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@JohnnyMind Because it goes without saying that people in general want others to be happy. It doesn't add anything unique to state that.

And yet we've still heard nothing.

@BaldB3lper78 I'm thinking that it could make Nintendo the console of choice for FPS fans for the first time since 2001.

Or it could tap into the blue ocean of PC gamers who never considered a console before. But I suppose the same blue ocean prediction could have been made for the Wii U gamepad and mobile phone touch screen users. Nintendo just needs to sell officially licensed C-shaped end table / lap desk things to make couches more mouse friendly. 😆

@AG_Awesome NF Magazine (formerly Nintendo Force until they got C&D'ed) announced that their next issue will have individual reviews on all 50. It comes out in 2 months, so there's time to get on their Patreon. I don't know what the minimum subscription period is. But at least you're in the US which might be all they ship to. (They also give PDF versions.)

@JohnnyMind Then why comment?

I greatly appreciate the point about the game card holder being too snug. I have a 3DS game card holder that I don't use because I don't like the way it seems to squeeze my games.

@Metazoxan Feedback, you mean? Some might be confused and think there's some scammy monetization scheme.

This is tough because none are ideal. I had to go with Europe's because of the consistent art style. Not consistent with the game, but that's secondary. And because I'm not digging that horseshoe.

They're playing chicken. When Switch 1 physical sales dwarf S2 physical sales 10:1, after a year or so they'll give in. I'll buy S1 but wait to play it.

Having gotten lost in more than one Japanese metro station, I HAVE to play this.

Also, to @JohnnyMind's point, I wonder if large studios would need several more dev kits than small ones. That would be an obvious answer to why some indies have access before larger studios, if true.

Geez, nowadays a fast food burger is $10. I'd feel guilty if I waited around for a sale.

@KayFiOS I had read somewhere that Nintendo requires digital and physical to be the same price to steer publishers away from retail. It seems either that they've stopped doing that (hopefully), or the physical comes with something that qualifies it to be considered a bundle, like a manual.

@theberrage It's called the time value of money. Having something right now is more valuable than waiting on it for 5 years. That's one reason loans charge interest. Given that games get discounted when they're not brand new, this system is prevalent in the industry.

As if sublayer 1400 wasn't already my favorite.

Looygi Bros. on YouTube is also great for little charming minutiae. They could have paid tribute to Kit and Krysta by calling it Nintendo Minutiae. 😆 But then been C&D'ed

@datamonkey No, in fact the idle animations for Diddy and Dixie in DKB match those from DKC2 (1995).

I love the new astronomer Waddle Dee, but no merch for him I see.

Northeast Frost Street is already my wake up song on my phone, but there are so many good candidates from Forgotten Land.

I hardly ever notice dropped frames when playing games. But wow were they everywhere in Forgotten Land on Switch 1.

I can't believe Nintendo said the T-word.

@PJOReilly
Does it have a feature to read it aloud to you? It'd be cool to be able to multitask until you have to make a choice.

I wonder if they're responsible for the Kirby Cafe.

Ironically Capcom loses their DMC head right after the DMC creator returns to Capcom.

They did buy LJN, adding the rainbow to their logo. So maybe we'll get Back to the Future remake and collect more clocks.

I guess we'll need to treat every previously announced release date as tentative now until we get a reaffirmation. 😆

I've waited for this article, so thank you.

I think the rule is if you're saying it verbally to a dev from that game, say eks or times to make them mad so they stop doing this nonsense. Imagine Borat pretending to be a games journalist.

We also have the option for "h" or "z" from Spanish. e.g. "Drag zzz Drive"

It seems to me the recent trend kicked off in earnest with Project X Zone, but that was presumably an eks.

I remember when Meta Man X came out, I thought it was 10 and that they were counting the Game Boy games, too, but that would have made it 11. I was thoroughly confused.

@Careless_Anouki You swayed me. That is a quite clever usage of the plugs for Japan.

But overall this segment makes me glad to be in the Switch era where our box art is generally good.

It probably won best trailer simply by having a release date and having such a soon one. That's not fair to those who put a lot of talent into really creative trailers.

And by having such an imminent release, that does a disservice to other publishers who aren't able to factor that into their own planning.

@Filthy The doubling up awards issue wasn't a factor. The first three awards all went to the upcoming Resident Evil.

@Anachronism I've had fun riding trains around in MKW. I suppose you picked the ramp truck because you don't have to worry about falling off which is brilliant.

What in the world are these names? They are exactly the kind of unpronounceable names on Amazon that serve as red flags for companies that use stolen IP, like the Steve Buscemi high schooler meme but for companies. They make Amazon borderline unusable sometimes and lie, listing their country of origin as somewhere other than China.

So I appreciate NL taking the risk and trying them out for us, cuz Nintendo's price for the S2 dock is somehow even crazier than their price for the first one.

It's always hard to word these things just right, and this is an admirable and heartfelt job. But my mathematical mind can't reconcile a "majority" being "redundant."

@HammerKirby @IronMan30
At my Walmart, the shelf the games are in has a bottom lip that extends just far enough to not be able to see the various download required or key card warnings at the bottom. They had their infrastructure before Switch 2, so it's not deliberate. Thus any assistance to make sure buyers are informed is welcome, and that's what sites like this are all about.

Well that voiceover is super annoying.

And I wonder if this is the first commercial use of Steamboat Willie by a third party since entering the public domain.

I'm always amazed at how much Sakurai can get his way against every Nintendo norm.

@RemyMartin I think it's the Y button. Or is that not what you meant? 😏

I was so confused when he mentioned Cappy.

"Dededetails" is brilliant.

The brawler golden age continues, and Final Fight is still AWOL.

Imagine extending that cumbersome name by adding "--Nintendo Switch 2 Edition."

In the span of a month, we've got a Shinobi game from the SOR4 devs, a Ninja Gaiden game from the Blasphemous devs, and a Prince of Persia game from the Dead Cells devs. This is the way.

Mythologies is also notable for being one of the very few side-scrolling games on N64. It subverted expectations for both the console and the series.

I'm glad they still believe a million sold is a hit. Square and Ubisoft seem to find that standard quaint.

Video game industry and fans: Hey, Nintendo, can you catch up regarding accessibility efforts?

Nintendo: Here's a wheelchair basketball game.

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You missed a chance to use "vroomshakalaka" as the tagline. 😏

The aesthetic looks like what Game Builder Garage will look like on the Switch 3.

@PJOReilly, does the bunny hop serve a gameplay purpose? That wasn't made clear in the review.

I prefer the cartoony style of the Euro and Japanese ones, but the Japanese one is too busy. I picked Euro despite the wordmark being the most generic ever. The NA one puting "island" in leaves isn't super creative or aesthetic, but at least it's something.

@JimNorman There was nothing in here about sound. Does it have voice acting? Are the sound effects turtle-y? How is the music? Sound design is one of the reasons I think TMNT IV is still better than Shredder's Revenge, so it can make an impact.

Not that this game isn't enough already--it's much more than that-- but imagine the UFOsoft shtick getting the Digital Eclipse Gold Master treatment with fake drama and friendship rifts.

I would have appreciated instruction manuals though, the simplistic ones accompanying NES games. Perhaps his own gaming background in that era (as implied by the floppy disk icons) was truly as blind as finding disks in sleeves and not even knowing if they're games. But mine was NES games that at least had manuals.

Viewtiful Joe is in comic book style, kind of.

They should probably have modeled this after Wii Sports and found 4 other sports that you could use mouse (or even double mouse) controls with. Or just sports that haven't been in a previous game. Cross-country skiing or rowing would fit the control scheme but also wouldn't be super interesting. Foosball would be cool and would use the gyros well. It wouldn't be mouse-controlled, but it would work better on a Switch or Switch 2 than a Wii. So that would showcase the tech. There would be a ready-made art style there with the Miis.

I don't wanna make every article about game key cards, but notice the difference in sales between S1 and S2 in these key card releases:
Hogwarts Legacy = 53% vs 2%
Sonic & Shadow Generations = 34% vs 9%

To get a sense of what the install base discrepancy contributes to this:
SMP Jamboree = 64% vs 36%
TOTK = 51% vs 49%
THPS 3 & 4 (both code in box) = 21% vs 16%
BOTW = 57% vs 43%

I don't think they really need a survey.

I saw on Atari's web site that MK Kollection is $60 on Switch 2 (full game on card) but $50 on every other console. So it seems the cost difference rounds to $10. I think many gamers are fine with an extra $10 for it to be on the card.

@ShieldHero I think the idea is that what's legal is a much larger circle than what's ethical, and copyright alone is too welcoming to prevent grifting from happening. Many casuals won't see the difference between Street Fighter and Fighters History, for example.

What are the odds this was secretly created by Nintendo, accounting for specific lines of argument Pocketpair is using in the lawsuit, and designing it specifically to tempt them into being hypocrites? Not high, I suppose, but it's fun to think about.

There are also portable Gradii(?) that could be added to a subsequent collection. And then we'll hopefully get Parodius and Goemon collections.

@B3RTAY This did read like a 9 to me which is when I interpret an 8 as an 8.5 in a more precise scoring system. Perhaps the score was heavily weighed towards the new game since aficionados more or less know what they're getting with the other parts.

@ibookboyuk It's @Olliemar28.