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It's still the game I put the most hours into (if only the Switch showed actual hours played I might remember how long) but I sold it about 5 years ago.

If only they would just do a Bomberman Classic Collection including the SNES/Megadrive entries with online play.

@Clammy 'Spoiler' Mario and Princess team up to rescue Luigi.

I haven't looked but i will be ordering the book once it goes live on amazon.

Is it a coffee table sized book again. I have all the others. I highly recommend the BOTW one to fans if you've not got it. So much info in there.

I thought it was a chopping board when it popped up on my news feed.

I'm surprised the dog wasn't announced as a new Amiibo too.

Switch 2 won't be announced this year. I still think 2025 is earliest release for that with Metroid Prime 4 being a launch title.

We'll no doubt have a Pokémon announcement in February and then a specific Zelda TOTK Direct in March/April.

Then in June/July they'll do another big Direct announcing their Autumn/Winter line up.

There's bound to be a big Nintendo game (Super Mario Bros The Movie maybe) and of course another Pokémon released by the end of the year.

I still expect Yoshi's Woolly World to be ported at some point along with Zelda WW HD. And now also Metroid Prime 2 and 3.

On the back of this TheGameCollection give you points to take money off a future order

Anything you pre-order this month you also get an extra £5 back in points after dispatch.

@RainbowGazelle

Shopto still has decent price. Go go go.

@RainbowGazelle

Not anymore. Even Hit has put price up now.

Everyone saying they have got their pre-orders in (like me at £49)...

Remember as per the terms and conditions, (on Amazon, Shopto, thegamedcollection and Hit) that if Nintendo does indeed raise the price of the physical copy of TOTK to something the store/website wasn't expecting, they have the right to cancel your pre-order as it is mispriced.

Then relist it at the correct price that they can afford to sell it at. Obviously stores buy in bulk from Nintendo but they will still have profit margins to reach to make it worth selling.

Roll on 10pm. 🙂

@PJ301178

In 2017 BOTW launched at £59.99. It is still it's RRP. I was lucky to get it at £55 then for launch day. The Collectors Edition was £79.99 or something.

The price reduced within a few months but only when stores had offers on and stock was more available.

I do find the comments here quite ridiculous sometimes.

$10 is not a lot of money.
£8.60 for us Brits.

What do you easily spend $10 on without thinking?

A Cinema ticket for 2 hours entertainment? A Takeaway? A small top up shop of milk, bread etc...

$70 for potentially 100+ hours of gaming on a game that only comes around twice a decade if we are lucky isn't bad.

Nearly everything has gone up in price in the last few years.

Buy physical and sell on once you are done if you are not a 'keeper' like myself.

Roll on the Direct for the Trailer...

I expect a Zelda:TOTK specific Direct in March/April.

I wish they would do Rare Replay: Nintendo Edition but guess they'll do more n64 Rare games as part of the Expansion Pak over time.

Hopefully only 3 more Smash Amiibo then I'm done. Been a long time coming.

@Otoemetry Only 3 for Smash to go though. Hopefully.

Latest 2 Smash Amiibo now on UK Nintendo Store for UK buyers.

They are supporting Splatoon 3 with Splatfests for 2 years (Sept 2024). Mario Kart dlc til end of 2023. Zelda TOTK out in May which they will want to sell so many of on the current system... Super Mario Bros Movie tie in game most likely this year too.

The Switch is still selling...

So, Switch 2 will be announced at the end of 2024 with 2025 release at the earliest.

And yes it will play Switch 1 games and you can transfer digital games over. Online service will be updated so you get n64 games on basic plan. Expansion Pak covers NGC and above if they can although I still see a lot if remakes happening instead.

@Dezzy70

I still think we'll get Super Mario Bros Movie as a platform game this year.

Nintendo Switch 2 is the future.

But not until late 2024/5.

Nintendo doesn't need to compete with xbox or playstation. They have their own market now.

Better specs and a much better dock. Backwards compatible with all Switch 1 games. New Pro Controller where the dpad works properly. Bigger joy cons with more comfortable grips/ no drifting. Bigger memory with storage in the dock too if needed. Etc ...

I wouldn't call this a 'classic'.

I was so disappointed as I wanted a similar game to Yoshi's Island.

I will always hear the Yoshi's singing "Be careful" for the rest of my life though.

I'm looking forward to the smash amiibo collection coming to an end as I only collect these.

Looks great to me. And his voice was much better in the clip. I wonder if he sounds more squeaky the longer he spends in the mushroom Kingdom

A new mario game to tie in with the film later in 2023 too?

Shows how bad the line up this year has been. PLA to me got stale very quick and left me with no desire to catch them all... Or buy any other Pokémon games going forward.

I would have voted for Kirby too as that was 'fun'.

@Aurumonado
Anthology is more detailed. This is just game reviews. But both compliment each other.

I've got all Anthologies and encyclopaedias. Hoping bitmap books does their n64 compendium soon.

Guess Nlife will cover Chris' Platform book at some point too. (Unless they did already?)

Hope it isn't his face, although Nintendo might have recommended he looks different to the videogame version.

Reminds me of the 'off' Mario on the cover of Mario+Rabbids.

For UK peeps they are on the Nintendo Store now for £25.99.

Can't we have a straight forward 'no' option.

I played through Twilight HD a few years ago. And didn't get round to playing Wind Waker in HD before I sold my Wii U although I played through the original back in 2003.

My main memory was buying Turtles In Time off a school friend in 1995. Was just the cartridge but was worth every penny for the amount of hours my Little Bro and I got out of it.

I'm the opposite now though, no longer collect as I sell my Switch games after completing them.

Trying to sell all my old USA N64 and GC games at mo too on eBay which is more difficult as I'm in the UK.

I open mine as collect the Smash range and display them. Looking forward to it finally ending though.

And nope, I don't use them in any games.

Nope. Odyssey takes the crown. Surprised we haven't had a sequel to it with the Switch life span.

I did enjoy it back in 2002 with the gamecube controller. Tried it recently through 3D All Stars and only lasted an hour.

"We ain't Kangaroo's!"

Roll on Thursday!

Agree with Nepo...

How could you forget Rime?

I also remember Mario Odyssey, the bit where you are climbing the tower with Cappy and Mario chatting. The realisation the adventure is over and they are saying goodbye. That got me.

I've never got round to playing it. They should just do a Bomberman collection with added online stuff.

Is there a full list of all First Party Titles? Be interesting to see where everything is in terms of Sales.

Are we just going to have a month of copy and pasting from Reggie's book with the words "NEWS" next to it?

"Reggie once had a sh*te and wiped his ar*e with the Wii U instruction manual while working for Nintendo".

It's getting boring already.

Have they confirmed that it includes the original game voice's too?

Saw it in CEX a couple of weeks ago. Thought it was one of their own print outs that they do or a faded cover at first but was the correct quality paper.

I've played through the 8 courses twice now. I'm in UK as was available since 11pm with my bought download code from shopto for £16.85.

Graphics are lovely in my opinion. Good to play some old (new) tracks on my Switch finally.

Totally Radical Dude. With this and Shredder's Revenge it is a good year to be an 80's Turtles fan!

Pizza Time!

I still want Wooly World on Switch.

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MK9 is Mario Kart Tour People.

That is why it is now part of the dlc. They even show the 8 game boxes the dlc tracks are coming from (obv not including mk8).

So MK10 is the next entry on Switch 2 in 2026. Yay.

I was hoping we'd eventually get a 'Rare Replay -Nintendo Games Edition' on Switch. It would easily sell millions but guess Nintendo wont allow this now so to drip feed Rare n64 games gradually on the Expansion pass instead.

Active development means nothing except they've at least started. If Switch lifespan is extended then we might see it on Switch but more likely it will be a Switch 2 launch title in a couple of years or so.

Splatoon July 2022.
Rabbids September 2022
BOTW2 October 2022
Pokémon November 2022.

Pretty boring in my opinion.
I'm hoping 2022 will be like 2017 again...

New 3D Mario (pretty please)
New 3D Zelda
New Rabbids
New Splatoon

And maybe another surprise.

They should give you option of the AC dlc or something else of similar value coz as it is it is overpriced for those without Animal Crossing.

Do we have the actual numbers?

Mario Kart 9 is already out but it is a mobile game (Mario Kart Tour). We'll see 10 on Nintendo Switch 2.