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This poll was never going to down well in a community than considers a box on their shelf the most important thing when buying a game.

Was just scrolling through, saw the image and thought that looks like Luke from Gilmore Girls. There's no way anything to do with Gilmore Girls would be popping up on Nintendo Life though... oh wait!

I don't really mess around with emulation, but this is very tempting.

This is the only mainline generation that I've never completed (other than the current gen). I played Gen 1, loved it, then didn't come back til Diamond and Pearl, and was a little disappointed in how little had changed in 9 years. I didn't bother trying a Pokemon game again until Sun and Moon, and since then I've gone back to play through Heart Gold, Omega Ruby, White 2 and X.

Just waiting for this Switch iteration stuff to come out before I buy a Switch to play Sword and the remake.

It was rushed, and much too big for PS4 and Xbox One, but just like Witcher 3, once it's gone through about a year of patches it will be a masterpiece.

The DS Lite was the first, and maybe last time I thought any piece of video game hardware looked good. It could just be because it came after the DS which was without a doubt the ugliest piece of gaming hardware I've ever seen.

This is just a weird branding thing, not a new studio. I'm not surprised there's people hating on EA on here, but both Fallen Order and Squadrons (especially in VR) are REALLY good games.

I just want it now. I was ready to buy a Switch for Christmas but I can't do it knowing how close an upgrade is.

It doesn't matter how similar they look, why is someone creating official material just googling for images? They should have access to official Nintendo art assets.

I don’t see it happening anyway, but Doug Bowser wouldn’t be involved in any decision. All that rests with Nintendo Japan. The Polygon interview with him is such a waste of time.

The jumping mechanic looks really off putting to me. I don't know, it's not that difficult to play Crazy Taxi today thanks to the digital releases, not sure this is really needed, but I'll keep an eye on it.

They do this every year and it's quite clever. Launch some really dumb product so they get free press as people making news stories over it. Remember the Christmas Dinner in a tin a few years back?

@Retro_Player_77 Hilarious trolling. PS3 and 360 struggling? They sold 87 and 85 million consoles each. If that's struggling then Nintendo has had a rough time in the gaming business.

And people did not buy a PS2 to watch DVDs. It has the highest software attach rate of any console ever. It sold more software than any other machine, and each PS2 owner bought more software than any other machine in history, console or handheld.

I don't like the idea of EA buying them, but Take Two are far worse for microtransactions than EA are! You can happily play FIFA without going anywhere near Ultimate Team mode. In NBA2K it's much harder to avoid them.

@Dr_Lugae But it's not meant to be based on public voting. If that was the case it's the same as just going with the game that sold the most. The Oscars don't give Best Picture to the film that sold the most tickets. They have a panel and they decide the winner. Just because it doesn't match the public opinion does not make it rigged.

I kind of wonder why they didn't get this out for the holiday. I know there's a pandemic, but it's essentially a port and they could have got it done if they wanted.

I don't think New Horizons should be anywhere near a GOTY list. We'd complain enough if people suggested COD or FIFA be on it due to it's sales figures. It's so similar to the AC game that came out 20 years ago.

I think Last of Us Part II is a fine winner. I don't think it's as good as the first game, and I personally much preferred Half-Life: Alyx, but the suggestions the awards are rigged make you look crazy. It got very high review scores, so clearly a game well thought of by the the sort of panels they pick to judge these awards. How would you suggest it's been rigged? By a few people deciding it should win? Because that's not rigged, that's how these work.

As fun as Perfect Dark was, it was a very quickly made Goldeneye reskin. I don't think they need to worry about it's legacy personally. I actually hope the rumours of it being third person stealth are true. We don't get a lot of those games, but we've got more than enough FPS already.

It's sad that so many people consider a box on their shelf more important that the game itself. I bet most of those people accuse others of enjoying graphics over gameplay too.

People just getting mad at the headline without reading the context. He's not using it as an insult, he's talking about the development of Super Monkey Ball, and part of the reason it was made was because they felt Nintendo at that time was not doing a good job of providing for their core market.

I don't see why Sony would try and stop it? It's not like people would buy a Playstation to have Kratos on Fortnite. It's just free advertising for them. Spider-Man is different as they don't own that character, they have a license to use him in games which Disney likely drove a very hard bargain over.

@Noid It's probably a mix of Universal wanting Mario, as that's the thing people know, and Nintendo themselves wanting Nintendo in the name of it to boost brand exposure.

Some great games on the N64 that still hold up. I didn't play Mario 64 or Ocarina of time until 2012, and Majora's Mask til 2014 but still loved them as much as any new release at the time. Conker is also something I still love replaying now, as not only was the humour unlike anything else in that type of game, but it didn't get bogged down in too many collectables like other Rare 3D platformers.

I eventually get all the consoles, although usually wait a bit. The only console I've ever got on day 1 before was the Wii, but now I'm getting a Series X tomorrow. The reason is I never got a One, so rather than get a One now and then upgrade in a few years, it makes more sense to just get a Series X.

Usually, I find it's best to wait 2-3 years to let a console's library build up. I'll be getting a Switch Pro in 2021 which will be my first Switch, and a PS5 whenever they do the re-design. 2023 perhaps? I waited 3 years to get a PS4 and was fine doing that.

Nintendo buying Sega would be a terrible move. Most of their money these days come from the PC side, Total War, Football Manager etc. What would Nintendo do with that? Nintendo buying Sega subsidiaries like Atlus would be fine, but they seem quite self sufficient anyway so I don’t think it would really improve them from what they are now.

It's kind of depressing for those of that enjoyed the first couple of PM games. They could at least get someone on a new Mario and Luigi to replace what was lost.

I hope Nintendo stick with this type of console. Part of me worries despite the success, they will move back towards something built around a gimmick again. I'd a also like them to make sure everything is backwards compatible moving forward but I know that's never going to happen. They like re-selling games way too much.

I loved Sega's arcade games back in the day (agree with Sega World in Piccadilly Circus being amazing), but gaming has moved on so much since then. Home consoles are now more than capable of arcade perfect ports for a start, so it just left the social aspect, which Covid has obviously put the dampeners on. It's almost certainly a smart move to sell this part of the business before it depreciates even further in value.

It's not as good as Planet Coaster or Planet Zoo, but I still found it pretty enjoyable. Definitely the best attempt yet at a JP management game.

Even with sales down, it's sold better than a 7 year old port should have sold at full price. Sends completely the wrong message to Nintendo that this is okay.

@chrisprattisfat The gaming industry needs to sort out its problems with licensing. You never have to worry about a movie becoming unavailable. It might not be on your streaming service but you’ll be able to rent or buy it digitally somewhere. We don’t see movies pulled over a licensed soundtrack, but it happens all the time with games. They need to set these deals up like movies do without expiration dates.

Not too much Nintendo lately. I’ll be playing No More Heroes soon but this weekend it’s Dead Rising 2 and the original Silent Hill.

I don't get people's hate for streaming. I was streaming PS4 games through a Vita 7 years ago by just using my phone as a hotspot, and it was AMAZING! With today's technology like XCloud and 5G mobile data, it's even better.

This is amazing! And you're essentially getting the entire trilogy as they always include the levels from previous games.

Don't understand the hate for Game Streaming. You want to play a game on your switch while constantly moving around? Then fine, don't play this, but plenty of people use the Switch purely as a Home Console. This is for them, or anyone with unlimited data on their phone plan so they can just leave a hotspot constantly running on their phone.

Hope this revision gets released before the end of March so I can buy some of the games they are delisting on that date.

Another ridiculous decision to limit it for no good reason.

Also, it kind of technically has been released before, since there was the DS remake?

@Enigk There's only microtransactions in one mode of FIFA. Plenty of people play it without touching Ultimate Team mode.

@rjejr Yeah, I didn't realise the price they'd be charging. You can get the game and the expansion for much cheaper on Amazon UK at the moment than you can for this new release. It's so annoying.

I just hope they quit with the gimmicks and just stick with the hybrid console. Innovate through software, not through new controls.

I'm a big fan of how they've handled these expansions. It's given us new Pokemon content for 2020, and also gives them extra time for the next Pokemon game (Gen 4 remake next holiday?).

This is great. As someone that doesn't buy games Day 1, I usually wait for the 'Complete Editions' and was disappointed Nintendo never did this. I hope we see more of it.

This happened to my Wii U. I hadn't touched it for 2 years, then went to play Twilight Princess HD last Christmas and it was completely dead.

Innovation shouldn’t come through new controls and gimmicks. It should come through new gameplay mechanics and whole new genres.

It’s like saying innovation in the movie industry is somehow tied to TV remotes.

I'm happy it looks like Xbox is going to be a credible competitor this time around. All 3 can say they have great reasons to buy their hardware.

A global pandemic is no excuse. Game development is quite easy to do working from home. The entire Ori and the Blind Forest game was made by a WFH team. It’s irrelevant though. This is a rom and an emulator. Nintendo have always done a terrible job with emulation considering they are professional deva with access to all original hardware specs and code. People that do it in their spare time usually five better results.

Aw yeah it’s been too long since Disgaea 5.

Will wait for reviews (and price drops) but I think this looks pretty good.

Don’t like it, but unfortunately it will bring them high sales and they’ll likely do it again.

I saw a quote somewhere yesterday that 3D World was Nintendo's most ambitious port yet, and suggested quite a different experience.

The more I hear about Mario 64, the more disappointing it gets. Let me be clear. The game does not NEED anything done to it. I played it a few years ago, and I don't think it's aged as badly as people are saying. However, you have people that are doing a better job in their spare time with a lot of these PC port projects. Nintendo, with all their paid developers and access to source code should not be getting outdone by fan projects.

Positively surprised the 3 games are in one package, but massively disappointed by the lack of Galaxy 2.