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Pal Park will probably be where your Pokémon Home mons get chucked into when you do the transfer.

There's a LOT to unpack with these numbers. But needless to say, I think it's very possible that Switch will manage to outsell the original GB/GBC when all is said and done (DS is impossible though). One thing that really surprised me though is this chart (lovingly stolen from the Install Base forums)... Switch is far behind the Wii in the US, but it's being offset by its success in Japan (and in Europe Switch is just barely squeaking out ahead of the Wii). Very interesting to see how Switch is underperforming in the US relative to its success in other regions (that's not to say it isn't still a huge success in the US, it's just well behind in comparison to the other regions). Also Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has finally outsold Mario Kart Wii without the original Wii U MK8 SKU; making it the undisputed king of the Mario Kart series now (and it's still going!). The Evil has finally been defeated

Wii Remote & Nunchuck support for Mario Galaxy when Nintendo?

And that’s 100% item completion done in 10:01! Now to get the rest of the gallery photos… speaking of which BTW, one last thing about the final boss…

This is amazing!! This person is actually making a real-life GBA Remix! Just tried out the demo, it works surprisingly well!

Sounds like this is more Microsoft Azure related than anything to do with Xbox.

It is finally done! (Haven't had much opportunity to play over the last few weeks!) I finished with about 60% of items; so now it's back to achieve 100% Item Completion... My big writeup will be coming later on, probably after I get 100% and after I'll save the big words for later, but needless to say, I've generally loved my time with this game. Huge improvement over Samus Returns. It's not my favourite 2D Metroid (that title still belongs to MZM), but it's definitely up there with the best in the series. A few general things I have to say do bother me though... Ultimately though, these are all nitpicks in the grand scheme of things. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game. It's certainly not perfect by any means, and there are some suspect design choices (not all of which I have mentioned here today; that's for later), but overall, this game is a blast! Amazingly enough, I think it was worth the 19 year wait Edit: Just went back and read through all the Metroid Dread Dev Diaries and watched all of the pre-release trailers... the amount of stuff that Nintendo actually spoilt prior to release is an absolute joke! Dev Diary 6 literally spoils almost every single item in the entire game!

I don't think that Metroid 2 really suffers all that much from not having a map; certainly not like Metroid 1 (which was absolutely begging to have an in-game map). Metroid 2 is a much more linear game than Metroid 1, and it also has much more recognisable and distinctive areas than Metroid 1. It also doesn't suffer from the copy/paste room problem that Metroid 1 has; it's very enjoyable to play even without a map IMO. Samus Returns is a completely different game from Return of Samus; it's much more open and non-linear, more in the vein of Super Metroid. I'd argue that it doesn't even really retain the feeling of Metroid 2 at all to be honest. It's a fine game in its own right, but it isn't really much like Metroid 2 outside of retaining the same basic game structure of Metroid Genocide.

The amount of manpower and art assets Nintendo wasted on this tire fire mobile trash is the most tragic thing about the server shutdown. Proper Dr Mario and Puzzle League games for Switch died for this mobile junk. Good riddance.

Yeah… the standard battles are absolute butts. They’re incredibly repetitive and never develop any interesting new mechanics throughout the entire game (with the exception of literally just TWO enemies). The boss battles and their surrounding dungeons are so good though that it’s worth slogging through the standard battles to get to them though. They’re a massive highlight! Like I said in my review, it’s a 10/10 game anchored to a 3/10 one.

Yeah, I misread it first time round. I can’t believe he pulled that off on his first playthrough! That’s bonkers! Seriously @Julius, bravo! Now you need to get 100% of items and then attempt a hard mode run (then a minimal 9% run; MZM actually does have a specific ending screen reward for a low % run BTW ) BTW @Julius, if you are planning on playing through NES Metroid; I strongly recommend using a map/guide while playing along. It honestly will make the game much more enjoyable (the copy/paste rooms will frustrate you to no end otherwise).

BTW, @Julius, that Super Missile you managed to find? You actually got that earlier than intended and sequence broke the game! Kudos (MZM is intentionally designed to be sequence broken, you can even kill Ridley before killing Kraid if you want to!) Yeah, MZM is just amazingly good Might I recommend you play through Metroid 2 GB before playing Samus Returns though? I think you’ll appreciate SR more having already played Metroid 2 first (SR is also a VERY different game from the original Metroid 2 as well).

Think all the N64 games on Switch NSO are running in 720p.

Survival Mode is like the world's biggest Prisoner's Dillemma social experiment. You could easily get a win streak of +10 if people were smart enough to just allow each other to live when it's mutually beneficial but OHHHHHHH NOOOOOOO. You JUST can't trust the other person lol. Even on bloody Pushy Penguins. Me and someone else emerged victorious, the game was over; so what does the other guy go and do? HE GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO TRY AND PUSH ME OFF FOR NO REASON!! Thanks to that jerk I'm stuck at a Survival Mode streak of 8! People JUST can't resist that natural Mario Party urge

Me and @Glen-i @Ugh first aid were up all night playing this and it's AWESOME! I'll leave it to @Glen-i to do the big write up because I am lazy, but needless to say? I'm pretty dang happy with it so far! It's certainly no replacement for the classic N64 games, but it's a very fun reinterpretation of some of its classic boards, with some neat mechanical changes here and there; and the minigame remakes (a large chunk of which are based on their Mario Party Top 100 renditions), are top shelf stuff.

Heads up @S.C.G Cotton 100% (The Super Famicom sequel to Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams) and MOTHER FUCKING PANORAMA COTTON!!! (yes, THAT Panorama Cotton; the Mega Drive game that costs around £500-600 second hand!!!) just got stealth released on the eShop today!!! That means that Rainbow Cotton is the one and only Cotton game not available on Switch now (At this point though? I've no doubt that it's gonna come eventually). Now all we need is to have Rocket Knight Adventures 1 & 2 and Crusaider of Centy get added to NSO Mega Drive and that's my Mega Drive collection complete! (Well, unless they start adding SEGA CD games onto NSO MD; pretty please SEGA?)

Yup. MZM is phenomenal; my favourite 2D Metroid. Metroid Fusion is pretty much just as good as well. You're in for a treat

Yeah, you can’t add funds directly to the Wii U or 3DS anymore in Europe anymore (you can in other regions, but not Europe; due to security/GDPR restrictions). There are three ways you can currently add funds to your Wii U or 3DS here in Europe… 1: Add them via Switch - Your NNID (3DS/Wii U account) needs to be linked to your My Nintendo account (Switch) in order for this to work. But once you link them? Your wallet is shared across all three systems. 2: Buy eShop cards - Very simple. Any eShop card will work, including ones that are Switch branded; they’re all the same. 3: Add funds via Nintendo’s dedicated EU webpage - Go here https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Nintendo-3DS-2DS/Usage-/Nintendo-eShop/How-to-Add-Funds-in-Nintendo-eShop-Using-Credit-Cards-1626660.html and follow the instructions.

It's also the worst Dr Mario game in the series that was a weird & cheap outsourced game (made by Newcom), so it's a fantastic choice of first game! Yeah, the decision to base it off of Wario Land 3 of all things (Making Dr Mario 64 a spinoff of a spinoff of a spinoff!) is totally bizzare though!

Funnily enough, I just so happen to be playing through RE4 Wii again myself right now. I'll second everyone's thoughts here, RE4 Wii is still, to this day, the best version of RE4 you can buy. The Wii Remote controls are simply transformative and make it so much better to play than any other version! As far as console exclusive games go that you can't get on Switch or other modern home consoles? Here's my list... Virtual Console NES Earthbound Beginnings (It's still the only time the English language version of this game has ever been released! An absolute must-have if you like classic turn-based RPGs! Just bare in mind that it's pretty damn hard and asks for a lot of patience from you. It's well worth experiencing though!) Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos (Excellent sequel to the original Ninja Gaiden, strangely not available via the Switch NSO service despite the original Ninja Gaiden being on there) Ninja Gaiden 3: The Ancient Ship of Doom (Also excellent, also strangely not available via the Switch NSO service) Duck Hunt (Pretty much THE archetypal light gun shooter. I still love it! Uses the Wii Remote to replicate the NES Zapper and it's the only way to play this game on a modern HDTV - Traditional light guns do not work on anything other than a CRT display, so it's well worth looking into the NES Zapper games that are available on Wii U; such as Hogan's Alley, WIld Gunman and The Adventures of Bayou Billy) Ufouria: The Saga (Very interesting little Metroidvania style game from the creators of Blaster Master) Zoda's Revenge: Startropics 2 (Excellent sequel to the original Startropics, strangely not available via the Switch NSO service despite the original Startropics being on there). Virtual Console SNES Super Mario RPG (The game that started the line of Mario RPGs, still not available on Switch NSO! It IS available on the SNES Mini mind you) Earthbound (Bizzarly, it's STILL not available on Switch NSO! It is available on the SNES Mini though) Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Really fun co-op platformer/brawler hybrid that is oddly not available on Switch NSO Pop'n TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventures (Great little shmup in the cute 'em up vein; Dunno why it's not on Switch NSO when the original Pop'n Twinbee is already on there) Axelay (Classic Konami shmup, very good if you love classic shooters) Virtual Console N64 Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Calibre (Fantastic real-time strategy RPG that is very unlikely to come to Switch NSO since Square-Enix own the rights to it) Virtual Console GBA Metroid Fusion Metroid Zero Mission Drill Dozer Advance Wars Advance Wars 2 Golden Sun Golden Sun: The Lost Age Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland Kirby & The Amazing Mirror Wario Land 4 F-Zero: Maximum Velocity Wario Ware Mario Golf Advance Tour Mario Power Tennis (Also known as Mario Tennis Power Tour in the US) Fire Emblem (AKA "Fire Emblem 7"/"Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade") Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire DK: King of Swing Kuru Kuru Kururin Game & Watch Gallery Advance The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Mario Vs Donkey Kong Super Mario Advance 4 (Includes 38 exclusive e-reader levels that were previously un-released! You cannot get these on the original GBA cart release, these are exclusive to the Wii U VC version!) Super Ghouls N' Ghosts (The GBA version has an exclusive Arrange Mode that features remixed versions of stages from the other Ghouls N' Ghosts games!) Pac-Man Collection (Get this for the brilliant GBA port of the excellent 1996 Pac-Man Arrangement!) Mario Kart Super Circuit (Bare in mind that the Wii U version is single player only though) Virtual Console DS Kirby Power Paintbrush (Also known as Kirby Canvas Curse in the US) Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon Wario Ware Touched Kirby: Mouse Attack (Also known as Kirby Squeak Squad in the US) Kirby: Mass Attack Donkey Kong Jungle Climber Star Fox Command Yoshi Touch & Go The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks New Super Mario Bros Advance Wars: Dual Strike Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (Keep in mind though that it's very very likely that we're getting a remake of this on Switch pretty soon though) Wii U Nintendo Land (Excellent Asymmetric multiplayer game! Also has some fun single player challenges, one of my favourite Wii U games) Star Fox Zero (I stick by my 9/10 review) Kirby & The Rainbow Paintbrush (Excellent sequel to the DS classic; also known as Kirby & The Rainbow Curse in the US) Paper Mario: Color Splash (Fantastic game, do not listen to the haters online. It's a hilarious romp with some fantastic puzzle design!) Yoshi's Wooly World (Also available on 3DS, both versions are great, but the Wii U one exclusively has co-op multiplayer) NES Remix 1&2 (There is a 3DS rendition called Ultimate NES Remix as well, but that doesn't include everything from NES Remix 1&2, so the Wii U version is still worth owning) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Wii Sports Club Xenoblade X (I would be shocked if this doesn't eventually come to Switch though) Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Also available on 3DS - Only the Wii U version supports online play mind you; both the 3DS and Wii U versions can play in local wireless multiplayer together) Wii Punchout!! (Amazing sequel/reboot of the classic NES/SNES Punchout games; you owe it to yourself to check it out. It's more of an action puzzle game than an actual boxing game, despite outward appearances - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Sin & Punishment 2: Successor of the Skies (Unbelievably great rail shooter, sequel to the N64 original that plays incredibly with its Wii Remote & Nunchuck control scheme. One of the greatest railshooters ever made! - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (The best version of the best Resident Evil game - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Self-explanatory, you already know you want it - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Kirby's Adventure Wii (Also known as Kirby Returns To Dreamland in the US. This is my personal favourite Kirby game, it's got everything you could possibly ask for in a Kirby title. Absolutely unmissable! - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Wii Sports Resort (Excellent game in either multi or single player. Still one of my absolute favourite games for the console! Brilliant sequel that fleshes out its sports gameplay concepts beautifully!) Pandora's Tower (The best 3D Castlevania game ever made. Really interesting gameplay hook that brings to mind Majora's Mask's time limit and some really cool Wii Remote whip pointer flinging action! - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Mario Kart Wii (It's Mario Kart, what more can I say? It's actually one of my least favourite MK games, but even a lesser MK game is still well worth playing and owning) Super Paper Mario (Bizzare hybrid of the Paper Mario series' RPG gameplay and the classic 2D platformer gameplay from the mainline 2D Mario series. Hilarious characters and story, with gameplay that purposely hates the player and loves throwing a middle finger your way. Well worth checking out - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Beat The Beat: Rhythm Paradise (Also known as Rhythm Heaven Fever in the US, this is the 3rd game in the Rhythm Paradise series. One of the best rhythm games ever made, and probably the best game in the series! An absolute must-own for any rhythm game fan! - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Disaster: Day of Crisis (A love letter to every 80s disaster movie ever made, it's one of the most bonkers action thrillrides you'll ever play. Volcanos! Tsunamis! Hurricans! Cheesy one liners and action movie tropes! This game has everything a B-movie fan could ask for, wrapped up in some surprisingly fun gameplay that mixes up various different game genres, from action platforming to lightgun shootouts, to oddly realistic driving. The music is amazing too. It's Nintendo's own Metal Gear Solid!) New Super Mario Bros Wii (The best 2D Mario game ever made, full stop. NSMBU is a complete joke in comparison - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Pikmin 1 (You are honestly fine with either the GCN original or the Wii version, but the Wii version is more easily accessible - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Pikmin 2 (You are honestly fine with either the GCN original or the Wii version, but the Wii version is more easily accessible - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Metroid Prime Trilogy (The single greatest disc ever printed. Contains three of the best games ever made, complete with sublime Wii Remote & Nunchuck controls that vastly improve the play experience for MP1 and MP2... shame the disc is so rare and expensive, buuuuttt... - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop!) Metroid Other M (Controversial online to be sure, but I love this game. It's a take on 3D Metroid that is much more faithful to the gameplay of the 2D series than the Prime games, and acts as a prequel to Metroid Fusion, much moreso than a sequel to Super Metroid - which is honestly half the reason why people seem to hate this game. The other half of the reason is because the story is hot nonsense, but you're not going into this game for the story, you're in it for the awesome action gameplay - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Wario Ware Smooth Moves (My second favourite Wario Ware game, second only to Wario Ware Twisted - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Excitetruck (Kinda janky really fun arcade racer. Smacks of early Wii game, but it has a certain dumb fun charm about it that's... well... really fun!) Mario Strikers Charged Football (It's Mario Football! It's absolutely insane and it's insane fun! The most unrealistic football game ever! - Digital Version is also available on the Wii U eShop) Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Complete remake of the DS original with a brand new second story and excelllent Wii Remote & Nunchuck controls!) Trauma Center: New Blood (Sequel to the DS/Wii original, even better than the first! Amazing score attack game that is hard as balls, but incredibly fun & satisfying to master!) Trauma Team (Soft reboot of the Trauma Center series that introduces 6 different gameplay types, one of which being a Visual Novel series of sorts alongside 5 different takes on surgery. One of my absolute favourite Wii games and a must play that was tragically never released in Europe... Available via US import only; you will need to either mod your system or get a US console to play it.) Excitebots (Even more insane sequel to the original Excitetruck! Well worth checking out if you like arcade racing action! Available via US import only; you will need to either mod your system or get a US console to play it.) Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Amazing sequel to Path of Radiance on the Gamecube... but honestly? Don't play this unless you've already played POR beforehand, it presumes that you're already familiar with the gameplay, characters and story of POR... also it's crazy expensive now and there's unfortunately no digital version available... damn) There's plenty more that I can add, but I think that's enough to get you started. That's the cream of the crop as far as I'm concerned

You can select the US or the EU versions of the games; so don't worry. Everything supports 60hz here

Right. So I've finally had a chance to try the thing out. I've done some input lag measurements (using 240FPS capture with my phone, on a TV with 16ms input lag with Mario Tennis and the official Switch N64 controller) and I'd estimate that Switch Online N64 has around 64-88ms of input lag (that's about 4-5 frames at 60FPS or 2-3 frames at 30FPS). By comparison, my real N64 hooked up via the Retrotink 2x upscaler playing Mario Tennis gives me about 33ms of lag (that's a single frame at the 30FPS that Mario Tennis runs at, which is what I would expect considering that the Retrotink 2x offers sub-single frame input latency - it would likely be 16ms if I tested it with F-Zero X, which is a 60FPS game). That's actually pretty good; it's about the same as the NES/SNES NSO games and the NES/SNES mini. What IS noticable though is the sound lag; sound effects are delayed by almost half a second and it's really bothersome. This has been a recurrent issue with all of NERD's emulation efforts and it's just as annoying here as it was with the NES/SNES releases. So in short, the complaints about input lag (at least when playing offline) are bollocks. The sound lag IS an issue however, but sadly (going by NERD's past history), I don't expect this to be fixed. BTW, the official N64 Switch controller is super nice! Feels exactly like the original. Going into the Switch's analog stick test screen, you can immediately see and feel how incredibly accurate the stick is! There's no deadzone whatsoever. And it has a whacking huge rumble motor in the top part where the "slot" would normally be, meaning that the controller has a nice top-sided heft to it (it's not AS heavy as the original N64 controller with a Rumble Pak inserted mind you). It feels VERY powerful and very satisfying Look at dat beauty! Friggin' HUGE chonky motor goodness! The analog stick feels very much like the original stick, very authentic; which does have be a little worried about its reliability in the long-term... But apparantly, according to this teardown, it is NOT using the same optical sensors as the original N64 controller, but rather it's using the same potentiometers that the GCN controller uses (according to one of the comments anyway)... So hopefully it'll be more reliable than the original. Overall? I think that they have a good foundation here. The controller is basically perfect and the input lag is pretty good, they just need to fix the flaws with the emulation. At the very least? I am VERY happy with the N64 controllers themselves, and eagerly await the inevitable 8bit-do wireless receivers for the original N64 console, so that I can finally play on my original N64 with proper wireless controllers at long last! N64 games have never felt quite right on anything other than the original N64 controller, and that's still the case here. Edit: For those wondering, the N64 controller's c-buttons map to the d-pad directions in other Switch games (while Z maps to Zl and Start maps to the + button). Sadly this means that it's not likely to be very useful in other Switch games outside of NSO N64. Edit 2: Actually, as it turns out... The Switch Menu maps the N64 controller differently from actual Switch games! Looks like normal Switch games map the c-buttons to the right stick as you would expect! And the rest of the buttons map accordingly (A is A, B is B, Z is Zl, R is R, L is L etc). Maybe it's not so useless after all?

It's literally just a reskin of Pokemon Go lol.