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Honestly, completely beg to differ. I felt like seeing Switch 2 was seeing a strengthening if their identity. We got to see new experience that take advantage of the hardware like Jamboree TV, Drag X Drive and The Duskbloods, UI features that offer to bring players more connected with Game Chat and Share Play, and new titles that completely reinvigorate their series with Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza. And they also added Kirby’s Air Ride with their set of upcoming reboots that brought so much fun in the past with Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Rhythm Heaven: Groove.

Its an interesting statement you make about the importance of local multiplayer, but despite the string of time I could guarantee having my own siblings around to play Mario Kart during the Double Dash/DS/Wii days, Mario Kart 8 still had my interest far more for the polish, course design, online infrastructure and balance. I played 8 far less locally than the others and very little of the fun I had was spent in the battle mode compared to the chaos of Double Dash, but 8 just always felt like a much more well made game and as a result I spent more time with it online and enjoyed my time far more.

Oh god. The Big Man Sweep really is happening.

I’m kinda surprised how much popularity the night owls have. But it was a good Splatfest. Those jarringly bright pastel colors really put Springfest out.

Its a whole lotta Splatoon 3 for this week’s SpringFest. Strangely enough alot of the matches so far have been washouts. Have won less matches overall, but my record is a better with my clutch 10X Wins.

I also want to shout out Puffies., which is the new Apple Arcade puzzle game from Lykegarde, developers of Stitch.. Its a jigsaw puzzle game using those charicature stickers that I grew up with. Alot of illustration work goes into every puzzle that aren’t the daily ones, its kinda freaky. I’m not in love with it, but it is pulling me to at least playing it daily and no more than 20 minutes a day.

I’m shocked Streets of Rage wasn’t there at launch

Weird fact: They did change team “Noon” to team “Afternoon” during the Shell phase for more clarification.

I’m an afternoon guy myself. My mornings and nights are when I most goof around with Splatoon though.

Mario Kart Double Dash was my first Mario Lart game, so I remember being kinda bummed when Mario Kart DS would put everyone back in single karts.

@-wc- N64 had only 2 games at launch

Gamecube’s launch lineup was okay at best and still took a $50 price drop 6 months after launch.

Wii was $250 at launch, but its still a fair argument against my statement. However, that was still almost 20 years ago, when console manufacturers still believed in competitive pricing.

Let’s be honest. No console is ever worth its price at launch, especially when you already have the system prior to it. It is neat and unexpected to me that Nintendo is still going strong with the Switch 1 for now, with Pokemon Legends Z-A, Tomodachi Life and Rhythm Heaven, not to mention the third party/indie support that’s still going to be strong for at least a few more years. Ideally, you can wait a while until the hits like 3D Mario and a new Pokemon generation and a new Zelda starts rolling out.

Isn’t QR Code friend requests already a thing? I’ve sent my friend code via QR Codes on Discord before.

Eh, not a great interview and I get that Nate is like every Nintendo executive in that they have to remain reserved and secretive, but did you really expect to get a good answer when you decide to ask about Mother 3?

Fun fact about Nate is that he’s slso the voice actor of Salvatore in Wind Waker, so you can hear his voice if you choose to boot up the game at launch and make some progress over to the other islands.

Someone should track yearly how often Nintendo has to apologize for inconveniences

On one had, I like that we get that corner back on the screen. We should get less cluttered boxarts from it. But the art bleeding into the spines won’t look good on shelves

This game got me back into Sonic games after a decade of nothing getting my interest. I’m sure it will play like a dream on the new handheld

Kirby Air Ride was such an inviting game back when my family had it on the GameCube. It excites me so much that Sakurai is directing a new one and its from the Smash Ultimate team

Seems bizarre for Nintendo to reveal Switch games coming so far down as 2026 last week, but not include Woolly World if it was on the docket.

Nintendo will probably do right with a nice reversable cover

Instant purchase. Been watching, reading and playing Mike’s stuff for years now. Love to read more insight on his work, when Uprising is one of my all-time favorite games, especially for the dialogue.

Edit: Just finished the first 3 chapters and its really good. Written very much like its a set of stand-up bits, but its real easy to get through. It really makes me think of my own passionate nerdiness and the loved ones that have tried to level with me, despite the how much video games weren’t in their element.

PLAYi is such a good play-on words. Have a great April 1st.

Wild to see the Expansion tracks included. An already excellent soundtrack gets improved.

Neat that they’re remaking one of the lesser played Harvest Moons. I’d love for them to take a crack at Magical Melody someday, but I’ll consider checking this one out.

The game I’m most interested in from the Direct is Pokémon Legends Z-A. The rank structure and exploration within Lumiose looks fun. I think I just gravitate towards games that also take place in fairly contained cities. It will be my first Pokémon RPG since X and Y.

Kind’ve what I’m hoping for. I’m staking out at my local mall before the Direct

Nobunaga’s Ambition & Romance has long been on my games to try. Not sure if it’d be better to start with SNES releases or the newer Switch games. I’ll take anyone’s advice on the matter though.

@Zeebor15 Have they thought of getting Mario to do the opening pitch?

Corporate logos on jerseys suck, but I’ll make an exception for Nintendo. Hell, if this Mariners team is fun to watch, I’d consider buying a Nintendo-sponsored Mariners jersey.

I never knew that Korobeiniki wasn’t the original Type A theme! The original release of Tetris in Japan had the “Early Version” listed on the tracklist. Crazy, considering the later Type A theme is just so iconic with Tetris and cool for Nintendo Music to let people listen to Tetris 1.0’s Type A.

Hopefully playing more Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. Such a tricky game.

This will always be remembered to me as the Star Wars game where you could play as 2 Jawas in a trenchcoat.

“I knew it was a bad idea to get my down-payment loan from the mafia. I’m gonna need $28,000 fast.”

Splatoon 3. I have around 8 times more hours spent than my 2nd most game.

That 2nd game being Ring Fit Adventure. I probably could live without it, but it is such a good, quick home workout game, for cardio and core workouts.

Poison in the Roots transitioning beautifully from an intense rune chase to moody jazz. 🙂‍↕️

This reminds me of the Mario Clock DSiware app I used across high school. It irritated my brother, since we shared a room, but he was a heavy sleeper anyways. Happy Mario Day!

Also, out of curiosity, what plays during Sleepy Sounds mode? Nothing from the original SMB soundtrack gives off anything you can listen to sleep to?

amiibo would be kind’vve a weird thing to cut off at this point for Smash Bros, Animal Crossing and Splatoon. Maybe not impossible to give the boot, but it still has the dedication for their individual fandoms.

Its Big Run Weekend in Splatoon 3. Get yourself some Scales at 3x the rate. Inkblot Art Academy is also a pretty good place to fight the Triumvirate, so you can come in with a good payday.

“We'll reserve our full judgement until we play the game for review come July,”

I mean, the headline suggests otherwise 😆

@Serpenterror Looking through Nintendo’s yearly operating expense records, $7 million is the approximate value of simply running the company on a single day.

Cool to see J-E-Double-F sticking with the games industry after Wrestlequest

@PikminMarioKirby Avalanche is WB’s golden goose right now with Hogwarts Legacy. They understand how to make proper licensed games. Saving them from being shut down after Disney Interactive’s blowout was one of the few right calls WB has made in the last 10 years, even then, that was likely an entirety different crew of leadership that took it on.

Super Mario Bros. 2 (Or rather the Advance remake) was my first Nintendo game. I’ve never stopped to think how good the soundtrack is. Very elaborate albeit a small amount of tracks for the NES.

I seriously thought these were AI generated when I first saw them. They’re ugly

Can’t wait to try the demo! I have the Collector’s Edition pre-ordered!

Ironic that a longstanding theory on why Switch 2 is taking so long to release was in expecting parts to become cheaper over time, only to now have distribution take a massive cost.

@Glasso After the initial round, its been in fair stock though

Anyone remember The Cave? A Maniac Mansion spiritual successor from Ron Gilbert? Did I whiff by not playing that when it was available?

The real Box Art Duel should be Gold Wario World Vs. Gold Wind Waker

I hope they consider making another puzzle game. Dr. Mario World and its multiplayer mode was a blast

Miiverse was definitely flawed from the getgo, but I do miss it as a way to journal your backlog, as Iwata claimed it was intended to be. I liked using the browser site during my lunch breaks to see other people’s game experiences. I think it incentivized people to play less popular games to rule another game’s “played” feed. And it was really good at grasping how good a game was by the people proven to have known it.

I used it far less in its later end, but I do still tend to journal the games I play and with some additional QOL features had Miiverse returned to Switch, I still see it being effective.

You know what this means? A new Carnival Games instalment is coming to Switch 2!

I beat Wario Land 4 while ago on 3DS. Such a cool game visually, but the gameplay never fully clicked with me.