JohnnyMind

JohnnyMind

Aiming for knowledge and fun!

Comments 11,896

Re: Random: Resident Evil Requiem's Switch 2 Physical Release Appears To Have Different Cover Art

JohnnyMind

The box art of the regular editions are both great in their own ways while yeah, not a fan at all of the one on the deluxe edition - anyway, kind of weird that this is a thing, but happy for those going for this game regardless (potentially me included at some point, but when I have the time for it I'll play the less horror Resident Evil games first and foremost, most likely starting with 4)!

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (22nd November)

JohnnyMind

Tonight I'm not seeing my friends so I'll just continue with my schedule of alternating between:

  • Fitness Boxing (FotNS, did the daily workout once; 3 did 4 Box-and-Bond for Lin - FotNS did Battle Mode);
  • Ring Fit Adventure (did 3 missions of World 12; 7 Worlds completed and 5 finished);
  • Tears of the Kingdom (continued going around to find the remaining Voice Memories; all Towers, Tears, Tablets, Lightroots, Shrines, Temples, Sidequests, Caves, 210 Voice Memories and 181 Koroks);
  • GameCenter CX (continued the 8th game - this one's an RPG so it will take a while; first GameCenter CX, 7 Games of the second one completed, second GameCenter CX and 2 Games finished);
  • Freedom Planet 2 (did 1 stage as Carol; Story as Lilac - 21/63 Badges);
  • Jamboree (continued getting the remaining Minigame achievements - also got a photo; all Mini Stars, 100/116 Achievements, 28/30 Photos);
  • Brothership (continued collecting Bond Energy; all Reefs, Islets and Sidequests, 20 Islands, 1200 Lumenade, 24 Challenges);
  • Dragon Quest III (started sailing around the new map; 14 Dungeons, 86 Mini Medals);
  • Persona 5 Tactica (did 1 mission and got the final hideout conversation; all Quests and Hideout Conversations, 3/4 Kingdoms, 51/52 Missions);
  • Legends Arceus (continued going around to catch all Pokémon; 26/27 Missions and 85/122 Requests completed - Pokédex 224 Seen, 207 Caught and 123 Max Research Level);
  • Xenoblade Chronicles X (did an affinity mission - also got several Heart-to-Heart; 5/?? Chapters, 14/?? Affinity, 26/?? Normal, 36/?? Basic Missions and 34/?? Heart-to-Hearts - Mira 18,38% - 69/204 Story, 29/315 Combat and 50/222 World Achievements);
  • Guardians of Azuma (advanced the story and so unlocked more of the sky - also did some bonding quests; 83/?? Main, 43/?? Bonding Quests - 51/?? Bestiary - 7/45 PescaPedia - 15/36 Quests, 3/6 Battles, 1/16 Bonds, 5/8 Everyday Life and 5/7 Kamiwaza Seals);
  • Fantasy Life i (went around a previous area I hadn't properly explored - also did some Life quests and so found a Strangeling and ranked up all the combat and Farmer Lives ; 5 Chapters - Lives 5 Adept and 9 Apprentice Rank - 35 Personal Requests - 35/128 Monsters, 37/130 Resources, 8/49 Strangelings, 8/50 Characters);
  • Mario Kart World (did a Grand Prix; Mirror Three Stars 1 Grand Prix - 14 ? Panels, 30 P Switches and 10 Peach Medallions in Free Roam - 96 Characters, 34 Vehicles and 227 Stickers);
  • Soul Calibur II (completed Sub-Chapter 3 and Chapter 3 in Weapon Master; Arcade as 1 character - Weapon Master finished, 3 Chapters and 2 Sub-Chapters completed);
  • Street Fighter 6 (started Animal Paradise and so also unlocked a new master in World Tour; World Tour 7 Chapters and 16 Sidequests);
  • Yakuza 0 (finished Chapter 7 and barely started Chapter 8; 7 Chapters - 15.78% Completion, 14/79 Adventure, 26/84 Battle, 5/99 Business, 4/27 Substories, 10/85 Minigames);
  • Bananza (did Sublayer 1100 - also could finally visit DK Island; 12 Layers - 340/469 Banandium Gems, 331/522 Fossils, 18/117 Discs);
  • Pac-Man World 2 (completed 3 mazes; 3 Worlds, 12 Levels and 5 Mazes completed);
  • on YouTube Air Riders (took part in the test again, tried all the modes);
  • Pokémon Snap (replayed the remaining courses and so found all the Signs; PKMN 61 Kinds, 6 Sign, Score 187600 Points)!

Re: Review: DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO (Switch 2) - A Brilliant Brawler With A Colossal Roster

JohnnyMind

Thanks for the review, glad to hear the Switch 2 version is overall great in general and even more so personally since I doubt I'll be particularly bothered by those issues myself as much as it would be great if they were able to further improve on those aspects at least through patches - so looking forward to finally playing Sparking Zero now that it's also on Switch 1 and 2 when my copy arrives (a Switch copy, but based on what I've seen and heard it should practically be the same as the Switch 2 one after the update)!

Re: Marvel Cosmic Invasion Scores 'Deluxe' Physical Release On Switch And Switch 2

JohnnyMind

People here still miss the point that such companies can afford selling their Switch 2 games fully physically for $20 more exactly because they have a lower cost when it comes to the games themselves and so more often than not also starting price digitally - try adding that to a $50 and even more so $60 game while not being Nintendo whose games luckily overall sell regardless of that despite all the complaining about starting prices...
Anyway, love to see Cosmic Invasion getting such physical releases, definitely getting one of those myself (have to ask my usual retailer what version they'd be sending me for their preorder and then decide if I want to keep that or cancel it and preorder the game elsewhere)!

Re: Opinion: Banjo-Tooie Is Pure Nightmare Fuel, And I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

JohnnyMind

Funnily enough I've never found Banjo-Tooie straight up scary, just intriguing - the interconnected map, the worlds themselves, the characters, the humor (of course even more so when I was older and so got more jokes, first because my English got better and then the adult ones, both lewd and not) and so on... but yes, that's why I still love it so much despite its issues to this day and why I'd personally say that I prefer it to Kazooie as much as I love that as well in its own way!

Re: Japanese Charts: Konami Rolls Another Smash Hit With Its Momotaro Dentetsu Board Game Sequel

JohnnyMind

Unsurprisingly Momotaro Dentetsu keeps on being that popular in Japan but still, love to see it - interested in giving it a try myself at some point!
Also happy to see Mario Kart World in 2nd, Legends Z-A in 4th and 5th, Age of Imprisonment in 7th, Sparking Zero debuting in 9th and 10th (wish it sold better, though) and of course Switch 2 still on top of the hardware charts, selling that much and yet followed by Switch!

Re: Nintendo Download: 20th November (North America)

JohnnyMind

Already got the upgrade for Hello Kitty, preordered Air Riders physically, will eventually get Titans of the Tide and Tomb Raider for sure, maybe also Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons (voting for the games up to here) and R-Type Delta and that should be it unless I missed something and of course not counting potential additions thanks to others' comments!

Re: Kirby Air Riders: Guide, Tips & Tricks, All Modes & Unlocks

JohnnyMind

Appreciated the tips & tricks, there were a couple I didn't know (speaking of, were the power graphs available also during the test?) while everything else is a nice review - I'll be back for the rest if needed, so looking forward to playing the full release myself as soon as my copy arrives!

Re: Review: R-Type Delta: HD Boosted (Switch) - The Best R-Type? Possibly, And It's Never Looked Better

JohnnyMind

Thanks for the review, when I can I'll go for much easier titles first and foremost also considering that I have little experience with shoot-'em-ups and only then I'll consider giving this at least a try - that said, glad to hear it's overall so good for those interested in it (fingers crossed they can add some if not all those features mentioned through patches so that it becomes even better)!

Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade's File Size On Switch 2 Is Making Us Sweat

JohnnyMind

Reminder of all the complaints about the starting prices ever since the start of the Switch 2 gen and yes, including the system itself at first - it certainly wouldn't have been lower had the internal storage been bigger (and while luckily there already are discounts to an extent on the system I bet there will eventually be bigger ones on microSD Express just like it happened for regular microSDs)...
Leaving that aside, looking forward to playing this game on Switch 2 as soon as my copy arrives and I have the time for it!

Re: "We're Truly Sorry" - Opus: Prism Peak Slips Into 2026

JohnnyMind

No worries, will always gladly take a delay if it means having a better game from the get-go - looking forward to Prism Peak whenever it comes out and I have the time for it (by the way, I've seen it before and I think not exclusively thanks to articles here on Nintendo Life, maybe it was in a Japanese Direct?)!

Re: Sakurai Is Keen To Live An "Unassuming Life", Despite His Fame And Prestige

JohnnyMind

As expected from Sakurai-san (no matter if some claim he's egotistical on this very site) and couldn't agree more with him - that said, how I wish people had more respect for games and even more so their creators... even just by avoiding offensive exaggerations like "trash" etc. when it comes to the games and even more so those like the abovementioned one when it comes to the creators themselves!

Re: Mini Review: Arcade Archives 2 TOKYO WARS (Switch 2) - Another Polished But Wafer Thin Hamster Port

JohnnyMind

Thanks for the review, definitely interested in giving this a try when I can - not anytime soon though and not just because of the starting price (and practically definitive one as unlike most games and yes, including Nintendo ones, only few of these get discounted as it apparently depends on the IP owners based on what I've seen and heard in this very comment section, Nintendo Life in general, on Deku Deals etc., but if that's the both literal and figurative price for Hamster to continue releasing these then so be it), so many games to play... and I couldn't be happier!

Re: Reminder: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds SpongeBob SquarePants DLC Now Available

JohnnyMind

And of course the related festival is happening this weekend, definitely taking part in that on stream as usual (even more so considering that you'll be able to play the new track even without getting the DLC yourself that way if the Minecraft one is any indication) - looking forward to playing as SpongeBob and Patrick whenever I get the Season Pass myself while the Switch 2 upgrade as soon as it comes out!

Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Ranked Battle Season 3 Start Date And Rewards Revealed

JohnnyMind

Good luck to all those seeking this and/or the previous Mega Stones (based on comments last time it should be easier to get them now at least when it comes to points, but still) - fingers crossed they'll be available again and regularly so that those who don't have the game yet will be able to get them, me included as my copy hasn't arrived yet due to delivery delays!

Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Kirby Air Riders

JohnnyMind

@KoopaTheGamer So again, being not only fully functional, but also a legitimate (all those scam games...) and full of content game isn't enough to be more than "average", especially when games on average are unfortunately lacking in some if not all of those aspects - even more so at launch, luckily many at least improve eventually through patches -, just because of personal preference?