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@Damo
Just so you see this feedback. Not trying to clog the feed, but not sure how else to contact staff members. I come to Nintendo life because it is generally one of the FEW safe places online to AVOID this stuff. Seems lately it's been a bit different, not as bad as elsewhere, but we don't need this. I know at some point sites can't cater to me, I can always move on and go to different sites as I moved on from IGN, gamestop, kotaku, etc. because I personally am choosing NOT to look at cleavage, phallic symbols, etc. etc. ... Just wish this place would stay "safe" because I love this site. it's the ONLY gaming site I go to. Thanks for reading.

@GC-161
It's not about sheltering really. I think shelter too much and they just die of shock when they found out what's out there. That said, I recognize it just fine and am intentionally at this site to avoid seeing stuff like that. I know at some point sites can't cater to me, I just have to move on as I did from IGN, gamestop, kotaku, etc. because I personally am choosing NOT to look at cleavage, phallic symbols, etc. etc.
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Just wish this place would stay "safe" because I love this site. it's the ONLY gaming site I go to.

SO I can't check nintendo life with the kids around anymore? I mean come on. I don't want to see that in the first place, but especially to put it front page.

I come to Nintendo life because it is generally one of the FEW safe places online to AVOID this stuff. It's why I don't go to IGN anymore. But lately it's been different, not as bad as elsewhere, but we don't need this.

this tactic works like once. then when they realize it has nothing to do with the game you have hurt future sales on everything from the company because you lose trust that your product is what it says it is.

LUIGI.
Where is he? Without Luigi it is patently impossible for this to be teh greatest Mario game. I mean, it's the daggone Mario BROTHERS, people! The excuse with Mario 64 was development time and different skill set. No excuse here, with so much extra content and costumes, etc. etc. Luigi should be selectable and playable from the title screen.. If they have to change the princess to Daisy or something in that case, so be it, for the wedding's sake, but you can't just leave out Nintendo's greatest character.

@Malcrash
Whoa seriously? Why? I mean, they had one bad run where almost every runner died early, but that game is like THE game for that event. real bummer.

I know I'm late to the party, but the REAL answer is:
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Super Luigi U.

Galaxy games are INFINITELY better because you can play as Luigi. That simple.

@AlexOlney Any chance we can avoid using Jesus' name as an exclamation? I know you're frustrated, and I def don't think an outfit is spoiler enough to warrant warning. But it's offensive to use Jesus name that way to a lot of us! keep up the great vids though!

@Dev I get them focusing on Mario, but I heard from 64 it was that they didn't have capacity to develop Luigi separately with his different moveset etc. Well, obviously they do lately as they put him in Galaxy and 3D Land and all of NSLuigiU.

So I just don't get it. It's the Mario BROTHERS so why EVER leave him out??? Year of Luigi was awesome. But leaving him out of flagship titles is bootleg. A big part of why I'm just not that interested in this game.

I will be FURIOUS if the only way to act like Luigi is with a costume.
There better be some "SUPER LUIGI ILIAD" dlc incoming. He got the shaft in 64 and Sunshine, had to be unlocked in Galaxy. I mean come on. I know it's not the year of Luigi, but EVERYONE knows he should be playable. Spend less time on "dress-up" and more on Luigi.

@QwertyQwerty
I thought it looked dumb. too simple. why is everyone watching in on twitch?

then i played it. it really is crazy fun pick-up-and play. simple to play, hard to master, always matches with people at my level. Truck Soccer as i call it, is awesome fun.

Forget Luigi's Mansion.

I want LUIGI'S ILIAD.

I'm playing Dragon Quest VII.

Also, I could not hate the design of all those rabbits in Mario Odyssey any more than I already do. Very un-Mario world-ish. oh well. at least i still have SMB3.

@BlueOcean
Exactly. Every great game is the "new" greatest of all time. Same problem in sports. Our memories are so short and it's really hard to compare across generations. Mario Odyssey can be great but review scores are half hype anyway. Almost entirely subjective, etc. etc. etc.

Personally, I still know that Lufia II is the greatest game of all time. On the aggregator site that is my brain it is a perfect 10 across the board.

and I'm just over here waiting for Super Luigi Iliad.

IS LUIGI EVEN IN ODYSSEY??? have not seen anyone say. if not, no buy. biggest mistake in mario64 and sunshine.
And if not, then we need....................
LUIGI'S ILIAD

decided not to keep my SNES classic. Realized i have carts for most of them, and could trade or sell it to buy those i don't........ but does that make me a scalper? like if I trade it for an Earthbound cart straight up? hm....

veeveeveeveeveeveeveeveeveeorwhatever

@Pichuka97
still letting me pre-order

@ThanosReXXX
good info. I would argue that the japanese do mix Christian lore in though. out of Eden doesn't mean Hell, it just means the world and if the devil has some dominion there it could connect. Even if not, I see them appropriate Biblical stuff in other places precisely because they consider it legend. they often mix it in.

one example is Megami Tensei where the final boss was YHWH, the tetragrammaton which is the way God's name was written in Hebrew in the old testament. Of course, the rest of the story is anti-biblical if anything, but the borrowed element is there.

another example is one of my favorite anime, D. Gray-Man. They use the story of Noah's flood in a lot of weird ways. Both the terminology (a group of people called "Noah" or the "Ark") and flashbacks to the actual biblical story though it includes strange changes of course). Again, it makes virtually no sense with the actual biblical passage, but they seem to enjoy borrowing some of the motifs.

i've actually done a lot of research on biblical stuff in games so it's fun to find these things.
thanks for your insight and the link too!

does prime discount apply to videogame hardware like it does to pre-order games?

@icerzerocool
got that going on Contra right now. that little red light tells me it's waiting when i get done with my work. haha

@ThanosReXXX
translation is always interpretation. "The Devil's World far from Heaven".... what is meant by that? taking the biblical story (based on Devil/Heaven) what is the part of the world far from heaven? Well, if Adam and Eve went East out of the Garden of Eden after the Devil deceived them.... then now they live in the Devil's world very far (in the east direction) from the heaven-like place that was Eden.

I think it was an English attempt to capture the narrative of being cast out into the world after the confrontation with the devil. that is not uncommon in translation when it is thought for thought instead of word for word.

@Randomname19
I have heard of this game. I have never heard of whatever that link is.

by the way, if I can't apply this to a cart, that is a big disappointment.

seems like they ought to do this as pre-orders not just "release a thousand and hope you get one"

I was totally underwhelmed from the big reveal. still basically am. haven't seen anything yet (including mario strangely enough) that makes me say "i gotta get a switch". maybe i'm just boring now, but i'm more excited when i get a sweet deal on SNES carts on ebay.

ok, we get it. all of Europe feels an inferiority complex and takes any opportunity to insult "North America" or USA.
But come on, the NA SNES is not "downright ugly". Boxy? Sure that describes the design. You don't like boxy? Fine, but that's opinion. A lot of people share it? who cares?
I LOVE the NA design BECAUSE it's boxy. I like the SFC controller better because it's colorful. Why insult the NA SNES EVERY SINGLE TIME!?!?!? it gets old and it's a petty / bad look.

sure tons of games, but a ton are indy (not that those are bad, but they are limited) and a ton more are ports or re-releases. Not unusual for the first year, but I feel like we're in some serious self-back-patting group think here.

those of you who frequent other game sites (i don't) - is the buzz actually positive about switch, or are we just looking for things to be happy about because this site is called nintendolife?

@neufel
while you're there, could you also tell my Buffalo Bills to tank the season and select Peyton Manning in 1998? thanks!

@Elanczewski
like when i first found out that Jordan and Barkley are friends or that Tom Brady and Peyton Manning love golfing together.
I was SHOCKED and APPALLED. lol. Turns out people who like the same thing (sports or making games) enjoy being together and hope each other succeed. lol
Anyway, now back to raging online against sony ponies, xbots, and nintendrones.

@wazlon
i thought that was the worst most uninspired part. lol. glad i'm the 1% who seems to hate this song, cuz i'm glad everyone is having fun and glad this bodes VERY well for nintendo.

On another note, I haven't seen anyone say this, but I think "Odyssey" is not just a fun word for Mario's big adventure.
THEORY: I think it's based on Homer's Odyssey. Paulina is either Calypso (who imprisoned Odysseus) or a siren (thus the singing) trying to keep him from returning to his wife, Peach. Meanwhile, thinking he's gone for good (like Odysseus) other suiters (Bowser) come to try to win his bride (Peach) but she stays faithful while he journeys back to her. at the end Mario will slay Bowser just like Odysseus slew the suitors.

you heard it here first. 20 years from now a "developer interview" will tell us how the islands were based on parts of that epic poem.

1. Mario still creeps me out in a crowd of regularly proportioned humans.

2. Am I the ONLY one who finds this song cheesy, poorly written, and obnoxious? I am beyond sick of it.

lol @ burgertime. wasted every day after school playing that and waiting for my parents.

@thesilverbrick
it needs attention AND food

90's kid here.
Tamagotchi was lame.

NEver really attempted this before SNES classic edition. Rewind feature makes it's money right here. lol. how did anyone actually play this back in the day? it's not just hard, but has instant death from things with no warning. demands thousands of playthroughs probably.

ALSO - when i did the rewind until finally getting to the princess and the STARTING OVER IS PART OF THE GAME?!?!?!?!!? nope. done with this. it was fun enough with rewind, but that's an insane troll.

Out of This World (mind-blowing game i just discovered a few years ago)
R-Type III
Space Megaforce
Torneko no Daiboken: Fushigi no Dungeon --- only bought it to "complete" my SNES Dragon Quest, and it's actually CRAZY addictive.
100% agree on these 4.

@roy130390
yeah this is more like Wii shop muzak than jazz.

Designed to help you "sleep or study"..... uh..... those are like opposites? how could the same music do both? and what if it DID both and I fell asleep studying? can't risk it.

@NintendoRob1977
yeah they took that from the F-ZERO model. definitely painful knowing there's part of it you'll never get to appreciate or enjoy because i'm a perpetual noob. can't help it. still love gaming though.

@Joeynator3000
depends. i hated the muzak of the wii and wii u wasn't much better. now the SNES mini has the same wii style dentist's office music. blech. i'd rather have silence or just the mario theme.

Why would I play this game when I could be using that time to fall down the stairs or stare directly into the sun?

Played this with my buddy. It was like we weren't having fun (kinda tedious) but kept starting the next level. Just shows you the value of local multi-player. I think he got it free from "games with live" or whatever on xbox so we tried it.

idk, the music is nice, but the original music "matches" if you know what i mean. even now when I buy soundtracks from SNES games I'm looking for "original sound versions" because otherwise it just feels not quite right.

@gurtifus
YOU SIRE ARE A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR.

LUFIA II. Hands down. the one game I would add. Best ever.

I have tried to do that ground rotation thing. that is hard. props for skill level.

Does anyone else feel like it's weird for them to be cannonizing a wedding? I mean, before it's always just a kiss, no real romance stories, and vague whether she really likes him or is just thankful. Like he's her hero but not necessarily her man.

It's getting too real in New Donk City.

Like the real tower of Babel, this game is a HUGE mistake.