martTM

/walks back into the room

I genuinely don't think you're going to find much to satisfy you, purely because what tickles your pickle seems quite particular. I mean, this:

Super Mario Odyssey, which is genuinely great, although perhaps not quite Galaxy level.

then this:

Super Mario Wonder, which I didn't like as much as NSMBU.

Maaaaaaan… come on. Wonder, not as good as NSMBU?! That's a masochist talking.

So what am I missing?

You're missing what you want from the device, the reason for wanting it over playing anything else you already have. Me, it's not necessarily about exclusive games (though you can never turn me off that Nintendo spark that our games have), but how to engage. I barely play on the TV, and I don't have a Steam Deck, so it's about enjoying games in my hands… can't really do that with much else without cloud streaming. Even then, it took the Lite to make me enjoy the Switch because the original is too clunky for me. I don't think I'd care half as much about it if I had to only play on TV, that's just not how I game any more.

Luigi's Mansion 3

Yep, great, but it gets a fiddly near the end with some of the boss fights that require controlling two characters at once.

Pikmin 4

Yep, also great, the only Pikmin game I've liked and actually finished because it felt less like work (except the silly hard trials bit, fuck that)

The 2D Zeldas perhaps

Both great, performance issues have been overblown… They're not terrible by any stretch.

Lots of people I know seem to the Pokémon Legends Arceus is fantastic, though it's not for me. I really enjoyed Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Snipperclips is ace. So is Good Job!, which no-one remembers we published. Cadence of Hyrule was fun. And Astral Chain is fucking great.

/walks back out the room again

Changed my mind. Fuck off cav.

(mart, this next sentence isn't a moan…)

I'm a big boy, it's not like I'm going to take offence.

I'm surprised it's as many games on day one as it is. For first party stuff, people are overlooking the upgrade pack content for some of the titles though… like, for Kirby, that's a big chunk of new game to play when it eventually releases. It's not a full brand new game, sure, but it's definitely a big chunk.

Can't say much, but I can say Mario Kart World is fucking great.

Kinda annoyed there was no preorder or price information

There are legal reasons for that.

I have seen a screenshot allegedly from the Nintendo Store that it'll be £395.99 – Mart, care to confirm/deny?

I wasn't (and still am not) disclosed on the price. But everywhere seems to be saying £395.99 for the console and £429.99 for it with Mario Kart World, so… sure. Why not.

That second price seems wacky though, given MKW on its own is SEVENTY FIVE POUNDS (for the physical one, it's £66.99 digitally).