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@Olmectron I'm more surprised that no one is talking about the WiiStation and how after making billions in sales, got sued by a small African nation that had already trademarked "Wii Station" for their brand of portable potty.

That company used their newfound income to buy Atari and create the Atari Panther. This single handedly made Gabon the most rich country in Africa.

@Whirlwound If you've never been on a plane, here are some starter tips:
Push the steward(ess) button every 5 minutes or so. They like to feel needed.
You should IMMEDIATELY take your shoes and socks off on the plane and try to put your feet between the armrest to the seat in front of you.
The people around you on a flight LOVE random "yelps!" or "We're all going to die!"
First person to get sick in an air sickness bag, hold it over someone's head and then Squish it as hard as possible so that it explodes wins $1,000. Good luck!

(Also, please do not do any of this.) Good luck on your first flight. I still remember my first. I wore a dress shirt with a necktie and blazer because to me it was important to look nice. I still dress rather nice for flights because I feel like I should respect the trip and the fact that we have come so far in humanity that I can visit anyone in the world.

So I remember back in the day, when new systems came out, Nintendo would drop the price of the old system. I think if they really wanted the record, it wouldn't be hard to drop the Switch price by $100 and "clear out" just enough inventory to make the switch the number one all time.

@DiggleDog I have yet to play this one, but do have the two other mario parties on Switch. 8 is my all time favorite so it is nice to read that this one is in their league. Thanks for the comment.

Mad World was one of my favorite Wii games. I think it would easily do much better on the Switch. I feel like Sega missed the ball by not updating that and "House of the Dead:Overkill" for the Switch. There isn't anything really like Mad World on the Switch. Maybe make it even more over the top and even add cartoon boobies to it to make it it's own thing. I mean HotD:Overkill had grandma boobs haha

I'd also like a re-do of Eternal Darkness and Conduit.

@Koxen You answered it yourself. After the Super Switch would be the Ultra Switch, and I honestly think the N64 would have done better had it been called Ultra 64. But what do I know? haha

@BigE I was for calling it the SUPER Nintendo Switch. But I'm of the generation that went from the NES to the SNES so for me, knowing the Super Nintendo was coming out (we didn't have the internet, so I got my info from Nintendo Power, GamePro, EGM, etc.) and I instantly knew that it was going to be a huge upgrade from the NES. I could see that the graphics were going to be even better than the Genesis and TG-16; so I was HYPED!

I realize that may be lost on the younger generation, because the the internet we can pour over every detail before launch, but back then it was all curated by Nintendo unless "Quarterman" had an "inside source" giving us some gossip.

I hated the faced on the Japanese one too. It's a box that it's ugly, but it's not. I don't know how to explain it. I actually thought this one would be closer than the 87% to 13%. I know this just launched so let's see how it turns out after a day? 70/30?

@tobsesta99 Curious what you didn't like about it? It's been so long since I played it, but I loved the story of it. And I thought the play mechanics were fine. I actually liked it better than either of the two Turoks

I'm not mad at these rankings other than I would have Shadowman higher. Shadowman was one of my favorite N64 games. Hunting the urns (whatever they were called) to powerup was fun, and then backtracking to find new levels.

I loved my Wii, and I love motion controls, so an updated sensor would be great. As someone else said, I'm sure the tech has gotten way better since in almost 20 years.

As far as upscaling, wasn't that the rumor for the Switch PRO, that it would have a base that could upscale. Now the difference is AI instead of another chip in the base. I would LOVE to be able to buy a "Pro" base with an added processor that I could plug the switch into, and see an immediate power boost. Instead of replacing consoles, we could replace bases. (I know that doesn't help the portability, but I don't need the BEST graphics on a small handheld, but nicer on my TV would be great. (80% of my playing is handheld anyway)

I really like them both, but went with Japan's. Super Chinese World is just hard to beat.

I still buy Blu Rays (I like physical media) and had not bought this. I think I will now. Great movie and this package looks great!

I remember playing the original SMB when I was like 5 or something (at 3 it was the Atari 2600 and Combat or Pac-Man), and it forced me to get good. I remember my cousin was older and could beat SMB and I thought he was AMAZING at it. I practiced and got better and eventually beat it too (using warp pipes). For me, the challenge of getting better was rewarding. I would have enjoyed just being invincible or whatever, but then it is an empty Win. I think that's why I work so hard now, because I had to work to get better. If I could just toggle a switch as a child and everything is done for me, how would I deal with difficult situations now? Kids need to fail to learn from their failures.

Maybe they'll start making switch sports games.

For me, it's more the fact that I already have too much content to consume on Switch, that I don't need any other platforms to carry around. I probably have 200 games on the switch but stick to Mario Party, and Splatoon for the overwhelming majority of my playtime.

I THINK the last EA game I bought was Madden on the Wii. I actually really enjoyed it even though the graphics weren't as good as the PS____ (insert whatever number it was competing with, 3 I think). I liked drawing my own plays with the wii-mote and also flicking to pass. I also liked their golf game that used the wii-mote gyro accessory. Since then, they don't release sports game on the switch worth buying, so why buy? ACTUALLY, just remembered I bought one of the Fifas on Switch for $5 when they did eshop sale, but never played it.

I was still playing International Superstar Soccer on the 3DS instead.

I've disliked SEGA since they killed Sega Heros so probably will not play a SEGA game again. There are enough other developers out there that I can support. I get companies break up, but I don't see a reason why they couldn't have patched it to make it a match 3 offline game.

@drypaphmrbro I haven't seen this term before. I like how you made it PG. Respect.

It reminded me of a time I worked at a store and we had a purple scarf called Grape Juice. The G did not print on ANY of the tags... I'm glad I caught it before the buying public did.

I got this on Android when I was planning to buy it on switch, but it was $5 cheaper on android and honestly I knew I'd want to play touchscreen anyway. This game is addicting. I've read where some people win their very first game but for me it took a lot of tries, but figuring out the strategy made it really enjoyable. If you haven't tried Balatro, I'd highly recommend.

I pay $1300 to $2300 for a cell phone, so no matter what the price of the console is, I'm going to buy it as soon as they announce a Splatoon 4 bundle. I understand people have budgets, but If we will pay $1000 for an iPhone, why is it so terrible to pay $500 for a console that we will most likely use longer than the phone?

I hope it is $399, but in the grand scheme of things, I'm buying it no matter the price. I just wish it would have MORE POWER (arr arr arrr) so that it can last another 8 years.

Impressed it took 74 Comments before someone said NINTENDOOMED! @MontyCircus, you beat me to it. Good job.

Nintendo has been printing money for years, once the system comes out and sells through opening allotment, and we see they have like 5 games sell over a million copies in the first two months, everyone will be back on board.

Who knows, we might even get a new Madden finally. And if not, the NFL should make a deal with Nintendo to publish a game. I remember when Nintendo made sports game and they were always fun! From NES Play Action Football, to Ken Griffey Baseball, to Kobe Bryant Basketball; I always enjoyed Nintendo Sports.

@gcunit SHHHHHH!!! That was the secret. Can I get a spoiler alert? haha

@Don I think if every post had a "SPOILER ALERT" heading and none of the article showed, that is ok, but like in my Google News feed, it shows the headline and then a few lines of what the article is. So it's hard to not have some things slip through.

As for me, I know I'm buying a Switch 2, so the spoilers don't bother me now, but historically, they do bother me because I do not want to have surprises ruined.

@johnvboy Switch 2 is fine, but I was REALLY hoping for SUPER Nintendo Switch. Only because that would confirm more power and also still make it easy for people to realize it is in the same family.

$9.99 and I'm in. More than that and I'll pass. It's hard to pay full price, or even half price for a game that offers nothing new other than "pretty"

Haha @kidsparta Sonic, Ecco, and the Altered Beast guy take on Death Bringer.

I'll wait for the Splatoon 4 bundle... Stay Fresh!

For $60, it should be a collection of all of the Donkey Kong Country games, all with extra bells and whistles. I can't see this selling well. Unless it comes with a green see through Switch 2 with yellow joycons.

I don't think Nintendo cares to be honest. The system itself looks very similar, but I feel like there must be some functionality that has not been spoken of yet. Nintendo is sticking to their playbook and all the "leaks" are actually bringing hype to the actual announcement so I think they'll do a direct within the next week and officially announce it, then it will be out before June. March to May is my guess. Let's see. Pack-in game will be Mario Art since you can use the joycon like a mouse now. haha

@Dirty_Croc Now You're Playing With POWER! NINTENDO POWER!

I only use them for drunken Mario Party shenanigans.

I didn't have this on my radar, but now I'm kind of interested. It's nice to see this article and then seeing the comment section supportive.

I have a LOT of digital games, but the majority of those are the ones that I don't care if they disappear one day. Like if I could never play Into The Breach again, I would lose sleep, but I would be a little sad. However for important games, I always buy physical (Splatoon Series). Also the beautiful thing about physical media is I can let my friends borrow games. I wish digital had a "Game lend" feature where I could let someone borrow it while I wasn't playing it.

I get it, I'm a dinosaur and still love physical media (I still buy blu rays and dvds) but to me there is something great that when there is a movie I want to watch from 20 years ago, I can grab it and play it. I don't have to look for the streamer.

Same for games, I do think eventually games will go the streaming route more and more and when that happens, who will actually own anything?

I was really hoping for analog triggers, so if it is true it doesn't have those, that's disappointing. I like the bigger screen but I'd really like oled. I'm going to buy this as soon as they do a splatoon version (Have the Splatoon Wii U (just the pack in with the game and smash) and the Splatoon 2 switch and the Splatoon 3 OLED switch so when the Splatoon 4 Switch comes out, I'm down!

This is the first year I've missed this and it kind of sucks. Every year is 10 games and at least 2 of them are usually fun for short bursts.

Until I started looking at these articles every week, I never realized how they often try to make American boxes more aggressive. And it makes me wonder if they actually put the more beautiful artwork on American games, would they sell more? Not saying that Okami didn't sell well, but the beautiful cover makes me way more interested in this game. I did eventually buy it on my switch.

@HammerGalladeBro So what you're saying is, WE NEED MORE TETRIS! It's a very under served market on Switch. I hope they fix this on the Super Nintendo Switch.

I loved this game. I beat the entirety of the game for the first "season". I bought every set that came out and I still absolutely love it all of these years later. I wish they had done a season three. This game got me back into collecting Legos (which I hadn't done in 20 years). I wonder if Lego did any kind of research about how many people got into buying Legos by collecting the sets from this game. It's time for me to crank up the Wii U again and get back into this game. Some of the events are overly difficult, but all and all it's not bad and it is fun to explore. The humor is great too.

@MontyCircus I actually don't allow this for this exact reason. The worst player can get lucky and stay in the game way longer than necessary. Who needs a 4 hour monopoly game? haha

@CinnamonRobin AMEN!!!! This is my NUMBER one complaint about Tri-Color (which I like way better than 4 v 4). I cannot tell you how many times I've been getting the beacon only to have the other attacking team kill me. It especially sucks when we already have one. Help me help you bro, help me help you.

Someone may have answered this already, but is it worth playing now on Switch? I love Grand Theft Auto 3. I think it's because it's the only game that doesn't give the protagonist a name. If it plays fine now, I'd love to buy this and get back into it.

Does anyone else have an Activia Ad that keeps popping up covering the screen? I keep closing it and it has popped up 3 times. It will make me NOT buy Activia Gut Health Probiotic Dailies.

@GamingFan4Lyf So much this! They're going to de-list, then come out with another collection that adds a few more games and then marks the price up because of all the added value. I own this game, but mostly just play Columns on it. That was my favorite game on gamegear.

@Anti-Matter I'd love if Arms 2 made the Arms specific to each character. Like each Character had their basic arms, that could evolve twice. This would give options, but also make each character feel more special. I played arms during their test runs and just couldn't get into although it seemed like something I would LOVE

@domatron66 This wasn't the exact one, but YES, I can totally get the vibes from this.

I have totally played my switch on a rooftop many many many times. Especially during Covid when the city was on "lockdown". I would go to my building's roofdeck and just play animal crossing for hours on end. Krysta doesn't know what she is missing.

The Japan cover reminded me of another games cover, can't remember what it is so I went with US.

Conker for NSO confirmed. I am LOVING the way Nintendo is marketing these things now. Is this what the Private beta was about?

So here's my thing, and not saying I'm right; But why not just leave all the "sexy" bits in it and then allow the user to decide if they want to partake or not. If people want the boob slider, then have the boob slider. No one is being forced to use it in order to play the game. Want revealing outfits, that's fine! No one is forcing you to use those outfits on your player. Who is ACTUALLY being harmed by this? If you are of any "offended" group by boob sliders or clothing in games, then maybe your life is really, REALLY good when this is what upsets you. Be thankful for what you have and let others enjoy things the way they want to enjoy it. There should be no shaming. I'm rather anti-censorship. Would I play the game with the boob slider all the way up? Most likely not. Probably would never use it, but if that's someone's thing, who am I to tell them not to enjoy it? We should be more open minded and tolerant of others.