MoonKnight7

Nope, Nintendo priced me out. They have completely lost the plot on prices. Consoles are one thing, but 50 bucks for a hunk of plastic is straight up lunacy to me.

@RushDawg

I agree, I think that would have been a cool novelty item.

It’s wild to me that they drop a $100 and $25 peripheral on switch and switch 2, yet the 3DS never had these. It’s a lot of money to spend on something so niche. I won’t be bothering, not in this economy anyway.

Lots of fill in the blanks happening with this hot take, first, we don’t know for sure who is making Bananza, and we don’t know who will make a new 3D Mario either. Maybe a different team is making something, even though it’s generally been EPD. Maybe another team is helping development. I cannot ever imagine, the switch 2 is ONLY going to get a 3D Mario game 4 or 5 years from now. Getting kinda tired of their “hot takes”, they’ve been out of the game for quite some time, so it’s all just pure speculation.

If we went for the alternative timeline where Nintendo did put an OLED in instead, the title of the article would be, “The OLED Screen on Switch 2 resulted in a slightly higher price, and some people are not happy.”

You can’t just stick with Mario Kart 8 forever, it’s already kinda crazy the Switch, Nintendo’s best selling home console, never had a proper game, just the Wii U port. Sure they added more courses but that doesn’t really count as a new game either.

Is it going to sell 75 million? Probably not, but, I dunno, who cares?? I can’t think of a better way to launch a console than with a new Mario Kart.

I love this movie so much, and this looks like a love letter to it. I’m absolutely sold!

The logical move to me after switch 2 is out, is to price cut the original switch, and do some Nintendo selects for 20 bucks, like Mario Kart, Odyssey and Super Mario Party. It might squeeze some more legs out of the switch, but yeah, its course is nearly done. Whether first or second in lifetime sales, not a bad run for something that came after Nintendo's worst selling console, not counting Virtual boy of course.

Setting aside the blatant Mario rip off going on here. That’s some of the worst use of AI I’ve ever seen. The soccer players on the left are each missing a leg, various hands and feet are missing, the balls don’t look right with their patterns, and what’s with the strange rubber band arm in the corner? No matter how much of a budget you have, you can pay a couple hundred bucks and pay a real artist and get something that’s not embarrassing. Pay people, not AI, you’ll sleep better at night.

I’ll buy physical games as long as I can, but yea, the writing is on the wall at this point.

Hey there lovely people! I have really enjoyed your videos over the years, congrats, and cheers to what’s ahead!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday, cheers to 2025 and the Switch 2!

Looks fun, but I will not support someone using AI art, over a person. Guess that makes me a “hater” according to his post. But my livelihood depends on people caring about humans making art, not AI.

“Is it time for hd 2d to take a break?”

No. I love it, keep going, I say!

@Mario_maniac

I’m with you , it wasn’t the “best” Star Wars game, but it was a “good” Star Wars game, and one I always went back to on my PS1. This was one of those games I’d constantly replay cause it was just mindless fun. I’m looking forward to picking it up.

Also, so sorry to hear about your brother passing, I hope this re-release gives you some fond memories.

I loved having this on Switch, mainly cause it’s such a long game, and would be great to play while also watching tv or a movie. Looking forward to the next Civ, I’ll get it understanding there’s going to be deep compromises to get it running.

It is a sin that Xenoblade isn’t on the list. Still cool though I guess, but they definitely need more music on here.

They are definitely overthinking this lol. Kinda surprising according to them the photo was last minute, that doesn’t seem very Nintendo. That part is interesting. But the photo itself was perfectly fine, I’m not really sure what anyone was expecting, it’s just a tease.

Probably the most dire case of “go outside and touch some grass”, I’ve ever heard of.

As for the game, if they took the time to fix the controls and camera, then I’ll consider getting it. The idea was neat, but the controls didn’t work for me and I never finished the game.

I liked the 3DS game a lot, but I just have no need to revisit this right now.

I gotta say, this Direct really, really surprised me, especially because the last Direct was a little underwhelming (not that that’s bad). The Direct prior really seemed like the Switch was predictably winding down, which is certainly ok, given how long it’s been around. But when a franchise I thought had been dead for almost 10 years popped up like a spring daisy, I began to say to myself, wait, this might actually be a great Direct. And it was! Really great in fact! Brand new Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, brand new Zelda starring Zelda, Prime 4 showing its still alive and kicking, were all big hitters. And lots of great small stuff like Metal Slug (with a stealth launch!), Darkest Dungeon 2, Dragon Quest, a hobbit animal crossing (lmao, I think that’s just awesome).

Lots of great stuff and I genuinely was shocked to see how much gas was still in the tank. Hey… maybe that record is in reach as best selling console of all time. Regardless, it’s gonna be close!

If they can be reused, I’ll probably keep 2 sets that don’t drift (yet), only to have on hand when friends come over and we want to play Mario Kart. But in all honesty, the Joy Cons are my least favorite Nintendo controller. The lack of a proper D pad, drift and losing connection is downright maddening. Really hoping they learned good lessons for Switch 2.

I honestly don’t know of anyone still watching this. Everyone has moved on like Cavill

I haven’t been to GameStop in years. The last straw for me was when I preordered Fire Emblem Awakening. The day it came out, I was at work and they called me and asked if they could sell my copy to a walk in customer, to which I replied, “um no, I’m at work, and will pick it up around 6pm” I was so mad about the audacity of asking that on the day it came out, just cause I wasn’t there when the store opened, I guess. I’ve heard worse stories where they don’t even ask and just sell the preorders anyway, so I guess I should count my blessings.

After that I was pretty much done with them. I am very fortunate that a retro game store opened up in town that sells anything from Atari, to current games. They’re great to their staff and nice to the customers, and they don’t screw you over if you sell something.

I absolutely adored this game. The stories were much better this time around. But it’s the music that always gets me with these games. The Battle 1 theme was so good, sometimes I’d just go to battle and let the music play.

The final boss was no joke either, definitely one of the longest and most difficult battles I’ve done in a game. But I beat it and loved every second of this game.

A crying shame that it wasn’t even nominated at the game awards for the music.

I highly recommend this if you’re into this kind of game

I don’t understand the point of this if you still need to download courses.

Microsoft buying Nintendo is one of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

A good Direct. If I were to put a grade on it, I’d say a B-. It was solid, but it’s clear to me the Switch is winding down (and that’s ok). The best showcases I saw was the Peach Showtime, Mario vs DK and obviously Paper Mario, and some fun little additions like the Contra remake.

“This new model is also being applied retroactively across games that are already on the market and have been developed using Unity.“

Excuse me?! That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. I know it won’t be easy for some, but I hope people jump ship from Unity

As long as it works, I don’t care how they do it. It’s better than trying to quietly fix millions of joy cons and pretend like it’s not happening.

Love the first and second games, this will be a day one buy for me. Love these little games!

I’ll try to keep an open mind, but my first impressions are not great. Stick of Truth and Fractured But Whole were brilliant cause they looked and felt like a long South Park episode. This… I don’t know what I just watched.

Yes, this happened to me once. I got a sealed copy of Slay the Spire from Amazon and yup, the box was empty. I figured it was something shady like this, so I do not order from Amazon anymore. Trying to shop more local.

Seeing a few people saying they want to get it for the “laughs”. Please don’t. Like he said in the video, this game’s sole purpose is to take your money, so if anyone is laughing, it west connection limited.

Heck yes, I’m still playing.

Great game. Don’t let the terrible name turn you off to it, cause it was a gem if you like strategy games. Interesting that they added an epilogue, I’ll have to see what that’s about.

That was one of the best game trailers I’ve ever seen. The only one that maybe beats it is the original BotW trailer. Seriously, seriously can’t wait.

Goodnight sweet prince.

I picked up sonic 2, the 3D overhauled one. That, along with the 3D classic Kirby they did is a good way to get something that will probably never come back in this form. Once the shop closes, these games are just gone for good. And the Kirby one in particular is fantastic. They did some great 3D work with the sprites and pixel art.

I also picked up pocket jockey, crimson shroud, and a few of the old pokemon games, cause who knows when they’re coming back. And like many others have said, get the transporter and Pokémon bank if you want to move anything to Pokémon home.

A sad day, but an expected one. Happy gaming to you all.

I read this comic last year, and it’s a great story, very heartfelt and stylish. Hearing this news has me very excited, cause I think something like God of War is a cool idea for a turtle game. The beat ‘em up games are brilliant, but it’s nice to see a different approach.

I pretty much agree with the review, it’s a 9/10 for me. More of the same, sure, but it has much better stories to tell than the first game. Amazing visuals, fantastic soundtrack (even better than the first!) and the gameplay is as good as ever, with some good tweaks to the formula. Great game, and I can’t put it down.

This game is ridiculously good. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think the soundtrack is even better than the first game. I hope they release the digital soundtrack soon cause I’d buy it in a heartbeat.

The first game may have been a little wordy, but it left such a good impression. The gorgeous style, and incredible music, great combat and bosses. Sounds like more of the same, and that’s perfectly fine with me. Can’t wait.

I know some people felt this game was a little flat, but I absolutely loved it. Sure it was a bit talky but, it has such an impressive style and fun battle system that I loved experimenting with. Plus, as I’ve mentioned many times, it may be my favorite soundtrack in a video game. I still play it to this day, especially the battle themes. I can’t wait for part 2.

I was uninterested when he started talking about Pikmin bloom, which is fine, but not what I’m here for, but then the surprise, Pikmin 4… I’m glad I was sitting… beyond hyped!

I thought it was a good direct. Pikmin 4 is the high mark for me. It’s one of my favorite series, I just can’t believe it finally became real. Fire Emblem and Octopath Traveler 2 were also welcome surprises.

I’m really enjoying this game. I’ve played it for a week or so and I only had the game crash on me once, and had occasional frame rate issues, but it’s not bad. Otherwise my play experience has been pretty good. Glad to see they’re addressing issues though.

This game is a gem! Go get it if you’re a fan of strategy games.

I am pumped for this, and then Xenoblade is right after. What a time to be Live A Live!