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Bums me out to see Retro’s hard work go unrecognized…. I almost let the mixed reviews affect my purchase but so glad I didn’t.

Shadow dropping a GC game that wasn’t even on the release roster?! Heck yes! And it’s one of the few Cube games I haven’t played.

@Beaucine I read all the comments in this feed and I think yours aligns most with my own.

There are indeed different types of Metroid games. Some are more linear. I myself am enjoying the linear aspect as I’ve been lost in past entries by seriously cryptic puzzles/exploration and I don’t have the patience for that anymore.
The Metroid series as a whole is going to have such a hard time evolving if fans have an overly strict definition of what the series is allowed to be. It’s lose/lose when the try to stay too loyal to the past, and they lose again why they add features.

I’m honestly baffled the game is so divisive. To me it just screams quality and craftsmanship.

@ThatZeldaNerd thanks for getting back to me. Good info. I already have the game sitting in my console and I’m slowly chipping away. I just like knowing what to expect in the content realm.

Happy gaming ✌️

@ThatZeldaNerd quick questions: what was your hour count? And do you have a lot of content still to do?

I’m curious if I’m gonna get 80 hours out of this like I did with AoC.

I’m a completionist for all things Zelda so of course I gotta get a physical copy. Though I honestly don’t know if my brain is cut out for the hours of frantic visual stimulation these games pack 😵‍💫

Great to hear. This game deserves to do better on the Switch. I’ve played about half the games and 5-6 had me hooked. Which I consider a decent ratio.

Glad articles like this exist. I’m about 8 hours in and sometimes I get overly focused on the clunky mechanics, slow dialogue and miss a lot of this nuance. (Though when Jenny was hungry and crying at the top of the stairs I felt that)

I’ll get it to support the idea and design that I like so much. $20 is reasonable to experiment with a new title. Also glad it’s on the shorter side as it increases my odds of completing it.

I’m pumped, looks great. Will buy. Also excited to not hear the continuation of the speculation, banter and memes.

@BlaizeV you’re on a Nintendo site. We don’t technically need any of it. It’s optional entertainment like anything else 💁‍♂️

I love Pilotwings 64’s soundtrack! Birdman on repeat for my drawing sessions ✍️
(Ooh! And hang glider too!)

Real slick. Might be my first Lego set in a long time. I can swing $60.

Unfortunately yea, for the opening stage. I turned down camera shake and camera sensitivity and haven’t felt it since… great game, but we did start off on the wrong foot 🫤. (I was starting to wonder if I’m getting too old for modern games)

Has anyone had an issue where the ratio of TV mode is zoomed in and way off, with a bit of pixelated static?? It’s happened to me about 3 times and it’s always fixed with a quick sleep/wake up but it’s still a bit unnerving 😬

The load times on the original were painfully long. Really cut into my enjoyment of the game. This could make me enthusiastic about the series again.

(Also, please provide an upgrade option for people who already own one. Thanks 👌)

Though I’m really pumped for this game I actually hope it doesn’t launch too soon. Between Mario Kart and DK I don’t think it would have proper time in the spotlight. I want to give this game its own month!

@Olliemar28 holy crap. I watched his Pikmin 3 “unplayable” video, didn’t think anything of it. Then he made a second video having to rationalize his opinion, which I was confused about because the original video seemed so basic. Then I went to the comments section of the first video and was shocked with how angry and venomous people got on this topic. As if Nintendo and Arlo had personally assaulted them.

I’m in the minority. I like nerding out over stuff like this and will get it. Though honestly, they’ll make so little profit off $10 a pop that yea, would’ve made a nice free peace offering to the fans in financially difficult times.

I’m pumped. The price tag was a shock at first but now I’m just tired of complainers peeing on my hype. There’s a lot of game in there.

They could’ve dropped DK by itself and it’d be an event for me—but no!! A Picross I’ve never played too! Christmas in March baby!

Looks like an interesting curiosity. Just not a $25 curiosity. Seems steep…

@Grumblevolcano unfortunately I agree with you. Many of the posts here seem pretty optimistic about price, but $299 eight years ago is similar to today’s $499.

We shall see…

I think Nintendo’s given enough info that we can get pretty close to an assumed date.

The hands-on event runs from April to the end of May. After drumming up all that hands-on hype you gotta launch the thing either during or immediately after.

Logical guess would be early June.

Wow. The double load times is inexcusable. Certainly the worst offender in the list of issues.

Hope Nintendo thinks twice before teaming up with Forever in the future.

I think I’m more miffed by the wording this remaster is “based” on the original game. Heck—this IS that game.

Legal or not, the design is so ugly and derivative it’s an offense on good taste.
Literally that ape design hurts my eyes.

Blatant and frustrating deception. Nintendo’s hurting themselves in the long run by not even trying to hinder the flood of bullsh*t coming down the pipe on the eshop.

Yea, the more I watch the more I can happily skip this. ✌️

@Dev1024 I largely agree. And almost gave up during a tedious “filling the watering can” segment near the end.

But I have to say, if you’ve come that far the last 5 hours of the game are really good. It knocked my opinion of the game up significantly.

Here in the US tariffs have the potential to mess with ALL electronics pricing. I can’t even pretend to predict the future here.

I tried to watch the IGN video review and it was just too snarky. I don’t believe this is a perfect game but theirs felt like a grudge review.

“Shockingly bad performance”??! Definitely an indulgent statement based off the lot that I’ve seen.

Man. I just wish we could enjoy something cool for like FIVE minutes before dissecting everything it’s lacking instead of the 100’s of things it’s doing right.

@Anti-Matter but you have to listen to ads, and keep your phone screen on unless you subscribe to YouTube premium.

Been listening to Wii Channels ambiance. Already really digging this app. Just the fact it’s from the source, perfect recordings, no ads is making this a big win.

Even details like having Metroid cartridge and Famicom disk versions is going to make me nerd out over the differences.

This is great! Now I can jam my Nintendo songs without YouTube adverts killing my buzz.

One of Nintendo’s best moves in some time!

Kit and Krysta made a good point, they won’t announce something that big that close to an election. The entire US is uptight. A new hardware announcement would make ZERO news waves in mainstream media at this hectic time.

I’ll get it for the soundtrack alone. Some great tunes in this one.

Hope those “kersplat” and “wahoo” texts don’t actually appear on screen during gameplay 😬

I’ve played about 8 hours since launch, got through 3 main dungeons and I honestly can’t give it a score yet. Very conflicted on this one. Every brilliant moment is coupled with some minor annoyances. Though ultimately, I am hooked and will definitely play through to the end.

To put that in perspective the Switch LITE alone sold 4,000 more units than the COMBINED PS5 sales. That…that’s….rough.

Maybe that new Pro model with the power to slightly enhance distant background characters will boost sales 🙃

I used to beat Castlevania’s legitimately back in the day somehow. And as I finished Portrait of Ruin last night spamming the heck out of rewind I wonder how I ever did any of these late game bosses without cheating.

@Taguon yea, I tried playing Starfy. People were saying there’s “not that much dialogue” but man, I could not plod my way through it.

Still convinced Nintendo could spring the cash to translate their NSO games if a $10 Sunsoft collection can.

Definitely interested! But that Castlevania collection JUST came out and it’s gonna keep me busy til Zelda, and that’s gonna keep me busy til Brothership, and then there’s Dragon Quest III…. Feb of next year I’ll get Bakeru for sure 😅

This is actually more than what I was expecting for the remainder of the year. Not sure why people think a 1st party Direct is gonna happen considering we have a Nintendo game per month until Dec.

$10 for a trio of retro games I’ve never heard of but it’s in a slick package? Sure. I’ll bite.

Famicom is my favorite. So much color variety on the cart and ample room for cover art.

As far as an interesting object, it wins hands down for me.

They mainly do it at the end of a life cycle to get one final squeeze from games that are about to exit alongside an outgoing system.

With the Switch it feels like the transition is going to be more seamless, the games will still be playable and they’ll want the games to maintain their value.

So, no I don’t think so.

@Not_Soos honestly, Spanky’s Quest is surprisingly good! It’s got an unusual mechanic of powering up your attack by bouncing a ball on your head, but once you figure it out it’s quite fun.

Been buying these when they’re discounted to half price, as they feel like $20 collections to me, not $40.

That being said, this seems to be the best compilation yet and will happily buy it… once it’s $20.

@carlos82 thanks!