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@larryisaman
Don't suppose you'd count Pokken

@MirrorFate2
Yeah, I saw that too.
This was the perfect opportunity to make the Korone DLC international and they ended up doing the opposite. Weird company.

@PeteyPiranha
Well now you'll HAVE to buy Crosswords 😆

Normally I'm not that bothered when a game is a key card, but this one just completely stumps me.

The thing that makes this a definitive edition is that it includes all the free DLC. But if you have to download the game via the cart, you're just downloading the DLC anyway just as you would for base Frontiers. The only value including the DLC could possibly have would be for historians if the data was on the cart and they could play it in the future when the eShop goes down. But that's impossible for a key card.

I'm probably in the minority, but its in the same boat as Mario Tennis Fever for me where the lack of meaningful single-player content makes it unappealing. I know there are some party modes, but I want a full-fledged story mode or list of missions. The P-Switches were a big highlight of MKW for me.

@ArcadianLegend99
Surely we can't expect a new 3D Kirby announced so soon after Star-Crossed World, right?
I would be over the moon but I don't want to get my hope up.

Ring Fit 2!
PLEASE!!!

@LastFootnote
It's already sold out and the reviews on the store site are glowing.

Less than two months.

Unless the next one is a masterpiece, I'm definitely not watching it in the cinema lol.

Digital games actually have way more longevity than physical if you're a clumsy clutz like me who keeps losing your games.

That being said, physical games online are almost always cheaper...

Damn, was hoping for the alt colour Joy-Cons.

That being said, idk if I'd even like Pokopia considering how much I couldn't get into Animal Crossing after the credits rolled. I just can't play a game without any structure or direction.

@benmalsky198
You're right that calling the film vapid and saying it didn't meet my standards is a narrow-minded way of saying I didn't love it, especially considering many other people adore it.

I think the truth is we all look for different things in our media. I find it really satisfying when story threads and character moments tie together and lead up to some kind of emotional pay-off and its something I take for granted in all the media I watch. I felt like that was something the first movie did well and Galaxy wasn't interested in. When I left the cinema, all I could think about was all the stories the film toyed with but never followed through on. That's where the empty unsatisfied feeling comes from for me, but I recognise that other people won't feel the same way.

@gcunit
🤣
Thank you for the levity.
I get so passionate about this subject, but at the end of the day I enjoy seeing just how contentious and divisive opinions on this film are.
It's important we try to understand each other and not take it all too seriously.

@BrianJL
I know these kinds of comments are directed at the critics who already didn't enjoy the 1st film and not directed at me... but I can't help feeling misunderstood when people say that disappointment with the film comes from misguided expectations when my bar for a compelling narrative and satisfying character writing was set at the first film, and my disappointment stems from how I felt Galaxy fell way short of that standard.

But also I'm completely thrown because I entered the cinema with the belief that I'd adore any film with Mario in it irrespective of its quality and to discover that I was entirely wrong on that and that I actually have strict standards has shaken me to my very core and made me question my very identity.

@Solomon_Rambling
The sugar analogy is super apt.
As visually stimulating as the film was to watch, it left me feeling really empty when reflecting on it right afterwards. I remember buzzing with excitement after the first movie, but for this one all I can think about is all the threads left unresolved and how nothing really left an impact.

The next film could introduce a billion cool characters, but if they don't do anything satisfying with them then whats the point? If the characters aren't characters, they're just 3D models, I can't connect to any of it on any meaningful level.

It's all so vapid, I can't get excited about more of this. I really hope the next one is more like the first movie because otherwise I'm not interested.

This reads so bloody haughty that I can only assume it's another mistranslation.

Nep Nep guy rejoices

@dudujencarelli
I can only speak for myself, but I find it really hard to replay games. All of the surprise factor disappears and it all just feels pointless when I'm working towards goals I've already accomplished. A curiosity for where the story will go or what new mechanics and worlds I'll undercover is my primary motivation for playing anything. When you've played it all before, it feels like the equivalent of chewing gum long after the flavour fades.

@TheWokesterGamer
Ring Fit be like

I'm pretty excited for this one, I hope it's as good as Woolly World.

The mechanics and ideas that come from mixing objects and enemies to create new results has wild potential.
However the real question is on how varied these mechanics will get and if the level design will take full advantage.

I'd love to see a level with Frubbles where you have to keep changing his bubble type with fruit or mud or whatever to advance:
You give an apple to one Frubble to make big bubbles so can carry a mud bucket up to a 2nd Frubble to make muddy bubbles that let you slowly descend down to another area you'd otherwise not be able to reach.

I hope gatcha is encompassed by the Paid Random Items rating, though I wonder if the fact that gatcha games give you some free rolls will exempt it.

@garfreek
I dont understand why everyone keeps saying Nintendo made it easier to track down collectables, seeing as all they did was display the P Switches you've already found. Unless you input them into a website guide to highlight the ones you're missing, there's still no in-game indication of where any of the missing P Switches are.

There's a bit in Skyward Sword where you need to swim around the forest finding music tadpoles. When you've found most of them, the game unlocks dowsing so you can track them easier. There's also these beacon items you can get in Skyward Sword's Silent Realms that give you an indication where the collectable seeds are. I wish MKW let you use either of these so I could get 100% of all the things easier.

@cyrus_zuo
I wish I could play the game like this.
Every time I try to be creative and take rails or launch off the street poles I end up going so much slower than I would be if I just stuck to the ground. I really wish they did more to encourage you to use the cool movement in this game, I don't understand why wall running and rail grinding should ever be slower than normal driving.

@kkslider5552000
That's weird though, no?
Why is Nintendo doing subtle discounts for their massively popular products instead of doing larger discounts highlighting and promoting games that are otherwise flying under the radar?

@ROMhaiku
I prefer to get games digitally when they're cheaper, but only because I'm an idiot who has lost lots of physical games over the years.

@1UP_MARIO
Unfortunately there's no upgrade path for 3D World to get Bowser's Fury.

Odd that there's Mario RPG, but no TTYD or Brothership.

@metaphysician
I was gonna make a big fuss that all of these games are much cheaper second hand, but I checked CEX and it's only Mario RPG that's substantially cheaper (£25).

Luigi's Mansion 3 (£32) & Mario Maker 2 (£30) are barely cheaper than this sale.

Jamboree (£45, £55), DKCHD (£42) & Bowser's Fury (£38) cost more than the sale.

So uhhh... that's me told lol.

It's funny that the article calls the port "lazy" as if the people working on it had lofty ambitions but didn't have the energy to make something better (as opposed to this being their vision from the start of the project based on the budget and timeline alloted.)

I don't mean this as a criticism, I just find the word "lazy" in gaming discourse kinda odd, especially considering just how much time and effort goes into making anything game-related. If you asked me to take the Pokemon FireRed mod and add Mystery Gift items, that'd occupy me for a good few months at least.

@Bizzyb
I understand that gameplay is more important than visuals, but this upgrade has no gameplay changes and only serves to enhance the visuals.
If the playerbase feels that the visual-enhancing upgrade doesn't enhance the visuals (or even downgrade them), it stands to reason that they'd be unhappy, no?
You can't focus on the gameplay ramifications since there literally aren't any.

@Quick_Man
I gave it a shot (I'm playing crosseyed instead of using a peripheral) and the dual-hand control scheme just doesn't work with the Joy-Con's dual analogue layout where they're at different heights. It just made everything way too confusing.

It functions sort of like the final boss of my favourite game of all time (UnWiished) so I'll probably give it another shot with the right-directions mapped to the buttons. I'm so glad they let us remap the buttons

Or you can be a psychopath like me, buy neither accessory and play VB by crossing your eyes. It's definitely not ideal, but it's free and 3D.

The auto local time thinks it's happening in 2025. I had a solid minute of "how can the 27th be a Thursday if today is the 20th and it's a Friday" and thought I was losing my mind/bad at math.

In other news, they just added this game to Nintendo Music. Very sensible.

@somnambulance
They must have incredible imaginations lol.
As soon as Tom Nook stopped having explicit directions on what tasks I needed to do to advance the game, I bounced off it and couldn't make my way back.
You're supposed to make your own fun, but I just couldn't make it happen.

@deecas
Does it rhyme with Blame Tree Lard?

@somnambulance
Unless you're me who finished with Animal Crossing shortly after reaching the credits.

I mean, credits mean that the game is beaten, right? 😁

I'm half asleep and thought the title said "Returnal"

@Oldstalk
It's definitely not an absolute requirement, lots of multiplayer games have little to no single player.

At the same time, is it really too much to ask to want both? Splatoon & Kirby Air Riders are also amazing multiplayer games which just so happen to have single player modes that are excellent in their own rights.

What is an adventure mode if not something to satisfy people who want to play single-player?

@Anti-Matter
Funnily enough, I was actually thinking of Splatoon as a actual substantial and enjoyable single player champaign that I wish Mario Tennis would use as an example in terms of scope for a real adventure mode (as opposed to the glorified tutorials this game and Aces use instead.)

Like... Splatoon has a proper story and 3D platforming. The single player is a fully fledged video game in its own right.

We know that Camelot can make top-callibre RPGs like Golden Sun. And every time they make a Mario sports game, they always advertise the story mode because they know people loved it in the GB games. But it's always an afterthought and its such a waste. I wasn't even surprised this time because I was already burned on Aces, but it's just so deflating.

@Dev-N
It's probably a silly thing to want from a multiplayer party game, but I wish Camalot would go full on Golden Sun on one of these RPG single player modes in these Mario sports games. I want to explore a world and have a melodramatic story, but all the random encounters are quick tennis matches.

I'll never forgive Labo for replacing the Wii U tab on Nintendo's official website.

I know that time marches on and old consoles stop being a part of the present, but it was bittersweet to see it happen. It felt like the end of an era.

Whelp, still no Bluey in the top 40.
I wonder if they'd need to release a new title to bring in more sales.

@Faucet
They confirmed on Nintendo Today just now that the headset is required.

@Strawblaze
The US pricing is absolutely absurd considering you don't even get the Virtual Boy controllers with it.

In the UK it's going for £67 which is the same as getting a physical copy of Bananza or a digital copy of Mario Kart. I'd argue even that's still too much unless you're a collector.

It would really suck because I want to play Wario Land but don't want to buy a cardboard headset.

@Moonlessky
But if that's the case, what did they use for the footage of this trailer?
Is it just a mock-up because it would look really ugly to have the VR display visual on a phone trailer?

My only question going into the trailer was if we're allowed to play these games n 2D without the peripheral and unfortunately they still haven't been upfront about it.

Edit: They've added an article to Nintendo Today that confirms its required. So bizarre.

I just realised that the music for Balancing Act is just part of the vocal track that plays during Wario Land 4's first level. That's so cool!

I wish I liked New Horizons.
I loved playing the tutorial, but as soon as the game stopped giving me things to work towards and instead told me to make my own fun, I immediately bounced off it. Every time I try to revisit the game I find nothing to do.

I really couldn't seem to enjoy the original FF7 past when you leave Midgar, but the entire Midgar section was one of the best RPGs I've ever played.

I've been enjoying the remake on my PS5 and I love how it basically only covers the part of the original game that I enjoyed.