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King Arthur from Ghosts and Goblins, please (he could lose his armor after 100%)

I fairly certain Lemmy Koopa also has a castle in Yoshi's Safari, a 1993 game not as popular as Super Mario World.

Voted for Star Fox, but F-Zero, Wave Race, 1080, DKC, Excite, Punch-Out, Wario Land, Pilotwings and Rhythm Haven should also be made much more frequently. By the way, Nintendo, where is Pushmo for Switch?

Excellent list, so many great games. We were happy back then and we knew it.

There are 2 hidden gems criminally missing from this list though: The Guardian Legend and The Battle of Olympus

GBA is getting excellent games soon: Goodboy Galaxy (coming to Switch simultaneously) and Shantae Advance. Would love to see Retro City Rampage for GBA finally complete in a GBA cart.

I wanna rest the very best
Like no one ever did
To catch some Zs is my real test
To sleep over is my cause

@Cashews I get your point and agree. Pinball FX itself is free with 3 tables. Unless there is a Very good sale, I only intend to buy new tables not previously released on Pinball FX 3, like Garfield and Peanuts, since I love the strips and characters.

You are missing my pick for this week, Pinball FX

Nice courses overall, though I wish we got Daisy Circuit instead of Daisy Cruiser.

And I still can't believe one of finest tracks from Double Dash has never been rereleased: Wario Colosseum

Do these salaries include bonus? Do Nintendo employees earn bonus at all? If they do, some pays would increase quite a bit, like Aonuma's (Zelda producer), Hideki Ono's (Mario Kart producer) and even Miyamoto's (Super Mario movie producer)

@PessitheMystic I loved Call of Duty Ghosts on WiiU

There are three spectacular platformers coming in a matter of months: Illusion Island, Sonic Superstars and Super Mario Bros Wonder.

Relax, folks. This is not for the average gamer or aficionado, but for the young kids. I have 2 kids aged 2 and 4, and If I see this for say less than 10 dollars, I'm in.

@ComfyAko thought the same. This looks like a mix of Cruis'n Blast and 90s Arcade Racer (rebranded 90s Super GP by Nicalis to never release It)

This trailer probably means this game is out of the Direct. So we get 3 more minutes of worthy games.

No need for Star Fox Grand Prix on Switch, just a real Star Fox, please!

@rpawlos15133 yep, good thing you mentioned Pilotwings, totally deserving of a new title.

Excellent list of titles with a few good surprises. But with such a great selling system, I wish Nintendo hadn't been as conservative in bringing back classics that could have had a better chance with a bigger audience: Wave Race, 1080, Excite Truck, F-Zero, Rhythm Haven, Star Fox outside a comeo in Star Link, Kid Icarus, Sin & Punishment and even smaller titles such as Pushmo. I was positive we would see at least 2 or 3 with these, but it seems the chances are rather slim now.

Nintendo, make a Switch Micro (smaller than the lite) for 200 dollars and I will buy 1 or 2.

I love Game & Watch (and Mr Game & Watch is one of my favorite in Smash). According to Wikipedia, there are 62 titles. There have been 5 Gallery games (including one exclusive to Europe), 9 games releases for DSI, 2 Club Nintendo games for DS (one of which has an interesting mix of Parachute and Octopus as a vertical multi-screen game) and a few rereleases here and there, like e-reader for GBA. Unfortunately, Nintendo is usually economical with these releases, only offering a handful of titles and some were never rereleased (and some never will like the Disney, Popeye and Snoopy games). The biggest missed opportunities in my opinion were: only releasing 3 vertical multi-screen titles for the DS Collection (there are 12 titles only one of which is a Disney game), releasing so few titles for DSIWare and not including more games in the 35th anniversary Super Mario and Zelda Game and Watch releases (no Super Mario Bros, no Mario's Cement Factory and not even the only Zelda G&W, come on) The game that offers the most titles by far is G&W Gallery 4 for GBA, with 19 in total, though many are unlockable and it took me a long time to in unlock the last one, Zelda, which basically requires you get almost every star. The good news is that the reproduction of these titles has gotten better over time: the GBA and DS releases are excellent. And yes, we need more G&W and a new release with all titles would be lovely and an instant buy from me.

@Anti-Matter I've seen It twice.

It's almost unreal!

Completely agree and I will add one more: we need remakes of Zelda 1 and 2.

@Synecdoche thank you, but your controller is in another list https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/12/feature_30_weird_and_wonderful_peripherals_from_nintendos_history

All Nintendo controllers are flawless and perfect, except for 2: joycon because of drift and N64 because the control stick can get quite loose. So I believe these 2 should have ranked lower.

@Uncle_Franklin right you are. But read the review, there are no complaints.

"So, what's our niggling criticism then? Well, we're not totally sold on how the battle maps are presented in a sort of playbox/board game style. Yes, we're being incredibly nit-picky, but there it is. You get used to it as you play, and we've all but forgotten it now, but early on it feels like a design decision that pulls you out of the action a little. We get that it's perhaps a decision made to further remove the warfare at hand from anything resembling real-world events, but we definitely prefer the original style of zoomed-in combat arena".

Should have been a 10/10.

"We weren't keen on the battle maps presented as board games"

On the other hand, would have been worse If they had aimed for realistic graphics.

I think they might be planning 3 Mario movies before anything else. Donkey Kong and Luigi's Mansion are obvious candidates. Kid Icarus would be awesome since we've seen in Uprising that Pit, Palutena, Medusa, Hades and other characters love to talk. But I voted Star Fox, that would be a dream come true to me.

If Ghosts comes out for Switch, count me in!

@JohnnyMind yep, the soundtrack is amazing, been listening non stop on YouTube since it became available on digital platforms, and just yesterday pre-ordered the CD on Iam8bit.

This movies desperately needs an artbook. Where can I preorder?

@Dezzy70 100 Million dollars according to Wikipedia. To turn a profit you need at least twice as much.

I have 2 Wii games and Ghosts for WiiU and Ghosts is my favorite, it's true the better frame rate improved the pointer controls. Loved the campaign and player a little bit of online multiplayer too.

@SonOfDracula it's very good, trust me

Looking forward to the movie, but I have 2 minor complaints:
1. Since the 1983 pre-Mushroom Kingdom game is called Mario Bros, I think Mario & Luigi's plumbing company should have been called Mario Bros (not SUPER Mario Bros, even the 1993 movie got it right by calling them Super at the end)
2. A problem arose since the 4 player NSMB games, where the Toads are playable: if everybody in the Mushroom Kingdom (Peach and the Toads) has amazing jumping abilities (see Peach in the vídeo) and can aquire super powers (mushrooms, fire flowers and all the special suits), then what is so Super about the Mario Bros?
Don't get me wrong, these points don't interfere with the gameplay, just the legend.
Super Mario Bros is my favorite series ever and I have tickets bought for the premiere tomorrow night and I will watch the movie again next week with my kids. Just food for thought.

@sketchturner what I understood is that Ultrahand is used to glue things (maybe not itens) together without changing sizes. Fuse, on the other hand, fuses two itens together to create a third item, and the sizes may change.

I agree the GBA games are the best, but I would place Twist number 1.

I don't have enough fund for all 3. So which should I pick if I can only buy one?

@CharlieGirl Hogan's Alley too. Too bad the Super Scope games never made It to VC.

Comparing Nintendo consoles with original Metroid releases, I have to say the GBA with Fusion and Zero Mission beats all the other consoles.

You forgot to mention the latest commercial "Every day is Mario Day on Nintendo Switch" with a fun exclusive song https://youtu.be/rNCAjgJTA4I

@TheRealKyleHyde yes, they are on a Mighty Switch Force Collection

Completely agree Nintendo needs to release 1080 and "'precision arcade racers' — the Wave Races, the Excitebikes/Trucks, and F-Zeros of the world". I just wouldn't call Excite Truck a precision racer, but still a lot of fun. I would also add Pilotwings to the list. Too bad Nintendo only seems interested in Mario Kart. Some variety is always welcome! And with Switch selling so well they should take more risks producing some of these games that they think underperformed in the past.

@Deemo37 you are right, I am looking up and there were 7 games in total: Liberation Maiden, Aero Porter, Crimson Shroud, Weapon Shop de Omasse, and the last 3 were Attack of the Friday Monsters, Bugs vs Tanks and The Starship Damrey.

I think Bugs vs Tanks is a part of the series too

@Magician I give Switch 2 or 3 more years. No way Nintendo would release that many titles since Splatoon 3 in the platform's last year. And since Switch is super popular, Nintendo won't be able to get away porting games from the previous generation. So they need time to make new games.

@Altaria_97 good point but considering we are getting brand new Fire Emblem, Zelda and Pikmin this year, preceded by an all new Splatoon last year, Nintendo Switch 2 is probably still 2 or 3 years off. No way Nintendo would release this many titles in Switch's last year. But the question remains on when Mario is launching. It would make sense to release It close to the movie, but the date was alotted to Advance Wars and Zelda. On the second semester perhaps? By the way, Switch is so successful that I wish Nintendo invested in riskier dormant franchises to let them shine: Wave Race, 1080, Excite Truck, Pilotwings, F-Zero, Star Fox.

Assault is not bad, but is overall short. It would have been a much better game If, after completing the story, there was a arwing-only Falco mode

Star Fox Zero is too low. Top 3 are Star Fox, 64/3D and Zero.

@Altaria_97 Bowser's Fury was a new game also, released 2 years ago