The most charming thing about
New Pokémon Snap is how alive the Pokémon you re photographing feel. While we enjoy the core role-playing games in the franchise, there s a satisfaction in seeing the monsters being allowed to simply exist in the world and not having their worth tied to stats.
New Pokémon Snap wouldn t have worked otherwise. On paper, it s a straightforward on-rails photography game; taking place in the Lental region, your character is tasked by Professor Mirror to help with researching Pokémon, as well as the Illumina phenomenon which is making some in the area to glow, by exploring areas and taking pictures.
Nintendo Switch games are too expensive but it makes total sense
Commentary: Skyward Sword costs $10 more a decade after release. What gives? Listen - 03:54
When The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword launched for the Nintendo Wii back in 2011, the motion-controlled adventure was priced at $49.99. This week, Nintendo announced a remastered version of the game for the Switch: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, priced at $59.99, adding a dollar to the price tag for every year that s passed since the original game s release.
Nintendo fans everywhere let out a quiet sigh of resignation. Skyward Sword, a 10-year-old Wii game, is more expensive than it was when it first came out a decade ago and it s going to stay expensive, because first-party Nintendo Switch games almost never get price drops. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a port of a Nintendo Wii U game that launched in 2017, still sells for full price almost four years later. Super Mario Odysse
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The Switch can be anything anyone wants it to be. It has all the big Nintendo-magic hits you could hope for from the Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon series (we all continue to mourn the extended hibernation of Metroid and F-Zero), a slew of high profile cross-platform gems old and new to suit any budget and taste, and even quirky not-games like
SmileBASIC 4 tools that allow you to create your own music or dip into programming respectively.
And to a certain extent that s only to be expected: a good modern console should have a healthy mix of fantastic exclusives, terrific third-party support, and the occasional bit of oddness thrown in for good measure - but a