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I know that this isn't Switch related, but most people are likely to see it here. A reminder! Your Miiverse post history download links will expire on 31/12/17, so make sure you check your emails and actually download them now while you still can! Just been admiring some cherished Miiverse memories of mine, man, I miss it so much... It would've been so amazing if Switch had it

It did... outside of Japan. Clearly Japan is happy with Pokemon Go and doesn't want proper mainline games anymore...

Just wanted to say that Blossom Tales is fantastic! It's a really good Zelda-like that has some pretty neat ideas, fun dialogue and does a great job of capturing the REAL Zelda style of gameplay that BOTW was sorely lacking!

Very disappointing hardware bump for Switch. Nintendo screwed up bad with the console's supply; so much money being left on the table... Delighted to see ARMS get a huge bump though! [25.285 / 297.491 (+136%)], about damn time that game got its dues! 400k should be more than doable (maybe even 500k when all is said and done!). Insane boosts for Kirby: Battle Royale [42.796 / 115.324 (+70%)] and New Style Boutique 3 too! [21.321 / 105.557 (+58%)] The old 3D dog isn't dead yet! Pokken dx has also now officially surpassed the original Wii U version, joining MK8dx in an extremely select club of just a few ports/remakes that have ever surpassed their original counterparts! The biggest surprise for me though is Yo-kai Watch Busters 2, [184.739 / 393.279 (-11%)], with an amazing hold over its launch week! Pokemon US/UM are almost at 2 million too! After the dismal performance of the original Sun/Moon, by series standards, and the rapid decline of the ageing 3DS, I'm really shocked at how well US/UM are doing! It has already surpassed Pokemon Crystal! Next up is Emerald (2,197,017) then Yellow (2,294,065), which it should do quite easily. Platinum isn't an impossible target now! (2,604,510), but it probably won't beat Black 2/White 2 (3,019,274), the reigning champions of 3rd versions. I wonder how this happened with US/UM? It just defies logic! Perhaps quite a lot of people heard about the Pokemon Stars rumour, got pissed off and waited?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wsj-nintendo-delays-rollout-of-64-gigabyte-switch-game-cards-until-2019.12823/ 64GB Game Cards are incoming for developers, but have been pushed back till early 2019 due to production issues...

This all sounds like hilarious BS. The fourth point in particular "tradition vs innovation" is basically the online discourse that's happening on forums right now, so I'm inclined that someone's having a bit of a laugh right now and just trying to rile some people up. Also how could the Chinese localisation team have finished translating the script already? The original Japanese script itself wouldn't even be finalised until about 3-4 months before launch! Finally, this game isn't coming out in 2018, so kill your hopes and dreams of that right now. November 2019 at the very earliest. @Julius Caesar, I agree. Seamless loading is what I want to see the most in this Switch game. Not just with battles, but with everything. I don't mind having transition effects, but I want it to load instantly. No loading screens in-between areas like in the 3DS games (go back to the original GB/C/A games in that regard) and especially no black screens in-between menu screens; those couple of seconds it takes to load menus in the 3DS games just drives me mad whenever I play them! I absolutely hate how long it takes to load anything in the 3DS games, and all of the pauses/small animations they do to hide all of that incessent loading in the Gen 6/7 games needs to go. Switch is more than capable of handling a seamless Pokemon experience.

Well this just appeared in the Switch News app... Cool way to tease new characters! Never thought of using Switch News for something like that!

Not yet, but the devs said that it will be coming in an update.

Finally got it. It’s actually pretty great! Had a “quick go” with @Glen-i and we ended up playing it for hours It’s actually quite different from Smash. It’s a lot more combo heavy and the characters are all very unique and fresh. None of them feel like anything you’ve seen in Smash (unlike a certain other Smash-like that rips characters wholesale from Melee... [COUGH]Icons[/COUGH]). They’re all a lot of fun to play as (I’m particularly fond of the Frog Guy, Olaf Tyson, Juan and King Apu) and I like the aggressive focus it has. Some of the characters might look generic, but they certainly aren’t generic to play as! From the grapple heavy Frog Guy, to Juan (AKA Hits-Like-A-Truck Guy), to Olaf’s ridiculous ability to conjour ice platforms to block people from recovering, they’re very unique! And fun too! The removal of blocking and the rage mechanic also make it feel quite different too. The latter has quite a bit of nuance to it too, you can use it early as a defensive mechanic to save yourself when you get knocked off, or you can save up your meter and use it to unleash hell! It also feels really surprisingly polished for an indie title. It feels fast and smooth to play, with no hint of slowdown at all (there’s a stuttering bug when playing with CPUs, but that’s getting patched shortly apparently), looks great (indeed, running at full 1080p 60FPS Docked/720p 60 FPS Undocked as the developers promised) and it’s just a lot of fun! My only real major complaint is that I wish it had voices. It does feel a bit weird to not have characters make grunts and groans, nor have an announcer, but hopefully they can add these things over time if the game sells well and they get a bigger budget to work with. Speaking of which, I’m looking forward to the new characters and stages they add going forward (and if Nicalis’ tease is anything to go by, one of those new characters is gonna be Quote from Cave Story! Can’t wait to see what they do with him! ) The stages are quite simple compared to Smash and of course lack the insanity and pizazz of the SSB games but they still manage to feel distinct from each other and have some interesting ideas here and there. There’s some longetivity to it too, with lots of stuff to unlock (though the requirements for doing so are a bit ridiculous; I hear that the dev is looking to change this though). Guys! Give it a try! It’s good stuff and a lot more unique than it looks at first glance. There’s lots of small differences that add up to make something that feels pretty distinct from Smash. I’m very happy with it so far!

Nope and yes. VS SMB differs significantly from the original NES version of SMB (it incorporates some levels from Lost Levels for starters!). It’s generally a much harder version of the game and well worth checking out for a new spin on an old classic!

https://www.gonintendo.com/stories/298540-crazy-climber-set-for-switch-release-on-jan-11th-2018 Crazy Climber ACA comes out on Switch on Jan 11 2018.

Considering that I just bought digital copies of BD and BS on 3DS a few weeks ago during the eShop Black Friday sale, I think it’s safe to say that we’re getting a Bravely HD Collection for Xmas on Switch...

@RedShell lives up to his name sake. Homing in on all who dare to stand in front of him (and then continuously firing backwards in first place for funzies). Congrats! Looking forward to joining IN! again next year (with hopefully a better average this time!)

Lol! I used to do the same thing! Was a riot to see literally every CPU fail to complete the track

The F-Zero X gif is so beautiful! I love the X-Cup

Flying Tiger Entertainment’s pedigree doesn’t seem great, but we’ll see... Hopefully they don’t botch the emulation here... The more developers working to bring arcade classics to Switch, the better though!

Here're my highlights! A fun night to be sure!

Oh hey, I know this is old news (but somehow I missed it!), but it seems that Hamster got the rights to some of Irem's games and they're planning on releasing some (including R-Type Arcade) on Switch next year! http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/11/r-type_and_other_irem_arcade_hits_are_coming_to_switch

THE RESULTS!! GP1: GP2: GP3: It’s a shame that we couldn’t get Backwards Racing working tonight, but I had a fun time regardless! It’s not often that we get a 3 way tie for 1st place, but we got it tonight! As for me? I had a strange mix of beautiful skill and beautiful fail (you’ll see why when I post my highlights later on). It’s been a great League guys! Here’s hoping I see you all again next year here too! @Glen-i will post the results over the weekend. I can’t wait to see how things get shaken up!

Due to the game deciding to be an arse, we sadly have to drop the Backwards Racing theme for tonight. It turns out that the game automatically disconnects you if you try it, just as if you don't press anything. I know, I know, I'm as absolutely livid about it as you too Next League Night: Tonight 8pm Group 1 @BowserBasher is host @BowserBasher @martinist @punio75 @viceview51 @RedShell @S.C.G So we're going with the good ol' End of Month tradition! See you all at 20:00!

Lol! It kicks you out even if you’re the only person doing it! I’m now forced to spectate you two! Ahh well, it was a fun dream while it lasted.

Yeah, it’s definitely something built into the game that stops you doing it sadly... Sigh... Players Choice it is then... Hang on a tick...

Bugger! The game won’t let us do it Looks like we’re gonna have to change plans and make it a pure player’s choice night... Let’s do another test race to rule out connection issues anyway.

Damn... Do you want to try it one more time?

Next League Night: Tonight 8pm Group 1 @BowserBasher is host @BowserBasher @martinist @punio75 @viceview51 @RedShell @S.C.G Due to an unfortunate last-minute snafu, Glen-i cannot participate tonight (meaning that I get a full screen to myself! HUZZAH! ) Are you guys ready for the craziliest, ridiculousliest, most utterly stupid night in MK League history? I know I am! @BowserBasher I will take Glen-i's place here and do the test with you at 19:30 (Make sure you select the four courses me and Glen-i chose for tonight's GP)