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@Minfinity Really? I’ve only played Konga 1 and I don’t remember any Street Performance mode there? Does Konga 2 and 3 have different aesthetics from 1?

NOA at the time were really into this spray-paint urban style to counteract the claims that the company only made games for kids. It really doesn’t make sense in the context of Donkey Konga, but I do like this art and logo the most.

I’m starting up Street Fighter 6. I’ve played a few Street Fighters in my time, but the Beginner tutorials seem like a good place to start.

If we’re going with young leads, my pick would be Jacob Tremblay to play Link. Guy is 18 and already has a wild portfolio. He can definitely look the part too.

I think I’ll only get this game at launch if it has a dedicated Co-Op mode, or if it has neat side-game modes

Going through the soundtrack. Getting a draw in Hanafuda is strangely catchy.

I always thought the 51 Worldwide soundtrack was kinda weird, especially compared to the DS predecessor, which often sounded jazzy, somewhere between old-school casino and retirement home.

This one leans heavily into the lofi-synth. Its alot of songs definitely made for you to relax and decide your next move thoughtfully to.

Its Splatoon 3 for the Big Run. Unfortunately, I started late, so I’m left with the scrubs on low levels, but I’ll make do.

Maybe I just need this game to absorb for a bit, but I think the game is rated too highly. We’ve gone alot of steps backwards in terms of item balance, free roam doesn’t haven enough of a hook, playing Knockout Tour Online does get tired due to the lack of routes and the standard online play is too dedicated to connecting roads together.

@MarioLinkSamus Can I celebrate Christmas at your place? That sounds fun 😂

I don’t get Nintendo. Last week was Splatoon’s 10th Anniversary and you think it’d be the perfect time to announce the return of a popular Splatoon 1 stage. You’d also think they’d want to drive up hype for Switch 2 games before Switch 2 launches. But here I am, neck deep into Mario Kart World, just for Splatoon 3 to pull me back in with another major update.

So wild to get a notification about a Splatoon video on Nintendo Today! My mind went “yeah, we get one every day” but then I saw the runtime and realized it was much different.

Nuts to see Freshness Ratings get upped. It was already going to take over a decade to likely work for all weapons to get 5 Stars. It’d probably take a literal lifetime to work for 10 stars.

Also, how sadistic for Nintendo to tell people that the Grand Festival stage in particular got an increased resolution, but not announce a Splatfest being held there soon. Once again, Splatoon turned 10. People are updating the game. You put effort into making this place intended to be for limited time events look good, just to not celebrate a major milestone there and only use it as an afterthought feature for amiibo?

And I still haven’t even mentioned Splatoon Raiders yet! A treasure-hunting adventure focused primarily on Deep Cut looks amazing. I have no idea how its going to play. I hope there is still a multiplayer focus and this could be the first multiplayer Splatoon campaign, but it certainly looks like its another single player campaign, possibly building from some of Side Order’s structure, without being a rogue-like. One thing is for sure, it looks really pretty.

Wario’s Shipyard is nothing short of stunning in World. I love it as the final location in the Spiny Rally. Definitely my favorite in the game.

DK Pass also gets alot of love from me. Very playful course design.

Imagine if this game was worked around on for Wii U, where you could summon Echoes on the Wii U Gamepad. It would have worked incredibly well. Forget being ahead of its time, Echoes was a generation behind.

I played all the way through Echoes of Wisdom and it felt very strange how much of the conversation was about the performance, because it was never even that bad and it certainly never hindered my gameplay. Same I’d argue for Mario & Luigi: Brothership.

Anyways, would have been really neat if Echoes and Link’s Awakening both also took advantage of the new Zelda Notes feature on the Nintendo Switch app.

Echoes in particular could have probably added a Global Leaderboards feature, especially if they added more (maybe even customizable) Slumber Dojo trials and some of the Daily Bonuses to make Automatons and Smoothie making more accessible.

Common Sonic Racing CrossWorlds W. First Extreme Gear and Jet the Hawk returns, now this. Now I’m just hoping we actually get some Sega All Stars and some left-field ones like Chuchu, Raphael or Jack from MadWorld/Anarchy Reigns.

I have the game pre-ordered, since I’m into these more smaller and novel experiences. This is probably my lack of fiscal responsibility talking (which should probably be implied since I am getting one of these systems at launch after all), but I really don’t care about this argument of it needing to bundled due to precedent. Even if it were bundled, I don’t think alot would even care to play it. I’ve clocked thousands of hours on my 3DS and I still never cared to finish Face Raiders. Astro’s Playroom is a phenomenal pack-in on PS5 and I’m gobsmacked by how many peers I have who own a PS5 and don’t care to try the game out, even after the success of Astro Bot. The truth is that launch pack-ins aren’t the needle-movers that they used to be for purchasing a console, so its a paid release that takes advantage of the hardware.

This looks like alot of stuff made from Game Builder Garage

Another legend at Square Enix departs. Its too bad Square Enix squandered the success of The World Ends With You after gaining traction on DS and mobile.

Very bad boxes when you consider that this game’s art style is otherwise perfect. The PS2 and the Xbox covers are the true winners.

I’ve been enjoying Samba de Amigo: Party to Go (the iOS game) lately, so I’ll probably jump a bit more into that. I see VGP has Samba de Amigo: Party Central (the Switch game) at $15, so I just put an order on that.

I’m still in the middle of Lorelei. Device 6 has always intruiged me though.

I loved the Tamagotchi Corner Shop games back then. Its cool to see it back. I remember having to be so delicate making every cake and not really understanding how car washing worked. Hope this really takes off for a new generation.

I’ve been waiting for some casting rumours! I don’t know how much faith I have since she was already a bit of a fan-favorite frontrunner, so its kinda easy to throw her name around for buzz, but who knows. Fancasting has been having their way recently.

This acquisition was such a mismatch for EA, who only saw them for their F1 license and impulsively bought them because so many other studios were getting acquired at the same time. Now one of the most storied developers in Europe will be reduced to nothing

“Nintendo Switch 2 Has Games”

The campaign was really good at stretching out the basic mechanics. The bonus amiibo missions are also really good (especially the Kraken missions), I just wished they weren’t the only method for weapon variety. The DLC for Splatoon 2 however, Octo Expansion is just 10/10 for where DLC can go, building from the successes of Octo Valley and Octo Canyon; its an all-timer for single player campaigns for me

I like that we’re getting the mascots involved with the game. I feel like team mascots are such an afterthought with this most major leagues and are only there to hype games up, but they should be fully part of a team’s brand and identity. Looking forward to how this turns out.

Let’s Go! Happy 10th anniversary to Splatoon 1. That first game felt like lightning in a bottle at the time. Bizarre, yet stylish. Goofy and fun, but also easy to get competitive over. It was doing so much that felt right and very “Nintendo” for a series that Nintendo didn’t have alot of relevant past work of theirs to reference. Going to listen to the soundtrack and go down memory lane right now.

Oh, so they can record us in our living room, but we can’t record them and their Squid Idol drops. I see how it is.

I didn’t realize Before Mario was still running. Very cool stuff.

A statue with Samus in her green jacket from the game would be cool since its the closest I can think of where she’s wearing something that isn’t one of her traditional suits or the Zero Suit.

I believe Asumsaus mentioned this glitch in one of his videos. Its so weird the Pokemon Stadium is still somewhat tournament legal.

@HammerGalladeBro I believe this glitch has been documented on Youtube as well, I don’t think it was a hallucination.

Tookyo is working on some abnormal level, especially if there’s also a another Master Detective Archives game in the works.

It looks like a neat feature, but not one that should be seen as the main feature like Nintendo’s advertising suggests.

Hopefully Bayonetta can progress forward with a new set of writers that can bring camp back to the series

How do you make a Street Fighter 6 collab and not include Street Fighter 6 original characters? Marissa, JP and Manon all would have rocked this collab

Thanks for sharing this. Frankly, I think my relationship with games has stunted my personal life and progression with my own mental health. I don’t think it was a coincidence that my obsession with Splatoon 3 was during a phase of time where I didn’t feel confident or inspired with going back to college for my post-grad. So I do tend to look at other people’s stories of games improving their lives with a bit of skepticism. But, I do feel alot of earnestness in your Feature. I’ll bookmark your other writings for future reading.

Wasn’t this the very thing that people despised Xbox One/Kinect 2 for?

Ironic that Hutch is going to criticise Nintendo, when this guy worked for Stadia and defended their business model

Apple has announced they’re removing Frogger and the Rumbling Ruins from Apple Arcade by the end of the month. And if its like Frogger in Toy Town, it won’t be coming back in any form afterwards. I’ll have to rush through the game’s 140+ levels to beat it before its gone now. Despite being a Frogger game though, it has more in common with Captain Toad’s Treasure Tracker, with its emphasis on limited platforming, self-contained levels and environmental controls. Its was also developed by Q Games, known for the Pixeljunk games and a few Nintendo collaborations like my dearly beloved X-Scape.

They’re really going to update Mario Odyssey just to give GameShare to the worst Co-Op mode I’ve ever seen in a game.

Oof. Looks like I should just keep ignoring those firmware update popups between game suspensions.

I love when museums work with local game developers; wish it was more commonplace. This has yet to be announced officially, but I got to play the follow up to A Short Hike during a game developer event at my local art gallery

Does that mean Joy Con 2’s will be less able to produce quirky sound effects like those in Super Mario Party, Mario Wonder and Kirby Star Allies?

I have my special edition copy of The Hundred Line still sealed. I want to beat Lorelei and the Laser Eyes before getting to it.

I go on Nintendo Today daily, feeding my long-gone void that Quibi used to fill, of daily content to look at while cooking breakfast.

The content is alot of tidbits I’ve seen elsewhere. I do like getting the Splatoon idol bits and admiring extended details their models were given. Also, they’re going through the history of Fire Emblem now, which is alot of stuff that flew right passed me.

The Calandar stuff has been pretty useful so far. I’ve set notifications on for Developer Spotlights and Splatoon 3 events, but I wish I could set my own events on the calandar.

I got mine ordered in-store at GameStop, alongside the camera, controller, case, Street Fighter and all of its amiibo. I waited for 4 hours in-line, second overall. Mall security dispersed the line partway through though and then bounced out, just for the line-crowd to make their own queuing system to honor the former line, using qrq.app. What a weird situation, but I assume it worked out for a good chunk of the early risers.

This is the good weird Hori Switch 2 stuff I’ve been waiting to aee

Does this count as First Party support?

Who’s got time for games? NHL/NBA Playoffs start this weekend. Plus, its also Wrestlemania weekend.

Am I nuts for thinking Pro Controller drift isn’t much of an issue? I’ve had at least 6 Pro Controllers and while they have been worn and debris can get in the sticks, drift has never been a problem.