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Thieves are gonna be thieves. They have all the justifications in the universe. Yet many will be wailing about devs getting laid off and publishers chasing money. Stop stealing and actually pay for what you claim to love/support. No one is entitled to other people’s work and ideas for free.

I think I’ll finish Zero before I get StarFox 2026. My N64 is in a box somewhere. lol.

What happened to pills and powder? I swear my generation cannot be the new adults. Let’s get high on Mario! Still chasing being 5 apparently.

Loving the switch family support and all the collections. Hope they port Onimusha 3 and DoD.

Went to the pokemon symphony when they toured NA. Always lovely to hear the music in full orchestral form. Got me back into buying OSTs heavily. I have such respect for musicians, especially, classically trained ones.

This new theme sounds epic. I’m behind (still playing sword) but will catch up to one of these eventually.

Humanity is so broken.

@SpiderTom93 Thank you. It wasn’t showing up when I searched and the article link, naturally pointed to the UK site. I tried again and was able to place a preorder. Thanks again!

Always sad to see folks lose their jobs. Hope they land on their feet.

Hmm doesn’t seem to have hit the US yet. Will try to snag the standard edition. I am woefully behind on Pokemon knowledge.

Edit: Preorder locked in!

Glad it ported well. I no longer have an interest as I was only gonna buy it in hopes that bethesda ports more games and since they are bringing over Oblivion Remastered and I still gotta pick up Fallout 4 for Switch 2, those will be my tribute to the horde. Starfield turns my series x into a lava brick so I’m not betting on that (don’t wanna restart anyway).

Now back to waiting for TES 6.

Virtua Fighter, my beloved. You are safe (for now)!

Yep, I figured they would leverage bundles ASAP.

All pretty large worlds/time sinks that could allow one to coast until the holidays (Or I suppose buy now to put aside for a holiday gift. )

So long as the new VF is safe, I’m good.

This design looks so gritty and cool and in a way that isn’t drab brown, while still guaranteeing I’d get shot because I wanna pet Peppy Hare. Thank you Nintendo for always knowing what a color palette is.

DONE! I am finally free from amiibo!!!!!

Leave me ALONE Nintendo, I’m out. Last one!

Welp, will order up the last of the acrylic cases I need and I can store my haul dust free.

Also I think a lot of people complaining didn’t play through the star fox games. Caveat: I didn’t either but have watched let’s plays. I do own all of them though. No free time.

Star Fox SNES: Original game
Star Fox 2 SNES: Original but unreleased for decades game.
Star Fox 64: Reboot pulling elements from 1 and 2 and then doing its own thing. Not a Remake.
Star Fox adventures (GCN): Original game that was plastered with Star Fox IP
Star Fox Assault (GCN) : Original Game but made by Namco.
Star Fox Command (DS): Original Game.
Star Fox 64 3D: Remake of 64.
Star Fox Zero (Wii U): Reimagining of 1,2 and 64 smashed together. Lifts ideas from each.
Star Fox (Switch 2): Remake.

Simply the series doesn’t sell and for the early games were very expensive considering the low ROI. It’s a franchise where consumers don’t put their money where their mouth is. They like the idea of the characters and world but don’t actually like the games. No wonder Nintendo can’t gain momentum.

Bundles will still help consolidate prices. Mario Kart will be back for the holidays as usual and I suspect the pokopia bundle will be worldwide by then. Both are big sellers.

The rest is kinda out of their hands.

It’s sorta sad Nintendo has to say this, but consumers and shareholders are not known for their patience. Folks acting like they are gonna go on break or something for the rest of the year. Meanwhile, Nintendo is one of the steadiest devs and publishers in the industry. Including many franchises getting new entries in over a decade.

That being said fair game to those that acknowledge there is steady output…just simply they aren’t the audience. Happens to us all.

(I on the other hand, am still trying to mow down my wishlist which is 90 percent switch games.)

ooo, time to buy more stock!

@AmplifyMJ Howdy, thank you. Still undergoing testing and on a pharmacy of drugs.

Did you go see the Michael movie? I’m waiting on blu ray.

I don’t have it yet, but will play on switch 2 I think. Really depends on my memory situation. I try to play larger switch games on switch to save room for switch 2 exclusives. so could be either or. The numbers seem fair considering not everyone offloads older systems. Actually they seem good as it means users are moving on. The less time spent straddling old systems the better chances for games that take advantage of new system power.

Playing through the remakes hoping for some remakes of the DS games…still need to finish 7, 9,10 (offline) and 11. Looking forward to 12.

@rjejr Skylanders for instance has way less funtionality than amiibo. I can’t speak for infinity as I got the last one made so most of my figures are newer. Most amiibo unlock/give you something in most games (Granted I have not tested my amiibo that I bought this year as I still need to unbox and put them away, so grain of salt. )

I’m of mixed opinions on the zelda line. Likely since I use them and FE the most. I wouldn’t mind that they put all the rewards under the original smash line, however for some games (BOTW, TOTK, HW) it would take a while to cycle to their unique unlocks and that could be frustrating when you can only scan once every 24 hours or in HW case, 5 a day. It’s a balancing act.

@StewdaMegaManNerd Ah. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

@StewdaMegaManNerd That was the original pitch for amiibo. Buy for one game, use in several. Consumer complaints, scalping and duplicates (intended to refresh lines so not a bad idea), sorta lost the plot and they don’t always update functionality for new games anymore. However, for the 10 consumers (raises hand) that bought these for their promised functionality, it is always good to see older models in use.

Not a fan of Nintendo leaning into the cheap figures aspect of the line while nerfing functionality. But when you have a wall or two dedicated to them you want a return on investment, lol.

edit: Ignore. I misunderstood the OG user’s comment.

Cool. I have those amiibo, so I will use them.

Loving the 3rd party support so far! Switch 2 is my primary system thanks to this. BF this year is gonna be a deluge. Just hoping there will be a great deal on Express cards.

Hmm gotta stay on top of my shooters. I haven’t missed any but have a few in my list that are old.

Age of Mythology, Virtua Fighter 5 REVO, Hyrule Warriors 3 and nice day for fishing and inching along starfield again. Got a busy weekend plus I am very ill currently. So gaming when I can. Also in the garden sowing.

Ok. I will play games on my Switch 2.

Fair. Game gens have to be longer to accommodate hardware parts, supply chain instability, game dev and marketing costs.

This has the potential to force Nintendo, who loves steady output (case in point WiiU, Switch and Switch 2 libraries. They may not have produced all best sellers but they have several years they released at least a game a month. Which is insane output compared to other publishers/devs) to dig into their catalog to avoid franchise burnout but still give them a library to point at as a selling point.

As much as I hope for strong 3rd party support, it will ebb and flow and I am pretty sure Nintendo knows this and will plan accordingly. For me as this is my last active hardware gen, I’m cautiously excited. Switch 2 is already checking a lot of my longshot boxes and have already released several evergreens with many of their most popular franchises still in reserve… so I am pleased with my purchase and see the potential to, like with the Switch, have no droughts. (I am still clearing my switch wishlist….)

The Switch 2 itself so far shows that it has a fair amount of power in the right hands and that can lead to some exciting games.

My concern is for the economic health of the gaming industry (and the wider global economic health) and where that is going. Happy to see in an industry (and surrounding industries) that is bleeding workers, Nintendo has increased headcount.

Woo. Go for Broke! I’m all in on fire emblem anyway but this feels like Nintendo is going to use any franchise they have. If there has been a year to have hope for a longshot…this is likely it.

That being said I hope they maintain those 3rd party dev relationships.

I’m still digging around the investor site, but it is raising my interest.

I might get this. I’m pretty much not traveling for the next few years so I’ve been looking at road trip games and travel books.

Personally, I’m more annoyed about the hanafuda card increase. But I have a few decks so not the end of the world.

Somebody should revive the conduit 3.

Already have mine but I may buy a procon 2 sooner than later. I’m using a power a which is ok but not great. More concerned about memory cards.

Games have been announced into next year (including new pokemon which the franchise is currently carrying switch 2 along with mario kart) and they just shadow dropped the release date for a game (a revival of a dead franchise at that). Not sure what is silent about that.

It is only May. We don’t know what the holiday game or bundle is or the other games that Nintendo has in the works. Edit: Looks like Nintendo is going to lean hard into software.

Certainly global economic turmoil will impact them, but it will impact everyone and it feels like they are doing what they can (no stock shortages, smaller price increases, lowering digital prices, games in the pipe line, steady expansion into other revenue streams like movies, stores and parks).

Black Friday will rock this year for me!

I’m surprised DQ didn’t get in there sooner considering its DNA is in most JRPGs at this point.

Don’t worry, Sony will find some more sales behind the couch…

While it doesn’t matter, I accept the original numbers before Sony dug around in their pocket, so I consider Switch to be the winner. (Nintendo probably does too if they even care. )

Hate to say it but yep, that’s why I bought at launch.

Granted I didn’t expect logistics to take a kick to the face.

Need to go track down the meeting notes. Curious about a few financial items. I am mostly hoping employment remains steady.

All the turmoil is making me think I should get an analogue 3D and JPN PS2 sooner than later though. Make sure my retro systems are in good shape.

Looks fantastic. Might play Zero this weekend.

I haven’t seen the movie so until the Direct I hadn’t seen Fox. I don’t care either way but if I had to pick I would pick the game version. But if they had done the movie version I wouldn’t have known any better.

I’m realizing I’ve never gotten very far in this game. I guess I’ll try again.

I thought I liked Zero best, but seeing these side by side really showcases how nice the new versions look. They look like animals! FIRE!

The puppets explain why Slippy lost a finger.

Also this has me really excited for future Nintendo games. Nintendo’s design structure plus the added power of Switch 2 and it will be nice to see where they push my favorite franchises.

Honestly this sold me on gamechat more than anything else. Can’t wait to see it used in other games.

Star Fox feels like the “test/push the tech” franchise. It may not stick, but it always seems like Nintendo uses this franchise to try something new. (Granted that doesn’t include the game itself as it has been remade several times. )

Aww, very cute and cuddly.

I want to try mouse controls. Hope they make a demo.

I feel like they should have never announced it if they didn’t have a working product (or something so close they were certain of release).

Granted borderlands 4 has performance issues on flagship consoles so perhaps this was dev ambition outpacing ability.

Eventually, yes. Will be digital like all my switch 2 games.