Yalloo

@cosmograph I got a notification directing me here but I can't find your comment, how weird!

Good that you're feeling better, I've also been a bit sick during the Xmas holidays.
Wish you lots of fun with your Ring Fit, this game is just perfect for exercising at home!

To let you know, Hall of Famer is the title you get when you reach S rank in the Core Crusher mini-game in advanced mode. Took me literally forever to get that one!

Otherwise, I'm tracking my progress and here is what I am still missing:

Titles: 275 / 281

Open & Close Leg Raises 2486 / 3000
Overhead Squats 2233 / 3000
Hip Lifts 2987 / 3000

Bootstrap Tower Adv. S

Hoping to get the last title by end of January, curious which one it will be.

I've been playing a lot of Tetris Effect and Ring Fit Adventures (where I've finally unlocked the Hall of Famer title - I thought the Core Crusher mini-game would just never let me) this past week and I've started Melatonin, which is fun, very simple and easy but kinda has Warioware vibes to it. Curious if I can perfect all of the mini-games.

Happy holidays and all of my best wishes 🧡🎮

I've voted for Arranger since I've pre-ordered the physical edition.
But I've just noticed Crypt Custodian and kind of curious about it, the art style may be something that speaks to me.
Thanks for the list!

Merry Xmas to the NL staff and everyone who's commenting here, makes it a joy the whole year long to visit this site 🎮🧡✌🏻

@Not_Soos So very sweet of you and way to put it in the faces of all the mean Grinches who likely have nothing better to do. Kudos, thanks for sharing!

Not had and likely won't have any time to play games this weekend 😱

Luckily, I remembered to get the Zelda Tetris 99 theme this afternoon!

Wish you all happy holidays! Enjoy all your games 🎮🧡

I'd love to add/participate to this discussion, but the only thing I can say is that it looks ugly, creepy and boring. I also think that calling this a gameplay trailer is a mistake.
If I would be working for the company behind this, and this is a real videogame project, I would be extremely concerned with the reactions and be currently working really hard on my game's image and damage control. If this is AI ... it's a great message to whoever wants to pursue this kind of projects and I'm very happy about it.

I haven't played this game, but I'm always a bit disappointed when they change the difficulty of a game, especially months after it's released.
Meaning somebody who beat it/cleared challenges before the update or after the update would have actually achieved something different and that doesn't show in the game. Imo, it would have been better to make a beta/demo before releasing the game to adjust this to a final state.

And yes, if you tell me that there are worse things in life than this, I will definitely agree with you.

1. Tears of the Kingdom - 273h
2. Tetris 99 - 88h
3. Bayonetta 2 - 65h

I've played 42 games for a total of 1,068h (much less than the 1,500h from 2023 ... ).

I choose Bayonetta as my favourite game this year, think the Angel Slayer is my favourite challenge in videogames.
And I started the year off with Tetris Effect ... a good choice apparently 😁

Really love my Switch and games 🧡🎮
Looking at the comments, it seems that you all had some great times too! Isn't that just lovely!

@-wc- I'm in Europe (Amsterdam) and I think I got the notification of your message around midday. It's a bit late now, but I'm on holidays and it's hard to keep track of the time 😁

It brought back many memories!
I remember reading about Myst in a CD-i magazine for a while before getting it. It was for me a big disappointment realizing it was a point-and-click game! In the mag it looked so dreamy and with such a special vibe.

But 7th Guest is on the Switch eShop if you want to catch-up on childhood memories 😅 I remembered it took us months to go through the whole game and discussing it with my brother, but after downloading it on the Switch, I was done in a few hours ... it's actually a very short game with maybe around a dozen puzzles. Back in the days we were making "paper game guides" you know with drawings of the puzzles, logos, etc ... such passion 😍

When you get to it, I'm curious to hear your impressions on the Bayonetta gameplay, if you feel like sharing 🙏🏻

Thanks for your messages, we'll exchange again on another topic I'm sure ✌🏻🧡🎮

Looking forward to playing this after some more apparently needed adjustments, when the physical edition comes out next year.
Currently playing through Shredder's Revenge over and over, so I guess I'll need a cool down period before jumping in Rita's Rewind, to not get disappointed ....

Despite having played this game extensively, both the original and the remaster, I will be in the minority that's quite disappointed in it.
The soundtrack, despite having really great percussions and a couple of really nice tracks (basically the ones used in the Tetris 99 theme) is also my least favourite Zelda one.
Still happy to have been going through it today one more time, and that it's now part of this really cool app.

@-wc- The reason I asked is because I love the Bayonetta games and I find Witch Time one of the most satisfying mechanics in videogames to this day. So I was curious about RE (I probably played one of them a long time ago, but not into the genre/horror/zombie/survival), and wondering what I may have missed there. Your answer is very interesting, since you're looking at something else than gameplay, more the atmosphere, the setup and the cinematic technics used. And I totally get how that's something impressive as well. And subjective of course like you noted.

I'm 42, and a similar experience for me would be The 7th Guest, it was also probably one of the first games including filmed content into a pre-rendered 3D environment. And the atmosphere/premise was certainly one of the highlights in a puzzle game.

Something else you mentioned, that to younger people it could be hard to understand, it's surely very true and at the same time a bit sad, since the less detailed the graphics, the more room for the imagination, right.

I don't necessarily always agree with your comments, but certainly always enjoy and appreciate them!

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@-wc- Curious about what you find impressive in Resident Evil?

Yay! Like others have mentioned, I love to keep getting more themes in my Tetris 99. Hope this never ends and gets carried over to whatever Switch 2's online will be.

Cherry on the cake would be an option to get a random theme automatically selected each time you start a new game!

If you haven't played it, I would definitely recommend getting it since it's so cheap. The HD makes it look really awesome, but it's an old game that otherwise didn't age too well. It's very linear, combat is very simplistic and there is so much text to go through while it's unfortunately not very interesting. Furthermore the touch screen brush controls aren't too well optimized and makes it quite frustrating many times.
When taking all this into account, it's still a nice piece of art with lots of creativity and poetry.

Hum ... couldn't they use more than just the one sound effect?! 😨

Not interested in the games award. See how I don't even bother giving it capital letters..
Anything interesting will show up here on NL. I don't need to be the first to know XD

@Ogbert Ah! Here is the explanation, thanks for that! I was wondering what was the point of the publisher doing this... bad publicity? Hoping collection enthusiasts would buy a game they've missed? .. Yours makes much more sense 😅

@Lightsiyd Ah well, maybe I'm partly joking. I've still got plenty of games from 2023 and before keeping me busy. Makes me happy seeing all those great games waiting for me there and knowing I've got so many more great times ahead thanks to these 😅 Didn't mean to startle you 😁

Sorry ... I'm one of those with a bunch of 2024 games sitting on the shelf ... none of them I've started yet, and proud of it 😅

@Rainz Thanks for that. You've convinced me, I'll get it next time it's on sale. It's the kind of game I think will be best to have downloaded on the console, to play it between other games and avoid driving myself mad. Looking forward to it!

Cuphead is also very cool. I'll get back to it at some point to get the A/S achievements.

@JohnnyMind Looking at your progress in PoP, seems like the final boss is quite the increase in completion %, hope you're not too disappointed.
I'm looking forward to playing this one sometimes soon as well. I bet you had a great time with it?

@PepperMintRex Thanks! 🙏🏻

@PepperMintRex What are your impressions of Kill Knight? It keeps on calling me ..

• TMNT Shredder's Revenge: I'm going through the level challenges, missing only level 3 unharmed. That Turtle Tenderizer is what's keeping me from completing this one ... but I cleared it having taken a single hit, so I'm almost there. After that, I'll try to clear my last challenge: arcade mode in gnarly difficulty... ta da daaaa
• some Just Shapes & Beats challenge runs in between to avoid going crazy
• DK Land 3
• Tetris 99: the Tetris theme is really cool, even though I keep hearing a drop in the volume here and there, which is really part of the loop. Was it originally like that?
• I finally want to try Mega Man 11 in normal difficulty. The free DLC music is much better than the game's original imo, still not quite what I'd expect from a MM game but I do enjoy it much more.
• Tears of the Kingdom: I've decided to give this game a rest, at least for now. After over a year and 400h, I've scanned my last Amiibos this morning, went through the shops one last time, shot my last Keese swarm, changed gears, took screenshots, witnessed the last sunset in Hyrule and brought Link back home. I'm sure to pick it up again in the future, this game is so beautiful. Luckily for my Zelda Switch, it will be time for another Zelda game soon!

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Your memory lives on, beautiful man 🧡

@Neckcrane Thanks! I'm more into gameplay than story, just hope it's not too much of the GoT nonsense. And I like a good challenge, doesn't matter if I have to try again 100 times.
I didn't find a demo on the eShop and the first one's physical edition seems out of print. Will wait and see ...
Appreciate your feedback 🙏🏻

Haven't played or even heard of the first one, maybe there is a demo for it?
Despite not being a fan of GoT or the Witcher, and that absurd voice in the trailer, the art direction looks super pretty and combat seems like it could be fun and challenging. But maybe too many RPG elements for my taste... I'd try a demo if they make one.

Definitely looking forward to reviews on this one. Power Rangers, just like TMNT were a big part of my youth, so huge nostalgia hit. And that trailer really shows some fun times.
Just why do they all have the same moves .. that takes away from replaying the story mode with each of the characters.
Anyways, will wait on the physical. ✌🏻

@Lightsiyd You are so right! Seems like they just forgot the whole point of a game .. just to have fun 🎮

What matters most is the games. There are only 4 games I could possibly be interested in that are not on Switch 1. And I'm pretty sure most of them will be ported to Switch 2.

I think both Sony and Microsoft should focus much more on software than hardware at the moment ... but that's just my opinion.

Really happy with my Switch and all my great games!

@FishyS I'd also like more variety. Especially since I have pretty much the same exercises in a little game from more than 10 years ago called Wii Fit U... that I still very much enjoy.

I have played through the demo of Fitness Boxing 3 and that didn't make me want to buy the full game. I still have #2 unopened and I do plan to give it a proper try once I collect all of the titles in Ring Fit Adventures. But I do need more variety in the exercises. And to be honest, I think the less there is of a "virtual trainer" the more enjoyable is the game and actually focused on the exercises.

I'm also curious about the Hatsune Miku spinoff (mostly for the music) but ... it will need a huge discount to make me get it.

This is so cool. Looking forward to unlocking the theme this Friday and playing the original NES version next week! Until we get a physical edition of Tetris Forever ... somewhere next year ..?
Ah well, I don't have enough time to play all my games, let alone all my Tetris games XD

I wonder how they managed to get that camera angle from under the pod, inside the canyon.
Looks amazingly cool.

Just kicked Ganon's butt once more and I can confirm the story is epic and insanely romantic. I absolutely love this game. Gameplay (aside from combat) is really cool and the environments are so full of great vibes overall. Likely my favourite Zelda of all times.
I wonder how they'll ever be able to top this with the next games ...

Happy to see such creations, and how different players make different things of the same game.

@rjejr 🤣😅

Happy weekend, happy gaming! 🕹
Here are my gaming plans:

• TMNT: Shredder's Revenge: I've played through the story mode and leveled up both new characters yesterday.
  I'm super excited to go through survival mode now with them both as I had such a great time with this mode when it released.
  The "remixed" music on the other hand is a bit disappointing imo. I usually love MIDI music but these are certainly not as good as the originals. Still nice to have the option though.
• Tears of the Kingdom: After doing another round of the Gleeoks and Lynels just in time for the Blood Moon, I want to watch all of the cutscenes one more time before kicking Mr. Baddy's behind one last time. I'm affraid I won't be able to give up on this game just yet, but let's see. I told myself .. as long as I enjoy it there's no real need to stop playing it.
• Just Shapes and Beats: Still playing online runs in between other games, I'm in shock that after more than 50h on this game I still haven't grown tired of it.
• Tetris 99: ... I'm just in love with Tetris...
• Donkey Kong Land 2: I had never played those games before, not owning a GameBoy in my youth. I really enjoyed the music of #1 and that was pretty much it. Curious if #2 will be any better, but in any case there are worse ways to spend 2h.

I never played F-Zero X but have been listening to the soundtrack through Nintendo Music like an awesome rock album. I am in love! 😍

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That Nintendo can't hire even a stagiaire to filter out those things goes far beyond my understanding. Whoever publishes this kind of thing should also be banned from the eShop forever in my opinion. I really cannot understand how difficult this can be.

@rjejr Thanks for that. I saw somewhere in those comments that they were updating CQ2 for 2 years ... 😨 I really did enjoy those games, but probably not enough to keep coming back for so long. Going through the game once is enough for me. A challenge mode could be interesting though ... I think I'll hold it until the major update is out on Switch and will see next year what those additionnal updates are and if I want to revisit it or not. I've got more than enough games anyways, still playing TotK and just went back to Shredder's Revenge for the DLC characters. 😅

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I am not sure if I should get this one. Still own it on Wii. The 3DS levels do make it interesting though.
I'm also still eyeing Tropical Freeze, which I own on Wii U. But actually not sure if I really feel like playing through these games again, even though it has been a long time since I've last played them.
I will first see if I can get a physical version of Nikoderiko, then consider if I'm still in the mood for this kind of games.
There, I've made up my mind. 😅

Those "pirates" would be exposing corruption or something else useful, I would applaud them.
Now doing this ... 😮‍💨 what a sad bunch. They'll get whatever's coming at them.

Happy Thanksgiving to yall lot celebrating it 🧡

@rjejr Thanks, that's good to know. And maybe that explains why they're making an update for it.
I just recently bought the trilogy they released physically and been playing them in between other games, it's good timing in my case 😅

How cool, I recently played through the first two, so I'll wait for this update to drop before I start #3.
I thought the second one was quite the improvement on the first, and reading this tells me that the third one is even better 😻

@JohnnyMind Took me 5 hours "or more" to do everything in #1, and 10 hours "or more" for #2 ... just so you know, in case you like to see some progress on your backlog 😉

I just don't understand how difficult it is to make a properly readable map. Man, what a shame. But glad that's the only real drawback here.
Looking forward to the physical edition ..

Certainly feels like Winter already, but it is still another month away ... always feels like time goes by somehow differently when visiting NL XD

Happy with the new edition of the Nintendo mag.
Would love to subscribe to a paper version if that was a thing.

It's a bit difficult to hear in the trailer, but the music sounds awesome. Too bad that's just not my kind of game, way too fast and chaotic.
Love the theme/vibe too.

Really looking forward to reviews on Nine Sols and the physical edition.

I am actually curious to see how they will "innovate in storytelling", that's an aspect I usually don't really care for in games. So who knows ... might be interesting ... but with the studio being brand new, I guess it will take a few years before there's something to try out.

As to making the famous composer a full time employee, I guess he will be more busy with creating a team and teaching his craft than actually making music for games years in the making. Good for him.

What a super cool bonus for once!

Wow, never played this game but man is the soundtrack awesome!! 🎸🎸🎸
Something to make Yngwie jealous ... and it's just MIDI 😍 Such talent is so impressive ...

@JohnnyMind How cool, me too, I'm waiting for my physical edition somewhere next year 😍
Really happy how the trailer turned out too!
I've been listening to some audio clips on Youtube, it just puts a big smile on my face, only want to sing along XD

@cosmograph Curious about all the other fitness games you've tried .. and what makes you bounce off of them.

I'm sticking to my trio of Wii Fit U, Ring Fit and Fitness Circuit. Always affraid to end up losing interest ... despite the years going by and still not having unlocked everything in any of the three 😅