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@Low_ink Ultimately, I think creating divisions in the types of people playing (core vs. casual) is about groups wanting to feel they are more important or special than another group.

I don't think anyone wants to be called casual at something, beyond that I think the word is incorrectly applied here (and throughout the hobby where it is routinely used to denigrate players).

Casual - noun - a person who does something irregularly.

That definition does not apply to this person.

Day one purchase!
Day one!
Day one!

Spelunker Party was both great and terrible (way too easy to unintentional fall off a ladder while climbing it in later levels).

Do I want more...I'm thinking probably not and that Spelunky will do it for me?

I'm surprised by the review score.

I haven't actually had any freezes in my play (I do have a pseudo wired ethernet).
I bought the character pack and love the balance between most of the characters and how different some of the play (Pyramid Head kills you without bombs - just like before).

I find it way more fun that Pac-Man online and while I'd also like to see the time to start a match improved, it's interesting to me how long matches last.
In the one match I finished number 1 the time showed over 8 minutes of being alive. That is a LONG game of Bomberman (and it was fun an intense the whole time).

I'd give it a 7 and a nostalgia bump of a point to an 8 if you are already a fan of Bomberman.
Either way - you can play free and never spend and 100% enjoy the game, it's easy to recommend!

If this works * then I'll be loving it.

The asterisk is b/c online never worked in the Switch Bomberman. It was a lagfest worse than any game I've ever played online. I even upgraded my network to see if I could make it playable - but no.
So - I am skeptical, and hopeful, and excited if it does actually work online.

As part of my always looking for 8-player games I picked up Total Arcade Racing, which actually releases tomorrow.
Hoping it is great like Driift Mania!

@RetroXombi
WiiMusic - a personal favorite of mine

I liked the game - but couldn't play it long due to it being hard on my motion sickness.
I'd really like another Endless Ocean - those games were so fun and relaxing - and never made me sick!

Yeah - I heard actraiser, I thought yeah!
I look at the screenshots and I'm immediately saying OH NO!
Try not making women objects, they're people not things!

And yet - no new courses for Mario Kart 8, the best selling of the series.

Bought it hoping for a non-Zelda game that was Zelda and was VERY disappointed.
The Celestial brush eventually drove me crazy and I quit the game and sold it.
I wish people wouldn't compare this to Zelda - I'm not sure it helps the game and I know it was NOT true or helpful for me. I hated this game for not being more Zelda-like (and I didn't feel it was very Zelda like at all personally).

Knight Squad is one of those rare 8 player games. I have a thing for 8 player games and get nearly all of them as I often play in groups (playing IN PERSON together is a favorite way for me to play).

If you haven't played the original and ever play in groups it is recommended. It leans a little more core gamer than party game, but there are modes that will suit just about any level of experience.

I haven't tried the sequel yet, but thought I'd give it a shout out here as 8-player games are hard to find, and good ones are even harder to find!

I think you meant to post this on 4/1.

Great combat, great soundtrack, great coop, Symphonia was fun!

Tempted to buy Civ 6 digital, just so I don't have to put the cartridge in anymore.
That game has gotten more play than anything on my Switch - and I've got dozens and dozens of games that I love.

The 3DS game COULD have been and SHOULD have been ported to WiiU.
It would have been another great title that only that system could do (loved by collectors, hated by haters, endlessly enjoyed by those who actually had one).

I loved the asymmetric play on the WiiU. It's sad that new styles of game play often struggle and so each new console generation is more of the same of what we got last generation.

Kid Icarus was different - that is why it would be hard to port. (the same is true of many great, and unportable, games in the WiiU library)

Hopefully it works on Switch.

The online in the current online in Super Bomberman R is an unplayable lag-fest.
I updated my network just to make it work before I realized it wasn't me, it's the game.

Ok - so, this actually looks super interesting. Looking forward to more information.

Ancient Cistern is the best Zelda dungeon.
Full Stop!

The overworld is frustrating - too confined - it feels like a dungeon, so the whole game is dungeon.
Running/climbing w/Stamina meter is awesome!
Upgrading equipment is awesome!
Visuals and orchestrated sound track are awesome!
Motion controls were a mix of TERRIBLE and innovative.
Chasing Bobokin's with Hornets is hilarious!
The Imprisoned fights are some of the WORST in the series!

I will gladly play through it again - though I am not excited about the first 2 hours (SO SLOW!)

Here here!

I love Pushmo, was frustrated by Crashmo, and adore Stretchmo.
I made many levels for Pushmo World on WiiU.

This is a great series - one I'D LOVE to play more of. (I'm still playing Stretchmo on my 3DS - getting back to it and Ever Oasis made my 3DS get 10x the playtime in 2020 as it did in 2019)

It was ok...
That said - I'd love to see it on Switch and for it to be the first of MANY.
Excitebike World Tour was so great - please bring it
Moto Heroz - Wrong time on the wrong platform (then they put it on phone - doh!) a switch version would KILL it!
Driift Mania - simply one of the best 8 player party games ever (and probably the best terrible game ever made) - I've bought it on a half dozen Wiis - and played it with dozens of people - all who loved the experience
There are so many more - I bought 100+ WiiWare games. It is sad they are lost to history .

...and speaking of history - I'm still waiting for Line Attack Heroes to make it to the US. I played it at E3, the Nintendo rep promised it was "absolutely going to be released," and I'm still waiting!

Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! Is essential if you have even a passing interest in rhythm games.

The 4 player party rhythm games are worth full price by themselves (no drum needed, think Rhythm Heaven, but 4 player - both vs and coop)

Ever Oasis!
So great! I've been playing it a lot of late. I've called it the last great game of the 3ds.

I stopped playing it because I was hoping for a switch port. With no port I drive back in. Great game!

I don't know.
I loved the original R-Type, and bought the collection for Switch.
...but I'm NOT loving the blood and enemies - one of them looks like it's being beaten up by bullets for no good reason. I feel sorry for the creature.

I actually busted out Star Fox Zero yesterday and played it for the first time and had an absolute blast (notably I essentially ignored the pad view - which I know is probably holding me back from being a top scoring machine).

It's b/c I played SF0 yesterday I checked out this review...and I think I'll just go back to Star Fox, it was fun. I loved the gyro-copter (whatever it is called) with the hacking robot and going into walker mode, but blasting through the fleet engagement was easily the best part.

Wind Waker = YES!
This = um?

Pushmo World - YES!!
Recently got back into playing on my 3DS b/c I realized I'd never played Stretchmo.

I love that series!

Missing a few gems like:
Pushmo World
WiiU Party
Kirby & the Rainbow Curse

I went back and looked at my time spent on WiiU games - it was almost entirely on multiplayer games, and TONS of times on those games (We still pull out Game & Wario b/c of the great multiplayer stuff!)

With that separate screen on the controller, the WiiU provided game play experienced not available anywhere else - it was an underappreciated FAMILY fun console.

Also - Need 4 Speed: Most Wanted U was excellent!

Wait!? The generic Punisher meets Solid Snake wannabe looks like somebody else's generic Punisher meets Solid Snake wannabe?

They should BOTH be ashamed for having such boring generic characters. Can we all get together and sue both companies for that?

Xeodrifter is such a fun, perfectly long (short) Metroid inspired game. It's best on 3DS, but worth playing everywhere (I bought and played through it on both Switch and 3DS).

Mutant Mudds I want to love, but I find the difficulty SO frustrating. My least favorite thing in gaming is to die b/c you didn't know when you jumped that there was something waiting to kill you that you couldn't see.

Own it and played through it. We found it WAY too difficult as the sloppy controls are part of the experience.

With all the accessibility options on it is boring and pointless.
With them all off it is frustration with a capital F! With some on it is fun for a dedicated coop group. Not a stand out, but worth playing!

Unless you've been completing missions during November/December, this isn't an option for you anyway.
You have to complete 14 missions to get the pins, and there aren't enough still available (they have closing dates) if you are just starting now.

I did get the first set, and they are cool, and I'd love this set, but the difficulty in getting these sets is not cool.

Will the left controller drift?
If not I'd buy it to replace my 5 sets of joycons that do...

Nintendo has been consistent for multiple generations.
1- Mario Kart (done - sadly)
Zelda (from the previous generation - done)
1- Zelda (from the current generation - that often simultaneously launches with the next gen - TP & BoTW)
Metroid - maybe if they feel like it
F-Zero (don't make me laugh)
1- 3D Mario (done)
1- New peripheral project (Ring Fit - done)
1- Animal Crossing (done)

Mostly Nintendo slows down w/time every system release - Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart were in the first year of the 3DS, and they stood for a long tiem.

This time around we had Zelda + Mario + MK in the first year - it leads to a LOT of WAITING b/c there won't be another MK on the Switch. It's unlikely there is another 3D Mario (just remakes).

We have to wait for the next gen...
It'll be a wait...

There will be a Switch specific Zelda (unless it also is launched simultaneously on Switch 2 --- just wait, it'll happen!)

The thing is, Nintendo makes "EVERYGREEN" games, and they can't have MK9 hurting sales of MK8...so...be prepared to wait...

I know a lot is shut down - but I also know that I see people out walking more than ever, that bicycle sales are crazy high - seriously go try to buy one, and that National Parks were busier than ever this year.
I get COVID is impacting things - I also wonder if AR might have had some positive impact from COVID as well? I mean, there is no question that people are out and about - Pokemon Go had a better year in 2020 than 2019.
Just thoughts...

What!?
No sale on WiiU!?

Prediction: WiiU will be remembered fondly, and will become an expensive collector's item, along with all it's non-ported Nintendo made games, of which there are more than a few.
(Kirby and the Rainbow curse I love you)

So - this looks frustrating to play.
I'm curious, are you fighting the controls the whole time, b/c if so, it may be brilliant, but not at all for me. I hate games where I'm fighting the controls.

9 Parchments & Trine 4 (somewhat well known)

...and if you like 8 player multiplayer:
Pico Park - Best co-op 8-player game ever?
Baron: Fur Is Gonna Fly - the songs, the comedy, the carnage!

I wish they'd left the version I'd paid for alone and made the free to play game a different download.

Fun!
These were inventive, something in always appreciative of!

The 30fps is a real killer here, and EA knows it, at least they talked about how important 60fps was for Burnout Paradise, so I can't imagine it isn't anymore.

I wish we could get the WiiUs Most Wanted to come over, I think it is better than these, though I'll probably pick up Hot Pursuit once it drops low enough in price (which it will...you just have to wait, and after waiting 10 years for the game, what's 10 more months?)

@SigourneyBeaver - I totally agree - HOW does the industry and how do the players not care or stand up or ???
I mean really?
The woman is just a body, just a thing, an object? That is what the game is selling?
I came in interested in the game, looked at the image and was immediately disappointed.

Trine 4 was so, so good!
The ability to attach ropes to objects opened up a ton of fun play.
Much improved combat made the combat parts enjoyable.
It's easily the best in the series, and was a fantastic game by my measures. I'll absolutely get the DLC.

@LinktotheFuture - While it is on a list, it wasn't on any of the lists shown here. It's worth noting that Switch is still getting sales - so it may drop off.
I think BotW is easily the best game ever made and it is hard to play games after playing it b/c they are all so inferior - I love the game - just pointing out that Zelda is an interesting beast when it comes to widespread sales.

AMAZED by Galaxy - I remember being awed by it, and it transfers SO well to HD! That game made the whole thing worth it!

STRUGGLING w/30fps of Sunshine and 64 - both games make me motion sick - particularly Sunshine w/it's 'heat' effect.

DISAPPOINTED there's no Galaxy 2 - for my money the best of all the Marios.

Funny enough - Zelda: Wind Waker is the only Zelda on any of those lists!

Drum and Fun is a masterpiece!
The party games are great rhythm games too!

Reviews are not going well for this game anywhere (71 on Metacritic).
It's interesting b/c it was seen as a darling on mobile - and it only leaves me to believe what one review said: when there is no real competition it is great, but when you have to go up against console quality games like Breath of Wild, it no longer is that great.

I wanted to love the first b/c let's face it, these guys get visuals! However it had animations there were just off and the combat was dreadful. I was hopeful this one would fix things, but it is clear that designing for mobile made them simplify the controls to a point where they hurt the experience when compared to having all the buttons on console. The only question is why they didn't change things, like add a trigger for lock-on, as you'd expect on a console.

That is where mobile games fail when coming to console - not making use of the console controls.
I know mobile games can look great - I want them to play great.

I'm disappointed this game doesn't play great based on all the reviews I've read. That consistency says there is a problem that should be resolved.

Hopefully part 3 will focus more on console controls!

Nintendo may not be smart, but compared to Pachter they're brilliant beyond reason.