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Yea i want these. They will look awesome boxed up in my loft 💙❤️💛

I always thought Nintendo should do a Gamecube on Switch physical release line, in the same Switch cases but purple instead of red 👌

It’s also on Gamepass on Xbox.

My only issue with these is having to wait for the physical. I’m actually tempted to double-dip!

Would love a slipcase to house all 3 retail releases of the Pikmin series 💙❤️💛

So glad this is happening and the physical is beautiful 👌

@RadioShadow same, doesn’t work for me even though I have NSO. I guess it’s trying to save me money?

Maybe a Zelda movie should have as much dialogue from Link as we get from John Wick…

“Are you pissed off, Link?”

“Yeaaaaaaaaa”

Diablo IV made me a better father.

5 hours into Diablo IV and loving it!

Sitting here waiting to buy it on my Xbox…

The only Square Enix Xbox game of 2023? Good to see the relationship is still strong 💪

@UltimateOtaku91 that is the price while the films are still out in the cinema; kind of a new system used since covid. Will drop to £13.99 in a month or so.

Got Link’s Awakening and Wolf Link Amiibos. Would have liked Majoras Mask, Wind Waker and maybe the Anniversary but ah well.

Imagine if the successor console had TOTK, Pikmin 4 and Metroid Prime 4 as launch titles (as new releases, not after the fact). That would have been insane but I guess they would have stepped on eachothers toes sales-wise.

Doesn’t look like mine is coming today as the tracking from Nintendo says “Missorted”…. Wicked.

Dayum. I’m someone who has loved video games my whole life but don’t know many people in person who actually play; outside of very casually. I might look into this.

I just got my 50 points in the UK

Just started the game and that opening beat starting up is pure joy/nostalgia to me.

Donkey Kong’s entrance was possibly #1 for me.

The only reference I didn’t really like was the “princess is in another castle” just because it sounded like it was written by a fan or something. Otherwise loved it!

@JONOFTHEJONS Ima let you finish but Devolver put out some of the games of all time ❤️

Of all time.

Yea i’ve bought more since. But I still have 2 that are broken. One of the Splatoon 2 Joycons out of the box was already screwed and Nintendo wanted to charge me for a repair - it didn’t make sense. But now finally I can get on that I guess…

I have the OLED preordered along with the case at the moment but still not sure. I almost always play handheld so would get use out of it but with the next Switch expected… I just don’t know! Help!

If the next one is backwards compatible with cartridges then I don’t need it but if it’s not then I would like to have it to keep that library going. Only got a launch Switch at the moment.

@WingZeroSys er no? I’m not a scalper. I have pre-ordered because i’m interested in owning the product for the price it costs. Have you never been under 100% sure about something you have bought? Very savvy of you.

I’m sorry you didn’t get one yet, that sucks if you really want one; but don’t tell me what to do with mine. I missed out on the collector’s edition of the game too (at a decent-ish price at least).

Got a preorder in for the OLED at ShopTo, thanks for the “Link” 😉.

Not 100% on it yet as I feel like the Switch successor is around the corner but hey, Zelda collector’s editions are usually pretty well regarded.

Just FYI as a Gold member at ShopTo it’s £313 instead.

I just want that sense of wonder than Wind Waker gave me. Sailing in a random direction and stumbling on a small island was a special thing that Zelda hasn’t done since for me. I just skimmed the trailer as i’m at work but hopefully the sky islands offer at least something similar.

Yea really hope we are past this now and it becomes a continuous eco-system like Xbox has managed since the 360 (for the most part), but especially with the Xbox One onwards being the same one store. With the Nintendo account system, you would hope they have taken the initial steps to root the Switch as the new start for this.

The fact that some games I bought in 2006 digitally on Xbox I can still play today on my Series X is actually so good (17 years of continuity, what!). And it should be like that. If I buy a Virtual Console game, why shouldn’t that come with me across Nintendo generations.

I do feel sad about it! Hope I don’t regret not picking something up down the line but it’s done now. The music, the channels etc, it was all it’s own vibe/atmosphere. Very nostalgic for it.

The original launch 3DS and then the launch 3DSXL.

@FraserG torn on them both as last-minute pickups but wish they were a bit cheaper tbh.

So I FOMO’d more than I thought I would over the last couple of days:

3DS: Attack of the Friday Monsters, Crimson Shroud, and Pokemon Red.

Wii U: Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, and Super Mario RPG

It’s really hard to know what will be brought back by Nintendo in a reasonable timeframe and what wont. Tempted by Pushmo World or whatever the UK name is. I just have no storage space on the Wii U so it ruins the whole thing.

Needs Sonic R. I genuinely love that game.

Even the title of the game is an advert. Crazy.

@MonkeyNinja506 @juanblue85 Thanks both, didn’t think you could!

@Juanblue85 can you use gold coins for 3DS? I couldn’t figure out a way.

@Mgalens 100% Xbox (and to a lesser extent playstation) have shown that the options can exist alongside eachother where you can either sub or purchase. I do see it as a weird argument where someone says “oh thats coming to Gamepass, I would rather own it…” as if you can’t buy any single gamepass game you like (you can). So yea would love to see Nintendo give the option.

Thinking about it though… i’ve realised I also miss the whole “channel” aspect of the Wii and Wii U. The Switch is great but its home screen/dashboard is… trash. So part of the fun of owning the Virtual Console games was seeing their logos and start screens flashing up in some completely unsynchronised order alongside the Wii home music.

Oh man. 17 years flies by.

@Nintendo4Sonic that was the ambassador program version, which is where I played it. You couldn’t buy it unfortunately; though I believe it was on Wii U; which is probably where this review is originally from.

I agree I miss the Virtual Console a lot, but at least this is a legit option. The longer you leave it before subbing; the more value gets added too.

A new 3D Mario game makes it an easy 2017 for me.

Please understand

Pokemon Warriors with Koei Tecmo 👌

Not been this excited for a film since maybe Infinity War, otherwise Django Unchained or Force Awakens. Can’t wait!

For the record, for the mod, my comment #30 was not off topic. Maybe I should have put emphasis around the word “Nintendo”. Since my point was directly referring to the sales on a “Nintendo” system as a reflection of what this article we are commenting on is discussing. Literally the entire point of this article and the outcome from it. But okay then.

It should be case-by-case. Tears of the Kingdom and Starfield are hopefully worth it. But Last of Us? Nah. Should always depend on the game.

@mjhopkins81 Yeah… I know it is. But with Xbox handing out cheques to get games on gamepass; that revenue would negate some of the lack of sales.

Yea SE are competing with themselves at this point. @Hayter has it spot on they released so many games at the end of last year it was too much. I just got Star Ocean, Tactics Ogre, Diofield and Stranger of Paradise but it’s just way too much content.

3 of the above I got on Xbox but still most of their releases skip Xbox. Rude; and also means they can’t use Gamepass to generate revenue. Stop getting into bed with Sony.

Square Enix expects to sell at least a billion. Anything less will be a disappointment.

Playing it on Xbox and really enjoying revisiting it. Not sure what people expect, we know it’s old. It still works and it feels good to be back!

More excited about this now it has dropped the social aspects; that really killed Three Houses for me unfortunately. Good that they are trying different things. ShopTo order in!

I do miss the GBA art style though.

I just want advance wars man. I just got my Analogue Pocket and the used copies on ebay are calling me. But come on just release the remaster Nintendo.

Everyone knew this would come to console eventually. So stupid that SE releases on mobile and Steam first and leaves a huge gap in time because they want you to buy it there first and hopefully double dip. I actually do feel like it will come to Xbox (and native PS5) eventually but who knows when that will be. Square Enix has some incredible IP but they are becoming one of the more dodgy publishers these days. At least on sale their games tend to be solid value.

@DaniPooo that would be a plot twist if this release turned out to be a code in the box!