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This is heartwarming... but, also, I feel bad for a 95-year-old that has to squint at that green non-backlit screen. Someone should have at least given her a GBA SP or DS or something. Unless she has amazing eyesight for her age.

Hmm, I was a bit disappointed with the LA soundtrack tbh. It seemed like they were too slavishly devoted to recreating the original without adding any new charm. Same goes for the gameplay and the story, really, although I did enjoy it quite a bit.

I remember being so excited for this game. From the looks of it it was pretty far along in development. A shame. But, I guess they wouldn't have cancelled it if they thought it was any good.

Give the poor guy a break. He deserves a nice tropical vacation.

I'd kill for a new 2D Metroid in HD. I just hope it does something a bit fresh and interesting. I don't want to collect the same ten or so powerups we've been picking up since the 90s. New arsenal and mechanics please! 😍

A new Paper Mario sounds great too!

Never understood the love for this one. Characters were lame stereotypes and the random encounter rate was... intense. Not for me.

@Franklin oh I see what you mean now. Yes, Odyssey mixed up the art styles in a really strange, clashing way. I personally didn't mind, though. The weirder the better!

@Franklin Hmm, I get that complaint about Odyssey, but to me it felt like the same complaint could be made about Galaxy 1 & 2, maybe more so. The levels there are literally different planets with nothing to do with each other. To me that's part of the appeal - in playing those games I had no clue what crazy thing was coming next. It felt like the designers made the game based on a series of anything-goes brainstorming, and I love it. The only 3D Mario game with a single coherent world was Sunshine, and everybody complained about the sameness of the theming (although I loved that one also.)

@Franklin That's interesting. I love both games myself, although I do prefer Galaxy 1/2 slightly. But why does Odyssey seem like less of a coherent whole?

In this game there is a certain planetoid where you could jump into orbit around it and stay in orbit forever. 10/10 just for that.

Seriously, this is one of my all time favorites. Please port to Switch. While you're add it - what you did here to Galaxy 1, please do to Odyssey.

Persona 5 seems so damn obvious. I wonder if they had an exclusivity deal on that for a while with Sony.

Banjo-Kazooie HD please!

Oh and, Suikoden I and II. They were on PS3 and I assumed that meant PS4 as well, but no luck for me!

I have PS4 and Switch. But I have to say I haven't played my PS4 in months, while the Switch gets regular use. Adored God of War, as well as Spider-Man and Persona 5, but other than that... Switch all the way.

Of course the results here are pretty biased for obvious reasons.

Those who feel a deep spiritual connection to any GameCube, as I do, find this to be an atrocity and an act of deep wickedness against our faith.

Please make a slightly cooler haircut for the hero. My only request.

Hmm, seems like a slow year to me. Not super interested in anything other than BOTW2 and Metroid, and I seriously doubt MP4 is coming this year. BOTW2 has a better chance I'd guess, since it is using an established engine (and had a real trailer out already.)

Nintendo always has a trick up its sleeve, though, and will probably has some big surprises at E3. Odyssey 2 maybe...?

Pitch-black, minimalist cover? Starring Watto, of all characters, front and center? Those are some seriously bold choices for a fast, colorful Star Wars game.

...Seriously. Watto??

Sounds great! Have been hearing good things about this one for a long time. Great to hear it’s a competent port. I loved Portal and The Witness so this seems right up my alley. I just got Luigi’s Mansion 3, so that should keep me busy for a while, but I’ll probably pick this one up next. Great for the holidays when I have some freetime at my Parents’ home where I don’t want to bother bringing another console.

Too bad. I played the original a little but never got into it myself. After playing Baldur's Gate it was a bit boring only controlling one dude (plus a sidekick) instead of seeing the mayhem of six murder machines going at it simultaneously. I'm sure there was fun to be had with the multiplayer but I never tried that.

Now please do KOTOR! This would be a much easier port since it was designed from the ground up with consoles in mind. While you're at it: KOTOR 3.

I think a Mario game could be great in VR, if Mario was a pretty small character that just jumped around miniature toy-like levels kinda like Moss. Would also be fun to have AR that would allow Mario to jump around and interact with real objects in your living room, but I'm not sure if the tech is there yet with the kind of fidelity that would be required..

Captain Toad seems like it would also be great in VR, with little stages you could look at from different angles to find secrets. (I sometimes wonder if it came out of VR experiments at Nintendo...)

This update looks amazing! I had a lot of fun with SMM2 but fell off it after a while as I couldn't think of any new stage ideas that hadn't been done to death. The Ninji speedrun idea looks really fun, although I wish they could apply it to fan-made stages! I'll definitely check this out on the 5th.

@TechaNinja That's the whole point! Updates like this give this game legs. And it means that people are continuously talking about and (especially) streaming this game which draws attention to the game to those who don't already have it - especially the ones who have just bought a Lite and are looking for something to play on it. Nintendo games are well-known for having a ton of longevity, with strong sales years after they release, so boosting that tail is a smart move.

Looks like Arnold teamed up with Macauley Culkin for the JP art. Bold choice.

Please don't remake Super Metroid. That game is perfect as-is. How about a brand new 2D Metroid instead? Preferably one just as open as SM, with a lot of fresh new powerups instead of or in addition to the usual ones.

The amount of content they managed to fit into a GameBoy cartridge was just astounding. Truly an ambitious game.

Hobbit forming? Blasphemy! Only the All High One, Eru Ilúvatar, can form hobbits.

Garfield not at No. 1??? UGH the anti garfield bias rears its ugly head again on this website.

Definite improvement. He no longer looks like a creepy furry.

Too bad this never saw the light of day. I’m not a Diablo fan but I think this might have suited me better than other forms of Diablo. If the control scheme was more simple and Zelda-like I might enjoy it. I prefer more deliberate and precise actions over the chaotic feeling of spamming spells against swarming enemies.

Japan for sure. It's the only one to give full-body poses of the characters. The EU cover just confused me, for a while I thought Kazooie's talon was Banjo's paw holding her up and was up with his thumb. But all lose points because of the boring backgrounds - it should have been one of the locations from the game, not just clouds. The box art for the original BK is much more dynamic and full of detail.

I think the Switch will have a lot of longevity, like the DS. Would not be surprised if it is still selling well three or four years from now. Could well hit 100M eventually.

I finally played A Hat In Time on Switch for twenty minutes or so. I like the upbeat vibe and it seems right up my alley, but MAN this game has performance issues. The framerate is all over the place. It honestly doesn't look great either, with a lot of weird, wooden animations and simple textures and geometry. Compared to something like Mario Odyssey, which has beautiful, complicated worlds AND a solid framerate, this is pretty disappointing. I realize this is an indie game, but I wish they had spent more time on optimization. Not sure if I will continue - maybe should wait for a patch?

Edit: I should mention that the music is fully orchestrated and sounds great!

I've been waiting for A Hat In Time for a long time and now that it's on Switch I will finally check it out! I love 3D platformers and they seem so rare - lovely to see one that doesn't have Mario in the name.

@InJeffable Rumble is a totally optional feature for virtually every game. To me personally it adds very little. It would bring up the cost and drain the battery unnecessarily, so it makes perfect sense to toss it.

TV connectivity is a must for me, though, so for that reason I won't bother with the Lite.

Man, I had no idea who this guy was before the announcement. Crossing my fingers for Rayman!

Seems a bit harsh! I generally hate minigames and would've skipped them all anyway, so I don't see what the harm is in including them. Leaderboards? Don't care at all if they are even included. Bad bosses? Okay, dock them for that because those are presumably required for progress. But if the core game loop is fun, that's all I care about.

They really need to iron out the performance. Certainly nothing gamebreaking, but absolutely noticeable. Really don't see any reason for a remake of a GameBoy game to drop frames.

Still a great game!

Okami still stands as one of the best looking games ever made. I'd love to see what they could do with modern hardware.

Dig 2 is one of the best games on the Switch. Considering the Switch's amazing lineup, that is high praise! Dig 3, pretty please!

I bought Quest and really tried to like it, since I love Slay the Spire. Gave up on it after a few hours. Just found it more frustrating than fun.

Hope this game continues to sell well! It's absolutely worth it for me. I haven't played the original since the 1990's, but it was one of my favorite games at the time - even better than Link to the Past! This version absolutely holds up. I was worried that I was remembering it through rose-tinted glasses, but the core gameplay loop here is just delightful.

Everything about the game seems expertly tightened - nothing is haphazardly slapped on, and everything somehow fits together into a whole. Pacing is excellent - nothing feels like a chore. There are no moments, as in most Zelda games, where it seems like some extra challenges are being dumped on you to pad out the length. It's more linear than any of the previous three entries in the series, but it still somehow feels as if you are choosing your path - the devs already know what you want to do before you do. It feels like this was the point where the Zelda formula was cemented into the linear lock-key gating the franchise followed up until 2017. That formula started to feel a little stale at some point, but here it still seems fresh and exciting.

Voted JP, but NA is also respectable. If you voted EU, I question your life choices.

A 9 huh? Might have to pick this up then! I looove challenging platformers.

The Lair is an interesting idea. But what if I am a completionist who wants all the bees AND I want the biggest challenge at the end? I guess I can see how few bees I can kill. But as in BOTW, I definitely wouldn't take on the end before finishing everything else.

@JaxonH Wow, man, and I thought I buy a lot of games.

This is a great month for sure. Will definitely pick up A Hat in Time - been waiting for that forever! I love 3D platformers and there are so few. Also interested in Yooka-Laylee - but we'll see how the review pan out. The teasers have seemed a bit lackluster compared to Tropical Freeze or Rayman. Baldur's Gate II is one of my favorite games of all time (although I don't feel the urge to play it again.) Have been very curious to see how Little Town Hero turns out. And meanwhile, I'm being kept very occupied with Link's Awakening and Ori.

Wow, Death seems to have a surprisingly thin waist for his size. Good on him, I guess...?

I love platformers and I've been waiting for this one for a long time. Looks amazing!

Zelda Maker could be fun, but designing a good Zelda dungeon is way harder than making a good Mario level, and I think they would be pretty bad on average. It's all about the puzzles - 2D Zeldas aren't fun to traverse the way Mario is. It would need a huge suite of options to create unique puzzles, and you probably wouldn't be able to have the cool events that alter the whole dungeon like in Link's Awakening or Majora's Mask.

Mario Maker 3D, though... bring it on!

Hmm. I think that, to the extent hese games have a bad reputation in Euro/NA, it is not due to general prudishness about sexuality. Look at Game of Thrones, for example, which would have to be censored in Japan. I think it's more a reaction to the general silliness and outlandishness around sexuality on display - and especially that it's a cartoon.
This is all equates to "perviness" in mainstream Western culture, even more so than actual porn.

I don't find this sort of thing sexy, myself, but I don't particularly have anything against it. I'd be entertained if some funny people streamed it.

I almost forgot how many great games there were on this system.
My own list would go...

8. Wave Race: Blue Storm
7. Rogue Leader
6. Wind Waker
5. F-Zero GX
4. Resident Evil 4
3. Smash Melee
2. Super Mario Sunshine
1. Metroid Prime

Now when are we going to see a new Wave Race? And what about Rogue Squadron? Doesn't Disney like money?

Another Metroidvania? As if the platform wasn't saturated with them already...

Just kidding, I love Metroidvanias and I will always take more if they are good enough! A 9 huh? You have my attention. Although, it seems to be trying a bit hard at the whole grimdark thing for my taste. I'll have to look into this one.

I had no clue who this guy was either, and I'm 32. But then I was never into fighting games at all (except Smash.) I know we already have two Street Fighter characters, but I'd love to see Chun Li.

Predictions (/hopes):
(Less likely marked by ??)

• Release of B-K and announcement of another Smash character. Rayman??
• DLC announced for Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• Free DLC dropped for Mario Maker
• One big new game hinted at. Super Mario Odyssey 2??
• More ports coming: Borderlands, Overwatch. X-Com??
• Some new mobile nonsense.
• 3D World??
• Zelda or Mario Galaxy HD remasters??
• Absolutely no sign of Meyroid Prime 4. (Seriously, it's going to be a while, have patience everyone.)

I hope this is good! I love platformers. The gameplay here seems a bit run-of-the-mill so far, though, I'm not seeing anything too crazy.