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It's has to be Donkey Kong surely!

@JONOFTHEJONS I believe so!

I'll be starting Re make soon for the first time and hopefully I'll enjoy it enough to carry on with the trilogy.
If I do though, I might just have to do it on PC. Lord knows what the 3rd game's file size will be!

Surprised Super Mario Maker 2 of all things got a look-in although if anything, it supports my hunch that we'll be getting some Mario Maker content this year.

This is quite bizarre on the surface but I can only imagine it will end up being an advert for the Nintendo Music app once all is said and done.

It gives the wider population a chance to go "damn, these Nintendo games have pretty good music!" and then ultimately downloading the app. Even that's a bit of a hard sell though, I would be surprised if anyone has subscribed to NSO purely for Nintendo Music.

@MTMike87 There are plenty of infamous quotes from the reviews but I think the Guardian's "worse than AI" takes the cake for sheer ignorance but yeah they've been pretty scathing.

Miyamoto's sentiments don't surprise me unfortunately. I don't think the films are the abhorrent mess some make them out to be, but they do feel like they're coming from the mind of a video game director as opposed to a movie director. I hope after two rounds of mixed-to-negative critical feedback, Miyamoto takes a minute to really think about how he approaches filmmaking.

Then again if he's making $1B per film, he probably couldn't care less.

I'm certainly willing to give it a chance!

I do generally love the Splatoon gameplay and aesthetic but I am feeling a little fatigued by the single player offerings so I hope this plays a little differently to what we've had before.

Looks really cool, I've always been more of a multiplayer fan when it comes to Splatoon but I enjoy the campaigns enough to warrant being excited for a new game fully developed around one.

Yeah I would imagine it took a good year to localise much like the previous game.

Nice, I suppose it makes sense given the spotlight the main theme had during the Ask The Developer interview.

This is a pleasant surprise given their pessimism a few months ago, hopefully it's at least 1080p.

Still haven't tried this yet but might look into it now that they're seemingly patching up a few things.

This is a funny one for mii, I enjoyed the 3DS game quite a bit but I think that had more to do with the people I had connections with at the time.

Sharing my experiences in the game with others made up a good chunk of the enjoyment and I don't think I'd be able to capture that same feeling. Maybe in time, the appeal will come rushing back to me and ideally, with a few quid knocked off the price too lol!

@MyUsernameWasTaken Lol I remember pole vaulting when 3.0 dropped and how it felt like I'd hit a massive rock with how intense the rumble was!

Toru Minegishi: Legendary composer of Majora's Mask, 3D World and Splatoon fame has officially peaked with 'Fart' - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (2026)

The 'spoiler' aspect I'd imagine, for anyone wondering, boils down to things like the dialogue between the Miis, dream sequences and minigames. The surprise element only adds to the humour of it all.

One interesting thing that has come out of this which isn't a spoiler, is that the game was once again produced by Yoshio Sakamoto. Who, at the grand age of 66, alluded to his retirement at the time of Emio's release and so many assumed that he had either left the company or moved into a more supervisory role. To be fair, he may well have done or is planning to once the game releases.
It also marks the first pure EPD 7 release since...well the last Tomodachi Life! All other projects have been collaborations with teams such as MercurySteam and Mages for Metroid and Famicom Detective Club respectively.

Oh I really hope this is true! Been meaning to give this a go for ages.

@Zeebor15 🦊🐦🐰🐸??

That or Fire Emblem but either of them could still go in July as this is a Switch 1 title.

Picked up Rift of the Necrodancer not too long ago (fantastic game btw) which I'm getting my rhythm game fix from so while I probably won't pick this up straight away, I am very happy to see it return. It's a perfect late-console-era title!

It was such a treat hearing his work again in the cinema. The way he weaves his original motifs and Nintendo's themes is masterful!

It was also great to see it all actually included in the final cut, I'm still mourning the loss of 'Drivin' Me Bananas'.

Went for NA but ideally (for me) it would be the JP characters on an NA type background.

One of my favourites, which was only pointed out to me much later, was when Luigi calls in to the Observatory where the Lumas are running amok. One of which (appearing early on in the shot) is pink and bobs up in the exact same motion as Kirby!

6/10 for it as a movie but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't smiling the whole way through!

Really enjoyed seeing Fox on the big screen and thought he was handled very well. Perfect voice as well!

Just watched it.
If you enjoyed the first film, you'll enjoy this and if you didn't, you probably won't.

Amazing visuals and scenery with clunky pacing, certainly not as bad as some of the reviews were saying. Much like the first film, I'd like to watch it again now that I've soaked it all in and ultimately enjoy it more after excepting it for what it is.

Hang on so then what's Fox doing here?!

@FawfulsFury I agree, especially if they tried to pull it off with Illumination of all people.

@Fizza Hahaha, perfect image choice 😂

Not a surprise unfortunately but I can only imagine what it must be like to comprehend the Mario world, characters and setpieces for someone who knows nothing about it.

Yes! Seeing it tomorrow.

I remember coming out of the last movie feeling a little deflated but I think part of that was due to not really knowing what a Mario movie by Illumination would look and feel like. So, while I am keeping my expectations in check, I am still pretty excited. Particularly for the visuals and music!

Assuming this is all on-the-money:

No 3D Mario is quite a shock especially off the back of the movie although I suppose that's where Star Fox comes in which, in fairness, is absolutely hype!

OoT remake would be pretty cool but hardly fills the holiday calendar, I believe he also mentioned Luigi's Mansion 4 being off the table for 2026 (which I thought was a shoe-in if 3D Mario wasn't ready) so I'm not quite sure what kind of Mario offering they could pull for the holiday period. Mario Kart DLC would be good but I don't think that's the 'store-shelf' product that would suffice.

Ok, the chances of a new Star Fox have risen exponentially now.

WHAT EVEN IS THIS FILM

I've had my eye on this game for ages and almost ended up buying it on PC.

Still might tbh depending on how significant this edition is. It would take quite a bit to draw me away from £15 (on sale) to what'll probably be £50-60 on release for this definitive version.

Richard Ayoade! Brilliant!!

I'm a bit more on the fence about this one following the Handheld Boost update.
I'd really like to know whether the Bellabel Park games can be played with CPUs. I'm doubtful as we haven't heard anything but that would be another factor I'd have to consider.

@Sylamp The only one I can think of is Bowser's Fury but that obviously already had a patch. But I'd imagine any other game with that quirk would now run at 60 in handheld which is awesome!

Haven't got round to testing it yet but I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing how much better Smash's fighter/stage select icons look as they were pretty mushy before.

Oh this is great!!
Can't wait to try this with Smash and a bunch of other games.

I have to say the Top 10 is surprisingly refreshing for the UK.

@SillyG Ah but they have the C button on them!

...so yes pretty much identical.

I'm sorry, who the heck is next to Yoshi's nose?? ...Korby?! 😂

@Rupeeclock Ahh I see ahaha

That's pretty nuts! But I guess when you put it all together, it was bound to do well even on a new platform.

He's at his best when he makes 'meta' comments (like the tasting goombas line) but I don't mind having him around too much.

I think having him as little cameo appearances, maybe even smaller than the ones we've seen thus far, would be most effective for him.

"B-but Miyamoto-san, it doesn't make sense for them to be ther-"

"DO IT!!"

@Game_n_Watch_it_pal Difficult to say as it would seem like quite a tight turnaround after Princess Peach and their other recent projects, could it be in-house??

Looks perfectly pleasant but I don't think this one's for me.

Appreciate the composer credits, especially for Bowser's Fury as they're a little harder to decipher!

That's quite a loss given his history and seniority surrounding the franchise.
I wish him all the best!

...The timing of this is interesting though, both Tanabe and Konno stepped down right after their most recent games (they were credited on) had released. So perhaps either Abe has finished working on the next WarioWare which Nintendo is sitting on as we speak or he's passed the baton to someone else mid-development.

10/12, pretty good!

Tripped up on the Virtual Boy one (went for Mario's Tennis) and the 'which game were these Pokémon in' as that was a complete guess!

@Dev-N It would be so funny hearing Birdo's lines come out of her modern voice

Good lord guys it's just a presentation!

Nice to see Wart come out of his seemingly eternal slumber.

The inclusion of Mario vs. Donkey Kong opens a lot of doors!
Hopefully we'll eventually see things like Metroid Prime and the Pikmin games though I suppose they were always on the table with the leaks and whatnot.

@MeloMan SML3: Wario Land isn't actually available on NSO despite being pushed out on 3DS fairly quickly so while it is only a matter of time, I'm surprised we've had to wait this long!

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