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@Snatcher
You need a cardboard box? When it comes to Nintendo's cardboard products, Labo is surely superior to this.

Good, we're having a fertility crisis across every continent except Africa (and birth rates there are down too, just not as far). Anything that convinces more people to have children is a very good thing.

I understand that this is based on user rankings on this site, but Gold is effectively Touched+Twisted+Mega Microgames in one package.
For me, it is clearly the best.

I'm just looking forward to my cutting board here in the US.

I think the DLC for Comduct Together deserves to be on this list. Conduct Together is a great time, and more of it is a VERY good thing.

I admit I won't consider it unless it has retro tracks from the N64/PC1/PC Lego Racers game.

I wonder of he actually got the Wii U and 3DS games released this month, or if he is concerned about the promised updates to several titles that are still forthcoming.

The best demos I have played are those for The Stanley Parable, Bravely Default, Bravely Second, and the Pokemon Sun/Moon special demo.
These are each completely standalone experiences that give you a feel for the game without covering the main story at all. Indeed, the Bravely demos are self-contained short RPGs in their own right.
It is no surprise that I think the trailer for Hitchcock's Psycho is the single greatest movie trailer ever made.

This more closely resembles Knights and Bikes than a Bayonetta game.
That's not a bad thing.

The real question is: Why aren't 3DS and Wii U Mario games on sale?

@Dragonite89
Please explain how you would port this, unless it requires two Switches to play.

Get this game now. Yes, you. I know you don't have a Wii U, get one and get this now.

Wow, Tropical Freeze is still 2x the price of the Wii U version.

Neat. I wonder if any other indies have last minute games I haven't heard of yet to appear on either platform.

@Vyacheslav333
According to Sungrand, Nintendo EU shut down developers from submitting game builds much earlier than NA. Also, Nintendo Japan required developers to have a physical office/address somewhere in Japan in order to release 3DS/Wii U games, putting them off the table as well. Sungrand is based in Australia, and wasn't even even able to launch there!

@Avol
Or Revolution Cliff, the non-mirrored version. I'll give that a go.

@msvt
Graphical improvement, recover opportunity when your player is off balance time trial/slalom gate modes, trick attack modes, and unlockable silly things like a snowman, moose, and skeleton pirate alternate characters, and riding an NES controller, penguin, or rocket.
But most important of all:
Link 4 GameCubes together for LAN play.

@AlanaHagues
Another excellent GamePad spotlight. If you still can, I think the new Silver Falls titles: White Inside Its Umbra and Undertakers, should be featured in this series as well.
The first has a 5-player shooting gallery with the gamepad player doing various assistance actions, while Undertakers has a unique asymmetric 4 vs. 1 mode.

@Avol
That's actually programmed into the game, but I think you're thinking of Diesel Disaster/(Dazzlin' Teaser) and whatever the default soundtrack there is.
@msvt
The same, Avalanche is a great game to spin up, play a few courses, then put away again, it is just so comfy.
@Shambo
Same. I'd love a new 1080° title.
My only real request would be that set pieces are actually scaled properly to the player character. The locomotives especially were way to small in Avalanche.

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.