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I get why Marion Kart 8 is better on Switch due to its improvements and dlc etc than it was on wii u but anyone else find it strange it's Wind Waker on GCN but not the superior Wii U version but then it's Metroid Prime on Switch not GCN. Arguably things like SMB3 on gba is better than original on NES too.

I'm interested in this game but when I looked into buying it I found out its 70 euro here (which funnily is the price MK world also is in physical stores here).

I got burned badly on team sonic racing which dropped its price by almost 50% in some places a month after release so I'm waiting.

One thing that hit me looking at the breakdown of sales by platform for multi platform games Xbox is really struggling.

Eg NBA 2K26, EA Sports FC 25/26 and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

I'd prefer healthy direct competition so that they all need to win over customers, as its better for consumers.

Nintendo clearly said it wasn't 100% compatible but they have gotten very close and continue to proved fixes for games with issues

Some folkes in this comment thread clearly don't understand what emulation actually is and seem to confuse it with including the previous consoles native hardware in the new system to run games instead.Even when others have pointed out the difference between the two approaches.

Interesting to see Yoshi Island and Wario Land don't count, it makes sense but they originally where keen to have them be part of the series.

@datamonkey I think they are going off Japanese release dates so it's there later under the Japanese name of Super Mario USA.

Though confusingly the lost levels is the western title of that game, I guess the list avoids calling either of them super mario 2.

Sure I played it first in the early 90s as a small kid and only really beat it this year on NSO.

I've recently tired to clear a number of games I owned but couldn't beat as a kid including this, SMB 3, Ninja Gaiden (admittedly with heavy usage of save slots) and Castlevannia 2 Simons Quest, I never could work out what to do in it as a kid.

Nope like leave that to Nintendo.

Playstations strengths are a big powerful cutting edge console and sonys massively impressive and expensive to develop games.

Any kinda hybrid is going compromise on this.

Nice. I'd really love a Metroid and Fire Emblem one.
Might be another Mario one for the 40th

@Ulysses the N64 and Gamecube weren't extactly rich in third party releases.

Some of the decent third party stuff will be caught up in IP and licensing issues too I'm afraid eg the simpsons hit and run.

Others like Baten Kaitos,Tales of Symphonia, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Resident Evil 4 have versions out already on Switch so I'm not sure how many will actually come to NSO. Hopefully Sega and Capcom will put their titles on NSO.

Been on my backlog list since I got a copy of it a few years ago. This makes trying it out so much easier.

Great now any sign of MK Gold? That's pretty much the last one for the pre deadly alliance era.

Like what Mario Kart game had more of a single player experience than World? Got knock out mode and the missions. More characters and outfits to unlock than any other console MK. Only MAk 8 deluxe with all the booster packs cups has more cups. DS had a few boss missions that's all I can think of.

Bare bones is a completely unfounded allegation for World

Havnt played it but no game I've ever played would be a 1 out of 10.it would have to not actually play for me to award anything that.

A Xerox of a Xerox.

So 160 million ps2s were made.
Surely some of those replaced faulty units under warranty, were gifted away, display units, broken in transit , bad batch etc it's a bit silly to think every one made was a sale..

We don't add the red ringed Xbox 360s that were replaced as separate sales.

It's a pretty decent but not great game. There's times I was really enjoying it which were balanced against the typical stale Ubisoft open world game design bloat.

In the end I stopped playing it as was fed up of side quest after side quest.

Hes accidentally created the first digital only edition Switch 2.

Surely if he felt it had to be yellow could he not just 3d print a yellow cart case and switch the important parts.

Its needed now that almost all of the greater launch area games are out like DK (or almost all here). So what do they have this year announced atm Drag x Drive in August, Metrod Unknown 2025 and Pokeman Z A October.

Rhythm Heaven Groove and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream in 2026.

There's the obvious question of the whens Mario's first non kart game coming out, any truth to all the fire emblem rumours and will there ever be another F Zero or Starfix?lplus will Switch 2 see its own Smash bros?

We won't get everything of course but feels like the end of the year needs a big release and something needs to fill the September gap.

That was frankly easily the most boring announcement video I think I've every watched.

@HeadPirate very good point the internet definitely cares far too much about things like this (the average gamer will probably never notice or care tbh) and often leads to campaigns of intimidation against the replacement va whose only taking a promising job offer.

Not thrilled about this but can't say I ever actually used them.

@Ryu_Niiyama sama is mostly used by customer service or client service jobs these days. So call a customer service number and they will use it. It's kinda similar to how modern English users say sir or madam in similar settings. San is the generally used honorific 90% of the time.

Another professional melee scandal to add to the heap.
Can't imagine why Nintendo isn't promoting and throwing money at that lot.

Or a dislike button for the same tired pearl clutching comments over and over again.

@Ooccoo_Jr same.

Like Ideally yeah I'd like 100% physical plays off cart and saves me memory storage space. (Dies cost me physical storage space though) but not at any price point.

I buy digital when it's cheaper as I'm not willing to fork out more than a tenner usually in difference between the two.

It seems to me that game carts with game fully on them will be far more expensive than on switch 1 (if not now soon enough) but I also want to avoid an eshop monopoly where can never get a good deal from a store. Game carts at least keep that level of competition.

I'm enjoying the Switch 2 alot but my biggest dissappoint with it isn't the console itself it's the lack of a new big single player experience.

Mario kart while great in multiplayer, in single player is a bit of a 30-50min play session or so for me before I've had my fill of it for the day.

There's ports and Switch 2 editions but there's no big brand new single player gane yet.

Yeah this is competition for a gaming laptop or the highest end steam deck rather than the Switch 2. It's going sit at the most expensive option to play games on the go, though I wonder how long battery will last.

The Game carts are good for consumers as you can lend, trade or sell them on.

They are good for developers as they keep costs down which in theory means they don't have to either charge alot more for a physical on the shelf release or go digital only or go with likes of limited run etc..

In the end its probably only a stop gap on the way to an all digital future. (And before people start shouting that will never happen etc just look at sales figures and PC gaming (Steam etc) consoles are just few steps behind really).

Apart from the obvious heat issue I don't see the point of this.

Cool me and a mate played this game alot when we rented it and an N64s in its launch year. Though neither of us actually bought it when we subsequently got our own n64s. Be nice to go back for an hour or so.

Oh so realism determines a games worth and the game he likes is worth whatever the price it will be in a years time when it comes out (I suspect it will be at least 90 usd then) what nonsense.

The Xbox Series X is now 100 euro more then when I bought it 5 years ago. Mad stuff.

Quite a neat way to lend a mate a digital copy of a game.

I think 14 days is a big short in most cases though would have preferred at least 21 days . Its definitely enough though for a person to decide if they like it.

LRG seem to be the worst. Like this is the entire selling point of them existing and they are messing it up yo cut costs. Like ordering a limited print vinyl record and getting a plastic decorative disk that doesn't do anything and an iTunes voucher.

"Set you back £16.99 / €19.99 — more than double the £7.99 / €9.99"

For Euro and dollar seemingly price it's double plus one cent. Having the headline say "More than double BOTW & TOTK" seems a bit overblown.

Depends very on the game but as a general rule it makes sense to take fall damage and games in general should be challenging which includes taking damage from falls, drowning and lava.

I think after the two ps5 price increases the amount I paid for my original ps5 about 6-9months after launch is now the same as the digital version.

No real issue with the price of console its where i expected it to be but really just knock 10 usd/eur / 8 gbp off those game prices and it would be fine. Should be 60-70 really.

I'm not too fond of when people use accurate descriptions of my faults om me either.

But if the boot fits.

When this eventually comes to NSO I'm hoping the 8 -16 players lan set ups are present but over NSO instead.

@Anti-Matter Double Dash is from the Gamecube era are you saying you have played oi or not?

Bowsers response is basically PR speech saying we plan to support the Switch 1 for some time. It's nowhere near the tone of the infamous Xbox one interview.

Good news for Smash ulimate and upcoming NSO gamecube.

DLC done right is never a bad thing as it gives me more content for games i enjoyed rather than waiting for a sequel and I've no problem paying for same when its decent. I did for last two Snash bros and Mario Kart 8 on Wii U.

Dlc done badly would be dlc that's pointless or was developed as part of the original game development and split off to sake it separately or is on the game and is just a paid unlock code or basically paying to unlock things quicker.

Either is optional though.

So its not tied to your account then rhis seems way better than a code in a box which has been an increasing trend for alot of 3rd parties lately.

I collect most amiibo but I can't name these characters off the top of my head at all. Like theres so many classic street fighter characters that are gaming icons such as entire cast of sf 2 so why these 3 first.

You don't have to pay the store, the transport, the cost of manufacturing the game cart and box for digital. They should have always been cheaper.

I knew game prices had to go up, ps5 and xbox already went up few years ago but thst said it seems 10 euro too much of an increase here in Ireland.