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Back in the day I would rate all 3 games a 10. Mario Kart was a slower F-Zero with itens, Mario theme and multiplayer. Five years later the N64 game was bigger and faster and not flat, and Four player game was incredible. Four years later the GBA was an achievement for a portable game and went back to being flat but improved upon the SNES game with tricks learned from 64 and was the first game with retro tracks, and with 40 tracks in total is the Second game in the séries with the most tracks, behind only Mario Kart 8. Nowadays they are still great games but not the series best.

@PerfectFrost If you pay attention to the Company history, you will notice that more power back then allowed for different gameplay. F-Zero, Mario Kart, Pilotwings etc would not have been possible on the NES. Same goes for the GBA when It comes to portable gaming. The 3DS had glasses-free 3D, which was incredible at the time. The GameCube is fine, but It was the reason Nintendo decide to move to the blue ocean to stánd out. More power nowadays usually means framerates, lightning etc. Switch 2 has a lot to prove, but I can sense It will be just fine, but not amazing, at a very high price. Meh.

@Divinebovine I really hope It doesn't. I see no innovation, no risk in Switch 2. Being successful, Switch 3 Will be a (more expensive) Switch 2 Pro and so on. Welcome to the Furakawa era

@mariomaster96 I really hope It doesn't. I see no innovation, no risk in Switch 2. Being successful, Switch 3 Will be a (more expensive) Switch 2 Pro and so on. Welcome to the Furakawa era

I still believe the system and the games are more expensive than they should be. Therefore, the high demand won't last too long. But if It does, It means Nintendo's gamble has paid off

Love Shin'en. Will grab this as soon as I purchase the Switch 2 and no It won't be at launch.

@Denoloco they never made games for the PS2. They started on GBC and GBA, before moving on to DS and Wii

@Burning_Spear either because they don't want to and already refused or because Nintendo understands that they are a small 5 people studio and wants to stay that way.

Comparison is biased. Many past consoles came with complete games (NES, SNES, GB, VB, Wii, WiiU Deluxe which is posted here) or at least demos (DS, 3DS). Other point is many of the consoles saw a sharp price decline in a couple of years, which doesn't happen any longer. Switch 2 on the other hand is expensive and doesn't even come with Welcome Tour.

Not a bad one. The weakest is the GBC, which slim pickings equal the N64 in number, but not in quality. I would probably pick the NES as best one, but there is a reason: those games came out in Japan between 83 and 85. Nintendo of America Just had the luxury of releasing them all together.

@ottoecamn Mario Kart 8 had paid DLC on the WiiU (4 extra cups or 16 tracks) and again on Switch (12 cups or 48 additional course that are basically ports from Mario Kart Tour. Wonder why they didn't just make Mario Kart Tour Deluxe). In the meantime, the Deluxe version offered from the get-go Battle Arenas, when that original game had zero, just regular tracks for Battle.

You guys insist. It was NEVER going to be called Mario Kart 9, because there is one already, and It's where the costumes came from.

@anoyonmus yes, but Nintendo needs more exclusive games If they want to sell the Switch 2 at such a Premium price. There are already 150 plus Million Switch owners who can pick those games for Switch 1, no expensive upgrade required

Why charge for It at all? 1-2 Switch at least was a game, this is not

Considering this is Switch 2's premiere Direct, I thought It was just average. This was Nintendo biggest bump in price in many years, so I expect to purchase less games in the Future. The Future for Switch 2 might be bright, but we only got a small glimpse of It. That tech demo being paid is ridiculous. And Nintendo showed no games for 2026. Heck, they might have not shown all 2025 games yet. They should have shown more in my opinion.

They may be correct. The afficionados Will buy It. Those who bought 8 recently Will find It too soon to purchase the new one right away. But the casuals Will buy It too sometime if the console appeals to the mainstream market, turning the game into evergreen. Let's hope Nintendo doesn't make the same mistake they made this generation with the Sports games and release the game complete at launch.

By the way, I just Hope the game is officially unveiled next week as Mario Kart X, Mario Kart 10 or Mario Kart Something Else, cause It makes no sense for you to call It Mario Kart 9.

I don't see why there can't 2 versions. Nintendo did this in 2006 and again in 2017 with Zelda (screwing WiiU owners delivering a great game but stripped of all promised gamepad funcionalities). Of course both times the games were delayed deliberately to be a launch title system seller. Metroid isn't as popular. But not announcing a release date in the Direct was a suspect move that there will be a S2 version

I would love to see that. Hoperully a new game is the works, and If It performs above expectations, that is a possibility. Too bad Switch never got Star Fox beyond Starlink, with Switch installed base and a great game, It could have been the franchise's best selling title.

To be honest, none, games aren't as essential as air, water or food. On the other hand, my backlog is immense, so I haven't played all the games I wanted. But my favorite exclusive Switch games are Metroid Dread and Bowser's Fury.

I honestly love the boxart of the NES Trilogy. So an easy pick for me.

@LadyCharlie I am pretty sure that for many people the classic games are the main selling point of the service

Not without many rereleases and remasters they can't. On Switch they relied too much on WiiU rereleases. Next time, they won't get away with that, because Switch 2 is backwards compatíble and Switch 1 had many multi-million sellers. I have no intention of buying a Breath of the Wild Deluxe, and It doesn't make sense to rerelease a 40 million seller so soon, as everybody has already played It

Loved Pokémon Concierge, such a feel-good series that warms people's hearts

I think they are light, the retailers know nothing. But $ 400 is a price that makes sense.

Bad move because It affects the fans and the hardcore users who buys more games. The cashback is so low that If you only buy a few games a year, It doesn't matter. But for the afficionados who buy games every month or say don't miss a single Arcade Archive released, they will feel the hit. The incentive for purchasing games is the game itself and the experiencie It brings, but who doesn't love an added bonus? If Nintendo continues doing well and the Switch 2 performs over expectations, don't expect to see a new program any time soon.

There will probably be Switch 1-only announcements, whether Direct, Mini or Indie World, before the Switch 2 steals the spotlight starting in April.

@BenAV Battle League is a good game, the foundation is there, It Just needed more game modes and characters. As of now, Charged for Wii is my favorite Mario Strikers game. Let's hope next generation Nintendo on Switch 2 stops with the artificial updates such as Battle League got of releasing the game in parts. If Battle League didn't kill the franchise, Mario Strikers Will be back in the Future.

My top 3 Mario 3D games are: Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Super Mario 3D World and Bowser's Fury. Haven't played AstroBot and don't even have a PS5 but from what I've seen, looks like It's a fun game taking ideas from other games especially Mario, without putting new ideas on the table, being content just being a compilation of what had been done before.

True definition of hidden gem on GBA. When I finally decided to pick It up many years ago, you could no longer find It in stores and the price on second hand was already skyrocketing with so few units available.

Excellent game in 2010 and great game in 2024. Since 2010, It's been surpassed by DKCTF and also Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, accourding do Digital Foundry. It aged well but not as well as immortal classics such as SMB3 and SMW. Should have been released alongside or prior to DKC TF, a superior game that has been available on Switch for over 5 years.

@KingMike yes, but not published by Nintendo though. There is also Live Circuit, but that is more a toy than a videogame.

Stop calling Mario Kart for Switch 9 Mario Kart 9. It could have a totally different subtitle. If it's numbered Nintendo will consider Tour and call It Mario Kart 10 or Mario Kart X.

"Nintendo also revealed a brand-new Mario Kart title, which we're going to simply refer to as Mario Kart 9 until Nintendo says otherwise.'

I would call It Mario Kart X, because there's been a ninth Mario Kart already, and yes even MK8D recognizes Tour as its own game.

@Unit_DTH I get your point, but It doesn't make sense unveiling new hardware showcasing current generation games. In the Switch Showcase vídeo in October 2016, they didn't announce games, but showed Breath of the Wild and a Super Mario game that had never been seen before, and the other games showed were all released later. If I recall correctly, games were only announced alongside the date in the january 2017 event in Japan.

We'll see, but I don't believe Nintendo will unveil Switch 2 the same day DKCR is released. February seems more likely since there are no Switch games from Nintendo coming out to promote, and February is usually a Nintendo Direct month anyway.

RE4 released in the same day as The Minish Cap

I downloaded the First one when It was discounted for 5 dollars and did not enjoy the controls. Might give another try though. Still prefer to play light gun games in the Wii and wish Forever had made another Panzer Dragoon, which was more enjoyable than House of the Dead Remake.

@Dev1024 Nice selection, Stilt Village is my favorite

Been waiting for this release for the last couple of weeks. My favorite game of the trilogy, awesome soundtrack, very underrated game overall.

DKC3 and DKL3 are the best of each trilogy in my opinion, improving what DKC2/DKL2 did best. Nintendo, bring Kiddy Kong back!

The Switch has Nascar Arcade Rush, Nascar Rivals and Nascar Heat. Is any worth picking up?

@rjejr thanks for the reply. All movies I mentioned were not my list, but were in the trailer and therefore must have been planned for the game, among others. Would have been great though.

Amazing.. It was probably going to be a chapter based game, each levei being a different movie. I saw The Spy Who Loved Me, Live and Let Die, Goldfinger, Dr No, Moonraker, Goldeneye, The Man with the Golden gun. Would have loved It!

Is It possible to download these magazines?

@G_and_Thomas thanks for the reply. I think Zelda 1 and 3 are different games. Zelda 3 had mostly big temples in a few regions, while Zelda 1 was smaller in scale to its advantage because you could be in the screen next to a dungeon not knowing It was there. Basically in Zelda 1 every rock, tree, bush or wall could be hiding something even dungeon and the sense of discovery is unmatched compared to Zelda 3 where the few walls that can be bombed are cracked. And when you think you mastered Zelda 1 here comes the Second quest. I am not saying Zelda 3 is bad, quite the contrary It's excelente, I am just saying the games are different.
I believe Zelda 2 can also be remade without losing its essence, except for the difficulty.

I think a Zelda 1 and 2 remake from Nintendo is long overdue.

Wow. Metroid on 3DS with Federation Force and Samus Returns had abysmal sales. We got lucky Nintendo greenlit Dread. Wish we had seem proper releases of Star Fox and F-Zero on Switch so those series could grow too.

I think Star Fox, Color Splash and Yoshi should be ported too, along with some third party titles such as Need for Speed Most Wanted, Call of Duty, ZombiU, Watch Dogs and Splinter Cell (NintendoLand, Wario and Affordable Space Adventures are amazing but would lose too much in translation)

Switch is great and all, but after seeing that trailer I bet most of us wanted to play with Karen instead.

Yes, please. But first they should remake Zelda 2.