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Still wild to me there's only been 50 of these after all these years. There's so many First-Party Nintendo games and Switch-exclusives that could've gotten one and just never did.

I think Transformers could have a lot of untapped potential for a Beat 'Em Up with all the gimmicks you could do, and it would be another banger choice for old school nostalgia. Though honestly I'd be down for the same game idea but DC Comics.

This Remaster was almost entirely done with AI. I don't mind it being used, but it doing the majority of the work, and the work not being very good? I'll pass until it's 5 bucks like the GOTY Edition on Steam.

No Switch 2 exclusive stuff, but I've gotten 5 First-Party Nintendo games for half off from Target, and 3 of them in Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, LoZ Echoes of Wisdom, & Princess Peach Showtime weren't ones with prices Nintendo had set.

@PKDuckman It won't, not for a good few years down the line. ... Or at least I hope they didn't cheap out on the length they can use those IPs for the full priced Multiplatform game, especially when people already would've preferred more actual Sonic characters.

Why even bother making something with such a short shelf life? If you're gonna cheap out on how long you have access to other IPs, just don't make the DLC.

I'd get Chef Kawasaki if the prices weren't insane.

@B3RTAY Yeah the wording definitely makes it seem as Nintendo's gone as far as it will with the free updates for performance.

Barely looks like a Mega Evolution. If you didn't know the Shiny's colors you might just think it's that if you don't look real closely to notice the tiny changes.

Woder what the Exchange Rate will be for the various Aeos coin boost cards. I have a bit over 200 total, so hopefully it's not just 5 like if you have a Rental License for a Pokémon you own.

Hope the rumors of Sega using this game to add some IDW characters to the main games is true. These two specifically have already been mentioned in various main games for a few entries by this point, so the idea definitely seems on the table at least.

I'll probably buy Pokopia at or around launch despite not being super interested just to support a Pokémon Spin-Off that isn't mobile trash. For the entirety of the Switch we only got 3 Spin-Offs, and only one was an original game, which for someone who loved the Gen 1-5 Spin-Offs is sad.

Did they even ever fix the Co-Op problem in DKC Returns, or was that just a conveyer belt release they never went back to fix?

Splatoon 3 for $30 makes me feel like we'll be getting a Splatoon 4 sooner rather than later.

Even if we ignore how fast this DLC was made, even conceptually it sounds like cut content. 'Hyperspace Lumiose' be looking like the original but through a filter from what they showed. Sounds like something that could've easily be made into a post-game. Then you have stuff like the missing Megas. Diancie being added by a Mystery Gift is fine, but... why is it not just a Quest in the base game? You know, like the Sinnoh Mythicals were in Legends Arceus? Those will be there forever no matter when you play, but since this is a Mystery Gift and not an update or free DLC you can Redeem, in the future it'll just be gone one day. I just amazes me how GameFreak seems to take a good step forward with Arceus then different steps back for the next games.

I almost wanna guess the DLC will take place in ORAS Hoenn based on certain missing Megas.

Wish they didn't reskin Cece and Viché. Would've loved to still have them based on the Squid Sisters and gotten new Villagers for Shiver, Frye, Pearl, & Marina. Unless they have some form of unique dialogue, I wonder why they didn't do that or why they only chose Mineru and Tulin for LoZ stuff, since dialogue is determined by Personality Type and every Villager is essentially a reskin with the only changes being their pre-set phrases.

I enjoy the Nintendo x Warriors games, but I've already got plenty of games as of now. I'll hold off for next year and hope for a sale of some kind.

Game was made in 6 months and datamining proved they lied about not using AI to upscale everything. The gall to charge $20 for this lazy cash grab...

By the end of the first year every Pokemon mobile game gets super formulaic and people tend to drop it. There's not really an incentive to keep Pulling if you have bad luck without any form of a Pity System, so I'm sure plenty of people just didn't Pull anything over a long period and uninstalled. The regular Pokemon TCG is already super RNG heavy even for a TCG, and who will Win in Pocket is usually determined by the Coin Flip and opening Hands. So there's no reason to swipe to Pull Meta cards.

Looking forward to this big time. I knew nothing about TMNT going into Shredder's Revenge and loved it. Can only imagine how much I'll enjoy Cosmic Invasion with some knowledge of Marvel.

I want Sonic Tracks, Sonic Crossworlds, and more actual Sonic characters with voices. I would actually pay for those things, I have no interest in the miscellaneous Crossover characters.

I can see it coming back, but being limited to what's in the available NSO and Expansion Pak catalogs. Games you buy you can play without a Subscription or needing to be online under a new Virtual Console app, however since you still need the base NSO to play online and would have to re-buy the Expansion Pak for new games added, so it wouldn't cut into the profits made normally.

If that's the case why decide to add a bunch of random Crossover characters to Crossworlds instead of more niche Sonic characters to give them more exposure and show off the Rivals System even more?

Pretty much own every DS game that I'd want that could come to the service. Aside from Pokemon, DS is one of the consoles I love a lot of smaller games more than the AAA ones, and most of them are either licensed or just not expensive. (Seriously, Transformers 2007 DS: Autobots/Decepticon were basically San Andres w/ Transformers and it was amazing for the time.)

However, don't a good handful of DS games use the mic? How would that work?

But does it come with the Day One $30 DLC?

I like Splatoon's gameplay but how they handle everything else dumbfounds me to not want to play. The big two being only 2 Maps in Rotation at once and shoving every PvP Mode that isn't Turf War into Ranked. If Splatoon 1 wasn't made by Nintendo specifically, there would not be a sequel or still online servers for the original with choices like that.

@FishyS It took 22 years for Pokémon Snap to get a sequel - better get a comfy chair.

@Bats1234 Maybe they expect more from it now that it is and has been the biggest IP on the planet for awhile, and not just a potential fad on the Gameboy. There's no reason GameFreak shouldn't be able to hire more employees or spend more time on the games when they're this big.

Well, unless the Nintendo portion of The Pokemon Company is actively ruining the product by not letting GameFreak do those things. Especially since GameFreak has made it apparent they want to do other things and know what fans want but aren't allowed to make changes. Almost like Nintendo just wants their own yearly game like CoD, but only have one studio do everything instead of 3 studios in rotation with 2 support teams like CoD has. And even CoD is going to every other year now.

No interest in this one. Just "Megas are back" is not enough of a selling point with GameFreak's current track record. The new Battle System might be interesting, but I have a strong feeling it'll just devolve into specific Moves being stupidly OP online and even more unbalanced than regular Competitive.

Really weird that they'd specifically leave 3 Stars out considering you still need to Trade something of equal value.

@Munchlax This. I find it really weird a lot of Nintendo fans will trash CoD and EA Sports games for being churned out yearly but just ignore the fact Pokemon does it too. Except where as something like CoD is 3 teams in rotation, minus BDSP Nintendo has GameFreak and GameFreak alone working on the conveyer belt.

@topsekret That's the wild thing, none of them are playing Time Stranger - they just have no interest in ZA. And Time Stranger is amazing, I've been having a blast between it and Sonic Racing Crossworlds.

@Jarodlaraus These things are always via Mystery Gift so no need to worry about that.

I've seen no hype for this in my usual Communities, even compared to Scarlet Violet where there was some interest. The few people who say they're getting it are because they exclusively play Nintendo games and aren't playing anything else.

@Lizuka They likely made it late or post-game specifically to turn it into a pre-order bonus.

@ShieldHero I agree, but Dinkum's is only a Time-Exclusive for Switch. It's not a one-to-one since there's combat, but it'll be a similar game coming to other consoles.

I doubt they'll go after it unless it straight up steals assets. The only reason they're going after Palworld is it got people talking about how stale Pokémon was.

No one will be able to fill Reggies' shoes - you'll never see someone do something like he did to push Wii Sports to be bundled with every Wii at launch. Though I honestly wonder what power the position has if any at this point.

Worth going into just to try and get the Full Art Professor's Research, a card that will never be powercrept.

I've lost all interest in Pokémon following the Palworld lawsuit, where Nintendo is doing anything in their power to make themselves and the brand look awful in a Disney-like fashion. And it is 100% Nintendo because GameFreak is aware of the changes people want and are being told no, and Creatures Inc wouldn't have that kind of sway. Hope people who are excited enjoy it, but I'll be playing Digimon Story Time Stranger instead.

I hope it does amazing to hopefully get it through The Pokémon Company's thick head that people want Spin-Offs that aren't mobile games.

Unlike the original Diamond Pearl, these games would be just fine with facelifts as they don't have many problems. The biggest two off the top of my head are that so many Pokemon Evolve at stupidly high Levels, which they won't change for a remake, and that it'd be really stupid to repeat BDSP's mistake of not making the Mystery Gifts permeant. Either make them regular eShop codes that tie to your Nintendo Account to keep, or just keep the codes up until the Switch's servers end.

Wondering if these are actually locked behind save data like the Spinner in the Wii U Hyrule Warriors was with a Link amiibo or just early unlocks. Between them not being the most interesting weapons and assuming most people played both titles, I think it'd be fine if they were actually locked that way.

As great as the 'secret' performance boosts are, I'd still love official ones for the first two games. Although my OCD more so wants them to update the amiibo scans. Hyrule Warriors DE still uses the Wii U's mostly, so as an example it counts Toon Zelda and Young Link as just Zelda and Link instead of their respective characters, who were DLC originally. Then for Age of Calamity it considers the 4 TOTK Champions as generics instead of giving specific rewards, even though 3 of them and one of their dads are playable and use the same weapons. They don't release amiibo nearly as much as they used to, so you'd think this would be a good time to do something like this since they're actively working on related projects.

@rjejr Says it'll have amiibo support on the website. Probably the same as Age of Calamity - 5 scans a day, generic amiibo give you misc resources, and ones for characters you've unlocked give specific resources or a weapon for them.

@CainTheConfused Can confirm, never listen to gamers. Ubisoft is doing very well with this strat.

It's so weird that for the best received 2D Mario since the SNES, they chose to add a bunch of Mini Games that feel like they're from NSMB DS.

And they'll sit on shelves like the other $30 & $40 amiibo are since the price changes. Wouldn't surprise me if stores stopped ordering them all together at this rate.

God, what changed in Nintendo internally to be so toxic and money-grubbing with the Pokémon IP specifically? It's very obvious they call most of the shots in The Pokémon Company and I feel sad for GameFreak and a company like ILCA who have to shoulder all the blame for them.

As someone with tempered expectations, it was one of the best Directs in a while, because it did exactly what it needed to. It told us about the rest of the big releases for 2025, some more new things for 2025, and things to know about for 2026. Not everything was something you wanted to hear, like Mario Wonder's Switch 2 content being about Co-op and Multiplayer or them already announcing DLC for ZA before the game releases, but it was at least new info.