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Still waiting on that Super Wario Bros. game

I like Garfield but it seems kind of weird seeing him try at something. He's always seemed to me like a lazy cynical apathetic cat, so to see him competing against everyone in a big race, it seems out of character.

Not that I'm complaining, it's cool he's in there, just a little jarring I guess.

Ouch, that's painful to look at

It's a great game, well deserved. At least I had fun while I played it, though I haven't had much time with it, since Switch Sports takes most of my game time.

@Rykdrew If you think it's worth $15 then don't buy it. You should know if you like this or not, if it's not worth it to you don't buy it. I think it's worth at least $60 as I play it every day and it's more fun than pretty much anything else I own, but if you're more of a couch potato gamer happy with pushing buttons, or not a competitive person, then maybe play something else. Not every game is made for everyone.

@ZapNCrap Every day, the game is fun as hell

It looks nice, but, I think adding Mario to the watch is tacky and makes it look cheap. Same as if it were Elmer Fudd, Homer Simpson or any other cartoon character.

That's easy, the Wii Fit U Plaza song, it's absolutely beautiful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1CQ-6Xnuvw&list=PL5qS2O4KOmp4cfjw4Ovgm0kJtlzHfpS_R&index=3&ab_channel=WiiSpeak

I only play docked, but I really hope it stays a hybrid. Not because I might play portably or table top once in a great while, but because all the games are made for that one system. Up until the Switch came out, if I wanted to play Pokemon, Box Boy, a lot of Kirby and Zelda games, etc. I'd need to own a portable. As a huge fan of Mario, I primarily play on home console but with things like Mario 3D Land, I felt I had to buy it even though I'd rather just sit on the couch and play on the TV. Having it all done on one system with the Switch has been the best decision they've made in years.

@mweee The article says "game music, anime music, classical, and more." and it says "Super Mario Bros., Frozen II, Pirates of the Caribbean, One Piece, and classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven"

That's not what I'm looking for at all, I don't care about anime or video game music, I was hoping for actual Japanese city pop songs like Junko Yagami, Momoko Kikuchi, etc. or even some modern stuff I guess though I much prefer 70s and 80s.

I like the series, but not a fan of American music. My favorite part on the old ones like on Wii were how they had all these songs that I never heard of before all in Japanese. If they had some Tatsuro Yamashita, ANRI, Taeko Ohnuki or Toshiki Kadomatsu on here I'd pick it up right away but I'll bet they don't have anything like that.

That's not cheating. If that's how you win the game, they'd be stupid not to use this strategy. This is Nintendo's problem, they need to fix this issue, they're the ones to blame, not the players.

I'd really like to know how the motion controls are. Seems weird that they didn't mention motion controls in a Switch review of a golf game. That's literally the difference between me picking up the game or not. Any sport game on the Switch should have a point marked down for not having it, and seeing it not even being listed as a Con or Pro, it just sounds like a paid article at that point. Switch Sports sold 5 million copies in 3 months because of motion controls, you remove that, and it's just another game.

I kind of thought it was fun for a bit, but, the level selection really brings it down. As in I can play the first few levels and then I don't know where to go. I guess Peach's castle, or the Face Ship or just a plain old map seems boring, but it gets the job done.

Another issue that's not often mentioned, I feel like some of the levels are too vertical, which look really cool, but when you fall down it can take a long to get back up.

lol, I love it. It's great seeing what Nintendo Life gave a 6 continue to top the charts month after month. The game is great.

Needs more Duff Man, Disco Stu, Mister Plow, etc.

Obviously it's rips & tears, in all the gameplay they showed it specifically shows the kingdom torn apart; parts of the world that were usually on land are floating up in the sky, ripped from the earth.

@ohithere okay, but how were the motion controls? Does it feel like you're golfing when you swing the controller or not? Because if not, who cares? People don't buy Switch Sports so they can sit on a couch and push buttons. If that's all this is, then I'm not sure why you'd even bring it up.

@ohithere How good are the motion controls?

With the lower camera angle I wonder if the main character is going to be a pikmin

I hope to see a bunch of stuff I never knew I wanted before, but also, I'm hoping for SNES/N64/Gameboy Remix, Kid Icarus, a new Digi Drive, Light Trax, Sound Voyager, Gameboy emulator, Mario Maker 3, a 3d Mario Maker, ARMS 2, Mario & Luigi ports or a sequel, Super Mario Bros. 5, they could even start selling Brain Age in the US. And I miss Miiverse, so I hope they bring that back somehow.

Good idea. Who likes money anyway?

@Rykdrew But why stop there? If you're willing to pirate Switch games, might as well pirate Elden Ring, God of War, etc. People act like Nintendo is so special because they have roms, but, pirating Elden Ring isn't more difficult or morally questionable. Just seems like a weird way to do things, like either pirate or don't, which platform it's on shouldn't make any difference.

had to go with Japan on this, Ghost Babel makes so much sense. People who have played Metal Gear Solid on the Playstation (and who hasn't?) wouldn't want to play a downgraded port and reading the US and EU boxart as just "Metal Gear Solid" "only for Gameboy Color" it sounds like that's all it is. Putting Ghost Babel on the cover, that indicates that it's a sequel, which it is.

Oh sure, I do that plenty. Get a game I like, end up buying it on Steam. Though I really take no offense to the word pirate, I think if I did, I'd stop doing it. Which is why it's funny seeing all these people that need excuses, I mean, if you can't handle the idea that you just stole software, maybe don't steal software.

I don't understand all the deflection and acting like it's just fine, saying that it's not stealing even if it's a newly released game. I've played emulators and roms, pirated all sorts of stuff, piracy is great. I stole that software because I wanted to get it for free and I hate spending money. You shouldn't need to justify every action as being some holier than thou crusade against the big corporate bad guys robbing everyone blind like bandits. People just get curious and download things because there's very little retribution from such crimes. No reason to make excuses.

Game exists, you want game, you download game. That's it. It's not that complicated.

@Rykdrew $60 includes the price of the single player + online battles. The multiplayer is the draw for a lot of people, but the single player in these games has always been quite a lot of fun also, with a lot of levels, collectibles, bosses, and lore. Any DLC would be in addition to what's already there.

NES for me, one of the earliest games I got for the system. It was a lot of fun but I didn't really know what I was doing and got lost a lot, but remember using 999999 kkkkkkk or justin bailey to mess around with.

Meh just looks like more Splatoon to me. I'll be buying it day one, I love Splatoon, please never change. We don't need another Paper Mario or Star Fox situation on our hands.

fingers crossed that they port it to Switch or PC

Action 52 was the best game on the NES

@RubyCarbuncle No definitely not. I sit there with a controller in my hand looking to twiddle my thumbs, some timing games, action, puzzle, rpgs with very little dialogue, even strategy is okay once in a while but I draw the line when it comes to games with mountains of text they expect me to read. I don't really care how good the writting is, that's a boring game in my opinion. I get that there's people who like this genre, but, people who don't shouldn't be silenced and labelled as "review bombing" for expressing our opinion. If a game gets such mixed reviews, it deserves it for making such polarizing content.

@Kazman2007 There is always "a new story based single player campaign", they're great a lot of fun; 2 even had it's own DLC campaign in addition to the story based single player campaign already part of the game. You just need to find the old man near the sewer drain on the main overworld map. There's actually loads of lore you can discover and the platforming and gunplay is fun, the enemies are fun to kill, worlds are super imaginative, and it's just good fast paced action arcade gameplay you'd expect from Nintendo.

But people talk about the online multiplayer because it's great fun playing with other people in 4v4s, and there's no such thing as unlocking everything and beating all the levels. With good human competition, the game never needs to end. And by the time you finish the single player content, you'll be a pro at the guns and controls and such and have a leg up on your competition. Not that it's even necessary, because the single player content is actually quite good and worth it on it's own. This game's first trailer mentioned the return of the mammalians so that should be quite an interesting story.

Sounds awful tbh, I think the low score was right. VNs are the most boring games there are and I'd be incredibly disappointed to have spent $60 and ended up with this.

I'm so angry, I can't believe they updated the game. I've only been having fun playing it since I got it, but now realize that I actually wasn't. I want to remove all of the fun I had and be forced to wait until they finish work on Badminton, a game I'll never play, because apparently the game isn't enjoyable until then. Like I really want to just sit here bored for months rather than play what's in my opinion one of the best games on the system as-is.

I played the demo and didn't think it was very good. Really not sure why there are so many articles about it when there's better games to cover. If you want to spend money on what Nintendo Life gave a 6, go get Switch Sports (which should have been an 8) instead of this (which should have been a 4).

I really like Tetrisphere, and maybe Wave Race, Cruis 'N USA, the Bombermans, Hydro Thunder, Mortal Kombat 4, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Diddy Kong Racing, Ridge Racer 64, San Francisco Rush & 2049, Pilotwings 64, and Smash Bros. but I really wish they would have random matchmaking, it would make these so much better.

@RushDawg No, I don't think the game of the year should go to Elden Ring, I played it for a few hours and got bored. It's okay, maybe really great if you can stick with it but not really anything all that special as far as I'm concerned. Switch Sports however, I play that game every day since it came out, gotta unlock all the new costumes, emojis, titles, clothes, etc. every week. Still way too fun in online multiplayer, it never gets old. If that was it, and this was December 31st I'd have to give it to Switch Sports.

However, I was in a couple betas and an alpha for MultiVersus, which is set to come out soon, and that's what should be a lock for GOTY. Plus it's free to play, available on all systems but Nintendo, cross-play, and with a ton of characters along with proper voice actors that fans can't get anywhere else. Made by the Mortal Kombat team, the fighting is fantastic, and it's main focus being 2v2 so it's even better than Smash Bros. And with the promise of regularly adding new characters and WBs enormous catalog of franchises, it's sure to be a big hit.

I don't get the whole 'cursed' thing. These sound pretty normal to me, and a little funny. What would have been a bit more 'cursed' is if these were weird voice actors, or voice clips that weren't in the retail game but buried in the code somewhere or from a leak of something unreleased.

I just like seeing Switch Sports beat Fire Emblem, Mario Strikers, and FIFA. Until Multiversus comes out, that's my game of the year. All the new content every week and loads of competition, it's hard to put it down. Easily one of the best games on the system.

@Travisemo007 Yeah, they shut down Wii online a few years ago, though apparently there's still a way to do it unofficially but I haven't tried it myself.

@Travisemo007 Yes you were mistaken. Miiverse is gone, online is still there. I just played Splatoon last week and got into a few ranked matches, and it only took maybe a minute to get 8 players; I played a little Mario Maker as well and played a few Expert 100 Mario Challenges. They got rid of uploading for that game, but, you can still play the millions of levels people have made prior to that.

That's great, such a fun game

@Great_Gonzalez I think random matchmaking for the co-op could have made it a 10/10 and maybe a map maker with level sharing, still a 9 is really good. (edit: you know what I ignored the price, I guess for just $20 maybe it should be a 10/10)

It didn't really cost anything, I mean the stocks are still his. That's as good as cash, assuming the stock doesn't plummet for some reason.

This looks just like the 2nd game. Where are the hover cars and ice fishing modes? It's like they don't get their fans at all.

I don't care what they call it as long as it's something original. I mean I'll pick it up no matter what, but I think naming it Switch 2 or Switch U or 3Switch is a terrible idea. I already have a Switch, why do I need another one? It makes it sound old, like a system that already came out and rather than make a new system, it's just an upgrade.

Like the NES 2, that's just a remodel of the NES. A Wii 2 sounds like the name of the Wii Mini, an N64 2 just sounds very dated. Nintendo doesn't just make one system after another with minimal upgrades like Sony or Microsoft, so for Nintendo to just name it a Switch 2 it sounds like they just ran out of ideas and this is literally practically the same thing as what we all already own. And if you're a Nintendo produced or indie game fan, more power isn't an attractive offer, since games like Mario Kart and Smash Bros or Splatoon, they all run great on the Switch, same with most indies, and it has a very fast OS as it is.

That's why I think they'll include a robot or do something weird that sets it apart. I've been hoping that with that 3D technology they invested in, maybe they could make a good VR display out of that. Then they could sell us all the old games again, with working in VR as the new gimmick to sell it again. ARMS, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe +, Splatoon, Switch Sports, Fitness Boxing, Ring Fit Adventure, those games would all be worth buying again to play in VR.

Switch Sports Soccer is the best Soccer game there is, on Switch or not. Online 4 v 4 is fantastic, the rollback netcode makes the game never laggy. The controls are great, and only going to get better when they add the leg strap update, and unlike some sports, games are quick, never boring and with only 4 players per team and a stamina bar, it's easy to find a position your team needs. I never really cared for team based games because I thought it was weird to be controlling a whole team at once, changing players constantly, but controlling 1 player with a team of 3 against 4 other players is the kind of game I always wanted to play. I mean Rocket League has that, and it's fun for a while, but 8 way movement beats forward and back any day.

Trivia Murder Party is great, but, for the people I play with, we didn't care for the other two. But I'm sure they're a lot better with more people playing. If I had to pick favorites, it would be Trivia Murder Party, You don't know Jack, Guesspionage, Drawful, and Fibbage.