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TalkBack / Re: Super Bomberman Collection (Switch) Review

« Last post by Stratos 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).

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread

« Last post by Stratos on February 16, 2026, 02:59:49 AM »

I think the critical reception towards Banaza and Z-A was completely warranted, as both felt like extremely polished but conceptually half-baked products.

Surely you mean Bananza was extremely polished and Z-A was half-baked, right? There is something about Bonanza that is half baked other than arguably the DLC, which might be a case of marketing forcing something into DLC.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 963: Bending Time and Space to Market Donkey Konga

« Last post by Lemonade on February 15, 2026, 09:53:31 PM »

Its interesting to hear Gui's thoughts on Battleaxe.
I bought the game when it was new. I think it is very cool and visually looks amazing with great pixel art and animation.
My issue is that is is structured like an arcade game and is extremely shallow.
The main game has some upgrades you can buy if you manage to collect enough coins, but the item shop doesn't explain what they do.
You also only get something like two or three lives. After that its game over, you dont get any extra continues or anything.
The gameplay is fun, but its a bit more difficult than I would like.
There are only three large levels in the main game mode, but I've never been able to finish the second level.
The games other mode is kind of more fun because it is somewhat endless. You just explore a maze like area looking for upgrades and items while defeating enemies until you find the exit to the next randomised level.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread

« Last post by electricmastro on February 15, 2026, 12:17:52 AM »

Not sure if lifetime sales were ever put here. Nintendo did just announce the Switch just surpassed lifetime DS sales (I'm assuming they include DS Lite in those sales as I think Switch includes the Lite and LED editions). 

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2026/260203_2e.pdf

From Q1-Q3 FY 2026 (I believe this is 4/1/25-12/31/25), Switch sold 3.25 million units. Total sales at 155.37 million units(page 14).  So I would surmise the DS sold between 152.12 million and 155.37 million. Since they waited to announce this until the end of 2025, my guess is it's closer to the 155 million.

Dang. Well, since we’re on the subject, I might as well post what I’ve found after compiling various sources, just to come full circle. There are likely some more, but most of the missing ones are prob shovelware nobody really wanted to keep track of otherwise: https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Nintendo_DS#Worldwide

Here it is:

New Super Mario Bros. - 30,800,000
Nintendogs (all versions) - 23,960,000
Mario Kart DS - 23,600,000
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! - 19,010,000
Pokémon Diamond / Pearl - 17,670,000
Pokémon Black / White - 15,640,000
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! - 14,880,000
Pokémon HeartGold / SoulSilver - 12,720,000
Animal Crossing: Wild World - 11,750,000
Super Mario 64 DS - 11,060,000
Mario Party DS - 9,310,000
Pokémon Black 2 / White 2 - 8,520,000
Pokémon Platinum - 7,600,000
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies - 7,218,223
Big Brain Academy - 6,150,000
Cooking Mama - 5,490,000
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness - 4,880,000
The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 4,760,000
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga - 4,760,000
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - 4,560,000
Professor Layton and the Curious Village - 4,462,561
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games - 4,220,000
English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills! - 3,910,000
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box - 3,835,630
Tomodachi Collection - 3,760,000
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team - 3,490,000
Yoshi's Island DS - 3,360,000
Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day - 3,230,000
Personal Trainer: Cooking - 3,180,000
Rhythm Heaven - 3,040,000
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - 3,002,170
Kirby Super Star Ultra - 2,990,000
Style Savvy - 2,980,000
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! - 2,980,000
The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - 2,960,000
Pokémon Ranger - 2,930,000
Tetris DS - 2,740,000
Imagine: Babyz - 2,670,000
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen - 2,586,973
Clubhouse Games - 2,570,000
WarioWare: Touched! - 2,470,000
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride - 2,370,582
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia - 2,350,000
Art Academy - 2,330,000
Kirby: Squeak Squad - 2,270,000
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation - 2,257,473
Final Fantasy III - 2,100,000
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - 2,067,166
Mario Hoops 3-on-3 - 2,030,000
Professor Layton and the Last Specter - 2,016,069
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - 1,730,000
Super Princess Peach - 1,700,000
General Knowledge Training - 1,680,000
Sonic Rush - 1,620,000
Diddy Kong Racing DS - 1,590,000
Practise English! - 1,550,000
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker - 1,542,472
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs - 1,530,000
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis - 1,520,000
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force - 1,500,000
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - 1,490,000
Personal Trainer: Math - 1,370,000
Hannah Montana - 1,300,000
Kirby Mass Attack - 1,220,000
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - 1,220,000
High School Musical: Makin' the Cut! - 1,200,000
Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir - 1,180,000
Inazuma Eleven 2: Firestorm / Blizzard - 1,157,346
Final Fantasy IV - 1,138,741
Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop - 1,110,046
Guitar Hero: On Tour - 1,100,000
Chrono Trigger - 1,100,000
Metroid Prime Hunters - 1,080,000
Oshare Majo Love and Berry: DS Collection - 1,055,821
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings - 1,044,039
Inazuma Eleven 3: Lightning Bolt / Bomb Blast - 1,018,381
MySims - 1,000,000
Imagine: Fashion Designer - 1,000,000
Scribblenauts - 1,000,000
Drawn to Life - 1,000,000
Spectrobes - 1,000,000
Pony Friends - 1,000,000
Carnival Games - 1,000,000

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General Gaming / Re: Community Event: Forum February 2026

« Last post by Mop it up on February 14, 2026, 11:36:02 AM »

I’ve already seen two recent posts about this so it should be noted that Discord isn’t “requiring facial scans or ID to use”.

Shh! We're trying to incite a mass exodus to the forums here, don't ruin everything by spreading facts!

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

« Last post by broodwars on February 13, 2026, 08:07:22 PM »

My brother is a big Metroidvania buff.  For reference he suffered through Bloodstained's lousy Switch port.  When I told him there was a new Castlevania at a Sony presentation he was ready to buy a PS5... until I told him it's coming to the Switch as well.

I would recommend that he play the Dead Cells Castlevania DLC. The developers of this new game made it, and it's pretty good...albeit stupidly hard.

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

« Last post by Ian Sane on February 13, 2026, 11:47:13 AM »

My brother is a big Metroidvania buff.  For reference he suffered through Bloodstained's lousy Switch port.  When I told him there was a new Castlevania at a Sony presentation he was ready to buy a PS5... until I told him it's coming to the Switch as well.

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General Gaming / Re: Community Event: Forum February 2026

« Last post by Evan_B on February 13, 2026, 08:13:11 AM »

Hey, I don’t appreciate being labeled as a tumbleweed. At least I’ve been trying to pos regularly on here.

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General Gaming / Re: Community Event: Forum February 2026

« Last post by Adrock on February 12, 2026, 11:43:18 PM »

LOL, come on. Discord didn’t walk back anything. The announcement page is literally titled “Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally”.

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TalkBack / Re: Other Switch Family Announcements From The Sony State Of Play

« Last post by broodwars on February 12, 2026, 10:57:04 PM »

Hopefully they've either implemented a dodge roll into Mina (the footage at the State of Play seemed to indicate there might be one) or shortened the dive process, because the previous demo showed the game desperately needed Mina to have more mobility.