Nicktendo

That design is majestic. Absolutely love the new dock + kickstand + ethernet port. Good job, Nintendo. Now about those internals... What do we think? Just a new screen + dock or is it hiding something more? Surprised at the 3 month lead time from reveal to release. Seems like a good way to kill the OG and Lite momentum. It'll be interesting to see how news trickles out for this before Oct 8th. Obviously I want a bit more power, but with my Switch being 4 and a half years old now and showing signs of wear, I'm glad I held off on the V2 revision.

I think this is the issue. They’re clearly a great team and a have a long history with good sports games and RPGs, especially on weak hardware like the GBA and GBC. Their three HD games have been very low on content and have lost a lot of the “magic” which made their older games special. I think it’s clear they are not up to modern HD development with the likely very small team they have. It’s a shame, but I don’t see it changing unless they expand or get much better support from Nintendo.

Yeah, I'd struggle to disagree with any of this. Not a big fan of the new swing meter. Courses are uninspiring so far. Game seems a little bare-bones (I'm sure that will change with free updates). It's okay, but not up their with typical Mario Golf fare. I had similar feelings about Tennis, but the gameplay in that was so good, it was much easier to overlook some of the drawbacks and I ended up putting a ton of time into the game. There is nothing in this game that I feel can really match 64 / Toadstool Tour so far.

They were both superb today. Grealish changed the game to be fair, but Shaw was our best player for the 90.

Kane needs to come off at half time. Useless for the entire tournament so far.

Painstakingly close!

Transition tunes proving tough this week. Lee and Greg both stumped as well. It's an N64 game and one we mentioned on the show.

Amazing that Hungary managed to get two points from that group. Played brilliantly in all three games and can go home with their heads held high. Bring on Germany. Feeling better about our chances after that performance.

Ah. A man of NO culture, I see.

Hendo is from Boro. Google Middlesbrough Parmo and see the ultimate takeaway delight.

Who needs pizza or curry when you can have a heart-attack size fillet of chicken with cheese and mayo?

OK give me 2 minutes

I'll take it if no one else has!

Ristar is my favourite Mega Drive game. I first played it on Wii VC and went in completely blind. Very solid platformer with great visuals, music and level design. Glad you enjoyed it. I've played Nights briefly on PC and enjoyed what I've played of it. I know it's not the Saturn version, but you can definitely appreciate what it was doing at the time. Will need to go back.

I've been spending some time with the old Switch this week. Picked up a few games in the sale, Guacamelee, No More Heroes 2, and in a much-needed role reversal, @nekunando persuaded me to part with my cash and pick up Captain Toad at 33% off. I've been playing the latter quite a bit and got onto the second world. In a cruel twist of fate, there's no hope of me regretting my purchase, I'm really enjoying it. Sorry, Greg. Maybe next time you can exact your revenge. Will probably spend the remaining eShop cash on the Cadence of Hyrule DLC as I have just enough left + gold coins to cover it. I'm also probably going to pick up Mario Golf next week and Skyward Sword with a voucher. My hunt for a decently priced physical copy has been unsuccessful so far. The game I'm going to gush about today though is Box Boy + Box Girl. Picked it up in a sale a last month and have been working my way through it in handheld mode. Anyone who's familiar with the series will need no introduction to what's on offer here. 16 worlds and over 100 levels of puzzle-based joy. Each world introduces a new mechanic and 6-8 levels of gradually more challenging set-pieces based around it. As someone who only played the first 3DS adventure, it seems there is a lot new here, but I cannot say if it's all new to the series as I skipped the later 3DS games. It was, however, a refreshing experience coming hot off the Series S. The game is nicely designed with simple yet stylish graphics and a wonderfully pleasant soundtrack. There is a decent variety in the mechanics and the types of challenges you have to go through. Each world offers something fresh and never goes too deep into one type of challenge. The cutscenes after completing each world tell a cute story where some nice effects and a bit of colour is added to the games black-and-white look. These are done really well although the game does seem to chug at times during cutscenes which was... surprising. It took me about 5-6 hours to get through the main quest. I'm a long way from finishing the game though. I need to give praise to HAL and their implementation of difficulty. While there are no difficulty options, per se, the game clearly has an easy, medium and hard mode. Beating the game from start to finish is not that challenging (that's what I've done). Obviously there is going to be some kind of reward for beating each level using a set number of boxes and collecting the one or two collectable crowns positioned somewhere tricky in the level. I still have to go back and finish off 20 or so levels to get all the medals for doing this. Consider that medium. And then there's the rank you get for beating each level - where you do the all the above as fast as possible and using as few boxes as possible. Achieving an S rank on the first world was tough, so I can imagine there being hours and hours of gameplay if you attempt the rest of them. A lot more content than I could have imagined for a game with a £9.99 RRP. In addition, there's an extra quest that unlocks once you beat the game with a tall Box Boy. It seems there are an additional 9 or so worlds in this quest. There's also an unlockable balloon-popping mini game that has its own set of around 7 challenges, which adds to the already excellent price to content ratio. Really glad I picked this game up. Will definitely go through and sweep up all the medals in the main quest and try to do the unforgiving balloon challenge mode. As for getting the S ranks, I doubt I have the stomach for it. The additional quest can wait until I fancy playing again, I'm in no rush to do it now off the back of seeing the ending. A great eShop title, which really fills that 3DS pick-up-and-play hole. Highly recommended.

This game brings the nostalgia. I can’t wait.

What a shite game. England awful.

- Super Monkey Ball - Super Monkey Ball - Super Monkey Ball - Super Monkey Ball - Super Monkey Ball

Yeah same for me. Russia were shocking in the first game, I think Finland could nick a point or even a win today. Turkey were very poor against Italy, Wales should have enough for the three points.

I'll bring it with me.

Yeah I can come over. Don't have any spare DIYs. Anything you'd want in return?

Liepaja

Don't think I have that one, let me check. Edit - according to Nook Link, I don't have it. Wanna traaaade?

Everything they've shown about this game has me so excited. Camelot finally getting back into the swing of their circa 2000 domination. There's nothing better than a meaty Mario Sports title.

I've got a Perfect Painting if anyone would be able to trade it for another real piece of art / statue. Bought a second having not realised I'd already donated one to the museum.