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General Chat / Re: Official "Happy Birthday Internet Friend" Thread
« Last post by ThePerm on June 23, 2025, 06:27:35 AM »
Happy Birthday BeautifulShy! May your orange text day feel like a long one, but not a bad long one. An eventful one. One that is fun.
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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 930: GameStop Counterintelligence Department
« Last post by Lemonade on June 23, 2025, 05:05:16 AM »
Back when I used to work in a computer repair shop, I had to work on several cockroach infested computers. They ended up getting into the kitchen/staff lunch room and we had to get pest control in.
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General Chat / Re: Official "Happy Birthday Internet Friend" Thread
« Last post by BeautifulShy on June 23, 2025, 04:54:06 AM »
Happy 45th birthday to me.  Can't believe I am almost at middle age.  Where does the time go!
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TalkBack / Re: Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Switch 2) Review
« Last post by Kairon on June 18, 2025, 07:15:30 PM »
Dang I wish this came out on cartridge.
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TalkBack / Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Direct Recap
« Last post by Luigi Dude on June 18, 2025, 11:07:42 AM »
Once again Nintendo wins E3 with just one game.

This game is literally the Mario Odyssey sequel I've been waiting almost 8 years for.  I wouldn't be surprised if this game originally started as a sequel with Mario in it, but some of the things they wanted to do like climbing and terrain destruction they realized this would fit a character like Donkey Kong better.

Like I said before, can't wait to see what Tokyo EAD has cooked up since I'm sure this game is going to contain a ton of idea's they've probably had for almost 20 years now that they might not have been allowed to do in a Mario game, but now with Donkey Kong they can go wild.
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TalkBack / Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Direct Recap
« Last post by Caterkiller on June 18, 2025, 10:12:04 AM »
Wow that got me a little emotional for a moment there. Nintendo trying to legit tell a story in platformer is neat novelty.

The Bananza transformations look to take the place of Animal Buddies with their functionality. I'd rather be riding Expresso but this does look really good! I mean look at the booty! Also at the very least Rambi is ridable in those Diddy + Dixie challenge sections. So you know maybe there is hope for other Animal Buddies with a similar role.

The opening narration makes me think K Rool is in the game.
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TalkBack / Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct Set for This Week
« Last post by Caterkiller on June 16, 2025, 11:07:19 PM »
I really didn't expect this game to get a direct. Like Odyssey I felt if it didn't have a really involved level up/skill tree system, tons of multiplayer options or some really wacky new gameplay mechanics for audiences to wrap they heads around, then a trailer in a general Direct would have been enough.

But then again there are a lot of people worried that the destruction will be mindless and ruin the level design. So this is their chance to put those fears at ease.

Not for me though! I was sold the moment I saw those banana shaped rocks.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What will Nintendo release in 2025?
« Last post by Order.RSS on June 16, 2025, 06:46:50 PM »
Any chance you could just copy my 2024 list since I said I may as well do that and then promptly forgot to post a new list?  :o

Done!
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Curiosity got the better of me, so I went digging for numbers.  These are based off of Wikipedia, so apologies if not a perfect representative.  Yes, the trendline is an overall progression up, but that doesn't tell the whole story.

The Switch is such a huge anomaly, and with the $30 price gap with the game bundled v. sold separately there was a huge incentive to go bundle which would goose the numbers at least a little bit. 
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Pessimist me still thinks because of pricing, lack of true Switch 2 exclusives, and its iterative nature will have sales be more of a slow burn.  I have a hard time recommending it to anyone outside of our slice of gaming, especially when a lot of my friends are rocking Steam Decks.  But maybe I'm discounting a deep hunger for more MarioKart.

You're once again proving my point about people online living in a bubble.  The Steam Deck has sold less than 4 million units since it came out 3 years ago.  There's a good chance the Switch 2 either outsold it by the end of last week, or has done so by the end of this week.  Plus how many times do I need to say it, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold close to 70 million units.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

Mario Kart is literally one of the biggest franchise in gaming.  Anyone that wants to play the newest Mario Kart will need to buy a Switch 2.  You can't recommend them any other system when no other system will have the newest Mario Kart.

Even when expecting a drop off in sales, when you compare what happened with the DS/Wii era to the 3DS/Wii U era, the best selling Mario Kart of the DS/Wii era was Mario Kart Wii which did 37 million units while the best selling Mario Kart of the 3DS/Wii U era was Mario Kart 7 which did about 19 million units.  So even if you had a similar drop between Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Mario Kart World, Mario Kart World would still end up selling around 35 million copies.  Which would literally put it about what Mario Kart Wii sold, which was on a system that did over 100 million units.

Of course keep in mind the main reason for Mario Kart's drop was because of the lose of the Nintendog/Brain Age/Wii Sports/Wii Fit audience that made up a large part of the DS and Wii.  The Switch on the other hands biggest sellers behind Mario Kart are Animal Crossing, Smash Bros, 3D Zelda, 3D Mario, Pokemon which all have a history of very constant sales and very dedicated fanbases.  Hell in the case of Animal Crossing it did better on the 3DS then it did on the DS, despite the 3DS having only half the audience.  Pokemon X/Y only did a million less than Diamond/Pearl, while Sun/Moon did a million better than Black/White.

Nintendo's main franchise from many of it's 20-30 year series, that have had constant if not steady growth over that time span have done better then ever on the Switch.  To suddenly expect them to sell even worse then their 3DS counterparts is just silly and would literally require something magical altering reality, or something like a nuclear war creating an apocalypse where nobody can play games anymore.  Or course after certain event going on in the world right now, the later is kind of looking somewhat likely. :-\

You're right, Steam Deck users are still a niche subsection, i'll grant you that. 

That said, you're rending the context behind Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's success, a port of a game from the Wii U which hardly anyone owned.  The last proper Mario Kart prior to that was Mario Kart 7, a 3DS game from 2011.  If you're talking about console Mario Kart, that was Wii back in 2008.  If you didn't get a Wii U, that's a 14 year gap from the most recent one and a 17 year gap if you only played on consoles.  There's a severe pent-up demand to account for.

I'm not going to prognosticate much because past performance isn't an indicator of future results.  I hope it is though.
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