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@samuelvictor For a brief period of time on the first day the newsletter was open had a Windows 10 option before Switch and Epic Games. It was interesting to see them take away the option altogether.

As for whether or not this is coming to Steam regardless, the Sonic Adventure 2 Soap Shoes were also newsletter DLC, and they were made available a while ago on Steam for free. Hopefully the same will happen here, regardless of the temporarily newsletter exclusivity.

@StarPoint The same was true for Ace Attorney when they asked him to make a 4th game. He had already finished the trilogy on GBA! And instead of Phoenix, Capcom got Apollo's story.

@OstianOwl The news broke a few days ago during an interview, but the Mania Team, at least Christian Whitehead was asked to come back and make another 2D Sonic game. All we know is that Whitehead chose not to come back after talks with Sonic Team, but not the reasoning why.

@Scarko Fun fact, the original three games released on GBA in Japan, and is why the first game has a bonus 5th chapter in the DS version. The 2nd game became the shortest game in because of that addition.

The first game also purposely shyed away from heavy Eastern environments, to be easily localized, but after the first game wasn't localized on GBA, those restrictions were lifted, resulting in the strange Japan/LA that we have in the English series.

@bluemage1989 I'm curious why you view this as a massive improvement over Mania?

@olliemar28 Do you have any footage of playing as Knuckles? I've been checking YouTube videos and haven't found any gameplay outside of the trailers.

@glaemay Yuji Naka left Sega in 2005, during the middle of Sonic 06' development. He hasn't worked on a Sonic game since Sonic 06, and starting development/concept planning of Sonic and the Secret Rings.

@MegaVel91 When I looked at it, they had PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10, Switch, and Epic Games. I know I have the last 3 correct, the PlayStations and Xboxes could be changed around, for example PS4 before PS5.

@MegaVel91 @rossperk It is most likely the Windows 10 option for Steam. I don't believe Sega sells their Sonic games directly on the Microsoft/Windows Store.

@HammerGalladeBro They recently added the Soap Shoes as free DLC on Steam for the game, even if you missed out on the newsletter. Hopefully it will be the same for this game too!

@Serpenterror It was two paragraphs of frustration, ending with you're not going to give Sega anymore of your money. Sorry, but it is just funny to see you say you'll give them money so soon afterwards.

@Serpenterror Sorry, this is just really funny considering your comment from 2 days ago.

"Congratulation Sega, you won't see anymore of my money." - 6/8/23

"My boy Fang is finally back. Day one buy indeed." - 6/10/23

@Tyranexx Fun fact, the study that said your brain continues developing until 25, the oldest individual in that study was 25. Had the oldest individual been 26, and their brain showed progress of development, we would be using 26 as the number instead.

@JohnnyMind Hope you enjoy, I've been backing/subscribed to them since 2013 with their first issue!

@Darthmoogle Same, I've been waiting for it too.

@yacsama He's not retiring from Sonic, he announced his retirement as an actor right around the time Sonic 2 came out. He also said that he might act again in the future, if the script was right.

@UltimateOtaku91 While Tears of the Kingdom only had 2 waves, it will be back. Breath of the Wild has had multiple runs, and they saved one final icon until that last wave.

I imagine Nintendo is wanting to avoid too many spoilers for TotK, so they only did 2 waves for now, and we'll get many more as the year goes on.

METAL GEAR! IT CAN BE!

Nice to see that Pokemon will be able to be sent back a Generation for the first time since Gen 2, but with presumably the same nonsense of Gen 8 where their moves are changed.

About time, I was both surprised and not that Advance 4 launched first, but really these should have all been here in the first place.

Considering Nintendo took down Nintendo Minute, I wouldn't hold my breath that this will remain online indefinitely. Someone should download the videos and post them to Archive.org if they haven't already.

@Andyv01 Renegade Kid ended up splitting up into 2 companies, Atooi being the half that Jools kept, and keeping the rights to the 2D games. The other individual whom I forget the name of, he kept the 3D games, like Dementium and Moon/Moon Chronicles. Not sure who has the rights to ATV Wild Ride/Wild Ride 3D, but since Wild Ride hasn't been released on Switch, probably not Atooi.

Renegade Kid never released Treasurenauts, and got into a bad habit of making a new game to get more money to finance another project, despite not following through on current promises.

@Taro In Japan, Super Mario World was also called Super Mario Bros 4 on the box.

So, uh, what's it's like being stuck in 1990?

@Xiovanni What is your criteria for Mania being Sonic 5? A 2D Sonic game released after Sonic 4?

@-wc- We're probably calling it cheating because of cheat codes, increasing our numbers of Pokeballs, cheat codes to walk through walls, to deal more damage to bosses, etc.

@RushDawg Innocent mistake most likely, accidentally grabbing Mania Plus instead of Origins Plus.

@Liam_Doolan You might want to update the video in the article.

@Dpullam If these stick on the shelves for as long as those did, you can expect a sale in 2 years.

@Smokemon A good price for a 1TB Micro SD Card is 120 dollars, but you can get them for 100 dollars on sale. Anything cheaper than that and you're either buying lesser quality, or getting scammed. Basically, these SD Cards have a Nintendo themed symbol on them, and can cost 30+ more than what the same SD card would go for without the branding, from the same company.

@LeJuiceCup They're not going to, they're working on the DLC, and once the DLC has fully released, they'll be working on the next project. I imagine the next Pokemon game will have a better framerate due to the backlash, but this one will not change, seeing previous Nintendo games as examples.

@Burning_Spear I wouldn't be surprised if these were display models, but from what I've seen from both Gamestop and other stores, they have too many left over from the two restocks. This is a sale with Gamestop desperate to get rid of inventory that has been on the shelves for months, if not a year.

@Bass_X0 I can imagine her smile so clearly with that imagery, thank you for the laughs.

@Jayesbe Thank you very much! Listening now!

@Not_Soos I miss when NintendoLife briefly showed up to 5 thumbs down on comments, and anything over 5 was marked with 5+. Not sure what they do with the data since it is not public. Maybe any comment with more than X thumbs down automatically notifies the moderators that action might be needed.

@OldManHermit I figured I was stretching there, haha. It's a great picture, and fits well with your username, have a great day/night!

@OldManHermit Completely unrelated, but is your profile picture a cosplay of The End from MGS3?

I can never really take Nintendo at face value when they say they have nothing to announce at this time. It means exactly that, Nintendo doesn't want to talk about, or announce that thing right then. A great example of this was the 3DS XL (2013). Rumors were rampant, and it was expected that Nintendo would show the revision off at E3 2013. Nintendo said they would not be announcing new hardware at E3, then announced the XL model a few weeks later. They will say they have nothing in the works, outside of always working on new projects, until they are ready to share, and not before.

@HammerGalladeBro I think it might be, the game is fully playable with a controller, the right analog stick functions as a mouse cursor, and R3 works as the click. Then the Dream Gear Minigames work with the left analog stick and an Xbox A button, so Nintendo's B button. Game is fully playable on console, so maybe they'll release it on consoles in June or so, Sonics birthday and all.

@blindsquarel Fans expect the same amount of difference from Zelda 1 to Zelda 2 on NES/Famicom

@PessitheMystic If you can't stop thinking about Zelda after 4 hours, please consult a doctor.

@-wc- You can't buy anything directly from Nintendo anymore, and this is primarily for those who forgot they had a code still laying around from something. Your opportunity has more or less passed, you'd have to actively search for websites still selling digital codes for 3DS or Wii U games to redeem game codes or DLC. This is basically for people who still have vouchers, or weird scenarios like those who bought a game on the eShop but didn't realize it came with a theme and the theme is included in the digital receipt instead of just already syncing to your account.

@SaturnHero They would either be sold from a website, like buying a digital code for a game, or be prebundled with something else, typically. Like buying the Smash 4 DLC on Wii U, and choosing the option that would get you a code for the same DLC on Smash 4 3DS. Instead of that DLC being added to your account, you'd need to enter that code on your 3DS instead. Scenarios like that, outside of people giving away codes.

@MikeJones Not sure, but many DSiWare games ended up being mostly DS games, just with some features removed. This might be one of those.

@Serpenterror Reported, how dare you recommend that game to someone!

@LuigiMario The game was delisted back in 2014 because the Tetris license was exchanged between publishers. They could have relisted the game at any point between then and now, but generally when games are delisted from the Virtual Console because of rights exchanging hands between publishers (TMNT on Wii VC, Konami) the games do not get relisted. I feel that even if you asked 1-2 years ago, the answer would have still been no.

@Horace Haha, I completely forgot about Tetris delisting. I should have used that as an example instead, because I remember scrambling to get that one before it delisted. The game is still delisted though, an absolute shame since it is the Game Boy Tetris, and an all time classic.

Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm curious if this actually a complete library or not. Games have been delisted throughout the 3DS and Wii U's lifespan, so as a whole, it would not be a complete collection. For instance, I'd be shocked if he had Donkey Kong Original Edition (NES, 3DS VC) because Nintendo only gave that game away as a promo back in early 2013 iirc.

@GameOtaku The 3DS system architecture actually struggles with 2D games. The system was designed with 3D polygonal games in the mind, and can struggle with sprite games.

The 3DS has been hacked for years, and the fanmade SNES emulator on 3DS still does not run at 100%, despite years of improvements. For New 3DS models though, it works just fine, like SNES VC titles on the new 3DS. This really is one of those times where Nintendo didn't make up their reasoning, they could not get an SNES emulator to run at full speed on the original 3DS, so they locked the games to New 3DS.

Someone else mentioned that you should be able to buy the games you'd want on Nintendo's website though. I'd say give that a shot if you want.

@Krisi Most fans are buying Red for sentimental/nonsensical reasons, like Charizard being more popular than Blastoise, Red being considered the main character, not Blue, and many probably thinking that Yellow has any Pokemon that Red is missing, when all three games have different exclusive Pokemon.

@C-Olimar Which is why I also mentioned the 8F glitch, but I should have continued to elaborate that with it you can change the trainer ID from yours to 22796, and the OT Trainer name to GF. Any Mew at Lv. 5 or above with those two features passes the check.

@Anti-Matter In Scarlet and Violet, they've made it easier than ever to swap between abilities, but if you catch a Pokemon in the 3DS VC games, and transfer it to Gen 7 and beyond through Pokemon Bank and Pokemon Home, every Pokemon caught in Gen 1 and 2 transferred will have their hidden abilities (Gen 5 mechanic) instead of their usual abilities, as well as a neat GB symbol on the Pokemon summary page.

Just a neat benefit to playing those games instead, as well as the ability to catch Celebi in Gen 2 and use the trainer fly glitch in Gen 1 combined with the 8f glitch for a unique Mew.

For casual play, this probably doesn't matter in the slightest, but the games have their purpose, and if someone has managed to preserve their original GB saves, a modded 3DS can be used to bring those original partners into current Pokemon games.

@Desrever I know how you feel, I have a complete NSO icon collection right now, and surviving the full year of Animal Crossing icons was the biggest hurdle. I actually took up playing Mario Run just so I'd never run out of points completely.

@Breeze23 "Any idea what game is on the top left? Just above MW4" It appears to be an NES Copy of the game Wizardry. I've never heard of it before today.