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Actually the best 2D mario platformer is Donkey Kong (GB)

@BenAV thanks for the reply. rhythm and visual novel games aren't really my thing so I'll stick clear of them as there's already more games to play than I have time. picked up both OPUS games though as well as pan-pan

@JimmySpades thanks. i got kamiko years ago and played it only a little but the OPUSes and pan-pan look pretty nice especially with such big discounts

@BenAV any you could recommend? as there's little info in the article without clicking a buncha links

@Tyranexx use brickseek to see if ni no kuni is still on clearance at walmart and if any nearby u have it. i was able to get it for $10 a couple weeks ago but it had been on that clearance for a while by the time i got to it. i also had to ask an employee to see if they had it because there were no copies in the display case but they had a couple copies in the back

I think it'll definitely top the Wii, possibly even by the end of 2021.. I think this holiday is going to be huge for it. Kinda surprised though that we haven't seen a Switch Lite bundle that has the Zamian & Zamazenta design plus Sword or Shield + DLC bundled in. Would be a huge seller for the holiday. Nevertheless, I think the Lite + the recently released expansion pass edition of the game will sell great. Though considering the Lite is handheld only, it's kinda hard to include it as "home console" sales. I love my Lite tho, and I preordered the OG Switch.. it's just such a better system IMO. I don't really care about gaming on my TV any more unless it's retro or multiplayer.

Snipperclips for me. Such a great game to play for quick sessions with others. Has a ton of charm too

needs battletanx

@GrailUK yeah im pretty sure the first shipments wouldnt save or something. had to return mine. my #1 n64 game and one of my top 5 of any game ever

N64 lineup so strong, the 50th best game has an 8. an EIGHT

You can actually get the odds to 1/64 by breeding with a shiny parent in gen 2 (and it's very easy to get a shiny Ditto using a trick with the Red Gyarados and the move Mimic and sending it to a gen 1 game)

I may or may not have abused this to get a buncha shiny pokes, then used another glitch to clone said shinies and then transferred them up to HOME in order to complete my National Dex. allegedly.

edit: the normal 1/8,192 odds are definitely a little ridiculous though.. It took me around 110-120 hours to randomly run into a shiny in HeartGold about a week ago. and it was a Magikarp facepalm

@Shamrock yeah 4k seems a bit much, 1080 would be nice though for that screen size and for battery life / heat issues. 2 cartridge slots though? why? maybe if it played gba games i'd see the need.

I don't mind the Baby Mario cry, it brings a lot of urgency to a game that otherwise wouldn't have it except mainly in those challenge stages. I definitely prefer it to the get hit x number of times and you die mechanic from the Mario series.. the cry makes you want to very quickly get him back making those situations often very frantic. This is opposed to the mostly relaxed nature of just exploring at your own pace and trying to grab all the collectibles in one go. It also sometimes causes a restart if you lose too much time chasing him. Really makes you have to try to do the stage perfectly and avoid getting hit. Once you start learning the stage layouts and enemy patterns, it becomes pretty easy not to get hit and to focus on just finding every thing. The music and the art style make it a very fun and relaxing time. But not every one wants that from a platformer, some would like faster more direct action as in the rest of the Mario games.

edit: I should also note that there's a very good video on YouTube about the Super Donkey leak that goes more into the character every body is assuming is Stanley the Bug Man among other things by Justin Whang

looks pretty interesting, will wait for a sale

@SmileMan64 Yeah hopefully it's not each person counting for only 1 win. how many people have both the game and the online service as well as will participate in this? and it's only for 12 days..

My top 3 NSO NES games would be:

3. River City Ransom (never played this back in the day, only got introduced to this by my friend when it appeared on NSO.. so I've got no nostalgia for it obviously. And most games from this era that I didn't play back then are hard for me to enjoy such as Metroid and TLoZ. It's also a genre I've never gotten into much. That said this game is brilliant, I love the controls and all the little shops)
2. Kirby's Adventure
1. SMB3

If Kirby's Adventure provided more of a challenge that might change things as I love the power ups and controls and the aesthetics and music and every thing. SMB3 is just so good though, I play through both these games pretty regularly and I can pretty much go through them almost from memory without much difficulty.

@Arkay probably second in time played for me to WWF: No Mercy on the N64. loved the rerelease on the 360 until it red-ringed.. never owned another MS product since

the original is pretty good IMO for a mobile game with touch controls it’s very simple but there’s a lot of strategy to staying alive

@Severian still have it on my ps3, was thinking of firing it back up sometime especially after watching the first half hour or so on netflix recently

I wanted to name my son Sabin, anyway my top 3 games are IX, VI and V. Top 3 chars would be Kefka, Vivi and Celes

psst Sonic Mania is $9.99

for paper mario i’ve only played the original and super. i love both. if they make it like the original i hope they port ttyd beforehand so i can finally play that. if it’s like super i’ll be happy but also surprised because it seems like a lot of ppl hate that one

a “home console” switch (Switch home?) makes the most sense to me. this would keep the cost down, especially if it was sold as just the box and it was byo joycon/pro controller(s)/switch lite which would make the transition for existing owners more palatable. another option would be a beefed up dock which would work with all existing switch models and would cost less than the standalone box, but cost more altogether for those who dont own any models yet.

in any case (pun intended), im not interested as the lite is perfect to me

i’ve had a switch in my household since launch and have been wanting a second unit for some time but the lite seemed like the perfect thing to have instead of another regular one. my lovely wife got me one for xmas and i’m absolutely ecstatic because i finally have my own and dont have to wait my turn. i love the smaller size and the fact that the controls are built in. the regular switch feels a little off playing in handheld mode

@Lawnachaun i dont like a timer either which is why i play daily chess (the timer is 1 day per move). i make my moves pretty quickly unless i’m sleeping or something. i also don’t care for win/loss record much so i mainly play unrated. you should make an account and add me!

if anybody wants to play me on chess.com i’m always down for a daily time increment game. my user is foodmetaphors

@Swoltacular The Count Lucanor is very good. Only one I’ve heard of, got it on sale a few months ago.

@EdScissorshands https://www.8bitdo.com/gbros/

@Geobros looks like 4 controllers total per paid membership (either individual or family); from the website:

Limit four purchases per Nintendo Account with paid Nintendo Switch Online individual or family membership. Offer not available for free trial holders. This controller is optional and not required to play the Super Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online collection of games.

that’s from NoA, not sure if this varies by region

i got one of those 8bitdo adapters so that i can use my snes controllers from the classic edition with the switch but im gonna get one of these anyway. in any case i only have one adapter so now i can do two player games

@RupeeClock also a pokémon with poison heal should now take damage if it’s poisoned.. just as one example, im sure there’s many more such as wonder guard, magic guard, magic bounce.. that ability basically makes it like gens 1-2 while weezing’s in battle

@Rhaoulos & Knuckles

by support they must mean it’ll continue getting stability updates

@Kimyonaakuma if anything it will alleviate the headache of going to the store the day it’s supposed to be out and them not having the code yet or stores running out of codes. still have to go to the store to scan the code tho i imagine an image of the code could just be posted online

I didnt have a lot of game boy games (and I look forward to checking some of these out) but Wario Blast should definitely be on this list

I’m fine with that, never would have expected the lite model to be able to be docked. Just dont know if I could justify a second Switch for $200

looks pretty good for the price but there’s just so many of these. my brother gave me his physical copy of mega man 11 and i havent even played it

ugh keep microsoft out of my nintendo

would rather leave the content streaming to my iphone on the go or appletv at home

@Seacliff “Jamming the same technology into a smaller space” wouldnt be the only change.. there’s no dock, no HDMI cable, there’s built in controls instead of joy-con so no need for those to have their own batteries or any mechanisms to attach or connect wirelessly. It’s also pretty old tech at this point, the chip inside the Switch was already over a year old when the Switch came out so this would be a 3-4 year old chip at that point. I think a Switch mini (or whatever it gets named) for $200 would be great and absolutely still profitable.

wow i saw this on twitter the other day. had no idea those were supposed to be scyther and gyarados. anybody have any idea what the one next to Blastoise was/is?

N64 is too high by far and the Switch is a little too high but not as bad. I’d probably go with:

5. GameCube
4. Switch
3. Wii U
2. 3DS
1. SNES

Switch will probably surpass the Wii U and /maybe/ pass the 3DS depending on the strength of it’s Pokémon games.

Glad I have a Target and Gamestop both on my work commute, makes it easy to snag these. But I really wish they’d stop. I’ven’t bought a single thing from them during these trips and for a lot of people it’s a hassle. Like a proto and awful version of Pokémon GO

@Yosheel oh alright, no worries. thanks for the answer

@Yosheel i dont mean features im talking about more like framerate and loading times

how does that game play on the non-new 3DS line? i know some games, especially newer ones don’t play great (i occasionally boot up Pokémon Moon on my 3DS XL and it’s awful). the system does look nice tho

They should keep the NES games for free with the Nintendo Online subscription, and 16-bit era and onward could have its own separate subscription for $5 or 10 a month (better be robust af for $10/month tho)

so these will protect the screen? how about the back? and can it be docked while it’s on?

rather just use my ps3 and its wireless controllers

@ReaderRagfish is it more though? the way they push those four in the trailer makes me think there isnt much at all beyond these