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@Eel Ah makes sense. Thanks!

Can someone please explain the glitching to me? From the video it just seems like he makes the Yiga follow Link very slowly from the clan's base to Korok forest. Assuming something else needs to be done to make this work, since the word glitch is used?

@MetalToad chill dude - your insecurities are showing

This sounds like what Marvel did with the sequel to Infinity War - said they didn't want to reveal the name because spoilers and then ended up calling it End Game, which didn't reveal much at all. Probably all a big ploy to build hype.

What're the bets that the rumoured 2D DK game is based on the 2D sections from Super Mario Odyssey? Specifically the New Donk City festival section.

@Otoemetry thanks, I'm dyslexic so often get these things wrong!

@darkswabber - as much as Odyssey 2 would be an amazing reveal I think it's pretty darn unlikely for this E3 - a few reasons why; they just released 3D World + Bowsers Fury and have Mario Rabbids 2 and Golf coming soon so there's already a lot of Mario going on already after all the 35th-anniversary stuff but mainly because the Mario movie is planned for September '22 and you just know they'll be saving a tent-pole Mario to coincide with that - I expect we'll hear about the next Mario platformer early next year. However, this is Nintendo so you never know what they might pull out of the bag!

@Giancarlothomaz did you forget about Nintendo's 2008 E3? If you think 2015 couldn't have been any worse...

First time ever perfect score! Clearly care about E3 more than I realised!

wow, everyone seems to have really loved this demo. I remember thinking it looked generic af when it dropped and was hugely relieved when they first showed off the botw trailer, which has a million times more interesting art-style imo

@KateGray You're most welcome! Keep up the phenomenal work (articles involving crabs especially)!

@KateGray thanks for the heads up on this one - looks great! Looking at all the comments it seems really obvious that there's a lot of really great looking indie (+ a few non-indie) games looking to fill gaps left by Nintendo's missing franchises. For instance as a massive fan of the original Star Fox games I'm looking forward to Ex-Zodiac and Whisker Squadron. Could be a good basis for an article (or series of articles) looking at alternatives to some of these beloved classics that Nintendo chooses to ignore or reinvent in ways that change what we loved about the series in the first place?

As a European this is the first ever game that I actually considered importing the game from the U.S just because I dislike that European cover art so much. Sadly I couldn't justify the import charges so I'm stuck with the inferior cover art forever lol

@RudyC3 Yes - Thank you! It bothers me so much that this is never brought up in these conversations. Like, if I was to say that a car's maximum speed is 50mph and therefore anyone should be able to get to their local shop in 5 minutes or less, it would be obviously untrue for many as I wouldn't be taking into consideration the distance between each person and their closest shop - and yet, this simple concept seems to get overlooked every time when it comes to streaming games via the cloud.

Anyone else thinking that maybe they are introducing these cloud versions of games so when they release a more capable "pro" version of the Switch in the new year you'll have the option to run these more processor-intensive games natively on the upgraded systems while the cloud versions will provide access to the games for those who don't want (or can't afford) to upgrade? Maybe pie in the sky thinking but could be an interesting take

@Mikeopferman As the apparently third and final person who played Pikmin 3 I'm afraid to say it wasn't for me at all. Gave up on it through boredom during the final level 🤷‍♂️ it's also incredibly disturbing for a Nintendo game (alien race descends on planet and proceeds to murder fauna for their own gain, presented as a light-hearted romp)

Cartridge Art Brawl

Tbh live action Mario is pretty much the last thing I'd want right now, but if you're going to do it, then this is probably as good as it's gonna get. Great effort!

@patbacknitro18 and wasn't Popeye brought into life so kids would be inspired to eat spinach? Ergo if spinach was more delicious, Mario might have never been created.

@graysoncharles yeah it's weird huh? I mentioned that I had been playing the game whilst in lockdown to a friend who also owns a Switch and he had never heard of it 🤔

@citizenerased ah good investigation skills! From the listing on Nintendo's website it looked like a 1st party title (esp. with the Good Job! Title being a Nintendo trademark and no other dev named). Thanks for the correction

Anyone notice that Good Job! game appears to be a Nintendo first party title? (And also therefore a new Nintendo IP)

For the first time in a loooong time I've got three games on the go at the moment so I'll be splitting my time between:

Animal Crossings: New Horizons
Star Wars - Jedi: Fallen Order
Ring Fit Adventure

this is so good!

My absolute dream announcements for 2-4 would be:

• Okami 2
• NieR Automata Port for Switch
• Sequel to Star Fox Zero which ditches the awful controls

🙏

I always wanted to play pop'n'twinbee when I had my original SNES back in the 90s, so actually quite pleased with this one. Can we get uniracers next if we're going for obscure gems from the SNES back catalogue?

3D World isn't coming.. instead they're going to release the 3rd in the "Super Mario 3D" series and this time it's going to include the car from Super Mario Maker 2 into some of the levels with gameplay similar to Diddy Kong Racing.

@ThanosReXXX Cool - thanks!

Quick question - how do you pronounce the title of this game?

@tendonerdyeah perhaps you're right - I was under the impression that it had sold fairly well, but can see that it might be too much effort to put together DLC if Nintendo thinks it won't sell particularly well. I'm based in the UK (London) and there are plenty of options for exercising outside or gyms, however, it's too cold for outside excerise atm and I can't stand gyms so really hoping I can use Ring Fit for the long haul.

@tendonerd yeah feel you there. Cool, at least there's something to do once the game is over. Thanks for letting me know - hopefully, we'll get some DLC announced in the next few months with additional exercises & levels.

@tendonerd good for you! is there much in the way of post-game content? Really enjoying it so far (on day 31, world 6) but a little concerned there won't be much to do once I've completed the main game.

@dew12333 how old are you? I'm 38 and distinctly remember the Spectrum being belittled for not having as good graphics as the C64..

@foodmetaphors thank you!

@foodmetaphors "i got one of those 8bitdo adapters so that i can use my snes controllers from the classic edition with the switch" do you have a link for this product? I tried Google but couldn't find what you are describing but sounds like exactly what I'm looking for.

Is this a worldwide based store? Earlier this year when I checked the price to import the goose socks from Australia to the UK was insane. Seems to be all sold out atm in any case..

Links Awakening pre-order cancelled

Have absolutely no interest in purchasing a Switch Lite but couldn't be happier about the announcement, while it's always seemed inevitable that the Switch was designed to replace both the Wii U and the 3DS, Nintendo have dropped several hints in the past that this might not be the case: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/06/nintendo_is_considering_a_successor_to_the_3ds_according_to_its_new_president

Personally, I always lamented having to buy a portable system in addition to a home console order to play every Nintendo release that interested me, especially when it came to the huge droughts in quality releases that we saw during extended periods in both the Wii and Wii U eras. One of the biggest draws of the Switch therefore was the possibility of the consolidation of both Nintendo's home and handheld console division's gaming output all being released onto a single system. Nintendo have previously positioned the Switch as a home console https://www.polygon.com/2016/10/20/13347910/nintendo-switch-home-gaming-system and therefore a direct replacement for the Wii U but the Lite version can only be a replacement 3DS finally, making this dream of a single system for both console and handheld titles into a reality.

I think it's clear that upcoming titles such as Link's Awakening and Pokemon Sword & Shield would have been released for a handheld system if Nintendo were continuing with their two system approach.

Maybe now that Nintendo are starting to run out of Wii U titles to port to Switch we might start seeing 3DS titles ported over as well? I certainly wouldn't balk at a HD port of Samus Returns or Kid Icarus: Uprising turning up on Switch at some point in future.

@The-Chosen-one this. A collaboration between Nintendo and Studio MDHR to make 2D Mario in the style of Yōichi Kotabe's original artwork would be absolutely out of this world!

Awesome - anything that gives me a legitimate avenue to lay a beat down on Harry Potter fans is okay with me! jk jk

@RushDawg I want that too. Perhaps that will be the focus of the next game: Super Mario 3D Maker?

Ok if we're allowed to suggest the unlikely:

1) customisable physics - if for example the original Super Mario Land is added as a skin, then Nintendo would need to implement the individual physics of each game into the skins (which I'm totally down for) as that game wouldn't work at all with the physics of the other games but I'd like them to go a step further and allow users to customise the physics themselves (i.e sliders affecting jump height, fall rate, stopping speed etc etc).

2). Developer videos - the original game suffered a bit in the fact that the majority people can't make well designed mario levels to save their lives (me included sadly), therefore I'd be great if Nintendo included a few videos of their developers explaining some best practices and pitfals when designing levels to help us along (ones from Shigsy would be especially appreciated)

3) regular events - similar to Splatfests etc, Nintendo could hold an event once every month or two where they announce a particular theme and creators have a week to submit their best level that matches the designated criteria. At the end Nintendo could announce a winner and a few runners up for the best designed levels and even hand out some prizes (I'm thinking eShop points). They could even go so far as to string all of the winning levels into a mini game along with an overworld map at the end of the year.

4) allow users to reskin characters and items themselves. This one's pretty unlikely but would add a huge amount of potential to the game.

I didn't play the original game later in the Wii U's life but did they ever implement a better way to search for user generated content within the game itself? That would definitely be a big addition for me.

A few of the ones mentioned by NL above, such as music creation tools etc would be wonderful also.

So much potential!

@Wavey84 Phantom Hourglass is in my top five Zelda games and I've played most of them, such an underated Zelda game imo. Spirit Tracks on the other-hand was a bore fest - they stripped out so much of what made PH good.

Never heard of this game, but absolutely loved Portal 2 and have always wished for a sequel. This looks like the next best thing so will definitely pick it up!

Just curious about where you guys got this information from? Just because I mentioned this earlier today in the below post (see comment #45) and a few hours later it turns up on this very same site.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/02/get_zelda_links_awakening_for_just_p2_69_before_the_switch_remake_arrives_europe

Has anyone noticed that on the official page for Link's Awakening Switch under the 'Number of Players' section it says "To be determined"?

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-switch

Is that normal for Nintendo to do? Kinda sounds like they may well be adding some kind of co-op functionality into the game.

Could be interesting.

Oh man, this reminds me of that time Super Mario Galaxy 2 was near to release and there were all sorts of rumours about Sonic being a playable character - here's one from this very site: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2010/02/sonic_playable_in_super_mario_galaxy_2

Of course it turned out to be total nonsense, however I remember in certain portions of the game Yoshi would eat a hot pepper and the gameplay would turn distinctly Sonic-esc with Yoshi running at full speed around the levels and thinking to myself - oh that's probably where that bat s#@t crazy rumour came from!

I would have loved this Star Fox GP rumour to be true but personally I feel this pretty much confirms that isn't the case, for better or for worse.

@electrolite77 @Heavyarms55
Agreed. I'm playing through Spider-Man atm and having an absolute blast! Definitely my favourite PS4 exclusive thus far (yet to play GoW however)

I'm trying to work out when the already announced 2019 Nintendo published Switch titles are going to arrive and on paper it already looks like a really, really solid year.

I find it hard to believe that Nintendo hasn't at least got one big announcement for release this year (after all Super Mario Odyssey, Arms, Splatoon 2, Mario Tennis Aces, Super Mario Party, Smash Ultimate etc. were all released in the same year they were announced) therefore I hope it's not too much of a stretch to think we might get Metroid Prime 4 as the big holiday game this year.

This is my guess at the release schedule for Switch on 2019 which isn't too outlandish considering what's already been announced but would be absolutely amazing if true (imo):

Jan - New Super Mario Bros U. Deluxe
Feb -
Mar - Yoshi’s Crafted World
Apr - Fire Emblem: Three Houses
May
Jun - Daemon x Machina
Jul - Animal Crossing
Aug
Sep
Oct - Luigi’s Mansion 3
Nov - Pokemon Gen 8
Dec - Metroid Prime 4

@SubtleGris I bought Splatoon 2 after they announced the Octo Expansion DLC - although admittedly that was a slightly different situation as it was adding an significant single player component to a largely multiplayer title.