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It's possible they might make a spin-off game called Pocket Monsters.

Wow, pre-order sales must be on low side if they already need to push discounts. It's probably to do with all the wet weather we're having and people are worried about their Paper Marios getting soggy, or the effect of humidity like swelling / sticking on old, 1,000 year-old doors.

@Quiet2down cool cool! My bad / my tired brain ^_^

@Quiet2down I do hope my sarcasm wasn't lost on you 😜

@gcunit I have a cousin called Magikarp

Think I'll stick to my Amiibos; they're expensive enough as it is 😂

Wonder when they will stop new born babies being called Mario, Luigi or Charizard

@Not_Soos For those who have not played, you should listen to this dude. This game set a new benchmark - it's hilarious, heartfelt, has absolutely insane amounts of ingenuity & fun twists. Hands down, best Mario game ever & definitely in my top games of all time.

They're surpressing our freedom of speech - this piratephobia has to stop. First they took away our Long John Silver, then Captain Hook & most recently Captain Jack Sparrow. Before long, we will have to start buying games, with real doubloons!

Eww, Nicalis is the Publisher though....

I can't believe they got rid of the smiles on the clouds in the intro!! Shame on you Nintendo! Fed up with this anti-woke propaganda.

Pre-ordered, but I've gone digital too ^_^ greedy, I know, but I do want to play on the day of release as this is one of my favourite games of all time.

'EA Sports... It's so lame'
Still, impressive that a lot of Nintendo constantly remain in the Top 20
@epicgamner sadly, the same can be said for a lot of stuff in the entertainment industry; it's hard not for our funds to reach undesirable bigots at the top of the chain. Where I can, I answer with my wallet.

@Woderwick It looks like someone put a Speak & Spell toy in a turd.

@Woderwick It looks very... Fisher Price. I'd struggle to justify a purchase at 10% of the retail price

Friday is not even the weekend... c'mon, this is getting ridiculous! When will Frye win a Splatfest?!

To not stretch this across all Nintendo platforms and not mention Cow Racing from Wii Play is a crime!

Fighter Pass Vol 3 inbound! Hoping to see Bojack Horseman & maybe Walter White

Sad times - will make this spiritual succesor all the more poignant. His creative vision will live on in the hearts and minds of all his colleagues, family and fans.

Maybe even a SNES / GB remix? Either way, it would be nice to have access to these titles that are threatened to fade away into obscurity.

So close... now, if only there was a re-release of a popular Paper Mario game on the horizon... a kind of 20th Anniversary remake...

Steel Diver!
You've been down so long, thank god for piracy! 🎶

@wazlon ah cool! Thanks for clearing that up!

I thought the marking of enemies within the Wave Breaker radius was already a thing?

GS has some of my favourite JRPG music. How can anyone not like the battle themes?! They are legendary!

Kosuke Okatani: We wanted to 'stay fresh' and offer something completely different. I know we're not 'off the hook' with the comparisons... I had an 'Inkling' they'd be coming, but our game is nothing like Splatoon & your harsh words hurt me like a 'deep cut' - for those people with only one mind set, they can 'krak-on'.

So no improvments to FPS, stuttering and general performance? sigh I guess I will continue to wait until this is addressed, or they decide to release it on Steam.

@Anachronism the more Dragon Quest games that keep coming out, the longer Togashi will take =0p
Hoping he's getting the help he needs so we can have a resolution to Kurapika's saga.

Team Frye Family for the... inevitable loss. Seriously, I can totally see either Friends or Solo picking up the win, denying Frye yet another victory. sigh

I should think we will hear something at the end of March / begining of April, at the time of Ninty's year end; news of a successor will boost stock and fire up the hype train. We'd be lucky to see it launch in Q4 2024 mind you.

Hoping for some smaller scale, experimental stuff with less emphasis on super stressful times for him and the the team

So.... Team Family / Frye not winning another one then eh?

Nintendo eShop purchase 64... 65....69.... almost there... OK! Done! What now?

Old Man: 'It's dangerous to make fan games of our IP'
Link: 'Ugh, Okay....'
Old Man: 'Here, take this' hands over cease and desist

@Astral-Grain Q1 Answer: 'Welcome to Stutter Park'
Q2 Answer: Nope

Eiji Aonuma: I think we should consider where this entry should be in the timeline.
Hidemaro Fujibayashi: flops a bowl of ramen noodles out on the table Sure, which one of these timeline threads shall we stick it on?
Eiji Aonuma: vaguely gestures to all somewhere....

The game looks like an upscaled 3DS game at points - not a problem, the aesthetics are charming, the colours are vibrant, and it has this sort of PS2 / PS3 retro charm to it, which is all fine and dandy.
Textures are flat and blurry & there's noticeable pop in - again, not super bothered, as one can ignore these when the gameplay is good, which thankfully it is!
Load times - patience, not at all bothered.
The FPS chugs along like your running through treacle.... ah, this one I can't ignore as it hinders enjoying the open segments / environments. This is inexcusable considering we can see it done properly in pretty much all first party games and many others to boot. Something tells me this is poorly optimised and rushed out the door for a quick sale. Luckily, I highly doubt the devoted DQ fans would not let their voices be heard, so hopefully a few patches will tidy things up. For now, I'm going to shelve it.
Hopefully Tose can sort this out as they are an accompished developer with a rich history of gems.

@Croctopus couldn't agree more - Amusing a Bemused Muse, whilst at first seemed like a novel idea, turned into a tedious mess as your limited vision for comparison just feels like a time wasting exercise.

There's plenty to choose from, but I'll stick to Ninty games here:
Splatoon 3 - every single ride rail mission in the single player campaign that requires precision shots to destroy the targets.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Rainbow road (various iterations).... 200cc... yeh....
Breath of the Wild - 900 Korok seeds...900! And to top it all of... no specific spoilers yeh... it's absoluetly pointless after a set amount, but for a completionist, it's very annoying.
As for other games, as a general rule of thumb, I hate when you have to fight multiple bosses in a row with no checkpoints, usually rehashes of previous bosses, or ridiculous platforming sections during a big boss battle and one simple incorrectly timed button press can send you right back to the start.

'Get ready for a surprise!' Head explodes
It will be a cross-over with Total Recall!

Please also do not post poor performance videos of our wonderful game until we've had a chance to patch it in 6 months / never (delete as appropriate)

All lip service until they deliver

@LadyCharlie I didn't realise they remastered the fruit physics for the Switch version 😂 I assumed it was more or less the same thing, but now I know!

Or, you can play it for free in your web browser 😉

Don't get your hopes up too much.... it's probably going to be a Sonic 3 movie teaser or a content update trailer for Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth

I suspect it will be easy enough to do a mobile to Switch port

New tracks / racers based on Nintendo IP, like Kirby, Kid Icarus, Pikmin etc.
Track editor!
New multiplayer modes with more courses (and a return of Block Fort!)
Weather, course hazards & maybe random / rogue elements added into specific racing / survival mode to mix things up a bit.
Weekly / monthly challenges to unlock kart customisation, keep us coming back for new unlockables - ties in with collecting coins during races to spend on cosmetics maybe? (absolutely no loot boxes etc, just in game currency)

@Mana_Knight Llyods and RBSI/NatWest seem to have very stringent, automatic fraud systems in place - the latter, who I used to Bank with, used to cancel all of my Nintendo purchases automatically. You can imagine how annoying that was for console pre-orders! I tend to buy these things with PayPal these days; less hassle!

Another DOA Walking Dead game sigh
I am laughing at how bad they've made Carol's face look in the above pic though - how close did they have to put her eyes?!

Frye was once again denied victory... Not sure how such a small percentage of Handshakers managed to win the Pro & Tricolour... although, saying that, I guess it's because I sepnt most of the time up against my own team, therfore clout doesn't count sigh