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@HammerGalladeBro They most likely are to replace the version of Ultra Sun/Moon on the calendar.

I would like to back this, but I feel that this game is very likely to get a takedown order from Nintendo. I thought the main picture for the article was Advance Wars, the art style is way too close here, and the house of Mario has gone C&D happy for far less.

@Midge You can still get the Celebi from Pokemon Crystal, but I haven't heard anything similar about the 3DS theme

What kind of Pokeball is that on the cover? It looks like an upgraded version of the Luxury Ball.

@Xiovanni I've seen your username and avatar before, but today it just clicked. Nicely done.

@Pally356 Technically, yes you can, it just requires an awful lot of set up and a chance to erase your save file if you screw it up. The 8F Glitch has the power to rewrite the game code to anything your heart desires, including changing the Original Trainer Name and Trainer ID to GF, and 22796.

Personally, I'd recommend modding your 3DS first to back up the save file with a program like Checkpoint or JKSM, to where if you make a mistake, your save is, well, saved. However, if you are going through all of this trouble, and already have another 3DS, might I recommend this instead?

https://digiex.net/threads/pokemon-3ds-virtual-console-gf-mew-distribution-download-jpn-eng.16101/

Basically, the way GameFreak was able to distribute event Mews. If you have a second console, you could either mod that too, or install this onto your 3DS, then distribute the Mew.

@Pally356 Both Yellow and Crystal have enough glitches in game to where you can make or spawn any Pokemon that you wouldn't normally be able to catch in another version.

@WoomyNNYes In June of 2019 Luigi's Mansion 1 on 3DS was discounted to 23.99 in the North American eShop. I had to go check my 3DS virtual receipts for the date because I know I wouldn't have bought the game digitally if it wasn't on sale.

As for Pilotwings Resort, I never saw a sale on the game, so I don't think you missed it. I recently got the cartridge used for 5.99 though, so I don't think I'll be missing out there.

@ModdedInkling On the topic of Melee, since you brought up versions, only PAL (Europe and Australia) received copies of 1.03. Japan (November 2001) and North America (December 2001) got copies of NTSC 1.00, 1.01, and 1.02, with 1.02 being the final copy printed and distributed in Japan and North America over the run of the GameCube's lifespan. Melee launched in Europe and Australia in May 2002, and until the last few years (struggling to find when the European Melee scene changed) they ran on PAL, 1.03, the only copy ever released to them, so of course they used it for Tournament Play.

Part of why the scene uses 1.02 is because of the availability. The majority of Melee's tournaments take place in North America, and it would be a nightmare for both players and tournament organizers to import copies of 1.03 compared to just using the mostly 1.02 discs they already have available. Some 1.00 and 1.01 discs are at tournaments because the community provides set ups, (TVs, Consoles, and Discs), but these were all made before May of 2002, since that is when PAL was released and 1.02 had to be put into the wild before that.

Europe chose to change to 1.02 partially because of international players, those who would travel to North America for events, and play on a different version of Melee. Then some players really just want to do the stuff Melee is famous for, like Falco Pillar Combos (Down Special Attack into Down Aerial Attack) and Marth's Ken Combo (Forward Aerial Attack into Down Aerial Attack).

For logistical reasons, it is impossible to make North America use 1.03 legitimately, and the standardization of Melee's version to 1.02 has been healthier for the competitive scene since videos now are clearly from one version instead of having to ask if it is NTSC or PAL.

If Melee was to be re-released on NSO or some sort of Virtual Console, we would get 1.02 for Japan and North America, and Europe would get 1.03. If Melee was ever to be remastered, Nintendo would 100% break out 1.03 as the base of the game, not 1.00, 1.01, or 1.02

As of the time of this post, the community score is

Smash 4 3DS at 8.44
Smash Bros (N64) at 8.66
Brawl (Tied with N64) at 8.66
Smash 4 Wii U at 8.75
Melee at 9.11
Ultimate at 9.16

These scores will change as community members add the games to their accounts and review them. With these differences, Melee could easily overtake Ultimate, Brawl can probably overtake Smash 4 Wii U.

I think something people are overlooking though is how close these scores are, that the games are all averaging 8s and 9s. It is literally coming down to decimal values instead of whole numbers.

I was hoping there would be a nice click here to download button, instead of having each interview separate. Makes it a lot harder for someone else to make an offline backup of these interviews.

@SpaceboyScreams Just because GameFreak had to meet a deadline doesn't mean the staff was happy with the state of the game. They clearly had an idea for what they wanted this game to be, but could not optimize or polish the experience before launch. I'm not trying to give them any excuses, but I think it's wrong to say no developer at Game Freak put thought into the game.

The 7% of you who voted for CD-i Link(at the time of this post), I just want to say, you have been seen and your hiyas have been heard. I'm curious if your numbers will grow or shrink as this feature gains more traction, but may the Triforce light your way.

@Bret That was an assumption made by fans, Nintendo never said they would continue to add more DLC, but fans hoped for it ala adding games to Gamepass. Continuing to add DLC to NSO is not very Nintendo like, and I wouldn't expect another addition unless it was in a similar boat to Splatoon 2, a game where Nintendo is actively trying to sell you on the sequel's DLC instead.

@Lord Switch and Android/iOS PokeBank where you can spend money to store potentially thousands of Pokemon in the cloud. Also required for any Pokemon to be transferred through the Gen 8 games, as you can't trade a Pokemon from Sword or Shield to Legends Arceus or the Gen 4 Remakes, and vice versa.

@Guile I meant they didn't discount them recently, but I do recall the occasional sale. Like how Nintendo only discounted Super Mario 3D Land to 19.99 once back in 2014 or 2015 and only hit that price again when the game was added to the Nintendo Selects line.

@masterLEON Thanks for the correction. I doubt Nintendo discounted the DLC, and since it has been years since I purchased the DLC, I likely confused the total prices for Fates with the same price for Awakening and Echoes.

@NintendoByNature So, how they did this was, you buy the cartridge of Birthright or Conquest, or the digital download, and you get the entirety of the Birthright or Conquest game.

If players want to experience the other path, they can pay 20 dollars instead of 40 dollars for an entire new download/new cartridge, and add the other route to your game. Doing so gives you an additional 3 save files.

Revelation is Digital/Limited Edition Sold Out Scalper Preorder Special only, and is the path where Corrin doesn't choose either side. This is also 20 dollars.

At Chapter 6, you always make the choice for what path you go down. That is the deciding point from what you could call a prologue. You don't need to buy anything else to experience the game you already own, but you could buy two more games/story paths.

@Classic603 Conquest has more of a challenge in the map design, and far less chances to grind. However, if the other two games of Fates didn't entice you, then there is a good chance this one won't either.

@NintendoByNature You have one more month to choose to buy the Birthright Campaign with Hoshidan characters, levels, and story, as well as the Revelations campaign again with unique levels and story. Both are 20 dollars a piece. That is not counting the 50 dollars worth of other DLC packs.

@CheekyZelda Animal Crossing rotates every month based on villagers birthdays. However, we are almost at 1 year, so very soon we will find out if Nintendo runs the Animal Crossing icons again on repeat, or changes them up for something else.

@Guile Both Fates and Echoes (as well as Awakening) have 50+ dollars of DLC, per game. So, your milage may vary depending on what content you want from each game. With Fates, you already have the 3 story paths, the rest is additional content and scenarios, all optional, but helpful with rewards and classes.

@GreatCrippler I presume you got the special edition cartridge with all 3 paths on it at or near launch. If so, good find, that was next to impossible to get for a while, at least in North America.

You have all 3 story paths, but none of the DLC that was released after the game came out. That varies from new maps with new classes for units to become, to some new story missions/lore where you don't use your own units with their stats, weapons and skills, but ones the game assigns you.

@GreenTea Fates doesn't deserve all of the hate it gets, but things do add up. Corrin is a bit of a bland protagonist, the return of a popular feature from Awakening that made zero sense in Fates, the sine graph difficulty curve of Birthright, the overcomplication of reclassing units and cutting down on options from Awakening. Pair Up being changed to Dual Guard only every 5 attacks instead of a chance on every attack, and the removal of Dual Strike if units are paired up instead of right next to each other. Fates does allow a Dual Strike partner to use their skills, ala Astra or Luna unlike Awakening, but when it came to gameplay, myself and others preferred Awakening instead. Fates tried to balance some of the overpowered things about Awakening, and needed to because of the multiplayer, but it took some of the fun out of the game.

Fates really doesn't deserve all of the hate, but the game has it's fair share of faults. I admire what Fates tried to do, but always find myself wishing I was playing Awakening instead.

This lines up as Fire Emblem Engage icons are set to leave on March 2nd. The real shocking part however is that Nintendo still hasn't issued a "Monday" replacement. When NSO Icons started, they began with Mario Odyssey updating every Monday (NA 5PM PST anyway) and then Animal Crossing on the first Monday of every month. I'm not going to say every month has had a Monday weekly updating set of icons, but for the majority of NSO Icon months, there has been more than just 1 game available, and it is usually the Monday game as the staple, and the Thursday game (Fire Emblem Engage currently). Nintendo not choosing to rerun any game on Monday this month has been bizarre.

@jedisquidward Did you get Ken Combo'ed by M2K one too many times, or have to fight his Brawl Meta Knight?

@StarPoint First NL article was posted a few months after Meteos released, but this feels like a game that would have been picked up at some point for a review. Shame it didn't get released on the NA or EU Wii U Virtual Console, it would have been reviewed then.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2005/11/our_nintendo_life_begins

@infernogott Sonic Origins Plus was confirmed to be only releasing in North Korea on the critically acclaimed Kimbox. Everyone else will just have to accept this inevitably, like North Korea winning the World Cup every year.

While I agree with you that it is nice to see things named properly, North Korea could never be considered for this conversation in the first place.

Seems like a lot of people are unaware of how the games were remastered for Origins in the first place. These games were remade in RSDK, commonly called the Retro Engine, and Sonic CD (2011) and Sonic 1 and 2 (2013) were already done ahead of time. Meanwhile Sonic 3 & Knuckles was riddled with bugs at launch, lacked the polish the game needed, and the physics didn't feel completely right. If you ever wondered why Knuckles wasn't playable in Sonic CD, it's because they took the 2011 port as is.

To do Sonic 3D Blast, or Knuckles Chaotix would require the games to be completely remade unless Sega chooses to take the easy way out and update the time with a Genesis/32X emulator.

Very confident that Origins Plus will just be a physical collection, and maybe a new mode ala Mission Mode, but not new games.

@JohnnyMind I didn't solo you out, there were just multiple people posting as if NL made the list instead of letting the user averages do it.

I don't know what I would personally rate Tetris GB as, but in terms of importance it's up there in GameBoy history with the first Pokemon games. However, a game's legacy shouldn't impact it's review score.

For those complaining about the ratings, this is off of NL user's self reported game scores, averaged. If you believe Link's Awakening is a 10/10 game, then rank it as such. As of the time of this posting, Tetris is at 9.1 and Link's Awakening is 9.06. Convince others in the comment section why the game should be ranked higher instead of just saying it should be, you might convince someone to actually rank the game, or at the very least possibly change their opinion.

@Anti-Matter Would have been amazing if you said Up Up, Down Down instead.

@Jayesbe Thank you! I hadn't found the answer yet!

@SportyMarioSonicMix Didn't realize you still used this website. Immediately recognized your style of asking questions before your name.

The 3DS will play the games without lag. However, the amount of time it takes to start the 3DS and for some games to load does increase. The games do not slow down and lag during gameplay though. I cannot give you a percentage, never calculated it, and it gets longer the more full a 128GB SD card is full compared to a 16 or 32GB SD card.

If you have 300 titles that are 1 block big, then that would be different than having 300 titles ranging from 50 to 25,000 blocks. As for internal storage, 3DS doesn't have any built in internal storage outside of 1024 blocks to store DSiWare to.

Can't really answer your question for Wii U. I imagine it would be different for both Wii U with the quality of external hard drive or SSD, and the 3DS depending on the class of SD card, and actual quality of the card.

@Elock The difference is that Mitchell claimed he was playing on real hardware, not emulation. Lying about what category your run would be included in can disqualify it, and this is just a further nail in the coffin. Mitchell could have said that the machine had the stick replaced, but he emphasized it was a stock machine. This is compounded with footage that shows the level loading differently on emulator than it does on real hardware, and Mitchell's video record matches emulation, not hardware.

@nocdaes Friendly reminder that the 3DS (and Wii U) installed game limit is 300 titles at once. While you're probably not near that, I thought it might be good to mention.

@Serpenterror Even if Nintendo did, the handful of times those firmware updates actually break homebrew were just a temporary setback, as new updated files are usually sent out in 2-3 days at most.

Does anyone know who the singer is in the English opening theme to Engage? Been trying to find that out with no luck.

@johnvboy Nintendo puts a dark filter over the games on VC. Someone messed around with the files, replaced the filter with a 0x0 pixel copy, so nothing, and the colors became vibrant and bright.

@GameAndLuke Considering that DVDs are still made for almost every movie's physical release, and way too many kids shows, the discs aren't as dead as VHS yet, let alone Blu-Rays.

Those of you considering opening your Joy-Cons for the first time, be very mindful of stripping your screws.

Nintendo typically makes 2 versions of their console or handheld before drastically upgrading, from NES to SNES, continuing the naming scheme. N64 and GameCube continued the emphasis on 4 player gaming, Wii and Wii U were apart of the same family.

The GameBoy Color was a stopgap for the GameBoy Advance, it wasn't initially a part of Nintendo's plans, but they couldn't realize their plans for a GameBoy Successor at the time. The DS and 3DS follow up on that continued 2 entries trend.

I would be surprised if Nintendo didn't make a Switch 2, but I'd be shocked if they made a Switch 3.

@gcunit You have got reel in those puns! No one will believe your fish stories this way!

@Zach777 Thanks for answering! It's a shame, because it appears your doppelganger held the world record for a short period of time.

@Zach777 I know this is very random, but I recall seeing your username on NL before and wanted to ask. Have you done speedruns for the game Amok Runner? I saw your username on a video, and wondered if you and they were one and the same.

@Anti-Matter I have some friends with DDR mats, but it turns out they paid a lot to get dance pads made by Precision Dance Pads. Not thin flimsy plastic, solid ones that won't move around. Foolish me for thinking those were affordable at all, but I thought they were, and that a DDR Fanatic like you would have one too.

@Chunkboi79 The tech isn't as new as you might think, Sega used Hall Effect Sensors in the 1990s on their Joysticks for the Dreamcast, and possibly the Saturn Analog Controller, but I'm seeing conflicting reports on that.

@Anti-Matter For whatever reason, over the multiple times you've commented about DDR, I expected you to play with a dance mat over controller.

@nukatha There had to be a more respectful way you could have voiced your frustration here.

I don't read every article this writer posts, so I can't comment on whether or not their articles have an agenda or not. The ones I recall do not, but that could just be a coincidence.

The writer didn't put their opinion into the gender of the two Pikachus, they stated a general fact. A same sex couple would most likely be turned off by the fact the Pikachus wouldn't match their relationship. This is an economic comment about a product not reaching target customers, couples, primarily Pokemon fans, ready to be engaged. That's a limited portion of the engagement ring market. Having 3 different variants for the ring (different tail notches) might have been decided to be too expensive and not worth it, especially with the Pokemon Company most likely not approving of that in the first place, but the comment is valid entirely. Same sex couples make up more than 0% of the market, and with the product already targeting a niche group compared to a stereotypical engagement ring, limiting the buyer pool by excluding customers is a valid comment.

Maybe I'm just wrong entirely, but I saw Kate's comment as pointing out a "limitation" of the product, and excluding potential buyers instead of pushing an agenda. Most companies don't care who you marry, they just want your money, and for your monthly payments not to bounce.

@SonOfDracula They were referring to Shovel Knight Dig, a new spinoff Shovel Knight game that came out last year.

@HammerGalladeBro It is the Metal Gear of the game in the background.

To Metal Gear Fans: Solid Snake and Liquid Snake's voice actors, reunited to insult the other to the tune of the Grinch song, presenting: Liquid Grinch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbUxueyjPuc