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More physical games, nice. And a new Shantae too? I bet Shantae fans will be excited.

More Game Key Cards, sheesh... 😠

Still, hopefully the players of these games enjoy them. 😃

For me, the Pokémon series has never just been "good enough", I genuinely love all the mainline games that I've played, especially during the Switch generation. Heck, Violet has been my favorite video game of all time since 2023. It may not have the best visuals of all time, but man, it is just so freaking fun to play.

I'm honestly disappointed that the "new Gen every three years" thing is ending. Ever since I really got into Pokémon during the early days of Gen 7, back when I first watched the Indigo League anime and played my mom's copy of Blue on the Game Boy Color. Ever since then, I've always looked forward to the new Gen every three years. Yes, I understand that incorporating better visuals and maker bigger games and all that jazz means longer development time, and based on leaks, Game Freak is definitely going to start making bigger Pokémon games going forward. I'll just miss having a new Gen every three years 😢.

Also, even though Pokémon is my favorite franchise, I do think that there is room for other Pokémon-like games to exist as well. Including Palworld: ever since the Palworld lawsuit began, I've had the belief that it is just dumb and shouldn't have happened in the first place.

I love that these remakes for DQ 1 and 2 are good, I will have to pass on them because I'm busy with other games, but I did enjoy DQ 3 Remake and I'm happy for anyone who does get to play this game.

And about potential changes that censor the game, if there are any like what supposedly happened with 3, that's disappointing to say the least 😢, I hate it when stuff like that happens. But still, even with potential stupid changes and though the Switch 2 "physical" is a Game Key Card, I do hope that people find some enjoyment with these games.

Nice to see that Nintendo continues to support older music formats at least a little bit! I myself love listening to my family's CD collection.

Nice, more physical releases is a good thing, especially if they're complete on cartridge 😃.

Looks interesting, hopefully they meet their Kickstarter goal!

At this rate, if further consoles keep having backwards compatibility, and along with it backwards compatibility issues, Nintendo, in 2045, will release V 1.1.17 of this game just so it can run smoothly on the Switch 5. 🤣

"We're still working on it."

Kind of taking your sweet time working on it, huh?

Btw I'm not raging or anything like that, this comment is all in good faith.

🤣🤣🤣

I was giggling like a madman the whole time I was reading this.

I'll try my hardest to stick around for that 100th anniversary, but I'll be... does some quick calculations... 76 years old when that happens. 🤣

"But... but... some random dude said it's the worst game ever!"

Jokes aside, I'm definitely looking forward to playing this next year, and I'm glad it's selling well, especially physically! More physical sales is a good thing.

🤯🤯🤯

I was 8 years old when this game (my favorite mainline Mario platformer, btw) first released...

Good glory.

Why exactly was my comment removed? Also the comment of the person who replied to me, I don't see why that one had to go.

"Unconstructive feedback"?

I was simply stating a different point of view and not belittling anyone in the process. I was not calling anyone a mean name. I was simply stating an opinion that's not popular according to what I see in these comments and then left peacefully. If it's because I was talking about getting clicks, other people have talked about that kind of thing in other articles on this site, and their comments aren't often removed.

I'm not trying to belittle or be mean to anyone, I'm just really curious.

These look great, I'll definitely redeem them!

On a side note, the lack of icons for Pokémon Legends Z-A is... interesting.

I gave it an 8/10 and played it for almost a whole year starting on launch day before finally uninstalling earlier this month because I'm busy with other things.

The game did have some pretty painful design decisions (for example, the aforementioned cards from the first anniversary EX pack not corresponding with the same cards from previous sets), but overall, I still had fun with it and may return to it someday several years from now if it still exists, since my Nintendo Account is still connected to it.

For me, North America this week.

I've been enjoying my time with this one, I just haven't played it for several weeks 🤣 and probably won't play it again until I'm on a vacation or something like that.

I'm surprised to see Z-A at the bottom of the list, especially with how much people complained about Scarlet and Violet a few years back 🤣.

As a massive Pokémon fan, I would rate just about every single game on this list (the Switch ones in particular) a lot higher.

Hello again, y'all! I have an announcement to make. I finally have my PlayStation 4 console (with only one game from my local library so far, but I'll definitely buy and play more over the coming years, assuming the thing doesn't go dead on me like my 2DS did 😢). So going forward, I will specify which platform I play any games on, and if I'm not playing anything on a platform on a specific weekend, below that platform's name, there will be a "Nothing this week" message. Anyway... this weekend I'm playing:

Switch:
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: slightly fewer than 20 spirits to go (all of them but one involve summoning, the other enhancing), so I should have a complete spirit list by the end of the year.
Animal Crossing New Horizons: I convinced myself to temporarily return to this game to check out my new fruit trees I planted several months ago 🤣 and to finish donating to all the Lloids at Harv's island that have been waiting for over two years that my island save has existed. I've already finished donating to... uh... one of them... 🤣. Thankfully, I make a ton of money from selling crops every three days, so it won't take too long.
Super Mario Maker 2: I'll be uploading a new course today, probably somewhat soon after I post this comment.
PS4:
Super Neptunia RPG: I've already played this one for a few hours and am massively enjoying it. All of my party members (Neptune, Noire, Blank) are slightly above Level 10 and I'm currently heading toward the country of Lowee to find an archive of books in search of one of the seven tomes. Current number of trophies: 6
Mobile:
Pokémon Sleep

As long as the day 1 update is only for the online content and all of the offline content is on the cartridge, I'll still buy it physically 😃.

People who are still playing Mario Odyssey Balloon World in 2025 are going to have a heyday

As I've said in previous articles about AI in video game development, as long as it's used to just do things like generate ground to make game development cheaper and faster, I don't mind that. If they start using AI for things like character dialogue, I'll probably be concerned, though.

And if a AAA game was ever entirely made out of AI one day, I think that anyone who wants to play it should get to play it (assuming they pay for it), instead of it being obliterated by governments or whatever, because every game deserves a chance unless it's using a copyrighted name.

Obviously, if anyone wants to boycott a game that had AI use in development, go for it.

Sakurai gets my respect for this decision. 👍

I don't despise dlc like some people do, but it's nice seeing a game that's complete from the get-go every once in a while.

10 out of FREAKING 10

I just knew this game was going to be insane, but wow... wow...

And no dlc in this day and age is a pleasant surprise too. Definitely a game I'm prioritizing when I get my Switch 2 hopefully next year.

@SillyG,

"And I'm going to rage if yet another Nintendo-published Switch 2 game gets paid DLC..."

Then you're in luck, no need to rage. During the second Kirby Air Riders Direct, Masahiro Sakurai announced that there is no dlc planned for the game 😃.

My predictions were right for once 🤣

I would love it if they did do remasters, or at least ports of Prime 2 and 3, so that all 4 Metroid games would be available on Switch 1 / 2 just like Pikmin.

Game really does look awesome, if that Kirby Air Riders account was on Instagram, I would follow it (I don't use X, btw)

I love this! The addition of the more relaxing difficulty is cool for players who like an easier experience (like me), the harder mode will be nice for anyone who wants that, and the photo mode is a nice feature as well. 🥰

Announcer: "And now it's time for today's episode of... Different Strokes For Different Blokes!" 📣

Super hyped for this! How they'll take up a whole 60 MINUTES I have no freaking clue, but I can't wait to watch it live and also join in on the NL live chat! 😃

@dew12333, except Dragon Quest 11 having bonus challenges where you travel back in time to previous games for a bit, all of the Dragon Quest games are pretty much self-contained stories. You can basically start with any of the 11 games without feeling lost.

I'd love to see Virtual Console come back just so there are multiple options for people to purchase and play the classic Nintendo games, especially if they don't want to just rent them through NSO.

Haven't played the game yet, but it looks like it has the potential to be another 10/10 Pokémon game.

I've only heard of this game a few times and have never played it, but happy 30th anniversary anyway!

Uhh... these are limited time? Good grief... I'm really not a fan of games pulling stunts like that (for example, the Kalos starter Mega Stones in Legends Z-A, but at least those are supposedly returning at some point). That's why Splatoon 3 is a "meh" game to me and my least favorite Splatoon game, based on all of the footage of it that I've seen.

I don't really like being a Negative Nancy, but I prefer all of the content in my games to always be available. At least this is something new for DK Bananza players to enjoy 😃.

11 out of 21. I got all of the major first party Nintendo ones right and almost all of the others wrong 🤣. Though I wasn't even born until halfway through the Wii era so that makes sense.

Interesting selection of letters like usual! As for the subject of "double packs", some double packs I would be interested in are:
Zelda Wind Waker and Twilight Princess
Zelda Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages (in the style of Link's Awakening 2019, perhaps?)
Pokémon Black and White and Black 2 and White 2
Pokémon Sun and Moon and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

I like the look of both of them again, but I went for North America this time.

Another game so shortly after Sparking Zero?! I mean, why the heck not? 🤣

Apologies for the delay in this comment, I just recently got back from a troup campout that started yesterday afternoon. Anyway, hello again, y'all! This weekend I'm playing:
Dragon Quest XI S Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition: I moved forward in the story and found out what happens when you arrive at Yggdrasil. I won't spoil anything about what happened, but... I decided to not move forward with the story and grind a few more levels first 🤣, so I reverted to a previous save right before that part of the story and I'm grinding some levels in the First Forest area before moving on.
Super Mario Maker 2: I recently uploaded another new level, and as long as things go as planned, I should be uploading a new level almost every week until the end of December 2025.
Pokémon Violet: to celebrate the upcoming release of Pokémon Legends Z-A, I returned to my favorite game of all time the day before Z-A released. All I did was take a short joyride on Miraidon across a chunk of the Paldea Region and collect some items, but it was fun returning to the game, which I wanted to do briefly since I'm not getting Z-A until next spring. Maybe I'll play it a bit more if I have the time to do so.
Pokémon Sleep

@Spider-Kev, I checked a list of the Pokémon in the Z-A Pokédex, and at least in the main game, Meowth is not present.

My choice was "That would be cool, but I'm not losing sleep over it". Mostly because I really like the Pokémon games, even without the voicing. But voicing would make it better 😃.

Just 58? Another passing that happened way too soon. Rest in peace.

@Kraven, I know this is unrelated to the article, but I like your Vash the Stampede avatar picture 😃!

Interesting read, thanks for sharing! This is why I still like Nintendo a whole lot: the fact that they're willing to try new things, even if there's no guarantee they will be a success. It's a shame that in my family's ginormous house, we still can't fit something like that.

Nice to see Digimon Time Stranger selling pretty well! That one does look interesting, it's unfortunate that I don't have a device that can play it yet (though I am looking into PC gaming a little bit, probably won't really look into it for several years though).

Also... calling it now: Pokémon Legends Z-A in the number 1 spot next week.

Oh wow... I love the look of this! English translation please!