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@Lute-Waffle Well, with all the controversy over many Pokemon not being available at launch, Game Freak are probably trying to entice upset fans with exciting details.

I won't lie, these Major/Minor League concepts sound interesting.

This is unfortunate news. Hopefully, they might find a way to pull themselves out of bankruptcy.

Maybe remaking their older games for the dwindling 3DS community was a bad idea.

Never seen a goose become so popular in media.

I mean... it's been advertised as a handheld-only device. Would anyone be surprised?

If they had given the Switch Lite that functionality, it'd backfire on Nintendo. Why buy the more expensive original Switch if you could still connect your Switch Lite to a TV? If this caught on, Nintendo would lose profits.

@Andymad Unfortunately, that's the current nature of game marketing. The only option is to avoid the internet (almost impossible), or just avoid reading news related to Pokemon Sword/Shield.

Getting heavy Cuphead-vibes from the cutesy, rounded, noodle-limbed character designs. Which isn't a bad thing.

That green, pixellated part looks suspiciously pistol-shaped. Is this the fated Gun Pokemon to finally round off our legendary trio?

To be fair, the american version's boxart is justified since Fox does all the work, while his teammates are too busy being chased down to do anything useful. He deserves all the credit.

@Silly_G

Yeh, in Alola only Kanto pokemon were getting the Alolan treatment, which annoyed me. This time though, with a 3rd Gen pokemon (Zigzagoon) getting new forms, I wonder how more varied the Galarian forms will be this time. Vanilluxe Ice Cream variations isn't a bad idea.

@Giygas_95 Maybe they're reaching a critical point where they feel the entire roster is as balanced as can possibly be.

Haven't played Smash for a while so I don't if the audience believes so to. I've only heard Hero was OP upon release.

Never expected we were getting more fighters. Either Sakurai's a masochist, or he just really loves doing what he does (even if it costs his physical health.)

Didn't they advertise these amiibo ages ago? Can't believe they've waited this long to release them.

Oh well. I just placed a pre-order on them so my Shovel Knight amiibo can stop feeling lonely.

Somehow, they have more personality than Funko Pops.

Get 'em while they're hot, folks. I've got them hanging in my room, they look sweet. Worth it.

If I didn't have so many Switch games waiting in my SD Card to be played, I would've got this Day 1.

Darn you weekly Switch eShop discounts.

Ooof, our Team Order got slammed 3-0.

Oh well. I hadn't played Splatoon 2 for nearly a year so this was a great time to jump back in. It was a lot of fun.

Congrats Pearl fans.

I'm glad I happened to check MyNintendo yesterday by chance. Managed to secure the posters for myself.

Not going for the t-shirt though. £25 for one t-shirt is excessive, even if it's limited edition.

@Tao You've pretty much summed up my experiece with Yooka-Laylee. I only went through World 1 and a bit of World 2 before I was bored with it. The barren levels were the worst part for me. They should've made the levels smaller and compact so every area in a level felt 'connected' with each other, and not spaced so far apart that makes it a slog to jog everywhere.

Tiny characters fighting tiny enemies in large spaces wasn't very exciting either. You could literally walk past the enemies with no problem.

I think the sound design wasn't very engaging either. As minor as it sounds, picking up the collectibles didn't felt satisfying as it should in other games. And since the game is based AROUND collectibles, I wasn't interested.

I really hope Playtonic did learn from developing this game. It's only their first game, and seeing them downsizing their scope to 2.5D levels for the sequel gives me some hope.

While the adjustment to global cooldown on the super weapons is a good start, the whole weapon spectrum needs balancing. Missiles are horribly inconsistent in reliability, and 1st place runners should not be able to get Aku/Uka masksin a race. Let them use beakers, TNTs and the occassional bubble shield to cover their backsides, not the strongest item in the game. How did Beenox developers not think about this during game testing?

Does anyone want or ever use Steelbooks? I see no use for them what-so-ever. I've got two Steelbooks sitting on my shelf collecting dust ever since I got them.

Didn't play this much as a kid, but I loved when I had my hands on it. It's be a great Arcade game to dip into on handheld Switch.

I was interested until I read "£24.99". What on earth are they made of to justify that amount?

Shamelessly added mine, only because a single person hasn't played it yet and I don't know if people thinks it's fun or not.

I'll play other people's courses on here in return!

@SmaggTheSmug I was just about to say this. xD Good thing the game looks great because that amateur CG was not a good way to start a trailer.

Guess it goes to show that the loudest opinions aren't always the majority.

Getting heavy Jojo vibes from this dual-action dynamic with the character and this Legion creature. Hopefully there'll be more action and less manly poses.

No thank you. Still have the original HD trilogy I bought for the same price ages ago.

It's hard to call the AI tricky when power-sliding and turbo boosting are the key to winning. When you get the hang of the technique, most of the Story Mode is a breeze (on Easy/Medium difficulty.)

Woah. Didn't expect Torterra, Flygon or Ampharos to be in the Top 20. I thought they were underrated. <3

I wonder if the Torterra sequence in Detective Pikachu had an impact on votes.

I would've gone PS4 for CTR too, but I don't have PSGold. And I don't want to pay for more than one online membership, so I stuck with Switch. Hope the Switch online base for CTR doesn't die too fast.

@vio I imagine, since Nintendo's own development studios create Mario Kart, they have a much better understanding of the Switch hardware in how to optimise their art assets and game engine to achieve the best visuals.

CTR is a multi-platform release, so they're using up more time and resources to get the game out on more consoles, at the risk of sacrificing overall quality. Plus, the Switch is an underpowered console compared to PS4 and XBOne, which sacrifices more time and visual quality in getting it run consistently well.

I'm surprised they haven't shown off Crash Team Racing, considering that's coming out next week.

The phrase "Gotta catch 'em all" has slowly lost its meaning every generation.

It wasn't much of a competition. There was barely anything interesting in the other conferences outside of a couple exceptions (Borderlands 3, FF7 Remake). I was afraid Nintendo was going to be lackluster too, but they completely knocked it out of the park.

It probably helped them alot that they're focusing purely on Switch software now that the 3DS has gracefully stepped down.

Woah nelly! I wasn't expecting this at all. They're really putting all their effort into what I thought was just gonna be a bog standard remake. I'm even more excited for CTR next week.

That's cool and all, but where on Earth can they fit them all? I imagine a superfan like him will have way more merchandise than just these plushes.

I'm getting heavy Microsoft Powerpoint vibes from that ghastly subtitle in the logo.

Game looks promising though, even if it meant dropping the 3D platforming element.

Whatever it is, I hope it's a better experience than Yooka-Laylee. Was really disappointed how boring it was to play.

@ShadJV With the whole giant pokemon/Dynamax gimmick they're marketing, I'm gonna guess the evil organization will be Team Kaiju.

With the way they're showing off the champion already, it makes me wonder if we'll get a plot twist where the champion is defeated by someone else when we reach him, like his brother Hop.

Not very sold on the Legendaries. They look cool, but they also look too similar to each other outside of the obvious sword and shield dynamic.

The normal pokemon look great however. Corviknight and Drednaw look like a ton of fun, and Wooloo and Gossifleur/Eldegoss are adorable.

At least he's been stripped from his prizes, as he should be. It's a shame the competition became a waste of time and resources though. :/

I might've bought this if there wasn't ANOTHER Triple-A kart racer arriving next month, which looks alot more appealing to play. Hopefully TSR's soundtrack will continue the trend of great music.

@Doktor-Mandrake They're only 5-6 weeks away. You can make it!

@USWITCH64 There's been a huge sale of high-quality eShop games since last week. If there was nothing there that tickled your fancy then I don't know what will.

It'd be a very random choice of effect though. I don't know what context you would incorporate a SNES logo into a level outside of trolling.

I would be interested in Netflix on Switch, but the only advantage it would have over other devices is a large, portable screen. It'd be great to have on the plane when I go on holiday later this year (if downloading episodes was also an option.)

Never played their games, so I won't knock on their quality. But aren't these games on sale every single week? That's probably why they reached 1 million.

Too late to fix it. They may look better, but that's not what we're going to get now.

Really makes you think how many people producing the film actually thought his live-action design was a good idea.

Looks like a live-action adaption of Wacky Races.