Thomystic

Gold Master entry #3.5

What a niche account, but I'll take it.

I'm glad Cyberpunk finally got to have a good launch.

How can you be a pro at roulette?

There never was a better spinoff than Capcom spinning off from Irem. What even are these games in the Irem Collections?

If this is a revival, why is nothing said about the original? It's not exactly a household name.

Also, add in some Balloon World.

They added stupid characters like fish and coin purses. Get rid of the baby characters, too, and add in some more Kongs. Unless they're planning a new Diddy Kong Racing, what are they saving them for? It extends the Mario universe without contradicting it, and they have actual hands. There's a theme park to hype for, as well. Or characters (with hands) from other Mario spinoffs like WarioWare or Mario & Luigi.

It looks like so many Zelda players really dislike the Switch 2 cases with their intrusive design.

I remember the NES era when "reliable controls" was a noteworthy trait of a game.

The series slaps? Or it claps? 😏

The NA one seems influenced a bit by the Tony Hawk era of games. As weird as that wordmark is for Donkey Kong, that other one for EU and JP is wack.

If it had been a pack-in, it would have served as a more effective advertisement for those extra peripherals.

It's amazing how many cases online don't have a picture showing them on the inside. An organizer should at the very least show how it organizes.

@Medic_alert You're in the comments section on Nintendo Life and yet think low game key card sales are conjecture? I don't know what to tell you. Nothing in life is monocausal, but your tone is too mutually exclusive for productive dialogue.

Doesn't photo mode stop the action entirely? What do they mean it goes to 30 fps?

Just why did they make a ghost heavy exactly?

@dartmonkey Thank you for calling out the dab. Perhaps they made DK a bit TOO expressive this year.

How can this small outfit produce game cards more cheaply for publishers than Nintendo themselves who have the economies of scale, the experience, the leverage in their contracts, etc.?

@Runex2121 There are plenty of publishers complaining that they didn't sell much. Key cards is a major reason why.

@Sambuc I don't want to dogpile, but it's Nintendo's being arguably the best platform at physical media that makes this such a big deal. If even Nintendo gives up, the industry will lose its leader on this issue, just like Mario Kart World being $80 will shape prices on PS and Xbox

It makes no sense that this exists. If it's going to look this meh, add Bravely Second, have it all on card, charge $70, and I'm interested.

Wait, so ALL of the prices for this upgrade were unround numbers? I assumed one of the prices was round and that the others were direct equivalents.

It seems like the story here is that Konami had a toy division! What else did they make?

Great writing, @Olliemar28.

My guess on the 3D chess here: Nintendo is competing with Roblox and Fortnite as much as with Sony and Xbox because kids are growing up now away from consoles. One reason is that it's the new playground and hangout. Many parents don't want their kids on Discord or to have smart phones, so this is a safe alternative. It's simple enough for kids or non-gaming parents to set up and allows for the flexibility of playing different games, suggesting that it's for hanging out and not so much just for gaming together with the same game.

There's no way EPD Tokyo spent 8 years on just DKB and Balloon World. Koizumi is the new Miyamoto and has been leveraged by having an additional team put under him. Remember the massive amount of cash Nintendo put into bringing more development in-house.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/12/nintendo-is-investing-in-office-space-in-japan-to-house-more-game-development

I knew I would love this, and I absolutely do. They've almost given us a 3D Mario platformer at launch after all. I've longed lamented Mario Kart's lack of a sense of space, but that's mitigated now. Then again, on MK8DX, the first thing I would do on each track is explore.

If you liked driving around Peach's Castle in MK64, then you should love this. The world is its reward. You shouldn't need incentives. Explore. Go people or train watching.

I differentiate between intrinsic and extrinsic replay value. The former is how fun a game is aside from its structure. The latter is its structure: the various carrots they can dangle and convince you to care about.

With that being said, the homogenized sticker prizes are a disappointing design choice (and that it doesn't tell you how many there are or that you have). Collecting music tracks like in DKB would have been better, as stated earlier, and the map could be improved a lot.

We'll just call this "battery drift."

I'm still recovering financially from Welcome Tour.

Kidding aside, Sega released too many games at launch, and Square's offering of Bravely Default HD (not 4K) without fixed endgame and without including Bravely Second was kinda paltry. The game isn't even that old, and it could have been made HD on Switch 1.

Instead of open world, this is a broken world game. You break the world.

The final minute would have been an amazing teaser trailer on its own.

No one I've seen anywhere has commented on the slight detail in the reveal of his skating on ice barefoot. What a neat touch, and I bet there's an upgrade that allows him to do that.

I think this means "primary" competition or rival. He also elaborated that Nintendo is better at getting kids into video games such that they eventually become Sony or Microsoft customers. So some of this take might mean that they weren't antagonistic towards Nintendo, recognizing their own dependence. Kids growing up on mobile games and Minecraft might grow up to be PC gamers. So Nintendo helps slot kids into the console lane which benefits MS and Sony.

However, a lot of the industry is recognizing the lucrative middle. Nintendo is now touting power, Sony is acknowledging the importance of family games like Astro Bot, and Microsoft now has the cheapest current console. And MS and Sony kinda sorta have handhelds now. There's about to be a red ocean again.

While I love the David Wise soundtracks, and even DKC3's, I hated that DKCR's was mostly remixes. I didn't like Sonic Mania for the same reason. I like it in Mario Kart World because they're from all over the Mario universe, but I really hope this game isn't mostly remixed music.

I was already thinking how OP DK would be in the next Smash game if made canonical and updated with this game. (Although you'd easily dig your way through the floor if not careful.) But Super Saiyan DK could be a final smash or a boss character.

Nintendo always makes cute little reactions for when you jump on a Toad or hit one with a shell or drive over a Shy Guy. But they rarely do that for important characters or feature that in a trailer so as to not encourage friendly fire or excess violence maybe. Yet in this part of the Direct, DK hurls a letter at Dixie who does a jump spin animation as a result. It's really strange.

I can't help but be reminded of Josef Fares' games at Hazelight with this reveal. But I think that's great and means the game will be taken seriously by Geoff Keighley and co.

This is there to acquit the game as being all about destruction. Now it's about creation, too.

It's a shame the super fancy animations of the main game will likely prevent your being able to use this to design a look for DK to use in-game.

To those complaining that this isn't true co-op, you have a point. However, this mode seems to address three issues. Many DK fans became fans in the 80's or 90's and have young kids who might benefit from a small side role. Also, the singing component will attract some to the joy of the game who aren't that keen on Hulk-smashing action. Finally, many (especially girls) will appreciate that the game allows one to play as Pauline, at least in some capacity.

I live in Texas but have been to that truck stop before. My dad lived in that town.

This game desperately needs map markers. Also, I'd love a sticker for each place where I've caught Nabbit.

It also needs a radio station feature, as many on Youtube have said. Its AI DJ played Lake Lamode while I was at Airship Fortress. 🤦‍♂️There couldn't be a worse pairing tonally.

Viewtiful Joe HD collection, por favor.
Breath of Fire collection, as well.

What's weird is the Switch 1 version says "Day One Edition" as if there will be more.

@JS_Comics It's the same backlog, but I get what you mean.

I'm so glad there's one atop the dome in Dino Dino Jungle. It was so hard to get up there, I was hoping there'd be something worth it.

@Michael0916 That makes sense, so I originally looked there to no avail. I'll try harder. Thanks. There are a few suspiciously blank billboards there, too, so maybe they fill in as you achieve things.

It's funny to me that Dotemu and Lizard Cube collaborated on Streets of Rage 4 but are sort of competing head-to-head this year with Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi.

But where's the billboard with all the SMK 1992 characters?

And, wow, these beer ads that keep popping up are starting to make this site unusable. At least on Android tablet.

No comments (not even from the streamer) about his using a bug character to find an exploit? (He didn't find a bug, but an exploit is pretty close.)

@Olliemar28 If the 3DS outsold the Switch in the UK at launch, why isn't it on the chart?

There are 4 MK's in the top 16.

I could see voicing Toad messing up one's throat to where one can't voice Peach eventually. But if she has also been voicing Toad for a long time, then never mind that.

How does this need a video?

This was my favorite announcement from Summer Games Fest.

I hope the ??? is MK Trilogy. Then I can come closer to selling my N64.