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@EmoGamer It starts a 9am PACIFIC Standard Time. So that's 11am in Texas. About 20 minutes to go!

@CodyMKW Interesting because Thatsrb2Dude says everything feels better in 3.

@Redax Yeah, I get that, but trust me, you can hold your own with just sticks. I've been exclusively sticks since the beginning with Splatoon 1(i cant stand the motion control..ive tried.. shrug) and I've made it to X rank in Splatoon 2 and tear it up in Salmon Run. Just get that stick sensitivity where you like it and play yo butt off!

@presenttense I can't comment since it hasn't gone live here in the states yet, but remember this is essentially the Test Fire demo they had for 1 and 2, just with a different name. It's primary purpose is to test out the servers, so disconnects are probably to be expected. Also, I still don't know why, but in the first 2 games disconnects were always much more common during Splatfests..

@BulkSlash Uhh WTF? Why don't you just turn off the motion controls then?

@johnvboy The graphical leap was better than I expected. It is much more noticeable when actually playing the game directly from your Switch vs compressed YouTube videos. Splatoon 2 looked really good IMO, but this is a marked improvement. Can't wait to see the full game in all its glory. Nintendo must keep using this FidelityFX stuff on all their future software. 3rd parties need to get on board and start using it as well. With the Switch's aging hardware, this will help greatly keeping it going for a few more years like Nintendo wants.

@stuntz0rZ What do you mean you didn't think anyone would be playing this anyway? There's people playing it all the time. Don't forget this version of Quake has cross-play too. Plays a big role in keeping the online community active.

@GrailUK Seems very likely! I remember Digital Foundry pondering over how the Switch was doing some fancy stuff with clouds or something in more receny BotW 2 footage a few months back. That might explain how.

@Slinkoy1 You'd think everyone would have come to grips with this by now. It is simply the time we live in. Everyone else does it so it is not reasonable to expect Nintendo not to. I personally like that the internet has allowed games to now be updated with new content as long as its not pay to win garbage.

@Slinkoy1 I feel your pain.

@JTTS Yes! The courses are in the online rotation right now!

Pfff, the casuals can think whatever they want. Fact is Nintendo have not even revealed that much yet. 3 spent more time in development than either 1 or 2 did. I strongly believe it will come out of the gate more fleshed out than the first 2 and just like them, will receive tons of post release content. Franky this is my most anticipated game for the Switch, period. Yes, really. I am a hardcore obsessed fan. Fell in love with it in a way I have not any other game series/franchise the moment I played the first one on my Wii U. I don't think I've had more fun with any other game. It is video game perfection to me.

Can we please get their excellent Forsaken remaster on the Switch already? Heretic and Hexen would also be welcome.

@bonjong23 To be fair, it's still not guaranteed no more N64 tracks are coming. The "?" prefixes could be ANYTHING, including 64 courses. But yeah, if no more are coming, that's fine. The only others I would like added are DKs Jungle Parkway and Koopa Troopa Beach.

@Ninfan Because any new tracks will be saved for the next Mario Kart which will surely be released on Nintendo's next console. And just because you've already played those tracks doesn't mean all of us have. Most of the tracks in Wave 1 I had never played before. Only Coconut Mall and Choco Mountain.

Actually it's been over 4 months since Wave 1 released. I don't know what Nintendo is doing here, but this is some grade A BS.

@gloom You're wrong, so very wrong. And no Switch "Pro" is ever coming.

@garfreek 19th now and still no sign of Wave 2. Frickin' Nintendo.

And the gameplay to new lows.

@CANOEberry You can, but it is industry standard to use the word "copies" when referring to physical media. And yes, I know a physical version is coming. I've been patiently waiting for it.

Copies? Copies of what? There's no physical version yet.

👎Not a single game in there I'm interested in. So bummed we didn't get a proper June Direct this year.

I hate to be a negative Nancy, but that was just lame-o for me. I don't think there was even a single game shown that I would be interested in. I can't believe this is what we got instead of the standard big E3 Direct. sigh

Oy vey.. 🤦‍♂️Where's that next batch of Mario Kart DLC?

Eww. I love me my retro FPS, but that's just awful. No thank you.

@octokid I'm biased towards Seaskape from Splatoon 1. That's a banger! 🕺

Did these even ever release? As far as I can tell, they got cancelled or something.. I have the Flashback collection and it's great, but the absence of Super Turrican 2 blows..

@Moistnado Bugger off.

@LP09 I've been wanting to get Strange Brigade, but fear the servers are ghost towns now. Is there still an active player base?

@kkslider5552000 I always thought the same thing as well and that might still be the case with Capcom, but I'm not so sure about Konami because they put Castlevania Bloodlines and Contra Hard Corps on the Genesis/Mega Drive NSO.

@wizzgamer That was so stupid. A "family" system? What does that even mean? The Switch has plenty of violent horror games and M rated games in general. Doom, Resident Evil, Zombie Army, Mortal Kombat 11, Friday the 13th, Dead by Daylight. Just to name a few. Should the GTA Trilogy not be on the Switch since it's a "family" system? SMH. BTW, most of Nintendo's marketing of the Switch has been targeted at teens and young adults, not little children and families.

How is Saturn emulation these days?

@Not_Soos The first Earthworm Jim was on the SNES.

@JR150 There's the very Overwatch like Paladins and the very COD like Warface. Both are free to play so may as well give them a try if you haven't yet. Oh yeah, there's also Apex Legends which is also free to play.

Unless it has Zombies, count me out. I love how they droppped 2 CoD's on one of Nintendo's biggest failures, but have completely ignored the now 100 million plus juggernaut that is the Switch for years now. Activision logic. 🤦‍♂️

It's vital they dump it. Such a waste of resources.

@HammerGalladeBro Apparently its based on WarioWare. I know, I had no idea either..

Overall I'm quite happy. The tracks look better than expected, though I agree with the person who said the grass texture is just fugly. I really hope they replace it via a patch, but that seems ulikely knowing Nintendo. My biggest complaint is that you can't play them online yet! Seriously Nintendo? I have no interest in racing against the boring ass bots.

Wait? These courses won't be available for online races until the 21st? I really hope that's not the case!

@Crumpet123 Yeah, I'm assuming it was just a mistake and they'll fix it in an update.

Ugh.. Still not available in the US. When does it go live here? I'm in Pacific time and its 5:30 here.

@TKundNobody Alien Soldier is awesome and very fun. Overlooked gem.

@FishyS Well they did add Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings last month.

Who cares.. They've already sold over a 100 million.

It's frankly not as good as I remember. The courses are pretty simplistic and boring. Even by N64 standards the game is pretty fugly. I wish everyone would just play Fast RMX instead. Beautiful modern HD graphics, 60fps and full proper lag free online.

OMFG.. Was 100% convinced this would never happen(because of the licensing issues). I am very happy to have been wrong.

Who's ready for lag ridden split screen multiplayer? 😑

Shame you'll still get Joycon drift after a couple months. LOL.

@Yosher @somebread I see.. Thank you for the info gentlemen. A little disappointing, but I understand why Nintendo is doing it that way. They obviously want everyone to renew every year..