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“iicon”? Good lord, just cancel it now.

“Typically, we've had franchises perform very well on Nintendo platforms”

Er, what?

Will Nintendo really not reveal anything else between now and April 2nd? It's Nintendo, so who knows, but I wouldn't think the April 2nd blowout means that we won't find out anything else (price, release date, etc) before then.

Today I learned that there are people who still play the Wii U, and they’re all very, very angry for some reason.

I mean, should they include the full development staff for both the Wii and 3DS versions, as well as the Switch staff? Even though it’s just a port, is the work of every single original staffer represented in the Switch version? Do you include the QA staff for the Wii and 3DS versions as well?

My God, I didn’t realize it was originally announced over seven years ago. I know development was started over from scratch at one point, but still. A book should be written about this game’s development.

@Anachronism Sure they can, through good old fashioned leaks. It's the same way every garbage iPhone accessory manufacturer on the planet is able to get the exact dimensions of the newest iPhone in time for their products to be in stores on launch day. FoxConn drone #475126748D isn't afraid of Apple or Nintendo.

@Anachronism Have any of these random third party accessory companies signed an NDA with Nintendo? I don't know why anyone thinks Nintendo has any grounds for legal action for these leaks, if that's what they are. Unless they can trace the leak to a company that has an NDA with Nintendo, nothing is stopping anyone from making a Switch 2 mockup.

People expect Nintendo to announce the Switch 2 a mere two weeks after millions of kids just received the old Switch as a Christmas present? Gamers on the internet always think the world revolves around them.

This is the CEO of Sega America and Europe, not the actual head of Sega Japan who would actually make this decision. Although, further mini consoles aren’t likely anyway, because it could be more profitable to release Sega’s retro properties in a subscription service. Or at least, they think it could be more profitable.

I hope that Nintendo does something to make the Switch 2 look different from the original Switch. I guess there's not much they can do when 90% of the design has to be a black rectangle, but still. Reminds me of the Wii U, when people had no idea that it was a completely new system because it basically looked like the Wii with a weird controller.

As an old *****, I’ve played video games for nearly 30 years and I don’t think I’ve ever purchased an UbiSoft game? I know they have somewhat of a pedigree, but a rather mediocre pedigree as far as I’m concerned. I’d rather play Castlevania or Metroid than Prince of Persia, and Mario, Donkey Kong, Sonic, etc rather than Rayman. The appeal of Rabbids has always escaped me. How UbiSoft got Nintendo to license Mario to them for the Rabbids games is the most interesting thing about them.

@Daniel36 Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but Sega just issued a cease and desist asking for all SuperSega units to be destroyed. Assuming they actually manufactured any and it wasn't just a scam to begin with.

Stay away from this one, the input lag is horrible. Or at least, it's immediately noticeable to anyone who's familiar with how the original versions played. If you've never played any of these, you might not even notice it. Emphasis on "might".

This article is like a checklist of all the things that I would never want to see in a video game.

Isn’t Sonic X Shadow Generations another 9 rated game that’s included in this sale?

Oh no, not Thunderful.

Who?

Good riddance. Garbage release with horrible input lag. Hopefully this means a new compilation that’s actually playable.

Some of you sound like a blast at parties. He went to Japan because he wanted to, and made some Tik Tok nonsense for fun (and maybe money? Does Tik Tok pay content creators? I have no idea.) He’s not peddling conspiracy theories or hateful paranoia for the very gullible, so more power to him.

People who are dumb enough to think this garbage is rare or collectible might as well give their money to CKRD. If this company didn't exist, they'd just waste it on Funko Pops or some get rich quick scheme they heard about on reddit.

I have never been a fan of Rare’s N64 platformers. Then and now, they just seem like charmless collect-a-thons with boring art design. I’d rather replay Mario 64 for the 100th time than be subjected to Rare’s inferior talking animal knock-offs.

I almost always prefer the Famicom cover art to the NA black box art, but not this time. The Famicom art isn't that great, and the blue/red/yellow font and graphics really pop with the black background.

If this is true, what’s the problem? The emulators are open source, and Nintendo can’t steal from themselves.

@Not_Soos The same guy who "seemed genuine" is also directly responsible for the murder and dismemberment of a journalist who opposed him. Con artists and dictators often "seem genuine", otherwise no one would ever believe them and they wouldn't be a problem.

Regarding Saudi involvement in 9/11, he's probably telling the truth in that officially, the Saudi government wasn't involved and it wouldn't make sense for them to be involved. But individual members of the government, as well as members of the Saudi royal family, most likely were, and the government is protecting them. The Saudi royal family extends to literally thousands of members, and their involvement wouldn't imply any complicity on the part of the ruling members of the family.

I only notice the frame rate occasionally, but I just don't understand why it's like this. It's a 2D overhead game, it doesn't seem like it would tax the Switch hardware. Although to be fair, I'm a dunce about technology. I also don't understand why they just didn't make it a stable 30 fps instead of jumping back and forth between 30 and 60.

8/10 for me. I hate the plasticky Funko Pop art style of both this game and Link's Awakening for Switch, but it's still a great game. I just hope the next 2D Zelda has a different art style.

Day one purchase for sure. I’m not even a huge fan of JRPGs, but Lunar was amazing.

What partnership? Lol, he visited Nintendo, but was he invited to Nintendo? Anyone can take a photo in front of the sign and accost Howard Lincoln at what looks like a baseball game.

Leaving out the disc drive is probably the wave of the future. Sony doesn't want you to pay $80 to buy the disc drive separately, they want you to not buy the drive and buy all of your games digitally directly from them.

Lol, “a sort of sword-beam”.

I'm actually interested in the remade version of Haunted Castle. The original was crap, but it could be a good action Castlevania game with some adjustments. It looks like they actually put some effort into the remake.

"Iconic" has to be one of the most overused words in modern media. Mario is iconic. Pac-Man is iconic. Whatever this is, it's definitely not iconic.

I’m going to buy this on day one, but Capcom needs to shut up and give us the release date. We know what these 20-year-old games look like, we don’t need 6000 trailers.

I hope Nintendo learned their lesson from the Wii U and won’t wait until the Switch is absolutely dead in the water before releasing the Switch 2. Switch sales are still relatively strong, but declining. Let’s hope we won’t have to wait any longer than May 2025 to see the Switch 2.

I downloaded the demo, does anyone else think the frame rate is janky? It ‘s not terrible, but man we need a Switch 2 right about now.

Is this really a game people are going to go to the trouble of ordering a physical copy of, and for $35? Maybe for Rocket: Robot on Wheels…

@sanderev I see. Wouldn’t the same thing be accomplished by not including Dutch in the list of supported languages? Ha, it seems like they’re teasing the Dutch - “Hey Germans, English, Italians, French, and Spaniards, we love your languages! No other languages are supported, and the Dutch in particular can go to hell.”

The multi-language muddle at the top of the European version is ugly, but why is “English screen text” also repeated in another language (Dutch? Danish?)

I’m glad they mentioned that the cartridge is supposed to be “gun-metal” because on my monitor it looks shiny powderpuff blue. Maybe it’s more gunmetally in person?

On the subject of chonky N64 carts, why did they have metal plates in them? As far as I know, no other game cartridges had them. What purpose did they serve?

Super Famicom would be the winner, but the lack of a top label hurts. NES for me.

I wonder if the GC C stick is actually the same, or if it just looks the same? The real C stick had a rubber tip on the end, while cheaper knock-offs are all plastic.

“GAME has announced that beginning next month, the letters G and E will no longer be lit up on store signs in order to save money. The firm emphasizes that they will continue to operate and are definitely not shutting down by 2026.”

Also, what does "open our second-party portfolio" mean? My understanding of game industry parlance is that a "second party" game is published by a platform manufacturer (e.g. Nintendo) but developed by someone else.

They only claim that Project M will "open our second-party portfolio under the Broken Mirror Games brand" That doesn't necessarily mean "publish". It could still be published by Nintendo and this would serve as the launch for the Broken Mirror Games brand.

A partnership with Nintendo would be the best way to launch any new brand, and every other sign points to this being Emio. Who else are "the world's best game creators for Nintendo platforms" besides Nintendo themselves? Why is this game "extremely important" for their long-term plans? Why would any small publisher risk make a horror game exclusively for a kid-friendly platform? Make a Switch port, sure, but exclusively?

0/10, I bought the 3DS version for $5 from a crackhead ten years ago, so therefore Nintendo is literally worse than Hitler for charging more than that.

@Kirgo Inflation exists, regardless of anything else, Nintendo doesn't exist in a magical world where they can continue to charge the same arbitrary price for games regardless of the current value of a dollar.

Also, why should old games cost less than new ones? Do old movies cost less than new ones? Does old music cost less than new music? Are you angry when you pay the same price to download The Godfather that you pay to download a movie that came out this year? Nintendo charges what the consumer is willing to pay, which is why a less popular series like Metroid had a $40 remaster and a more popular series like Donkey Kong has a $60 remaster. None of this is confusing or hard to understand.

@Truegamer79 That's correct, the original Wii game cost $50 in 2010, which is the equivalent of $71.77 in 2024. Thanks for the price cut, Nintendo!

I love everything about this except the art style. I had hoped that the Link's Awakening remake was the last we'd see of it, but I guess not.