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Wait, no Sony? Is that normal?
And is it odd that Nintendo is at the top of the list? I thought they've practically phoned it in at E3 the last few years? But I don't really keep track.

"Norton gaming"?
Boy if you fall for that... 🙄

No self-respecting PC gamer back in my day would've been caught dead with Norton, McAfee, or any other real-time 'antivirus'.

"Mario Kart..."
Oh? 🤔
"...Tour"
Oh. 😕

@TMNHertl "Nintendo is in the business of making money not respect for themselves"

If it hurts the company's brand, the cash grab is not always worth it.

"...please understand..."

Get lost, Nintendo. Although it was stupid to actually charge for access to the ROMs. That's asking for trouble.

$2.1m divided by $35,000 for each "infringement" is 60. So 60 cases of infringement? I would hope Nintendo is not trying claim damages for games they did not create (Capcom, Square, etc).
Although 60 seems a bit low if there were ROMs from multiple systems 🤔

iTs jUst aNoTHer baSeLess RUmar!!!111 derp

Not my kind of game, but I like that they prioritized the frame rate. Still a pity that it has to be 720p though. Bring on the new Switch.

@BloodNinja - "Great for resting in between DDR sets!"
Ahh, a fellow DDRtist. You played both sides of HOTD, I always played both sides of the DDR pad 😄 Doubles. Although these days I'm lucky to get through 3 double songs on Heavy without my legs giving out 😅 If I happen to come across a machine, that is.

So they're trying to make it look dated on purpose? 🤔 Those pixellated wall textures up close were definitely mid-90s. The rest tends to look early 2000s.

And let me guess... it'll still only run at 30fps on Switch? 😅

I just can't get into Minecraft 🤔
It's blockier than even an NES, and the controls feel primitive for today's standards. Roblox is a much better lo-fi experience.

Man that's so cheap, and I don't mean the price 🙄

A crappily-printed generic bottle where the logo will probably flake off after the first wash. The golf ball is a much better keepsake.

"New Pokémon Snap was the 3rd best-selling game of April 2021"

I won't be able to play this until I get the new Switch model, but I'm glad its doing well. The original was the only Pokemon game I cared to play.

Unreal engine 4 has been used for games for at least what, 10 years? 15 years? It's been a hell of a long time anyway.

I wonder what Unreal 5 can do better than 4 with the same hardware 🤔

@Ninfan - You probably need to provide more information and ask this in a forum to get more feedback. If you're just starting to play MK8, then there might be a few reasons why you feel you're slow. Turn off auto-steer, make sure you're drifting, use the stats screen as a guide when choosing your kart etc.

If you're playing online, everyone knows the track shortcuts so you will be left in the dust if you haven't practiced the tracks (although the game does try to pair you with people with similar online experience).

Capcom is still conspicuously missing. I thought Nintendo and Capcom were always sleeping at each other's house, so its odd to see this gap.

@Giancarlothomaz "why Nintendo would release another Switch model and phase out the current Switch model, when it still selling well"

If it's not a huge price jump, those who want a Switch will just buy the updated model. If the old one is getting phased out, Nintendo will drop the price a bit for a bargain.

The current game library isn't going anywhere. They're not going to invest all that effort in branding, Wii U ports and Switch Online etc just to start from scratch all over again with an incompatible console. It's way too soon for that.

I doubt there will be exclusive games on the new model (or very few). I think the new model will just provide a faster and smoother experience. It also makes sense not to have exclusives if they're still keeping the Switch Lite.

@dew12333 "why do you say this rumour comes from Bloomberg and then later in the article state that you have other sources stating the same. What about you?"
Good journalism quotes its sources of information where possible, so we know they're not just inventing stories.

How can NintendoLife write an article like this without a source, if the writer did not get this information first hand? NintendoLife are reporting what others are claiming and you can judge for yourself whether those sources are reliable.

With Nintendo's 'massive' firmware updates and Switch Online game announcements, I'm expecting something like:
"New" Nintendo Switch

• Improved stability
• Games now run at 32 FPS
• please understand

Just kidding, I will be buying it day one. Whenever the release day is.

I tried Wily Wars on an emulator many years ago. As soon as I heard that weak and lame FM soundtrack, I was out 😝
Give me the NES audio any day.

FM has its uses, but it needs to be supplemented by something otherwise it just sounds flaccid. That's why most Genesis music is horrible.

Sonic the Hedgehog music sounded good because they made use of an actual sample channel for drums, and a second music chip on the Genesis, the PSG. The PSG had 3 pulse wave channels to make the typical NES lead sounds, plus a noise channel for high hats and other white noise effects. But it seems many composers for the Genesis just phoned it in and only stuck to a few FM channels for music.

I tried CS online for about 10min back in the day.
I got completely owned (or should I say pwned). It didn't help that my country had basically crap internet back then plus a high ping to any server. But I was still crap regardless 😅

The weird thing is that the walls and floor are from the old Windows 95 3D screensaver 🤔

Nintendo: "A new version is not planned until we find a way to make the new game unique." 🙄

"There have been issues with the weaker hardware."
(trombone) Wah wah wahhhhh.

@Doofenshmirtz - Roblox is MASSIVE with kids particularly under 13. The Switch is barely a blip on the radar by comparison.

Roblox is a platform that allows thousands of fan-made games (which explains the jankiness of many titles). Obviously some games are better than others.
Although the graphics are poor, this allows it to run on almost any device. My child advises that almost all the kids in class play Roblox.
That's the biggest drawcard - they can easily play and communicate with their friends in it, and many games are non-violent so it attracts a lot of female players.

The text chat is auto-moderated and it does a pretty good job. I'm not sure how they will handle chat with Switch. It will kill the amount of players if text chat is lost.

But Nintendo is losing a fortune by not tapping into this market.

@Snatcher - what are you apologising for? You didn't even say anything offensive.

Isn't this meant to be a good game? I'm interested if its 60fps and they 'home-ify' it for replayability (so that it's not just credit-eating arcade style gameplay).

To be fair, Joe & Mac and Spanky's Quest were known back in the day. I remember seeing magazine ads for them and they didn't really have a bad reputation. They're kinda 'B-side' though, and Nintendo should've really included a blockbuster title with this collection.

Spanky's Quest probably holds up the most. I played it on Gameboy and it was pretty good as a casual game.

So is Mass Effect any good?

I was really only playing Far Cry and Bioshock series around that time period and didn't have time for much else.

"Yes son, I know this is Mario Kart 8. It's been out for seven years, Doug, SEVEN YEARS. Your mom and I have been reading YouTube comments and they say you're out of touch. Is that true, son? We're not mad, Douggie, we're just disappointed."

I was expecting typical current pop garbage, but boy did they really phone this one in.

Empty meaningless lyrics (which was expected), but not even a disguised reference to Pokemon. Then the Pikachu and Pichu interactions were lazy AF.

Dual-display? Oh I get it, that's why they're showing it with an extra wide aspect ratio.

Sheesh, and I thought it was finally another shooter that wasn't going to be just a vertical slit of gameplay on my TV. Instead, it's a horizontal slit 😅

At first I thought it was a Cuphead reference.

@TanukiTrooper - underrated comment considering Nintendo's history of 'major' version updates.

@BlubberWhale - Actually years ago I had a 24" monitor that could be rotated and I used it a bit for MEME shoot em ups 👍
The novelty wears off though.

I lost interest years ago in these Japanese shoot 'em up ports/lazy remasters. The vertical aspect ratio just isn't suitable for home playing. 60% of screen real estate wasted, and it means the game area and sprites end up tiny.
Then there's usually a half-baked effort to slap a menu over the top, so the ports often feel very unpolished.
I respect that the original games were popular in arcades, but unless they're going to totally reboot them in 16:9, I'm not interested.

Check out Skyforce Anniversary and Skyforce Reloaded.

@EmmatheBest "The comments are disabled"

If you go to their YouTube channel homepage, there is a Discussion tab for that user where you can add a comment.

For other users, sometimes they will have a social media link or text description of how to contact them.

I usually downvote any videos that have disabled comments and/or ratings. Out of principle. Aside from a few fair exceptions like videos for kids or general education.

Look at that pose 😆

@gergelyv - "Isn't it possible that Nintendo can't currently release an MK9 that would be significantly better than MK8?"

People could've said the same thing about Super Mario Bros 3 or Super Metroid. "Who needs a sequel when this is perfect?"

How could they improve on MK8? Gee I dunno, how about different tracks?

I don't know why they tried to give the apples a different name. Afraid some ***** kids will throw apples at animals and blame Nintendo?

I wonder what the apples are called in the Japanese version of the game? 🤔

This is why I hate Nintendo forcing gimmicky controls into their mainline games every time they release a new console 🙄

Near-sightedness like this sabotages the chances of a game's re-release.

Nintendo pulled the same near-sightedness crap with Samus Returns: they wasted all that money and effort to release it in low resolution on a practically end-of-life system (3DS) instead of the Switch. Now we will never see a re-release because they'd have to completely remaster it for single screen and non-touch.

Releasing DLC now would practically be insulting. There needs to be a new game.

It's been seven years since the original release. SEVEN YEARS 🤨 That's basically an entire gaming childhood if you started playing games when you were 6.

@B4L0R_CLUB - If you zoom in, the box says you can use a net. The photo has a net in front of player as well. I wonder if the net came with it?

Also, I wonder if you need a ball? It probably just has a sensor that measures the speed of the club. I doubt it's much more accurate than that.

Meh... the raytracing is only noticeable on Metal Mario (20:02) and door handles (2:20)... which does look good. Everything else just looks like a texture filter 🤔

@westman98 - Yep, Wii Sports sales is such a BS sales figure as well as MK8.

In post 8, @Divinebovine quoted the 'best-selling Nintendo games', and most of those games were included with a console bundle at some point. I mean, Super Mario Bros for NES, Tetris for Gameboy? Sheesh.

@jcboyer515 "Why exactly shouldn't the sale of a game count if it's bundled with a Switch in your opinion?"
It's a dubious sales figure because the buyer may not necessarily want the included game. They're not buying the game based on its own merit.
They're wanting to buy a console and that pack-in bundle may just happen to be the one available at the shop when they buy the Switch. They might not give a crap about MK8 and are buying a Switch for Smash and Animal Crossing.

Back in the day, I bought the original Gameboy and hated the fact that it came with Tetris instead of Mario Land. I never would have purchased Tetris as a standalone game. And yet my 'purchase' is included in the sales figures for Tetris.

Ok, before I sold my Switch, the price of AAA games was always $15-$20 cheaper at the local department store. I doubt that has changed much.

The only games I bought digitally were a few indie games which weren't so overpriced 👍

Isn't MK8 still a pack-in with some console bundles, though? 🤔
It's a bit of a BS sale figure if it happens to come with the console.

@Deepdoop - I have zero interest in regular Pokemon games, but I enjoyed the original Snap. It was a great casual game.

Interesting the composer is mentioned, Snap 64 had a couple great tunes like the Beach and the Cave.
I had access to an N64 back in the day, and Pokemon Snap was the game I played the most by far, despite Smash and Mario 64 also being available.

Listening to the music in the New Snap trailers, the soundtrack sounds rather forgettable this time around though.

@pinta_vodki said "It is such a Nintendo move it's almost ridiculous. Make something almost great, and then... never deliver on the obvious. Forlders & themes? Nope. VC on Switch? Nope. Mario Kart or Mario Party DLC? Nope."

Spot on. I really want to like today's Nintendo, but they seem completely out of touch. Especially since Doug Bowser and what's-his-name in Japan.

@Low_ink - It's no longer an apple, it's a "fluff-fruit" or some crap 🙄