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Lol that's BS, those three lines symbolizing speech/animal sounds were not invented by Untitled Goose Game but have been a very common symbol for a long time.

Ok wow, this looks really great!

Wish XCX would get that remaster treatment as well...

I don't see how that's odd if they're already helped out with so many Nintendo titles (including previous AC games).

At this point it would be more odd if they hadn't.

@Zeldafan79 It's even easier with a Wii (also with GC backup discs).

Ok, so when I first read the intro "it’s a test of self-confidence for a grown man to take it to the shop counter", I was gonna jokingly say "that's so 90's!", because even though I'm aware a lot of people still buy physical releases, it doesn't make any sense to me (and I'm probably around the same age as this article's author).

But after the reading the whole article, I really have to say: where have you been all these years, grandpa?!

"Voice acting is not necessarily better"
Have you never played a Nintendo game before or how is that news to you?
And I'm like you, I usually spam 'A' on those dialogue boxes. But still I knew about the benefits they can have too, for a long time.

"the direct experience of doing it is almost endlessly engaging, even if the surface is the opposite."
That's one of the most basic things about video games, how can you have played them for decades without ever experiencing this?

"Push up to go up is a skill" and "Games are fun"
Again, this is not exactly news if you ever showed a non-gamer - at least not one that isn't old or unwilling to learn new things - how to play a video game.

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but none of the things you mentioned in the article are new or even specific to Animal Crossing.
Which says more about your gaming experience than about anything else. I'm baffled how you haven't learned any of these lessons in the previous decades? Those are pretty hard to circumvent.

You're totally right about point number 3 and 5 though, I give you that.

@Arcade_Tokyo

Seriously? How did you NOT see that coming?
They said they'll make an announcement on April 1st, it was obvious from the start.
I didn't think anyone took that announcement seriously to be honest.

Looks pretty boring to me.

Awesome! I'm not into Star Wars but I liked that game on the N64.

Oh wow, this sounds amazing!
But... will they also sell it as an eMagazine? I doubt I'd wanna buy a printed version.

This situation only exists because some stubborn people are still not making the necessary switch to full digital.

Physical releases are so 90's. Get over it!

I found that "From now on we'll stick with our Playstation 4." comment especially hilarious, since it means they'll have 0 islands on the PS4 instead of 1 on the Switch. ^^

Oh nice!
I always wanted to play it back then, but only had the demo on PC.

Underwhelming; why can't I access the eshop from any browser?

After how they turned No Man's Sky around with all their persistence, passion and amibition, I'm curious to see any new game from Hello Games!

I loved this game as a kid, liked it way better than the movie (which I saw later). Can't wait to see the enhanced version!

Oh so he's JUMPING. That's pretty much the same as walking.
I thought he used some glitches that made him hover or something.
That makes it certainly less impressive. Sure, it might make the fights harder. But other than that? Anyone can jump around instead of walking.

I don't get why you would take screenshots in handheld mode when they're clearly inferior.
But what surprises me even more is that @NintendoLife are taking the screenshots with the Switch itself instead of with a capture card, for example. How unprofessional.

No it definitely doesn't (unless you wanna spend a fortune long-term just to play Tetris99).
You don't even get dedicated servers for the money you pay them.

And cloudsaves shouldn't be tied to the service but available to everyone, as well as online play in general.

Who else got tricked by the click-baity title and thought it was about a new StarFox?

While I welcome the addition of another Switch exclusive (there's still a lack of those), I found the trailer totally unconvincing.

I think a review would've been better instead of this rather unhelpful article.

I don't see how this is a new discovery or even eyebrow-raising; anyone who's played Botw already knew this.

@Spoony_Tech Fortnite is not an FPS.

Lol. I'd say those marriages weren't stable enough to begin with if a mere video game led to a divorce.

MK8(DX) is kinda like GTA V, a title that just keeps on producing sales long after its initial release.

Nice to see Splatoon 2 in there.
Disappointed Overwatch is selling so poorly.

'Oh, and it doesn't have gyro aiming, which is a shame.'

@PJOReilly Thanks you so much for mentioning this! 👍

It's such an important piece of info nowadays, it can make or break a game (at least for some of us).
No gyro, no buy for me!

Oh whaaaaaat, this is on Switch now?!
I loved this game on Steam, but never finished it.
And as I found out in the comments under the review - oddly enough, the reviewer didn't mention it - the game has gyro aim for both the 1st and 3rd person perspective!
Wouldn't even have thought about buying it without motion controls.

@Darkyoshi98 @evanac Thanks for mentioning this!
You've done the job of @JamieSharp for him.

I don't understand how you could not mention this in the review.
Whether a game (that includes any kind of aiming) supports gyro aim or not should be a standard requirement for any review on @nintendolife. Please make it so.

Anything with Lothar Matthäus on it/in it is not nice to watch.

Lol how could you not know that? It looks exactly like any other light sensor used in various devices over the past two decades.

We knew that already.
The Wii U is far from dead.
It's still receiving new games and people are still playing games on it.

This is a no-brainer and one of the many features still missing on the Switch after almost three years... come one Nintendo, when are we finally getting a finished product here?

Not worth writing an article for...

I don't get the point of this kind of thing but ok...

I don't play in handheld mode, so the only reason for buying a game on Switch instead of PC (or both) is gyro support, the most recent and prominent example being Overwatch (I have it on PC too but only play it on Switch).
All the other multiplatform titles I have on the Switch are graphically not that demanding so it doesn't make a difference for those.

For any bigger title where it matters, I would always buy the PC version instead (unless I want built-in gyro support like in OW, because using the Pro Controller on PC still lacks a recentre camera option which has to be offerered by the game itself).

No thanks. That sounds like a terrible idea, having to play with the added weight on the controller.

"While it's unlikely Nintendo would ever release a Zelda game or even an update for its existing titles that makes the Ring-Con compatible with them"

@Liam_Doolan
Uhm, explain to me why that would be unlikely? BotW got an update for Labo VR, adding support for the Ring Cons seems less costly and more likely in comparison.

My most wanted feature: no handheld mode! And all the benefits that come with not having to compromise.

Possibly the best game of all times, written by the best writer NintendoLife ever had.

@Friendly It has 3 decades worth of games, so I'd say it has more exclusives than the Switch could ever have...

Also it doesn't have to be a Switch killer, they could just be two devices occupying the same market (hybrid gaming devices).

Only this one is vastly more powerful and can be used as a regular PC too, so it's more than just a gaming device.

"We assume that's the conclusion that Diplodocus Games has come to"

Or maybe they just like the Wii U better. It's still the better system in some regards, after all.

Lol. In the age of digital releases, why would anyone order a PHYSICAL game from CHINA?!
That's just stupid or simply unrealistic. I doubt anyone would do that.

This article is completely pointless and unnecessary.

And please can we get rid of that wasteful single-row menu and go back to tiles like the Wii U and virtually any smartphone or tablet have?!

Lol, Nintendo Life being late to the party as usual.
This was already discovered 3 days ago.

@Cartune Lol what? Go back and compare the two games. They barely even look alike.

@LUIGITORNADO Seriously? It's a complete departure from Splatoon1. Completely new weapons, new modes, new maps, new lore, new DLC - so many things that weren't part of the first game or were improved!

There are better and cheaper portable monitors (look on Amazon etc), don't buy this overpriced crap just because Nintendolife is trying to sell it to you as a dedicated Switch accessory.

I would've loved that!
That's a whole new level of immersion (didn't know there was a gba title with a light sensor)!

#5 is a joke and Portal 2 should be waaaaaaay higher up on the list (at least #5 or maybe even #3).

"previously you'd buy 23 keys, use them on 23 crates and would get 23 items. Now you have to buy 23 keys worth of credits to get one item. Yeah, this will not work"

I'm still amazed that people are actually so dumb to pay money for cosmetic items.

@ryancraddock I think you're drastically misreading their response.

Nowadays statements like "we don’t have any further information to share at the moment" have become the equivalent of a confirmation that a port is coming for the Switch.
That kind of statement has been used for a lot of eventual Switch ports.

And if that wasn't enough, they outright say that they "typically don't announce integrations with third parties in advance" which just means it's coming but they will only announce it right before the release.

@Patrick-Sukiyaki That's why there are letters and words in the article to explain it to you. Read them!

As if Joycons weren't bad enough, someone actually thought they could design a more terrible controller?!

Seriously? There's only one logical choice and it's not Link, Samus or anyone else.

Inkling/Octoling Boy/Girl (all as different skins of one character) is the natural choice because Splatoon and Overwatch are so closely related to each other.

Don't even think about adding any other characters before adding Splatoon characters to OW. That's a must!