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@Teksette thank you! Nice profile pic, btw. I definitely feel that hesitation on starting big games, though. But what I’m liking about Guardians of Azuma is that it’s easy to play for small chunks at a time. I like to hop in and do a few in-game days when I can and I’ve been slowly chipping away at the story. I don’t feel too much pressure to finish it all at once, which is nice.

Still playing a lot of Guardians of Azuma myself. It’s my first Rune Factory game and I’m absolutely addicted!

Forgot this game existed but impressed it’s still around. Still wish they had made a regular game instead of the freemium model, thought. I suppose one of these days I’ll check it out.

I do have a strong nostalgia for all those licensed GB/GBA games back in the day. Might have to check it out.

User reviews are honestly pretty useless since many of them tend to be in absolutes. Games/movies/shows/etc are either 10/10 perfection or 0/10 trash. And whichever users actually give nuanced reviews get lost in the sea of others. You also have the problem of there being no way to verify that a user has actually played or seen the thing they’re reviewing. Wouldn’t surprise me if a lot of 0/10s for MK are people upset at the price tag who haven’t bought a Switch 2 yet

At that price it’ll definitely be a barebones experience. That was my biggest problem with some recent Nintendo sports games like the Mario soccer one. Just isn’t enough to do

@Solomon_Rambling Absolutely. I also think majority of review readers only scroll down to the bottom to see the score. Which is a shame because most reviews have a lot of nuance in the article itself that isn’t captured by a simple score out of 10.

Agree on the price point. I don’t think it was anything unexpected. Just a reality of inflation and increasing costs, unfortunately.

I truly wonder how this game is going to do on the Switch 2 when Mario Kart World came out the same year. Especially since with all the DLC it’ll be quite pricey.

As cool as Melee would be, do we think there’s a reasonable chance it’s coming? It’s odd the 64 Smash Bros has yet to be released.

Thinking this means the game will shadowdrop early is the height of wishful thinking lol

Young Pauline and Cranky in the same game? The people who care about DK lore are in shambles right now.

GameStop is the guy who can’t read the room

Can’t imagine transferring the same pokemon from gen to gen like that and then losing them. Personally I always start fresh even though I’ve been playing these games since the GB. Each gen has a new team to use and is a new adventure.

It’s fine, but definitely more of a sandbox. Fun to explore if you just feel like cruising. That said, it is baffling there is no tracker for the P Switches and Peach coins though.

@OrtadragoonX Based upon your performance, you can be awarded up to 3 stars that are displayed next to the gold cup for that Grand Prix. Usually getting first in every race is enough to get 3 stars (though older games have made it much harder). So if you got the gold cup but say you only got first in one of the four races, you’d probably get either one star or no stars. It’s just an added little thing to go for.

I go till I get the gold cup then move on. Over time I’ll hop back in and try to get every cup to 3 stars, but I’m not going to prevent myself from unlocking stuff just to see some shiny stars next a cup lol

I like that it’s the first Mario Kart in awhile that feels like it tried something new. The connecting courses, the open world, and the variety of track possibilities is so unlike anything they’ve done before. It truly feels fresh.

Having ample stock definitely paid off. Glad Nintendo was able to (mostly) meet demand

Poll is a good reminder of how the online criticisms you see aren ‘t always representative of the majority’s experience.

@jolteon23 Correct, director’s cut is currently only on Switch 2

Aside from Mario Kart, none of the other launch titles were grabbing me, so I double dipped. Just love Yakuza so much and was interested in playing this again now that I’ve finished the series. So far I’m loving it! It looks fantastic and feels like a true upgrade from the original.

I guess I’m definitely in the minority on liking the English dub. The Japanese is nice, but overall I prefer to be able to understand what they’re saying. It’s especially nice when they’re talking during gameplay so you can focus on what you’re doing without also trying to read text. Offers a new experience too since I already played it once with the Japanese voices.

As for the raid mode, it does seems pretty tacked on. Fun if you just want to enjoy the beat ‘em up gameplay and play as other characters, but otherwise there doesn’t seem to be a point to it? Other than earning money to unlock and upgrade characters that is. Big roster, but it’s a shame it doesn’t have a little more depth to it to give you a reason to grind out the money. Still, I’m not mad about having something extra to do.

Glad to finally see this review. The key part to me is that you said none of the mini games are something you’re likely to want to play again. If that’s the case, it doesn’t seem worth it to me. Would’ve been nice to have something in there that you’d want to play again and again, or something that had a bit more depth gameplay wise.

I’d say 2.5 - 3 hours for me. But in all honesty, I haven’t played Mario Kart in handheld for longer than 2 hours in one period. And I haven’t had to stop for low battery yet, but it will be pretty close to empty when I’m done.

It’s funny how Sega just casually tosses games like this into a Yakuza game lol

@SwitchplayerJohn as far as I can tell, question blocks and peach coins just unlock stickers. That said, I haven’t gotten all the question blocks at a course yet, so not sure if there’s an additional thing.

As for karts, they seem entirely to unlock based on coins earned. Every 100, at least initially.

@ParsnipHero Fortunately the costumes are not RNG! Depending on what area you’re in, the food bags give a different costume if applicable. So for instance, when you’re in one of the beach areas, the food will unlock the swimsuit costume for whoever (if they have one).

At the moment it takes a little guess work but I’m sure guides will narrow down what costume is unlocked where, and you can just do it in free roam mode.

@ParsnipHero I agree. It’s also weird Baby Daisy and Baby Rosalina are defaults when adult Daisy and Rosalina need to be unlocked lol

The transformation unlocks are a tad annoying because of how RNG it is. But hey, it’s nice to have something to work for

@DwaynesGames my thing with Welcome Tour is that it looks fairly on par with the games the 3DS came with. There were the Mii Plaza minigames, the AR card thing, and Face Raiders. So did those 3 games raise the cost of a 3DS? I guess they must have. At $10 though, it doesn’t feel like something that should be an extra purchase when Nintendo has included similar games with a system before.

And as far as the bundle, the 3DS had bundles that included Mario Kart or Animal Crossing or whatever and they still included the other pack-in 3DS games. PS5 does the same thing where Astro Bot is still included even if you get a bundle. I guess the Mario Kart bundles wouldn’t cost $10 more then if that’s what Nintendo is valuing Welcome Tour at.

I don’t begrudge anyone for buying the game, but it is a hard pill to swallow when other game companies — and Nintendo themselves in the past — have included such titles for free.

This is exactly why Nintendo didn’t make Welcome Tour free. They just know their audience, man.

I’ve been playing this all day. Nuff said lol

I’m a tad confused by that last bit. There is a “hidden” option to unlock medals for the games that require other hardware. So you can technically 100% the game without playing those? Or are you still somehow locked out of something? Guess I’ll just need to look up videos.

@DominionGamma I won’t be able to relax until I have the thing in my hand haha

@Zuljaras I’m one of the Mario Kart addicts, I’m afraid. I was fully prepared to wait but the new MK just looked too cool haha. That and Donkey Kong next month.

Nintendo knows how to get me, I guess

Thanks for scaring me, NL!

It looks neat, but I just can’t shake the feeling I’d play it for an hour or two and then never touch it again.

A two year expiration? That’s absurd. Frankly having codes in the box for content on something billed as the “fighter edition” is always absurd. But we all know it’s there just to screw over resale.

@Runex2121 I agree, it’s a bit perplexing. Especially since Street Fighter 6 is viewed so highly when it has a smaller roster than MK1, less costumes, and no true story mode (they have a mode where you play as an avatar character instead).

Just don’t really understand what makes MK1 so inferior to other fighters. I enjoyed it.

It is bizarre they’ve never released an arcade collection. Especially since Capcom is constantly making collections with Street Fighter games.

MK 1 especially leaned on nostalgia and had cameos and outfits referencing old games. But as someone who didn’t get into MK until much later, those old references were lost on me. They really should follow Capcom’s lead and make those old games accessible to newcomers so they can get more invested in the series lore and history.

It’s a shame, but I’ve enjoyed the game and played it a lot since launch. It has a good roster and the invasions stuff gave me plenty to do as a primarily single player. Here’s hoping the next project is Injustice 3???

So happy these Capcom collections do well because I want them to keep making them haha

As a free player, I can’t keep up with these anymore. Still missing a ton of cards from the base sets, but I suppose that’s the point lol

I’m so glad I stopped playing Overwatch because I would’ve bought all of these lol

Can’t wait to play this later today. I put a lot of hours into the first fighting collection, so looking forward to this!

I know I’m in the minority, but gaming is usually not a social activity for me. I just like to unwind and relax, I really am not in the mood to be chatting with people. That’s why I could never be a streamer haha. But yeah, I see a feature like this chat and I know I’ll likely never touch it.

Switch 2 is exactly what I expected. Just a few improvements over the original but still the same feel. If you look at their history, no one should be surprised. You had Game Boy and Game Boy Advance, the DS then 3DS, the Wii then Wii U.

I definitely enjoyed my time with S/V more than Sw/Sh overall. Is it perfect? No. But it’s still fun. It gets overlooked by all the discussions on performance and whatnot, but I’d say S/V has one of the better stories than most Pokemon games. The characters were all fairly memorable and the school setting was nice (though could have been implemented a bit more). The DLC was also pretty solid with a fun little story and additional Pokemon. I also really liked paradox Pokemon, it gave us some fun twists on classic Pokemon designs. The online discourse always focused on the negatives, but there’s a lot to like in S/V.

I wasn’t tempted to get this again until now. I love the original voice actors and all, but it’s a better experience for me when I can understand what’s being said without reading subtitles. I’ve really enjoyed the English cast in the LAD series and Gaiden/Pirate, so I’m definitely more tempted to give this a second go now.

Unfortunately it just means I won’t take as many risks. Back on the 3DS when games were $30-$40, I’d buy almost anything Nintendo. Discovered a lot of good series that way. But now I’ll probably just stick to what I know I’ll like (Mario Kart, DK) and wait for sales on the others. And since Nintendo doesn’t do a ton of sales, well…. Who knows how many games I’ll end up getting. Definitely will have a lighter backlog, but maybe that’s for the best.