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I didn't notice any improvement to the text in performance mode, a huge increase of overall UI clarity when set to quality though! Another way to tell is with my Mii icon, it looks seriously messed up in performance mode (just as it did pre-update) but switch to quality and the resolution bump makes all the difference. Shame it's not possible to combine the crisp UI of quality mode, with the 60fps gameplay of performance mode. Anyway, finally having video capture support is probably the best thing about the update, tested it with one of my epic save replays: Reckon I'll mainly use this feature from the replay section rather than in-game actually, in order to make some use of quality mode. Definitely sticking with performance mode otherwise.

Here are the highlights from last week, have streamlined it a bit more so the vid is slightly shorter but just as action packed! New logo too. Oh, and I be...

Well, I enjoyed SteamWorld Dig so much that I ended up jumping straight into the sequel. Was going to play something else first, to mix things up a bit, but just couldn’t wait to get digging again! I’m now loving SteamWorld Dig 2 just as much as the first game, if not more. It’s improved in pretty much every area over the original and definitely a lot beefier. So yeah, @markderoos I definitely recommend checking it out.

Fantastic stuff! Can’t wait to see the rest of the costumes from that list.

IN! For tonight BTW. See you at 8:15pm.

Yoshi Highlights: @Dcubed, that was one hell of a boomerang attack on GBA Mario Circuit. 3 hit combo!

Add me to the list of cheapskates that picked up Kamiko in the sale. It’s a nice game, albeit very short (cleared it with all three characters in under 2 hours) but there’s one particular section that is just infuriating! And having to do it 3 times wasn’t fun. Other than that unfortunate gameplay mechanic though, Kamiko was pretty enjoyable. Anyway, having finished Kamiko I decided to grab another game that’s been sitting in my watch list for quite a while, SteamWorld Dig. Somehow I managed to miss this game on 3DS and every other platform it’s released on since, so it’s great to finally check it out on the Switch. Really enjoying what I’ve played of it so far too, so much so that I’m already considering the sequel and SteamWord Heist as well!

Mobile. Seriously, I played it on iPad and it was great. Looked lovely and played perfectly without a stylus. I’d say play it on the device which has the biggest/best screen, so if those platforms are your only options I’d personally go with Switch.

Hahaha! Oh man, that was insane. Cheers everyone, great stuff.

Highlights from the Kirby theme:

Muscle March. That game was hilarious. Really loved Tomena Sanner too. It's a shame the old threads we had for these games on here no longer exist. I'll tell you what's more of a shame though, the fact my Wii is dead. Yeah, it just doesn't want to power on for some reason. I still have my second Wii console (that I picked up second-hand for homebrew) which still works fine, but obviously all of my saves, VC and WiiWare stuff is now trapped on the other console. Anyone know if it's possible/easy to swap the system storage from one Wii to another? Already opened up my dead console once to get a disk out of it, so might try again, see if I can get my original Wii going on the other console somehow.

Indeed. Pretty sure the tank thing can be controlled via the switch touch screen too though, and that they're just showing how it can also be done with additional controllers because the screen was being used for the hit display in that particular example.

Just wondering, did this end up making much of a difference for you? Thinking I might look into it as well, Switch's wi-fi can be so flaky!

It sounds really cool, kinda wish that bit was in the demo just so I could check it out. It’s like the ball counting game in 1 2 Switch all over again.

Yeah, the focus on local multiplayer makes this game a pass for me. Will possibly get it sometime in the future though, if it drops in price enough. Anyway, nice review H-o-T. BTW, did you have your HD Rumble enabled when you reached this part?:

Oh nice! I often see 2 regarded as the best in the series, so it’s great this’ll be making the jump overseas too. Now I just need them to make a Kiwami 3 (I started playing at Yakuza 4) and I’ll have played all of the mainline games.

Looks like there's a great use of HD rumble in the new Kirby game: And obviously the way Labo is going to utilise it looks awesome as well. Great stuff.

Oooh! IN! Red Yoshi please!

Oh man. The way you sloooowly roll over the ramp afterwards is comedy gold! “stilllaughingaboutit.gif” Yeah, that was a bit mean. But let’s just call it retaliation for the completely unnecessary Super Horn you got me with.

Sorry to go triple post-tastic but I just got to say that this game is getting better and better all the time. The amount of content updates and gameplay improvements that the developers keep on releasing for it is amazing. It’s actually difficult to keep up with all the different events! Right now there’s Super Mario themed items to collect, plus the first fishing tournament got underway today too! Pretty much all of the major issues regarding the interface/mechanics have been sorted, and it all runs perfectly now. If there are any Animal Crossing fans out there that haven’t checked it out yet, give it a go! Likwise, those that might have stopped playing, it’s definitely worth another look in its current form. The game has not only improved immensely since launch, it’s also getting more and more of the mainline AC stuff added to it over time.

Daaaaaaamn! Labo is going to be huge I reckon. I mean the standard stuff looks really fun anyway, but the scope for customisation and of course experimentation seems on another level! Was not expecting it to be as deep as this, that’s for sure.

Does what? Seriously though, which particular incident are you referring to? There was quite a lot of evil stuff going on tonight!

Yep... highlights should be pretty spectacular. “Hooray!”

IN!

Probably. Either way, if you go and play Smash Bros. online on Wii U or 3DS right now, chances of it being an unplayable mess are somewhere between slim and none.