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Careful Nintendo, you'll run out of tracks from this game to upload soon!

@Mgalens I wasn't even aware the PSP had such a thing. I remember Vita TV, but didn't know the PSP also had its own dock-like peripheral. So thanks for that little history lesson!

Of course the difference between that and the Switch is that the Switch was designed with this hybrid idea in mind, whereas the PSP and Vita TV devices were simply add-ons, so I'm not entirely sure if I would call it the same thing. But now that it's such a hot thing because of Nintendo, I do fully believe that they're simply trying to roll with Nintendo's succes again on this one.

Which, you know, for us consumers, is just fine. It's good to have competition because it keeps the incentive up to keep producing good hardware and software. Certainly wondering what Sony will actually end up cooking up for the PS6 though, but I still think the timing just isn't right. If I were them I'd try to push the PS5 more first before releasing even more overpriced systems that they'll likely have trouble releasing enough of due to the current demand on computer components.

Sony does love to copy Nintendo so this would not be surprising.

The timing is just not the greatest though. And coming off of the relatively disappointing PS5 they do have something to prove. Which I'm not sure if they're gonna succeed with that with a 1000 dollar system in this economy.

A 7. As someone who never really got into any Star Fox game prior, I did a couple runs through this game, and it did click with me well enough to have a good time with it, but it's really nothing more than a 7/10 game for me. Which is fine! Not a bad score.

They're both great, but gotta go with the Japanese one solely because it gives the art more breathing room.

I only got the one that was available at launch and that was steep enough of a price already. I'll probably upgrade when (or rather, if) the 1TB version drops in price enough. We'll see on that.

20/20, somehow. Awesome. Sadly not fast enough to make it onto the board though.

I'm still holding out hope that one day they put Nintendo Music on the Switch 2's home button menu (the one where you turn on and off flight mode and such), where you can play these tunes during a game whenever you'd want. But that's probably a pipe dream that's never going to come to fruition, just like having additional themes for the home menu.

Either way, it is nice to see these weekly updates continuing. I imagine they'll probably start doing them less frequently eventually though, just like the NSO game updates/additions. Hoping they'll stick it out at least a few more years before then though.

Honestly, it almost sounds like the lack of an upgrade path is in fact the correct choice, for it would be like a downgrade path instead.

.... why was my comment here removed? All I said was that I didn't think the last direct was good imho and that this direct announcement kinda flew under the radar because of it, and that despite not going to watch the first I'm still looking forward to the game.

Genuinely puzzled why that would be removed.

What a bunch of baloney, really.

Something else: the Yoshi game that got rejected and turned into Croc.

Cool that it turned into its own IP but even now so many years after the N64 we still don't have a 3D Yoshi game and that's just criminal.

I still maintain the belief that key cards are worse than code in a box, but that's coming from someone who rarely ever lends or sells games.

Either way, both are dumb.

@Stormcloudlive @dcashley @danemord @Juanblue85 Thanks all for the answer! I remembered playing Tekken with Gon back in the day but could not remember if it was this one or a later one, so I appreciate the replies!

Is this the one that had Gon as a guest character?

That looks really incredible. I never dabled in special keyboards before but this one does itch a little. Wonder how much it will cost.

My biggest issue with this thing was that it broke so easily. The control stick was so flimsy. And on one controller, the cable was also loose, making it disconnect a ton. Otherwise I had no issues with it.

I hope there's an upgrade path. I quit playing the Switch game because of mildly clunky controls and slow load times.

(King) Zora Shuffle sounds like a disco dance move and I'm all here for it

You know what... maybe I'll start buying select key card games digitally.

I'll only do so when they're decently discounted, but I enjoyed the demo of this game too much to not get it at all. I'll wait for a while for that discount though. I'm not in a rush. Good to see it having turned out well though.

I should pick this up again. Had a good time with it, just need to continue it soon!

Maybe? I don't think I will, but if the game ends up differing a lot from the original to the point that they may as well be two very different games that happen to share most of the same story, I may replay it. But will have to wait for more information on that one.

@garfreek Here here, it would be great if Nintendo could obtain them. At the very least they would be able to do Banjo Kazooie justice. If they want to revive it, that is; they already have a whole bunch of other platforming series after all.

Makes you wonder why they stuck with the worse option all those years. I can imagine that might have kept people from buying games because of how slow that eshop was.

I'm just waiting for the day that Rare follows suit. All heck well break loose at that point.

One day we'll get themes...

One day....

Still can't believe Nintendo is sleeping on that easy money tbh. Even if it's just a simple wallpaper, with no extras like themed buttons, sound effects and music, it seems like such a no brainer.

1 to 1 or not, I just want to see actual gameplay footage. Even if it's just a single 3 second clip or so, that might already be enough to see if it will be (close to) 1 to 1 or not.

That said I don't think it will be 1 to 1. We'll see though.

Man, I know that Direct last week wasn't the greatest, but it wasn't THIS bad.

I sent in my submission too!

I'll share some things I didn't submit though.

Among my friends, I was the only one who had an N64. I also had Pokémon Stadium (1 and 2). All of us had Game Boys with Pokémon games in them, but none of us had a link cable. So I offered to take their games home with me so I could trade with them what they wanted me to trade, using my two Transfer Paks I had for the N64. They trusted me with their cartridges, and I went ahead and made the trades. I remember them thinking it was cool that I could just do that and of course they thanked me for it. ...through a simple thank you of course, not that I wanted anything for it. I was helping them out and I had fun doing it.

One other memory I already shared once before is that, at the time, I did not care for Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I saw someone else play it at their house, but it looked really stupid to me for some reason. I just saw them going around in Kokiri Forest, didn't see the intro or anything else beyond Kokiri Forest. As such, at the time, I never had any interest in it.

It wasn't until the GameCube that I finally played it myself, when I got the Double Dash + Zelda Collector's Edition pack in. It definitely clicked with me then, because it became one of my top favourite games of all time, and still is to this day. Still funny how things go sometimes.

The September Direct should be better than this one. They'll probably actually have new titles to show off.

I have to go with the NA one here because it bothers me too much just how off center things are in the EU/JP one. If it weren't for that I'd pick the latter for sure.

As a fan of the show, I'm lowkey excited for this one. Hope it'll be good.

Still kinda hoping that one day there'll be more entries in the Telltale series though. Even if it tells a new story separate from Clementine.

I already have a Switch 2 but if they release a Yoshi special edition they can ignite the sucker in me and have me buy that edition.

I'm honestly so sick of this generation. Scalpers, AI, key cards, not to mention all the other bullhockey going on in the world.

Glad to see Nintendo is trying to tackle at least one of these things though.

Was anyone really expecting this to come on there anytime soon? Not just because of the remake, but there is not a single RE game on the service yet.

Just want to say. For those who haven't played this yet. Please do. This game is absolutely fantastic and one of my top favourites. It is a time investment but it's such an amazing game really.

What a flipping shocker. Definitely not buying. Not that I would have anyway since it's likely going to be a game key card but now I'm doubly not buying. In fact, they owe ME money now!

I'll buy it, IF it doesn't come on a key card and is in no way shape or form associated with generative AI.

It's most likely going to be at least one of the two so I'm preparing to save my money on this one.

In my opinion. One of the worst Directs to date. It wasn't all terrible, but I came out of this Direct very disappointed. THIS being the first Direct in 9 months is a travesty in my eyes.

Honestly, I really don't like DK, so having this challenge stuff be time limited AND DK limited is an immense disappointment to me. This could've been a Direct highlight for me, instead it's one of the most disappointing announcements.

Quite enjoyed playing through it on Switch 1. The first X, I mean. X-2 was too much of a departure from X and felt incredibly disconnected, and I could not enjoy it whatsoever.

Anyway. Wonder if there's an upgrade path. Dunno if I'll even go for that though even if it is available, what with Square using AI.

Good show! I still have to buy it myself, but I definitely will get it before too long.

Great as this game's soundtrack is, releasing the music in such a fragmented manner just seems silly but it's also a really Nintendo thing to do.

Eh well, it is what it is.

....do you HAVE to spoil these things???

You argued that the Fox in the Mario movie thing was put front and center because Nintendo themselves did, but what's your excuse here???

Come on, stop putting SPOILERY STUFF on the front page. This is stupid.

I just miss when getting these cards was fun. People are paying thousands of dollars for a single piece of pretty cardboard and it's so stupid. It really is meant to be just a hobby, not an investment.

Insert Toad hype gif here.

If this doesn't include AI shenanigans, yeah I may have to get this one!

@squiddu-real Of course I was exaggerating a bit when I said nothing interesting in the world. The dead space is just too much to really make those interesting bits... interesting enough to keep the attention up, really.

And yeah I get wanting to have interesting gameplay. But honestly I don't think the previous games did anything wrong on that note. For the most part their course designs were good enough to be fun and interesting to play, in my opinion.

@molkom Honestly, best thing folks like us can do is either hope that the game improves enough for us to find more joy out of it through updates/DLC, or that the next entry will be closer to things pre-World, or at least finding a solid middle ground that will make everyone happy. It's probably gonna be a good long while before that next entry though. If we're unlucky, it could take another 10 years until the next one, as was the case between 8 and World, hahah. Though I guess we did get Tour and Live (and Deluxe and the BCP) in that timeframe.

In any case- if nothing else I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way, judging by your comment and a lot of other folks in this comment section, hahah.