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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.

I love how much Goncalo adds to these with his very different gaming tastes.

It's hard to vote against "infinite fun." This is perhaps the starkest contrast in the history of Box Art Brawl. I'm amazed it took 6 years to get to it.

The American Law School Admission Test just got rid of these types of brain teasers (on disability grounds since they required drawing diagrams), and now they're showing up on my Switch. Just put a 2 minute timer on it, and it could have been prep.

It reminds me of a hilarious viral browser game where you have to choose which is the most socially acceptable urinal to use when there are no walls between them.

It makes more sense for DKB since the songs are themselves collectibles. People keep complaining that the open world for MKW isn't interesting enough (although I disagree), so maybe they'll hold off on posting that music to do something similar.

We're never gonna get concave buttons on a controller again, it seems. I love that from the SNES controller. It's one of the subtlest and most underrated Nintendo innovations.

@PJOReilly Can you put a screenshot function on one of the programmable buttons?

@echoplex Yes, those were there. These NSO games are all unaltered ROMs as far as I know.

@GammaPhonic Mainline entries in game series are often 5 years apart anyway. What's your point? SM64 was 5 years after SMW (in the west), just like Galaxy after Sunshine.

1-Up Studio has helped on so many 3D Mario games. Have them do Galaxy 3 while Koizumi makes Super Mario Iliad or whatever.

I'd also love for them to continue remastering Mario RPGs by giving us Super Paper Mario.

Fever dream idea: Mario FPS where he shoots fireballs.

Those wanting Mario Maker 3, we'd eventually lose the treasure trove of levels from Maker 2.

I concur but wish the map kept parts you haven't been to mysterious except in Assist Mode. I don't want to spoil myself regarding the size of the place and what traps lay before me or which animal theme I've stumbled upon at the mere touch of a Minus button. But it's hard to stay disciplined, and I might need to check the map for other reasons and inadvertently see something.

"How do you square this circle?" is supposed to be a rhetorical question. But Minecraft Sonic's rings exist.

@Liam_Doolan Why doesn't the Related Articles section include this one?
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/12/random-sakurai-wanted-the-gamecube-controller-to-include-a-scroll-wheel

And then in mouse mode, it becomes Yacht Club's Phantom Hourglass.

And yet, there's nothing about this game or even the showcase itself on the S2 eshop's Featured page. Just Mina. Fail, Nintendo.

It is on the Featured for the S1 eshop, at least. I guess those launch titles really crowd out the spaces for S2's.

Contra references Terminator a bit, so it's neat to have Terminator (well, a video game version) reference Contra back.

@AG_Awesome I usually don't spend more than $10 for a digital game, but I would have felt guilty spending less than $25 for this. I might double dip, too.

I guess I worry a little bit about their sustainability given that graphical improvements are becoming less and less impactful to the gameplay experience over time. FPS and resolution get closer and closer to what the eye can differentiate.

@EarthboundBenjy It seems video gaming sometimes participates in the "twin films" phenomena (such as The Prestige and The Illusionist releasing close together and being very similar).

@foursider One of my biggest gripes with Metroid Dread is the lack of melodies compared to the earliest Metroid games. They didn't specialize in melodies but in creating a feeling, but still they were there.

I'm surprised it wasn't System Shock.