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No mention of the names?

@loyalroyal1989 Examples?

Is this why Sumo Digital still haven’t fixed that Snake Pass logo?

When's the review?

Maybe some of these “YouTubers” will now get a real job!

This move should increase the quality of content. If the channel is good enough it’ll grow and make money.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE NL seem to throw out 8s and 9s at the drop of a hat nowadays, but a 10/10 from you is surely a very rare event and is what has convinced me to get this game. Cheers! Any chance you could score all of the games?

@Cosats I’m still waiting for him to explain why it’s easier to port Steamworld Dig 2 on the Wii U rather than the 3DS. Appears to have a lot of opinions masquerading as facts, without much knowledge to back them up.

Also seems to forget there are people that, for whatever reason, didn’t own a Wii or Wii U so these remastered ports will be new games to them.

Personally, I think de Blob, it’s sequel and the DS version were all great games. Happily double dip if the price is right.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE why is it cheaper to port to Wii U than 3DS? My understanding is that the Switch has different architecture to both.

And early March is actually soon!

Wish NL articles such as this included more opinion and / or analysis though, rather than what feels like little more than free advertising for Nintendo.

For example, I shouldn’t need to read the comments section to discover the exchange rate.

@Krull That’s great news. Didn’t realise that any of supermarkets are back on board. Neither of the big Sainsbury’s in London that I frequent (Angel and Chiswick) stock anything Nintendo other than a Pez sweet dispenser!

@Maxz Thanks Dad!

Joking aside, I’m sure you’ve educated a few Yanks with that explanation.

(And before anyone on the other side of the pond gets emotional, I lived in NY for over 7 years and am married to an American.)

@readyletsgo Ireland is NOT part of the U.K.

Are you American perchance?

NIntendo needs to get the major UK supermarkets to sell the Switch.

They stocked Wii but then got badly burnt with the Wii U and got rid of Nintendo.

They stock both PS4 and XBone.

@Nincompoop Read the review?

Plus the DS version wasn’t released in Europe, so I’m sure there’s a few people there that haven’t played it.

@Galenmereth I can’t remember the exact wording but one example was something that Raynie says near the beginning of the game which could be construed as homophobic. Hopefully someone else is willing to play the 3DS demo to compare against the start of the DS version and make notes of these changes.

On the graphics front, Raynie’s breasts remain ridiculously large.

The limited edition DS version of this game and 999 are probably my best ever impulse videogame purchases.

I’ve pre-ordered the 3DS remake on amazon and am currently playing the demo. The only change I don’t like is the snippets of speech given to NPCs that aren’t fully voiced. These snippets often don’t match with any of the written text which I find quite jarring. I would’ve preferred text only for those NPCs.

I’ve also noticed they’ve altered some of the text from the DS version to make it more politically correct.

Looking forward to playing Celeste but holding off a sale, especially after paying full price for Oxenfree.

And if you enjoy the storytelling aspect of Oxenfree, I recommend checking out Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! By Inkle Studios on Steam, IOS or Android.

Rubbish! With the Wii U disaster behind them, and now that Nintendo are doing well again, how about resurrecting the far superior Club Nintendo?

Free mini Labo kits would be a smart start!

@idrawrobots Agreed! Guess WarioWare Twisted! wasn’t included as it didn’t get released in the U.K. I believe the reason why was something to do with health and safety.

I’ve all the games on the list, including 2 copies of Ninja Five-O. (Those and the GameCube component cables are my pension!)

@subpopz Chav!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Can't believe you haven't got Wii U tattooed on one of your appendages!

"I did use to work for the Nintendo hotline in the UK as well they were good times and worked with some really good guys."

"I prefer to do original designs, where I tattoo a lot of existing characters going with something original is extremely difficult, but I do try and use images I haven’t used before or to add some sort of background to make it more original."

Did NL run out of full stops / periods for this interview?

@roadrunner343 Well said! Switch shortages have been less severe than they were for the Wii.

Plus, when Wii was around we didn’t have fake news!

@NewAdvent By "kill off the 3DS" I mean Nintendo should stop developing new games for it rather than cease manufacturing the system.

Parents will still buy the 3DS for their children. I've friends who've bought a PS3 for their pre-teen boys rather than as the console and games are much cheaper than a PS4. I can see the 3DS fulfilling the same role in the handheld market. Huge back library of games available, what with DS backwards compatibility.

I still regularly play my 3DS as plenty of games yet to experience. (Just finished Hey! Pikmin. Much better than expected after reading the reviews, but then I'm a big fan of 2D platformers.)

@westman98 Indeed. Subtract the 5.03 million sales of Super Mario Land on Wi U to (more than) compensate for Nintendo hardcore fans and you're still left with sales of 4.03 million which is only 60,000 less than Super Mario Galaxy 2 sales.

This suggests that the Switch is attracting back both the Wii home console and DS handheld consumers that Nintendo lost in the dark nights of Wii U (and not so dark days of 3DS).

@Hikingguy Now I know what my Splatoon 2 problem is. I don't have any friends!

NOA seemed somewhat clueless about JRPGs with Wii.

@NewAdvent Once Nintendo kill off the (new) 3DS they can focus all their attention on Switch. We then shouldn't have such long waits between each iteration of Mario, Zelda, Smash, Mario Kart, Pokemon, Metroid, etc. as there will be twice as many developers working on the one console.

@Hikingguy Good point! Yes, it was. And then GameStop inflated the prices of second-hand copies to ridiculous levels which further hurt sales.

Also available direct from Nintendo of America which is where I bought my copy as was living in New York at the time. (Now back in London wondering why we don't also have a Nintendo Store!)

@Hikingguy This is why I didn't buy ARMS as couldn't see myself playing it much.

I own Splatoon 2 and TBH haven't got around to playing that yet! Does that mean there's something wrong with me?

@OorWullie It's a crime that the first Xenoblade Chronicles only sold 0.92 million. An amazing game, especially for its time.

XC2 feels rushed to me. Wish Nintendo had delayed the launch until 2018. (I'd wager most of us were still playing Super Mario Odyssey when it was released.) That said, it's still a good game and agree that with more promotion, time and a higher Switch install base it could sell 1.5 million.

1-2-Switch sales are also surprisingly low. Deservedly so in my opinion though as it's such a shallow experience. It's one of the few Nintendo games I've regretted buying. (At least with Fling Smash it came with a Wii Remote Plus so effectively cost just US$10.)

@Janus1986 I've been hardcore Nintendo since the SNES*, but I'm still excited about Labo. (* From the UK so had a Commodore 64 before that rather than a NES.)

@OorWullie What's your source for Xenoblade Chronicles X sales? If that's accurate then the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 sales aren't that great as suggests just the same hardcore audience are buying the game.

@Janus1986 Labo!

At 14, isn’t he a bit old to be hanging around playgrounds?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Thanks for posting. @Dom Is there a reason why NL is no longer posting these figures?

@Savlep99 Most American CRAFT beers are 5%+ ABV (alcohol by volume).

Unlike the U.K. there’s not a sliding scale of higher tax for higher ABV in the U.S. which is why stronger beers are more prevalent.

This tax ladder is also the reason why the majority of British real ales (craft beer before craft beer became a thing) are 4.something % ABV.

Comparing these craft beers / real ales with mass market beers (e.g. Bud, Miller, Heineken, Carlsberg, etc.) is like comparing a gourmet burger to a Big Mac!

So this is confirmed to be released outside Japan? The last one for DS wasn’t.

Yoshi Switch?

@Damo Could Labo be the reason why Yoshi Switch was somewhat strangely not included in the recent Nintendo Direct Mini?

It's so bonkers it's brilliant!

And the 2018 award for breaking news in video game journalism goes to...

@Anti-Matter Just jesting. Your English is infinitely better than my Indonesian!

@Anti-Matter What about your horrible English?

@Hotfusion It’s a shame your journalism course didn’t cover commas. Or spellchecking.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE And hopefully by next week!

@ULTRA-64 Spelt is spent wrong! But agree that the site should have consistent spelling. Most companies have a style guide for this sort of thing.

1,230,100 or 230,100? The article and headline says 1,230,100 but the photo shows 230,100.

If it is indeed 1,230,100 but the game won't display anything above 999,999, it would be worth mentioning this in the article.
As currently it's not clear whether or not 1,230,100 is a typo with the conflicting 230,100 shown in the photo.

@avocadopear Re-read the article. If you still don’t understand, let me know and I’ll try to explain it to you.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE And that’s coming from someone who played the inferior Wii U version!

I also voted BotW. SMO was also awesome but more evolution than revolution. I’m not feeling it with XC2. It’s good but feels like a rushed sequel.

Thank you and goodbye. I’ll miss your long, well written reviews.

Would be useful if reviewers could indicate whether a game is available on another platform at a lower price. Or, at least, whether it’s a Switch exclusive or not.

Appreciate this is a Nintendo site, but I’d rather not pay over double the price for the same game just to get it on Switch when I also own an iPad and iPhone. And other readers have Androids, PS4s and Xbones. Nowadays, I doubt any of us live in a Nintendo exclusive bubble.

The money saved can be used to buy more (Nintendo) games!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Welcome back! You were missed. Too busy playing Switch?

So will you be keeping that Wii U icon or updating to the Switch logo in Irish colours?