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Interesting to see so much activity in here again! Was wondering if anyone still played or had burnt themselves out on it. I'm thinking with Xmas coming and the few quite days/times I might have at home this could be an ideal sort of single player thing that might be idea for some xmassy game feels. Shame I didn't think about it sooner - I imagine this update is going to push prices back up again! I'll see where my finances are soon though and pick it up maybe.

Did someone recently have the random ejecting issue? Frag Grimes is having it at the moment - he says he's done some fix involving tightening a screw but the PS4 still keeps randomly ejecting his discs and turning on at all sorts of times. Anyone know more info about it, and a potential fix that won't be too much work short of buying a new one?

I was just sitting here, not going home, and suddenly a thought almost blew my mind... If Yooka-Laylee is on this on launch, it'd be a big selling point for me. I was chatting to Shorty/a few OW guys earlier about how single-player doesn't capture me as much; but I think that's more on a console/TV sort of side of things. If I could be taking those experiences portably with me(or even just around the house) then I can see myself doing a lot more in the way of playing through things like that. Playtonic/Team17 don't seem to have said anything on plans from the very minimal googling I've done(even in fact saying there wasn't going to be any NX version) but if that gets dropped as a launch title along with Mario at the rumoured £200ish price mark for the system well I can see myself dropping dime on the thing even if the online isn't up to par.

Damn, I was very tempted to make the same joke!

Personally too old and burnt out to remember all of it well enough to make a comprehensive post - though the best thing the Wii ever did for me was make me join the forums here so I don't think I'll ever forget it for that I'd certainly be interested in hearing from some of our more recent regulars who weren't as around back in the Wii days. Any thoughts @Glen\-i? @GenericAperson? @Nuntendo @The Cape if you're still around? @ProbablyAFairFewIForget - not sure who else we've maybe acquired since you guys last did a big forum round table!

Absolutely the same for me; with a number of ports moving Switchwards(or this to PS4 etc) I'm getting tempted to trade my WiiU version in now for the credit and use it later when it's released/a bit cheaper.

Super Mario...Switched! In a revolutionary twist on the classic Mario theme this time it's all be Switched. This time you play as Bowser, going about your business on your quest to kidnap the princess, but every corner you turn...she's in another castle! Where IS Laura Kate Dale, and just how soon can you shut her up?? Coming in July 2020 - 2 months before the Switch stops production

Starting to wonder if I should take half my WiiU games for trade at CEX for credit now....then re-buy them all on Switch when the time comes :')

I tried getting into Bioshock a few times myself - just for some reason can't manage to stick it out and see it through. I think it's the general feel of the game just doesn't blow me away and it did feel a bit abstract/lost at times. I'm aware of the some of the story/plot twists now so I don't think I'll ever get back to it. Weirdly I didn't particularly mind the gameplay, I just think maybe it was the pacing of it that didn't sit good with me?

Anyone know anything about the US New £DS deal and if anywhere's doing similar for UK?

Haha, loving the Sexy Finn and Mario brothers! Actually slightly loving the idea of letting people make my choices for the night, kinda like they're the player and I'm an NPC. It could go terribly, but I might actually do it in conjunction with something costumey! I've got a Jake onesie ordered but I don't think it'll arrive(looked in a Primark last night, no joy) so I may end up just pirating it or something in that end. Think I'll attempt to raid fancy dress places on Saturday morning or something with Marcamillian(also in a similar position to me). I'd have loved if I'd given it enough time and thought to try and throw one of Winston's explorer outfits together from Overwatch.

Haha, amusingly I think the birthday girl would actually really appreciate the joke in it; but I'm not prepared to go gimping in Bermondsey on a Saturday night just quite yet! Indiana Jones did come into my mind first but then I also thought too many other people might do it - and better than me too!

Hey all, Sposed to be going to an 'Adventure' themed fancy dress(urgh) birthday this weekend but I'm really struggling for ideas and I'm fast running out of time! I was going to be super basic and just get an Adventure Time onesie(both warm AND practical!) but all delivery estimates for the onlines is basically hitting christmas timings already. Anyone know where you can get an Adventure Time/Jake onesie on the high street? Alternatively - anyone got any good ideas for 'adventure' that's cheapish quick and easy??

Is he an orang-utan by any chance? Did you seriously just try and make that point completely un-ironically?? I thought just a few posts ago you were 'saying the same thing' as H-o-T when he was expressing his concerns on how much content for Switch will actually be new compared to re-utilised Wii U content!!

It's an interesting question for a world full of information. I don't actively seek news much tbh; it tends to occur and come across my radar. Conversations with friends/colleagues, relevant issues that have imo affected or been related to me, what comes up on social media(facebook, essentially), what comes up here, what I see on The Wright Stuff's daily paper review(sometimes I go work late and watch this...fuck you and your judgement!), what happens to be on the TV news when I occasionally have it on myself and don't change off, or what happens to be on TV news when I'm at my parents'/other people's house, papers on the occasional time I take a train, local news, BBC breakfast on occasion too. I question what I can where I can or take things with a pinch of salt if viable. Normally if there's a news story I find particularly intriguing or interesting I'll google it and read the reporting from multiple sources to try and get an broader idea of the story and what angles different outlets might take as well and trying to see consistency(or lack thereof) in the reporting. Tbh I think when something particularly 'newsworthy' comes up on my radar(which can be from the simplest or smallest of comments from someone) I'll google it then hit the news tab and read 2-5 maybe articles on it to see what they're all saying. I have some 'preferred' news outlets in such a case but I still remain fairly cautious/sceptical about their angles and try to digest things myself with that healthy dose of apprehension towards just the words I'm reading. Assuming any of that makes any sense to anyone else. There's no real need to attempt to try and follow news these days though - the digital age of data and information almost means that news will follow you, whether you like it or not!

With a number of other things looking like they're moving in the right direction - I just can't believe or accept quite yet that they won't go forwards for party chat as a minimum, and online voice chat hopefully as a standard on par with competition. It's going to be interesting to see and possibly a real deal breaker for me - imo if they manage to implement something on par with the competition this system will fly off the shelves; if they leave it out then it'll have a modest performance outdoing the WiiU but ultimately end up hindered by being behind a very current and still evolving curve that's a standard expectation. I'd like to hope/think they won't just implement, but at the same time do a classic bit of Nintendo magic and even jump beyond it, but they're still Nintendo and I'm still wary given a lot of their decisions in the last gen or two. /RetroDreams

All very much my own thoughts that I've had before. I've come at NX/Switch quite sceptical after the WiiU but the information we've been getting is turning me more in its favour and I'm starting to think it really could be viable in a way they didn't manage with the WiiU. Of course, I also said the same of the WiiU and eventually got suckered in(albeit not straight away) and I do regret that somewhat now. I think I'm currently quietly optimistic but prepared for it to not be quite all I want. I'm definitely still not sure if this is definitely going to be a purchase for me yet, and certainly not looking likely for launch day unless that Mario is just some killer title I HAVE to have. I think Nintendo should look towards adopting a paid online model as the competition does - and if you're subscribed to said online then you are able to access the back catalogue of titles. Sure, sell them as standalone downloads etc - but giving people an option to play any of their back catalogue as part of the nominal online fee would be a good shout imo. Also encourages more people to embrace online - somewhere they've not always been as active in previously. Maybe draw lines around it - so only to SNES or N64 games; or maybe add small premiums for certain titles. IE you're paying £3-4 a month or so for online maybe, but you can 'buy' the games you want access to for small amounts - like less than £1 a piece but like PS+ titles you can only access them whilst also still having an active online subscription etc.

It is looking absurdly good for 2017, but we do still need to be mindful of 2018 and onwards. If they manage to have a really good start they need to ensure they do well to keep its momentum with lots of content - I'm excited to see what they do with more indie/downloadable stuff and storefronts etc. I think there's a lot more games I see on things like PSN store or Steam that I'd probably be more inclined to pick up on Switch with its lack of limitation of being tied to the TV.

What or why were there difficulties with Unity? I thought the whole idea of Nintendo adopting and supplying it was because it was supposed to make development and porting easier for the WiiU? Almost quite literally alolololol. Still not happy with the Zelda delay, and Sun/Moon/Stars don't really interest me but with these and the rumours of Mario for launch and its more SM64 style the Switch is growing every more tempting for me. Getting the system sold well in the first year can only be good for it imo, and I won't mind taking as much of a chance on it. Online features and functionality is still going to be the real decision-maker for me but everything else is slowly starting to look as if Nintendo are going in a direction that I think is going to work well for the system this time round. Splatoon pack-in is a good idea but its online functionality definitely needs some hard looking at and fixing in places.

Silly question you've just made me wonder - is BotW another Hyrule setting? I presume so for tradition etc but tbh if this IS a huge open world etc then you know I'd possibly be tempted by your suggestion(also come's back to Retro's one too) of essentially having an identical geographical world but with a different amount of content to it. Almost like a BotW Master Quest only not just limited to dungeons. I mean if you're gonna make that huge world then why not take advantage of trying to present it in a completely different way a few years later? Was the dungeon design great though? I mean...it was fun but I'd call it OK at best. The novelty came from items and control method - I actually think TP had some of the best dungeon design and variance to the series; but the problem was it was all very self-contained. I suppose a fair caveat to consider is that I probably noticed TP's dungeon design a lot more than other titles due to the aforementioned thin lacking of content outside of them. Would probably agree with that myself too. The repeated visits to the various areas made it feel very much like they didn't have enough content but were trying to evergreen what was there. If you consider the size of TP compared to what SS offered - it certainly felt they went a bit small. The evergreening aspect certainly does make the game feel old/outdated for me; a throwback to when you'd try to recycle and maximise areas/assets to long out the game.

Don't get me wrong, there's enough bluster around her as anyone else; but I still give her more a benefit of a doubt than most other folks due to her previous track record. I'm not sure she's been quite as on point in the last few years as I stopped following or paying attention; but it seems that she's certainly got a somewhat unique perspective on some aspects of the industry especially with a Nintendo focus. I don't know much about Laura Kate Dale but with the two corroborating each other so far they do seem somewhat credible sources for things.

Pack-in will be digital beyond a doubt - why give yourself extra costs and reduce margins? My biggest issue is that if they pack-in Splatoon however they need to make sure that they fix some of the online aspects of it. Not sure how I'm feeling right now having read about the 1v1 mode. It's a great game and I want it in many more hands but its online needs to be rock solid, especially as a push or pack-in with a brand new system. In her defence I wouldn't just call her a 'Twitter user' she's been writing articles about Nintendo's history for many years now and tends to go into a fair amount of detail where she can. Admittedly I've not read much since her NES days but I always found her articles interesting and worth reading despite being quite comprehensive. I'd be tempted by new Mario on launch, and a Splatoon pack-in, but I also worry about this supposed Zelda delay. I had intentions to purchase on the WiiU, but with a delay beyond the Switch's launch I honestly don't know what I'll do. It's frustrating/annoying enough that I might not actually buy it brand new, and go second hand or wait a bit for reactions before doing so - because I don't agree with its approach in delay etc and as much as I'd like the experience, I'm not keen to directly support them monetarily if that's how they wish to conduct themselves. As for the EA game - it's either gonna be a sports title so they can leave it to die and justify not putting titles on the console, or one of their other titles(not sure what's coming/out/about??) for them to test the waters of the systems demand and saleability before putting their bigger titles like the sports ones etc on it too.

Interesting thoughts on the generational leaps previously compared to now @Grazza; hadn't even thought about that. Has been interesting seeing the variance on the acceptability of delays for different folks too! For WW I think I'd actually agree! I haven't played WW much since its original release(tried a replay once or thrice but fallen off) but maybe I'll give it a go this Xmas or something on my WiiU. Thinking about it I certainly can't, off the top of my head, think of anything that'd make it specifically old or out of touch. What makes TP or SS feel old? I know for me TP feels empty, and SS feels repetitive in places, but repetition could also be levelled at Wind Waker when it comes to the triforce charts(though as said I don't mind it). Isn't BotW despite that sort of fantasy middle earth landscape going a bit more futuristic? Not sure how much more room there is for mixing up but that is a kinda difference depending how prominent a feeling it is. Personally I love the idea of more experiments like MM. I can't right now envisage what they'd similarly do with BotW but I haven't seen enough of the game really. The idea of DLC is interesting, but I think it'll rankle too many folks to take off. I like suggestion of a seasonal change and all it brings but the DLC+Zelda just feels like it's gonna leave a bitter taste in many mouths and it won't take off. Hmmm. I think in my gut I'm right with you on the first part, but the solution it gives is the same as your end point - release more games/more often/possibly have a main game and an experimental one. It's very possible they already do this and no experiments work out and we don't know of course. The obvious flipside to this is the risk of a franchise fatigue or milking that harms its image. If they're going to keep hitting console boundaries with their releases each title's going to have to be fresh and new though.