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I was pleasantly surprised recently when Pokémon Legends Z-A included a bunch of extra printed material inside the case! I don't think I have any other first party Switch title like that. Admittedly made me smile, reminded me of the good ole' DS days. The type chart in particular was really nice.

@Dark-Luigi
The Switch 2 version of Pokémon Legends Z-A + the DLC for it is $95, so unfortunately it is believable that they would charge for MKW DLC, even if it would certainly be unreasonable.

@FlyingDunsparce
Hard agree on this, the CSS is beyond awful and easily the worst I've ever seen. Possibly the biggest UI blunder I've ever seen Nintendo make. I can post a huge rant on it but I'll spare y'all that lol

I strongly believe that we'll be getting Bananza DLC featuring K. Rool, but this seems like a huge reach. It's still important information though, because it tells us that Nintendo's lifting the lid on Bananza spoilers, so that brings us a step closer to this DLC getting announced.

(My personal belief is that one wave of DLC will be a Bananza tie-in and will have K. Rool and the missing Kongs plus costumes for DK and Pauline, while another wave will be Wonder-themed and will include the Koopalings, maybe with some costumes for Bowser and Jr.)

@1Kismet
I knew that they added more laps, but I didn't realize that they actually changed the layout, that's huge! Thanks for pointing it out!

The music option is great, but for some reason instead of including a slider, they just give you a "loud" option. Better than nothing I suppose lol.

The item selector means that NPC characters are now super easy to unlock!

This update is u_ns^t_ab_l^e

For the US, this seems more like a clearance sale lol (outside of Hogwarts Legacy and Star Wars). A slew of games that either no one cares about or are some of the worst GKC offenders.

Yay, all of the apps are now rebranded and have the control updates! The inconsistencies for the last half a year has been driving me crazy lol

@SuperBro64
But that might make the comments section unstable!

Typo in the sub-headline, it should say "compete", not "complete".

That's awesome, now can someone ask them to also handle adding mouse support to Mario Maker? 😆

@Nep-Nep-Freak
I was always pretty impartial to the rhythm-stepping, boxing, and marble-tilting minigames! The running one was definitely fun too, although the detection was super wonky on that one lol

Say what you will about the game itself, but Mario Kart not getting nominated for best score is a huge clown move, I've seen so many non-gaming content creators online state that it has the best audio they've heard from any media all year.

@martynstuff
I would imagine that Bananza would use Breaking Through for the GOTY orchestra, would certainly be fitting.

I have the NSO one from last year and it's been awesome, the art is specifically adapted around the calendar (e.g. Dr. Mario has the calendar inside the game's UI). I'm not as sold looking at these new ones though, this is just artwork with the calendars slapped on top, and often not the best artwork choices this time around either.

Do you guys think that these calendars are hinting at upcoming releases? Teleroboxer is pictured for the same month it's expected to release on NSO, as is Mario Tennis; I wonder if Tomodachi Life and Rhythm Heaven are using the same logic here. I hope not though, I can't wait that much longer for RH lol

Hey, you never know, maybe this guy will be the next Rundas! Eh, who am I kidding...

That's pretty clearly the Ocarina final boss cutscene, this outta be cool!

Doesn't look related, but after seeing many of the wild theories that people online came up with for Donkey Kong Bananza come true, I wouldn't anything out entirely, lol.

Seems more like a commercial than a trailer tbh. It's awesome anyway though! Looking forward to next month

This is a cool update, but it was announced all the way back in March for some reason lol. Nintendo being Nintendo I guess.

Upload the second issue's cover, you cowards

@Gen4Fan
"I use this app daily as background music but desperately want old Pokémon games on it" is my exact sentiment, kindred spirit. I hope we don't need to wait forever for Gens 3 & 4... >_<

@Pillowpants
The point about extending songs and finding a looping spot is largely irrelevant for Mario Kart World, since the vast majority of tracks don't loop - I'm pretty sure less than 50 of the over 200 tracks have a looping point, and even then, many of them have codas for Knockout Tour.

@Ultimapunch
That's a perfect point. Sword and Shield is also arguably where the fanbase started getting outwardly frustrated, and it's pretty easy to tie back to the botched console shift.

I don't think that the answer to this question is as black-and-white (hah) as people would have you think - a lot of people online will assert that [insert the generation with their first Pokémon game here] is "teh BEST" generation, and everything after that is mediocre trash. Putting my own personal biases aside (personally not a fan of B/W), I think Gen 6 is where they started aiming for "good enough", although it didn't really become obvious until Sw/Sh. I feel that most games from X/Y onward hope that their central grab (first 3D entry, first console entry, real-time battle mechanics, open world, etc.) is enough to get you to ignore how underdeveloped they might be in other areas (plot, visuals, locales, animations, difficulty, settings, etc).

By the way, I'm glad to see that NL users know what's up with Legends Arceus. That's the only Switch entry that I've been able to wholeheartedly recommend to people!

@BigNate
They have some unique themes? The only ones I can think of are some world map themes, and the warp cannon courses in NSMB2. You are right in that the themes themselves are definitely rearranged in a few cases at least though - NSMB2 has way more "bah"s, and NSMBW's athletic theme sounds very different from how it did originally.

@The21zonz
Oh, so I wasn't crazy about it being half speed! Probably a bad mistake on Nintendo's part somewhere.

@BigNate
I think it's a joke about those two entries using the same songs that were already in NSMB DS / used again later in NSMBU. Those albums are gonna be really disappointing once they get released lol

EDIT: Ninja'd!

The bestselling game of their bestselling system ever took a full year to add to this app lol. (This coming Friday is the app's first anniversary.)

The US version of Echoes is probably my single favorite box in my gaming collection. As someone mentioned, it's holographic when seen in-person, with lots of subtle details only noticeable under a light source.

So that was the Imprisoning War...

That does not read like a "debunk" to me - it's certainly not a hard tease either, but if this is supposed to mean anything then it would be that imo.

Ah, typical Sakurai. Lmao love the guy

@MarcusIsCool
Ah, that's fair. Edited my post above, but I don't actually disagree with you about Nintendo's previously-weak future-proofing.

@MarcusIsCool
This is a mobile app though? I can get your comments about future-proofing in general, but this app isn't actually available on the Switch.

Definitely a bit of an oddball choice imo, there are both other Game Boy games and other Metroid games that I think should have been a higher priority. Would have been nice to see the remake get released alongside this as well. I'm glad that they didn't forget about this game regardless though!

@parkerdeal
I've been told that the Switch 1 version runs better on Switch 2, so I'm wondering about that as well.

I personally think that they should just stop making those awful cutscenes that were clearly developed with voice acting in mind. I have no doubt that I would find voice acting to be really annoying and probably poorly done, although I'll admittedly still take it over the nonsense that they currently do.

Oh thank you guys for this, I was looking for something like this everywhere. Seems like I'll be fine saving $10 and going with the Switch 1 version, it's definitely not a performance disaster like the last game was.

@N00BiSH
I was just having fun there, I actually like TotK's plot a bit more than most. The opportunity with the subject of this article was too obvious not to take lol

"Demon King? Secret Stone?"

"Lanaria" kind of looks like Impa from the Oracle titles.

I'm not sure that title screens are the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Metroid, but now that you mention it, the title screens of Super, Prime, and Echoes are all pretty epic.

@ShieldHero
The original Metroid hasn't aged well at all imo, it wouldn't leave a great first impression of the series if you played it today. I highly recommend giving either Super Metroid or Zero Mission a shot!

I'm not exactly fond of day-one patches either, especially for ports of old games, but as someone who's played 3D All-Stars at launch, I can understand it. Sunshine in that collection was full of all sorts of hilarious emulation glitches at launch.

@Sonicka
Ah, I hadn't even noticed that this was a x.2.x update, thanks for pointing that out!

Oh, I thought they said that the 4K compatibility had to be patched in? If it's on the cart already then that's great!

Darn, thought maybe the update was for mouse mode, but that's too much to ask for I guess 🙁

No 1P mouse mode is a terrible oversight, but I'm glad to hear that gyro works in handheld this time. 3D All-Stars Galaxy was nearly unplayable in handheld mode with the touch controls.

@Suketoudara
Oh good gosh, I had to look that up just now to make sure it was real. It looks like a photoshopped meme image 0_o

So stable, I can board another horse!

Regarding pricing, Nintendo has already shown a running theme that they aren't willing to overcharge for Metroid - they want to maximize its success. Metroid Prime Remastered was quite a high-effort remake, yet they only charged $40 USD for it. They similarly don't want to overcharge for Prime 4 and risk it flopping after such an arduously lengthy dev cycle, leaving it the same price as any other standard Switch/Switch 2 game. Mario meanwhile they can get away with charging any price for, and they know it - the Galaxy bundle will still sell millions anyway, especially as a tie-in for a near-guaranteed hit of a movie.

Regarding Bananza, the difficulty is a little wonky in that game - it starts off really easy, reaches a more involved difficulty level a few layers in, then spikes hard by sublayer 1200 or so. I too struggled with the final battle, I lost like eight times before finally getting through, despite having no deaths from most prior bosses in the game.