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I don't mind this song but some of the pacing of the lyrics are a bit over the place. I do like it better after listening to it a few times.

I never found any of the contenders for the title songs of Spectre to be any good (Sam Smith's vocals are so dang high and the instrumentals for the Radiohead song hurts my ears and are kind of dizzying).
For Spectre I kind of wish it started with the end of the Bond theme then went onto a darker looming track like something lurking in the shadows ready to strike.

@Kingy They could have it take place in a fever dream Daisy has during the events Mario Tennis Fever.

See that's how you do an article for a spoiler/cameo character in a movie.

No picture of the character in the thumbnail. No referencing or flat out naming the character in the description. Only stating that there is a cameo character in the movie so people who want to check it out can, and people who don't want to be spoilt can scroll past it.

Well done NL. 👏

I was sold on this game when they had the trailer where the lady was talking to her kid about Goldman. The voice acting hit hard in that one and it's stuck with me. I've been dying to know the release date for ages.

I got mine in the mail from Village Cinemas a couple of days ago, and got the yellow big Luma today when I saw the movie. The Yoshi is a teensy bit taller, and they look so cute next to each other.

I'm going to watch it on the 2nd for my birthday. I got the Yoshi Popcorn holder in the mail yesterday and it's a lot bigger than I expected.

The real spoiler is when Peach kisses Luigi at the end and tells Mario to take a hike.
There's even a sign foreshadowing this earlier on that says Lupeachi is real. 🫠

For Aussies the Yoshi Popcorn Bucket is available for pre order for $55AU from Village Cinemas and you can get it delivered to your home if you don't live near a Village Cinemas.

I'm gonna call him Burpble. Because he burps bubbles. 🤪🫧

I'll be disappointed if it's just a PC that only streams a few xbox games through an app like that ROG handheld they brought out last year.

Just get all 3.

You can get the Game Boy Jukebox from the Australian My Nintendo Store $109.95 AUD.

I've had the launch 3DS (blue with ambassador games), 3DS XL (A Link Between Worlds Zelda Edition), New 3DS (White) and the New 3DS XL (SNES Edition).

My favourite is the New 3DS because the faceplates, how pocketable it is, and we got it early in Australia. 🇦🇺

Man I wish they'd make a new DS system.

I never had the GBA Pokemon games growing up so I'm getting them both.

Johto's Bizarre Adventure.

Nintendo: Show of hands...☝️10% or ✌️20% increase?
Nintendo: ☝️0 ✌️15 🖐27 🙌254

Probably something random like the Alarmo was? Maybe a health monitor or a desktop AI companion or something.

General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.

Nintendo: Uhh... "General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience." 😦
Mom: Alright what did you break this time... 😮‍💨
3rd Party Dock: 🤕

I'm liking Kirby Air Riders at the moment. There's tons to do and I like how differently all the vehicles play.
I give it a 10.
Pokemon ZA was good but a bit short and I've got nothing to do in it at the moment. The whole being set in one city didn't bother me as much as I thought it would since new wild zones opened as you play and new pokemon became available that way.
I give it a 10.
Mario Kart World is okay but I like the older ones a bit better. Unlocking the characters with Kamek was annoying and the race to other courses were a bit boring.
I give it an 8.
Haven't played Metroid Prime 4 yet but I'm expecting it to be good.
Donkey Kong Bananza started off okay but got boring and repetative real fast. It was so bad that I didn't bother with the DLC. It's probably my biggest disappointment this year.
I give it a 2.

The Japanese one looks sick. It's got Doc Ock shooting some red Metal Slug soldiers with Hitler menacingly burning up the sky.

Wish they'd just have a primary Switch 2 option instead of classifying it as another Switch 1. Caused me a lot of trouble on launch day with Mario Kart World which isn't even playable on the original Switch.

I want to know more about this game before I buy the digital version of it. How many Pokemon and biomes are there? Is there a story mode and quests, or is it more chilled out and leisurely?

@TheWokesterGamer
Jackie: I feel cold V...
V: Well, damn, Jackie. I can't control the weather.

Cool. Now go after the patent they have on mounts.

They both seem to be a stationary boss in a round chamber room. The boss fight I saw at PAX seemed to have a very similar setup. I just hope there's more variety to the other boss fights in the game.

Is the Switch version in the comparison video running on Switch hardware or a Switch 2?

At first I thought it was going to be an ad to promote the amiibo blocks, but then it had the flying dummy.

There's no both option for the which Virtual Boy accessory option will you be getting?

I think you can play it normal if you just focus on one of the 2 images that show up on the screen. I'm assuming it displays 2 images (one for each eye) on the Switch's screen.

@Willo567 in Australia, EB Games is usually the most expensive place to get them and they've got them for the following prices:
(Note: The $US values are what I got from using an online currency converter today where $1AU equals $0.66US. $AU values include GST.)

Metroid single figures: $30 AU ($20.92 US) each
Metroid bike: $45 AU ($29.88 US) each
Kirby Air Riders: $60 AU ($39.84 US) each
Mario Galaxy: $45 AU ($29.88 US) each

So you're paying about $10 US more across the board. Also I don't know if the prices in the article include tax so it's probably more.

It reminds me of the Dragon Quest Builders series but with Pokemon and without the story and combat. If it's an easy going version of those games then I'm interested in this.
Personally I'm looking forward to this more than ZA.

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I like Tossdown, Pixel Washer and HyperYuki.

I don't think it's that great at the moment but it normally takes a while for a console to build up a good library of games. I have enjoyed playing some of the Switch games like Pokemon and Zelda at a good frame rate though. So there's that.

I was hoping Donkey Kong would be better, but I got bored of smashing through everything pretty early in the game, and after beating the planet core boss I didn't want to play any of the post game stuff.

I'm sort of looking forward to Metroid Prime 4 and Kirby Air Riders, but nothing's got me particularly hyped for the future at the moment.

I just don't think the Switch 2 has a must have game at the moment, but maybe the Mario 40th Anniversary or another direct will announce something to get hyped about.

I'm pretty hyped for this after watching the State of Play. It's got everything I love about the recent Hitman games and more. I'll get this on Playstation though, I doubt the Switch 2 can run it properly.

If there was an english equivalent I'd like to play that. I like the idea of controlling words to change the story/game. Unfortunately I don't know a lick of Chinese or Japanese and I suck at learning new languages so I can't really get this.

That face looks like Sinistar but Acclaim didn't make Sinistar so idk?

Thanks for the heads up. Got mine ordered.

It's alright. I hate how it sometimes jumps the focus to a nearby warp point when I don't want it to. Wish there was a way to turn that off to be honest.

I mean it uses a similar naming convention to the Legend of Zelda series so I don't get why people are hating the name for. 🤷‍♂️
The only thing I didn't like about it was the 'available 2026' but it's not that long a wait.

Definitely that Yomawari farming game.
Likely Silksong since it'll be playable at ACMI.
Hopefully UFO 50 because I haven't played it yet and I'm interested in it.
I'd like to see something new and exclusive for Switch 2 but I'm not getting my hopes up (for the exclusive part at least).

They have a mushroom only item mode so maybe they could have a Kamek only item mode so people can unlock the characters easier.

Oh God that Atari is gorgeous. 🤩
There's even Ghost controllers to go with the Pac Man one. 👻

It'd be cool if they had little scrollers where those R4/L4 buttons are.

"In a truely Nintendo move, the Switch 2 dock has been updated to remove VRR functionality with other devices."

~ some future article probably ~s 😮‍💨

I hope we don't get a new 3D Mario until at least 3 years into the Switch 2's lifespan so it can harness the console's power to the fullest.

I had some troubles during my initial setup without doing the system transfer from my original Switch. I wanted to keep my saves on my original Switch because I didn't want to fill all the memory on the Switch 2 with Switch 1 games so I chose not to do the system transfer.

I had downloaded Mario Kart World but it wouldn't let me play it initially unless I had my original Switch next to my Switch 2 (because of the new digital game card system). The switches wouldn't detect each other for some reason so I tried changing my Switch 2 to be my nintendo account's primary switch but that didn't fix the issue.
I put the systems right up to each other and tried it again later on in the day then it worked.

I don't understand why there isn't a primary Switch 1 system and a primary Switch 2 system if they are going to do things this way. Having a Switch 2 game's usability being dependent on a Switch 1 (a console that can't even run the game) is rediculous and if I had traded in my old Switch to get the Switch 2 I would have been unable to play my digital copy of Mario Kart World.

Outside of that I like the Switch 2. I like that it can run more powerful games and I like the new hardware.

I want to get the black one but the thing's going to cost way more than a Series X (judging by price of current ROG ally products) so I might hold off for a couple of years.

I'm getting a cover for the headphone port as I got zapped twice by it while holding the controller when it was connected to the USB port on the Switch 2 dock. (Likely due to static electricity build up on my part but I've never been zapped by the headphone ports on other controllers)