MontyCircus

If you only game on Nintendo boxes, then they are some wonderful "new" game experiences. It's all about perspective.

Instead of listing them, I'll say I have every Nintendo-made controller for Switch/NS2 (except the Sega Genesis controller...that's the worst D-pad ever...a horrible disc!), plus the 8BitDo arcade stick.

So I have I think...6 different D-pad options? Plus an actual arcade joystick. It's not like there aren't options out there...

@SynapticFlow

Platinum Points are earned by completing My Nintendo missions. There are three types of My Nintendo missions for Platinum Points:

• Regular Platinum Points can be earned by completing missions related to the My Nintendo service through the My Nintendo website.
• Platinum Points related to an application (like Super Mario Run Platinum Points) can be earned by completing missions related to smartphone or tablet applications. These missions can be viewed through the My Nintendo website or on device.
• Users with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership can earn regular Platinum Points by using their Nintendo Switch 2 or Nintendo Switch to complete various missions.

I find I earn them without thinking about it, probably just by signing into my account or using my Switch 2 normally, etc.

But here's a Reddit thread with people discussing how to max out their earnings: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/1l2vc2x/my_nintendo_platinum_points_earning_strategy/

"Best 'Game Featuring A Squirrel With A Gun' 2025"

No runners-up listed?? That's just laziness....

It's got good reviews, but Steam users don't rate it well so far, with detractors saying it's inferior to Undertale and moon.

Merry Christmaaaaaaaaaaaas!

@Borland

I think this list is a representation of how the games were rated by NL users (that's you and me!)

Have you rated...any of them? Usually the people complaining about these lists haven't rated anything.

This is the kind of thing NL is essential for. I don't think I would have come across this patch news (or the early heads-up that it originally wasn't released in a great state) if it wasn't for this site.

To me, this is kind of like answering the question:

"Would you be sad/angry/upset if the Earth's average temperature is even warmer next year?"

Not saying I don't care, or have no opinion. But also, at this point, no sense in getting worked up about the inevitable. I'm kind of resigned to it. Not thrilled about it. Just kind of "what can ya do?" reaction.

We've already got 100% A.I. generated musical artists/songs/albums. They suck.

I'm sure we'll get 100% A.I. generated games. They'll suck.

But everyone will be using it as a tool. Everyone. In one way or another. Some gross, some "whatever".

I'm sure we're not far away from EVERY "Game of the Year" contender having used it in one way or another. Then are we supposed to boycott......everything?

From the bad jumping to the frustrating conveyor belts. It's just a bad time overall. It got to the point where I would sometimes just wait for the polar bear to come kill me so I could "jump up" a level.

I intended to clear all the levels but decided it wasn't worth my time. It just wasn't any fun.

If there was a mod or something where you can jump like Mario, then it might even be a great game.

Getting:

• The Rogue Prince of Persia
• Cast n Chill (wasn't on my radar before this!)
• Factorio (Finally a good port for NS2!)
• System Shock

When I read the headline, I was going to come in with a joke:

"I think the winner might rhyme with 'Bonkey Dong Konanza' "

But now I'm afraid you will be correct...

@Contes N64 controllers for Switch are available.

I got mine 2½ years ago.

These lists are generated by the game ratings of NL users (that's you and me).

The blurbs are by the editors. They aren't going to constantly edit the blurbs when the list order changes.

That would be...ILLOGICAL.

The lists are generated by game ratings of NL users (that you and me).

I find the people that complain about them, also don't bother to rate the games themselves.

Michael Caine's all-time great quote, when someone complained to him that Jaws 4: The Revenge was garbage:

"I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific!"

As of October 21, 2015, there were 19.

Getting:

• Dunjungle (rated "Overwhelmingly Positive" by over 600 users on Steam, the highest possible rating)
• Terminator 2D: NO FATE (NL is the lowest outlet's rating on MetaCritic so far, everyone else is 8/10+)
• Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition (GameFAQs users rate this #95 on their "The Top 100 PSX Games of All-Time" list)

IGN ranked R-Type III: The Third Lightning the #65 best SNES game.

It's well-regarded by the "Shmups Forum", having been an "Honourable Mention" on their annual "Top 25 Shmups of All Time" polls, but behind the original R-Type and R-Type Delta.

The quote from the Netflix co-CEO:

"I think, over time, the windows will evolve to be much more consumer friendly, to be able to meet the audience where they are quicker…I’d say right now, you should count on everything that is planned on going to the theater through Warner Bros. will continue to go to the theaters through Warner Bros., and Netflix movies will take the same strides they have, which is, some of them do have a short run in the theater beforehand. But our primary goal is to bring first-run movies to our members, because that’s what they’re looking for.”

In other words: "whatever is already planned to come to theatres that we can't easily change will still come out in theatres, but after that it's straight to streaming baby! Da-dummm!"

Getting:

• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
• Octopath Traveler 0 (Switch 2)
• Red Dead Redemption: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (free upgrade for-the-win!)
• Milano's Odd Job Collection (PS1 Japan exclusive curio)

I'm an awards show nut, so I'll be there with bells on!

One big problem with The Game Awards though (similar to the Super Bowl) it's hard to figure out when to run to the bathroom and get refreshments, as the ads are as big a draw as the rest of the show.

It was 20% off in a pre-launch sale end of April.
Then again in mid-July
Then again end of September
So should be due again mid-December.

Getting:

• Assassin's Creed Shadows (hoping for a good port)
• Brotato - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Free upgrade? YEAH!)
• Marvel Cosmic Invasion
• Simogo Legacy Collection - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
• Picross S Capcom Classics Edition
• PICROSS S SNK CLASSICS ＆ NEOGEO Edition
• Popucom
• Viewfinder

I love Mega Man, and I've never heard of them either. Looks like they were all DS games, and I've never been a handheld gamer.

Every game in the series' Metacritic score = "stinky"

There was a recent article, Nintendo said it was a sales disaster and they "couldn't give them away." It caused Nintendo to stay away from educational games.

Heck yeah Battletoooooooads!!!

Battletoads

• IGN ranked it #40 on their "Top 100 NES Games of All Time" list.
• NL users (that's you and me!) rank it the #49 Best NES Game of All Time.

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos

• IGN ranked it #43 on their "Top 100 NES Games of All Time" list.
• NL users (that's you and me!) rank it the #23 Best NES Game of All Time.

So both new NES offerings are consensus Top 50 games from the console.

Bionic Commando

• NL users (that's you and me!) rank it the #31 Best Game Boy Game of All TIme.

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters

• NL users (that's you and me!) rank it the #38 Best Game Boy Game of All Time.

Now they've got me dreaming again of an NES Bionic Commando re-issue...but how? >>> I forgot that it is included in Street Fighter 6!

Getting:

• Kirby Air Riders
• Neon Inferno
• R-Type Delta: HD Boosted
• Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

629

or Illusion of Gaia?

181

The list uses each game's average star-rating, so great smaller games aren't buried by a best-selling game's "total likes".

Which is........exactly what you are complaining it should be.

It already...is that.

That's why Chrono Trigger can be higher on the list than:

• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
• EarthBound
• Super Mario All-Stars
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
• Mega Man X
• Donkey Kong Country
• Kirby Super Star
• F-Zero
• Super Mario Kart
• Star Fox

Despite the fact that Chrono Trigger has less ratings than all of those games.

@USWITCH64 @Misima

The people that complain about these lists usually haven't bothered to rate any of the games on them.

They're ranked by NL users' ratings (that's you and me).

1TB SanDisk micro sd express card when?

The Shmups Forum has had an annual poll for 20 years.

R-Type Delta has made the "Top 25 Shmups of All Time" list in the past, and was an honourable mention in the latest poll.

In the latest poll, the original R-Type was voted the #24 best shmup of all-time.

In the past, both R-Type III: The Third Lightning and R-Type Final have been honourable mentions.

The Shmups Forum has had an annual poll for 20 years.

R-Type Delta has made the "Top 25 Shmups of All Time" list in the past, and was an honourable mention in the latest poll.

In the latest poll, the original R-Type was voted the #24 best shmup of all-time.

In the past, both R-Type III: The Third Lightning and R-Type Final have been honourable mentions.

A good point. Yes, that was odd.

@RainbowSplatter

According to Google, upwards of 97% of Dutch people speak English, and "the Netherlands is one of the top countries in the world for English proficiency as a second language".

Not every people in every country has mandatory English lessons in primary school. So it's not hard to imagine why they would see options of "Japanese or English" as a "bummer".

Here are all the Game Awards nominees that are on Switch or NS2:

• Hades II - 6 nominations (Game of the Year, Direction, Art Direction, Score and Music, Independent, Action)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong - 5 nominations (Game of the Year, Art Direction, Score and Music, Independent, Action/Adventure)
• Donkey Kong Bananza - 2 nominations (Game of the Year, Family)
• Split Fiction - 4 nominations (Game Direction, Action/Adventure, Family, Multiplayer)
• EA Sports FC 26 - 2 nominations (Innovation in Accessibility, Sports/Racing)
• Fortnite - 2 nominations (Ongoing, Community Support)
• No Man's Sky - 2 nominations (Ongoing, Community Support)
• Mario Kart World - 2 nominations (Family, Sports/Racing)
• Sonic Racing: Crossworlds - 2 nominations (Family, Sports/Racing)
• Absolum - 1 nomination (Independent)
• Ball x Pit - 1 nomination (Independent)
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance - 1 nomination (Action)
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2 - 1 nomination (Fighting)
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection - 1 nomination (Fighting)
• Lego Party! - 1 nomination (Family)
• Lego Voyagers - 1 nomination (Family)
• Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles - 1 nomination (Sim/Strategy)
• Sid Meier's Civilization VII - 1 nomination (Sim/Strategy)
• Two Point Museum - 1 nomination (Sim/Strategy)

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was nominated for 2 Game Awards:

• Best Performance
• Best Action/Adventure

There have been 6 nominees for Game of the Year for the last 8 years, going back to 2018.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's highest MetaCritic score is "88" for PS5. The others were "87" for PC and "86" for Series X.

Every Game of the Year winner of the past decade has had a MetaCritic score of "89" or higher on at least one platform.

Of the 6 nominations this year, only Kingdom Come: Deliverance II failed to get an "89" or higher. It got an "88" on all 3 platforms it was released on: PC, PS5, and Series X.

Ninja Gaiden 4 was nominated for Best Action Game.

Europe looks like someone having a rough time on the toilet.

Japan has all the passion.

Getting:

• DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
• Goodnight Universe
• Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
• Yakuza Kiwami 2
• Videoverse (It's got a "90" for PC on MetaCritic)

Already had:

• Atelier Ryza Trilogy (doesn't look like the DX upgrade is at all essential)
• Dave the Diver (getting the NS2 upgrade)
• Overcooked 2 (getting the NS2 upgrade)
• Yakuza Kiwami (getting the NS2 upgrade)

This is still the undisputed king of video game-related music:

There is an eShop discount if you already have the NS1 version digitally.

Either that or it's 66% off on sale right now.

The only one I don't have is Princess Peach. The reviews were that it was a rare "miss" by the Big N, and people's comments since then have not been very enthusiastic either.

Sure the Japanese one is the best.

......but you know the NA one made you giggle. And who doesn't like to giggle?

I found it a glorious representation of old school '80s game art.

I just got the NS2 upgrade. I already had the season pass. But afterward I checked and still did not have the "Too Many Cooks Pack".

I don't think the upgrade includes any DLC.

Getting:

• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
• Boxes: Lost Fragment (everyone missed this puzzle box game this week)

Things I enjoy about NL:

• It covers just about everything Nintendo
• It is often the "FIRST!" game review on MetaCritic, so it gets us our first sniff as early as possible
• The forums and comments are much "nicer" than other dark areas of the Internet. It's refreshing to disagree with someone, and not expect a reply to come back that they want you to die.

Every gaming console I ever got as a kid, was under the Christmas tree.

Be patient. Their frenzy will come!

Added to my wishlist:

• Bad End Theater
• Call of the Sea
• Deathwish Enforcers.
• Flynn: Son of Crimson

Getting:

• Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted
• Persona 3 Reload
• Once Upon a Katamari
• PowerWash Simulator 2
• Two Point Museum
• Achilles: Survivor (everyone in the poll missed this one!)