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@gaga64 I completely forgot about Prime 3's gunship unlocks! Yeah, something like you described would be great. Federation Force even had some paint jobs for the mechs based on Mario and Bowser but I think that was it outside of the Metroid amiibo. It doesn't sound like they're doing much with the amiibo for this game.

@AlleyCat Or give us colors for the Vi-O-La based on the amiibo scanned.

Majora's Mask should have been on the October card given that game's dark themes. Glad Metroid is represented in both calendars.

@90sRetroGaming Yo, I didn't know it did that! Does it show playtime from before installing the app or does it only start logging after you use it?

@Markiemania95 I checked and I think it did, because the Super Mario Wonder Spirits are available to me now.

@batmanbud2 Pretty sure there are a bunch of games with A.I. generated images on the Switch eShop right now. They're all garbage however.

@batmanbud2 Return to Dreamland was so mind numbingly easy and it wasn't very engaging. Maybe the same could be said for Epic Yarn, but I just remember having more fun with that.

Looks similar to the Japanese one, which is good I guess, keeps one park from being better than the other so there will be no missed experiences.

@Automated_Unit_4937 No, it's not Mastadon, it was a project started by Jack Dorsey and other Twitter employees. Jack has since left the board of Bluesky.

HD-2D, make it look like the animated scenes on the DS version but throughout the game.

@Hwatt You're welcome!

Yes you need an active subscription to redeem and make custom icons, if your subscription expires you'll still be able to use the icon assets you own. They'll be in your collection.

You should be able to get the icon assets you want even if you're using a free trial, sometimes those are offered on My Nintendo or on Nintendo's website. The icon assets are on rotation, so these will only be available for a limited time before they get swapped for a different set.

@Hwatt You just need some platinum points, you can earn them by completing the missions, they're usually really easy to complete. You can view what missions you have for the week on the Missions & Rewards page in the NSO app on the Switch.

Once you have some points, just select the character or background or frame you want on the Missions & Rewards page and then just select redeem. Icon assets range from 5 to 10 platinum points per asset. You can only use the icon assets from the same collection, so you can't use a picture of Link on a Splatoon background.

You can also earn platinum points by logging into the My Nintendo website weekly and you can earn some by completing missions in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem on Android and iOS devices.

@Aerona The icon is available now but it wasn't in the first wave.

@swoose It basically proves this service cost very little to actually run. If Nintendo's reasons were to save money on this service, everyone should have been forcefully booted the day it shut down.

It's such a shame what Nintendo did to the Water Wraith in Pikmin 4. They made it slower, put way too many safe zones on each sub level and made it less persistent. Oatchi can also carry all of your Pikmin on his back, so the wraith is easier to move around. No more straggler Pikmin would be left behind. The whole experience is so weak compared to its first appearance.

Voted for the North American/European one for not having information scrawled all over the box.

Doesn't look that great, and the backdrop is just a screenshot of New Horizons which just looks cheap.

@sleepinglion Yeah I don't believe the explanation they gave either. Seems to me like they deliberately made the change and hoped no one would care or notice and came up with this excuse when caught.

@nhSnork The company seems to only be addressing the posters in the patch notes, and nothing else texture wise... If there were other textures I'm sure eagle eyed fans would have noticed and the company would also make note of restoring them.

How does one "inadvertently" remove specific textures in a game's files and nothing else? Surely there should have been other examples of missing or changed textures.

I went on a grind for the Mr. Sandman badge in New Leaf during the final week of service, saw some cool towns and got the badge. Also went on Tortimer's island to look for some items, never got them but oh well. New Leaf's loading and connection times are so much faster than New Horizons, it's crazy.

Today I played Splatoon for a bit, it made me realize how much faster the first game's matchmaking is. Dunno why Splatoon 3 is so slow but I average 80 to 130 seconds for matchmaking in Splatoon 3 but Splatoon 1 was super quick, like less than 70 seconds on average. Also Squid Jump >>>>>>>>>>> Lobby Holograms.

Played some Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon and that was very fun, the Luigi voiceline spam was funny.

I got booted from the servers around 8:36 EDT while Wonder Trading in Pokemon Y.

@SeantheDon29 @CaleBoi25
Found a video on how to back up badges, better than losing them all but it's time consuming and there isn't a lot of time left.

https://youtu.be/H_--6kvpE8o

Nintendo should provide an update to Badge Arcade that allows users to change their badges without being online. Updates can still be downloaded from the eShop so it's not impossible. All they gotta do is make so you can access the Help Desk without needing to connect online first right? Unless your badges are stored in your account, there is no reason this shouldn't be impossible.

@OctoCallie20 Well cringe is subjective. I personally find all three cringey, especially their buddy talk. It's so artificial.

Nah Shiver and Frye also have no personality. Frye is just Big Man but more energetic. Both are dumb, and give weak arguments for which side they pick in splatfests. Shiver is just rude like Pearl but without the wit. Pearl is funny, Shiver ain't.

I'd point the finger at the localizers and not the developers, since they translate and alter the things the characters say. Octo Expansion's villain has a different motive in the Japanese version, and it's much better than what the English version of its motives are.

@OctoCallie20 All of these idols are cringe with zero personality. They're all so one note.

@Joeynator3000 It's weird to me, because North America is a bigger chunk of the games market than Europe. You'd figure North America would get the same or better treatment.

North America/Europe wins for me, there is so much more to look at.

May he rest in peace, I wish his family and friends well.

The North America/European one is leagues better.

Ray Man emerges from a vortex of Mountain Dew on the North American one.

@Croctopus To me, it sounds like it heals you when you're inside it. The description certainly needed better wording.

@LanceOSX Charizard places at 23 and Pikachu at 38.

@The_Blue_Mage I know, it's why I quit buying them.

Yeesh those prices...

At this point, it might just be easiest to give out the gold reward to all players for two reasons.
1 To Compensate for the glitch.
2 No one would complain.
They'd then have more time to properly address the glitch in the scoring code and it would be without pressure from the fanbase.

I think I made it 50/50. I wonder if one will get a lead over the other, other people keep saying the results are 50/50 too. Maybe the poll is broken?

@Ryu_Niiyama As an introvert, I just do a small wave to greet others if I do a gesture at all.

I just want the platinum points...

@BetaRabbit64 Nintendo would probably need some kind of agreement or license from Google to do that.

My experience has yet to be enhanced.

@RubyCarbuncle Mine goes crazy during Salmon Run when it's docked, so with this it was definitely whirring like mad. Surprised it didn't crash.

This is great! This was on my wish list on the 3DS but I didn't have the funds to buy it before the closure.

It marches for blood.

@Hwatt There was a glitch you could do with the candy pop buds that duplicated pikmin. It was easiest to do with purple pikmin.

You could get up to 1,000 pikmin(probably more) using it but not all of them would follow Oatchi or the player character. It also really slowed down the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WetvlHDaTjc

It's the economy. Money probably won this time because a lot of people are having financial troubles because of inflation.

Pikmin 2>Pikmin 3>Hey! Pikmin>Pikmin 1>Pikmin Bloom.

I haven't played 4 yet so I can't fairly rank it.

I honestly didn't think Hey! Pikmin was that bad, the blurb here says it was "uninspired" but I thought it was a very nice game, with its music being superior to Pikmin 3. The levels were all unique, none of it felt repetitive. It was a good spin-off.

I've had very little reason to change my current splash tag, "Dry Wall" because it's just too funny compared to all the rest.

@AG_Awesome The terrarium jars? Those are Japan only merchandise so getting them would be hard.

Remember that one anniversary where Nintendo sold NES and SNES games for super cheap? Yeah, that was awesome.

@NielsNL I think this will be a universal thing, I don't see why companies would design two different devices, one for the EU market and one for every country outside of it. It'd be cheaper and easier to just manufacture one design and ship it everywhere.