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Playing Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga for the first time on NSO’s GBA and am already loving the humor. This bit made me audibly giggle. The Koopa Cruiser got blasted out of the sky and this is what the little guy is most worried about:

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theJaw wrote:
I think that's my favorite GBA game. Enjoy!

ErickRPG wrote:


Good luck getting a new game from them.

Metriod Dread Amiibo 2 Pack and Zelda Skyward Sword Amiibo $5 @ Gamestop

Have the Zelda one but picked up the Metriod one and B1G1 Bayonetta 3 and Mario Soccer @30 each I am good.

Y’ALL Pulseman is on Switch Online!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-new...

Wow, the Mario movie has eclipsed $700 million already worldwide. I thought it would do well, but I didn't imagine it would be one of the top grossing movies of the year like it looks like it may end up. It could eclipse $1 billion in a week or two (month total).

sailorneorune wrote:

I'll be honest, I have no idea what Pulseman is. Never even heard of it, which is strange. I'm gonna give it a go right now.

theJaw wrote:


Interesting the Genesis gets a Street Fighter release. Can we control it with 6 buttons, or are we stuck with the crappy 3 button control?

Two more surprises:

Free game trial is Star Wars Republic Commando. Is this the first trial for an old port?

There is a new Tetris Maximus Cup event this weekend. When was the last one? I haven't seen one in ages... did I miss some?

Also, Advanced Wars Reboot drops next week?

@KCPenguins Not sure about Street Fighter, admittedly not much of a fighting game guy.

Oddly enough, I was just considering downloading Republic Commando on Steam because it's already in my library from a past Star Wars bundle. I was somewhat intrigued but wasn't in the mood at the time, but I just downloaded the trial on Switch and will give it a go when it launches on the 20th. If I dig it, I'll honestly probably just download it on Steam haha

In other Switch news, just realized the Oregon Trail remake got a new weekly challenge, Night Terrors, that sends you off as pioneers with an empty wagon, whose morale lowers every night (they're all afraid of the dark) and it rains every day. That's brutal. Apparently there's some new DLC coming out for it too. I've really been enjoying the Oregon Trail remake, it's a great progression of the very simple game all us 80s/90s kids remember from those grade school PCs most classes had.

theJaw wrote:
I was pretty bad at Oregon Trail. Was it actually possible to win?

nonamesleft wrote:


I assume it depends on the version, but the ones I played it was pretty easy to complete the trip. At least one person will die 9/10 times though... that was the best part for some players, those us of playing the "educational" game when green screens and macs were new. "Taught" us about dysentery and colera, fording and such.

KCPenguins wrote:

Few weeks ago Tetris Maximus Cup was for Kirby DreamLand. Got an email that the points are easier to get too. I have missed 3-4, hope they let us use tickets to purchase them as they did once in the past. Otherwise what are the daily tickets for?

@nonamesleft Definitely possible. I could never do it, but I saw kids do it. The remake is still pretty unforgiving, but you can pick up from the last major landmark you make it to if you die. And there are a bunch of different modes you can play to get different experiences. There is one where your party will be faced with no obstacles whatsoever, and you can just float through the trail. I think it's called something along the lines of "the scenic route" or something similar, just a mega "easy mode".

You can also choose different characters with randomly generated skills for your party, that change up each play through. Just fun stuff.

KCPenguins wrote:
I found it to be a sort of domino effect. If one of the characters got injured or worse, it was downhill from there. I wonder how difficult it would be to save them all throughout the journey.

theJaw wrote:
The scenic route? Ha. Was there even that option in the original?

I think I'll watch gameplay of it on Youtube. Feeling a bit nostalgic.

It's interesting to me that people are still playing Oregon Trail. Some games are just classics, here to stay I guess.

@nonamesleft I think the original game was just the straight Oregon Trail game, no other modes or anything. The remake is vastly different in that regard, and it has updated (pixel art) graphics, so it's also visually new. You can play the original version too if I'm not mistaken, but that's only a tiny, tiny part of the full package.

Blasphemous 2! Hopefully it's somehow not a Switch exclusive. These things usually aren't.

Kommie wrote:

Have never even heard of Blasphemous 1. It looks very neat... is it another one of those unforgivable, mega hard games?

Well... I would say no but most people would say it's hard, yes.

Blasphemous 1’s final boss fight drove me to drink. Glad to see a sequel is coming though. I never cared much for my liver anyway.

not too much in that showcase for me. Animal Well and Crime O'clock look kinda interesting though. will be interesting to see the price tag

TalonJedi87 wrote:

With the right setup it's pretty easy, but right setup.

I definitely struggled with the final boss on my first playthrough.

bogo wrote:

Crime O'clock has a physical version for $34.99. Saw it on Wal-Mart.

Kommie wrote:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2114740/Blasphe...

I watch these Nindie Spotlight Directs with Steam open so I can add anything interesting to my wish list.

Yeah, I added it to Steam not long after the announcement.

Typical Nindie... lots of announcements, nothing too exciting. A sequel to West of Loathing was interesting, but I got stuck in the original when I accidentally equipped something that permanently enabled hard mode right before a fight that I now cannot win. Never could figure that out, and didn't want to start over.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/advance-war...

Advanced Wars Reboot launches tomorrow. Based on the reviews it's about what you'd expect. Same old games, fresh coat of paint, not a ton of extra meat on the bone. With Zelda coming out in 3 weeks I'll pick this up later on a sale.


Also one of the giveaways at my.nintendo.com is a trip for 4 to Hollywood CA and free access to Universal/Super Mario World. 10 Platinum coins per entry.

KCPenguins wrote:

would be even cooler if it wasn't a game that came out last year

I wish they would put out some Advance Wars Amiibo.

Tbh I don't think I care half as much about Advance Wars without the original art style. I don't know why but I prefer the simpler, pixel art to the updated game's visuals. I'll definitely be waiting a while before I play that one.

My buddy just let me borrow Luigi's Mansion 3. First time playing it to distract myself from Zelda releasing in 25 days, or else I'll explode from anticipation.

Advance Wars definitely isn't worth full price to me, but I'll try to pick it up on sale sometime down the road. I'm excited to finally try it out.

I like the new art style. The chibi, anime, pastel fake CGI'ish look, just works for me. However I'm not paying $60 for it. I have enough of a backlog to buy it at a later date. I'll buy it within '23 I'm sure.

Massive Advance Wars fan, very much been looking forward to this release.

My wife is from Yokohama Japan and we are going back to visit her family in June. Decided we are going to take the bullet train to Osaka and go to Universal so the boys can see Super Mario World. It actually works out really well as they are also massive Jurassic Park and Minions fans and Jaws is my favorite ride and is now only found in Universal Japan. Should be a fun trip.

bogo wrote:


Wait, they put a game in the nindie showcase in 2023 that came out in 2022?

yep...not a crazy long time, about 5 months ago. but definitely not a NEW game by any means

Little Kitty, Big City and that Jet Grind Radio wannabe were the only games of interest for me. But for the latter I will wait and see if it comes to the other consoles, because those graphics would look sweet in 4K.

I just beat the main campaign for Strikey Sisters. I bought the developer’s other game Bot Vice as well as Wizorb since they are dirt cheap.

Fun indie games.

Kaze and the Wild Masks is currently on sale in the eShop for $5. I've heard it compared to the Donkey Kong Country games a lot, so fans might wanna check it out.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/kaze-and-t...