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I really need to play this sometime. It looks right up my alley. The artwork and music are just phenomenal. I don't care if it's not the greatest "game" experience as long as it provides a meaningful artistic and emotional experience, which it certainly does seem to do in spades.

This would be awesome, and I don't think it's too unlikely, but Vergeben has an abysmal track record for anything Nintendo that isn't Smash-related. Unless King Zell confirms it, I'm not getting excited until an official announcement.

That fatality is simultaneously hilarious and deeply, deeply painful to watch.

That's wonderfully wholesome, but if the GameStops in my area are any indication, I certainly wouldn't want my wedding photos taken there.

I'd always expected Nintendo to return to VR...but not like this.
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Then again, knowing Nintendo, I should have known all along. I'll be interested to see how this turns out.

Dear NetherRealm: Get over here and show some pure Switch footage already!

I've heard awesome things about this one, and it had the misfortune of releasing on 3DS in 2018 so obviously I'd never gotten the chance to check it out. Hopefully it lives up to the little bit of hype I've been hearing. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: more RPGs on Switch is never a bad thing!

Am I terrible at Tetris 99? Yes.

Am I hopelessly addicted? Also yes.

Am I going to hopelessly participate in the contest? Absolutely, yes.

That's a good thing, I hate it when she forgets caterpillars.

(Btw the game actually looks pretty wonderful. That art style is great.)

I absolutely loved the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Classics collection, and I say this as someone who has zero nostalgia for classic Sega games (aside from classic Sonic). Streets of Rage 2 is an amazing action game, Phantasy Star 4 is truly one of the best 16-bit RPG's, Shining Force 2 is a fantastic strategic experience, and of course the Sonic games are some of the finest platformers ever made (aside from 3D Blast, which is just...ugh). I did notice a little input lag with some of the games, but it was so marginal that it almost never impacted my experience. At its retail price it's already a steal, but on sale it's even more worth it.

As a drummer, this pleases me immensely. I ought to check out the game sometime.

I guess it looks slightly better, but that's not going to stop it from haunting my dreams.

@Wavey84 I was simply referring to Sonic's character design, rather than anything regarding the quality of his actual games.

You do bring up some valid points though. Speed definitely feels janky in some of the older games, and the level design didn't seem to fully accommodate it. However, I think that Sonic 2, 3, and Knuckles largely all overcome those difficulties - personal opinion, of course.

My dear friend Sobble
With a head like a bobble
He'll make his foes hobble
And walk on streets of cobble...
...
now my rhyme's begun to wobble.

@SheldonRandoms That's simply not possible. What kind of madman would put Xbox games on the GameSphere? Xbox simply isn't spherical!

This isn't as bad as I'd expected, but it's still kinda awful.

@GrailUK That's a devilish tactic, I like it.

Meh.

Nintendolife would like me to say more than "Meh" in my comment, but really that's all I've ever been able to say whenever I look at this game. It just screams (or sighs, more appropriately) "Meh." It's possibly the most deserving recipient of the "Average" score on this site.

Good choice on your part for not giving these games any definite ranking. They're all great games, and we don't need this comment section to become as vitriolic as some of the other lists on this site.

It's a great list, though I find it strange that Shantae Half-Genie Hero is on the list instead of Pirate's Curse. Half-Genie Hero isn't even much of a Metroidvania, while Pirate's Curse is one of the best representatives of the genre. That said, again, good list. Hollow Knight and Axiom Verge in particular are utterly amazing games

@JackEatsSparrows Thankfully your right to purchase, possess, and play the game is guaranteed by the second amendment of the Bill of Bodily Readiness.

@Mgene15 It seems Nintendo's been hit with delays pretty hard this year. We already know Fire Emblem was meant for Spring, and it wouldn't surprise me if Mario Maker 2 was initially targeted for Spring as well in order to have a fairly packed season. However, at least it seems that Nintendo won't need to rely exclusively on 1 or 2 big new games this year, unlike 2018.

This is obviously a fake. We all know that Pokemon Gun is exclusive to the United States.

This year is already shaping up to be Nintendo's absolute best. Starting in June, Switch is going to absolutely dominate. As a lifelong Nintendo fan, it's good to see the Big N back on top again.

It does me good to see Tom Whitehead's name back on Nintendolife. Makes me nostalgic for the golden days on this site.

Even though I think that many of the games getting censored lately are actually better for their censoring, it's cool to see a game come to us in the West exactly as it was intended in its Japanese homeland.

Tetris 99 is the only battle royale that's actually managed to keep my attention.

To the exactly 3.5 people who have persisted with this game to this point, hats off to you, and I sincerely hope you find a more worthwhile game to waste your life with.

@patbacknitro18 "Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well."

While I don't really care much about ASMR, I definitely love this trailer for how prominently it features my beautiful home state of Washington. Evergreens forever!

Well, that sucks. Strange that they seem to be leaving out the PC version as well. Makes you a bit suspicious as to the quality of the PC and Switch ports since NetherRealm seems so intent on keeping them out of sight...
Here's hoping that at the very least they show more of the Switch version later on.

It's amazing how quickly the art style changed Sobble from "cute and cuddly" to "nightmare-inducing."

I'm so unused to seeing Pokemon characters in this style that I can't even determine whether I like it or not. I'm just perplexed. I guess I'll look forward to seeing more of the movie to see if I can form some semblance of a definite opinion about it.

Honestly I'm not really in love with any of the starters. Then again I rarely like starters initially, so I'll wait to see who has the coolest evolutions before making up my mind.

In the meantime, though, it's time to gobble with Swobble.

This is just absurd, especially considering that there is essentially no reason for this. Generally the Switch tax comes from the increased expense of using cartridges, but these games are digital only. There is no excuse for this scummy absurdity in pricing for decade-old games. Shame on you, Capcom!

Honestly I couldn't care less about Mario Tennis, but Pauline is my favorite Mario character since Rosalina and her presence in the game alone is making me more interested in it.

Having world maps would be amazing, as long as they're optional. Give people the choice to make disconnected, independent levels, or to create a set of levels joined together by a common theme and placed on a distinctive world map all finished off with a creative boss level.
It would make the game a true Mario Maker; you're not just making Mario levels, but entire Mario games. I, for one, would absolutely love that.

It does look really pretty. By Pokemon standards, it definitely looks incredible, certainly the best looking Pokemon game yet. However, by any other standard it looks pretty middle-of-the-road. So many textures are quite low-quality, and the inclusion of random encounters is definitely a step back from Let's Go. Games like Dragon Quest XI and Persona 5 have definitely raised the bar for what a turn-based RPG could (and should) be in 2019. However, I'm still quite interested, and I'm looking forward to seeing more gameplay/trailers. I'm more interested in Sword/Shield than I was in the Let's Go games at the very least!

I think I'll wait to preorder until I actually know more about what I'm paying for.

That said, Pokemon Sword all the way.

It looked thoroughly decent. Honestly the graphics looked a bit rough around the edges in the overworld and seemed reminiscent of an early PS3 game, but the character models all looked clean and animations seemed good too. Overall I'm quite interested, which is more than I could say for the past few pokemon games!

@StevenG Perhaps I should elaborate a bit. I dont mean that consoles shouldn't exist anymore; rather, I mean that they shouldn't be the only means of playing big quality games.

Imagine if Netflix were exclusive to TV. Sure, a big-screen TV is probably the ideal way to experience Netflix programs, but the flexibility to watch Netflix on PC and mobile devices is always appreciated. Likewise, consoles and PC will probably be the best way to play games for some time now, but that doesn't mean that companies shouldn't experiment with streaming to provide as many people as possible with the opportunity to play great games. It seems like technology and current internet infrastructure may not be able to support that to a wide degree, but if anyone can pull it off, I'd say it's Microsoft.

The mere concept of consoles is already obsolete. It made sense in the 90's, when movies were limited to theaters and rentals and tv shows were limited to cable, but in the age of streaming, the idea of entertainment being trapped in arbitrary plastic boxes is simply outdated. Xbox has realized this for a while now, and it seems that they understand that they have more to gain by putting their games on as many platforms as possible than by sticking to their own consoles.

Clearly the "Switch" tag" means that Gen 8 will celebrate Pokemon history and nostalgia by switching back to being GameBoy exclusives.

He's got a big act to follow, but Mr. Bowser has plenty of experience and I have no doubt that he will continue to steer Nintendo in the right direction. He comes with prepackaged meme potential too, which already gives him a head start.

Thanks for the article Gavin, it was an enjoyable and informative read as always!

It feels so wrong that the combination of Pikachu's cuteness and Ryan Reynolds' dry humor feels so right.

@KyleHyde Thanks for showing that. Now I have a bit of a better idea of the game and know that it's probably not for me.
I wish that they'd show more gameplay in the trailers themselves rather than filling them with mostly cinematics, though.

This is cool and all, but I feel like Bamco should actually show off the actual game before trying to sell us premium limited editions. Have they even shown gameplay of this yet?

I believe Dragon Quest Heroes has been on that list ever since the Switch launched. Though if it ever does come over, it had best be drastically overhauled to at least maintain a stable framerate. Japanese release nearly looked like a slideshow.

If E3 doesn't present a story of Doug Bowser's endless rivalry with Mario, I will be immensely disappointed.

I'm getting a bit excited about this. Of course it's all just a rumor for now, but given the sheer amount of sources coming out and claiming it's all true means there has to be at least a bit of truth to it.

I've always wanted to play Ori, so if it came to Switch I'd be over the moon!

I'll miss you Reggie. Nintendo will be drastically less memetastic without you.