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This is the best wave, hands down. You can tell they gave it so much love, every single track is polished, which has never happened in any other wave before. It makes some tracks (like New York Minute or Tokyo Blur) look like a joke in comparison. Also the new characters are somewhat more expressive and fun.

@HalBailman by winning, you mean you got gold or you got 3 stars? Also, you need to consider 200cc the hard mode, not 150cc. I was scared by 200cc at first, but now I only play 200cc. It takes practice, but is doable. The first great tip I got was to use Y instead of A to accelerate in 200cc, because it makes braking button (B) much more accessible.

My favorite genre of them all. I got many platformers on Switch, but my most beloved ones are Super Mario Odyssey and Celeste, by far. Silver medal goes to Super Mario 3D World and bronze goes to Rayman Legends. Kirby and the Forgotten Land comes fourth.

I'm waiting for the discount.

@Dom_31 I agree. The cover art is simple in a bad way.

I love the screen of Switch OLED. It's so lively and a pleasure to look at.

I'm surprised that build quality is not mentioned much. The way joy cons wiggle and are attached poorly is just unacceptable. Also the plastic quality is quite bad.

@Boschania I wish I knew that before I bought it. It makes me believe that reviewers don't even test things properly, but just repeat things that other reviews said. All reviews that I've read before buying said that Pro Controller was perfect.

@mlt it's because the D-pad of Pro Controller is fine in games where you only use left and right (and up and down only occasionally, without tight timing). This is the case in Mario games. But try dashing in Celeste (which is 8-directional) using this D-pad, you'll get furious.

I have a Pro Controller and I was shocked when I found out how bad its D-Pad was. Playing Celeste with it was literally impossible, as quick presses are interpreted wrong. For example, quick up and then right is interpreted as up AND right. Joy Con's D-Pad is million times more reliable. I don't understand why reviews of Pro Controller never mention this flaw, because it's rather crucial.

@Member_the_game I usually prefer to 100% every level as I go.

I didn't even know Disney Classic Games was a thing on Switch. Great idea, but the price is a joke.

@AndroidiOS it does not. You're trying to redefine piracy through some mental gymnastics assuming that people think deeply before they download a game for free. It doesn't work like that, whether you like it or not. And to be clear - I always buy original digital games. But I'm not pretending I analyze Nintendo's profits when I play games.

Do you guys fall into trap thinking that the newest system is always stable until the next update? This is flawed thinking and I do that too. Subconsciously I believe that, when the next update comes, something bad happens to the previous version. In the reality they just found some flaw, so the system was never that stable. It's the same for 17.0.0, it's not that stable at all. Just wanted to share how, in my opinion, our minds work.

I would buy a digital-only one, but I'm aware I'm a minority here. If anything, that should be only an option. I'm a heavily mobile person and that's the only reason why I avoid physical games. I know my lifestyle comes with its cost though.

It feels like a sponsored article.

At least someone's excited 🥱

I'm playing Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice that I left off for quite some time and now I decided to finish it. It's a pretty good, but also a very buggy game.

Imagine if more people had the spirit of Eric Barone. The world would be a better place.

Is 2 any better than 3? I got 3 because of great reviews, but I left it unfinished, as I find it a bit boring and repetitive.

@FishyS I'm a platform games lover, not a noobie (I completed Celeste and its aftergame, for example) and in my opinion completing 100% of Kirby Forgotten Land is actually very challenging. Some of these final bosses are seriously hard. I mean in Wild Mode, haven't touched the Easy one.

I purchased MK11: Ultimate a while ago, but I just can't play it on Switch. It looks terrible in handheld mode and this is the way I'm playing 99% of the time. Like come on, Switch is not THAT weak, they clearly didn't want to invest money in optimizing it. This is why I'm waiting for Switch 2, as I expect it to reach the point where even unoptimized game would look fine.

I hope rock solid 60 FPS will become a standard with Switch 2.

@Mortenb yeah, exactly. NSMB is like an amateurish game that was given high budget. It has this kind of vibe that weak platformer games have, where every level feels like something to be done rather than an exciting adventure.

@LikelySatan nah, it's just that I assumed that the game would be as boring as these older games. I'm also not a fan of this art style. But maybe Wonder would be different.

@LikelySatan I mean all Mario games with this style of graphics, so basically NSMB series.

@Sonicka I hope to be positively surprised too. Let's wait and see.

It's just me, but in my book these modern 2D Mario games lack magic. They are solid, but boring platforming games. The only outstanding thing about them is the Mario universe.

@Mario500 because it's boring and tedious in my opinion.

Luigi's Mansion 3 is the game in my collection that disappointed me the most. I don't get the hype, seriously.

@DeadPixelTales oh, thanks! It was meant to be a joke around the stick though, haha! (bite)

I wonder how many gigabites this game requires.

@Freek if you like metroidvania, have you played Wario Land 3? It's in Nintendo Switch Online's GameBoy catalog. It's one of my favorite takes on the genre.

@echoplex you are 100% correct, there is literally zero correlation between how the work goes and what's the final product like. We had it all - masterpieces born in friendly environments, craps made in hostile offices and the other way around too.

I got this game and to be honest it disappointed me. Maybe it's "near perfect" in terms of lack of problems. But it just isn't appealing to me, it's too boring and dry for me. No magic there, nothing to make me play it again.

Not a fan of these modern 2D Mario games. Gimme the 3D one and I'm set!

@betterman more like "the woke agenda of the elite, who is paying Disney and Netflix to spread it". Disney itself has zero interest in spreading woke propaganda.

I'm gonna wait till it's $25 or less.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA) is the most underrated Mario Kart game in history.

I'm super surprised about the Athens track! It looks so good and is my favorite tour track now, beating my previous favorite - Paris. I also love the Los Angeles track, despite people having mixed feelings about it. Squeaky Clean is cool too.

I am excited for this game, not gonna lie. Love the artwork.

I don't get the hype about this song. I liked the movie, but the song is rather awful.

I'm not and have never been a fan of Sonic games. I really wanted to like them, even got Sonic Mania on Switch, but it's just not my jam.

It makes me feel so happy when corporations are fined for their greed. I'd like this to become more common, but I wish the fees were much higher. That's for our own good, because mobile gaming became a trap and casino. This seriously needs to stop.

This is why I don't like subscription platforms. I prefer to see a game as a standalone product that I can play whenever I want. The market made gaming depending too much on the platform. It takes away some magic from gaming, now it's more like a service - play and never come back.

@TheBigK I don't understand this thinking pattern. Why wouldn't people watching illegally pay to watch the movie if it wasn't available online? It doesn't make sense, many of them potentially would pay.

Poor fella just wanted to chill.

Buying these cards is the level of fanboism that I don't understand. I got 1 TB Sandisk Ultra, the same one, but cheaper. It sits in the console anyway.

@Not_Soos it's very strange that the reviews of Pro Controller never mention this problem and they call it some of the best ones ever, while such a basic feature is broken lol