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I think there's one key difference between the N64 Wave Race and this. And it's the product placement. The N64 game got a revised version that changed the sponsor boards, and I believe that's the one that's on the N64 app? I don't believe Blue Storm ever got a second version, and something tells me McDonald's would be a hell of a lot more expensive to get these days. That's the biggest hurdle. Of course, if NERD go in and edit those to be more Nintendo focused, then it can happen, but that does mean more effort, for a very niche game.

5 times! 5 times in a row @BowserBasher and I got the same character from random! That has to be a record!

I hope you get more then 200 quid for that.

This seemed pretty clear to me, going by the (also ugly) small print at the bottom.

Weirdly enough, this might actually be an improvement over the situation on Switch. At least with Switch 2's method you can resell it. On Switch, it was just a download code. Quite a few third parties used those. I don't believe Nintendo ever used them, though. Hopefully, the same will hold true here.

I was more shocked that Konami themselves developed this collection, instead of outsourcing it like they usually do. They did hire another team to handle the art side of it, mind. I might be wrong, but i think the last time Konami themselves did a game was Super Bomberman R?

Remains to be seen. But the Mii Maker is on the Switch 2 menu, so it's not impossible. You know what? Sure. If Mii is in, we'll go with that. The actual character distribution will be determined on whether you have to unlock the Mii before hand. I for sure would unlock them in less then a week, but most people aren't as mad as me.

But that's the best thing about him! "The Turbo is wasted on you..."

Stock format tonight, Custom stages from 7:30pm.

It begins... Suikoden I&II HD Remaster has been found listed on Play-asia as getting a "Physical" release for 35 US Dollars at the console's launch. Now I say physical, but there's no mention on whether that's an actual physical release or one of those Game Key Cards. I'd be shocked if it's the former. It's also only on Play-Asia right now, so err on the side of caution there. There's also this. No release date or price for this one. Neither of these games makes any mention on whether it'll be a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Like BotW), a free update for anyone who owns the Switch 1 version (Like Pokémon Scarlet), or a completely seperate release altogether.

Oh, I don't plan on skipping anything, the game makes it very clear that the other three characters are off-screen, doing stuff that you can't see. I would be very dissappointed if the cutscenes didn't depict that when you choose one of them.

You need to watch me play F-Zero. Because that just gets me killed more often then not. If I can even bloody catch them in the first place.

No, it, like almost every F-Zero game, is absolute BS of the highest order. Just blatant cheating on the CPU's part throughout.

OK, now that Treehouse is done. I'm gonna get my thoughts down. Mario Kart World - It looks great! Very promising. Free Tour looks a bit lame, but with a Direct focusing on this in the near future, I'm hoping we will see more with that. Worst case scenario, at least I get to drive around aimlessly when I open the N-E Get Together room. I hope Miis don't get cut... Gamechat - Using Four Swords to demonstrate this is probably the best way they could've done so. Being able to just glance at what everyone is up to is very neat. The framerate of other feeds is low, but I imagine that when you're actually playing, you won't be noticing that as much. I do wonder if it improves with less people? Very cool that you can all be playing completely seperate games, and still use this. Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV - It's fine. The mouse minigames are neat, but I hope you have the option of having them show up in Mario Party itself, otherwise it's kinda pointless. The camera implementation is cute, but I probably won't use that. Drag X Drive - Nice idea, but it looks so bland! It doesn't look like Nintendo made this. Not to mention, I don't like these kinds of competitive team games. Street Fighter 6 - It's very impressive looking, but I don't like arcade fighters. Calorie Challenge is just dumb though. BotW/TotK - Seeing both versions of BotW running side-by-side was staggering. (Laughed at them using the Lost Woods to demonstrate) The Zelda Notes app has some neat things in it, especially the Voice Memories thing. Now, put that kind of stuff in a good game, and I'd use it. Switch 2 Welcome Tour - This is very neat. But yeah, this is a tech demo. Charging for it is comical. Oh well, I know @Dcubed is getting it, he loves this kind of stuff, so I'll play it for free. Donkey Kong Bananza - Yeeaahhhh... The Treehouse footage kind of unsold me on it. It smacks of Mario Odyssey, and that game is lame. The whole destructible terrain thing is cool, but I worry that the level design will have to suffer to accomodate that. I'm not seeing what Dcubed is seeing. Bravely Default - Yup, that's Bravely Default. It's surreal seeing it run at twice the frame rate. Pity about the cool 3D effect being gone, but this is a fine trade-off. That minigame was a surprisingly good showcase for the Mouse-con. It was also hilarious! It's literally this GIF, the game! Kirby & the Forgotten Land - It's more, and harder, Kirby. Sometimes simple is best. I'm in for the lore that is definitely not going to happen. GameCube - I'm looking forward to playing some great multiplayer GameCube games online. I'm not looking forward to being unable to unlock anything in F-Zero GX. That game is miserable in single player. Nintendo, please give us an SP version that has everything unlocked. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Yep, that looks like Metroid Prime. It's very cool that you can seamlessly swap between Joy-con controls and Mouse-con controls. Couldn't care less about seeing the 4K mode though, gimme that 120 FPS!

They definitely mentioned on Treehouse that the NSO GameCube controller can be used wired.

Huh, OK. Boomerangs now work on a timer, like Fire Flowers. You might be able to throw it more then three times, if you're quick enough. But you won't be able to save subsequent throws for later. Third throw likely doesn't go further as well...

"How can anyone ever hurt Cow?" Oh believe me, I will find great pleasure in doing so! Bloody waste of a slot on a character that isn't even from a Mario game. It's Baby Rosalina and Pink Gold Peach level of crap.

5 pages there, so definitely possible that there'll be more then 80-ish characters/costumes.

With all the random Bowser minion characters, that ain't happening. Speaking of, we got to see what the Kamek item (Poor guy finally gets into Mario Kart, and then gets demoted to item in the next entry) does. It spawns obstacles in front of the person in front (Possibly the person in first). In the Treehouse footage, it made a bunch of those rolling Chain Chomps from 3DS Rainbow Road appear. It also transforms that character into a random Bowser minion temporarily, I think this is how you actually unlock those characters. Don't expect costumes for them. The Ice Flower looks like it has less ammo then a Fire Flower, but slows down anyone who is hit a lot more, as they freeze over a bit.

Huh. My initial assessment of the number of charrcaters might have been off. It seems like costumes are treated as seperate characters? Hard to tell. Of course, that also means there could be more then 7 pages via unlockables.

Those Street Fighter 6 amiibo are quite a bit larger then I expected. They put them next to the Ryu and Ken ones from the Smash set, and the SF6 ones were definitely taller.

What? Are we gonna get a cheaper version that only has British English? I'd pay for that.

You could actualy see it plummeting in real time as he was making that announcement!

Kirby has a new sidekick friend. IMMEDIATELY SUSPICIOUS! EDIT: Wait, never mind. They're the Waddle Dee replacements, crisis averted. I hope you lot like choirs, because they're everywhere now! Also, mohawks! So it seems like the majority of this extra content will be remixed, but heavily tweaked levels. Going to sections you could never get to before.