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@Heavyarms55 Good attitude, I'll go into it with that thought too.

@Moonlessky Hmm you have me thinking - I have one too but never liked the effect much as is slightly smears the image in a way I found off-putting. I might give it another go with Bowser's fury though. Maybe the MClassic combined with a decent viewing distance will suitably mitigate things.

Such a shame re. Bowser's Fury - I mostly play my games docked & 720p is such a step down from 1080p on a 55"+ TV. 1080p scales so well on my LG CX that I'm perfectly fine with it, but I found Pikmin 3 at 720p too low res & can only bear to play it in portable mode. But here, you lose 60FPS when playing portably so.. Never mind, if I was forced to choose between 1080/30 or 720/60 I'd still choose the latter; gameplay is king.

Loved my platinum cube back in the day. Not long ago I bought a brand new in box ntsc platinum so I know the machine will probably outlast me..

Grinding is fine for teens but for working adults it’s a waste of time

Mine have just started drifting & I haven’t used them much.

@Clyde_Radcliffe Oo nice, thanks for the link! I was going to pass on this as I‘ve played the main game but I think it might be worth it now. Wouldn’t want to miss 6 hours of Nintendo magic.

Nice - it's the length that concerns me tho (as always). If it's a good chunk. I'll buy it. Nintendo, please never introduce 8-way controls for fully 3D Mario games - and while we're at it, please consign the broodals to history. Also, your younger generation of coders are embracing other game types like western RPGs and incorporating them into Zelda, Mario etc. Great for this one generation & it worked well, but please don't continue this - remember that Nintendo is special because it's ideas are unique.

@TheFullAndy Thanks for your recent email Andy. Just to inform you that we’ve taken both your requests seriously and have since developed and prepared the game for your approval pending a worldwide release towards the end of next week.

Best, Konami.

@Anti-Matter I love it - very interesting, your taste is good and off the beaten path. I think you’ll like jack & daxter.

@Anti-Matter I like that you’re going back to PS3 games as well as PS4. Often people just concentrate on the latest stuff but I collect for older consoles as well. I saw you like obscure younger-orientated games. What’s the best of those titles - in your opinion ? Genuinely interested as a collector of modern & retro stuff.

Thank god.I only hope that spurs them on to get 4 out.

@BeefSanta I’m hoping too but I’m thinking 4-5 hours might be a little wishful.

@Snatcher I love the look of this and am going to enjoy the hell out of it, but I wouldn’t want 3D Mario games to continue the locked 8-way control scheme.

It’s looks so so good - I just want to know how long it is now. I’m hoping there’s a good few hours there..

@Gurpleplok I have one of these - nice to hear, I haven’t heard many saying it’s their favourite.

So damn cool. I love my original charcoal consoles but have 2 brand new never used gold controllers for when my current ones eventually get loose.

@Kimyonaakuma I don’t think they’re trying to. They recognise that great software trumps all else.

@Zach777 interesting you consider this one of the greatest 3D Mario games- I like that. Do you mean when played in single player or multiplayer? I always pegged this game as much better in multiplayer..

Wow that is tiny! Nintendo have always been extremely efficient coders.

@Dragonslacker1 Same

@DjinnFighter I’m wondering about that - we still don’t know how short though - it says there’ll be several islands so it could maybe be a quite a few hours. Perhaps I’m clutching at straws

@mesome713 just out of interest, assuming you already have a Sony memory card, what’s bad about the Vita? I have the OLED version & I think it’s a beautifully made console.

Still play it every day.

@Grot Absolutely right, And re freemelee: People who diss Nintendo for not allowing emulators in competitions don’t understand the nature of the business. Their IPs are the essence of the company - if they allow them to be used in non official ways like this even once, then things will spiral out of control & the IP will eventually be compromised. Peer Schneider put it brilliantly on one of the NVC podcasts.

There’s something about using the original hardware, original cart on a CRT that just adds weight to the experience. Just to know it’s running on the original silicone with the controller it was designed for on the display where it looks best with no input lag. Just using the old cartridge gives it a sense of occasion that I’ve never found in any other way of playing. I’ve had collections of hundreds of old roms on emulators back in the day and somehow the experience loses its charm for me, even though you’ve got instant access to all the games at the touch of a button. I just love picking out a game from my piles of original carts & playing them on a CRT as they were meant to be played..

Absolutely phenomenal game

I think they’ve fixed it for the upcoming switch pro and will sweep the problem under the table re the old switches.

Nice, the GC controller is my favourite. Nothing can match the sheer precision and sensitivity of the analogue stick. The combination of that stick and the original super monkey ball is gameplay perfection in its purest form.

@beazlen1 nice profile pic. Do you still play 1080 snowboarding now & again?

Gosh they are taking this game very seriously, great to see

Oh my god, the mad monster mansion remix is absolutely epic!

@Willsy @WaveWitch CRTs only have input lag if they’re the more recent HD (1080i) models. The older 50/60Hz models have a lag in the microseconds, basically zero. For SD consoles, you should use one of these types. My LG CX or any modern TV has no hope of matching this, even running at 120fps.

@Wavey84 Nice - we have almost exactly the same journey - Sony CRT to Panasonic plasma (still have mine), CX OLED. You’re so right about motion - & the OLED is great for movies and 60hz or 120hz games but has problems with 30fps games in terms of stutter because of the panel’s response time and sample-and-hold nature nature and of course the lower res in motion. I’d be happy to have a mild motion interpolation to counter the 30fps stuttering if it could be incorporated into game mode with no added lag - impossible I know. I just wish Sony & MS would just commit to a universal 60hz+ option for games but I don’t think it’ll happen. I’d be happy to sacrifice resolution for frame rate in every case & the C9/CX upscales very well. I don’t like BFI because of the dimming, as you say. I have a few decent CRTs - NEC XV29+ (for 480p), a low use 25” and 2 X brand new 21” Sony 4:3 late 90’s consumer trinitrons, a Loewe E3001 chassis shadow mask, new 14” later Sony and a BVM 20E1E pro monitor. hopefully at least some will outlast me with inevitable cap replacements and care. Getting them new took a lot of searching over a few years but it’s my hobby and the image of an unused set is much sharper and more vibrant than a used one. The BNIB 21” and up sets have pretty much run out now, although they do pop up very occasionally.

@Wavey84 it’s crazy how certain aspects took a step backwards after CRTs and have never caught up. I love & collect them myself for the 240/480p stuff. I love the instantaneous nature of cartridges - just switch on, Immediately straight into the game - punchy image, zero lag, perfect motion etc.

@NEStalgia true.

MiniLED on switch will be very nice. It’s similar to FALD but with more zones. It’s really a stopgap to OLED, QD-OLED and eventually MicroLED, but is a realistic solution for now & will likely look gorgeous. No need for huge viewing angles on a handheld anyway.

@Snatcher Yes indeed! Love your games list in your profile

I was in tears watching this. This game is everything to me..

@Zidentia interesting - care to elaborate?

@Zidentia don’t talk that way about my Alex. He’s perfect and always has been.

@TG16_IS_BAE You’re missing something re ocarina. It’s not your fault - it just doesn’t gel with you and that’s fine. There’s something that makes the game much much more than a sum of its parts - there’s a reason this is still held in extremely high regard - and you can’t fathom why. Be at peace with it. There’s lots of games I don’t relate to that I know are amazing, but just don’t suit me - that’s the beauty of life, follow what you love.

@ALinkttPresent exactly! That and the fact that it’s comparatively empty is now seen as a criticism. Yo me that’s not true at all, The field is still as enchanting and engaging as it ever was. It’s lucky to have been able to experience it all at the time- new gamers will never understand

@JimmySpades it really is an odd phenomenon isn’t it?

It looks rough in front of a 4K tv but beautiful on the switch screen

@Sayari I love that!

@Sayari nice, that’s getting retro now - do you play it perpetually or on your first run through?

Conker’s bad fur day and Mario tennis, both on N64 - nothing like having a decent retro setup & going back to original hardware on CRT whenever you feel like it.

Then Pikmin 3, Mario Galaxy & Last of us 2.

It’s 720p30 docked!!! I was sure this would be 1080p! Bit gutted.

Co-op story mode with my daughter! Woohoo!