For me, Gen 3 was the first generation where I felt like Pokemon were sort of hit or miss in design. It was the generation where I started swaying from Pokemon a bit. I just remember thinking the gen 1 remakes were the better gen 3 games.
I picked Wynaut for Gen 3 because it’s a baby Wobbuffet.
Haunter was my first favorite Pokemon, so I’m sticking with him. I just remember catching my first one in Lavender Town and the Pokemon felt like a monster. I didn’t have trade cables, so I max leveled him and he never became a Gengar. Even still, I wiped the floor with him in the game.
Jeez, I wonder if I can still remember my first team…
@Divide_and_Wander Like @Chimaj, I consider games I’ve not yet played as my backlog or games I have played and intend to return to at some point. Mine was sort of gruesome for a few years, but then 2020 hit and I sort of had the time to sort through things and just play. By the time I was working again at the end of the year, I had things structured and there’s not much remaining in there now, at least not in a modern sense. I was sort of blessed as a kid with a rental store down the street from me, so I was typically pretty up to date on gaming throughout my youth. It was really only in that Switch/PS4/Xbone era that I didn’t keep up, and that sort of changed in 2020. In the meantime since though, I’ve redirected my backlog to feature retro games I’d like to play to completion and I work on that during slower release periods. 2024 and 2025 were a tad bit slower than your typical gaming years for me, so I was hammering away at things like Panic Restaurant and Whomp ‘Em and finally getting to start Terranigma. I’d say I’m pretty close to feeling caught up on the first three Nintendo home console generations and I’m basically caught up with PlayStation across the board. I’m not sure how much time I’ll have to work on that retro backlog this year, but since it’s all old games now, it’s not as stressful as when it’s new releases. I don’t like trying to balance those. Like when FF16 launched right after TotK, you know? Let a guy breathe! Lol.
Mario Tennis Fever if I feel up to it. I’m feeling quite ill at the moment. Mario Tennis isn’t the only one with a fever, I suppose! Ha!
There’s some demos that were recently released across the platforms I’d like to play too. Monster Hunter Stories 3, Darwin’s Paradox, Lana 2, Replaced, and I think there’s a few more. The release schedule’s about to explode.
Rumor is there’s a general Direct next week, so hopefully that’s true and we see these games. I don’t think I’ll get Elden Ring a second time, even though it’s a truly remarkable game, but I am interested in Duskbloods.
@Maxz The narrative!? Have you forgotten!? “The cake is a lie!”
But seriously, it’s insanity that the N64 golf and tennis games are considered beloved and 90+ on Meta if we analyze things a bit deeper. If people are complaining about how little content modern games have, they’ve never played “the classics,” which were also sold at full retail price of $60, which, if you account for inflation, was far a higher expense in 2000 than it is today, despite the $10 price increase of modern games. Imagine paying $60 for a game with no story mode and it getting 90+ on Metacritic.
Wild times some of us experienced before this renaissance of overtly critical thinking.
Anyone that is experiencing rage over this game being a 77, ask yourself how Mario sports titles typically review. This would be the 6th best reviewed Mario sports title of all time according to Metacritic scores, behind the second Strikers game, the GBA Tennis and Golf titles, and the original N64 Tennis and Golf titles. All in all, this one reviewed quite well for its particular genre.
It sounds like it’s a Mario Tennis game. The short adventure mode isn’t a con to me. It’s an appetizer. And it sounds like the main course of frenetic multiplayer action is well worth the meal. I honestly can’t wait to play this one!
This sounds like it’ll be my go-to Mario multiplayer game on Switch 2 for the future. I loved Aces too, as much as, yes, I’ve got nostalgia for the GBA Mario Sports games. It sounds like Fever, like Aces, will be some good, clean, simple, gameplay-first fun and I appreciate that.
Just gotta go easy enough on the kids, so they can develop some skill…
I let my son play the demo instead of me and he seemed to like it. I’ve never been a huge fan of Monster Hunter, but this one does look a bit special and different from the series at large. I’m honestly contemplating picking it up.
That looks fantastic, a lot of classic Nintendo energy in this scene. I can see my son wanting to high five me after the Toad part at the end and he’s not even interested in this one… yet. My wife keeps telling me that no one’s going to want to play this one with me, but she’s wrong! It feels so Nintendo. As long as my copy arrives on time, the 12th is going to be a great day! This is the first big game of the year of me.
With this one being a key card, I’m just going to grab it digitally, I think, unless I change my mind on picking it up. I’ve got a decent chunk of eshop credits and I’m thinking this one, Rubato, and… another digital game or few (seriously, we need to start getting some release dates for this year, things like Orbitals and Mina the Hollower). Neat preorder bonus though. My wife would like it.
I bought Battle of Asciion on the Steamdeck and that’s a neat little curio. I’m mostly playing “waiting for Mario Tennis to come out next week.” I’m feeling ready to play my “first big game of the year.”
I have eshop credit on the Switch and Bomberman is looking more appealing than it probably should because I’m ready to buy something good. I might do it. I started watching my son play Monster Hunter Stories 3 yesterday too and I suspect we’ll continue.
Pragmata and RE are already preordered on PS5. To be honest, I’m still not sure how I feel about Elliot. Realistically, the only game out of this batch I’m definitely getting is Orbitals. I hate to say it, but I get the feeling that, just like last year, I’m going to end up using my Switch 2 basically for first party games again, which is a bummer. We need more exclusives, not just late ports.
I watched the Direct with my wife and son last night. It’s sort of weird for me now because I’m almost looking for games for my son as much as I’m looking for me now. He’s interested in the Monster Hunter game, so I downloaded the demo for him. My son thought the Scott Pilgrim game looked cool too. My wife said she felt like she’d already seen most if the games and asked if I already had a lot of them. She said I should play Pragmata with my daughter and if it’s good, we’ve got Halloween figured out. Lol. She liked the Bomberman reveal. She said she’d never heard of him before, but she’d like to try them. My son and wife both got excited about Oblivion as if they’d never heard of it or seen me play it last year. They both really wanted it. They both also liked the Tomodachi Life Direct better than the Partner Direct.
A shame we didn’t get Goemon in the West though. That would’ve been a genuine surprise and delight.
Overall, I’d say the Direct was a 5/10. Felt like a bunch of old games coming to Switch that were on other platforms last year, unfortunately. And most of the compelling games had already been advertised to death. There just wasn’t that element of surprise or freshness to the Switch content, you know? I want to feel more excited about Nintendo’s line up than I currently do, I guess.
Let’s see that third one launch at the end of the year. If you’re a Switch only gamer, jump on these games. Playing Rebirth may still be the high point in the PS5 catalog for me.
I’ve got to get back and play this demo. I’m a little oversaturated on Square’s consistent push for 2D-3D visuals, but… if the games are good, they’re good, and they’re usually good.
@sportymariosonicmixx The Switch 2 is selling very well. It outsold the WiiU’s lifetime sales in the half year it’s been out.
Also, 2008’s recession is a very different circumstance from 2026’s overall economic mindset. Being in America, things feel far more tumultuous right now, though I’m not so certain that’s 100% obvious on paper. It’s perhaps not wise to discuss too deeply about that here, as this isn’t really a political or economic forum, and discussing too in-depth is going off topic.
I’ll keep it simple and say that most of my personal stock and investments are in tech and I’ve “lost money” unilaterally across my investments this last year in a substantial way. My investments have decreased profitability by around 23% altogether. Yes, I do own Nintendo stock. YTD, that’s only down 12% as of the time of writing. That’s better than a lot of things. Even “sure bets” like Nvidia are down nearly 7% this year so far. So realistically, I don’t feel there’s any reason currently to panic about Nintendo’s stock price in comparison to the economy at large. Besides, once the Switch 2 fills out its release slate, it’ll attract more potential shoppers that have held off to date. A big Mario, Zelda, a genuinely next gen Pokemon game… these things will get people to buy the console en masse and they’ll come. Also, the Mario movie will likely positively impact the Nintendo stocks soon enough as well. Nintendo’s been in far worse situations than it’s in right now.
Oh man, I just hope this isn’t a collection of “Goty Contender Greatest Hits Previous Years Edition.” I love that new people can play great games, but I already played them and I want new games for me. I hope we see Oribitals, Mina the Hollower, and Witchbrook, but I also hope we see something we might not know about yet.
I haven’t touched my Switch 2 all year. I know I’ll be using it for Mario Tennis soon enough, but I dunno… I haven’t played my Switch since I beat Metroid Prime 4.
I feel like there’s a lot of space between Switch releases for me at the moment.
@Bunkerneath Mario Tennis, Hello Mario, and Pokopia are all releasing within a month, Tomadachi Life at the start of April, and Yoshi’s supposed to be launching in Spring. That’s far more first party content than Sony or Xbox have in the same time period. That’s more than they have combined in the same time period, in fact.
The Switch 2 just needs to start churning out some exclusives. I’ll admit that I prefer gaming on the Switch 2, but there’s very little reason to pick up the console for me personally and I’m sure others that have other consoles are feeling the same way. I haven’t touched my Switch 2 once all year. Granted that’ll change next week with Mario Tennis, but I hope that changes tomorrow instead.
It’s about time. I’m really excited for it, even though I can’t say I care much about the current third party line-up. It feels like we need an update on the first party games like Yoshi and Fire Emblem, but maybe Nintendo’s strategy going forward is to give individual games individual Directs? Seems like things are transitioning to that a little bit.
It’s so frustrating that these things leak weeks in advance and then Nintendo waits til the day before to finally announce. At this point, man, would I love this Direct to end with a timeline of future Directs the first half of the year just so that the leakers can’t do it first. Since this was leaked as a partner Direct, people are already trying to “leak the REAL Direct” and it’s a little obnoxious.
It seems all of my stocks and investments are dropping, some of them are crashing. What can you do? That’s just an uncertain economy. This is not at all isolated to Nintendo.
@hcfwesker Totally disagree. The game’s easy, but so are BotW and Mario Odyssey and you don’t see people reaming those games. The reaction towards the ancillary characters was totally overblown as well. It’s not a perfect game, and it’s dated in places, but the fact that it feels as vintage as it does was honestly refreshing to me. It plays very similarly to the other games in the Prime series and I’d honestly say it does a better job with world crafting and sound design. It doesn’t top the original Prime, but honestly what does? People were dog piling on the game as if it’s Metroid Prime: Farcry. Prime 2 and 3 weren’t perfect games either. There’s far worse games out there than Metroid Prime 4. I’ve played the entire series as it’s released and, for me, it’s certainly no second coming of Other M.
The demo on Steam was fantastic. Preordered on PS5 rather than Switch, but I can’t wait. It might be my most anticipated third party release this year.
2026 is the year of Capcom. RE, MH Stories, Pragmata are launching month after month and then there’s Onimusha and who knows what else? Seriously, Capcom’s keeping this industry alive.
@kmtrain83 They’re solid games, but they all feel like mid-tier mid-generation titles. Even DK Bananza felt like a mid-generation game by virtue of being an experimental platformer. Seems odd for Nintendo, but then again Xbox and PlayStation also launched their latest consoles with a relatively vacant and lower stakes release slate too. By comparison, the Switch 2 has more volume right now this far into the console’s lifespan to date when it comes to first party titles.
Metroid Prime 4’s fantastic, but the internet seemed to have an agenda against it and, since it’s already a niche enough title, that did the game no favors. It deserved better treatment.
Love Fire Emblem a lot a lot and it’s my most anticipated game this year, especially if it has ties to Three Houses like it appears to, but let’s all be real here: that’s selling consoles like Metroid Prime 4 is selling consoles. Personally, Yoshi, Mario Tennis, Pokopia, Fire Emblem, and Rhythm Heaven alone is a strong line-up for me, but I’ll even I’ll admit that line-up’s missing a console seller. Switch 2 has such a more niche line-up, which I love, but I also would love it more if the conversation around the console changed where people see it as an essential console like the first Switch. That will require something more mainstream and yet also more novel than anything currently scheduled.
Mine is… somewhere? I moved four years ago and I know I didn’t throw it away, but it’s also not anywhere near the game stuff. I don’t know where it is now.
Neat. This looks pretty solid. I’ll try out the demo on Steam and hopefully this one’s the first true hit of the year for me. It looks like it could be.
Mio should be my cup of tea, but, as @Kraven said above me, it’s unbalanced. The visuals are good, but it’s ultimately not a favorite of mine. I’ve no interest in Dispatch, despite really enjoying Telltale games as I’m not a fan of superhero stuff. I’d say I liked Cassette Boy best this last month, but that one didn’t really click with me either. I’ve enjoyed my Steam backlog far more than anything new I’ve played last month. My Little Puppy, when it comes to Switch, which it will, I recommend that. That one’s really standing out to me for being a relatively new and unique title out there right now.
February should be a better month if there truly is a Direct. A Partner Direct especially means an above average shadow drop is likely.
My Little Puppy is my game of the weekend. I started playing it with the wife and kids last night and it seems to be a short one. I imagine there’s a possibility I’ll complete the game and have yet more gaming time this weekend as the wife is sick and I expect she may want to rest rather than do our weekend plans, but I’m not sure what else I may play just yet.
Not sure just yet. This is one that I’m tempted to get for my wife and kids. It seems like it might be up their alley, but it also might not be. I’ll do some research, read the reviews, and see. It might be very much for them, but also it might not be. It’s not one I’d buy for myself, but hey Pragmata’s out in April too, so it’s good to have other games for the family to play while I’m playing that one.
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Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Gen 3 Pokémon?
For me, Gen 3 was the first generation where I felt like Pokemon were sort of hit or miss in design. It was the generation where I started swaying from Pokemon a bit. I just remember thinking the gen 1 remakes were the better gen 3 games.
I picked Wynaut for Gen 3 because it’s a baby Wobbuffet.
Re: Stellar Blade Dev Might Be Eyeing A Switch 2 Release In The Future
Something for the next Nintendo Switch Port-ner Direct
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Gen 2 Pokémon?
The psychic and dragon slaying Pokemon: Sneasel!
It’s sort of funny, I basically played Gen 2 as if I was a dark type gym leader.
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Gen 1 Pokémon?
Haunter was my first favorite Pokemon, so I’m sticking with him. I just remember catching my first one in Lavender Town and the Pokemon felt like a monster. I didn’t have trade cables, so I max leveled him and he never became a Gengar. Even still, I wiped the floor with him in the game.
Jeez, I wonder if I can still remember my first team…
Blastoise
Haunter
Kadabra
Hitmonlee
Nidoking
Zapdos
…I think that’s the first team I beat the Elite 4 with.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (14th February)
@Divide_and_Wander Like @Chimaj, I consider games I’ve not yet played as my backlog or games I have played and intend to return to at some point. Mine was sort of gruesome for a few years, but then 2020 hit and I sort of had the time to sort through things and just play. By the time I was working again at the end of the year, I had things structured and there’s not much remaining in there now, at least not in a modern sense. I was sort of blessed as a kid with a rental store down the street from me, so I was typically pretty up to date on gaming throughout my youth. It was really only in that Switch/PS4/Xbone era that I didn’t keep up, and that sort of changed in 2020. In the meantime since though, I’ve redirected my backlog to feature retro games I’d like to play to completion and I work on that during slower release periods. 2024 and 2025 were a tad bit slower than your typical gaming years for me, so I was hammering away at things like Panic Restaurant and Whomp ‘Em and finally getting to start Terranigma. I’d say I’m pretty close to feeling caught up on the first three Nintendo home console generations and I’m basically caught up with PlayStation across the board. I’m not sure how much time I’ll have to work on that retro backlog this year, but since it’s all old games now, it’s not as stressful as when it’s new releases. I don’t like trying to balance those. Like when FF16 launched right after TotK, you know? Let a guy breathe! Lol.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (14th February)
Mario Tennis Fever if I feel up to it. I’m feeling quite ill at the moment. Mario Tennis isn’t the only one with a fever, I suppose! Ha!
There’s some demos that were recently released across the platforms I’d like to play too. Monster Hunter Stories 3, Darwin’s Paradox, Lana 2, Replaced, and I think there’s a few more. The release schedule’s about to explode.
Re: Yes, Elden Ring & The Duskbloods Are Definitely Still Coming To Switch 2 In 2026
Rumor is there’s a general Direct next week, so hopefully that’s true and we see these games. I don’t think I’ll get Elden Ring a second time, even though it’s a truly remarkable game, but I am interested in Duskbloods.
Re: Pokémon Pokopia Promises A Chunky Main Story With "More Things To Experience" After Credits
@TripleJump Yeah, I typically can’t play games like that either. They play things like Minecraft and I play things with a storyline. Lol.
Re: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remaster Art Book Pops Up On Amazon
Well, the State of Play is today, so…
Re: Pokémon Pokopia Promises A Chunky Main Story With "More Things To Experience" After Credits
@TripleJump Yeah, that’s how I play, but not my wife and kids! Lol. They’re still playing Animal Crossing!
Re: Pokémon Pokopia Promises A Chunky Main Story With "More Things To Experience" After Credits
If it’s like Animal Crossing, the playtime can’t be measured in hours because it’s infinite.
Re: Preview: Despite Low Expectations, Pokémon Pokopia Had Me Grinning From Ear To Ear
Got my eshop ready for this one to buy it for myself… and then probably end up watching my wife and kids hog the Switch 2 to play it instead.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Mario Tennis Fever
@Maxz The narrative!? Have you forgotten!? “The cake is a lie!”
But seriously, it’s insanity that the N64 golf and tennis games are considered beloved and 90+ on Meta if we analyze things a bit deeper. If people are complaining about how little content modern games have, they’ve never played “the classics,” which were also sold at full retail price of $60, which, if you account for inflation, was far a higher expense in 2000 than it is today, despite the $10 price increase of modern games. Imagine paying $60 for a game with no story mode and it getting 90+ on Metacritic.
Wild times some of us experienced before this renaissance of overtly critical thinking.
Re: Poll: So, Do You Prefer Hollow Knight Or Silksong?
I think Silksong has a slight edge to Hollow Knight, but they’re both perfect 10/10s for me.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Mario Tennis Fever
Anyone that is experiencing rage over this game being a 77, ask yourself how Mario sports titles typically review. This would be the 6th best reviewed Mario sports title of all time according to Metacritic scores, behind the second Strikers game, the GBA Tennis and Golf titles, and the original N64 Tennis and Golf titles. All in all, this one reviewed quite well for its particular genre.
Re: Review: Mario Tennis Fever (Switch 2) - Slim For Singles, But An Addictive Core Gives It Online Legs
It sounds like it’s a Mario Tennis game. The short adventure mode isn’t a con to me. It’s an appetizer. And it sounds like the main course of frenetic multiplayer action is well worth the meal. I honestly can’t wait to play this one!
This sounds like it’ll be my go-to Mario multiplayer game on Switch 2 for the future. I loved Aces too, as much as, yes, I’ve got nostalgia for the GBA Mario Sports games. It sounds like Fever, like Aces, will be some good, clean, simple, gameplay-first fun and I appreciate that.
Just gotta go easy enough on the kids, so they can develop some skill…
Re: Pokémon Pokopia Demo Event Is Heading To London This Week
I have a feeling this one will have a downloadable demo too, but it’ll be announced at the Pokemon showcase at the end of the month.
Re: Rayman Really Is Back, According To The Series Creator
I wonder if this’ll be in the State of Play.
Hey, I get it. Ubisoft’s falling apart and doing questionable business now, but I do like Rayman, so I’m at least curious to see it.
Re: Video: Monster Hunter Stories 3 Trial Demo Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2, Xbox Series S, PS5)
I let my son play the demo instead of me and he seemed to like it. I’ve never been a huge fan of Monster Hunter, but this one does look a bit special and different from the series at large. I’m honestly contemplating picking it up.
Re: Capcom's New IP Is Off To A Promising Start As Demo Hits One Million "Combined Downloads"
Downloaded the demo on Steam last year and immediately preordered on PS5 after that. It’s utterly fantastic.
Re: Mario Tennis Fever's Opening Movie Is As Cinematic As They Come
That looks fantastic, a lot of classic Nintendo energy in this scene. I can see my son wanting to high five me after the Toad part at the end and he’s not even interested in this one… yet. My wife keeps telling me that no one’s going to want to play this one with me, but she’s wrong! It feels so Nintendo. As long as my copy arrives on time, the 12th is going to be a great day! This is the first big game of the year of me.
Re: Pokémon Pokopia Switch 2 New Pre-Order Bonus Revealed (US)
With this one being a key card, I’m just going to grab it digitally, I think, unless I change my mind on picking it up. I’ve got a decent chunk of eshop credits and I’m thinking this one, Rubato, and… another digital game or few (seriously, we need to start getting some release dates for this year, things like Orbitals and Mina the Hollower). Neat preorder bonus though. My wife would like it.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (7th February)
I bought Battle of Asciion on the Steamdeck and that’s a neat little curio. I’m mostly playing “waiting for Mario Tennis to come out next week.” I’m feeling ready to play my “first big game of the year.”
I have eshop credit on the Switch and Bomberman is looking more appealing than it probably should because I’m ready to buy something good. I might do it. I started watching my son play Monster Hunter Stories 3 yesterday too and I suspect we’ll continue.
Re: Nintendo Showcases Every Switch And Switch 2 Partner Direct Game In New Infographic
Pragmata and RE are already preordered on PS5. To be honest, I’m still not sure how I feel about Elliot. Realistically, the only game out of this batch I’m definitely getting is Orbitals. I hate to say it, but I get the feeling that, just like last year, I’m going to end up using my Switch 2 basically for first party games again, which is a bummer. We need more exclusives, not just late ports.
I watched the Direct with my wife and son last night. It’s sort of weird for me now because I’m almost looking for games for my son as much as I’m looking for me now. He’s interested in the Monster Hunter game, so I downloaded the demo for him. My son thought the Scott Pilgrim game looked cool too. My wife said she felt like she’d already seen most if the games and asked if I already had a lot of them. She said I should play Pragmata with my daughter and if it’s good, we’ve got Halloween figured out. Lol. She liked the Bomberman reveal. She said she’d never heard of him before, but she’d like to try them. My son and wife both got excited about Oblivion as if they’d never heard of it or seen me play it last year. They both really wanted it. They both also liked the Tomodachi Life Direct better than the Partner Direct.
Re: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase February 2026: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
Can’t wait for Orbitals!
A shame we didn’t get Goemon in the West though. That would’ve been a genuine surprise and delight.
Overall, I’d say the Direct was a 5/10. Felt like a bunch of old games coming to Switch that were on other platforms last year, unfortunately. And most of the compelling games had already been advertised to death. There just wasn’t that element of surprise or freshness to the Switch content, you know? I want to feel more excited about Nintendo’s line up than I currently do, I guess.
Re: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Gets A Release Date For Switch 2
@theconstellationiris I’d be ok if they did that release date. Fantastic!
Re: Pragmata Lands April Release Date And A New Switch 2 Demo
Already preordered on PS5 after playing the Steam demo. Is this the same demo?
Re: Surprise! Hollow Knight - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Launches Today
I’ll take the free upgrade, but did this really need to be in the partner showcase?
Re: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Gets A Release Date For Switch 2
Let’s see that third one launch at the end of the year. If you’re a Switch only gamer, jump on these games. Playing Rebirth may still be the high point in the PS5 catalog for me.
Re: Square Enix's Gorgeous HD-2D Zelda-Like 'The Adventures Of Elliot' Launches This June
I’ve got to get back and play this demo. I’m a little oversaturated on Square’s consistent push for 2D-3D visuals, but… if the games are good, they’re good, and they’re usually good.
Re: Switch 2 Exclusive 'Orbitals' Mixes Anime Visuals And Co-Op Puzzle Platforming This Summer
100% the best looking game in the Direct. This one looks truly exciting. Hopefully this one’s low on the difficulty curve for my wife’s sake.
Re: Nintendo's Share Price Drops 11% Following Its Financial Release
@sportymariosonicmixx The Switch 2 is selling very well. It outsold the WiiU’s lifetime sales in the half year it’s been out.
Also, 2008’s recession is a very different circumstance from 2026’s overall economic mindset. Being in America, things feel far more tumultuous right now, though I’m not so certain that’s 100% obvious on paper. It’s perhaps not wise to discuss too deeply about that here, as this isn’t really a political or economic forum, and discussing too in-depth is going off topic.
I’ll keep it simple and say that most of my personal stock and investments are in tech and I’ve “lost money” unilaterally across my investments this last year in a substantial way. My investments have decreased profitability by around 23% altogether. Yes, I do own Nintendo stock. YTD, that’s only down 12% as of the time of writing. That’s better than a lot of things. Even “sure bets” like Nvidia are down nearly 7% this year so far. So realistically, I don’t feel there’s any reason currently to panic about Nintendo’s stock price in comparison to the economy at large. Besides, once the Switch 2 fills out its release slate, it’ll attract more potential shoppers that have held off to date. A big Mario, Zelda, a genuinely next gen Pokemon game… these things will get people to buy the console en masse and they’ll come. Also, the Mario movie will likely positively impact the Nintendo stocks soon enough as well. Nintendo’s been in far worse situations than it’s in right now.
Re: After Multiple Delays, Cult Hit 'Caves Of Qud' Is Finally Hitting Switch This Month
I have been contemplating getting this one on Steam since it launched and I still haven’t made up my mind. This… doesn’t help me decide. Lol.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Direct February Partner Predictions - What Do You Want To See?
Oh man, I just hope this isn’t a collection of “Goty Contender Greatest Hits Previous Years Edition.” I love that new people can play great games, but I already played them and I want new games for me. I hope we see Oribitals, Mina the Hollower, and Witchbrook, but I also hope we see something we might not know about yet.
I haven’t touched my Switch 2 all year. I know I’ll be using it for Mario Tennis soon enough, but I dunno… I haven’t played my Switch since I beat Metroid Prime 4.
I feel like there’s a lot of space between Switch releases for me at the moment.
Re: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase Announced For Tomorrow, 5th February 2026
@Bunkerneath Mario Tennis, Hello Mario, and Pokopia are all releasing within a month, Tomadachi Life at the start of April, and Yoshi’s supposed to be launching in Spring. That’s far more first party content than Sony or Xbox have in the same time period. That’s more than they have combined in the same time period, in fact.
The Switch 2 just needs to start churning out some exclusives. I’ll admit that I prefer gaming on the Switch 2, but there’s very little reason to pick up the console for me personally and I’m sure others that have other consoles are feeling the same way. I haven’t touched my Switch 2 once all year. Granted that’ll change next week with Mario Tennis, but I hope that changes tomorrow instead.
Re: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase Announced For Tomorrow, 5th February 2026
It’s about time. I’m really excited for it, even though I can’t say I care much about the current third party line-up. It feels like we need an update on the first party games like Yoshi and Fire Emblem, but maybe Nintendo’s strategy going forward is to give individual games individual Directs? Seems like things are transitioning to that a little bit.
It’s so frustrating that these things leak weeks in advance and then Nintendo waits til the day before to finally announce. At this point, man, would I love this Direct to end with a timeline of future Directs the first half of the year just so that the leakers can’t do it first. Since this was leaked as a partner Direct, people are already trying to “leak the REAL Direct” and it’s a little obnoxious.
Re: Nintendo's Share Price Drops 11% Following Its Financial Release
It seems all of my stocks and investments are dropping, some of them are crashing. What can you do? That’s just an uncertain economy. This is not at all isolated to Nintendo.
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Sales Have Got Off To A Slow Start
@hcfwesker Totally disagree. The game’s easy, but so are BotW and Mario Odyssey and you don’t see people reaming those games. The reaction towards the ancillary characters was totally overblown as well. It’s not a perfect game, and it’s dated in places, but the fact that it feels as vintage as it does was honestly refreshing to me. It plays very similarly to the other games in the Prime series and I’d honestly say it does a better job with world crafting and sound design. It doesn’t top the original Prime, but honestly what does? People were dog piling on the game as if it’s Metroid Prime: Farcry. Prime 2 and 3 weren’t perfect games either. There’s far worse games out there than Metroid Prime 4. I’ve played the entire series as it’s released and, for me, it’s certainly no second coming of Other M.
Re: Round Up: The Final Previews Are In For Mario Tennis Fever
I’ve got this one preordered. If it tops the last Mario Tennis game, it’ll be my favorite Mario sports game ever. Mario just does Tennis right.
Re: Preview: Pragmata Might Wind Up Being The Biggest Surprise Of 2026
The demo on Steam was fantastic. Preordered on PS5 rather than Switch, but I can’t wait. It might be my most anticipated third party release this year.
2026 is the year of Capcom. RE, MH Stories, Pragmata are launching month after month and then there’s Onimusha and who knows what else? Seriously, Capcom’s keeping this industry alive.
Re: Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch 2 Games
@kmtrain83 They’re solid games, but they all feel like mid-tier mid-generation titles. Even DK Bananza felt like a mid-generation game by virtue of being an experimental platformer. Seems odd for Nintendo, but then again Xbox and PlayStation also launched their latest consoles with a relatively vacant and lower stakes release slate too. By comparison, the Switch 2 has more volume right now this far into the console’s lifespan to date when it comes to first party titles.
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Sales Have Got Off To A Slow Start
Metroid Prime 4’s fantastic, but the internet seemed to have an agenda against it and, since it’s already a niche enough title, that did the game no favors. It deserved better treatment.
Re: Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch 2 Games
Love Fire Emblem a lot a lot and it’s my most anticipated game this year, especially if it has ties to Three Houses like it appears to, but let’s all be real here: that’s selling consoles like Metroid Prime 4 is selling consoles. Personally, Yoshi, Mario Tennis, Pokopia, Fire Emblem, and Rhythm Heaven alone is a strong line-up for me, but I’ll even I’ll admit that line-up’s missing a console seller. Switch 2 has such a more niche line-up, which I love, but I also would love it more if the conversation around the console changed where people see it as an essential console like the first Switch. That will require something more mainstream and yet also more novel than anything currently scheduled.
Re: Talking Point: Where's Your Nintendo Labo Now?
Mine is… somewhere? I moved four years ago and I know I didn’t throw it away, but it’s also not anywhere near the game stuff. I don’t know where it is now.
Re: 'Under The Island' Looks Packed With Minish Cap-Style Charm In New Release Date Trailer
Neat. This looks pretty solid. I’ll try out the demo on Steam and hopefully this one’s the first true hit of the year for me. It looks like it could be.
Re: Feature: Nintendo Life eShop Selects (January 2026)
Personally, January’s a miss for me.
Mio should be my cup of tea, but, as @Kraven said above me, it’s unbalanced. The visuals are good, but it’s ultimately not a favorite of mine. I’ve no interest in Dispatch, despite really enjoying Telltale games as I’m not a fan of superhero stuff. I’d say I liked Cassette Boy best this last month, but that one didn’t really click with me either. I’ve enjoyed my Steam backlog far more than anything new I’ve played last month. My Little Puppy, when it comes to Switch, which it will, I recommend that. That one’s really standing out to me for being a relatively new and unique title out there right now.
February should be a better month if there truly is a Direct. A Partner Direct especially means an above average shadow drop is likely.
Re: Feature: Here's All The Best Switch 2 & Nintendo Stuff I've 3D Printed So Far
Wow, that headrest mount idea is absolutely genius. I feel like I should get one of those for the kids (Dad’s always the driving one in my house).
Re: Poll: What Nintendo Switch 2 Games Are You Most Excited For In 2026?
To keep it simple: the first party games
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (31st January)
My Little Puppy is my game of the weekend. I started playing it with the wife and kids last night and it seems to be a short one. I imagine there’s a possibility I’ll complete the game and have yet more gaming time this weekend as the wife is sick and I expect she may want to rest rather than do our weekend plans, but I’m not sure what else I may play just yet.
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream For Switch?
Not sure just yet. This is one that I’m tempted to get for my wife and kids. It seems like it might be up their alley, but it also might not be. I’ll do some research, read the reviews, and see. It might be very much for them, but also it might not be. It’s not one I’d buy for myself, but hey Pragmata’s out in April too, so it’s good to have other games for the family to play while I’m playing that one.