Muddy_4_Ever

Consistently one of Nintendo's best series. The fact that its ambition is modest means that gameplay is the focus. Warioware is a toy. And I mean that in the BEST sense. It invites you to laugh, have fun, and play. It matches Iwata's belief that "everyone is a gamer."

Glad this continues that tradition.

@FishyS The lore of Warioware is so dense and complicated that these spoilers will undo our understanding of EVERYTHING. Kingdom Hearts is frivolous and simplistic compared to the volumes of narrative content and canon of Warioware.

@Anti-Matter Mega Man Powered Up was the best game in the series. I stand by this.

Games like Pac-Man and DK94 evolved old titles in an engaging way. Not so sure that's the case here.

I'm all for "kick you in the nuts" difficulty if a game plays fair (Cuphead, for example). This game does not appear to play fair.

The introduction of characters who radically change how each game is played along with co-op is exactly the sort of innovation the series needed.

@Ewaldus Poor signposting and a lack of direction can turn the pleasure of an open world game into drudgery. I have no interest in "I've Lost My Car Keys Simulator."

@somnolentsurfer You're correct, Apple Arcade is changing everything. I suspect Nintendo realizes this and will eventually offer a full mobile gaming subscription service (which I would fine with).

This will sound like heresy and I certainly want Prime 4... but I really don't care too much about its delay as this feels like THE seminal Metroid of this generation.

Goro Abe directed this game and he really "gets" Warioware... probably more than anyone at Nintendo. They make great games, but can be a little stuffy. Abe is a quirky dude and the series is his masterpiece.

Other consoles are not "the enemy" and it's silly tribalism to treat them as such. They've now found complimentary spaces where they don't really compete with one another.

The real danger is the push towards cloud streaming services and young people's increase focus on social media and potential waning interest in gaming as a whole. As enthusiasts for dedicated gaming devices, the success of any system should be celebrated.

@Pak-Man "Finally! A game about Home Owners Associations!"

You have to navigate around grumpy neighbors saying your shed isn't an approved color and that your lawn is a quarter inch higher than code.

Hoping an online Battle Royale mode is part of this. WarioWare seems perfect for it.

@Nin10dood But you can play N64 games with your online subscription. Oh wait--

Pirate Mario will never not be a funny thumbnail for these stories.

@darkswabber The ones here almost look ready made for Lego's BrickHeads line.

@Eel Dr. Goomba Tower is peak Nintendo. Eliminating him is a tragedy.

Not mentioned, but it's also an absolute love letter to the City of New York. It may not be geographically accurate, but it feels true.

The "Among Us" team noticed enthusiastic fans were translating the game into multiple languages they didn’t officially support. So they made them official!

Level-5: "That's just too crazy..."

Space Hunter is an awful, awful title and I'm deeply thankful they didn't go with that.

And a bold (and potentially controversial) prediction... this is going to be the best Metroid game of this console generation.

The music of Metroid (in its own way) is right up there with some of Nintendo's best. With only three notes, Yamamoto's work INSTANTLY makes you feel both unnerved and intrigued. When those three notes hit in this trailer, my impulse to want to play this immediately are almost uncontrollable.

The union of portable and console gaming has always been Nintendo's endgame. The Switch was just the moment where it became feasible financially and technically.

Make 5 kajillion dollars one year. Make 4 kajillion the next. PRoFits are DOwN!

Based on Nintendo's history, there will event be a Switch Micro with a modest retail price. They need a suite of portable friendly, budget titles under $40 to launch with it and it would satisfy the "younger kid at Christmas" crowd the Switch is just beyond the range of.

@Dr_Corndog Agreed. If a mapping system on the bigger mazes was added (along with a generous checkpoint system to eliminate the need to spam saves), it would be perfect.

@Splodge 100% agree. So many 8-bit games would IMMEDIATELY be enjoyed today with some extremely modest QOL additions.

@HotGoomba "Come on Nintendo, just add GameCube and N64 game services at a higher yearly price!"

Those games can get "remastered" editions that sell for $20 or more. The "included with subscription" games will be NES/SNES bottom feeders.

This was a fully realized, intricately constructed, and well-made Nintendo puzzle game. I have adored it for years. Only massive problem with it? It was so well-made, there was no need to spend money playing it. As such, it eschewed the very thing the F2P model thrives on- manipulation of the player.

It deserved to be a premium priced (probably console) release. It was too good for the tawdry space it was confined to.

@AtlanteanMan "our society was a lot happier and laughed a lot more before all of this PC mess, which has created perpetual victimhood and outrage"

There's probably some truth to that, but I always look back on something like "Blazing Saddles". It played with racist tropes (so it wouldn't survive modern sensibilities), HOWEVER... it did so explicitly to mock the stupidity of racists. Would such a movie be "canceled" today because of stereotypes that are being deconstructed? Or would the people REALLY being targeted reject the film as divisive liberal propaganda (as we saw with the recent Borat movie)?

It's an unfortunate context we're currently in either way...

@WhiteUmbrella Several years ago, I built a costly rig anticipating years of viable use for max settings on new titles on Steam. And within two, I already had to make sacrifices for current releases. Within four, I was forced to consider upgrades. Perhaps the PC ecosystem has changed, but the tendency of new titles to quickly eclipse hardware capabilities is not a new phenomenon. Maybe Valve has a plan to ensure this won't be an issue with this device. If so, hats off to them. But I will want to see that viability in action before committing.

Have updates fixed the previous 4+ minutes load times?

A console is a social contract that you will get around five years of good software without a required hardware upgrade and NO fiddling with arcane settings to make a game playable. I give the Steam Deck two years to obsolescence with current titles.

@Toy_Link WB has criminally misused its catalog of characters... who were once on par with Mickey Mouse and Mario in terms of public recognition. Between that and all the whiffs on a compelling DC Universe, I really wonder if they could succeed with anything like that now.

@Daniel36 If people are invested enough in your games to translate them, maybe... you know, just make them official?

"That's too crazy!"

Level-5

Amiibo is crucial for QOL changes in the game. Until Nintendo offers a non-amiibo fix (as amiibos are out of stock until who knows when), I won't purchase this game.

I'll stick to dedicated consoles and my PC, but there will eventually be a market for streaming games. HOWEVER... that will only happen when A-internet access is universally strong enough for widespread adoption & B-the service providing the streams have a suite of compelling exclusives that will bring in gamers.

Glitchy streams of half decade old titles will attract no one.

Given the importance of the amiibo to the gameplay and the hoarding of amiibos by scalpers, I will be holding off on the purchase until Nintendo offers some solution. I would accept (with a slight grimace) a modestly price DLC release of the amiibo's fuction or (ideally) a patch that allows it without the amiibo.

Mario + Rabbids and Cadence of Hyrule are two of my favorite Switch games. Neither is a Nintendo product... but you wouldn't know it from playing them. Nintendo's design philosophy has been so thoroughly studied and obsessed over by an entire generation of developers, that they've functionally become Nintendo developers.

It would be foolish for Nintendo not to leverage that and invite more people into the fold.

@Not_Soos I love Partners in Time! The difficulty spike on the final boss(es) have prevented me from finishing it. Should probably give it another go.

@Not_Soos Origami King only looks to have sold a few million copies, which isn't a very good attachment rate for a console with 80+ million sales

Coupled with the poor sales of later AlphaDream titles, my hunch is Nintendo will say that the Mario audience and the RPG audience don't sufficiently overlap to justify making new games in either series. Which is a pity. Thousand Year Door and Bowser's Inside Story are two of my all time favorites.

@KnightsTemplar Just curious- What didn't work for you about it? The videos I've seen make it appear to be quite similar to the N64 Paper Mario (which I loved). It's popular here but I'm always interested in dissenting opinions.

"Breast FIRE!"

"Breast FIRE!"

"Breast FIRE!"

How do you create Among Us slang like "sus" in Irish?

"OMG! The completely unsourced rumors that I treated as fact weren't true and I must lash out at Nintendo for failing to deliver on something that wasn't promised! Feel my anger!"

I would have been satisfied with longer battery life, a more ergonomic design for handheld mode, and a 1000000% assurance my joy-cons don't go coo-coo in under a year. As this doesn't really address any of that, I'm not in the "insta-buy" camp.

@yvo84 I think that being conservative financially has been great for Nintendo in terms of hardware development. It's allowed for affordability and customer access without the company risking a lot in terms of capital investment. On the content side, however, I think Nintendo has been all-in on creative vision. Take Prime 4's delay, for example. That's a HUGE hit on revenue... but worth it for quality. I don't think Illumination would have made a call like that (considering how absurdly cheap they can be in terms of content creation).

While controversial to say, I think fusion MIGHT be the most complete iteration of 2D Metroid...

Illumination does animated movies on the cheap. Simplest textures, recycled art assets, limited landscape shots, etc. Their approach makes money so good for them, I guess. But creative companies that eschew visionary approaches for the cheapest option... are not the ideal folks for Nintendo to be bringing on board.

An interesting item if one actually reads the article... it overtly states that the strength of Samus as a character is that she eschews the tedious, woke, "grrl power" advocacy that defines iNcluSiVeNess in many media. Some of the people who hate the article are rejecting a perspective that matches their own.