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@SpaceboyScreams I remember when Rampage released on the N64 and the reviews were filled with complaints about how button mashy it is with the core concept being to smash up buildings.

Oh how times, and what’s regarded as fun, has changed.

@Aurumonado Did I even mention Nintendo? I wasn’t even thinking them specifically. You can power down for a day, the Nintendo Corp will love as much after a day off as they do today.

@AstroTheGamosian I've long thought that the Gamespot Covid thing will see an end to these big companies, instead replaced with smaller more nimble companies that put people before shareholders (because there won't be any of the latter). This is across all industries.

@HugoGED He strikes me as a fan, rather than someone who has any clue whatsoever on how to manage studios.

@K1LLEGAL I remember collecting them, but no recollection of what we could spend them on.

Takes me back to going to Special Reserve, seemingly the only place not selling N64 at rip off prices. Being asked if I liked Star Fox and as I did Buck Bumble would be up my street. It wasn’t ‘just like’ like they said, but I had a great time with it.

Of course, people are re-reviewing their opinion on a game based on an update which changed the game.

@MegaVel91 For me it’s that lack of Nintendo polish I’ve seen a few times last generation. Echoes of Wisdom* & Pikmin 4 spring to mind with their endless interruptions, repeated unskippable animations / text, and slow input register to skip through menus.

And Colin. That guy needs to go.

*And while this was by Grezzo not Nintendo, it’s Nintendo’s characters, name etc, they should have insisted.

Not even Nintendo can avoid the modern corporate trend:

Promise to do X
Fail to do X
Apologise for not doing X

I wonder what's easier, changing the wind of corporate opinion / statement when they realise their customers aren't on their side or changing the wind in WindWaker.

‘Boffins’? Have I clicked on the Daily Star by mistake? 😉

NA seems the best. Europe devoid of content, and the Japanese on brand as being a bit too twee for me.

@TheSaneInsanity Looks like an insufferable. Someone who I would consider leaving the pub if they walked in. I say this as a fellow insufferabler.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Good gravy I love that machine. Toy Commander, THPS2 with far less fog, Headhunter, Shenmue. Sonic of course. The VMU. A really shame what happened to it.

I don't own the game or a Switch 2, but when/if it happens then Koopa Troopa has always been good to me in MK8. Be a shame to reward him with irrelevance one game later.

@Mana_Knight Christ alive I'm bored to the teeth of this childish back and forth 'na na na na you're wrong you're wrong' etc.

Can we just agree that initially some people thought the high cost of the device and the high cost of the games would lead to slow uptake. That hasn't happened. Good.

But remember the Wii had massive sales and brought in 'casuals' who eventually got over it like they get over any new purchase and move on to something else. Leaving those of us that really like gaming stuck with companies releasing waggle-ware and shovel-ware designed to bring those people back to the table when they were never coming back.

There is a global cost of living crisis. Most are happy with Mario Kart because it's a pack in at a much cheaper cost than what buying it alone would cost. Let's see what happens when people are asked to pay £70 a time for a game. I suspect we're going to see it tail off. Look at the third party support, a report earlier this week about publishers are disappointed with the uptake of their software: because people aren't spending the money.

Now of course this could be because many of them are old games re-released. Cyberpunk has probably been bought by most people that were interested in it years ago on other platforms.

We are only a few weeks from launch, and a quick glance at shops show stock coming in, and sticking around a bit longer than I would imagine given the supposedly super high interest in the new device.

I'm just saying that we could have grown up, proper discussions with each other without devolving into this playground nonsense of those people saying 'its definitely not going to pay off' being called idiots, and vice versa. There is a difference between initial excitement and long term investment. There is room for things to change and people to change their minds. Would the Switch 1, for example, have done so well without Covid?

Maybe, on sale or something. Definitely not until reviews. The game looks very same-y and button-masher. While not trying to sound like a YouTube Game Psychologist but the gameplay loop looks like it’ll get old quick.

European one is the best. Shows more about what the game is. Japan cover looks like an hipster artists wet dream.

Ahh modern ‘news’. But then, it’s got the comments in so… well played.

10/10 from my wallets perspective as it’s put me off the Switch 2

I’m hoping that by the time / if I get a Switch 2 they’ve updated Pikmin 4 to a) load faster, b) tone down the incessant interruptions and c) remove Colin.

What competition? Is anything new out for anyone else?

@Aurumonado It’s been one week, settle down.

I’m in two minds:

1) Let’s see where the land lies after the initial release rush and see if it has the same install base as the first one (with obvious caveats - lets be real, Covid helped the entertainment industry). I can see those with a passing interest in gaming not being interested in such a high price for machine + games.

2) Alternatively, I’m hoping that this is a sales success as that hopefully means we’ve (finally) turned an economic corner, people have more disposable income that they’re happy to part with, and things are on the up.

@Kidfunkadelic83 I almost did the same, despite my negative feelings towards the price of games, and the 'feel' that Nintendo are giving off to me. But I'm a sucker for new toys.

I've decided to decorate instead, to keep my tech-addict hands away from the computer. Apart from this here. And I will not tab across to Argos.

I feel like I'm missing something here: if you're a small publisher and want to reduce costs, why would you bother with a game keycard at all?

Surely that extra plastic is an added cost that you can't afford. The only ones I can see doing well out of this is the big publishers looking to cut corners, as the smaller developers would just release digitally, no?

Toyed with the idea of ‘if I walk into a store and they have a bundle I might pick one up’, but this has firmly kicked me off that idea. And in the future if it’s still the non-pack-in price I’ll skip it entirely. A shame.

I’m sure I’ll pick one up eventually. That’s been the case with all Nintendo machines (only got the Wii and Switch on launch day). I think I just need the library to expand with quality a bit.

Those who are buying it: have fun tomorrow!

@MrCarlos46 ☹️

@clicky I said in an earlier (much earlier) article that with things like this, I would be very happy being put on a wait list. I'd even go further as to say 'make me a low priority', so that those more excited can get it, and mine would come when it comes.

@Stwert That was my thinking "I'll get one because the games are coming", then thought "I'll get one when the games come". I loved BotW, wasn't overly keen on TotK after smashing through it (took a bit of retrospection to work out why I come back to it and last 10 minutes whereas with BotW I can jump into another full play through), so I'm waiting to see what the games are.

Have you got one pre-ordered? Ready for Thursday?

I genuinely - and I mean this sincerely - envy those of you that have found excitement with this machine, modern gaming, the upgrade offer, MKWorld etc.

I've hovered over the pre-order button because Christ Alive I love myself some new toys to play with. But I'm just not getting that excitement* over it, certainly not enough to justify the price. The games don't seem that exciting, having had a recent dabble with 3D Mario games I realise I don't really enjoy them now I'm older.

This has been an on-going feeling though, that with gaming since the Amiga, I've seen it all and there's not that new pull. There's the argument over better frame rates, and fidelity; I had the time of my life with 8fps Ocarina of Time and the fidelity of an Amiga game, so that's not a pull for me. And I'm tired to the teeth of hearing about ray-tracing.

This to say: I hope those of you with pre-orders enjoy Tuesday and have one of those rare, excitement driven days that only happen twice a decade of a new machine and new games.

*When I think about it, I only got the Switch on launch day because Amazon fluffed my WiiU Breath of the Wild order and it was either wait a week for the game, or get it on Day 1 if I bought a switch. No BotW would mean I'd be a later adopter of that console too.

@KociolekDoSyta I was really disappointed that the re-release of Rodland doesn't have the Amiga soundtrack. I hope any future Dizzy pack has, as you say, all the variants of each game (like Aladdin, Jungle Book & Lion King pack) and at the very least the different soundtracks.

Bee-lined to this to find my Amiga and Dizzy brethren.

I’m really pleased they used ‘boot up’ rather than ‘turn on’.

@The_Nintend_Pedant I’ll help.

-x-

“disappointing wishlist performance of the upcoming Yooka-Replaylee”

If it was a new game I’d probably buy it as I enjoyed 1 & 2. But I am done with double dipping for minor improvements.

@IronMan30 I miss the days of once a month updates via a magazine. In fact magazines can be held responsible for enjoying reading in my youth.

@Suketoudara Ha! Loaded this article to say the same. But I would want Amiga variants. And definitely Crystal Kingdom Dizzy.

Imagine that, in today’s financial climate people getting upset with others who are tone-deaf about spending money.

I want to preface this with the idea that freelancing in the film industry is a pain in the arse.

But I don’t understand why the game industry isn’t more like this, if a studio isn’t working on a project that requires Role Y, then why is Person Y employed there?

I’m astounded that the games industry hasn’t gone to this approach. On the other hand I wouldn’t wish it on people, I just can’t believe it hasn’t happened with the (what feels like) consistent rounds of layoffs at companies.

Again, not saying it should be. Surprised it isn’t. I welcome insight.

@MrDocena it was a more a comment on NintendoLife articles rather than the comment section.

Where was this ire with Nintendo games?

@TrogdorTheBurninator that’s fair. I’m really not feeling it, but I do seem to have an obsession with trying to ‘win’ at getting a pre-order. It’s how I ended up with the woefully underutilised PS5.

@TrogdorTheBurninator Big money for as yet unproven improvements. Have you pre-ordered or are you waiting?

@-wc- from various comments over the site of yours, I believe we’d be firm friends.

“We need dynamism”
“Bunch them together!”

@sanderev Buy a bundle with the console - so you then have to buy more games at this higher price? I'll wait for any second hand market methinks.

And to your other comments, I don't know where you live but in the UK at least, friends and family seem unable to find a pre-order. So whenever you're ready to get off your sanctimonious high horse the better for all of us.

Edit: just want to add, the 'ignore all comments' button is glorious.

I don’t know what I hate more: Fortnite, streamers with their over-acted response to things, or the massive over the top microphones these clowns need.

@Paper_Yoshi same. Unless someone has commented specifically what’s changed I can’t seem to see it. Even then I’m a bit ‘eh…sure?’

That Donkey Kong design though? Yeesh.

@geiseldiesel I think you’ll find it’s Construction Snake.

@LastFootnote what unnecessary faff.

They still haven’t grabbed my attention with the games yet (especially not at the asking price). But I am hoping that the next entry in the Construction Snake series is good, as I’ve always been fond of that ape since since standing watching his CGI model in Toys R Us.