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I haven't gotten into this game like so many others have, but having this available on Switch will only be a good thing for potential buyers of the Switch, and for people who want the game on the go.

I was really put off when I saw that half was on the cartridge and half was a download code. I could understand it somewhat (even if its not user friendly) with the Resident Evil: Revelations collection since that would clearly need two physical cartridges. But this could have easily fit on one cartridge with plenty of room to spare.

95% of my friends list are playing this demo right now. I suspect that could have a bit to do with the lag that I have experienced. The practice mode though works fine, and I will probably play this more offline than on.

I'm already enjoying it more than Ultra Smash.

@neyoung8 Mario Sports Superstars for 3DS had amiibo cards also.

@Agent45007 Its not misleading. Its a roundup of known releases for the full week since games are put on the eShop on Thursdays, Fridays and Tuesdays. Its been like this for a lonnnng time.

@JaxonH Although you can't automatically forget all the times last month he was dead wrong and deleted his tweets so he wouldn't look so wrong. haha

Outlast for me.

I read "Poisoft Thud Card" as "Poisoft Turd Card".

@AlphaElite I do! They had a wall full of little flaps that you could lift up to see the back of the box art, grab a ticket and pay for it, then take it to have some guy get it from the front storage area. That is also how I bought my Sega CD - they had a aisle-long glass display case with the game consoles in it, and you just grabbed a ticket to buy!

@PlywoodStick Ninantic certainly did go too long with letting the game be stagnant without adding content or other features. Everyone knew it the world conquering popularity upon launch would never last. But 5 million active daily users is still nothing to shake a stick at, and there's nothing wrong with NL posting an article (or reposting an old one with a few new lines of text). I'd venture there are more daily or semi-frequent Pokemon GO players on this site than people who bought Payday 2, for instance. Three articles in the last 50 posts is hardly intrusive and easily ignorable.

@Moroboshi876 Where on the My Nintendo site does it say the 1 point = 1 cent thing? I'd like to see and I can't find it

Happy they brought up their love for Eternal Darkness. That game was so good, and I am always delighted when it gets a mention.

Miitomo got to be pretty boring pretty fast, but I did love the Miifoto functionality of it. I made a lot of really funny Mii pictures with that.

Roller Coaster Tycoon 3D for 3DS was awful. I'd rather have the original Theme Park on the Switch.

I'd rather not have region-locked exclusive Pokemon, but extremely rare ones. You can still get that rewarding feeling by finding a very rare one without being at a disadvantage because of your location in the world.

I love that there are games like this out there that stretch the variety of software on the console. Good review, @zipmon!

Such a great year, full of simply amazing games.

I already got VS Super Mario Bros last week, and I'm getting Style Savvy at some point this week.

It's Christmas, and in a perfect world, everything would have ran smoothly yesterday. But the eShop went down and the networks on PS4 and Xbox Live were so bogged down, people shared screenshots of their systems taking up to three hours to download updates just to play. It's unfortunate but it happens.

At least the eShop was back up and running in the late afternoon so the day wasn't a total bust.

VS Super Mario Bros listed for Europe but not for North America.

VS Super Mario Bros is out on the Japan eShop on the 22nd, but I wonder if its not releasing in North America since there is no listing for it like other releases that come later in the week (such as Style Savvy)?

I'm absolutely in love with the Universal Studios tables in this game.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I just saw the Media Crate numbers and you're right, those figures were a tad high. But 221,210 is still an astronomical number.

Switch – 221,210
PS4 – 45,161
New 2DS LL – 31,653
New 3DS LL – 19,115
PS4 Pro – 17,804
Vita – 9,049
2DS – 4,324
Xbox One – 2,175
New 3DS – 421
Xbox One X – 132
Wii U – 75
PS3 – 44

@raisenv I heard that band is Everything You Want. 😉

I'm interested, although the aggressive music of the trailer is putting me off. Doesn't seem to quite go with how the game looks and feels to me if it relies on flashlights and darkness.

Pinball FX 3 is great. It was noted in the rundown above, but I wanted to make sure people know it also comes with three free tables under a promotion for this week. The add-on tables, especially the ones based on Universal Studio movies (ET, Jaws and Back to the Future) are really, really good.

@Julien A matter of opinion is saying , "Hey, I disagree with this review and here's why." Saying that they are possibly getting kickbacks for their reviews is not opinion but slanderous speculation and insulting to the reviewer who put time into playing and writing said review without any evidence or proof to back up their character and professional assassination.

It's disturbing to me that people are quick to insinuate that a positive review is given for unsavory reasons when it's all a matter of opinion. It's especially troubling when it comes from people who haven't even played the game themselves yet and going off of what other people have said. Everyone has an opinion, and just because a reviewer's opinion is different from yours doesn't mean they were paid off or given kickbacks for theirs.

@darkswabber Awesome find to alert us of that! Downloaded it right away.

@JaxonH Yes! I am picking up a physical copy.

I have Pinball F/X 3 on PS4 and it is great. I love the Universal Movie-themed tables.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Congrats on getting one! I'm very interested in hearing what you think of those games you selected!

I do like the new policy of giving a game a score with the possibility of revising it to reflect a future update that has already been announced by the developer. Unlike the uproar withholding a final score for NBA 2K18 caused, I think this will go over much better with many readers on the site.

I have really enjoyed the slower pace that these walkthroughs have come out. Instead of bombarding me with a ton all at once, it gives me incentive to go back and play through these worlds at a leisurely pace, thus helping me extend the game's replay value for myself personally.

Got excited when I saw "Sizeable Update", disappointed when online friend matchmaking was not among the details.

@Thierry I agree!

I am super, super excited about this!

@ThanosReXXX Its funny, all the talk about our backlogs exploding. This would've been a problem we would have killed for in the Wii U days. Its a wealth of options for us!

These shows, while not perfect, have been much improved since it left Spike TV.

I would personally be pleased if either Zelda or Mario won GOTY tonight. Both added so many new elements in their respective franchises that I think either would be a worthy choice.

It's a free update and some people will still find a way to complain. Online would be nice, but its free. For families and such, this will be a great addition.

From what I've seen, even the released version of WWE 2K18 needs some kind of patch for better performance. I was looking forward to it, but I will hold off on it for now.

On the other hand, am excited for The End is Nigh. Had my eye on this one for a long time - have a physical edition coming my way!

Another fantastic week for Nintendo.

What is the file size of the additional download if you buy the physical version? Is it comparable to how NBA 2K18 was with the cart being around 8GB in size and anything above that needing an sd card?

I still don't understand why 2K games take up so much memory for a save file, this one being 1GB and NBA being 5GB per user. Is it due to the replays it saves? I would rather have the option to not save them in order to not have such a big dent on the internal memory.

@Yasaal You not being impressed isn't the same as saying there hasn't been pretty big updates/differences between firmware versions. It just means what they've added isn't to your liking, not that there is no change.

I'm not a Megaman fan, but I am pleased for those who are, and also happy because it shows an increased level of support from a major third party developer in a big way. It's a major deal to have games like these appear alongside their PS4/XBO counterparts.

The upside is that it's UK debut has been trending upward since the original. Xenoblade X launched better than the original, and Xenoblade 2 had a better launch than X. Problem is, JRPGs are a tough sell (as many have pointed out), and the UK is not Nintendo's strongest region by far. But it is still trending upward so that is a small amount of good news that should be of note.

XC 6000
XCX 10000
XCX2 14000
(as quoted on Nintendo Everything)

First time in a few weeks I've been able to click "nothing for me" this week.

I am glad though they are offering the original Japanese voice pack for those who want to experience Xenoblade in that manner.

So much consistant good news as far as sales figures for the Switch! I am unsure of how to respond. Its been a long time - I'm not used to such good news.

If part of the box is the NFC amiibo part, could somoene just take their Switch into a Target or other store and have the game at the ready and scan the box right in the aisle?

You know, times are tough. haha

Nice to see the switch doing so well and that Nintendo had a lot of stock for it. It seems like it was able to do well even with the huge success of the $199 PS4 that was offered last week.

Looking forward to these. I would've preferred both to be on cartridges, but I'll still take it as I've yet to play Revelations 2 and, along with this review, have heard good things about it. I haven't played the original since its original 3DS release and it was one of the most impressive and ambitious games on that platform at the time, and am happy to give it another go.

I think the biggest problem that Nintendo has is that many people think mobile games should be equal to their console/handheld counterparts. Looking over the comment threads about Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and I've seen people requesting such extensive content that is normally reserved for the full console experience. Mobile games are meant to be shorter, bite-sized pieces of fun, and not a deep, long-term game that you'd get the same mileage out of as you would a Switch/3DS/Wii U version.

For what they are, I have enjoyed half of Nintendo's games so far - Super Mario Run and Pocket Camp have been great for me. I don't mind spending a small bit of money on F2P games if I really enjoy them as a way of supporting the developers since the game was actually free to download and start. They have been good to have on my phone to play on commutes when I didn't feel like bringing my actual Nintendo hardware with me. For what they are, I think the games have been great and have served a purpose to keep Nintendo's brand names out there in the public eye.

And if you don't like them, they are easy enough to ignore and won't detract from the enjoyment you already get out of the other console games.