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>The 3DS and Wii U showed Nintendo that people weren't willing to buy 2 Nintendo systems at the same time anymore to get similar experiences,

I think this is a important thing that gets overlooked a lot.  Sure, we didn't get Mario Galaxy type 3D Mario game or a new giant 3D Zelda on the 3DS, but there were a lot of "core" Nintendo-style games on the 3DS - and at a lower price point.  The 3DS had a huge library of amazing games (boosted by the DS library).

In the olden days, you'd get something like Super Mario Bros. 3 on the home console for full price and Super Mario Land 2 on the black and white handheld for a lower price - even in the same genre of game with the same mascot, two fairly different styles of gameplay.  On the Wii U and 3DS, we got New Super Mario Bros. Wii U and New Super Mario Bros. 2.  Different games, to be sure, but we're they really different enough?

Coupled with the baggage Nintendo carried over from the Wii, the lack of third party support, the devistatingly poor online infrastructure, and Nintendo struggling with HD Dev cycles... the Wii U was doomed to fail.  And I own two. 🤣

Ultimately, if a system sells is going to come down to the games.  Does the system offer enough games with a unique enough experience that justifies throwing down the money to buy another new system.  It doesn't matter how powerful your system is, how good of a deal it is, what features it has... if the games aren't there, it's not going to succeed.

I think the Switch 2 will continue to receive ample third party support.  I do worry that Nintendo hasn't quite figured out how to deal with HD Dev cycles - the Switch's first party line up was definitely bolstered by 3DS and Wii U ports and upgrades.  I guess time will tell.

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I can't imagine it'd go over well, but imagine an accessory that lets you connect your Switch 1 to your Switch 2 and use it as a DS. 🤣

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Done.
« on: May 14, 2025, 11:51:02 PM »
Yes!

It's a long story (the two videos tell it best), but we successfully got the full 16 player mode working after much work.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Done.
« on: May 04, 2025, 01:04:33 PM »
Nada.  I'm not cool enough to create videos. 🤣

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Big banner on the bottom of the front cover.


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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2
« on: April 24, 2025, 11:17:41 PM »
Also, it doesn't look like you can still preorder on Walmart.com.  I'm not clicking it for fear of getting my order canceled for it thinking I'm a bot, but the preorder button is showing right now. 🤣

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2
« on: April 24, 2025, 10:54:49 PM »
I think the presell numbers are just a portion of the total launch numbers.

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General Gaming / Re: 5th Annual NWR Four on Four
« on: April 24, 2025, 06:04:52 PM »
Whoops.  My apologies.  I got a little click happy.  It's back now.

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Yikes. I want a Switch 2, but at that price I can't justify getting it at launch due to real world obligations.

Also, how can they justify charging $80 for Mario Kart World? I am sure it will be good, but $80 for any game is nuts.

It gets even worse when you find out that $80 is for the Digital edition. The physical edition is $90. -_-

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mario-Kart-World-U-S-Version/15940407280

Or $80.

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General Chat / Re: NWR Data Question
« on: February 19, 2025, 08:25:01 AM »
Definitely seven.  At least.

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General-3 / Re: God, the default theme is so ugly.
« on: February 09, 2025, 12:35:12 AM »
Switch 2 or Forum Upgrade... which comes first?

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General-3 / Re: God, the default theme is so ugly.
« on: February 08, 2025, 09:19:06 AM »
Huh. Well, okay.  Now,,how do we get core back? 🤣

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General-3 / Re: God, the default theme is so ugly.
« on: February 08, 2025, 07:14:04 AM »
Welcome back, at least!  How did you get fixed finally?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2
« on: January 25, 2025, 12:08:03 PM »
>It feels like the pace of figure releases has slowed dramatically.

It's complicated.

The average over the past five years is about ten figures per year (with the highest in that time being four years ago with 20 and the lowest being five years ago with four).  We had nine figures released in 2024.

But, what we also had was a *lot* of reprints of figures people had been wanting to see reprinted.  There were *tons* of restocks/reprints in 2024.

I don't *know* the business side of things, but my gut instinct is that including the NFC reader is cheap (although Nintendo does love to pinch pennies) and leaving it in A.) keeps Switch 1 compatibility, B.) provides the *option* for new amiibo (/wrist bands), and C.) would allow them to experiment with other ideas (tap to pay on eShop?).

Could be wrong.  But I'd keep it in there.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: My Video Game Collection/Museum
« on: December 12, 2024, 12:45:30 PM »
You'll see them quite often when folks post pictures of their collections.  They're really popular and often go on sale for a good price.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: My Video Game Collection/Museum
« on: December 12, 2024, 12:16:34 AM »
Those cases are the infamous Michael's Baseball Bat displays, loved by out of box amiibo and Funko Pop collectors alike!

https://www.michaels.com/product/baseball-bat-display-case-by-studio-decor-10174362

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TalkBack / Re: Tetris Forever (Switch) Review
« on: November 17, 2024, 10:56:39 AM »
There are multiple translations of his name out there and that's one I've seen before.  Granted, I would have gone with the one he, himself, uses, which is the "Alexey Pajitnov" name.

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Movies & TV / Joker 2 (mostly spoiler-free).
« on: October 23, 2024, 12:34:37 AM »
Okay, so I really liked the first Joker movie.  It wasn't "comic accurate" (whatever that even means anymore), but it was really well done and I really enjoyed it.  That said, I didn't "connect" with the Joker in this movie, I'm didn't see him as a hero or an icon.  It was just a fun movie.

After the terrible reception J2 received, I hadn't gone out of my way to see it.

I finally watched it though... means... tonight and... I liked it.

It wasn't amazing, but, aside from that one scene (which, if you've seen it or had it spoiled, you know), I think it was really well done.  I really enjoyed what Phoenix and Gaga brought to the table.  I didn't even mind the twist ending.

I don't want to say too much to spoil it, but... if you liked the original, give it a chance.

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General-3 / Re: The Great Core Theme User Hunt
« on: October 14, 2024, 12:47:07 AM »
Profile, then Look and Layout on the left-hand side.

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General-3 / Re: Make Khushrenada stop breaking the forums.
« on: September 21, 2024, 11:35:26 PM »
Khush probably isn't cool enough to read this.

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NWR Feedback / Can't get the forums to load now...
« on: September 21, 2024, 07:51:36 AM »
If I'm logged in, I can't get the forums to load unless I open the old-ass WAP2 version of the site.

I'd ask if anyone else is having this issue, but ifmyou are, you probably don't know about the WAP2 site.

https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?wap2

Can't delete posts from this version.  Just lock, sticky, and edit them

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I just deleted BnM's post with links to the credit bureaus, thinking it was spam.  I restored it once I realized what I did.  I didn't delete anything from BeautifulShy?

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Damn it.  I deleted your reply before realizing it was a real post. :D

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