4774

And it looks like you can just buy the vouchers with eShop credit, so if you have a Costco membership the actual price is $90 (or even $80 if you managed to catch a brief sale window like me).

4775

I just launched it to test, and not only can you lock on with both dual stick and gyro, but you can also still aim around while locking on if you so wish.
Actually, the number of control options (from within the game : the title menu options are barebones) is astounding.

But all this is accessory:
I am finally gonna play @CraigM favorite game of all time!

4776

Thatā€™s what I wanted to hear! In the originals you could free aim while locked as well but with gyro I can imagine that working really well. Glad to hear there are loads of options!

4777

Well hello $45 Nintendo games, thank you for this additional idea.

4778

Yeah, I know itā€™s not how the industry works, but that series should just live and die with the DS.

4779

I just saw a post on Twitter that reminded me of your comment, but the Metroid Prime Remaster that dropped digitally last night is get a physical version launching on Feb 22nd, so it does happen.

4780

Okay watching some videos and getting a sense of the improvements (definitely a ā€œremasterā€, not just ā€œHDā€), Iā€™m coming to terms with the price. More than I was expecting, but I can understand why.

I guess now I can just complain that with this level of work, I doubt weā€™ll see remasters of the second or third games any time soon. I found a way to still grumble, hooray! šŸ˜

But seriously yeah, this looks better than I expected.

4781

Did that Disney 2D platformer look pretty awesome to anyone else? I just donā€™t know how to judge the quality of 2D platformers though. Iā€™m assuming the 2D Mario games are considered excellent by people, even though I just canā€™t get on with them at all (including the latest one that was a Wii U port). But I just absolutely love other ones like the Ori games and Hollow Knight, since they arenā€™t as difficult for me as the Mario games. This one sure looked very good in the video, at least. Mickey and Donald and Goofy, I think?

4782

I think the only real way to judge is to play it and see how it feels to you. The New Super Mario Bros games have never felt right to me in how they control so even though Iā€™ve played several theyā€™ve never really hooked me. Especially interesting considering all the recent 3D Mario games have felt great.

4783

Yeah, I remember loving the first one on GameCube, though I never got around to buying the second. No idea how well it would hold up these days, but Iā€™m glad that more people will get a chance to try it.

Probably depends on why youā€™re burning out. As you progress further in each one, youā€™ll see more complex labyrinths and encounters, and thereā€™s a definite satisfaction to seeing your charactersā€™ builds come together with a wider range of skills. But if youā€™re just tired of exploring/mapping/fighting, nothing gets dramatically upended as you press further.

Geez, that seems overly harsh. I agree that itā€™s an amazing fit between hardware and software, but once that hardware is gone, Iā€™d rather see the series adapt to that reality than just die with it. Thereā€™s a lot more that makes the games enjoyable than just the mapping mechanic.

Looks solid to me. I got a lot of Rayman Origins / Legends vibes from the trailer, and this looks like a nice friendly game to play with the kids.

4784

Agreed! Rayman Origins / Legends is exactly what was coming to mind.

4785

Every time I see that game using the older character variants I think ā€œAh, so this is how Disney will try to justify extending copyrightā€ and it takes something away for me.

4786

Ok, switch experts:

I have two switches (primary and secondary) and online family account with expansion pack.

My daughter bought Splatoon 3 (digital) on her account. Now she wants to buy the expansion pass (well, she wants to pre-order it).

I have some credit already on my account, which Iā€™d like to use to buy the expansion pass. But Iā€™ve got four questions:

  1. Is there any way to buy it on her account using the eShop credit on my account? That would be best.

  2. If not, is it going to be a problem that her account owns the game and my account owns the expansion? Will it even let me do that?

  3. If I buy the expansion on my account, will she be able to get the pre-order bonus on her account?

  4. We also have a physical cartridge for playing on the 2nd switch. Will we be able to use the expansion with that? (I suspect the answer is no, as we recently realized we canā€™t play the Mario Kart dlc tracks on the 2nd switch, which sucks).

Oh, my account is the primary account.

4787

There should be zero problem there.
Unlike the MS Store also, the nintendo shop wont let you purchase stuff you canā€™t use on your current console in my experience anyway.

Thatā€™s strange. I am part of a friendā€™s family for the Nintendo online and expansion, and have access to it. I bought the base game, which should count as owning the cartridge.

4788

If you have Switch Online + Expanson Pass, you should get the Mario Kart DLC through that? Maybe try using it that way on the second Switch?

4789

Iā€™ll have to go back and check, but I think what might have happened is we put the Mario Kart cartridge into the 2nd switch, and started up the game using my daughterā€™s account, since thatā€™s where weā€™ve unlocked everything, and it wouldnā€™t let us use the expansion tracks. I donā€™t remember if we tried it on my account. Ugh, thanks Nintendo.

4790

it shouldnā€™tmatter: if you are using a family online pass and added your daughter 's account, she has access to everything online pass-ish.

4791

Well, on the second switch, she doesnā€™t. Thatā€™s a fact.

4792

silly question : did you download the expansion pack on the second console ? those tracks need to be downloaded on each console manually from the store

4793

Wut? Iā€™ve never done that on the main switch.