Markiemania95

Next year will be the hardest yet then - 156 to do!

Never was able to get all of the medals, but this game is still probably in my top 5 ever. It’s just so addicting, I remember back at college there was at least one 2-week period where I was playing through this every day.

@Longondo I visited for a couple of weeks the year before that as well. I intend on going again as soon as legally possible, if not outright move there.

@NinChocolate I don’t think it’d be strange, personally. A game based on a movie based on a game seems more odd, imo. Plus, neither the anime or live-action Mario films had game tie-ins, nor the Sonic movie, and I feel the latter was a lot more likely to get a game adaptation than Mario’s is.

@HedgehogEngine You’re probably right, but Galaxy had a sequel on the same console. Never say never!

4 years ago, I was only a couple weeks into my 3 month trip to Japan. Even though I’d pre-ordered this months in advance back home, I hardly even noticed it had launched, aside from adverts in 7/11. Best time of my life

@d-slice Tell me about it! I was just thinking about those the other day, as I recently got the Switch one that only holds 8. Better than nothing I suppose, but I’m sure they could hold more if they’d managed the space in the case better…

@brambalk Barely beat me to it, came here to say just that.

@Olliemar28 *Surprisingly deep, nuanced combat

Speaking of regional differences, remember that Lylat Wars also has the Lylat language option, which other versions of the game do not have.

Strange, because I swear on 3DS at least, different European nations had different products on offer in their eShops, and even in the Theme Store. My 2nd 3DS is set to Germany, and I remember seeing a few items that were just not available on the UK one. Considering this, is the Switch eShop not the same, and if it is, can they not just list it in the countries’ eShops that can distribute it?
If not, I suppose the issue is that Germany legally cannot allow them to sell it, even to users in other countries, as that is where the server and/or business is based. 🤔

I won a plush of Pikachu in a Snorlax sleeping bag on my first try, on the claw machine nearest to the entrance in the SEGA building that just closed. I remember a bunch of people watching, and they actually clapped after I got it! 😂 Unfortunately, the next time I won something out of a claw machine on my first attempt, it was at a motorway service station in the UK and the prize was a Minion in a hula skirt 😒 gave that one away to my friend immediately haha

@BenAV I was about to say the same. Gen I required some grinding at parts in my experience, but other than that, all of the other games are generally a breeze.

Idk about anyone else, but I had TWENTY-TWO separate adverts for Dying Light 2 just on this page alone. I’d like to go at least 1 paragraph without having the exact same product shoved in my face again and again. This is precisely why I have AdBlock on my laptop 🙄

I’m sure every Smash fighter has at least around 18 moves anyway, comparisons to Hero aside. 5 aerials, 4 special moves, 3 Smash attacks, 3 tilts, 1 neutral jab, and that’s not even including any grabs, pummels, throws, get-up attacks or ledge attacks. 18 doesn’t sound like a lot at all lol

“Limited Editionsd”

Ngl, Monkey Target is good, but I honestly prefer Fight, Race and Billiards. Maybe that’s an unpopular opinion 😳

Absolutely loving that city pop soundtrack though.

@RupeeClock I personally consider the LAN port a downgrade. I’d rather have the extra USB port, especially as USB to LAN adapters are really inexpensive.

Although the following line has now been rectified:

“…in the original Money (*Monkey) Ball the next stage…”

The following line has been left incorrect:

“Other party games fair (*fare) a little better”

And the ‘fair’ in a different part of the review has now been erroneously altered to:

“…whether it's fare (*fair) or not that is the standard”. @JonComms

@GrailUK @Zeldinion Regardless of those reasons, check any other review on this site and see if the authors ever use “I” to refer to themselves. A number of articles do, such as opinion pieces, but I’d be surprised if you find a single review that uses singular first person.

@Clarice In regards to ‘we’, it’s actually pretty common practice. You’ll see it in the reviews and articles of other members of this site, like Thomas Whitehead’s, Kate Gray’s and Stuart Gipp’s. Having written reviews and articles at university, ‘we’ are told to use ‘we’.

“Other party games fair (*fare) a little better”

“…in the original Money (*Monkey) Ball the next stage…”

EDIT: Seems that the second line has now been corrected, but rather than rectifying the error on the first line, ‘fair’ in a different part of the review has now been erroneously changed:

“…whether it's fare (*fair) or not that is the standard”.

Says up-light attack is Mosquito Clap in the video, but Elephant Trunk in the infographic?

@UmbreonsPapa I think any new evolutions for existing Pokémon will use new methods of evolution, such as new items, so it doesn’t have to be a retcon, just ways of evolving that no longer exist or are no longer used in modern day Sinnoh. In this case, I would assume it’s because Metal Coats do not exist yet, or at least have not been discovered, and when they were, perhaps this more ‘primitive’ Rock-type evolution just fell by the wayside? Guess we’ll just have to wait to see.

@TheBigK That’s one of the launch games iirc.

…it’s alright.

…is all I wanted to submit, but the site’s pop-up asks me if I can think of ‘someting’ more to say. So I guess me pointing out that spelling error makes this long enough.

@Doktor-Mandrake It should work on more Switch games than just NSO ones, if it’s anything like the NES and SNES controllers.

@SwitchForce I feel like it’s you that’s missed the point and not understood, but sure 😂

@NEStalgia I absolutely love that this whole exchange occurred - particularly the “I'll never understand why people get so defensive when presented with new information”, only for the one who said it to do exactly that, subsequently falling totally silent upon being presented with proof. I wonder if he admitted to his wife that @samuelvictor really IS in film 😂😂😂

@SwitchForce There’s no reason they can’t be used for Smash. The controller is effectively only missing the - button, which you don’t need in Smash, and X/Y, which can be replaced by jumping with the control stick.

@SwitchForce The reason I mentioned the NES & SNES controllers are because they are not limited to only working with NSO games - as you assumed the N64 controller would be - so with that in mind, it’s highly unlikely that the 64 one will be restricted in that regard either.

As for your two ‘biggest’ factors:

1. People buy 3rd party Pro Controllers without NFC all the time. Most people don’t use it, & even those that do, do so rarely.
2. You don’t know that it won’t have rumble.

Otherwise, literally the only issue, which is what I was highlighting before, is the lack of buttons. What did you want them to do? Plaster another stick, X, Y & - buttons onto the front of the pad? Not only would they not have room to do that, but at that point, it’s not even an N64 controller anymore. None of the points you’ve specified will be reasons as to why “no one will buy it” - the most likely factors will be price, and that they only sell them to NSO subscribers.

@SwitchForce The NSO NES and SNES controllers worked for games that they had enough buttons for, like Mario Kart 8. This probably won’t be any different.

Strange, considering other initially Japan-exclusive titles such as Mario’s Super Picross, Panel de Pon and Super Puyo Puyo 2 retained their original Japanese box arts.

@russell-marlow Doubtful that would happen. Having a Japanese Switch account without NSO allows you to download the Famicom and Super Famicom libraries, and access them with your other accounts that do have NSO.

@CupidStunt Why would doing that make you lose your Gold Points? I had a Japanese account without NSO so that I could download the Famicom and Super Famicom libraries, and accessing and playing them from my UK account worked fine. I don’t understand what connection doing this would have to your existing Gold Points at all

I have one, but not the best looking of my consoles imo.

@Scapetti And they’re also digital, which is the less-preferred option for me when the choice is there. Pre-ordering first-party games at ShopTo is only £42.85, has the option of being physical, and doesn’t require you to invest in a second game.

Odd that the art style is stated to be inspired by specifically ‘Game Boy Pocket games’…

“Lethal Lava Trouble”? Is it not Lethal Lava Land?

If only this had been a thing when I was at primary school, back in the days of 64/Double Dash. I’d have mopped the floor with all my classmates.

I’d get it with the Switch SNES controller to save on shipping, but the latter has sold out. Again.

@mlj11 No, thank you. That has its own share of anti-consumer issues. Having the choice is fine, but an all-digital future will be the time I duck out of gaming for good.

Lol not for that price 😂

100% on Normal, everything except about 250 Korok Seeds on Master.

None of the above. Always YouTube.

*The Most Over-Rated 3D Sonic Game Gets An Unnecessary Remaster

Unfortunately it’s not less than 1,200 Poké Dollars, as it’s analogous to Yen, which translates to about £8 or US $11.

Bold to assume they’d give away Pokémon games for free via the potential Game Boy emulator, regardless of any age rating drama.

@Sam_TSM N64’s is the Japan-only DD add-on. NES’ is the Japan-only Famicom Disk System add-on. The Switch’s is apparently the sound it makes upon its first ever boot-up.

I found this video myself about a week ago, should be noted that the Super Famicom/SNES one is just the fanfare at the end of bonus games in Super Mario World.