6th July 2019, 12:38 AM
Switch
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Mario Maker 2 - $56 new. I went back and forth a bit on buying this right at release, but with how amazing the other Mario Maker games are, I decided to get it recently. I've been playing it, and yeah, it's amazing as expected! There are some things added and some things removed versus the Wii U game; for playing levels this is an overall improvement thanks to all the added stuff, despite a few little things removed, but for making levels it's a whole lot worse than it was on Wii U. The absence of a second screen with a precise reactive touchscreen has never been more noticeable than it is here, that's for sure. I will need to get a stylus, but I want to look at the TV, not have to go take the Switch out of the dock just to make levels! Having to go back over there to dock it just to test the level on the TV is inconvenient too. The Wii U is the better system in some significant ways, really.
Switch DD
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Sega Ages: Virtua Racing - bought with Nintendo Gold Points (so free, would be $8). This new release is a fantastic port of the arcade version of Sega's great early '9s racer Virtua Racing. It's really good, apart from the sad absence of all of the content added in the 32X and Saturn versions of the game. Even without that stuff this is definitely a must-have release, though.
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Mario Maker 2 - $56 new. I went back and forth a bit on buying this right at release, but with how amazing the other Mario Maker games are, I decided to get it recently. I've been playing it, and yeah, it's amazing as expected! There are some things added and some things removed versus the Wii U game; for playing levels this is an overall improvement thanks to all the added stuff, despite a few little things removed, but for making levels it's a whole lot worse than it was on Wii U. The absence of a second screen with a precise reactive touchscreen has never been more noticeable than it is here, that's for sure. I will need to get a stylus, but I want to look at the TV, not have to go take the Switch out of the dock just to make levels! Having to go back over there to dock it just to test the level on the TV is inconvenient too. The Wii U is the better system in some significant ways, really.
Switch DD
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Sega Ages: Virtua Racing - bought with Nintendo Gold Points (so free, would be $8). This new release is a fantastic port of the arcade version of Sega's great early '9s racer Virtua Racing. It's really good, apart from the sad absence of all of the content added in the 32X and Saturn versions of the game. Even without that stuff this is definitely a must-have release, though.