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The question I have is: will the Nintendo Labo VR set serve this purpose? It only fits an OG Switch, but I’m optimistic it’ll work.

@KayFiOS I believe they’ve already confirmed a drip feed, though I couldn’t point you to where I read it.

Counterpoint: the new mode in the Bananza DLC is easily worth $20, assuming you like Bananza’s gameplay and don’t hate roguelites.

This Nintendo Today! leak means literally nothing. Each theme has a little animation for every day of the month with various franchise characters. I'm more interested in those MKW voice credits.

I'll say this: Nintendo better not try to charge us for Mario Kart World DLC after the game was so lackluster at $80. At worst, it should be paid, but included with Nintendo Switch Online.

I'm also less excited for the game after playing the demo. That being said, I kickstarted it, so at minimum I'll get that copy. If I enjoy it, I'll probably pick up at least one more copy on another system in order to support Yacht Club (as long as the game isn't crazy expensive).

@cylemmulo For some stupid reason, they took the PC demo down not long after making it available, and it doesn't work even if you'd already downloaded it. Apparently it was always meant to be a limited-time demo.

I believe the Switch demo has stuck around though.

EDIT: Nope, looks like they took away the Switch demo as well. I'm not sure what they're thinking.

I'm sure Kirby Air Riders is polished to a fine sheen and stuffed with more content than you'd ever want, but I cannot justify spending $70 on another racing game when I don't even enjoy the genre.

Sakurai-san, give me another Kid Icarus (or a remake of Uprising) and I'll buy it. That's a promise.

@larryisaman But basically every Nintendo game “tries new things”. Where’s the line?

@SoIDecidedTo You have to beat the game and buy the DLC for statues to be a thing. I wouldn’t worry about it. The game is great and complete without the DLC.

That said…

Man it was tough for me to get that Lanky Kong statue. It took four tries.

Wow. Nothing for loyally following the series and having previous amiibo, huh? You gotta buy the new $30 and $40 figures to actually unlock anything. That tracks.

Wow, they couldn’t even make it run well on Switch 2? One less thing to add to my wishlist I guess.

The Upgrade Pack is not in any way an “In-game Purchase”. Get your act together, ESRB!

I saw this at Target yesterday! My son played a bit of it but didn’t want too many spoilers pre-release. I’ll probably try it next time I get the chance.

Sad not to see any Ace Attorney, but ecstatic to see Breath of Fire!

OK, Nintendo! This is fine, but you’re running up against the end of my Thousand-Year-Door goodwill. Maybe something exciting next Monday?

I tried the demo briefly. It’s certainly polished. I might have paid $40 for it even though I probably wouldn’t play it much. I cannot justify paying $70 for it.

@Dev-N Yeah, the last event was incredibly easy, thankfully in a fun way. I believe I got my first and only V-rank during the event. I do expect this one to be slightly more difficult just by dint of the Hilltop Layer, but hopefully the curated perks will help a lot.

@Elektrogeist1287 I'm confused. Are you suggesting that they should wait a few years before nominating Bananza for 2025's Game of the Year?

Only Groove perks, huh? And on the Hilltop Layer. So, probably prioritize Turf Groove right away and then turf Surf everywhere you can. Should be fun!

I feel like Ghost Trick is conspicuously absent.

@AlanaHagues Thanks a ton! I really appreciate it.

Wow, $70! I think all of the Game-Key Card games I've seen before this at least haven't gone above $60. In the goddamn US of A where digital games can apparently never ever be cheaper than their physical counterparts, I can see using a Game-Key Card in order to keep the price of the game down across the board. Now Nintendo themselves is publishing a $70 Game-Key Card game. What a scam.

@Megas75 Uh huh. And how big is the hard drive on an XBox? Is it cheaper or more expensive to expand your storage on XBox compared to buying MicroSD Express cards for Switch 2?

Hey @AlanaHagues, would y'all please STOP putting art/screenshot for a random game at the top of this post without including the name of the game in the caption? I'd really appreciate it.

Yeah, I'm not sure a 20% discount qualifies as news. Once it's 50% off I'll probably pick it up.

Meanwhile, the starting salary for new university graduates will see a similar 10% increase from 300,000 to 330,000 yen (approx $2,140).

Wait, what? Is that per year? I hope it's, at minimum, per month. Better yet, per pay period.

@PerfectFrost Yeah, this game with simplistic graphics and a fixed camera probably needs lightning-fast loading.

@ElRoberico It’s not awful compared to AAA games that I’d normally only buy physically. It’s really awful compared to the indie games I buy digitally.

@JohnnyMind There’s an image of it right there in the article. I don’t think Nintendo would publish that image if the game weren’t on a Key Card.

Also, I’m glad to know that it is. My interest for this game just went WAY down unless its file size is less than 2GB or so.

I totally misread the headline as “…To Get A Bland New Trailer…” I was like, seems a bit harsh.

I would have guessed this game had 30 tracks, tops. It has ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN?!

@Olliemar28 I guess it might be different in the UK, but at least in the US, “just about” means “almost but not quite”. So the game didn’t “just about” make it into the top 5. It did make it in. “Barely”? Is that what you meant to say?

We should definitely care about what Keiji Inafune thinks in 2025, especially after all that stuff listed in the last two paragraphs of this article.

Sarcasm aside, I would like companies to make more small, experimental games. And I want more Mega Man and Ace Attorney games from Capcom. Boy do I not care about Street Fighter, Monster Hunter, or Resident Evil.

@Mykcir Oy. The Bananza DLC was created by a separate team and the game is complete without it. Also it’s easily worth the $20, in my opinion. If you don’t like Roguelite games, it’s not worth $20 for you and that’s fine.

@Edward_J_Grug_III Ah, I didn’t know! Thanks for the correction.

@FrenchVaniIIuxe It's already been announced for February.

@JohnnyMind I kind of hope there won't be a dedicated Direct for this one. Seems like the kind of game where it's best to keep spoilers to a minimum.

Luckily for me, a Direct seems unlikely.

@Erigen Dadliest Catch is Octodad 2.

Not a game I played, but I’ll give the soundtrack a listen.

@AgentGuapo Thanks! I see it there now. Either that $5 figure wasn’t there when I checked a little while ago or (more likely) I somehow didn’t see it.

@Sylamp Whoa, where are you getting that $5 figure? That's pretty nice if true.

@Serpenterror The weird part is, they’re actually better on mobile, boasting pixel graphics for everything. It’s the Switch versions specifically that look mismatched and ugly in that way Square-Enix is so fond of these days.

@Aneira It would have been much faster to do your own research than to post your comments.

It’s bad business practices and mistreatment of employees. They guy who runs Nicalis is a real *****.

@Aneira It’d be pretty easy to do your own research on this one.

Hilltop layer, eh? I guess all the events can’t be on DK Island, but this next event might be a lot trickier than the first one.

Hey @Liam_Doolan, what’s with all the scare quotes in the headline and update? Is the demo not actually free? Is it not actually up to 3 hours? I’m genuinely confused and the article does not clarify anything.

Geez, just release a demo, guys! I don't want to have to bend over backwards just so I can try your game and see if I want to spend $70 on it.

@MamaSymphonia Or the even more reasonable, "Huh, those enormous tariffs the US is putting on imports from China sure are causing enormous price hikes for US consumers!"

@canaryfarmer I think you can convincingly argue that FF10 has better art direction, though obviously that’s a matter of taste. I don’t think it has better graphics in the way most people would define that term. It has a much lower polygon count, at least to my eye.

@canaryfarmer It really doesn't. Tell me a PS2 game that looks as good as Legends Z-A.