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@Jayenkai I like this response the best.

So, nothing was confirmed, besides that the letter C does exist and it does appear on this button. I do not think we were wondering what letter, if any, was going to appear on the button. Like most buttons, I believe we are curious at what it does.

Candy. The button makes candy, or buys me candy, or I buy it candy. Something with candy.

Is this anything like Animal Crossing? I've tried Animal Crossing three times and it seems those games just aren't for me. I just don't want to get burned again as I assume this will be $60 bucks. I do like that this game exists even if it might not be for me.

@TheColorRed I am not worried about it, I just wanted to opine on the reaction to the direct. I was just expecting a bunch of $60 dollar remasters, back to back to back to back, until the screen faded to black. I think for some reason most would have preferred that, which just blows my mind. Plus, I must admit that Rhythm Heaven is always a welcome way to end any console generation. They did it with the Wii, the 3ds, and I think its proper to the same with the Switch. What a fun game series from what seems to be a mostly bygone era for Nintendo.

People are crazy. I mean, you people are crazy. If this direct was "too good", then the Switch 2 would seem pointless. For a console on its way out, I think this highlighted that hey, there are at least 4 first party games coming to the Switch 1 that aren't just overly expensive remasters. Compared to the sendoff to the 3ds, which I think did stink (as a sendoff, not the system as I think it's my favorite system ever), it was a good direct.
Again, you people are crazy and impossible to please. I have been a bit negative on Nintendo throughout the entire Switch generation, as I just don't think their lineup is as creative as it was when they needed to support two unique systems. But... this is a solid sendoff to the system that killed the era of two interesting systems during a generation. Now I am rambling, and I don't care.

Cool guy, I appreciate his existence in the gaming world. I wish I didn’t have to sell my soul to the company I work for, but I’m not very creative. Video games aren’t my forte anymore, but I still like keeping up with the going’s on.

As with most buyouts, this will lead to a worse product. I don’t play Go anymore so no skin off my butt, but this still sucks.

This was written by someone named Ollie, and that makes me smile.

Add that to the list of needless problems caused by collective stupidity.

With the staggered release schedule of Nintendo consoles these days, it puts them in a good spot. Probably another 3 years before the next PlayStation so the lack of power is less noticeable. I just hope the dock does something interesting this go around.

Eh, I don’t mean to be a hater but I preferred both the ds/wii era and 3ds/wii u era considerably more. It probably doesn’t help that as I’ve gotten older, I just have less time to spend playing video games. I think the switch has compromised handheld gaming. I know it’s a handheld, but it lacks games designed for handheld play. Plus, the gimmick this go around hasn’t led to any fun things. I still remember playing No More Heroes and getting phone calls on my wiimote. I know, I know many think of these sort of things as gimmicks. I think differently, that’s all.

This is a bit silly. Of course, ideally, we could buy these games before they are delisted. Rights to games is a nightmare and the deal Nintendo or anyone else for that matter likely stipulated that the game has to go. This is why subscription services often suck. It’s the new normal though. I don’t like it, but I won’t pretend there is an easy answer.

Yeah I can see it lasting over 100 years. My back of the envelope calculations say there will be almost 100000 Pokemon by then. Or hats. Lots of hats for pikachu.

Minecraft animated show, sure. Movie with Jack Black? Horrible.

I really wish this game did poorly. DK Wii is great, but to release after tropical freeze, and at $60? This was a Nintendo select game. As a cranky adult, I really hate how Nintendo no longer does dynamic pricing. I suppose there is the occasional $50 game. To further rant, I wish Nintendo still made games designed around handheld play.

Probably Tepig. Because as a kid I always picked the fire type. As an adult, fire types since they generally dont have many fire types to catch in games. And I wonder if it will end up being Fire/bacon type.

Looks okay. The wild areas seem real tacked on though. I don’t think it’s very wild for these Pokemon to be living on sidewalks and streets.

It’s the only system where I can play wrecking crew and balloon fight.

Well, it’s sort of 4 new games. Remaster is doing some heavy lifting.

It’s possible, but the switch changed how Nintendo looks at releases. Remember when the 3ds had some lovely small releases like pushmo, boxboy or Dillon’s rolling western? The switch didn’t have any Nintendo published games with this more limited scope. I hope those days return, but if they don’t, then I would say no, they cannot keep up a game a month release schedule.

@CovidBarbie You aren’t going to donate these games. I hope your kids do enjoy these games, but no need to lie about your intentions. I also don’t believe you are actually going to buy several copies, but that’s another story.

@BloodNinja I think single battles are fine, and the tweaks over the years help. There are double battles and those change things up considerably. The big problem is that the entire game is single battle focused. With the two versions nonsense, maybe they can try making the other game double battles. It’s not so much the gameplay mechanics that are stale, it’s everything else. The campaign is just such a slog, at least for anything after Gen 5.

@Kevember Pokémon was best on dual screens and HHSS certainly seem to be the peak of the franchise. Personally, I love white and black too but everything after has been a pretty big disappointment. Gen 6 is when I stopped remembering the locations, names of anybody and even some Pokémon as things became stale.

@CovidBarbie Several copies? To support the devs? Why? It’s a freaking remake, at best, your compulsive buying will convince them that they need to make the next mainline game 4 games so people like you might buy all 4 three times to show your support of burning money.

One save file again, I imagine. For reasons that aren’t good, and it’s $60? Same price as what Arcues legends will be. I just hate that pricing is so arbitrary, some games need to be 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and even 70 if warranted. I bought links awakening for 60, like an idiot. These prices are insane.

Okay, I don’t think I’m getting this. I’m a dad now and this just isn’t giving me $60 of fun. I got burned on let’s go pikachu as that was certainly not worth $60. I get the split gen thing for main games, but now that these are technically on consoles and the price is much higher than the original releases, can they at least make the remakes one game? I would have at least played through let’s go again if I could use the other starter. We know the Pokémon company farmed this one out and from all appearances, it was a quick and low cost remake. Why in the world is every switch release $60 now? I’m done for a while with gaming I guess. Nothing new has sparked me. Maybe it’s just me, but I’m sad that games, even remakes, are so phoned in now.

@Judal27 Depends on the game. I mostly liked the look in links awakening and the art style in advanced wars seems to fit an actual motif, of toy soldiers.

@johnvboy It’s a DS game and it will sell like hot cakes. Visually, as the review states, battles look better but the overworld is more of what you prefer. For example, I think golf story looks great with pixel art, and it wouldn’t be better if it went for the chibi look.
Also, and this is true of any game from the DS era, they haven’t found a good solution for the lack of dual screens so it can be said that the originals will have a superior gaming experience.

@Anti-Matter You are afforded no new opportunities with permanent exp share. To satisfy both you and I, all they needed to do is have it on by default… with an option to turn it off. That’s called a win-win scenario. As is, only some win.

I don’t play animal crossing. I prefer gta 2 more than any other gta game. Therefore, everyone else is wrong.

@KillerBOB You click on these stories and leave comments on them. Reviews for this game are terrible, there’s another story you can complain about.

@BloodNinja I agree. With that said, I can understand why many assumed that ps2 ports would be a walk in the park, slam dunk, etc. In some ways, I wonder if bad press about a terribly optimized release is a marketing strategy at this point. Cyberpunk still sold like crazy and I don’t think that game was purposely that crummy, they just ran out of time. With this trilogy, I’m actually wondering what the heck is going on here. I wonder if this will push GTA 5 sales up for a bit. I certainly wouldn’t be surprised.

I was going to wait regardless as this smells like a game that will be half priced after the holidays. I think it looks okay but it’s much more jarring to deal with the problems listed when actually playing a game instead of just looking at gameplay footage.

I’m more okay with the two versions than I am with charging almost double for remakes. The original games were $35, the price is insane.

What do you call it when someone steals cheese?

Brie Larson.

@Anti-Matter Do you have Fitness boxing 2? It seems up your alley and it’s my go to workout game right now. Very fun and a great workout.

Interesting conversation above about how Atlus used to be able to produce so many games during the 3ds era compared to their output on the switch. I’m probably in the minority but I wish HD never happened, at least in gaming. Games were make frequent and certainly used to take more risks. All well, I’ll go yell at a cloud about this.

This game was the best use of 3D on the 3ds and easily a top 10 on the system for me. With that said, the honor of best game is far and away Kid Icarus Uprising. That actually might be my favorite game, period. Best 3rd party game? I might need to give it to Rhythm Thief but a couple stages did make me want to throw my system due to the finicky gyro required for a couple songs. Wonderful game though.

@JaneBear He’s not much better sitting down.

Lasagna is Italian and so is Mario. Mind blown.

@westman98 Ha. I had the same thought but didn’t see your post. It’s sad that we all seem to talk like idiots these days.

@BTB20 Because of this? ***** using their IP for what appears to be yet another scam? Yeah, innovative.

Anyone who uses simp in a sentence, especially when trying to sell people phony garbage, can go burn in hell.

Not sure who’s coffee costs 4 or 5 bucks a pop, unless you are referring to a latte made by a professional. You know, a tangible product that includes a substance that enhances people’s productivity. I find value in being able to drive up to a coffee shop and buy a coffee to get me through my day. This? These are games that have already made money many years ago. It’s a digital good. Though I do admit, people who are complaining are going a bit overboard. It’s an overpriced service I personally have little interest in. No more, no less.

@SwitchForce Yep, if California ever failed as some wish, our entire country would be screwed. This isn’t even cutting off the nose to spite the face level of stupid. This is like wishing for our country to collapse because of political differences.

@bound4earth Generic character would have been better, I suppose. They did make her too vulnerable in other M, but if a character never shows emotion like previous Metroid games? That’s worse.

Pretty good game. I found it memorable mostly for the unique control scheme. I don’t think it was the best game to implement said control scheme, and I wish other games used it as it was truly fun. Funny enough, taking kid icarus uprising into account, there could have been a really neat on rails shooting leading to 2d and 3D sections using the d pad. Also, the story was okay. Let’s this be a lesson to those that hate this game but want Link to talk in the next Zelda game. Be careful what you wish for.

Wow. Some people really have an axe to grind against the state of California. People like to think coastal types are out to get them. This comment section helps prove otherwise. It’s a wealthy state that has so many industries. That’s the reality. Yes, California has some bad laws and bad people. This is true of any state. Some weirdos here are equating censorship in a game to some made up policy that does not exist. Get a grip, this is so sad when people hate on regions due to their own ignorance.

I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more. That’s it though.

@Wyatt006 All great games, but Splatoon really is a special IP. Shooters just seem silly, funny enough, without all the paint and range based mechanics Splatoon excels at.