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Got the Mario Kart bundle back when the Switch 2 first came out so not much use for me, but glad the option's back for folks.

Funny story on that, my roommate and I both bought them day one and mine arrived first. Mine didn't actually have Mario Kart tied to the console and instead just included a download code, so there was some initial confusion when his arrived as to where his code was before we noticed the box art between the two of them was different.

As usual I'll hope for Ace Attorney and know going in it's not happening. Especially given that's a lot more of a TGS thing.

I'm still really surprised they didn't put in either Yu or Aigis since they did two Like a Dragon characters.

I know some people aren't crazy about his designs but personally I like a lot of what he's brought to the series. Phantump in particular is one of my favorite Pokemon ever.

Kind of makes me hope at some point we get another spinoff with an aesthetic like Trozei. Not a game I've ever actually been interested in playing but I love its art design.

Feel like the newer ones could use a little more fog, since as-is the buildings look a bit unnaturally angular, but on the whole I think this is an improvement.

Been on and off playing Torna: The Golden Country and Pokemon Platinum, also picked up Steins;Gate Re:Boot on Steam but been sick so not had the chance to dig into it yet. Wondering about shifting my focus to rushing through a sixth run of Three Houses before Fortune's Weave comes out.

Nope, not a genre I have any interest in whatsoever.

I only trust reputable healthcare providers like Dr. Goomba Tower.

At least personally I like Crossworlds way more than Mario Kart World. It's not something I play constantly but I do periodically return to it and have fun with it, while with MKW I played a few days worth of it and went, "Well this is bad," and have had no desire to ever play it again.

Might spring for SMT3, besides that already have everything I'd want out of these either on Switch or on Steam.

Was really awful hearing about this, especially given her family also just lost her brother three years ago. Must be especially rough for them right now.

For what it's worth Alyson Stoner (the current voice of Kairi) put out a really emotional video with their thoughts on her passing, tough watch but can tell it's really tearing them up.

@Thomystic He does have pink pants in his WarioWare design. Also bits of orange on his hat but that's more incidental.

I think the yellow looks the best even without accounting for it being Wario's color.

Is it in Pog form?

I've done all of the retro ones, really doubt I'll end up making the time to do the Bananza ones. Second I hit the credits on that game I never really wanted to touch it again.

@Bobb It's a weird novelty thing they introduced awhile back that's only usable during special events, remember some discussion about it at the time. As for why it didn't either transfer to being a Strange Ball or just a standard Safari Ball before, no clue.

I only really care about 1 and 2, but I keep meaning to try dipping my toe into the rest. As it is am currently weighing between picking up 2.8 and 3 for a combined $30 on Steam or waiting and getting all of them on the Switch 2 on October. Already got 1 and 2 on my Legion Go and they run like a dream but could see the later games having more issues thus the split.

@TYRANACLES Yeah, the Ashen Wolves are technically a fourth house (and that's not even getting into the fact there's also the church route), though Cindered Shadows is mechanically pretty different - not nearly as much downtime in the overworld and you have a small, set army without much room to customize them - and is also very short. It's an interesting side curiosity worth doing for some extra info about the world and for unlocking stuff in the main game but it's not really substantive enough to be considered its own full route.

@BrokenCiv The gender selections in Three Houses, Three Hopes, and Engage weren't labelled either but by all means continue to fall for that hateful nontroversy.

Loved Three Houses to pieces so it being more of that is pretty much what I'm looking for.

Less resemblance there is to Engage the better, really didn't like it at all.

@C-Olimar I assume that was lifted from something else and not properly reformatted, especially since the Wii U didn't even exist yet in 2010.

I'd personally definitely give it like a high 7. Sunshine has a lot to love about it, but it can be frustrating to play with its wonky camera and physics and there's a severe lack of polish around a lot of it. So long as you're sticking to the 50 mandatory Shine Sprites it's mostly fine, but you start getting into the optional stuff and a lot of it feels very lazily tacked on or not properly playtested.

I'd say the Gamecube games I'm most wanting at this point are Melee (probably not happening any time soon if ever), the original Animal Crossing (a tossup), Star Fox Assault, Mario Baseball, Mario Party 4, Four Swords Adventures, and Master Quest.

This'd be a definite if there were a play with AI option, but as it is while I'm considering it I'm really going to have to convince myself since I can easily just see it rotting on a digital shelf for forever.

Already got both a Switch 2 and a Pro Controller and don't really like how they look anyway so nah.

Given how long this thing has been rumored to be in development I'm guessing it was just not coming out well.

@AstroTheGamosian I think there are fragments of a good game in there somewhere, but I also think that Other M's terrible story is kind of the best thing that could've happened to it because it makes people overlook its horrendous controls, how completely backwards and stupid everything about its missile system is, and its overconfidence in its wonky pixel hunt sections to the point it made one of them the final boss fight.

@FlyingDunsparce Personally even though I voted for Super Fusion is probably my favorite game of the lot of them.

Definitely have to go with Super Metroid. Some of the others are nice but that one just looks great.

Though I probably would've included Other M and Samus Returns in the poll as well. Though Zero Mission I know's a no-go since it has regional differences in its own right.

Personally I really can't think of much of anything positive to say about Engage. The art design's a mess, the story is nonexistent yet somehow still refuses to ever shut up, and I really didn't actually like its gameplay very much. Eventually I just stopped bothering to do paralogues, watch cutscenes, or do supports because I just wanted the game over with.

My Xenoblade 2 playthrough stalled out midway through chapter 8 due to hours upon hours of, "Grind Tiger Tiger until I get the light core," but I finally got it this evening so might blitz through the remainder of the game.

Can't see myself bothering but nice to have the option.

Don't care about the Prime games, but I'd probably rank what I've played best to worst something like...

Fusion
Super
Dread
Samus Returns
Zero Mission
Other M
Return of Samus
Original

I wish I had more fondness for Jamboree than I do. On paper it should pretty much be the ultimate Mario Party, keeping the good parts of Superstars while putting a more unique spin on things, but between odd structural choices, the Jamboree Buddy mechanic just being incredibly poorly implemented, and its absolutely glacial pacing it's a really hard game for me to care for.

Already bought Fortune's Weave and Xenoblade's a definite, need to see some solid info on Pokemon to decide if I want to bother this time around since SV's really the only game of the past two generations I'm more than, "Ehhhhhs'alright," on and the rumor mill's saying this is taking more after the Legends games both of which I disliked. No real interest in the Ocarina of Time remake (just strikes me as completely pointless, the game holds up fine) or Switch Sports.

For anyone wondering 50 million yen's about $317,200 USD. Good on them, Pokemon Company, Sony, and whoever else for throwing out a good chunk of change to help.

I find it interesting that Nintendo seems to have completely ceased with day one DLC and seems to be pivoting more into a shadow drop, "Buy it now, more to come later!" approach. Safe bet this game will have it at some point but no sign of anything yet and the only Nintendo-published game that's done it since Engage is ZA.

Missed opportunity not having the tagline for the review be, "Make it so-so."

Honestly surprised they're being this direct about addressing the issues given 1 and X still haven't gotten any fixes.

For Anatolia's neutral special, she wields a gun.

I might get the MGS collection on sale later, past that not much really on my radar. Really only Switch 2 game I'm planning to buy for the rest of the year is Fortune's Weave (which I already paid for), though could see there being other stuff that ends up catching my interest at some point.

I'm really glad there seems to be almost no Engage DNA in this because that's really not a game I have much of anything good to say about, including the combat. Three Houses is most likely my favorite in the series (it or Awakening) so being more like that is what I wanted out of it.

Pretty much any game that can be described using the word "Soulslike" has immediately lost me honestly.

I've definitely still noticed the occasional bit of the world having to load in around the characters after fast traveling, though it is much faster than it was in the vanilla game.

There also seems to be a memory leak because I played for awhile the other day and eventually was getting massive delays between Chain Attack actions.

I already ordered the special edition of the game, not sure if I'll watch the Direct or not. Basically didn't at all pay attention to the hype cycle for Three Houses and went into it mostly blind and not really opposed to doing the same on this one.

I think Europe has the most appealing color scheme but really these are pretty much interchangeable.

I've got it on PS5. Need to play more of it but it's pretty fun, though does maybe feel like it could've used another couple of months in the oven.

As for Tagah, eh, why not. Didn't really care for the movie or the character but certainly don't mind a free character. Though does kind of smother Tenzin's chances in the poll.

Xenoblade 2 and Pokemon Platinum are my focuses for the foreseeable future.

I have the replica headset, though I haven't used it much.

Tobias looks like a long lost member of the Vandham family.