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I'm not getting one, because I'd go crazy with the battery life. Hopefully that'll be fixed in the next version.

I heard the D-Pad is still awful. It would be kind if the media talked about this for a change. Last time I got mine unaware of the issue, because nobody freakin' talked about it.

That only shows that their scores are worth sh*t.

I can't believe that all these AI threats will become reality. I can't believe would give away their basic human instincts just because corporations wanted to take them from us. I hope most of us wouldn't buy AI-created things.

Difficult to say from the photos, but it looks to me like Nintendo finally improved their quality game. Both the console and accessories look like the build quality is actually decent, which was missing from Nintendo for years.

Not a fan of the music or sound effects. Mario Kart World seems to have mediocre sound design, I'm afraid.

I'm so tired of 2020s already and we're only halfway through. It's one bad news after another bad news and more bad news.

@wanderwonder I'm gonna set up a VS mode race with mushrooms and blue shells only and try, thanks 😁

@wanderwonder it happens to me very, very rarely that I even have a mushroom. Don't wanna brag, but after all these hours playing I'm usually first even on 200cc and I don't play online (that would change everything, I know). Do you know more or less how much time frame is there to avoid the shell with the mushroom? I only tried to do that maybe 5 times.

I played Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for hours and hours, but I have never managed to dodge the blue shell with mushroom.

@dazzleshell yeah bro that sucks. I'm pretty sure they'll fix it in the Pro 2 though.

@dazzleshell did Nintendo pretend they didn't know about the issue? That would be the way Apple treats their customers. Making a faulty device and then pretending it's rare. Apple Support was also trained to pretend they haven't heard about the issues.

@Sylamp the D-Pad in the Pro Controller made me realize that reviewers are super lazy these days. I see that trend in reviews of everything - movies, devices, games, music. They just repeat after one another and I'm doubtful whether they even use the things they're reviewing for enough time to have an honest opinion. I haven't seen a single review of the Pro Controller which would mention the awful D-Pad. Yes, awful. It's unusable in some games. I found it out during my first hour of playing with it. So not sure how the "reviewers" tested it to not be able to notice such an obvious flaw. And that's too bad, because I'd never buy the Pro Controller if I knew about how bad the D-Pad was. We live in the times of content farming, media are all about quantity, they don't care about quality anymore.

@Smithicus the hype comes from the nostalgia for sure, but in my opinion Croc holds up very well. I've played it through multiple times since my childhood and it's always been fun. The first Croc is more simplistic than Mario or Spyro for sure, but it's still enjoyable. I consider it more like an arcade platformer, closer to Super Mario 3D World style than Super Mario 64 if you know what I'm saying. More sandbox-y. I don't get it why some people claim that Croc 2 doesn't hold well though - it's much more versatile than the first. Not as "rich" as Mario 64 or Banjo-Kazooie, sure, but still delicious, charming and fun.

This is THE game of my childhood! I love Croc so much.

I just hope the build quality is better than Switch. I'm tired of the cracking sounds of the Switch.

I don't get the fuss about Balatro. It's like dozens free card games. Change my mind.

@Kidfunkadelic83 still the gold medal goes to the Colosseum for the most monotonous set I guess.

I expected Mario to have his peepee out for an 18+ set.

@rushiosan Mario 3D All-Stars is my only physical game.

Corporations have way too much power over their customers these days.

@TomSupreme seriously though, how is it even possible to make scrolling the flat content so slow in a device from 2017? What is it doing behind the scenes, computing the point of life?

@BenAV I switched to iPhones with 120Hz screens and I also use a MacBook with 120Hz screen. Now when I see a non-pro iPhone or MacBook Air, the screen looks painful to my eyes, it jumps instead of gliding.

@PluckyRicky I already accepted the fact that many people don't see a difference between 60Hz and 120Hz (and many people, including me, see a HUGE difference in smoothness), but I find it difficult to understand why some people say the OLED doesn't make a big difference. Partial color blindness?

I find it really weird that so many people don't care about OLED. I literally didn't want to buy a Switch before it got the OLED screen, because on LCD games looked dead and washed out. OLED makes such a huge difference.

Of course they will release it physically, why wouldn't they if they did it for I-III? I don't understand the doubt lol.

@JackieCMarlow I still like Wario Land 4, but I do agree with you. The fourth one is different, it's much less original when it comes to the concept. Wario Land 4 is pretty standard platformer, very well done game in my opinion, but it lacks the spark of Wario Land 2 & 3, which were much deeper game ideas. I completed Wario Land 4 two or three times and I still enjoy watching the walkthroughs of it, because it relaxes me, but I kind of find this game a bit boring if that makes sense. I love the smoothness of it, but I also dislike that smoothness when playing it, as it feels too smooth. I think the biggest downgrade was the heart system, compared to being immortal in 2 & 3. I probably don't make sense anymore, but these are my feelings towards Wario Land 4.

@PikaPhantom yeah, I exaggerated. But you won't tell me this MK9 looks any better than MK8 Deluxe.

It was a really weird choice to tease it with such an ugly track and zero "wow" moments. It looks like it could be Mario Kart Wii, easily.

Maybe it's just me, but the fact that they use AI for these improved graphics somehow makes me cringe.

While I love many thing Nintendo does, we all should criticize things like joy-con drift etc. more often. It's for our own good. What Nintendo did when they released Switch OLED after 4 YEARS with the same, faulty joy-cons should be unacceptable! Customers are too forgiving. Same goes with many other companies, they tend to be jerks for customers sometimes, because we allow them to. Also, Switch Pro controller's D-Pad is unacceptable too and they know it!

Robotnik in Polish means a specific type of "a worker", for example construction worker.

I wish they didn't make the customers pay extra for SD cards branding. You can't see it on daily basis anyway.

@RetroBox I thought it looks nice, it would suit well on GameBoy Advance. But it's one of these cases when I'm shocked about the universal "wow" for a game. All reviews praise that joker gimmick, but I found it really dull after about 10 jokers. Maybe hardcore poker fans find some appeal in that, I don't know. Not for me.

Can someone explain why is Balatro so popular? I played it and it doesn't seem too exciting to me. Just an average card game. Many jokers, sure, but is it that fun?

It looks way too serious for a Nintendo product.

Wario has so much personality.

@FishyS it's not about how hard you squeeze. It's about squeezing with love.

@-wc- you cinvinced me 😁

@-wc- I usually prefer games that are meant to be completed over simulators. I want to give Stardew Valley a shot though.

I have never even played Stardew Valley, but I love all news about it. Everything about this game feels like a better world. Innocent, not greedy and cute. Kind-hearted.

"Boss health bars can now be toggled on or off"

I like this change!

I love random sh*t like this <3

@ScalenePowers I partially agree with your point, but I feel like there were many things that Croc did right. While I also think that it lacked some personality that we knew from other games, it had a unique vibe to it in my opinion. I really love Croc games.

I'm still impressed how Nintendo managed to make eShop flat simple UI laggy in XXI century.

@OorWullie a lot of GBA style comes from the fact that the screen didn't have any kind of lighting, at least until GBA SP. Because of that, the color palette was always brighter compared to other consoles. It's most obvious when you compare games than landed on GBA from other consoles.

@AngelSlayer I agree! I feel like they look down on me as if I was a beggar. Gimme a penny, sir! Dear sir, gimme a penny!

One thing I've learned in life is that in the context of games, "critically acclaimed" means close to nothing.

Super Sheep gives me the best nostalgia.

There's way too much technology around us at this point.