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@N8tiveT3ch
I can't believe how good that game was. We were all like how are they going to make it something special after years and years of the whole industry going after Metroid 3's shadow and developing the genre? Well, they took everything that still to this day make the Metroid formula specific even amongst the ton of competition out there, and they cranked THESE elements up to eleven. It's like saying to the others hey that's really neat what you are doing but Metroid, really, THAT was what it was all about.

Oh and also stealth section is the icing on the switch. Loved it.

What about porting that Mana game to the Switch 2? Mana is a supremely Nintendo licence, and that would happen quicker than a whole remake of FFIX.

Was there actual platforming?

@Lady_rosalina
Because it's being marketed as such. New label means more money. The whole social network industry is labeling old things with new terms. That way you can make it a trend, in some cases try to claim ownership, and more money. It's just a grand old desperate attempt at novelty!

Oh hey it's one of those who the heck cares moments.

I love this game. And it's got a good soundtrack too. NSMBU really was that follow up to classic Mario I was waiting for.

Base game on the the card?
Pretty please?

Also those complaining about the difficulty of souls games, it is harder than most games yes but Elden Ring probably is the easiest Souls game.

A remake? This game still looks and plays great nowadays I don't get it.

I think AC4 is a good choice though. It's often pinpointed by people who don't really like the franchise as being the one good game of the bunch. As for me I definitely consider it as the highlight of the series. But why not a Black flag 2 instead of a remake?

I remember when it was released I was like this game is really good, the only stuff that is not great in it are all of the mandatory things that they put in there because they have to because it's an AC game. I thought if they could make it its own franchise and get rid of the Assassin's creed moniker and just call it Black Flag and make it a full on pirate stealth exploration and adventure game, and not bother with all the AC elements, the game would be that much better for it. Maybe it's time to do just that in a sequel.

Clair Obscure is the one me thinks. For now at least. Hundred line has a great reputation and could be a nice surprise.

On NS1/2, Mario Kart World is really good but I don't think it's GOTY material. Xenoblade is nice but it's a remake and when we get remakes as GOTY it is no cause for celebration and it only serves as a sad reminder of what the industry has become. (that's right RE4)

So yeah on the switch front we're clearly going to rely on DKB and MP4. Other than that Sliksong is coming.

So DKB, and then Shadow Labyrinth and Star Wars Outlaws are maybes and FFT is almost a given since, even if I'm not a big fan of tactics, I want to support anything Ivalice. Next we'll see. Of course MP4 is a given and Elden Ring depending on the reviews and also Sliksong. That's a pretty cool list of games.

But of course I'm sure the next direct will shatter all of these plans with first party releases. Or maybe not. Maybe they really are going to stick to the plan of giving priority to third party that was rumoured back then.

Also anyone remembers that new licence game from yacht club that looked very cool?

I've got what I think is Bublle Bobble 4 or something and it's very nice. I don't think I'll be on board for a roguelike approach though.

Japan should be on its own and is the best one imo.

Another good excuse to play some FFXII!

I don't expect this much from the cube since a lot of its good games were stuff that we're never going to get on NSO or I don't really think we will. Twin Snakes, RE4, the PoP trilogy, Beyond good and Evil, ToS, Baten Kaitos... We will probably be stuck with first parties and less known third parties which is cool and all but overall will probably leave us with an okay/not great representation of what the system really was. The N64 on the other hand is awaiting a lot of titles that have a real shot at NSO and that can give a real impression what the console really was.

I don't need it right now, but depending on the Elden Ring and whatnot it might happen sooner than later. And I was waiting for just that 1T so that's great but I'll probably wait as long as I can.

@EVIL-C
Absolutely. I think the game is great and I even understand why they insist on intermission tracks so much because it's the point of the game. I think they will eventually add a classic 3 laps mode but they don't want people to think that mode is the default one just because it's the one they are used to so they keep the intermission mode for now to make it clear it's the main act.

But why oh why are there no collectible tracker in free roam? It's very strange. I mean they even have this mini map that they bothered to program and that is fairly elaborate visually and to be clear it serves absolutely no purpose as it is now. It is too zoomed in it doesn't have options it does not even indicate north and it does not have trackers. It's insane we have that thing in the corner that we can't even deactivate, because again the game has no settings whatsoever which is a huge step backwards BTW, and it's completely useless. I can't reasonably, even honestly trying, make any use of it. I mean it screams unfinished.

Oh come on they couldn't have done a all in one package?

Also I lost hope that they one day patch in rewind in Anniversary. That would be so nice.

Definitely not as necessary as the N64 one for obvious reasons though some GC games sort of required analog triggers, fzero is one of them and also was designed around the central A button. So there you go, right from launch you've got one of the very few games that made real use of this pad's specificity. But other than this one honestly most games are going to be absolutely perfectly fine with a pro con. Especially now that you can remap everything.

So definitely not as necessary as the N64 one but still a very nice controller nonetheless.

The stick calibration issue and imput lag are a real problem but the good news is that it is probably not too much of a hassle to fix.

They want to tell people the experience is close to the real deal, even selling you the OG controller so they want you to believe it is authentic. That's why it is important that they fix those things.

I'm way more interested in that than the FFVII remake. I guess in a couple years they'll remake FFXVI and massacre its story so I'd rather play the original thanks.

Plus I heard someone say it's got FFCC elements in it the same way FFXIV was semi-Ivalice in a lot of ways. So yeah I want me some Crystal Bearers please!

Old promotion material? And further proof that the game was supposed to be a launch title originally?

I so want to play Jedi Samus but even I can see that I would have probably not bought Cyberpunk if it had been here at launch.

I mean DK was always more of a David Wise thing toybe honest. Kirkhope did the DK64 soundtrack of course but it, like the rest of the game, was more Banjo than it was DK.

However that doesn't change the fact that he should definitely be credited there. Nintendo needs to stop that nonsense.

I mean the console itself with a game is already 500€, most people are not going to buy three or four different games at launch.

I mean obviously we want everything but I don't think we should get our hopes up too much. I'm not sure Capcom has had this much time with the console. Plus I'm not sure they're even willing to support it, support on NS1 was just okay. I mean they treated NS1 primarily as a legacy machine and that left us with mainly 2 Monhun games including 1 spin-off and that's it. I hope this time we get the RE, MH and something ambitious that's more aimed at the nintendo crowd why not. Okami? Megaman? Obviously SF6 being there and terrific and treated as an equal with other versions is a good sign.

@Polvasti
Yeah okay I guess. That's kind of sad imo but yes it exists.
My theory would be that it is the same Pauline, the DKC games are placed between Bananza and the DK universe crossing over with the Mario universe. The fact that DK comes back to kidnap Pauline when she is an adult is some King Kong inspired shenanigans. And Odyssey comes after all that. Finally the movie is its own canon.

Does that even work?

Also the age is spot on imo, she looks like a cartoonish version of a girl that would be somewhere between 11 and 13.
I mean other 13 year old girls in other games are over sexualized. Especially in Japanese media so maybe that's the problem.

@Polvasti
But why is Pauline's daughter called Pauline?

@Dhaladog
No joke though I looked for yt yesterday 5 minutes before that DK direct! Realized it wasn't there and started my PC in a hurry not to miss the beginning. So yeah I realize even with all the terribly invasive adds and questionable interface, I did use yt fairly often on my NS1.

Hopefully it will come soon. With adblock NS2 edition. Seriously I would pay for that.

I'm keeping my NS1 alive and kicking so I'm only transferring select games. So the whole this or that game doesn't work does not affect me that much. That being said it's great that they are doing these NS2 compatibility patches, keep'em coming!

I did transfer Castlevania Dominus and Doom1+2 though because yeah. I can't live without those.

@kfflscnt
I've got to admit when I saw the medals or whatever they're called in Wonder I instantly thought, I'm going for a no medal run. Which I did and it made the game that much better for an old school gamer like me who thought that even when played like this, Wonder was an excellent game just too easy overall. And also I did this only to discover that the last level entirely revolves around the medals and I had to finally master them all just for that level but whatever.

So back to DK I sure hope the difficulty will be better balanced there and I'm already thinking of doing a no upgrade run for my first run. Hopefully the game lets you do that.

EDIT : and also I might add, they're teasing you by showing a difficulty toggle in the settings and you see that in the direct they go from 'normal' to 'assist' or whatever they called it this time. And when I saw that I instantly jumped out of the sofa staring at the screen saying please show me there's a hard mode aaaaaand nope. I mean it might be there but I'm not getting my hopes up.

This. Looks. Bonkers.

I can't believe what they've done here. I can't wait. If they done things right this definitely has the potential to be a prime example of Nintendo magic. And I feel like people even fans are in need of just that these days.

They were one kremling away from being outstanding.
In all honesty though it was absolutely brilliant and the game looks incredible. My last concern is the difficulty and if the real platforming is there. It could be from what we've seen. Other than that it looks like they are determined to show the Astro guys they still the kings of 3d platformers.

@StewdaMegaManNerd
And isn't that park in the US a universal one? They even recently announced DK stuff for it. This is not going to end well.

@MarzoriuM
I'm becoming more of a Cranky myself day after day. That's deep man. That's like the cycle of life.

@StewdaMegaManNerd
I mean that would actually be kind of awesome. So they part ways at some point and then they grow up and he gets angry about being separated from her for some reason and tries to kidnap her because he's so attached to her and he doesn't want to understand that she started a new life in a faraway place completely foreign to DK.

And that harkens back to King Kong lore! They're going to get sued by universal all over again!

@MarzoriuM
You know nintendo though. They'll just tell you Cranky is not really a name you see. It's more like a title in the Kong tradition so when you get old and annoying enough you get to be the Cranky of that gen. Each Cranky when they become Cranky gets to choose who's the new Donkey too. There you are problem solved.

Or they take the problem the other way around and explain Cranky kidnapped Pauline when he was young and this Pauline is like Pauline's daughter named after her... out of respect? Or she's not actually called Pauline but the Kongs call her so because for them all human singers are Paulines? And also that Pauline is... a rock for... reasons?

You can see they really tried to cater to all of the DK audiences with NPC looking Rare as hell and musical references to DKC and level design looking like classic DK. This plus the super Odyssey vibe cranked up to 11 of having cutscenes looking almost like pixar stuff and themed songs. You can definitely expect a movie at some point it looks like it's been made easy to adapt.

It's a huge crossover. And it seems to work too.
I mean you can see it's not going to be Country in 3d but it looks very good nonetheless. Actually the direct was so great it opened the floodgates of hype and expectations for me way wider than they originally were for that game. It better deliver now!

Almost flawless as a direct. All it needed to be certified 100% awesomeness was a kremling at some point but with what's being apparently delivered it is hard to complain.

Also I hope that David Wise is involved but damn the soundtrack sounds insane. Some of the remixes here sounded so good! I really hope he is involved at least or even the one guy behind it because if he isn't this is going to seem a little unfair to be honest.

I have not tried it yet but I fully intend to do so. It's just that I did not have time for some Tears of the Kingdom yet. It's there installed on my NS2 but I'm playing MKW, SF6 and Cyberpunk so yeah.

Nooooo Balthier!
Other than that I don't think it's that big a deal except for the multiplayer.

We really, REALLY need this to be very ambitious artistically.

Or maybe we don't need it at all mind you. Do we really need a Zelda movie?

If it's anything like what happened with NS1, as in the dock scratching the sides of the screen, then all I'll do is put a glasses cleaning cloth in there. It worked like a charm the first time around

Jungles, vines, pirate ships and challenging platforming.
More Country gameplay elements.

And David Wise.

By the way anyone tried out Tropical Freeze on the switch 2? Any significant upgrade?

I'm ready to try out another donkey kong but I really hope it doesn't mean it's the end of proper Country.

One of my favorite games ever!
God I dream of a dreamcast NSO app.

As for the box art here well, one of those is an actual graffiti probably designed by one of the actual collabs from the actual game which collaborated with several real graffiti artists. So yeah. Why would you even want to chose one of the other two. It's the actual point of the game made tangible right there!

@TwinFami
Dori: Mr. Gandalf, can't you do something about this deluge?

Gandalf: It is raining, Master dwarf, and it will continue to rain until the rain is done.

@Thorgaer
Thanks I appreciate you taking the time to answer I understand from what you're saying that it's more my type of strategy elements so it sounds like it's going to stay in my wishlist then!

@Thorgaer
Would you say Kunitsu gami is heavy on strategy? I don't really like strategy games but everything else about the game is very tempting to me. To make it clear I really don't like anything that asks me to produce and manage ressources and I'm not into multitasking. I'm okay with strategy as long as it's a small amount of units, and focused on combat, preferably with real time and action elements.

Hey! Bayo and Bloodstained that's neat, I might give these a go. I was wondering also if someone had tried Astral Chain, which to be honest did not have any particular issue but I'm still curious to see how it runs.

They need to do a Classic Mode with three laps of each track, and they need to update the open world with new content, stuff to unlock, missions, events, on a regular basis.

Like treasure hunting with hints scattered around, giant races on the open world, giant battles on the open world last one standing style. Here, just off the top of my head I've got several ideas.

And all of this for free of course. This is a 90€ game for petes sake. Make those customers happy about their purchase. If you're going to go with 90€ games make them say it's worth it. It's actually kind of critical to do so. And several years down the line, but only then, and only after a real good amount of free substantial content, I suppose they can have a major paid dlc or something. Don't f this up.

To make it clear, I quite like the game but I also see what's missing and what needs to be done because of the this special status it has of being the first 90€ nintendo game.