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Well it's not like Nintendo is making a new Star Fox game anytime soon. And the last time they tried, well... maybe it's best for other devs to give the idea a try. Ditto if they actually worked on the series before

I just can't get over how acceleration is automated. I think that's a bridge too far for someone like me who adores driving games.

I'm not saying it can't be fun. Obviously plenty of people are enjoying the game. It's just lacking what I think is an essential element. Imagine if Nintendo made a Mario game that jumped for you.

It's a similar reason to why I dropped Vampire Survivors. The chaos is fun but I need more control over my actions.

Mosslax is all I want now

Hmmm, I break down possible acquisitions like this:

Might as well make it official since they don't really make games for anyone else:

-Intelligent Systems (Fire Emblem, WarioWare)
-HAL (Kirby)
-Good Feel (Yoshi games, Peach Showtime, Kirby's Epic Yarn)
-Jupiter (Picross)
-Shin'en (let em make F-Zero already, they always make Nintendo hardware sing)
-Grezzo (2D Zelda, Zelda remakes)

Then there are the studios that would find the long-term stability they might not otherwise:

-MercurySteam (good on 2D Metroid, Blades of Fire didn't hit)
-Platinum (good on Bayonetta, up and down with other contracted projects)
-Toys for Bob (Crash and Spyro, future is uncertain post-Activision)

And then there's the studios that do fine on their own but I think fit Nintendo. These are more wishful thinking:

-Camelot (Mario Sports for Nintendo, Everybody's Golf elsewhere)
-ArtePiazza (Mario RPG remake for Nintendo, long history of Dragon Quest games for Square-Enix)
-WayForward (Advance Wars 1+2 Remake for Nintendo, contracted work for everyone else on top of their own Shantae series)
-Treasure (don't know what they've been up to to for the last decade but they're still alive)
-SFB (Snipperclips for Nintendo, Crow Country on their own)
-Millennium Kitchen (Natsu-mon is a perfect fit for Nintendo's roster)

Finally, just batshit no chance it happens but it would be exciting:

-Game Freak (they'd finally get room to breath, a proper budget and support from 3D experts like MonolithSoft)
-Bloober Team (just wanna see what horror games Nintendo would let them make)
-Don't Nod (if they can keep doing their own thing, it would add a different flavor to Nintendo's catalogue - explicitly character-story-dialogue driven games)
-BioWare (see Don't Nod. All but impossible to pry away from EA but I'd like to see them flourish under a different publisher)

In reality, Nintendo won't acquire anyone as long they already have a good working partnership. Basically what they've been doing with the studios in the first 2 categories. But it's fun to imagine the possibilities

@VoidofLight You managed to articulate exactly how I feel about New Leaf's soundtrack. Thank you!

I love those old-style RE games but limited inventory never made sense for essential items. I get ammo and healing items, but we should have always been able to pick up stuff like keys and widgets and other story doodads without limitations

I have an AVS From RetroUSB and it's a fantastic FPGA console for playing NES and Famicom cartridges from any region.

Dragon Ball Fusions 2 please. That 3DS game was underrated. Really fun battle system and an original story with custom character too

I'm feelin that Sonic hoodie. But no Knuckles shoes? Come on now

It's definitely technically rough around the edges but it's got heart. I really liked the dual-storylines setup. It's worth checking out for anyone with some interest in Star Trek for sure

Praise be to the gaming gods! Super Sidekicks 3 will be available again! I missed my chance to purchase it before it was delisted from the eshop

I'm not sure if there is a 'catch' to this update. The game seems to run well at 60fps mode on Switch 1. At least from replaying the first couple of levels. It's definitely an improvement over launch day performance

It'd be cool if it was Ufouria The Saga 3. I really liked that last game they released. If it had a little more budget behind it and had less repetitive environments, I would have probably loved it

Let's see, I hope for...

ARMS 2
Luigi's Mansion 4
Ring Fit Adventure 2
Picross 3D Round 3
Super Mario 3D Land HD
New Punch-Out
New Electroplankton
New F-Zero like GX
New Wave Race
New Mario vs DK
Onimusha 3 and Dawn of Dreams HD
Nightmare of Druaga HD
Tekken 8
Ogre Battle SNES and Ogre Battle 64 HD
Fallout 4
Diablo IV
New Etrian Odyssey
Etrian Mystery Dungeon HD
Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 localized for the first time
Castle Crashers 2
Dragon Quest 4-8 HD ports
Dragon Quest 9 HD remake
Fire Emblem Echoes HD
Advance Wars Dual Strike + Days of Ruin Re-Boot Camp

Plus Switch 2 updates for:
Mario & Luigi Brothership
Princess Peach Showtime
Xenoblade Chronicles X

And as always, I put this out into the universe hoping to wish it into existence: OutRun 2006 HD and/or OutRun 3

I don’t expect this game to run perfectly on Switch 1, but if it can look sharper then I'm all for it

@MarioBrickLayer aw man new content for 3D Land would be sweet!

Mario 35th Anniversary gaves us Super Mario 3D All-Stars, so... 40th Anniversary gives us 3D All-Stars 2 with Galaxy 2 and 3D Land? Because that would be awesome. Those are my favorite 3D ones after Sunshine and Odyssey

This game was cool. I wish they had kept Ayami Kojima's art style from Aria of Sorrow. I didn't mind the anime look they went with for Dawn but it was a noticeable difference. Portrait of Ruin is definitely my favorite of the DS trilogy. I hope more people got to check it out with the Dominus Collection

@StuTwo It would be diabolical if they made insanity effects that matched the TV manufacturer. Like if the game detected you were connected to a Samsung TV and so when it does something like the volume sanity trick, it looks like the Samsung UI is flipping out

@jfp I thought they were just stopping at MK4. Hot damn I'm a happy camper!

@AG_Awesome a PS2-era Kollection with Deadly Alliance, Deception, Armageddon and Shaolin Monks (and hell the GBA games too) would go hard

@EarthboundBenjy what if we turned it into a drinking game? Take a shot every time a game is compared to Dark Souls

I am curious, if they hadn't settled on Donkey Kong, what kind of voxel-based game would they have made? Maybe we could have gotten a cool new IP like Splatoon and its drippy-goopy tech, but y'know something destruction-based like Teardown perhaps

@Suketoudara to be fair, I don't think Japan cares too much if Judeo-Christian iconography is used so flippantly. Hell, every other JRPG seems to end with a showdown against God

@Suketoudara i always appreciate a good Electroplankton shout out

@Zeebor15 I hope this leads to a Hotel Dusk / Last Window collection. I never thought they'd revisit Another Code and yet that's exactly what happened. Fingers crossed!

We're gonna see Kong Dongs all over social media aren't we?

@Grumblevolcano man, Saltspray Rig was so good! Newer Splatoon fans should be able to play it Nintendo!

@DennyCrane it doesn’t matter. It’s moo

It really is a moo-t point

@RupeeClock I hate that this made me smile the stupidest grin. Kudos

I…kind of would rather go back to hearing complaints about the game’s price instead of discourse around some virtual billboards. This is like that Spider-Man puddle controversy. That was a non-starter too.

@Angelic_Lapras_King y'know that multi-player mode was pretty solid. I remember full-on Goldeneye-style split screen on the big levels. And then a top-down arena mode I think?

@AG_Awesome this was me too. Then I realized I wasn't that interested in these games to begin with. It was just the allure of getting a game on a deep discount and saying 'it looks kinda interesting' was the excuse to pull the trigger. Now, I'd rather buy less games but spend more on the ones I'm genuinely interested in

@Thomystic 120 fps Mancala

I'll buy whatever's cheapest. Point blank

@RudyC3 wait is that for real?

@Daniel36 ah that's what I get for not paying attention. Thanks for pointing that out!

If this somehow paves the way for a new OutRun or an HD remaster of OutRun 2006, then I'm all for it. Also, Sydney Sweeney as the hot blonde in the passenger seat is perfect casting.

I'm pretty sure Nintendo is charging $80 specifically for Mario Kart World and the rest of their games (and other Switch 2 games for that matter) will be the expected $70. The only other $80 Nintendo games I foresee are the next open-world Zelda, 3D Mario and Animal Crossing. As in, the sequels to their absolute best-selling games. The Kirbys and Fire Emblems and Metroids and Xenoblades and Splatoons and Luigi's Mansions will most likely be $70.

As far as the $80 price tag we're seeing on games like Kirby and the Forgotten Land. It's literally the price of the $60 base game plus the $20 expansion. I don't know why they list it as a 'bundle' since that implies some kind of savings. They should have also communicated that Switch 2 upgrades are already included with NSO + Expansion Pack which many people like myself are already subscribed to. Same reason why we didn't have to pay extra for all those new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tracks these last couple years. It was rolled into the service. Some better communication could have gone a long way

Cool, glad to know NSO + expansion is getting more value between the Switch 2 upgrades and GameCube games

It's the clap button. When you press it, you'll hear applause. This encourages encouragement. Of yourself. Of other players. NOW CLAP!

Rhythm Heaven (new or remake). Kirby's Epic Yarn HD. Super Mario Galaxy 2 HD. Wario Land Shake It. Chibi-Robo HD. Custom Robo HD. Star Fox Collection. F-Zero GX HD. Wave Race. Captain Toad 2. ARMS 2. Mother 3 at long last

Kirby's Epic Yarn please.

Chibi-Robo please.

Rhythm Heaven please.

Plus the obligatory Wind Waker HD, Super Mario Galaxy 2 HD, Metroid Prime 2 + 3 Remastered request

Looks awesome. I thought Dodgeball Academia was pretty cool

@-wc- well, I'd like to think the sustainable businesses have a nice mix of stuff everyone wants with stuff that's more limited appeal. The burgers and fries was just an extreme example. On the rare occasion I go to a fancy restaurant, I usually find they still have menu items for the normies alongside their signature five star dishes.

Bringing it back to games, it's fine to distribute low-profile pixel platformers and bullet hell shmups but it's a big risk to build your entire business around that. Limited Run Games is far from perfect, but they balance out their catalogue. For every Raiden and Anodyne, they have a Turok or Yakuza.

I don't think there's anything wrong with the boutique limited print run business model. But take one quick glance at the catalogues of Strictly Limited Games or First Press Games and it makes me wonder how these companies can survive off of releasing only niche games. Many times these games have expensive collector's editions which can't be cheap or easy to manufacture. It's like running a restaurant and you only have fancy crepes and roasted quail. That's cool for the handful of people that want that. But you gotta put some burgers and fries on that menu if you want to keep the lights on.

Aw heck yeah! I never had interest in Slay the Spire but Monster Train hooked its claws deep. Can’t wait.

@N00BiSH I think they're saying Imamura can't enjoy the game as is since it triggers bad memories of the QA process. If the game was remade, he could experience the game like the rest of us fans since he would have no part in its development.

@brakeman90 well, if it's any comfort, the text size is super tiny even on a 50" LED TV. I tried playing on Xbox Game Pass and my eyes were struggling. I’m not sure who this font is for