Dcubed

I would… but I fear I can’t afford it. Now’s really not the time for me to be splashing cash if I can help it. Congrats on the downpayment on a new car though! Should buy you a couple of Switch 2 games

Wahey!! Thank you!

OH SHIT!! We could get a Rareware section!!! I bet that'd help grease the wheels of UK governmental approval! Honestly! I think there's a very solid chance that they will. I dunno if they'd highlight any of Rare's non-DK related games, but it's such an easy political win that I can't see them not at least highlighting Rare's contributions to DK within the DKC section of the theme park! And thank you @Julius, Triforce Heroes indeed!

Hot on the heels of Mini Cube comes... Mini Dcubed! Due date is currently 29th of September, though me and the missus will find out a more accurate due date soon when we have our first scan. Let's hope that Super Nintendo World opens up in 2031! That'd be insanely good timing!

Something for the Good Stuff thread

This would be the second largest Universal Studios park if it goes ahead. Nice!

Oh shit!!! That'd be just in time for me to bring my upcoming kiddo along!! Praying that this pans out as we are hoping!!

More footage has emerged of a much later build of Project Harmony... Be sure to read the whole thread, as there are multiple clips! Also, here's a longer form video via Youtube... but it's rather poorly emulated unfortunately... It also includes Disney Singalong cutscenes!! You know what? I think the discourse is spot on. I think the music was indeed done by David Wise, it sounds like his style of work. Edit: Random thought... I wonder if they had originally planned on using the Wii U Gamepad's microphone for actual singing gameplay mechanics before the game got pushed onto Switch... Yeah, I bet that's what they were originally going for! I bet all the parts that feature animals that come out when you hold down the "sing button" were originally microphone activated! Listen to how the pitch changes rather strangely, that must've tracked your pitch in the original Wii U version! That would make a ton of sense! That would also explain why they ended up cancelling the game; because it lost its main defining gameplay feature during the porting process! Edit 2: Yeah, after watching more of the Youtube footage? I'm completely convinced that I am bang on the money with this one. In fact... they might even be planning on reviving this project on Switch 2, since it brings back the microphone! ... assuming that the negative PR coming from this leak doesn't make Nintendo cancel it again... I really hope not! I'd love to play an action adventure game where you have to actually sing into the microphone!! That's a fantastic concept!! Edit 3: I just realised something else... This game was supposedly originally due to be first shown at E3 2015, the same year that Nintendo made their big push for Wii U games that were designed around showcasing the unique functions of the Wii U Gamepad!!! It's also a year where they showed off games specifically labelled as prototypes, including Project Guard (released as StarFox Guard) and Project Giant Robot (released as Nintendo Labo Toy Con 02 Robot Kit), Project Harmony was probably going to be shown alongside those other two prototypes before it was pulled at the last minute! That's it! I've sussed it! That’s the story of Project Harmony from start to finish. It was originally a Wii U project that was part of Nintendo’s big Gamepad Utilisation Project. It was originally due to be shown at E3 2015, pulled at the last minute, eventually ported to Switch and cancelled after they weren’t able to adequately replicate the microphone singing mechanics without a microphone. Oh I do hope that it gets revived on Switch 2, I love the concept!

That looks amazing, would love to go some day! I also really want to go to Arcade Club in Bury, but it’s just way too far out of the way for me to go to from London…

WTF!?!? You can only buy a max of two GCN NSO controllers!? WHY!? That’s so dumb!! You could buy 4 N64 NSO controllers at launch!! What gives!?!? How are you supposed to do a full 4 player GCN NSO setup!? Anyway. My preorder is done… My wallet is crying

I suspect that means that a 120FPS mode should be on the cards for Switch 2 then? Nice.

Cheers for that. Just stocked up on £200 worth of eShop credit (remember, you can't store more than £225 in your eShop wallet at any one time!). Can't complain with getting 15% off of everything on the eShop. Much appreciated with how expensive everything's gonna be on Switch 2!

Our first Switch 2 exclusive 3rd party eShop title comes from Nitrome, the developers of Shovel Knight Dig and Bomb Chicken. Looks fun! A 4 player party minigame collection based all around the Joycon 2's Mouse Mode! Deets below...

Hyped for Trivia Murder Party 3 @Glen-i

On that topic... Sorry @Glen-i

Further clarification @Ike... Now the only question remaining is... will we see Switch 2 Edition games get printed on standard Switch 1 Game Cards, or will they be printed on the fancy new Switch 2 Red Game Cards with faster loading? My bet is on the former, making these Switch 2 Editions essentially the equivalent of GB/GBC Hybrid Carts; which will work on both consoles, but won't be able to take full advantage of the Switch 2's bespoke hardware and faster loading times.

They could also be using just good old fashioned high quality potentiometer tech, like what they used to use. And like what they're currently using in their GCN replica controllers (which they will also probably be using in their upcoming GCN NSO controllers). Hall Effect isn't the only way to achieve good quality control sticks. Nintendo used to be masters of it after all! The GCN controller has probably the most durable control stick ever made, and that doesn't use Hall Effect. We'll just have to wait and see how this turns out. The fact that the Joycons and their respective sticks are a good bit larger than the original Joycons should go a long way towards making them more durable this time...

Two new interviews! One with Bill Trinen... And one with Nate Bihldorff... The latter confirms no hall effect sticks on either the Joycons or Pro Controller... Let's hope they know what they're doing this time... Also, @Glen-i? Looks like great minds think alike

https://www.resetera.com/threads/switch-2-editions-of-physical-games-are-switch-1-carts-with-an-upgrade-code-per-nintendo-uk-metroid-mario-party-kirby-botw-totk.1156137/page-9#post-138165708 The saga continues!! Perhaps there’s still hope for me after all @Ike

A few opinions of mine regarding the Project Harmony footage... It kind of reminds me a lot of Kameo: Elements of Power; with the animal riding/shifting mechanic. The character designs also remind me a lot of it too. Kind of prophetic... considering that Kameo was a long troubled project that struggled to find its identity and shifted focus multiple times throughout its protracted development cycle. It also looks like they may have been experimenting with a rhythm-based attacking mechanic, sort of like what HiFi Rush would end up pioneering a few years later. We don't see any enemies throughout this prototype footage, but the debug options hint at some similar mechanics. Also, I just want to say, I absolutely love the fact that they use the name WindWakerHint for the mechanic that sees the main character look towards objects of interest that can help the player

Bit of detail about the Splatoon 2 prototype... Looks like the guy with the dev kit is struggling to get his controller working with the Project Harmony proto; might be some time before we see it in action, but hopefully video footage will come... Edit: HELL HATH FROZEN OVER!! WE HAVE PROJECT HARMONY FOOTAGE!!! https://streamable.com/2mkoof And there it is!

So it looks like someone got their hands on a Switch 1 dev kit and hit the jackpot. From the Reddit post, found items include... Project Harmony is a reletively recent rumour, but supposedly it was the big project that Retro Studios was working on inbetween Tropical Freeze and Metroid Prime Remastered. An action RPG that was designed to be an interactive musical. Supposedly they spent 3 years working on this prototype, before giving up on it. Well it looks like that rumour may well have been true! Because we now have our first screenshots of this prototype! Not to be outdone, that old rumour about Bandai Namco Singapore working on Ridge Racer 8? Completely true! And we have video footage to prove it! https://streamable.com/grt0hz (An alternative upload for those of you who don't want to use Twitter). This also soft confirms the rumours about BN Singapore also working on the original version of Prime 4 before they got publically thrown under the bus in favour of Retro. News is still breaking, so hopefully we'll see some video footage of Project Harmony soon.

I'm looking forward to playing DDR Mario with my GCN Dance Mat and playing Donkey Kong Jungle Beat with my DK Bongos on Switch 2!

Honestly speaking? The launch title I'm looking forward to the most is Echoes of Wisdom. Very happy that this game is in the first batch of Switch 1 performance updates, because it really needs it; and I've been hungry to play it ever since it came out! I'm very glad that I held off on those later Switch titles, and I'm gonna definitely take advantage of my backlog in that first year; because Switch 2 exclusives are gonna be very thin on the ground. Hopefully we don't have to wait too long to see the likes of Bayonetta 3 get the performance update they desperately need; because I'm dying to finally play that game!

One of the best games SEGA ever made. Phenomenal game, absolutely top shelf from top to bottom. Pure arcade fun at its finest. The remake is a travesty. A joke compared to the flawless original, that spits in the face of SEGA's arcade legacy. I desperately hope we get the original SMB 1 & 2 on GCN NSO... It deserves to be preserved in its original form. BTW, small aside, but I really like how you include the little GCN Menu blurb for each of these games @Cube. Nice touch!