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I’m surprised they didn’t hold warioware or Mario rpg or the peach game from the last direct and debut it today instead. The last few directs felt overstuffed with news and this one felt a bit thin. I’ve got a full pipeline of games I’m excited about so no real complaints, but this direct was definitely the least exciting in at least a year for me

I just started #6 and so far YEP it’s about as good as everyone says. Amazing intro, economical storytelling and some of the best music I’ve ever heard in a game

@Cashews sea of stars is getting a physical release early next year through iam8bit who usually have a pretty wide release. I don’t think it’ll be a limited run situation, tho this game is popular enough that it may be hard to get one right on day 1

Just beat The Messenger and I don’t know if I’ve ever played a game with tighter controls - the ninja felt like an extension of my body.

I’ll be continuing with Twilight Princess HD when I can get the TV, and my wife and I will be continuing our one day of Pikmin 3 per night.

I may start another platformer as well, but not sure which. Maybe Rayman Legends

I haven't gotten Pikmin yet but I'm excited to play it soon, I've seen many people, some I wouldn't expect, list it as their GOTY so far, which is really saying something with the year we've had.

Not my kind of game but this was a great review - really well written, snappy, funny etc.

Strange lineup, but I’m excited to try the NES game, it looks to be the same developers as river city ransom, dodge ball and crash n the boys street challenge - I love those games and still have the cartridges

I find the visuals of dragon quest 1-3 on switch to be really unappealing, I would LOVE a pixel remaster of those first 6 games

To me the perfect platformer is one I can crank through to the end credits without much challenge, then spend a month throwing my controller across the room trying to 100% - so far this looks like it’ll fit the bill nicely!

This game is in my top 5 games I wish I didn’t sell

I loved the Direct but these new waves of videos are officially showing me too much - gonna hunker down and wait for October

@Dark_Isatari I basically didn't play video games between Gamecube and Switch, so to get caught up I have Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, the DS games and Minish Cap. I already played link between worlds (LOVED IT). I've also never beaten Majora's Mask though I've tried several times. I just find it very difficult, and regularly get lost in the main town even though I've started the game half a dozen times. I'll get thru it someday though.

Unfortunately I had to drop Zelda: Spirit Tracks - I'm trying to be a completist but I just find the DS zelda games to be tedious.

In other Zelda completionist news, I'm playing Twilight Princess HD for the first time - I'm pretty early on and in the Forest Temple. I can see why people regard this game so highly, and it's amazing that if my wife wants the TV I can just press select and play on the gamepad.

When I have some shorter gaming slots I will continue with The Messenger. This game is getting better as it goes, and the controls are just so tight and responsive that you feel like you're one with the character.

Oh and my wife and I have been playing through a day of Pikmin 3 each night. It's a great ritual - she's not really a gamer but has really warmed to Pikmin. Similar to my daughters she throws the controller at me when she gets to a boss.

My plan is to get Pikmin1+2, Wonder, and Mario RPG new while trawling Facebook marketplace to fill in holes in my collection at a discount. Oh and also to use the power of my backlog to hold me back from buying sea of stars digital while waiting for the cartridge

If video game genres had an investment market, this would be the signal to short Metroidvanias

I absolutely loved it - to me a 2D Mario game is the prototypical video game so I will always want to see where the franchise is at.

The new switch seems like a missed opportunity though - the game is so colorful and vibrant that a plain red switch seems like a let down.

My main take away is wow there are more ninja turtle games than I was aware of

The best platformer I've played in the last few years is Yoshi's Woolly World which I came to late. If SMB Wonder has half the charm and creativity of that game - which seems likely - it'll be worth my money.

@Ocaz can you define what you mean by modern game design?

@invictus4000 I think it was a strange choice to start the demo at some middle point of the game where the player doesn’t really know what’s going on, and doesn’t get the early game tutorial info to help understand how to play. That’s what bothered me at least, which gives me hope that the actual game won’t have those issues.

Through this interview and the making of video this guy is saying all the right things. I’m so excited, I don’t know if I can wait for the physical copy next year. A 9 or above on NL and I’ll probably just buy it day 1

I'm closing in on the end of Tunic, or rather I think I am - the game is a bit inscrutable and it's easy to miss major parts of it if you're not careful. Sometimes this aspect of the game adds to its mystery, other times it's just frustrating. Also, the bosses are so flipping hard.

Elsewhere, I got a nice new model 3DS XL recently, so I think I'm going to start a game on there, either Dragon Quest VIII or Layton vs Phoenix. I missed the 3DS era the first time around and am loving getting caught up - there are days when I like it more than my switch.

@EaglyBird It'll be interesting to see and will depend a lot on whether the new switch is backwards compatible. If its not, I would guess everyone with a switch 2 will get Mario Kart 9 (or whatever it's called), same as they did with 8. But if it's backwards compatible they will have to sell gamers on why they need the new one.

I'm a Nintendo obsessive but mario kart is really just in my collection for family get togethers or kid play dates - I'm not sure I would need the new one for that purpose

My backlog is absurd so I can wait for the physical cartridge. I'm so pumped for this game, if the reviews are good it's going to be hard to wait.

Them using Iam8bit means it should be pretty easy to just buy the game, a rarity with smaller titles like this

Honestly none of the stuff mentioned in the article bothers me - I'm a nintendo only person who has never played these games so direct ports is fine. What does bother me is that almost all of it will have to be downloaded even if you have a cart. For whatever reason that is the type of laziness that grinds my gears

I started playing Spirit Tracks on vacation but man did I find that game tedious - after playing TotK it’s hard not to find that era of Zelda a bit derivative, and I really struggle with the stylus controls. I’m a bit of a completist though so I’ll probably finish it eventually.

Now that I’m back home with my whole collection, time to complete Tunic - I’m completely gobsmacked by this game.

@chipia I have heard constant complaints about the early tutorial portion but consensus is that the game really improves if you can push through that opening part

2DS LL once again holds the top spot for dedicated handhelds at 29

The graphics and sound in this game are on another level and the demo was wonderful. I'm usually a physical-only person but will buy this digitally day one. The demo sold it for me, though if I'm being honest these types of games are so up my alley that they often disappoint me when I actually play them.

Never got rid of a game but I told my mom to throw away a bag with 50+ NES boxes. She isn’t a hoarder but doesn’t throw stuff away lightly and was hesitant - I insisted she throw it all away. <face palm>. Now I’m a collector and that bag would’ve doubled the value of my collection.

I also threw away all my GameCube boxes during the CD booklet crazy - thought I was saving space. Now I’m considering paying $100 for just the box for Eternal Darkness…

To me it was always the PC games, usually semi educational ones I played at school.

I can remember every console game I’ve ever played, but I had a whole bunch of PC games I couldn’t remember that I played CONSTANTLY. I ended up finding the name of a few of them: Incredible Machines and The Island of Dr Brain among them

Physical collector here - does this mean there’s a one time code for the other two, or just a required download when you pop in the disk?

Seems like a minor difference but it determines how much game you get if you buy a used cartridge.

I left my switch at home for vaca so I can’t check %, but I beat the game at the 160 hour mark. I’d guess I’m sub-50% though. I didn’t go crazy with the shrines or caves. Light roots though I crushed - I found it very addictive to chase after the lights in the distance

I'm on vacation this week and wanted to focus on family time so I didn't bring the Switch. BUT! I brought exactly one video game thing: my Gameboy Advance SP and a Mother 3 translation cartridge. Figured I'd play a bit at night and start on this game I've wanted to play forever with no other games to distract me away.

60% increase in 2DS LL sales over last week, I’ll be watching this trend closely

When I was in Japan for work last March I went to Kyoto for the day and saw the headquarters. I was kind of amazed that it was just a series of off-white rectangular buildings plopped into a commercial/industrial neighborhood. It looks like the most boring place on earth, probably by design.

I knew there was nothing at the headquarters for fans - I really just felt like I needed to take the pilgrimage there. But taking the train into Kyoto, and then the subway to nintendo's stop, there was nothing there to indicate that you were nearing the epicenter of one of the world's most beloved brands - not even a tiny mario statue. I read it as part of their more humble culture, but it's probably also to minimize the hubbub and allow everyone to just show up and do their jobs.

@kingbk yeah quality aside it’s insane from a business perspective - if they did a mediocre port of a madden game from 5 years ago and updated the rosters millions of Americans would buy it because it’s a football game.
Probably similar to FIFA in other countries

I beat TotK! I loved my time with the game but was ready to be done with it and I thought the ending really delivered.

I got my physical copy of Tunic this week and started that - it’s very opaque and difficult, but it’s been revealing itself to me slowly and I’m loving the ambiance and mystery of it. After putting 150 hours into Zelda with all its checklists of detailed quests, it’s nice to pivot to a game that tells you absolutely nothing.

If Nintendolife covers the plane ticket I will travel across Japan to answer the question: where are people buying these 18 2DS LLs? I’ll then embed myself in one of the shops and write a long form feature about it. Hit me up NL!

I think with a couple of more unique branded switches that people will want to collect, mixed with the thousands of kids who are growing up into “video game age” every year, plus people replacing broken switches, Nintendo could get there.

My local Facebook marketplace has people selling switch games - just the cartridge - and often they have pretty big selections. I’m thinking maybe there’s a connection here…

Man, Sea of Stars looks so up my alley, I hope they pulled it off. The demo showed so much promise

@WaveBoy IKEA mushroom kingdom is a perfect way to describe what is off about the NSMB games for me.

I’m getting Super Mario World vibes from this as well, but that’s a top 5 of all time game for me so I’m trying not to burden Wonder with those expectations - it would guarantee disappointment.

I'm about to leave for a week long vacation and based on my post office tracking number there's probably a 50% chance I'll get Tunic before I leave. If it doesn't arrive I'll bring TotK and Pikmin 3 and focus on those games, but if Tunic comes all bets are off.

I really like the character animations but the level art doesn't seem to match it. I wish they'd gone all in on this art style sort of like cuphead.

I was playing magical quest starring mickey mouse recently (a SNES capcom gem) and the levels are overstuffed with beautiful cartoon pixel art - all of the elements hang together to create this perfect whole. I'm not getting that feeling watching this one in action

One reason to play these on NSO even if you own the originals as I do is screen size. I just pulled out my Gameboy Advance SP to play a translation of Mother 3 for the first time and WOW the screen is smaller than I remember, and poorly lit. And SP is the best version in this regard. GB and GB color games don't even use the entire screen when you're playing them backwards compatible

If you spend a lot of time using a Switch as I do the difference in screen size and lighting is jarring

2DS LL sales down 10 from last week - what does this significant statistic mean for the industry??

I really like the look of amiibos, especially the Zelda ones, but as someone who has too much stuff already I have convinced myself to just not be an amiibo person - full stop. Except a single wool yoshi because, I mean, I’m not made of stone

I'm always going to choose the pixel art option in these situations - just the way I'm wired I guess

@Ooyah Yes! I agree, it's a classic and it's weird that it hasn't resurfaced even as a cash-in. The bosses and character sprites are so good, and his ability to flip in mid air and turn his head into a downward weapon gives the game a whole new dimension.