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This game is super cute and a lot of fun if you have young kids, and I will definitely come back to play as Mister Scrooge. Now just give me Darkwing Duck!

This news improved my day ever so slightly

If it’s giving xbox and pc troubles, I wouldn’t describe it as a “technical powerhouse”, but rather a ‘technical tyrant’. Games are meant to be played on devices - whether console or PC. If it isn’t easily running on either, then the game is the problem and needs to be brought in line with the platform.

IM SO PSYCHED! EVERYTHING LOOKED AWESOME!!!!

This is one of my favorite FF games so naturally I'm excited. The art style of this game doesn't really lend itself to hyper realistic graphics though, so I don't personally need the AAA monetary investment here. Just give me something of quality that looks better than I remember it. FFVIII remaster just felt so lazy and looked little better than a straight PS1 port - warts and all.

@DollyrotsFan1 wasn’t the yoshi egg present in the new film after the credits implying that he would be in an eventual sequel?

I was initially disappointed by this direct - probably because I wasn’t excited for the 1st party game reveals. However, in retrospect, there were several games that I am absolutely interested in. Aside from the big hitters like Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon, I’m a huge AI: The somnium files fan, the Raidou game looked good, and I’m definitely interested in the Shadow Labyrinth game.

I’ll take it! Glad we got a modern partial OST this week to mix it up. This was a good soundtrack too.

An indie showcase actually would make sense sort of. An article on this website, back in October said that Nintendo would reportedly lean on third parties for switch support in 2025. While the timing is a little strange, it does seem reasonable that announcements for switch 1 games would need to be made for indie developers.

Fun bop! If I wind up watching this movie at any point it will be strictly because Jack Black is in it.

Bahahaha my friends and I have been saying this to each other for YEARS. Give me the Japanese-ness of your games. It’s what I crave.

I know there was some discussion a few years ago around JRPG being something of a derogatory term in the industry - and that always baffled me because I always associated that title with my favorite games.

Japan, please gift us with your most authentic self. Don’t change to try to make us like you more. We already do.

@CaleBoi25 Mario Odyssey is on sale for $39.99 at BestBuy (physical or digital) as of right now if you’re in the US.

@Mirastrix I see your point. KT’s recent collaborations have moved pretty far from the Musou genre and into a hybrid action rpg genre. I do agree with the performance of Fate Samurai/Remnant’s on switch - it didnt run well. Despite your dislike of Age of Calamity I would definitely say that it didn’t err in the way of move-set clones though. Each combattant felt pretty unique. Lots of cut scenes though, and the divine beast missions were kinda meh.

@Mirastrix Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition or Age of Calamity? Both were good. I’m just curious.

Also, I though KT did well with Fate Samurai/Remnant.

@Haruki_NLI I’m not trolling, but I am Discord-phobic - so I use console chat with the rare human being still using it on my other game console. Every Discord that I’ve joined is full of people using a litany of abbreviations and terminology that I don’t understand. I find it intimidating and frustrating to use. I may just be an old man, but console chat is what works for me. So I find this upgrade important

Cool! Nice addition. Hoping for a more modern soundtrack next week.

Yay! I hope so! I missed this one, and I never regret a Kirby game.

I have 2 young children and completely unreliable gaming availability. I desperately want to play with other people, but unfortunately that usually breaks down to playing Monster Hunter or other games with a more closed gameplay loop so that I can be available at predictable times. I miss couch coop so badly. I have some amazing memories playing Crystal Chronicles with my friends.

Well to my knowledge, Nintendo has no February releases scheduled, so it seems likely there will be something during the month…

I did my part and preordered my copy. I even convinced my normal gaming group to preorder their copies. I have a hunch this game with do just fine.

I LOVED this soundtrack! Best addition yet!

Cool, definitely going to pick this one up. I’ve played a bunch of Tales games over the years, but I didn’t own a ps3 so I missed this one. Tales of Berseria was my favorite, but Tales of Arise is pretty darn good.

I’m kinda enjoying the pace of releases here. I prefer the sound quality of Wii era -forward games though. While Im happy for the retro classics, Skyward sword is the only soundtrack that wasn’t available on launch of the app that Ive come back to over and over.

@Uncle_Franklin Thank you. My post has been corrected.

Im very much enjoying it, but the 8/10 I gave it feels weird. There just isn’t enough new about this game to feel like I’m rating a new game. Im just really rating the original. Im not a graphics person at all, so the HD upgrade doesn’t really impress me much. So, bravo you uncredited developers at Retro!

Edit: a previous edition of my post gave credit to Rare.

Looks like a visually appealing, albeit limited, gadget. It’s a shame that it doesn’t lend itself to other rhythm games well. The people still need the ‘HORI Fighting Commander’ of rhythm games…

@LikelySatan That actually explains why I am unfamiliar with it then haha, thanks.

Will this be reviewed here on NintendoLife? Im afraid I didnt know of the existence of this game back in its PSP days, and I’m curious about the remaster.

I’m…perfectly okay with this. With world stability flushing down the toilet at breakneck speed, I am HAPPY to be celebrating Eevee. Espeon is my favorite evolution.

I agree and disagree. I agree with the problem, but I just think the solution is that Nintendo should take a bigger role in promoting “real” games to the top of searches, sales, new releases, etc. And if you REALLY want to go mud larking in the depths of the E shop for the perfect ecchi puzzle it will be there waiting.

Yeah, this video only made me frustrated that no mainline games are available on NSO.

I feel like the remakes of TTYD and Super Mario RPG are close enough in fidelity to the original that they don’t require separate rankings, but that’s just my opinion.

@Keegsy I buy every HD-2D game that comes out BECAUSE of the visual aesthetic. I understand that’s your opinion, but I firmly disagree with you.

This is the score I expected to see - which is a good thing since I preordered it. Happy to hear the cozy JRPG vibes are strong! Looking forward to the soundtrack, noise canceling headphones, and a cuppa tea.

@obijuankanoobie haha nice. Thanks.

@batmanbud2 this makes SO much sense in retrospect, thank you!

I was replaying this game recently on NSO, and my wife kept asking me what I was playing, so I would respond “Minish Cap, no cap”… I guess I’m just saying that I don’t really know what ‘no cap’ means. Please help.

@solarwolf07 - It’s a great game, but part of what makes it great is the nostalgia factor many of us 30-40 somethings have of playing SNES rpgs. I believe it to be objectively good as well, but since you don’t normally play turn based rpgs, maybe wait for a sale, but yeah, give it a chance! The art, soundtrack, combat, and story are all good.

@PikminMarioKirby I agree with everything you just said. Maybe not the best Mario RPG I’ve ever played, but it’s quite good!

This game is awesome, and I would give it an 8.5/10. I’m about 15 hours in at this point, and I just don’t have any real complaints. It’s not revolutionary by any means, and the character models of the denizens of the world don’t “wow”, but it is a SOLID entry in this series.

@Mario500 My apologies for being vague. I meant that at the point in the game where I am at currently - which is 8 hours of gameplay in - I would thusly agree with NintendoLife’s review score whilst allowing that my opinion may be altered by factors that, as yet, I have not encountered.

This honestly didn't take long to get accustomed to, but I will admit that I missed a few of Luigi’s attack prompts because of it in the beginning. This game is great so far though. Honestly, I definitely agree with the 9/10 score NintendoLife gave it at about the 8 hour mark. Interested to see if I’ll agree with the “padding the time” complaint further in though.

REALLY looking forward to this. Never has there been a Mario RPG that I didnt at least ‘like’. IGN’s score is pretty different from NintendoLife’s this time around. Seems like the whole package may come together well for some people and not for others.

I mean, I’m happy this exist but so far not a lot of the games featured on this app are really narrative heavy. If they end up adding the Emio soundtrack or something like that down the road, I can imagine this would be a useful function. But SPOILER ALERT, you tend to fight Ganon in Zelda games…

By the time I finish both Brothership and Dragon Quest III HD-2D, I will be so ready for something other than a turned-based RPG game (looking at you Donkey Kong Country Returns) in January. But November and December are going to be epic!

@NinChocolate whatever it is, it is most definitely NOT a pig!

Fingers crossed for Fire Emblem Engaged…

I agree with the sentiment, but most of these albums are composed by a team of composers and tying individual tracks to composers would be challenging. Though an easy work around would be to list “Nintendo Sound Team” as the composer and make a list of all composers who worked on the project available somewhere in the app.

This made my whole week!!!!!!!!!!

For sure! I still own this for the WiiU but I’ll definitely buy it again with new content.