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They are both great soundtracks.
Nintendo is clearly raising the hype before a big F-Zero announcement tomorrow!

@johnedwin the reason for the trade imbalance is that importing goods is often cheaper than producing them in the US. By increasing tariffs, foreign goods will become more expensive in the US. Where is the rip off?

Presumably it's a way to incentivise people to buy Switch 2 games instead and there will be a similar scheme on Switch 2 only.

I'm sure they will make a bigger effort on Switch 2 - they will start from FC 25 and double the frame rate all the way to 60 fps.

Forza Horizon 5 is probably the only game that makes me want to buy an XSX. I would love to have it on Switch 2! Ideally with a dedicated Xbox-style controller for Switch 2.

I only used the Japanese e-shop once to buy Virtua Racing when it was a Japan exclusive, but I'll miss it if the same situation happens again!

Looks ugly. And childish.

The European one is actually better than the US one, it should have been a separate option.
And the US one here is the players choice, as others have noted.

I don't like it at all, he just looks stupid now.

Good. Please remind me before then or I might forget.

I'm triple dipping and will still have a lot of fun re-playing it after many years, but it does sound like a lazy port :/

How many times has it been released "this Thursday" since September?

I was waiting for a good offer and that precious cleaning cloth from Currys convinced me to pre-order.

To put things into perspective, the Steam Deck has sold less than 5 million units, the ROG Ally less than 1 million and the Legion Go even less than the ROG Ally.
The Switch has sold more than 146 million units.

This guy is clearly an ewok.

could it be "juicy"?

It's about time! It seems to work very well too. This week's announcements probably mean that Switch 2 won't be announced soon.

Nintendo definitely knew that someone would leak it, they probably wanted to test the level of interest for this sort of game and at the same time start spreading the word so that it doesn't fail at launch (or if reactions are overly negative, it might not launch at all).

Cool, now please start to revisit your thoughts around F-zero

Europe - I've always loved the design of the ship, and in Italy the box was black, not blue.
The boss in the American version looks like cheap CGI.

Nintendo 2itch would be a pretty good name.
/s

Disappointed that it looks like the original, just with a higher resolution. Also it's annoying that it releases after the holidays. Day one for me anyway.

My limited budget at the time didn't allow me to buy Extreme G as I already had F-Zero X and Wipeout 64. Looking forward to playing it tonight!

Great, this should mean that Mario Kart 9 will be a launch title in March 2025.

I don't follow the gaming market closely enough, but are all those companies actually declining in revenue/profit? or are they laying people off just because they can?

@bones what if they call it Switch (2025)? I'm sure it would do very well.
/s

@Reprise exactly this. Most people here would be happy with a Rare Replay Nintendo edition which would include all the other games released by Rare on Nintendo platforms, even without the Xbox 360 games. The fact that the X360 games would be difficult to port is irrelevant because they wouldn't be necessary. But it's not going to happen anyway.

I'm convinced that Rare Replay will never come to Switch. Nintendo won't allow the release of so many good games for a cheap price when they can drip feed those games through NSO/remasters, maximising returns with as little effort as possible.

Such a shame, it's a great game and I personally bought 2 copies (had to buy it on PS4 to appreciate the better graphics). In October the excessive price and the release date too close to Mario Wonder were definitely huge factors, but in the following months there were good discounts and a strong marketing push (at least in the UK).

I don't like the art style but the game seems very promising!

Everything as expected so far (maybe a bit more expensive than expected?).

did they forget to credit Grant Kirkhope again for using the DK song?

Unfortunately I really can't get into turn based combat, which is a shame because I like everything else about this game - graphics, sound, style, humour.

Custom joy cons with d-pad instead of the buttons. Not as satisfying a real d-pad but good enough!
I would prefer the SNES controller but don't want to lose the rumble.

wow that blurred background on PS5 is really annoying. I actually prefer the Switch version despite the low level of detail.

I saw one last week! The screens inside Westfield are showing ads regularly, and I saw another ad on Instagram. The marketing budget for this game must be pretty big!

@Baler I'm curious about this culture war that Disney and NL are fighting. Who are they attacking?

"the woke agenda of Disney" 😂

Great interview. Now we want more of those!

The Rome track is pretty good, I was hoping to see it here... fingers crossed for the last wave.

@Uncle_Franklin agreed. Also this was only posted last night and it's already buried under lots of uninteresting news.

My only concern is about the music, I've read from someone who tried the demo that the music is the only disappointing part.

@Scapetti different kingdoms then, but the point is still the same. It wouldn't be spoonfeeding, it would be just a bit of (necessary in my opinion) context.

@Scapetti the question is how did he get a crush on her? They live in differeny worlds, how does he even know her? Did they meet at some intergalactic summit?

@AstroTheGamosian "I felt like the animation and music were unmatched, but the plot and character development were incredibly lacking, and the pacing was way too fast. And there was very little motivation from Bowser as to why he wanted to marry Princess Peach."
I just wanted to quote this, as it's exactly my opinion. Actually I'm not even bothered about the plot, it could still have been a great film, but there is not depth in the characters, dialogue is boring 90% of the time, everything keeps moving too quickly from one place/character to another etc..
Having said that, the soundtrack is brilliant and I still listen to it every single day.

Very sad news.

@dazzleshell the problem is that it would show how much better the old games were, compared to the recent ones. I don't expect it any time soon.

@Polvasti americans 😂

@Jalex__64 that sounds great in theory, but would it be economically viable? Would they have to increase the price to PS5/XSX levels?

I have to say I really dislike the flat and washed out colouring style that is so trendy these days.