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A 7 is about what I was expecting. Wish It had gyro controls though. Looking forward to playing

I always thought It was a given Pushmo would come to the Switch sooner or later. Guess I was wrong.

Great, great month with Mario, Pikachu, Sonic, Metal Gear, Batman and many índies. You just forgot to mention Dementium.

Renegade Kid had some hits on the DS and 3DS, but have been down lately. Here's hoping the release of Dementium and Hatch Tales indicate a new chapter for the company.

@axelhander I thought the same. I think it's incredible how in the GBA games tracks rotate independently from the city/landscape below. Too bad it's absent here in F-Zero 99. Graphically the game has retained something from the GBA games that was one big improvement over the SNES original: the same hovercraft sprite zooms in and out as you approach or distance yourself. Notice how in F-Zero and also Mario Kart from SNES the car model/sprite changes as they zoom in/out.

@nessisonett not at all. I played F-Zero to death back in the SNES era and the game is available on the Switch Online SNES app, but I bet many people playing F-Zero 99 have never played the original. In this case, It makes sense to make tracks available in a slower pace not to overwhelm people. Tracks like Mute City 1 and Big Blue are simple and can easily be played by beginners, whereas many others won't be enjoyed by them. It was actually a smart move to separate pro tracks from easier tracks. What I am curious about the future of F-Zero 99 is If we're getting brand new tracks and modes to see this game go beyond the original.

@Cashews I agree, but at the same time it's a temporary thing, whose goal must be to attract more children to the museum and be acquainted with Van Gogh's excellent art.

@samuelvictor some of It makes sense, but "Over the years Jim was less interested in working on the comic strip.." as far as I'm concearned is not correct. He continues working on the strip to this day and even said recently that is what makes him get out of bed, to create the strips and make people laugh.

@RareFan I am not exactly sure why Jim Davis sold Garfield to Nickelodeon, but It probably has something to do with his age, as he is almost 80 and will not be able to manage licensing and merchandising forever.

@DTFaux maybe they have a cartoon scheduled to premiere sometime after the movie is out next year.

I haven't been 1st or even top 3. I placed 4th a couple times on White Land 1 though. I've completed Grand Prix just once, finally unlocking Silence yesterday. And everytime I played Mini Prix I've managed to complete it. And with Silence unlocked, I finally have all 7 tracks available so Far unlocked for practice. F-Zero 99 is an excellent game, easily the best of the 99 games so far. Really wish we got a new F-Zero or maybe F-Zero SNES HD with this mode.

@-wc- I suggest you use the buttons to control the ship instead of the stick

The North América/Europe boxart is fine. They should also use It again on the Switch version, which is not looking Very good

Love Daisy Circuit. Wish we got Wario Colesseum as well

Offline modes, please

@fenlix me too. I was expecting Rio and México from Latin America. Other cities I thought would get tracks are Cairo, Dubai and New Delhi.

@ThePoochyKid not at all. Besides Excitebike 64, we got Excitebike World Rally, Excite Trucks and Excite Bots, all 3 for Wii (Trucks is my favorite)

66 Nintendo published titles for just one platform is really impressive (making a list of Nintendo published titles that didn't make It would have been much less demanding). Having said that, it's just too bad that Nintendo didn't release titles that didn't perform as well in the past, because with Switch's huge install base, they could have been franchise's best selling titles (Wave Race, 1080, Star Fox Zero, Pilotwings, Excite Truck, F-Zero, Kid Icarus)

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.