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I'm chipping away at Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, which I'm enjoying but my god is it difficult. I feel like there's a specific strategy that's tantamount for success in each mission, and if you don't hone in on that strategy from turn one then you'll be decimated.

Other than that, I started Gotham Knights a few days ago and that game is way better than everyone said it was. It's no Arkham Origins/Asylum/City/Knight, but what is? The only thing I'm not really liking is the whole gear system; it feels superfluous and obviously a remnant of the game originally being intended as a live-service. I'm enjoying the game overall though.

I wouldn't expect the Switch 2 Edition of New Horizons to sell that well. Surely at this point they'll sell more of the upgrade pack than the Switch 2 Edition itself?

Yep. That's bad alright.

As much as I love Wonder, I'm not here for multiplayer content.

I've not played Final Fantasy VII - in fact, I've played very few FF games - but I adored both Remake and Rebirth. I expect that anyone who played the original will get even more out of their stories than I did, but they definitely stand on their own.

@Ironcore they can all now access Nintendo Today? 👀

This might be a tough one to call.

Nuh.

I finished up Doom: The Dark Ages and Mario & Luigi: Brothership a few days ago. I then made a start on Sonic Frontiers but that game is hot garbage and I gave up on it last night. So the weekend will be spent playing Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (my first time playing an Advance Wars game), Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Helldivers 2.

My 3 most played games were

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (67 hours, and I still need to finish it)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (59 hours)
• Picross S Namco Legendary Edition (45 hours)

@JohnnyMind I just this minute finished Brothership. I don't get the general dislike people have for this game.

The only two things I personally found wrong with it were, 1. The writing isn't as funny and/or sharp as past games (from what I remember), and 2. There are certain sections that could've been trimmed down a bit.

Besides those two gripes it's a great game 👍

I don't get the hate over the soundtrack either @MeloMan

@JohnnyMind I should probably have a look at the Paper Mario games as well, as from what I hear the series' battle mechanics are similar to Mario & Luigi. The only one I've played is the one on Wii (Super Paper Mario?).

@JohnnyMind I feel like the past ones I played (all of them, except Paper Jam, which I never got round to) were shorter. Maybe I'm just misremembering. It is a cool game though; the Mario & Luigi gameplay will never get old for me and I love the art style and the animation on the Bros. I'll definitely be seeing it through to the end.

On the subject of Mario & Luigi: Brothership, can anyone tell me when the game plans to end? Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying it, but it's felt like I was nearing the end on two separate occasions now, only for it to keep going. It's like Persona 5 Royal all over again.

For context, I just beat Zocket and met Reclusa.

@PinderSchloss I know, it's ridiculous. If there's one thing Nintendo Life knows how to do, it's flogging a dead horse.

@Galaxy2IsTheGOAT I'm not saying you need to; just that games get updates to - for example - improve performance or fix bugs.

Again, I'm not saying you need to connect, but I was just curious why you wouldn't, that's all. You do you 🙂

On the subject of connecting a Switch to the Internet, I'm surprised that nobody has chimed in with "STABILITY!!!".

@Spider-Kev that's the opposite of what I said to do! You're such a rapscallion.

@Spider-Kev I'm pretty sure you're right. Don't quote me on that though.

On Switch 2, I am 31 hours into Mario & Luigi: Brothership and will be hammering that some more. Other than that, I'm playing Doom: The Dark Ages.

@Galaxy2IsTheGOAT I'm curious; why won't you connect your Switch to the Internet? I understand the desire to only buy physical games, but by not connecting to the Internet you're denying yourself updates that improve those games.

All babies are ugly, that's just a fact of life. But my good GOD, Baby Waluigi is utterly grotesque.

@TripleJump I'm sorry to hear that. I would be absolutely distraught if that happened to me.

OK, so Mike Odyssey is clearly an idiot. Nintendo's not going to do a port or re-release of Ultra Smash on Switch 2 for two reasons:

1. It's an almost universally disliked entry in the series.
2. Mario Tennis Fever literally launches next month.

@VeganH those people truly were the harbingers of doom.

16/17. I got tripped up with how many named courses there are in Mario Kart World.

Going through the comments months after the list's initial publication is fascinating. It's funny seeing which games made it to #1 through the months and how there was usually somebody who thought it was utterly blasphemous.

I loved Donkey Kong Bananza - best 58 hours I ever spent with a game - but I'll be honest, I expected it to be much lower on the pecking order. I feel like people focused more on the fact that Nintendo launched this instead of a new 3D Mario game and less on how absolutely bloody amazing a game it actually is.

Good on you, DK. Beat your chest with pride.

This is like a softcore spot the difference.

@Kingy have you read any of my past comments? Positivity is not my forte. Neither is patience.

I love how Nintendo holds these sales and then forgets to include its own games in them; it's great.

I have 28 first-party Switch 1 games on my eShop wishlist and not one of them is discounted 👍

Patch notes:

Eeehhhhh 🙅‍♂️

@HingryHuppo

Making a noise on social media makes the biggest difference of all.

Oh, it absolutely does, which is why anyone commenting on Nintendo's social media likely had infinitely more impact on Game Key Cards than someone commenting on here did. Then again, I'm one of those people who's sick of hearing about it, so I'm probably biased.

@HingryHuppo I'll counter that with:

Booooo to everyone who complained about it in Nintendo Life comment sections where it would have no effect on anything. And well done to anyone who complained to the relevant people through the relevant channels 😉

@Kirbyo I did that once. Took ages. Then about a week and a half later they added more achievements and stuff. I'm just a joke to them at this point.

@Tyranexx your optimism is an inspiration to us all.

@gojiguy this is the worst take on Vampire Survivors I've ever heard/seen. It's not even a hot take; it's a take that was left to fester on a sun-baked Nevada highway for weeks on end with the odd 18-wheeler further flattening it in between coyote gnawings.

Vampire Survivors is as easy or as hard as you want to make it.

Oh my god, that Shadow one!!! It is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen (apologies to my wife, but she's in second place now).

@Serpenterror I wouldn't bet against an X-Men retro collection coming at some point. I can see Marvel wanting to really push the X-Men once Doomsday and Secret Wars are out.

Wow, this is a sad state of affairs. Six games, and what is arguably the best one is neutered by only being available on cloud 😐

Props to Nintendo for not being afraid to put mediocre games on NSO. Wario World is far from good, but if Nintendo wants the service to truly represent the Gamecube's library, it's got to be there.

Next up: Doshin the Giant!

@Misima and it'll still run at 30fps.

How are Bethesda games so popular? I mean, really. Look, I've enjoyed Fallout games but, let's be honest: they look, play and run like utter arse and have more bugs than an insectarium. In fact, the only Bethesda (Game Studios) game I've played that felt good to play and ran at a decent and consistent framerate was Fallout 4, and that's only because I was running it on a PC with an i9 and a 4080 in it.

Pretty sure Skyrim has even been released on me at this point.

@Nintoz "Just water for me, thanks. I'm a mean drunk."

Oooh, or maybe he's the designated driver?

Or maybe they don't talk shop?

I understand why outlets feel the need to assign scores to reviews, but I've just read through nearly a hundred comments proving why they shouldn't.

@canaryfarmer it looks like someone was walking past an arcade stick while carrying a load of buttons and tripped.

@FlyingDunsparce

Like even if we accept that costumes get their own character slot, that still leaves them in a completely random order with actual characters randomly mixed in with them.

You can press a button - either X or Y, I forget which - and it'll group each character and all their costumes in order.

I agree that it's still a mess though. Selecting a character should just bring up a sub-screen with all their costumes.

I sincerely hope that Mina turns out well and that Yacht Club doesn't fall on hard times. From what I played of the demo, the full game should deliver the goods and then some; let's just hope it gets the sales it deserves.

Nintendo are attempting to drag this game back into the public consciousness and drive more sales 👀

@NFrealinkling @scottdevine48 I absolutely wouldn't bet against it.