RainbowGazelle

I'm concerned by the fact that there's still no gameplay footage, but it's a free update, and the game was already really good! So anything extra is a bonus!

Disgusting move driven by pure greed.

Also I see everyone involved has forgotten how to use the word "installation". "Install" is a verb. You can't say "for every install" or "number of installs". It's "installation". Pathetic English use here.

I'm not bothered with 4K as I don't have a 4K TV anyway, but more power with backwards compatibility would be great. And any game performance improvements should be free updates, because that's what the competition is doing. Hopefully the file sizes don't balloon because of 4K assets, or at least give us the option to download games just in HD.

Already got it when CD Keys had it for a good price. Looking forward to see what's instore. The base game was quite fun.

It's a bit pointless, as they're basically all the same, but probably Luigi with a grapple-hook badge!

Not interested in this predatory rubbish.

I enjoyed the first one, so I'm looking forward to checking this out, especially if interactions are fleshed out.

@TheRealKyleHyde Thanks for that. Had no idea what Trace Memory was. I thought I'd somehow missed a Cing game.

Funny, that I thought the NSMB games were average when they released, but was told "you obviously just hate 2D platformers", but now it's accepted that the NSMB series was pretty bland and iterative.

Sorry, just needed to get that off my chest.

Anyway, Mario Wonder is looking a lot more interesting to me, especially because of the introduction of the badge system. I'm definitely going to be a grapple-hook wielding Luigi!

If Fist of the North Star can get a release in the West, Hatsune Miku certainly can.

So it's NSMB 5. Unfortunately, it just looks like another NSMB game to me, but with a little more effort than the usual copy and paste. There are more characters, but the main ones all play the same, so it's pointless. It has the usual selection of world themes (grass, desert, sea, etc.). And the only interesting gameplay parts are locked behind specific sections that you activate with wonder flowers. Sorry, I was looking forward to this, but it just looks like yet another forgettable 2D Mario game.

The fact that all the characters control identically is very off putting. What's even the point of having different characters?

2D Mario games are typically very boring and an absolute slog to play through, but Wonder is looking much better so far.
2D Sonic is looking really inventive and interesting, but it's a fairly unproven developer.
I hope they're both good, as I'd like to get both, and play them with my brother.

I've cooled on this a little since announcement. Hopefully Nintendo can show off enough to prove it's not just a slightly better New Super Mario Bros game.

Absolutely genius.

Adding local play made it a must-buy on Switch for me!

@Zach777 It's not broken??

Yesss! Bring back Rayman Ubisoft! Give us that proper Rayman 4! Or a new Origins/Legends style game!

I hate Sega's recent trend of cutting out content for their "digital deluxe" editions. Sonic Colours was the most egregious to me. Makes it difficult to support them.

"but for goodness sake, it's definitely him"

That aged well.

@tapdancingtommy Of course it's possible. And yes that's exactly what I said. I've pointed it out on this website time and time again in a civilised manner, but that's got us nowhere. I'm not an "***hole" as you politely put it. I'm just fed up of the differential treatment between regions.

@tapdancingtommy Yep! Just pointing out the discrepancies between the reporting of American news and EU news on this website.

@dartmonkey Thanks for that!

@fox_mattcloud I know that. That's not the issue. It's Nlife's disparity in the way they report on regional news that's the problem.

So they just admitted that they're not going to change a thing. No slowing down the ridiculous release schedule. They're just having "conversations" about it now. Which means doing nothing.

@HeeHo Not just you. These controllers are terrible quality.

Maybe Vampire Survivors for the 2 player mode, but I think I'm mostly seeing out the year with Pikmin, the new Mario, and the new Warioware. Then hopefully Level 5's stuff early next year!

I like looking through this website. It's cool they got one of the Labo Switches!

Will they fill 80% of it with phone apps nobody cares about again?

@Otoemetry Oh sorry about the broken link. I'm happy you got it though!

@Otoemetry If you still want the Bayonetta 3 special edition, The Game Collection have stock: https://www.thegamecollection.net/bayonetta-3-trinity-masquerade-edition-switch?sqr=bayonetta%203

I'm sure it's good. But I've already played Hollow Knight and Ender Lillies, I have the Ori games, Castlevania Advance Collection and Metroid Dread still to play, and Silk Song whenever that comes out. I really don't need any more Metroidvanias.

"boss characters that were added in as DLC for the original release are playable here as well"

I'm confused by this. DS games didn't have DLC, so what do you mean?

@HeadPirate Well, we did get Everybody 1-2-Switch recently. XD

I don't think I've ever seen spoilers for a game unless I actively looked for them. Except when Nintendo decides to spoil character lore in the Directs when they announce them for Smash.

@Scposteel It's a first and second party list. So that's why there's no Mega Man, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, etc.

The phone wallpaper downloads of the front and back covers are nice. You can get them by clicking "more" on the last page.

They look really cool, but a bit pointless with so many missing features. Put a rolling d-pad on there like a Sega Saturn/Megadrive controller, and I'd be interested.

@LikelySatan Well for me at least, being in Europe, often if Limited Run publishes a game it doesn't get a physical European release, although this isn't always the case. And LRG's customer service and general quality have been on a steady decline, I believe. Add in the FOMO and extortionate second-hand prices for their games, I think most people would prefer a normal physical release in shops that's easier and cheaper to get.

@EvrgrnCmln Kinda the lack of one. There is the good twist where we discover who the main character is. But we don't know exactly how his wife died. And there's no way to actually save her. And after slowly piecing together what's been causing the mutated fish and weird phenomena, the game just ends with either you trying to resurrect your wife and the world ending, or you throwing the book back, and dying anyway. What was the point in any of the game? It's all so bitterly sad and pointless. You die anyway. Nothing made any difference. And there's no replayability. Once you know what happens, there's really no point in playing again. So for me, it just left a bitter taste, and I don't see much point in returning to it. Which is a shame, because spooky mysteries and deep sea horrors? Awesome. Totally my thing.

It was a cool, intriguing game, massively let down by its ending for me. And now I see no point in ever playing it again. It's such a shame.

@Bret Same lol

If you're going to mention stuff like Warioware, DLC, and ports as big releases for the Switch, then "Skyward Sword was Nintendo's last significant release in November 2011" is definitely wrong. Nintendo published The Last Story, Project Zero 2 Wii Edition, Pandora's Tower, and Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise after Skyward Sword. Kirby's Dream Collection too, in NA and JP. Granted it wasn't quite into year 7, but your statement seems disingenuous.

Anyway, I'm glad the Switch is still getting support. It's exciting to imagine how many more games I'll grab for the system before it finally dies.

Wtf does someone like Kotick even do with over $150m a year??!! Totally disgusting! Strip at least $140m off that and distribute it around the company as higher wages for the workers!

I assume the main problem is that it'll have all the fun sanitized out of it, because it's a Nintendo game that must be harmless. Jackbox is better because you can totally take the mick out of each other and troll each other, and make terrible jokes. This looks far too bland.

Sounds pretty good to me, and very unique. I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it!

I'll stick with Jackbox, thanks.

What a surprise. Management F***s up, but it's the lowly employees who take the hit. I guess their billions of dollars weren't enough for their investors.

@Ralizah This reviewer's reviews very rarely make sense.