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Fuggen Kirbs - gets me every time 😍

Sakurai's attention to detail and the importance of distinguishing features between characters is crucial to making a timeless game. This the sort of presentation that makes me wanna get a Switch 2.

Kinda surprised, and yet unsurprised, at how stylistically similar the game is to Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Oh boy - cosy farm sims are going to run so sweet on the Switch 2!

@poyo_pie It may have released 'full price', I don't really remember (I ordered the Special Edition), but I ended up buying a second copy of the Special Edition because I found it going much cheaper later on, and I remember the amiibo were knocking about at reduced prices for a fair while. I seem to remember the base game going fairly cheap too, but I could be wrong.

Be interesting to see how they price it.

Recent Metroid pricing has acknowledged that the series is not a big seller, but that tactic doesn't seem to have made a big difference in popularity. So do they revert to pricing high to restore some prestige, but risk lacklustre sales, or do they maintain the b-tier pricing?

The town building segment got me wondering what a Minecraft x Dragon Quest Builders type game would be like in HD-2D style graphics, but with 3D exploration. The answer in my head was "****in' sweet".

I wonder what percentage of the Hollow Knight profits they've burned through on the beach all these years.

The poll question asks whether we've tried it 'yet', but the poll doesn't allow me to vote 'Not yet, but I am interested'.

Immeasurable. Ruined.

https://youtu.be/hJ04pcbszDo?si=JPeZW3lssQLV0HP8

"One other potential explanation is that by the time Super Mario Odyssey launched in October 2017, Nintendo had sold a lot more Switch consoles since its release in March the same year. We're looking at between 14-15 million Switch consoles sold by the time Odyssey launched."

So it turns out people aren't buying two copies each. Stay tuned for more earth-shattering revelations as we get them...

Last week's Splatfest has given me a bit of a taste for punishment, so I'm back on Splatoon 3 this weekend, until I get fed up with the lack of arena rotation, at least.

Gonna be getting into Shadow Labyrinth as well at some point.

Ooh, and I've just finished Return to Monkey Island, which was a nice way to close off a 35-year circle.

Peace, love and pixels to all xxx

"And here comes Level-5... Some people are on the pitch, they think it's all over...

... It's not yet!"

Miyamoto doesn't just DK around, you know.

It's interesting to see how many people assume that what was in the first playtest was basically the final product.

It could well be close to the final product, but there could also be an element of decoy to what we've had access to.

Curious to see how this pans out.

I've got this inbound for Switch. Nothing quite piques my interest like a novel twist on a classic IP. And while I haven't read this review in detail, to see Hollow Knight referred to, even if not particularly flatteringly, only increases my interest.

Wouldn't surprise me if the slight framerate issues mentioned are just because this game was built for Switch and has had no Switch 2 optimisation built-in.

@Markatron84 I'm not trying to throw muck or tarnish any reputations, but there are 'rumours' about David Jason that might put off people from involving him in a project nowadays.

Congratulations to both actors. I hope they're suitably thick-skinned and media savvy to protect themselves from the deluge of ***** that's coming their way for the next few years. I wish them the best for this project and beyond.

I have this physically.

No, I haven't played it. Never watched the films and always intended to watch at least one to get a proper feel for the IP first.

Are city builders generally associated with story?

@Denoloco Piracy affects everyone, because the companies that invest in the entertainment we consume have to divert resources to defending their IP and combating piracy, including through applying restrictive counter measures that can impact everyone.

No piracy = a healthier gaming industry

That's the thing about Miyamoto-san, he's a complete DK guru. There's nothing he can't tell you about DK.

3/10 denotes legendary status, reserved only for the very special games out there.

Congratulations, Tamagotchi Plaza, for you have ascended to the same throne occupied by the beloved Vroom in the Night Sky

And only 5 years after the game released - get them while they're hot!

Interesting times. Interesting variety of user comments. Interesting to see what games get announced over the next couple of months and how the hardware sales figures look in September.

As much as I'm quite satisfied to have held off buying one, it could just take one game to change my mind. I'm sure Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza are great, but my arm just hasn't been twisted yet.

Looks kinda nice and maybe has potential, but that trailer gave me no hope for variety in terms of music and stage backdrops. So while the gameplay looked cute and fun, I'm worried I'd get bored with it quickly without them mixing up and the sound and environments.

These are not the themes we're looking for.

Move along.

Photo mode is what I'm most excited about when I eventually get this. Always really wanted MK8 to have camera control during those beautiful slow-motion replays. Though, from the little I've seen, MKW is not blowing me away in terms of the environmental graphics. Yes, it's got a great range of character models and animations, but MK8D is still better looking to me overall on some tracks.

@DiamondJim You're right, I overlooked that when I wrote my post, but hey, I'm trying to save money here 😆

I think I have War of the Lions (digital) on my Vita.

I'll still probably be down for the Switch version, but I'm not going to scramble a hasty PlayAsia order for it.

I've got the GBA version so not a disaster if I miss out on this, so I'll try not to be too concerned about PlayAsia orders. This has got to get a wider release, surely. Anyone heard a release date?

Yo! What about NG+++?

This is cool 'n'all, but why the heck is nobody reporting on what impact it has on Vroom in the Night Sky's performance? Surely that's the first news everyone is looking for.

I love Switch. Ain't no iFixit score gonna change that.

The only grumble I've really ever had has been the ribbon cables for the rail lights and buttons wearing out prematurely on the earlier joy cons.

Alex unpacking his unit... the video we've all been waiting for.

Tl;dr?

"Everything sucks. Buy my game again."

That, Sir, I will. As long as the Switch 1 version is not gimped.

@sketchturner I'll get on it 👍

This seems to be popular, but I'm struggling to warm to it, going by the trailer I watched.

Reads like an 8.

When this one gets as cheap on the eshop as the first one has been, I'm in.

Just pack it in and add £3 to the package price and they'd make a lot more money back than selling it standalone at £8.

Certainly promising to see the Switch 1 version review well, as that's the version I'll be getting.

@MARl0 Maybe check your settings, res looked fine to me.

It's the lack of personality these games have that puts me off.

And as per the previous trailer they posted, given the proximity to release this trailer seems a little understated.

@Ogbert I like theme parks enough to say they're fun and consider going to them if the appropriate occasion arises, but I wouldn't generally consider travelling abroad for a theme park, so have probably missed out on the real deal experience, but your description of the UK experience resonates. My first theme park trip in about 20 years was last year, and while the park I went to is admittedly fairly well known to be struggling (where isn't in the UK), the amount of disused areas of the park was pretty disheartening and disappointing.

Here's hoping the Universal development in Bedfordshire happens and happens soon.

@Zeroo That you, Felix? 😉

@MrDocena "There's little reason for them to still release on the Switch 1"

Little reason, just a few tens of millions of Switch owners, I guess ...

I hope that was a Google translate jobby, cos it reads like a whole bunch of loosely related words with next to zero depth or meaning behind them, apart from the fact he's excited about patches!

BRING BACK THE STYLUS!

I really want Nintendo to respect, and build upon, the legacy of its previous stylus hardware and software.

The top portion of the Switch, the strip that sticks up above the dock, does not have to have a flat rear that's flush with the rest of the back panel. A stylus slot could be incorporated there. Pleeeeeaaaaassseeeee 😭

Looks nice. Not so sure about how it sounds though.

@Magician
https://youtu.be/RkOEXaRsT3s?si=Nk7jR8x5GHGDTIkT

You're welcome.

Looks like a nice idea. But I have reservations when I see this type of game with this type of graphics - experience suggests it will lack sufficient polish and feel like a 'nearly but not really' experience. I wait in hope. I have been wanting to add a train game to my Switch for ages, but nothing has convinced me so far.