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Slightly concerned that control inputs aren't really touched on, the game on PC is incredibly sensitive to input, I honestly couldn't figure out how that would translate to the Switch.

@Moistnado usually means a big batch of Switch consoles arriving in the UK as it's often bundled with it.

@moodycat really? It's over 100 days till release and they are, at the end of the day, remakes.

Promotion for holiday titles usually kicks into gear once the summer is fully out of the way, I'm sure we will see more in September. Whether actually seeing more is a good or bad thing is another matter, I wish more titles were released with far less given away.

@Mr-Fuggles777 investors care about none of those things, many of them will have a brief read of the earnings report and forecast in much the same way they would for a gas or shipping company.

Metroid, OLED, BotW 2 'delayed'...all entirely irrelevent.

Q1 2020 was utterly unique and a perfect storm with global lockdowns and Animal Crossing being released. Even the price of second-hand Wii's were through the roof during that period!

I wouldn't read into the 'slump' for that reason, it's still an absolute juggernaut and it's still more than double the next strongest Q1.

@Okko they rarely drop in price later on, in fact in the UK the best deals on new Nintendo first party titles can be found at launch, the likes of Currys PC World usually come through with a good offer/voucher code shortly before release date.

If you're willing to sell it on at completion you can play most new Nintendo titles for free (or at the very least the cost of a cheap rental back in the day) if you buy wisely at launch.

@nessisonett that's an interesting point about Japan, the ethnic breakdown is in stark contrast to Europe, the US and so on (I think 98% of people in Japan are Japanese) so I think it's a given that Nintendo may be slower to react to these things than developers in other parts of the world.

I live in rural England and it's a similar situation on a much smaller scale specifically where I live, 99% of people here are 'White British', so I've had to consciously expose my young son to different cultures as much as possible, I know his school does too as it would otherwise be very easy to assume everyone and everywhere are just like his little bubble of the world.

This is only frustrating because it is visible.

Fact is if there was a useful and commercially viable outlet for all this broken tech, there would already be a market for it. Recycling it down to base metals etc is likely the only realistic outcome.

Thousands of tons of working tech get thrown away every year, if members of the public arent paying to destroy this broken stuff, it would be happening behind closed doors anyhow.

Ordered from ShopTo on May 17th, had the post today it wasn't there, sad!

Cancelled my order for the joy-cons, could probably have flipped them for a profit but I had no need for them and hopefully somebody who did want them got the chance to snap them up.

The same competition on Eurogamer can be entered directly in the comments, no need to post on socials.

Very cool, although the fact that this is a winning card should, in theory, have no bearing on its value, as that's just literally 1s and 0s stored on a card that has no meaningful use today over a losing card.

Interesting that it wasn't redeemed though.

@Moonlessky I can't see why they wouldn't work, even an 8BitDo or other third party controller should be fine as it's literally just buttons/sticks.

Surely basic button remapping and the option for plain black borders is the absolute minimum you could expect of a repackaged old game, especially so when they've actually gone to the trouble of messing with those two things to begin with?

So lazy, and does absolutely nothing to pull in anyone who would otherwise just acquire this game (a far superior version of it, no less) for free elsewhere.

High capacity SD cards are absurdly cheap, not sure what we have in ours, maybe 200Gb, but despite being predominantly digital, space hasn't been an issue.

But if it came to it, BotW and Animal Crossing would never be deleted.

Do we have an actual release date yet?

Picked quite a week to be in the middle of Scotland with no internet and barely any phone reception. Do you think Nintendo will post me the news?!

@BongoBongo I saw some insisting it was Thursday/Friday last week, then others saying it couldn't be on a Friday because NoA close on Fridays (because scheduled YouTube videos and tweets aren't a thing?!), so would definitely be last Thursday.

Throw 2000 darts at a dart board and one will hit the bullseye.

They're still selling Switch consoles as soon as they can get them in shipping containers, they are still dominating software charts in many territories and their short notice shadow drops of content during the pandemic seem to have been positively received. 'Normal' marketing rules need not apply, and in any case, this is a fully digital event that is still 11-14 days away, why does anyone need more than 24hrs notice?

@MarsOne GTA5 is 8 years old, might want to revise that 10 year figure up a bit!

A hell of a lot of old games are tied up with rights issues, even first-party games have this issue sometimes. It's not as simple as just saying 'release them already' unfortunately.

It's also 100% not Nintendo's fault if third parties won't release their content for whatever reason (somebody above was imploring Nintendo to use the money to release Square, Capcom and Konami titles, for example)

Scalpers at the ready...

Announced: May 2021
"Available": October 2021
Average person in the street can buy one: July 2024

Tony Hawk for me, going to relive my late teen years!

People complaining about the price

People complaining it's selling out everywhere already

If a perfect price point is one where you just about sell out of every single one you are making, Nintendo have absolutely nailed this one.

@Entrr_username and was 4 years ago!

Despite me thinking this would be an expensive fad my 6 year old must have got 100 hours play out of the Mario Lego set and various add-ons.

I get that it's not stuff for AFOLs, but it seems to work for the intended audience and it's been wildly successful for Lego.

Given that this amiibo will sell out anyway, I'm struggling to understand why they couldn't include this feature with a selection of previous Zelda amiibo, and maybe use some other ones to give you daily drops like rupees.

Sold out, not really a surprise!

@Ambassador_Kong yep the Nintendo lawyers really should spend more time developing games.

In any case, they pretty much have to go after things like this, turning a blind eye isn't really an option.

Considering Origami King was announced with 8 weeks notice prior to release date, and Game Builder Garage has just appeared out of nowhere, I'd expect a few more surprises yet, particularly regarding the last quarter.

Art of Rally instead, please! Although any rally game is severely limited on the Switch without analogue triggers.

Mine arrived today direct from Nintendo

"CrdA" means "Cradle Aula"

This has been presented as a fact, presumably it's just rumour as per everything else?

@E_Gadds_Garage the Lego games are also consistently buggy as hell, especially when you start to stretch the mechanics of the game like any competent 6 year old would.

Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 on Switch has been one of the worst gaming experiences I've had for bugs.

The 'Limited Edition' tactic is also used in various industries, fine when there is an actual number, but it's basically meaningless most of the time.

I remember falling for it with the Men In Black DVD release. It was limited edition, I was young. On release date I ran to Woolworths on my lunch break to grab a copy before it ran out. It was still available everywhere 2 years later!

Another example, the Vauxhall Corsa 'Limited Edition' here in the UK. Nearly every model sold was an LE for months on end, it's simply a marketing tactic and a nice buzz word.

The sizing on t-shirts from Zavvi/Nintendo is bonkers. Ordered 4 Zelda t-shirts for my 6 year old during the last sale, all size 7-8 years and all labelled up with the same Nintendo/Zelda official tags. There were more than 4 inches in length between the biggest and smallest, two were too small, one was massive, one was just right!

Sharp intake of breath when I first read the header.

My son watches people playing Relics of the Past on YouTube and would dearly love to play it (he's put well over 600hrs into BotW!) but I wouldn't know where to get started.

Surely Nintendo won't get their distributors to actually call Mario 3D All-Stars and the Game & Watch that are already out there back in?

I assume they will let whatever is already out there sell out first, so they could be available into April.

@TheFullAndy which is why I find the tone of the weekly chart articles quite odd. Last week it all sounded a bit end of the world because Nintendo were not utterly dominating the chart and Animal Crossing had slipped.

When things are going so well that it's apparently news when a 1 year old and 4 year old game slip slightly down the top 10 highest selling games in the country, maybe it's time to step back and look at the bigger picture!

Even this week, how is a 20% drop for 3D World even worth a mention?! It's still number one, thinking about it in the wider context there were some very very good deals in the UK on 3D World that ended prior to the start of last week.

The Switch was generally out of stock for at least 6 of the 12 months in 2020 in the UK, just sporadic deliveries. I'm pretty sure CEX have been selling used consoles above RRP for much of the year.

Between late December and early February they were nearly impossible to get hold of, stock came back for a while, then lockdown happened and they went back to being massively in demand and that never really let up much through till Christmas.

Rally game without analogue triggers? Oooof.

A big batch of PS5s arrived in the UK recently so that probably explains the changes a bit. Switch console stock is still surprisingly low.

@dazzleshell in the UK the consumer rights act is very much on your side even after a year. Nintendo will take them back well after 12 months rather than deal with the hassle. I know people who have returned them after 3 years for a free repair with no problems.

@Porky in the UK at least, they have to fix them free of charge for quite some time (years from purchase). We've had our Switch a year, our left joycon has been back twice for repairs. Completely free including free postage both ways, turn around is about 10 days.

Not ideal obviously, but joycons are a requirement for some games (Mario Party, Ring Fit Adventure etc).

Amazing, cannot wait for this.

@Desrever pretty sure that was all planned and it's a fun way of teasing an imminent announcement.

@OnlyItsMeReid this is from episode 6, last Friday.

I'm pretty sure Wanda says 'get off the PlayStation' too.

The attention to detail is immense so I don't think it's a mistake, just Wanda's version of reality piecing together random things.

Skyward Sword £17.99.

Oh wait, that's the Wii U version

£49.99 is seriously strong money. Just to smash that home, when you search for it on the eShop the Wii U version pops up for £17.99.

Outer Wilds not getting a lot of love but I for one cannot wait to play it.