TheBigK

I was expecting some Jigglypuff as seen from above shenanigans but nah, you guys made it too easy. 25/25 baby

Mono Dragon kinda lame, though. I would say that it's weird that it didn't become Dragon/Flying but I don't think Garchomp has any flying moves to utilize as a STAB beyond Aerial Ace.

I'm curious about how this will impact online battling in the main series games. Will the new games still have ranked battles, ladders, and seasons in VGC format? Or will all that be moved to Champions?

Oh nice. I've never played any Resident Evil game but I'm tempted to impulse buy this one

Very cool but it works way better as a phone game which is where I play it. I will say, though, the Switch version is what got me hooked and convinced me to double dip.

I'm not really into GO anymore and all other news I get from Serebii. Still, newsletter sounds neat so I might try it out.

It's Wario time!

I'm getting both, so I can trade and complete the Kanto Pokédex

Iron Bundle, baby. It's just so funny, robot Delibird with terrifying strength. I remember encountering that first one in Area Zero and being immediately outsped and slammed. I was like, ummm excuse me, what is happening??

Gen 8 kind of sucked in my opinion. Dragapult is pretty cool, though, and so the Hisuian Pokémon.

They'd never release mainline Pokémon games on NSO because that would require they be compatible with the app's overall features like rewind and save states, and TPC doesn't want players tampering with saves. The games also need to be standalone to connect with Home.

I dunno man, I preordered the headset but it won't get here for a couple weeks.

Gen 5 has so many great Pokémon! Krookodile always finds a spot on my in-game teams because its typing and stat spread are consistently useful. But Chandelure, Volcarona, Hydreigon, and Ferrothorn also rock

Gonna have to go this route until my headset actually ships.

My favourite Gen 1 Pokémon is also my favourite Pokémon of all time, and that is Nidoking. Such a cool design! And then they gave it Sheer Force, what?! I love my spiky armoured venomous bunny rabbit.

FRLG are my favourite games in the series, so I'd be thrilled for a return as long as they do it right. Either just drop the ROMs or actually put time and effort into proper remakes or remasters. Don't half ass it

Nah I'm not into the Mario sports games. If I get the urge to play Mario Tennis, I'll just boot up the N64 one

I'd have thought the cardboard headset would be the more uncomfortable of the two to use. Maybe I'll give that a whirl before deciding to fork out the $110 for the big one.

I'm getting Oblivion, FF7 Rebirth, and Tales of Arise, so it was a great direct as far as I'm concerned!

Oh wow, I really wasn't expecting this so soon. Can't wait!

Can do they 3 instead of 2? I'm a bonafide 2 hater over here

I'll get around to buying Metroid eventually

I played through Rebirth before I sold my PS5 to fund the Switch 2, and I thought it was fantastic game. I will absolutely play it again once it releases here. SE generally has a good track record with their Nintendo ports so I'm not worried about quality or performance.

Honestly with Fire Emblem out, I'm waiting for Star Fox Assault now.

@Lanmanna oh that's my bad, I got the meme backwards lol

I really like the Japanese one, but the western one is a hood certified classic

10/10 brilliant game. The original is already one of my favourite JRPGs of all time and Remake really does it justice and then some. This is my second playthrough of the game, the first being on a laptop that could barely run it, and I'm having a great time with it on Switch 2.

@ryan_nil That's my plan, too. Unless there's substantial single player content added, probably not.

Preloaded and ready to go 👍

Oh wow, this is more than I was expecting. Saw the headline and jokingly said, "aw right New Funky Mode, let's go!" And they actually gave us a new kong

I mean it's a great game but it's hardly groundbreaking.

Pick a better Mario & Luigi game

Might skip this one, honestly. The multiplayer focus is a total turn off and I'm not expecting there to be much single player content added because of this.

Dope, been waiting for this one. One of the few omissions in my Fire Emblem record so I am very excited to play through.

Well it's pretty pricey, comparatively speaking, and with the cost of living what it is, I dare say that the average consumer has other priorities. I think that consumer is also fairly happy with the current Switch and feels no overwhelming desire to upgrade just for the sake of upgrading. It's currently a luxury item competing with other luxury items.

These colours are really legit. I play mostly in handheld mode so I'm so jumping on these.

Since the Switch 2 is an iterative upgrade, I wasn't broken up over the transition. Threw my OLED in the drawer with the OG and haven't looked back. That said, 8 years is a long time and the Switch has seen me through some hard times. New jobs, going back to school, breakups, mental breakdowns, it helped me regulate over the years. For which I am very grateful.

Bought the OG model on launch day with Zelda and upgraded to the OLED when that launched. Got a Lite at some point just for the cute factor as I love miniatures. It would have been my primary unit if it had TV output. Interested to see what new models of Switch 2 they have in the pipeline.

I do wonder what they'd do if push came to shove and the only way to remain profitable was to shut down hardware and go third party. They love money, same as any company, but they're also fiercely protective of their IPs and maintain a strong, some might say insane, degree of integrity. So would they sooner go out of business than start making games for other consoles? Or would they bite the bullet and do whatever is necessary to stay afloat, pay their employees, and keep their investors happy?

Delaying the inevitable

I voted for the N64. Super Mario 64 was that influential.

I play Donkey Kong Country 3 with the Christmas cheat code on every December. 103% playthrough since the code affects the bonus stages.

I came away rather impressed after playing the demo entirely in handheld mode. I think it looks and feels great!

It was stupid that they did it in December at all. It's part of the year so they need the whole month to get the proper usage stats.

What's funny is that Netflix sent out an email welcoming Warner Bros. to their service already, as if it was a done deal.

I'd prefer it if they offered a wall calendar instead

Some shiny hunting in Pokémon Legends Z-A, that's about it.

Oh wow, I didn't really play a lot of games this year. I dunno, it's a toss up between Xenoblade Chronicles X and Pokémon Legends Z-A for me.

Ah but if you recall, Cranky Kong was revealed for Tropical Freeze at the VGX Awards. Which is basically The Game Awards, right?

I thought they were getting out of games. Evidently not 🤷‍♂️

I'll get it eventually I'm sure. Not really in the mood to play much of anything at the moment