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Had a good time with the demo

Octo Expansion was a masterpiece, and I had a blast with 2 and 3’s story mode, as well as Side Order. So I was very pumped for this.

I’ll second the environments being drab and disappointment about the seeming lack of platforming challenges. I do like the idea of exploring and crafting. Cautiously optimistic, hoping Nintendo once again has 95% hidden.

Just wanted to comment this is my favourite series on Nintendo Life, I wish there were more articles about overlooked games.

@MisterSmith yup that’s been confirmed. I think it’s even hidden in the demo in the trick level you unlock at the end

The Denshattack demo is 🔥.
Apart from Splatoon Raiders probably the game I'm looking forward to most this year, from what's been announced and confirmed anyway. It's like if someone took Olli Olli World (rip Roll7), Sayonara Wild Hearts, Thumper and Tony Hawk Pro Skater, mixed it in a blender and dressed it up like a Japanese Jet Set Radio Future.

Regarding the "trains are awful in the UK" note, have things gotten that much worse? I took about a dozen trains in the UK 15 years ago and don't remember many delays or bad experiences.

@axelhander 100% how I felt, sadly. The manual equipping thing is really annoying, the dialogue was endless and unskippable and I didn't find the level design, obstacles or enemy patterns to be well-designed either. They can fix a few of these things before or after launch, I guess. I did like the boss battle, and thought the game was one of the prettiest I'd ever seen.

One of my favourites from the past couple of years, will probably double dip on the Switch 2. 9/10 for me. It felt very GameCube-y, in a great way. I also disagree with the combat criticisms.

Any word on if it has gyro aiming?

Here’s a reminder to check out Side Order if you like single player campaigns. Had an absolute blast with that. In fact my experience with Splatoon has been 95% single player and it’s been a blast.

I've played the Steam demo for a couple of hours, I highly recommend it. It's genuinely the game I'm looking forward to most this year (at least until the next Nintendo Direct). It plays as good as it looks.

Personally hoping for Denshattack because the demo on Steam is friggin' great. But I'll take whatever, excited to play some new indie games.

No way I'm spending $20 on that, but I realise I'm in the minority there.

I picked up Bayonetta Origins new for $22 the other day, though.

That's great, now make every other parkour move manually executable, disable detective view and design the next AC world with "exploration by sight" in mind and we're really cooking.

Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2 on the Gamecube Classics, please. Or a remake.

I’ll just keep replaying the old ones then. This is straight up one of my favourite franchises.

Having a good time with Rogue Prince of Persia, definitely recommended if you want a game like Dead Cells but with PoP's acrobatic platforming. I do recommend The Lost Crown over it though, that's straight up my favourite 2D action-adventure since Hollow Knight.

Main issue for me is lack of gyro aiming. Kind of a must in any shooter, and pretty baffling they put their effort towards mouse mode instead.

Really pretty, definitely want to replay, but between their union busting and not adding gyro I'm good.

I would be all over this if I hadn’t seen like half a dozen deals for the Switch 2 physical version for close to €40 at this point. I actually prefer digital but for that price I couldn’t jump in.

Shoutout to Mechstermination Force, which is on sale for €1 and is a super fun boss rush game where you take down giant mechs. It even has co-op.

No word on gyro aiming yet? I’d definitely prefer that over Mouse Mode. It’s literally what would get me to buy the Switch 2 version over Steam Deck.

Anyone know if there's a zen mode that lets you freely roll up stuff at your own pace? I like the timer challenges but I've always felt this game is such a good chillout game. I know the older games had "Endless Modes" but they were usually the last thing to unlock.

That's an easy buy for me. The art-style of this series is out-of-this-world. It'll sit nicely next to my Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey art books.

Yeah this is an 8/10 for me as well, I really like the shape and grip and the modularity. Haven't had problems with docking, and didn't even know about the cartridge storage area tbh. I'd recommend people pick it up with the front cover, it's replaced my carrying case and is much smaller.

🤷‍♂️ Galaxy 2 is my favourite 3D platformer of all time and I’ve been itching for a replay since Galaxy 1 totally held up on the 35th compilation. It’s totally worth €40 for me.

Super charming idea. Visuals are a little blah but nothing some great gameplay can't overcome.

I dig the bike. Yeah the desert looked rough (after everything else in this game looked amazing) but I'll hold for judgement. Still fully expecting this to be one of my favourite games of the year.

I've skipped plenty of re-releases due to overpricing (DKCR, RDR1) but... not gonna lie, as far as I can recall Galaxy 2 is my favourite 3D platformer of all time and I've been wanting to replay it really badly, so I'll probably pony up the €40. Sorry. Replaying Galaxy for the 35th collection was absolutely magical so I think it's worth the price for me.

Hoping for a big first party reveal and maybe a port of Clair Obscur Expedition 33. Other than that, happy to be surprised. Between Mario Kart, Bananza, Silksong, Metroid and a huge backlog I'm happy with 2025, but I'll take some 2026 games.

Rayman 64 and Rayman 2 on the Nintendo Classics, please. And I'll take a Galaxy 2 remaster (still my favourite 3D platform game) for Mario's 40th.

Hoping for Rayman 2 on N64, Rayman 3 on GameCube Classics and a new Rayman announcement.

Seeing how I’m playing only on Steam Deck and Switch 2 I’d love any port that doesn’t run well on the Deck right now. Clair Obscur is the most obvious example. Ninja Gaiden looks cool. Voted for Hi-Fi Rush even though I beat it because it’s fantastic.

Shame about it taking place in a dull looking city because I’m playing through Arceus Legends right now and it’s my favourite Pokémon since Yellow. And I’m all for making things more real-time. Hoping for a third Legends game that takes place outside of a city.

Yeah easily announcement of the direct for me, I only started playing the series with the re-releases but absolutely loving them.

The thought of Rayman 2 hitting N64 makes me really happy, especially because it opens the door for Rayman 3 to hit the GameCube app. In general I hope we get more 3rd party efforts, because there's plenty of great ones on the GameCube.

This needs to happen, the Gamecube app alone will take up a significant chunk of the available space in a year or two. Sure, micro SD cards exist, but that would be a ridiculous reason to have to invest when the solution is so obvious.

I'm trying to watch less of games these days to not get spoiled as much, because the surprise is so much better when you see things in the game. I've managed to only watch the reveal trailer so far, but I did listen a couple of previews. It's hard not to watch every single thing when you're excited for a game.

I put on a Hori screen protector that I got from my local game store but immediately regretted it. No frame to put it on perfectly and it's an awful plastic one. Back to getting well-reviewed glass protectors from online shops.

@Friendly I’d rather have 40fps

@Darthmoogle Yeah that’s what I’m hoping. Apparently the final version already looks a ton better than the early footage in the Switch 2 reveal.

So this runs better on the Deck? I’ve heard you can eke out 40fps there. Bummer.

Definitely picking it up though

Definitely considering picking this up, heard really good things. €2,27 (lol) seems like a decent price. It'll be either this or on Steam Deck.

Yes please, I’ll take 2. Had a blast with Rayman 2, 3, Origins and Legends. Anyone half interested in platformers should pick these up, they’re on sale for $5 all the time.

A hugely impressive, gorgeous world with a ton of details and amazing animation, but I never had fun in it like I did in RDR1.

@Chlocean Couldn't have said it better. I appreciate what Rockstar is doing and the amount of detail in their games is stunning. But I actually bounced off GTA V and RDR2 pretty hard several times, I just wasn't having fun. I don't think I've had fun with a Rockstar game since RDR1 and Bully. With Mario Kart I know I'll be having a ton of fun.

@Ashunera84 I do think the trailer does a great job of highlighting the amount of detail you can expect in the world, which I feel is the main selling point of modern Rockstar games. Not just visually, but the way they've made the world come alive.

@Jhena Playing devil's advocate a bit, how is stomping goombas in Mario different from shooting rival gangs in GTA?

Off-topic but thanks for using Bluesky as source

I like rhythm heaven so I'll be generous and give it a 7/10

Not sure what to pick since I’ll wait for a price drop like most here. Great game though.

I'm very curious about battery life. 30 minutes?

IMO playing this handheld and using the touchscreen is the best way to play this game.

$5 for those wondering, like me. For that reasonable price I’ll probably get it day 1, since this is my GOTY so far.

It's Bo and it's not even close