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Donkey Kong clearly loves bananas, but it wouldn't surprise me if Nintendo tried saying that Dixie Kong isn't Diddy Kong's girlfriend... Oh wait, they did do that!

Even if I already have the Master Chief Collection on Steam, the Deck is such a chunky piece of hardware compared to the Switch 2, so if it does get ported, I'll gladly pick it up!

I really hope Age of Calamity gets a Switch 2 upgrade that enhances the frame rate, because it's still locked to 30 FPS, so it'll be kind of hard to go back to after Age of Imprisonment. Not only that, but after I finish my 100% Master Mode playthrough of Breath of the Wild, I think I might replay AoC, so it would be nice if that game ran smooth like butter by the time I get around to it!

@ParrakerriRush Oh yeah that's a good point, and I would love to see how Intelleon's Mega would look. It would have to have even more sass!

@Spider-Kev How does that make it pointless? If it worked with randos, that would be fantastic reason to not buy one! Imagine you're just playing Mario Kart world, and then BAM! Some 42-year-old dude in his mom's basement busts out his packaged goods! No thank you!

Wait, the starters are Chikorita, Totodile, and Tepig? I liked it better when we got a starter from three different regions in Legends: Arceus... Some Totodile fans are going to hate me for this, but I think Mudkip would have fit in nicely with the other two here.

@ParrakerriRush Which is really an odd thing to worry about, considering it has a shutter to effectively blind the camera, and it can be unplugged. If anything, I would be more concerned about the Wii U GamePad watching me in my sleep. That thing doesn't have a shutter, and it's battery operated!

I figured I'd finally take a crack at 100% completion, and the Zelda Notes app is indispensable! I've tried using a Korok map on IGN, but you still need to figure out where you are in relation to the map on the website, and then you have to mark each Korok seed as acquired as you go along. With Zelda notes, that's a non-issue, since it automatically tracks everything you do, and you can see where you are in the app itself, plus, if you really want to keep your eyes glued to the TV, the voice navigation system is useful for that as well. All the other features are neat, like new achievements, daily bonuses, transferring items to the cloud (which I immediately used to get the Hylian Shield early from my last playthrough, since this is my first playthrough on Master Mode). My favorite inclusion however has to be the voice memories. It's nice to get extra context on top of what you can normally find in memories/dialogue.
Side note, this is the first playthrough I've done where I have actively been preventing blood moons from happening, and it feels pretty good ridding Hyrule of as much evil as I can with the knowledge that nothing ever comes back as long as I enter a shrine or dungeon by midnight!

I didn't know that the charge grip also had grip buttons on the back, but I now have a Pro Controller, and it's probably one of the most comfortable controllers Nintendo has ever made. I especially love using the GL button as the down button on the D-pad in Breath of the Wild, since I can hold it and mash B to Whistle Run, and it feels a lot more comfortable than trying to do it without grip buttons.

My old HD60 S+ keeps having problems, so I guess now's as good a time as any to upgrade.

*Extends Gyromite's "Game A BGM" to 60 minutes...

I was so addicted to this game back in the day! I was going for all the missions for each character. Even though I didn't quite fully complete this game, I got really close before I finally moved on to a different game. Btw, casual reminder of one of the team names being super unfortunate:

@ButterCashier they didn't do his makeup yet. It will be pink in the movie.

Makes sense; we need more info and release dates for Kirby Air Riders and Metroid Prime 4!

We've been hearing rumors about the Super Mario Odyssey team developing a new Donkey Kong game for the Switch well before Nintendo revealed the new system, so none of this is too surprising.

@AnnoyingFrenzy I had to buy a second Pro Controller because my Splatoon 3 Edition Pro Controller started drifting, so I opened it up and replaced the insides with those from the normal Pro controller, and then adjusted the color settings for the grips in the Switch UI on a computer. I probably took a more convoluted route than was necessary, but I was just that frustrated with my best controller drifting.

At least it feels good to hold. I ended up getting one, but at least the charging grip offers an alternative that does everything the Pro controller can do when the Joy-Con 2 are inserted, except for feeling nearly as comfortable.

Watch as this game gets DLC courses in the future, expanding the current set of race tracks by 1.5x, along with a few characters, and then when Nintendo Switch 3 rolls around, they release Mario Kart World Deluxe as a launch title, and it actually expands the battle mode that they keep neglecting.

There's something truly hilarious about the camera zooming in to Kamiya's face as the AI translator says in a very wimpy voice "don't make fun of me... 👉👈"

Well this gives me hope for Wind Waker HD's OST. The GameCube original was my first Zelda game that I actually finished, but I think the Wii U version just sounds much better, and I don't think that's a hot take.

Bruh. Y'all had a new engine with Mega Man 11. Why not just make a new game from that? I know some egotistical velociraptors will joke about the classic Mega Man series being like the Land Before Time if it gets a 12th numbered entry, but it's better than nothing!

"Of course, this might not be the most surprising news for those who have followed the game's marketing up to this point."
Really, it had been rumored well before the Switch 2 reveal that the Odyssey team was working on a Donkey Kong game.

Roguelite Bubble Bobble was not on my 2025 prediction list, but it makes so much sense! Can't wait for this one!

@Pachrisu Seems a bit ridiculous, but my point still stands. Other consoles let you upgrade their internal storage.

Once again, Nintendo struggles to keep up with the times. Switch 2 REALLY should have had the option to use an SSD to expand the internal storage, like the Xbox Series, PS5 and Steam Deck. SSDs can hold way more than mSD's can, and when you're introducing physical downloads, your system will NEED that extra space!

@Kilroy Glad you enjoy them, but people chose random to avoid them, and this change feels like it was made to spite those players, as if to say "How dare you want to play this like a classic Mario Kart game?! You will drive on long straightaways and LIKE IT!"
Maybe instead of simply forcing players to play in the intended way, Nintendo should take note of this and add a classic mode where all races take place on one of the 32 courses, and last for 3 laps each, so it doesn't interfere with the other modes. Just a thought.

A few weeks ago, I was watching Kaze Emanuar trying to get the trees in a level's background to look JUST right in a game he's been working on for a long time now. There are probably a few terms you can use to describe this, like obsessive compulsive, anal retentive, or perfectionistic, but I see a degree of passion that you simply can't replicate by using AI-generated assets.

Unfortunately, Totaka's song and the Super Happy versions of the level themes are not present in this soundtrack. I'm glad we at least got K.K. Song on this service, but that's now two soundtracks (First Luigi's Mansion, now this) on Nintendo Music that Kazumi Totaka composed where his theme isn't anywhere to be found...
EDIT: Actually, it's three because it also appeared in Mario Kart 8.

Already got them through LRG, and frankly, I'm glad I never have to buy another damned collection through them ever again unless Konami finally manages to put the Rhapsody collection on the Switch.

Thanks for turning the Sonic racing game into Nickelodeon Kart Racers 4, SEGA...

@larryisaman I'm 100% in agreement, but "people that put their talents into making something beloved," and it's the DK Rap. Don't get me wrong, I love everything else that Grant Kirkhope does, and the DK Rap is iconic, but it is iconic for being hilariously bad. Grant ain't no Eminem 😂

I tried looking for any instance of Nintendo crediting Grant Kirkhope for the DK Rap. I figured if nothing else, he must have been credited in Super Smash Bros. Melee, right? Oddly enough, David Wise gets credited in Smash Bros. Melee for composing the DKC series' music, but Grant Kirkhope doesn't. David Wise's contributions aren't credited in Smash Ultimate, though, only having his compositions credited to Rare Limited. It took Grant Kirkhope composing new Banjo-Kazooie music for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to get his name in the credits.

Maybe when I get my Switch 2 I'll go for a korok hunt, but beyond that, I'm not the biggest fan of the more recent Zelda games, and I don't think this app is going to change that, least of all when it's just another menu that I get to waste time navigating.

Honestly I don't think Sony has any competition in the console market anymore. Xbox struggles to find any kind of foothold in Japanese markets, and Nintendo continues to do their own thing, and let others follow, same as usual. If anything, Nintendo is competing against handheld PC gaming devices more than they are with Sony. The closest thing Sony has to competing with the Switch 2 is the Portal, which can't be used offline. I don't doubt that Sony is probably thinking about entering the handheld space with an actual system that isn't simply cloud-based, but until then, they reign in the console market that is slowly dying as consoles become more expensive, to the point where you may as well just buy a PC.

Now where's Kiddy Kong?

My honest reaction...

This is something all too common when a game gets rereleased in some fashion. The Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters didn't include content from PS/GBA versions of the games, Persona 3 Reload is missing content from Persona 3 Portable, and the Mega Man Legacy Collections seem intent on never reviving content that was exclusive to the Dreamcast or PSP. It's always lame when a game's revisions over the years added content, then a modern release fails to include it.

Here's hoping other games that support widescreen get added to the service, like Star Fox Adventures!

Models haven't been updated, game runs at 1080p, and aside from a new minigame involving the mouse, there's no reason why this couldn't have run on the original Switch; at least on that system, it wouldn't be released on a Game Key Card.
All I have to say about this release is...
Mrgrgr.

@Boo_Boy52 hey man, can you give me five random two-digit numbers? It's not for the lottery or anything I swear.

Hey does anyone else remember when Mario used swear words and threatened to break someone's neck? It was voiced by good old Charles himself, so it just seems kind of silly that he's so adamant about not saying non Mario things with the voice when he's done it before.

This feels like an excuse for them to say at a later date "Look how bad our physical sales have been! We can't possibly keep producing physical copies anymore, so we're moving to digital only!"

One of my favorite moments in the Xenoblade series was climbing up tall walls to some rafters, then following them to the end, all the while thinking "I... remember this..." Once I reached the end, and I discovered the Secret Area, "Distant Fingertip," I found myself overwhelmed and overjoyed, because this happened when I was playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3!

I already have the steam deck, so I don't know if I'll even need the Ally for a while, least of all when I still have yet to buy a Switch 2, and I'm currently saving money to buy a house first.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the discourse surrounding a recent casting rumour...?

I played this one a few years back on PS4. I don't know if the new content will warrant me buying the game again, least of all when I still have yet to fully complete that version (all the gambling games killed my interest in doing so, and I suck at mahjong).

Where was this upgrade option for Sonic X Shadow Generations?

Pretty useful, although for games like Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition, those buttons are probably better off as left and right d-pad inputs for selecting artes/items while using the control stick to move. That's currently what I use the back buttons on the Nitro Deck for. I'm a bit disappointed that there are only two back buttons, compared to the four you would get with the Nitro Deck, or any premium controllers for the Xbox/Playstation.

The name fits perfectly. I can see myself using this to store any game key cards I happen to purchase, since they are essentially digital games mimicking physical media.