Uncle_Franklin

At last, it's Uncle Franklin's Top 5 Underrated Kirby Games:

1) Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
2) Kirby's Blowout Blast
3) Kirby's Dream Land 2
4) Kirby's Dream Buffet
5) Kirby's Pinball Land

Pretty lacklustre isn't it?

I remember from the first pop up store they had flat caps that were cool.

"Dresses like an Australian's nightmare."
-Ian Faith, This Is Spinal Tap

I demand Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World.

Hook it to my veins!

I distrust people who like Funko Pops.

I'm looking forward to the new Pokemon Inflation Tracker app.

I think it would be stupid and shortsighted if they don't replace the scheme.

There have been times when I've persuaded myself to buy a game that I otherwise wouldn't have, because the gold points knocked off a quid or two.

If you get the Switch 2, you're buying the next Mario and Zelda whatever happens, but it's 3rd party developers and indies (and even lesser Nintendo franchises) that would lose out, and knowing Nintendo's tendency to implode after a success, I think they'd do well to keep developers on side.

With Mainland China looking set to invade Taiwan in the next couple of years,
this seems an odd thing to do now.

Seems a bit of a PR own goal for very little gain.

More than most retro games,
Tomb Raider to me seems to be a very particular snapshot in time,
and should probably stay there.

@Overzeal

Why do you not consider business owners as part of "we"?

@defective1up

Which tariffs and countries are you referring to?

@batmanbud2

How long are you anticipating "in due time" to be?

What do you quantify as "better for it"?

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 94

Japan: 90

North America: 108

Australia and New Zealand: 1

Mario Land 3 is still my favourite,
but I'm a little surprised that it ranks so high with everyone else.

I'm Team Hideki.

Just give people a choice, you can get access to games for X amount a year, or you can buy individual games outright.

@MeloMan

I'd buy some Mario condoms,
P balloons they could be called.

Cuphead trading cards are apparently coming, but I can't find much information about it.

To be honest, I always knew that at the age of 38 that I'd be spending Valentine's Day with Wario Land 4.

Sports games don't need gimmicky nonsense,
which is why the older ones are better.
Just keep the gameplay the same,
add new characters and locations from the new Mario adventure titles. Done.

Mario Tennis 64, brilliant gameplay, no ***** interrupting the flow.
Same with Golf on N64 and GameCube.

A list of 98 games isn't much better than the eshop itself.

I want Epic Yarn.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 94

Japan: 89

North America: 108

Australia and New Zealand: 1

Strange there isn't anything Donkey Kong yet.

Encouraging.
I feel like Nintendo is entering a new paradigm, and will release software on Switch as well as Switch 2 if the hardware can handle it, bit like how Sega used to do.
I'm not convinced that Switch 2 will reach the install base of the Switch, not least because of the economoc situation, so we could see Switch 2 and Switch exist alongside each other akin to PS4 and PS5.
I don't envision it being a GBA 'third pillar' scenario.

IT'S HAPPY HOUR!

Dragonite is the coolest.

Can't see any overworld maps in these images.

Scalpers got hold of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and sold it for less than Nintendo's price.

Nintendo was never going to step on their Christmas sales, so the thing to do would have been to release that ***** Switch 2 trailer on January 2nd to get ahead of the leaks,
announce the date for a Direct in February detailing the games for the new system.

Nintendo have the option to hire me for the small sum of five cinnamon and raison bagels a week.

I feel like "Beyond" is Metroid Prime's release date rather than its name.

Hot dog.
Hot dog.
Hot dog.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 93

Japan: 89

North America: 107

Australia and New Zealand: 1

Doesn't look anything like Donkey Kong 64.

Why does this country continue to go backwards?

I want more tracks like Yoshi's Island,
and more characters like Kamek.

I don't need any gimmicky nonsense.

Much better game than 3D World, the levels are much tighter because they don't have to accomodate for four players.

I feel like you only need one of these types of games, and I already have the delightful Doraemon one.

What an appalling port.

@HammerGalladeBro

Oh right, interesting.

I suppose in English we use ass to mean foolish.

@HammerGalladeBro

How does the new design evoke a donkey?

Supposedly the reason he is called donkey is because Nintendo were looking for the word stubborn ('stubborn as a mule', I guess), and the new design looks goofier, not more stubborn. Nor does it look more like an actual donkey for that matter.

If you're spending millions on pokemon cards,
you kind of deserve to be duped.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 92

Japan: 89

North America: 106

Australia and New Zealand: 1

Boo hoo, you're breaking my heart.

"Uncivilised but not unenjoyable."

Stop stealing from my dating profile!

@johnedwin

I use a laptop with a touchpad.

I have no interest in the mouse functionality whatsoever.
As you were.

Better than I remember this one.

Sounds like a cool guy.