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Soooo what's the actual price now then? Am considering picking up a Switch sometime soon so knowing the actual would be useful.

Why no Wave Race? :/

@FragRed Well, maybe that just indicates that perhaps gaming doesn't need a high street presence to be successful. I imagine if there were money in it, more dedicated gaming shops would exist. Despite the efforts of the last ten or so years, games and consoles just don't seem to have cracked the 'mainstream' in a way that makes a solely game-selling shop sustainable.

I think that's probably because gaming as a whole is an expensive hobby. If you're a film enthusiast you buy a Blu Ray in HMV for £15, if you like sports then the cost of the gear in Sports Direct is usually relatively low, if you enjoy beauty products then nice soaps/bath products etc are around the £10 mark in Body Shop etc. But gaming? Nah mate thats £50 in GAME.

Unfortunately there isn't a Grainger Games near me, and CEX is just as trashy as GAME. Perhaps the high street presence deserves to die if no one can make a good run of it...

@FragRed I entirely agree. It would be a shame to lose the highstreet presence, but then again GAME is definitely not a good front for the industry as a whole. Got into a right mess with them a couple of years ago when I was trying to buy a PS4 instore. All their fault, mind.

No disrespect to those that work there but I hope GAME dies. Nothing good at all to say about the way the company operates. They mislead and lie to consumers in order to try and make even more money.

Switch games seem to be doing pretty well in the UK charts. Are there any rough estimations on how many units the Switch itself has shifted in the UK?

To Europe or just to the EU?

Also the Facebook tagline for this is very sloppy. Currently reads 'The new Blazblue is Switch is coming to the EU...'

@Octane Fall 2018. Get your preorder in now

@RusevDay didn't take long!

>inb4 people complaining they don't want Netflix on Switch because extra features + additional value for money = bad.

@westman98 it's cute, though! Reminds of Supersonic Warriors/2 on GBA and DS

I mean, it's good that the Switch is doing great, but it's still a bit sad that neither of the two, new best selling games are available on Nintendo.

DBZ is particularly puzzling.

Preorders open when??

I hate how silly people are about this debate. Stop saying 'I don't want Netflix because blah blah blah blah blah'. You should always want the most value for money out of your purchases otherwise you are just being ripped off.

Honestly, can you guys stop being fanboys for one second? Pretty please?

The last time I went into an indie games store was two years ago, in Portslade near Brighton. They sold me a Nintendo 64 controller with a wonky stick (only noticed when I got back home in Essex and no, it definitely wasn't damaged in my bag) and a copy of Shadows of the Empire which didn't work.

Haven't been in an indie games store since and don't intend too. Ebay/Amazon is fine for me as if I feel ripped off by something or an item isn't as advertised getting a refund is usually a simple process and often supported by Ebay/Amazon themselves.

@Yorumi I don't think you understand. At all.

It's not 'singling out video games'. It's added it to a list of things that cause addictive behaviours. No one here is talking about 'obessesive' behaviours with fandoms and the other random crap you listed. Being obsessed with or enjoying something IS NOT THE SAME as being addicted to something.

You also don't understand what a mental disorder is or what this whole discussion is about. Go do some research and then come back.

@Yorumi if there is a tick in your head compelling you to do something then it's a mental disorder. If you just spend a lot of time doing something, and are in control of your time then it's not.

Not a difficult distinction to make. People get addicted to gaming just like they get addicted to alchol and other things. Difference being if you're addicted to alcohol you can actually get help for that. If you're addicted to gaming you cannot.

The ESA is so full of it.

I myself suffered a gaming addiction a few years back. It was to League of Legends, and lasted about two years. I would play at any given moment, even when I didn't have time, and I would miss social and work commitments to play.

Sometimes I wouldn't even want to play, but there was a twitch in my brain that pretty much forced me to login and I couldn't resist it. I hated the game so much, and didn't even enjoy it, but I couldn't stop myself from playing.

Thankfully I eventually managed to pull myself out and am now enjoying life much more. In hindsight I would definitely class that addiction as a mental health disorder.

The ESA are so full of it. There is literally no downside to classifying some gaming addictions as mental health disorders. If I could have visited my GP for help I'm certain I could have saved the two years of my life I wasted playing that stupid game.

@Bunkerneath what is your reason for not eating at McDonald's?

They've got loads more Nintendo jumpers than the ones shown here. Loads of cheaper ones, too. Why have NL only advertised the most expensive ones? There are some for £27.99 on the website, with better designs too.

Is this article a paid ad, only advertising the more expensive ones? Does the law not stipulate that paid ads should be marked as such? Can't see anything in this article highting that. Perhaps this should be reported? This 'article' leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. Just can't understand why, if this wasn't an ad, they wouldn't NLhighlight the cheaper jumpers too? Suspicious...

That said, the Nintendo ones have the worst designs. The Star Wars ones look much better and actually follow traditional Christmas themes, such as a tree.

@FragRed it's £25 on Amazon. How much cheaper do you want a retail game on launch day?!

Lost interest in Amiibo well over a year ago, and the ones I would be interested in buying (namely BotW, Zelda collection) aren't available for a reasonable price.

Pleaaasseee focus on making a good game rather than just trying to cram in as many gimmicks as you can...

So does this disprove the Giovanni suicide theory from HGSS?

Isn't the real version of Monopoly basically just sitting around waiting for something to happen? Seems like the Switch rings true...

'Triple A' games come with 'Triple A' file sizes...

@BigBabyPeach well this is a UK website sooooo.....

Soooooo basically every big first-party title? Surely this is expected...

'inadvertently'

This is nothing to do with it being a 'niche' title. Less real world advertising + low amount of units produced = lower sales. Mario Kart and other topselling Switch titles all received substantial advertising campaigns. FE:W did not.

Still don't have a Switch, but was looking to pick this up on 3DS. Not available from Amazon, only place seems to be Nintendo themselves for £5 extra with a poster I definitly don't want.

@carlos82 that's a very one-sided way of looking at the situation. The Switch only launched this year - of course it's going to be selling better than X1 month on month. But the fact that, according to your comment, it's still second behind the PS4 is quite worrying indeed.

I would love to see BF2 on Switch, but I'd be very very suprised if it ever actually happened.

What was the latest pack released for Dimensions? I stopped looking at it after the Sonic pack came out, not that I've ever bought anything Dimensions related.

Cost of entry is just too damn high.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE where else can you get cheap, relatively high-quality figures of a wide variety of Nintendo characters? Only with amiibo.

@thesilverbrick would you mind explaining the appeal of Super Star Ultra? I had the DS re-release and playing it again on the SNES mini but, is it all just mini games? Spring Breeze is short and I can't see a reason why I'd ever play the Gourmet Race more than once.

I guess what I'm asking is, what is supposed to be the 'meat' of the game?

How about a guide on where to buy the actual game?

The lack of Disney and Star Wars games are the big ones for me. Plus Bomberman of course. Will hack my SNES just to get those!

I'll watch this in the cinema, of course, and probably buy the blu-ray too, but I realllllly hope it doesn't suck.

There is quite a few different types of Pikachu in that picture.

Assuming it is safe to do so, I will hack the SNES mini. There are loads of games they missed out. But only when it is 100%, I dont have the funds to buy a new one should it mess up!

Oh dear...RIP third party support on Switch.

Not surprised Metroid has dropped out, been trying to find a copy since launch but no luck at all.

Anyone else ordered from the Official Nintendo Store? Says mine isn't being dispatched until Friday! Outrage!

Vita's failure was Sony's own doing, but before we all jump on the Sony bashing train lets wait a few years and see what Switch vs PS4 sales are like, only then will we be able to gauge if they were correct in their assessment or not

Time will tell. If these don't sell well, I can't imagine Bethesda continuing this relationship

@Nintendoforlife What does it matter what you want it to be known as? What you want it to be known will hinder the systems sales. Let the system grow and achieve it's full potential.

@Nintendoforlife I say you hate Nintendo because you're trying to downplay the versatile nature of the Switch. By doing this you're harming the systems reputation and its sales potential. The Switch will have more value if it can do more things.

The Switch is plenty capable of running both games and apps. There is no reason that it shouldn't do so and there is no downside to this. Apart from, of course, that it obviously offends you.

@Nintendoforlife The system is plenty capable of doing both. What's your issue? You're really downplaying what a versatile system the Switch is. Do you hate Nintendo?

@Nintendoforlife it's not a console it's a tablet and should be treated as such.

'So, things we had to abandon for Awakening were able to make it into Fates.'

Like feet?

Please don't tell me you have to play the avatar stages...I'd really rather not

@Kalmaro why is the first comment almost always the most stupid comment?

There are loads of classic Sega games on Wii. There are loads of remastered Sega games on 3DS. There are loads of Sega games on Wii U. There are exclusive Sonic games on Wii U. Sonic has been in Smash Bros for the past two games. Sonic and Mario star on several games of the same series.

News about a Sega classic console is very much in the interest of the Nintendo Life readership. If you don't care then why did you open the article and comment? I get you're trying to act smart but you just come off as a huge derp.