@mattitudemf
That AI by itself is a tool for solving tedious tasks.

Not only is it incredibly specific which tedious tasks it can help with, you also need to know how to ask, and which suggestions NOT to accept.

It would only be a big technical challenge in the sense that porting ANY large game to a new platform is a big technical challenge.

@mattitudemf
As a developer I am here to tell you that you're making AI sound like a lot more than what it is with that statement.

"Your team is TOO efficient? Believe it or not, also layoffs."

@mattitudemf
Tedious aspect of development are often tedious for a reason, or tools would have been developed to assist with it already. But what AI -has- done is point out where new specialized tools would come in handy.

"relies on global illumination for artistic purposes" ...okay.

Well. That's another reason I should have sold some stock before Christmas. ^^
Well. Might also be a good reason to purchase some more.

Those japanese hikes are BRUTAL!
I really had anticipated Nintendo to not raise prices, so I'm somewhat dismayed at this. Hopefully they adjust down software prices for counterbalance. But likely not.

New Super Mario Bros. honestly doesn't deserve to be in there if you ask me. But you don't, and you shouldn't. ^^

@Quarbit
Well mine certainly hasn't. :-/

Pretty sure Nintendo would rather eat the deficit here.

They can afford it, and they'll look more attractive compared to the competition.
Their stock price recently took the kind of hit that would imply investors have been briefed about this stance.

But yeah, ultimately, I'm not in the know.

I'm VERY intrigued, but I'm VERY skeptical of random elements in longer games. I'll be getting this eventually, I'm feeling. Thank sfor the review. :v

Even with the long tail and spindly ears?! Props given!

So... The MasterSystem game, but NOT the Dreamcast game?
Or.. ???

Yeah the bit still tripping me up about all this is Nintendo adding tiers to NSO in the first place, and effectively dividing Switch owners into upper, middle, and lower class. I'm not going to pay for Expansion Pak, you goons.

Free upgrade? Nice!
Team Cherry absolutely are the gentlemen of the business.

Yeah, not getting this version then.
No biggie.

Happens every year.

I'd assume it to not be BAD bad, but the value just isn't self evident. Nobody understands why it costs money.

And the casually strolling silhouette guy in the logo REALLY doesn't make it seem exciting or even interesting.

I bought Year Walk back in teh day and enjoyed it very much, but it's stuck on my Wii U. Perhaps I should get this!

Back in August they capped out at DOUBLE the share price of what we saw at the Wii/DS peak in 2007.

They were quite close again just one month ago.

It wouldn't be unfair to assume that the current share price is unreasonably high anyway.

Could be a lot worse! Honestly, these two about looks the part as closely as you could reasonably demand.

I'd still argue it could also be a lot better, by not making a live action movie at all, but that's a moot point by now.

Now I'm kind of curious as to what Bandai Namco was making that was so much worse than this.

I find these games rather tacky... but out of compliance with the guidelines? Come on.

The YouTube app on Switch 1 is awful.
They shouldn't bother if it won't be significantly better.
And they shouldn't bother if NSO subscribers don't get to watch it ad-free.

@Coalescence
I'm crossing my fingers as a long time KC Green fan.
He's a funny guy, and hopefully he's suffeciently involved with this to ensure that it isn't just a one-trick pony.

Hopefully development isn't a burning house right now.

Smart move.
They didn't bump up the Wii to 25 million until its third year.
Meaning it only sold 12 million in both 2007 and 2008, where it could have EASILY sold three times that.

This looks really well made!

Looking forward to trying out Mario & Wario. :v

Haha, an AI image even, where we can probably guess part of what was in the prompt.

I'm not too disappointed. I was surprised to see it had a firm date to begin with. Though, it would be nice to still have it this year. :3

Nah, I own both already, and the improvements do not seem that essential to me. The presentation and packaging could also stand to be a bit more bold and whimsical, if they really wanted oldtimers to double dip.

As it stands, I think this is mostly a release for people that might have missed these two gems the first time around, and the ardent fans replaying them so often that it just makes sense to have them on the Switch.

Impressive!
And still no auto-turn for the gyro controls.

Lol. How about don't make your game files enormous, lumbering pieces of trash.

Another nice looking FPS re-release without auto-turn for the gyro controls.
Making me not really care to play it.

Nice games though, these two!

I see the stock split is mentioned already.

Three years ago, NL reported on the stocks split having been approved in Japan, so I purchased stock just a week before it went down.

The liquidity allowed by the split means I have not been disappointed with my investment. :v

@HeadPirate
Evidently they do.
I know myself well enough to know that I'd be holding on the the subscription becuase I'll be playing bits and pieces here and there, and I'd be building up a long list of I-ought-to-play-this as-well.
And before I knew it, it's be just another monthly expense, for having access to tons of content I'd never find time for. And I have plenty of games to play for when I find the time. And most of them are not on GamePass.
But then, I'm likely not the target audience to begin with. I don't play contemporary AAA releases. For those that do, I could see the appeal.

@HeadPirate
Wild! I am genuinely surprised that this many people pay for the service. I looked up that the five billion figure is revenue, not profits, but, that still corresponds to payments from about 25 million subscribers.

@HeadPirate
Well! Color me surprised. I'll admit to having lived with a fairly biased view of it, because I don't use GamePass myself and don't see it as holding real value.

All that money spent on purchasing Activision Blizzard and giving games away almost for free on Game Pass.

Had to come come down to lay-offs and studio closures eventually. Bummer, but also, now these people have been set free once more.

@HammerGalladeBro
I love how specific these complaints get!
We must allow ourselves this.

Amateur hour.

I don't play online, so it doesn't affect me personally, but that's still bogus.

Hehehe, I cought this one doing the rounds on Bluesky, yes.

@Cry_Zero
It looks A LOT better.

@Cry_Zero
8 years ago. I like it, but I never bought it because of the draconian DLC schemes. And I don't agree that Ultimate is better, but of course I will let the people that actually still play Smash decide for themselves what they like.

I wouldn't purchase this manhandled, overpriced retread of Smash 4 even if the update had it running 4K at 120fps.

Reading this feels surreal to me because I haven't heard of any of these names or companies before.

@TrogdorTheBurninator
I kinda would. This is the latest game from the team that made Odyssey, and the NSMB guys just released Wonder a year and a half ago.

We'll probably have to make do with MK World and Prime 4 for a bit, though I do suspect something big, new, and weird to be coming up before the end of the years.