In the US, all you can do is go to Nintendo's website and it'll give you a slight discount from the overall total depending on how many days are left on your membership. So, in your case, I'd do the same thing and check out this part of Nintendo's site here. It should show a discounted price when you log in and that's how you upgrade your membership to the Expansion Pack from the regular NSO membership. Let me know if it works for you!
My online sub has lapsed, so it's coming up with the standard £35. I wonder if it will be cheaper to buy the online sub separately (at a cheaper price and then add the Expansion Pack afterwards but I'm not sure what the cost of that would be
I don't know the total difference, but I do know that if you get the NSO online subscription, the upgrade-path to the Expansion Pack does get slightly discounted. Whether that's a big discount or not, I have no idea. I just know that you do get one and I remember that being the case when I finally upgraded. So, you could do it but there's also no guarantee that you'll save a ton of money or at least enough money to not justify doing the full upgrade from the get go
You know what this now means right? Zelda/Metroid Direct confirm! /s. Jokes aside, I totally remember this being a Twitter announcement and I don't know why, lol. I remember just waking up and boom seeing the tweet. I absolutely have no recollection of a Mario direct in my head but hey that's my mistake
I linked to it above -- it was a fun Direct you might enjoy if you never saw it.
Watched the Direct and damn you were right! That shit was so much fun lol. Also, I checked the Age of Calamity tweet from Nintendo and that still did really well! 18.5k Retweets, 10.1k Quote Tweets and 63.2K likes. Still shows that surprise Twitter announcements are viable (which is what I'm telling myself so it eventually happens for WWHD/TPHD/MP1 lmaoo)
Hey man, as long as you found SOMETHING to like/enjoy from the Direct, that's a win in my book. And you ain't lying, I might revisit BOTW to finally do all of the DLC as we lead into BOTW2 in the beginning of 2023. I'm that fucking excited
Ib was one of those games that left such a good impression because it was just so different from anything else in the Direct, I plan on checking it out too! As for Tunic, fuck yeah. I've prolonged playing it just to play it on Switch because it just feels right you know?
There was enough here to please me. Octopath II was a nice surprise and I was just talking to a friend the other day about how much we like the HD2D style and hope to see more of it.
Don't forget Super Mario Odyssey 2, a new look at Metroid Prime 4 with the reveal of Metroid Prime Remake AND with the grand surprise of Star Fox Grand Prix being real!
Dude I am so happy about Pikmin 4 too! I haven't thought about it in such a long time so it was such a nice surprise to see that it's finally coming out in 2023. I was so hype that I almost bought the Pikmin shirt lmaoo. Are you gonna do a new playthrough of Pikmin 3 to get that hype train starting?
I think March is too close to TotK. I really hope we do get some gameboy because there are no good excuses.
Another possibility could be a huge trailer for Tears of the Kingdom at the Game Awards, which could include "The Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD, out in February!" Which would at least give those games a buffer of several months. But it would also be rather crowded coming off another huge anime adventure (FE Engage) and in the same month as another remaster (Kirby's RtDL).
I was looking at the shirt too! I got to the point where I never actually expected to see Pikmin at a Direct simply because it just seemed like it either got quietly canned or put on the backburner for however long. Seeing it here with a 4 in the title just sent me to cloud 9. Ya know, I think you convinced me to do another playthrough of 3 due to this. Haven't played it in some time so it'll be just the thing I need, thanks.Dude I am so happy about Pikmin 4 too! I haven't thought about it in such a long time so it was such a nice surprise to see that it's finally coming out in 2023. I was so hype that I almost bought the Pikmin shirt lmaoo. Are you gonna do a new playthrough of Pikmin 3 to get that hype train starting?
It's possible they're holding off on metroid remake to debut it alongside a showing of prime 4. Otherwise I can totally see it early next year. If prime 4 is 2024 then they might want to have metroid remake earlier. WW/TP could go in later to fill out the year. There's so much we don't know what's going to happen in the upcoming year it's pretty exciting. By this time next year I'd imagine we'll have a good idea about what Nintendo is planning for switch succession (at least I hope!).
Oh yeah, I appreciate how it's such a varied lineup. Tons of good stuff. And I'm sure more big games will reveal themselves in time.
Lmao, I really really want the shirt even though it's such a stupidly simple shirt. I don't know if it's the Pikmin hype in my veins or if it's because it's a pretty good shirt design. And good!! Do it, get that Pikmin hype train going. I think I might do so myself in the coming weeks as I kill time between now and Mario+Rabbids & Bayo 3
Honestly, that's what I love the most about Nintendo. I love the variety, I love the unexpected stuff they're probably working on. It's just such a fun time to be a Nintendo fan considering even it seems like there's nothing going on, there's still exciting rumors that we hear every now and then, plus all of the massive games they're launching in the coming months.
Lmao are we the same person? Cause I feel the exact same way regarding pretty much every game you've mentioned. The only game I do kind of want, or at least, am I debating on getting is Splatoon 3. I don't know if I'm simply hyping myself to get it or because it looks legitimately good (for reference I've played Splatoon 2 and loved it but I'm trying to save money since there's SO many games coming on Switch from now till December). Like dude, as you said, the Switch is a fucking RPG system at this point. It just feels like game after game is dropping and they're all quality long RPGs that are worth the experience of playing. It's kind of absurd when you think about it.
Bug Fables is great if you're itching for some classic Paper Mario, and it's got some rly nice character moments as well. I'd definitely recommend it!
I've wanted to check out the Atelier games but they kind of don't look up my alley to be honest, as for Pikmin 3, I have it physically!
oh shit really? That price tag of $12 is looking real good then!
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It's a fucking HUGE sale right now, there's so many games worth getting so I'm looking at what to get (mostly digital only stuff since I am a fan of getting physical copies if possible/if they're at a reasonable price). Shit, I'm even looking at getting Neon White lmao
Tales is fun enough. I haven't gotten into it very far yet but if you want a curious mix of Jrpg, dungeon crawler and third person shooter, at $9 sword art online fatal bullet is worth a go. It has a trial/demo version too
I guess I'll break the news to you -- they think that Yakuza is too mature for the Nintendo Switch audience for... whatever reason lol.
Damn is it really? I played the first SAO game and I was kinda put off by it lol
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so this one is actually set in the world of the spinoff series Gun Gale Online, which takes place a couple years after the SAO event, and is a post apocalyptic sci-fi shooter VRMMO(so robots not zombies) that went live years after SAO. The anime was standalone and had its own pretty charming cast. However this is a SAO game so you are dealing with Kirito and the gang still but it's later on. Tho your main character is a custom character and their friend. Don't know if the actual GGO characters show up yet(I only finished the intro segment which is a chunk of the demo), tho considering it's a pair of top level friend players, a psycho player Hunter and her guy friend, and a focused squad, you wouldn't really run into them early on anyways. Oh and this game has a grappling gun that can also be used as a stun/light attack weapon
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I hope! I'm looking forward to having to picking up my N64 Controller again with the new additions coming. I'm super excited for the upcoming line up dude. It's gonna be a good time but I NEED Donkey Kong 64 finally. I need it so damn much.
Well fuck it then, I'm gonna pick it up and not miss out on this banger deal for Vesperia. Worse comes to worse it's not for me but since a lot of people are saying it's good, I'll go for it.
Yeah, I'm with you guys on this. A lot of people pointed it out that it's always the Metroid icon but at this point, they know what they're doing. They know what we want. They could literally use ANY avatar but they keep using Metroid and there's so many rumors surrouding Metroid that at this point, they're just fucking with us lol. The idea of them not being conscious of this is a bit laughable IMO. Here's to hoping that we finally get this damn MP1 remake before the end of the year!
Don't hate your brain for wanting what's right
I'm not even worried about them. I feel, or at least, expect that they're legitimately real. I truly do. I just kind of want them to be announced already so we can fucking stop having these conversations about when they're coming etc. It's just that I want this ride to be over because we all know what comes with the announcement:
It's such a weird consistency because almost any other icon can be chosen or they could switch it up (lol) to hint at upcoming games as well, and yet, we've gotten nothing for it. It's either nothing or it's a long term play of "lets see if they realize this months after" or something. It's now something I can't unnotice or uncheck now though
Damn, that sucks. I've been debating on what games to go back and finish, Pokemon Legends was one of em. How many hours in are you?
Not the original person you're asking, but I put in 140 hours into the game.
