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Lovely article. Merry Christmas everyone!

@Peach64 it auto-jumps enemies for you?? Sorry, haven't read the review yet.

I think it's absolutely vital that the next main entries come to Switch.

@BensonUii yes I second that! A second hand copy cost an exorbitant amount the last time I checked.

The quality of the dungeons have always been the defining feature of a Zelda game, for me. I think I would be very disappointed if there were no traditional dungeons.

Skull kid and the Wario one, for me. Pretty great stuff all round though.

@SmaMan did that get cancelled? Blimey when did that happen? Here I was still looking forward to that.

I think, all things considered, it was the best move. As far as the wii u was concerned it was so rarely exceptionally well utilised anyway and third party developers perhaps couldn't win with it: spend extra resources developing for it and risk not making any return or don't bother and get slammed for 'lazy ports,' and still risk a poor return.

I have loved the gamepad, but it's a drain on power and clearly makes porting harder. Hopefully with the switch we really will see more third party support. That, coupled with the unification of Nintendo's handled and home console divisions several years ago - presumably with the switch somewhere in mind - means we should see plenty of great content.

I also think Nintendo might have got this one just about right in terms of the trade off between appealing to what some people call 'core gamers' and the hook that can attract a wider audience.

I'm optimistic, all in all, and I eagerly await the day when all bow down before our Nintendo overlords once more.

Gosh I hope it's a success

I absolutely love it

I'm so excited

Looks incredible

Skyrim! I wonder if you'll be able to play mods on the switch version, fingers crossed.

Huzzah

Interesting discrepancy between the two polls, at time of writing this comment anyway. I wonder why that is?

I don't really care; Nintendo games look great already, to me. I'm just hoping to see more games more often and I'd like to see Nintendo take some risks with new IP and dormant IP. Good risks though, not federation force style risks 😜

I hadn't heard of it, looks charming. Will look forward to a review and any EU release details.

Couldn't agree more, I have loved the Wii-U. That being said, it has been a missed opportunity. I've said it several times on here but just imagine some of the games that could've been made: imagine playing a cricket game with a friend, the fielding team on the gamepad, meaning the batter would have no idea what ball was coming next. All manner of sports games could've been the best versions ever seen. Imagine an L.A Noir style game with the gamepad as your notebook. And obviously developers would've come up with so many more epic ideas had the market been there. A great system, but a bit of a shame too, I think.

Haha! I love it

@ThomasBW84 Hey, do you have any idea if you guys will have the Jotun review up before the launch sale window ends?

@Vineleaf haha, yeah I hear you! We'd all like that from everyone ☺️. But this is the Internet; aggression and condescension seem to be many peoples first responses to any online debate.

I personally don't think anything Damo says is ever too untoward or aggressive. He can be a little sarcastic maybe, but a lot of commentors are idiots, frankly, so it's hard to blame him. ☺️

@Vineleaf you'd rather the staff/contributors here didn't get involved? I personally think it's great when they do - they're fans just like us.

@Damo I initially commented that I wasn't entirely sure this article needed to focus on RCMADIAX's work but, having read through some of your comments, I have changed my mind 👍🏻

While I'm not a fan of any of RCMADIAX's work, I'm not really sure that this article needed to be entirely focused on him.

If it has online I'll most likely get it - it somewhat reminded me of Vigilante 8, though it did not look as good. I really wish someone would make a new Vigilante 8.

Pretty decent turtle impression

I wish The Lost Vikings was on this list. That game had a great co-op mode.

@The_Dude_Abides Stop the presses! 'Shock, horror: NintendoLife contributors outed as Nintendo fans by wily commentor.'

Just kidding with you ☺️. In all seriousness though, surely all reviews are opinions, inherently subjective?

I hope this comes to the NX

I'll no doubt buy it whatever is is so this is all fairly academic, to me. I am curious to finally see it when it's revealed though. Presumably we can expect first party content to come at a much faster rate now that development resources are not split between two platforms; good times ahead, hopefully.

@TheWPCTraveler are you sure that percentage of the revenue will go to Nintendo? That'd be great, but I seem to remember reading an article on here recently that said that the percentage of revenue going directly to Nintendo could well be relatively small.

@Captain_Gonru I really do hope you're right, and completely agree with your assessment of what has been said. It's just that part of me feels that only doing Zelda all weekend might just be the kind of totally bananas thing Nintendo would do.

Nintendo surely has to show more games, even if it's just some trailers that have been hastily cobbled together. They'll be a laughing stock if they only show Zelda. Microsoft and Sony often seem to show endless games that aren't even coming out for years, which I don't think is a particularly good thing to do but it does at least ensure they get plenty of coverage, and lots of people seem to lap it up.

They should be in a position to show trailers for NX launch games, what with it supposedly coming out in March. I can understand them not wanting to potentially limit Wii u and 3ds sales still further and them not wanting to spill too many NX beans before they're ready but, for heaven's sake, show us a few shiny trailers. I don't think that's asking too much, for what is still the biggest and most important gaming expo around.

@16bitdave same here

Surely they're going to 'show' some other games?? They just won't be playable?

@nikolcho2 sorry, are you suggesting that The Witcher is better than Zelda? Or that Dirt Rally and Driveclub are better than Mario Kart? A PS4 is certainly something to consider at this point in time but let's not lose our heads - Nintendo still makes the best games. 😉

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I don't know, I think if lots of games were ready, or even something close to ready, then surely more than just Zelda would be playable at e3? Not being able to manufacture enough product to bring to market would not stop them promoting that product at the biggest trade event of the year.

@Trikeboy agreed, but I don't have a decent desktop right now and don't plan on having one for several years. I've found all of the elder scrolls and fallout games to be perfectly playable on consoles.

Someone let me know when Bethesda confirm the next elder scrolls game is coming NX, now that would be really good news.

Edit: I'd settle for red dead 2

@VanillaLake ha, yep I took it as such! 😊 Have actually been thinking about getting a ps4 though.

I find it somewhat disheartening to see people asking for codes; though, of course, we all like free stuff.

I'd be happy to wait for NX, as I still love my Wii U, but there are no more games coming out for Wii U? Until zelda, next year... which is also coming to NX? Well, this is awkward, what am I supposed to do between now and then?

@Stuffgamer1 I hear you... Troubling times to be a Nintendo fan

Oh dear

Potentially $1 for affordable space adventures? That is tantamount to theft, in my opinion. I paid the launch price, which too many people, on here cough cough, seemed unwilling to do. I would've paid more; it is such a fantastic game.

I always believe

@Haiassai I think it's even more fun in single player, to be honest. It's one of my favourite games of all time.

Fantastic item, clearly a talented guy.

I'll certainly buy it the day it's released

At least that's how I imagine it.

Genuinely curious to know how the conversation at the meeting in which sssnakes was conceived went.

"So, anyone got any ideas for our new game? Something innovative, something that'll really get people talking."

"How about a remake of snake?"

"Yeah, go on then."