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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Of America Executes Executive Shuffle: Bowser To Retire, New CEO, First Female Presiden

« on: September 25, 2025, 06:07:52 PM »

was Shibata the one responsible for Nintendo of Europe doing bizarre names? Giving us names like "A Little Bit of… Magic Made Fun: Funny Face", "More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?", " Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise " Dr Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training: Can you stay focused?" (although that is still better than the Japanese name of "Tohoku University Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer Professor and Supervisor Ryuta Kawashima's Tough 5-Minute Brain Training with Demon Training"). Please don't let him be in charge of naming games

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TalkBack / Re: The Missing Items From The Partner Showcase

« on: August 01, 2025, 05:46:42 PM »

There was ZERO need to make that anti-Israel comment and the false claim that there is genocide in Israel.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase To Air July 31

« on: July 30, 2025, 06:14:05 PM »

On one hand, it's good to see a showcase like this.  It will probably have a fair amount of Switch 1 stuff so it probably has more relevant content for someone like myself who doesn't have a Switch 2.

But as a partner showcase it will not have the one thing I want to know and that's the Metroid Prime 4 release date.  Or frankly the release date for any Nintendo first party games for the rest of the year aside from Pokemon.  Is there a reason they're not giving us these dates?  Has everything fallen so behind that the rest of the 2025 lineup is up in the air and could move to 2026?  I'm especially worried about Metroid because not only do I not want yet another delay but I fear that if it moves too far into the future that they'll decide to not bother with the Switch 1 version.  Another delay is a potential cancelation.

So hooray for the Partner Showcase but at this exact moment that isn't what I want, which hurts my enthusiasm for it.

Metroid Prime 4 just got rated in South Korea, so it should be close

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TalkBack / Re: Mario Paint Added To Switch Online Super Nintendo LIbrary And Nintendo Music

« on: July 29, 2025, 01:43:49 AM »

Also added in the update that gave us this same is the ability to edit the controls in NSO games. I don't really plan to do that, but it's nice that it also lets you finally view the controls for a game. Previously, if you weren't already familiar with that game then you would have to look it up because it's frustrating trying to figure out how to control a game you've never played before

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Downloads - June 5, 2025

« on: June 04, 2025, 05:42:48 PM »

I meant $70, Breath of the Wild. And it doesn't even include the DLC.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Downloads - June 5, 2025

« on: June 02, 2025, 11:03:36 PM »

I know it has minor improvements, but it still blows my mind charging $80 (plus tax) for an 8-year-old game

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TalkBack / Re: Switch Software Version 20 Now Available, Adds Virtual Game Card And GameShare Support

« on: May 03, 2025, 07:06:15 PM »

And the update has bricked a LOT of Switch systems, mine included, and Nintendo's only response is that they are "looking into it".

Given what the update is addressing, it might have something to do with how many games you have downloaded from the eShop. I barely use my Switch for digital games, and it handled the update just fine.

I don't have a ton, but I do have some. From what I've seen it's also OG Switches being impacted and not Switch Lite or OLED Switch. This is the first time I've ever had a system update do this

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TalkBack / Re: Switch Software Version 20 Now Available, Adds Virtual Game Card And GameShare Support

« on: May 03, 2025, 08:44:22 AM »

And the update has bricked a LOT of Switch systems, mine included, and Nintendo's only response is that they are "looking into it".

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Launches at $449.99 USD, £395.99, ¥49,980, and 469,99 €

« on: April 03, 2025, 08:24:06 PM »

Now the question is, what is Nintendo's true motivation here?

I am gonna be careful what I say because I don't want to get in trouble for political posts, but it's because of the massive import taxes the current administration wants to impose. The hardware is manufactured in Vietnam, which will now have a 46% tax Nintendo has to pay. Switch games are manufactured in Japan, another 24% tax. Switch game cases are made in Mexico, another 25% tax. The economy is already suffering from them, and this is likely why Switch 2 prices are so high

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Launches at $449.99 USD, £395.99, ¥49,980, and 469,99 €

« on: April 02, 2025, 09:14:04 PM »

Yikes. I want a Switch 2, but at that price I can't justify getting it at launch due to real world obligations.

Also, how can they justify charging $80 for Mario Kart World? I am sure it will be good, but $80 for any game is nuts.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Reveals Switch 2

« on: January 17, 2025, 08:50:40 PM »

CES almost never has anything about console gaming anymore, the closest they came to that this year was a PS5-style controller from Hyperkin that works on Xbox Series X and PC. So even if Nintendo unveiled the Switch 2 earlier, it wouldn't have made a difference for CES. CES is essentially a PC show, if a product can't be used on a PC it won't be shown there

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TalkBack / Re: Tetris Forever (Switch) Review

« on: November 17, 2024, 09:43:02 AM »

"Aleksej Pazjitnov"? I am not sure how you got his name so wrong. It's Alexey Pajitnov

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Downloads - March 28, 2024

« on: March 25, 2024, 07:06:44 PM »

The allegations against Nicalis were never proven to be true

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TalkBack / Re: Pokemon Legends: ZA Revealed In Pokemon Presents, Launching 2025

« on: February 27, 2024, 04:32:51 PM »

One minor correction, it's actually Z-A (not ZA).

Since i'm not a fan of the X and Y games, I don't have as much interest in this as I did Arceus since I loved Diamond and Pearl

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TalkBack / Re: Electronic Software Association Officially Ends Efforts To Revive E3

« on: December 12, 2023, 01:14:54 PM »

It's Entertainment Software Association, not Electronic Software Association

Sad to see this happen, it was a better shows that Gamecom

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Announces Development Of Live-Action Zelda Movie

« on: November 08, 2023, 07:04:27 PM »

This being live action instead of animation is troubling. There are very few good live action fantasy movies outside of Peter Jackon's LOTR films, which this will be inevitably compared to in an unflattering light for Nintendo. This being a co-pro with Sony is doubly troubling.

The perpetually mediocre Tom Holland potentially being cast as Link because Sony is involved is triple troubling.

I just don't have a good feeling about this one. Illumination's Mario film was at best passable, but I actually care about Zelda.

You are entitled to your opinion, but I strongly disagree. I haven't seen any non-MCU movies with Tom Holland, but he is good in the MCU movies. And though it isn't an all-time classic, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is entertaining and one I would recommend to any Mario fan. And Sony movies are not that bad, some are really good. I think the Zelda movie could be really good

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Downloads - October 26, 2023

« on: October 23, 2023, 05:05:49 PM »

the headline was unnecessary

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TalkBack / Re: What You Need To Know About The METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol 1.

« on: September 08, 2023, 06:52:51 PM »

It would have been nice if the version of Metal Gear Solid was the GameCube version (The Twin Snakes) since that had so many improvements.

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TalkBack / Re: Pikmin 2 (Switch) Review

« on: July 20, 2023, 07:19:13 PM »

I haven't played the Switch version, but I strongly disagree with your review. I've played the Wii version as recently as this year (via the Wii U) and it's a great game and my favorite of the series. I loved the first game too, didn't like Pikmin 3 though. Aside from a few bosses, the game is not that difficult. The environmental hazards in the cave are not as bad as you say. You also don't need to get your Pikmin back to the ship, they made this clear even in the first game, all you need is to have the Pikmin under your control at the end of the day and you'll be fine

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TalkBack / Re: Federal Trade Commission Case Reveals Proposed Power Level Of Switch Successor

« on: June 28, 2023, 07:04:42 PM »

I really hope that it's not true that the next Nintendo system will be equivalent in power to LAST generation hardware. If the next Nintendo system is no more powerful than hardware that will be 11 years old by that point, then third party support will quickly dry up and will be like the Wii and how only a few publishers put any effort in. If the next Nintendo system isn't at least equal to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, then we might be looking at problems after the first year or so

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TalkBack / Re: Pikmin 1 and 2 Sprouting Up on the eShop Today

« on: June 21, 2023, 12:42:15 PM »

I haven't watched the direct yet, but are these based on the GameCube versions or the Wii New Play Control versions? I liked the Wii controls for the games

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Switch Online Regular Libraries Add Tilting, Farming, And Unlocalized Famicom Game

« on: June 07, 2023, 06:49:12 PM »

I don't miss the days of arcade/NES games not telling you how to play them, especially since Nintendo doesn't bother including digital instructions (unless i'm missing them) and I don't think I should have to look online to figure out how to play the games. I gave up on Mystery Tower in about 2 minutes (why does any game have a suicide button?). Blaster Master: Enemy Below is boring and not fun. I'm sure Harvest Moon is fine, but I always get bored by those type of games. I have never played Kirby Tilt 'n Tumble, I might try it.

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TalkBack / Re: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Blu-ray Review

« on: June 07, 2023, 06:43:14 PM »

The official release date may have been next week, but even Walmart (which doesn't usually break street dates, it's in the system that the items won't even scan at the register) is selling it now. I bought the Blu-ray/DVD/Digital "Powered Up" Edition.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Sales Panic: February 2023 US Sales Survey Results

« on: March 29, 2023, 11:48:32 PM »

I'm surprised to see that Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line participated in the top 20 list, while Metroid Prime Remastered didn't appear at all. Especially considering that Theatrhythm is a fairly niche franchise, while Metroid Prime physical copies were sold out everywhere

The physical release wasn't until February 22, so it would have been only 3 days on the charts. Plus, it seems like many people that wanted it bought the digital release since it came out 2 weeks earlier. From what I heard, they also didn't make a ton of physical copies.

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TalkBack / Re: Pair Of Baten Kaitos RPGs Being Remastered For Switch In Summer

« on: February 09, 2023, 01:29:43 AM »

All you uncultured swine (  ) who played the 1st Baten Kaitos but didn't play the superior Baten Kaitos Origins have no excuse now.

**** Yes, this is exactly what I was hoping to see. Nintendo has historically refused to acknowledge their GameCube games, so this needed to happen. These are 2 exceptionally unique RPGs more people should play.

Well Nintendo has basically ran out of Wii U games to port so now it's time to raid the Gamecubes lineup of games less people played so they can basically advertise them as new games to the larger gaming audience.

Either way this is great news since I was always interested in both Baten Kaitos games but never got around to buying.  They came out in my late High School and Early College years were I just bought one game at a time and played that game as soon as I bought it.  So naturally I missed out on a lot of titles that way.

Now I'll these remasters and they'll go into my backlog and eventually be played in 2035.

Maybe now i'll finally be able to replay Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, which Nintendo has ignored since its original release and it usually goes for more than $150 used