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$80.

I'm old enough to remember when people were mad about games going from $50 to $60.

And very mad from $60 to $70 not that long ago.

But Nintendo drops a 2 1/2 year old $60 game for $80, and not a peep. 🤑

Yeah I know there's some added content, but was MK8DX $80 on Switch after Wii U w/ all it's added content?

Yes, Sony has done it as well going from PS3 and PS4 to PS5 games, but their fan base usually says something if the price is high. And I can't recall any of those being $80.

@Ogbert I was thinking about the timing of this so close to million seller Pokopia but I suppose it's on the Switch with its 150 million install base and Pokopia as far as I can tell is a Switch 2 exclusive with it's currently much smaller install base.

Why Pokopia couldn't run on Switch I don't know, but it does leave Tomodachi some room to sell.

I mean I personally still think the timing is bad, but it could still sell well enough. Doesn't look like a $200 million investment.

Wait, is this new new or the area I played in the Apple Arcade version like 6 months ago? The $40 Switch version can't be 6 months behind the Apple Arcade version can it?

Edit: Just did my own research and Switch does seem way behind Apple. I know it released later just thought they'd be more evenly released by now.

Played the first game on PC with my kids. 2 of us used controllers and 1 used keyboard & mouse, huddled around our little PC monitor. Pretty sure we finished a play through, maybe 6-8 hours, we only played it after school for a couple of days. Don't think any of us would have purchased it so I'm guessing it was on Gamepass.

My kids are probably too old for this know but who knows.

Um, can I get an "I'm not sure" in the poll?

I bought a cheap $11 camera for the 4 of us to use on the couch when we play MKW and my kid's have used Gameshare, and we currently have NSO+, but I don't know if any of that falls under the Gamechat umbrella.

Maybe they'll try to do something in the anime space to go up against Sony which seems to basically have a monopoly now in the US.

Not sure how you apply microtransactions to physical books so hopefully they just leave that part alone.

Games. Well what part of gaming these days doesn't seem to be on the decline? AAA games take like 3-5 years, up to a decade even, hardware is getting expensive, AI is taking jobs, games release buggy, prices day 1 and every day after are rising.

Whatareyagunnado?

@citizenerased Thanks for the reminder. Just checked and Side Order isn't on NSO+, just the dlc for Splatoon 2, which we don't own. $25 seems like a lot for dlc. I regret buying S3 digitally, never really played it all that much. And I skipped 2 after getting burned out on 1. We do have NSO+ but currently not using that too much either, though I do want to play Wario.

I just clecked on the article b/c I thought Nintendo was finally giving us more info on Splatoon Raiders, which I think is due out this year but they've only shown it once. That 1 looks like a nice Jak & Daxter or Ratchet & Clank single player game, but I would like to know more.

@AllieKitsune If the World Cup isn't taken away from the fascist war mongering clown who's hosting it this summer I doubt they'll take it away from anyone. Who knows, maybe they'll even give the murderous Prince a FIFA Peace Prize.

B/c that's the world we live in now.😝

Is she voicing Zelda in the movie? I'm guessing not, so, multiple Zeldas have already been established. The end.

It was OP. My kid told me to use it a couple of times when they saw me having issues. It was pretty late in the game though so it's all good. If elephant would have been the first 1 the whole game would have played differently, but probably not in a good way.

20GB seems really big for a game that looks like this. Maybe later in the game you find a record player to keep the book company and the game includes high quality versions of songs from every Yoshi game ever made?🤷‍♂️

I'm guessing the game is $60 so when they announce the $20 dlc at not E3 in June the whole game will be $80 to match other Switch 2 game prices.

Wish I was joking but DKB has $20 Emerald Island announced soon after release and that was a $70 game to begin with. So maybe Yoshi will get minigame multiplayer similar to SM Wonder.

I really want this but will wait for reviews unless I find a good deal. I miss the days when retailors dud pre-order discounts.🤑

My family got this game day 1 and played it then. Feels like it's been a while, don't think we need to go back to it for this.

We're all watching my wife play Echoes of Wisdom now. It had a free update for better graphics for the Switch 2. I'm not sure how much better it is on Switch 2 b/c we never played it on Switch but it was a free upgrade so why not. Diorama graphics are nice and it runs well enough for a game like this.

Just watched the trailer, looked nice, but really not feeling the game play. I like exploration, but what little they showed makes it look like every books chapter is just a tutorial for a new gimmick but we don't get a larger story where we can choose between the different gimmicks to play as we like.

Hopefully I'm wrong and like the first 6 chapters of the book are the new learning tutorials and the last 6 we get to actually play the game as we like. If each chapter is just a tutorial with no overarching big storyline gameplay I'll probably skip it.

Hopefully this was just a tutorial trailer and we'll get a full blown game trailer in the weeks ahead. I really want to like it and play it, but not if this is the whole game.

@Friendly Thanks. I saw that. And I thought of you, that yoh were right about no Direct until June, and I'm kinda bummed about that. But at least we get Yoshi in May, only a couple of more months now.

I'm currently about 60% through Astrobot and it really is just a Nintendo game in beautiful 4k HDR. Looking forward to this one when I'm done. I'm only playing Astrobot now b/c I waited a year for it to go on sale for half price. Yoshi will never ever be more than 40% off, in like 5 years, so might as well get it day 1.

Possibly a Day 1 for us so glad to hear it but bummed this probably does mean no Direct until June. I'm really looking forward to Splatoon Adventure more than Yoshi and I guess it's going to be awhile.

@JaxonH A year would be fine, give Sony some return on it's investment, as long as it comes this gen. Which the way things are these days could be almost a decade. OK by me, less money on hardware. 😁

Looks at least better than the lame US sale. That sale is so bad Charles Martinet is rolling over in his grave... and he's not even dead yet. 🤑

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/sales-and-deals/mar10-day-sale/#sort=df&p=0

@AJWolfTill Not sure there is 1 game we're all looking forward too, our interests and tastes vary too much, but had the Direct ended w/ today's announcement of the Kena port we all would have been excited. 1 of my kids enjoyed it and my wife watched me play. Really looking forward to the sequel. Kind of feels like it should have been in there, no? 🤷‍♂️

We also would have been excited for Clair Obscur. My wife and I watched my other kid play and we enjoyed it so much I want to play it myself, if only to see what a normal play through looks like. My kid played on hard and didn't use any items, basically 1 hit kill or be killed. PC gamers be like that I guess. 😂

Mostly I suppose we like our indies to look more like AA or AAA games. 😁

@Friendly Mario Day would be a very good day for a Direct w/ Yoshi in it and 1 month until the Mario movie. They could announce it Monday and show it Tuesday. Would be a nice way to start off the week. 😁

@larryisaman " I ended up putting the difficulty down to get through it"

Everyone keeps talking about how difficult this game was but I didn't remember that, but I do know I borrowed it from my local public library, which means I have a week to play it, which means I had it on easy from the start. I do remember it being good though, if a little short. But short is good when you borrow it from the library.

The sequel looks really good, a much expanded adventure, so I'll probably be buying that one. Hopefully it won't take 5 years to come to Switch 2.

@Markatron84 Yeah mostly that. It’s funny b/c w/ NintnedoI don’t think of “exclusives” b/c all of their first party games tend to be exclusive by default, so I just think of “Nintnedo made games”. Of which they surely have a big 1 or 2 for the Switch 2 second holidays they’ll want to show off soon. I mean hopefully they dont make us wait until June. They’ve got a rhythm going right now, why ruin it?

@PlatinumTour Yeah that, thanks. 😁 (To be fair I always forget about Fire EMblem b/c it isn’t my thing, but if it is coming out soon I think they need to show off more of that in a Direct as well.)

@ShadLink I never said Nintnedo was doing nothing. I acknowedge they have doen all the stuff you said, which means nwo it’s time for a Direct. This month or next month. I dont think they’ll wait until Geoff’s “not E3” w/ Yoshi having a “spring 2026” release date. And I think Yoshi is too big orthem tojust have a trailer dropped on YT W/ a date at the end, they’ll want toshow it off in a Direct.

@Zeroo Nintendo hires a lot fo peopel to make a lot of games. Nobody at Nintendo is making any of the game syou just listed. And probably none of those gmes would show up n a Nintendo Direct. Well except Pokopia, whcih come sout this week, which had liek 2 full blown long trailers. But after that releases they’ll want to tell us about other games Nintnedo is making.

@Friendly “ Yoshi in May “

Well heare’s the thing though, Yoshi isn’t dated for May. It’s not dated at all beyond “spring 2026” and spring starts in like 2 weeks. So while yes they could just drop a trailer on YT w/ a date at the end I thnk they’ll want a Direct for Yoshi.

And Mario Wonder isn’t a new game, we own it, just some dlc. Peopel don’t buy new $450 consoles just for dlc. DLC is fine, but they still need new games. I like the look of Monster Hunter Storeis 3 but that’s Capcom, or at least the man series is, not 1 of Nintendo’s many dev groups.

Im fine with a Direct in April except that probably means Yoshu isn’t May, they’ll want a couple of months to promote that game I think.

So let’s see, thats 2 basically in agreement and 3 not so much. W/ myself included I’m going to call it a draw. 😂

@AJWolfTill Watched the Indie Direct w/ my family last night. Both my kids had heard of it, but both said they wouldn't play. 1 said they don't like the puzzle aspects and 1 said they don't like the rogue aspects. My wife suggested they each play the half they like - yes we've actually done that before - but they both said they knew enough about the game to say that wouldn't work, the 2 parts are too intertwined.

Nothing about my post looks objectively wrong to me though, more subjective than anything. 😂

I'm glad this game is finally releasing b/c it basically forces Nintendo's hand to put out a full Direct b/c they really don't have much dated left now. Yoshi is supposed to be spring and we haven't seen much, 1 trailer I think, same as we got fit Splatoon Adventure. Can't have a 2nd year $450 console and 2 games.

This game looks like it could be fun, but after ACNH and Hello Kitty I'm kinda burned out, and I'm not a Pokémon person.

I gave it an 8. I may never play any of these, but after thinking - why are they wasting time w/ a 15 minute Direct? - they had several demos and games release today and a lot of the others were also reletaivly soon. Nice change from seeing a logo and then waiting years, and years, and years, to see anything else.

I also liked that several are co-op, couch and online, and at a variety of price points. Also they weren't all 8-big farming games like a lot of the Directs.

It was an enjoyable 15 minutes. That puppy game should not have been after dens attack though, the whip last nearly killed me.😂

This reminded me A LOT of Castle Crashers, which I replayed recently w/ my wife and kid, but the rouge nature puts me off. I'm not a fan of the genre or the concept. I wish listed it for now, will look into it more during a 1/2 off sale when it's $15 instead of $30.

Sammy @Pushsquare gave this a go last August if anyone is interested. They have a lot of additional coverage over there as well.

https://www.pushsquare.com/previews/denshattack-is-a-dreamcast-era-throwback-mostly-riding-the-right-rails

Glad to read this, thought it was an odd choice to end an otherwise good Direct, but since it's a known entity that makes sense.

Props for embedding the PS review in the article. 👍

@metaphysician I don't want it, I don't play my Switch 2 handheld as it is. But I know how Nintendo works - see 2DS tablet and Switch Lite - and I know how Game Freak tends to work - rushing games out yearly - so next year for a game in Switch 2s 2nd year seems like the perfect time for Switch 2 Lite to launch alongside the release of Pokémon W&W.

See also what @BrewsterTea said in post 83.

Nintendo has a year to figure out it, and I'm guessing they will.

@8bitKirby There's only 1 sudowoodo. Well I suppose there's also Bonsly but that doesn't have the same ring to it.

I do call it sudsy wudsy from this nursery rhyme tongue twister thing I learned as a kid. 😂

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t really fuzzy,
Was he?

Rayquaza was an easy pick for me out of that lot, it's a flying dragon, what's not to like, and it's mega is pretty cool as well.

But my personal favorite is Sudowoodo. It's a rock that looks like a tree, so it's sorta wood. 😂

@metaphysician They will have access to most of the parts b/c when Switch 2 Lite launches they can make less Switch 2. And they can and will probably stop making Switch and Switch Lite at some point so more manufacturing capacity opens up.

It's possible Switch 2 goes up in price, which is even more reason they need a Lite 2. I don't know much about die sizes but I know a Switch Lite 2 will NOT have a dock in the box, nor the Grip, nor an HDMI cable, nor the pair of straps. So that's a savings right off the top. And it won't need whatever magnets are holding the Joycon 2 on, or the mouse optic. The screen will be smaller, perhaps noticeably so if they make it Lite 1 size. Much smaller screen should mean slightly better battery life. And this being Nintendo I wouldn't be surprised it's just a Switch Lite like screen w/ no VRR or HDR. So hopefully with all that they can get it down to $299. I think that's the price they need to hit.

And if you look at the price of the region locked Japan only Switch 2 I think they'll find a way to make it work. Just in time for Pokémon Wind & Waves.

@Scoopz Well I don't think it's too soon, I think it's just about right, but it might feel too soon to be talking about it now. But Nintendo probably won't even mention it until after the holidays this year, so 2027 just before launch, whenever that is.

As I said earlier today on a previous article I do wonder if this is a 2027 game in part waiting for the Switch 2 Lite to launch? Pokémon has always hard a large following among kids buy that fairly big $450 Switch 2 isn't exactly backpack friendly. I think parents would be much happier buying their kids a $279 or $299 Switch 2 Lite for Christmas. I know it seems soon but it will likely be about 2 years after the Switch 2 launched. And it's probably only going to get more expensive, not cheaper.

Pokémon kind of needs a Lite.

@IronMan30 Maybe it's not releasing until 2027 b/c Nintendo told Game Freak that's when the $299 Switch 2 Lite would be launching?

I know most of the people on here are adults but Pokémon is still the game kids will want. But I'm not sure parents want their kids bringing their new $450 Switch 2 to school. And it's practically too big to fit in a backpack.

I think spring 2027 will be about the right time for a $300 Switch 2 Lite. Maybe $279 just to be different. Then they can bundle it with a Pokémon code for $349 if it's a $70 game.

The only way this could be better is if each of the 45 carts only had a code on it and you had download the song from the internet.😂

@AussieMcBucket The game will turn out fine for all the people who buy it and play it on Switch 2, but will be a burning pile of trash for all the people who never had any intention of getting it but like screaming on social media. 🤣

@Smerd Squenix will hire them. Predict the game will sell 100 million copies on Switch 2. Be disappointed and fire them all when it only sells 10 million copies on Switch 2. Because Squenix. 🤪

@AussieMcBucket The 640x480 menu screen. 😂

I watched my kids play both Remake and Rebirth on PS4/5. The 2 are very different games. I didn't even really like Remake all that much, dragging out a 6 hour opening game section into like 30 hours of linear dungeon crawling. But Rebirth is this great big sprawling adventure. Sure it's got it's share of filler, but it's such a big game.

So while I never really doubted Remake on Switch 2, they really do have their work cut out for them for Rebirth.

Personally I'm fine w/ 30, but not 10 or 15 and choppy. Not a fan of looking like someone smeared Vaseline all over the lens either. I wish them well and the best of luck.

Maybe Squenix could hire all the fired Bluepoint devs to make it work? 🤷‍♂️

um, if they're aiming for 30 FPS "whenever possible" how often is it not possible and what are they aiming for then?

They need a Playhouse just to go over and explain the new title of Mario Wonder.🤪

I don't think it's fair to compare a Nintendo exclusive to all the miktiplat games but I do think it's fair to compare the 2 week old Nintendo exclusive Mario Tennis to the now 6 year old (as of next month, thank you COVID for the reminder) Animal Crossing NH, so tennis gas that going for it, number 7 to number 8 on the charts.

Seems really bad for Mario but good for AC, so maybe a wash for Nintendo's pocketbook. And maybe they are hoping tennis is number 8 in 6 years.

Corporate speak translation: we're going to do with every game whatever we can to squeeze the most money out of our customers.

Full stop. 🤑

I do wonder about the contract language? Is he still getting paid the same rate per game or is EA paying him less for less work? And if EA is paying him less this year, will they then they pay him nothing next year b/c the AI will be well trained enough by then to do it without him? EA can just call the announcer Muy Bueno (that's "very good" in Spanish not a typo of his name) like they changed the name of the game from FIFA to FC to get out if paying for it?

It's called a slippery slope for a reason, and we're only at the top. So yeah maybe it's all copesetic now, but this is EA we're talking about, we can all guess where it ends. Nowhere good.🤑

So if the $4.99 Switch 2 upgrade is 4k was the old Switch version 3.8k or 3.9k b/c I can barely tell the difference. And I did try.

To be fair I always thought a lot of those PS4 to PS5 upgrades always looked really similar as well, so maybe it's just my old eyes. Or my 10" iPad screen which I'm guessing is maybe 1080p? I really don't know.🤷‍♂️

Bonus points though for the middle of the video having an ad for the Figma AI make your own game creator. Just perfect.🤣

On the downside just finished playing this about a month a go.

On the upside saved $5.

@slowpoke_tail @LinktotheFuture Good news, finally convinced my fingers it's actually OK to just quickly tap the ZR & ZL buttons and not hold them down. Got to play 1 level each of 2 games today, Red Alarm and Wario, before I had enough. Will probably keep playing 1 or 2 levels of Wario per day.

@WhiteTrashGuy Maybe some day. Probably not more than the first 1 though.

I've only played 1 level each of pinball, Wario and Red Alarm (thought it was Alert) and they are different.

I suck at pinball so that was over way too fast. Barely better than the mini games in Infinity Nikki.

That spaceship game I couldn't really control the direction of my ship nor did I ever figure out how to shoot. I guess those could just be me issues.

Wario seemed like an actual 2D platformer, it was cute. Hiding that lock key was a tad annoying, also on me, but I could see myself enjoying the rest of it.

Overall I'll see how much more I do, it really just isn't very comfortable. All free for me so no harm done.

Can they 3D print me a pair of broader shoulders so I can comfortably hold that thing in front of me?😂

@WhiteTrashGuy My wife took my kid(s) to a neighbors birthday party and saw Despicable Me. No one felt like rewatching it w/ me so I never saw it, and hence none of the sequels. So more of it just sort of happened, I probably would have gladly watched it otherwise. The minion voices are a bit to Rabbids for me though.😂

@slowpoke_tail @LinktotheFuture

Thanks. I did use ZR + ZL to get to the "rewind" screen and saw a few spots on the bottom to get back to. I'll try a little more later to see if I can figure it out.