This was a really nice gesture. I played and loved Astro Bot, that and Indiana Jones are my GOTYs. It’s obvious that Astro takes a lot from the Mario 3D platformers and even ideas from other Nintendo games, but I think it was done in a way that makes it its own and they have obviously nothing but respect and admiration to Nintendo.
I hate the humor of these movies and I’ve heard it’s amped up even MORE from the 2nd film, which made it admittedly a hard watch for me despite some really cool scenes. Probably will wait to stream this one, but I’m glad people are liking it.
When I had my Deck I barely did any DS emulation. Switch the screen back and forth sucked, idc what anyone has to say.
Obviously a second screen attachement would be cool, but it’s not needed. I’d go with the “Tate” style, Nintendo could release a grip to work with that style through NSO.
@Deviant-Dork Have you seen what Disney has put out lately compared to this?! This is easily the most immersive highly detailed land in ages by a theme park company. The rides are also great.
@JakedaArbok I’m also a huge coaster enthusiast. I’m so pumped for this. You are right in this being a family coaster, but the tech for this coaster is so fascinating I’m ecstatic to see it fully realized.
@Jayenkai You don’t realize how expensive it would be for them to release this on Netflix for streaming. It’s 5 gigabytes, it’s not going to break the bank when it comes to storage. Also, if they were to just release this on YouTube for nothing, that’s a big selling point of the game gone. Just like the Atari collection, this is a museum piece with way more than just the games, and for people who actually care, it’s great.
@Edu23XWiiU Because people love the idea of a handheld that can play it all, especially with how large the Switch library is. This also opens up the opportunity of increasing the performance through updates of those past games.
@VHSGREMLIN Id easily take an updating pretty substantial library of titles for $20-$60 dollars a year then pay $7-$10 each for titles that for the most part don’t take much time to beat. Especially for ROMs with no QOL improvements. Not to mention that the emulation quality far exceeds what we saw on the Wii U/3DS.
@SabreLevant It’s not “false”. For one, not everyone has an Android with work arounds, and two, if you want to use it standalone without any “add-ons” or wonky work arounds that work on a case by case specific basis, then you have to buy Premium.
@LadyCharlie Unless you own YouTube Premium, then you can’t have it playing music while your phone is in sleep mode or while using other apps. That doesn’t sound like a huge deal, but it actually is.
This company has always been really fishy to me. Their weird push of the NFT like collection database in their app for these mostly ugly designs is so odd.
Not to mention their customer service is god awful. I bought a Deck, played 2 hours with it, and decided it wasn’t for me. With everything including box and paper work still pristine, they told me I couldn’t return it because it was scanned in the app already (?). What does that even mean, I have to assume that was an employee mistake.
My personal favorite has always been the Mario and Luigi style, particularly Dream Team. Brothership looks beautiful in game but I think the renders seem a little off.
Illumination Mario doesn’t get enough love. I love how they retained the look of Mario but gave him more of a grounded softer look.
This could potentially be very intresting. I enjoyed the original one enough, personally about a 7/10 in my eyes. It def lacked a bit of the charm Banjo had and the movement felt off, but it looks like some problems were addressed here. I really think Playtonic showed their strength with Impossible Lair. That was a great title to fill the DK fix.
Usually I couldn’t care less, but it was really jarring how Amy just doesn’t act like Amy at all. I do also miss more of the comedic slapstick too but nothing for me to go out and complain.
Yeah, I think that's actually a pretty decent trade off for 1080p. Would have loved a performance mode option with 720p in handheld running at 60fps tho.
The only thing I think this era of the Turtles has going for me is the art style (at times) can look pretty stunning, and the voice actors. Other than that I hate everything about it.
Love how people are mad and let down by something that obviously was going to be what it says it is (shocker I know), a play test. This is a proof of concept for an actual audience so they can build it out more and nothing more than that.
What Ninty SHOULD do is get Wayforward to do a remake of it with 2D, hand drawn visuals. Wayforward kills it at hand drawn art, and they have a great relationship with Nintendo. Also they have experience from making that Adventure Time Zelda 2 clone from the DS/3DS, which was suprisingly great.
@PineappleLake I don't know what 3DS game you have been playing but none have compared to this. Hell even look at what the 3DS titles of this series look like, they still use sprites.
The models, animations and vibrancy of colors here are amazing. You also have to take into account that Youtube really doesn't do these titles justice.
That motion sensing tech is pretty damn cool. It seems like a very high quality product that I might get eventually. Something that might be true though is that one person said they hate the noise associated with their alarms, so I don’t want to hate the music associated with these!
Also, I noticed that it says that if you sleep in bed with more than one person, then they recommend button mode. That kills the main feature of it for me lol. Regardless would like to put this on the home office desk or something.
Has anyone from the US had experience buying from ShopTo, and do they even ship to the US? Those prices are obviously super attractive compared to 59.99 so I was wondering what the deal was about that.
I’m confused by these comments. What did you people want/expect? The Switch has obviously been a huge success for Nintendo and people obviously love the platform, why not improve on that and make it not only greatly more powerful, but also improve on the actual hardware like what is being described.
All I wanted was more power and backwards compatibility, so I’m very excited. That screen looks like it will be really nice, too. I do wish the joycons got a little more of a redesign though in terms of ergonomics.
@Poodlestargenerica In no way was I snarky in my comment… but anyways, Mario Party Superstars gives you the option for how many turns, what board you want, what genre of mini games you want, and also other options like handicaps and bonus stars.
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Re: Random: PlayStation's Astro Bot Director Pays Tribute To Mario And Nintendo In GOTY Speech
This was a really nice gesture. I played and loved Astro Bot, that and Indiana Jones are my GOTYs. It’s obvious that Astro takes a lot from the Mario 3D platformers and even ideas from other Nintendo games, but I think it was done in a way that makes it its own and they have obviously nothing but respect and admiration to Nintendo.
Re: Okami Sequel Announced, Will Be Directed By Hideki Kamiya
EASILY the star of the show, unless Half Life 3 is truly announced here lmao.
Re: Nintendo Download: 12th December (North America)
@sketchturner I think you are confusing Anton-Blast with Pizza Tower because what you described is Pizza Tower.
Re: 'My Nintendo Rewards' Adds Two New 2025 Calendars, Available Now
I love the retro calendars.
Re: Round Up: The First Impressions Of The Sonic 3 Movie Are In
I hate the humor of these movies and I’ve heard it’s amped up even MORE from the 2nd film, which made it admittedly a hard watch for me despite some really cool scenes. Probably will wait to stream this one, but I’m glad people are liking it.
Re: 'Toree Saturn' Switch Release Delayed Until Early 2025
Nobody better have anything to say towards this legend releasing such great games for so cheap.
Re: Talking Point: What Would Be The Ideal Way To Play DS Games On 'Switch 2'?
When I had my Deck I barely did any DS emulation. Switch the screen back and forth sucked, idc what anyone has to say.
Obviously a second screen attachement would be cool, but it’s not needed. I’d go with the “Tate” style, Nintendo could release a grip to work with that style through NSO.
Re: Super Nintendo World's Donkey Kong Country Park Gets Opening Date
@TAndvig How can it suck when it said exactly what it was. It showcased the expansion, and that’s it.
Thats on you if you truly thought we’d be getting anything else lmao.
Re: Review: Tetris Forever (Switch) - The Best Breakdown Of A Legendary Franchise
Digital Eclipse is so underrated. Glad to see it confirms what I already knew.
I do wish there were more modern titles like mentioned in the review. Tetris Party or Tetris DS (my favorite) would be awesome.
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Super Nintendo World's Donkey Kong Expansion
@Deviant-Dork Have you seen what Disney has put out lately compared to this?! This is easily the most immersive highly detailed land in ages by a theme park company. The rides are also great.
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Super Nintendo World's Donkey Kong Expansion
@Deviant-Dork How.
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Super Nintendo World's Donkey Kong Expansion
@JakedaArbok I’m also a huge coaster enthusiast. I’m so pumped for this. You are right in this being a family coaster, but the tech for this coaster is so fascinating I’m ecstatic to see it fully realized.
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Super Nintendo World's Donkey Kong Expansion
@Deviant-Dork I hope your only talking about the Hollywood one due to how downsized it had to be because the one in Japan/Epic Universe is incredible.
Re: Tetris Forever Switch eShop File Size Revealed Ahead Of Launch
@Jayenkai You don’t realize how expensive it would be for them to release this on Netflix for streaming. It’s 5 gigabytes, it’s not going to break the bank when it comes to storage. Also, if they were to just release this on YouTube for nothing, that’s a big selling point of the game gone. Just like the Atari collection, this is a museum piece with way more than just the games, and for people who actually care, it’s great.
Re: It's Official, 'Switch 2' Will Be Backwards Compatible
@Edu23XWiiU Because people love the idea of a handheld that can play it all, especially with how large the Switch library is. This also opens up the opportunity of increasing the performance through updates of those past games.
Re: It's Official, 'Switch 2' Will Be Backwards Compatible
@VHSGREMLIN Id easily take an updating pretty substantial library of titles for $20-$60 dollars a year then pay $7-$10 each for titles that for the most part don’t take much time to beat. Especially for ROMs with no QOL improvements. Not to mention that the emulation quality far exceeds what we saw on the Wii U/3DS.
Re: It's Official, 'Switch 2' Will Be Backwards Compatible
@Don NSO is better than Virtual Console. I said it.
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Update Adds Classic SNES Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
@RubyCarbuncle Sounds great to me🤷♂️
Re: Mario & Luigi: Brothership Estimated Switch File Size Update
That is wild to me. Odyssey was only 5.7, how packed is this game for it to be 9.8?
Re: Random: Rapper Doja Cat Debuts 'Bouncy' Conker-Inspired Halloween Costume
Get off your high horses people, this is a funny great post. Who would expect such a niche character from a major celebrity.
Re: Random: Rapper Doja Cat Debuts 'Bouncy' Conker-Inspired Halloween Costume
@Blofse It’s not AI wdym. Her boobs are def photoshopped for the pic but that’s her in costume
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Will Add More Tracks Over Time, Here's What's Been Revealed So Far
@SabreLevant It’s not “false”. For one, not everyone has an Android with work arounds, and two, if you want to use it standalone without any “add-ons” or wonky work arounds that work on a case by case specific basis, then you have to buy Premium.
Re: Random: Takaya Imamura Ponders The Possibility Of Star Fox Zero On 'Switch 2'
I feel like I’m one of the only people that like this game lol.
Re: Exclusive: Croc Remaster Gets A Release Window And A Swanky Collector's Edition
Wasn’t this game considered a mediocre title even back when it came out? Don’t understand the appeal personally.
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Will Add More Tracks Over Time, Here's What's Been Revealed So Far
@LadyCharlie Unless you own YouTube Premium, then you can’t have it playing music while your phone is in sleep mode or while using other apps. That doesn’t sound like a huge deal, but it actually is.
Re: So, Will You Be Listening To The New Mobile App Nintendo Music?
@Anti-Matter Don’t you already have a NSO subscription?
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members
@Joekun At this point what would get you enough to subscribe. It’s 20 dollars a year…
Re: Review: Hatch Tales: A Heroic Hookshot Adventure (Switch) - It's Here, Finally, And It's Very Good, Surprisingly
It looks as basic as basic can be. Like a flash game you’d find on CoolMathGames and play in class.
Re: Switch Accessory Firm CRKD Is Launching A Rather Unsavoury 'FOMO' Scheme
@InJeffable That’s what I ended up getting after trying and hating the Nitro Deck. Now THOSE are some killer Joycons.
Re: Switch Accessory Firm CRKD Is Launching A Rather Unsavoury 'FOMO' Scheme
This company has always been really fishy to me. Their weird push of the NFT like collection database in their app for these mostly ugly designs is so odd.
Not to mention their customer service is god awful. I bought a Deck, played 2 hours with it, and decided it wasn’t for me. With everything including box and paper work still pristine, they told me I couldn’t return it because it was scanned in the app already (?). What does that even mean, I have to assume that was an employee mistake.
Re: Feature: The Man, The Mascot, The Moustache - The Many Faces Of Mario
My personal favorite has always been the Mario and Luigi style, particularly Dream Team. Brothership looks beautiful in game but I think the renders seem a little off.
Illumination Mario doesn’t get enough love. I love how they retained the look of Mario but gave him more of a grounded softer look.
Re: Yooka-Replaylee Remaster Officially Confirmed For 'Nintendo Platforms'
This could potentially be very intresting. I enjoyed the original one enough, personally about a 7/10 in my eyes. It def lacked a bit of the charm Banjo had and the movement felt off, but it looks like some problems were addressed here. I really think Playtonic showed their strength with Impossible Lair. That was a great title to fill the DK fix.
Re: Review: The Smurfs - Dreams (Switch) - Not Quite Smurf, But Surprisingly Smurf
If I see this on sale for like 10 bucks one day, hey why not. Looks like a quality title.
Re: Some Fans Aren't Happy About Sonic X Shadow Generations' Changes To The Original
Usually I couldn’t care less, but it was really jarring how Amy just doesn’t act like Amy at all. I do also miss more of the comedic slapstick too but nothing for me to go out and complain.
Re: Video: Sonic X Shadow Generations Graphics Comparison (Switch, Xbox 360, PS5)
Yeah, I think that's actually a pretty decent trade off for 1080p. Would have loved a performance mode option with 720p in handheld running at 60fps tho.
Re: Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (Switch) - Pleasingly Ambitious But Bloated
The only thing I think this era of the Turtles has going for me is the art style (at times) can look pretty stunning, and the voice actors. Other than that I hate everything about it.
Yes I’m a grown adult.
Re: Nintendo's Mysterious Switch Online Playtest Program Is Now Accessible
Love how people are mad and let down by something that obviously was going to be what it says it is (shocker I know), a play test. This is a proof of concept for an actual audience so they can build it out more and nothing more than that.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's N64 Library Next Week
Widescreen mode is awesome, lets get this on all N64 titles past and upcoming now.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Might Be Gearing Up For A GameCube Controller Comeback
I don't understand how you could hate this controller apart from the D-Pad. It is just fun to play games with this thing.
Re: Talking Point: Is It Time For Another Side-Scrolling Zelda Game?
What Ninty SHOULD do is get Wayforward to do a remake of it with 2D, hand drawn visuals. Wayforward kills it at hand drawn art, and they have a great relationship with Nintendo. Also they have experience from making that Adventure Time Zelda 2 clone from the DS/3DS, which was suprisingly great.
Re: Mario & Luigi: Brothership Overview Trailer Showcases A Stunning Evolution
@PineappleLake I don't know what 3DS game you have been playing but none have compared to this. Hell even look at what the 3DS titles of this series look like, they still use sprites.
The models, animations and vibrancy of colors here are amazing. You also have to take into account that Youtube really doesn't do these titles justice.
Re: Nintendo Announces Switch Online: Playtest Program Related To "New Feature"
I got in! Signed up at 9:00 MT on the dot.
Re: Forget 'Switch 2', Nintendo Has Just Revealed An Official Alarm Clock
@Danrenfroe2016 That’s your fault for being upset. Why should they be at blame here because you believe what leakers say.
Re: Forget 'Switch 2', Nintendo Has Just Revealed An Official Alarm Clock
That motion sensing tech is pretty damn cool. It seems like a very high quality product that I might get eventually. Something that might be true though is that one person said they hate the noise associated with their alarms, so I don’t want to hate the music associated with these!
Also, I noticed that it says that if you sleep in bed with more than one person, then they recommend button mode. That kills the main feature of it for me lol. Regardless would like to put this on the home office desk or something.
Re: Mario & Luigi: Brothership Steelbook Pre-Order Bonus Revealed
It is baffling me how much people are freaking out over the simplest of design lol.
Re: Mario & Luigi: Brothership: Best Pre-Order Deals And Cheapest Prices
Has anyone from the US had experience buying from ShopTo, and do they even ship to the US? Those prices are obviously super attractive compared to 59.99 so I was wondering what the deal was about that.
Re: Arika Officially Developing New Entry In 'Tetris: The Grand Master' Series
YES! I own like 6 different versions of Tetris on the Switch, but idc. I love the Grand Master titles purely off of speed and sfx alone.
Re: Review: Looney Tunes: Wacky World Of Sports (Switch) - Zany Sporting Antics That Aren't Much Fun
@Anti-Matter Because gameplay triumphs visuals, and this game doesn’t have either, so you have a bad experience.
Re: Rumour: Supposed 'Switch 2' Design Photos And Specs Surface Online
I’m confused by these comments. What did you people want/expect? The Switch has obviously been a huge success for Nintendo and people obviously love the platform, why not improve on that and make it not only greatly more powerful, but also improve on the actual hardware like what is being described.
All I wanted was more power and backwards compatibility, so I’m very excited. That screen looks like it will be really nice, too. I do wish the joycons got a little more of a redesign though in terms of ergonomics.
Re: Super Mario Party Jamboree Will Include Pauline As A Playable Character
@Poodlestargenerica In no way was I snarky in my comment… but anyways, Mario Party Superstars gives you the option for how many turns, what board you want, what genre of mini games you want, and also other options like handicaps and bonus stars.