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@Giygas_95 Looks pretty close to the XC2 art style to me...

Hoping for that Metroid Trilogy as always, but maybe they'll hold off until a bit closer to the Prime 4 release.

As a side, I just checked how long the average time was to beat Metroid Prime and it's like 18 hours to 100%. Pretty sure I put like a hundred into it as a kid! I must be useless.

Just me or do those screenshots look really grainy? Hopefully just the screen capture and not the actual visuals since @AlexOlney reckons this is "visually stunning".

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Imagine being at that uni and having a class taught by mad Reggie. Amazing.

@Alucard83 so the flip part is just so you can admire the screen while not using? Doesn't make a lot of sense.

It's nice and all, but looks like the rim around the outside would be uncomfortable on your palms over long periods!

That's a real bargain for Rayman. So much content and it's just an exceptionally well made game in my opinion. Stands up with recent "2D" Mario games.

Xbox One X: 33 (16,417)
Xbox One S: 12 (18,845)

These numbers can't be right? If so, lucky Microsoft are making money elsewhere...

@ryancraddock Man there must be battles for who reviews new Zelda/Mario games haha. Nice one, cheers!

@ryancraddock Quick questions just based off of the sub-heading "Friday can't come soon enough"...

Nintendolife get a review copy a couple of weeks early, but do you just get the one copy or download code? Like, if you aren't the person who writes the review, do you actually have to wait until Friday to play this..? Just curious as to how that works!

@GravyThief are we talking about beatemups/Wood Hawker here? I like his videos but that "addicting" crap gets me so angry every time 😂

I know Nintendo well enough by this point to know that this might be absolutely nothing, but that fruit is random af.

@Balta666 Ahh! Now that does change things. Okay dude, nice one, cheers.

I've just had to give up the ghost with Ys VIII as I can't stand it, it's so clearly a PS Vita game and it's just no fun for me coming straight off the back of finishing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 with the vast worlds to explore etc.

I see that DQXI was a 3DS game... it's not the same story with this is it? Tell me the 3DS game is a different beast altogether?

This is a quality article! Great to see a good retrospective on some older (but topical) games. More please

@Shepdawg1 prime example of an adult who adults too much. You're on a Nintendo fan site, calm yourself.

@thatawesomedude

1.) I paid 6 pound for a year subscription. Played 50 hours of Tetris. I’ve had my money’s worth of online and then some. Anything else now is “free” content as far as I’m concerned. Why do they call it free DLC? - “I already paid for the game, how is it free?” Well, because you just got something new and didn’t have to pay anything extra for it. That’s assuming they don’t hike the price of online up, which is within their remit to do of course but outside the scope of this response. Your question doesn’t make sense anyway, - assuming you did understand the use of the quotation marks to mean it’s not really free but as good as free in my book. I don’t speak for everyone but since it’s my comment you were replying to it would be safe for you to assume that I do speak for myself.

2.) Calling it an emulated version implies it’s a lesser version than the original which of course isn’t true. It will more than likely have new save states available and the rewind feature. So what you’ll get is an enhanced version of A Link to the Past. And they’re comparable in the same way any top down Zelda title is comparable to another. If you think graphics make the game then you’re on the wrong console.

3.) No one, and that’s part of the discussion I had if you read my other comments before jumping in for an angry little rant.

@Crono1973 a completely meritless comment. Nice one. Quite difficult to do!

@funkyflounder83 A nice big fat direct starring SNES games, Metroid Prime Trilogy, and a Bayonetta trailer... now we're talking.

@Duncanballs My thoughts were that this would be a new app altogether, separate from the NES one. Either that or they'd have to change the name of that one (also not out of the question obviously).

But genuinely thought it would launch with a pile of games, then add 2 more onto it every month still. For a year, then N64. If they just start releasing 2 per month without an initially larger drop then okay I suppose as long as they're big name titles!

Only thoughts on this releasing really soon... Does Nintendo really want to put out A Link to the Past for "free" when they're just about to drop Link's awakening? If they drop SNES online without A Link to the Past I'll be pissed (yet super happy).

1st anniversary of the full Online Service?

@Bunkerneath Came to the comments to make a similar jibe.

That timelaps has reminded me how effing beautiful Breath of the Wild is

@bones yeah I meant except those ones...

Not a single PS4 game on the list. Great work Nintendo.

@Dezzy Will be really shocked if Spyro doesn't run smoothly! They've taken their time with it anyway.

@Precinct1313 Shall pick up today I reckon!

@Lordplops Not sure I get what you mean. I got it on the PS4 for a tenner, don't find the time to sit down in front of the PS4 too much so never got round to playing it. I have seen the game in action on the PS4 and it looks stunning, but know it's not going to look like that on the Switch.

So I'm hoping that the 10/10 ratings across the board weren't based too much on the attractiveness of the game on other platforms and that it also stands up with lesser visuals on the Switch where I'll actually be able to put hours into it.

It was definitely a mistake to bring a new toy to life game to the market so soon after the whole genre died on its arse. Okay it's not exactly the same as Skylanders or Disney Infinity, but it just always seemed like this was destined to fail due to the public perception of these types of game. Shame if it was decent.

I'll be picking this up (if it can be fully played without needing to take the stupid toys out the box).

I picked this up on the PS4 in a sale a while back and haven't touched it really but that's likely the fault of the PS4 not being portable (wtf Sony?).

Anyway, I'm hoping there's a lot more to this game than the fact it was beautiful to look at on other systems... because it ain't gonna be so beautiful on Switch. Fingers crossed.

@KennyBania Wouldn't know enough about the forums to comment on that. Other than that comment there saying I don't know enough about the forums to comment. And this last bit.

@YessMasster No but if they didn't say how it was done then it's a non-story. I see someone do something interesting, I want to know how they did it. Doesn't mean I'm gonna go and do it. Again, as per my comments above, if your issue is with your interpretation of the tone of the article then I can't argue with that.

@dew12333 Well it does allow for those things, at one's own risk. I don't see the fault in saying that. As I said above, if you read the tone of the article differently to me then fair enough.

@antdickens I'm interested as to when we're getting Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess!

@GrailUK Fair enough it's not a perfect analogy haha. But still, if you read an article about a bank robbery and it was just a headline that said "Person Robs Bank" you'd be asking where the journalism was in that. Similarly, if this article just said "Android on Switch" with a video of someone running it then the lack of detail/background would be questioned for sure.

I take your point about the tone if that's how you've read it.

@KennyBania They don't promote hacking though - as far as I've seen or read from the content of this and past articles. They're just reporting this as it's news.

If your argument is that the very existence of this article is NL promoting hacking then we'll just have to agree to disagree on that. I just don't want my news censored.

Here are similar articles from other sites:

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/7/29/20746304/android-nintendo-switch-nvidia-shield

https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/28/android-is-unofficially-available-for-the-nintendo-switch/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANw5Bp9whG7B02r98dKHUXxUsGIdJkrQRTGV8-YzZIX8FGiY50nNG2EUCc36noW_Hjq5_w4BAbr5XpPdmLdr9AgcUyVpKTwCZbBGA64myRdqVQ8X-ufHmRuCh3Ij8uYGqKhMIye9x3VGkLp9zGUA36vJIhxXICOjmTfAId0fjRHx

https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/295847-you-can-now-run-android-on-the-nintendo-switch

https://www.techradar.com/news/nintendo-switch-gets-unofficial-android-port

https://kotaku.com/android-is-now-unofficially-on-nintendo-switch-and-it-1836778770

@spirit_flame Well do you want your news picked selectively or do you want all the information out there. If it exists, it can be written about as far as I'm concerned.

I don't see that the article glorifies the activity, which if so would be a different issue. It's just reporting the fact.

@antdickens @Bunkerneath Yeah, I honestly never understand those comments. Should newspapers not report illegal activities in case someone takes the idea and robs a bank? I'm interested in reading about this stuff and have no intention of modding anything.

I haven't picked up any of the challenger packs of the fighters pass as none of them have really interested me yet, but does £22.49 not seem a bit excessive for this?

Zelda is supposed to be good.

lol numpties. Love a good slip-up like this. Hope no one gets in any trouble though...

Also, I've got zero levels of excitement for this anyway.

I'm just getting addicted to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 at the minute so this may not be a day 1 purchase for me, but sounds like it could be a really big bit of game to get the teeth into so will be on it at some point!

Should also probably state I do think this is a good preview, and am looking forward to picking up the game!

@NEStalgia Blast my lack of Pooh knowledge!

@Pandaman Neir Automatica? And hunny pot? Are you getting auto-corrected when writing this?

@Timsworld2 A valid critique maybe, but misplaced. The "King" thing is clearly a joke. I don't even know what the mistake was in the other article, but it seems pointless to bring it up in this one, does it not?

Also, I don't think I've flipped out, or twisted anything at all.

Is there something wrong with the quality of this article in your opinion? If not, what's the basis of your "quality over quantity" comment?

@Timsworld2 What an unnecessary dig on a completely unrelated article haha

@nintendork64 But think of all those sweet sweet headphone ports that could be dotted around your room.

Best option is probably to have a number of 3.5mm jack hubs installed around the room that are wired up through the house's internal infrastructure so they're not visible, terminating close to the Switch Dock.

With say, 7 or 8 of these hubs around your room all you would have to do is switch your headphones into whichever jack is closest to your seating position.

Not iPhone headphones though obviously. Unless you have an adapter. As a "just in case", I'd get 7 or 8 of those as well.

Hope this helps.