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[Maf]

Comparing it to past DK games is the more direct comparison 

 

But it’s also a similar product

The next work after the Mario Odyssey team

And Nintendo’s big 3D platformer for the system 

 

I’m not saying it’s the go to comparison, but it’s still a notable one 

[Guest]

Switch release to odyssey 7 months

 

Switch 2 to DkB 1 month. 
 

Not that it was ever going to sell better but still it wouldn’t be 50% less. 

[DANGERMAN]

17 hours ago, mmmark said:

Switch release to odyssey 7 months

wow, my memory was that it was closer to 2 years!

[Maf]

The first year of Switch 1 was killer 

[retroed]

LEGO Nintendo Game Boy available to pre-order, out in October.

 

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/game-boy-72046

 

 

[Maryokutai]

Not posting this in the deals forum because it's more of a a general information, but there's a summer sale going on in the eShop at the moment and I noticed that almost my entire wishlist is on sale. So maybe worth taking a look, IIRC it's still running for another ten days or so.

[Maf]

The subtitle shouldn’t have been World it should have been Unkillable 

 

 

[mfnick]

Can’t believe how shit the PS5 is doing over there. 

[Maf]

Yeah. But it is 5 years old and in the shadow of the Switch 2

 

Xbox, though 👀

[one-armed dwarf]

Xbox is DEAD

[Maryokutai]

Playstation hasn't done big numbers over there for about a decade now though. I just checked and Switch 2 is already at 1/4th of PS5's lifetime sales in Japan (7m). Nintendo has that entire market basically for themselves these days.

[Maf]

My guess is Metroid is a November release. 

[Guest]

That’s a silly tweet. They’re not reporting that they just have an article on the only person saying that there will be one from natethehate.

[retroed]

 

Holy shit. I had this on SNES, big box with mouse and hard plastic mouse pad. I spent hours on music mode and swatting flies.

 

Cool that you can still play this on Switch with a USB mouse.

 

 

[Maryokutai]

Saw some people asking for this ever since they announced the mouse feature. It's a good pick for sure, but my only two memories about this game are playing the fly swatting minigame at a friend's house and (decades later) combing youtube for songs people recreated in its music box:

 

 

[Maryokutai]

Nintendo Partner Direct tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx8ZK9yqkMVsJ3sACy_WkIaK4Rg_KeoO0a

3pm for me, so 2pm for you guys I think.

 

Brace yourselves for a truckload of PS4-Generation ports sold as Game Key Cards.

[Maf]

 Not a great show but a bit better than expected. MH Stories 3 and Octopath 3 are cool. Not sure how I feel about creating a character and making your own town. But will 100% check it out. Octopath 2 was incredible 

 

Unfortunately it seems pretty much everything is a Game Keycard from what I saw online 

[Maryokutai]

32 minutes ago, Maf said:

 

Unfortunately it seems pretty much everything is a Game Keycard from what I saw online 

 

Yup, that's going to be a big downer with all these shows going through this generation. Every time you see a cool-looking game from a third-party your mind will immediately go to 'ah, crap, Game Key Card'.

 

Also I read somewhere that the Octopath game seems to be a reworked version of the mobile title, which would explain the quick turnaround and the uglier visuals. It's still kind of interesting but with reference to my first paragraph, I'll probably never play it.

[Maf]

Looks like there’s a Switch 1 version so hopefully there’s an upgrade path..

[Maryokutai]

Octopath doesn't, so I get the feeling SE for some reason isn't doing upgrade paths, full stop.

 

On the plus side every game except for Hyrule Warriors is multiplatform so there's always that option.