Kilamanjaro

Have a launch switch I preordered in Jan 2017 after buying Nintendo stock in October 2016 when they unveiled the console, which later paid for the first 18 months of games. The battery doesn't last long and the console is in good condition otherwise. Bought a Lite but because it always makes me check my digital purchases I hardly use it. Wish Nintendo allowed 2-3 consoles per account!!! Pretty Anti-Consumer and Anti-Digital of the big N to do that. Might get an OLED but it dooms all other Switches to a box since the primary would take all the digital games on the go.

Might wait for the announcement of a new console in the Fall later this year or at E3 2024. Just waiting since companies are slowing down on production because of the potential for a recession and struggling supply chain issues. I had a wonderful first 4 years with the Switch until I got Xbox Series X and Gamepass. Xbox just has so many more sales (so does Steam and Sony). I still play it but really not so often since the controls hurt my hands at this point, even with the Split Pad Pro. I played too many games of SSBU with joy cons before I hurt my hands 😭😅

Hoping the next console has better ergonomics for adults with bigger hands.

Happy holidays, really glad the site exists as it helps me escape from the everyday news of the world for a short period of time & also gets me to check out lotsa cool games. Happy holidays everyone!

I have such a backlog and there are so many more games to catch up, I think I'd never honestly be able to play through all of these given the time commitment & effort. I wish those that beat this 100% the best, very good for collectors so I might get it when it's cheap and throw it into the pile of games to play someday..

Cross the fog, to the Lands Between, to stand before the Elden Ring.

Seriously haven't consumed a game like that since LoZ BotW or Elder Scrolls Oblivion. Absolutely poured hour after hiur exploring the Lands Between. Haven't had an experience like that ever really as most games are franchised so you recognize a lot of the bosses & enemies, so having so much great new content at such a high level of detail and handled with so much care felt absolutely amazing. Kudos to FromSoftware. Of course similarities to other Souls games but there's a reason this won art direction as well!

My man. He finally did it in my lifetime. The Pokemon games always left open Red, who was an older more experienced version of Ash Ketchum. Here's to hoping they have him as an adult being the ultimate antagonist / rival of a new series where he just snuffs out all the competition with his fully evolved set of started Pokemon.

Nice to read the early preview of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet here. Poor graphics, repetitive samey gameplay, wishing it was grander than it is. Oh wait..

Big fan of DOOM but this game didn't click for me so I uninstalled it after 30 minutes. It felt a little bit slower like you were drudging through mud at times. We've got all the DOOM games and even Quake on Gamepass (and Prodeus too) so I'm not really interested in hashing through this game, might replay Marathon Durandl though now that I think about it..

Sell a cart based system.

The game is really good. The post -game quest for the true ending requires a guide & is a bit of a nightmare

@Vil agree with your points

Anybody wanna buy my collector's edition preorder for $400 kidding. This makes me want to cancel the pre-order though. Like somehow Pokemon games have become like games for a movie or tv ahow franchise. Whereas in the past, it was all about the Video games, cards and anime, now it's more about way more media content & less about high quality games? Not sure if other's agree but I feel Gamefreak should let Bandai Namco or another studio develop their games and use unreal engine or something more powerful & they can play a supervisory role on the battle systems & lore. Even their stories are pretty weak & Pokemon games deserve the writer's the shows get.

@jsty3105 agree with you on this. It's the same argument for real actors as for voice actors. People can't just say, "you show your body on camera, move it around and use your voice" and dismiss it as worthless or low-skill labor. For any type of acting, especially for big franchises, pay tends to be pretty high to get those actors for a reason. Far more than just showing their face & talking, it's about evoking emotion & immersing the audience into the world and so much more.

@MythTgr lol okay, then what? Haha. Get out of here, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Bayonetta is great. It's okay to disagree with a company's decisions on how they treat employees even if the product is stellar. Go look up the definition for the word boycott & you'll see I'm matching it. Don't at me just because you're some super fan that's mad.

Yeah, I lobe Bayonetta and sadly will probably boycott this game because of this. Had a feeling there was some stuff going on when she didn't do the voice. That pay is absolutely unfair & just goes to show how far gaming still needs to go when it comes to payments & royalties for voice actors. Not cool!

Great game, sorry to hear that heppening. Have it physical and it's fun for local multiplayer. Would recommend picking it upt while you can, the physical game comes with a joy con skin too

It's called making a game with a limited budget. Hope they can still make it play well & stay entertaining for a few hours

You know Pokemon Red and Blue had a great story called Pokemon. It was an anime that allowed us to imagine the world. Of course the other games had it, but the show, manga and trading card game were all a part of the same ecosystem. Pokemon the first movie was also a great experience in theaters! I feel the shows now are out some time after the game launches and on YouTube rather than being one of those early morning / weekend cartoons many of us were all watching due to the limited power of streaming and fewer viewing choices in the 90s. But it made for great playground conversation. Let's be honest, the Kanto Pokemon shows were the best. Hitcha in the feels! Of course when reading the criteria above, it is really hard to say there was a solid storyline within the game itself. I just consider each generation of Pokemon is a much bigger experience than just what's in one of the channels of media it comes in. Opinion over.

@Jhena it's worth a purchase for sure

Such a great game & one of the best bang for the buck arcade racers out there. A must have for your collection.

The only side quests I've liked in recent times were in Elden Ring, which pretty much require a guide to figure out how to progress in the right order & the extra story content is great. Really didn't have the checklist fetch quests that I hate. Dragon Quest XI also had some good ones

You have to have a really good memory to realize you are missing one of your 2001 games.

@jamesthemagi I wouldn't say never, I understand their target demographic, but they have a LOT bigger range of demographics than kids. Adults ultimately pay for the games, take kids to the movies, buy the toys, etc and the franchise is old enough that many of us are adults now. Maybe the next gen we will see it, they did open world eventually so there's hope there. And Red ages as you play against him in later games.

@jamesthemagi are you a kid? Or an adult that plays Pokemon? Nintendo makes more mature versions of games for their audiences (doesn't mean Mature rating). Even within the Pokemon franchise, look at Pokemon Go. Add an avatar that's an adult & get rid of the parent at home. Easy. Then beat your adult neighbor who hates how you garden or something. It's maybe a few more lines of dialogue than in a regular Pokemon game

@NeonPizza think they added a retro mide to SotN but yeah, I'm all for a 3rd game too!

I wish I could be an adult in a Pokemon game instead of always being a kid. And if they keep kids, let the people age so they can become adults in the second part of the game!

I'm all for this! Love Inti Creates, the Curse of the Moon games were phenomenal and bite size. 3-4 hours for this type of game is perfect because it invites replayability.

@Sonos hey you've gotta sit on a train sometime to get around there! When I went I played Pokemon Red on my 3DS when going from Kyoto to Tokyo and it feels like you're really in the game. I looked it up and you can go now but it has to be with a guided tour. Can't wait until it opens up again, I want to return next year

@Kamil118 hahah

@Mr_Gamecube different retailers will offer above MSRP to get some more profit on items that fans want. Just a business decision for that location, keep searching and you'll probably find it at the regular price. It appeared on Amazon this way for a while & then dropped randomly.

@Sonos 5 days flies when you can finally start your Switch backlog lol

@ChromaticDracula Super Nintendo Switch

Finally, a nice paint job for a Switch that goes beyond the standard gray & gold decals or the stock colors of Mario & Pikachu (which also look cool btw). Love the gradients & unique look of the artwork. Totally makes sense for this game and hope they do it more in the future!

@C-Olimar yes, have considered it and watched some videos online. To your point, it's definitely not ideal and I have more or less just been playing for of my Xbox to avoid the issue.

It's a pain when people want to do multiplayer on the Switch and I forget which of the 4 joy cons has the issue only to find out it's two of them lol. Might make some adjustments in the future, hopefully Nintendo has to just take care of this for free as the past fixes are typically done within a week.

Little bit scummy when their Joy Con products are poorly designed and have drift. But from a broader perspective, it's not a bad price for the all inclusive aspect of it. I'm biased because of the joy con issue. I've spent close to $60 in Joy con repairs which is a pain. For the same two sets for years. And I have drift again...some were free some were charged.

Elden Ring hands down. I miss my Switch.

@TheMelodiusRose I didn't say all 3rd party games look bad on the Switch, I own a lot of good looking games on the console, I've had it since launch day & love my Switch. I also enjoy other great consoles, think Alex did a video on why they like their Series X a while back. Worth a watch & has my favorite line from NLife, "Hello lovely people.." for starters! For Witcher 3 or DOOM Eternal, it certainly looks much better 60FPS running in 4K and with ray tracing for the latter. So would say yes, in instances like that where performance is better on another console then it should be rated as such, like in this review.

I wish more of the above points in the review were given to a lot more 3rd party games on Switch that are accessible on other consoles. Because games like Fortnite or Rocket League look exceptionally better on XSX or PS5, even Xbone and PS4. The recent DOOM games, Witcher 3, Crysis and a lot more games look absolutely terrible on Switch when you actually compare it with other consoles, let's be honest with ourselves like this review is. I'm all for having more games on Switch as I own close to 150, but definitely we need to be subtracting a few points from a lot of games because the performance/ graphics are just not all there for most ports. Nintendo's 1st party games all look absolutely stellar though and a lot of beautiful games absolutely exist on the Switch and deserve all the praise they receive.

I will die on this island

I got Captain Falcon to Smash Elite with this N64 controller. Can recommend it for those that played with this as a kid / adult back when this was more popular on the original Smash. Not sure what younger people think of it!

@CANOEberry yeah Paul Tassi is a joke when it comes to predictions. Lots of clickbait. Talented writer though.

Looking forward to picking this up! Just finished the "Ask Iwata" book last month & had a good time with it.

@quinnyboy58 yeah he did plenty, huge figure in the industry. Left a comment right above highlighting a few things. Plus he's one of the most diverse figures to ever head a Nintendo division for a very traditionally Japanese company. Also helped bridge some Nintendo and Xbox collaboration with Phil Spencer

@NinChocolate Reggie marketed a dual screen touch screen device and motion control console & grew Nintendo's base by tens of millions, overcame the failure of the Wii U and helped launch the Switch to be the comeback kid & most successful home console the company has ever had. None of those exactly sound easy.

I hope they rerelease a small Gameboy device that can play all of their Retro Console libraries & sell it for $99 bucks. I'd buy that up right away. Having the option to actually buy and own those titles would be a massive money maker. I have a Switch Lite too but it isn't really portable unless I carry a bag with me too.

Kate Gray, let us know how you like the XSX and Elden Ring!

New games are coming fast, uhh huh, and they're all on Gamepass. C'mon! https://youtu.be/zuHndXSDXWc

Had that pop in my head when I read this sale was happening. Love having both a Switch and XSX.

Totally fine to charge a little bit more for localization to help them cover their costs for a niche title

Looking good

It's gonna be a 16 bit version of the game powered with the SNES Star Fox engine fpr visuals right?

@JJtheTexan I'll buy the physical copy, hopefully they don't sell it through Kickstarter like the nightmare launch of Wonderful 101 Remastered