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@StewdaMegaManNerd As badly as I want X9, I also want a good Bubsy game. Don't look at it as Bubsy getting something that X/Zero/Axl should've, look at it as Atari showing that if Bubsy can do it, anyone can.

@Tingle_The_Great YEAAAAAAAHHH!!

It's finally Bubsy's time.

Pay no heed to these doubter commenters. The bobcat rises.

I'm actually digging the mechanics here more than Mario Kart.

@Slideaway1983 I will join you with a Black King Bar or something along those lines.

Sonic is the bigger threat, but Sonic won't kill Eggman. Joe Musashi WILL. Also I hope Dark Falz is one of the villains.

It's Ray-QUAH-zuh and I refuse to acknowledge otherwise.

I'm hungry for a Tales of Eternia remaster (or sequel) myself.

@Fiergala I didn't know that Bananza uses FSR. That seems... wrong.

@Fiergala For sure.

@kal_el_07241 I still like Switcheroo.

A lot of commenters here think that porting a game to less powerful hardware and making it run accurately and smoothly is an easy task.

Could a S2 version of Tekken 8 happen? Yes! A good version? Also yes! But it would be a lot of work.

@Fiergala Steam Deck uses AMD graphics and AMD has something like DLSS called FSR. So saying Switch 2 > Steam Deck because of DLSS is misleading at best.

I sure hope they release a limited time and worse version of Soviet Jump Game again. /s

Absolutely not.

Just keep the worst of the competitive Smash scene away and you're golden.

IP law is stupid and everyone mad at either this or Palworld is delusional.

But Nintendo is "less evil" than its competition, right guys? ... Guys?

And yes, I'm aware that the organization "just needs to ask," but even THAT is stupid.

Hoping to see more on Threads of Time.

Tried the demo. Seems fun.

Needed more air combos and a Burst meter.

Comparisons are fine. Odyssey never interested me, Bananza does, so Bananza > Odyssey. YMMV.

I'm interested.

My gripes with Champions of the Continent were the gacha system and the lack of English VAs. If Octopath Traveler 0 is indeed a consolized version of that experience without the gacha nonsense and English VAs (which it now definitely has), that's a win for me.

Unrealistic wishlist: Sonic Mania 2, Final Fantasy VI-2, Mega Man 12, Mega Man X9, Breath of Fire 7, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Ultimate, Septerra Core 2: Corgan's Quest to Change Maya's Fate, Ogre Battle Anthology, NES Darkwing Duck Remastered, NES Batman Remastered.

"Increased the frequency of lap-type courses appearing in the selection when choosing the next course in 'VS Race' and wireless races." Wow, they actually listened.

That's pretty cool actually.

This thing costs money?

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, what with Welcome Tour and all.

@Fiergala Haven't played either. I thought the same team that did the original Scott Pilgrim fighter went on to do things like Shredder's Revenge. I could be wrong. I didn't triple-verify my sources.

@Zerodogg I mean, that is something...

The first Scott Pilgrim 2D beat 'em up was dull garbage dressed up in video game references. In that way it's extremely faithful to what Scott Pilgrim is. They did way better in their future beat 'em ups.

Proof that sometimes sales don't reflect quality. Bananza deserves the accolades, Mario Kart World does not.

Would be boss if it actually played games lol.

But still cool as a display piece.

DKC2 > DKC3 > DKC1 > Tropical Freeze = DK '94 > the rest.

Not sure where Bananza slots in yet. Might be tied with DKC3, might be on par with DKC2 even.

Very long overdue Mega Evolution for the OG dragon boi.

The Wario game is legitimately great and it's a crime it wasn't re-released elsewhere.

I wonder if it's because a lot of women realize that most Mario games are overrated.

Yes, they pave the way for better things, but outside of some standouts (Yoshi's Island, Wonder, the Galaxy games, the DKC games and Bananza if we can count those), they're aggressively-just-okay.

At lot of these games look tight, and Steam Deck friendly.

I suspect that means they'll be right at home on Switch 2 as well.

Would be nice if the YouTube app worked again.

Weaponlord deserved better. I'd love a remake.

@LazyDaisy You are technically correct, misleading, and engaging in misinformation, all at once.

@LazyDaisy This is wildly misleading. The Steam Deck doesn't have DLSS because it uses an AMD processor, which has its own variant called FSR. Don't spread misinformation please.

@Exerion76 Same here. I have both and each is used for different games and in different situations.

@9_10DOH64 /rolleyes

k. I respond to bad faith nonsense in kind, but believe what you like. As I said I'm not going to get another ban.

Anywho:

I've needed to fix multiple Nintendo controllers.

EVERY SNES controller I've had, every single one, needed repair. And for the record I'm super gentle on my controllers, and have been even as a kid. SNES pads have always been flimsy garbage, even out of the box. They feel cheap and over time they suuuuuck.

NES pads never needed repair, though even as a kid they were monstrously uncomfortable.

EVERY GameCube controller I've ever had, had its analog sticks degrade. Again: I treat my controllers well.

One of my Switch 1 Pro Controllers had its battery bloat; a potential fire hazard.

In this way Nintendo controllers are no different than their competitors. I've had good and bad controllers from Sony, MS, Sega, 8bitdo, GameSir, ASCII, Mad Catz, PDP, Hori, and so on ad infinitum.

I'd say overall the most reliable controllers I've ever had were Sega pads. Master System controllers felt more comfortable than NES, the Genesis pads (3- and 6-button) are legendary, the good Saturn pad is a joy, and even the Dreamcast pad (with hall effect sticks out of the box!) performs way better than it looks.

@9_10DOH64 lol wow.

But rather than answer this mess the way it deserves and risk another ban, I'll give you this: you're right, it's subjective.

Me personally, controllers with awful d-pads (like the original Switch Pro Controller), sticks prone to drifts (like all of Nintendo's analog sticks post-N64, Switch 2 Pro included), and lacking an easy way to replace a failing battery (like this new controller, and most modern Nintendo hardware in general) are not good.

I don't have a favorite controller, because never in my life have I found the perfect one with ALL of the following: a good d-pad for platformers and fighters, two analog sticks, six face buttons, and either non-analog triggers or triggers with the option to change them to be non-analog.

@9_10DOH64 1983, for me. My first controller was an Atari 2600 joystick, and I've also used almost every controller imaginable. "THIS is the best controller ever made" is a laughable claim.

I trust that since you're the one who brought up years as though they mattered and claimed you've used every controller (lol), this settles the matter.

@ta297 My thoughts exactly.

People saying the kid has to dye his hair to play Link. Um, no the hell he doesn't. Who cares what Link's hair color is. Link has had multiple hair colors over the years.

@MyMemory No problems here; Death Note is not difficult to understand. It is the product of an author who fundamentally misunderstands what stands between modern society and a better world. The Netflix series is faithful to that silly story.

Even if it wasn't (and it is), it's laughable to judge all adaptations based on the quality of one. That's a YOU problem.

@sethfranum It means exactly what I typed.

@MCHuddle I'm going to predict that you're entirely wrong and that it will print money.