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I'd make it a Wii U game with a touchscreen for selecting echoes.

Regarding "Hanafuda Phoenix", what makes it so much more expensive than their normal hanafuda decks?

@Joeynator3000
Next you'll try to tell me that Ni no Kuni is Ghibli inspired.

I'll shill for Hyperkin's laser mouse for SNES.
That's a really nice device, much better than the original trackball mouse from the 90s. It makes Mario Paint feel much better.
Too bad the chances of an official USB-to-SNES adapter is zero percent.

It also works great in Civilization and Wolfenstein 3D, really making me wish it worked on SNES Doom and Sim City

So no Sheldon's Picks at all?

That's great, but where are Sheldon's Picks and Urchin Underpass?

Pixie cut Zelda is real and is cute.

TotK Hero Mode update when?
It's one of only a few BotW DLC features not in TotK, the others being permanent Master Sword upgrades and teleporting horses. (The extra carrots are covered from the other ancient horse armor is covered by horse upgrades).

Note that BotW and TotK don't even have a line connecting them.
This proves that I care more about the timeline than Nintendo.

They never include games from Mario Party-e.

The fact that the game will remain playable and that only updates are stopping is an excellent choice on Nintendo's part, and although I'm not a Pocket Camp player, it gives me hope that Mario Kart Tour and Fire Emblem Heroes will also remain playable in some form whenever all updates for them cease.

A hospital band!

@GarlicGuzzler
You can read about the system yourself at https://museum.nintendo.com/en/guide/service/index.html#exhibition
but here's the summary:
With admission you get 10 coins. The coin cost of each game has not been announced.
At the time of opening there will be 8 activities.
Shigureden SP (I think that's the floor screen game)
Zapper & Super Scope SP (shown off in the direct)
Ultra Machine SP (The pitching machine game)
Ultra Hand SP (Grab things with an ultra hand and score points in a skill game)
Love Tester SP (2-player experience of some kind)
Nintendo Classics (literally just playing games on NSO, why would you pick this one?)
Big Controller (play a game with a comically oversized controller)

So, as long as you don't play NSO games there, there are only 7 activities 'worth' doing. Hopefully no more than three of them cost 2 coins.

Woah, the one Wii Fit silhouette actually has a Wii Fit Meter.

"Able Sisters"
not
"Able Sister"!
What is this madness?

I incredibly glad that Miis are not forgotten.
And I love that you get a custom souvenir, kind of like the unique 6-brick combination from visiting the LEGO House (a fundamentally similar corporate museum by a different toy company).

@Sonicka
I wish I could channel your misplaced optimism.

@MeloMan
"Link (The Legend of Zelda)"
is there.

But no chibi Zelda figure?

Hopes:
Z-A
The new mobile TCG game

Fears:
Pokémon Mastersex
Unite
Café Remix

@HeadPirate
That's a lot of words, but random packs are a scummy business practice, and nothing you said even attempts to claim otherwise.
Fantasy Flight, White Wizard, Rio Grande, Plaid Hat, and numerous other card game publishers put out excellent card games (many with constructed deck formats like Pokémon, Magic, and Yu-Gi-Oh) that are financially viable, but where you know the contents of each pack you buy before opening it.
Konami, TPCI, and WotC choose this because they know Skinner boxes are addictive.

Idea #6:
STOP SELLING RANDOM PACKS (GAMBLING) TO KIDS

@Liam_Doolan
This is old news picked up by a small creator a full month ago.
https://www.youtube.com/@NintendoRevised

Random packs are already a scummy business practice, I have no problem with this.

@G_and_Thomas
It makes me wonder whether the custom SuperFX chip Limited Run is using here will play better.

@Lightsiyd
Don't you mean Sega 32X and GBA?
The 32X got shafted with a horrible soundtrack.

Why not include the first game on the card?

The Best NES soundtrack is Earthbound Beginnings, and it isn't even a close contest.

Next quarter will be up again after Echoes of Wisdom, but it won't be TotK numbers (even though it should).

"What is your most desired feature for Switch 2?"
Dual Screen gameplay for true Wii U ports.

Woah, a Smash Bros spinoff featuring Ryu, Ken, and Terry?

I'm sure I'll end up getting the inevitable Echoes of Wisdom Zelda figure.
Those squid sister figures look great, but I don't need them.

My favorite fun fact is IndiesZero did the Mario Party-e minigames.
They have not worked on any other Mario Party games before or since.
Which is a shame. The minigames are pretty good for the platform.

That's an ugly box.

Kind of lame compared to the much less expensive Wii special edition, which had a cute Mickey statue and a DVD with four old Mickey cartoons, plus some "making of" stuff with Junction Point.

Bonus fact noticed by Sungrand Studios on YouTube (the Silver Falls developer):
Zelda and Tri have simple circular shadows beneath them. All other objects appear to have dynamic shadows.

Bonus fact from me: Echoes of Wisdom's main theme appears to heavily feature the musical interval known as the "Tritone", which is probably used because of the "Tri" motif used in Zelda games generally, but specifically the new fairy and magic rod of this game.

And yet, you can't do 2-player-per-console multiplayer with friends like you could in Brawl and Wii U.

It should have been based on Elvish.

@Lofoten
The "Lack of the elephant in the room".

Nintendo is super weird about amiibo functionality.
With TotK almost every unique Zelda amiibo at the very least grants a special paraglider fabric mot available elsewhere, along with a drop table of gear relevant to said figure.
Then we had Skyward Sword HD, where ONLY SS Zelda does anything, even though SS Link has his own figure.
Contrast this with TPHD, where Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, and Wolf Link each do different things, and even LAHD where you need a whole collection of Zelda amiibo to unlock all of the Dungeon Builder tiles.

Now consider Metroid Dread: The pair of Dread amiibo grant one missile expansion and one energy tank. The rest of the set refills energy or missiles. This at least doesn't lock you out of content like Samus Returns (with an entire difficulty mode locked out), but why couldn't the amiibo have, say, unlocked some concept art early?
Or look at Kirby Planet Robobot. That game is compatible with nearly every amiibo that existed at the time, and each one grants Kirby a copy ability relevant to the character scanned. That's adorable, and not game-breaking.
Star Allies and Forgotten Land just offer consumable resources. What's the point?
Heck, Warioware Gold's wario-drawn art was silly and hilarious. But the two Switch Warioware titles don't do that at all. Why not? It was a perfect little bonus that didn't ruin the experience for players without amiibo.
And don't get me started on how Mario Maker 2 doesn't have amiibo costumes. What the heck?

@Randomname19
I don't know why the Zelda reps didn't get new figures for Ultimate.
Link, Ganondorf, and Zelda each got major Smash Ultimate overhauls such that the figures we have are completely different versions of th characters.
(Yes, TP and OoT Ganondorf are the same guy, shut up).

I hoping for a Woolly World port, I missed out on the giant Yarn Yoshi (I have the three small ones and Poochy), but that big boy is too cute.

@MysteriousMudkip
Wario Land 2 has two versions. Original GB from 1998, and GBC-enhanced in 1999.

@datamonkey
And 21 since 1080°.

Where's Ring Fit 2?
Edit: Sorry I see you predict a 'Fit' game in 2026.

That's too early to host NWC qualifiers, since the game won't be out until July.
I still theorize that we'll be getting an irl NWC in late 2024.

I just want Sheldon's Picks/3rd loadouts for existing primaries.