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This is truly double plus good.

Oh no! You forgot about Hyrule Field in Four Swords Adventures!
It even features Malon and Talon and Riding horses.

@gavinlane
Good spotlight! I Appreciate the reminder that someone should get the extra routes now if they haven't already. I would like to know whether the additional (non-Revelations) DLC packs are worth it.
I already bought the Heirs of Fate, Before Awakening, and Hidden Truths packs, since there is actual story content there, but I can't say the rest seemed worth it. A quick rundown of available DLC for eShop titles featured in this Spotlight series would be helpful.

@AlanaHagues
Excellent! My sincerest thanks!

@AlanaHagues Last week's roundup didn't mention the two Wii U games released, and they aren't mentioned here either. When will you mention them on the site?

I associate silver borders with 'not tournament legal' cards, as they've historically used them for prints of World Champion decks.

@Liam_Doolan
Will you be covering the new Wii U games like Silver Falls: White Inside Its Umbra, and Cosmiball (also on 3DS?)

@AcridSkull
I agree. Long gone are the days of multicolored transparent N64s.

Will Ollie and Zion cover the full menu?

I guess it outsold Wii Sports Club? Not a very high bar.

@AlanaHagues
@alexolney
@ziondood
Where are the two Wii U games that launched today?

Oof, NLIFE5 is the code now? Rough. I mean, of course I'll use it, but rough.

@StarPoint Thank you.

"in-game battle-boosting bonus"
What does that mean?

Hoping the Toon Link amiibo gives him a Korok leaf instead of the normal glider.

Nintendo lawyers: We already fix them for free. Just mail them to us and we fix them. Why the legal action?

@UsurperKing
Getting Chrom to marry Olivia is super tricky too (without killing all of his other bride candidates). The easiest method is marrying off all of the others before the chapter Olivia areives.

I can't say I ever really felt that Robin, Corrin, Byleth, or toothpaste were my 'self-insert'. The whole 'dragon-related super powers' things each of them have never really resonated with my personal life experience for some reason.

Silver Falls 3 Down Stars (New 3DS) has a unique take on this.

Kate, I strongly recommend finding a local crew of 4 and playing Four Swords Adventures.

@LoyalWolf
Par for the course. They cut off access to the NiGHTs level in Lost World Wii U pretty early.

There's a battery in the game cart, it needed to be opened eventually to prevent leakage.

"Social sim, relationship, and romance aspects are an afterthought this time"
Thank goodness!

The teaser reminded me more of 'Knights and Bikes' than anything else. Unless they updated the teaser, I assume there is no reason to try it again after update 1.2?

I still wish that the entire Springfield was one map. If I remember an old interview correctly, PS2 limitations were blamed by the devs (which seems a bit weird given the GTA series).

Tiktok and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

Nah, but I'm glad for people who wanted a good quality figure of these two.
I still wonder whether Sora will get one.

SNES NSO games are certainly good with this.

I gave BoTW a go on Master Mode with the following:
No talking to Impa, entering any Divine Beasts, or talking to any of the new Champions.
Finish Tarry Town
Get Master Sword
Do ~100 shrines (a few can't be completed without clearing beasts and talking to Impa)
Kill Ganon.
Wow, Calamity Ganon is difficult on Master Mode without having the beasts take out half his health. He regenerates FAST.

My other game I recommend to replay is Majora's Mask. Cleared Deku and Goron areas so far, still need Zoras and Ikana.

I voted for the ALBW 3DSXL for one reason: The triforce is right-side-up when the console is open.
ALL of the other clamshell designs have the graphic upside-down when the console is actually being used.

A yes, the fearsome Sheikah "Guradian".

Link's Awakening isn't on that list.

I am very thankful that spidersaurs are not real and they cannot hurt me.

Yes, more StreetPasses please!

The only game I replay in an annual ritual is 1080 Avalanche. I play it when I really wish I could be skiing, but can't. It is an incredibly comfy game, great music, snow effects that hold up today, great surround sound, and always a good time.
As a bonus, doing all the standard races takes barely an hour.

Hopefully next year's will be 'Go woke, go broke'.
Edit: My theme this year was: Waiting hopefully for the Silver Falls games on 3DS and Wii U. That's darn impressive stuff for a solo dev.

That's beautiful! Besides the Vinyl Soundtrack for MOTHER, I think this is the first EBB merchandise ever distributed in the US.
I ordered it immediately after seeing this article.
Also the Kirby Dream Buffet keychain.

Where is Dadish 3?

@LikelySatan
My favorite part in those is the lack of paid DLC!

@NintendoEternity
Look up CTGP

@Aretelio @BFahey3
George Clooney played a dog, and Jay Leno played a cat in South Park, just making animal noises.

If Nintendo just let First 4 put the corresponding amiibo NFC tag in the base, you just know they'd sell double the quantity.

I just hope he doesn't talk.

Wait, Wii Sports Club has 27 holes (9 each in 'Classic', 'Resort', and 'Lakeside') but Switch Sports only has 18, completely skipping the 'Lakeside' courses, and it took Nintendo 6+ months to release this update?
EDIT:
Wait, it does have the Resort 'Special' stages, so that makes 21 total?
EDIT 2:
The update trailer specifically says 21 holes, so that's it, the 9 from NES Golf/Wii Sports, 9 from resort, and 3 from resort Special, completely skipping the Wii U's 9 Lakeside courses (amusingly, the only 9 courses originally designed for an HD system).

@Blizzia
Sakurai counted it.

@KateGray
I've got an idea to pad the end of the year: Advent calendar of random Switch eShop title mini-reviews. 24 days of games!

I had wondered about this for years. The GC and Wii are fundamentally similar to the old G3 POWER Macs.

It is disgusting that TPCI doesn't release a one-time-cost game again akin to the Game Boy TCG games.
It is equally disgusting that people pay for games that use this payment model.