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@Aneira no problem, glad to help!

Regarding your concern about the material, I just checked my case and it is definitely fabric. The company says it is a cotton tee shirt material. That said, it's not hairy, it's flat, so it definitely can't reach the gold pins on the cartridge, especially with the each pin being recessed below the plastic dividers.

Hope this helps. Have a good one!

@Aneira It's not a small plastic case like the 24 cartridge HORI case, but I really like this case:

Sisma 80 Game Cartridge Holders... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QST39HW?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I think NLife confused the location because the boy lives in Ohio, but his Mom is driving him to Franco's in Buffalo, NY. Here's a NY local news article about it:
https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/ohio-boy-chooses-buffalo-pizza-over-nintendo-switch-for-10th-birthday-present

@OptometristLime they weren't saying that Rogue games is the Netflix of games, they were saying Apple and Google are offering video game subscription services that are like the Netflix of games and Rogue games is a leader in that model.

I remember Matt Casamassina from his days writing for IGN Nintendo. I was disappointed when he left IGN, and felt that they really went downhill after his departure. Interesting to see his Reggie accusing for his videogame company.

That's cool and all, but you could buy a Switch Lite and Mario Odyssey for about the same price...

This really frustrates me, because I backed this Kickstarter and selected Wii U as my platform. After it dragged on for years I eventually assumed that the game would never get released and I was just out the money. But to hear that it's coming to PS5, which I don't intend to purchase, as a timed exclusive is frustrating. They better at least hold to their word and release it on Switch in the somewhat near future.

@AnnoyingFrenzy I think The Marvelous 303 was at least 50% better than The Excellent 202. 😉

I think both BOTW2 and Odyssey 2 would be huge releases, but I chose "Something Else" because I think Mario Kart 9 would be the optimal release to go against PS5 and XBox Series X. I say this because there is already a BOTW and Odyssey on the system and sequels generally aren't as impactful as the original release. MK8 Deluxe is a port, so a new release would sell by the truckload.

@Aldora I second what @Lalivero said. At least in the US, the week starts on Sunday, with Monday being the start of the work week.

Why are we limited to voting for 3 characters when 6 are coming? Shouldn't we have been able to vote for 6 characters...?

I think the UI needs 2 improvements:
1. As everyone else on here has stated, give us the ability to create folders to organize our games.
2. Once the game icons reach a point where they would move into "All Games" make the game and folder icons 1/4 of their size so they are 2 rows x 2 columns in the place of a single icon. This would grant you 4 times the number of games/folders on the home menu. Once this fills up begin dropping the games that are least frequently used into " All Games".

Merry Christmas to NintendoLife and the community! I hope your day is wonderful and brings you love and joy 🎄. Thank you NintendoLife for your wonderful site. I visit daily to get my fix. It's a nice break from a stressful world. 😊

I got a bunch of Switch games. Final Fantasy XII: Zodiac Age for $19.99, Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled, and Crash Bandicoot N' Sane Trilogy for $15 each, all from Target. I got Final Fantasy X/X2 for $24.99 and Chronicles of Mana for $19.99, both from Amazon. I also got the Contra collection for $9.99 and Valkyria Chronicles for $14.99, both from the eShop.

I agree with the above comments, Valkyria Chronicles is awesome and a steal at $15. I highly recommend it if you have even a passing interest.

@deusX Because it only has 25 user reviews and this list only includes games with 50+ user reviews. Based on it's current user rating it would sit at number 14, but it needs 25 more user ratings to achieve that.

@Heavyarms55 ironic, what does Amazon have against Fire Emblem?!? 😜

Wow, 800K digital sales is impressive! There were a lot of great games on Wii U that struggled to reach 800K sales total.

@JaxonH I assume you meant NBA 2K20?

@BacklogBlues same here

@Tantani
Actually, it's 87,160 more more Switch sales than PS4/Pro. Still, your point stands, they are outselling PS4 pretty handily in Japan.

@Kevember I disagree with you on this. I personally think Mario Kart 64 is superior to both the SNES Mario Kart and Mario Kart Double Dash in GC. I will agree that Mario Kart Wii and both versions of 8 are better games though. I can't speak to the portable versions as I never played them. To each their own though.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas full of whatever makes you happy! Merry Christmas!

Valkyria Chronicles 4 and Super Mario Odyssey for sure. Possibly some Hollow Knight, Wolfenstein 2, Rocket League, and Mario + Rabbids kingdom battle.

That's interesting, and it's actually news to me. I always wondered why they chose that for the logo, makes sense now.

@ReaderRagfish, I had the same reaction as you, IIII is not 4, IV is 4. That said, I looked up some information online and found a page that supports what both you and @NewAdvent are saying:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-numeral

The image of the clock shows IIII for 4 o'clock, while the table on the page shows IV as 4. In my opinion, the modern accepted norm for 4 is IV. Looking at the game package, it looks to me to be more of a visual design choice to use IIII instead of IV. In any case, IIII as 4 goes against my elementary education as well and feels wrong to me.

I was saddened to read this news today.
It seems like Nintendo got the game to him in the nick of time; I'm glad he got that wish granted. My condolences to his family for their loss. RIP Chris, your story helps put life and our time on this planet into perspective.

I'm most interested in seeing how the NES games look in HD and how they see stored/accessed on the switch. Guess we'll find out soon!

@Cosats with all due respect, hacking isn't illegal, it is the term used for computer coders that write code, scripts, etc., typically to identify security holes and patch them. Cracking is the illegal act of finding and using security holes to steal info, money, etc. This site covers the differences pretty well: https://www.educba.com/hackers-vs-crackers/ . With regards to what NintendoLife is reporting on, I would say this is a gray area. Looking at unreleased code to leak incoming features is certainly not good, but I don't think it would be classified as illegal, as they aren't stealing anything or causing damage to the software. I personally think NintendoLife isn't doing anything wrong reporting on rumors, even if the source is leaked from unreleased code.

Give me the original Red Dead Redemption on Switch and I'm happy. Pull off some magic and port Red Dead 2 and I'm super excited.

I grabbed a bunch of dog pokemon yesterday and will continue today and tomorrow to get that 3x Stardust. I didn't realize there was a shiny variant of Poochyena, that's good to know! I'll nab as many as I can in my pursuit. And before people ask, yes, I'm still playing Pokemon Go. It makes for some good entertainment when walking to/from work, and when walking my dogs.

@GrayFox-Bez Well played, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of this game. I was wondering if anyone else thought the same.

@Pizzapasta I agree, they did shred it in the review, unfortunately many just look for the score because they arent willing to put the time commit into reading the review.

I'm not excusing 2k for releasing a broken game, I too think that shouldn't have happened. They should have waited to release the digital version to pair it up with the physical release, giving themselves time to release this patch. One point that I think many are missing though when being angry at Nintendo Life for "giving them a pass" is that many prospective buyers are waiting for the physical release, and therefore won't ever see the bugs this patch fixes. It would be unfair to physical media buyers to see an inaccurate score that wouldn't apply to their day 1 experience, just because some of you believe that Nintendo Life should give the digital version a punitive score. That said, I think it would be irresponsible of Nintendo Life to have not issued a score on the day of the physical release of the game, patch or no patch, but that isn't the case here.

@Krull I haven't purchased one yet, but the only reason that I'm interested in a. SNES classic is Starfox 2. I've played and or own most of the rest on virtual console. Frankly, I wish they would have just released Starfox 2 on virtual console.

@Paperboy they've been doing that on these Nintendo Download articles for North America for quite a while now. The ironic part is that typically going to the eshop results in no meaningful sales, so there isn't much reason to go there.

I can never find anybody doing a raid, so I've been limited to level 1 and 2 pokemon battles. I'd love to get a legendary pokemon, but without support it won't happen.

@roro26 same here.

There sure is a lot of hate for the Rabbids on here. I am partial to Rabbids because I played the heck out of Rayman Raving Rabbids back in the early Wii days and had a blast doing it. I do agree that are very similar to Minions though. I don't yet have a Switch and this is the first game that has made me want to buy one sooner rather than later.

@spurgeonryan Is it available to buy on the eShop? If not, that's why. This weekly article is just to showcase new releases, new virtual console releases, and new sales on the eShop .

@Pluto14 that was my exact response to it too. I was thinking maybe he is Shigeru's apprentice and will continue his work after he is gone.

I was hoping for more game sales from Nintendo. The games I'm considering are all third party. I was hoping for discounts on digital Nintendo Selects games. The $5 off that Walmart is giving would have been perfect for the eshop. Oh well.

It's weird that they are just now announcing this. I was at a wedding in San Francisco over Labor day (Sept 4th) and this tracking thing was working there at that point. It was great, I caught 12 new pokemon there because of it. They implemented it here in Tucson, AZ about 3 weeks ago. I really like it and missed it after leaving San Francisco. Glad it's back now and hope everyone else gets it soon.

When I went to San Francisco back in September the Nearby feature was working. It showed exact locations of 6 nearby Pokemon plus 3 sightings that were the same guessing game we've been playing. I found about 12 new Pokemon in my 3 days there. When I returned to Tucson I missed the Nearby functionality. It is now available in Tucson as of a week or so ago. It makes the game so much better.

@jpfan1989 I'm not sure where you are getting your information, but Obama blew Romney out in the popular vote and the electoral college: 65.9 million to 60.9 million and 332 to 206 respectively. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012

@Spoony_Tech $39.99 for a decent MicroSD card on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DOB6YW4/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_JaWeybR87T5QK
No amazing sale price. I wouldn't be surprised to see that down around $25 around cyber Monday.

Add me to the Star Wars camp as well. I think they could have solved it by not capitalizing "was". Kinda weit'd to capitalize connecting words like "was in" within a title anyway.

@Iggly you can pre-order them on the bestbuy.com website.

@Quizler I hear you, I never got Meta Knight or King Dedede from the smash series and am still looking. The Kirby series just isn't as nice as the Smash series. Far less detail and they just look cheaper.

@Knuckles Thanks for the heads up about Mega Man, I haven't been able to find him previously, but saw you post and was able to get him pre-ordered from Best Buy.

@Thomas84 you should add Mega Man to the article as well, as he's been pretty hard to find in the US. Dark Pit was hard to get initially, but the restock last year fixed that.

Got my Lucina ordered! Been looking for her forever. I considered getting a second Pit, but like @Ryu_Niiyama I'd rather someone else (not a scalper) have a shot at getting one.