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It took me a second to remember what the Nintendo Switch was, but once I remembered that not everyone calls it the Breath of the Wild box, it made much more sense.

In all seriousness, I remember where the Wii U was at this point and the Switch is head and shoulders above. A huge Zelda doesn't hurt, but the indie support is really cool, and the option to import games is amazing. I just got my copy of Monster Hunter XX, so I'm looking forward to losing a few (hundred) more hours into my Joy Cons.

I'm all for archiving art for future generations but... So many furries...

I'm not terribly surprised or phased by this at all. I recently bought a small stack of 360 games, and guess what? They all required sizable downloads, which were saved to a storage device I installed specifically for that purpose. The extra step is inconvenient, to be sure, but did anyone buy a Switch without also planning on expanding that memory at some point? Even if the only thing you ever use the storage for is a collection of smaller indie titles, those gigs add up quickly.

Besides, as time goes on those flash cards are becoming cheaper and cheaper. My first home computer had 700 MB of hard drive space. My switch has 150 gigs. As long as it's easy to swap those flash cards in and out as needed, I'm not complaining.

This does seem less like a comparison and more like... A commercial? The Switch version clearly improves on virtually every aspect of the original 3DS graphics, I'm pretty sure that wasn't in question. The actual question is probably why more wasn't done. 4U still runs more smoothly than XX (at least in its demo form!), and considering a large amount of the game was areas and monsters dropped in from older generations of the game, there's a ton of opportunity to improve or re-imagine old stomping grounds.

Were those spell charges? Dang. I might pick this up. It looks like Wizardry's 16 bit cousin. There's no price announced yet is there?

@Zoda_Fett The GBA SP was my favorite handheld for years (like, a decade), but the N3DS just might overtake it. The size is perfect, the buttons all have the exact feel I want, and Tom is spot on with his assessment of the screen. I hadn't realized how stretched out and blurry my XL made my games look until I scaled back to the smaller model. It's fantastic playing 3DS games at the resolution they were designed for, it really is. It's the difference between playing an SNES game on an older tube television with the correct screen dimensions vs playing them stretched out on a flat screen that highlights all of the imperfections.

@Zoda_Fett How do you like your N2DS? I just bought the smaller N3DS a month or so ago, but the N2DS looks pretty great to me.

Etrian Odyssey 5 cannot come soon enough. Immediately crams wad of cash into 3DS hinge

Pokemon GS, Metroid II, and EO5? Yes please. Now if only some of these games saw their way to the Switch...

Wow, that's a shame. I recently ditched my N3DSXL for the smaller variant, and I have zero regrets. It's way lighter, has an excellent textured plate as a default and everything looks sharper thanks to the science behind not stretching out every image to make it look bigger.

I'm definitely hoping the 2DSXL holds out for a while...

Anyone else going to shamelessly play the Japanese release of MHXX on Switch, despite a complete lack of Japanese reading skill? I figure I smash through all of the dialog anyway, and I'm PRETTY SURE that every monster is still weak to a great sword to the face.

@LinkSword Can't wait till EO5! I'm trying to stuff cash into my 3DS already.

If Majora's Mask gives me the option to drop the moon on a camp of Lizalfos, even just one time, than than the entire DLC will be worth it.

JUST TAKE MY MONEY, ESHOP

@joey302 Heh I know, I'm thinking for down the road. Although it'd be nice to sort through all six games that aren't Zelda...

Interesting. So does this model have the same processor and specs as a New 3DS? If so, my only other question would be about the build quality. If it feels good, I would snap one up in a heartbeat to replace my disintergrating N3DS.

@joey302 I agree. I do like the new interface, but it needs a clean way of viewing the whole catalogue.

Could 'open-air' please include an open underground? A lot of people miss the dungeons, and I think it'd be cool if there were some sort of extensive, interconnected underground maze to explore. I'd play that game.

FINALLY a controller with no analog triggers. I hate those things. At no point in the last twenty-five years have I wanted a controller with mushy shoulder buttons, and yet I have to deal with them all the time.

At this point you could tell me that the JoyCon is just a controller drawn onto a piece of cardboard, and it wouldn't hamper my compulsion to play new Zelda.

What is that translucent red Game Boy Color? Yes please.

How about some backwards compatibility? I own Wii U games and will not be paying full price to buy ports of the same titles. And you already sold me a Wii U to play Earthbound, don't think that Mother 3 is all that it will ta.... Who am I kidding it is.

Could Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold PLEASE go on sale? I haven't bought it yet because I know that the Thursday after I splurge the game will go on sale for $13.99.

The mask looks amazing, but I think I could find a real cursed artifact for that price.

I was mourning the fact that I wasn't able to pick up an NES Classic, but then I remembered that my SNES still works just fine. Which is more than can be said of my New 3DS XL, whose D Pad is failing after a year and a half... I guess they don't build them like they used to.

Now, I love me some Bubbleman stage, but let's be real. That waterfall tile is harsh on the eyes!

Still prepares to play MM2 for the 400th time)

Who knows, maybe all of the coins I have stockpiled will mean that I won't have to repurchase Link to the Past for the 13th time on my Switch...

I'll take free Pretty Wings any day. Finally, my perfect IV Gardevoir will have a hold item...

On an unrelated note, what the heck is Ash Greninja about, and will other items get this strange evolution?

I'm going to prepare my flame shield... X2 is my favorite of the X series. It replaces a lot of the enemy challenge of the original with straight platforming, which means once you've gotten a feel for the stage layouts you can blitz through the game as quickly as you can imagine. Brilliant game, one of my top five of all time.

I want BotW to end with Majora's Mask being forged and hidden away, and for the Mask Salesmen to be wandering around in one form or another...

But a hundred tiny dungeons with puzzles would be okay, too.

@BulbasaurusRex I did read that, I was just giving EMD as an example. I know some roguelike fans don't care for EMD because it's too easy and offers a lot of crutches. Personally, I like it better than the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series' focus on grinding until you're OP.

@Freelance Dragon Fin Soup? Is that good?

YES PLEASE THANK YOU

@zipmon Your review basically sold me the game! I just always wonder whether the 6/10 is 6 for a rogue-like or 6 compared to other RPGs. Like, is this better than Dragon Crystal? Or Etrian MD? There should be a NintendoLife just for rogue-likes...

Just as a thought, a lot of rogue-likes (including Etrian Mystery Dungeon, one of my favorite games, as well as the Pokemon variant) get middle of the road reviews. Have any rogue-like fans played this game yet? Also how much is this bad boy, I might take the plunge if no one else will.

YES PLEASE. Capcom, you're in the unique position of attaining redemption for effectively killing Mega Man by LETTING ME RIDE A BRACHYDIOS.

MR RESETTI?! NOW IT'S ON!!

That Final Fantasy gear looks pretty amazing too. I might have to start putting that together ASAP...

And for the record, my LoZ gear looks great

There's an even better glitch at the end of the first dungeon in the original release. If you fall down the pit in the Moldorm's boss room and use the Roc's Feather and press Up just as you enter the 2D room underneath, you'll get a boost upwards and through the ceiling. This puts you in a giant debugging map where you can (Carefully!) access any dungeon in the game. This lets you get the Power Bracelet, Flippers, Level 2 bracelet and several other items immediately!

This is an awesome idea. I'd be surprised if the next Pokemon game didn't have a similar "hunt in the real world" AR feature...

I thought the fast pacing of X2 made it a little more fun than X3. I used to tear through it as fast as I could back on the SNES. Is there a release date on this yet?