MasterGraveheart

No Game Key cards for me. I want my physical games to actually contain the game on it. I tried to see the advantages, but, found little. I want to buy physical games to save space on my system, but, if I have a digital game, I want to keep my card slot free for a physical game, like right now. I actively play Animal Crossing via a digital game, and Xenoblade Chronicles X and Pokemon Scarlet as a physical. The convenience of the two-pronged approach is meaningful to me.

I'd sooner go to an all-digital format, but while physical media is still being made, I'm going to continue to purchase physical and keep the games forever while not being burdened with the "game license" clauses. To me, the game key card is another cumbersome form of DRM.

tl;dr: If I'm getting a digital game, just let me keep the physical slot clear for a physical game.

I’ve warmed up to the new look, so, I’m good with it, but I wish they didn’t wholesale change it. Just add the new look as a new icon instead of replacing it. Give people the options.

Although, thinking now, it was available as a reward in the NSW icon catalog, wasn’t it?

So much for “Forever Physical.”

The tagline to this headline was my reaction to that price tag. ^^;

@KidSparta Also because it only has 30 HP, so, it's gonna stop ringing pretty quickly. :3

I don't care who gets it so long as Nintendo gets a version on their system... and it doesn't end up like Nuts 'n' Bolts...

I'd actually forgotten about the DLC, so when I read the headline, I accidentally thought it was referring to the Switch 2 enhancement stuff... ^^;

What bugs me most is that you NEED the key card IN THE CARD SLOT to play the DIGITAL game. That was the deal breaker for me to just go digital for these "game key-card" releases. It just makes both digital and physical games worse.

Personally, it might be Nintendo's way of conditioning us for an inevitable all-digital future. Not a future I look forward to.

Hmmm, I wonder what the next world will be. XD

For preservation's sake? I think we absolutely SHOULD get the HD remakes again this gen. Wii U was going on a decade ago now, so there's no excuse. The original and HD are different play experiences.

I know they wanna have that red bar at the top for brand identification, but, I'd like to humbly suggest it be semi-transparent instead of solid. That way we can get a hint of what's in the background while still keeping the visual identity.

I voted through the list above, but of those not listed? I want Silksong, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, and The DuskBloods. In fact, you could say those three are probably among my most wanted. I'm shocked they aren't listed here.

@Spider-Kev Not sure I'd call the JoyCon wrist strap strip of plastic a suitable dock. I'm thinking something wider. Kinda like the old Wii Mario Kart wheel.

Nintendo. Put Pac-Man 99 and Super Mario Bros. 35 on the Expansion Pack, you cowards.

Wow, Bowser and Peach getting more friendly. Time to send Junior off to those online friends of his while Mario gets left on the sidelines. XD

Also, Bowser repeating his Dad of the Year wins.

You know what the mouse needs? A cheap plastic bracket to set the JoyCon in so it has a wider base to slide on. I'm worried I'm going to be in an intense firefight in something like Metroid or Doom, and end up toppling over as I slide it around whatever surface I use. A wider platform to set it in would be nice, and would probably not cost much.

So, you know, it'll be charged, like, $30.

Hey, 4th place at 2:18 as of this post! Best I've ever done!

I'm sure many'll beat it soon.

But I did have to think on a few of those. Especially since I never thoroughly played Tri-Force Heroes... I kinda took a wild guess...

Can I just have a single-player campaign, please?

There is no bright side. Get angry. Get mad. And aim it at the current administration. Bear down at him and his goon followers. Let the torrent of criticism and rage be nonstop. Protests work. Find any company he's connected to and make life miserable for them. Find his donor companies and boycott them entirely. Make him feel even more broke than he actually is.

Meanwhile, I should propose to someone in Canada. Get citizenship and move over.

EA hasn't been relevant on a Nintendo console since... probably SNES? When was the last time EA ever had a series of games on the platform that had a significant impact or presence?

Honestly, at this point, just give me the Sims Legacy Collection and a Road Rash Collection. Simple, quick, dirty, not like we'll get Mass Effect, and we're done.

I'll definitely be picking this one up. It's interesting, now I'm crunching numbers in my head. The Steam page is listed at 70GB minimum required. This fits on a 64GB. While certainly there'll be some graphical compromises, it's got me thinking ahead to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (this trilogy was on my Switch 2 wish list), which has about 100GB for Steam size. Now, Switch 2, even in 4K docked, isn't reaching the PC releases file size and if we try and compare graphical size needs to...

Austin Powers: "Oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed..."

I should relax on this for now... x.x;;

I've "notoriously" said some pretty harsh things about the redesign after the original reveal in the Mario Kart World teaser a few weeks ago (dumpy-looking was the word I used, I think), but my opinion did a complete 180 once I saw how much more vibrant and animated he was yesterday. Now I love it!

I think I'll always be partial to the more "don't mess with me" style the Country-version DK was, but this was SO much better and put the new Donkey Kong in his best light.

Awesome! Been hoping for this one! Now we just need Tifa for Smash Bros. 6 to be confirmed!

Donkey Kong looks SOOOOO much better here than in Mario Kart World. Like, this is almost like a THIRD design at this point. I still PREFER the DKC version, but I'd happily play with this version!

Yeah, if we could get that 2D-HD remake on modern consoles, please? That'd be great. And if you can let us choose which translation we want? Whether or not we want the anime cut scenes? If we want the DS bonuses tacked on? Gold mine.

I think this goes to show that we need something more like the Netflix or iTunes of gaming (in concept, not necessarily practice, don't downvote me yet!). Something that can be accessed on multiple different platforms, easy to sift through, play on a subscription basis... something to preserve older games. I know it's not perfect, but something that can help with the preservation. Especially for obscure and rare titles like this one. Sure, you'll get stubborn Nintendo, Sony, Capcom, or whatever trying to do their own thing forever and eternity, but games preservation is a huge deal, and in the relative early stages of its life cycle, we need to see more done for preservation, and no, piracy of often-shoddy roms isn't enough (not to say I'm against game piracy these days with the way the biggest companies have been acting). Much of cinema and literature's earliest days are lost, and games are at risk of falling prey to this without better preservation.

Not being interested in the gatcha games (aside from Go for the shiny chances alone), it still somehow sunk below my expectations. I was excited for Z-A, but after seeing it, my excitement was actually tempered from seeing the graphics and the poor scaling (what did they do to Onix?!).

My other big hope was for shiny cover legendary raids or gifts for Scarlet and Violet and we get... Rotom phone covers, pseudo-legendary raids and starter raids. I mean, starters, fine, but, they're not necessarily exciting, y'know? At least there'll be shiny chances.

Like, again, my expectations were low, but... wow.

At least I got a few Shiny Genesect and Tornadus last night. That was MY Pokémon Day!

I want my Black & White remakes, but I don't want it to be like they were for BDSP. I don't want a bare-minimum graphics upgrade, and certainly not in that style. I wanna see it be the Scarlet & Violet graphical style with all the bells and whistles. Find a way to hybrid it with Black 2 & White 2, and we're golden.

Stuff like this is why I'm always weary of reproduction cartridges, especially for games that weren't originally on the systems they were made for. Which sucks, because I do wanna play Sweet Home at some point.

@nhSnork Oh no, no need. He's just gonna be an snack offering to Hayreddin, the Territorial, when we need it.

One of my all-time favorite games, back, and better than ever. The fun thing is? Having done so much to explore last time around? I think this time around, I'm gonna be much more thorough going world-by-world... it'll probably help me from eating a bunch of team-wipes too and actually get used to combat instead of just trying to power through everything like a brute. XD

I won't lie? Not being a fan of brown OR yellow clothes? These actually look pretty good.

"Tatsu is not food!"

I'm willing to defy that logic.

Bowser's Castle would be my choice out of these, and I think a cruise ship would be really good too (especially if you get Daisy involved!). But my first instinct was a homage to Super Mario 64. Make L real and have Luigi have to clean up Peach's Castle of ghosts! They're already a presence, so, there's some lore to build off of there! And hey, maybe the paintings could encroach on the castle and merge the landscapes a bit?

I spent way too much time reading the text and biffed the Troupe Leader's mask. I'm ashamed of myself on this one. ;_;

Look, we know the jokes that're gonna be made. They're adorable, way out of my price range, if someone wants to buy one for me, though, I promise to pose a tasteful photo of her (or him, they can be males too!) with my guitar on social media.

I just want Symphony of the Night on a Nintendo platform, dangit!

Xenoblade Chronicles X for me, but only because it's the closest and I loved that game to pieces on Wii U. <3

Well, I mean, I get it. PlayStation's brand is on the PlayStation name, not the 1, 2, 3, 4... nobody owns the Arabic numerals.

And here I am still waiting on even bigger storage space.

...I'm an item hoarder, alright? >.>;

@Eel The last Harvest Moon games I played were the SNES and N64 games. I liked the idea, but the deadlines and limited time frame just kinda turned me off.

@Doctor-Moo Not yet, I have been meaning to try it. I think I have a digital copy of one of the Rune Factories on my 3DS, but, I haven't had a chance to dig deep into it.

There needs to be a policy that any of these A"I" generated games have to go on a separate page. Any failure to declare use of A"I" generation results in your game being delisted.

I'm sorry, but this A"I" trend actively needs to be fought against.

Right, so, this is "new" Harvest Moon, not the original that is now Story of Seasons, right? It's so very confusing keeping these straight...

But, anyway, it's hard for me to get into other cozy farming sims after Stardew Valley. It just nailed that mechanic so beautifully. And what I appreciate most is the pace. You're never rushed. The original Harvest Moons had me on such a bad timer, it was hard to really enjoy my run, y'know? Has that gotten any better in later installments?

@N00BiSH Actually? The DKC cartoon Donkey Kong has way more dignity than this redesigned one. It's like, someone was dared to make the worst Donkey Kong, and DKC cartoon DK breathed a sigh of relief when they succeeded.

With or without hair.

I genuinely hate this new design. This DK isn't king of anything. He's dumpy unemployed DK.

Like, he isn't even movie DK. He's a DK who has raided your fridge and is asking if you'd go out and pick him up some chicken nuggets before he binge watches something off of your streaming services while crashing on your couch. Like he's between jobs and desperately trying to figure out how he'll freeload off of you for another day.

If they wanted to move away from the DKC Donkey Kong look, you could have still gone with either the movie or the Game Boy game version. This dead-eyed doofus does nothing for me.

@OwenOtter Well, I've been using the "Graveheart" name on the Internet since the VERY early 2000s, so, I'm gonna take indirect credit for the game character's name. ^^;

Nintendo, early in the Switch's life, you had one of the best curated storefronts in the game. Now, you've devolved to Epic/Steam levels of trashy. Start vetting and get more selective.

Sadly, I don't either. Microsoft has an iron grasp on Rare, and they're only gonna chase trends. Alas, poor Banjo & Kazooie, we hardly knew ye...

I'm a supporter of the LGBT+ community. It's a political minefield on the subject, and in the U.S., with the way politics is going, it feels like the attitude towards that community is getting worse. These are human beings. Plain and simple. And they deserve to be treated like human beings. This includes recognition and representation. Not in a "here, but not there" kind of thing. Human beings. Created equal. Key word, equal.

Nintendo of America didn't do the right thing in censoring it completely in the original release (I'm against censorship too, btw). They somewhat righted the ship here. Vivian is a great character, and one that can challenge perceptions and help people see the world around them is a lot more dynamic than they thought or expected. She's worth celebrating.

Now, do I think Nintendo's gonna win this award? Probably not. Lots of strong nominations. Would I like them? That's hard to say, because again, lots of strong nominations. But you know what I hope? I hope this is a sign of things to come for Nintendo and they can get nominated for these kinds of awards more often.

Sorry for getting deep on this one, but, frankly, representation is at risk more than ever these days, so to see it championed is worth celebrating and acknowledging.