Skippy_B_Coyote

@Mew This guy! =D Though I'm pre-ordering the 3DS version, since the Switch is still too $$$ for my wallet.

Retweeted. It's the kid's last wish and he's going to die way too young, make it happen Nintendo!

Cool by me! Epic Yarn is without a doubt my all time favorite Kirby game and I've played through it at least once a year every year since it came out on the Wii. It's kinda my go-to comfort game whenever I'm sick with a cold, and I do have a New 3DS XL so I'll definitely be picking this one up. =)

Pretty awesome if you ask me! Luigi's Mansion 3, Animal Crossing, Yoshi's Crafted World, Diablo III, new footage of Star Fox and Star Wolf in Starlink: Battle for Atlas, NES style Switch controllers, Kirby's Epic Yarn coming to 3DS, and La La La La La La La Katamari Damacy!

Sweet! Looking forward to seeing what they have in store for the good ol' 3DS. I'm still hoping for that rumored Link's Awakening remake! =D

This reminds me a lot of Raiden, and I LOVE Raiden! =D

Balls of steel! =O

Love the furry art style, but jeez that sounds depressing to play.

Nintendo really hasn't known what to do with Star Fox since Star Fox 64, so they pretty much just shoehorn Fox into whatever type of game they think might work and see if it does. That's not necessarily a bad thing from my perspective though, since I loved Star Fox Adventures, Assault, and Command. They've done a lot of interesting and really fun stuff with Star Fox over the years and I expect that Starlink will be no exception. =)

I'm pre-ordering Dust and I don't even own a Switch yet. It feels weird buying a game for a system I don't own yet and have no idea when I'm going to be able to afford to buy, but I am pretty confident that one way or another I'll get a Switch someday and when that day comes I'll thank myself for having bought this game. =)

I was hoping for Krystal, I got the Belmonts. Less blue, but they'll do.

Just bought a refurbished NES and some games from a local game store last week, so this weekend I've been playing Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Rad Racer, and Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt. Luckily I still have a nice CRT TV setup for retro gaming so playing Duck Hunt with the Zapper was no problem at all. ^_^

Dreamcast Classic Mini. Problem solved.

I was not aware that Digimon was still a thing. =O

The original Wii is definitely my all time favorite home console and I've still got the Wii I purchased at launch hooked up and running, along with a selection of 40'ish games for it (and there's another 100 or so I'm looking to add to the collection). I think my favorite thing about the Wii was the on-rails lightgun shooter renaissance it ushered in. Those type of games, and first-person shooters for that matter, have never controlled as well before or since the Wii remote and nunchuck. I also like that the Wii was pretty much the last home console where almost everything worth playing for it was released on physical media with no update patches to download and no online connectivity required.

@Ooyah
Killer7 definitely an amazing game. That along with Alien Hominid and Viewtiful Joe were the first games I ever bought for myself after moving out on my own and getting my first apartment back when the GameCube was current gen, and they're all still some of my favorite GameCube games. My #1 favorite is actually Star Fox Adventures, which I know most people don't care for, but it was the first Star Fox game I ever played so I've got a soft spot for it. I'd say Star Fox Adventures is probably my all time favorite Zelda game lol

Killer7 on the GameCube, though I'm probably going to download Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon from the 3DS eShop and pick up a physical copy of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon next week so there's some modern gaming on the horizon for me.

I am way more excited about this game than I probably should be lol. Good call releasing it on the 3DS too, since the game's intended target demographic is much more likely to have a 2DS/3DS than a Switch.

I wouldn't argue with him, I've been sick to death of the anime style character design that has been everywhere in games for the last 5 or 6 years.

After finally getting around to seeing the Rampage movie this week I picked up a copy of Rampage: Total Destruction for the GameCube and have been playing it and nothing else all weekend. Awesome game, probably the best in the Rampage series.

"so many games launching"

I see.

I like my physical media, so no thanks Google. Not interested in playing games I can't physically own.

To me the most sensible solution is a Switch Mini, something small enough to fit in a pocket and easy to carry around. I still love my New 3DS XL and play it often, so I certainly wouldn't complain about getting a 3DS successor, but I think a Switch Mini is probably the safest way forward for Nintendo from a marketing perspective.

And people wonder why Switches are being hacked to run emulators. =P

This weekend I'm playing Alien 3 for the original Game Boy and Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers for the Game Boy Color, both on the grape Game Boy Color that I've had for half past forever. My spouse is playing Punky Skunk on the original PlayStation at the moment.

I'm still hoping for that rumored Link's Awakening remake for the 3DS at some point. Nintendo has a pretty lengthy history of giving systems a new Zelda game as a swan song towards the end of their retail lifespan so it could certainly happen.

You beauty! Choice bro! =D

@Anti-Matter You took the words right out of my mouth... or touchscreen... or whatever words are taken out of on a mobile device. In any case, I too long to play imports that never got physical releases in the US; and Dillon's latest outing is at the top of the list.

I say let the developer make the game however they want and if people buy it then cool, and if not then that's how it goes. A lot of modern gamers seem to be rather entitled and think that developers should make games specifically to suit their wants and desires, but the world isn't Burger King. You can't always have it your way.

It wasn't really an E3 conference for Nintendo this year, just a Smash Bros. focused Nintendo Direct that happened to air during E3. No Metroid Prime 4 or Star Fox was really disappointing.

@YoshiAngemon I must be getting old, because I have no idea what that means. XD

I jumped for joy when they revealed Daisy! Super Mario Land on the original Game Boy was my first Mario game so it's great to see Daisy getting some recognition. I was hoping for Krystal and Tails as new playable characters but I know that was a pretty unrealistic idea so I'm happy with all the old characters returning + Daisy & Ridley. =)

A Neo Geo without Bust-A-Move is not a Neo Geo, licensing rights be damned. =P

I would have bought this one if it was given a physical release in North America, but $40 for an eShop-only digital release? No thank you. I'm not that hardcore of a furry.

Streaming games? @!#?@ that! If it's not on a cartridge then I'm not buying it.

I'm one of those suckers who will buy anything and everything Star Fox and enjoy it, so I'd give it a go. Personally I'd rather have Star Fox Adventures 2 but I know that was probably the second least popular game in the series (second only to Zero) so I'll settle for a racing game.

As someone who plays his 3DS every day and can't afford a Switch I'm definitely pleased by this news, but software sells hardware so if Nintendo plans to keep selling 3DS systems they're going to need to keep producing new software for it. So far there's not much of interest on the horizon for the 3DS this year, but I'll reserve judgement on the matter until after E3. Last year it didn't look like there were many games on the way for the 3DS until E3 came around, and hopefully this year will be much the same. I'm still itching for that rumored Link's Awakening 3DS remake and Virtual Console releases of Star Fox and Star Fox 2. =)

I think it's wonderful! The Switch is a bit too big for me to carry around so I've stuck with my New 3DS XL, and that's fine by me. I love the stereoscopic 3D effect and leave it on 100% of the time, and I really like the StreetPass and play coin features that encourage you to take the system with you everywhere. So yeah, no complaints from me about the 3DS being supported into 2019 and beyond. It's definitely my all time favorite handheld. =)

It's always amusing and a little bewildering how upset people get over this kinda stuff around here. Makes you wonder what the age demographics of NintendoLife users actually are... in any case, I think it's pretty cool news.

I'm a big fan the Homebrew Channel on my original Wii and the emulation options that flash carts brought to the table for the original DS and DS Lite, but never ended up modding my 3DS since it was a bit too risky and complicated of a procedure for my liking. I've never pirated current gen games that publishers are still making money off of, but I like the extra functionality that emulators can add to your system of choice. Being able to play Atari 7800 and ColecoVision along with the original Doom, Doom II, and Final Doom on my Wii is pretty awesome, and the same goes for being able to play original Game Boy and Game Boy Color games on the DS Lite via a flash cart.

Looks awesome and very furry, so it'll be an instant purchase for me. I'll double dip for a physical copy if the digital sales do well enough to support a physical release.

For contemporary gamers that didn't grow up with the 2600 and arcade games, Atari can be kind of an acquired taste. Outside of a few standouts like Pitall II: Lost Caverns, Adventure, and Haunted House you're really just playing to try and best your previous high score in most Atari games, which can be a lot of fun if you're into it but may not appeal to everyone. Personally I like Atari a lot and own a Light Sixer model Atari 2600 along with a Harmony Encore cart for it, so I'd definitely be down for an Atari compilation on the Switch if it got a physical release.

I've been revisiting TimeSplitters 2 on the GameCube this weekend. =)

It's pretty obvious what's going on here in America. It's a simple case of the government folks looking for anything other than guns that they can blame for school shootings. Video games, mental health, etc.

Awesome to see this game coming to the 3DS and Switch, especially the 3DS. Now where's Star Fox Zero with an improved control scheme? =P

This article really struck a chord with me, because outside of the 3DS I haven't owned a current gen console since the Wii for all the reasons listed above. I'm an avid retro gamer and collector and love going back and exploring the game libraries of generations past, both for old favorites and new titles that never played back when the systems were current.

But with the current generation of consoles there will be no way to do that a decade from now. Video games have become a impermanent thing where some if not all of the game only exists on a server that will inevitably disappear at some point in the not too distant future, and when they do the majority of the games of this generation will be lost. Even the games with physical releases still need downloadable patches to play properly and get the full experience from them.

So I've held off on buying a current gen console thus far, but I'm quite certain that I will finally give in and buy one this year. When the choice comes down to either playing the current crop of games that you're interested in right now and accepting that you won't be able to play them again in 10 years, or never playing them at all, the answer for me is pretty clear. I'd rather get to experience them while they're still around, with the unfortunate knowledge that they won't last forever like the games I grew up with will.

Better to love and lose than never love at all, as they say.

@dimi
For sure. When I read the headline the first thing that came to mind for me was that around half of the world's population—3 billion people give or take—live on less than $2.50 a day. Then another 20% of the population on top of that live on $10 or less a day, so at $300 most of the people living on Earth will never be able to afford a Switch. I'd be surprised if even 25% of the people in the world could afford one.

How strange and wondrous. I don't think it's really a product for me as a gamer in his 30's, but I do think that kids are going to absolutely love this stuff. It's really whimsical and charming.

A great list overall, though a little heavy on RPGs and a little low on action games. Resident Evil: Revelations should have been in there somewhere.

I feel like I could have written the very same article myself, with a few system replacements here and there. Living in the states I had an IBM PC and a Genesis as a kid and never became a Nintendo fan until the GameCube era, at which point I completely and utterly fell in love with Star Fox Adventures and then later Star Fox Assault. I've since played Star Fox Command and Star Fox 64 3D by way of Nintendo's more recent handhelds, which I quite enjoyed (though never to the degree that I fell head over heels for Adventures and Assault, popular opinions be damned) but to this day I've still never experienced the original SNES Star Fox. For this reason alone I'll be getting up at 3:00 AM this Friday and waiting in line for many long hours outside my local Best Buy for chance to purchase a SNES Mini.

Sounds awesome! Resident Evil 4 on the Wii was a joy to play with motion controls, so if Capcom can pull off something similar on the Switch then I'm all for it!