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These skins look SUPER good but they’re a bit too expensive to justify for me at the moment. Maybe later down the line. They look phenomenal though!

Looking forward to returning to Denpa Men. Loved this series as a kid! I’m curious to see how it’s monetized given that it’s free.

These launch on my birthday!

I’m genuinely super hyped for this!! My GF loves visual novels as well so this would be perfect to play together

I keep everything downloaded and I have over 300 GB left on my 1 TB card. No need to shoot for a 1.5 for a while — I didn’t even realize they made those yet LOL.

I love this game so much. When I took a STEM class in high school we made cardboard pinball machines, and I themed mine around Kirby’s Pinball Land — to the point where I had my GBA running the actual game for “ambiance” LOL!! This game holds a special place in my heart, so I went with the western box art for nostalgia’s sake.

TTYD is my clear favorite so far. Such a charming, well made game.

Someone else (shockingly) mentioned FNAF Into the Pit as looking promising, which I agree with!! It’s awesome that a FNAF game is finally getting a simultaneous release across all platforms, especially one that looks as good as ItP.

I don’t want him to be “retro” yet because then I’ll feel old and I don’t want to feel old in my early 20s.

That Bulborb is so silly. May have to pick that one up

Unironically very excited about Denpa Men. I love that series and cannot wait to play it again.

@Eel Only Nintendo consoles since Custom Knight was an amiibo exclusive feature — so 3DS, Wii U, and Switch all currently have Custom Knight available via amiibo.

I grew up playing Shovel Knight on 3DS in junior high and on Switch in high school, so seeing these features — especially the 3DS-centric ones — return is so fun and nostalgic for me.

Was excited at first - "Updated graphics version?"

Saw the regular-lookin' gameplay - "Oh. That's it..."

Saw the re-added features and playable characters - started screaming LOL. I shouted aloud at the return of the StreetPass functionality and Custom Knight. This is gonna be awesome.

@Wordbonder That’s a good point! I think Stardew in particular set a new benchmark for it because a lot of games seem to be (or explicitly state to be) inspired by it specifically.

I don’t think the genre is bad (not my cup of tea but there seems to be a lot of great games there), but it’s becoming oversaturated IMO with Stardew imitators. The genre has always been around as you say, but I’d argue Stardew DID make it “trendy” to the point of becoming stereotype.

The cynical part of me hates games that are actively trying to be “cozy.” How many more UwU soft pastel indie farming management slice of life RPG self-reflective mental health [insert more buzzwords here] games do we need the market flooded with?

I’m sure these games will be fine and that the developers are not maliciously chasing this trend, but it’s such an annoying trend to me. I miss when a game being “wholesome” wasn’t a marketing angle, but was just the natural byproduct of a developer’s vision.

Well, Mewtwo and LeBron have both been in platform fighters, but only one (as mentioned by someone above) has starred in a Space Jam film, so I think we know who the real winner is here…

Excited for Thursday!!! I finished the GameCube version earlier this year recording it with my best friend, so I’m eager to hop back into the game and give it another go on my own.

Like with the Wii U and Wii remotes, I’d like to be able to use Joy-Con so long as the Switch branding is present. Dropped too much money on them not to…

@gcunit I also enjoyed the Fortnite rep Avatar's been getting! Although I wish "Avatar State Aang" was an edit style for Aang and not its own skin LOL - they could've easily filled that slot with Sokka.

Really cool they restocked Gold Shovel Knight!!

I love Fortnite, I love Nintendo, I wish I lived in the world in which this collaboration happened - especially in Fortnite's heyday and not in the current more "corporate" era (yes, more corporate than before).

Donald Mustard was truly the creative soul behind Fortnite; that much is true given the other interview snippets that have come out. I miss his direction, his story, and his passion for the massive crossover toybox he created for himself to play in.

I have a buddy who used to speedrun these games. Need to tell him about this!

The amount of older films “returning to cinemas” this year is kinda baffling at this point.

My Denpa Men obsessed brother texted me immediately after the announcement lol. Glad to see this series making a return, even if it’s not outside of Japan.

Grabbed it yesterday! My girlfriend and I beat world 1 together yesterday and she loved it, so big win for me

It kinda sounds like the perfect game for me — easy to pick up and play between business without thinking about it too hard, combined with the nostalgia factor (though I never did play the original game, I loved the later Mini Mario-focused titles). Looking forward to this one for those reasons!

Been collecting these since day one, since I was but a wee lad. I remember getting SSBFor Kirby and Diddy Kong for Christmas as my first amiibo ever. Seeing the line finally finished is so bittersweet.

Good night, sweet prince. Thank you.

@Ogbert No, it’s a side order

Not in a rush to grab one, but I imagine I will eventually if I can find one in stores.

Crazy the SSB line is finally over. Truly the end of an era…

@Cynas Riiiight! You’re probably correct; I’m just too Gen Z for my own good sometimes haha.

So is it like, Dead-er Cells now?

PLEASE tell me the headline is a reference to that PC Nick kid’s game shown off in that one Scott the Woz video

I'm a huge Fortnite fan and my girlfriend is a huge TMNT fan, so this collab has been something we've both been loving. I'm stoked to see it come back - the Shredder designs absolutely RULE. You can tell a lot of love went into this - very glad the collab is coming back this soon.

NA’s is unmistakably cooler, but I voted JP since it’s more representative of the actual game and Jack Frost isn’t covered by the game’s title in that one.

Looks really slick, but over double the price just isn’t feasible haha.

Honestly if the screen is LCD I’ll probably wait for an OLED model — unless there’s some huge incentive not to wait.

I was nine years old when the game launched. I am now twenty-one. Yes, the game is old.

I can imagine that the Mario Bros. are the role of a lifetime - kudos to Kevin for his good work and the good work I'm sure he'll do!

@Not_Soos Also surprised it didn't get an E10+! I've been playing the OG game with a buddy and a lot of moments have shocked me with how not-rated-E they can be, lol

@Not_Soos LOL good on you! That's an excellent gift that's tangentially related to the article haha.

As someone in Fortnite’s playerbase, I would lose my mind over this. Positively, mind you. The crossover aspect is one of the most fun parts of the game, so seeing how Epic implements Nintendo elements into the game would be a great opportunity for Nintendo to “surprise and delight,” as they love to do, in an unconventional (for Nintendo) way.

The new modes they’ve been adding provide some great opportunities for this IMO. LEGO Fortnite could get some LEGO Animal Crossing or LEGO Mario content, Rocket Racing could let you drive the Blue Falcon, Fortnite Festival could feature jam tracks of iconic Nintendo music…the potential goes far beyond just character skins and I believe that Nintendo’s IP would add a lot of value to the Fortnite package.

Typically the worst parts of my favorite games are the communities surrounding those games

@Sisilly_G this is the best modern stability joke ever

I have a few thoughts on this.

I think Epic is going about this in the best way they possibly could have. The brand synergy they're establishing is impressive (new car parts unlocked in Fortnite are usable in Battle Royale, Rocket Racing, and vanilla Rocket League; the majority of Fortnite outfits already owned by users will have LEGO variants; etc.), the idea of a free-to-play LEGO game integrated into a game I already play is appealing, and the new additions to Battle Royale this season - while overwhelming when compared to the simplicity of Fortnite OG - have been a very fun change. I also think that getting Psyonix on Rocket Racing and Harmonix on FN Festival is promising.

However, one has to wonder how necessary this all is. This feels like Epic's big push to make their idea of the "metaverse" a reality (for example, the idea of cosmetics transferring over from game to game, context to context, reminds me a lot of the elevator pitch for NFTs), but couldn't that have been restricted to the confines of Battle Royale for a much more interesting experience (after all, limitations breed creativity)?

Also, I hope they have more developers working on this. Didn't Epic just have some layoffs? That's worrying from a bugs / game quality perspective and a developer crunch perspective.

Another change I've noticed is that Epic's social media teams for Fortnite accounts have gotten a lot less formal and a lot more transparent in the past few days. That feels like a good change overall.

I suppose all I can do now is watch and wait to see if this idea is as revolutionary as Epic wants it to be. Epic actively supporting four live service titles all under the banner of Fortnite (technically five, rest in peace Save the World) will either be the death of Fortnite or its new beginning - and in some ways, it can be argued that it is both simultaneously.

No Yo-Kai Watch? Snooooore…wake me up when YKW4 finally comes to the West…

@dcon11 Agent Peely is restricted??? Free my man; he didn’t do NOTHIN!!

A shame this isn't a more "proper" or "official" crossover - just a Fortnite creative map that TGA seemingly commissioned a Fortnite creative map dev team to create for them, custom Geoff model and all.

Which is still kinda neat, I suppose, but any 'ol brand could do that. Getting to play as Geoff as a proper skin, collabing with Epic more directly, would've been much more appealing. Like that Among Us tie-in they did a few years back.

Will be picking it up eventually! Maybe for Christmas or something lol. I put my priority on preordering the new Splatoon amiibo, so no Mario RPG at launch for me!

!!! ARMS MENTIONED !!!

Anyways, this is interesting. Bamco has pretty much always done good work with Nintendo, so them having a dedicated team for doing just that seems like a good idea to me.

Cool to see the Mario movie in best adaptation, but weird that FNAF isn't there. That movie was about as perfect of a movie you could get with Freddy's - a really fun time with a confusing story, plot holes and all.

I’ve been playing Fortnite consistently for almost four years now, and I’ve been loving this season. A return to simplicity is refreshing. But I am excited to return to the craziness of the modern game!

And we FINALLY have a good Battle Pass. Lol.