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@XE77 I was literally humming the Ruins theme when I came upon your comment.

@obijuankanoobie I find the card game actually makes it the longest, and therefore least replayable.

It’s extremely gratifying that the original is currently number one. Although I’m currently giving Wario Land 4 a fair shake, and I can see the appeal.

I feel like a Virtual Console might have far more third-party games available than Nintendo Switch Online offers. Or maybe not. Perhaps other companies now prefer to release their own collections of games.

I just wish Mega Man 1 through 6 could be released on NSO, since the input lag on the Collection is so bad that even I notice it. But as long as Capcom thinks they can keep making money selling it, I guess that won't happen.

@MSaturn It’s based on Ys IV. Sort of. I guess the original Ys IV was actually two completely different games that Falcom outsourced to two different companies. And this game is uh yet another reimagining of it?

For me, the original Wario Land is still by far the best. I tried to play 2 and 4 but bounced off them pretty quickly. I managed to beat 3 on NSO, though I can’t recall if I 100%-ed it.

But the original is great! It’s Mario-esque, but with different moves and power-ups. One thing I loved about it was the ability to spend 10 coins at any time to spawn a big coin. You needed that to activate checkpoints and level-end gates, but you could also just use them as very effective weapons.

@Olliemar28 If the same company creates a follow-up to a game or series using the same name, that’s not a “spiritual successor”. That’s just a successor, or “sequel”.

Ace Attorney doesn’t rate a mention, eh Ollie?

@Polley001 Ah, makes sense! I’m glad they dropped it a day early instead of not at all. I remember the Monday either before or after Christmas we got nothing.

@theModestMouse Thanks. This looked like it had potential, but I have learned not to trust Mr. Gipp's opinions.

I think the only Wario Land I will ever truly love is the original. But I’ll give 4 another shot. I didn’t get very far playing it on 3DS.

Taiko, you say? I’d love a Lufia collection.

@VoidofLight I think it might help actually. I was on the fence about getting this, but I’m really glad I did. It’s really the best version of the game, at least in single-player mode.

I missed the word “Fan” the first time I read the updated title and thought Nintendo was cancelling their own live-action Zelda film.

This need for financial growth year over year is maddening. It should be OK to have a really good year and then a “normal” year afterward.

@Lizuka I also want a new Ace Attorney, but they’ve already stated everything they’re going to show in this presentation, and they tend to stick to that.

@Serpenterror You have no idea what you’re talking about. This isn’t about hand-holding. Some levels are effectively impossible to beat if both players can’t bounce off the same enemy. Sure you can just have Diddy ride on DK, but that’s not really a co-op experience.

@N00BiSH Please tell me more about this.

@Splash_Woman Really? I’ve had fun with the co-op so far.

In general I really love DKCRHD, apart from the scummy situation with the credits. But I really think Forever Entertainment needs to patch this platforming issue ASAP. And if they also happen to e.g. add the sun back to 1-3, so much the better.

I’d forgotten this was being developed, but it’s still sad to hear it’s been cancelled.

@anoyonmus If you enjoyed Half-Genie Hero, you’ll probably like Seven Sirens.

@Koffeeking0407 Yeah, they never have to actually finish and release Silksong if they don't want to. And they sure don't seem to want to.

@FredsBodyDouble Counterpoint: Ender Lilies isn’t nearly as good as Hollow Knight. I mean it’s a very competently-made game; very polished. It’s good. Hollow Knight is leagues better. Better characters and story, more interesting environments, and cooler challenges and rewards. It’s not even close.

@harrystein I was in the same boat as you, but after buying and playing the whole game I'm happy to say the loading times didn't bother me at all. 10-15 seconds before/after a level just isn't that big of a deal, especially since there's no loading time for bonus rooms or anything else within levels, and after losing a life you're back in the action within moments.

The one caveat here is time trials, where restarting one will load the whole level again (which I believe was also the case on Wii but now the loading times are longer). So if you're into time trials, that may be a deal breaker. But for me they're a novelty I barely touch, so the loading times ended up being a non-issue.

I believe that it’s still in development. I don’t believe it’ll ever release. There’ll always be more they want to add to it.

@Emacster Yeah, I have to agree that I’m enjoying DKCR HD more than Echoes of Wisdom. And I’ve played Returns over a dozen times before.

Yeah, the poll should really have an "I don't care" option. If you're in the lead, you really only care about the racers in 2nd-4th place or so.

That cake looks like it contains copium.

I’ve gotten my hopes up too many times already. Team Cherry will never be completely happy with Silksong, so they will never release it.

Gosh, I’m just not that excited about Mario Kart in general, and this certainly didn’t change that.

Even if we hadn’t already seen everything revealed here, this reveal trailer would still be underwhelming. As it is, it’s just sad.

@Sequel …Do you mean Monkey Island 7? Monkey Island 2 came out in 1991.

@BaldB3lper78 It’s not though. The characters look much different than they do in MK8 (and in my opinion worse).

I’m guessing it’s just been blanked out for the trailer. The odds that the button is actually blank on the device itself are near zero.

Ugh, the original load times on the Wii were just barely tolerable. And now they’re doubled? I’m finally starting to think twice about picking this up.

Nintendo, stop letting these studios skimp on their optimization!

@PinballBuzzbro I played quite a bit of Kaze and the Wild Masks. I strongly dislike it.

@AlexOlney I didn't expect to be an apologist for blowing, but here we are.

I just played through the first world of Tropical Freeze and you know what I noticed? The devs just replaced blowing with pulling. Tropical Freeze has a load of these incongruous handles sticking out of the ground, which you're supposed to yank on. And let me tell you, they kill the pacing at least as much as blowing and are required far more often. It's nice that—unlike blowing—pulling isn't mapped to the same button as pounding the ground, but if your complaint is that blowing kills the pace of the game, then I would think you'd be at least twice as irritated at Tropical Freeze.

And unlike pulling, which is only used on the handles, blowing interacts with the environment and creatures in fun and intuitive ways. Obviously there are little windmills and things you're supposed to blow on, but you can also extinguish most fire-based enemies by blowing on them. So even if Miyamoto did mandate this mechanic (which is obnoxious of him, I admit), the devs really seem to have made the best of it. It's another way to interact with the world, and it doesn't feel like an afterthought to me.

Also, what pace is there to break? I mean you can speedrun DKC games and indeed there's a mode specifically for it in Returns and Tropical Freeze. But these aren't Sonic games where momentum is the entire point. Poking around and finding secrets is the real meat of the games, I'd say.

Wow, they’re really going all out on Donkey Kong (Country) lately. I can’t remember them ever doing this much to tie into a game release. Over the last few months:

• All three Donkey Kong Land games on NSO
• All three Donkey Kong Country soundtracks on Nintendo Music
• These sticky notes

…Actually that might be it. Still, it feels like a lot.

“The worst DKC game”, my eye! I loved the original DKC on SNES back in the day, but Returns is just better, hands down. And all this about its difficulty! Did these reviewers ever play the SNES games, where one hit killed you? I recently started playing DKC2 for the first time and let me tell you, I didn’t have fun with it! It’s ridiculously difficult in a cheap way. The two Retro Studios entries may not be easy, but they’re so much more fair.

The original Phantom Brave on the PS2 was a very special game for me. Never thought I’d see a sequel. Here’s hoping it does the series justice!

@Truegamer79 As Haruki_NLI alluded, it’s still the same fiscal year. Basically they said they’d announce it before April 1, 2025 and that date hasn’t changed.

Whoa, I’m the only one playing Ys Memoire so far? That’s somewhat saddening.

@Greenmanalishi It has stopped, at least as far as the Super Mario Lego line. It hasn’t had blind boxes for a few waves now.

I played Chapter 1 years ago but I’m kinda just waiting until the game is complete to play any more. Hopefully I’ll live to see that day.

I've already preordered Oath in Felghana. I loved it on Vita and I have some misplaced nostalgia for the original on SNES, even though that version is nightmarish.

Now I just need to beat two games before the 7th when it releases. I'm thinking Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3; never owned them as a kid and never beat them before.

@Desrever Same. I actually tried the demo on PC and it just didn’t hook me.

@StarPoint I hate to be a downer, but man they will totally get lazier about optimization, depending on who “they” are. Grezzo, Square-Enix, and Acquire sure seemed pretty lazy this last year when optimizing Echoes of Wisdom, DQ III, and Brothership. The load times in those last two are just on the side of obnoxious.

As someone without a 4K TV, I wonder if this means yet better performance for my 1080P TV. Or at the very least, lower energy consumption?

You left out Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero on January 30, 2025. It was in the last Nintendo Direct and everything!

@Nintendolife: Also, why would you reuse last year's article? Did you mean to copy it but forgot? Now we won't be able to go back and see the anticipated 2024 games.

Y’know, looking back, I think I enjoyed Princess Peach: Showtime more than Echoes of Wisdom. Not a lot more, but it still wins.