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My hope is that when these sell millions of units Nintendo will rethink whether they should let people give them free money for buying classic games.

@Eek132 I'm actually so happy. Spending $20 on a great classic game that I get to keep forever? Yes please.

I'm so glad it's not NSO. I can actually buy a classic game individually at last. I hope these do extremely well and convince Nintendo to let us buy other games from their classic catalogue.

I really hope this team gets another crack with Prime 5. People forget but Samus Returns was kinda mid too. But then that team went on to make Dread which was fantastic. Game development is hard and you only learn by doing.

@metaphysician That's why Nintendo being their own biggest shareholder is really important. They can play the long game. They know certain decisions will upset shareholders in the short term. But they don't have to care. It reminds me of how their stock prices dropped after they delayed Animal Crossing for a few months. But then that game went on to now be the second highest selling Switch game. The long term plan worked out.

The DKCR HD free update is amazing. Absolutely one of the best 2d platformers of all time now.

@N8tiveT3ch unfortunately it seems like that’s going to remain the definitive version of those games for a while.

@kmtrain83 see when I go back to games from the Wii era or older it’s like taking a breath of fresh air. No vrr, allm, 120hz+, hdr, dlc, v bucks, quality vs performance, drm, dlss, or any of that other crap. It’s just you and the game. And often times they’re better designed than any of the modern mediocrity with all those ‘conveniences.’ Now I do enjoy me some modern games. But going back to the greats from the standard definition days is like enjoying a well aged fine wine. Nothing better.

This game was great. I really am due for another play through. It was literally the last Wii game I got brand new. Good times….

Yeah this is unironically one of my favorite games of all time. Already my 3rd most played Switch game after Smash and Mario Kart 8. Game is like crack.

@N8tiveT3ch yeah…. You got the trilogy version? If not You could always buy a wii or wii u and then buy the physical version of prime trilogy. It’d probably only set you back a few hundred dollars……

And there goes any hope of an HD Remaster. Oh well.

There should have been a yard sign that said:

Biden: Console prices go down

Trump: Console prices go up

If they make a Ditto or a Gyarados one. Or Espeon. Well I'll have to get them....

I mean if tariffs suddenly increase to 2,000% they're going to have to raise prices. So it's just smart business sense not to make any promises you know you might not be able to keep. This is why stability in international trade is really good. Stability means people and businesses can actually make plans for the future.

I played this back on PS4 when it first came out. I vividly remember the opening hours. Because of what happens. And then I remember having a rather good time with it overall. But I honestly don't remember much else about it.

I love watching movies on blu-ray. You get better quality than streaming because of the higher bit rate. And you get to keep the movie.

Still haven't finished it. I really like it so far. Is it as good as the prior trilogy? No. But it's certainly not terrible. At least not yet. Maybe it'll take a turn.

Wow. I definitely didn’t think Metroid Other M 2 was gonna go full horror. But I’m absolutely open to the idea.

Honestly it really saddens me how indifferent so many people seem to be about whether games are made by people or not. Here’s the thing. Every single game that you love is the way it is because a living breathing human being with their own hopes and dreams and fears and loves made it that way. I think of Yoshiaki Koizumi crafting much of the world and characters in Majora’s Mask. Or writing Rosalina’s storybook. Or Hideo Kojima making a game where you fight the former President of the US on the roof of a library. Every game that is special is special because of the people who lovingly and laboriously poured their hearts and souls and creativity into their works. And having games made by people who love games for people who love games should be reason enough for AI to be turned away from in the industry. Because what I love about this medium isn’t how quickly the next game in my favorite series comes out. What I love about it is exploring amazing worlds that were created with absolute craft and care by amazingly talented people. And it’s sad that so many people are seemingly okay with this industry becoming even more heartless and cold and impersonal than it already is. As if the rest of the world isn’t already cold and impersonal and heartless enough.

@Jhena even outside of the whole ownership and preservation thing. It’s just nice not needing to download or install so much data on your system. Prime 4 is like 30 gigs as a download. I ain’t got room for that.

Hey, some good news. This is why voicing your opinion about things can be really important. If nobody voiced their disapproval of game key cards Nintendo would never have made this move.

Over the years I’ve become completely in favor of anyone and everyone protecting their IP rights. So good on ‘em.

Oh please say that it’s so

As a Gamer I really miss President Biden. Games were cheaper. Consoles were cheaper. Controllers were cheaper. Everything game related was cheaper. Biden truly was the Gamer’s President.

@justin233 the Switch 2 might melt itself with 16 players flying all over the place at top speed for longer than 7 minutes.

We do still have antitrust laws on the books. It’s just a shame nobody wants to vote in someone who will actually enforce them. Oh well. I’m sure massive media conglomerates being bought up by other media conglomerates won’t have any negative impacts on consumers. Just keep on letting them have their way. Why bother stopping them now?

@Charlirnie fanbombing. Aka. Gamer’s opinions.

Kirby Air Riders is the stuff gamers should dream of. An absolutely lovingly made game with tons and tons of content for both single player and multiplayer. Split screen local multiplayer, local wireless, and online multiplayer. Insane options and customization. It’ll take literally hundreds of hours before everything the game has to offer is seen. All for one upfront price with no micro transactions or paid gambling mechanics. If gamers don’t want to support a game like this then they should not dare complain when the industry continues its slide into live service junk.

I’ve already put over twenty hours into this game and haven’t touched the customization at all. I’ve barely even played Road Trip. This game is like crack. I keep telling myself I’m just gonna play one more match. It’s never just one more.

I gotta say as someone who’s getting the deluxe edition. That box art is so lame.

Game companies should be careful. There is a solid and devoted fanbase who love the art form that companies risk losing forever if they don’t make the right moves. I’m one of them. I’ve got a backlog that will take the rest of my life to get through. I could be a loyal customer for decades to come. Or I could never drop another penny on the industry. It’s really up to the companies.

Unfortunately he’s right. Consumers, gamers especially, are very bad at standing up for themselves and demanding better from the companies they buy from. It’s sad, really.

I don’t know why 31% even frequents a Nintendo website if they’re not gonna play Nintendo games.

I ain’t ever had a problem with it. Played a ton of Smash using it.

The all digital future will not be good. Is it inevitable? Almost certainly. But that does not mean it will be good. I bought the original Sonic 3 with the original music for my Genesis not long ago. 30 years after its initial release. That’s the beauty of physical media. I have first edition books by Edna Ferber that are literally over 100 years old. When physical media is gone for games, the industry will be much worse off. You will own nothing. You will pay whatever the game company says you will pay. And when servers and services are shut down you will not be able to go back and experience the games you love. I can play a 30 year old Sonic game exactly as it was at launch. I can read my 100+ year old books and read the same print and paper as World War One soldiers did in the trenches. Those are experiences that we are losing as things become more digital. Is it the reality of the situation that digital is the future? Yes. But you are delusional if you think it will be a good thing. It’s already not a good thing. And it will get worse as physical media continues to decline.

@TerribleTerabytes some losing battles are worth fighting for. I don’t want to hear anyone dare complain about game prices when physical media no longer exists. Right now games still have a second hand market to compete with. When it’s all digital, companies will have complete control over pricing. If you think $70 games are too expensive. Just wait.

@breach187 This. If I could hook up a 9tb hdd that cost me $80 it wouldn’t be a problem. But express cards are really pricey. I want to have as little data to download as possible.

Want Chrono Cross

I've come to the conclusion that commenters on this site are like MAGA supporters. They're completely insulated from reality. People on this site think Nintendo is the worst, greediest company on the planet and that they haven't released any games on the Switch 2. And MAGA folk think that a small electoral victory a year ago meant they could unleash all of their right wing policies without any care in the world.

But then you have reality. The Switch 2 is breaking records in sales. Poeple are playing and loving Donkey Kong and Mario Kart and are excited for Kirby and Metroid. And similarly people absolutely hate the MAGA policies. They don't like the tariff inflation. They don't like the deportations. And the reality is that MAGA just got demolished at the ballot box.

People on this site are becoming as insulated in their hate for Nintendo as MAGA folk are insulated in thinking prices are actually going down.

Anyone gonna still claim we’re not in a recession? This has been the worst year for jobs since 2009.

Very healthy industry.

Thanks Mr. President.

Patents and video games don’t mesh well. Copyright infringement is one thing and I have no problem with companies protecting their copyrights. But patents are way too broad and end up stifling creativity and competition in the industry. Don’t like them at all. It’d be like if a book publisher tried to patent the use of certain words.

The jump from 3ds to Switch was way too big way too fast for Gamefreak. And they haven’t scaled up at all to compensate. Going from a system that’s between the N64 and GameCube in terms of power to a full HD console is just too big of a jump. From Red and Green all the way to Sun and Moon, mainline pokemon games pushed their handheld consoles to the limits of what they’re capable of. But on the Switch they don’t. Instead they feel like 3ds games on a system capable of much more.

If EA actually cared about helping their workers. They’d make all AI use completely optional. They’d give workers the choice on how they want to implement it or not. But they don’t care. So mandatory it is.

This one was hard for me. I really like both. I think the more illustrated look to the NA/EU cover just tips it in favor of that one.

If you went back to 2008 and said that Xbox would be a 3rd party in less than 20 years. Nobody would have believed you. It’s utterly baffling how badly the Xbox brand was mismanaged after the 360. More competition is always good for the industry. And Xbox effectively bowing out of the console race will probably not be good for the long term health of it.

“co-develop transformative generative AI models, tools, and workflows that empower EA’s artists, designers, and developers to reimagine how games are made.”

Translation:
“We’re firing artists, designers, and developers to reimagine how investors can make quick money by slashing workforce costs by replacing people with AI.”