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@Cero I think you’d enjoy it a lot more on Switch, since they delegated the motion control to the right stick.

@Cero The Nunchuck is used by the left hand, and the Wiimote by the right. Are you telling me you played games like Mario Galaxy with the Nunchuck in your right hand? Because I wouldn’t believe that. Purposefully singling out Skyward Sword due to your own pettiness is a choice, and I’m left handed too.

I played BotW and TotK in hopes that Link and Zelda would get together. You can imagine my disappointment.

@NeonPizza Don’t worry, you haven’t really been spoiled.You’ll see when you play it.

That’s so scummy to make existing players pay an extra subscription to play on Switch 2

I’m glad, this will secure playable Leon in future games.
I simply hope they start making “past games” too. Not every game has to be a sequel. Surely Leon had some good adventures between 28 and 48 besides RE6.

Won’t convince me to buy a Switch 2. Still waiting for the right game to tip me over. Maybe Fire Emblem can do it.

I’m glad Miyamoto isn’t touching the Zelda film. This one has a chance to have a decent storyline.

Miyamoto contradicting himself. He got upset at Mario Galaxy having an interpretative story and gutted it in 2, and now says that being constrained by the stories in the games prevented them from making movies? What. The Galaxy movie didn’t even have a story, it was “Gimmie my papa back, I want him to see my giant canon powered by space girl”.
It’s like the Sonic series, everything is canon, even all those comic-only characters, but it would be so jarring to see them in a game where they all act like they know each other even though they never met in the game-medium before. Keep that stuff separate, or introduce them properly into the games.

TLDR; You missed your chance to make them sisters over TWO Galaxy games (including a recent re-release!!) Miyamoto. It’s too late.

This looks average. Nothing really stands out.
Sometimes I feel like I’ve outgrown Splatoon, but in reality they haven’t been able to make a game as good as the first one, and so many people never got the chance to play it with how sparse Wii U sales were. It really was a gem of a game that I wish they ported over to Switch instead of making the second one so early.

That’s not Charizard, that’s Furryzard.

@WheresWaveRace After Metroid Prime 4? I’m not so sure. I think Retro should stick to 2D Donkey Kong or something else.

I’m not sure what they can do with this franchise. It’s very niche. It needs a compelling story at the very least.

@Gamer_Griff I think F-Zero is dead in the water. They could at least do Falcon justice by bringing him into Mario Kart. I’m still upset he wasn’t a DLC character in 8.

I’m up for another Captain Toad game, but not another Treasure Tracker game. They pretty much did everything they could in that game. Give my boy Toad his own Luigi’s Mansion-style game with his crew (minus the ghost catching).

Imagine an in-game bug unfolding during battle in a VGC tourney. It’s an inevitability with live-service games.

@SMJ They don’t have to ditch the Mario Kart name to add in other characters. And I would be shocked if World DLC doesn’t bring back other Nintendo characters or tracks, after MK8 opened that can of worms.

The box art looks like a nod to that one Melee art where all the characters are lined up. Those birds are Luigi.

@WiltonRoots it’s crazy that it’s outpacing the Switch 1.

The og game released at $60 and the DLC released for $40. So you’re getting a $100 value for $80. Give it some months and it’ll go on sale, though not for much. I never played the DLC, but I heard it was great. The base game kept me going for 300 hours.

Anyone upset at this being a GKC is acting like this isn’t a huge open world game with a giant DLC baked into it. Buy it or don’t, but expecting it to fit into an actual cartridge was a pipe dream.

How much did the OG Switch sell in Japan at this same point?

I wonder how VGC will handle balancing Pokemon. To my knowledge, Pokemon stats rarely change between games right? But if it’s clear certain monsters or strategies are broken, will they adjust them for Champions? But if they do, that would mean having to change them in the main games too. Hmmmm.

Surprised people like game Yoshi over movie Yoshi. They’re essentially the same, just that movie Yoshi actually has skin texture on him. They should add that to the next 3D Mario. Odyssey had some weird texture on Yoshi, not sure what they were trying to go for. Adapt the movie version and he’ll look great.

They did Daisy so freaking dirty. I will not watch movie 3 if they keep that design.

Soundtrack was great, but I’m sad that there was no rendition of Space Junk Road, even though it was mentioned in the movie. That is the most iconic Galaxy song for me, as it beautifully captures the game’s essence. But with how fast paced the movie was, the song doesn’t really fit anywhere. It would have played perfectly in a heart to heart scene, or when they first reach space and take it all in.

@UpsideDownRowlet that’s a fair point

@Friendly Feels like they’re over designing them at times, as if they’re celebrity pop stars

The woman feels like a fusion of Nessa and Iris

The blue luma parole officer should have been in the Go To Jail space.

Game and Watch didn’t pull a 9, his entire cameo was for nothing

GayManWatch/10

I’m all for this movie making bank if it means it can spawn more Nintendo movies about other franchises, Starfox for example.

Worst case scenario, Switch 2 goes up to $500. They could always bundle a game with it to make it sting less. Didn’t the majority of Switch 1 bundles release for the same price as the standalone system?

@KevinP Yeah like the whole movie Luigi is teasing Mario about asking out Peach and then later they have a convo where Mario goes “would she be with a plumber?” then there’s the reunion where Peach wanted to hug and Mario wanted to handshake, which showed that Mario has a chance. THEN there was the scene where Peach starts malding and Mario does it with her. Then Peach gives Mario a kiss for rebuilding the castle, only for it to end there, and not with Mario asking her out :/ they built it up throughout the movie only for it to be completely ignored by the end.

You can tell they’re saving it for Movie 3 so that they can do a double date with Luigi and Daisy, but come on man…

5/10

Had too much repetitiveness. So many chase scenes, so many fight scenes, so many scenes where you think the danger is over but it’s not, and so many exposition shots where every time there’s a new location they spend 30 seconds showing you it because they want you to see all the references. I swear to god that casino one lasted a minute. It got old fast, and I now understand the reviewers who were saying it felt like so corporate.

Also, that 8 bit Mario Maker scene with Mario and Peach? It was funny the first time, but then it just got lazy. I felt slightly embarrassed for Nintendo when they straight up played the stage clear theme song, they should have made it more low-key and had it remade because it felt really out of place. Speaking of the music, the soundtrack was great.

Still enjoyed it, but not sure if I would watch again any time soon. I am once again reminded that Illumination was not the studio Nintendo should have partnered with, and to keep Miyamoto as far away from the movies as possible.

Not really looking forward to a 3rd movie at this point. I’m going to hold out hope for Zelda.

Last edit: ALSO, seriously Nintendo? You bring out Game and Watch and you don’t make him pull a 9 on Bowser? Wtf was the point of bringing him out if not for that? For all the references that you pulled together for the movie, you did G&W a huge disservice.

Saw the movie tonight, and I enjoyed it.

But it’s not at all a Galaxy movie. It’s a movie that takes place in space, without ever feeling like it for the most part. They should have given it a different title, but they wanted to attach Galaxy to it for the sales.

@KidSparta But I already brought the popcorn…

I would want Sakurai to direct/produce a Smash movie. It would be glorious.

@UpsideDownRowlet I was expecting the majority to say that people would abuse it by bringing all their top mons over and stomping through the main game/online battles. But I’m sure they could put up safeguards.

Might not be a popular opinion, but but each game should come out with Home connectivity Day 1.

@jsty3105 Well he’s been getting a lot of information right, so they can’t let him keep going just because it would confirm his claims.

Personally, it’s one thing to post general leaks (new Zelda remake) and it’s another to outright spoil it (OoT Remake). Not a fan of him ruining surprises like that.

Why is it getting delisted?

I like hearing Kit and Krysta’s opinions. Keep em coming NL.

What I don’t understand is why Nintendo has not gone after Nate after all this time. Strike down his socials, give him a legal warning, something to scare him off. Leaks are cool sometimes, but surprises are always better.

I hope they don’t reveal Frontiers 2 if it’s releases in 2027.

Is this the buggiest Mario Kart? So many fixes patch after patch. Usually Nintendo is second to none for their Q&A work.

Yes, I will be watching it on release day with friends. The theater will be packed, so I’m excited to take in everyone’s energy.
I’ve already read some previews, and the gist seems to be that it’s basically the first movie but more interesting. I recently rewatched the first movie, and it basically felt like I was watching an ad for Super Nintendo World.

All I want is a good time. The characters don’t need to have deep writing or complex twists, I just want to smile from start to finish.

I appreciate Liam not mentioning [REDACTED] as part of the cast, even if it’s already out of the bag.

@KayFiOS Sakurai is denying the will of the people by not putting Shrek, SpongeBob and Goku in Smash. Everyone knows they were the top results in the Smash 4 fighter ballot.

The fans were R.O.B.bed

I am so confused, is this game free to play or free to start? Are you telling me that after getting past a certain point, you’re forced to pay a certain price? Because that’s what free to start is. But if I can play through the game with no barriers and it has optional in-game purchases, that’s free to play. So which is it?

@Kiz3000 This game always seemed like their answer to Showdown from the start. And it basically is that, but with monetization and a grind aspect to complicate things for everyone. I think competitive battling can be really fun, so it sucks to see the fun being stone-walled by these grind-y aspects.

@Sidon_Zora_King technically Home transferring is free because they give you one box to transfer up to 30 mons at a time, but I don’t know if Champions will have a box limit. It shouldn’t, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it does and they make you pay currency or money to expand it.

Not at all a fan of a game that gives an enormous advantage and head start to those who have access to other Pokemon games and the Home app to transfer their battle-ready mons into Champions, while others will have to grind from the bottom.

At first I thought it was cool that they give you one free Pokemon a day, since there are over 1000 mons, it would still take years to get them all, but they went and said “7 day trial, and you can’t change any of their moves or stats” lmao be for real. If Unite and TCG are examples to go by, then you already know the grind for VP will be slow and tedious.

Emulation is going to get more popular as this continues.

And that is fine.