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If the working conditions at Mercury Steam are so bad... and a person from there thinks working at Activision is going to be better... you might wonder if conditions at Mercury Steam will improve very soon following that person leaving...

There was a circular dragon symbol in the land at 1:40 on the right. Wonder what this is.

It's a shame you can't block publishers games from appearing on your eShop.

Well I'm glad I didn't buy it. I'd rather fondly remember the good versions of this I played, rather than spoil those memories with these abominations.

Gamer nut butter is a phrase I do not want in my brain.

This guy seems nice. Can we focus on him now instead of that awful human being you've had a few articles on in the past?

What a load of rubbish. Has there only been two patches since release? And are the ports still a mess? I still have a pre-order for the physical Switch edition which I assume has now been cancelled because of this mess.

I know this is meant to be a joke but I bet that's actually how the conversation would go.

If Activision Blizzard cost Microsoft $70 billion, imagine how much Nintendo would cost them. If we're talking now, with how successful Nintendo are then hundreds of billions.

I'd be really surprised if Nintendo sold to an American company though. I'd see them more going the Sega route of merging with another Japanese company.

This is not a Switch rival. If it's a rival to anything, then the Steam Deck is the rival.

It’s almost like maybe we don’t need a new iPhone or Galaxy model every year. Maybe we don’t need each manufacturer having 100 different varieties of television models at any given time. Maybe there are some things that don’t need to be connected to the internet, or have computers in them at all.

Currently got this pre-ordered with Amazon Japan which is currently costing me £301.55 with the trackball and arcade stick controllers. But I will be keeping an eye on this for sure.

It doesn't even work for me. It loads, gets to the game screen, and then crashes.

December 6th is also Satoru Iwata's birthday. Coincidences are weird.

Gosh, helped changed the world really, didn't he? May he rest in peace.

@River3636 Well in that case why isn't every NES, Game Boy, SNES, Game Boy Color, N64, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, DS, Wii, 3DS and Wii U game ever developed and published by Nintendo on the Switch already? If it's that simple.

I'm on the fence really. You have a lot of people here who just go 'well, we had ALL of this on their previous platform so why can't we have this all right now?' which annoys me because it's really not that simple. But then when there are clearly issues with what they have provided thus, you can't not be annoyed at Nintendo. I'd rather Nintendo deliver good emulation and get a game out once a month / 6 weeks. But when you can't map buttons yet, and graphics are pretty appalling, then maybe they just shouldn't bother! With Paper Mario we better get some QoL improvements across the board with the N64 games, and I hope they're working on graphics on the other games behind the scenes as well.

I don't get why this has been delayed. It was originally set for next week, so surely it's all been manufactured. The only reason I can think of is to stop more people playing these awful ports and complaining to them.

I don't believe Nintendo don't have the power to issue a takedown of this. They own the trademark of the Mother logo in Japan at least. And just because Nintendo might not go after them doesn't mean Shigesato Itoi won't. Also, if there are any elements of this that are directly taken or copied from Mother / Earthbound, including characters, music, any graphics, story elements, Nintendo are likely to go after them.

But what they should do is employ them because WOW this is is STUNNING.

Oh that looks beautiful. What was that Gamefreak game, Drill Dozer, it reminded me of that.

It's so bizarre to have a Nintendo produced piece of hardware with the Sega logo on it!

It's a little bit =Double Dash!! with the 4 player player switching isn't it? Cool.

This is so cool, but they're so expensive and I really don't have the space for all this.

I don't get what everybody is seeing when they say the Vita version looks better. I don't think it always looks better, but it certainly looks different. I noticed more slowdown on the Vita than I did on the Switch. Switch seems to have some worse textures, people are cartoonified so their faces aren't as detailed but clothing is more detailed on Switch in some places. It's darker in some places. It's a seemingly weird choice of compromises. I'm not sure I agree that it look worse. I'm gonna buy it anyway because it's been so long since I played a GTA game. I think the last time I played one was the Stories games on PSP.

OK, this isn't as bad as originally suggested so I'm happy.

I just started Skyrim on Switch. Enjoying it. Sort of glad this isn't coming out on Switch as I'd be really cross! But some QoL improvements would be lovely!

So they obviously don’t look as good as the other consoles but anyone who moans about that is being ridiculous. These look great and what I do like is that they’re more in line with how I my memory recalls playing the original games where as the other consoles look a bit more shiny.

I’m getting the physical version but I’m annoyed they cheaped out on the game card.

But the in game graphics don't change to reflect the controller you're using? Lazy.

I played the only two games I've never played before. Operation Winback and MUSHA. Which seem both pretty good.

Day one of the physical on Switch! This looks great though realise it's probably Xbox or PS capture.

I love this art style. I bought Stardew Valley but I really struggled to get into it. I need someone to hold my hands in the opening of this game. I just get so lost and it feels aimless, like, it's literally 'do what you want, I don't care' but even just a subtle push into a basic direction would help. This looks just as good and I love the combat and shop building.

My game crashed and I didn't have any markers on the map so I don't know what that's on about.

They must have released every single arcade game ever by now so they probably have to move on to console games!

The whole transferring your Nintendo account / system / saves from one console to another is a horrid process.

Oooh, a new people to add to my ignore list I see.

I actually don't want to read anything in this review or look at any pictures as I don't want anything spoiled even though I'm sure you've been careful about that. But I've played and loved every Metroid game so I'm happy I'll enjoy this one too.

Satoru Iwata, please.

I'm not sure a white person at Nintendo Life telling a Latino person their argument about lack of diversity isn't valid is a good look.

Though I'm thankful for this thread because it's let me know who I should ignore - wow, some of the replies.

Chris Pratt only has this role because Hollywood. Someone else could do this role just as well, if not better. Jack Black could be a good Bowser though.

Don’t think it’s on the EU/UK eShop. I’d love to give it a go though.

This demo and the video have convinced me I need to buy this game.

I’m not sure I’d really want a sealed game. I’d want to play it. But I don’t think I’d pay any more than somewhere between £100-200. Mainly because I’m not made of money!

So yes, YES. YES!! To to all of these games coming to Nintendo Switch online. I'd be really surprised if any of them make it as I doubt Nintendo is willing to pay any of the licence holders the kind of money they'd want to put these games on a "free" service.

I have memories of either TMNT or SMB3 on the NES. It’ll be one of those two I think but not sure which. I can’t remember, I’m old.

Not sure I’m keen on this “alien invasion” theme. Also the scenery looks pretty stiff and the set pieces purely aesthetic. The bus crash looked awful.

Wow, the stuff they put on there is dull these days.

Well I’ll buy it because it being digital only is the reason I didn’t. I’m not a massive fan of importing.

So I've got this ordered from Amazon.co.jp. I have the base unit, the roller and the arcade stick. All ordered as separate packages, just shy of £300 including shipping and import fee (at the time of writing). The list of games is amazing! Elevator Action, all the Puzzle Bobble games, Rainbow Islandsm, New Zealand Stories. All those beat 'em ups, shooters!

It's wonderful, but honestly I best not... It won't work very well with Apple I assume and I already have an Apple Watch.

Sounds like someone is jealous of someone's Pokemon card collection.

Firewatch was wonderful but I finished it in a few hours, so I also bought Talos Principle.

£54?!

I don't think so.

Where do you pre-order the physical in the UK? I can't find this launch edition version, only a standard edition.

I don't think the Switch itself needs to be bigger. Sure, get rid of the bezel we currently have so the screen can be a little bigger but as a unit, it's big enough.