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This looks really good tbh. I played A LOT of early 3D-shooters with my friend, and this one looks like it's made for us to experience the way we remember those games. Because let's be honest, many of them are not as good as we remember.

White all the way. Black has a pretense to appeal to "serious gamers", but it just look cheap as hell. White looks like True Nintendo.

(It's all subjective of course, but that's how I see it.)

You're a mammal now.

So, first we get Giant Mario, and now we get Mini Mario. It's starting to feel as if Nintendo is purposefully avoiding making a standard-sized Mario figure, lest it enables making "objectionable" content when mixed with other Lego sets.

So the campaign is max two-player only? I'm thinking of getting it to play with some friends, so is there a four-player mode available off the bat? Or do I have to play the campaign first to unlock all the levels?

Still waiting for the Switch port though.

Obstruction!

Okay, now we're cooking with gas! The first trailer/gamplay demos didn't realy get me that excited about running away from that white thing all the time. But this looks really interesting.

It's one thumb up. Roger Ebert for Smash COMFIRMED!

I sometimes wonder what Nintendo would be like if Yokoi hadn't met his untimely death. Just 10 years older than Miyamoto, he would probably be an active well into 2010s. Makes you wonder.

Yo. Kiryu-chan!

This looks so much better than the original trailer. I'm excited.

@Snatcher

Obligatory

@ryu_san Besides, the "What's happened to me?' he thought. It wasn't a dream" line fits so well with the "Kirby's Dreamland" title. That web developer is truly a fan.

So... what happens if Kirby eats a cockroach..?

Wait, no jokes about PLEASE UNDERSTAND? Huh, life sure is strange.

@DoomTurtle Programming is an art in and of itself. Besides understanding how something works, in this case the creator had to work around the limitations of Game Builder Garage to come up with some creative solutions of how to implement the gameplay. So yeah, I would say this is talent, just a different kind of talent.

Really cool to highlight it that way. But they maybe could've put the names of the countries somewhere? Or paint the borders at least.

I'd love to go back to the 90s...

@dartmonkey

How do you pronounce Pi then? (As in that 3,141592654 number.)

@rjejr What movie are you guys talking about? By a weird coincidence, I had plans to watch Tetsuo the Iron man later tonight, haha.

@BloodNinja I didn't get to see your joke but I know from your other comments that you're a reasonable fellow.

Jokes being removed as "unconstructive" is hilarious in itself. Do they expect us to post scathing social satire every time we're inclined to make a joke? Lol. What happened to the good ol' "for the lulz".

The Switch sure is on the bulky side and more baggable than pocketable, yet I'm not ready to spend money on another handheld. There's so much potential for Nintendo to be creative and weird with the Switch. Some of it has come through in the form of Labo and Ring Fit, but just imagine... they could release a Joy-Con with a crank! or, as many fan concepts showed, with control layouts from older consoles, which would be perfect for NSO virtual console.

I'm sure people who whine about cardboard costing $80 would more than gladly spend it on, let's say, a single unique Joy-Con and a quirky tie-in game, Wii Play style.

Yet all we get is the sideways-charging NES controller. Because, you know, Nintendo.

@ThomasBW84 On your point of no sensor bar on the Switch, it won't be a problem at all for Sports Resort, because it is only needed for the onscreen cursor. The motion controls were all gyro on the Wii as well, weren't they. And the menu selection could easily be changed to buttons/sticks.

Besides, I may remember it wrong, but didn't Skyward Sword on the Wii also have the gyro cursor? Or was it just the sword/gadgets? I think I remember having to recalibrate the cursor.

@RadioHedgeFund Spot on. And local multiplayer was all about having fun, not being "the best" or showing off your sick combo moves. I, too, was 22 at the time I got the Wii, and for our group it was Wii Party, Mario Party, Rhythm Heaven Fever.

Wii Music (gasp!) — I loved it, and we laughed our asses of at how hilariously (and sometimes intentionally) bad we were at the game, while most being competent musicians.

And I hate the fact that despite clearly loving the Wii, the author of this article feels like he has to apologise, or at least acknowledge the perceived public opinion of Wii being unliked. Hence the "strange desire" in the title. It is not strange at all. Wii ruled.

P.S. Love your username, though I hear that RadioHedgeFund in not as good as Superfreakonomics.

Most of the time with a Wii I had a CRT, so even of it got hit (which it didn't), it would probably survive. But my friends got hit by WiiMotes plenty of times, haha.

Also, that warning graphic of someone smacking another in the face with a WiiMote always made me laugh. Ah, the times..

@KateGray Have you watched Double Fine Adventure? It's an amazing documentary by 2 Player Productions about making the game that eventually became Broken Age. It was an amazing experience watching the episodes "real-time" as they came out after the Kickstarter and during eventual development, but I'd say that it should hold up really well today. It's a great dive into all aspects of making a game, from design and programming to finances and studio management; you really get a feel of what it's like for a studio to make a game. Plus it is full of Tim Schafer, who is one of the funniest people alive.

@Shambo so true. I bawled my eyes out at the ending of the first game.

I want this to be good so much. Sadly, for me, none of the later games captured the magic and thematic cohesiveness of the first one. Before the Storm was quite good; LiS 2 had its moments, but the overall story was pretty meh.

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world!

Huh, that was quick. I've never played it, but for all the creative updates it was getting (Dr. Goomba Tower!), I thought the game was really popular. Seems it was not...

This is amazing. Love it!

Hill building has really gone... downhill lately.

Also, you are hillarious, Kate.

I've never had a 3DS, but my friends had, and SteetPass looked like an amazing feature. I really wish they'd bring it to Switch. But, you know, Nintendo.

@catsnpizzas Thanks for the Japanese difficulty comment! I'm about ready to pass N3, so this looks like a good choice to practice and enjoy!

@Razzy @Octane I'm trying to be polite here, but I don't think you understand all the pieces of how a business works. To put it short, you don't simply release a product and recoup the development costs.

It is always good to stock up on money, because:

1) The money you earn goes into making new products. How do you think Nintendo funds the development of new consoles? There's no Kickstarter for them. The margins they earn is the Kickstarter.

2) There's the cost of running the company. Even not taking the teams developing new hardware into account, there's marketing, bookkeeping, and all the other behind-the-scenes workers (I guess hundreds if not thousands of them) that need to get their salary each month.

3) There's always losses you could incur. A game doesn't do well? Virtual Boy didn't sell? It's good to have some money in your bank account to fund your next project. Otherwise SO many companies would go bankrupt after a single bad product. And I'm not speaking of the OLED Switch exclusively, the games (and ports!) contribute to this cash stock as well.

Trust me, I've worked at a company that had no cash in stock, and we lived just barely keeping afloat. It is hell. If you can stock up some money, do it.

Do the commenters think that OLED Switch just magically appeared at factories and started making itself? Imagine thousands of work-hours that has gone into design, R&D and administrative work of Nintendo's hundreds of employees.

Not to forget that those profits fund the development of their next consoles. Unless there's a Kickstarter for Switch 2 that I haven't heard about.

I'm glad those fixes are there, and they're great for newcomers. But honestly, with my Wii still working, I can't see myself spending all that money on another version. I'd rather spend it on some other game.

My golden Wii-mote & soundtrack edition is pretty good for me, so I'll probably play it on the Wii again soon, granted, I didn't finish it the first time around.

To honour the crabs, this list should've scrolled sideways!

Iwata Asks was a trove of interesting behind-the-seces fact, and I've missed it so much. So glad they're bringing it back.

"Kazuma, Ryunosuke's best friend"

Kiryu-chan...?

"It's Time To Judge The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles"

Well, it definitely seems to be guilty. Of being an amazing game.

I can't for the life of me see Breath of the Wild in that clip Jon showed. Huh.

Otherwise, really stoked! Love the Nintendo crazy.

That would be really cool. Maybe they could even bring back Yoshio Sakamoto to write/produce the new game. When he's finished with Metroid Dread, that is!

@iuli Others have already gave you a good answer that Studio Ghibli is not just Miyazaki, but I have a slightly different take.

I wonder why you take such umbrage at Totoro being called a Studio Ghibli film, not a Miyazaki one? I think most people who'd seen it know who Miyazaki is. It's not like there's a conspiracy to erase Miyazaki from history. Is there really a problem here? I'm kinda baffled.

@HotGoomba Super Breath of the Wild

@flawse The Legend of Zelda: Timey of Whimey

I'm betting on TLoZ: Hand of Fate.

@lighteningbolt79 Just gotta say I, too, like the NDcube games. Mario Party 9 and Wii Party are the two games me and my friends played the most at parties. We still have inside jokes based on things that happened during those games. Super Mario Party's motion controls were fun, too. I'm a bit sad this one won't have them.

And let's be frank there's one point I think people ignore when they're being too critical of these games: they are all fun when you've had a beer or two. Spending time with friends, with a game that anyone can join not matter their skill level and having a laugh is what it's all about.

It's the point that Nintendo Life itself admitted, hence the "uncut" version of Super Mario Party hands-on on the YouTube channel.

So, here's that Silksong update everyone's been hyping about.

The first game is one of my favourite games ever. I'm sure I'll buy it again for the Switch and replay it for, like, ... 5th time? Haha.

LiS 2, while it had its moments, really dropped the ball IMO. Before the Storm was interesting, but lacked the supernatural theme that made the first game so great. Really hoping True Colors is good.

Those screenshots' artsyle reminds me so much of Rhythm Heaven, and I am sad that we still havent' had a RH game on Switch. One of my favourite series ever.

This looks cool, though. Really excited!

The work of Ace Attorney translators always fascinated me. Will have to read the full article on Polygon later.

I just have one remark, the title here makes you think they've spent all these years translating the game, while Hsu's remark clearly indicates that she herself waited for the localisation to get green light for quite some time. Or am I missing something?

@HotGoomba What's worse, it's weird seeing several people reply to someone in the comments when the original comment isn't there. So frustrating.