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I'm very much not a Pokèmon guy but I will watch this as I think there will be some quite significant announcements.

I've got a New 3DS XL and it is gorgeous, hopefully it'll last for a good while because as the kinds of prices these things are going for now are insane!

Hmm... I'll believe it when I see it

@Pillowpants I have a feeling someone got their wires crossed with the Xenoblade Chronicles X announcement and interpreted it as a Direct being on the way.

While I do find the treehouses a bit contrived, it will be nice to see some more footage of these games.

This might be a stupid question, given the whole marketing around it, but do we know if you can play the Bellabell Park minigames with CPUs? I'm doubtful but it would raise my excitement levels a little bit if so.

I remember he shared similar sentiments towards people who leaked the Switch 2's design.
I think we all know what he's getting at but good lord he could be more delicate about it!

I read the title thinking the craziest cross-over of all time just dropped!

This game seemed to go out of print very quickly, (in the UK at least and to be honest, that can be said about most Xenoblade games I'm pretty sure) so it'll be nice to have a Switch 2 edition floating around should I wish to pick it up.

@Dev-N Same, I vividly remember thinking "gosh that was pretty violent!" after vaulting over a river.

I would like to put forward the horses from Echoes of Wisdom, they're flipping adorable!

Tried the Pragmata demo and enjoyed it! I'll have to think whether I'd be up for a full game of it though.

Also played a decent amount of Metroid Prime 4 and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker!

HA, that shot of Spike is perfect!

I vividly remember 2K Battlegrounds being in the first ever Partner Showcase for some reason and thinking: "Well, it can only go up from here"

@JohnnyMind True, but the potential for Tomodachi Life content on the app is huge!

I'll be waiting patiently for the day I get a notification reading: 'Hugh Morris...what happened next?'

@CaleBoi25 I know right? Hearing that a Mario Tennis game is light on single-player content is the least surprising news I've heard this year.

I'm not one for Mario Tennis lore so the lack of a deep adventure mode isn't a massive loss for me.

This game actually looks really solid and I would love to pick it up at some point, I just can't justify its price at the moment.

I actually really like this app, definitely the best (official) way to browse the e-Shop and the play data is a welcome inclusion even if that makes more sense in the main Nintendo Switch app

...in fact you could also put the store itself and Today! in there and you've got yourself a much better system than whatever Nintendo's trying to do!

@The-Chosen-one That followed by "Rated PG" was hilarious

It was ok, a good chunk of the headliners consisted of stuff we kind of already knew about...apart from the Bethesda stuff.

That doesn't take away from the fact that what was shown looked really good for the most part, I was just hoping for a couple more 'new' reveals.

@AussieMcBucket Lol the best cardboard usually is!

"Not officially supported"
AKA
"Buy our new shiny cardboard instead!"

Bring it on!
I don't have any particular predictions/wishes, I just wish to be surprised and/or delighted at some point😉

Brilliant sub-heading XD

It actually looks really good to me, dare I say the best since the GameCube (although admittedly that's not a very high bar.)
Won't be a Day 1 purchase but seems like one of those titles that's bound to get knocked down a few pegs in price after a while so will probably get it a few months down the line!

I completely understand why they're going down this route for DLC but yeah an extra couple of worlds would've been ideal.

It's one of my favourite Switch games so I will get for the resolution bump and the Koopalings as the boss variety was my only criticism of the game.

Almost had a heart attack seeing 'Hotel Mario' scrolling past the Switch 1 lineup until I realised what it actually was! XD

12/12...Had to really think about that Pokémon price for a sec there!

@JohnnyMind Yeah neither am I :/ Maybe a takes a minute to kick in.

I am very curious to see how Splatoon Raiders turns out.
I've never been massive fan of the single player content of Splatoon but the DLCs especially are pretty enjoyable and I think a game where the full focus of development is on a campaign has massive potential.

Ok, this is 100% the sort of thing Furukawa was on about when he talked about AI and IP protection. I hope they take action.

I'm considering it but might wait to see more footage of it

Absolutely distraught that Hugh Morris didn't make the cut.

Not surprised by the price, it seems to have quite a bit going on!

I kept seeing 'Hugh Morris' stuff in the live chat, all of which went completely over my head as we had 'Bubbles' the clown in the UK version.

Heck, get them both in Smash!!

@Sindayl Took the words right out of my mouth. Everything was a lot better pre-JD 2023 and Just Dance Unlimited was a much more fulfilling service and (now) for less money!

Bring it on! I hadn't considered the possibility of a Partner Showcase but I think Nintendo's got enough on their plate that we know about (and that we don't know about!) that could warrant a full-fat Direct so I'm fairly optimistic.

Thank you for featuring my letter

Certainly a lot going on but it does look great!

I would imagine the Tostarena sequence happens near the beginning of the movie and then they bring Yoshi to the Star Festival which is when all thr Galaxy shenanigans occur.
Not to say there won't be other stuff like the Odyssey Dinosaur/babies but I don't think the movie will be as scattered as the trailers might make it seem.

I've spent a good hour trying so so hard to defeat the final boss of Persona 5 Royal.
I hope I can do it today because I'd quite like to play Animal Crossing with a friend tomorrow and the thought of going back to the start of the battle is enough to make me put the it down for a while. Aargh!!....Still a wonderful game though!

We would not have the Mario Kart series as we know it today without this man, what a legend!

I wonder who'll helm the Smartphone division now??

I'm looking forward to this although I kind of hope this is the last trailer we get!
@DynamoDouglas Yeah this week's announcements feel like they're clearing the decks a bit.

I will get it because it's one of my favourite games but, while the new content isn't bad by any means, I would've liked some more substantial single player content.

Ooh nice, haven't played Rocket League in a long ol' time (I still use the physical copy!) but will probably check this out.

I wrote a letter into Nintendo Life around two years ago wishing there was an "11 inch Elephant Mario amiibo" available for my collection.

While this doesn't look quite 11 inches tall, I'm still more than pleased that the prophecy has been fulfilled!

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is right up there on my favourite Switch game list, definitely in my Top 5. It's utterly delightful and I can't wait to play more!

A very significant departure indeed!

Paper Mario, Metroid Prime, Donkey Kong Country, WarioWare, Luigi's Mansion and Mario Strikers all under his wing, although Risa Tabata has been by his side for 20+ years so I'd imagine this'll be one of the smoother transitions of leadership.

Oh wow! Yes please!!
I don't have this game and have had my eyes more on Tropical Freeze to be honest but this is a very welcome update.

ACNH: NS2 Edition for me, have been enjoying it more than I thought I would. Probably because I'm actually trying to give myself stuff to do instead of running around for 10 minutes saying hello to everyone then leaving.

Have done a bit of Hades and Mario Kart World as well

I really want to give this a go, I saw it was on sale on Steam but it just feels like such a good fit for Switch so I decided to hold off.

Having said that, if it is indeed just a Switch 1 title with performance taken into account + the price of buying it new, I may reconsider.

At first I didn't see the bones on the ground in front of Alex and thought 'diplo neck' was some kind of in-joke.

I do wish the Classics apps tracked your individual game times (outside of the software itself I mean),
I kinda get it but the option would be nice.

I hope this will incentivise me to sort out my island a bit. I was never obsessed with it being super pretty as I mainly enjoyed talking to the villagers/collecting creatures and whatnot, but the whole 'top-shelf' of my island especially is very empty and unorganised with the odd flower here and the odd rock there with just nothing really going on.

Even if I sorted out just that section I think I'd be a lot more content lmao.