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Great update! I like the surprise approach Nintendo have adopted with these updates. I know many people want more games, higher frequency or at the very least some sort of consistency... but I disagree. I have more than enough games to play already. I like the surprise approach.

Enjoyed this video. You should do more like it and continue to involve the whole wider video crew!

I don't know... seems like a lot of effort just to get Star Fox Zero onto Switch.

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I thought Dave the Diver looked good so will be checking that one out for sure.

@KingMike Yep, that's all true and it is a challenge to check content. My suggestion would be that the store owner, so in this case Nintendo, updates their payment terms with publishers so they can withhold payment on cases as severe as this one.

Also, maybe I am old fashioned... but do we even want 100 games on the eShop every single week? There is so much garbage put on sale, perhaps if Nintendo did have to screen things more thoroughly then the volume would naturally decrease and quality should also increase as a by-product.

There should also be a better way for consumers to report content.

New Super Mario Bros on the DS is a good example of an older Mario game being easier than more recent releases. This is because it establishes certain game mechanics that are further developed/enhanced in future games and become more challenging - the end of world boss shortcuts is a good example of this as they're all very easy to achieve in this game but future games make it more challenging.

So it's definitely not a simple case of "older is harder".

I meant to comment on this earlier. Good article and video - enjoyed it!

@calbeau Agree that as parents we need to check game content, but I also disagree at the same time and feel the owner of the store, in this case Nintendo, should not be allowing games to go on sale that have not been checked. This highlights a fundamental flaw in the eShop whereby dodgy content is freely made available.

To clarify, no issue with the game content. It's the rating and lack of moderation of the rating that disappoints me. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect Nintendo to check ALL game content before it goes on sale.

Absolutely fair enough if they miss a reference to alcohol... but this is the entire content of the game. That's not good enough and they should be fined and made to explain, and improve, their moderation process.

Nintendo should be fined for allowing this to be sold on their store with that rating. It's absolute incompetence on their part and highlights, yet again (and like we need more highlights...!) how poorly run the eShop is.

Nintendo make huge sums of profit, not just income, from the eShop. Hire some more staff Nintendo... pay them a decent salary. Give a decent service.

It's good fun and a fair price as others have said. However, for a puzzle game, there's just too much luck involved for my liking. The game needs further refining before I'm going to spend any more time on it.

Have you tried just dropping the fruit without any movement from side to side? It's quite eye opening to see how high a score you can achieve doing this... and highlights my point.

@samuelvictor good point and you sound like an awesome Dad 👍

Definitely checking this one out.

Museum content is an interesting criticism. I feel pretty much every developer could do better in this area. Why is it always a coffee table book? Why isn't there a VR museum experience for gaming?! Seriously. How have Sony not done that already?

Back on topic... I'll pick this up.

Buying it now. Playing it Christmas!

Always amazes me how people consider double dipping on new games. Your poor neglected backlogs is all I have to say!

@xDeckardx I agree with you, but there is something amusing about calling this a "cash grab".

Interesting thought here... you know how the eShop charts can be manipulated by putting your game on a 99% sale and then returning to full price after a week when you're in the top position?

Imagine if a developer made a game specifically with that intention in mind... sell nothing at launch. Drop it by 99%. Return to full price and earn a fortune. Pretty shameless.

I've played it for a good few hours and it's fun. There's a great deal of luck involved, which isn't something I like in a puzzle game. Seems to me... play this long enough and you'll get your Watermelon eventually - whether you play well or not.

@Kermit1 I heard they had abandoned this new material? That's my issue to be honest... I don't think it's acceptable for them to just abandon it and carry on as they are for another decade.

@Zequio Not true I'm afraid mate. And honestly no reason to even suggest it as the issue is not the LEGO people own and enjoy. The issue is LEGO themselves not finding a solution. They have a lot of money, they've had a lot of time, and they've done very little.

Not to be that guy but it's 2023 and LEGO are still producing this plastic that will remain on our planet for thousands and thousands of years. They said they would find a better recipe for their plastic... and yet they still haven't done it.

I just rejoice that we have both! I'm going with Sonic first and saving Mario for Christmas.

You know what would actually be good and cool? If online news sites were more like magazines in their presentation of information. NL has some nice magazine style features, but the presentation of the information is where things could get more interesting.

As for this annual... not for me.

I think I've decided now... I'll be playing Sonic from Launch and saving Mario for Christmas.

Two of my most anticipated games for the year and they both turned out terrible. I still bought Sports Story and Horizon 2, but I will not be picking up another game from these devs.

Now I'm nervous for whatever comes after Celeste... whenever that happens.

I just don't understand why so many want this game so soon. We are going to be waiting for a good 5, 6 perhaps even 7 years now until we realistically are going to see a new Zelda game. I'd be happiest if Wind Waker HD came to Switch in a couple of years, and then Twilight Princess a couple of years after that.

I don't want this "double pack" and I don't want it next year!

I guess I can always not play it... why not have the choice right? Well, I'm not so sure it's best. I have a crazy backlog of games as it is - sometimes it feels like games are bought just to be collected and never to be played.

@Not_Soos I lost my copy of NSMB for the DS so picked one up recently and just completed it last week!

It's pretty easy to 100%, around 8 hours, and has many ideas in it that have been developed further (and made better) in future titles - which are interesting to revisit.

I think it's a poor decision to remake this game. Why didn't they just put the original on the GBA for NSO+ subscribers?

What's the point of releasing a GBA for subscribers, releasing barely any games for it, and then spending time and money remaking GBA games instead?

That email is fake.

NL can't review everything... and frankly who would want to anyway with the utter, utter rubbish that floods the Nintendo eShop every week! I like their approach of focusing on mainstream and then picking out a few at random. Works for me.

Like the Surreal Madrid reference! Funnily enough I was just listening to them!! I've been working on some dance music playlists from 1999. SM had a few tunes that year.

I've played about 2 hours now. The game is OK. Its obviously a mobile game first and foremost. It's like a cash grab sequel as opposed to building on the first game.

It hasn't built on the first game, in fact it removed the fuel element entirely - which was a challenge on some tracks and meant you did try different cars.

There's a handful of bugs too. Nothing major... a few long loading screens, some visual imperfections. Nothing too bad, but still does need a patch to tidy it up fully.

Overall, it's OK. Could have been so much better though, and I think the developer will feel a bit miserable about releasing this.

The original Tomb Raider games deserve a proper remaster not this halfway house nonsense. I'd love to play these games again on Switch, but I'm not bothering with these terrible, lazy remakes.

This is one of the biggest videogame characters in history, in one of the most successful game franchises ever created. Sorry, but this "remake" is not even close to worthwhile.

Do it properly or not at all.

Nintendo: "More than 30 new games announced!"
Me: "Same old Nintendo throwing about the word 'New' to describe something old..."

If there's a Donkey Kong announcement and it ends up being frigging Mario vs Donkey Kong instead of just Donkey Kong that will absolutely suck.

It's been ten years Nintendo. TEN years waiting for a new DK game. How is that even possible? I thought Switch was a success?! How are they not putting one of their biggest characters on one of their biggest consoles?!

Of one thing I am certain...

If there is a Direct and they still don't reveal a Donkey Kong game... then the fan will be well and truly hit with a large pile of steaming.... you get the picture.

The game is big enough to warrant not having any DLC coming out, sure.

But the game is far too much like BOTW to not have any DLC.

I bought Street Fighter because it came out first. I might pick up MK next year, but I might pick up Tekken next year instead.

One thing I know for certain. I am not buying multiple fighting games in the same year. I like my fighting games. A lot! But I'm not splashing about 60 notes left, right and centre for excessive amounts of fighting games.

The devs are naive if they think their sales won't be hindered by all three coming out so close to each other.

@Astral-Grain I wasn't making a joke. Majora's Mask is a wonderful dark, deep, story driven Zelda game that has no Zelda present in it.

That's what I'd want from a DLC. Let's have a more original and inspiring story in the lands of Hyrule for once.

I'd have liked a DLC which involved a story with Zelda entirely removed.

Honestly, the best Zelda games don't have Zelda in them. Fact.

Not to sound ungrateful Nintendo... but can we get the games from our youth chalked off first, and then roll out the games we've never even heard of in our market?

Sounds like complete and utter rubbish to me.

This looks good!

I'm now hoping Nintendo have put a 16 bit Mode in Mario Wonder as an end game reward!

@Tom-Massey Yep, fair play.

I think as others have said, NZS has had so many ports and versions down the years it's difficult to remember what's what.

(One thing is for sure though... the second boss should not go down in one hit!)

@mr_benn Very jealous you found and played a cabinet!

@Bobb as a sort of insurance/ back up plan should they run into trouble... I mean, its not the worst idea. Definitely a possibility, yes.

I do think their intentions are to find success with them though.

@SpringDivorce I downloaded the game yesterday, so it's definitely the latest version. I beat the Whale boss with 5 arrow shots - I only had to dodge one Water drop from the roof of its mouth.

Level 2-1 not long after the start you have 3 routes to jump up. If you pick the furthest right you have a couple.of star enemies jumping above you that you need to get past. Once you reach the top there should be one of the coolest enemies in the game - this UFO spacecraft thing that you can get in and it shoots the laser weapon. This enemy is missing.

The second boss, the black rocky Octopus thing, I jumped up to the top on the right hand side as it was forming it's octopus shape at the very start of the battle and fired ONE arrow and it was defeated...

The music is off throughout, especially versus the Amiga 500 version.

@DiamondJim I assume they keep all the assets, including the game IP. Seems like it was a hostile takeover all along...

So... I did buy the New Zealand Story standalone, but it's not right. The World 1 and world 2 bosses both die way too quickly, the music is off in numerous places, there are missing enemies, weird warping enemies when you pick up "fake" extend letters.

Sorry but your review is a bit lazy here. You say this isn't worth it if you bought the standalone... Well, is that actually true. Or not? Is this version actually the New Zealand Story done properly? Because the standalone ain't!

@Sisilly_G Haha yes, I too have a terrible feeling retirement will be full of nostalgia for the days of having money!!

It was clear from the moment this game was revealed that it was going to be a quality RPG. Looking forward to playing it later in the year - but buying it day one to support the dev!

@Liam_Doolan Ahh missed that, thanks for clarifying.

$20 extra for wireless! Good luck with that.

I think it looks ugly... bit I do prefer more minimalist design in general so that'll be why!

Also, it's wired?! What year is this? I'm definitely not buying something from a company that's clearly clueless.