Pak-Man

It's the right date, right timing, been a while since the last one. If I were a leaker (Or a good guesser pretending to be a leaker), I'd peg June 9th, or thenabouts too.

30 years! Andy's about ready for his first colonoscopy. He can find out if he has a friend in him.

Web play for when I'm working and Car Play for when I'm driving. I can now immerse myself in Nintendo music!

It's at that special intersection of "Completely useless and missable" and "Kind of cool and collectable" that makes things jump up to $1000 prices in 10 years.

Either that, or everyone buys one in anticipation of it becoming that thing, and because of that there's no real shortage and they never increase in value.

Collecting!

I get that for games released post-Switch 2. You knew the options when you took the plunge and chose to get one or the other. They don't want to skew sales numbers to make it look liike Switch games are outselling Switch 2.

But with Dragon Quest XI, most of us made that choice like 5 years ago, before we knew the Switch 2 was going to be a thing. Seems a little bit greedy to say, "Now pay for it again."

It also (probably) means the saves won't cross over, so I'm probably starting over when I put in the Switch 2 version.

Still, the price is pretty fair. I'll have time to think it over.

I support the tonal shift. There are plenty of grimdark RPGs out there to enjoy, and I've always admired Dragon Quest for sticking to a lighter, more breezy tone.

The "Gut Reaction" is a neat touch. I hope to see it continue!

Never tried Suika Game, but this one's speaking my language for sure..

@Shmicko There is an option to increase the text size.

Physical 'till I die, and I'll pay $10 to die on that hill. Although there are a small handful of game types I actually prefer digitally. I almost regret getting a physical copy of Tomodachi, for instance, because it's the kind of game you play in short bursts, and swapping cartridges around is inconvenient with that type of game.

Gamestop should have waited until the last minute to try to snipe 'em.

It'd be downright irresponsible to say, "No. This is the last price increase we'll ever need."

The plans of the "I'll just wait for a price drop" crowd appear to be backfiring.

Poll indicates the new style haters are a vocal minority, and the world makes sense again.

@LikelySatan Heavy influence does not a remake make. Different levels, different story, different game.

It has come to my attention that there are those who think Star Fox 64 is a remake of the original Star Fox. It is not. I have played both. The story, levels, and game itself are completely different. The only remake in Star Fox history was Star Fox 64 on 3DS. (Arguably, more of a port.) This would be Remake #2.

I mean- look at it. It's obviously not just a quick upscale. They put some work into this thing.

Crumbles into dust as everyone calls Star Fox 64 "The First Game."

The avatar matching your facial expression is a neat trick and might actually get me to finally plug a camera into this thing.

It was crazy. An announcement popped up on my phone that said, "The Star Fox Direct will begin shortly" and that's the first anyone heard about it.

In June!? Wow, that's soon.

I backed the Kickstarter way-back-when, so I'm already paid-for. They let me fill out the survey for the Switch 2 version (Which wasn't even a thing when I pledged), so that was awesome of them.

When Wii U gave us YouTube, not every TV was online, so getting YouTube (and Netflix) to your TV through your console was kind of groundbreaking. A lot has changed in the 14(!) years since. If I want to see something on Youtube, I can pull it up on my big TV with a couple button clicks, or just reach into my pocket. (An option back then, but not for everyone just yet.)

These takes are definitely biased by people who have to keep a Nintendo news site hopping every day. They're not wrong, but from a fan's perspective it kind of feels like nothing's happening.

The one thing Directs always do is make me feel really glad I have my Nintendo systems. You walk away planning the rest of your year's finances around the announcements you've just seen and feeling great about having that Switch/Switch 2 waiting to play all those games.

With the app, I feel like I've been hearing little tidbits about games I already knew about building up to their release, which is cool and all, but I want to know what lies beyond Yoshi's Story.

"Morris." I see what you did there! Very humorous.

There's something significant about reaching the Skylands (Small spoiler follows) and seeing an area built by another Pokémon that looks as hodgepodge as all of my cities. It's like the game is telling you, "It's OK if everything looks like this."

Next make some 32X and Sega CD expansions!

Kind of? I don't expect or need the kind of deep lore I'd get from- say- Final Fantasy. But I'm there for the Hylian trappings. The atmosphere. The trip into the Zelda universe. It's not all about the story, but without a well-crafted universe, Zelda would be just another action/adventure game.

I tried the free trial for a few days just so I could say I've played it, but it couldn't hook me. Just kind of felt like Everquest with some Final Fantasy trappings mixed in. I know that's basically what every MMORPG ever is (It's like Everquest, but _______ themed!), but it's not enough to get me to commit a major portion of my free time.

There are some games that can never be fully remade without a second screen, and this is one of those.

I thought I'd had my fill the first time around, but I was wrong. I preordered on a whim and now I can't put it down. I wonder if its success will inspire Nintendo to provide some regular updates in a way that wasn't possible on 3DS. Maybe some small free updates to provide new wishes, dreams, conversations, and quirks, and some occasional DLC for bigger features.

It's a social media phenomenon. Every fan group on Facebook is posting their creations. And while things aren't quite as dire as they were when Animal Crossing came out, I think this is another case of "We need a game like this."

For $10, how can I not?

So did y'all add an extra just to bump the total to 69?

Nice.

Puts it closer to the He-Man movie date, so that might do it some favors.

I have reservations. Like- I'm 90% reservations. But the other 10% of me knows it's not going to NOT see a live-action Zelda movie.

The Super Metroid wall-jump really is the only teensy flaw in an otherwise perfect game, and it feels like Nintendo knew that and was never able to get it where they wanted, so they made it only necessary for one little optional section for the 100%ers.

Already preordered Tomodachi and That He-Man game is a sure thing. Vampire Crawlers is by the Vampire Survivors people, so that's a pretty sure bet. I have my eye on Mouse: P.I. I like what it's selling.

I want to combine these two designs into a big multi-case holder with one labelled slot for every Mario game.

Don't know WHY they would have waited until today!

Wonder what movies are out this weekend...

I liked Sega's announcement that they're making their logo 3% more blue.

It's all a little TOO big of a spoiler to be revealed this widely.

I'm on-guard for April 1st shenanigans, but thrilled if this is true.

It sounds like it's more accurate to say they're lowering prices on digital releases, since Yoshi was probably always going to be $69.99. I won't be paying more than I thought I would for a physical copy of Yoshi.

The $10 is worth it to me. I've always known that my whole physical media deal costs me more money in the long run, because nearly every game goes on digital sale regularly.

Now if they start charging more for Game Keys, we have a whole different kettle of fish.

@UpsideDownRowlet Justice for Hugh Morris!

Wow. They left comments on here? Did not expect that.

So without getting into all that, the only real place these Tariffs have manifested is Amiibo prices, which are darned near ridiculous. The price of the games themselves has only shifted maybe $10 in the last 40 years, so that increase feels inevitable and I'm surprised it didn't happen ages ago. (Or maybe it did, and it keeps getting pulled back down by a market that doesn't want to pay $90 for a video game.)

Awesome! Wanna give us Shenmue 1&2 while you're at it? It's not too late!

Man, I just got all the Changeables. I thought I'd get a break from Happy Meals for a while.

@Justaguest There is not a Switch Lite 2 yet, so I'm still using my Switch Lite for times when other people are using the Switch 2, and I feel a little bit better traveling with it.

Just confirmed that Tropico 6 no longer looks like garbage in Handheld mode!

So I can play Tropico and Jurassic Park in handheld and it won't be a blurry mess?