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Do these work on the 2DS as well?

I still own my original Mega Drive copies of the Streets of Rage series and still play them occasionally, somehow I've never really noticed or played 'battle mode'!!!

@PhilKenSebben It's a minor issue but it does disrupt the flow of enjoying the game on social media etc. It's very hard to follow discussions without bumping into images/videos of islands that have clearly had an immense amount of time travel required to progress it well beyond the point that would be physically possible 3/4 weeks into release.

Actual animal killing aside (and I appreciate that's a huge caveat) it's a really well made film and certainly not one you'd forget. It's amusing that these days the human torture present in the film really isn't all that different to stuff you'd see in what are now very mainstream films (torture porn was massive for a while, Hostel, Saw etc).

I got fed up with it so started crafting everything possible with all the eggs I had, then sold the items to the shop. Was a good little earner and helped me buy some turnips yesterday.

Need more votes for the island rep things (even if it doesn't affect you personally) as it's the only game breaker in the list.

There is no such thing as 'Legos'!!!!!!

They've been hard to get in the UK all year. See also: Ring Fit Adventure.

To be fair the completely hidden 'feature' that only the person who starts the game can trigger the vast majority of progress is bonkers and borderline game breaking for some. It relies on the original player sticking with the game long term so the other members of the household can continue to play.

If you're going to force us onto one island in our household, at least let us all contribute.

Like many others I set the game up but it's actually my son who is the regular player. Unless we nuke all of his hard work I have to put in at least as many hours to allow him to progress.

A simple 'switch island rep' feature would make a huge difference.

Unfortunately legitimate concerns such as this are being drowned out by people complaining about the (clearly advertised) fact that it's one island per console.

Just discovered a game breaking mechanic wherby whoever sets the game up has complete control of progress in the game. I set it up but it was always going to be my son that had control of the island on the main Switch.

We've now discovered that unless I put at least as many hours in, he can't trigger any events or progress at all unless we nuke his town and start all over again.

@ATaco that's kinda the idea with AC, half an hour a day is perfect. Unfortunately it's arrived at a time when many people in the world have vast amount of time on their hands!

I think more than usual a lot of people will burn out with this AC.

If we a Switch Lite and a Switch do we also need two copies of the game to have different islands (accepting that we wouldn't be able play at the same time if one copy of the game is allowed).

I'm all for ports if it means we get 3D World in November...

Be grateful for what you have, despite a big MAR10 day banner on the UK store there are zero discounts!

@BubbleSymphony I should have mentioned in my original post that I live in the UK, we don't get any of the stuff people have mentioned. Even our biggest toy stores (such as Hamleys) do not carry Nintendo merchandise/toys.

@Zebetite I'm in the UK. Our supermarkets are full of Avengers, Fortnite, Lego (and even Sonic) but no Nintendo, there are no official figures or anything currently available in the UK to my knowledge.

We recently went to Hamleys in London (presumably the biggest toy store in the UK) and apart from a lamp they had absolutely nothing. I don't believe Jakks have a UK distributor.

Considering the success of the Switch and the staggering number of Mario based software sales in the past 3 years I recently discovered that there is basically no Mario merchandise out there. My son is obsessed with the whole world of Mario, yet all we have is a terrible old animated show on Netflix and some incredibly hard to get and price inflated Knex figures on eBay to track down.

I'm literally ready to throw money at Nintendo but can't, instead some scalpers on eBay are making a tidy sum.

I hope the Illumination movie brings with it a raft of associated merchandise and hopefully a Lego licence.

My 5 year old and I have completed this and are just going back to get the remaining Boos and Gems (frustratingly you have to return to a pre-final boss battle to do this).

Great game and absolutely wonderful as a co-op experience.

It would be useful if any title available on the Switch could be made bold in this list.

Release Mario 3D World for Christmas and I'll be happy, Animal Crossing (and summer) will keep me busy till then.

If they could somehow build in being able to play across a Switch and Switch Lite on the same account that would be nice too. 30% of Switch owners now have two consoles (Nintendo's own figures).

Considering 30% of Switch owners also own a Lite it's a shame there is no way to play the game on the same account across systems, this game feels like it was made for that kinda flexibility.

The Switch Lite is currently for sale at not far off half of the price of the Switch in the UK at the moment so adding one was seriously tempting. The situation with AC was genuinely my reason for not pulling the trigger.

@Mallow it's more than just about losing a console...

• changing to a Ltd Edition model
• upgrading from V1 to V2
• changing from Lite to the full Switch

My way in to Switch gaming was the Lite, as it will have been for lots of people over Christmas. After a few months I was enjoying it enough to upgrade to a full Switch.

As it happens we're now just about to buy a Lite to compliment the Switch, particularly as my son has also really got into the Switch now. That becomes unnecessarily complicated when it comes to AC. Nintendo reported themselves that 30% of Lite buyers are now dual Switch/Lite owners.

Why are people so desperate for this? I wouldn't watch a 25 minute preview of a movie I'm going to see anyway!

My boy is 5 and we've just completed Yoshi's Crafted World in co-op. The last world is surprisingly dark but otherwise it was perfect for us as the mechanics meant that as long as I stayed alive he'd pop straight back in if he fell or took too many hits.

Mario Bros Deluxe is a significant step up in difficulty from the Wii version in our experience and even with Nabbit or Toadette is too frustrating for a 5 year old after the first few worlds.

Apparently 30% of Switch Lite owners also have a Switch, so this is potentially not a niche issue.

Considering the tech in both the ring and the joycons I really hope some third parties bring out some fitness games that utilise it.

I finally got one in Game this week, the guy said 'that's the last one I'll see of those for a few months'.

It's so hard to find in the UK.

@gaga64

Either a loss leader for whichever store is selling it cheaper, or they are just taking a much smaller profit.

Not unusual, the official store for many companies is usually the most expensive place to buy the product.

@TheBigK I've been a first party only kinda guy since the 16 bit days but I'm a fully paid up 8bitdo convert now. Arguably better than first party efforts in some respects (d pad and analogue sticks) and quite a bit cheaper. They look amazing too.

I find the Switch actually creates time for gaming that simply wasn't there before (and yeah, I'm a father too).

10 minutes on Stardew Valley on the sofa before bed? Sure. There is no way I'm booting up the PS4 10 minutes before bed though.

If that's lazy then that's fine by me, I've even gone the extra mile and switched to full digital so i don't have to mess around with cartridges.

I've had a Switch on order for 3 weeks now and it's still another 2 weeks until delivery is expected, quite something for a several year old console!

CEX are selling used units for £315. There really aren't any new ones in the UK right now and even eBay is pretty light on availability.

Really impressive for a single platform to have so much in there. More so given there are no consoles for sale so no bundles that usually push games right up the charts.

I'm guessing console bundle sales count for MK8, so the full price sales of LM3 is arguably more impressive.

In other news, we tried to buy another Switch in the UK yesterday, there are none left! Game want a £50 deposit to secure one of their next allocation expected in February. Argos, Currys, Tesco, Asda all sold out with no indication as to when new stock might arrive.