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@sanderev I don't see how putting the info in the headline is 'clickbait' - surely it's the exact opposite?

Again, though it's impossible to say right now if this is a 'revelation' Nintendo was saving for release, this isn't their first ratings rodeo and I'm almost positive anything included in the ESRB blurb will be advertised well ahead of the game coming out. As speculated above, it feels like something from the game's intro, but we'll see.

Looking around at other outlets, the vast majority have gone with the same straightforward headline approach. Again, I'm not unsympathetic (and as usual we'll be avoiding story and gameplay spoilers from leaks closer to launch) but we'll have to agree to disagree that this is some sort of spoiler.

@brandonbwii PJ did revisit the Trilogy a while ago, so I've updated that entry to reflect his thoughts on the updated experience. We try to keep all summaries current, seems like this one slipped through the net! Thanks for the heads-up.

@sanderev If it's part of the ESRB rating, you can be certain it isn't something Nintendo will be hiding until launch day.

I'm absolutely sympathetic to people who want to play the game without knowing ANYTHING (I'm one of them), but details published in official sources like the ratings blurb can't be considered spoilers.

Just a reminder to new readers, the comments above are 15 years old(!), so tagging might not result in a reply.

@AhabSpampurse Body Harvest is a great shout, but it was rated T (for Teen).

@JohnnyMind Fixed, thanks. I think I was writing this while watching the new Zelda trailer and everything merged!

@Ooyah I was going to question how someone had sat down and typed "a solo-player masterpiece" with a straight face, but I'm not convinced a human went anywhere near the original blurb tbh.

This and the GBC version = best golf video games.

@DestructoDisk I'd like to, although I don't have any experience with Mastodon personally. The other day I saw Ron Gilbert was on there talking about his next project — I almost went and signed up just for that!

@RetroGames Very odd. Suspicious, even!

And cunning, too, that I’ve infiltrated enemy ranks to deploy my blue-skies, Sega-centric agenda and ultimately DESTROY the Nintendo way of lif—hang on, hang on. Ah. Nintendo isn’t on Bluesky.

As I wrote in the article.

@SpaceboyScreams There are lots of cool people and things going on on Bluesky that we wanted to highlight, that's all.

@Lofoten Fair enough, I've edited the options down to a simple scale of probability with a 'don't know' in the middle.

@CaleBoi25 It's not sensitivity, it's two different methods to control aiming on the X-axis — either pivoting the flat pad around a central point or raising/lowering each handle. It's best to just head into Training and test each setting tbh.
https://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/roll-pitch-and-yaw

@charlesmaso23 Believe it or not, I have read that.

@sanderev Hookshot pays the salaries. Ziff Davis bought Gamer Network and its sites. Hookshot is partnered with Gamer Network (for ad sales), but operates independently. We’re not owned by Ziff Davis.

@NinjaLuigi Don’t make me start dropping links to show that’s simply not true!

@JayJ Why?

@Axecon IGN doesn't own us.

And wut?

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@-wc- It’s not defensiveness, I’m just clarifying our position! You asked a question I’m best placed to answer. 🙂

@-wc- It's 100% NOT our job to think about sales, but to offer readers a subjective opinion on a game's quality. In an ideal world, I'd love every single NL review to be constantly updated, but the sheer number of games and updates that come out make it totally unfeasible, unfortunately! We can only ever review a game in the state it is at the time of writing. If significant updates drop which reportedly improve things, we typically add a note at the top of the review, but we don't have the resources to revisit games individually.

In the case of No Man's Sky, the Waypoint update went live four days after launch and we knew it was coming, so we decided to publish a Review In Progress over the weekend which we finalised the following Tuesday. PJ reviewed that one for us in-house, which made updating it easier.

Hmm, lots of questions. Do I need two to have both versions built at once? Maybe three to keep one MIB? Should I build an extension on the East Wing to display them? Where's the dodo egg I requested for lunch?

@Rozetta I hardly think throwing on a podcast for company while you grind the same floor for four hours is sullying the sanctity of the RPG experience.

@Bunkerneath 🙏

NES Remix...er, Remix?!

Just smh.

Don't worry, folks! There'll be another Forza along in a couple of minutes...

@riccyjay Thanks for flagging, I’ll look into it.

@razza1987 We’ve added a couple more higher-scoring examples from critics that we missed when we originally scheduled the article. Seems to be a divisive one!

@Stormcloudlive True. Although I actually flagged this one in our Slack channel and Ollie kindly wrote up the article. 😄

@DarkTron Which specific Youtubers are we advertising?

Even if it's been covered elsewhere in the past, I don't remember seeing the inside of a Switch cart before. My hunch is that it'll be interesting to many readers for whom NL is their main gateway to Nintendo-related content.

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@AccessibleDaydream Thanks for the heads-up. I've switched out the "store page" link to be the same as the one in the tweet — should be auto-applied on that one now.

@Lofoten I’m choosing to take it that the competition is SO fierce and the quality SO high that you’re still getting all-timers in the teens.

@AltCode @norwichred We updated the article to remove the iPad mention and add that it's available on the App Store in other regions. Seems like we've got a few more hoops to jump through to access it here!

@CaleBoi25 It's in the diary.

@CaleBoi25 Slipping a semi-ironic selection into the exclamation-filled tag is one of the few positives of assembling those things. Don’t take that away from us!

@Savage_Joe @HeeHo I am thoroughly ashamed I didn't think of either of those! Top work.

@Thomystic Those are both great shouts. Both @Olliemar28 and I are big fans of the series, so I'm sure we could work something up. Watch this space 👀

@topher6490 Ha, yes of course. Not sure how I forgot that — I'll update the text.

Edit: Tweaked, thanks for the shout. The fact I totally blanked on it probably says something about how there's room for bringing it back with the Digital Eclipse's bells and whistles. It would be great to have different versions, including the original.

@JohnnyMind Should be displaying now. 👍

@Uncle_Franklin ? I think it's pretty clear you can get 10+ hours out of it if you're collectible-hunting.

I was on the fence, but this sounds like just the ticket for the weekend!

@NintendoNewsPL @Uncle_Franklin @JasonLee99 "You can easily rack up double figures of playtime hours grabbing all of this stuff."

@Thomystic Yes! Zapped, thanks for spotting the folt.

@Lofoten The pros and cons aren't a scale that dictates the score, they're a quick, general overview of our impressions. There could be four pros and one con and it could still be a 6, it's not a 1:1 thing. Also, a 6/10 is an above-average, decent score!

I personally prefer minifigures from an aesthetic POV, but it's not about throwing the Super Mario functionality into the AC sets. That could have been an option, but there are loads of possibilities Nintendo/Lego could have explored given how imaginative both companies are. Nintendo's MO is to "surprise and delight", and it feels like these sets are lacking the former.

I'll be taking a look at the other ones soon, so fingers crossed they'll hold more surprises.

@Mince Lies?

@fR0z3nS0u1 @Pikachupwnage Apologies, all adjusted now.

@StevenH As FishyS mentioned, if you click the 'Reviews' tab at the top of the page, you'll see that list. I'll add a link to the article.

In terms of listing all February releases in the article, if you bought a new game in the last four weeks that's so great that you can't even remember it... it's probably not much of a gem.

Who needs Switch 2? Check in on me in 2026...

@nukatha Ha, indeed! Zapped, thanks.

@jco83 I've been looking into this today and while it is easy enough to switch regions quickly, there are some caveats to consider in certain cases, especially if you're the admin of a Family Group.

Personally, I'd rather have a separate Nintendo Account/profile to access the Japanese eShop whenever I want, but I've assembled a guide for switching regions and embedded it in the article above.