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@KayFiOS if you want to play on your tv you need a Chromecast Ultra and Stadia controller. Currently that bundle is available for €60/£52. If you want to play on Chrome browser on PC, android tablet or Android phone you can use any controller you already own. Just download the Stadia app on phones and tablets or go to www.stadia.com for browser play. You can play Bomberman R and Destiny 2 right now for free if you sign in on the website. No purchases necessary. Use your Switch Pro Controller if you have one.

@KayFiOS what is there to own? You can play games on Stadia without buying anything apart from the game itself. If you have a Gmail account, congrats. You are now also the proud "owner" of a Stadia.

Been playing this the last few months on Stadia. Great game. Highly recommend.

I gave up waiting for a Switch version, got it on Stadia instead for playing portable or big screen. Would have bought on Nintendo given the option.

@TheLightSpirit was going to pick it up physical but Smyths or Gamestop don't seem to be carrying it in stock at all. Might have to go digital.

@quinnyboy58 Exactly this.

AC Odyssey was a great game. Gonna wait for this one to drop down to €25 or so before I bite. These games are a time sync.

Phil is the man.

@avictorao Glad you enjoyed it. I hope they remake some of the other Zelda games in a smilar art-style.

I think nostalgia plays a huge part in how a lot of these remakes are received. I never played the original. Even though it's one of the best looking games on the console, I just couldn't get into it and dropped it after a few hours.

@COVIDberry I load up Rocket League. I get a pop up at the start to buy something. I click and it goes away. Proceed to menus, setup my game, play game for 5 minutes. At the end of game I win a skin or whatever and another link maybe to buy something. I click skip.

So that's twice in over 5 minutes I've had the inconvenience of having to press A. Not bad for a game that cost a lot of people literally nothing to play.

@FroZtedFlakerZz never understood this logic about micro transactions. I've been playing Rocket League for years. Never once have I spent additional money on it in micro transactions. They're completely optional.

@Ghost_of_Hasashi I remember in the first year of the Switch there was an article doing the rounds here about how Bandai couldnt get hold of dev kits to bring their games to Switch. That was 3 years ago now. Hopefully that's the only reason they've been slow to release something like Tekken and not the reason you mentioned.

Tekken please. Been hoping for it since the day I got my Switch.

Doesn't look like my kinda game but pity for people who were interested in this.

@Dang69 Personally I think Salmon Run is fine but not overly bothered by it. Much prefer Tower and Splatzones.
Increased number of maps in rotation and new modes would be great. Would love a big map for a battle-royale style mode , have a load of players all fighting to be the last squid standing. Or maybe a perma-death mode where you can take a lot more damage before you get killed but once you die your gone. Will be interesting to see what they come up with.

Never really bothered with the single player in Splatoon 2. Love jumping in with my friends in online. Looks like we'll all be getting 3 also, hoping they focus on bringing more online game modes than are currently available in 2.

The Ouya killer.

Probably Splatoon and Rocket League with mates online on Switch. And Jedi Fallen Order and PGA 2K21 elsewhere.

Really enjoyed this years F1 game. Will be interesting to see if there are any noticebale changes to the next version.

Still on the fence about this. Will depend if my friends buy it.

Instant purchase. Been waiting for this.

Only reason I haven't finished Control on Switch is because I'm a big scaredy-cat. This game puts me on serious edge. Great game though.

Here comes some more random Fire Emblem crap.

@Plexagon exactly this.

@BradT "They literally got away with murder with The Witcher 3."

Literally? Did you mean to use that word there?

I have never played a Street Fighter game. Didn't own SNES/Mega Drive back in the day. First proper console I got was PS1 and I got hooked on Tekken. My decision was made. Must try it out sometime.

This list is sus.

@iulis84 Sorry. Didn't mean to go after you. Just making a point. Apologies again.

@iulis84 Don't see how. Stadia just isn't making their own games. They're still releasing games, new games at that. TV's are starting to come with Stadia built in this year. Hardly seems like a smart thing to do if the platform is no more.
People seem to think a studio shutting down equals a platform shutting down. They're very different things.

@RasandeRose yep you can still buy games on Wii U. When was the last time it had a new release though? Stadia is getting new games all the time. They released over 100 games last year on the platform with plans to release more than that this year. Which is unusual for a dead platform.

@Ventilator people are set in their ways. If Stadia doesn't interest someone, that's fine. It's all the people who have never tried it or still think it's a subscription service but post stuff like "input lag blah blah blah" or "Stadia just doesnt work".
Just because it doesn't work well for one person, doesn't mean another person won't have a great experience with it.

@1UP_MARIO this.

I woke up this morning and could still play all my Stadia games. Is that how a dead platform works???

People seem to freak out when they don't know what's coming for months and months in advance. Last year I didn't think I was going to spend any money on my Switch after August. Then all of a sudden they dropped all the Nintendo 35 news as well as Zelda AoC. I much prefer getting announcements without having to wait a year or more for it to come to fruition.

Just started Mario Galaxy for the first time. Also on other platforms, dipping into the Madden free play weekend.

The game was decent. Enjoyed the gameplay but not the story so I ultimately fell off it after a few hours and traded it in.

Attempted this game twice but it just wasn't for me. Enjoyed parts of it but it just didn't click. Really enjoying the books and was a big fan of Netflix series.

Played the test demo. Runs great. As good as the Control one that I bought before. Very hard to notice a difference between it and a local game. But Hitman games just aren't for me. Played 1 and 2 a bit on Stadia as they were free but I just didn't click with them.

Given this won't go down in price ever knowing Nintendo, I'll pick this up at some point but I'm in no rush. Still haven't gotten around to Sunshine and Galaxy yet.

Can't wait to play Turn Left Simulator.

@NinChocolate Same.

The only reason I beat the game after however many many hours was so that in my own head I could move on a bit from the game to focus on other stuff. I've gone back to it a few times since and have started chipping away at old side quests bit by bit. It's never gotten any less enjoyable.

@Ghostchip the original Xbox controller (the Duke) was a dose to play with. Turns out my olden days of playing with a joystick were probably the most ergonomical.

Sorry to hear about your injury. I work a lot with mouse and keyboard for my job and definitely after a few hours each day I need to stretch my hands and wrists to keep them from completely giving up on me. It's not easy. I only get to game for maybe an hour each day so I feel my work day is probably doing more damage than my gaming time.

For a sec I thought that was a new joycon design in the pic.

I don't play this game but credit to Fortnite for trying to appeal to every possible market. If I was into that game I'd have bought so many skins by now.

I have converted 6 of my 7 gamer friends to Stadia in the last 3 months. Most of these would be gaming every day, most have the Switch. When some of the big games came out towards the end of the year they wanted to play them without dropping €500 on a new console. I'd be plugging stadia to them for months and they all finally cracked and got cyberpunk at Christmas. They've all since bought other games.
There is definitely a market for people who just want to play games and don't give a crap about "owning" it. As long as they can play with minimum fuss they are happy. Also a lot of the gang have kids now and don't want to have to deal with patches, console updates etc. Just buy game, click play, go.

@DoctorShrunk am I technically streaming nintendolife right now? Was thinking it was a bit "laggy".

@SwitchForce how are you replying to me right now? Carrier pigeon?

@SwitchForce who doesn't have Internet these days?

A question for the reviewer @PJOReilly :

Will every cloud version review of a game that comes to Switch have a "con" at the end saying "Performance relies on a solid internet connection"? Given that you're streaming the game I would have thought this was just known. Seems like a harsh thing to criticise a game for something that is out of the games control.