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@Ooccoo_Jr We're not doing anything fancy, but the odd staff member or two will be there 🙂

@jockmahon @San_D

Remember that they're talking about Nintendo-published games only. The attach rate and total sales for all games will obviously be considerably higher 🙂

I was leaning towards Pokémon Sword, but how can you not have Lovely Sparkly Candyfloss Horse on your team? 😩

@Tao Yeah, I completely understand that, and there are times when I get annoyed about games getting unnecessary bad press for something which seems completely undeserved.

With cases like this, though, you'd hope that the NHS are talking about cases which are specifically down to games - which can happen, even if not all of the time.

@sanderev I'm not in any way qualified to talk about this in as much depth as we're venturing towards, but I have to disagree with you when you say that "you can stop at any time, without any physical problems".

I appreciate that the two examples I gave are pretty different, but addiction doesn't have to be a physical thing. People suffering from certain mental health issues can be unwillingly addicted to unfriendly activities/routines, and trying to get out of that habit can cause so much stress/anxiety that physical symptoms are introduced and make the whole situation worse.

As you said, gambling would also be classed as an addiction. So why not gaming? They both offer something to the person enjoying them and can be bad for you when experienced in an unhealthy way.

I think it’s worth highlighting the fact that whilst many of us on this site can happily play games for hours on end with no issue, that doesn’t mean that’s the case for everyone.



Most of us can have an alcoholic drink or two and be fine, but others are addicted, and not necessarily through any fault of their own. It’s the same here.

 Personally, I think that players and the parents/guardians of young players should absolutely take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing, understanding their own unique needs when it comes to gaming time, but it’s also down to everyone involved in the industry to be responsible about how gaming is served to them, too.

If you find this type of thing annoying or upsetting because it looks bad on your favourite hobby, get out there and show people the good it can do and teach the younger people in your life how to play and deal with games safely.

@Francema I haven't finished it myself yet so can't give you a set time from my own playthrough, but I've really enjoyed it and already feel like it's worth the asking price.

Having said that, I'd personally value slightly shorter but really well made games over ones that give you lots of hours' worth of content, so it obviously all comes down to your personal tastes 🙂

@krvstkvlt Oh no, this isn't thanks to a slow news day. This was my priority number one article this morning. 😉

@shani Official styluses. As in, Nintendo has only ever released or even talked about the need for one that once. 🙂

@sikthvash @AlphaElite

Oh no. What have I done?

@Noid It's official. 🙂

@AhabSpampurse @dew12333

Yes! We'll be there! Not sure that we have any solid plans just yet, but we'll definitely be milling about at some point. 🙂

Sorry folks - the Yooka mistake was just a typo from me! Fixed now 🙂

@jobvd It does. It's listed in the sources for the article 🙂

@siebenzehn Yup! I've updated that. Cheers 🙂

@Steel76 Nope, the guy is terrifying me 😅

@jockmahon Seems like this was a mistake from our source which has since been edited. That was definitely incorrect!

@ralphdibny I'm practically doing that already with all these NL 'Random' articles 😉

Hopefully people enjoy the odd bit of humour mixed in with the more important stuff?

@PBandSmelly Cheers! 👊❤

@RazumikhinPG I get the feeling you're going to love the next article coming up!

(And on a serious note... Just because you aren't interested in the potential capabilities this product brings or don't want to discuss it, doesn't mean that others feel the same way. Of course this news relates to Nintendo, because it's a product being marketed with Switch owners in mind whether we think it's a good idea or not). 🙂

@Branovices @Moonlessky

Hmm, interesting. Could be that our Pro Controllers hadn't been updated in a previous update, and yours were more up to date already? Sounds like you're good to go either way 🙂

@Moonlessky You definitely have them hooked up via USB cable? And you're choosing the 'Update Controller' option while using the Pro Controller?

@smashboy2000 Cheers! We'll have an article going up on this shortly.

As for news tips, anyone can get in touch with us on our contact page. 🙂

@gwyntendo Glad you liked it! Yep, you can find them all here. 🙂

@Julien Cheers! I've updated the article 🙂

@CTmatic First line of the article, my friend!

Although we are expecting to hear about it soon 🙂

@Blizzia The Amazon links send you to the store for whichever country you are viewing it from usually (unless that country doesn't have a link to go to).

For example, I'm based in the UK, so clicking on UK or US Amazon links above automatically takes me to the UK site. I can only assume the UK links are taking you to US because you're not based in the UK? 🙂

@TeslaChippie I mean, no one's actually complained about this one yet.

(I'm admittedly surprised... But still).

@frabbit No worries - yeah, we'd usually get just the one code (sometimes two if we're doing a video on it too).

So the rest of us need to wait and buy it on release just like anyone else would - but hearing Damien gush about this one for his review makes the wait that much harder

@Dm9982 Seems our system got a little confused! 😬

Cheers, I've sorted it now 🙂

@jswhitfield8 Cheers for the heads up - we're looking into it! 🙂

@SuperCharlie78 Hit refresh? 🙂

@Wexter Yup! A few were announced earlier today 🙂

@BacklogBlues Absolutely, if we were to review the game we'd always include such info, and in previews if we knew at the time.

With this example, we haven't played the game ourselves (this is just a simple news piece) so we can't answer that question with guaranteed accuracy, but other versions have optional payments for things like new maps, episodes, visuals etc 🙂

@AlexOlney Ouch. Guess I should have kept my Meowth shut.

@shani We didn't say it was a new concept? The article even points out that we tested one back in 2018.

The device itself is a new option, should any readers be interested in this particular model.

@Rhaoulos Haha, didn't want to take the PS guys' credit for that one!

@rjejr "One the one hand" makes perfect sense to me... What are you on about?

Fixed. Cheers!

@Eddiezus Sure was

@commentlife You can always find both of these in the 'Game Info' box.

If you're on desktop, that will be on the right-hand side of an article. If you're on mobile, you can see it by simply clicking on the game's name.

@HobbitGamer Shhhhhhhhh.

@rjejr That's an interesting point, but no, we haven't heard anything about it being used as a controller for your original Switch.

I imagine that won't be the case, but who knows later down the line?

@putosaure So it is! That makes sense 🙂

@jockmahon It's in the order Nintendo lists them. As all of their major releases are near the top, I assume it's based on popularity or what they're hoping to promote 🙂

@Ajent Ah perfect, thank you. I've updated the article.

@Sargoreth You know, I hadn't spotted that. Although these are official images from Nintendo itself, not our own. Strange that they'd make that mistake!

@Matthew010 We cannot confirm or deny my existence as DLC at this stage. Stay tuned!

@Dragon999 You can buy the Expansion Pass separately from the Switch eShop starting from now and this will work with your physical copy. Doesn't matter if you buy the Expansion now or after release. 🙂

@NintendoByNature Yep, you're right. It's not a digital-only release so we had to exclude it sadly

@Tantani, ta-da!