Cool. Loved Vampire Survivors, but probably won't get this right away, since I'm REALLY bad at deckbuilders. Recently got Slay the Spire (the original) to learn, and Inscryption will act as my exam. Until then, I'll just wait till the next update to VS.
@cyrus_zuo I'm pretty sure there are accessibility options to make things easier. Personally, I was able to do everything except the final boss, and by that point I had already discovered... lets just say, an alternative path. Eventually I just looked up a strat to cheese the final boss. Could probably do it now without cheese, but still.
A lot of people are saying they're just going to choose a vaccum-themed one since they've already designed the weapons. But what would a vaccum-themed weapon even do- Wait. ARE THEY GOING TO TURN MEGA MAN INTO KIRBY?!?
It was going to be Silksong... but then I got back into Vampire Survivors. It's now my second most played Switch game of all time, barely beating out SNES classics and being massively eclipsed by Mario Maker 2 (which I have 300 hours in. Somehow)
Fun fact about that last award: as far as I remember from Dreamland 3, some of the characters have girlfriends... including Rick.
As such, not only is Rick all-powerful, but he also "gets it".
"You know, along with the Home Alone and Klaus rewatches" I feel VERY specifically called out with that one. Just finished Home Alone, planning on rewatching Klaus later today.
No... not again... I just finished Vampire Survivors 100%! Nooooo... Eh, it's fine, I've never been good at deck-builders. My most recent attempt was Inscryption, and I was TERRIBLE. Anyways I'm gonna go play another run of Vampire Survivors.
After a long post-Silksong hiatus (and a frankly tragic attempt at Inscryption), I'm finally back to playing games! Currently trying to work my way through all the new Vampire Survivors content.
@SirLink Going off of that, I'm going to do some quick maths.
84% of Switch 2 players transitioned from Switch 1. If Switch 2 has sold 10.36 units, and assuming units pair 1:1 with users, then 10.36 * 0.84 = around 8.7024 million Switch 1 users who switched to Switch 2. Dividing by the 154 million Switch 1 users, we get 8.7024 / 154 = around 0.0565, or around a 5.65% turnover rate. Not bad all things considered.
@jake1421 You know, now that you mention it, I DO seem to like bullet-hell shmups. There's that one Game Builder Garage game someone made (which I wish was a full game), and Star Wasps was one of my favorite games in the UFO 50 collection (even if I wasn't good at it). Actually, I might just like bullet hells (Cuphead and JSAB are some of my personal favorites, and I'll always have fond memories of PA). Once the two games on my backlog screaming to be played are done, and I'm looking for new games, I should take that into account.
21/21. Full marks! Whenever I didn't recognize a cover, I just looked at where the title would be and tried to make out a letter. Somehow it worked every time!
@Willo567 I was just saying that the fact someone would come in and say that is very concerning and takes away from the conversation. Also I may have posted the comment only seeing yours, assuming you were at fault, and then realizing you were totally valid. Whoops! My bad. Also yeah NL plz delete that comment.
@BeetleBoyd @Willo567 Oh no, that, uh, that doesn't bode well for the reasonability of this discussion...
Personally, I'm inclined to believe that this patent is just to protect the autobattle feature from Scarlet and Violet. Not good by any means, but not a complete catastrophe. Then again, I'm no legal expert (and I highly doubt anyone in this comments section is either), so I'll wait for an actual lawyer to give his two cents (maybe a few lawyers, just to account for political biases).
"Silky smooth weekend vibes?" No actually. The vibes this weekend I'd describe moreso as being "rough as all hell." But hey, college will do that to ya! Also Silksong has been pretty fun.
Dammit the hype got me. Already played 2 hours of Silksong. It's been fun! Minus an incident involving a trap, a tired me, and around 200 now lost currency.
I think I'm the opitome of "No, I've beaten it before and I don't have the time" I've played the game before and had a swell time. I'd LOVE to go back and play it. But college.
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Re: Vampire Survivors' Crazy Dungeon Crawler Spin-Off Launches Next Month
Cool. Loved Vampire Survivors, but probably won't get this right away, since I'm REALLY bad at deckbuilders. Recently got Slay the Spire (the original) to learn, and Inscryption will act as my exam. Until then, I'll just wait till the next update to VS.
Re: Brilliant And Brutal Puzzle Adventure Tunic Is Getting A Switch 2 Update
@cyrus_zuo I'm pretty sure there are accessibility options to make things easier. Personally, I was able to do everything except the final boss, and by that point I had already discovered... lets just say, an alternative path. Eventually I just looked up a strat to cheese the final boss. Could probably do it now without cheese, but still.
Re: Quiz: Can You Name That Pokémon?
That last one is clearly Jigglypuff seen from above
Re: Gallery: Here's A Look At Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen On Switch
Best graphics a Pokemon game has had in a while, amirite?
Re: Gallery: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Official Character Posters Have Been Revealed
I'm genuinely so curious how this movie's plot is going to unfold. What is even happening? How do all these dots connect?
Re: Talking Point: Where's Your Nintendo Labo Now?
One word:
Sold!
Re: Dispatch Uncensored Physical Switch Release Apparently Not Possible
@Pillowpants Ooooh that's a good one! I like my comments sweet but my popcorn salty
Re: Dispatch Uncensored Physical Switch Release Apparently Not Possible
@Pillowpants psst, can I steal some popcorn? I forgot to bring mine.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Fails To Meets Sega's Expectations
@Nep-Nep-Freak Cmon, we all know Kirby wins this debate
Re: Mega Man: Dual Override Robot Master Design Contest - Top 20 Designs Revealed, Voting Now Open
A lot of people are saying they're just going to choose a vaccum-themed one since they've already designed the weapons. But what would a vaccum-themed weapon even do-
Wait.
ARE THEY GOING TO TURN MEGA MAN INTO KIRBY?!?
Re: Rumour: A Nintendo Direct May Be Coming As Soon As Next Week
Oh wow who could've forseen it being a partner showcase
Re: Two Cancelled Virtual Boy Games Coming To NSO In 2026, Including F-Zero Spin-Off
This is, as some would put it, "mondo cool"
Re: Mailbox: Non-Standard Switch 2s, Joy-Con Colours, Zelda amiibo We Need - Nintendo Life Letters
Very funny but also I would absolutely play a "Pokémon: Let's Go, Furret!" the nanosecond it came out
Re: Random: Mario Wonder's New Box Art Might Be The Ugliest 'Switch 2 Edition' Cover Yet
Yoshi looks TERRIFIED
Re: A 'World Class' Pokémon Attraction Is Coming To Universal Studios
All five senses?
Finally, I get to see... what Pokemon taste like
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Has Been Nominated For Even More Awards
Time for E33 sweep part 2: electric boogaloo!
Re: Feature: Nintendo Switch Year In Review 2025 - Our Most Played Games
It was going to be Silksong... but then I got back into Vampire Survivors. It's now my second most played Switch game of all time, barely beating out SNES classics and being massively eclipsed by Mario Maker 2 (which I have 300 hours in. Somehow)
Re: Site News: Please Welcome Mai, The Newest Member Of Our YouTube Team
"When one door closes, another opens. My father once said that. Wonderful philosopher. Terrible cabinet maker."
All jokes aside, welcome to the team!
Re: Persona's 30th Anniversary Website Teases "The Next Chapter For The Series"
insert obvoius Persona 6 doesn't exist joke here
Re: How Well Do You Remember 2025? Nintendo Life's Gaming Quiz Of The Year
12/17! Not half-bad considering the year I've had.
Re: Feature: Nintendo Life's Alternative Awards 2025
Fun fact about that last award: as far as I remember from Dreamland 3, some of the characters have girlfriends... including Rick.
As such, not only is Rick all-powerful, but he also "gets it".
Re: Editorial: Happy Holidays From Everyone At Nintendo Life
"You know, along with the Home Alone and Klaus rewatches"
I feel VERY specifically called out with that one. Just finished Home Alone, planning on rewatching Klaus later today.
Re: Oh No, Vampire Crawlers' Gameplay Trailer Suggests It's Going To Suck Up All Our Time
No... not again... I just finished Vampire Survivors 100%! Nooooo...
Eh, it's fine, I've never been good at deck-builders. My most recent attempt was Inscryption, and I was TERRIBLE.
Anyways I'm gonna go play another run of Vampire Survivors.
Re: Paramount Makes Rival Bid For Warner Bros. After Netflix's $82 Billion Offer, Includes Game Studios
gets out popcorn
This is gonna be a fun one to read through. Wonder why NL hasn't closed of comments yet? Ah well, more entertainment for me!
Re: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Gets A New Movie Poster
New Dune movie looking WACK
Re: Super Mario Galaxy Movie Trailer Reveals Rosalina, Bowser Jr., And More
Benny Safdie is now officially Jack Black's son
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th November)
After a long post-Silksong hiatus (and a frankly tragic attempt at Inscryption), I'm finally back to playing games! Currently trying to work my way through all the new Vampire Survivors content.
Re: Nintendo: 84% Of Switch 2 Players Transitioned From The Original Switch
@SirLink Going off of that, I'm going to do some quick maths.
84% of Switch 2 players transitioned from Switch 1. If Switch 2 has sold 10.36 units, and assuming units pair 1:1 with users, then 10.36 * 0.84 = around 8.7024 million Switch 1 users who switched to Switch 2. Dividing by the 154 million Switch 1 users, we get 8.7024 / 154 = around 0.0565, or around a 5.65% turnover rate. Not bad all things considered.
Re: Sakurai Reveals Even More Kirby Air Riders Footage Ahead Of Tomorrow's Direct
No way they made a steampunk course. That's one of my favorite aesthetics!
Re: Mailbox: Metroid Excitement Levels, Game Clubs, "The Galaxy Strategy" - Nintendo Life Letters
@jake1421 You know, now that you mention it, I DO seem to like bullet-hell shmups. There's that one Game Builder Garage game someone made (which I wish was a full game), and Star Wasps was one of my favorite games in the UFO 50 collection (even if I wasn't good at it). Actually, I might just like bullet hells (Cuphead and JSAB are some of my personal favorites, and I'll always have fond memories of PA). Once the two games on my backlog screaming to be played are done, and I'm looking for new games, I should take that into account.
Re: Nintendo Direct For Kirby Air Riders Announced For Thursday, 23rd October
Ey! Finally! Right before my Calculus exam. DAMMIT!
Re: Can You Name These NES Games From The Mangled Box Art?
21/21. Full marks! Whenever I didn't recognize a cover, I just looked at where the title would be and tried to make out a letter. Somehow it worked every time!
Re: This Unofficial Paper Mario-Inspired Cookbook Looks Scrumptious
As someone who grew up obsessed with the Paper Mario cooking mechanic, this fits my exact niche perfectly. Will check out the kickstarter!
Re: Nintendo Direct September 2025: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
Nintendo has been getting into some real hot water recently, and I'm beginning to think it's JUST to spite me in particular.
Re: Nintendo Today! Updated To Version 2.0.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Did someone say... Kirby?
gets those red laser eye things
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Tomorrow, 12th September 2025
Why isn't it today? Then I'd actually be able to watch the dire- oh it's 9/11.
Re: Nintendo's Patent On 'Sub Characters' Could Have Some Dire Ramifications
@Willo567 I was just saying that the fact someone would come in and say that is very concerning and takes away from the conversation. Also I may have posted the comment only seeing yours, assuming you were at fault, and then realizing you were totally valid. Whoops! My bad. Also yeah NL plz delete that comment.
Re: Nintendo's Patent On 'Sub Characters' Could Have Some Dire Ramifications
@BeetleBoyd @Willo567 Oh no, that, uh, that doesn't bode well for the reasonability of this discussion...
Personally, I'm inclined to believe that this patent is just to protect the autobattle feature from Scarlet and Violet. Not good by any means, but not a complete catastrophe. Then again, I'm no legal expert (and I highly doubt anyone in this comments section is either), so I'll wait for an actual lawyer to give his two cents (maybe a few lawyers, just to account for political biases).
Re: Talking Point: Is Hollow Knight: Silksong Too Difficult?
I've been having fun. It's been hard, but not unmanagable.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th September)
@Careless_Anouki Thanks! Btw, finally made it through Silksong act 1, and it's been a BLAST so far!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th September)
"Silky smooth weekend vibes?"
No actually. The vibes this weekend I'd describe moreso as being "rough as all hell." But hey, college will do that to ya!
Also Silksong has been pretty fun.
Re: Nintendo Download: 4th September (North America)
Dammit the hype got me. Already played 2 hours of Silksong. It's been fun! Minus an incident involving a trap, a tired me, and around 200 now lost currency.
Re: Poll: Ahead Of Silksong's Release, Are You 'Finally' Playing Hollow Knight?
I think I'm the opitome of "No, I've beaten it before and I don't have the time"
I've played the game before and had a swell time. I'd LOVE to go back and play it. But college.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (23rd August)
College is about to start, and also that Kirby DLC is coming out soon, soooo... nothing this time!
Re: Opinion: We Really Don't Need A Donkey Kong Timeline
"Lore of the Swings"
I feel like that's a Lord of the Rings pun. I can't be certain, but I THINK it is.
Re: Surprise! Nintendo Announces Indie World Showcase For Thursday 7th August 2025
15 minutes? That means it'll have VERY few games. Probably is only happening for one game in particular. What game? Idk lmao
Re: Feature: What We Expect From Nintendo For Super Mario Bros.' 40th Anniversary
In the wise words of Willy Wonka:
"You get, NOTHING!"
Re: Mario Kart World Has Been Updated To Version 1.2.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
It seems Nintendo is finally getting their PR back in check. Good for them!
Re: Pokémon Presents July 2025: Every Announcement, Full Livestream
@ParrakerriRush I don't think you were joking, that WAS the best part of the whole thing. That and felt furret.
Re: Mailbox: Ninty Getting Its Freak On, Area Codes, The 'Discourse' - Nintendo Life Letters
COWARDS! (jk obviously thanks for responding to my letter!)