Kyloctopus

What a strange article title for what’s mostly about being a parent of a young Nintendo fan.

Well written nonetheless. I love hearing about what Nintendo means to the perspective of a parent and to get a glimpse of what impact The Super Mario Bros. Movie is going to make in the long run of the Nintendo/Super Mario fanbase.

Sounds like alot of good stuff. I’m just a bit concerned about the item blocks reviving faster. I liked that most times you lose out on an item because of greed or a lack of proper reaction. It also just means more items on the track, which also concerns me.

Zelda II rules. The Great Palace theme is one of the best compositions on the NES.

Some nerd in the writer’s room is going to look back on their career, proud of that line, when they retire.

Can’t wait to see another frenzy at Nintendo NY for a second Hyrule Warriors scarf

I’ll pick up Mario Galaxy 2 at the least, since I’ve never beaten it. The amiibo however are Day1. Despite the amount of amiibo I have and Mario amiibo there are, I’ve yet to get any amiibo of Mario (other than the cereal).

“I wonder what it tastes like?”He’s not going to like it the other way around.

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In Canada, strangely, they’re only $54.99 CAD, which - still expensive - does not match the US conversion prices, which would typically be marked up to around $64.99

I don’t know if this is a unique case of Nintendo being incredibly conscious of pricing themselves out, or if it is that they’ve managed to avoid Trump’s tariffs when distributing to Canada. I feel like I have to believe the latter.

Looking at the Samus + Vi-O-La amiibo, they’re $40 in both US and Canada. Price parity between countries is crazy in 2025, so it seems like US customers are directly paying directly for Donald Trump’s tariffs that Canada isn’t paying.

Awesome! I love Mario Wonder and this is delivering alot of what I wanted. I love when the Mario games get competitive like Mario Vs. Luigi in New Super Mario Bros. DS. I hope they have real bite to them. New levels and wonder effects look great too.

Please please! Finish the collection. I need all the vehicles to have amiibo. I want the wagon, I want the shadow star, I want the chariots and wheels. I’ve never had a full completion of an amiibo set before (unless we were to break Splatoon 3 to its own set), but I would love a full set of Air Riders amiibo.

I just want to see more Splatoon Raiders! What will the gameplay be like? How linear is it? What new mechanics will be added? What does that giant robot do? How will Deep Cut help you escape the island? What treasure is Deep Cut going after? Are there any new weapons in the game? I need answers!

Its kinda giving Wii U vibes of just long breaks between hit games.

The upside is that developers are still greatly supporting Switch 1, so Switch 2 is still able to reap great games from backwards compatibility. I also don’t heavily mind since I’m still in the midst of completing Bananza and playing alot of Mario Kart World online.

18% additional radius on Ink Storm is pretty huge.

I’ve got a trip this weekend, so probably not much, but if I play anything, it will be more Bananza and Everybody Shogi

I love the idea of remaking a game that had so many missteps. Enough remaking masterpieces that don’t need it like Metal Gear Solid 3. Remake the dirty stuff that has pontential for a bounce back like Lair or Sonic 06

Sounds cool. Sony should have never exited the handheld space. I do have to wonder though if consumers will turn on Playstation, if the ongoing response to this generation is that the PS5 is lacking in worthwhile exclusives and games that excites the Playstation fanbase.

If Ubisoft is selling away their old games, I’d love for someone to take a crack at rereleasing Outland, the Housemarque XBLA Metroidvania. But idk, you might also need to talk to Playstation for that one.

Very fascinated by these “dollhouse” games. I really never grew up with these types of games growing up, like Talking Tom, or Toca Boca. The best I had was Tamagotchi Corner Shop, which served similar purposes. I do feel like these games quietly change and will continue to change the culture of what people want in games from it often being their introduction. It kind’ve makes sense that Nintendo would want this to be a generation’s first Mario game.

Alot of that is because Nintendo is not interested in the live service bubble/trend. They’re audience knows the company for releasing traditional games and alot of their games have celebrated their predecessor’s spirit and legacy.

This game, more than anything else, has my attention because the Romeo is played by Antony Del Rio (Pit) and it’d be really nice to play another talky combat game with him as the lead, especially if Romeo and his back-grandpa have good banter.

“Aw s***! Here we go again.”

@Tsubasa_Is_Best_Girl Story of Seasons hasn’t been good in years though.

The movie Destiny Deoxys taught me this early on but it still feels unformfortable to say

The live service biz is tough. Crazy that Ninjala has gone for 5 years with active support. Thinking about all the games that were liked but fell short of Ninjala’s timespan of service, like Rogue Company and Knockout City.

Didn’t Nintendo take on distribution for the Switch version of the trilogy? How did this not get fully on the cart to begin with?

Very weird that Mega Party Games’ box would merge the design of the NA/PAL GBA boxart with Japan’s blue color.

On a side note, what’s with Nintendo Life’s incorrect boxart for Warioware Inc’s Game Profile? They grabbed a boxart with the remade designs from Warioware Gold on it?

This is the kind of IP creativity Nintendo Labo was missing.

It will also be playable at Fan Expo between August 21-24 for those around Toronto.

15 minutes is awfully short for an Indie World. I’m getting the feeling the idea that Nintendo is fumbling with Indie game support for Switch 2 is going to be amplified once this showcase is past.

Would love to see Beastieball, Dunecrawl, UFO50 or Battle Vision Network. But I also want to be surprised!

Pokemon Smile, a completely free toothbrushing game for kids, being amongst the lowest isn’t helping in the gamers unwilling to accept product is not for them allegations, or the poor hygiene allegations.

I think the game I’m most excited for is Once Upon a Katamari. Good to see the series in a healthy state at this point.

It was okay. Just Dance was neat and expected. Like to see when they go back a few decades for a good song choice like All Star. Although I could have sworn Counting Stars was already a track in Just Dance.

It did get me thinking “Do I need to get Madden 26?” I hadn’t played a Madden game since the 3DS title 14 years ago. It looked really good.

Pac-Man World 2 getting remade is freaky, because that is one of the first games I ever played and my first 3D Platformer.

Chillin By the Fire is the first time I took a bite out of a shadow dropped title from a Direct since Into the Breach. I love the idea of a deep fire-tending simulator as someone who’s watched a ton of Survivor. I’ll definitely try to utilize GameShare with it.

Nice to see some patches and balances. I already have over 100 hours with the game and one of my biggest complaints I had pre-patch was the Boomerang, which almost feels like an entirely new demon from when it was in Mario Kart 8. Gonna have to check it out to see if its less frustrating to weave against.

I’ve only played it for a couple nights with friends, but its fun. Having the camera reactions during Mario Party is the sort of bonus element that really works well. The stamp system has been removed in its place, which some friends were bummed about (those who spam them) and some who liked the change (those who are annoyed by the spammers)

The Frenzy Mode seems a bit meh to me. On the one hand, I like it more than a 10 turn party, because the first few turns in a Mario Party can be filler, so to just jump straight to the last 5 turns is a good kick in the step. But some strategies don’t make sense anymore and you only get one lap around the board at best. I ended up dominating my game, so it felt a bit more hopeless and boring for others since I had such a strong start with not much time to change it around. But it was only one example and I’m still amped to play more.

My friends and I finished Carnival Coaster already. Its an hour and half of gameplay and I don’t think there’s much incentive of returning, but we liked it for what it was. We like putting the blame on eachother and finding different ways to co-operate. Some really good minigames were highlighted too that I thought were particularly fun, like Toad-ally Electric Escape, Stuffie Stacker and Net Gains. But I also found the grading to always be either a little too lenient or a little too strict.

Haven’t tried Bowser Live yet though.

Bananza, Mario Kart World, Angry Birds Bounce and the Jamboree TV Expansion.

I never played Undertale, but I’m fond of Megalovania and seeing it in every rhythm game out there. I think watching a band performing the song for Pope Francis is untoppable, even if I played Undertale.

As long as they’re both happy it doesn’t matter. Y’all should stop prying to people’s personal lives and relationships.

I bought the camera, mainly for local multiplayer. Its fun to play Mario Kart World with a full room and getting eachother’s reactions on the tv. Getting those reactions through the camera is actually the highlight towards the Jamboree TV expansion for me.

I’ve also used Game Chat with my friend and while he’s not fond of shrinking the gameplay window to see my face at all times, its still viewable through Mario Kart’s online mode. Its been neat. I hope more games continue to have camera functionality.

Solid list, albeit I’m a bit colder on Bananza.

Although, the DS Mario Vs. DK games are better than the GBA game. Mario Vs. DK GBA can feel clunky and frustrating at times and the art style wasn’t even good for its time.

Pokemon with Layton puzzles sounds kinda sweet. I don't have any daily puzzle games in my rotation recently after being tired of Wordle & Disney Spellstruck, so I can see myself getting into this on the regular.

This is a neat and out there bundle. I love it.

I’m at SL300 and I’m just not loving the game the game. I like the controls, movement and base mechanics, but the world and progression are just frustratingly not there.

This suffers the same issues I had of Mario Odyssey, where its a ton of collectables, but very few with meaning. Only Mario Odyssey still has great platforming bits and unique mechanics here and there. Bananza is mostly you punching rocks and finding hidden areas telling you to punch more rocks for a banana.

Its still very early on though and I don’t even have all the Bananza abilities, but I can’t help but feel like this is just systemically not my game. At this point, I’d rate it around a 6.

I’ve been meaning to play through Weaponlord on my Evercade. I like its visual style

Its pretty much the collective opinion on the NSane Trilogy. A fun remake with very weird flaws

Interesting that they confidently went with young casting. Here’s hoping it works out and they enjoy having these roles attatched to them. The gamer crowd can be incredibly picky and judgmental about female casting and performances in general, so I wish Bo particularly the best.

These events are always cool to see. The test trial to Nintendo Switch Sports convinced me to get the game at launch. I hope Drag X Drive has sinilar appeal as a competitive game to unwind with as NSS gave.

The best part of Echoes is that it does a better job of rewarding your sense of exploration than most past Zelda games and its complemented by some great modes of traversal. It was my favorite game from last year, shortly ahead of Shadow Generations.

Nintendo Life are not believers in the MegaMan/Pragmata theory eh?

Pokémon 3 was the first movie I recall watching in the theatre. I remember the theatre experience being a little freaky at my young age, especially being pretty unfamiliar with Pokémon at the time.

My friends and I are doing all sorts of movie marathons right now. I could see us doing the Pokémon movie marathon.

I’m at 45 hours. Pretty much at the point where Free Roam for collectables is getting tricky and losing my interest. But, there’s no doubt the Vs. Multiplayer, both locally and online are going to maintain my interest for a long time. My friend and I were playing a ton of Knockout Tour and enjoyed it so much that it convinced him to trade his OLED he barely touched in the last year for a Switch 2.