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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.

@Dev-N
I'll be so upset if this game goes the way of Dream Buffet before I get the chance to play it.

I started playing this on my laptop last month. Its a lot of fun, I recommend.

@AussieMcBucket
When Kirby Adventure Wii first came out, my dad went to all these game stores asking for it and they all kept giving him Epic Yarn. If you don't follow Persona, I wouldn't blame you for not immediately knowing P5X is the gatcha mobile game, P4U is the fighting game, P5S is the musou-esque spin-off and P6X is the next mainline entry.

@AussieMcBucket
Not, of course, to be confused with Persona 5 The Phantom X for mobile devices.

@UpsideDownRowlet
I was gonna say.
It doesnt matter how much thematic sense it makes for X to be punch upwards and B to be punch downwards, nothing will make jumping on A feel intuitive.

That comment about Aonuma intentionally designing the button placement to be a certain way reminded me of how Sonic Frontiers lets the player completely configure the players top speed, acceleration, air drag and several other components of the character controller which a more confident studio would just lock the player to the ideal settings.

I definitely agree that remapping should be available for accessibility reasons, but for general played experience outside of that I can understand the conflict between letting the player play however they want vs keeping the developer's creative vision intact.

@Bass_X0
...if anything, the lack of accessibility to the previously numbered entry makes the newer entry harder for a lot of people to get into. I certainly won't be playing Prime 4 until I've played the other two games. This isn't like how I've had no desire to buy new Mario Parties when old ones are on N64 Classics; these 4 games are one ongoing evolving series.

@GameOtaku
I suppose, but I can't imagine a lot of players would avoid avoid buying Prime 4 if they have access to Prime 2. Maybe that's naive, but they're numbered entries in a series. If you've already played the first three, surely you're already invested enough to play the last, no? At the very least, I can't imagine anyone feels like Prime 2 is interchangeable or will financially compete with Prime 4 what with the completely different setting and mechanics. In fact...

@EarthboundBenjy
I'll concede on that.
I heard rumblings on there being a character named Stelux or something returning from previous entries but I don't pretend to know anything about Prime 2 or 3.

I find the complaints that the Switch 2 lacks colour kinda amusing since it's literally the most colourful Nintendo, console I've ever owned.

My GBA SP, DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Grey Joy-Con Switch, all monochrome. I think even my GameCube is grey. But the Switch 2 has these really cool accents. I really hope they release a bundle with the new purple and green because they look really classy.

@Bass_X0
Why would anyone play Prime 4 without having played Prime 2 first?

@Dee123
I wish they added it earlier

@cvrator
I'd rather lose every game console and game I own than live in America, you have my deepest and most sincere condolences /j

@Markatron84
A week after, I was with a member of staff afterwards who was looking through all the lost property on his iPad. I saw lots of lost phones and passports and other valuables which put my problems into perspective. As frustrating as it was to lose my Switch 2, at least it can be replaced.

@kmtrain83
It felt like a bad dream in the moment.
I received it as a gift and thought everyone would be really upset with me.
I was so embarrassed, I literally felt like I shouldn't be left responsible for anything afterwards.
Everyone was really kind and understanding though.
I'm trying to be more alert going forward.

@Luigia
Thanks for the kind words. I got mine on Amazon so it's probably not insured, though maybe it should've been.

Worse than the financial element, it's just really embarrassing. I thought I was too grown-up to do something like that, but I just wasn't paying attention. It's such a stupid mistake, I want to go back in time and slap my past self.

But its too late to go back and fix it, so I can only be grateful that I only lost a game system and some games instead of anything irreplaceable.

Also I still have the Switch 1 and a newfound appreciation for the idiot-proofness of digital games.