as exercise, but I absolutely love the theme, it was such a nice (and hilarious) surprise during the Direct!
@shonenjump86 Didn't know or at least forgot it had a demo, I should check it out! And yes, I would also appreciate a review of it here on Nintendo Life.

@T-Rexy If you like party games then absolutely Mario Party, Superstars is arguably one of the best games in the series, plus it has online play with friend or even randoms!

So much sooner than I expected, love to see it!
The only "stinker" is DS Mario Circuit (although luckily only in comparison and they could have added a new route like Peach Gardens as speculated and potentially confirmed by what @PikaPhantom mentioned).
Other than that, good to see even more Tour city tracks and especially the non-city one since it's Yoshi's Island to avoid losing them when eventually that game unfortunately shuts down, Waluigi Stadium as the first Double Dash track in the pass, DK Summit is just great and I love the remakes of GBA courses, Riverside Park absolutely included!

@NinjaNicky What @Kiyata said and I'd like to add that it's most likely because March is when the Japanese fiscal year ends.

Preordered Metroid Prime Remastered (actually arrived today, one day earlier), Bayonetta Origins, (haven't played any Bayonetta game so this spin-off will be my first one), Atelier Ryza 3 (still have to play the other games, but I want to play the full series at some point).
I'll eventually get the Sparks of Hope DLC, Dead Cells and its DLC.
I'm also considering ONI (want to check reviews first), Fitness Boxing (not sure if it's for me, but I love the Fist of the North Star theme), Fatal Frame (horror games aren't my forte, but I love this series's concept).

@Shambo Of course there are cases where the price of games is actually inflated, but here we're talking about a completely new Nintendo game with the standard price for that kind of product so I just can't see why the developers and publishers should undersell their work from the start.
Hopefully down the line there will be discounts to potentially appeal to those who don't want to or can't spend that much, getting at least closer to a "fair trade" between most if not all customers and the producers.

@Shambo The gist of my discourse is that one thing is buying a game at a lower price because that's how much you feel it's worth it for you and in that sense I couldn't agree more, another is saying that a game should cost less from the start just because of any personal opinion since I feel that's disrespectful of all the work done by the people involved in its creation, distribution etc.

Lucky all of you in the US, hope you have fun watching it!

@Browny Couldn't agree more with you!