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Love the NES box art. And Kung Fu was the jam.

@UmbreonsPapa Don't forget Universal also happens to run the theme parks where Mario and company are getting into the ride business. Almost like they planned this Saw the first odd piece of Mario merchandise at Universal Orlando last weekend

I always manage to forget about F Zero until mornings like this when scroll through comments. C'mon Nintendo!

@blindsquarel Too funny.

Opening black screens with the small print Nintendo Presents cards. Legendary! Like they were calling their GOTY shot straight out of the gate.

It would certainly be the most fitting and elegant exit for Switch. Almost too perfect.

Here's a spoiler. Great sky Island is way too spread out for a tutorial, especially when link can sprint for, like, 0.02 seconds at the start of the game.

@Cashews Oh, man. Fingers crossed . They did okay for me with Splatoon 3, but that's the only pre-order I've made in a long time! And I'm guessing TOTK is on a whole different level with volume of orders.

Here's hoping Amazon Prime doesn't disappoint. And delivers early in the day before the daughter gets out of school (to give me a head start).

Super karting, quite artistic, FPS atrocious.
Legend.

[Insert required silksong comment here.]

Finally having a go at an old Switch favorite, Loop Hero, that I've meant to play since release. Showed up on Game Pass this week. Checking out Mario movie as well.

Dear Plucky Squire,
Please be awesome and not a letdown.
Sincerely,
Everyone

Dead Cells DLC!!

As explained so far, wave 1 is awesome as an update to the $60 game I paid for. As paid DLC it comes off as a cash grab. I'm hopeful wave 2 is as solid as Octo but that's the impression wave 1 gives me.

At this point in the Switch life cycle, the only games I'll pay $70 for are TotK and a new 3D Mario. But as someone else mentioned, won't that be a kick in the teeth if TotK launches at $70 with a planned $$ DLC to access the rest of the game!

Can't wait. The Xbox Direct stealth drop of HI Fi Rush was fantastic, but hopefully the OG Direct shows the kids how it's done even bigger. snap

@larryisaman Same here. Really enjoyed the visuals and the mood they helped set. Not so much the gameplay, so I wouldn't recommend a purchase on Switch.

Chained Echoes — Finishing this one up. Really solid story.
Hi Fi Rush - Putting the fun back in gaming!
Splatoon 3 - Haven't played since Splatfest.

LOVE the game.

Horace - DayOff arcade competition. Hate quit and watched the rest of the game on YouTube. Also, ET. Also all of Mario Sunshine.

@PinderSchloss Yep. Totally sick of the DLC at launch BS. Aclt least pretend it's 'extra' content and not, you know, the 2nd half of the game you're charging full price for.

@Pod Ha! I thought the same thing. Obviously trying to cut expenses but if they had that little faith that those games weren't going to drive revenue should have canned them well before this point. Perhaps that's the whole problem.
1st Mario and Rabbids was super good, but it was kind of a nice surprise. No reason to think the 2nd was going to pay for annual bonuses at chez ubi. Sounds like there was a lot of hopeful thinking among the planners

Slay the Spire (135)
Splatoon 3 (85)
Dead Cells (45)

Top of head:
Fire Emblem
Plucky Squire
Lies of P
Silksong
AC Mirage

Seems I didn't play too many new 1st party/exclusives this year. Looks like Splat 3 and Kart DLC. Top 5 from this list Splat, Persona, Tinykin, Nobody Saves, and It Takes Two (latter on Xbox, though; port loses a lot)

Back to Splat to check out the update. Also giving Gears Tactics a try on the S. Loved X-com and this is 1st Gears of any type for me.

Same as last - Persona 5 and Vampire Survivors. Throw in some Tunic, though. Not as huge a fan of Tunic as most, but it's growing on me.

Slow roll on Persona 5 continues. More Vampire Survivors. Some Splatoon 3. And I'll pick Dead Cells back up to check out the second indie wave dlc! The DC devs continue to amaze.

Vampire Freakin' Survivors. Crazy addictive.

@rockodoodle Same. 2 minutes of nostalgia but nothing compels me to play 2600 games for longer than that.

Remember waiting in a toy store as a kid for a couple hours for Atari 2600 Pac Man to arrive. Neighborhood lost its mind when we brought it home. Funny thing is it thqt game alone probably set my folks back $50 back in early 80s.