MrTibbs
2026
Decades after its initial release, the PS1 J-RPG, Moon, which was a big inspiration for Undertale, has finally received an English translation and is now available exclusively on the eShop.
geggis
2027
Well it definitely looks as weird as Million Onion Hotel.
I had picked up NBA 2k20 when it was on sale for like $3 or whatever, despite not having played a basketball game since the original NBA Jam, and decided to fire it up last night. And, itās really good! At least for a handheld* game for a sport I donāt follow and bought for the price of a coffee.
*Yes, not really, but itās the only way I use my Switch, so itās always a handheld system in my mind.
RickH
2030
Pretty much a must-buy. Wonder why they held back Galaxy 2.
Isnāt Sunshine the first GC game republished on the Switch? Hope we see more.
Also, how about one of these for the Paper Mario games?
Also, 35-player NES Mario Bros battle royale? Heck yes!
Lots of Mario stuff for the 35th anniversary, including a port of 3D World from the Wii-U and a time-limited, Tetris 99-styled competitive Mario multiplayer game. Oh, and a graphics-enhanced version of Super Mario Allstars (SMB1, Lost Levels, 2, and 3) heading to the SNES emulator you get with Nintendo Online.
Mildly disappointed they didnāt do more with 64 or Sunshine (e.g., no 60fps in either), and itās super weird that 3D Allstars is only on-sale, even digitally, through next March, but I guess Nintendo gonna Nintendo??
I donāt get why they keep doing these updated port bundles as limited editions (see for example the Metroid Prime collection for Wii). Especially now on a console with a digital shop.
Iām inclined to āboycottā it for that alone. Fuck that bullshit. The exclusion of SMG 2 also rubs me the wrong way.
Itās possible that there is more planned with Super Mario Galaxy 2. Maybe thatās going to get a full release all its own?
Thatās potentially very cool indeed, but at the same time, it seems a bit silly to be staring at your screen the whole time. And itās really going to be crucial to make the track building as simple and yet freeform as possible. If you have to manually lay out the whole thing with specific AR markers, Iād rather just do it in a Mario Maker equivalent.
Regardless, I think I know what Iām getting my niece for her birthday.
Edit: ouch, you have to buy multiple kits for two players. Thatās as much as a Switch Lite.
morlac
2038
I thought it was neat for about 1 minute and then I saw all the accessories needed to make it work and recognized the money grab it was going to be. How do the borders of the track work? I saw a car take out part of it and it was now on the track. So can your car go past the AR borders? Does it disqualify you or something? In the video did they stop the race to get the crap off the ātrackā they knocked into it? Cause that sure sounds fun. I dunno this seems awfully gimicky to me and awfully expensive.
I wonder if this is low-key intended for a competitive/arena scene. Japanese houses are too small for this to work, so maybe they intend to have real-world sites that build custom tracks and expect people to come in person to play there. Playing with different tires and accessories could have an impact on the race, assuming that it handles care wipeouts, etc. gracefully. The physical cars scream spectator sport.
I may be mostly thinking of the Yakuza slot-car minigame, but I have no idea if that kind of culture still exists in Japan.
I donāt understand. Are they real remote control cars??? So you stare at the switch for first person view, and you look atā¦ reality for third person view
No, itās as much as two Switch Lites because each kart is tied to a single Switch. Read the fine print at the end of the video.
That seems in line with a āplay in some location with friendsā rather than āplay at homeā use case.
I also wouldnāt be surprised if the new Super Mario World amusement park had a thing where you could play / get this.
Well, yeah, you basically have to stare at the screen to play (or else you might as well be playing with an ordinary RC car), so it only makes sense if everyone has their own Switch.
Why would that āonly make senseā? You play Mario kart in split screen normally.
On a TV maybe. But that would just makes it even more weird, staring at your TV while the RC cars are driving around somewhere out of sight. Clearly the idea is to be in handheld right at the track.
