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The thing is, even if you care about the TCG and mobile games, it's ultimately pure filler. Those things get announcements multiple times a month, they just choose to hold more news in February for the Presents. And if they skipped a Presents one year they'd just reveal it normally like the other 11 months. Spin-offs aren't even a point of consideration anymore - throughout the almost 10 years of Switch, we've gotten 3: a Wii U port, a Remake of a GBA/DS game, & one actual new game. So I can't imagine why you'd watch live instead of just reading news post-reveal.

19 minutes of mobile game ads and updates you don't care about and under a minute of something that matters. I'd much rather just read whatever the announcement at the end is afterwards.

Yeah, knew from the start this would be a game way better 6+ months down the line. A personal upgrade system is a great idea so your favorite doesn't end up as one of the worst options. It's also a way to screw up your favorite, so hopefully they let you re-distribute earned points at any time.

I'm surprised Nintendo hasn't attempted a Kirby Party Game TBH. The main games tend to have pretty solid Mini Games, and at this point Kirby gets more experimental spin-off games than Pokemon (excluding mobile games).

5 bucks seems a bit much for a single cosmetic, especially since that's the price of the full game it's a Crossover with.

Vanilla EXs and 1 Star Full Arts are rare, but they're not THAT uncommon. Between only being able to Trade for the same Rarity and the Stamina system, I really fail how to see it'd be abused by not having the Tokens. Especially since the 1 Star Full Arts are just Commons, Uncommons, & Rares but prettier - they're not stronger than more readily available copies.

It's such a pain for minimal worth, I'd rather just try to Pull everything myself and use the extras for Flair.

Really goes to show what IPs Nintendo actually cares about. Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Mario 3D World get tweaked main games and new content, meanwhile things like DKC Returns HD are low effort ports, and the dev team who wanted to do amazing things with BDSP were given such little time they had to re-use most of DP's original coding.

Yeah, I don't have any issues taking them on or off, so why not. Feels really weird playing games that just need the Joycon(s) without them too, in the same way it'd feel weird to use the Joycons as a regular controller without the controller skeleton to hold them.

Getting that Eevee Tamagotchi outside Japan would be pretty cool.

They do a lot of good choices for Pokemon, but the game barely feels different than when it launched. The Events are always the same things with the same Challenges with the same rewards, and I'd rather just not unlock new Pokemon for free than do them with how much of a boring slog it is.

@Lord The Joycons being able to serve as new Wiimotes would bring me so much joy, the Wii was a goldmine for Railshooters.

Better Than Year of Luigi/10

I hope Pokemon Legends Z-A is a straight improvement over Arceus. Loved it, but it definitely had room to improve, and I don't think 'more of the same w/ Megas' would be quite enough.

The absurdness of Shadow the Hedgehog is what makes it so fun. Have fond memories of the Versus Mode specifically though.

@SillyG Yeah, the treating cards as stocks is especially bad in Yugioh, since unlike MTG and PTCG there being no Rotation adds an extra bad wrinkle to the secondary market.

It's still wild they jumped from Sonic 2 & 3 to Adventure 2 for games. Poor Metal Sonic can never get a W.

I understand Gengar EX is kinda just a worse Mewtwo EX Deck, but it still seems weird to not see it Tiered here. Was also confused because one of the Decks is Alakazam EX when it should be just Alakazam, thought I missed some random Promo or something.

@Anachronism Well think of it this way: All Grass Deck now and for the foreseeable future will likely be running Serperior, and it's best on the Bench. But unlike Gardevoir in Mewtwo EX, you're running more than just the two lines, and in this case you'd be prefer to be attacking with Exeggutor (at least in their Build).

Maybe it's just me but I find 'Blastoise EX & Misty' way weirder, as if every Water Deck doesn't run 2 Misty and that helps define the Deck at all.

I know a lot of people talk about the Wii version, but is there any distinction between the Switch version and all the other modern ports?

@ottoecamn California specifically has that mentality towards anything manga or anime related.

@Truegamer79 Fingers crossed it's one of/part of the 2 Transformers projects leaked from Microsoft, even if it's just the original getting re-listed so more people can experience it.

@Truegamer79 I've been saying there's untapped potential in a G1 Transformers Beat 'Em Up. Transforming between robot and vehicle would allow for very creative Combos, Bosses, Stages, & Stage Hazards, as Transformers Devastation proved with the Bayonetta formula.

I'll pick it up for half price or less at some point, as this is a colossal letdown as someone who grew up with Power Rangers and not TMNT, so I couldn't enjoy the references of Shredder's Revenge. The Rangers playing the same is inexcusable when they each have a unique weapon, even if they wanted to keep it simple. If anything having different stats is just bad at that point, because eventually people are just gonna find out one or two Rangers are the best stat-wise and not wanna touch the others. The lack of enemy types is also weird, as unlike the costumes on the show, you can copy-paste sprites. It even feels like a missed opportunity for cheesy jokes commenting on the increasing weirdness and complexity of the new Putties compared to the usual ones. Hoping this ends up feeling like a different game six months from now, but if this is it, that's such a letdown.

Think the only game I played that released this year was Little Kitty Big City, and that was only because of Game Pass. I guess PTCGP too but there's so little gameplay to it I'm not sure it counts. Everything else was keeping up with F2P games or going through the back catalog.

I'm not gonna pretend I don't want it to be Extra Epic Yarn, which never should've been made for 3DS as it was already out the door.

@Axecon They specifically have a Mature Rated NSO N64 app for games like Conkor.

I'm not sure about December, but if they plan to keep up the current NSO pace, we'll see it before the release of DKC Returns HD in January.

I hate when game companies go 'X copies were shipped', because it's pretty irrelevant info that can be used to be disingenuous. I'm sure this game did fine, it's Dragon Quest, but units shipped and units sold are not the same - they could be shipped but unsold on the shelf. And when they actually do sell something like 1 million or more, they will very much specify it was sold, not shipped, because they know there's a big difference.

I don't trust Sony in their current state to support a handheld long term, and I can't see Microsoft making something that's not just a worse Steam deck.

@calbeau Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the very first Tetris 99 Event was for the GB version. If not, Tetris-Themed Tetris was still one of their first ideas, lol.

@N8tiveT3ch 'The OTHER companies'? Bruh, Nintendo is like the originator of re-releasing games and charging for it! The only reason they don't charge $30 for the original Super Mario Bros. is because no one would buy it for that price. And when they found out people would still buy it for a couple bucks, they stopped doing that and now charge you infinitely to rent them via NSO.

@somnambulance The majority of the devs working on Shadows have never worked on a video game before according to Ubisoft. Feel it's pretty safe to say it'll bomb considering the previous devs could only put out games that peaked at Above Average the past decade, and they had experience.

I wonder if they're trying to make NSO more appealing for Switch 2, because this has been a weirdly consistent drip feed for Nintendo.

@JohnnyMind Is it per app per week? Because I've definitely tried to access them during internet/power outages weeks if not the same day I've played things online and been denied. Maybe it just seems weird comparatively to Game Pass which I've never had an issue accessing online, which TBF entirely fits Nintendo being more protective of a bunch of ancient ROMs than Microsoft of hundreds of games they mostly don't own.

I'm surprised it took them this long to do this. I know the entirety of shows like Transformers and Power Rangers on on YT... but now that I'm typing this, maybe that's just a Hasbro thing.

Unless they change needing to be online to access the NSO library, it feels kinda redundant between what we have already both via NSO already and paid options. It's neat but would make more sense if dropped with multiple Tetris games.

@Dm9982 Fallout 4's a bad Fallout game but a good game at it's core. Kinda like Dark Souls 2 I think reception would be different if it had a name that wasn't numbered. The good game at it's core SHOULD have been Starfield, but they gutted it even more so it doesn't even have memorable settings to save it like FO4.

Never will understand the appeal of these games that're more of a Choose Your Own Adventure book than game, with most of the gameplay just being QTEs. I could understand if they were $20-30, but I have to wonder how many actual books or movies could've been purchased for the amount of a full priced game. Still sucks for the people that do like them that it's poorly optimized.

@Nanoline52 Ohhh, someone here told me about Jigglypuff, but Haunter is news to me. I'll have to look up a Gengar/EX Deck since I'm switching back to the Mewtwo Pack since I've had no luck with Pulling any Zapdos EX. Thanks.

@Owozifa This too. Pokemon didn't create the abbreviation nor are they they only ones to use it. Even if they were the first to consistently use it, it's a generic abbreviation of a common term for an entire market. The only thing of remote substance is the AI art, and there's games with AI art all over the eShop, so why is this even an article?

@Anachronism Ah okay, so it makes a pre-existing Deck a bit better than making a new viable one. Maybe I'll keep Pulling from the Pikachu Pack since I'll have something other than Zapdos EX that I'd want. Thanks.

Are we just accusing any game having monsters in it in any way to be the rip-off of the latest Pokemon game? This is obviously a rip-off of TCG Card Shop Simulator and not PTCGP in any way - the only thing even similar between the two is you open packs, which is in literally every TCG game ever. Even compared to PTCG Live that's the only similarity.

@Anachronism I knew about Mankey making Primeape viable and thankfully got a Playset, but do tell about Jigglypuff!

Won't be feeling bad about potentially missing this one like the Lapras EX, as it's just a Full Art rather than a new card a Deck can use.

It already seemed like one of those releases you shouldn't buy at launch just because it'll be much better later on. Day One gameplay and the gameplay 6-8 months later after updates will be completely different experiences.

Forget Nintendo's official deals, got TOTK from Walmart for $30 and am still debating on Bowser's Fury for $35, Kirby and the Forgotten Land for $35, or Pikmin 4 for $35 from Target.

I'm subscribed to the theory Nintendo constantly has remakes and remasters both in the works and already finished, but only release them when they're relevant or they need some filler during a year. Especially in an age where they can release budget titles digitally whenever and worry about a physical release later.

I'll bite when it's down to $20. $50 for 14 games of which only 4 I'd actually wanna play is not worth it, and that's not even touching on the fact Yugioh games make you grind like crazy for anything decent. But Konami knows these Collections are easy money; as long as this does more than break even we'll see ones for the Tag Force games and the weird ones like Forbidden Memories and Duelist of the Roses within a few years.

And they're releasing another Pack before the end of the year, so they won't have every card for long.