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Played it tons on my Atari lynx!

Enough that I recognize the areas all this time later in the video...
... And it is still making me stressed!
So hard!
I think I'll just watch this time around.

They haven't responded to my concerned email yet, like they say they will in their comments, but have done more press releases.

I enjoyed Trine, but I love 9 Parchments!

@BensonUii rebounding and stealing are now more responsive, meaning pressing the button will now usually make the player on the court do the action instead of them doing nothing most of the time like they did last year.
Shooting and dunking are identical to last year.

This score and review = NintendoLife has lost their mind

I wish we would get Burnout Paradise.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted on WiiU is still my go-to non-Mario Kart racer.

The big difference I find is that magazines tend to offer deeper information whereas websites have more information, but it lacks the deep thoughtful look at games coming (month over month for many months).
That said, I don't always have time to read from a magazine, so I'm part of the problem.

No physical buttons = no clue

Anyone who buys NBA Playgrounds had my pity.

So more players and micro transactions?
FAIL!

I was hopeful they would have fixed the absolutely terrible gameplay, but instead there just trying to charge more for it.

PLEASE if you are considering buying this game don't! It does look fantastic, but, unless they changed it from last year, the gameplay is horrible, just horrible!

Bought this and regretted it on WiiU.
The visuals are amazing!
The gameplay is a pile of meh!
It's more tedious to collect things than fun, the game lacks fun platforming, and with so many other options that have great platforming there is no reason to play this.

Watching a video to enjoy the visuals is the best way to experience this game.

Rygar, Rygar NES version would be wonderful!

I loved the 3rd person sequel Behind Shadowgate. I played it on the TurboGrafx-CD in the same month the N64 came out and thought it measured up. Would love an update to it or a release.

Not a fan of Amazon.
They put others out of business, then raise prices.
I avoid buying there.

My hope is that they've hired a game designer equal to their visual abilities. There is no question they make some of the best looking indie games in existence. I've bought most of them.
However, the game design, track design, and level design always leaves me wanting.
I'm excited to hear what they are doing next, and would love to hear they did something with Nintendo, because I know it would be a perfect combo of visuals and mechanics.

Other than the fact this looks terrible it could just be great!

It's fun, but controls are a bit loose.
Still, a great party game, and one of the few great 8-player games in existence!

@BigKing Indies. Indies are way outselling on switch. There are hardly any games on switch that are 3rd party and not Indies, so it's logical, if not as inspiring as major 3rd party releases doing well.

Pre-ordered!
I've been waiting forever for this, I hope the switch port is awesome!
I played it at e3 and loved the party game of Mario maker. Lots of fun!

If they get rid of the freeze every time someone dies I'd buy it again...

...3D World is SOO much better than this though. Or even a Mario Maker Player that would let you just play the existing fan-made levels on Switch. I feel like the only reason they did this one is they didn't want a 3D mario game competing with SM Odyssey.

Rygar on NES was great!!!
Rygar in the arcade was just ok.

It's one of two NES games I really wish we could get on VC over their arcade counterparts. The same wish I've had since the Wii.

Loved the game, and the entire series.
I'd happily get an HD update, though without a stylus it won't be the same.

The first game was absolutely terrible.
Looks pretty, plays awful.
Needlessly complicated, harder to play than NBA 2K, and not fun.

You fooled me once, so shame on you!
You will not fool me twice!

I loved RType, I love coop, I love the 3d touches, I will definitely buy this if it comes stateside!

I have this on WiiU, I love platformers and this one is pretty. It is also boring. I regretted the purchase and warn people to watch videos before buying. Watch the actual gameplay, not the beauty. The play is shallow and boring despite the pretty.

Endless runners do not excite me.
Even Mario can't save an endless runner from being a bad experience.
Phones aren't made for Mario.
Mario is at his best when you can explore and have tight controls.
Phones give you sloppy, limited controls and take away exploration.
That's one of the reasons phones never took over gaming like some thought and consoles are having record sales. Phone gaming tends to be shallow.

I pick up all 8 player games...
Usually...
Not sure about this one.

BAFL is more my style for this type of game.
I tried with 3 different groups to get into Mantis Burn Racing, but I thought it was terrible.
I wish Konami would port Driift Mania. I love that game for 8 player fun.

I was not a fan of Sonic transformed.
It controlled more like need for speed, but tried at the same time be a arcade kart racer. The result I disliked immensely.
I'm hopeful this is better than transformed, but unless it gets crazy good reviews I'll pass. I don't need another mediocre kart racer.

Looks like wonderful fun to have with my youngest family members.

I'm so glad Nintendo is making games for young kids. This is a great product!

This was our most played Wii game, and I'll get the switch version day 1!
I do agree with the comments that the individual games are not close to Nintendo quality control, but exploring is the real fun here. Playing with other players to explore, find the chests, and making use of the huge open world space by racing to spots on the map or playing tag, is awesome!

That said, this game is for a younger audience. I've enjoyed playing with my kids, but wouldn't likely turn it on by myself.

Will it still be terrible?
That the real question.
If the gameplay matched the visuals, Nba playgrounds would be a good game, but it doesn't.
The shooting/dunking is so unintuitive they had to add a meter, and even with it there is no sense of flow in offense, you just stare at the meter as you shoot.
Defense is even worse as pressing the button to steal the ball often does nothing. There is no visual, nothing!

The game looks good, but plays terribly.
I wish it played anything like Jam, I loved that game!
2K18 is a fantastic game as well, so maybe 2K can fix the mess that is Nba Playgrounds!

Crossed Swords is a game I remember fondly from long ago.
I wonder if it is best left remembered? I'll have to watch some YouTube videos and see if it interests me in today's gaming world.

Pretty awesome stuff. I love the accordion!

My kids still play the Wii version regularly, so I feel like I know this game inside and out. I'd love more info on what's new.

Looking at the brief 4 player parts of the video it appears that they may still be turning off all NPCs when playing multiplayer, but I'm hoping not. That always made the world feel rather empty.
It's be great if you could play events without everyone playing the event though I recognize that's probably a technical impossibility.

As an 8 player coop or versus game Runbow is fantastic.

I've introduced it to a ton of groups and it always wins people over.
It's one of the best 8 player games ever made.

There is a pre-order price reduction through tomorrow, so I already bought it for the 4th time. Looking forward to playing through all the adventure mode content in coop again!

I've played and loved all the Layton games including the Phoenix wright one.

This one really misses the magic of the others with no overreaching story due to the game being sold as multiple mini stories on mobile making it feel small and shallow compared to the others.

The puzzles are also a solid notch below, almost half of them are just tricky questions involving math that you enter a number for your answer.

It's a far cry from the great Layton games, but better than nothing.

I honestly think this review should be retracted.

The factual errors, of which there are many, and negative tone I believe shows the writer didn't give the game a proper playing.
It feels like a fan of "The Show" was asked to write a review of a rival game and so the rival didn't get a fair shake.

Again, the game isn't great, but the review says it is terrible, which isn't true, and many of the facts given in the review are wrong.

A number of people are calling out in the comments that this game is a fun arcade like baseball that had a touch of Sim feel. It's fun on the go, which plays to the switch's strengths.

The game is factually misrepresented here. I feel that undermines the critical nature of the review, and my experience over the last two years with the series is night and day different. I first played this year's game on Xbox, and it was hard to play last year's game after that because this year's is flat out so much better. However I waited, and kept playing it all the way until the days before this year's game came to Switch.

I'm very happy to have the game! It's not the show, but it isn't trying to be. It's a great in-between game for those who don't have as much time, but still love baseball and want to enjoy the current season and teams.
It's hard to master and I'm confident I'll put 30-50 hours into it this year and I'll enjoy that time.

If you like baseball, this year's game is worth trying. Last year's is not a good game. The difference between the two is huge.

@BulbasaurusRex honestly there is so much incorrect information in the review it is hard to list it all.

From pitching, where there is at least 3 pitches, not the two in the review, to hitting, where you can control whether you loft the ball or hit it down, not just bunny or swing away, the reviews description indicates they didn't know the game very well or the previous version. Don't even get me started on the fielding comments.

Having hitters hitting 200 in my case is a matter of me learning the game and not having great hitters . A couple of MLB teams can relate!

The game isn't amazing, but the review isn't either. I think the review will make people miss out on something some of them would have enjoyed.

@LinktotheFuture - I'd love a motion controlled hr Derby. But then I like the occasional sprinkling of motion controls. Baseball on WiiU had fun motion controls catching the ball with the pad.

@LinktotheFuture I've only played that mode a couple of times, so I don't remember, but I don't think so. I was disappointed I didn't see a way to pick the hitters I wanted. I've primary played franchise mode.

@LinktotheFuture - a little longer than the first one, which is disappointing, but not so much that it really bothers me.

COULD NOT DISAGREE MORE.

I played a bunch of 2017 & 2018, and if you see them as the same I believe you didn't play them. Honestly.

My 13 year old son walking by me playing 2018 said "boy, the graphics are a lot better aren't they!"

That's one quote, I have more.
I think this review is hugely biased to the point of missing obvious changes. Really if you think it is visually the same you are just flat out scientifically wrong.

Ok... Trying to calm down now...

The game play is also a new. Having played a bunch of games in both last and this year's I can say getting and pitching is quite different.
I'm getting a lot less hits, more home runs, less strikeouts, harder pitching, different Fielding.

Across the board it's clear the engine under the game is dramatically changed.

I went well over well playing the old version to the new, which made the changes super obvious, and for many of them I'm still adjusting.

I had worked up to medium in the old one, and I won 60% of my games. On the new one I dropped back to easy after a couple of games and am still losing half of my games on easy.

The reasons why are hitting and pitching changed.
It is harder to get a hit. Easier for the computer to get a hit.
Whereas before my whole team was hitting over .400, no one on my team is hitting that now. Many are hovering just above two hundred.
Yet I'm hitting, and giving up more homers.
The positioning had changed, which has led to missed balls in play, but I'll figure that out.

In the end, it is an easy to pick up baseball game.
It feels better than last year when you hit the ball, and I love that fact.
It looks worlds better than last year's game, and I love that.
It is limited in options, which I don't love.
It is limited in skill, which I don't love (it's NOT NBA 2K!)

Overall though, it's a fun baseball game and a great, read that again, GREAT upgrade over last year.
Overall it's probably in the 6-7 range out of 10, the 4 and misinformation in this review are biased and should be ignored if you like baseball.
If you love baseball, get the show.
Otherwise I could list a host of Baseball games worse than this including the 2k series and everything in the DS, GBA, and Wii (maybe power prows was better than this actually... But it had its own problems, more different than better)

How many people does it play?
(I think the PC version of Nintendolife shows that info in the article, but not shown in my phone)

I'm so interested in this!
As soon as there is a sale I'm in!

Include the long VC ignored NES version of Baseball Stars, and I'm in!

I loved this on WiiU and bought 4 copies for work machines, home, and gifts.

Dropping from 9 players to 8 makes me sad, but the work WiiU just got corrupted memory so maybe I'll buy this again?

The super long delay in release has me worried they had problems with the Switch port. It should have been out months ago, even after their announced delay.

RBI Baseball 2018, I've been waiting for you!
I played it on Xbox, but wanted it on Switch.
I know many people dislike it, but quick arcade baseball is exactly what I want and I personally prefer it to Baseball Stars.

This was easily the best news in the Smash Bros direct today.
In the arcade it's a fantastic game for groups, this will get a ton of 8 player play in my switch when it comes out.

The genius comes in the multiple ways to win, combined with ability to change classes during the game so that which way your helping your team win changes.

Hard to describe, easy to pick up, amazing to play in a group, this is an insta buy for me.
I'd looked into buying the arcade machine, but now, for thousands of dollars less than the arcade cabinet the game is coming to switch!
Yes, please!

I totally understand.

I don't buy EA games on any platform because it's what's best for the company.

I remember when I cared about EA.
At least I think I can remember back that far.