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@Mana_Knight I honestly did the same double-take with Rogen/DK but you're right Armisen/Cranky was MUCH more jarring. Neither voice really fit what I perceived as their personality.

I love DK and his moment in the spotlight is long overdue, but if Seth Rogen is still doing the voice acting that will be a hard pass for me.

@Kirbyo Release the list! (of localized-then-not-released games)

@RobertCorwen Don't hold your breath if you're expecting the EU to enforce anything regarding the European Green Deal. They won't even mention the initiative's name in official parliament reports these days and are actively rolling most of it back.

The battery requirements were supposed to come into effect this year but unfortunately those requirements will probably never be rolled out in reality.

On topic: I really liked the Switch 2's Pro controller. I understand why this guy got bent out of shape but from a player's perspective it feels great to use.

Highly doubtful just because it's XCX. The only reason Nintendo would choose that as their maiden PC port would be to intentionally tank sales so investors would stop bothering them about PC ports.

(To be clear I love XCX, but it is not a mainstream title by any stretch. On a list of games Nintendo should port to PC for easy cash it would right near the bottom)

Second comment nailed it. This would be a really bad financial decision for obvious reasons.

No responsible party is going to invite massive controversy to what they surely hope will be another billion dollar mainstream success.

@Vyacheslav333 Yeah, Zwei is vaporware unfortunately. The first game didn't sell and they just never formally announced the cancellation. I hate that too, it was one of my most anticipated games. They really should have skipped the original since it was so light on content and started at Zwei.

Front Mission 3 is real though. It's been playable since TGS last year.

I love the first two Yooka games but Replaylee seems to have stolen all their momentum, as GoldenSunRM astutely pointed out.

Looks grim. They're in bad shape and their hope rests with a remake of a game that didn't blow the doors off at retail to begin with. I hope they can pull through because I am still looking forward to Replaylee and (fingers crossed) a 3rd game in the series.

@Grumblevolcano Yeah, between MK8 and Smash Ultimate they managed to include almost everything from the previous titles. I doubt we'll get such a all-encompassing approach with future versions of those franchises, it was a special moment in time.

@FlyingDunsparce If it's made by the Rabbids x Mario team I think it's very likely you'll be getting a heaping dose of them again.

But I agree with you, I'd much rather leave them out of this one.

A lot of these studio heads come off like Metallica did when denouncing Napster. In both cases they aren't wrong, but they're going to sound greedy to their audience.

SAG AFTRA haven't been doing their best strategic work lately. Between trying to throw their weight around against non-union Genshin and now non-union Fortnite they aren't picking battles they're capable of winning. And I'm not sure they're winning the PR battle either.

I understand the concern, but the only significant additions I expect are of the minigame or subquest variety. They'll save the world spanning for Pt 2's remake.

Illumination won't rest until they've remade every classic Nintendo character in their house style.

PSO would be amazing but it would never work.

Mario Kart DD is my most-wanted, followed by Smash Bros Melee and the GC version of Twilight Princess.

For 3rd party games I'd love Rogue Leader, Viewtiful Joe and PN03.

@Moistnado Yep. Greed creates an inferior product.

It's a shame too because we could have some incredible retro collections as you mention. The preservationist in me would love if companies just dumped their entire 16/32-bit catalog onto a single cart.

I was hoping we'd eventually reach that point where old games were so 'worthless' (due to being seen as obsolete, or the easy access to retro emulators) companies would sell their catalogs in big bundles, but if anything the sales of these remakes/collections have made it clear the fans will buy it piecemeal for 10x the price.

And now we know the real reason Squaresoft and Nintendo split up is because Amano preferred Gex to Mario 64.

Hey Nintendo, I already wasn't planning to use it because the camera is comically overpriced. You don't need to convince me any further by promising to violate my privacy.

I played it on PS5. It's a 6/10, maybe 7/10 if you're a big SW fan. I wouldn't recommend it for more than $20 tbh, particularly considering the many other (better) PS4/PS5 ports available at launch. It doesn't really do anything well and the jank was hard to ignore, but it also wasn't aggressively bad.

@fenlix I don't think it's accurate to say Nintendo decided prices before even considering tariffs to be honest.

The tariffs were a known threat to all future imports well before they were unveiled, and although Trump never gave specifics during the campaign (does he ever?) it was clear it would at minimum match the tariffs imposed on the USA by other nations on a case-by-case basis, or be even worse as some sort of punishment.

Nintendo baked this into their prices, both the console and software. Probably with some conservative profit margin cushion in case the tariffs were even worse than expected. No competent electronics corporation was shocked by a rise in price due to tariffs in 2025. It was crystal clear protectionism was the name of the game in the US moving forward. International corporations hate it, and rightfully decry it, but it was a known issue coming down the pike.

@Serpenterror I doubt much of the Xbox is actually manufactured in the USA, at least materials. It's 'designed in USA' or 'assembled in USA' at best.

I disagree. I've found the QTE the worst part of COE33. I'd prefer actual turn-based gameplay, or actve-time battle at most. The timing is very finicky, nothing solid like a Souls game, which causes frustration when it feels as if I timed it right (or at least the same as when it worked a moment before) but it doesn't trigger.

I hate that RPGs keep being so ashamed of their heritage, Atlus has proven over and over again you can sell turn-based RPGs they just need to be quality. Yakuza 7 and Infinite Wealth are also great examples of pushing the genre forward while still retaining turn-based gameplay.

@N00BiSH It'll build character.

Cooperative Mario Kart was the best part of the dual driver gimmick. I really enjoyed playing through the game with friends and I'd enjoy it if they brought it back as a mode in the future.

Then don't blatantly rip off (ahem, I mean, 'make legally distinct') so many Pokemon designs and slap guns in their hands. Voila, no one will describe your game that way.

If you never owned a PS/Xbox/gaming PC than it's definitely a contender. Cyberpunk, SFVI, Civ 7, just a lot of really good stuff that never made it to Switch until now due to hardware limitations to pad out the launch window.

But if you pare it down to only Nintendo exclusives it's solid but lacks the heavy hitter to compete with BOTW, Mario World, Mario 64, etc.

@Wakkawipeout

"Hi, I'm Doug Bowser and I have a special guest to teach our American players how to use the C Button."

"Hello, I'm Jeb Bush. Please clap."

@Mgalens Possibly, but I think that's less likely than most new releases. This one has been out in Japan for a few years so they're probably not super motivated to remaster it. I expect all Falcom's attention will be on Trails in the Sky Part 1, that's where we'll most likely see a Switch 2 port.

@Spider-Kev I was in Shelby, NC. There was big demand for N64, Wii and Switch at those respective launches. Wii Us and Gamecubes could be had easily from the jump. In retrospect I should've seen both those failures coming.

@dskatter You jest, but I was really happy to just be able to walk into Walmart at midnight and walk out with a Gamecube on launch day 2001. No one was interested. They just had a big stack sitting in the electronics dept.

Compare that to Wii and Switch, which were hell to get around launch.

I think they're totally missing the point here.

They're acting as if Switch 2 requires MK9 to sell the system at launch, but that's not really the situation at all. The Switch 2 will sell out at launch regardless, this is not a Gamecube or Wii situation where they're trying to sell the successor to a console which was sputtering (or stone-cold dead) at the end of its life. The hypothetical mom will still buy her kid Switch 2 because it's the hottest toy at Christmas this year. MK9 would also be on Switch 1, removing the $400 barrier.

Just a nonsensical critique overall really. The previous game was one of the best-selling games of all time...so we can't expect the sequel to do as well. I mean, I guess that's true in absolute terms, it probably won't outsell MK8's lifetime totals. But at the same time it is the sequel to one of the most popular games ever, that counts for plenty. MK9 is as can't-miss a sales proposition as ever exists in gaming.

Making 3rd parties wait for seconds is something Yamauchi would have done at the peak of his power. I just can't see modern Nintendo going that direction.

@Anakin It would be challenging to pull off, but I'd like them to take a crack at a full remake using the Dragon Quest XI art style, since it's also Toriyama. That really nailed his look (although DBZ Kakarot did it even better, tbh)

They're giving these remasters much more care than I expected, so it's all gravy. Really looking forward to this, Lunar 2 in particular is one of the greatest 32-bit JRPGs.

@AussieMcBucket 'One more thing' is Croc in Smash Bros Ultimater.

The low ranking of XC2 shows the readership is lacking in matters of culture. (adjusts monocle)

@RupeeClock Argonaut owns Croc, or at leas the founder does, so that's a really straightforward project. I don't find it suspicious they aren't involved with this new game from an ex-employee (from 30 years ago), I don't think it really signals anything one way or another except that Croc is a better fit for Argonaut at the moment.

An Argonaut spiritual successor to Starfox would make me personally super happy but I understand why they might shy away. They never owned the IP and might not want to draw Nintendo's ire, and Starfox has never been a mega seller with the exception of 64.

For a small developer it makes more sense to do a quick, and cheaper budget, remaster of an IP you own rather than do a new IP based on a franchise you don't own that last sold exceptionally well in 1997.

Monolith working on FF17 as Switch 2 launch exclusive confirmed. It's so obvious.

@Tasuki It's about as faithful as you can possibly be. The only real difference is that Mario's victory pose is now a cap tip instead of a peace sign. Everything else is identical as far as I know. The remastered soundtrack can also be switched to the old soundtrack.

The bad 3D Sonic games (which is all of them except Adventure 1 and 2, Colors and Generations) should be bundled together.

Call it 'Sonic Rocks Collection'. Kids and parents will assume it's a cool name, veterans will recognize it as the evil twin to Sonic Gems Collection.

Sure. There are GC (basically everything except SMG and Metroid Prime), Wii (SMG2, Kirby's Epic Yarn) Wii U (Yoshi's Wooly World) and 3DS (Mario 3D Land, Samus Returns) that can be ported quick and dirty like Luigi's Mansion 2. I expect Nintendo will slot those between new Switch 2 release, just like they've done since 2017.

What a pleasant surprise, lol. I'll definitely check this out. Art style looks spot-on.

I really enjoyed Fur Squadron so I'd love an expanded version of that. The roguelite stuff gives me pause, but I'm still hopeful. The original was a delight, although very short.

@mikegamer I think it's possible to start at any arc (so either Trails in the Sky, the first Crossbell games, Cold Steel 1, or Trails Daybreak 1) because they do set those up as if you don't know anything about the world.

But you're right, if you come in midway through an arc it's like trying to start watching a TV serial at episode 6.

@MJF "You can have them...for $60 each. No QoL improvements. For a limited time of six months. Good day, sir. I said good day!" - Nintendo, probably.