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It’s a nice little set that. Nothing too spectacular, but the lenticular case is the best thing after the game for me. I’m getting the game Digitally, but it’s a shame they could never incorporate a Gun Peripheral or Two that you slot the Joy Cons in to give it that Arcade Feel.

It is almost as shallow as a puddle, but I’m still finding fun things about it. I like the Golf Adventure with my Mii & the Multiplayer is fun.

I know the DLC will be courses like New Donk City, but a new Game Mode or some new features would be a good addition too.

The new sets look great, especially the Lakitu & Airship ones which will definitely be getting purchased.

I was hoping Lego Luigi would interact with his Brother, so this is great news. Can’t wait to pair them up together when my Luigi starter kit arrives on 1st August.

No doubt the Wife will be picking that one up for my Birthday in August. I love it. It’ll look ace next to Bowser’s Castle.

Got the Luigi Starter Pack Pre-ordered too a while back, so looking forward to getting that August 1st too & seeing if he interacts with his Brother.

Used to have Mario and Rabbids physically, never finished it, so I traded it, but at that price, I’m tempted to get it Digitally!

I really enjoyed it. I went in expecting nothing big and was pleasantly surprised.

I’m glad they’re saving Mario Kart 9 & the next 3D Mario for next gen. I would have liked them, but I was happy with more Mario Golf news & the Mario Party & WarioWare reveals.

I’m also glad they didn’t announce Switch Pro. Mine won’t feel outdated & it means they can focus on the next Gen Console.

Oh god no.

It’s not even “So bad it’s good”.

It’s terrible. I watched it as a Kid at the Cinema & got the Toys, then watched it again as an Adult & realised it was awful. I really wanted to find something good in it. The only good thing about it is the Soundtrack. And Samantha Mathis.

Toad as a Human Busker? The Goombas and Koopa Troopas as Giant Dumb Creatures?

I can laugh at terrible movies, but this? This was the Directors taking all my Mario Games & pissing on them in front of my very eyes with this Movie.

Why would I want to see a Directors Cut when the Directors couldn’t even Direct it in the first place? 😂

This is so amazing. Not only did he get the best gift in his best friend back and well, he got to keep his cards AND got more from the Pokémon Company for being so desperate to help save his best friend.

And other Dogs can be saved too with the remainder of the donations. God bless those who donated to the Go Fund Me.

FairPlay to him. But can he do it now just using the Donkey Konga Bongos?

@echoplex I picked it up in the last Sale & I’m actually enjoying it. It plays really well undocked too & for a 22 year old game, I’m enjoying it as much as I did when I had it on the N64 & PC.

It’s not amazing and you can tell it was an N64 Title, I won’t lie, but at £6.14, it’s a really good price, for an enjoyable piece of nostalgia.

Am I disappointed that Super Mario Galaxy 2 was not on 3D All-Stars & that Super Mario 35 is no longer playable? Yeah

Do I love Mario any less? Nope.

I still love Mario and co a lot. There’s something charming about that little Plumber and his games that bring out that childlike joy in most of us. I can go back and play Super Mario Bros 3 and still feel like that kid playing it on the NES, while appreciating it even more as an Adult, and then there’s Super Mario Galaxy and Odyssey, where the Adult in me really respects and loves the game design, score, soundtrack & worlds.

I’m not some weird man child, and yeah some of it may be my Dyspraxia talking, but every “Wahoo!” and “Let’s-a-go!” etc from Charles Martinez brings me joy. I even smile when I occasionally break out the Lego Mario sets.

I’m not gonna lie, Game Pass Ultimate has been a saviour and has saved me so much money on Games.

I saw Rain on Your Parade on eShop yesterday & it’s currently £10.71 which is a good price, but I got in on Game Pass the day before & while it would be fun to play it on the go in Handheld Mode & is supporting the developers, that £11 could go towards another game that isn’t on Xbox Game Pass.

Skyrim is another example. I get a lot of Switch Games hold their value, but even in the Sale, £25 is a lot of money to pay for a remaster of a 10 year old game that I can get for cheaper or better still, free on Xbox Game Pass.

I’m not cheap, hell, I buy a lot of full price Switch Games, but I’ll be honest, I’m not going to buy the same game again if it’s free on Game Pass.

Imagine going into a Game Store & asking for this.

“Excuse me. Do you have that Defeat Monsters Game for Nintendo Switch?”

“Which one do you mean? There’s loads of Switch Games where you defeat Monsters”

Sighs after having to repeat it for the 5th time after trying 4 other shops “ Defeat Monsters to Get Strong Swords and Armor. We Believe in the Day the Heroes will Defeat the Demon Lord.”

It was horrible to use at times, but I still loved it.

Let’s be honest though, the best controller Nintendo have ever put out is the Pro Controller for the Switch. You can disagree, but you’re wrong if you do.

Yeah it’s more of a traditional controller compared to the others that felt different, but it is a gamechanger on the Switch.

I have to admit, I did sigh a little sigh as I deleted Super Mario 35 from my Switch Library yesterday.

I played it one last time before it ended & then deleted it. Ah well, it was fun while it lasted.

I then placed my Switch in it’s dock, poured one out for the Plumber, turned off my TV, then went to bed dejected knowing April 1st would be a dark day.

I woke up this morning feeling like a part of me was missing.

Well, I didn’t really. I logged into Animal Crossing New Horizons to get my Daily Nook Miles & chuckled at Captain Toad saying “Ready for Adventure!” before every level I played in Treasure Tracker. It still gets me that does.

Super Mario 3D All-Stars is leaving on the 31st March? This is the first I’ve heard about it. You really should mention it more!

If you are looking for a new story though, I have heard a rumour that Nintendo are releasing a 4K Switch this year. Please keep it under wraps though and don’t say anything.

Mario and Rabbids Kingdom Battle is on sale?!?

Really?!?

That never happens! Better snap it up or it won’t go on Sale again until at least another 2 weeks!

I know they’ve done this before & it depends on how big the titles are, but there is a risk that Nintendo could piss off a lot of people with this if it turns out to be true.

“You’re one of the 80M who bought a Switch or Switch Lite? Then tough, you can’t play these new titles on your Console.”

Imagine if Microsoft had said “You can only play Gears 5 on Xbox One X” or Sony said “You can only play The Last of Us Part II on PS4 Pro”. There would have been hell to pay.

Might have to try and stream this online somehow.

No other choice, other than faff about with a VPN, because Crackle clearly don’t want us British Nintendo Fans to watch it.

The big Mario Fan in me wants this because, Mario. That, and it looks fun and I love the Mario Kart Series, but then like a lot of others here, it’s down to room and space & I don’t have a big living room.

I know I’d get it, play it a couple of times this year, then it’ll end up the same way as the Lego Super Mario Sets my Wife bought me for Christmas...packed away in a Lego Storage Box until we get a bigger place.

It was great to see all the new Mario items this morning...only to be told I was only allowed to purchase 5 a day.

I know I could use the Time Travel trick to speed it up, but it’s a faff & I can’t be arsed doing that. That, and I’ve never used Time Travel because I prefer to wait.

If I’m spending Bells, Nintendo should up the daily amount we can purchase.

I’m off on Monday, so I’m looking forward to getting the items from Nook’s Cranny. As a huge Mario fan, I’ll buy everything.

Already got the Wallpaper this morning & it looks nice in my Games room.

The Warp Pipes will be a great help.

I’ll try this after.

It’s like the 1010 Lives Trick on Level 1-2 in 3D World too.

Nintendo’s smartest move would be to leave a Switch Pro & use those resources into focusing on the next console & Joy Con Drift etc.

The Switch is selling really well, and I’m not paying another £300 or whatever just to play Super Mario Odyssey & other games in 4K.

Nintendo aren’t about power, they’re about innovation.

I didn’t buy an Xbox One X because the next one was out the year after.

Part of me thinks it’ll happen so they can make their great games look better, but the other part of me thinks they won’t because they’re releasing a Monster Hunter, Mario and possibly a Zelda themed Console this year, and a Switch Pro would just make the special edition consoles only be worth something to collectors & those who can’t afford a 4KTV.

So Skyrim will now be at the low low price of £39.99 and Breath of the Wild will be discounted to the BARGAIN price of £47.99 or something like that.

Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle is already on Sale for the 200th time this year, so no further reductions on that.

I’ll have a look at the Sales, but I can’t imagine there will be anything I need. I’ll check my Wishlist though.

It’ll end up being an Angry Birds Movie situation where they end up getting big name actors to fill the roles. Plus, big names on a Poster help sell the Movie, even though it’ll be aimed more at kids like a lot of the Merchandise is (although us Big Kids buy it too 😂)

I have a feeling they’ll go for someone like Charlie Day for the energy of the character.

I wonder if it’s a Unionisation thing too, like with Ben Schwartz only playing Sonic on the Big Screen.

Overall though, I hope the Movie is made with love, like Sonic was. Mario deserves it. Yeah there will be silly jokes for the kids, and it’s Illumination, but with Shiggsy involved, I can imagine it’ll look gorgeous and not be too dumbed down.

My Wife loves Yoshi & Bowser Jr (Our Tortoise is named Yoshi) so she’ll enjoy playing as Bowser’s Baby on Friday Night, while I play as Mario.

It looks a lot of fun & the excitement ramped up when it pre-installed on my Switch last Friday

Next up...It’s revealed the Staff of Super Nintendo World have been making the rides run smoother by using an Engine called Dolphin on them.

@Hofnarr Ah, thank you. Didn’t see that one. It’s still a great game & it’ll sell bucketloads again when it’s released on Xbox Series X/S & PS5 this year.

I’ll buy it again on Xbox Series X for the Achievements for the 3rd time haha

Congrats Nintendo! Well deserved!

It still blows my mind that GTA V still sells so well. I know GTA Online is still huge, but 8 years on, who doesn’t own a copy now? Lol.

As for the Switch and titles like Animal Crossing New Horizons, the Pandemic and Lockdown definitely played a huge part in the sales boost last year. Those that couldn’t get one when Nintendo couldn’t keep up with demand in the first lockdown got one for or around Christmas time & the Switch Lite was popular with people who wanted to just play on the go.

Ring Fit Adventure would no doubt have been massively popular too due to Gyms being shut.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is another great lockdown Title too for Families.

Remasters like the Mario Remasters & no doubt upcoming Zelda and Pokemon Remasters will carry on boosting Sales along with the other big releases like Breath of the Wild 2 that will come later this year.

Nintendo for me are about innovation, and people need that right now.

They don’t need to. The Switch is only 4 years old. I know Microsoft & Sony have 4K Consoles, and the BOTW 4K Video looked stunning, but Nintendo aren’t about trying to compete technically, they prefer to innovate.

They should let the current model keep selling like hot cakes & put all their focus on the next gen Console.

I know Microsoft released the Xbox One X, but that came out a year before the Series S & X, so if Nintendo WERE to release a more powerful Switch this year, then it would be stupid to release the next Gen Console until at least 2023 unless it was Backwards Compatible.

Nah, not a bad ending, but I like the one we have.

DuckTales Remastered & the Disney Afternoon Collection would be great on the Switch, and would be day one purchases. I already own them on the Xbox, but to be able to play them on the go? Take my Money Nintendo!

I loved the NES Version as a Kid, and still do now. The Moon Theme is one of the greatest pieces of Video Game Music of all time. Jake Kaufman did an incredible job on Remastered, and I’m not gonna lie, I teared up a little when I first booted up the Moon Level.

Friday needs to hurry up. I can’t wait for Nintendo to take my Funds and pre-install it ready for the 12th.

I’m genuinely excited to go sometime. We’ll do the Florida one, when that is built, but I’ve said to my Wife that we need to do Japan too. I’m 38, but I genuinely will be like a big kid here.

I’ll definitely pick up some Merchandise & I can’t wait to try the Food & ride the Rides. I’ve already said to my Wife I’ll be going for a Mario Power Up Band. I have to. He’s the main man! He’s my go to guy on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe & Super Mario Party.

I have about 119gb left on my Switch, so I should be fine 😂

This game still has me by the b*llocks and is refusing to let go. I log in everyday to get my Daily Nook Miles from Residential Services, I pick Pumpkins every 2 days to sell, I try and build the perfect Snowman, I dig up Fossils to sell as I have completed that part of Blathers’ Museum, I play the Events & I have completed all debts to Tom Nook including the 500,000 Bells for Expanded Storage, yet I still find something to do.

I can sit there for an hour just running around on my Island, digging, shaking, selling & swimming and feel afterwards like I’ve done nothing of value, but it’s addictive. It’s charming.

I’m really excited for the Super Mario Furniture & Items etc soon too.

Imagine risking your health and life to try and catch a f*cking Pikachu on your Phone.

I love going out and I love gaming, but is it really worth it for some screechy colourful thing on your phone?

I know you can go out for little walks, and Pokemon GO is a massively successful game, but if someone said to me “Martin, fancy coming on a 14 mile walk? This park has a rare Togepi!” I’d message back saying “Don’t be f*cking stupid. Put down your phone & think of your health.”

Had it on the Xbox 360 & loved it, so this is a definite purchase.

The soundtrack is excellent.

I agree about the difficulty though. One minute you’re smashing through enemies, the next you’re getting your arse handed to you, then the next you’re back to feeling like the Hulk but in virtual Michael Cera form.

I’m looking forward to the Online Multiplayer too.

Time to break out the L Word!

Go on then. Any excuse to keep playing Not that I need one.

Hitting that Axe on the Bridge never gets old.

It does look absolutely gorgeous. You can definitely tell it’s a new game mode with those visuals.

Looking forward to booting it up on the 12th Feb with Pro Controller in hand ready to witness it’s gorgeous colourful glory.

It’s nice, and will be collectible, but it needs a bit more Mario branding. It just looks like a Red and Blue Switch that someone could have customised.

The Joycons needed the iconic M. The Switch Dock could have also had the print that Carry Case has. I do like how when the Joycons are in the Grip though, it all resembles his iconic Dungarees and Jumper.

So glad I already pre-ordered this! It looks amazing! Great trailer Nintendo! Roll on February 12th!

It looks stunning too.

I’ll be logging on at 2pm to watch the Trailer.

I can’t wait! I never played it on the Wii U, so when the pre-install happens around the 5th Feb, that’s when I’ll be truly excited. Going in open minded though, but just hoping for a fun time. But let’s be honest, will happen. It’s a cute platformer featuring the Italian Plumber we all love with an occasional Cat costume that makes him & his mates look like Furries at a Convention.

I’d love a Super Mario Galaxy 2 announcement & more information on Bowser’s Fury too.

I mean 1 out of 2 isn’t bad eh?

I can see a Mini Direct full of Cat Mario and Bowser this week.

I’m not expecting a lot right now though with it being early 2021, and The Legend of Zelda series turning 35 this year with that Direct probably not being too far off.

I’ve been playing this all day. It’s addictive & all the years of playing it since Childhood have paid off

The highest I came though was 3rd. It’s challenging but so good!