Josh64

"I've got gold plated toilet tissue, money never is an issue, TV people call me as their guest" - Funky Kong's reaction to being added to Mario Kart 8

I'm surprised they announced that Peach game so early as to give us that placeholder name, it feels very pre-mature and Wii U-like to do that, like they're desperate to show us anything and everything they're making. But in this case they didn't have to as there's always tons of stuff coming out on Switch. In that direct they had Wonder! So yeah, just bizarre they didn't wait to reveal her game properly.

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how are the hanafuda cards? I've been eyeing them up for a while! I got the Brewster coasters yesterday, I'd actually been meaning to buy coasters for a while so it was good timing. https://twitter.com/HenshinJosh/status/1699903809722495246?s=20

Get it while you can! The original Fitness Boxing is being de-listed. The good news is though, Fitness Boxing 2 and Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star will remain. And also, ANOTHER entry has been revealed! https://www.n-europe.com/news/hatsune-miku-fitness-boxing-announced-for-nintendo-switch/ It's becoming quite the thing! I hope they continue to lean in to more weird collaborations.

Phantom Sparkin, Excite Bikin', Mario+Rabbid and Fitness Boxin, tell me 'bout the Wonder of Directs.

I do hope it is backwards compatible with upgrades as even first-party games could do with it. While Pikmin 4 looks nice, it does look like bit of a blurry mess at times, and the slow moving camera is really choppy - It feels like it was made for a more powerful console and then a bunch of settings were pared down to get it working on the Switch. While this is commonplace for third party software, it feels weird, especially for Nintendo, to be doing this kind of thing with their own releases. It makes me wonder if a Switch 2 was planned earlier and then pushed back due to chip shortages/the unexpected continued success of OG Switch /COVID.

Front page news! https://www.n-europe.com/news/charles-martinet-steps-down-as-super-mario-voice-actor/

It was mentioned in the article but worth posting here, if you already own Marble It Up! then ULTRA is available on the eShop for free! I got it yesterday and its as fun as I remember, great physics and stuff, though I think the new content must be later on, as I definitely vaguely remember the levels I've played so far lol. I guess being Marble It Up Ultra as oppose to Marble It Up 2 suggests the addition of levels and not a whole new game!

I'm really itching to play again too, I had it a few years ago on Xbox but I'm super tempted to double dip and have it on the Switch. Might even play the field and not go for my usual husband of choice lol

Thanks, always a pleasure!

Blimey, that was a packed week! Wii and DS, Wii U, Sony shenanigans - It feels like a very 2012 time we're in! Had I have known there'd be so much news this week I may have let Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 pass us by 😅 But at that stage we were set for a relatively quiet week lol

https://www.n-europe.com/news/call-of-duty-online-services-discontinued-for-nintendo-wii-and-nintendo-ds/ Online services ended yesterday for Call of Duty titles on Nintendo Wii!

I wish they didn't make you go back to the base after every day, or at the very least wish it loaded quicker. I find it really ruins the flow of the gameplay, I just wanna play the next day damnit!

Not a bad price from a collectors POV but the usability of them makes them pretty rubbish lol. It's cool that they can attach physically to the Switch but the lack of buttons and especially of shoulder buttons renders them pretty useless outside of the NES app. The SNES and N64 controllers though, now those I would be interested in if ever there were a price cut.

Those new balls are fantastic!

I was literally just reading about Flagship the other day as I started Minish Cap recently, I've touched upon their interesting history here: https://www.n-europe.com/news/the-legend-of-zelda-oracle-duology-available-now-via-nintendo-switch-online/ Oh and also, the Zelda Oracle games are out now on NSO!

Part 3 is up on the site, another condensed version of the interview! https://www.n-europe.com/news/pikmin-4-developer-interview-part-3/

I've posted a "best bits" of the interview on our front page! https://www.n-europe.com/news/pikmin-4-developer-interview-reveals-early-concept-art-n64-version-and-more/

Ok so I enjoy the game overall BUT some of the later caves were ABSURD and definitely soured me a bit lol, I can see why the game has a reputation lol There were certain floors that felt like Mario Maker levels as the enemies, trick bombs and crazy amount of random bosses was just silly lol. But overall it was a blast and I managed the Impossible without quite pulling all my hair out

Oh my goodness, I'll be right on that. I love tetris at the best of times, but I MUST get this theme. Out of curiosity, anyone who has purchased the 1-Player mode, can you use whatever themes you have collected playing 99 mode? If so I will purchase it at some point, as given Nintendo's track record I know this game won't stay online forever, which is a shame as it has so many great themes.

That SpaceWorld trailer is fantastic, so many great memories. I can't tell you how hyped I was for Mario 128 and of course, Zelda! What's crazy to me now is that the Zelda tech demo actually looks pretty awful graphically lol, I'd argue launch (or near enough) titles like Pikmin and Smash Bros Melee look better, but I remember thinking at the time, along with seemingly most of the internet, that the Zelda demo was the hottest looking thing alive! That Metroid shot is also interesting, that is surely the same rendered scene that we see in the Smash Bros Melee intro, albeit slightly different so maybe a slightly earlier or later build, or just a different part of however long that rendered scene is. It's also weird how different my opinion would be now. Back then it was insane excitement and pure joy, if I was my current age when the GameCube was coming out I'd be lamenting the beginning of the end. This is the trailer they release for GameCube? It's a bunch of tech demos and pre-rendered scenes, they have no games ready! I guess ignorance was bliss lol. I've subscribed to them anyway, and as if I wasn't already excited enough: They [the WORLD] really did Cammie dirty, she was so much fun, it's actually shocking how awful the internet was to her.

Damn, that's exciting. I love watching footage from that era. It's a bit late now but I'll definitely look into this more tomorrow! I remember the pure excitement of seeing GameCube preview VHS tapes in Nintendo magazines before launch. I don't think it would be possible for me to ever get that excited over a console again.

I have 29 ship parts! For the first time I also plucked up (lol) the courage to approach the egg and let it hatch! It went about as well as you could expect: I got to the Final Trial late the other night and decided to leave it for another day as I had to be up early lol. Hopefully I get time to tackle it today! I have a buffer of around 9 or 10 in-game days to do it so should be fine lol

Play Two Point Campus for free this week! https://www.n-europe.com/news/play-two-point-campus-for-free-with-nintendo-switch-game-trials/