I returned my copy. Too chaotic, out of control and overstimulating for me, even as someone who loved the original game :-/ It's kind of funny if you think about, given how chilled and breezy the Kirby platform games are.
Despite not liking it myself I think it'll be a shame if it flops outside Japan though as I don't want it to deter Nintendo bringing back more niche franchises.
That said, as I pointed out last week, almost 90% of the games sold in the UK are digital (source here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64187547) and it's number 2 on the eShop chart after Metroid Prime so we're not really getting the full picture from these charts each week.
There's practically zero dedicated physical game shops left in the UK since most GAME shops got consolidated into a few aisles of Sports Direct. The physical game market is kind of dead here.
Great news as we can now view the controls in the Japanese games to make it easier to know what's going on in some of them.
I heard they updated the CRT filter on the NES too. I'm a little scared to try it as I really like the existing filter. Then again the SNES filter update was improvement so we'll see🤞🏻
@Sindayl I HOPE it's a fix to let those of us who can't currently see our 3DS history on the app be able to do so 🙏🏻 I only see Switch/Switch 2 games, even though my profile is linked to my old Network ID and I played it way before 2020.
@Willo567 If its any consolation almost 90% of UK games sales are digital. The physical games market is so small here that we have ZERO dedicated videogame franchise shops left. The last remaining one GAME has pretty much been consolidated into a few aisles in sports shops owned by the same company.
So I do wonder if we all put a bit too much weight on these charts which are likely about 10% of the overall game sales.
@KBuckley27 I don't get why a spin off should cost less than a mainline game?
A lot of people will just play through Mario and Kirby games once whereas their racing games have a lot more value for money thanks to the online play and in terms of Air Ride it has an insane amount of contents and unlockables offline too.
My hours played on Mario Kart World is more than double DK Bananza and I'm sure Air Ride will be too.
Budget games to me = Basic almost indie style games with very little content, eg Welcome Tour and Drag x Drive
@KBuckley27 $70 is a standard game price though? Don't know why it would be a budget release given the huge amount of content in it and that it's not a simple indie game. Feels like a premium product that will have a lot of longevity.
Anyway it's number 1 on UK eShop. I hope it sells well over time through word of mouth as its a fantastic game and I want it to have an active online userbase. Also sends the message to Nintendo that it can be a good thing to bring back older franchises rather than relying too much on Zelda and Mario
I wonder how much the Metro 4/10 review that basically said it's a terrible game harmed it's reputation in the UK given the Metro newspaper is handed out free across the country :-/
@JohnnyMind People will make worse though, just as they did on Smash Bros where I've seen some stages that are much more NSFW. And then people wonder why we don't have Miiverse and many fun social features anymore...
The Metro reviewer kind of seems to have a grudge against Nintendo in general, going on an unprovoked and irrelevant rant about the lack of 3D Mario, Switch 2 releasing in summer (?!) moaning that the game's coming out at all and claiming it's more of a remake than a sequel which isn't even factually accurate.
I'm all for intelligent and well consisted critical reviews but frankly it reads like something from one of those slop anti Nintendo YouTube channels covered in hideous AI thumbnails with headlines like "NINTENDO IS FINISHED"
Then again, Metro isn't a games site but a free UK newspaper from the Daily Mail group so it kind of makes sense that they'd engage in attention seeking clickbait over thoughtful analysis.
@PikaPhantom So the best Soundtrack award is sponsored by Spotify which might be why Mario Kart World was snubbed. And all the other nominated soundtracks are on there...
@PikaPhantom Totally agree on Mario Kart World's soundtrack snub and I'm so bored of Orchestral music in both games and films 🥱 It's way overdone as a genre/style and most of the time is incredibly samey
@Teksette @Elbitryq Brought this for £4.99 on eShop recently (its still on sale now) but the gameplay mechanics are kind of tedious, having played it after the Two Point games...
If you want to move a rollercoaster you have to close it, wait for all the people to get off it, delete it, then rebuild the entire things from scratch somewhere else, instead of just dragging the rollercoaster where I want them (like in Two Point and most modern sims)
You can't even drag and drop a tree if its in the wrong place, lol and there's no button to just delete it, you have to navigate through the menu to the "delete" section first which is kind of fiddly on the controller!
Also the music is weird, if only plays if you're extremely zoomed out, whereas if you're zoomed in you can hear the chatter of park goers, but there's a whole "dead space" when you're zoomed to the middle where it's just... silence.
And no touch screen controls is a shame too.
Definitely showing it's age so you might want to try it on eShop sale or PC first before buying the physical. It's worth £4.99 IMO, but not the price of the physical but just my opinion.
I like the "Games released today" bit they've added. Quite interesting and I sometimes check out the games on NSO after if they're available or read up on them online. Today's is Urban Champion (NES)
The Nintendo Power covers are a nice addition too.
@OorWullie The NSO app on the bottom left of Switch home screen is a bit like that, in so much as you can launch all the games for all systems from it. It also has screenshots and videos from of all the games unlike the individual NSO apps.
Annoyingly it does still exit into the individual app for the console when you quit the game though.
I can't believe people are somehow complaining about the fact that we'll get extra information about the film and probably some bits from Miyamoto talking about it, instead of simply a trailer. :-/ You can just watch the trailer on it's own after if you prefer?
@Pillowpants I try to darken my screen a little and always have my profile picture as pixel NES Mario as it's the least distracting and fits the retro aesphetic!
Love these but it does bother me a little that they make such an effort to give us the authentic experience with these controllers and the CRT filter but then won't let us hide the borders and our profile picture :-/ Like it's so close to truly feeling like the real deal.
@Pj1 This site always reminds me of the old Nintendo magazines, it has the same spirit. One of the reasons I love it so much, as well as the refreshingly friendly community, which is such a nice contrast to the toxicity of gaming social media. Happy birthday Nintendo Life, keep up the good work! 🥳
@nhSnork Yamauchi actually came up with the idea of the Nintendo DS!
@Spider-Kev Erm, DLC didn't exist when Yamauchi was president so I'm not sure he was "against all of this" and N64 games plus many SNES games cost a fortune under Yamauchi. Nintendo under him also successfully lobbied to make game rentals illegal in Japan and tried to do the same in the US.
And Iwata said he was against discounting games as he said it makes them look cheap and lacking in value. He made YouTubers pay Nintendo a fee for using their footage under the Creators programme. Most of the "generous" Wii U moves were desperation.as a result of it flopping.
A lot of looking at the past through rose tinted specs here.
Iwata was also Furukawa's friend and mentor BTW and probably wouldn't like his name being used to take shots at current day Nintendo.
@Orpheus79V Switch 2 Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 was the absolute worst. No upgrade path from the Switch 1 version AND you can't play online on the Switch 2 version against people who have the Switch 1 version!
I'm tempted but I'm not a huge online player and concerned it has a lack of single player content/longevity since it doesn't have a story/campaign mode like all the other SEGA racing games :-/
@Devann @topher6490 Not sure if it's true as I don't have All You Can Eat, but I read somewhere that it's dead online while Overcooked 2 is still played by loads of people and that my be why they went with this version.
@Nintoz I wonder if they might be moving away from the Nintendo Direct format. I honestly wouldn't mind if they did and just announced things individually. It's better for keeping momentum and hype than endless silence and waiting I think. Just keep the Indie Showcase and Partner Directs, plus maybe the game specific ones we got for Mario Kart World, DK Bananza and Kirby Air Riders.
@rvcolem1 I wish they would just consolidate everything into one Nintendo app. Would honestly be a killer app that everyone would want if you could access music, calendar, eshop, play activity, news/updates and see if your friends were online in one place. And people would definitely be checking it a lot more regularly than they do the Nintendo Today! app I reckon.
Why can't I see my 3DS play activity? I had one and have linked my account to my old Nintendo Network ID that I used with it a while back 🤔 Am I looking in the wrong place? I just see Switch/Switch 2 games. Or do I need to do something else? I don't have the console anymore.
Oh wow, you can see play activity for all games, not just the last top 20 and it's so detailed! You can hide games from it too. Push motifications when wishlist games go on sale is a nice feature
@1UP-HUSKY I don't know why they didn't put it on the Nintendo Switch app given we can already view friends activity on there 🤷🏻♂️ Oh well, am just glad we have it at last anyway
Is it me or the KK Slided Club LOL nightclub music is missing?! That was one of the best songs in the game! Have I just not found it? In the club LOL but I see only Shrunk joke music. :-/
@VoidofLight Which songs did you find too lively or too quiet? You know, I have a theory that the songs were set around working 9-5 with lunch at 12. If you think about it that way the choices fit 100%:
7am - getting ready for work 8am - travelling to work 9am - relief at arriving 12pm - lunch 1pm - post lunch, satisfied after meal 3pm - afternoon slump 4pm - anticipation of leaving 5pm - travelling home, work is over 6pm - evening begins
Etc etc
And yeah I know I've thought about it too much 😂 It's cause I was using the new real time hourly music feature on the Nintendo Music app at work and was surprised how well it fit perfectly!
But I can get why those synths might grate on some people. I don't mind them as they remind me of the synths in certain early 90s hip hop songs I have a nostalgia for, lol
I don't know why so many people dislike the New Horizons hourly music, I think it's far more catchy, funky and varied than all those, samey plinky plonky New Leaf songs that often lacked a discernible melody. Yeah it's a different genre to the other games but it fits the island theme better.
I also find the change of pace in the various New Horizons songs better fit the time of day. Like 4pm sounds like you're winding down for the end of the working day day, the amazing 5pm is the perfect "going home from work" music and 6pm feels like the start of the evening etc.
But the main issue I always had with New Leaf OST was the night music was far more beautiful and interesting that the day music, especially the stunning 11pm. Wild World was even worse for this. Loads of weaker and even more forgettable plinky plonky daytime tracks but stunning night music when I hardly played!
The OG GameCube Animal Crossing was always my favourite though. The catchinesss and strong day music of the New Horizons soundtrack plus a whole lot of quirkyness and weirdness. I have a feeling that a lot of people who dislike the New Horizons hourly music started on Wild World so were more accustomed to music that faded into the background.
Upgrade pack. Good excuse to finally complete my museum collection and happy about the 4K boost as the standard version looks surprisingly rough on Switch 2.
@Kyloctopus If anybody does want to listen to music from the previous games on the hour, this website let's you do so: https://animal-crossing-radio.com/
So Nintendo can get rid of the annoying borders here, but not on the main NSO >_< Been hoping for years they'd let us turn those things off and hide our profile icon!
@Waluigi451 It would've been cool if they had games not included with NSO. Imagine if you could buy a GBA and play Animal Crossing New Leaf on it😂
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Re: UK Charts: Kirby Is Nowhere To Be Seen In A Quiet Week
I returned my copy. Too chaotic, out of control and overstimulating for me, even as someone who loved the original game :-/ It's kind of funny if you think about, given how chilled and breezy the Kirby platform games are.
Despite not liking it myself I think it'll be a shame if it flops outside Japan though as I don't want it to deter Nintendo bringing back more niche franchises.
That said, as I pointed out last week, almost 90% of the games sold in the UK are digital (source here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64187547) and it's number 2 on the eShop chart after Metroid Prime so we're not really getting the full picture from these charts each week.
There's practically zero dedicated physical game shops left in the UK since most GAME shops got consolidated into a few aisles of Sports Direct. The physical game market is kind of dead here.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES And Game Boy Library With Four More Titles
Never played Battle Toads but just tried it and wow, some impressive graphics and effects for the NES! First level is very Golden Axe.
@batmanbud2 Do you (or anyone else) know why it wasn't released in Japan? Can't find much info online 🤔
Re: PSA: You Can Now Remap 'Nintendo Classics' NES And Game Boy Controls
Great news as we can now view the controls in the Japanese games to make it easier to know what's going on in some of them.
I heard they updated the CRT filter on the NES too. I'm a little scared to try it as I really like the existing filter. Then again the SNES filter update was improvement so we'll see🤞🏻
Re: Nintendo Music Update Adds Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV Album
Didn't expect to find dubstep music in this game 😂 https://music.nintendo.com/shared/en-GB/GB/tracks/89dbfdb4-3e0c-4c1c-a596-865e151f8b94
Re: Nintendo Has Scheduled Maintenance For 3DS Later Today
@Sindayl I HOPE it's a fix to let those of us who can't currently see our 3DS history on the app be able to do so 🙏🏻 I only see Switch/Switch 2 games, even though my profile is linked to my old Network ID and I played it way before 2020.
Re: UK Charts: Kirby Air Riders Narrowly Misses Out On A Top Ten Spot
@Willo567 If its any consolation almost 90% of UK games sales are digital. The physical games market is so small here that we have ZERO dedicated videogame franchise shops left. The last remaining one GAME has pretty much been consolidated into a few aisles in sports shops owned by the same company.
So I do wonder if we all put a bit too much weight on these charts which are likely about 10% of the overall game sales.
Re: UK Charts: Kirby Air Riders Narrowly Misses Out On A Top Ten Spot
@KBuckley27 I don't get why a spin off should cost less than a mainline game?
A lot of people will just play through Mario and Kirby games once whereas their racing games have a lot more value for money thanks to the online play and in terms of Air Ride it has an insane amount of contents and unlockables offline too.
My hours played on Mario Kart World is more than double DK Bananza and I'm sure Air Ride will be too.
Budget games to me = Basic almost indie style games with very little content, eg Welcome Tour and Drag x Drive
Re: UK Charts: Kirby Air Riders Narrowly Misses Out On A Top Ten Spot
@KBuckley27 $70 is a standard game price though? Don't know why it would be a budget release given the huge amount of content in it and that it's not a simple indie game. Feels like a premium product that will have a lot of longevity.
Anyway it's number 1 on UK eShop. I hope it sells well over time through word of mouth as its a fantastic game and I want it to have an active online userbase. Also sends the message to Nintendo that it can be a good thing to bring back older franchises rather than relying too much on Zelda and Mario
Re: UK Charts: Kirby Air Riders Narrowly Misses Out On A Top Ten Spot
I wonder how much the Metro 4/10 review that basically said it's a terrible game harmed it's reputation in the UK given the Metro newspaper is handed out free across the country :-/
It's currently number 1 on eShop here though
Re: Poll: 20 Years After Settling On DS, Do You Still Play Animal Crossing: Wild World?
Nope, the GameCube original, New Leaf and New Horizons were much better games
Re: Kirby Air Riders Players Are Creating 'Micro Bikini' Machines, But Nintendo's Having None Of It
@SillyG I wonder if they'd still remove it if his bikini was less skimpy 😆
Re: Kirby Air Riders Players Are Creating 'Micro Bikini' Machines, But Nintendo's Having None Of It
@JohnnyMind People will make worse though, just as they did on Smash Bros where I've seen some stages that are much more NSFW. And then people wonder why we don't have Miiverse and many fun social features anymore...
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Kirby Air Riders
The Metro reviewer kind of seems to have a grudge against Nintendo in general, going on an unprovoked and irrelevant rant about the lack of 3D Mario, Switch 2 releasing in summer (?!) moaning that the game's coming out at all and claiming it's more of a remake than a sequel which isn't even factually accurate.
I'm all for intelligent and well consisted critical reviews but frankly it reads like something from one of those slop anti Nintendo YouTube channels covered in hideous AI thumbnails with headlines like "NINTENDO IS FINISHED"
Then again, Metro isn't a games site but a free UK newspaper from the Daily Mail group so it kind of makes sense that they'd engage in attention seeking clickbait over thoughtful analysis.
Re: Poll: What Do You Make Of Link And Zelda's Live-Action Looks?
@AstroTheGamosian Oh, I haven't watched any of those Disney live action remakes (they don't appeal) and didn't even know there was a Pinocchio one!
Re: The Game Awards Nominees Announced, Donkey Kong Bananza Up For GOTY
@PikaPhantom So the best Soundtrack award is sponsored by Spotify which might be why Mario Kart World was snubbed. And all the other nominated soundtracks are on there...
Re: Poll: What Do You Make Of Link And Zelda's Live-Action Looks?
Perfect casting! Very glad Nintendo went with little known actors instead of more famous ones that might not look the part so well.
Re: The Game Awards Nominees Announced, Donkey Kong Bananza Up For GOTY
@PikaPhantom Totally agree on Mario Kart World's soundtrack snub and I'm so bored of Orchestral music in both games and films 🥱 It's way overdone as a genre/style and most of the time is incredibly samey
Re: Review: Blippo+ (Switch) - An Uncanny Channel-Surfing Sim That Perfectly Captures '90s TV
@DennyCrane Do you remember Digitiser and the news by Insincere Dave?
Re: Rumour: Zelda Movie Production Set Footage Has Supposedly Leaked Online
@UltimateOtaku91 Thank you
Re: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition Physical Release Announced For Switch
@Teksette @Elbitryq Brought this for £4.99 on eShop recently (its still on sale now) but the gameplay mechanics are kind of tedious, having played it after the Two Point games...
If you want to move a rollercoaster you have to close it, wait for all the people to get off it, delete it, then rebuild the entire things from scratch somewhere else, instead of just dragging the rollercoaster where I want them (like in Two Point and most modern sims)
You can't even drag and drop a tree if its in the wrong place, lol and there's no button to just delete it, you have to navigate through the menu to the "delete" section first which is kind of fiddly on the controller!
Also the music is weird, if only plays if you're extremely zoomed out, whereas if you're zoomed in you can hear the chatter of park goers, but there's a whole "dead space" when you're zoomed to the middle where it's just... silence.
And no touch screen controls is a shame too.
Definitely showing it's age so you might want to try it on eShop sale or PC first before buying the physical. It's worth £4.99 IMO, but not the price of the physical but just my opinion.
Re: Video: Nintendo Just Dropped Its Best (Worst?) Song Since DK Rap
@SwitchplayerJohn There's a Spanish version too 😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq61J9avqzA
Re: Nintendo Today! App Update Adds A New Widget And News Filter
@Untempered-Link
I like the "Games released today" bit they've added. Quite interesting and I sometimes check out the games on NSO after if they're available or read up on them online. Today's is Urban Champion (NES)
The Nintendo Power covers are a nice addition too.
Re: Nintendo Today! App Update Adds A New Widget And News Filter
@OorWullie The NSO app on the bottom left of Switch home screen is a bit like that, in so much as you can launch all the games for all systems from it. It also has screenshots and videos from of all the games unlike the individual NSO apps.
Annoyingly it does still exit into the individual app for the console when you quit the game though.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 21.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@MrCarlos46 Still Basic Black and White in UK weirdly
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 21.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
On the Switch 2 eShop settings you can now turn off the automatic video previews for every game when you're moving through them
Re: Super Mario Galaxy Movie Nintendo Direct Announced For Wednesday, 12th November
I can't believe people are somehow complaining about the fact that we'll get extra information about the film and probably some bits from Miyamoto talking about it, instead of simply a trailer. :-/ You can just watch the trailer on it's own after if you prefer?
Re: Nintendo's Black Friday Offers Include Deals On Switch 1 Games, amiibo, And More
Anyone spotted any game deals in UK?
Re: PSA: SNES Controller For Switch Online Is Finally Back In Stock (UK)
@Pillowpants I try to darken my screen a little and always have my profile picture as pixel NES Mario as it's the least distracting and fits the retro aesphetic!
Re: PSA: SNES Controller For Switch Online Is Finally Back In Stock (UK)
Love these but it does bother me a little that they make such an effort to give us the authentic experience with these controllers and the CRT filter but then won't let us hide the borders and our profile picture :-/ Like it's so close to truly feeling like the real deal.
Re: Images Of Yoshi From 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' Have Leaked Online
@PeterTomlan86 @Dark-Luigi
@N00BiSH @Nintoz
Probably turn the Lumas into the new Minions :-S
Re: Timed Xbox Exclusive Little Rocket Lab Appears To Be Releasing On Switch Soon
@JayJ Especially a cosy game 😂 Not sure there's a huge fan base of such titles over there.
Love the art style 😃
Re: Site News: Nintendo Life Turns 20 Today!
@Pj1 This site always reminds me of the old Nintendo magazines, it has the same spirit. One of the reasons I love it so much, as well as the refreshingly friendly community, which is such a nice contrast to the toxicity of gaming social media. Happy birthday Nintendo Life, keep up the good work! 🥳
Re: Hiroshi Yamauchi Might Feel Envious Of Switch 2's Success, Says Miyamoto
@progx He also said RPG players were "depressed gamers who like to sit alone in their basement and play slow games" 🤣 What a legend.
Re: Hiroshi Yamauchi Might Feel Envious Of Switch 2's Success, Says Miyamoto
@nhSnork Yamauchi actually came up with the idea of the Nintendo DS!
@Spider-Kev Erm, DLC didn't exist when Yamauchi was president so I'm not sure he was "against all of this" and N64 games plus many SNES games cost a fortune under Yamauchi. Nintendo under him also successfully lobbied to make game rentals illegal in Japan and tried to do the same in the US.
And Iwata said he was against discounting games as he said it makes them look cheap and lacking in value. He made YouTubers pay Nintendo a fee for using their footage under the Creators programme. Most of the "generous" Wii U moves were desperation.as a result of it flopping.
A lot of looking at the past through rose tinted specs here.
Iwata was also Furukawa's friend and mentor BTW and probably wouldn't like his name being used to take shots at current day Nintendo.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Gets Faster On Switch 2 Next Month
@Orpheus79V Switch 2 Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 was the absolute worst. No upgrade path from the Switch 1 version AND you can't play online on the Switch 2 version against people who have the Switch 1 version!
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Gets Faster On Switch 2 Next Month
I'm tempted but I'm not a huge online player and concerned it has a lack of single player content/longevity since it doesn't have a story/campaign mode like all the other SEGA racing games :-/
Re: Service! Overcooked 2 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Ready To Eat Today
@Devann @topher6490 Not sure if it's true as I don't have All You Can Eat, but I read somewhere that it's dead online while Overcooked 2 is still played by loads of people and that my be why they went with this version.
@Friendly It only upgrades Overcooked 2
Re: The Atari 50 Pac-Man Expansion Launches On Switch Next Week
@Kilroy I hope so. I still want Tetris cd-i!
Re: Nintendo Releases A Storefront App For Android And iOS
@Nintoz I wonder if they might be moving away from the Nintendo Direct format. I honestly wouldn't mind if they did and just announced things individually. It's better for keeping momentum and hype than endless silence and waiting I think. Just keep the Indie Showcase and Partner Directs, plus maybe the game specific ones we got for Mario Kart World, DK Bananza and Kirby Air Riders.
@rvcolem1 I wish they would just consolidate everything into one Nintendo app. Would honestly be a killer app that everyone would want if you could access music, calendar, eshop, play activity, news/updates and see if your friends were online in one place. And people would definitely be checking it a lot more regularly than they do the Nintendo Today! app I reckon.
Re: Nintendo Releases A Storefront App For Android And iOS
Why can't I see my 3DS play activity? I had one and have linked my account to my old Nintendo Network ID that I used with it a while back 🤔 Am I looking in the wrong place? I just see Switch/Switch 2 games. Or do I need to do something else? I don't have the console anymore.
Re: Nintendo Releases A Storefront App For Android And iOS
Oh wow, you can see play activity for all games, not just the last top 20 and it's so detailed! You can hide games from it too. Push motifications when wishlist games go on sale is a nice feature
@1UP-HUSKY I don't know why they didn't put it on the Nintendo Switch app given we can already view friends activity on there 🤷🏻♂️ Oh well, am just glad we have it at last anyway
Re: Nintendo Music Updated With Animal Crossing's 3DS Soundtrack
Is it me or the KK Slided Club LOL nightclub music is missing?! That was one of the best songs in the game! Have I just not found it? In the club LOL but I see only Shrunk joke music. :-/
@VoidofLight Which songs did you find too lively or too quiet? You know, I have a theory that the songs were set around working 9-5 with lunch at 12. If you think about it that way the choices fit 100%:
7am - getting ready for work
8am - travelling to work
9am - relief at arriving
12pm - lunch
1pm - post lunch, satisfied after meal
3pm - afternoon slump
4pm - anticipation of leaving
5pm - travelling home, work is over
6pm - evening begins
Etc etc
And yeah I know I've thought about it too much 😂 It's cause I was using the new real time hourly music feature on the Nintendo Music app at work and was surprised how well it fit perfectly!
But I can get why those synths might grate on some people. I don't mind them as they remind me of the synths in certain early 90s hip hop songs I have a nostalgia for, lol
Re: Nintendo Music Updated With Animal Crossing's 3DS Soundtrack
@batmanbud2
I don't know why so many people dislike the New Horizons hourly music, I think it's far more catchy, funky and varied than all those, samey plinky plonky New Leaf songs that often lacked a discernible melody. Yeah it's a different genre to the other games but it fits the island theme better.
I also find the change of pace in the various New Horizons songs better fit the time of day. Like 4pm sounds like you're winding down for the end of the working day day, the amazing 5pm is the perfect "going home from work" music and 6pm feels like the start of the evening etc.
But the main issue I always had with New Leaf OST was the night music was far more beautiful and interesting that the day music, especially the stunning 11pm. Wild World was even worse for this. Loads of weaker and even more forgettable plinky plonky daytime tracks but stunning night music when I hardly played!
The OG GameCube Animal Crossing was always my favourite though. The catchinesss and strong day music of the New Horizons soundtrack plus a whole lot of quirkyness and weirdness. I have a feeling that a lot of people who dislike the New Horizons hourly music started on Wild World so were more accustomed to music that faded into the background.
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition?
Upgrade pack. Good excuse to finally complete my museum collection and happy about the 4K boost as the standard version looks surprisingly rough on Switch 2.
Re: PSA: Don't Expect Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition To Include The DLC
@JohnnyMind Thanks 😀
Re: Nintendo Music Updated To Version 1.4.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@Kyloctopus If anybody does want to listen to music from the previous games on the hour, this website let's you do so: https://animal-crossing-radio.com/
Re: PSA: Don't Expect Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition To Include The DLC
At least the DLC comes with the NSO expansion pack. I take it you don't lose the furniture you buy if you unsubscribe?!
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Nintendo's Cheapest Switch 2 Edition Yet
@Sonicka You get 4k, mouse mode, 12 player online and the megaphone on the Switch 2 edition. The other stuff in the trailer is free.
Re: Retro Nintendo Games Are Returning To Animal Crossing (Sort Of)
@SpiderSquid Looks like they're just black to me?
Re: Retro Nintendo Games Are Returning To Animal Crossing (Sort Of)
So Nintendo can get rid of the annoying borders here, but not on the main NSO >_< Been hoping for years they'd let us turn those things off and hide our profile icon!
@Waluigi451 It would've been cool if they had games not included with NSO. Imagine if you could buy a GBA and play Animal Crossing New Leaf on it😂