MasterGraveheart

The DKC design is still the best… LOOK HOW THEY MANGLED MY BOY! ;_;

So did Sonic, but that doesn't mean it's gonna happen.

That said... Banjo-Kazooie needs a string of quality titles again before we have that conversation. This was an easier one to have in the N64 era, but, after departing for Microsoft and releasing Nuts 'n' Bolts, some serious work needs to be done to rebuild the brand.

...I don't wanna admit how many games I'm gonna have for my Switch 2 at launch... ^^;

I just want my wife, Abigail, to stop disappearing on me. I'm convincing myself she's in the caves doing her own adventures, but dangit, if she is, I wanna see, just like on rainy days! XD

Not a fan. Not a fan at all. The Country-style DK remains the best version. I get that this version is meant to be a throwback to the arcade original... this was the wrong place to do it, frankly. Do another Mario vs. Donkey Kong game and match it up with the Game Boy game if you must.

This feels like a huge miss.

I'm gonna imagine some games that are a bit more ingrained into the Switch hardware itself is gonna have some problems, i.e. Animal Crossing, which needed a whole new app just to transfer to a different console.

Of course there's Mario Kart. It's like scampi at Bubba Gump's "Of course we have scampi." Of course we have Mario Kart!

Though, tbh, I'm still kinda hoping this ends up being something like "Smash Kart," and they start inviting more than just the Mario crew to play. I know they did that with 8, but, let's expand. Samus in a Gunship kart. Nell from Advance Wars in a tank. Pit in a chariot.

Heck, go third party while you're at it! Cloud on Fenrir. Tifa in the buggy. Travis Touchdown on his motorcycle. Dr. Eggman in the Egg Mobile. Have a blast with that kinda thing!

Honestly excited for this. Could pave the way for more PC games that are dependent on a keyboard and mouse. And hey, if you can use a Switch 2 Keyboard, that can lead to some interesting possibilities!

@Itachi2099 @Unit_DTH That's right, I'd forgotten it was actually confirmed. So many rumors had come spiraling out of the woodwork, most of them ridiculous, that I've kinda just phased out everything I've heard on the subject from my mind and am just waiting for the actual announcements.

@Oracles_fanboi Goooot'cha. That makes more sense... at least it would if I hadn't seen just how awful certain circles can be. -_-;

It's probably a buncha stuff, tbh.

@Vivianeat Hopefully the backwards compatibility rumors are true, then. I know my backlog is thicker than the Storm King's Thunder Thighs too.

Why do I get the feeling this is largely due to a certain "love triangle" issue surrounding a certain upcoming third part of a certain trilogy?

Now, this could also, and more likely, just be a general thing that's going on, and that's wholly possible too, especially considering Square Enix's interest in dipping into A"I" and other morally questionable decisions, and while I wholly endorse taking the higher ups to task in a civil manner, to harass the lower staff is definitely not cool.

Decent size, justifies my choice to go physical... that and the barrel pen holder. Seriously, who doesn't want a Donkey Kong barrel on their desk? <3

Out: Baby boi Rook.

In: Grizzled veteran Rook who has been here before and has to start over from square one and is ready to tear Mira apart to get back to where they were and ask Matthew Mercer what the heck is going on.

@shiftbarackyeaugh I think a certain music group would have had an issue with it, tho.

Nintendo's watching all us fools be wrong and they're gonna reveal Wii U2. ;P

(Please no, Nintendo, I want that Switch successor, whatever you call it. ;_; )

I'm going to prefer physical media for a long time, largely because the contractual licensing and the tendencies for listings for digital to come and go at a moment's notice is extremely off-putting to me. I also don't particularly like to stream when I can own. I mean, I use streaming services, but I also own the movies I like most. Just recently got Godzilla Minus One for Christmas, as well as the Marvel vs. Capcom collection physical.

We'll be digital only one day, I'm sure. But when that day comes, it's my hope that the industry is in a healthier place with preservation, availability, and convenience.

I just want it to run the Final Fantasy VII ReTrilogy. Not even at the prettiest graphical resolution possible.

"I got someone from, let's say a studio close to Punch-Out, drunk at a bar..."

Uhhhh... okay then! I still want an HD remake of the Wii version, though. I remember a video on YouTube by Gaijin Goombah, who talked about the positive characteristics of the Wii Punch-Out characters (except for Super Macho Man and Aran Ryan, who were total jerks), as well as the attention to detail in the languages they spoke.

So, if this is true, it makes me sad, because the Wii Punch-Out did so much right in trying to avoid negative stereotypes.

And then retailers are instructed to keep packs behind the glass, making these scanners far less effective unless they're gonna get flipped on eBay or Amazon.

@AlienX Curvy/“top-heavy” characters are always slandered. It’s disgusting.

Evil Leia looking good here! Hoping to see Claude before too long, but really wanna see Dorothea, Mercedes, Hilda, and Hapi too.

And people wonder why gamers are hesitant to make the plunge to digital.

I now look at my folios of Switch games and am glad for what's there.

I was really hoping I could have caught Steven Universe on a discount, but... alas...

@G_and_Thomas Funny you should mention that? I thought "Monkey Kong" looked more like George from Rampage too!

Honestly, if they can cut down on the influence and role of the non-Robotnik humans? It'll be a step up. I want a SONIC movie. Not "Donut Lord's Friends co-starring Some Blue Guy."

Glad to have this one! Though, I am sad that this platform means they'll probably never do even digital soundtrack releases and keep it all on the streaming app. I'd love to add some of these to my general everything playlist.

@Olliemar28 And there's nothing wrong with that. Heck, I've got a lot of port hopes! Point was, considering Capcom didn't port World to Switch and instead gave them their own similar title to work with instead, I'm kind of hesitant to be ready to pencil it in. Heck, a lot of slam dunk ports didn't make it over to Switch from Capcom's side specifically.

If it does, though? I'll certainly have a spot in my folio for it. Or, whatever I'll need to store my Switch successor games.

Apologies if it came across as hostile or anything like that.

Nintendo, start treating your partners right today, or risk losing them tomorrow.

I'm going to avoid commenting on the unhinged hate Daisy gets for no justified reason and say that it's really bold of Nintendo Life to presume Capcom'll /bother/ porting Wilds to the Switch Successor (I can't call it Switch 2 until I know for sure, sorry). Honestly, there's been a lot of slam dunk ports for Switch that never happened, so, I'm very... hesitant to get excited over speculation, know what I mean?

...Seriously, the actors paying for J.J. Abrams' sins... >.>'

Respectfully, Alana? My answer is no.

Chrono Trigger, the Mana games, the Final Fantasy Tactics games, all would be ripe for 2D-HD remakes. They're gorgeous, and frankly? I don't care how many there've been. I want more because I wanna keep polishing greats like Chrono Trigger (can you tell I want an HD-2D remake of Chrono Trigger?).

Even better? NEW games that come from those franchises that use the HD-2D style! Octopath Traveler is great and deserves its notoriety. But that doesn't mean other franchises can't have fun with it. Can you imagine a true sequel to Chrono Trigger (there it is again) in the 2D-HD style? So we can get the awful taste of Chrono Cross out of our mouths?

This is still giving me "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" vibes, and not in a good way (is there a good way?). This feels like it's going to be the Bomberman: Act Zero of the franchise.

That's fine? But it's nowhere near where it should be. That entire NES/SNES/Genesis/Master System/Game Boy/Game Boy/Game Boy Advance/N64 Color back catalog needs to be ready to go yesterday.

Honestly, as long as it can play the current-gen stuff without major compromise (i.e. Final Fantasy VII R-Trilogy, Elden Ring, etc.), I'm good. It doesn't need to be ready for PS6 or Xbox-Whatever stuff. We're Nintendo fans. We know it ain't gonna be cream of the crop graphics (though I maintain GameCube games looked WAY better than OG Xbox or PS2 games by and large). We just need it to run well and be fun.

Thanks, I hate it!

@N00BiSH That is exactly what I was thinking of watching that trash.

Love Alexey and Henk! Here’s to the next 40 years of Tetris!

I wasn't a big fan of how heavy Sonic 2 leaned into its human non-Robotnik cast, so, if Sonic 3 can avoid that mistake and keep the focus on the actual game characters and not the self-inserts, it'll be a winner!

There isn't a lot I would expect from Nintendo. Maybe trailers for already announced projects like Pokemon Legends A-Z, Metroid Prime 4, or Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. Fully new announcements, though? No, I think Nintendo'll do its own separate event like when the Switch was announced.

I'm honestly convinced this game is just toast and never coming out... and I'm okay with that.

File me under "doubtful." January, after the holiday rush, is more likely, especially leading up to Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and a rundown of what's coming out for Switch leading up to the Switch Successor, which I'm trying to avoid calling Switch 2, just in case they wanna avoid the PlayStation thing of just going 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., and seem like they're imitating. I've been calling it the Switch Neo, personally!

Lloyd & Sheena canon romance confirmed, let's go!

Honestly, I'm not even mad? I just want them to get it right after working so hard on it.

Pre-ordered because I want that barrel pen holder to go with my Donkey Kong figure.

@Anti-Matter Okay, fiiiine. I declare the PS2 sold... 777 more units than the N-Gage. There. I'm not that heartless.

Okay, fine.

I officially declare Sony sold zero PS2s.

It's about as legitimate as Sony's claim.

Congratulations to Sony for being the worst-selling console of all time in the PS2!

...Congratulations on Nokia's N-Gage for not being the worst.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised. Between Switch and Steam Deck, console power in a portable form is probably more of the long-term future and, as a Nintendo die-hard, I'm kinda proud that Nintendo really started that trend. I know, I see you PSP/PS Vita. You were great... but you were handhelds first and foremost. Switch, Steam Deck, that's console power and it's equivalent to consoles at the time. There's no question about that. I think Sony getting back into the portable game, and Microsoft doing something similar (Xbox Go, anyone?) is kinda inevitable at this point. Especially if the Switch successor does even half as good as the Switch classic.

I have a 1.5tb for my Switch... and I'm ready for the 2tb... XD

Fingers crossed for the Tengen version to be added! That one has to be, like, the holy grail addition now, right?

It makes perfect sense! The Nintendo Directs are so early in the morning for so many around the world, they want fans to wake up on time for 'em and pull in those sweet sweet viewer numbers.

I’m bummed out about the alterations, but I freely admit that a part of it is due to wanting something more akin to the more revealing original. Sure, I do also believe in staying true to the original intended designs, and that the west, the US especially, is very prudish when it comes to sexuality, but I’m also not going to downplay that I do like the scantly-clad original. It doesn’t help that the shirt and pants they added are basically flesh-toned. If they needed to add, maybe they shoulda used chainmail and not just pretend with the flesh-colored shirt?

It would be nice if things in games like this changed depending on the player’s age, but that might be more trouble than it’s worth for a bit of pixel titillation.

Be stronger than that cesspit of pain and anguish. Fight for your fans and live for your family. <3