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Genwunner pandering sucks, but localisations of previously JPN only games is awesome. In this case? And this case only? I'll allow it. Plus it's one step closer to getting Pokemon TCG 2 released in English dammit!

Excellent! It's using the same scoring system as the original game! Fantastic! So far, so good. Looks pretty faithful to the original N64 game! I just hope that the course design is up to scratch now and that we get a bevy of interesting scenarios and multiple paths to open up! (which is, of course, the easiest thing for Namco to mess up here). Don't let me down!

Why bother doing this? Why go out of their way to make fake Pokemon Green carts? That was done on purpose... They could've used literally any other Pokemon game, but no! They deliberately chose Green! Everything that appears in this video is a pre-existing Pokemon product... EXCEPT for the English Pokémon Green cart! Me thinks that it might be a hint of what's to come... Perhaps they're actually going to release it on Switch this year alongside RBY

Is that a Pokemon Green cartridge I spy in that video? That aint the Japanese cart... Japanese Pokemon Green carts are grey! TPC have some prototype Pokemon Green carts hiding in their offices it seems! Guess they were planning on releasing it in the west after all, but backed out seemingly at the last moment (even going so far as to print cartridges!)

Basically, sorry I got caught. That statement doesn't read well and won't be doing him any favours here.

Why aren't they actually furry!? They should be made with felt! Talk about a missed opportunity!

Also, this might sound mad, but one of the absolute best runs here was Mario Golf Toadstool Tour. The sheer skill on display is insane!

They HAVE to abandon their successful console because they don’t have a second pillar to fall back on anymore. Before, they had their consoles & handhelds on slightly different cycles; so one could pick up the slack while the other was winding down. Now? There’s just Switch. Nothing else. They have no choice but to make the jump and to leave the current Switch behind while doing so. They are not going to wait until 2025 to do this, that would be absurd. The console would be dead & buried by then! 2023 is the obvious, natural end for the platform. A very respectable 6 year run; and also around the time where crossgen games on PS5/Series X will be coming to an end, and PS4/Xbone get left behind. Launching in 2023 is the right time, allowing Nintendo to carry on receiving 3rd party support & ports from PS5/Series X. And Nintendo can’t afford to not have an absolute banger of a first year for Switch 2, because they’ve put all their eggs in one basket and their continued business relies on its success (And, unlike with the first Switch, they can’t rely on easy & quick Wii U port up jobs this time around! That trick only works once!). Nintendo needs to start developing Switch 2 games now, not in 2 year’s time!

You don’t wait until your console dies before putting out a successor. You strike while the iron is hot and keep the momentum going. This industry is entirely momentum driven. Once you lose momentum, it’s incredibly hard to get it back (Wii U is a great example; which was launched too late, after Wii was allowed to fizzle out without any major releases and Nintendo’s mindshare was lost. Even when the big Wii U releases came, it just couldn’t manage the release cadence of smaller titles needed to keep up a consistent schedule; thus the likes of Mario Kart 8 could only ever manage temporary hardware sales bumps). Switch 2 needs to launch before Switch 1 runs out of steam; and Nintendo’s internal developers HAVE to make the transition at some point. Better it happen now, while 3rd party support is strong enough to prop up the system in Nintendo’s absence; and while Switch is still healthy.

Still gutted that we never got them on 3DS. So bloody stupid that never happened!

Switch 2 is probably coming out in March 2023 (6 years after the current Switch launched - No Nintendo home console has ever had a longer lifespan than 6 years, and I don’t see this changing here; especially with the inevitable loss of 3rd party support happening when cross gen games stop); that’s only 2 years away now! We’re pretty much almost there! (Hell, the announcement will probably be made in just around a year from now!) It really isn’t that far away now. I don’t see a point in wasting these games on the current hardware (which is selling like mad by itself, without any big new 1st party games even being needed), when they’d be much better spent on ensuring that the Switch 2 explodes out of the gate and becomes a success. So I’d rather see Nintendo pump out some good ports & localisations of older games on the current Switch and for them to push all their big new games onto the Switch 2 at this point.

The Sonic runs were absolutely insane!! I’m still catching up with the ones I missed, but the Sonic runs, the DKC race, DKR and the Mario Sunshine run are all absolute must watches if you haven’t already seen them!

To be honest? I’d rather see them just focus on Switch 2 now. I don’t think their development resources are particularly well spent on pumping out more large scale titles on Switch anymore. The Switch is selling on its own now, they could easily just let the system coast on 3rd party games & Wii U ports now, along with a few smaller titles like Rhythm Heaven, until March 2023. I’d rather see them just push every major internally developed Switch game over to Switch 2 now. Focus on making it the best launch possible; get Metroid 5/Prime 4, BOTW 2, Advance Wars Returns and Bayonetta 3 out in the first year of Switch 2’s life! All I want from Switch now are the rest of the missing Wii U games, Skyward Sword HD and maybe some smaller games like Wario Ware & Rhythm Heaven. Also more localisations of JPN only games in the same vein as Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & The Blade of Light (actually, fuck everything else! Just give me more of that please!) Jusf focus on making Switch 2 awesome; fix the horrendous hardware issues plaguing the current Switch (also making sure you have IR pointing/sensor bars and an Active Stylus in the box this time!) and let’s hit the ground running with a new generation! (Oh and bring back the VC properly with localised JPN VC games too, you hicks!)

So it’s just one giant Odyssey style level? Bit disappointed TBH. Was hoping for them to be additional traditional SM3DW levels (was always weird that we only got 3 bonus worlds post-credits originally; was hoping that it’s be more of those).

Oh it’s gonna have online... but nobody said anything about it actually being functional here I expect a complete shitshow; just like with SMM2’s online multiplayer.

Yes. Bowser’s Fury is EPD Tokyo’s next game. The SM3DW port has been done by NST (Who also did the Captain Toad ports for 3DS & Switch)

We are not at the point where we are vaccinating the general public; we are still getting through the first set of people, and are only just now starting to include health & social care workers outside of care homes. The “doubling” of the vaccine numbers will not get us to the point where it will have an effect on the R number any time soon; so that is absolute bollocks. All it means is that you’ll have more NHS staff half protected, unable to get the full protection that the vaccine is supposed to offer. We don’t know if the second dose will even work at all, because we have no data available. The vaccine is completely untested outside of the 21 day window. This measure they are taking is not based on any scientific data whatsoever. It will not solve the issue of vaccine availability for the general public either. This measure is being taken for one reason only, to improve the Tory government’s optics. That’s it. There’s no virtuous motive here, instead they’re playing pretend scientist and are messing around with things that they SHOULD NOT be messing with! Medicine is not basic maths; you can’t just give a half dose and have half protection! That isn’t how medicines work! The real way to get the R Number down is to put strict lockdown measures in place and actually strictly enforce them! That’s what the Tories needed to do months ago, and they are STILL fucking this up! Messing around with the vaccine dose regime (with NO evidence!!!) only puts us at risk of making the vaccine ineffective; which is the worst case scenario imaginable!

Had a feeling that something like this was going down when those guys upped and left. I’m not really surprised that this was the case. The absolutely insane rate at which they were pumping videos out had to be coming with some huge sacrifices. There was simply no need for them to start making multi-part videos for every scrap of news that came out. That was just nuts. They were far more successful when they just focused on analysing key trailers and major stories. They ended up biting off far more than they could possibly chew.

The Pfizer vaccine is NOT like a traditional vaccine at all. It is the first ever mRNA vaccine ever produced. We have robust scientific trial data that shows that the vaccine (after having the double dose administered within the 21 day window, as tested) remains effective more than 6 months after it is administered. This modified regimen that the Tories have come up with? We know fuck all about if it works or not! And yes, I would rather the government sticks to the regime that has actually been tested, the regime that we know actually works! ”Vaccinating” 2 people with a half dose means fuck all if that protection runs out in weeks, or (God forbid!) results in the development of a viral strain that is resistant to the damn thing! This is why you do these trials in the first place! You establish what works BEFORE you start using it! You do not deviate from what is tested because you have no idea what kind of effect a change in dose, or dosing regime might have on the efficacy of a drug before you test it! Short term gain for long term pain though. That’s the Tory way as per usual.

YO DUDES WHAT’S UP!?!? INVICTUS HAS BEEN CRUSHED! I HAVE FINALLY ASCENDED!!

Sadly that’s not how things work... We don’t know how long that initial protection lasts, we don’t know if a second dose is even effective at all if it gets delayed. We simply don’t have the scientific evidence to support what the Tories are doing here. They’re making a complete mockery of the trials that gave us the evidence we needed to actually use these vaccines. Quite frankly, their use of the Pfizer vaccine is completely Off Label; and is not based on any scientific evidence at all. It does not work like a traditional vaccine, we do not know how long the initial immunity lasts for. They are using us as lab rats; and all just to boost their numbers up and make themselves look good. What they are doing is incredibly dangerous. It’s quite possible that it could even result in the development of a viral strain that is resistant to the vaccine, as it gets into immunocompromised people that aren’t fully protected.

Pfizer dose 2 get! Thank fuck my appointment & second dose didn’t get delayed! Hugely grateful and very proud of my NHS Trust for pushing back against the government’s insane dose delay plan (based on NO EVIDENCE!)

Wahey!! Great to see you back Mokong!! Naturally, given my job, my work schedule is all over the place and busy as hell; but I’ll be sure to be around for some good ol’ fashioned NE Hunts when the crew is about!

Fuck me! This game is amazing!!! Switch Axe is BEASTLY in this game!! The combos you can do are bonkers!! I love how you can jump off the Palamute after it jumps; allowing you to double jump! Also the Palamute has Mario Kart drifting controls!! He’s such a good boy! This game is the tits!

Argh!!! The gyro controls are inverted!!! Why!? Bad Capcom!! Edit: Oh no, wait... they’re mapped to the same inversion settings as the analog stick aiming. So you can have un-inverted gyro controls, but you can’t have an inversion setting for gyro controls that is separate from the analog stick camera controls... Bad Capcom!! Edit 2: Ahh!! You can have separate inversion settings for the camera and for the aiming!!! So I can have inverted camera controls and un-inverted gyro aiming controls!!! Which is exactly what I want!! Good Capcom!! Well done!