Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 People keep expecting Silksong to be in an Indie Direct for some reason. That game is obviously anticipated enough that it would be featured in a "main" Direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 I just hope it comes out this year Apparently the Japanese version of today's Indie World has mostly completely different games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I really wonder if at this point Silksong is just a meme and nobody's gonna like whatever they get (and more controversial, Hollow Knight, while a great game, isn't worth this level of hype). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 Hollow Knight is incredible. Last night I always started a second playthrough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 Nintendo Switch has now sold 107.65 Million Units Worldwide 1st party game sales Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 45.33M Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 38.64M Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 28.17M Breath of the Wild - 26.55M Pokemon Sword/Shield - 24.27M Super Mario Odyssey - 23.50M Super Mario Party - 17.78M Pokémon Brilliant Diamond / Pokémon Shining Pearl - 14.65M Pokemon Let’s GO - 14.53M Ring Fit Adventure - 14.09M New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 13.31 million Splatoon 2 – 13.30 million Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 12.64 million Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 11.43 million Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 9.43 million Mario Party Superstars – 6.88 million Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 4.22 million The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD – 3.91 million Metroid Dread – 2.90 million Kirby and the Forgotten Land – 2.65 million New Pokemon Snap – 2.40 million Mario Golf: Super Rush – 2.35 million Miitopia – 1.68 million Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – 1.59 million WarioWare: Get It Together! – 1.27 million Game Builder Garage – 1.06 million Fun factoid: Breath of the Wild has sold 28.24 million copies if you combine Switch and Wii U together. Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword have sold 27.91 million copies all together. So Breath of the Wild has outsold all the previous mainline 3D entries COMBINED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 It's a rare thing when the NPD list of top selling Switch games in America is topped by a third party title. Notably WB reports eShop sales to NPD and Nintendo does not for their own titles. Also in terms of American hardware sales, "Lifetime unit sales of Nintendo Switch have now surpassed those of PlayStation 4, making it the 4th highest unit selling console in U.S. history, and the 6th highest unit selling video game hardware platform overall. In console it trails only PS2, Xbox 360 and Wii." source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 These charts are so pointless when some games include digital sales and some don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 I agree, I have a feeling Nintendo games would win the NPD charts more often than they do if eShop sales were included. Maybe Mario Kart 8 would just be #1 every month though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 I finally resumed playing Super Mario 3D World a couple nights ago, and rolled credits! World 8 (err, World Bowser face?) was pretty cool. Some tough platforming challenges, a fun desert themed level, a cool train car level, and underwater dungeon, a cool lava level with a new kind of rotating/falling block, all kinds of stuff. There was one tough ghost house level that was all in the dark that frustrated me for a bit. Once again, I couldn't enter the final level because it required 170 stars and I only had 150 something, so I had to go back to World 2 and re-enter a bunch of levels to get more stars. I enjoyed this a lot, had just as much fun as seeing all new levels! Some of the stuff I missed was so obvious, other stuff was a fun challenge to figure out where they could be! Once I got over 170 I went right to the final Bowser level, which was cool! The first half was a bit annoying to get through but the second half where you have to climb the tower while copies of Cat Bowser keep trying to thwart you was a really nice challenge. It was satisfying to beat the game and see the credits but I definitely want to both continue to get all the green stars I missed and find all the hidden worlds. I doubt I'll do a full 100% run in terms of getting every star, stamp, and top of flagpole, but I do want to play every level I can Docteur Qui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 19 hours ago, Stu said: I agree, I have a feeling Nintendo games would win the NPD charts more often than they do if eShop sales were included. Maybe Mario Kart 8 would just be #1 every month though It really makes you think. What we were so used to previously was Nintendo games being on an unpopular console, that you forget how mainstream their appeal is...but we're also dealing with a situation where the population is more than it was before. Switch is popular, but it was never the blowout hit that Wii was...but Switch has already outsold Wii. That's a population thing. So then you look at something like the Playstation exclusives selling 20 million or more units. Like I said previously, I don't know anyone who liked Horizon...and not many more who bought it and played it. It still somehow sold 20 million copies. I think that's a population thing too. There are so many people playing games now that someone who plays can not know anyone who played a game and it still sells 20 million units. So are companies like Sony and Microsoft leaving tons of money on the table by not having more mass appeal games? Halo as a shooter is great for Xbox, but it's not for everyone. Uncharted is a great game, or Last of Us, but Sony games are basically one genre and definitely not for everyone. Mario and Zelda are games anyone can enjoy, even the people who like the Xbox and Playstation type games. So where are the games that are as appealing and approachable as Nintendo's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I drifted away from Kirby when I got pulled into Jedi: Fallen Order, but I returned to Kirby over the past few weeks and played the crap out of it. What a fantastic game! This is certainly one of the best games in the series. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 And here dies the dream of a June 1st party direct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Zzzzzzzzzz I play Nintendo games on my Nintendo console. Nintendo is still having tons of trouble getting new games made, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 Well here's everything they showed today..... no Hollow Knight 2 https://www.polygon.com/23185421/nintendo-direct-mini-june-2022-partner-showcase-persona-monster-hunter-minecraft I will eventually play Portal, Live a Live, and Mario + Rabbids 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 If you have a computer from the last 15 years it can probably run Portal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,654 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 True - but then you’d have to sit down in front of a computer to play video games like a maniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 Everything is better on Switch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 new Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope trailer and 45 minute showcase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Jay said: Everything is better on Switch Definitely not! The game plays night and day better on PC because of mouse controls. Maybe if Portal used a Wii Remote it would be comparable, but the joycons aren't up to the task. Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 Are any JWFanners into the Xenoblade games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 The first one was cool. The second and seemingly the third are basically just more of the same. I wish Monolith would do something different already. Even Xenoblade X was different enough to be interesting compared to 2 or 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 I was a little surprised they made 3 before X2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 I'm surprised they didn't port X to a popular console and make something different, using X's port to tide people over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,654 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 The only reason I know Xenoblade is a thing is because they advertised it in-world in Breath of the Wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 New Kirby game coming to the eShop this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 my kids will love that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 Bayonetta 3 has a release date: October 28 of this year Seems like instead of doing a July 1st-Party Direct, they are just announcing everything that would have been in it one day at a time? Kirby yesterday, Bayo today... what's next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 lol SilverTrumpet and mstrox 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 Nintendo has acquired CG production company Dynamo Pictures, and will rename it to “Nintendo Pictures,” the company has announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 If anybody's been thinking of picking up Xenoblade 1 for Switch, Best Buy currently is selling it for thirty five bucks https://www.bestbuy.com/site/xenoblade-chronicles-definitive-edition-nintendo-switch/6352131.p?skuId=6352131 Bayonetta 1 in its own physical edition (it was previously only a digital download included in the case of the Bayonetta 2 physical edition) is also up for pre-order https://www.bestbuy.com/site/bayonetta-nintendo-switch-nintendo-switch-oled-model-nintendo-switch-lite/6513596.p?skuId=6513596 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 Anyone else see the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Pass Wave 2 announcement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I want the Turtles game but I know I won't have time to play it until winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Shredder's Revenge? It's gotten so much praise on so many podcasts, it's pretty wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 My daughter is very excited for the next wave of MK8 DLC tracks. She literally squealed with delight at the reveal of the new dessert themed track. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to Waluigi Pinball in HD, one of the best tracks from Kart history. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,654 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 This is more likely to get my money than Shredder’s Revenge, tbh. What a deal! https://www.konami.com/games/tmntcollection/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Shredder's Revenge is jaw-droppingly gorgeous, but I don't care for beat-em-ups, so it's an easy pass for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,654 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Haven’t been able to get my kid into Mario Kart yet. Once I do, the DLC is probably a good enough reason to upgrade from our Wii-U version of 8. Assuming/hoping they’ll release similar DLC packages of boards, mini games, and characters for the most recent Mario Party - that is one my kid wants to play to death, and I’m tired of the five boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 A really awful Splatoon 3 Direct this morning. Splatoon was such a fresh and innovative concept back in 2015 and it's such a huge disappointment how they've been unable to evolve the franchise. Splatoon 2 and now 3 are basically just expansions of the first game, more of the same. I wish they would treat Splatoon like they do their other main franchises where each new entry is approached in the spirit of doing completely new things both conceptually and visually (think like Galaxy to 3D World to Odyssey, etc.). Splatoon has become safe and boring when it should be a series all about wild experimentation. I hate to say this but I'm now hoping for this game to underperform commercially, just to hopefully force some changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Aw, that's a bummer to hear (I still haven't checked out that franchise but own the first two) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Nintendo in general feels safe and boring for awhile now. I think you can argue that Mario Odyssey was originally made for Wii U before they had the opportunity to make it for Switch. In fact, I think I heard that it was completely done for a long time before being released. We know Breath of the Wild was for Wii U. After those two games, Switch has really been a more of the same machine. Either that, or making a game based on people whining on the internet for things. Situations like reviving Metroid Dread, having the latest Mario Party be basically just a remix of the N64 games, having a halfassed story mode in Mario Tennis and Mario Golf. Just feels like a direct response to noise online. Compare that to the Gamecube years or Wii and Wii U years where the approach was basically "Okay, we got this idea. I know it sounds wacky, but bear with us and give it a chance." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 I guess the passing away of Iwata, and the "promotion" of Miyamoto away from game design into everything else he's doing has had quite the impact on their software design, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 That's what I'm thinking. It seemed like Iwata fought the board a lot when they just wanted to push safer projects, and with him gone there's nobody to push back and propose crazy things. I mean, we're on the third Splatoon game in 7 years and people thought the 2nd one didn't have anything new enough to justify being a sequel. Was ANYTHING new shown in this direct? It all seemed like "Don't worry! So-and-so mode is back!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Watched last weeks Scarlet/Violet trailer with my kids this evening. Looks like an up-rezzed GameCube game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 On the bright side, the music sounded like it might have actually been live instruments for the first time ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Sakurai's new Youtube channel is awesome. Insta-subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1DvRY5PyHHt3KN9ghunuw Love this one about creating the first Kirby game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 Damn dude doesn't age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay 37,421 Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 Finally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 I predict the Advance Wars remake will get a new release date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 Do you think they'll be an announcement of a major new game, dropping this fall, that we haven't heard about yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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