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General Gaming / Re: I for one welcome the glorious return of overconfident E3 2006 Sony.

« on: July 10, 2026, 01:54:44 AM »

Now is the PS6 coming out in 2027?  It is strange to cancel physical releases mid-generation for a system but it makes a lot more sense if they go digital-only with the PS6 and cease making physical PS5 games at the same time.

I'm reading analysts are seeing this as a shadow announcement of the PS6 launch date.

For all the hate Nintendo is getting for Key Cards, at least they are keeping physical media and also DROPPING prices of digital games. Starfox is a much easier pill to swallow as a remake with it being $50. Also definitely going for Splatoon Raiders with it being $50 as well. Can't remember games being this cheap since Gamecube/Wii days.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Star Fox (Switch 2)

« on: July 10, 2026, 01:48:59 AM »

Are we switch friends? I'm pumped to play some.

Hey if any of you see me online, I will drop everything if you shoot over an invite to Star Fox Battle Mode. I used to dream about playing Star Fox online with this community and now we have a worthwhile online mode to play. Command just wasn’t it. Also if anyone discovers any strategy to stay out of the line of fire please tell me. I feel like a sitting duck half the time.

I actually got a bit of decision paralysis with route options for my first run. Ended up deciding to go for the "Miyamoto route" but couldn't bear to fail Bill. It didn't matter because I messed up sector X so now I'm on Macbeth.

I think we are friends, if not I’ll add you this evening. I’ve got a ton of NWR friends that carried over all the way from the 3DS days. Also what’s the Miyamoto route?

I’ve got 20 hours clocked since launch. Played the Campaign 3 times but haven’t done the hard route yet trying to get that new Venom 1 medal. Completed 3 stages challenge mode and been having a really good time reading through intel files. But that multiplayer, I am so incredibly hooked! I could live with these 3 stages and modes for a good long time though of course I do want more. The thing is the straight up raw gameplay in multiplayer is so well done. Escorting friends back to base, keeping enemies off of them. Dodging enemy fighters between the rock formations or floating debris and launching a bomb straight into the walls when I can’t get behind them is so good! No game breaking bugs yet. It feels good! My friends list is lit up with Star Fox! The future is bright!

I've been too busy to log back on my Switch so I'll check if we are friends this weekend.

The Miyamoto route is based off an interview where he mentioned his preferred route. Corneria -> Sector Y -> Katina -> Sector X -> Sector Z -> Area 6 -> Venom.

Its the only route with all three "letter sectors". And it charts a bit of a rise, fall, and rise again for the crew. They start off riding high until Katina where they fail. Then they work their way back and through the warp zone end up on the back door to Venom. The only thing I wish I could squeeze is an initial Star Wolf confrontation because that Venom fight really deserves a prior conflict.

In fact I think my next route will be through Fichina and Venom 2 just for that experience again.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What's Next For The N64 Expansion Pack?

« on: July 04, 2026, 08:01:45 PM »

I think they don't want to give the appearance of a pack-in game.

Why stop at Rare lost games? Give us those OG Retro titles like the Carnage/Carmageddon title, NFL game, and Raven Blade RPG.

Speaking of cancelled games, I never even heard of this one. It was developed in the long gap between Tropical Freeze and the recent Metroid Prime 4/Remaster work before being cancelled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yITH0xkhjCA

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TalkBack / Re: Rapidly Analyzing The United States’s 200 Best Selling N64 Games

« on: June 29, 2026, 04:17:19 PM »

I have one. Grabbed it off eBay for pretty cheap in that time before rampant reprogrammed fakes and inflated retro prices. Also got Harvest Moon 64 at the same time. Like $20 for each of them. Also have a unopened copy of Rayman 2 I bough for like $5 on Amazon and forgot about. I should sell that one. Don't need to open it to play and it's probably worth a pretty penny.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What's Next For The N64 Expansion Pack?

« on: June 29, 2026, 02:56:38 AM »

I think the Gamecube Dinosaur Planet is more likely to drop, what with Rare games trickling onto the system and the new interst in Starfox in general.

It would be cool to see ome of these old games like OG Dinosaur Planet get a second like in some fashion since they were fairly different from the final product.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What's Next For The N64 Expansion Pack?

« on: June 28, 2026, 02:53:31 AM »

Since we got Turok 1 and 2, I would think 3 is also on the table at some point. There's actually good reason to put it on here, as the remaster totally axed the multiplayer mode. It would also be nice to see Turok Rage Wars, which will likely not see a remaster.

I was so disappointed the remake/remaster/up-port of T2 did not have local multiplayer. It killed a lot fo my interest in the games being redone.

Why no remaster of Rage Wars likely?

ALSO YES PLEASE to all the other ones you listed. I have a soft spot for a lot of the more "niche" titles from N64.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Star Fox (Switch 2)

« on: June 28, 2026, 02:42:48 AM »

Are we switch friends? I'm pumped to play some.

Hey if any of you see me online, I will drop everything if you shoot over an invite to Star Fox Battle Mode. I used to dream about playing Star Fox online with this community and now we have a worthwhile online mode to play. Command just wasn’t it. Also if anyone discovers any strategy to stay out of the line of fire please tell me. I feel like a sitting duck half the time.

I actually got a bit of decision paralysis with route options for my first run. Ended up deciding to go for the "Miyamoto route" but couldn't bear to fail Bill. It didn't matter because I messed up sector X so now I'm on Macbeth.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Star Fox (Switch 2)

« on: June 25, 2026, 06:38:37 PM »

Another remake would be fine, but I'm hoping this is a situation like Metroid: Samus Returns, where the remake is a springboard for the same developer to then make a new game in the series.

I think I'm still in the mode of "I'll take anything from this nearly dead franchise getting a second chance".

I think in an ideal world we get Assault on Switch Online and either a new game or a remake of SF2.

Anything more will make me happy. Now to pine for a new F-Zero...

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Star Fox (Switch 2)

« on: June 25, 2026, 04:52:33 PM »

I was put off initially because of some of the irregularities in the designs. Mainly the legs/feet. But everything else looks pretty good and its all warmed up on me. And since the characters are mostly flying around the leg issue seems less urgent.

I am hoping we get Landmaster and Foot combat in multiplayer like in the original.

I'm also hoping we get a remake of SF2 and/or Assault in this engine. Hell, give us an updated Dinosaur Planet as well!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What's Next For The N64 Expansion Pack?

« on: June 25, 2026, 04:48:43 PM »

The replay rewind on N64 has been a godsend. Though I have been trying to use it less unless I'm stuck on something clearly meant to waste my time. It feels like it cheapens the experience and my daughter is smart enough she is bothered by me using it too much.

If you play Banjo-Tooie be sure to look up and enter the cheat code that makes Banjo move faster. It makes the large world traversal so much better. A shame it can't be turned on faster. It does make the couple "sneaking" segments harder but worth it to make the whole game feel a lot better.

I replayed Star Fox 64 in anticipation for the new one, my daughter did not fully remember the last time we played and is rather excited for this new one. So its getting picked up this weeken.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Switch Online Adding Special Challenges, Starting With Donkey Kong Series Including Ban

« on: June 13, 2026, 12:12:31 AM »

Give us a year of "seasonal content" and just keep repeating it every year. Then at least some of it won't be "lost" because of Nintendo's weird release habits.

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TalkBack / Re: Kingdom Hearts I-III Collection & Kingdom Hearts IV Coming to Nintendo Switch 2

« on: June 13, 2026, 12:09:20 AM »

Yeah I never got around to trying these and avoided the cloud versions like the plague. I'll happily grab this at some point, but not sure if I want to buy them all of try and stick to the "primary three". Anyone with a degree in Kingdon Hearts History care to elaborate on the essential titles for someone wanting to play the "main story" without getting caught in the weeds of all the weird midquels, prequels, and spinoffs?

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TalkBack / Re: Xenoblade Series Blowing Up On Switch 2 With New Game, Switch 2 Editions Of Original Trilogy

« on: June 13, 2026, 12:06:58 AM »

I bought the OG Switch version and played for like 5 minutes due to time. Glad there is an upgrade before I got around to playing.

I do hope they work out the weird graphical shenanigans in the upgrade editions. Its reportedly not as much as in XBCX, but its wild the "boost mode" for the original performs better than the dedicated Switch 2 version.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What's Next For The N64 Expansion Pack?

« on: June 08, 2026, 11:35:36 AM »

Just need Diddy Kong Racing and I figure they've tapped all the Rare N64 games. I am assuming we don't get Conker because of the graphic content but they do have the "mature" app so who knows.

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TalkBack / Re: Donkey Kong 64 Cursing Nintendo Classics N64 Library Next Week

« on: May 29, 2026, 12:52:02 AM »

My daughter and I are excited for this. We've been replaying all the old DK games since we played Bonanza. I don't remember it being awful like some think it was, just a bit of a drag. But we enjoyed Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie fine on NSO so I imagine with save states and rewinds it will be okay to enjoy here too.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Will Nintendo Finally Drop the Switch Price?

« on: May 22, 2026, 01:14:27 AM »

Switch 1 will stay the same price so it appears like a "price drop" compared to the Switch 2.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Any idea?

« on: May 22, 2026, 01:11:28 AM »

I'm liking this premise of "If you give a bot a datapoint" story book.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Star Overdrive: We Have Immortals: Fenix Rising at Home

« on: May 22, 2026, 01:10:02 AM »

So are half the posts here bots now?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread

« on: March 30, 2026, 12:41:41 AM »

I want to get Engage, I really do. But I don't want to buy it at full price when I still have like two more routes to finish in 3 Houses and another new game is around the corner. Someday I will. Just not soon. The last chance was with the voucher program but I forgot to set a reminder and it blew past me before I could splurge on a bunch of titles.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread

« on: March 28, 2026, 02:18:32 AM »

Well according to current rumors Star Fox and Fire Emblem are summer titles and an Ocarina of Time remake is the big holiday release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uguu9QJUhio

Is this guy known to be very reputable in the rumor mill? He just showed up in my suggested viewing.

With Star Fox being highlighted in the new Mario movie it sure would make sense for another Star Fox game to drop soon. And a classic on-rails release online multiplayer would be the ideal way to go.

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TalkBack / Re: Switch Family System Software Updated; Switch 2 Offers New \

« on: March 20, 2026, 01:41:03 AM »

Humorously Boost mode actually makes Xenoblade Chronicles X look better when running the Switch 1 version than the Switch 2 version in some ways. Hopefully they patch it because why spend an extra $20 when the only thing you are getting is a better framerate and muddier graphics?

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General Gaming / Re: I for one welcome the glorious return of overconfident E3 2006 Sony.

« on: March 15, 2026, 06:51:40 PM »

Really the Switch 2 seems to be a proper realization of the things Nintendo was warning about and aiming for back in 2005. Gaming is hitting a "peak" in graphical fidelity and each new advancement is generally minimal and giving even more diminished efforts for the efforts.

So they dove into innovations with Wii, taking a hit in the graphics. Now they are able to pair a fully realized innovation with comparable graphics to the other consoles, and they have marketed it very well to sell. This coupled with Nintendo exclusives and the lead other consoles have offered becomes non-existent.

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TalkBack / Re: Super Bomberman Collection (Switch) Review

« on: March 15, 2026, 12:27:34 PM »

Bomberman got a LOT of play on the Wii back in my college dorm room with friends coming over (I think technically it was Bomberman '93 for the TurboGrafx-16), so it's great to see that the franchise and its gameplay is alive and well even these many years later.

Did you try the Wiiware one? It let you play up to at least 8 players locally on the same system thanks to the Gamecube ports. Was a blast when we got a lot of folks together at once.

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TalkBack / Re: Konami Reveals Multiple Switch Family Titles Including First MGS Ghost Babel Rerelease

« on: February 16, 2026, 12:39:43 PM »

Nice to see MGS4 appearing on a Nintendo system.

Whats the story on the two Master Collections? 1-3 on the first and the latter stuff on the second?

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TalkBack / Re: Super Bomberman Collection (Switch) Review

« on: February 16, 2026, 12:37:33 PM »

Shame there isn't any online support. But I suspect if they did that it would eat into any sales of more current or new titles. I would have loved to relive the days of Blockbuster where we rented this and extra controllers to play as a family (but now with friends online).