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Surprised no mention here of Order of the Sinking Star (next game by The Witness creator Jonathan Blow). A Switch 2 release is certainly possible for this.

Heck yes! I just need DK 64 and Rocket: Robot on Wheels and my N64 wishlist is done

The lack of comments mentioning Hades II are baffling. That game is a masterpiece! My personal GotY released on S2

@2think totally get it! No worries. I am very patient and you can count me as a day 1 supporter whenever you take this to the finish line 🙂.

@2think I was very sad to see this disappear from the NA App Store. I didn’t realize that Nintendo took it down and it wasn’t the developer’s doing. Do you know why, and will there be another attempt to launch in this region?

I am 100% making this a day 1 purchase if/when it finally comes out on Switch over here! I loved the demo but would rather play on Switch vs Analogue Pocket for various reasons.

Not enough love for Hades II in the comments so I’m just posting to remind everyone this is well deserving of accolades like this and should be getting more hype

including 999 but not Virtue's Last Reward hurts a little (I guess I'm grateful one of these games made it)

Weird that Ball x Pit has such a low user score given all the glowing reviews. Maybe it’s because of the Switch 1 poor performance?

Holy #%*{! This is literally the one crossover that would bring me back to this game. The music is sick.

4am EST? Ridiculous.

anyone have a clue how to play games using Labo? What is securing it to your face?

nobody wants to hear this, but because I missed out on Galaxy 2, it's worth $40 to me

@krogp where is the evidence for $90?

honestly the Hollow Knight games are basically unicorns when it comes to price. The market is unlikely to change around them.

I have the GBA version of this so have already beaten it. I have to say it would be way too easy with a map. It's quite rewarding finding everything without them.

I mean I'm happy this is coming but it drives me crazy this game gets so much more attention than Hades II. IMO they should have the same amount of hype

Shocking easy poll for me - Blue Prince and UFO 50 by a mile. I don’t need updates on already announced games

PLEASE give me Blue Prince, this is at the top of my wanted list, even above Silksong

I literally don’t want to play a single one of these games so I don’t know how I can give it anything other than a 1. I’m happy for people who found things to like here but I did not.

So sad there is no Blue Prince or Expedition 33 (yet).

I voted for TotK but that feels like cheating. I have literally not purchased any games released in 2025 yet. My actual GotY will inevitably be released in the 2nd half of the year

This is an incomplete list. There are OG Dragon Quest games plus the first World Ends With You for starters

I have the physical GBA release and have played thru this. It’s fairly short but I liked it. AMA (not spoiler related)

@GoldenSunRM unless you count the Limited Run GBA release, prob not…

Just throwing it out there but if this article is going for completeness it missed the GB Yoshi and Yoshi’s Cookie ports

Yo-Yo-Yoshi! is a must-favorite. Best track from the N64 library, hands down

For me none of the offered explanations are why I didn't buy any 3rd party games at launch despite owning Switch 2 - I just have no interest in any of the games.

@Galaxy2IsTheGOAT you are presuming they have more than 3 games to talk about right now

these are more solid GB additions - honestly that console is very under-represented on NSO and if they are able to add licensed games like Survival Kids there is a TON of untapped potential waiting. Moreso than the likes of N64 IMO.

@FatWormBlowsASparky Monster Max is an incredible game. Great call-out!

anyone in the US actually get this yet?

Zelda Twilight Princess pls

it's just hilarious comparing this to Breath of the Wild

@Edwirichuu both of those teams have actually MADE a World Series (Sox won!) since the last time the M’s won a home playoff game. M’s are the only team in MLB never to even make a World Series appearance

as a lifelong M's fan I can tell you this can only mean bad luck for Nintendo. They are sneakily the most pathetic team in baseball and have been for most of my adult life.

@PipeGuy64Bit Screwattack is so wrong - Mario’s Picross was one of my favorite games as a kid. It might even be my favorite GB game with “Mario” in the title.

2 of the best games on the system. Nice!

This is a good change. I remember the Rextro minigame in the Casino level was so unbalanced it was nearly impossible to beat (versus the others which I would describe as medium difficulty). Hopefully they also address the final boss which was miserable to play

The drop is probably just because it’s not releasing in Q1. It was always a longshot this was happening but with the possibility off the table this reduces a little of the projected l revenue for this year. No big deal

@Solomon_Rambling not sure if you're far into the game but it definitely gets better as the story progresses. I came to appreciate the tone of this game over time, which is not nearly as dark as the first game. Agree the UI is not great and is one of the biggest issues with the game. But I love the overarching story and will happily replay it.

Yes!! So happy to see Rise of the Golden Idol get a shout out here. It wasn't even one of the options last month. This was a Day 1 purchase for me and will have a whopping 4 (or is it 5?) DLCs in 2025. Those will be Day 1 purchases too

NGL I never heard of that Fitness Boxing game

@Tyjorun ah my bad. Pretty shocking to be honest. Seems like it’s only now getting hype so I’m guessing if the list release a few weeks from now it would be on there for sure

2 games not reviewed here that deserve love: 1) Master Key - a love letter to the Zelda gameboy games with some Soulslike difficulty sprinkled in. 2) Rise of the Golden Idol, an excellent follow up to The Case of the Golden Idol. These are must plays if you like the detective genre

@Tyjorun I believe it was on the top 50 list published earlier this week

PSA, it's not a monkey it's an ape

@dew12333 thank you for you honesty

@dew12333 agree, it is good to be conservative. However decisions that lead to restricted access should be data driven and not based off of misunderstandings. I am not trying to stand up for the developer as much as the consumers who will miss out on this game, and I guess my biggest issue is that folks who don't understand it are jumping to bad conclusions.

Gambling is a serious issue and I think in a lot of areas there is a collective failure to address it. But if we are going to make an example out of something it should line up with something that actually does harm.

One thing you could accuse Balatro of (along with a ton of over games) is contributing to video game addiction. I feel the formula this game uses definitely can lead to that, and I'm not saying this in jest. I think there is a certain subcategory of games like this where it can be a real issue. But again, that's not what this discussion is about. I feel that most people are drawing false conclusions about this game just because it is based around a deck of playing cards and some terminology is the same as in poker.

By the way, casinos do have Classic Solitaire as a game, but if you released a Classic Solitaire video game it would not get a 18+ classification.

I will ask again: have you actually played the game? If not, I don't feel it's legitimate just to chalk this up to differences of opinion. I feel your takes are very uninformed no offense.

@dew12333 in multiple interviews Local Thunk has made clear that he initially was inspired by playing Big 2 with his fiends causally in a non-gambling context. Kind of like Hearts or Spades or other non-gambling card games. He initially started to program that game and then added in other non-gambling mechanics like the Joker system until it developed into what it is today. There are absolutely zero actual mechanics in the game that have any gambling elements whatsoever. Nor are any of the skills in the game remotely transferable to an actual gambling context (e.g. a game of poker). There are zero wagers and no "house". Moreover, the whole point is to manipulate your deck like any card roguelite game. There is no logical connection to actual gambling. By the logic being thrown out there, any video game showcasing an actual 52-card deck of playing cards should be 18+ including virtual Go Fish. Other than some of the terminology or the use of hands as basic mechanics (which by the way includes hands that don't exist in real poker such as "flush fives"), what exactly in the game encourages gambling behavior? Have you even played the game?

@dew12333 no it's not - it's based on Big 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_two

@dew12333 what about Balatro "encourages gambling" exactly?