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@Thomystic You're right, of course. Thanks for the spot.

@dionysos283 Thanks for that, I've updated the story.

@YoshiFlutterJump I’ve added a mention of 22 and updated a couple of other entries. For anyone wondering where Switch Sports and MLB The Show are, we scored them both 6/10. While enjoyable, they don’t quite make the cut for the best Switch sports games. Check out our reviews for more details. 👍

@relinqued Golden Daggers does sound cooler though, right!? Thanks

@Panopticon Review incoming.

A compilation review encompassing multiple titles will by its nature always have a focus on the overall package and presentation of the games rather than comprehensive dissections of each included game. You're free to politely disagree with Tom's necessarily brief assessments of the individual entries, but insults and unfounded accusations won't be tolerated.
Please refer to our Community Rules for more information, or use the contact form below if you wish to discuss the matter further.
Let's return to discussion of the game.

@Wilforce Thanks for the spot, I've added it.

Edit. I've also added in the Fate games, because why not.

While you're welcome to disagree with our review in the comments, I'd like to remind everyone of our Community Rules, specifically 3c. concerning feedback and criticism — insulting authors will not be tolerated.

While you may not agree with the opinion, that doesn't invalidate this review. If you utterly adored the original game, you'll likely find more to like about this version than Stuart did, which would be the same with any remaster or remake. As with all reviews, this is a subjective evaluation. Please be polite if you feel the need to disagree.

We've now locked the comments on this article. Thank you to everyone who contributed in a calm, thoughtful, considerate manner.

@SapphireBlaze This is something we're looking at internally as we evaluate and modify our approach to reviews. We obviously want to provide as much useful info as possible and accessibility features are often lost among other details. We're considering various more elegant, quick-glance solutions than, for example, mandating an accessibility paragraph for every review.
It may take a little time, but watch this space.

@BTB20 Thanks for the spot. Let's blame that one on a dodgy zero key.

Good morning all

To everyone who has complained about the number of Reggie-related articles we've run this week, I addressed our reasoning in the comment linked below:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/05/reggie-fils-aime-recalls-touching-advice-he-received-from-the-late-satoru-iwata#comment6965996

TL;DR, the ex-president of NoA wrote a book that spends half its length discussing interactions with Nintendo luminaries and his time at the company, so naturally we — a Nintendo site — are going to cover several of the revelations.

This is the last of our planned Reggie stories, so Reggie content on NL should now resume normal levels.

Yours,
Gavin
Editor, reggielife.com

@Not_Soos @Zyph @The_BAAD_Man @nocdaes

I appreciate not wanting to have the book 'spoiled' (and we're conscious of overdosing on Reggie), but we're a Nintendo site and the ex-president of Nintendo of America has just released a book which discusses many details of his time at the company. Of course we're going to cover it thoroughly!

If you're looking forward to discovering these nuggets for yourself, I'd recommend avoiding anything with 'Reggie' in the headline for a few days, here and elsewhere. However, we're nearing the very end of our coverage, so Reggie-related content will soon return to normal levels.

And rest assured that the book contains plenty of good stuff that we're not highlighting.

It’s the end of the day here, so we have decided to close the comments section on this article for the time being.

While we appreciate this is an emotive topic, we would kindly ask anyone who left comments that were removed to review our Community Rules.

https://www.nintendolife.com/rules

@nessisonett While I understand the general sentiment, the huge number of games releasing each week makes it impossible to cover everything we'd like to. We do our best to review as many games as we can across all genres, taking into account as wide a range of tastes and interests as possible. In the first 117 days of 2022 we've reviewed nearly 100 games, far more than most other outlets, I'd wager.

@Astral-Grain As we've explained before, a high volume of comments rarely means high traffic — it typically means the same small group bickering and bumping the comment count into three figures.

As for the number of "cheap lewd" games we review and apparently prioritise, the number of 'fan service' games on eShop far outweighs the tiny percentage we've reviewed. I'm honestly not sure what we've done to deserve your insinuation that we're giving them low scores on a whim, either.

Have a good weekend all.

We've added the sale price and % discount for each entry, plus another couple of games that slipped through the net.

@Lord I mean, there's only 10. And we like Star Fox!

@russell-marlow I mean, 'objectively good game rankings' don't exist. In fact, you could argue that the closest you can get is an aggregated list like ours, taking the opinions of many people into account.

As for whether Adventures is a spin-off or not, again that's all subjective. The beauty of our User Rating lists is being able to mentally remove any game that doesn't meet your personal criteria and the data behind the other entries' remains entirely untouched and intact.

@russell-marlow We’re presenting all the options and polling opinion, asking readers to rate the games they’ve played, as the intro explains and as we’ve done with various other series in the past. Just a bit of anniversary fun.

Not sure where you get the idea that ‘most’ of our staff aren’t fond of Assault, but no matter. Perhaps it’s our “basic sensibilities”.

@Bakajin I mean, that’s just demonstrably untrue, isn’t it?

https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/tetris-effect-connected
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/quake
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/horace
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/hades
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/a_short_hike
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/subsurface_circular
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/celeste
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/axiom_verge

@Highlar Our scoring policy is linked just under the score, which delineates between the different bands. A 10/10 game delivers something genre-defining or incredibly fresh/surprising. There can also be an element of ‘You NEED TO try this, even if you normally hate Genre XYZ!’

@87th Oh noooooo. I've added that to the poll.

@Reploid Ah, thanks for that — I've added them to the list.

@lolwhatno Ha, can't remember — it was several years ago. $20 or $30 maybe?

@nessisonett @anoyonmus It's a fun Random piece about a cool-looking game. Mario Kart practically invented the genre, and with a site full of video game fans, we thought this would raise a few smiles on a Friday afternoon.

It's clearly labelled with the 'Random' prefix, and you're under no obligation to read or comment if it doesn't interest you or isn't 'Nintendo' enough. We think it's cool, but there are plenty of other things to enjoy on the site if you don't agree.

Evening all. We’ve added ‘fan’ to the headline to make clear that these would be unofficial ports. While it may seem obvious to many that Nintendo wouldn’t be publishing official PC ports of its back catalogue, I understand that the headline could be interpreted in that way. That wasn’t the intention, but my apologies all the same. 🙏

@Not_Soos I take your point and it was heartening to see the conversation remaining civil for the most part. Unfortunately, that is often not the case and seeing that this is a big game that we'll be covering again in the future, we feel it's important to establish some ground rules from the off and not have every article on the game descend into the same debate. The last thing we want to do is close comments on all related articles.

Hello all. In case you missed it, we have pinned a comment at the start of the thread kindly requesting that conversation stays on the topic of the game itself rather than the wider issues and controversy surrounding the author of the Harry Potter novels.

We understand that, for some, the two are inextricably linked but — as we outline in the pinned comment — we feel that this article is not the appropriate place for that wider conversation. Please focus discussion here on the game itself.

@Mattock1987 In this case the opposite of 'safe' would be closer to 'daring' or 'exciting'. As Tom says, the addition of new elements would have spiced things up a bit. Then again, these are the easier introduction courses. Hopefully we'll see some more ambitious tracks in the coming waves.

@Twonips Yeah, it's a little confusing — you have to head to the Switch eShop to get access to it:
https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/how-do-you-access-the-mario-kart-8-deluxe-booster-course-pass-dlc

@GoldCobra Our apologies, we missed that it blended two images! We've switched it out for some official key art.

@Chrysologus Added.

@AcridSkull Added. 👍

@CDub30 I wrote in the text that it's a weak entry. BUT it is part of a hugely popular series that will be disappearing from sale — and an entry that's unlikely to return in any other form. As such, I felt it was worth highlighting for WarioWare fans who might want 'the whole set'.

@bbliksteen8 Both articles stated that there was no way to add funds via gift cards specifically after August 29th. We have an FAQ guide with that information, but I've tweaked the appropriate sections in these lists to make it clearer that funds can still be added via the pooled accounts until the stores close.

@Magician I had that on the list, but I believe it's one of the ones that was delisted a while ago.

@Pokester99 We’ve tweaked the article text to make clearer the status of the PIF as a government-run fund.

If you still wish to discuss editorial content and policy, or any other topic, please use our contact form.

@Pokester99 I understand that this is a sensitive topic, but Tom’s report is entirely fact-based and provides relevant context for the video games industry acquisition story here.

Also, I’m quite certain we are not publishing “constant negative coverage of Saudi Arabia”.

To everyone. Yes, it's Mina the Hollower. Apologies.

Mina the Follower will be the sequel, obvs.

Hi all. I got all excited and added Advance Wars to the list when the date is still 'Spring 2022'. Apologies, I've removed it from the highlights — March was looking busy anyway!

@AtlusIsDumb Some fiend kidnapped my main man, Tingle. All sorted now.

@Scapetti https://www.gamespress.com/

@ChakraStomps @Scapetti and others. This is a report based on a feature published on Polygon. It doesn’t include every single quote from Polygon’s article because it would be impractical and, frankly, impolite to strip every single quote from the original article and reproduce the lot. We’d encourage you to read the original story for the most possible context and hear voices from many of the people involved. As you’ve read above, several TT leavers have gone to work for Burton’s new studio, which also suggests something about him and his management style.

On the anonymity of sources as an indicator or reliability, that’s just inaccurate, isn’t it. Quality journalism of all kinds frequently relies on sources speaking on condition of anonymity, commonly for fear of reprisal or for legal reasons that would otherwise prevent them talking. To suggest a story is immediately invalid simply because quotes are from anonymous sources is nonsense.

Finally, to suggest that it would only be ‘news’ if Nintendo posted about it on their official channels is, quite obviously, ludicrous. I’m going to assume that’s a joke of some sort.

In addition to all the usual feel-good programming and gaming coverage we publish (the stuff we absolutely love reading and producing which forms the heart of the site) we will continue to report on stories big and small like this one that gives insight to the blood, sweat and tears — positive and negative — that goes into making the games we love.

If commenters can’t accept this and are unable to either converse politely or keep quiet, we’ll be forced to lock the thread. I’d much rather leave the comments open, so please consider carefully what you’re posting and make sure it conforms to our Community Rules before hitting the reply button. 🙏

The text of the article makes clear the specific FFT inspiration noted by the developers, and 'Combat Platformer' in the headline also makes the genre clear. We've switched in 'Roguelite' to make things absolutely crystal.

@Johnno137426 Generally it's one of the larger releases, so it's obvious. The images are normally named accordingly, too, so hovering a cursor over it (or tapping and holding as if to save on mobile) should reveal the title. The one above is from Hollow 2.

@ophone Logistics, mainly. Things have to be pretty much finalised by mid-December before people start heading off on holidays, and GOTY interest falls off a cliff in January, unfortunately.

That's one of the great things about our reader-ranked GOTY list, though — it's a dynamic list and there's absolutely nothing stopping Chicory or any other 2021 game popping onto the list if it gets the requisite ratings.

https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/best-nintendo-switch-games-of-2021

@RubyDevilNine We cover interesting stories as and when we're able, depending on a variety of factors (staffing and priority of other articles, for example). If a story isn't particularly time sensitive, we may well put it to one side and cover it at a later date. That's it, that's the 'inside scoop'.

We try to cover as much as possible in a timely manner, but there's only so many hours in the day. If you've read about something before, you're not obliged to read our reporting! The headline clearly communicates the content, so feel free to skip if that's the case. Plenty of other articles to read.

@Fiyaball A test! Yes, a test! 👀

Thanks to everyone who pointed out the existing discount for buying both — I've added that as an update to the text above.

@step_over Oof, you're right. I've edited that — thanks.

@Kiz3000 Indeed, you're right — I'll edit the appropriate sections. Thanks

Wind Waker is a sly one! Added.