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@KateGray - Thanks for the mini review Kate! My biggest question was whether this was free roam or on rails. I love environmental storytelling, and every screen I’ve seen seems packed with it. It’s certainly reminiscent of photos and videos I’ve seen in the last week emerging from one of the current humanitarian crises. Thanks again!

@Knuckles - Yeah, I tried both methods from SOR3 at launch and after the update, but they didn’t work. Can’t wait to finally be able to purchase this DLC.

@NintendoJunkie - You’re wrong, it’s a spoiler. It’s not obscure. It’s exactly what I’d try when I’m able to purchase the DLC. I looked it up since you ruined the surprise. Have you played SOR3?

Edit - Blech, nice edit.

@NintendoJunkie - Cripes almighty, spoiler tags or edit it out! Ridiculous.

Been checking NL and the eShop obsessively for over a week now, I just want to buy this.

Umurangi looks really interesting, just hoping for an eventual review while it sits on the wishlist.

Well let me tell you something Mean Gene, you know man, this game used to cave my head in when I was just a little dude, but now that I got the power of ALL the little ACAmaniacs behind me man; there ain’t nothin in the world stopping me from credit spamming this one into oblivion in front of 500,000 screaming fans at the Pontiac Silverdome brother!

The VC roms I purchased for WiiU looked bad, played poorly, and were over priced for what they were. Much happier with the incredible selection of arcade classics available on Switch which have had maximum effort put into them to look and play as they did originally.

It’s an atrocity. We should be much more concerned about this than the UFOs. Hopefully all the good people on social media will have healthy, good natured debates about this and cancel everything.

@Double-L - It’s a nice little phrase, and it seems it can only help lead to happiness. Good luck with it.

“If you think it’s pointless, it’s not for you”, is a wonderful little phrase I’ll be stealing from this, thank you. Also, Mike Drinkwater is just a fantastic name. Well played Mike Drinkwater, well played.

If you’re in NA, just file a claim on the site, print a postage slip, and send them to NOA. You’ll have them back in three to five days repaired or replaced. I’m pretty sure they’ve resolved this problem quietly as far as newer joy con are concerned. No need to squirt stuff into them or open them up if Nintendo will handle it for you, this should be reserved for scenarios where there’s no way to get them repaired or replaced under the permanent warranty.

Not typically one to buy DLC, but this is an easy purchase and I am thrilled to come back to this one. Easily one of my favorite experiences on Switch.

Very cool! I love tiny, secret things. I’d like to add that penny to my lucky coin collection.

@JayJ - Yeah, totally agree. The licensed games are fine, but I’ve kind of run my course with them personally. This is far more interesting to me and seems like a natural stepping off point for a second type of LEGO game focused more on creativity and building.

I’ll pick this up eventually to play with the kids. I really hope they continue down this particular game path though, as it’s a nice alternative to the licensed games. LEGOS are a natural fit for a Boom Blox style game, and I’d even enjoy a simple sandbox building game as well. This looks really nice, and I hope it’s a foundation to build upon.

@recent_mantis - Ah, that’s great news then, backtracking for collectibles & bonuses is how I like them. Really appreciate the response, I’ll be buying it before the sale is up. Enjoy!

@recent_mantis - I’ve had Dust on my wishlist for years, and I think this is the first time it’s been on sale in the US eshop, which is kind of amazing really. The combat looks great, but I’m not really into a ton of back tracking anymore. Where would you say Dust falls on the international metrovania backtracking scale?

Planning on watching in front of a mirror so that I can look up from time to time and see my own reactions, and maybe a few times I’ll totally over react and then I’ll pretend to like and subscribe to my own reactions. Gonna be some killer content getting made in my bathroom today in front of the mirror. I’m gonna go practice my reactions right now!

I don’t care that they exist, but I wish there was an ignore function on the eshop because these types of games are perpetually on sale, and they just clog up the great deals tab with line after line of games with different colored balls going into different colored cups... and there might be spikes! Or a bird!

@Toy_Link - That makes sense, but aren’t these 1Up cabinets usually approximately half the size of the original cabinet? That would make this 3/4 model bigger than average.

I was nervous to install this last night, but it seems to have all worked out, and the new 4K upscaling makes NES games look INcredible.

Wow. I’m just really hoping these sad, delusional little kids are in the minority, and that they don’t ever reproduce; which doesn’t seem likely, but still.

Really appreciate this review, it’s been impossible to get a firm grasp on the quality, but a seven works just fine; especially since my daughter has decided we’re getting this regardless of whether it’s any good. I’ll prob wait out at least a small digital discount.

@KateGray - Haha, that’s a brutal mix up! Wine is so gross to a kid’s sensibilities. I remember trying a sip thinking it was going to be the sweetest, most delicious grape juice ever, and it nearly caved my head in. My kids have been getting into the Waldo books lately, and I can still remember where he is in a few of the pages. I rented them from the library all the time. These publicly owned Waldo books also had some amount of dried vomit in them. Everything does from the library. It’s fine.

@KateGray - You have to let traumatic incidents like that roll right off you like water off a duck’s ba... eh, I mean, it’s best to just pretend stuff like that never happened, push it deep down inside, and hope it doesn’t make you insane one day. Seriously though, that is a pretty traumatic incident given the vast chasm between what you were hoping for and what you got. When my wife was young, she went to the kitchen and poured a tall glass of lemonade on a hot day. It wasn’t until she took a big gulp that she realized she was drinking salty chicken broth her mom poured in a pitcher. That’s also a helluva bait and switch.

@Arcade_Tokyo - I’m not even sure if this is within the rules of the internet. We should probably be screaming at each other or starting a race war, but here we are; sharing fond old duck stories, and I’d be shocked if you don’t have one. I’ve kinda been expecting you to show up.

@KateGray - Ah cool, so you know all about them. Seems the downside to having wings is being delicious. My friend kept ducks for the eggs (the potato in the fish in the bag in the park bathroom guy who also took a couple of the baby ducks in the box), and I was always amazed at how much they just didn’t give a crap about the obvious pecking order, especially the males. They seemed to actually be filled with rage and would go out of their way to antagonize other animals capable of eating them.

@KateGray - Well, I suppose it’s bittersweet. We were able to quickly find homes for all of them with folks who already had proper enclosures, including some who already had ducks. However... this was long enough ago now that, even with good care, these baby ducks are most likely now dead or else so old they wish for the sweet mercy of death every moment of every day. Bittersweet. Circle of life. Keeping a stiff upper lip.

I worked for a parks department many years ago and found all kinds of weird things including an Otis Taylor record I sometimes listen to, a box of baby ducks, and a five gallon bucket full of excrement. My friend and co worker found the weirdest thing though, something that still haunts me to this day. One morning he was mopping out a restroom when his mop handle bumped a sink and a paper bag fell down from underneath it. What was in the bag? A dead fish. What was in the fish? A potato. Why???

Jetboard Joust is just a jem.

Really nice little read. Reminds me of a simpler time when I lived out of state and would do the same thing while back home visiting my parents. At some point, everyone would be asleep or occupied, and I’d hook up the Genesis and have another run at Robotnik or Mr. X. The Fear is why I still play today. It’s never gone away. It still feels just as good today to triumph over doubt as it did when I was a kid.

Really cool, but if you can pull off a 360 spinning piledriver consistently at will; you also probably don’t need this tactic.

Pffft, this is just a collection of 104 roms to play for 20 a year. They don’t become real gaems until I can buy these roms individually for 1/4 to half of that 20 and then play them forever, even after I die.

I’ve spent an abnormal amount of time in the eshop just staring at the screen shot with the two main characters. Why do they look so weird?

@nessisonett - RIP. In the end, our days are all numbered and summed.

@NintendoByNature - I believe you. You’ve literally never been wrong about anything since I met you online three hours ago. JCVD approved.

@NintendoByNature - Perhaps Deebo’s guessing has become powerful enough to break bottom brick?

This is one of the indie gems on the eshop, and I’m pumped there’s some new content coming, looking forward to checking this out and maybe another play through.

@NintendoByNature - I think it was around 19 dickity wave the last time I DIDN’T listen to Zibbo, and I remember it well: we were on the school bus & Bippo just explained leaked gyro aiming rumors to me and I was like “Whaaaa... get outta here Zeppo, this is impossible even with power glove”, but then, 20 years later, IT HAPPENED. Ever since then, I’ve know this person is gaem god.

@NintendoByNature - I will raise a glass to this smooth talking Sandeep and stand directly in the middle to honor East/West video while putting a fist inside a cupped hand and nodding in respect like Frank Dux. I will also acknowledge the chain smoking grumpy man who owned my small town rental store. This man would sometimes become angry when he had to put down his cigarette and stop playing Dig Dug II so that he could accept my rupees in exchange for candy bars and nes gaems.

One time this man said to me, “Do your parents know how many times you’ve rented Predator and Bloodsport?” I said, “Yes, yes, of course. Now never mention this again, or perhaps something bad will happen to Dig Dig? Perhaps he will go digging in a place he shouldn’t be snooping around and have an accident?”

@NintendoByNature - This man will NEVER stop sending polite, professional emails until he is master of all he surveys. His mannerly style chicken is built for the long haul, and Skeletor tweeted that we shouldn’t expect this until the second switch pro revision in June 2025.

Looks like my daughter was messing with my phone because my ad is for purchasing real, live unicorns. Seems like they’d be expensive to feed.

@NintendoByNature - This man is perhaps the greatest chicken player of all tiem. He will bet retirement against Miyamoto and win entire showcase showdown.

I’d also eat a Toad.

It’s definitely my favorite Nintendo control pad. Wielding dual pads in some games was incredible.

We’ve crossed some invisible line where it’s now impossible to know if a person is being genuinely pathetic, or pretending to be pathetic for social media... and it’s pathetic.

@WiltonRoots - Fear and loathing in the mushroom kingdom. Bring some golf shoes. The plants there have teeth, and they’ll be gnashing at us. Impossible to get any traction.

@Nintendo_Pone - Cheers, you’re not alone! I always look forward to the Thursday update. I wish the eshop ran a little better, but as it is, browsing is like a game in itself.

I love a good, SLOW scroll through the eshop with a cold beverage nearby. I have nothing on the games mentioned, but, again, it’s nice to see you back on NL Thomas.

Wilton, you know the plan. Meet me and DK in Delfino Plaza. We’ll eat mushrooms and stars, then take the rainbow road over to the castle and finish what we started. Time to roll this little jumping man and take him down a peg or two.

Great news, welcome back Thomas! The core team now and regular freelancers are as strong as they’ve ever been.

@DoomTurtle - I heard in an interview somewhere she supports the 31st AND censorship!!!

@suikoden - We sure did! Right out of existence, like they never existed. We still have a week for the rhetoric to escalate. By next week, we’ll all be complicit in the little cartoon jumping man’s death.