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TalkBack / Re: Indie World Presentation To Air March 3

« on: March 02, 2026, 09:53:19 AM »

Come on Stage Fright releasing in 2026!

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TalkBack / Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X Gets Surprise Switch 2 Edition Today

« on: February 20, 2026, 02:43:29 PM »

I was going to buy 2 and 3 but will hold off in hopes of switch 2 physical versions.

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TalkBack / Re: Capcom Brings Amiibo, Demos and more in Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase

« on: February 06, 2026, 04:45:38 PM »

I am interested in Pragmata but want to see how the reviews are before picking it up.

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TalkBack / Re: Other News From The February 5 Partner Showcase

« on: February 06, 2026, 01:20:00 PM »

HAMSTER Corporation announced the launch of the “Console Archives” series, which brings classic home console games to modern gaming platforms. The first two games in the series are available February 6th, 2026, on Nintendo Switch™ 2, and include Cool Boarders and Ninja Gaiden II.

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TalkBack / Re: Disney Afternoon Collection Finally Coming To Switch February 26 Alongside Switch 2 Version

« on: February 03, 2026, 09:12:30 AM »

I did pick this up on PS4 but would double dip for a switch 2 cartridge.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Updates Results For 2025-26 Fiscal Year Holiday Quarter, Switch 2 Outsells Wii U, Switc

« on: February 03, 2026, 09:10:29 AM »

Do we think Switch will surpass PS2?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What will Nintendo release in 2026?

« on: January 25, 2026, 11:26:11 AM »

Super Mario Maker 3 with a new Super Mario Bros. Wonder level theme. This feels like the only way to justify why Meetup In Bellabel Park is such a clownshow with no new Worlds/Levels.

I have a good feeling about some kind of maker game. I initially though Mario Maker 3, then thought Switch 2 version of Mario Maker 2 with added style - like Wonder. Then I was thinking we might finally get a Zelda maker. Then I went back to my first instinct of Mario Maker 3. With the mouse controls this feels like a great fit for the system, and might be a game where I actually use them!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review (now with December!)

« on: January 15, 2026, 11:41:41 PM »

As you can probably guess, my main goal in the latter half of the year was to get to Xenoblade 3 by finally completing my 8 year odyssey to force myself through the (total piece of ****) Xenoblade 2.

I am now planning to get caught up with the series myself. I have only played X but just acquired the first game and might be caught up in 8 years or so.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review (now with December!)

« on: January 14, 2026, 06:23:18 PM »

I played 95 games this year

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review (now with December!)

« on: January 14, 2026, 06:22:44 PM »

My top genre was “Action,” which is incredibly vague as a descriptor, but okay.

Based on your games, your top genre should be RPG right? I am curious what the possible game types are.

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review (now with December!)

« on: January 14, 2026, 10:29:57 AM »

The 2025 Year in Reviews from Nintendo summaries are in!

I played 19 games and played 253 total hours on Nintendo Switch this year!
The three games with the most play time are:
Splatoon 3 - 38 hours
Advance Wars - 23 hours
Donkey Kong Bananza - 21 hours

My top kind of game was Action!

Going by month, here are the most played games
January - Super Mario Party Jamboree
February - Starlink: Battle for Atlas
March - Dawn of the Monsters
April - Mega Man X6
May - Owlboy
June - Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
July - Mario Kart World
August - Advance Wars
September - Donkey Kong Bananza
October - Tunic
November -Tunic
December - Paper Mario: The Origami King

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What will Nintendo release in 2026?

« on: January 13, 2026, 06:37:50 PM »

Let me go ahead and get these out here so I don't forget.

• Next mainline Xenoblade game is announced for Switch 2
• Luigi’s Mansion 4 announced for Switch 2
• Nintendo Acquires Good-Feel or Grezzo
• Pokemon gen 10 releases for both Switch and Switch 2
• Mario Maker 3 announced for Switch 2
• Splatoon Raiders releases 2026
• Super Mario Galaxy Movie has better review scores but lower box office earnings than Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate gets a Switch 2 version
• Remaster/remake of an older Zelda game
• Super Nintendo World opens at Universal Studios Singapore

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NWR Forums ID Verification / Re: Khushrenada's Fantasy Critic - Now with less blackjack and hookers!

« on: January 07, 2026, 11:46:51 AM »

I'm in if you are still accepting participants.

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General Gaming / Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2025

« on: January 07, 2026, 11:45:46 AM »

Yeah, I have often thought about summing up total hours played for the year and comparing daily averages year to year but accurate measures of play time are not always available.

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General Gaming / Re: Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2025

« on: January 04, 2026, 02:29:06 PM »

An impressive number of Platinums broodwars! As to be expected from the backlaugust champion.

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General Gaming / MK Ultra's Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2025

« on: January 03, 2026, 04:03:03 PM »

I finished 42 games in 2025. They are listed below by the system they were played on in the format
Title (play time, completion%, rating/10, replay)
All titles are first plays unless "replay" is indicated.

Nintendo Switch 2

• Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour (7 hours, 100%, 7/10)
• Mario Kart World (6 hours, any%, 9/10)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (20 hours, any%, 9/10)

Nintendo Switch

• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (24 hours, any%, 9/10)
• Super Mario Party Jamboree (19 hours, any%, 10/10
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas (23 hours, Keep Atlus Safe, 9/10, replay)
• Dawn of the Monsters (23/43 challenges, 8/10)
• Mega Man X6 (10.5 hours, 100%, 7/10)
• Owlboy (6 hours, any%, 7/10)
• Shantae and the Seven Sirens (11 hours, 100%, replay, 9/10)
• Monkey Barrels (5 hours, 100%, 9/10)
• Advance Wars (22 hours, any%, 8/10)
• Tunic (10 hours, missing 4 pages, 8/10)

Wii U

• Yoshi's Woolly World (16.5 hours, 100%, replay 8/10)
• Pirate Pop Plus (12.5 hours, 100%, 9/10)
• Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends (18.5 hours, 100%, 6/10)
• Sonic Lost World (13 hours, 100%, replay, 8/10)
• Wii U Panorama View: Kyoto Sightseeing (8 minutes, 100%, 6/10)
• Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (10 hours, 100%, 7/10)
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (6 hours, Gold on first six worlds, 7/10)

Other Nintendo Consoles

• Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS, 20 hours, 100%, replay)
• Earthbound (SNES, 34 hours, any%)
• WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Wii, 8 hours, 100%, 8/10)
• The House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii, 3 hours, any%, 8/10
• The Addams Family (NES, 9 hours, 100%, 8/10)

Playstation 5

• Stray (8 hours total, 1.5 hour speedrun, 100%, replay, 10/10)
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (110 hours, !00%, 9/10)
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (176 hours, 100%, 10/10)

Playstation 4

• Back to the Future: The Game (13 hours, 100%, replay, 9/10)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (20 hours, 29/40 trophies, 8/10)
• Fallout 4 (Railroad ending, 9/10)

Other Playstation

• Kid Chameleon (PS3, 3 hours, 6/10)
• Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (PSVR, 2 hours, any%, 8/10)
• C-Smash VRS (PSVR2, 1 hour, any%, 10/10)
• Half-Life 2: Episode One (PS3, 100%, 7/10)
• Marvel's Iron Man VR (PSVR, 5 hours, 27/42 trophies, 8/10)
• Ico (PS3, 6 hours, replay, 9/10)
• Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (PS Vita, 57.5 hours, 100%, 9/10)

Xbox

• Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Series X, 84 hours, 60/62 achievements, 10/10)
• South of Midnight (Series X, 11 hours, 26/40 achievements, 8/10)
• Cuphead (Xbox One, 28 hours, 100%, replay)

Other

• Sonic CD (Sega CD, any%, 8/10)

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General Gaming / Games Beaten, Completed, or Played in 2025

« on: January 03, 2026, 03:31:23 PM »

With 2025 officially over it is time to start another year of gaming. What better time then to post your records of games played, beaten, or completed. Personally I like to hear what system the games were played on, how long they took, whether you beat them any% or 100%, and if they were first plays or replays. Of course, feel free to post as little or as much as you want.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards - Best Switch Game

« on: December 16, 2025, 01:15:21 PM »

The Award for Best Switch Game Goes To...

Donkey Kong Bananza

The newest Donkey Kong game released July 17, 2025 and was developed by Nintendo (EPD). As of November it had sold 3.49 million copies. NWR gave the game an 8.5/10 and reviewer John Rairdin said "I can’t argue with how much pure fun there is to be had in playing Donkey Kong Bananza.".

Thanks to everyone who voted or commented in the fourth annual forum awards!

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General Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards - Best Multiplatform Game

« on: December 16, 2025, 01:08:03 PM »

With so many great games and so few voting it looks like everyone was a winner this year. Thanks to those that did vote. I picked Death Stranding 2 by the way as I have not had a chance to play the other two games, but they are on my list.

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General Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards - Best Multiplatform Game

« on: December 16, 2025, 01:07:39 PM »

The Awards for Best Multiplatform Game Go To...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

The debut RPG release from French studio Sandfall Interactive swept The Game Awards and has a 92 on metacritic.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

The follow up to Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding. This action adventure game currently holds an 89 on metacritic.

Split Fiction

The cooperative action adventure game from Hazelight Studios, makers of It Takes Two, has a 91 on metacritic.

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General Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards - Best Multiplatform Game

« on: December 12, 2025, 11:56:37 AM »

The folks deciding on The Game Awards would probably agree with broodwars as they had Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 winning almost every award it was nominated for including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Performance, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best RPG. Other winners include Doom: The Dark Ages (Innovation in Accessibility), South of Midnight (Games for Impact), Hades II (Best Action Game), and Hollow Knight: Silksong (Best Action/Adventure Game). Will Clair Obscur continue their sweep of the awards? Check back on 12/16 to find out!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards - Best Switch Game

« on: December 12, 2025, 11:49:24 AM »

While Nintendo did not receive a ton of accolades at The Game Awards last night, there were two winners from this list. Donkey Kong Bonanza won Best Family game with Doug Bowser making his final acceptance speech. Also, Mario Kart World was the winner of the Best Sports/Racing category beating longtime rival Sonic. Will either of these games take home the gold as best Switch game in the Forum Awards? Check back on 12/16 to find out.

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TalkBack / Re: Mega Man 40th Anniversary Game Highlights Switch 2 And Switch Announcements At Winter Game Fest

« on: December 12, 2025, 11:45:13 AM »

Certainly the highlight of the show for me. When I heard that orchestra music I knew what was coming. As a huge fan of MM 11 I was also happy to see it looking similar in style. All we need is one more legacy collection to hold us over until then.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards - Best Switch Game

« on: December 11, 2025, 06:11:19 PM »

I have issues voting for a remaster as a Game of the Year, just like I don't believe the Switch 2 editions belong here.

If this was mentioned earlier I could have removed the Switch 2 editions but they are stuck in the running at this point. I was also on the fence about them. But if people vote them as winners they maybe they should be?

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General Gaming / 2025 NWR Forum Awards - Best Multiplatform Game

« on: December 06, 2025, 11:21:14 AM »

The 2025 NWR Forum Awards

Best Multiplatform Game

This award is for all the games that don't fall into the other categories and released in 2025. The results of the poll will only be revealed once the voting is done (December 16). You should be able to change your vote until then. Even though the official nominees list is closed, you can still reply with a write-in. Best of luck to all the nominees.