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I really want this game to be good, but I have a feeling it won’t be. Man, I hope I’m wrong.

Origami King and Hades are both excellent. Hard for me to choose between the two. I had fun with other stuff, but nothing else is really in contention for me.

If I have to choose one, I’m going OK.

As a big fan of Doom 2016 (which surprised me-I’m not much of a shooter guy), I was pretty pumped to play this, and I was planning on getting it on Switch...but then I tried it on Gamepass. I stopped playing before I even beat the first level. I could already tell I wouldn’t like it. Oh well. Hope it’s a good port and that everybody who gets it has fun with it!

@Munchlax Extension cords for the NES Classic are pretty cheap and work really well.
Make for a much nicer experience.

Well, this sure looks like an article I’ll enjoy reading when I have time later.

Maybe I missed something...but did I just go through a top 50 list that didn’t include one game from the Super Star Wars trilogy?

@Yrreiht As I said above, Crayola Scoot is pretty decent. Which is not necessarily me saying you absolutely should buy it, but you could do much worse for a few bucks.

Crayola Scoot is pretty decent, actually. I’d recommend it to anybody looking to scratch that Tony Hawk itch on Switch, especially at that price.

I haven’t played the others, nor do I care to.

@0blivion Dalton is my favorite. Brosnan is fun. I hate Craig’s films. Not crazy about him in the role, but it’s more just that the films are boring and no fun.

@0blivion I am aware, but man...those aren’t Bond films as far as I’m concerned. They stopped being enjoyable and special for me after DAD.

@TheFrenchiestFry Man...I’ll never understand that.

@WhiteTrashGuy Makes sense, there hasn’t been a real Bond film in 18 years.

@Slowdive I missed that about the 7th game! Seriously??

Ace Attorney has been one of my favorite series since the DS. I really hope more games (new and old) are coming to Switch. The original trilogy is the best, but man, I love them all.

Somebody from Nintendo Life should just play Florence, by the way. It takes like 45 minutes. Absolutely belongs on this list.

I have absolutely no interest in either. I bought a PS3 because I wanted a 3D Blu-ray player and an XB1 because I wanted a 4K Blu-ray player. I’ve barely played any games on either. I’m just a Nintendo guy. Switch and my other Nintendo consoles is enough for me.

This is my favorite game on Switch. Didn’t really expect that going in, as prior to Three Houses I had only played a few hours of the first GBA game and a bit of the Awakening demo and neither really clicked with me. But man, I loved this game.

I loved this game.

I don’t normally complain about price, and I don’t normally care about online gaming, but the only way I’d consider paying $40 for this is if I could play online with my buddy I played the original Bubble Bobble with as a kid. I don’t doubt that it’s worth it, I’m sure it’s a great game...it’s just not what I personally need it to be. Nice update, though!

@GameOtaku The Wii shop that you can still download games you purchased from?

I’m all for cloud gaming on Switch if it’s only used for games that would be very difficult to port (which is sure to happen more and more as PS and XB head into the next generation). But I have no interest in Control. Too bad, I’d love to support this.

@NathanTheAsian I agree. What I meant is,
I don’t really care that we’re not getting them myself. FO was boring and Squadrons doesn’t appeal to me. Battlefront isn’t my thing either. I’m actually way happier with SW Pinball, Lego SW and older games than I’d be with the EA stuff. I mean, it’d be nice to get more new games, but I don’t really feel that Switch is missing out based on what’s going on out there. As long as EA has the license for “games for the core audience” or whatever the deal is, eh.

@NathanTheAsian Well, the new Lego Star Wars game is new. Fallen Order wasn’t very fun anyway. I haven’t played Squadrons yet, though.

@mariomaster96 Well, not necessarily saying my situation is a common one, but I sold my 3DS and my games when Switch was announced, picked up a cheap 2DS a couple years later for various reasons, and started to build a digital library. Personally, I appreciate these discounts. Though sure, free would be cool too, ha.

Seems like they stopped adding Wii U games.

@Beaucine Oh, gotcha. Yeah, I’d be down.

@Beaucine I would say that Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy could both be described as “like Dark Forces”. But yeah, I’d like to see DF and Jedi Knight too.

Already have all of these except Jedi Academy, but I’m also getting Academy, Outcast and Racer from LRG for some reason, so I guess I’ll hold off, temping as it is to get it for $10. No clue why I bought those, I don’t even care about physical games. I guess it was more the Star Wars collector in me than the gamer!

Anyway, as others have said, I really hope more classic Star Wars games are coming to Switch. I’d love the Super Star Wars trilogy, Shadows of the Empire, the Rogue Squadron trilogy (and Battle for Naboo) and Clone Wars. The NES games and Bounty Hunter? Eh, I’d buy them, but I’m not as into them. And those are just games from Nintendo consoles! KOTOR would be pretty rad. Keep ‘em coming!

Hmm, maybe I should pick up Academy...help show that there’s interest in these games on Switch...

@dres can’t you still download games you bought from the Wii’s eshop?

Also, 6 months’ notice is way better than I expected. Out of curiosity, what happens if things go south for the company fast and we don’t get 6 months?

Doesn’t bother me. I don’t need to own every game I ever play until the end of time. I honestly think it’s kinda weird that so many people make such a big deal out of it. No, it’s not ideal, but how is it different than going to a movie, concert or sporting event? Actually, cloud games last way longer. How is it different than getting an online multiplayer game that goes away when the server goes down? I wouldn’t want every game to be a cloud game, and I hope this is reserved for only games that truly would not be port-able, but I don’t think it’s so bad getting some of the more demanding games this way.

I don’t know, this game ownership thing...I don’t quite get it. I replay a bunch of old games, but if I no longer have access to one, I repurchase it, get it on new hardware or forget about it. Far from the end of the world. We’re talking about $50 or so video games, not $100k houses. It’s ok if you only have several years to play some of your games. I really don’t see why this is taken so seriously.

I’m on board, especially as the other consoles move in to the next generation. I’d certainly rather spend $500 on ten next gen games on the cloud than on a PS5 without any games. But that’s me-I don’t care about Sony/MS exclusives, and clearly I care less about game ownership than others.

I don’t mind the concept at all. If we can get more games on Switch, especially big AAA stuff as we move into the next generation of the other consoles, that’s fantastic. Also, they take up like no memory, which is good.

I do hope, though, that developers don’t get lazy and start doing this for EVERY game. It should be reserved for only the games that are the hardest to port.

As far as these being “rentals” goes? Bah. I don’t need to own every game I ever play until the end of time. Plus, lots of games “go away”’ when the server goes down (like, online multiplayer games), this is no different.

I do have some concerns. Pricing doesn’t feel quite right. The internet requirement does make this kinda pointless for people who own other consoles, if you’re gonna be tied to your home connection anyway (unless you really like playing in bed or something)-some sort of data package for Switch would be nice. And like I said, I wouldn’t want this to take the place of actual ports when it doesn’t have to. But yeah, I’m on board.

I wonder if there’s a way that this could go along with some ports. Like what if you bought a port of say, Doom Eternal to play on the go, but could pull up the cloud version to play when you’re docked? That could be neat.

Also, forgive my ignorance, I have no idea how stuff works. Is there any reason online games couldn’t be handled this way? I’d be so down for playing a cloud version of Star Wars Squadrons on my Switch, since that’s where I have my online subscription. Plus, that game will be pretty much worthless when the server goes down anyway, so why not?

@COVIDberry Apparently!

I would have chosen “some people care about weird things” as a headline.

How often are people looking at the art inside their video game cases?

Don’t ask me why, but I’ve been revisiting some Wii games lately. Just wrapped up DKCR this morning. Up next: Kirby’s Epic Yarn.

Perfect timing for me-I’ve just been revisiting my Wii for some reason. Great stuff-I can’t wait to see how the list turns out.

@JimmySpades How else are people supposed to play it on their replacement Switch in 30 years?

@Snatcher I had never played a game from the genre before Stardew. It’s a top 3 Switch game for me, and my most-played Switch game. I have since gone on to try others (Rune Factory 4 and Animal Crossing bring the ones I tried hardest with), and they didn’t really do anything for me. But Stardew is special.

I love that this is happening, just like how I loved it when online play was added. That’ll be fun for a ton of people. But personally, I’ll never play anything but single player outside of maybe just casually poking around with a friend for a night while we catch up or something. I had a very personal experience/connection with this game. I prefer to keep it that way. Maybe that’s weird, but oh well.

@Tyranexx I did my Odyssey replay right before 3D All Stars came out, ha.

I just beat Galaxy yesterday. I was going to start Origami King, but scamazon screwed up my order as per usual. So I’ll be playing Mario 64 until that arrives next week.

Man, everybody seems to be having a great experience, but it’s been really laggy for me every time I have tried to play. And I don’t usually have issues playing Switch games online! Seems cool, I just can’t play like this.

@Joekun I’m not a WayForward fan either, though Pirate’s Curse is pretty decent and Mummy Demastered was fun enough while still managing to be underwhelming and forgettable. This game does look especially bad though. I guess I’m just not THAT surprised they had something this bad in them.

Looks great, I just don’t do enough multiplayer gaming these days to justify getting it. Hope people have fun with it!

@TheAwesomeBowser You may be right, I’m not saying this with total confidence...but I’m pretty sure that’s not correct.

Nice! I always liked Jon on GX, and of course, I like Nintendolife! Great combo.

@Yosher I think a lot of people probably remember games as looking/running better than they did. They may play the collection and think “exactly how I remember it”, but the video is proof that it isn’t.

@Kabloop No problem. Definitely do some more research and get more opinions though. I’d hate for you to miss out on something you’d like because of me! Personally though, I thought it was a sure thing, but ended up very disappointed.

@Kabloop As a big Picross and Ace Attorney fan, I've gotta say...don't get your hopes up for this one. The story and characters are boring, the music is forgettable, and the Picross is mediocre.

Why do these articles always neglect to mention that there’s a cheaper version that doesn’t include all the goodies?

Digital is significantly cheaper either way, but it’s not like you have to spend $55 to get the cart.

@geni53yr7 In this particular case, I’d say it’s because many people believe Monkey Ball hasn’t been good since the second game and don’t think they can or will make a good one again. I’m sure we’d all love a great new Monkey Ball game, but it’s a lot safer and more realistic to go with 1 and 2.