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Cue people having issues with 10/10 scores. Me, I'm utterly delighted when a game impresses a reviewer enough for such an occasional scoring.

We all know no game is 'perfect' and giving a game a 10/10 doesn't mean that. It means it's a very special game that deserves to be placed alongside a finite group of other masterpieces – and we all know it's a subjective view – so let's not go round in circles with this, and just celebrate another masterpiece coming to the Switch.

@MidnightLaces 'things that consume products like cows' I'm afraid when you come down to it that is exactly what we are like.

I should ruddy well hope not.

@Yas Classic

@SigourneyBeaver This is nothing to do with your comment - which I didn't read. I just saw your username and had a little giggle to myself. SigourneyBeaver! Brilliant - I just had to tip my hat to you - thank you for that
Maybe that was Sigourney's name in her alternative career

Super Mario 3D Land in 7th makes me sad.

I freaking love that game. I guess the standard is just so high for all these games.

Got the Braid Character wrong - been many years since playing that. So it's 11/12 for me.

@ukaskew Ok thanks

@NintendoKnight King Dong

@ukaskew Brilliant - thanks for the early opinion. BTW do you know if this is up-to-date with the content of the PC version? The eShop write up is a bit minimal and doesn't explicitly mentioned the Story mode that was added to PC later.

Terrible character movement, animations and models.But the environments are nice. It seems like it needs a ton more development on the movement and protagonist models. Shocking for a game with SE's names atm.

@HotGoomba I wish I could share your enthusiasm for Balan Wonderworld. I LOVE 3D platformers - but only if the physics are good, and this, speaking frankly looks to have some of the worse movement physics I've seen since the worst of the late 90s 3D platformers. Also some of those protagonist models are just awkwardly modelled/shaped. It looks in need of a complete movement redesign.

I was genuinely shocked to see Square Enix's name tied to it. But who knows - maybe it'll play a lot better than it moves.

ORI on the other hand! - wow, just wow!

Hmmm, the isometric looks like a fairly nice Diablo 2 clone, and the animation isn't bad there - but the one on one fight animations are bad - really fugly. But maybe the game has enough other merits. Maybe.

Definitely interested - but I need to know how good the port is - so there will be not impulse purchase on this one. And I'm not tolerating blurry visuals in portable mode anymore. So if it's not sharp visuals it's a no-buy.

I love the art style but it feels like it would benefit from the use of some subtle vector-based textures - because it's just a whisker too basic looking as is - just a whisker.

Hmm - could be good, could be very bad. I'm a sucker for isometric view points in racers - IF it plays well.

It invisibly adds nipples to all character models

I think RPG is about the worst term in gaming - since all games are about playing a role. That's the point of games - to be a space fighter, a top driver, a daring adventurer etc...

What we call RPGs, JRPGs or turn-based RPG's should be spelt out as 'turn-based combat adventure' games - so that 25% of the population will instantly know to avoid them like the plague and 'random-encounter battle-adventures' so another 50% of the population can do the same

Not my favourite genre if you can't tell - but seriously RPG is such a BS term.

I might call myself a gamer just because I've played video games as long as I remember - but I agree it's become a bit negatively associated, BUT if I ever call myself a 'serious gamer' like a certain gentleman on a recent YouTube video - then I intend to find a way to literally kick my own arse repeatedly and invite everyone else to join in.

Re. Rogue-like and Metroidvania - they function to give an idea of the type of game, so I have no issue with them - in fact I like those terms.

What I do hate is the open use of the word platformer for vastly different game-types such as run-and-gunners, metroidvanias, puzzle platformers etc....

Whereas a wide array of games do HAVE platforms in them - and you may even jump on them, to me 'platformer' should be synonymous with action-platformer and mean stuff like SMB, DC Country, Rayman and their 3D equivalents like A Hat in Time, Poi, Spyro etc...

So yeah, it rubs me up the wrong way when people call stuff like Hollow Knight, Gunstar Heroes or Castlevania a platformer since they already have specific genres themselves and are nothing like Super Mario, Kirby and so on.

So that's my beef

Great stuff - and I still believe a 3rd system will be added soon - defo by the end of the year.

Nothing to see here... move along please.

On a side note, If any companies are listening please make some good quality new faceplates for it. Not the scratched up foggy nonsense currently out there. And even an IPS screen replacement (yes the screen is good but not IPS good).

I re-bought one about 4 months ago and have played it almost daily! I also rediscovered that the GBA library of games make it my favourite system ever.

I have big-ish hands but still find I play it loads and love curling up on a couch with my micro and a cup of tea. It makes me wish Nintendo had a current console about half that size of a Switch lite.

There is just something about 'true pocketable' systems like all the GBA models that I miss, and it's one of the reasons I buy Chinese retro handhelds like the new Retroid Pocket 2 (which is still a lot bigger than a Micro).

LOVE the Micro.

'For me, 3D Land is EXACTLY what I want from a handheld Mario experience'

Hear hear! I love that game so much - it feels like the purest of platforming fun. Just bite-sized fun fun levels with just the right level of challenge.

Giving some love for 3D Land! Give us that HD too please,

Mr James Brown in a video game. I like it - ants in my pants and I got'ta dance.

@FargusPelagius Considering I play my Micro daily that sounds great!

Sega have been a ridiculous tease for 'AGES' now. It's getting to be too much. Announce something or don't - otherwise shut up Sega.

@hakjie11 You mis-read my comment. Was replying to Robo-Knight and I was saying 'Nintendo' only does sales for major first-party titles about twice a year, whereas Ubisoft sales are very often.

@Robo-Knight They do - but only once or twice a year, and never for more than a 33% discount.

It looks bad for Nintendo only because companies like Ubisoft and Capcom put there games on sale more than they leave them at the 'normal' price.

Is it just me or was this article really inconsiderately named. It made it sound like EVERYTHING related to the 35 anniversary may have been delayed by five months from now - not five month ago!

Yup and the cheeky ****** *******'s are listing the new SMB Game and Watch for £99! - more than twice the price on Nintendo.co.uk.

I'm still trying to get a bit closer to the legendary 3 Star rating on all Mario Kart Super Circuit courses and classes on my Gameboy Micro. I'm not sure I'll ever do it - but the game keeps drawing me in!

There is literally nothing special about that physical version - what a pointless video from Nintendo.

@eRaz0r Man that sucks losing saves like that. Hope it doesn't happen to people so much now

@N00BiSH Good point! 3D Land is my fav.

I was hoping that would be included in with 3D World.

I prefer the updated visuals too. I guess they are both 'classic' and 'Iconic' looks at this stage - and not just the originals - and both have their merits.

This review is a wee bit biased towards the originals. That's fine as an opinion, and all reviews are an individuals viewpoint - but it shouldn't be presented as an inherent truth or global opinion.

I also liked the new voices in the GBA versions.

Theory #6 is the most likely. And Theory #7 - except not for free!

Is the SWITCH version releasing in December?. This isn't clear yet, and typically we have to wait longer.

@BrintaPap Thanks for the reply - I think I understand you're standing on this better now - not that you needed to explain anything, but it's appreciated nonetheless.

@BrintaPap It would seem reasonable to assume that there was one reason to call this site RumourLife and that would be a mildly disguised way of suggesting there are way too many rumours on this site. So yes, indirectly, it came across as you saying you had a problem with that. And if you truly didn't mean it like that then you must be intelligent enough to know that is how it sounds - and that is what all your comment's likes are getting behind. In terms of ruining things for the rest of us - maybe that was going too far so I apologise. However there is becoming an increasing number of comments in the nature of yours that are in some way or form (explicitly or implicitly) seem to be having a dig at NL for one type of post or another. It's mounting up and one day NL may give in, start listening to that, and then we lose the independent nature of this site and the freedom to post whatever they like. I for one like this site as it is. You can censor me if you like too - but I personally would only ever do that in extreme situations - and never have yet.

@BrintaPap There have been 22 articles since the last rumour article and this one. They are very clearly labelled so you can ignore them if you wish and enjoy the wide array of other article types on the website. So what exactly is the problem?

Sometimes these article are much less common - so hardly 'RumorLife' as you put it - and besides if it's Nintendo related, rumour or not I want the option to read about it here, so please stop trying to ruin it for the rest of us.

Good effort - but it seems one of the hardest jobs for smaller companies is to avoid characters, including the all-important protagonist, from looking too generic.

This one falls into that trap for me. But it definitely shows some labour of love in general, and we need more developers daring to make these kinds of projects now - and moving on from 2D Metroidvanias.

Mostly looks ok, just ok - but the main character animation seems a bit stiff and wooden.

Ok, I give in - bought it

@Zeldafan79 Probably because of pixel density. If you prefer a TV this isn't for you, but for those comfortable with a GBA+ sized screen then the 480p resolution of the wii (probably 640×480) shrunk down to about a 3 inch screen would make the games incredibly sharp and 'HD' in feel. That would calculate at 267dpi/ppi and that is the same sharpness of image as the Switch Lite! So yeah, games would look 'better' if you're more into handhelds rather than TV play.

@Balta666 Yeah but that was a lot bigger than a GBC. This is a step forward but I wander about the size of the battery?

It's been super clear from the beginning that gamers want more post-genesis (as in NOT Genesis) Sega titles:

Arcade, Saturn, Dreamcast and even X-Box releases such as the Panzer game on that system.

Wow - that looks way better than I was expecting!

We already have Super Meat Boy - surely this should be Super Meat Boy Forever?