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@Dman10 Miyamoto said they are working on one, and it’s not ready for a reveal yet. Hold your horses and buy NSMB U or something

Played the original on Wii U for a few months until one of the people I had over to play games with raged at dying in Super Mario 3D World and they smashed the game pad screen. I have missed that game for a while now, but I don’t think I will pick it up, since I have played through it before. Kirby And The Amazing Mirror is a game I also had and loved on the Wii U, and that game is coming to the switch soon, so huzzah! That will be my replacement. For anyone who is willing to try this game, just give it a go, don’t hesitate! This is a game anyone can pick up and play, and it’s great fun too! Controls were always simple, even back in the Wii days. Playing with a couple friends makes this game so much more fun, because you can horse around and plow through hordes of enemies and fun, decently challenging bosses. This game gets a recommendation from me. Go play it soon!

Hahahaha, the amount of times the user base will try and bypass the system and make hilarious, naughty word code names or whatever that make no sense since the filter is so strict, will be something to see! I want to join a group called “Idiot Friends”, personally

I find it hilarious how Nintendo has just been calling Directs out of thin air just for a single movie trailer and the likes of Chris Pratt saying STOMPING….KOOPAS. They’re giving half the fan base a heart attack by announcing these directs because people are so gullible and will think “holy cow, another one! Omg, I want a new donkey kong game, Zelda ports, blah blah blah”. But nope, it’s just a movie trailer lads. Seeing the looks on these people’s faces is priceless too!

Hm. That’s a pretty good offer right there for a little bonus. Also, why is that image redacted? Unless it’s a direct promo from Nintendo with all the bonuses mentioned above, that image looks like something I could drum up in photoshop. Ah well.

@piecez I personally don’t think it’s too late for Nintendo to hand the franchise’s next potential entry off to someone who knows a lot about the franchise’s history and how a new entry would work. Look at Mercury Steam. 2D metroid was dead for 15 years. Then Mercury did the Metroid II remake. It was pretty good, but since they were slightly building upon a already finished game from 28 years ago at that point, so they were more limited as to what they could add to it. When they were approached about Metroid Dread, they felt they could do so much more because of their understanding of what made the franchise so special. They also gave it a nice little upgrade so it felt more smooth and modern. If Star Fox was given to a veteran or even new, upcoming dev company, I feel there would be a chance for one of those companies to make some SF magic again.

I’ll watch. I expect support for the current Pokémon games and the mobile ones like Masters and Unite. I also suspect the game boy Pokémon entries will return, but I am far less hopeful about the GBA Pokémon games returning. I wish they would, but alas.

You just had to sneak in the “heavily compromised visuals on the switch” didn’t you? We don’t know when the deal will be officially put into place, but you are probably right about the next Call Of Duty being on the next Nintendo console.

Realistically speaking, I believe in a 20 minute Presents, there will be the patch for s/v, more unite license Pokémon for Unite, maybe even some stuff about the Pokémon Anime moving forward, because Ash is no longer in the anime, they finally retired him. As for NSO, I believe there is more potential for Pokémon games to be added than just simply red, blue, and yellow. Of course, it will probably be just announcements for those three games, anyway. They could still add Gold, Silver, Crystal, Fire Red, Leaf Green, Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. But I don’t expect them to. So I like this article, NL. Keeping expectations in check and staying in touch with reality (maybe you’ll finally get your Pokémon sleep haha!)

@Classic603 I was actually referring to more recent IGN articles where they not so subtly ask (beg) for a new mainline Mario, like in their “what to expect from Nintendo in 2023.” Making predictions is fine and all, but don’t word it in a way that sounds so…desperate. They say things like this about Metroid Prime 4 too. “Surely there will be a new mainline Mario this year, right Nintendo?” wink wink nudge nudge

@Shiro28 You mean the game that just breached 50 million copies sold a few weeks ago? Plenty of people still buy and play Mario kart 8 deluxe.

@Grumblevolcano I mean, the original Wii Sports only had six sports as well. It’s sequel, Resort, had double that. But that game was also just to help market the Wii Motion Plus. I think switch sports was aiming more for Wii Sports than its sequel in it’s simplicity and charm. It mixes older wii sports with new ones. With the addition of golf, there is 7 sports. Personally, as a game, I think Switch Sports had a pretty good end result.

I bet they are filling a huge gap in the market for snorlax pillows, or squish mallows.

@MH4 Oh, people online rev themeselves up over nothing, or little things like this. Nintendo Prime’s video takedown is gonna be trending on Twitter later, I know it

Lego and Nintendo are just gonna have a social media field day taking all these twitter, youtube, and Reddit leaks down. Also Nintendo Prime, how have you made a tweet seem like one of your click bait videos? Is that even possible? I can see it: “Lego COPYSTRIKES my video! NEW Zelda Lego set CONFIRMED?!” Nothing against Ninty here, but I’m a little surprised!

“Fine, I’ll do it myself.”

That is a fair argument to make. More people know what a Mii is than a “Metroid”. Imo, I don’t think it’s just about the game sales for a theme park. They could throw anything in there. They could throw in a giant statue of Mr. Game And Watch for all they care. I think it’s about their storied history. Nintendo has been in one of the top video game spots for almost 50 years. They don’t have to limit their attractions to just top selling franchises. Pikmin sales aren’t great, they never have been, but Miyamoto is fond of them; he created the franchise. So he placed little pikmin all over the theme park. They’ve already announced Donkey Kong is getting his own little themed section of Nintendo World. They will definitely add more franchises. Miyamoto also created The Legend Of Zelda. I think that’s next. And who knows? Nintendo’s backlog of franchises is HUGE. They could add lots of little references and nods to their smaller franchises like the Pikmin in Nintendo World, even if they don’t necessarily get their own section of the theme park.

Why do I feel Nintendo wants to go in order for adding their top franchises to Nintendo World? You know the character selection in Smash Ultimate? It goes Mario first, then Donkey Kong, then Link, then Samus, etc. Call me crazy, but Zelda is easily Nintendo’s second biggest franchise. And Metroid has seen a renaissance on the switch recently. They will possibly add the biggest franchises first, with little cameos from their smaller franchises here and there like the little Pikmin you see there already.

Already have it downloaded and set. We don’t get that many game trials these days. If this game is decent, then why not?

Gonna finish Fire Emblem Engage this weekend. I got the digital purchase and played it the second it was available on my switch the day before it’s official release. Still haven’t finished the story, somehow. Also metroid prime. Lots of that too!

…we don’t talk about fight club.

Good for you man. It’s nice to see the condition hasn’t stopped you from finishing a classic!

@Jamessmooth Thanks for the answer! Obviously, there’s been some, well, mixed responses, but I appreciate them all regardless!

Yeah, 400+ dollars is outrageous. As much as I love the Hoenn games and their Pokémon designs, I’m not gonna think twice about buying him for myself at that price point, sadly. At just a mere 300 dollars lower, I would love Wailord with all that I am.

Oh. My. Goodness. This looks amazing. Although maybe I’d get laughed at for buying something like this, but I don’t care.

I agree with Attitude here. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Software sales matter as well as console sales. If both aspects for the switch are doing quite well for a six year old console, why bother with a successor? The wii u was quickly replaced with the switch after a measly 5 years because sales were garbage. The likes of the Wii and DS were different. DS sold like crazy in most aspects, leading to it being the top selling Nintendo console of all time. Lasted 8 years 2004-2012. Games were still being developed for it even with the 3ds in play. The Wii was also a top seller for a long time. Wii sports sold 80+ million alone. The Wii sold 100+ million. Was around for a little over six years. Games were being made for the Wii until 2020, thanks to the JustDance franchise. Now, if the switch is more successful than the wii, and almost as successful as the DS, don’t expect another console for at least another two years.

Why did this person make avatars strikingly similar to Miis using unreal engine 5 in 2023? The Miis were from 2006. A lil’ strange, I think. But nevertheless, they still look pretty good!

This is just the mii creator screen, looks almost identical. Still, I’d say Nintendo, I want a third avatar playable in Switch Sports alongside the Sportmates and Miis: the Ladds!
What are you waiting for Nintendo? You’ve found the moneymaker!

It’s great that switch sports has finally achieved the sacred 1 mil sales. And I’m not surprised at all. That game screams ‘play with the whole family’. It’s interesting however. If this game was bundled with the switch and released years earlier, would its sales rival that of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Because Mario kart is usually shipped with the switch these days.

The amount of sheer time and effort that has clearly been poured into this Super (Mario) Nintendo World is astonishing. Bravo, Miyamoto and everyone else who made this happen!

Oh no. OH NO. Do we have any idea how a whole team with just tenta middle and super chumps would be? A nightmare, that’s what. Hell rains down upon you every 5 seconds, especially at the start of the match!

It’s nice to know Nintendo is aware of these franchises like Star Fox and F-Zero, even if they don’t receive new entries. We have quite a few games from both franchises on the Switch’s Online + Expansion service. We have Star Fox snes, which is actually a very interesting game. We have the supposedly canned Star Fox 2, which was for the snes originally, but only just came to recent consoles in 2017. We have Star Fox 64, which is a great game, I still have to complete it though. And F-zero has the snes entry and F-zero X for the n64. F-zero maximum velocity is also coming to the gba service at some point too! So we still have all these classics from these older franchises to play on the switch, which I think is pretty cool.

What in the world happened to this comment section while I was gone?

@Vexx234 I do not intend to be rude, but I just want to know your personal thoughts on sonic frontiers and it’s problems. I may purchase it at some point myself.

Eh, it wouldn’t be the first time

Hahaha, I just couldn’t take the wait! I had to get this game as soon as I could! I already purchased digital. What have I become?

We need a 3ds Kirby game while we are hot on the trail of remakes. What I wouldn’t give to see either Kirby Triple Deluxe, or better yet, Kirby Planet Robobot make their grand return! Kirby planet Robobot is so fun, Meta Knight has his own little sub-mode, and it has the best final boss fight in the whole series. Yes, even better than return to dreamland’s or even Marx.

Ah, I remember playing this on the Wii U. Only had it for a few months before the system broke. It was tragic. Nice to see such an underrated wii gem return here. I’m sure many have played, because there were a ton of wii owners, but if you haven’t, play it! If you have, play it again! Age doesn’t matter, this game is the start of the more modern Kirby formula like Triple Deluxe and Planet Robobot take after. And awesome boss fights? Yeah, I won’t spoil anything for you.

Good. (I love how serious that got)

@Bolt_Strike You’re gonna keep waiting, because I agree, the switch’s first party collection is sublime. People want Nintendo to move on from the switch, but a lot of those awesome first party games for the switch I have yet to play! Just give me more time!

For me, it’s a pretty tight race between snes, GameCube, and switch. But don’t count out the Wii! Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Strikers charged, Mario Party 8 and 9, Mario Kart Wii, the legendary Wii Sports and Sports Resort, Xenoblade Chronicles, and I guess Twilight Princess is kinda cheating, but even that aside, we have Skyward Sword. Pokémon Battle Revolution, and the lustrous Metroid Prime Trilogy. Or you could just say Prime 3: Corruption instead. I’ll throw in Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, and we have the motherload. Not bad, for an “underpowered console”, eh? There are a fair amount of New Play Control GameCube ports, like Pikmin, but for fairness, I will exclude those.

@MrGawain You know what? I can respect that 110%. I don’t like spending money on games I won’t necessarily play at any point either.

@MrGawain Wait what? The article said there was over 2700 games on sale! And you don’t want a single one? C’mon, just one game?

What in the world? This is so random and I love it. I still don’t know what was happening in that trailer, but I only heard one word the whole time: Tetris. Tetris, Tetris, Tetris, Tetris!

@Browny Yeah, price jumps for retro games have been a concern in recent years. As for the FF theatrhythm, I will definitely take a look out of curiosity once I get home later. I appreciate the help as well!

Thanks again! I was only using those two franchises as examples, but I didn’t actually know Dragon Quest had it’s own theatrhythm-like! Japan only though is a little sad. But yeah, I figured the dlc would add the likes of other franchises like Mana and Nier, I just didn’t know which ones.

I absolutely agree with the standard Dread/Fusion natural blue suit being the best looking. Now my bias might be showing because my favourite color is blue (it’s in the name after all) but I think the design feels fresh, interesting, and a nice change from the classic red and gold Varia Suit.

Like the N64 service, Nintendo will probably announce more games coming to each Game Boy service, so I will put down a few that haven’t been announced yet. I think Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, that random Kid Icarus game boy sequel, and of course, all the Pokémon games. I have all the other ones, except the game boy Pokémon’s. Gotta Want Them All!