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@MrBlacky All of your examples are games developed specifically for the Switch. SS was developed for the Wii and would require major surgery. Don't be thick.

@Mother_Fan Care to elaborate?

Also, this video perfectly expresses many of the things SS did wrong, and many of the things it did right. It’s worth a watch.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Q2wREAwRM

Skyward Sword is the worst game in the series for many reasons. It introduced a few good concepts like stamina, skydiving, and the addictive nature of the Goddess cubes, but almost everything else was lackluster or downright terrible.

I also don't think some people fully think through the technicalities of bringing an SSHD to the Switch. You have to put yourself in Nintendo's shoes and ask "is this financially viable?" SS relies heavily on motion controls, and we now have people who own just a Switch Lite, or people who prefer to play their Switch in handheld mode. They aren't about to start vigorously shaking their systems just to make Link swing his sword. Look at Super Mario Party, a title that requires separated joy con, and how Nintendo has abandoned any support for that game when it desperately needed DLC.

TL;DR: Considering how garbage SS was to begin with, and all the technical issues they would face by simply porting it to the Switch, I say it deserves a full remake along the lines of FFVII Remake, i.e. make drastic changes, remove most of the motion controls altogether (keep gyro aiming like BotW, gyro for skydiving) which means also overhauling all the motion-specific enemy weaknesses, etc. Just make it function more like a tried and true 3D Zelda.

I’ve played BotW six times, and I’m currently toying with the idea of a seventh. To each their own.

I really like the look of Windbound. It looks like the best parts of Breath of the Wild (hunting, crafting, being in the wild) mixed with the island hopping of Windwaker.

@HeyItsFlapjack I'm also interested in realMyst, but it's way cheaper on mobile devices, I think $6 or $7. Plus, the original was played with a mouse so a touch screen would probably be a must for me, meaning no TV on Switch. I would be interested to see how both the mobile and Switch versions weigh against each other. The Switch might end up being the perfect blend of traditional controls and touch screen.

Wow that headline is a mouthful. Is the game called Star Liberated? Showcase Star? Liberated Scores?

@Balta666 I thought the same thing when I saw the release date. My time and money will be going to Bioshock the next day. I think Xenoblade is 5/29 as well

Lost Vikings, is that you?

This is also good news for SAO: Hollow Realization. “A” to talk to NPCs but also to Cancel in the menu was a head scratcher.

@RupeeClock I laughed way too hard at that comment

"Free games? Eww, god no. No."

Thanks for letting us know, but these have been the standard sale prices every time they go on sale, which is quite often. Trust me, I know. They keep reducing Legacy Collection by 33% to match the $9.99 price of the other titles, when on PS4 I believe it's gone somewhere around $4.00 or $5.00. I am biding my time until it's that low on Switch.

Ageleste

Apparently NL has a word limit? I couldn't just post that one word so here is some unrelated obligatory filler.

@DreamerDC @Seananigans "I was going to give them $h!t", "Gotta generate articles somehow", and "Why make an article for an uninspired piece of shovelware?"

You can absolutely have a differing opinion. If you don't like the look of the game, great. If I do, cool. That's not the point. The point you were making is that NL was in the wrong to generate a "clickbait" article like this one. The point I was making is that they weren't wrong to do so. Your opinion of the game, and my opinion of the game, is obsolete here. What matters is fact, which is irrefutable. It is fact that a game is being released on a Nintendo console; that is criteria enough to create an article about it.

For all the trolls above: I'm the kind of guy who likes big, single player action/adventure games. Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Witcher, etc. That being said, I'll be on a plane next week with my 7yo, and this looks like a decent option for our flight. She's never flown before, I don't know how she will be (nervous, sick, etc). For $2, this can help keep her mind off of the flight if she needs a distraction.

Without Nintendo Life to post this story, I may or may not have seen a brief picture of it on the recent releases of the eshop, and I most likely would have ignored it completely. Instead, I watched the trailer above and I really enjoyed the peaceful ambience, which I think will be perfect to help calm a possibly nervous little girl.

TL;DR: This is a game I never would have bought without seeing this article.

Up to 75% off? No way!

looks at list, sees it's only for Unravel Two

Graphically, looks like it'd be a good smart phone game

On a serious note though, I have nothing but respect for the guy. I have almost 400 hours on SDV on my Switch with no end in sight just yet, and it only costs $15. I would have easily spent $30 or $40 on it. Looking forward to anything else that he puts out.

Ape: Please don't get your hopes up.
Also Ape: This game will surpass the quality of every aspect compared to Stardew Valley.

I wish they would bring the Bioshock Collection to Switch. This current selection of Switch games....it's just not for me.

@Klunk23 That might explain the $50k needed for Switch, but does it really explain the $250k needed for PS4?

If it’s looking good for an April release, why did they need a Kickstarter?

@Plexagon Yep, after I posted I just remembered that as well, so I edited my original post.

The Kingdom Rush games are easily the best TDs I've ever played. You can usually wait for them to be on sale for $0.99 on your mobile device. Touch controls are perfect for them, I can't see myself trying to use a classic controller for this as sometimes things can get pretty frantic. Also, I don't see anything in this "Remastered" description that isn't in the original game. Curious why it would be called a remaster.

EDIT: The original games have 3 or 4 heroes unlocked, with the remaining heroes all locked behind paywalls. Depending on the price and assuming all heroes are unlocked, this may actually be a bargain. Time will tell, I guess.

Hasn’t this been in the Coming Soon section on the eshop for awhile?

This looks to me like a top-down shooter like Smash TV, except I didn't see any proof in the video that you can aim while standing in place. That could be a problem, especially at 0:46 where they are trying to fire diagonally at the ship but keep moving sideways along the border.

@ralphdibny you beat me, I came here to say the same thing. Calendar not pictured because calendar is probably the first page in the journal.

@KayFiOS I completely agree. This felt like pandering, or patronizing? Or maybe a little of both.

Side note, anyone who wants to check out how to do these types of videos right, look up a guy named Zeltik on Youtube. I thought I was a hardcore Zelda fan, and he has tought me a bunch of stuff I never knew or looked right past.

“The person I know is legitimate mentioned it being a sequel I believe”

I believe? Can’t he just double check? And wouldn’t he remember? A sequel to Fusion would be a megaton announcement. “I believe” is covering his butt when this turns out to be false.

@RupeeClock I came here to point you in the direction of the Whitehead version of Sonic 2, but based on your most recent comment it seems you are already aware of it. If that's true, then why did you say including Knuckles in Sonic 2 sets a new precedent? Whitehead already did it several years ago.

@Dakotastomp Nothing is wrong with it, to each their own. But my opinion is that the silliness aspect of this game is what will keep it (or at least one of the things keeping it) from reaching critical acclaim the likes of which Hollow Knight has received.

i would be interested if this took itself seriously. A legit Metroidvania where you come across famous literary characters sounds great at first...until you watch the trailer. I will pass due to the silliness.

@Illusion I was referring to the dash into jump puzzle platforming, not Shovel Knight as a whole.

My Reggie is body

Gameplay sounds like Celeste

@Future777 I know you don't have anything to do with Sega and the Genesis Classics on Switch, but I'm wondering if you have any insight regarding the trademarks for Wonder Boy? I heard there were legal issues which is why Sega quietly pulled both Wonder Boy games from the Switch version. And does that have anything to do with why your game is called Monster Boy and not Wonder Boy?

I'm mildly interested in EarthNight, but an endless runner shouldn't cost $15. Another one to add to the wishlist.

@Chunkboi79 Same for me. I sunk a good 10-15 hours in, then I got stuck so I looked up online to see where to go next and I went down a rabbit hole of all these extras I had missed. "By now you should have all these weapons and all this extra health and if you've missed any of them you're a complete moron" and I felt disheartened and gave up

This looks a lot like 3D Dot Game Heroes, which I would love to see ported over to Switch.

@Ziondood Can you confirm if this connects to PC (or other devices) via bluetooth, or does it just connect to the dongle only?

I'm 31 and I've never heard of whatever this is (ツ)_/¯

@magnumc500 Kamiko's release date was April 13th, over a month later from Switch's release

@gcunit The soundtrack has been uploaded to Youtube, I'm actually listening now because of this review. I realize opinions are subjective, and I'm sure it helps to have actually played the game, but so far I've heard nothing that I'd be capable of "humming along with." It's all very choppy, very MIDI.

@PickledKong64 I already gave them $15.00 when I bought it on PS3 nine years ago. It's on my Switch wishlist, but only when it goes on sale. It's a good game, just a bit repetitive.

@PickledKong64 Why, is Castle Crashers on sale?

I'm in America, I've sent in both pairs now free of charge and they've come back working perfectly. It takes about a week. It's annoying, but at least they are handling it for free.

@ShikabaneHime13 lol yup, my comment was sarcastic

Many of your articles have spoilers right in the headlines (it would have been nice to find out about the Virtual Boo in Luigi's Mansion 3 on my own, for example) but it's nice to see you pretend to cater to just the Pokemon fans.

@ibis_87 Walking, talking to the townsfolk, picking up foraged items...none of these things uses up stamina. Watering crops, hoeing the ground, chopping down trees, using the pickaxe on rocks...these are actions that do use stamina.

There is a level up system, the more you do in a given area, the better you will get at it and the less stamina you will use, i.e. if you chop down a lot of trees, you'll get better at chopping down trees.

Beginner tip: You start the game in the Spring, head south into the woods and cross 2 bridges, you'll find a place where wild spring onions grow. They don't sell for much, but they will help with your stamina problem. Your first days should be spent watering crops and chopping down trees; just go to bed early if you have nothing else to do and you've run out of stamina. Keep this up, keep earning money, use that money on more crops, etc. Eventually you will earn enough money to spend it on other things besides crops. And you will also find a balance in terms of how many crops you should have at one time; if you have too many, you'll spend your whole day / stamina bar on watering them.

Another beginner tip: One of the first quests is to buy a coop and raise a chicken. Do not do that until you have first built a silo, which stores your cut grass as hay which grows all over your farm and is free food for your animals.

@countzero I completely agree. We inherently understand that a game like Metroid needs collectibles for it to be fun, so obviously Samus will probably lose her stuff in the sequel so you can find more stuff. I don't really need an explanation as to why all the stuff is lost. And I really, really don't need Other M reminding me over and over that I already have all the stuff, I just don't have daddy's permission to use it yet.