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Monster Hunter Stories 3 was an incredibly welcome surprise to me, I absolutely adored the previous two. The rest was pretty forgettable to be honest.

I don't have a Switch 2 yet, but it would be day 1 otherwise. Definitely looking forward to getting it alonsgide the console when I can afford it.

I started keeping track of this a while ago because I was bored and by my count there's only 298? I wonder if I missed two somewhere.

Edit: I had indeed missed adding Donkey Kong 94 and Mario's Picross to my list, good to know!

I couldn't care less about this game in particular, but it still sucks to see as I think this is the first time they're removing a game from NSO? I had kinda assumed they were all safe. Oh well.

Yeah, I'd say 200+ hours is a negative for me unfortunately, especially since I already played it on Wii U. I'm glad they improved upon some of my issues with the original. I loved it back then but it had some extremely frustrating elements, party management being a big one of them. Now I'm wishing I hadn't played it before, haha.

Still, even though I'll probably skip this one, I strongly recommend it to people who never played the original (and have enough free time). It's really, really fun.

@Purgatorium I literally bought a PS5 last month just for MH Wilds, lol (I mean, sure, I'll play other games on it eventually, since I've missed on a lot by only having a Switch this gen and the last, but MH was by far the main motivation).

No events in my country so I didn't apply.

It's a steal at this price. This game is a work of art. Go get it!

I absolutely HATE that they removed Brachydios (the game's actual flagship monster) and randomly replaced it with... Azure Rathalos of all things?!

Sorry but as a MH fan this a huge pet peeve, so Japan wins by default.

Oh, cool! The last time they added Genesis games to NSO was back in June 2023, so I feared they had stopped supporting it.

Hoping that this is just the start and we get even more of them during the next few months.

I abasolutely adore the DKC games but I never played this one, I'll definitely give it a try, if only for science.

As much as I enjoyed it on Wii U, it eventually became a slog and I had to force myself to finish it. At my age I just don't have the patience I used to have for 100+ hour-long RPGs. So I'll probably skip this version, but I'm happy that many people will get the chance to play it for the first time, it truly is a fantastic game.

Yeah, no thanks. At my age I've learned that using music/sounds you like as an alarm inevitably means that you'll end up hating them after a few days, lol.

@swoose When you learn a new Echo, if you're sorting by "last used" simply press left on the menu and it'll go to the other end, letting you easily find your new echo.

Honestly I thought I'd be really bothered by the Echo menu but in the end it wasn't a big deal. Sure there were times when I was annoyed by it but usually I could easily find what I was looking for simpy from the "last used" menu, and if I had trouble finding something specific I'd pull out the notebook.

Easy 10/10 for me. I love everything about it, I'm having so much fun.

@LadyCharlie The last batch of Genesis games was in June 2023. We used to get them somewhat regularly-ish before then.

I'm still sad about this. Kass was probably my favorite character in BotW and he wasn't even mentioned in TotK.

I'd love some Monster Hunter icons.

Hoping that whatever amiibo unlock can also be obtained in-game somehow. Not a fan of amiibo-locked stuff.

I'll believe it when it's actually released, lol.

At this point I've mostly moved on from amiibo and I'm not really interested in getting any more, so I just hope they don't lock anything interesting behind it. I'm okay when amiibo unlock something non-permanent or just give you consumable items or something, but it sucks when I can't get 100% completion of a game without amiibo.

I actually played the 3DS version for the first time not too long ago, and while I loved it, I'm not really feeling the need to play it again so soon.

I might be convinced to get it on sale at some point later, though. Capcom games usually get some nice discounts after some time, so I'm not in a hurry.

Really bad overall, but I'm extremely hyped for Monster Hunter Wilds so getting a new trailer for that was kinda cool (even though it was somewhat underwhelming).
Other than that, Neva looks very pretty. And while I don't particularly care about the game, seeing a first party Sony game on a Nintendo console was quite notable.
Most of the rest was incredibly boring to me. This didn't need to be 2 hours long.

A HD-2D remake, if done well, would be gorgeous and probably the best outcome IMO. But honestly the original look is so timeless that I'd be okay with just an enhanced port of the SNES game with the additions of the DS version and some extras (or just put it on NSO but we know that's not happening).

I'm extremely hyped for the promised new trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds, but I'm not watching the whole thing just for that. I'll just look for it later.

Other than that, I don't really have any expectations for this. I can't wait for the Nintendo Direct, though!

I'd love a new Spyro game. Reignited Trilogy was so good.

No Zelda collab is sad, but expected after Rise and Sunbreak didn't get any Nintendo-exclusive stuff and barely any non-Capcom collabs at all.

I don't know, FE used to be one of my favorite franchises, but I was put off from Three Houses because of the focus on social stuff, and didn't even bother with Engage because of the absolutely atrocious character designs (IMO).

If they're so hellbent on turning the franchise into a waifu/husbando simulator, then at least let us be gay with any character. And have some decent character designs. Then I might consider giving it another chance.

I played this one on 3DS just before 2 came out and I adored it. I think the sequel is a stronger game overall, but this one is still definitely worth playing. Glad to see the port is good.

Still hoping for a rerelease of the old MH games (20th anniversary seemed like the perfect opportunity, but oh well...).

This guy has zero credibility these days. He clearly had a legit source at some point as he leaked lots of stuff back then (mixed with an enormous amount of terrible takes and petty drama) but all his recent "leaks" have been wrong, so that clearly isn't the case anymore. All he has left is the terrible takes and the petty drama.
Honestly it's not worth reporting.

Well, that's a bummer. I actually used this feature as my main method of saving Switch screenshots to my PC.

Not the best-looking art they could've picked from this game, but still getting all of them because of nostalgia (not like there's much else to spend these points on).

But ugh, having to boot up the game is unnecesarily annoying. I've already played this game a million times, Nintendo, including on NSO! I know it only takes a minute, but what's the point of forcing us to do this?

@Lightsiyd There's definitely rumble. I just checked and I can't find an option to change it in-game. Maybe you have it disabled on the system settings?

@AG_Awesome
Have fun! You're in for a good time.

@Lightsiyd
The series has evolved a lot since the PSP days especially in the way of presentation and QoL improvements. Rise is easily the most newcomer-friendly Monster Hunter game. Give it a try!

I love all the top three. Glad to see my favorite thunder puppy getting the recognition he deserves.

I just rewatched it at home a few days ago and had a great time with it. Very fun movie to watch as a Mario fan, even if it has its issues. I wouldn't pay to watch it again, though.

Ok, this is just cruel. I would've loved to use that Boney icon.

Kinda weird that they're doing this, but I'm definitely getting those SMW icons.

I hope this doesn't become the norm for all games going forward.

Would've loved to see a remaster of one (or multiple?) of the old games to celebrate the anniversary, but oh well. Still looking forward to it.

@Overzeal Yeah, it's the same reason Magic: The Gathering cards still use the original logo (which hasn't been used since 1999 otherwise). Changing the card back is a logistical nightmare.

@OwenOtter Oh wow, that's much longer than I expected. Gonna leave it for later then. xP

Anyone who played the demo who can tell us how long it is, approximately?

While it being "just" Hisuian Voltorb might be underwhelming to some, it's still a form that can't be normally obtained in SV, and this also enables many new ball combinations (because Voltorb is genderless, we can't do the trick where we pass down the ball to another form when breeding, so we were limited to the balls that exist in PoGo).

So a cool event overall! Not sure it was worth the "mystery", but hey, I'll take it. xP

I never got this back then, and I love DK94, so I might give it a chance if it goes on sale at some point. I wish the remake was a little bit more ambitious.

Beyond hyped for this. I'm really hoping it comes out for the Switch's successor, but if it doesn't, I'm buying a PS5. I had to skip World at launch because I didn't have a platform that could play it and I regret it to this day.

@Vexx234 I played it when it was on free trial a while ago, and I've never had a game crash on me as often as this one (and it wasn't even that long!). A friend who also played it during the trial had a similar experience. I enjoyed it overall, but the crashes were on another level. If it weren't for autosave I would've given up after the first few hours.

The only reason I'm moderately interested in this is the slim chance that Capcom announced the next Monster Hunter game, but I won't get my hopes up. Definitely won't sit and watch the whole thing.

@Znake I have three theories: First, the game is multiplatform this time (even though that didn't stop Capcom from having platform-exclusive collabs in the past, but it's still a possibility). Second: The massive Capcom leak from a few years ago might have discouraged Nintendo from doing any sort of collabs as we know them to be incredibly secretive. Third: Monster Hunter is massive now, so maybe Capcom doesn't feel the need to spend as much money on licencing now as they consider the franchise can stand on its own, as opposed to when it was more niche and collabs helped with marketing. Just speculating of course, we don't know for sure.

That said, yeah it's very sad that we didn't get any Nintendo collabs this time. I would've loved a Wolf Link Palamute costume.

I can't pick just one! There are too many cool monsters!

I'm split between voting for my current favorite (Zinogre) or giving some love to an underdog (Lunagaron maybe).