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I've said it before, but you've gotta give props to Nickelodeon for really going all-in on the gaming market this generation:

Two Nick All-Star Brawl games, three Nickelodeon Kart Racers, Battle for Bikini Bottom remake, Cosmic Shake, another new SpongeBob game on the way, the TMNT arcade collection and new TMNT games, collabs like Avatar in Fortnite, SpongeBob in Power Wash Simulator, SpongeBob and Avatar in Minecraft, Avatar in Overwatch, Rugrats: Adventures in Game Land, an Avatar game, NickToons: The Dice of Destiny, and now this.

There's probably even more that I haven't even mentioned, luke Nick Jr. games such as Paw Patrol, for example.

Not all of these games are of the same level of quality, but most of them I'd say are pretty solid. Way better than all the shovelware they used to pump out. I just wish they would remember that they own way more franchises than Avatar, TMNT, and SpongeBob.

Give me a new Danny Phantom or Fairly OddParents or Invader Zim game, for example. Or port over some of the old THQ ones from back in the GameCube/Wii era, that'd be pretty sick.

I'd love to see games based on Cartoon Network IP as well, like a racing or fighting game where I can play as characters from Courage the Cowardly Dog, Johnny Bravo, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Chowder, Billy & Mandy, Ed Edd n Eddy, etc.

MultiVersus was the closest we got, but we all know how that turned out.

@mazzel I've listened to enough Kit and Krysta podcasts to know the intern will be getting a very stern talking-to after their boss is grilled with strongly-worded e-mails from Japan.

I never played the 3DS original, but I picked this one up about a week ago and am absolutely obsessed. I've already logged around 30 hours of play time. 😬 This is the video game equivalent of Chick Fil-A; I don't know what they put in the sauce, but I can't get enough of it.

I'm kinda on the fence about the whole situation. It's a shame they let Martinet go after so many years, and I don't think anyone will ever surpass him. But if I'm being honest, I do think he was past his prime. In Luigi's Mansion 3, for example, his Luigi voice is much lower and gruffier to me--it felt like he couldn't hit those same pitches anymore.

So, I get where Nintendo is coming from in wanting someone who is still young and spry who can bring that same level of energy. That said, Kevin Afghani's Mario impression could use work. I think his Luigi and Waluigi impressions are pretty spot-on, and he can make grunt noises like Mario and Wario, but when saying full words and sentences, he struggles with those characters.

He either needs more coaching to do a better Mario, or--as others have said--maybe a re-cast is in order. Nothing personal toward the guy; I genuinely think his Luigi and Waluigi are pretty indistinguishable from Martinet when he was younger. But I've heard random, non-voice actors do a better Mario impression, to be honest. His delivery of the lines "Mario Kart...World!" and "Oh yeah, Mario time!" (from Wonder) is weak and sounds like Mario is hoarse. Which doesn't exactly fit the idea of "young and spry."

Martinet and the other Mario voice actors were let go, Reggie quit, Iwata died, and now, Miyamoto isn't even in the credits of Mario Kart World. It's crazy how rapidly the faces of the company have changed in such a short period of time.

I haven't had a chance to test it for myself, but I've heard Spyro Reignited Trilogy runs much better and even looks a lot better.

I tested out SpongeBob Rehydrated and A Hat in Time. Rehydrated had higher-res textures that didn't take forever to load in, and I didn't notice any framerate issues anymore like in Sand Mountain. There's still tons of pop-in, though, disappointingly. A Hat in Time seemed pretty much the same. Maybe not as many framerate issues, but i did still notice some stuttering.

Crash N. Sane Trilogy looks the same, but at least I didn't have any issues running the game on Switch 2 as others seemingly have.

I want to test out Fall Guys and Disney Speedstorm to see if the menus load up faster like they do in Fortnite. It's really annoying when you have lag just trying to navigate the UI.

Honestly, while the game is fun, I do think it's underwhelming as an $80 game, as a launch title, and as a successor to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (with the Booster Course Pass included). All three of those things set the bar so high, and I don't think it lived up to the expectations.

With so many of those P-Switch challenges in Free-Roam revolving around passing through rings, I couldn't help but think to myself, "this would be a really solid Pilotwings game, but from Mario Kart, I expect a little more."

A lot of people (myself included) were hoping for more. Cut characters like the Koopalings, Kamek, Diddy Kong, and Funky Kong in favor of a non-specific Dolphin and Cow is disappointing. Only two battle modes is also unfortunate, as is the fact there are no bosses in Free-Roam.

In its current state, I honestly can't give this game any higher than an 8/10--which is underwhelming for a Mario Kart title. You can get mad at the fans for saying wre "set our expectations too high" for thinking Nintendo might not have showed their full hand in the Directs. But Nintendo did a poor job at expectation management by--again--making this a launch title, selling it for $10 more than Tears of the Kingdom, and doubling MK8 DX's content in the lead-up to this game.

Even basic features like a ranked mode for online would have made it so much more replayable, where you level-up instead of just gaining VR points, which are (no pun intended) pointless.

I don't know what Nintendo's long-term plans are for this game. Hopefully, they will continue to support it throughout the Switch 2's entire life cycle. But as it is...the game is just "alright." I just hope that any new content will be free for NSO + Expansion Pass subscribers like it was for the last game.

Oh, nice! This is extremely useful information. That was definitely something that bothered me when starting Wind Waker on NSO. I'll be sure to change it for this game as well as Mario Sunshine when it comes to the platform. Thanks!

It's been a long time coming. I remember all the way back in 2015 when Cloud got put into Smash Wii U and thinking to myself, "Surely, this confirms the Final Fantasy 7 remake they're working on will come to the NX, maybe as a launch title. Now, here we are, 10 years later. Geez, where does the time go?

Everyone is joking about "Switch 2 Pro," but to me, this sounds more like how the OG Nintendo Switch got a hardware revision like a year after it came out with an improved battery and slightly different box but was otherwise the same. Would be pretty upsetting for early adopters like myself if that happens, but I'd rather an OLED version be coming than to not get one at all. Would be preferable at launch, of course, but if it's not a case of Nintendo deliberately holding back so fans will double-dip and more just how the stars aligned with their manufacturing partners, then so be it.

Been using this site for over 10 years now, so it's amazing to see an article about my YouTube channel! I didn't know if y'all would actually cover it when I sent it in as a news tip, but you did, so thank you! A big thanks especially to my good buddy @mystman12 for doing the interview in the first place! The video's been doing numbers, getting to around 10k views in just a couple days! For comparison, my most-viewed video before this one only had like 1.6k views. I've also doubled my subscribers in the span of about a month, thanks in no small part to this interview.

I mention this in the video, but I first found out about Micah in the Nintendo Life comments section back in 2015. Now, it's all come full circle. Thanks again, Nintendo Life, for running the article! I really appreciate it, and I'm sure Micah will too. 🙂

(Even if you spelled his last name wrong, lol.)

Yeah, I don't feel particularly welcome on this website anymore. Unless things change, I guess I'll stop being active in this community and start getting my information from other sites that welcome a diverse range of opinions.

Thanks to all those who have tolerated my hot takes and enjoyed reading my comments over the years. It's been a pleasure. Inb4 someone says, "this isn't an airport, you don't have to announce your departure." I beat you to the punch.

God bless.

@Optimus Muslims, Hispanics, Native Americans, and black Americans all voted Right this past election in record numbers compared to previous years. This isn't just a "white Christian" thing, that's scapegoating.

@wanderwonder I couldn't disagree more. I believe treating people as lesser 100% causes them to double-down in whatever it is they already believe.

@Ralizah So, what's the plan to win back voters in 2028?

There's a lot I could say, but it wouldn't be received well here, so I won't bother. All I'll add to the conversation is that I'm not going to be overly reactionary about this; I'm gonna play it by ear and see what happens.

I wish all the people who are outraged at their fellow Americans took a little accountability and looked introspectively at how they themselves may have been responsible for pushing people away from their political party. What could you have done differently? Why did people see Trump as the better option? If you say it's because they're just a bunch of brainless sheep, you haven't learned anything.

I swear, if they're thinking about hiking the price up further... hoo, boy.

You just know the comments are going to get closed for being political.

Someone in the live chat called this game "woke Rocket League," which admittedly got a good laugh out of me.

This just isn't something I'm particularly interested in, and I imagine my arms would get really tired after just a few minutes of playing it. You know Nintendo is gonna charge $60 at the bare minimum for this game, probably $70. Hard pass.

A wheelchair game where you were doing something different than playing bog-standard basketball could have been cool. But it's literally just vanilla basketbal, which feels very uninspired for Nintendo. It's Metroid Prime Blast Ball all over again, but instead of that being a side mode, it's the whole game.

@Dark_Isatari

Thanks so much for the interest in my channel! Yeah, that link is broken, and I haven't been able to figure out now to edit my Nintendo Life profile info on mobile. I think it's because my channel name used to be "The_Nintentrovert" before changing it to just "Nintentrovert."

Here's a non-broken link for you: https://youtube.com/@nintentrovert?si=VwG2S9x6V3sTmd2G

For press who got to play this game, there were multiple pages of characters to choose from on the selection menu, but this included all the costume variants that were listed separately. Presumably, this is just for the demo, and in the final game, a costume sub-menu will appear when you click the character. So, don't get your hopes up. The Treehouse team is probably playing the same, or a similar, demo build with separate slots for costumes.

This might not be the best article to comment this under, but I just had a thought regarding the price of games:

Over the past 8 years, Nintendo has taken for granted that the only people who have been paying full price to double-dip on Wii U games are their hardcore audience of only 16 million people who actually bought a Wii U and will buy anything if it has a Nintendo logo on it. They failed to take in account the other 130 million users who aren't used to getting ripped off because they bought all these Wii U ports for the first time on Switch as if it were a brand-new game.

Now, Nintendo is starting to treat their general audience the same way they've been treating their hardcore fans. But the general consumer doesn't have the same level of loyalty, so instead of gritting and bearing it like Nintendo diehard are accustomed to doing, those 130 million+ people are PO'd.

And it's reached a tipping point even for me, as someone who was one of those Nintendo shills who bought every $60 port like Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD. I regret that I've been an enabler to Nintendo's behavior.

They're not starting this generation out on the right foot. This is the most frustrated I've been with Nintendo since the Wii U days.

@anoyonmus Nah, that mentality just enables companies like Nintendo to get away with this sort of thing. It's like saying, "Hey, that guy may have murdered someone, but at least he didn't kill a million people!" Instead of saying, "Things could be worse," we should instead be saying, "Things could be better."

These new modes seem kinda shallow and not as worthwhile as if they had given us new boards. I've probably put like 40+ hours into Jamboree and haven't even touched the Paratroopa Flight School or other side games, so I'm not frothing at the mouth for more motion controlled casual stuff.

If I'm being honest, the Kirby and the Forgotten Land expansion likewise looks kind of shallow. It seems to just be repurposing old content and adding new paths to existing levels, rather than giving us anything brand-new. These expansions don't seem to be on the same level as Nintendo's remasters and Deluxe ports like the addition of Bowser's Fury or the Magolor Epilogue.

I'd love to be proven wrong, though. If these do provide a substantial amount of new content, it gives me renewed hope that Pikmin 4 could get updated with a new winter level. Nintendo still markets that game to this day, and it would look great in 4k, 60 FPS so you know Miyamoto has them working on it. A Switch 2 version is pretty much a guarantee, but whether it gets new content or not, we'll have to wait and see. Proper co-op through the whole campaign and more battle mode / mission content wpipd be great, too.

Nice! This is a welcome improvement. Button remapping is especially huge, but the rewind feature is nice, too. (Now I don't even NEED the Ocarina in Majora's Mask, suckers!) I've never seen the appeal of CRT filters, though. I like my video games the same way I like to eat bread--without fuzz all over it.

Now, they just need to update it so N64 games are compatible with the Save Data Pak and NSO Game Boy Color connectivity.

I noticed in the chat overview video, the backgrounds were cropped out for the people video chatting together without there being a green screen behind them. I wasn't sure if that was a bit of false advertising, bit it's nice to have official confirmation that it can do that automatically. Sounds like that and the face-tracking are handled by the console itself and not the camera, which is kind of nuts.

I'm fine with the price of the console, given what a massive hardware leap this is.

But charging for a tech demo, physical games costing up to $80, and the Switch 2 not being compatible with my 1.5 TB microSD card meaning I'll have to shell out for another one? Yeah, there was a lot here that's really rubbed me the wrong way.

This is the first time I've felt angry at Nintendo in 5 years--the last time being all their dumb limited-time games back in 2020. Other than that, I couldn't have been happier as a consumer during the Switch era. Some games were a bit overpriced, like the HD ports, but the quality was there so I accepted it. But it's starring to get indefensible.

They definitely aren't starting this new generation off on the right foot. But hey, the good news is that maybe the OG Nintendo Switch will become the bestselling console of all-time after all, considering many were turned off by the pricing.

Hopefully, Nintendo course corrects before it's too late.

So now we know why Super Mario 3D All-Stars was a limited-time release. This tells me that we will likely get other platforms like Wii added to NSO eventually, with Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2. That might still be several years off, though.

While I'm extremely happy to finally be getting GameCube NSO, I'm a bit disappointed that:

1. This evidently means we're not getting the definitive versions of Wind Waker or Twilight Princess with wide-screen support, improved textures, and quality-of-life improvements like the Swift Sail and improved Triforce shard quest. I'm curious if the Tingle Tuner will function somehow?

2. No mention of Mario Kart: Double Dash or Super Smash Bros. Melee. How do you NOT launch GameCube NSO with MELE??? That would have been so hype. Melee with online and being able to take it on the go would have sold Switch 2 units all by itself. But we still don't even have Smash Bros. 64 and it's really frustrating. What's the deal, Nintendo??

I'm happy I'll finally get to experience Chibi-Robo, but I think it could have looked gorgeous with a complete ground-up remake. Same for Luigi's Mansion--looking forward to playing it again, but a remake in 4k with raytracing and the works, as well as the 3DS versions added achievement system, improved second quest, and co-op would have been so good.

Hopefully we see more obscure stuff come to the service in the future. I'd love to replay Wario World after all these years. Maybe eventually we'll get the OG Thousand-Year Door, which I honestly think I prefer over the remake due to the script differences. I never played Star Fox Adventures, but as someone who doesn't like the on-rails arcade-style gameplay, I think a more on-foot Zelda style of adventure will really appeal to me.

I still have my bongos and a dance pad, so if they ever port Donkey Kong Jungle Beat or DDR: Mario Mix, I'll be able to play them with my GameCube controller adapter, which is hilarious.

Maybe we can get third-party games like Viewtiful Joe, Pac-Man World 3 (still hoping 2 gets a remake instead), and more. Or, if those companies want to release those games separately on the eShop, that's fine too.

I hope I'm able to upgrade my third-party Switch 1 games, whether for free or with a paid update. Sonic X Shadow honestly looks fine to me, but I'm thinking games like A Hat in Time or Spyro Reignited Trilogy which have serious framerate issues and low resolutions.

We have no first-party Nintendo games coming before the release of Switch 2 in June, so that's a two-month game drought. That is, unless Nintendo pulls a Xenoblade X and announces more titles out of the blue. Yoshi's Woolly World could be announced and released this month via the new Nintendo Today app, and Kirby Planet Robobot or Metroid Prime 2 and 3 HD could be announced and released the following month. But that would beg the question: Why weren't they in the March Direct?

You should be able to upgrade Kirby and the Forgotten Land for $10 without having to get the expansion if you don't want it. The Expansion just kind of looks like repurposed content and not a whole lot of new assets as far as I can tell, so I'm not all that interested yet.

Yeah, as someone who invested in a 1.5 TB microSD card that's only about 1/3rd of the way full, I'm pretty PO'd about this, not gonna lie. Bit of a sour note in the middle of this Direct.

Been really looking forward to picking this game up and experiencing a piece of 3D platforming history... Granted, that's also how I felt about Glover. I beat the first world of Glover and the first level in the Circus world, and I've gotta say--no, sir, I don't like it. I've heard that apparently the Glover port just isn't great, so maybe I'd like it better on original hardware, I dunno. The control scheme just feels very clunky; why is it inverted when I jump on top of the ball? I feel the same way about Tomb Raider, I find it clunky even with the remake's "modern" controls. Hopefully Croc updates the tank controls better than Lara Croft did.

Although I'd love to be able to emulate games like Melee and Double-Dash on my Switch 2 with added online features and portability (I legit might cry if this is announced), I hope this doesn't mean Nintendo is done remaking GameCube games. Wind Waker HD is the definitive way to experience the game. It's my favorite Zelda of all-time, but I've only ever played the Wii U version and don't think I would like the original nearly as much without the Swift Sail. Wide-screen also greatly improves the experience.

Luigi's Mansion and Chibi-Robo could also look gorgeous with a fresh new coat of paint. And unless they drop Wii games on NSO too, we still won't be able to play Metroid Prime 3 on a modern console ahead of 4's release.

Usually, I don't mind leaks and generally enjoy them, as they can help generate excitement during periods of no news. But when it's within hours of the potential announcement, that's where I'd rather have not seen it. I'm not upset at NateTheHate, as I figured he'd do a podcast just before the Direct. But I wish Nintendo Life had gone with a more vague title like, "NateTheHate Teases Feature Coming to NSO." To keep us from getting spoiled right before the show.

Nice. I had a feeling this would be a longer one, as I believe the January 2017 event went at least an hour. I wish I predicted that in the video I uploaded to my channel where I go over my hopes and expectations, but I forgot. Exciting times!

While we're on the subject of Kirby's Adventure and also GBA Kirby, can we get Nightmare in Dream Land on NSO soon, please? I've never played it, but Kirby's Adventure is one of my favorite Kirby games, despite the really bad framerate. I would very much like to play the remake for the first time. It might become the definitive version for me if it runs smoothly.

@-wc- When I've taken my laxative, the number "2" becomes a huge source of excitement for me.

(2/2)

I'd love if someone could help point me in the direction of the sort of game I'm asking for.

That new Tomagotchi game looks kinda cool. I don't know if Stardew Valley would be for me--I'm not a fan of the pixel art aesthetic. I know it's more of a farming sim, but I think you can do other stuff too, right? I bought Fantasy Life before the 3DS eShop closed but have yet to play it; I hear it's one of the best 3DS games, but I imagine it's more of an RPG than a true life sim, right? I had My Sims on Wii but had no idea what I was doing, so I've contemplated getting the Switch version and taking another crack at it. Maybe I would be able to appreciate it now as an adult. I also think that new LEGO Fortnite thing looks really interesting where you're like in a town...maybe I should try that one out?

I dunno. What do you guys think?

Maybe what I'm looking for is called "real life," and I simply need to go outside and touch grass. I hear that real life has a pretty large open-world where you can buy furniture, change your clothes, and work literally any occupation you want.

My experience with Tomodachi Life is... complicated.

I remember back around 2013 when I first found about about the Japanese-exclusive "Tomodachi Collection: New Life." I thought a life sim game where you play as your Mii character sounded incredible, but at the time, there was no word on a Western localization. I actually sent a lengthy email to Nintendo of America expressing my interest in the product and petitioning that the game gets an international release. I like to think that maybe I played some small hand in us finally getting this game in the States. (Yeah, it's a long shot, but let me have this one.)

I was elated when the game was eventually announced to be releasing worldwide, and I remember the game got a free eShop demo like a week before the full release. I played that demo a bunch and really enjoyed my time with it.

But then the full game came out, and...it felt like I had already gotten my fill from the demo. The full game didn't offer enough to really jeep me engaged beyond what I experienced in the demo. See, when I sent that email to NoA, I was under the impression that this was a third-person game where you actually got to control your Mii and run around and do various things, maybe work an odd job or something, I dunno.

I was pretty disappointed when I came to the realization that I was actually an omnipotent entity called "Aaron's lookalike" (my real name is Aaron btw, lol) who just kind of curiously observes his Miis like you would an ant farm. It was too much of a hands-off experience for me. It felt less like a life sim and more like...a pet sim. I was similarly underwhelmed the first time I tried a Sims game. I want to be in control of the action, not just watching it.

Much like how Nintendo marketed 1-2 Switch as a video game that's all game and no video... Tomodachi Life, to me, feels like a video game that's all video and no game. I guess I want something more like Animal Crossing, where I get to run around as the Villager and actually do stuff. Yet, I don't really care for Animal Crossing that much either, as I just found the daily grind to be boring and monotonous.

Maybe someone can recommend a good life sim that I would enjoy. I want something with the house and clothing customization options of Tomodachi and Animal Crossing, but where I can earn money by doing various jobs. Like, I dunno, maybe I could work as a chef like in Order-Up or have an occupation as a cab driver or police officer or fireman or any number of jobs with their own unique gameplay experience. A game where I can buy my own car and freely drive in it to the shopping mall or to school or the library or the bowling alley or wherever. Something more stimulating than just digging for fossils and hitting rocks with a shovel and pulling weeds. I find that incredibly boring. Does such a game exist?

I'm not getting my hopes up too high, but this new Tomodachi does seem to have a full 360-degree camera, so that makes me wonder whether I might actually get to play as my Mii instead of being a disembodied godlike figure this time.

I think the North American box art is maybe a bit overcrowded, to the point where it's hard to tell what exactly you're looking at. I think I prefer the more simple Japanese and European ones, which do a good job showcasing what scenarios your Miis can find themselves in without bogging down the casual consumer with an overload of information.

Not a super original rumor, we've been hearing rumors about it being a "cast" button that lets you stream to the TV for months now. If it requires two systems, that does make it more complicated, but it also wouldn't make sense. Pac-Man Vs. in Namco Museum already does this, no special "Cast" button required. Just put a Switch in the dock, have another in Handheld mode, and connect them via local wireless.

The OP does says that interacting between two Nintendo Switch systems is "one function," implying there are more. So I could see that maybe being a more convoluted feature while also offering users the ability to stream to a TV with a single system. I don't think having two systems will be mandatory; it might hurt Switch 2 sales because people might decide the console is too expensive if they don't want to trade in their OG Switch and miss out on features.

I would kill for a Nintendo Land port, though.

@Markiemania95 Is this the app that keeps a log of all your play times across Switch, Wii U, and 3DS? If so, I'd love to see it come stateward.

Sony games that would feel right at home on Nintendo: Ape Escape, Sackboy / Little Big Planet, Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter, Astro Bot, Medieval.

Make it happen, Sony! (Then, I can sell my PS5 and go back to being a single-console gamer, lol.)

Also, I'm not a big superhero guy, but having stuff with massive mainstream appeal like Spiderman and Wolverine exclusively on PlayStation seems like it would severely limit the sales potential. I don't know that it would happen but 2018's Spiderman on Switch 2 would sell millions.

What if it's not a C but actually just an image of a magnet and has to do with the magnetic JoyCons attaching lol.