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@electrolite77
It's nice that you love NL so much that you feel the need to defend the reviewers and keep checking the comments on the offchance that someone had an opinion that didn't mirror your own.

You're entitled to your opinion. And if you express that opinion like a belittling, dismissive know-it-all with too much to say and way too much time on their hands, then expect to get called out for it.

Otherwise you have a nice day. Just next time, when you feel that overwhelming urge to hammer that reply button, even when you're obviously monopolising the thread with nothingness, take a deep breath, count to 10, then think about how you could be putting that giant brain of yours to better use.

@electrolite77
It's OK. People are allowed to have their own reaction to things without you having to put them to rights. I'd rather than be able to express myself freely without having some intolerable blow-hard question my coping skills. I'm doing just fine brother. I feel sorry for any friends you might have.

Sorry but this review made me cringe too much. Became almost soap-box-ish in it's attempt to be revalatory and just made me feel uncomfortable. I don't need a treatise on the state of gaming in 2019 and how it all feels for blokes of a certain age.

If you're a shmup fan I can't recommend this highly enough. Gorgeous pixel art, incredible music and super-satisfying gameplay. I'd be picking up if I didn't grab it for a pittance on PS4. I'd be all over a physical copy but I can't see that happening.

Old enough to remember boarding one of these bad boys. Did well enough to progress to the 2nd floor.

Thanks for the spoiler chaps. This hasn't aired in the UK yet! No need to post the match result. Bad form.

Waiting for a drop on this. As much as I want to support it and think it looks great, £17.99 is a hard sell when you look at the Capcom Beat Em Up Bundle costing less at full price (which I picked up for half). Getting a nice little collection of brawlers on my Switch now and this will be one of them as soon as the price is right. Would be a really nice get if a physical ended up making its way out.

Some 'retro inspired' game take their cues from NES/8-bit games (Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon for example), others SNES/16 bit games. This quite obviously falls into the latter. You can tell from one screenshot. The colour palette, the amount of pixels. It's obvious.

Each time I see a hyperbolic exclamation of 'this looks like a bad game on such a console' it's almost always incorrectly applied. Presumably for effect, but it just makes me think that the person doesn't know what they're talking about.

I had high hopes for this game. I was looking at a physical copy, but now I'm not sure. It sounds like there are a few issues that would annoy me over the course of the game. Happy to be proven wrong, so will check out some other reviews.

@bigcalsworld buy almost all of my day one purchases from Base. They're almost always cheaper and you get the game in time for release. Not sure how they do it cheaper than everyone else and I hope they can continue to do so!

Already have The Way and got that for a ridiculous price. Are the hefty discounts due to the early game-breaking bugs perhaps? 🤔

Haven't played through it yet but it looks like a solid adventure game in the vein of Flashback/Another World. Anyone played the whole thing?

Does anyone know if the physical version has all the tables on it? Or is an additional download required?

Nice Roots Manuva reference 👍

Had an email from Amazon in the UK saying my shipment would be delayed and the release date was now 13th September. Had a quick glance around some other retailers and the date is still 30th August.

Any news Nintendo Life?

I must have played pretty much every mainline Mario game ever and from World onwards, at launch. Sunshine never really clicked for me. I found the FLUDD mechanics detracted from the ‘pure’ platforming. My favourite parts were the levels where it was taken away to focus just on Mario’s now standard suite of jumps and abilities.

I’d be keen to revisit it now I’m a more seasoned gamer, but in all honestly I can’t see my thoughts changing. If they did some work on the mechanics and made it a little bit more accessible I’d me much more willing to give it a shot. Sort the camera out too whilst they’re at it.

Now, a new title in the series, framed as a spin off and running with the weirdness that could be further explores amongst the habitants of Delfino Island and I’d be totally down.

I’m not sure I can forgive the initial slip up. Buying at this point is rewarding them for doing the bare minimum. Plus, what’s to stop them patching it back in (tin foil hat is on, sure). I really do want a decent FPS for my Switch that isn’t a poor man’s version of something made for more powerful hardware.

@OorWullie still there dude. Might have to dabble.

Waiting to know how performance etc. holds up across the entire game. I’m not obsessed with this sort of thing by any means, but think in a game like this it’s pretty important. If it’s an exclusive I don’t expect concessions to be made and want it to play nice and smoothly. I like a bit of flash but not at the expense of the overall experience.

13 ponds for a duck is kinda quackers if you ask me. I’d be shocked if I bought one and saw that on my bill.

Maybe if they did a range from some of my favourite beak-em-ups, like Final Flight.

When does the pre-order discount expire? I’m assuming it’s today but hoping otherwise. I was very tempted but couldn’t find any decent previews.

Yes please. Always wait for previews to make sure it doesn’t run like mud, but as soon as that checks out I’ll be slapping down a pre-order.

@DESTROYA thanks for reinforcing the point I was initially trying to make. If people don’t like what you like. Move on. If I turn up on another thread just to say that I don’t understand why people enjoy what is being discussed, feel free to call me a hypocrite.

As for me taking this personally and seriously, I was merely pointing out the flaws in your argument. That’s fun for me 😊

Nothing serious about it hombre.

@k8sMum way to miss the point. They literally said that their kids watch videos and they don’t understand the appeal. I too would probably be considered an ‘elder statesmen’ in gaming circles. I like eSports. I don’t like a lot of things about modern gaming. Do I go out of my way to tell people that? Nope. That’s the point I was making. There’s always generational resistance to change and it’s as dull as it is predictable.

Apologies if I touched a nerve. It just annoys when people go out of their way just to say something isn’t for them.

@DESTROYA so you don’t watch any sports at all? I can play Smash Bros, Street Fighter etc. but not in the same universe as these guys. I like watching people play at an elite level, on the world stage, in front of thousands. Like any other sport. If it were the same playing yourself, no spectator sports would exist.

For everyone thinking I’m being ageist, I was being extreme to make a point. I’ve been playing games for over 30 years. I don’t understand lots of things ‘the kids’ are into, but I don’t go out of my way to proclaim it when it’s barely relevant to the topic.

Funny seeing people use this topic to state that they can’t get into watching eSports. Yes, and?

If it’s not for you, move on. You just make yourself sound super old, like when your parents referred to your music as ‘just a lot of noise’. We get it, you’ve been around for a bit. It’s really impressive that you’ve lived longer than some other people and don’t understand what they young ‘uns are into these days. Thanks for for telling us. What do you think of skateboards?

Back on topic, there are a number of disturbing details in this report. That the cheat tried to justify it due to ‘frustration’ at his level of performance sounds super hollow and I imagine something more nefarious and/or petty was the real reason.

Getting a Viewtiful Joe vibe from this. It’s pleasant.

Need to see in motion obviously but Sumo have pedigree, so it’s absolutely on my radar.

I’m a sucker for a fancy looking fight stick. I have the 8BitDo/NES one which is enough for me in terms of performance/casual play. I do like the look of these minis though. Obviously the more expensive versions would be my preference if money were no object, but the minis look fancy enough. Might dabble if they get to a lower price point, but with vanilla versions now just a shade over 30 quid, I might end up getting one those instead.

This sounds really sad but I’m waiting til the DLC is released before buying. Not because I intend to buy the extra content (though I might) but because I want to see how it’s handled. Basically, if they show the DLC characters on the main select screen in a ‘look who you could play as if you give us more money’ thing then that’s a huge no-no for me. I don’t mind DLC but when they rub your face in it then it really winds me up! Fighting games are the absolute worst for this!

Missing a fairly key detail here NL.

IS IT FREE???!!!

Thanks @RupeeClock

The Owlboy physical is still pretty easy to pick up so fingers crossed we get a copy of this too!

Got this game discounted on WiiU and really enjoyed it. Great art style, atmosphere and solid puzzle/platforming/Metroidvania. Easy to recommend for any fan of any combination of these. Would definitely pick up physical for Switch if I could get a UK copy. Any news on distribution this side of the pond?

Planet Alpha. So good they included it twice.

Blood and Truth deserves top spot. A Triple-A first party title in VR, an obvious labour of love and (so far) a very, very fun time. Hopefully a sign of things to come. Reminiscent of Goldeneye. Otherwise I’d say it’s not very strongly opposed and it feels as though we’re in a bit of an overall lull.

This looks almost identical to the 8bitdo stick for the Switch in terms of button placement and features. Hmmm...

@janpampoen one of the games in the trailer is clearly some version of Street Fighter 2. It appears just after Darkstalkers. You’ve got E-Honda fighting Bison in the bath house and what looks like Ryu vs Ken at Suzaku Castle. This couldn’t be any other game.

The inclusion of another Street Fighter game is throwing me off. Hopefully it is another collection and we’re looking at Vampire Saviour and not the first Darkstalkers.

Keeping my fingers crossed for Pocket Fighter and Red Earth. If not now, some day...

My expectation is always for Capcom to drop the ball though.

Err... Europe?

Don't forget about us! We like games.

A bad game is still a bad game. I don't care how cheap it is. I'd rather something like this didn't even show up on my library.

I'll keep my 89p ta!

Any news on whether this discount is coming to the UK?

@SmaggTheSmug I'd rate this above Spirit Sphere based on pure mechanics. SS is closer to Pong and feels somewhat slidey and less precise. WJ has more 'weight' to it (if that makes sense) and is a lot flashier.

I enjoy both games a lot but it I had to pick one I'd go with Jammers.

@Dalarrun yes, but what do you think of the audio?

@Megal0maniac it's there now homie.

Just seen another site that Steredenn and some of the other discounts don't come into effect until tomorrow.

Still no discount showing for Steredenn. Everything else is showing up. Been waiting to download all day!

This is a 2D fighter, 2.5D at the most. The characters are polygonal but fights are on a 2D plane.

All over this one. Need a decent block-dropper and Puyo Puyo/Tetris on the pricey side. I know there are others but I've got some of the retro offerings on other consoles.

Its not clear if this is a free download for owners of the vanilla Shovel Knight on Wii U. Says exisitng owners of Treasure Trove get it, but if you bought the OG Shovel Kinght at launch on Wii U all subsequent DLC has been free. Anyone know anything?

This is just a predictably dull answer to a softball, puff piece question. I can't believe people are actually addressing this as though it's an actual rumour. Nice work though NintendoLife. I appreciate your cunning in trying to present this aa newsworthy for a few cheap clicks. Worked on me!

So no Danica Patrick then? Damn.

In all seriousness though the fact that Sumo are behind this makes me very interested. Transformed was an excellent game.

I can assuredly say that stories of any kind are the least of my priorities when playing any game in the Mario franchise. This is even more so when playing a sports title, even speaking as someone who has been playing Mario Tennis games since the Game Boy Colour. It will be a silly, means to and ends way of taking you across a map, with a sense of progression encompassing different gameplay styles and challenges. I'm not expecting Shakespeare.

Sorry @brutalpanda but the short answer is an emphatic 'no, I don't care'.