Kiyata

That looks a bit rough around the edges. However this gem from Aksys looks great. I played the previous one in this series and it was awesome… https://aksysgames.com/princessisland

The ONLY way companies will stop this micro transaction garbage is if the players stop paying for them. And I never did pay for them, by the way. If I buy a game, that’s enough. I’m not paying extra. My one and only exception is Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise because that was an entire separate game added on. (And honestly I still think that should have just been sold separately on a cartridge like it was on 3ds).

Been playing Dokapon Kingdom Connect, but the computer opponents are ruthless. Need to play Ooblets to finish up the spring event with the bunny ooblet (Taterflop).

I know gamefreak has dropped the ball in many ways regarding this game and it’s performance, but still, I think their ambition overshadowed the limitations of this switch, and that should shine a spotlight on just how outdated this hardware is and the need for an upgrade with backwards compatibility so it can better run games like this (kind of like what Nintendo did with the “new 3ds”, 5 years after the original 3ds launch).

@MeatSauce yeah I had actually never really heard of it being called Puzzle Bobble till recent years. I have bust a move (multiple variations) on Super Nintendo, GameBoy, PlayStation, 3DO (which was my first bust a move game, in 1995), 3DS, DS, N64, etc. As you know it’s been a long time since an all new one has been released so I’m excited to play the one coming next week!

@MeatSauce it’s kind of odd because that’s been in the eShop already for years. I bought it quite some time ago.

Preordered Puzzle Bobble last winter… I love that series and can’t wait to get this new one!

I don’t like him. He’s been nothing but trouble for Mario and Peach.

Meanwhile, NintendoLife has become ZeldaLife… I can’t seem to find any articles that aren’t about Zelda now 🧐

I’m that one person that’s not playing a Zelda game. Actually I’ve been enjoying playing Tomodachi Life on 3ds. It would be nice to play on switch but apparently Nintendo disagrees 🤨
Also playing a bit of Animal Crossing New Horizons and Ooblets.

LCD, yes, this makes me so happy. I can’t stand the headache inducing OLED on the switch. That is the worst OLED I’ve ever seen in my life. If they can’t do Super Amoled then they need to go back to LCD.

I have zero interest in the Zelda game, I’ve been burnt out on Zelda since the late 90s. But puzzle bobble has my attention, that’s actually a perpetually fun and timeless game. I preordered that and Dokapon several months ago.

Did they scrap the plans of making this a free to play game?

Actually you guys miss tons and tons of games. Usually the focus here is Zelda, Metroid, bayonetta, Mario, etc. About 10 titles at most is all I ever see here, over and over and over and over.

Pokémon White and Fantasy Life (DS and 3DS games). Because classics never go out of style! 😁

My first one was final fantasy 3, and I spent a hefty amount of money on that back when it came out. Video games in the early 90s actually cost $60-$75 each at release. Unreal considering that was 30 years ago. My second final fantasy game was mystic quest. I always loved that game so much. Why is that not in this list?!

Yeah because in this upside down world it’s a crime to make someone want to buy something before it’s “officially” announced. 🙄

@Mgalens that would be awesome, and a good selling point too, having them work that way, because the same was true of both on 3ds! It’s odd they chose miitopia over Tomodachi life as the first to release on switch tho. It was not nearly as popular but I do love that game anyway.

@Serpenterror I LOVE that game! I used to play that all the time on Intellivision! I still have it too in working condition after all these years… but wouldn’t it be awesome to have that on switch?!

Nothing new to top the charts with… well why not release a new game everyone would love, like Tomodachi Life for Switch?

@Uncle_Franklin yes actually it is. I wish the screen was a little larger, but it still looks decent considering it’s age and all.

GameBoy advance games, on my actual GameBoy advance, because it’s forever mine and I don’t have to pay a $50 subscription fee to play it. 😁 Plus some DS games I bought a few days ago. Retro weekend for me!

@Mando44646 exactly! 💥

Did they decide not to make this a free to play game after all?

I owned the beautiful aqua and purple ones from 2011-12, which I later sold because the screen was too small. Then I bought the blue 3ds xl on release day, as well as the yellow pikachu one. Then I later purchased a pink one, the New 3ds XL, the black & blue 2ds (at launch), and the white/orange one, and finally the purple/gray one. I still play all these regularly. That is a grand total of 9 owned, and 7 still in my possession. As a side note, I also own 5 switches. And I sold one in 2020, so that technically means I’ve owned 6. 🤔 The switches I currently own are 2 new model neon 4 years apart), a blue (or purple?) lite, a white OLED, and an animal crossing switch.

That’s disturbing. Not cool.

Does this mean Kirby is also only “like his namesake vacuum cleaner”? 🤔

It’s honestly not that jarring. Young kids will probably not even be able to read that. 🤔

@TioRogerio that’s really cool! I never knew it was popular in Brazil! You guys have great taste in classic games! 😀

Am I the only person on the planet that actually LOVES Side Pocket?! That’s one of my all time favorite Super Nintendo games and I have fond memories of playing that against my husband back in the early 90s, and to this day, it’s still the first one I grab every time I play my SupaBoy S system (that takes SNES cartridges). I have always found Side Pocket to be a nice chill game with a steep difficulty curve after the first few levels. In fact, I have the GameBoy version too and I love it just as much (and really hope they add that to switch too!). Data East is actually a good company that put out some well crafted games in the 90s. Unfortunately they may be grossly underrated by the younger crowd who didn’t get to enjoy these challenging gems as adults back then.

I’ve been playing super Mario since 1986 and this is without question the worst game I’ve ever played that has Mario in it. If they said they entire game was free I still wouldn’t be interested.

Those are some real goomba stompers.

@JohnnyMind that, and from a business standpoint, game sales are always weakest in the spring and early summer in the northern hemisphere, and to keep from having weak profits, it’s been a calculated business strategy to drop some huge releases in the spring to counter that slump, and it’s paid off richly. Plus in regards to dropping major new systems in the spring, it helps to work out some bugs and inventory issues before the holidays hit.

@NinjaNicky actually Nintendo seems to favor springtime to release new systems. The 3ds and Switch both debuted in March (2011 and 2017). If a new system was indeed in the works, I’d expect it to release around March of 2024, possibly 2025.

None for me, thanks. Lol

A remake of Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver complete with a new color Pokéwalker for switch would have blown away all of these piddly announcements combined. But no, don’t give the people what the people want. Give them junk in a special presentation to make it look nice. Sorry, it didn’t work. We should have expected they’d do this though, I mean look at the half baked effort Pokémon Scarlet/Violet is. 🤨

The whole world could be unstable but thankfully my switch won’t be! Whew!

I didn’t enjoy the original much, it didn’t hold my interest.

Add Boggle and Scrabble to this list! I still play those on my game boy but it would be awesome to have them on the larger screen!

They should just release these games, maybe like 30+ at a time, onto a cartridge we can buy, and just enjoy anytime, online or offline, like the Sega Genesis compilation, Atari classics, or some of the other brand collections that have come out.

Ooblets, animal crossing new horizons, and Dogz Fashion on GBA. Not kidding. I’ve been on a GBA kick this winter and it’s ironic that after playing mine daily, they suddenly bring some GBA/GB games to NSO.

@Ralizah the stretched pixels in LCD versus OLED are vastly different though. On OLED it is a hot mess. On LCD it’s just a slight blur effect at most. And with LCD it’s cheaper to make, and thus would be a bit more affordable not only for Nintendo but for the gamers purchasing it. Also some people with severe astigmatism or other certain vision problems get very sick playing on OLED but do not have those issues with LCD.

I have significant vision impairment but even so I purchased a switch lite a couple years ago as a secondary, more portable system, and I have to admit that despite text being painfully tiny, the screen is indeed very crisp and looks amazing. It actually looks MUCH better than the stretched pixel disaster of the OLED. Now if only Nintendo could go the way of the 2DS XL and make a basic but large handheld only version of the switch in LCD at an affordable price for the masses (and the many aging gamers with vision impairment). 🤓

I never had that game but ironically I’ve been playing my GBA a lot this week, and my nice little collection of GBA favorites.

It wouldn’t matter if ALL games were physical instead of digital. Just wait till the switch eShop closes, and it will…

And yet still no touch screen support for “Touch Me”. Bizarre.

But we got such a grand view of this fishy perspective in New Pokémon Snap! The gorgeous habitats of those fish and other Pokémon have forever changed the way I see Pokémon 😍

I bought this, cheap, for my switch back when it came out, and the dlc was included for free. Later they started making people pay for that (which is not even worth a penny), and bumped the game file size to an excessively unnecessary 4gb+. After getting Clubhouse Games and playing their version of Uno, called “Last Card”, I’ve found it to be vastly superior. It has a clean look, simple and smooth gameplay, and is on a compilation with a ton of other great games. I wouldn’t recommend uno unless it’s under a dollar.

The closing of the 3ds eShop is just a preview of what will happen with the switch in a couple years. And yet people still demand digital all the way like it’s some golden chalice in gaming. No. You’re renting your games. They are never yours unless you have a physical copy in hand. And if the eShop closes and you get a new switch because perhaps your old one broke, guess what? You’ll have nothing to play on it unless you had physical copies.

I’d like to see an LCD XL Switch (7” size screen, no oled), you know like they did with the 2ds XL. Gameplay first, bells, whistles, and headaches irrelevant.
I wouldn’t be surprised if another retro Pokémon game emerges with a shiny coat of paint. If so, I’d love to see a modern reboot of SoulSilver/HeartGold complete with a pokewalker.
Also still desperately waiting for a Style Savvy game on switch, as well as a new Tomodachi Life.
Nintendogs would be great too.
I’m slightly looking forward to the new Kirby game next month. Much more excited for the Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life coming this summer. That game when it was on GameCube was one of my all time favorites. (My other two favorites are Grand Bazaar (DS) and Magical Melody (GameCube).