Synecdoche

That subhed lol

Re: letter 1, I’m replaying FE Fates right now and it’s kinda weird with the 3DS servers down.

I honestly have no interest in an M-rated horror game from Nintendo. Not what I go to them for at all.

@dojmin To be fair, they would hardly be the first.

Can’t wait for the new Klax.

@Maxz You’re kinda overthinking it. They’re just comparing May 2024 sales to May 2023. This year’s don’t match up because last May, one of the biggest games ever was released.

If you compare box office results for the month that Avengers: Endgame was released with the same month a year later, I bet the box office was down too. Because one of the biggest movies ever had been released.

@gcunit “Rest in pain?” That’s pretty gross.

I had almost all of the Hello Kitty Dream World stuff too, it was just so cute. Keeping my eye on this one.

I would buy it in a second if they make it. The first amiibo I ever bought was the Zelda Smash amiibo and I’d love to keep the collection going.

I don’t know what most of this article is talking about, but 20 new paintings — alright. I can definitely use those. They could’ve added 20 paintings to the eighth power since the game launched and it wouldn’t be too many.

I just want a little $10 set of the Master Sword in its pedestal with Link and Zelda minifigs.

Hoping for a no-crash/soft-lock/frame-drop/excessive-load-time mode

@ClickBrick I’m not sure that a physical release of a 354 MB game that costs $2.99 digitally would be worth it.

@Mz3player Came here to make that exact comment!

I was thinking Jenna Ortega but he’d be good too.

I’ll believe it when I see it, but that would be great and long overdue.

@Johnny44 https://www.nintendolife.com/contact

I wish Nintendo repaired Pro Controllers for free, I’ve had more problems with them over the years (but I also use them much more than I use Joy-Cons).

Do they make kids’ sizes? I can see mine liking some of these.

That sucks, I had a great time playing Good Job with my son and would’ve loved a sequel. Wish they’d been able to continue.

A shame this wasn’t revealed on Crab News Thursday.

I’d like a standalone physical copy of the first game as my goodie

@Thief The article says “It's worth mentioning the US version of the Switch release is already Version 1.0.3 at launch, so all of the updates in this patch have been applied.”

Which means it remains near unplayable today.

Stardew Valley is pretty stressful to me. I need those days to be longer! Too much to get done, not enough time.

That’s too bad, I had my eye on this one. I’ll spring for it if they fix the technical issues. Not like I don’t have enough to play in the meantime.

What a legend. Keep it coming!

Hope you do this again next year.

Out of pocket subhed here

@Phin68 I remember at least one $99.99 game on Genesis; by that math TOTK would’ve cost $200. So in a sense you could argue we did better. And it’s true that most games today have been $59.99 for some time, while development costs have increased.

On the other hand, I never asked for photorealistic everything (currently playing Stardew Valley — no ray tracing here). And I don’t believe every company who’ll claim they need to charge $70 to recoup costs, when we’ve seen so much greedflation recently. Which leads to the fact that many regular people are hurting. And not just from the last few years; wages have stagnated for my entire lifetime. And there’s no end in sight. So I agree that when push comes to shove, many may simply buy fewer games.

@Phin68 Movies last two hours. If I bought a new Zelda game and it was only two hours long I’d be pretty upset.

No Lurelin Village from BOTW? I was sure that would be listed here.

Huge success either way. Kudos to Nintendo, I love the Switch.

Still not sure why they’re making it live-action in the first place, but fingers crossed

Gimme that baker

I don’t need these; I don’t even play with Joy-Cons unless forced to. But they looked so nice in the photo that yes I ordered them, they’ll be here tomorrow.

FWIW, Destructoid gave it an 8, and Siliconera a 9.

@PikaPhantom Thanks, I clearly forgot all about it. I do remember a disproportionate amount of recent Pokémon.

Nice, I’ll grab these. But no Pikmin 4 or Fire Emblem Engage?

Not sure I want to drive 30 miles one way to get them, but I do kinda like the cups.

@Diogmites Kinda happy to hear you say that. I tried X a few years ago and hated every minute of it until I dropped it but I thought I was the only one.

@The_Blue_Mage @Tyranexx The pixel remasters just went on sale last month so maybe they thought it was too soon to do it again.

I played Splatoon 1 much more than I did the sequels combined, it was great fun. May have to break it out before it goes away for good.

Is there a physical release planned in the US for the first game on its own?

Because I already have the sequel and am not going to buy it again.

It’s not the most ambitious game, and some people in the article on the demo thought it needed more time in the oven. But they’ve been working on it for five years?

They could market Fire Emblem Awakening as a deluxe version if they just added everyone’s feet.

And I said this in another article but I would go for a BoxBoy series compilation, or Pushmo compilation.

Clearly the delay isn’t an ideal scenario. They’ve said that XCX would be too expensive. Metroid Prime 4 seems unlikely to appear before Switch 2 does. And I don’t imagine they could start designing any amiibo today and still get it in stores by the end of the year.

But Twilight Princess HD, Wind Waker HD, Super Mario Galaxy 2, a Pokémon remake, and Metroid Prime 2 Remastered might be possible. I’d also go for Yoshi’s Woolly World, and a Kirby port. Not sure there’s enough time for Miitopia 2, or the FE4 remake even though it’s been rumored for years.

They could release MK8D with all the DLC on cart if they wanted. Ditto with SSBU. Throw us a bone, and just charge $59.99 each at this point.

Can we get a BoxBoy series compilation, or Pushmo compilation? Maybe Snipperclips 2, Part Time UFO 2, Good Job! 2, or The Stretchers 2? Obviously none of these would be system-sellers, but they were good games, and I’m trying to think small and reasonable. It’s an interesting challenge.

Kate’s stuff is always a joy.

Honorable mention to Arizona from Them's Fightin' Herds?

@Swooce They are? That’s how I got Pyra and Mythra.

@James021 If you don’t want your Qbby anymore I’ll take him off your hands!

@link12684 Shulk is $15.99 on the Nintendo store right now.

@Dissident It was an especially weird comment given that they said they don’t even have time to play the game in the first place.

Anyway, this looks like something special. Can’t wait.

Thanks Sakurai and team. Is it too soon to put in requests for the next game? Ryza and Impa for Smash please. With an Alis Landale spirit, or whatever comes next.

@Ryu_Niiyama That was a real bummer. I’d have bought Byleth (and Robin, for that matter) if there were a female version.