Yosher

Box arts as of late have been pretty bad overall anyway, with those game key card, download, and Switch 2 edition covers. The art itself is usually fine, but it's always so cluttered and unappealing.

And I'm fully convinced they're doing it to push people into the digital market. Who wants ugly box art on their shelves after all? It's all part of their plan.

@SilverBullet_35 Yes, I will be avoiding any and all games from companies that have been doing AI as much as I can. Of course I'm well aware of the amount of AI usage Microsoft has been trying to push.

I can't predict how I'll feel about any given game going forward of course. If it's a game I want enough, I'll probably still get it if the company in question has stopped using AI like Argonaut has (though that hasn't happened yet afaik). But if they're as pushy about it as Microsoft, yeah I'll stop buying their games.

At least, until the AI bubble pops and things hopefully go back to before generative AI even was a thing. Probably won't happen, but hey, wishful thinking.

@SilverBullet_35 It's a shame, but that one post really did just make me lose all interest I had in the game. I'm not able to just (re)generate interest out of thin air.

Maybe if I ever see the game for dirt cheap I may feel like buying it, but as it is, they lost me. Petty or not, that's simply how I feel about it at the moment. But I will say I am glad to hear the criticism stuck with them at least, so thank you for letting me know on that front. Maybe that will actually do the trick in getting my interest back over time, but it's just not there at the moment.

@Porky Lol. I guess that works. I hope he'll have a line for that too when you open the battery socket though.

I saw them using AI at one point on Twitter and that was enough for me to just flat out lose all interest in this game anyway. So they can take as long as they like, they've long since lost my purchase.

So many amiibo.... I can't keep up anymore!

Is there an off button on this thing? If yes, and if the price is right, I may get it.

So everyone gets an Easy mode but Yoshi gets no normal mode?

I call for a riot.

If it's a world class as the games these days I'd be worried about actually riding it.

I just need to see Yoshi already.

Add Kamek as payable NOW, or this mistake cannot be forgiven!!!11

This kinda feels like the beginning of seeing multiple legendary people at Nintendo leaving, somehow.

I hope Nintendo never gives you the rights to their IPs ever again, Ubisoft. You have lost that privilege in my eyes.

Too bad it won't fit on my console! Glad to hear they did the port justice otherwise though.

It's completely unnecessary but still very welcome updates like this that makes it feel like Nintendo still cares about their fans.

But at the same time it's funny how this game got a content update before Mario Kart World which imho needs it more.

Please bring the Yoshi products outside of Japan as well, I need them all. 😭

I never really understood the need to have an expensive watch like this. Tbh I think I'd rather have a cheap colorful Fisher Price watch on my wrist.

They look alright but at those prices they can keep em. I won't buy them at a high price.

I still think it's silly to charge for Switch 2 upgrades that are (almost) only for Switch 2 features, even if it is cheap. We already paid for the console, so if you ask me, we already paid for that privilege to enjoy those Switch 2 features. Of course if it comes with actual content, like with Kirby and Mario Wonder, then it makes more sense to me. I've bought very few Switch 2 upgrades as a result really. And I won't be getting this upgrade either for that reason.

Generative AI simply cannot go away soon enough. It won't go away, but it should.

I wish every scalper a very bankruptcy to never ever recover from.

@Indielink @ShadLink I am aware, but doesn't change the fact that Eevee is the most affordable one, even if it's more expensive on a per-brick basis.

You know, I'd wonder if enough people would buy this to make it worth it, but... it's Pokémon. It's very likely gonna sell like hotcakes despite the price.

Welcome Mai! Hope you have a good time with the lovely NintendoLife team!

Pokémon + LEGO = asinine prices.

At least Eevee is affordable but, good grief the rest are ridiculous.

Not a single point for team family. Sadge.

I haven't really gotten many switch 2 editions yet, but I'm really considering this one. Will have to see though.

Japan wins a lot of these, but not this time. EU/NA clears this one easily.

That one having Yoshi on the cover is a nice (big) bonus for me, but even if another character was in his place there, that cover would still win easily.

However, looking closer at it, makes you wonder why there's 5 characters on court, and at least 3 of them are on one side of the net. It still wins easy, but that seems a bit silly when you look at it closer. lol

I am so, so, so sick of AI being used everywhere. Every day I see articles and posts about "this uses AI now!" and "that uses AI now too!". It's so sickening. I really have to keep myself from saying things that could get me in trouble here but I hope this AI bubble pops spectacularly before long and that everyone who even so much as supports it loses every penny on their bank account and having an actual human being replacing them at their job. This stuff is actually making me seething mad.

That said, I don't believe AI is used here.

I legit don't know the difference between any of these games lol. I'm sure the later games require more horsepower to run but outside of that, I got nothing. Not my series, but hopefully you CoD people will get what you want!

If those Yoshi items appear on My Nintendo Store over here I am insta-buying them. Also happy I waited to try importing these things!

This is the equivalent of me saying I have new underwear but the only way other people can see it is if my pants sag due to lack of a belt. You won't really see it. Visual design wise, Switch 2 joy con suck, and it's the only department the Switch 1 joy con are just better.

I don't care about the fever rackets whatsoever but otherwise the game looks decent enough. Not sold yet though. The recent years of Mario spin offs, even including Mario kart, burned me too much to just blindly dip into it anymore.

I'll probably get it, but wait for a little bit of discount.

I wouldn't be surprised if AI had anything to do with making this decision. Ubisoft definitely feels like the type of company to do that.

@metaphysician A similar event was held in the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam with a Pikachu TCG card, and people scalped the heck out of it. It's very likely that the same will happen here with this card.

It's not very big on the game department, but it's very big on the chill department. And that is a vibe in and of itself. I really love how this one looks and have had a good time with it so far. Would recommend.

Since they're including baby Waluigi they better also include baby Yoshi. You know, the ORIGINAL baby introduced before even baby Mario. Can't believe they keep forgetting this one in spin offs, you never see baby Yoshi even though it makes the most sense out of all the babies. And if they can make a Chain Chomp playable, they sure as heck can make a baby dinosaur playable.

I could also buy the plush on its own and NOT have a game key card game. Win win! 👏

@Anti-Matter God I hope not. Not FF IX. I cherish that game dearly and to see it tainted by AI would be so sad.

Normally I would pick the US one, but the European one is just too iconic and unique for me not to pick it.

A happy new year to everyone! May this year bring everyone happy gaming and happy things outside of gaming too!

@Fabilous They probably could do that, but they would need to rework elements of the game that I can't really see them doing here. The Mario Party one is just pairing characters up in teams, for Mario Kart they would have to make karts (and maybe bikes) that allow 2 characters to ride them, not to mention having to make new animations for all the characters for when they're not the one driving. It's just much more complex in that sense. They could do teams without pairing characters up in one vehicle, but then it wouldn't really be a true Double Dash mode.

If they want to make it happen though, I'd be all for it!

"I'm sure Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is on everyone's card here"

Hahahahahahahahahahaha..... no. Not after learning it used AI. Even if it was supposedly patched out early. I don't care. It's banned from my list.

"But the biggest one, Super Smash Bros. Melee, is weirdly absent"

Smash 64 isn't even on there yet. That one will probably come sometime next year. Melee will probably not arrive until at least a year later if I had to take a guess. Besides, Melee is already a bit harder to pull off due to some copyright shenanigans on a few things. We won't see it in 2026. I'll be happy to be proven wrong though!

Either way. I don't really expect overly much excitement in the coming year for me, aside from Nintendo's own games. It'll be game key cards and AI games left and right, and it's honestly very depressing to see that development.

Aside from that I don't really know much to predict though. Well, except for the obvious "more games coming". We'll see what the year brings. I just hope it won't be as bleak as I currently think it will be.

One thing I want though: Mario Kart Double Dash on NSO. Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit were all available at launch of their respective Switch Online apps, and the only reason that's not the case for Double Dash, or why it's not even been revealed as one of the games yet, is because they don't want to distract from Mario Kart World, of course. I don't think we'll get Double Dash until 2027 at least yet either, for that reason. But I would love to have it.

I've given the game a try, but I just don't have adequate room to really do some of the excercises. I'll be moving into a new place in a few months though, where I should have more room. Once I've moved in there, I certainly plan to give this game another try and actually do some excercises and all.

Yeah I'm definitely holding off until things are fixed. I'll hold off on picking the game back up altogether until then.

I never really played much that came from Level 5 but I did always hold them in high regard, honestly.

That... is over as of now. Any desire I had to play their games is hereby gone.

Pretty sure I already have all the ones I want, but good for those who missed out!

12 out of 17, which is surprising when I had the first few wrong when I should have known those, haha. I'll take it.

I hear this update is a bit broken right now so I would hold off on actually getting the update until it's sorted out.

Merry Christmas everyone!

@AussieMcBucket I never noticed that. But if so, I'm willing to bet that it was mostly the music at fault. They could just make themes without music, really.

I still wonder why Nintendo is holding back on adding themes proper. Did they not make enough money on 3DS themes? You'd think they would earn a ton on themes with relatively minimal effort.