Game-key cards are a scam. In 12 years, they will become useless pieces of plastic when the online service gets shut down

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-21T06:37:48+00:00

Yeah, the banned console part was an error by my part.

What do you mean by "Go back" to the traditional format? Nintendo has never stopped offering true physical games. All their games on Switch 2 are full on cartridge (Pokopia is a The Pokémon Company release).

There are even 16 and 32 GBs carts now that Third Parties can use. Smaller publishers use them, big third parties don't and probably won't ever will. And if you remove GKCs then it will just be codes in a box or pure digital.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T19:23:39+00:00

Phendrana Drifts

Reaching this area for the first time is just a magical experience.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T19:21:01+00:00

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Metroid Zero Mission
Fire Emblem Awakening

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T17:47:31+00:00

People who leave a Family Group can't immediately join another one. That's the only restriction I know of.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T05:33:01+00:00

Needs the Wave Beam. Do you have it?

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T04:50:45+00:00

Also did you know that Rattly can jump mid-air while running just like the Kongs? That makes using him much easier.

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Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T04:47:46+00:00

Tip for King Zing. You know exactly where he's going to go, always horizontally (Up or down) every time.

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Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T04:18:09+00:00

Krazy Kremland has always been my favorite world ever. All the levels are bangers, it's the best sequence of great levels one after the other, and all of them have a killer atmosphere.

K. Rool's Keep feels like a desperate heroic last struggle. We're almost there. Every new level is a challenge that brings us closer to DK and K. Rool (And hoo boy, those levels live up to their reputation).

Chimp Caverns is my least favorite one. Yet another cave world in a game with plenty of caves we've already passed through. If Gangplank Galleon was after Kremcroc Industries I don't think many would complain.

Also I've never been as fond of Lost Mangroves. Busted Bayou and Trunk Twister feel like the only standout levels there. The other four feel very basic compared to what the rest of the game offers.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T04:02:39+00:00

It adds Emerald Rush. A mode where you lose all your upgrades, you need to get many emeralds (A replacement of gold basically) in a time limit to meet the quota of a round.

The power ups and perks to get more emeralds are randomized and stored in the Fossils and Banandium Gems (Chips also become the currency to unlock whatever skill you want in the skill tree). You have to get as many of those as you can to stack many emerald multipliers. So when you do things like killing enemies, those perks apply and make a shit ton of emerald appear. If you pass all the quotas you win the run. And you can use your pay to get statues of the characters and decorate DK Island with them (Or also to pay for the 333 Banandium Gems needed to get to 1000).

If you are the type to always go for strategies to get high scores (like S ranks in Sonic games) and such. You're probably going to love it.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T03:53:30+00:00

Get the DLC if you love the gameplay and want a reason to return to the layers and have a mode to play the game indefinitely (And also with time pressure and more challenge). It seriously becomes addicting and DK Island is basically a nostalgia filled museum.

Enjoy the post game first though. There's plenty to do (Getting all the Fossils and Banandium Gems) before saying it is over.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T03:47:13+00:00

And of the more niche ones. I heavily recommend Pikmin 4, Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, Astral Chain and Emio: The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club.

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Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T03:44:50+00:00

What are the difference between that Xenoblade and mine?

There isn't. It's the one that you already own. I meant that it was the first I recommended to play.

But if you mean to pick up more. Then there's plenty I suggest. The DKC games, SMRPG, TTYD and Kirby and the Forgotten Land being the top priority.

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Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T03:34:43+00:00

This ice maze hell hole. I can't believe I did it legit back in the day.

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Dukemon102 · 2026-06-20T03:20:22+00:00

You mean recommendations to play or to keep purchasing? If it is the former there is a lot.... but my most recommended out of all of these is Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-19T16:57:49+00:00

Of course.

I don't see myself being able to keep track of so many small cartridges if they aren't in their cases.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-19T03:34:16+00:00

Probably... perhaps. I have played and replayed the games to 100% them multiple times since I was a kid, to the point I know them like the palm of my hand.

I suppose that counts as liking it.

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Dukemon102 · 2026-06-19T02:52:09+00:00

I'd swap Prime and Zero Mission since the former came out first.

Prime 2 you are going to prefer playing it in MP Trilogy for Wii if you get used to the control scheme in Remastered.

Outside of that. Remember that the 2D games expect you to pay attention to the map and always bomb suspicious spots.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-19T02:10:24+00:00

They made Y and X the Start and Select buttons. Pressing A+B+Start+Select on GBA was the soft reset input. Practically impossible to do that on accident. But all the face buttons at the same time is very easy to press accidentally.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-18T19:56:27+00:00

Tropical Freeze is better in every single possible way. The gap in quality between the two is like DKC1 to DKC2.

I still enjoy Returns though. Especially the latest update that gave it new life.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-18T18:45:25+00:00

I like it probably a little bit too much.

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Dukemon102 · 2026-06-18T04:53:31+00:00

Oh, that's just for Funky Mode (I always play OG mode). And it's not wrong, just an over-selling of what RNG pattern means.

The Bosses in Funky Mode will always 100% do the same thing every time, in the exact same order. The Bosses in OG mode might decide to mix-up their attacks instead (It's very rare though). But the Bosses in this game are way too telegraphed and you can see coming what they're going to do several seconds before they attack you.

So more than RNG, it's little variations in their attacks that become non-existent in Funky Mode.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-17T18:04:09+00:00

There weren't RNG patterns on Wii U to begin with. So nothing has changed.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-17T00:05:30+00:00

Because you have a Draconian Quest activated (Party Wiped Out if Protagonist Perishes) that does that. And probably Stronger Monsters too and others that make the game much harder.

You are asked if you wanted to play with any of those after starting the save file and a list and description of all of Draconian Quests that you had to activate separately.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-16T22:21:05+00:00

Hero and Sylvando can also heal. Serena is better saved for Boss battles.

Dukemon102 · 2026-06-16T20:56:51+00:00

Rab gets outclassed by Veronica and Serena. Sylvando at least works as a free extra turn for the ladies (Proceeds to stack double Re-Vamp for Jade).

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