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Some people may be tired of it, but there's an overwhelming number of games I never got to, and I have no idea what to grab while the ship goes down. I'm taking notes, and am deeply appreciative of articles like this. I never even thought of Harvest Moon!

I didn't know there was going to be a Voice of Cards sequel already! What an awesome and kinda pricey surprise!

Ok, but let's be honest, about 900 of those were just shovelware.

To be fair, it was a lot harder to get Netflix onto your TV back then.

Hot take: The responsibility of preserving video games falls on the games' publishers, not on the company of the system they happened to live on.

It was Square's responsibility, for instance, to release some kind of port of My Life as King before the Wii went belly up. It's not Nintendo's responsibility to keep ancient, unplayed games on their servers indefinitely.

This is where Nintendo Life should write up an article on eshop games that one should definitely get before March 2023.

I still haven't upgraded, and here's the thing. If Nintendo would let me subscribe to the upgrade for like $10 a month, I'd happily subscribe, EVEN THOUGH I'D BE PAYING NINTENDO AN EXTRA $50 A YEAR! I feel like I can always spare $10, but I can't bring myself to drop $50 on something that isn't even a game.

Breaking your Switch may cause it to stop working.

I anticipate something that sounds amazing until we find out it's for mobile.

Nintendo, more than any other company, has been exceedingly fair with their DLC schemes, and I expect that to continue.

Sure didn't have Klonoa on my Nintendo Direct Bingo card, but I'll take it!

Am I crazy or was April 8th announced a long time ago. Everyone's talking like it's a big date reveal, but I've had that date in my head for months!

Ooh. Zelda 2 Remake... You know Wayforward has been talking about how many dream projects they have lined up, and if you've played Adventure Time on the DS/3DS, you know SOMEONE over there has love for Zelda 2... What if-

Let's skyrocket those hopes and expectations!

Fire Emblem Echoes: 4 and 5
Super Mario Odyssey 2
Metroid Prime 4 - Out This Week!
Earthbound Trilogy Remastered
Advance Wars: Switch Wars
Super Smash Kart
Goldeneye 64
Miles Edgeworth Investigations 1 & 2: Remastered
N64 for all levels of Nintendo Online - Expansion now includes Gamecube
Cubivore 2
Wario in Smash Bros. Just because.

It looks like playasia is going to offer the special edition as an import, but the link isn't up yet.

They should offer one in his underwear for an entirely different reason than most statues are offered in their underwear.

So I would pounce on an all new Castlevania game, but at the same time I feel like the indie companies have been happy to fill in the void. It's not like there's nowhere to go to get gothy-creepy side-scrolling action with light RPG elements.

NFTs run on the same voodoo that gave me a D in economics.

I think Nintendo Fans are more the "I want to have this and keep it forever" types. Ever notice how much smaller the used section is for Switch? I don't think it's because they're not selling as many games..

I never wanted Great Ace Attorney to end. Speaking as someone who has never set foot outside of North America, both the Japanese and Engish settings gave me a chance to experience a historical setting I'd never thought much about before. In these very-much homebound times, the chance to see the world via video games is very freeing.

I've only ever backed one video game kickstarter that didn't put physical goods at $100 or more. (That was Wonderful 101, which was a very different kind of Kickstarter.) As others have said, there will probably be physical copies available after the game releases, so you're probably just paying for exclusive Box Art. (And a bunch of other stuff. The previous tiers' rewards aren't bad.)

RE: Why do successful Indie companies need Kickstarters?

Successful indie companies are still indie companies (Yacht Club is still just 20 people!), and risk-taking is extra risky when you're a smaller company. Kickstarters are a good way for them to gauge interest in a different project before deciding whether to sink what they have into a new project. The world could have taken one look at Mina and said, "Well that's not Shovel Knight 2" and maybe it wouldn't have sold. Now they can move forward with the assurance that people are interested in the title, and they have some extra funds to pour into it while they do. Kickstarters mean they get to take risks instead of just settling for releasing Shovel Knight 2, 3, 4, etc.

The bigger the companies get, the "safer" everything is going to get. You see it in every entertainment medium. There are a few huge companies that churn out endless streams of exactly what the people are asking for. Not BAD stuff, but nothing that feels new.

What's "safe" in video games has changed over the years, but you can peg it by how many companies were trying to do the same thing. In the '80s it was Mario-Style Platforming. In the '90s it was Fighting games, then shooters. In the aughts, it was Open-World GTA-style games. In the 2010s something interesting started to happen. It started to become all about these little indie projects that emerged and turned into something huge. We started to see weird stuff, and the world started to realize that it LIKED weird stuff. You have games like Among Us and Hades and right now, Wordle. We also saw a lot of the companies that used to make our favorite weird stuff get bought out by big companies and suddenly they stopped making great stuff and started making perfectly acceptable "safe" stuff. Safe stuff gets funded. Safe stuff makes its money back. That's what the big companies want. Weird stuff is only getting cranked out down at the indie level (And occasionally, by some of the bigger companies like Nintendo.) They need that individuality to innovate.

I'm pretty sure Square gets their titles from an AI title generator that consumes all the least-used words from the dictionary.

Grr. They put the gold edition of Fenyx Rising on sale for $25, but left the season pass at $40. Now I have to decide whether I should double-dip on the main game just to get the cheaper expansions.

Yay! I was worried because the email Two-Point sent out and their website strangely left out the Switch version on their console lists. I double-dipped on Two-Point Hospital on the PC and then on the Switch, and the port was so fantastic, I'm just going all-in on the Switch this time.

A long while back I worked in a call center for a major cell phone company. They were all excited about this new voice-activated phone tree they'd developed that would respond to voice commands. (Common today, but cutting-edge at the time.) In their excitement, they gave it an avatar and named it Claire (Short for "Clarity!"). She would pretend to be a real person and guide people through the phone tree.

Customers HATED Claire. We were drowning in complaints from people who just couldn't stand her. They finally satisfied those customers by making a simple change. They took away the name, and just had it be a voice-activated phone tree. Suddenly customers loved it!

The moral of the story: People hate it when you try to give your automated help systems a face.

@Gitface Good to know she's a natural pink.

I panicked a little at the 4/3 release date until I remembered Nintendo Life probably posted the Europe trailer. I want this before my Birthday!

I know there are Picross fans about, and I thought I'd let everyone know that these Amiibos unlock exclusive Kirby Picross puzzles in Picross 3D Round 2.

Does anyone know whether this is going to be an all-new game, or just a collection of the previous Lego Star Wars games?

My Switch was starting to tip over a bit...

Always remember to frequently launder your Jack 'n' Hat.

I've got to give it to the WiiU remakes. Say what you will about the WiiU, the ability to have a map and item screen constantly at your fingertips while you play the game is groundbreaking for Zelda, and no future ports of Wind Waker or Twilight Princess will ever be able to bring that to the table again.

Also, people need to remember that Microsoft has already released a lot of games by companies they own on the Switch. Minecraft, Cuphead, Banjo Kazooie...

I already got my Blizard Arcade Collection. The big consoles can have the rest.

Have it for PC and I can vouch for it. If you're a fan of Ryan's particular style of humor, it's a laugh riot.

Never been this hyped for Kirby. A few years ago, Super Mario Odyssey gave me one of the best gaming experiences of my adult gaming life. The sheer joy of discovery and the cleverness of the puzzles, generously scattered around a massive world, excited me like no game has in a long time. This looks like it has a generous helping of that spirit. Hoping it lives up to my seriously lofty expectations.

@HolyGeez03 It looks like last week's entries are on this week's list, too, based on release dates. Don't know why there wasn't a proper article last week.

I don't want to get my hopes up too high, but I'm already convinced this will be the next must-play experience on the switch, on-par with Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey... So it might be too late.

@Lilmonix3 It's kind of cool to know who the characters you're playing with are, but there's an intensely addictive and very satisfying card game running the whole thing, so you don't have to know the properties to enjoy the game. (There are so many deep cuts, even the fans probably won't recognize a bunch of the cards.)

Not mentioned here is a discount off A-Train for the first time ever!

Shiren the Warrior doesn't get enough love. Shiren was doing roguelike before it was cool!

The Twist: Smash Kart! Everyone is here!

It's Nintendo, so either 2025, or they're going to stealth-drop it during a Nintendo Direct in 2 weeks.

"Only 1 percent of those sales were made when the game was at full price."

So 1,000 people paid the full $250!?

Wyldermyth is not on Switch, but it's amazing and everyone should try it.

Hey! There Is No Game squeaks in at the end! It is a truly wonderfully meta take on the point and click adventure game, and everyone should play.

Pikmin Bloom just happened to come out when I decided I needed to take walks more often, and so help me it's helped me stay on track. I don't care DEEPLY whether I get all the Pikmin, or if I make that flower down the street bloom, but it's enough of a draw to make me occasionally detour an extra block or two, or put in a couple thousand extra steps on community days. I know I'm being manipulated, but I'm getting more exercise, so I'll call it a win.

Gimme my Jumpman!