Zadaris

Had to go with Leon; also nice nod to Disco 2000 in the mix. Yes, I read the article lol.

25/25

Even now I recognize those critters.

'Classics Via Switch Online'

I see Pokémon over there Nintendo, I see it!

Meow? Did I say meow? Watch your mouth meow, of course I wanna play this game.

..... Meow!

Always had a fondness for Tropius (even though I dislike Pokémon with zero evolutions). He's got bananas on his neck people!

Even now Ampharos remains my favourite Pokémon of all time.

Nice to see so much variety in the poll so far.

Articuno is my favourite of this Gen.

Don't sleep on this game if you enjoy Paper Mario-esque adventures. It is just so fun.

It's evident that these financial crises are due to a severe lack of Billy Hatcher and associations.

Does my heart good to hear Mighty Max mentioned here.

Such a powerful pinball machine that only the 3 richest kings of Europe shall own them.

Might be the time to properly tackle the Godhome stuff.

But the future refused to change.....

Certainly a little disappointing; do the people in charge see realistic settings like Cyberpunk and deem that adult content is fine there but Dispatch is scrutinised because of its cartoony aesthetic?

Either way parental control exists on all devices so this shouldn't have been a problem.

Cam & Bert from Fleetway STC! Or Emperor Metallix, I'm not fussy.

I'm sure someone quoted the Miyamoto quality line here somewhere so I'll leave it at that.

tips hat

Looks like my Direct is in another castle.

How could they balls up a Sands of Time remake?! Fools!

Hope the talent that's being swept out with these games gets to go to a good company or consider founding their own.

@TYRANACLES We can live in hope my friend.

As a lifelong gamer (38) this was very uplifting.

The sad thing is Nintendo has always had an advantage compared to Skylanders or Disney Infinity; those toys were game and franchise specific but Nintendo is a platform rather than a solitary game series.

This meant that Nintendo could have had these toys-to-life be relevant across multiple games not just a single one. Instead Nintendo chose to do the same as the others and make amiibo mostly only compatible with the game they launch beside.

Why can't I scan my Pac-Man amiibo in Splatoon for Pac-Man gear? Scan it in MKW for a Pac-Man kart (or at least a decal.) Why can't I scan it in Vampire Survivors and get Pac-Man as a playable character?

Ok, that last one has other hoops the others don't but I think you get my point.

Never a bad excuse to play Silksong again.

12/17 - I was a little trigger happy with some answers.

Also was too busy laughing at that Charles Hayden Savage option in that last Zelda question. Made my night.

For me it's still Super Mario World.

@DennyCrane Wow, I haven't seen the Bamboozle guy in yonks!

The lack of care in ensuring the product shares parity doesn't really make sense when accounting for such old games with miniscule file sizes. That coupled with the fact the emulation environment is likely known by the devs and could've simply been delayed if the process was less simple for Switch.

Smacks of pushed out the door to make money quick.

Silksong is my jam but surely Clair Obscure is a shoe-in for GOTY!

Looking forward to Professor Layton and Decapolice could be an interesting one.

Nice to see the vote split is between people who love it and people who would like to love it.

Can't believe I was only 8 when this first came out.

18/21.

I mixed up the Zelda's and didn't recognize Ducktales all swirly.

Thankfully when I first sat I had four masks so it was more of an 'Uhhh, ok,' moment, then I found the mechanism to the left and got to sit for real. All was right with the world... for now!

@HugoGED So many companies seem to want to push a mundane and boring minimalism in their art which is just sad. They must be afraid of overstimulating all us adults.

Hearing that some devs still don't have dev kits (like Gears for Breakfast) for Switch 2 and then seeing the line-up in that recent Direct certainly seems to make a lot of sense to me.

MHS 3, Pac World 2 and that Elliot game are on the radar though.

"Please make sure you purchase the correct version"

'Game-Key Card'

The correct version is none.

Gears for Breakfast is another developer who has yet to get a Switch 2 Dev Kit. I know this because I inquired as to why A Hat in Time kept crashing in the same place when playing on Switch 2 and the spokesperson said they're looking into while waiting on a dev kit. That's bad form Nintendo!

Hello DJ Pikachu Incoming!

I really wanted to play Elden Ring on Switch 2. If it's gonna be a digital game with extra steps, I mean Game-Key Card, then I'm just going to finally grab it on another platform for a fraction of the price. It's not a new title after all.

From the company that gave the Switch Kingdom Hearts Cloud Version? Shocker....

@Hank_Scorpio All of the above! Besides, once DKB is out, maybe we can get to work on Fighters Destiny and Snowboard Kids for N64 NSO eh Nintendo?

[Suspension Bridge Intensifies]

Currently playing Cybersleuth at the moment so it's nice to know that I'll likely be able to play this on S2 later this year.

Even Nintendo was quick to clarify that Game-Key cards would not be used for 1st party titles; that makes it sound like even Nintendo considers the format to be inferior. After all couldn't they make EVEN more money by only doing Game-Key cards for everything?

Having never played this game, though being aware of its influence on the industry, I'm looking forward to giving this a go.

Sorry Nintendo I'm saving this 20 quid to remove the sting out of the next big game that will release. You get it.

Cackletta and Fawful when?

Was hoping for a more general Direct; since I'll be getting Bananza either way I don't really need to know more.

Gonna be playing some Mario Kart World online and with my brother. Before I wind down for that day I'm gonna cherry pick some of my backlog and see how they run on the new beast.

Still fondly remember the day my brother got this as a belated birthday present for me. Wasn't too sure I'd like it at first. Then as I played (even moreso when I got to the Weapon Master mode) I fell in love with the title.

Will look forward to playing through it again in the near future.

You're ruining independent Sephiroth!

Sad to be from the timeline where a cow makes it in before Professor E.Gadd.

It will close as soon as the first 'p' is spotted.

@Jeronan Saber Interactive worked a bit of wonder with getting the Witcher 3 running on cart (with some compromises certainly) so who's to say that an equally marvellous port of the Witcher 4 complete on cart is completely off the table?

But I certainly agree that many devs now have a make-up that is very much too many cooks, too little taste.

Clair Obscure would be an excellent get on the system and I hope it happens for anyone here who only owns Nintendo consoles.