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Yeah, it's not as easy as just deciding, "Hey, we're gonna start selling our stuff in China now!" Due to the government, there are all sorts of hurdles to jump and red tape.

@Kalmaro Yeah, I have to say I’m pretty shocked by this

Great deals, but it turns out nothing from my wishlist is on sale

I also learned that I should have held off on most of my Ubisoft purchases until now. Lesson learned for next year.

I was really hoping you guys could be able to do more reviews, and this is certainly better than nothing. Looking forward to seeing how this idea pans out. I’m not sure how far back you guys are planning to dip, but if you would consider slightly older titles, might I suggest Mini Metro, Hidden Folks, and (while not 100% an indie) Brawlhalla?

To follow up on my last post, just got Young Link off of Amazon Japan. So I guess that was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be.

Not sure if anyone is still following this article, but Amazon Japan has all of the new amiibo available for preorder. If they'll ship to your address and you're willing to pay slightly more for shipping, you can get whatever ones you want for their normal prices.

Just want Young Link, but who knows when pre-orders will open for that.

Wow, reviewed better than I expected. Might get it now, might wait for a sale, haven’t decided yet. But it will likely find its way to my library eventually either way.

So far, played a little bit of Blade Strangers, a little bit of Dead Cells, and a whole lotta Dust.

Went ahead and got it after reading this. Actually it's downloading right now. The art style looks great!

Forgotton Anne and Road Redemption are possibilities for me. I want to wait for NL reviews and then decide whether to buy, wait for sale, or pass.

Happy this is coming for Switch, it looks fantastic!

Color me impressed that this is actually getting some positives accolades. Maybe I’ll have to see it after all.

Review will be important for this one. It's been on my radar, but I haven't made a decision on it yet.

@june_l Well, I kept it on my phone, so I'm sure I'll go back to it at some point. You're right, it probably is just a matter of me putting in the time and effort to figure everything out.

I gave this game a shot, but it never really connected with me. It's a solid game, and they clearly put a lot of care and attention into it, but for whatever reason it just didn't really grab me. I wouldn't exactly say that it's deep, but there is a lot of stuff going on and I didn't really feel bothered to learn everything.

I will probably not be taking advantage of this. As in real life, I'm too embarrassed to be running around in Jets gear, haha

I'm still on the fence about this one. It looks really interesting, but I can't get past the price. I hope NL reviews it, that might help the decision-making process!

@Deanster101 Geez, that’s pretty extreme! Haha

I probably seem like I’ve been living under a rock right now, but I’ve never really looked into Fallout all that much. I always imagined it was just like a post-apocalyptic version of The Elder Scrolls.

@Rafke Cool, good to know!

For those that have played the Fallouts, is there a general consensus as to which of 3, NV, and 4 is the best, or is it basically just down to preference?

Not a surprising announcement. 3 should be doable though (and maybe NV and 4). I’ve never played Fallout before, so it would be great to get at least one of them on Switch, I don’t even care which one, haha!

Besides announcing all the Resident Evil games for Switch, the only thing that could’ve made this announcement better is replacing RE0 with RE2 (doesn’t even have to be the remake, just an HD remaster).

As is stands though, this is awesome. I played RE1 almost to completion on GC, and a bit of RE4 on Wii, and enjoyed both. Never played RE0. I’ll probably pick all three of these up at some point.

I'm intrigued, but I don't think I'd pay $15 for this, and I'm not sure the 20% launch discount is enough to sway me either. I'll see how it reviews, but if I get it, I might wait for a deep sale.

Not related to this game specifically, but good to see the reviews here picking up steam again over the last few days. It’s felt like a pretty dry month.

@YANDMAN Well obviously, just based on the number of unlocalized titles alone haha. Just stating my disappointment.

I would probably get this if they brought it over to the West, but I don't think I'm going to bother the Japanese version. Even though it's not text heavy, I'd like to be able to read everything.

Bit the bullet and went digital deluxe. sigh I have way more games than I reasonably have time for.

@Retupmocnin Good to know, thank you!

All of the different versions and pricings are a little confusing for this game, but I believe there is an FAQ on the Ubisoft website that lays everything out.

From my understanding (and again, please correct me if I’m wrong), you have 3 choices:
Retail - $75 - Comes with Star Fox toys and a minimal amount of other stuff (some of it is download codes).
Digital - $60 - Comes with everything in the retail bundle plus a bunch more, for less money. Of course you don’t get the toys though, which is why it is much cheaper.
Digital deluxe - $80 - Comes with everything that is available at launch, digitally.

Also, I thought I read that the required download is down to about 4 GB now. The 15 GB number came from an earlier build of the game.

I always buy physical when I can, but this is a rare instance where I’ll be opting for digital. The digital deluxe comes with all of the available DLC (correct me if I’m wrong) for $80, whereas the physical is $75 and only comes with the most basic stuff. I’ve got no interest in the toys anyway, so it’s a no-brainer for me.

EDIT: I should add that this is pending reviews. I’m likely to get the game, but I’m not 100% sold on it yet.

Yeah, have to say I'm pretty happy with this game! Nice to hear it's selling well.

Honestly, I don't think a better screen, a better battery, or more internal storage (individually or all together) would be enough to make most current Switch owners upgrade, and I don't think it would really convince someone who held off on buying a Switch to finally get one either. And if a more powerful Switch would be banned from getting exclusives, I think that probably falls in the same boat.

So the only ones that make sense to me are a "Switch Mini" or a cheaper model. Both of these would allow a Switch owner to get a cheaper second console if they needed one, and it would be a good way for non-Switch-owners to be able to play big Nintendo games in a low-cost, low-commitment kind of way.

Voted for Dust. I was seriously on the fence about buying it, and even after I did, I waited a few days to play it out of fear of being disappointed. Not so! Didn't think this was gonna be my type of game but I ended up loving it way more than the many other games I bought this month!

@proof21 Sure, it's called Roof Rage.

I was getting ready to roast Konami about this. Castlevania is on everybody's lips these days because of Smash Bros., so then Konami decides to release a Castlevania compilation exclusively for PS4? Didn't make any sense, but then the news of Sony's role in everything explained it all. Regardless, we need some Castlevania on Switch! Maybe Nintendo can get in touch with them like Sony did and work something out of their own.

@mj2k18 I'll second what others have said in that you see a lot of scores in the 7-9 range simply because Switch is getting a ton of great games these days.

Beyond that though, even though NL is reviewing a bunch of games each week, there are just about an equal number of games that they are not reviewing. I recently went through all these games to see if I missed any hidden gems that NL did not review, and aside from a few good looking games like Mini Metro, Old School Musical, and Shikhondo that surprisingly did not get reviews here, most of the unreviewed games looked like the dictionary definition of shovelware. Had those all gotten reviewed as well, I'm sure you'd see a lot more scores in the 5 and under range.

@insidePhil Nice! Was waiting on a review of this one, but that might not happen.

No problem with it being one slot, however, when (if?) the library gets massive, it might be annoying to scroll through a ton of games to find the one you want. Maybe they can add a way to "pin" favorites, or hide games that you know you don't want to play.

There's not an exact choice on the poll for me. I do want NES games on the Switch, but not really in this way. I would much prefer a Virtual Console-style service with a wider selection of games. Again, I would have no problem paying for these games individually, or even paying a higher yearly rate for a more comprehensive service. But trickling out NES games yet again is nothing to get excited over.

@Stroopwafel haha, yeah! Now Breath of the Wild on the other hand, she was not too fond of that one. That was 250+ hours of stolen attention as far as she’s concerned!

Interesting. Fortnite is one of the few games my wife will actually play with me, so I guess I'm safe on that front!

@TheDanslator That’s me exactly except for the last “charge me nothing” part. I’d be willing to pay, and pay handsomely, for a service that added a substantial back catalogue of games from all past Nintendo consoles and handhelds. I’d even be willing to buy all the games I want individually, all over again, for the third or fourth time if I could actually keep them on my Switch and play them forever.

@Crono1973 Well yeah, not saying Nintendo is doing a great job here, just better than I anticipated. As usual, they have a lot of room for improvement. I still miss the Wii’s VC. That was their best retro game service by far. Just do that again with more games from more systems and not as drip-feedy and I’m satisfied. Wishful thinking though.

@Platinumhobo It’s a game called Roof Rage. It’s kind of like if Smash and Street Fighter had a retro baby. Only on Steam now, but supposedly it’s coming to Switch.

I’ve seen some people on the ‘net freaking out about this, but honestly this is much better than I expected. I figured it would check for an active subscription every time you tried to play, meaning you’d essentially always need to be online.

Not too familiar with this game, but I used to love the SimCity games. I’ll look out for the review of this one.

Not really pumped about them drip-feeding these games out for the third time now. I know Nintendo likes to constantly "innovate," but with the Virtual Console, I really don't think it was necessary fix what was not broken. If they really wanted to "innovate" with it, how about just releasing more games, more frequently. Could have started with the entire NES and SNES VC libraries up, then if they felt the need to trickle something, trickle out N64, GC, and Wii after that. That's probably too much to ask for only $20 a year though.

@Nintendofan83 Nice, I'm a bit familiar with that area. I live in Anyang-si. I buy all my games through Amazon though, so I haven't checked out a ton of gaming stuff here. I went to the official Nintendo store in Yongsan once, but it was pretty underwhelming.

@Nintendofan83 I'm not Trikeboy, but that's pretty wild, I live in the same area!

George from Super Rare Games: Hey Alex, you want me to send over some games you could use to make a video?
Alex: Sure man, sounds great! Do I need to throw you any cash?
George: Nope, totally free of charge! But you gotta do one thing for me tho...
Alex: What’s that?
George: You have to lick each and every one of them on camera. Is that gonna be a problem?
Alex: ... Hold my beer.