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@Spider-Kev In most games Shy Guy has appeared in, since Yoshi’s Story. Not spoken lines, but they mean the ‘weeow’, wooow’, etc sounds that Shy Guys typically make.

@Jawz32U I live in Japan, and unfortunately couldn’t afford a trip to NYC, although I’d like to visit at least once in the future. I applied to the hands-on event in Tokyo, but unfortunately didn’t win the lottery to attend.

@SaiminDyute Yeah, just double-checked and you’re absolutely right. I’ll edit my comment to correct that.

@PJOReilly Yes, you can. Iirc, there are 3 options; Japanese, Japanese with Mario Kart, and Multi-Language. The latter is right at the bottom of the page.

@PJOReilly “There's no choice on which Switch 2 or bundle you'll get, with either a standard console, Mario Kart World Bundle or "region-free" model randomly assigned to those who meet the terms and are then chosen in the lottery. Lottery winners earn the right to pre-order the console or bundle they've been assigned.”

??? Where did you and @SapphireBlaze get this information? Afaik, this is totally untrue. I applied, specifically, for the Multi-Language edition on the website, and the e-mail I got after doing so also specified that it was the Multi-Language version that I had selected.

@Grail_Quest I also posted a comment regarding this a ways up from here, because there’s a passage in the article that makes it seem that way. However, I haven’t seen or heard anything official indicating that Japanese games can’t be played on multi-language Switches - only potentially the other way around.

@dartmonkey “I don't like the idea of going backwards and arbitrarily stopping people from playing imported games”

This line confuses me a bit. What does the decision to make a Japanese-language edition and a Multi-language edition have to do with imported games? 99% of Japanese gamers are not importing games from other countries, so they have no issue with a region-locked console. Meanwhile, the problem with those who decide to import the Japanese-language system is that they wouldn’t be able to play games from their own country - not imported games.

“Japanese families being able to afford the new Nintendo system is something no reasonable person should begrudge, despite the frustrating impact on expats living in the country.”

To be honest, the only frustrating aspect of it is that to get any Switch 2 here, you have to enter a very popular lottery, on a website that keeps crashing - but, so do the Japanese populace. The other potential frustration is that the Multi-language version will be exclusive to the My Nintendo Store here, so if we don’t win that lottery, then we don’t really have many other choices. But we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it…

In terms of price, Japanese-language is ¥50k, Multi-language is ¥70k; still cheaper than the UK, the US, and probably many other countries. So even then, still better off than I would have been back home.

@Johnny44 The woman that Mario rescues in the original 1981 arcade Donkey Kong, and subsequently in most of the Mario vs. Donkey Kong titles. Appeared as the mayor of New Donk City in Super Mario Odyssey, and has also been a playable character in a few of the more recent spin-offs.

@Stwert That’s what I had assumed, but the aforementioned passage doesn’t make it seem that way.

“You can at least transfer your save data over to Switch 2 from Switch — if you choose to upgrade, that is.”

Wait - so do you NEED to upgrade to play these games on Switch 2? You can’t just play the bog-standard version without having to pay?

@PikminMarioKirby It was revealed in the gameplay footage from today’s Treehouse presentation.

@Olliemar28 Pokémon Colosseum ought to be in that list of upcoming games, too.

@Not_Soos Yeah, that’s the one.

@Clyde_Radcliffe No, because Nintendo Today also exists here in Japan, too.

@Olliemar28 It’s not a fake app - because I already have it downloaded on my phone, as I type this. It’s just Japan-only.

Mystery solved.

Best announcement of the Direct.

This boss was awful, imo. The Volo/Giratina one was great, however.

@Spider-Kev Both alts used Z. There was the default, holding Z on 2-3 controllers, and holding Z on 4 controllers. No others afaik.

Probably the Nintendo IP that actually best fits film, in my opinion. Limitless possibilities for story, and the protagonist isn’t, and never has been, a silent one. Until then, at least we still have A Fox in Space.

‘Almost’ seems like a stretch. It reads more like it was just a mere suggestion at some point that was never really going to go anywhere.

@Damo “any attempt to tinker with the formula would comprise localisation efforts”

Should ‘comprise’ be ‘compromise’?

@JimNorman “we actually chuckled at the *sight of Princess Zelda”

@Otoemetry Yes they do, as that is the correct way to pronounce that word.

@Anti-Matter This was for GBC, not GBA.

@rvcolem1 Far from the only one that knows the answer, but no, 3 and up is the lowest it goes. It’s essentially the same as E for Everyone. I guess PEGI doesn’t recommend that anyone under 3 years old should play video games at all. 🤷🏻‍♂️

“Damn, there's a tune that'll be stuck in our heads for the rest of the day...”

Am I missing something? What tune? The sound of Pikachu’s feet?

@Dee123 That is not why.

@tobsesta99 Yeah, that also makes sense.

Robotnik as Brainiac?

Japan doesn’t hear back until March. So still waiting.

@Anti-Matter It’s the same on the original Switch.

A heads-up to those of us in Japan - registration here is already open.

@Coalescence Are you sure you’re clicking on ‘All Tracks’ and not the far more noticeable ‘Top Tracks’?

@Liam_Doolan “…fans were able to individually buy and download first-party retro titles…”

There were many second- and third-party games available to buy too. Not only first-party, by a long shot.

@Deviant-Dork …It’s an article about games on sale on the European eShop. A storefront that doesn’t use USD.

They make completely separate articles for recommendations based on sales on the North American eShop - a storefront that does use USD. Funnily enough, those articles display prices in USD.

Strange that, isn’t it…?

Very cool concept. Something to maybe point out to Jonathan unless he’s already noticed it by now - that photograph of the page where the magpie is swooping down to Poca in the alleyway - I believe the titular character’s speech bubble should read “Yeah? That would be great actually!” The ‘be’ is missing from the image featured in the article.

@JohnnyMind It says it’s being sold on the US eShop in the article.

@Olliemar28 “and the knowledge that if *your Pokémon”

@Olliemar28 The correct spelling is ‘Acquire’. A lot of edits to make on this one.

@MegaVel91 No, he probably didn’t miss that. It’s simply just not a fun mechanic for many of us. I skipped Echoes of Wisdom entirely, and prefer BotW over TotK, simply due to mandatory construction mechanics.

“It might not necessarily gel with the title of the game, unlike its Western counterpart”.

Except it does, because the game is called ‘夢の泉 デラックス’ (Fountain of Dreams Deluxe) in Japan, not ‘Nightmare in Dream Land’.

@SwitchplayerJohn They do print physical English editions, but only in Japan, unfortunately. They’re free at all Nintendo Stores.

@chardir You can use it for other games, like Smash and Mario Kart, but iirc there’s no button remapping for any of the NSO controllers.

And it doesn’t deserve it one bit.

I’ll be surprised if it’s anyone other than Metal Sonic, Amy, or Chaos.

@AlanaHagues “To get to the new park, you have to go through the 1Up store”

No you don’t. As someone who has visited USJ’s Super Nintendo World about 6 times in the past year, you have to go past the 1up Store to get to DKC. The entrance has been blocked off for months, and you do not walk through the 1up Store to get to it. That’s why in the Direct, Miyamoto continues to walk past the store’s entrance, instead of into it.

@Liam_Doolan The first word in the header should read ‘Available’. 🙂

@Ribbitsneed It doesn’t. It just released on the same day.

@Anti-Matter @Snatcher It already exists.

@PokemonDMG To be fair, if you say ‘this’, anyone would assume you are talking about the subject of the article you’re commenting on. Not mistakes from another game on the service.