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@RonMexico Shall we wager on it? Loser buys winner a game of up to $100. Is that a deal, or will you back out of it?

@dil_power Speak for yourself. I found Mario Kart World, DK Bananza, Pokémon Legends Z-A, and Metroid Prime 4 all fantastic games, with MKW being my GotY.

@w1p3out There's no such thing as a "Nintendo tax". Their games and consoles are cheaper or at least equally priced as the PS5 and Xbox Series X and the AAA games they have. The Switch 2 is also portable, unlike PC.

Metroid Prime 4 plays exactly like a Prime game. Mario Kart has the best mechanics and course design yet, and is one of the best games ever made IMO. And the build and feel of the console is a vast improvement compared to its predecessor.

If you sold your Switch 2 based on faulty information and assumptions that says more on you than on Nintendo.

@NolandC So why the sales numbers? If so many people can buy the Switch 2, that says more about you than its price.

@OldGamer999 Rush development and sell at a loss? That's ridiculous.

You're just broke.

@Bahamut_GR Are you broke?

@RainbowGazelle There's nothing "ludicrous" about the prices. They're no more expensive than your typical PS5 or Xbox AAA game, with the Switch 2 itself being cheaper than those aforementioned consoles. The Switch 2 has amazing build quality compared to the original, so you're wrong on this aspect too.

Nintendo didn't change, you did.

@bigpale Speak for yourself. Mario Kart World and Metroid Prime 4 are nearly flawless games.

@GregamanX The PS5 is more expensive than the Switch 2. You can't be mad at the latter while endorsing the former.

@SoIDecidedTo I take it you didn't like horse riding sessions in Zelda. The motorcycle isn't so different from that, and that shouldn't be considered a bad thing.

@nukatha @RadioShadow You guys gotta first find out what makes FIFA or EA FC successful, and then go from there. It might require launching a marketing campaign for one.

@Striker21 Nothing is remotely true about what you said. Nintendo accounts are not the total base of players. Kids aren't playing on PlayStation and Xbox as much as you think.

Game Pass has lost Microsoft money.

@MrStark You have no understanding on how business works. Maximizing profit is essential for a healthy business. If that constitutes as "greed", then it is morally justified.

"If the pair had kept the original's pixel art aesthetic, maybe we'd be a little more sold on them."

Quit being blinded by nostalgia, @JimNorman

P.S. And go to X

@Striker21 You'd make a terrible businessman. Stay away from punditry.

@jsty3105 People fail to understand what business is

@KociolekDoSyta Do you want to go back to having only part of the game on cartridge and downloading the rest online? You can't even resell that, unlike Game Key Cards.

@SykoMuffin Care to define "anti consumer crap" if you so dare? I suspect you've been misled with false information. It's stupid to not buy a Switch 2 with a rationale that's based on falsehood.

@FatWormBlowsASparky It wasn't solely a U.S. thing. It provided a video game boom in other markets as well.

lol, some people are not taking Sonic's sales very well here.

@jojobar How so? Can you tell me the attach rate for each third-party game?

@JCWrites New Supes is a game that refuses to give up. Weep away, JC!

@mariomaster96 New Supes refuses to give up. Weep away!

@wiiware Blah, there are some 2D games that haven't aged well (Overzeal explains it well with Braid). You merely have a preference for 2D artstyles.

@kalosn Lose the nostalgia, Game Freak's 2D graphics were awful from a technical standpoint.

@JordanMiddler Jordan, your reasons of disliking this remake are VERY petty if you liked the originals. You want them pixels? Then go play the originals and shut your whining about BDSP not having them!

@Handy_Man Why?

@Snatcher @PtM What's wrong with Peachette?

@TotalHenshin Don't be so closed-minded. The NP podcast had lots of fabulous insight on first and third-party games, and also gave some spotlight to some lesser-known games.

@Kyloctopus @NinChocolate @Greenmanalishi @swoose @AX-7 Having opposition for the sake of opposition will result in a far worse outcome. And as for claiming how "corporate" it was, it was no more offensive at advertising and PR than Nintendo Directs were, so I find this a non-issue. Again, the interviews and other insights made the experience worthwhile.

It's a shame the podcast is going away, hopefully we'll see a successor of some sort.

@Cashews That's never going to happen as long as TPC remains in charge of game and merchandise releases.

@Joker1234 Not a Pokémon fan? Legends Arceus was excellent

@Rykdrew Advance Wars just got released weeks ago, and the sales report only goes to the end of March. You can't declare it a flop right now.

@Sisilly_G What exactly do you want for 2D Mario? We haven't gotten an NSMB game in over a decade.

@Impossibilium @CharlieGirl I guess movies aren't just for either you anymore...? I mean, that's how film has done things from the very start.

@Vil
1) The N64 games work much better than they originally were at launch
2) Most Switch online games work quite well, only Smash currently has issues
3) Mario RPG needs Square's permission to get the game on NSO since they co-own the copyright to the game and exclusively own its original characters. It's a legit excuse, whether you like it or not.

Instead of whining, why don't you try out the games offered? As I've said above, try opening your tastes.

@dustinprewitt Open your tastes. There are people who are very fond of Side Pocket.

@KBuckley27 Why?

@darkswabber Ahmad says that the PS4 is at 117.2 million units sold as of March this year.

@Miu @sixrings

@Dr_Luigi 's comment is a good refutation of the original post by @Silly_G. It's quite disingenuous to compare FIFA with Just Dance and Picross. While the gameplay of the latter two remain the same, the respective songs and puzzles themselves are totally different, resulting in an overall different experience compared to past entries. This alone does not make things "more of the same" as @Silly_G claims; you can buy a previous version of Just Dance or Picross and have an overall different experience as a result. The same CANNOT be said of FIFA's roster updates, especially considering that the versions on other platforms have features not seen on the Switch version. You can actually just buy a previous version of FIFA and not lose anything gameplay-wise.

Mario Strikers: Battle League at least didn't have other versions to compare to and is itself a complete game (and is thus not overpriced). As long as the other versions for FIFA exist, you can't compare that game to the Switch's FIFA Legacy Editions.

Shame on everyone who agreed with @Silly_G.

@Dr_Luigi I think Mario Strikers: Battle League is more in line of what you want for an arcade gameplay style experience.

@Angered_Pegasus You're gonna have to eat your words, sonny

So when do we get a tier list for Super Punch-Out?

@John_Deacon You guys were just a loud minority. Mario Strikers: Battle League's great!

@Erigen Can you think of a scenario where that happens?

@NinjaNicky Why do you believe that?