KingBowser86

Ah yes, the Warlock and Soldier copy abilities....waaaait a minute...

32?! What kinda slacking off is this?!
Nintendo! 64!!!!1!

Please, please tell me WeedCo was "founded" on April 20th...

Switch - dark brain
Light Switch - some activity
Switch Light - much activity

No DLC, it has mechanical issues — bring on MK9.

@nessisonett Definitely, but play the N64 original. Unlike OoT, the 3DS remake changes the boss battles and some other minor elements far too much.
Edit: looks up Restoration Patch, eh? Hmm, interesting. That would be worth checking out.

As for MM in general, it remains an intriguing game and a reminder of the careful balance needed to be struck with each Zelda game. I'll grant that Termina/Field should have been larger and more organic ala BotW, but for being dated, it blends sidequests, emotions, story, action, lore, everything very well.

Bizarre as it may be, Europe's actually tried! But Japan's ultimately wins despite its decidedly dated art style and strange color palette.

Waaaait... Someone was trying to get into my Experian account before the news hit...

If you're looking for Mario Party game board mechanics meeting Monopoly (while solving the latter's main criticisms, including a Turn Counter) and have Tabletop Simulator on Steam, check out Mariopoly!

And I recall countless people in the Nintendo Defense Force saying, "Oh, Nintendo wants to go to paid online! Surely they'll do right by the fans! What could possibly go wrong?"
This. All of this. Not one dedicated server in sight. Netcode not improved. Online matchmaking as terrible as ever.
No more excuses. Enough is too much.

Hang on...if I see Dr. Goomba Tower, am I getting one medical opinion, or three?

Great, now the island residents are all clamoring to have a Second Breakfast. Oy!

looks at Game of Thrones
looks at Ishuzoku Reviewers
looks at Season 3
Shocking! Really! You don't say! Hey everyone, sex sells! Isn't that shocking!
(For the record, I'm fine with sex in media if it makes sense to the story and isn't pandering.)

Come to think of it, even if there's an economy, time traveling could level the playing field some and destroy said economy's trolling members. If that's the case, I could make an argument for either side.

These poll choices are heavy! But seriously, yeah, if you don't play online where there's a market, who cares?

@RetiredR Oh, I definitely would have agreed with that around the time of Color Splash and Star Fox Zero. It definitely seems like they're doing much better recently, though.

Miyamoto has indeed shaped much of Nintendo. Despite the mixed reports, I'd say that he kept the games "simple" and enjoyable. I kinda wish he had reined in the breaking items and the (few) other needless complications of BotW.
That said, age comes for us all. No one's immune. Nintendo will need to be ready to work without Miyamoto. As much as that might mean a Star Fox game without gimmicks, it could also mean that unfittingly complex or overly-pretentious stories could destroy the franchises' image. That also doesn't mean that it has to be without leadership, necessarily - Koizumi's track record is pretty stellar and would make for a solid creative leader.
It's not just the leaders doing the creative lifting, though. There are tons of people that make our favorite games. I'm sure that with that backbone that the Nintendo we know and love will be just fine.

@Kuchenjaeger Any publication that tells any kind of falsehood too far for or against something should be punished. Integrity has gone out the window and it can't last.

@kyleforrester87 Then I'm guessing Business Insider has a habit of commissioning troll pieces based on previous NL articles, IIRC.

@Toy_Link That's true, it does say "major." Or something like, "Here's the new updates, and they're beefy, and only available for Nintendo Switch Online members" or something, seeing as you have to be able to connect to the internet to share stuff, anyway.

@Ludovsky It's certainly possible if the gigantic Mario celebration we keep seeing rumored is coming, but I (and other commenters) can't help but feel if this is the end because the game's not garnering the attention it was planned to get. Multiplayer was already half-stepped on release as was the level of content, and they thought that was going to be enough to make it go full steam? Especially when Friendly Fire, constantly-bump-into-each-other multiplayer (as opposed to the "Can Overlap" approach) is already a pretty mixed bag? Big N baffles me, sometimes.

@Vee_Flames I mean, if Nintendo's going to half-arse this and you have a PC, just get Lunar and make competent custom levels and worlds (well, in the SMW style) that have a chance of matching what people's imaginations come up with.

Wait, what? Final? No water tiles or expanding the water options to other level themes, enemies and elements are still missing from the first SMM, AND they're limiting the number of levels to the World Maker?
Look, I may still do half of an NSMW, but this sucker of a game just became trade fodder.

@SenseiDje Using someone else's card, I'd assume. Timmy Doe's MyNintendo account could have transactions on it from a seemingly unrelated or fraudulent Jane Smith's card, but that's Timmy's mother. So it doesn't cross-check the account name to the card name nor require you to save that card's info to Nintendo's site.

"In case you lose your phone"
Ah geez. I was already contemplating getting a new phone and I use Google Authenticator at work, too. This tips the scale on that decision.

From HAL? Tons. Kirby's Adventure being a pinnacle of NES platforming and visual design (and later portable other-genre spinoffs being charming and simple to casually play),
Kirby Superstar elevating the Nintendo-platformer formula with added tightly-knit abilities on top of an adorable multi-plotline format,
Slapping my copy of Pokémon Blue into my N64 controller and watching these creatures pop to life through Stadium,
The sheer aesthetics of Kirby's Dream Course (even if it was hard to do well on!),
The absolute joy to play that is Pokémon Snap,
The thrillride that has been Super Smash Bros.,
The quirky experience that is Earthbound (Mother 2),
Kirby Air Ride's fantastic core idea with City Trial even leading to the Smash Run mode,
To Kirby's Epic Yarn oozing cute and with a wild change to the artstyle and freshening the tired "Lives" system by tying it to the in-game currency instead, which would be later used by other games including Super Mario Odyssey.

I realize that I left a great deal of other Kirby games out of that list, but I already mentioned a bit and that's a large chunk of what they're known for.

@idrawrobots And then you'd be as ignorant as you thought they were. Two wrongs don't make a right.

That was extensive. I skipped a large swath of it. And that's not something that I usually do.

Stargazer (Rosalina) liked this. 1h

Seriously though, love that color. Starting to wonder how Sonic as a franchise would have gone if he sported a respectable shade of cyan instead of blue? I'll have to give the tracks a listen.

@tzahn I do recall a number of early Nintendo surveys asking something along the lines of, "How do you play the Switch most often? Docked/Undocked," so, I'm wondering if a lot of those came back Docked such that they figure there's room for a 'console' model. This model could perhaps stream the same video to up to 4 other Switch/Lites, take care of the internal storage issue, make the appropriate room for hotly-requested streaming apps and such, and add Wii U-like capability. This eliminates the need to trade-in or get rid of one's current Switch hardware (a decision with which I'm sure the retailers would be happy).

Second display "of sorts"...controllers with screens or it can run 720p video to a TV and the device while undocked?

@locky-mavo They're locked up in that Death Spiral that Miyamoto warned about, ironically.

I can certainly make that wasteful argument when looking at the endless Wii peripherals. Most of that surely must be in landfills by now. At least Labo is cardboard.
However, Ring Fit Adventure is a very worthy game and a customizable workout routine. Additionally, you could use the Ring-Con without any Joy-Cons attached as a simple pilates ring. Dunno why you would, but you could — despite being already manufacured for use with technology, it doesn't have to go to waste should the game get lost, outdated, or boring to you.

I see where we would want to keep an eye on proliferating plastic peripherals, but I can safely say that RFA is no joke.

Ugh! UUUUUGH! R.I.P. Rick. The unpreparedness of our "leaders" for this virus is maddening.

This took exceedingly too long and still doesn't appropriately address the psychological danger of gambling.

I've never cared for the tacky look of the pastel background / super-busy smattering of objects combo in other promo pieces. Makes more sense with something like Hello Kitty or some such. Less can definitely be more, and it doesn't have to be as extreme as the SMB3/SMW NA boxarts. NA gets this one (although that color saturation is super-noticeable).

NL: "...wait, why do I hear Boss music...?"
RFA Rhythm Mode: SOPHIA! DUN UN, DUN UN

@MasterGraveheart A peanut butter, honey, and banana sandwich sounds so good right now...
Off to brew a second infusion of Sencha green tea to curb that craving!

And thanks to "Animal Crossing helped me keep in touch with family and friends during the COVID-19 outbreak," this is going to be one of Nintendo's biggest franchises for a while! (Well, as long as they keep it meaty and interesting, which shouldn't be hard since it's not an annual franchise.)

@glorymade Because the Switch's image and its more laid-back audience (arguably) gave Untitled Goose Game a lot of its sales and momentum.
And that's before I even mention HONK

@Grumblevolcano Granted, but it's the Summer, and Nintendo was already getting all geared up for June 9th-11th. If this were any other month or season, I'd agree, but it's quite clear that the ARMS fighter announcement will be part of something larger.

@MasterJay Money on the latter. "Will reveal the ARMS character in June" means that they've got dates lined up to talk about and produce, and they're chomping at the bit to go, everyone else be darned.

...as good as that looks, I think I prefer particle smoke in motion over "the same cloud again and again." Like, same exact cloud...what is this, Super Mario Bros. overworld? Lol

@MsJubilee Add the Power-Pelleted Blue Pac-Man Ghost to that lineup.

As for this Funko Pop, I do want to buy it to support the franchise, but not for myself. I'm currently looking at some gifting avenues amongst my friends...

Twintelle could still be in if she is animated to where she throws her punches from arm-level. Not voting, though - I'll leave that to the franchise's fans (especially if they want to shake up the choice for the MC role, which would be refreshing).

From the quote in NL's previous article:
"We are using blockchain to add new innovative gameplay that investors can now have equity in. Putting aspects of Cooking Mama on-chain will take the user experience to a whole new level, reinvigorate a popular game franchise that many grew up with and give investors an opportunity to make handsome returns, through a digital preferred share offering."

...okay, so if the players don't notice any obvious Blockchain feature like shared results, profiles, or recipes, or, seemingly, invest in the company from their Switch and recorded through Blockchain... then...?

"The Blockchain features were removed."
Cool. Sure. But why not explain what it was going to be in plain language? "Gameplay that investors can now have equity in" and "putting aspects of Cooking Mama on-chain" and "handsome returns, through a digital preferred share offering" doesn't explain a thing. I'm assuming it was being rewarded with stock for giving the series word-of-mouth advertisement?

I'm all for increasing my retirement fund by chopping digital onions but this is making me cry regardless.

A VISION....!
Don't shake that tree!!!

@dsparil This is also my guess. Like, a hacked Switch could do dastardly stuff with it or something.

I just realized that this is the perfect time to make the Mario Zone from SML2:SGC into a real, working playset.

I might get this just to throw my friends for a GIANT loop, lol