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@MasterJay 8BitDo had to change the original designs after Nintendo decided to release the NES JoyCons, and the datamine leak for the SNES and SFC designs. Most likely, Nintendo asked 8BitDo to change the designs. Also, they came out with the Wired SN30 Pro a few months ago, but all of their controllers work with the USB cord as a wired controller too.

@GrantM3 Only Nintendo themselves produce controllers with HD Rumble, but this controller does have Motion/Gyro controls.

@Kobeskillz The majority of people who get controllers from 8BitDo like them. My best friend and I were buying them before Switch Compatibility was announced. 8BitDo's quality has gone up a lot over the last few years. Sorry to hear you haven't had the best of luck with them. The only problem my best friend and I have had is one of the controllers stopped working, his SNES30 Pro, but that entire first run of controllers had USB-C issues. 8BitDo figured it out, released more without problems, for both the SNES30 Pro, and all future releases so far.

@link3710 When you say Taylor, are you referring Wild Force Yellow? Soaring Eagle?

@ChibiNinja @retro_player_22 Saban did get legal action. The devs have to pay Saban (possibly Hasbro now since they now own the Rangers) a portion from every sale made. This happened around the Megazord Update a few years ago.

@Aquamine-Amarine Serebii is the place to go for Pokemon news, and Joe Merrick, the man behind Serebii has actually contributed articles to NintendoLife before.

@SwitchForce Power + Y is Switch Mode. No dongle required.

@Nintendosuxkok Hi! You must have missed the Smash Hype and Trailers before the game came out. The image included in the article, it's not the full mural. You might have noticed that Breath of the Wild Link is missing from the mural too, even though he's talked about in the article. The full mural includes every playable character in Smash Ultimate, and yes, that includes Little Mac.

@Anguspuss Sonic had an amiibo skin in Super Mario Maker on Wii U, so...

Just a reminder, since a lot of people are complaining about the price and listing other products for HD N64 Gaming, this is truly lagless. Other products on the market, even the Wii2HD adapter have lag. The reason this is so expensive is because it has no lag. For most, the lag introduced by the other adapters won't be noticable, and that's fine. But for those who want a truly lagless experience, it might be worth the cost to them to use it on a modern display.

@abe_hikura He does have a cupcake for a nose.

@MrBlacky 2017, Sonic Mania was released. It was followed a couple months later by Sonic Forces, but we don't talk about that game.

@UmbreonsPapa Give it time, Capcom will eventually have the PW Trilogy at 50% off, and eventually 67% off. Might take a year or two before sales reach that level though.

@Kacper42PL Yes I am taking the bait, but I am curious.

What does Sakurai's fanbase want as DLC? What do you believe that answer is?

@mattesdude I was thinking the same thing!

@hanp01 He's from the currently PlayStation Exclusive game, Persona 5. There is a lot of rumors going around though that the game will be ported to Switch.

@Angelic_Lapras_King Considering how Nintendo owns their servers this time around instead of them being rented from another company, I think the Wii U servers will last longer than the Wii and DS servers did for online play.

@EXP As other comments here have said, SEGA couldn't acquire the license for the 2018 Olympics, so no Mario & Sonic 2018 Olympic Games.

@justin233 Power Rangers exists to primarily sell toys. An interesting fact is that almost every morphed scene, where the Rangers are fighting bad guys comes from the Japanese series Super Sentai, where a season of Super Sentai and Power Rangers share the same costume. Super Sentai is almost 50 years, I don't believe it's going to stop soon. So long as the toys keep selling, I don't believe Power Rangers will stop anytime soon.

@edgedino Do you mean in Amy in her Classic Design, or something else?

@rjejr Highly unlikely the Wii U Purchase will count towards the Switch Discount.

@SwitchForce Numerous 8BitDo controllers, this one included have the ability to wirelessly connect to the Switch without a dongle. Press Power and Y as you turn 8BitDo controllers on to be in Switch Mode. No dongle required.

@Joeynator3000 What do you think about the new theme shop? I personally find it a bit lacking.

It's the one that's gonna win.

LETS BEYBLADE!

@TheBigK @LastLife Unorthodox in terms of how the match played out. Not because there were two Bayos in Finals. Also, they're are rarely Bayonetta Dittos in the Grand Finals to big Smash 4 tournaments.

@Super_Smash_Lad These were just added in the Encore Mode update. You don't need to own Encore mode to use them, you just need to download the newest update.

@Redax You need 16 Medals from the Blue Sphere Bonus Stages, so completing the stage. Doesn't need to be a gold medal for Perfect. Make sure to give it a try every checkpoint you pass with 25 rings.

@G-Boy These are just as complicated as the cheat codes in Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Mania is continuing their traditions.

@Anti-Matter I think it's been confirmed that the only Pokemon you can customize are Pikachu and Eevee for their respective editions.

@BlueOcean It is true that Jackson composed music for the game, and that Sega/Sonic Team was unable to use replace it in time for Sonic 3's deadline. Compare Knuckles theme in Sonic 3 to his theme in Sonic & Knuckles, the Invinciblity Music from Sonic 3 to Sonic & Knuckles, and the end credits to Sonic 3 against the end credits to Sonic & Knuckles. These songs share the same chords with Jackson songs such as Blood on the Dance Floor, Jam, and Strangers in Moscow.

SEGA also wanted to break away from Jackson at about the same time, because of the allegations against him and young children. Had Sonic Team successfully replaced the Jackson/Buxer music, there wouldn't be any of these issues.

For the 1997 Release of Sonic 3 & Knuckles on Windows, the songs to Carnival Night, Ice Cap, and Launch Base were changed. Sonic Team"s Takashi Iizuka has gone on record recently stating that they changed the music because the songs couldn't be converted properly from the Genesis to Windows. I think it was a quality issue, not exactly sure. The problem being, and I've listened to the new tracks, they are out of place with the rest of the music in the game. There would be severe fan backlash to this change.

Also, to my knowledge, there is no version of S3&K on PS.

From my understanding, Sonic Team and Sega can port the ROM with no legal trouble, but not remaster the game ala Sonic 1, 2 and CD. If not Jackson or Buxer, there is another composer who wants money from their involvement in the game. Sega just finds it financially smarter to not release the game to avoid any potential issues that have arisen within the last decade over the 1994 game.

@Giygas_95 I heard the same thing months ago shortly after Mania Plus was announced. I'm certain I heard it from official channels, so I believe it's in the game.

@ThomasBW84 Hello! Always nice to see a comment from you, and reread some of your review too!

@Damo Seeing as Thomas' original review is still up as a separate review, maybe you should remove the part about the Home Menu bug in this review. It was fixed in Patch 1.0.3 of Sonic Mania, GameXplain covers it here at 0:35 seconds. https://youtu.be/XunOywso9SI. Unless of course this bug was reintroduced to the Mania Plus release.

@Jokerwolf Can you link me to a source for the Friday release date for the DLC? All I can find are articles saying July 17th.

@BlueOcean Don't hold your breath for a Christian Whitehead Remaster of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Whitehead pitched the idea to Sega a few years ago and they turned him down. As a result, he pitched Mania and they approved it. Sega doesn't want to release Sonic 3 & Knuckles again because of legal issues with Michael Jackson and Brad Buxer over the game's soundtrack, specifically Sonic 3's. The last time Sega released Sonic 3 & Knuckles was in 2011 on Steam. They stopped releasing Sonic 3 after that in every collection/port since, and last year they stopped including Sonic & Knuckles in their collections/Genesis Emulation Consoles too. If Sega and Co. could come to an agreement, then new ports of the game would be sold again, but as of right now, Sega finds it cheaper to not sell the game at all.

@SonOfVon I don't feel silly at all. Money well spent, and it only cost me $44 dollars on Amazon with random discounts over the year I had it preordered. Comes out to roughly 24 dollars for a collectable statue that says "SEGA!" when pressed, a gold ring, which I always wanted as a Sonic Fan, and a mock Sonic Mania Genesis Cartridge. The other 20 was for the price of the game. Now I'm double dipping for another platform, with an artbook, reversable cover, and a shiny sleeve. Growing up on the Genesis, Sonic 3 & Knuckles was my favorite game as a kid, and I don't regret spending some more money on my favorite game of 2017.

@Bulkslash You probably also don't like Sonic 3, considering how the special stage entrances were copied from that game, and how Blue Spheres are the Special Stage Levels. Also, every main series Genesis/Mega Drive Sonic game gave you 3 continues after a game over, and placed you back at the start of a level. It's not doing anything different than the Genesis originals.

@Stocksy Sorry, can't do that. It's worth the money, or at the very least, 5 dollars to update to Mania Plus.

@majinx07 July 17th, same day as Mania Plus releases.

@Incognito_D Well, the base game for Mania is 19.99, the Plus DLC is costing 4-5 depending on your region, and the physical release of Plus has an artbook, which is costing about 5-6 depending on your region.

@AlexOlney Swap out Classic Robotnik with Coconuts and you'll have the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad. Or the S.S.S.S.S. Squad for short.

@ryancraddock You're welcome. I figured something probably happened during formatting, especially since the last link was correct. Glad to see you fixed it quickly.

@ryancraddock Two of the hyperlinks at the bottom of the page are wrong. The Smash Bros Ultimate link takes you to the GameCube Controller page, and the GameCube Controller link takes you to the GameCube Adapter Page. The GameCube Adapter link is correct.

@NTELLIGENTMAN Quite an intelligent observation, but it's coming to Switch because a developer spent their weekend trying to get it on Switch, then Vicarious Visions and Activision approved the Switch Prototype. There was no guarantee the port to Switch was going to happen when the lone developer decided to work on it.

After 4 years, I can definitely say, Snake, you kept me waiting, huh?

@Captain_Toad Yes it is!

WELCOME BACK CRUSH 40!

@Tyranexx That comes with the Hylian Shield Switch Game Kit.

@Tyranexx Yes, and it comes bundled with 3 Talkative Fairies too!

@ultraraichu I got Power Banks, same mAH capacity for around 20 dollars. Hold out until a sale, you'll probably save 40 or 50 dollars.

To everyone requesting MGS4 in some way, it's highly unlikely. The game was developed around the PS3's hardware to such a point that the Xbox 360 never even got a port. The game is still exclusive to PS3. Considering how Konami has pulled away from high investment game development over the last 5 years in particular, I can't see them going through the effort to port the game to Switch. Doesn't mean I wouldn't gladly welcome a good port though.

3, 2, 1, LET IT RIIIIIIIP!

@Devlind No, Nintendo didn't have any involvement. It was just exclusive to Wii U for so many years before being ported to Switch.

@liljmoore There are a good chunk of PC Players still boycotting Mania because of it using Denuvo, an anti-piracy measure which is ineffective and can do damage to a computer.

If they fits, they sits.

@AlexOlney Can we get your official opinion on @NapalmPsalm 's avatar?

@Icebear80 The fact you posted the same thing three times makes your post that much better.

@Pandaman The first time you mention the Top Ten Player Dabuz, you have his name spelled as Debuz. Its the only time in the article Dabuz's name is spelled incorrectly.

@KJW90 Its a West Coast American Phone Line. They aren't going to be open at 2AM as of the time of this comment, with yours being 10 minutes before mine.
The phone number hasn't changed in the last 25+ years either.

My favorite book about video games is Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation, by Blake J Harris. Its an excellent story about the Rise and Fall of Sega during the 16-Bit Wars.

@rjejr The Spinner will be in the game, most likely unlocked the same way as it was in Hyrule Warriors Legends. The Link amiibo didn't unlock the spinner in that game, and you had to get it in an Adventure Map. Also, the Japanese name is Zelda Musou Hyrule All-Stars DX. In case you don't know, Musou is what they call the Warriors series in Japan.

@Reignmaker I own the collectors edition for the MGS book they released from their previous kickstarter. By French law, they are allowed to translate and sell these books, but that is all. Don't expect pictures included inside though. Their translation for the MGS Book was top notch, and it didn't feel like it was missing anything.

Wishing Jools and Atooi the best of luck, however, I don't think their kickstarter will be successful unless their goal is on the smaller end of things.

@wazlon I don't believe it can. They swapped out Wii and Wii U compatibility for the Switch on their older controllers, and this controller was released with Switch support. If you want to use their older controllers, like the NES30 Pro, you'll need to revert to an older firmware to use them on the Wii U.