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@Suketoudara You know what. You're probably right. Miyamoto is just itching to send another "This is Miyamoto" tweet to laugh at us but he's not allowed.

Aight I'll update, but I just don't feel compelled to really boot the game up anymore for now.

It feels... really weird to get this as a late update. They've practically trained us to think "no update at the usual time = special release to coincide with a game announcement/release", so now it just feels weird and counter-intuitive.

That said. Yoshi, so happy!

I'll admit, the usage of which engine is used tells me... very little. I don't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. But I know I personally did not mind Crafted World; it was a bit bland, but that has nothing to do with the engine and more with the developers. It was still a fun game.

So honestly, based off of that alone, I have a good feeling about this. The game does look really fun, so far!

@acNewUpdates No question about the game still selling well despite it being a GKC, but the sales would absolutely have been higher if it were on a regular cart. How much higher is up for debate though. Personally I would have gotten it if it was on a regular cart, but I didn't buy it solely because it's on a GKC, and I'm sure there's others like me on that front.

So all I'm saying is that at least for some people, it being on a GKC is not attractive. But we don't know how many people that really accounts for. It's just a debate, really.

That's honestly both surprising and not surprising at the same time.
Pokopia is Pokémon, which sells like crazy, typically. But it's also on Switch 2 (and thus has a much smaller install base for now), and is a game key card.
Tomodachi is from a much less popular (but still decently popular) series, but is on Switch 1 and on a regular cart.

Either way, fun statistics.

Ooh, don't think I've heard of this game yet, but good to see it's seemingly a good game. Putting this on my wishlist for now.

Absolutely based, I'm happy there are still developers who value actual human input.

@SalvorHardin Even if they did strip out the colour option (which yeah, I think you are right about), I don't think they would do an NSO update with just that. It will be accompanied by at least one game. And if it IS its own update, I doubt it will hog up the release for other NSO app games for that period of time.

Neat! Looking forward to seeing it.

@MirrorFate2 At least they're rolling out 5 games at once, meaning less times they can disappoint us with virtual boy games.

I think there should be some more middle ground options in these polls. Like it's just, fully physical, fully digital, or fully 50/50. I'm a guy who very much prefers physical but won't pass up a good enough digital deal.

In any case, it's the key cards I have the most problems with. With these cards, you don't even GET the option. It's digital, or fake physical / digital with extra steps that benefits absolutely nobody in the long run.

@TheSaneInsanity I appreciate the insight, at least, but respectfully, you're not going to change my mind on this. I see generative AI as theft, and laziness, no matter how you slice it, and I'm not going to reward it.

That said, I personally wasn't going to pirate things anyway, I just don't think they should cry about it when people in general do that, when they use AI. That's just my thoughts on it of course. Everyone is free to their own stance.

Counterpoint: if you resort to using generative AI in any of your works, you forfeit the right to complain about people pirating your products.

Dang. Talk about an overreaction. I guess this guy is not a Star Fox fan.

Not a terrible offer, really. I picked up the Mario Kart bundle at launch, this is basically just a better version of that one since you just get to pick your game.
I wonder why DK was chosen here though. That's one game with a relatively limited amount of gameplay vs two games that are more evergreen. Not to say that DK is a bad choice by all means of course. It just stands out a bit to me.

Glad to hear it came out well. I'll definitely be getting it later this year when money is less tight for me. Maybe it'll get a bit of a discount by then too.

I don't know the situation enough to really judge it, so I do hope they mean it when they say they'll handle the situation with care, at least, and that they can help all the people laid off into getting a new job.

@Aquinas With all due respect though. Just because you didn't like it doesn't mean others didn't. Plenty of people really enjoyed the game, despite the EMMIs- or maybe they also really liked the EMMIs.

Personally I loved the entire game start to finish to the point that it became the first Metroid I finished 100%. Nearly everything about the game felt perfect to me. I didn't find a single thing awfully designed in this game. Even the EMMIs, which I personally absolutely loved the challenge of, including the dreaded feeling when they're hunting you and knowing that one wrong move could cost you.

I get that the EMMI sequences aren't for everyone (at least, the OHKO QTEs), but I don't think that means they're awfully designed because of that.

I am very curious what else they have in store. And if they'll show them in a proper direct.

No copy of Nintendo Store is personalized.

Japan for me, because I simply like the art style more.

Honestly, while I'm not happy with the price hike, Nintendo feels the most genuine about it and makes it actually kind of understandable.

It's not a big deal for me since I already preordered the game, but exclusive in-store demos are such a dumb idea in this day and age that I really don't understand why they still do them.

Personally I don't think so, or they wouldn't have fired off a title pretty much monthly this year so far.

Definite legend, this man. Wishing him all the best!

I truly miss the times where consoles dropped in price rather than getting more expensive.

I've already got mine, but that Switch Online price hike hurts still. Seems that's Japan only for now but I bet they're gonna make that a global thing down the line.

I very much agree, and I never once in a million years thought I would prefer a design by Illumination over Nintendo's own take on one of Nintendo's characters, but here we are.

I've seen fixes floating around on Twitter though and it typically comes down to the legs being weird mostly, but also the eyes being too small.

I really don't vibe with these honestly, they look weird. Zero wasn't the greatest game but it absolutely nailed the character designs honestly. These new ones are just.... not it.

Look better than the in game models and renders, that's for sure.

Yep, that definitely is an ad.

Both are good in their own right, though I do very much prefer the Direct approach. If you ask me, Directs should be used for mostly new game announcements, and Nintendo Today should be more the focus on updates on these announcements, with a couple Today premieres mixed in.

Scalpers continuing to ruin a hobby, what else is new. These types of leeches need to buzz off.

Reggie is the school jock who protects nerds from bullies.

6 out of 15, not bad for not having played the game, hahah. I knew like 2 or 3, the rest were blind guesses.

The EU/Japan one is just.. boring, I'm afraid. Cute, but boring. The NA one is much more inviting.

Absolutely Yoshi. Got it pre-ordered, looking forward to getting it in. <3

"we've got both Indiana Jones and T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas whipping their way to us"

Great, now I want an Indie and Yoshi crossover.

@Dman10 Hence why I say it's a point for NON key card digital games.

I guess that's one point for fully (non-key card) digital software.

The audacity of calling these physical. LMAO

I mean you get the box I suppose.

Yeah no. There are many different versions of Link, they all have their own quirks. As such, some can be left handed, and some can be right handed.

At least for the most part, each seperate Link is portrayed consistently left or right handed throughout their appearances in their own canon.

Mario's Casket Factory tbh

I'd be interested in seeing a Metroid movie. Would be nice to see how it would set itself apart from the Alien movies. And if if it doesn't do too good of a job of that, so long as it's a good movie, I don't think it would be that big a deal. Plus the Metroid franchise could use the boost.

That 1% of Cyberpunk on Switch 2 does hurt a tad not gonna lie.

I suppose this is a point I can give Pokémon at least, when they do videos like this, they usually include all the generations up to that point, even if only briefly.

Either way, cute ad! Here's to 40 more years with Mario.

While I do love all the references, I do hope that next time they name a movie after a specific game, it will actually be closer to said game rather than spreading references all throughout, because I do find it hard to call this a Galaxy movie per sé.

Still a really fun movie and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Japan wins again for me honestly, though none are particularly bad or anything. Just a little bland, which kinda fits the game really.

@Aquinas Honestly, agreed. I'm sure they're good games but they just... don't have that same charm to me that Nintendo franchises typically do. That even goes for Sonic vs most Nintendo IPs.

Nnnnnno, I will not. I'm very allergic to having to get subscriptions for everything so, I'll pass.

This is probably a test to see how many people will listen to them on Spotify vs how many listen on Nintendo Music.