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@NinjaWaddleDee exactly!

@sanderev mmmmm.....I get your point, however, nintendo were very quick to point out during the wii/blue ocean strategy era that not only do the compete with other consoles they also compete with cinema, swimming, riding a bike basically any distraction/entertainment. They do offer something no one else does (Disney, Ms, Sony, Apple) and will always have a place in my heart for sure!

Sound gorgeous! A project for another day....I need to catch up on my first

@jwfurness what was the mod? I love the sp form factor and have the original in silver.

Dark blue Yoshi is my jam.

If you haven’t picked up Wolfenstein I’d highly recommend it at that price. I’ve played skyrim thoroughly but this could be double dipped too.

I love my gba micro and can JUST about get a decent metroid game cooking and tetris Is fine too, in short bursts.

This looks a bit tooooo small although I do love the concept.

I wonder why the respective staff “churn” is like between EA and Nintendo? That’s a good signifier for how a company treats its staff.

After all, if you’re in a midlife/senior position at any of the global software companies, I’d presume you can pretty much walk into any job in the industry. So staff loyalty can be either bought with big salaries and other perks or just be a cool place to work. Hopefully both

Wish I’d waited. I still haven’t really played through it yet, thanks to AC

@Giygas_95 if only real life was like this

@Apportal_SMM2 I see your point now. So the lite is there to be cheaper and fill that end of the market. My hope is efficiencies of scale and/or lowering component prices will one day lead to my desired ultimate device!

@Apportal_SMM2 To be clear: I love the Switch Lite form factor, it’s by far the superior hand held when compared to the OG Switch. The ideal for me would be a Switch Lite WITH and HDMI so it can be played on the TV too!

@BlueOcean yeah, I’m hoping for a Switch Lite with hdmi, that would be a day one for me.

Love the art direction! I’ll look forward to reviews on this one.

After almost exclusively playing ac since launch, I’ve started to tentatively see other games on the side. Duke Nukem is fun in the right mood. I’ve just gone back and read NL’s Mr Driller review, think I’ll dip into it, good change of pace.

I’m amazed Mario Kart isn’t in the running too.

@cLock1358 yessir. I have an original iPod and would love to slip a cheeky hi-res DAP into it

Galaga would work no?

There’s some games I enjoy here but I wish it was more optimized for the Switch: Galaga TATE mode, full screen would be lovely for example.

@Jimsbo Popeye was a blast!

Protect your white babies from a rainbow coalition? Right.....

I doubt there’s any subtext though. This looks pretty good reminds me of Jeff minter a little.

@Grumblevolcano I suspect you’re right here. So much financial insecurity in everyone’s lives I’d image people are going to be very cautious spending money on non essential, pricey electronic goods this Xmas/holiday season. A Switch is a good purchase and offers a ton of entertainment for the family at a reasonable price (ish).

I have 5 shares and have made $46.44 so far . I’ll never retire on this but it’s enjoyable to have just a little bit of Nintendo. At some point I may earn enough to buy a full price, first party game. Gawd knows I’ve given enough cash to this company down the years.

Remember kids: always invest what you can afford to lose, shares go down as well as up, although the market trend is to go up over the long haul.

I got stuck on Turok, but I love the genre and retro vibes, so this might be for me!

@BenAV exactly. I’ve had a little warmth now and then but this is just a solution looking for a problem, typical old school capitalism move, but hey, good luck to them.

@Bevinator I bought two shares at the start of the year. Hardly wolf of Wall Street but I made $30! Mind you, I’ve given nintendo about a billion since 1989 Robin Hood is the app I use

I’m looking forward to this. Oddly, right now, I’m ok with short and easy. Life is a tough enough challenge right now

This sounds great! I liked the comment about it being a good game to listen to music with. It’s on the list!

Loved the maze! Such a quirky and unexpected treat. Mini games like this now and then would be very welcome.

Getting string Journey vibes from this one. Definitely on my list!

Mmm. Reminds me of GTA 3 on the GBA

I’d love to be able to buy vegetables to plant and get a bit of a veg patch going on....

I need to restart this game, this time finish it! Really lovely experience and a nice counter point to AC.

@tekwyzen that’s it!! Never thought I’d see that again, awesome, thanks so much!

@BillyB god I remember that “trick” not with f.m another game, adventure, forget the title but you could “hack” it and mess around. Fun.

@WOLF13 ha ha, exactly! You’d be hard pressed to break an actual shovel on purpose!

Great idea! Has anyone started making other content like this? Even sit coms etc? (Vague memories of Red and Blue come to mind).

@carlos82 ah ha! Thanks very much!

Wait, there’s bait?

@sixrings Exactly! Give me Raiden 2!

Animal Crossing is taking up life. I must also put a bit of time into Untitled Goose. I jonesed for that game and have maybe played 20 mins....shame! Otherwise, nothing here that grabs me, thankfully!

@Desrever ha ha barcode battles! I never played that but a great idea!

Yeah, I see the 8/10 score. And no disrespect to an obviously talented and hardworking set of devs but.....man....do I HATE underwater levels. Sorry. I’m moving on

I like to mix up my handheld/docked game play but this has been 99% handheld all the way. Just feels right.

Animals that cross mostly. Finish Touryst, bit of Witcher, second run through odyssey and some shmups

Last campfire and I am dead intrigue and quantum league looks Ike a really fresh idea.

@mariomaster96 Hold your head up with pride! You’re a gamer and one with taste, nothing to be ashamed of there

Call me churlish, but I think the switch screen itself should be white. The black kind of breaks the design for me.

Not that I would turn one of these beauties down as is like

@Mqblank That’s a GREAT idea! They could have a special section of the store. That would be a treat and would get the games into the hands of players, pleasing the devs and fans alike.

I like some of this (coins in pocket, Levis logo being punched by Mario). The classic label with the MARIO logo slapped on looks sloppy.

Nintendo have to be careful here. They are clearly going on a licensing bender at the moment. Don’t want to over do that so everyone gets sick of the site of then. Although I do want the Lego....and the Vans were cool....and oh damn....take the money already....

@pblive same. I suspect the parent / kid two systems and two game copies is going to be fairly common. Good shake down for money on Nintendo’s part!

However, I can easily see a year or more of entertainment with this (if past games are an indication) so I think that works out as great value.

We’ve already spent two weeks thinking of names for our characters and villages....