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Considering the price they're asking for the plastic Virtual Boy shell, I think a potential second screen for DS emulation would cost you a second mortgage. Or a third if you already have a mortgage on your house as well. Really hoping they just give an option to play without such a thing, honestly.

Good grief the price of that keyboard is absurd. I'm convinced of the quality of this brand but that feels too steep.

@Dee123 It not happening doesn't mean I don't want it to happen.

@Suketoudara Considering Nintendo does own the franchise partially, I'm just hoping that one day they get sick of the cut corners and demand better. Not sure how much that would help, but I feel it's sorely needed. It's definitely one of the least polished Nintendo exclusive franchises right now.

It's the biggest media franchise. There is absolutely zero reason for them not to include voice acting. I don't have the recent games (aside from Arceus) but I've seen some of the cutscenes. They're absolutely ridiculous without voice acting, it's intensely grating, and it takes you out of the immersion.

They should either include voice acting, or go back to what they're actually good at, making these games with sprite art instead of 3D. Lack of voice acting won't be as bad there.

Man I wish Nintendo would subject Pokémon games to their usual quality control because they really need it.

Nah. I've decided I'm just completely done with modern mainline Pokémon games. They may still win me over if they ever get their act together properly over there with these games, but until then, I'll just be playing generation 1 to 5 instead of I ever feel that itch for mainline Pokémon.

Good to see it still getting (mostly) favorable reviews, from the looks of it. I may not be getting it myself, but I hope everyone who does will have a blast playing this one!

@1UP-HUSKY Came here to say this. It's a good machine, but not much of a new invention.

It's the UK, so not really surprising I think.

@Untempered-Link Love your avatar, by the way.

@Dogorilla Seconded. I think it looks pretty solid thus far, promising at the very least. It's an Avatar game that actually looks like it has charm and care put into it, and I feel like if this game does well, it could even lead to a whole new era of Avatar games that are of (hopefully) similar high quality.

Really hoping this will be good. Avatar is a series that definitely deserves a good game for once.

Also going for the NA/EU one because it's just a bit more interesting to look at.

Just what we needed, another Goku.

Cool though, I guess.

It's okay I still love my horribly inefficient Mario space adventure game.

Come on man. This is beyond ridiculous at this point.

I'm honestly still not really a fan of this animation style. Give me the style that was used in the Camelot GameCube Mario sports game intro cutscenes, please.

It is good to see them ensuring the game is as good as can be right out of the gates. Will be happy to play this one when it comes out. The demo was really good.

Top tier soundtrack, even better game. Would recommend.

A 9, and the only reason I'm not giving it a 10 is because they didn't add much extra, and the price is still a little hard to swallow.

But these are still amazing games that I would encourage anyone to try, regardless.

Both are good, but I picked NA for being just a little more unique.

@benmalsky198 I was simply stating my opinion. This entire article is an opinion, and I was merely stating how I feel on the matter. You're completely free to have your own opinion too. Go nuts.

Though can you please not spam several messages in a row? You can say all you have to say to me in one singular message.

@benmalsky198 I beg to differ, honestly. Their whole appearance looks really weird, and I can't say I care for their blocky course either. It's like putting a banana in a bowl full of apples. Sure they're both fruits, but the banana sticks out like a sore thumb.

As for the open world aspect. It's not that which I don't like. I love the idea of exploring an open world like that. The problem, in my opinion, lies with it being forced into races too. If it was exclusive to Knockout Tour, that would be great, but it's forced into Grand Prix too, and that's just too much.

Though I must say I would like the open world to be more alive too. And I don't mean just NPC characters walking, walking, or driving around. Have them do more things. And bring a greater variety too. You really only see Shy Guys, Toads and Yoshis walking the streets, and Koopas driving cars. There are so many species they can still pull from in the greater Mario universe, it really makes no sense for every friendly NPC to be just these few. If you do the open world thing, I'd say do it right. It's not bad, but it is kind of half baked. I don't really get the feeling of being in a living, breathing world when exploring this one. They can do much better.

I just can't really bring myself to care much for Sonic characters anymore these days, honestly. And that is a big part of these mascot racers for me. I want to feel a connection to the characters I'm racing with or against. On that note, Mario wins for me every single time their games are pitted against each other.

That said, I will say Mario Kart World is a game I've put down way too quickly for a Mario Kart game. I think it's due to the whole intermission thing, really. I just don't care about driving to the next course every time. It's... not necessarily boring, but it's also not nearly as exciting as previous Mario Kart games as a result.

I've played the Sonic demo, and yeah I can absolutely see that game just being better. I might pick it up sometime down the line. As said, the character lineup is a big part of these games for me, and Sonic characters just aren't it for me. The DLC characters largely don't do much for me either. The presence of Minecraft characters even ruins it for me partially, they feel so out of place. The only characters I care about that are coming, are Mega Man and Avatar TLA characters, the latter of which also feel kind of weird to have present here, I feel.

Ignoring the character department though, I definitely think Sonic should take the win on this one. Though I think if I want to get my fun racer fix, I'll probably just pick up any previous Mario Kart and go with that. Kirby will fill that role nicely too when it drops. And then when I feel this game is discounted enough, and depending on the DLC pricing and all, I might pick up Sonic.

I got it for a cheaper price from Amazon. I didn't want to pay more than 60 bucks for it, ended up paying like only 52 for it. Quite happy with the purchase!

I arrived at the theme park in DK Bananza and somehow lost interest to keep going for now. So that one's gonna be put on hold now.

I got in both Final Fantasy Tactics and Super Mario Galaxy 1+2 though. I'll definitely be playing those!

@Pillowpants Based selection. 🫡

I always find it silly when they count so many characters, but a good amount of them are just different versions of Goku. And not even just transformations, there's various Gokus from different eras of Dragonball, and yeah then it gets worse when you count all the transformations as well.

The game still has an impressive amount of characters regardless, though. I just hope there'll be more actual new characters and not Goku #128, #129 and #130.

I've got my copy ordered, it should arrive next week. Looking forward to launching back into space with these two games. Particularly Galaxy 2, for obvious reasons. It's good to see they perform so well, but who was really doubting that? Nintendo knows how to polish their releases, usually.

I hate everything about this. Sure, it can create cool and cute stuff.... but there's just so many factors about this that make this entirely wrong. Generative AI should be banned. But it's probably not going anywhere at this point.

We won't know what's real anymore before long. AI makes me real sad.

This has me thinking. What's stopping developers from making Switch 1 Joy-Con function as a mouse? I mean, aside from probably being more uncomfortable to use as one and the lack of a C button, don't they pretty much have the same functionality as Switch 2 Joy-Con?

A game like this is a slap in the face for the Fire Emblem franchise, and no Fire Emblem fan should ever support something like this.

Just my two cents.

People here know I'm a huge Yoshi fan, but if this game was Yoshi themed instead I would have never bothered either and would probably have thrown a massive hissyfit in the announcement article. Or in the review. Or both. Either way, garbage game, skip, play real Fire Emblem.

Whenever I get the choice, I always go for third person. I don't know what it is about first person, but I just can't get into games from a first person perspective. I've yet to finish a single first person perspective game.

Honestly, I never really saw the appeal of the way Mario Galaxy does two player mode. Who wants to be the one to gather stuff and such for player 1? I know it's meant more for kids, but I can't even really imagine kids of any age finding any engagement in it.

If I were that kid I'd probably ask to play another game. Mouse controls or no. And of the kid is young enough to find enjoyment in it.. as the older player I'd be more worried about the kid tossing their controller somewhere.

But hey maybe I'm wrong and there are co-star enthusiasts! And Galaxy 2 at least attaches it to the orange Luma so that at least the second player feels like they're controlling a character too and not just a cursor.

It looks pretty cute honestly. One to keep an eye on.

Will there be a review of this one on NintendoLife?

Awesome. I still have my Wii copies and 3D All Stars but I still bought this collection. I found it for relatively cheap. Looking forward to playing these again! Particularly Galaxy 2, for obvious reasons.

I have this one. It is an absolute thing of beauty. It is expensive, sure, but it's only a one time purchase. I'm happy with mine, really!

Honestly, both of these are pretty solid.

I went with EU/NA though, because the Japanese one could really use a bit of a border I feel. It feels a bit naked without something like that, when you see these two side by side.

Donkey Kong Bananza for me.

I have to admit it has indeed been growing on me more than I thought it would.

Also some Stardew Valley and Dragon Ball FighterZ.

I was just thinking if we'd see another Splatfest, the last one feels so long ago by now.

Last time I picked zombies, dunno what I'll choose this time yet.

I guess I'll give the demo a try and then delete it. But I'll probably end up getting the inevitable collection on PC instead. I have no desire to plug my Switch 2 memory with this game.

If only it had a proper physical release which would have mended that problem. 🤔

@Spider-Kev I mean, I do think it's worth $50 at least, personally. But definitely not $80.

Fair enough on the statement though lol

@PinderSchloss I'm trying to keep a complete collection of amiibo, though.

But I do agree that paywalling content behind them is dumb, mind.

My poor wallet.

Can't say I will miss this guy. He has the name, but not the fame, or the game. Dude just showed up in one Direct, explained why Mario Kart World is 80 dollars, and left.

Yes I know he did a lot more than that. But he really doesn't feel like a good addition to the Nintendo team, in my opinion.

Best of luck to Devon Pritchard though! Hope she will come up in a Direct sometimes.

@progx Quite frankly I have to say I don't really care. It's Nintendo's product, it's Nintendo's job to provide proper ways for their developers and partners to distribute their products to consumers. If they can't do that, then in my eyes, they failed. And you cannot convince me that Nintendo could not have come up with a better solution.

They can say whatever they want, I still don't care. At the end of the day, consumers are still the ones who are off with the worst of both worlds, with the only benefit being able to resell them.

Nintendo failed at their job in this case, if you ask me, by not providing a proper media storage for developers. I'm going to continue to refuse any game key card purchases.

I'll kindly pass. Mobile games remain bottom of the barrel in my opinion, no matter who developed them.

I quite enjoyed it, but yeah it was just.. okay. It was very predictable and all that.

But them going straight to Galaxy really, really has me worried that they're once again not going to allow anything to actually breathe. This one really needed to be more world building, not going straight on adventures in outer space.

We'll see though.

Cool. I already beat these games not too long ago though so I won't be booting them back up for a while yet, the cases are still way too fresh on my mind.

They're very good though, would absolutely recommend.

The only thing still missing from this, imho, is text history that the other collections have.

Also lol at that art of Mia, Maya and April.

Nice to see it's such a solid entry. Will certainly pick this one up then. Just a shame about the War of the Lions content being left out, but I never played this game in the first place in any capacity (unless FFTAdvance is a version of this), so I don't know if I'll really feel if I'll be missing out on that content or not anyway.