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So one person could be playing on the TV, and then a friend could join in using their Switch in handheld mode? It wouldn't be of particular use in Rayman Legends (since it would be easier to just both use the TV screen) but if this could be implemented in Fire Emblem Warriors, then it could act in the same way as the two-screen co-op in Hyrule Warriors on Wii U. The downside being that you need to own two systems instead of just one, the upside being the framerate and image quality won't take a serious hit.

@EternalDragonX If a 'ton of content' to you is like 3 different Link outfits that only offer aesthetic enhancements to gameplay, then yes, they did lock a ton of content behind Amiibo.

Wolf Link is the only substantial thing you need an Amiibo for, but it's still kind of hard to call that 'content'. It's just a neat, albeit slower way of hunting/attacking without having to do anything.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE "There's so much grammatical wrong about that sentence." might wanna check your own spelling before you go around criticising others, ey?

Guys they know it's fake, it says as much in the article, no need to repeat it in the comments.

The large sale and arrival of Has-Been Heroes on Tuesday makes this a thoroughly decent week on the eShop. One thumb up!

This is months old news, from before the January reveal.

I have the Switch Everywhere Messenger Bag and I would definitely recommend it. For £25 I got a handy way to store all of the Switch components in a compact space. While the strap could be a bit longer, I don't imagine it's the type of thing I will be carrying around that often. It also comes with a Carrying Case inside, which go for like £15 on their own. It's a very basic case, there's no room for anything else but the Switch with joy-cons attached, but it keeps it safe and secure in my bag, which is all I need.

As for the other accessories, I like the look of the Hori charging station, but I'll wait until I get a second pair of joy-cons, which will be once I get Mario Kart and can find them for cheap.

I won't be getting Mario Kart at launch, £40 is too much just for battle mode, even if battle mode looks really good. LEGO City Undercover will be my April game. Wanted it on Wii U for the longest time, but the loading times put me off. It's still a shame though, the Switch port will improve the loading times but will also lose gamepad functionality, so it's hard to call it the definitive version.

@ThumperUK You really don't understand what 'region-free' means? Do you?

@NintySnesMan Selective when it comes to western developers. Japanese developers get a free pass because Japan.

@G0dlike Technically I don't think you need to own the game to buy the DLC. Would love a discount though! Won't be picking it up at launch for just the new Battle mode and characters.

@BornInNorway81 The Mario Kart team has been busy with other projects I think. The series director is heading Nintendo's mobile efforts, while the rest of the bulk of the team are working on ARMS, as well as the new battle mode, presumably.

@OorWullie Short answer is probably: they're Japanese.

@Simbabbad It would probably be less acceptable to release a sub-HD game in 2017.

I also think it's quite disrespectful to, firstly, devalue the hard work of 100s of people over several years, and also to say that these people, who knew Iwata, worked with Iwata, were close friends with Iwata, didn't honour his memory correctly because you think you know better.

@BinaryFragger Feels like kind of a reverse Ultra Smash if anything. Lots of content, but mediocre gameplay. Whereas Ultra Smash had well executed gameplay but almost no content to make use of it.

@TheWhiteFalcon The 3DS kind of is dying, and it's sort of starved for content.

@countzero I just wish I had a demo in order to test it out on, or at least some 2D platforming equivalent.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Outside of supporting the developer, and the inherent portability of the Switch, it seems no. I would like to support Yacht Club, but the lack of proper d-pad on the Switch and the inflated price means I'll be skipping this re-release.

@CheezIt Good thing there's 4 or 5 good games, ey?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Having a personal vendetta against Amiibo isn't a negative point on this controller.

And the 15% off for those who downloaded the Nindies@Home version? Probably asking too much there...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE What could you possibly have against this service? It was top-notch. Certainly more comprehensive than any standalone Karaoke game I've ever seen or used before.

@RainbowGazelle "If Mario Kart 8 didn't make Wii Us fly off the shelves, why would it randomly do that for the Switch?"

Such a dumb argument. You could apply that to pretty much every game that ends up being released (aside from something like Pokémon, which Wii U never had) on Switch. So therefore, no Nintendo console for the rest of time can ever be successful, because Wii U wasn't.

@Yasume A game is a game. They all matter and they all count. If you have to make a herculean goal post moving effort for you argument to make any sense, you've lost. Even if Xenoblade does eventually get delayed, you can't assume that now. Yooka Laylee will definitely release this year, that's just sensible.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE And yet if it was sold out, cries of 'artificial shortages!' would be ringing across the internet.

@JFERNANDEZ1984SP Konami are so much worse than EA.

@crzysortagamer Bit of a silly thing to say when the Game Boy, GBA, DS, and 3DS all weren't chargeable in their tabletop mode, because such a thing didn't exist.

The Vita-like Switch you're proposing also wouldn't be able to have a tabletop mode, so the whole thing is kind of a moot point.

@therealgamer It's not a simple to task to just "put the Wii U eShop on the Switch". It's rather impossible, really. The only reason the 3DS eShop contains the DSiWare store is because 3DS is entirely backwards compatible with DS/DSi. Switch will not be backwards compatible with Wii U due to irreconcilable architecture differences, so the Wii U eShop cannot be ported over easily.

@Ninja44X what a sick burn. How long did it take you to think of that?

@alasdair91 Because maybe, just maybe, and I know this is going to sound crazy, you're supposed to replay each game? Nintendo coded the game so the cartridge DOESN'T self destruct after playing through each game once.

I think Rayman Legends is a tad overrated, but still an immensely enjoyable game and I'd be happy to double dip for the right price.

@KrakenSoup If you don't think 1-2-Switch is a system seller, why should it be a pack-in? Saying that is supporting Nintendo's argument.

@banacheck It's not a tech demo

@PlaytendoGuy it's over-priced, but not full-priced

@FragRed Not premature when plans for Brexit are affecting the value of the pound RIGHT now.

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy You basically just destroyed your own argument. If it's not coming to Wii U, it'll probably come to Switch. Nintendo Life don't decide which news they post based on what they think is going to happen, if it's related to Nintendo, which officially this is, then it'll be a news story.

@yoshinatsu Switch was only announced somewhat recently. My guess is that these indie devs did not have access to the console before the reveal, and despite rumours, could not be sure how quickly the Wii U was going to be phased out. With the positive reaction to Switch, they probably spent the last month or so in the process of deciding whether they should still release for Wii U/speaking with Nintendo to see if they would be able to release on Switch.

@MrGawain Kickstarter is not a pre-order, it's a donation (for all intents an purposes).

@SLIGEACH_EIRE It's almost as if the foundation through which Nintendo were able to gain a foothold in the West (the US video game crash) didn't exist in Europe. Crazy, isn't it?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Japanese gamers have to stay up until 1/2am to watch Nintendo's E3 presentations. Please stop moaning.

When you're spanning 19 hours of time zones, it's impossible to satisfy all 3 major continents. Since the conference is being hosted in Japan, and it is live, it makes sense that Japan gets the nod this time. American times are reasonable for the most part.

Also, considering this is the 21st century, 'word-of-mouth' (which now equates to social media) is now the most effective and important method of communicating news.

@UK-Nintendo But is it not grating when someone's opinion is always front and centre, always snarky, and always negative? Silgeach's presence on Nintendo Life does nothing to bring happiness to anyone's existence. Now, that's fair enough, it's not his job to make people happy, but you can see why some people will be annoyed.

You're right that everyone has their own opinion. If someone's opinion is that he's annoying, he/she should also be entitled to that opinion.

@Clownshoes They said it would be 'the same experience', they got nowhere near as specific in details as you've just made out.

Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Patently false.

@mjnmixael And whaddya know, they did continue to supply the GBA with software! Mother 3 came out in 2006!

@deKay I wasn't saying anything was confirmed. People are right to be a tad sceptical, but the Wii U comparison is misleading for the reasons I mentioned.

@deKay It is much closer to launch of Switch than when Wii U was revealed. Also, despite being mostly souped-up Wii games acting as tech demos, most of the games shown off with the Wii U did end up coming to the system in some form.

Can anybody tell me how many MB this takes to download?

@AhabSpampurse C'mon, try harder. Who would want this? The millions upon millions of people who know who Mario is, but don't own a current gen Nintendo platform.

Nintendo is obviously making another 'real' Mario game, almost definitely with a different development team, so this won't impact on that at all.

Runners (NOT Endless Runners, mind you) can be fun. I think BIT TRIP RUNNER and Runner 2 got fairly universal acclaim, right?

If all goes to plan, this microtransaction-free title will give more money to Nintendo and encourage more people to buy Mario games so that future titles have a higher budget.

Now, that's probably the best case scenario, and there are some potential pitfalls, but this stuff is way off in the future. As of right now, your concerns don't exactly hold water.

@Phin68 Because, funnily enough, when Bayonetta cosplays as Princess Peach or Link (or even Samus, y'know, in case we forget that Nintendo is actually cool with letting other characters dress as Samus) she doesn't actually look like those characters. She still is Bayonetta.

In a pixel-art game such as this, a Samus costume would be tantamount to just playing as Samus, and since Axiom Verge is the same genre as Metroid, it would look exactly like a Metroid game.

It is insane to think that you would compare Axiom Verge to Bayonetta 2.

It's also insane to think that ANYONE AT ALL would be upset about this.