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@OorWullie cough Wave Race themed course dlc cough

This got me to thinking. When you think about it Donkey Kong Bananza is a sort of 'What if Nintendo tried to make a Rare game'. It's probably the inanimate objects with cartoony eyes.

Anyway, could you imagine if ActiBlizzion were the ones had acquired Rare instead of Microsoft (which apparently they almost did)? Man, they would have run that series into the ground where people would be sick of the franchise due to entries being of varying and samey quality

I don't think I could possibly choose. One thing for sure is as time has gone by is launch line ups sure get more variety these days.

That said if I had to pick one, I'd say Switch. The lead up felt so huge like we were putting the Wii U's mistakes behind us and starting a fresh. We had a solid line up and we knew we had more coming for the rest of the year. There was an air of optimism about things. Also Zelda. It was referred to as 'Switchmas' and that's what it felt like...a second Christmas.

My face is bad enough in 420p let alone a higher resolution...

preordered mine. All I need now is a spare £200 so I think we should all have a whip round for me.

Don't worry it's just the system itself. I'm not greedy

HELLO IM RÀNDY PITCHFORK AND IM HERE TO ANNOUNCE BORDERLANDS 4 IS COMING TO SWITCH 2. I AM TALKING LIKE A NORMAL PERSON AND CERTAINLY NOT SHOUTING!

What @Ziondood doesn't mention in his comment is he had an entire stack of ETBs and boosters in his arms while this is was happening. Just shaking his head in disappoint and muttering 'Who would do such a thing' 😛

Lukewarm take here but I don't get theory that this game would launch alongside Switch 2. Don't get me wrong the game looks wonderful but if the Switch 2 is going to launch with something like...Switch 2 games to show off the hardware. I mean, it could come out in a similar time window but I can't see it being the killer app.
I have a similar sentiment towards Z-A. It's going to be Nintendo's big holiday title much like previous games. I can see it having a special edition Switch Lite releasing alongside it though.

Apologies to anyones parade I just rained on

Can't wait for Grummzy to soil himself in rage over the 'non-binary' and 'choose your partner preference' options 😏

Might give this one a miss though. I liked it on the 3DS but I felt the novelty wore off a little after a while

This and Tomodachi Life. Terrible news for the 'Nintendo always forget their dormant franchises' brigade ..

Guys...the elemental monkeys return.

That's it. EVERY. SINGLE. POKÉMON. HAS. APPEARED. IN. A. SWITCH. GAME.

You'll finally be able to transfer or obtain every Pokémon to at least one Switch game.

Don't worry, everyone. They're still considering a online shooter featuring some of WBs well-known IPs such as Cartoon Network, Hanna Barbara etc to go up against their DC comic book heroes. They basically have to use ink to keep their fictional worlds from no longer existing. It's under the working title 'Splatting Toons'. It's an original concept so yeah.....shut up.

@Nintoz I'll tell you.... tonight.

This is a great update and the Alarmo is a nice device for my money*. I did find having to change the alarm each and every day to be a bit of an inconvenience. Also extending Sleepy Sounds beyond 5 mintes is good too as sometimes I'll trigger by accident before I'm settled in bed

*I won it in a contest so yeah, totally worth it 😛. Seriously though I am impressed by it. As many have said, I'd love to get a DKC theme along with a Kirby one too. They'd lend themselves well to it

Anyone remember when Arsenal had Dreamcast and SEGA on their shirts and that meant they had to wear their home kit during European matches because SEGA was a slang word in Italy?

Personally, I'm appalled no one on here has made a NihiLEGO pun...
Bricks-en, Duplo-sion. C'mon people, I can't do it by myself

Has anyone figured out what those mystery flavour Super Mario Pringles are? I think they're spicy meatballs and pasta sauce.

I know this has nothing to do with the above story but I'm guessing the comment section is slowly going to go a)off topic anyway or just b) involve the usual arguments so I'm cut to the chase and post something unrelated as a welcome change of pace.

I'm confused. Did Kit and Krysta used to work at Nintendo and was there any time when some very mild drama happened at NoA? I just don't know if they've mentioned it numerous times or not...

Cool. It's a fun little game.

My opinion is completely unrelated to the fact I pulled a two star full art Arceus ex card last night. Honest

I liked it. It did it's job. The most important thing is the leakers were wrong. Goodbye Classic Collections Memories and Reminisce. Bad luck Synapse. No chance Gen 5 remakes. Not today Gen 10. You made people hype over nothing and it's all on you!

Personally, I'm happy to see the game based in an open city rather than the entire Kalos region. A more dense and feature rich area such as a city should hopefully make scenery and areas seem less dull because I found the areas in Arceus (and SV) were a little bit barren and felt like a slog to traverse.
Anyway, a few other points-

• looks like we'll be collecting zygarde cells that are hidden around the city. I hope it's more fun than collecting spirits for Spiritomb
• I like there's wild areas where you can still battle, catch and train. Also glad they aren't hostile because I got real sick of that in PLA
• Before anyone says 'why isn't it on Switch 2'. Keep in mind TPCi tend to release a game long after a new console releases (BW2, USUM). Besides, it'll run on Switch 2 anyway. Probably best to let GF work with what they have rather than throw them immediately into Switch 2 development
• I do like that it's a sequel to XY. XY felt like it had several loose ends that needed tying up- the ghost girl, the letter at the train station, Zygardes origins, AZs story etc

@AndreyBoarao Cyndaquil was in Legends Arceus

Ok, people listen up. Pokemon is a multimedia franchise so keep in mind that it won't all be about the console games. They will cover the mobile game updates, TCG and anime because it's all part of a larger property. I don't want complaining when they show that stuff

Also, next year is the 30th anniversary so don't expect anything huge until then

Yes, I'm aware there's a social media account sharing rumours about Gen V remakes, Z-A release date being June and a Classics Collection (Memories and Reminisce) but those screenshots appear to be from 4Chan posts and frankly we need to start asking 'What were you doing on 4Chan?' rather than buying in to the speculation. It's just clickbait to get people hyped up.

Anyway, back to your regular comments section about how all modern Pokémon games suck turns to camera while somehow gushing over Legends Arceus which would sort of spoil that narrative

@Chapapa I absolutely did not do that when my library stocked DS and 3DS games. Nope. And I definitely didn't go through the shelf looking in each box to find the Club Nintendo codes. Never. 👀

Going to be honest, I think the My Nintendo rewards are a bit better than what we got at Club Nintendo. There was so many times when there'd be a decent item available and by the time I had enough points, it would be out of stock or they'd be all gone before you had a chance to claim them.That said, I did like the deals where you could exchange points for discounts on
select titles. Seeing Nintendo carrying that over and making sure you got rewarded for digital games and third party titles was pretty neat. I accumulated quite a lot of coins that way. It was a pretty good loyalty scheme.

It also helped take the edge off some of the purchases I made where I felt the game was just OK or I was concerned about getting buyers remorse. I hope we get a similar perks when the Switch 2 comes.

This is a comment that I hope will get likes to make my opinion feel validated

Shame as i heard they were going to add a Ange Postecogleau mode where you'd start this first 45 minutes well but it goes all wrong in the final 5 minutes

@TomSupreme @RupeeClock @Champalimo I'm also going to mention the story about how StarFox involved Miyamoto and Argonaut pulling an all-nighter to finish the game and how they went out to get McVities biscuits (chocolate digestives maybe. Solid choice).

Obviously, it was 30 years ago and as was reported a while back NCL has pretty good worker retention and satisfied workers so I assume, as with many companies I hope, that things have improved. Especially now that developers can put out a statement saying the game is delayed and the customer can completely understand.

All in all, the impression I get from these stories is that game development isn't fun.

Nintendo was founded in 1889. An event that rocked the world of pop culture so hard that it would not be repeated til almost 100 years later with the release of Belgian group Technotronic's chart topping single Pump Up the Jam...

@alexybubble IIRC, there have been some Namco titles on the NES and SNES NSO apps but don't hold me to it

@Bobb The previous Fill-in-the-Dex-to-obtain-a-shiny was for the Scarlet and Violet dexes (Paldea, Kitakami, Blueberry Academy). There's still yet to be a distribution for the SwSh dexes. And, yes, the distributions have no time limit so don't worry.

Anyway, it's nice to see they're continuing the 'previously unobtainable shiny' theme with Enamorus. With that in mind, I predict the SwSh dexes will give us a shiny Keldeo as that fits alongside SV having Meloetta being the mythical you can obtain
in-game. Not a clue what the Let's Go games would get you. Shiny Mew?

@Pillowpants I tried so hard not to come across like that then figured there was no way but sound like that haha

@Pillowpants For starters its called 'Nintendo Seal of Quality' so no, Pillowpants Farms doesn't remember

And before anyone replies 'Uh well, it still meant something'. No, it applied to physical games to assure the customer/consumer they were getting an official product not a counterfeit or software that would screw your system up.
Now I don't know how who does QA for the game but surely someone at GGS must have thought the name or thumbnail could be misleading...

Well, it is the year of the Snake after all

I would comment on this story but someone, who I will not name, is thinking something that I do not know so I can't confirm if it's true or not but people have been talking about a thing but I don't know what it exactly is or if still exists.

Here's another paragraph to pad it out so it looks like I'm revealing a lot of information but let's take into account that Astral Chain is a Nintendo published title developed by Platinum Games and saw release in 2019. It received critical acclaim. Character designs were done by Masakazu Katsura with Taura serving as one of the directors. The game sold around 1.3 million copies, a number that satisfied Nintendos expectations.

Now for the last paragraph. People, who i don't want to get in any trouble, would likely want a sequel to Astral Chain although I haven't heard any confirmation that such a game exists. Please keep in mind I've probably wasted your time having you read this and I can't confirm if I have but it is possible but at I have got you thinking and speculating about a new entry in the series.

That's all I can say for now. I will now sign off on this post and possibly delete this post and account if it turns out I'm wrong. Thank you for understanding.

Finally I can start my Now and Then playlist where I have the original music play followed by it's rearranged counterpart. Hopefully the rest of the series comes in the future

Here's the thing- look at the render of DK in MK8/D. It's...not the best. Same with his look in Smash. They always seem a little off. Retros recreation of him is great but I can imagine animating his fur in Mario Kart would be a pain. I think this arcade inspired design with little hints of Country is a good design for this type of game.

@NintendoWife FOMO, more time to save up. Also, the rampant Nintitlement I see of people saying 'Switch 2 should be this or that' or 'This system NEEDS this' and the like gives me the impression maybe, just maybe, I can have some hopes about it too. It seems others don't agree...

@Zeebor15 Nah, we had a lengthy wait for a new one post-Iwatas passing

To the person on here (who i won't name) who said I was selfish because I didn't want the Switch 2 to release too soon like April so I could find myself in a better financial situation to get one-

Bite me

Turns out it wasn't getting released anytime soon. Thank you, Nintendo

I remember taking a school trip to the Sea Life centre in (I think) Hunstanton as part of two day stay. Unfortunately, I can't say if it's a nice place to visit because I had an anxiety attack near the start.

I feel sorry for VGC who have been credited asVCG in the article. Poor old Video Chronicle Games getting the shaft from their journalistic brethren 😔

A lot of people saying 'Retro Studios this' and 'Forever Entertainment that' but no one giving Monster Games credit for the 3DS levels. C'mon comments section, do your research 😛

@Kingchin You're right. I'll go tell Furukawa to bring it forward to April then. I had no idea my hopes were less important because they weren't suiting the narrative.

Edit: Furukawa got back to me. He said he's cancelling the new F-Zero for the system. Thanks for nothing.

More companies should do this. It ain't 'constructive criticism', it's just reinforcing the stereotype that gamers are a bunch of whiny man children.

I also think companies should be able give out ironic punishments to people as result. Think StarFox Zero was a slap in the face to fans of StarFox on every social media platform post? Miyamoto should be able to literally slap you in the face. Won't shut up about F-Zero being dormant? Get run down by a car.

You don't want to know what happens when you complain about WarioWare 💩

Ok, semi hot take here but I just want give me own little opinion here- I really hope Nintendo don't release this thing in April like some are speculating because

• I won't be in a great financial situation at that time (long story!) so if it did, I'd be very upset and would get FOMO
• If it did release then, it's not leaving much time for Nintendo to do marketing for the thing. Even the gap between the Switch's reveal (October 2016) and the systems release (March 2017) was a good few months and I think it's fair to say it worked well for Nintendo. I'd prefer Nintendo to slowly build up to it. To me, that seems like a smarter business choice.

Thats nothing. I got all the NL staff drunk and they told me everyone who's commented so far is a 'funkin' whiny buncha coats who talk a load of ship' or something along those lines*

Ok, but seriously if they made a new one with a new cast, you can bet there'd be a backlash from some that 'it doesn't include all the favourites so its no longer Punch-Out!!' or any other route i could imagine. During the Pokémon gigaleak, I noticed Nintendo and TPCi have been making an effort to make sure representation is handled well. I guess Nintendo would be damned if they do, damned if they don't. Personally, the NES, SNES and Wii versions still exist and the series is represented in a manner of ways in Smash so its legacy exists no matter what.

*obviously this is a joke but really i wouldn't blame them if they thought it sometimes 😛

4th! (At the time of writing)

Summoning @HeadPirate to give us the legal knowhow...

Its a fine level and the challenges are enjoyable but I did get frustrated with the cutscene within the level (the one where Shadow tackles the helicopter). It kind of interrupts the flow of the action. I wish they incorporated a QTE in it to keep it to keep the players attention.
I also wish the music was a little quieter too. If you have Keanu Reeves voicing a character, I'd quite like to hear his voice though.

Still a fun level nonetheless