Social The Social Thread 3.2.2 - Switch 2 Hype Time!

[TheMightyP]

Someone’s gotta take care of DK. Rare’s been gone for years, Activision flaked, and Retro’s busy. So if no one else will take him, it might as well be his daddy.

Sell your comics and buy the rights to DK

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

What would yall do if one day, you woke up and found out Rabbits gained the vocal skilll to bark like a dog?

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Someone’s gotta take care of DK. Rare’s been gone for years, Activision flaked, and Retro’s busy. So if no one else will take him, it might as well be his daddy.

First thing his new daddy did was make him get plastic surgery to look more like his baby pictures. This is not gonna go well.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

First thing his new daddy did was make him get plastic surgery to look more like his baby pictures. This is not gonna go well.

For a second I thought this was gonna be about a different kind of daddy cause of the plastic surgery bit

 

[SnakeFighter64]

What would yall do if one day, you woke up and found out Rabbits gained the vocal skilll to bark like a dog?

What kind of dog bark are we talking here? Big booms, medium screeches, or little yips?

 

[Noipoi]

First thing his new daddy did was make him get plastic surgery to look more like his baby pictures. This is not gonna go well.

You’ve never heard of a celebrity getting work done to look younger, but it only makes them look weirder? Happens all the time.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

For a second I thought this was gonna be about a different kind of daddy cause of the plastic surgery bit

Yeah the metaphor is kinda falling apart.

You’ve never heard of a celebrity getting work done to look younger, but it only makes them look weirder? Happens all the time.

Just because it does happen doesn't mean it should happen. But like I said, the metaphor is falling apart a little.

Bottom line is I'm just not hyped for what nintendo's internal teams will do with Donkey Kong and I think they should have given him a new semi-permanent home at a western game development studio. Even if they had to build one from scratch.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

What kind of dog bark are we talking here? Big booms, medium screeches, or little yips?

Depending on the rabbit size. Cottentails and would probably sound like little yappers.

For a second I thought this was gonna be about a different kind of daddy cause of the plastic surgery bit

H-huh. I just woke up a few minutes ago and I get greated to this

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Depending on the rabbit size. Cottentails and would probably sound like little yappers.

hmmmmm..... nah, I don't like it. Like I love dogs but barking is one of the most annoying and triggering sounds and I just would like rabbits less if they made that noise.

 

[Wario Bros.]

Rumors are now saying Metroid Prime 4 will be absent from the Switch 2 Direct.

Well, it is a Switch 1 game after all.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

hmmmmm..... nah, I don't like it. Like I love dogs but barking is one of the most annoying and triggering sounds and I just would like rabbits less if they made that noise.

Ok but imagine you had this unit in your house

Thats basickly a dog on it own that looks like a rabbit.
Granted, it would be annoying to be sleeping, the rabbit suddnly gets mad or scared, as rabbits do, and bark because they just got pissed off or scared

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Ok but imagine you had this unit in your house
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Thats basickly a dog on it own that looks like a rabbit.
Granted, it would be annoying to be sleeping, the rabbit suddnly gets mad or scared, as rabbits do, and bark because they just got pissed off or scared

I have too much trauma over my dogs barking and not being able to get it to stop and feeling like my mom, dad, sister, and everyone in the neighborhood was gonna come over and yell at me for letting them bark that I just can't sign off on this.

I would like to have a flemish giant though. that would be amazing.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Jack Bowser randomly knowing Rogen DK’s name while singing Peaches pleases me

 

[Will]

Rumors are now saying Metroid Prime 4 will be absent from the Switch 2 Direct.

Well, it is a Switch 1 game after all.

Did BOTW show up for the first Switch direct?

I would at least expect a port tbh, or an enhancement on Switch 2.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I know DKCRHD was just gonna be a bare bones HD port but how cool would it have been if they added in a "New Kongs Mode" where the Diddy Barrels are replaced with Tropical Freeze's rotating barrels and you could just use Dixie and Cranky in this game. Just for fun. I'm not even asking for a playable Funky, he could be manning the shop instead of Cranky in this version. I just think it would have been nice in this modern era to have more of the kongs be playable. Dixie especially.

 

[osby]

Bottom line is I'm just not hyped for what nintendo's internal teams will do with Donkey Kong and I think they should have given him a new semi-permanent home at a western game development studio. Even if they had to build one from scratch.

There's no guarantee that a new studio will do Donkey Kong more justice merely because they are European/American though.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

There's no guarantee that a new studio will do Donkey Kong more justice merely because they are European/American though.

I mean yeeeeeeessss. But like... most of the problems I've had with the very little we've seen of the character come down to the fact that Nintendo is developing it internally and they are Japanese so like.... they have a different cultural sensibility, method of stylizing animation, like it's just a different culture. That's not a bad thing but when a lot of DK's founding blocks, at least in the Country era, are made from outside that cultural perspective and in a different one you know it's just not going to feel... right... Add on top of that the added additional perspective of being squeaky clean and vaguely surreal Nintendo and I just don't see them fitting well with the Donkey Kong brand unless they stick to the Arcade stuff. Which would also be kinda bad.

 

[osby]

I mean yeeeeeeessss. But like... most of the problems I've had with the very little we've seen of the character come down to the fact that Nintendo is developing it internally and they are Japanese so like.... they have a different cultural sensibility, method of stylizing animation, like it's just a different culture. That's not a bad thing but when a lot of DK's founding blocks, at least in the Country era, are made from outside that cultural perspective and in a different one you know it's just not going to feel... right... Add on top of that the added additional perspective of being squeaky clean and vaguely surreal Nintendo and I just don't see them fitting well with the Donkey Kong brand unless they stick to the Arcade stuff. Which would also be kinda bad.

I can't comment on the cultural stuff so I'll take your word on it.

Super Mario Wonder shows that they are willing to branch out from the promotional art style at the very least so they might switch things out with DK too?

 

[Will]

Donkey Kong as a protagonist sold best under Western developers. On the contrary, you can argue that the Eastern developers sold the best games where he was the antagonist.

Food Banana for thought

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I can't comment on the cultural stuff so I'll take your word on it.

Super Mario Wonder shows that they are willing to branch out from the promotional art style at the very least so they might switch things out with DK too?

I mean maybe. IDK, Mario Wonder is very shallow to me. Like it's just a new coat of paint on what is essentially the same stuff Mario has been doing for years. And I have played it all the way through so I can comment. Mario is the character that looks the most different, everyone else is pretty much the same. All the areas are pretty much just standard Mario biomes except for Shining Falls. And the wonder flower stuff... it can be interesting but it mostly just feels like jangling keys in your face, to me anyway. Like it feels like a distraction and a gimmick more times than anything really interesting. I like that it adds a little of the "collect-a-thon" aspect of 3D Mario to the 2D games but like... IDK.

To me Mario Wonder feels like they just used a bunch of fancy colors and tiny gimmicks to distract from the fact that they didn't really do much new with the series. They didn't even add in more old characters, that would have been an easy fanservice win but nope. Mario fans are just so starved for originality after the NSMB era that this tiny drop feels like an ocean.

And needless to say, that doesn't make me all that hopeful for Donkey Kong if they have the same mindset with it.

 

[Noipoi]

Bottom line is I'm just not hyped for what nintendo's internal teams will do with Donkey Kong

I dunno man man if they get the Mario team to make a DK game that works like 3D World I’d be super down for that.

and I think they should have given him a new semi-permanent home at a western game development studio. Even if they had to build one from scratch.

Yeah but who? Every time they try and get someone else on Donkey Kong they never stick around. At this point it might be better to just develop DK internally, or else we’ll keep getting these ten year gaps in between games.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Donkey Kong as a protagonist sold best under Western developers. On the contrary, you can argue that the Eastern developers sold the best games where he was the antagonist.

Food Banana for thought View attachment 400476

Which is why, to this day, I will always say that Nintendo of America should have an in house development team, or at least more of a hand in the creation of games. Like "OK these specific series always seem to do better in america and when made by american companies, you deal with them".

And then Miyamoto can make a fourth DK Arcade game or whatever he wants to do. I get that he is a fan of Donkey Kong Country, that old rumor has been disproved, but he still seems to want to squeeze out all the charm that rare and retro put into it and replace it with standard mario stuff.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I dont care what shows up at this direct, i just want Tomodachi Life

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I dunno man man if they get the Mario team to make a DK game that works like 3D World I’d be super down for that.

Yeah but who? Every time they try and get someone else on Donkey Kong they never stick around. At this point it might be better to just develop DK internally, or else we’ll keep getting these ten year gaps in between games.

I think nintendo will make a DK game that plays really well and maybe had a bunch of fun and interesting ideas. But it will not feel like a Donkey Kong game. Mostly in a lot of little ways, but with a few big ways that I can't predict. Based entirely on their track record of games they've made in house.

I've said this before about Ben 10, but just getting new content in a series I'm a fan of isn't going to be fun if it's not done in the way I was hoping or wanting it to. It's like the whole Paper Mario thing.

 

[TheMightyP]

Which is why, to this day, I will always say that Nintendo of America should have an in house development team, or at least more of a hand in the creation of games.

Believe it or not, they do! And they worked with Donkey Kong before.

That's right, they did the Mario vs Donkey Kong games. That's what you mean, right?

 

[Noipoi]

Believe it or not, they do! And they worked with Donkey Kong before.

That's right, they did the Mario vs Donkey Kong games. That's what you mean, right?

It’s time for Luigi vs Diddy Kong

 

[TheMightyP]

It’s time for Luigi vs Diddy Kong

Diddy's Mansion

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I dont care what shows up at this direct, i just want Tomodachi Life

the switch 2 direct or did they announce another?

 

[Knight Dude]

Part 2 of the set is Ampharos. One of the easier Sprites to re-draw. Some really readable shapes with this one I feel, so that's likely why. Ampharos as a whole though, one of my favorite Electric types, and kind of a mainstay on any Johto team.

Ampharos GSC Redraw

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Drawing my Soul Silver team in GSC Style 2, Ampharos. #Ampharos #Pokemon #Pokemonsilver #pokemonsoulsilver #nintendo #nintendods #gameboy #gbc #fanart

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https://x.com/KnightLineArt/status/1904563938907640210

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Believe it or not, they do! And they worked with Donkey Kong before.

That's right, they did the Mario vs Donkey Kong games. That's what you mean, right?

Huh. I.... did not know that. I guess I'll eat crow on that one. I could have sworn the Mario vs. DK games were made in Japan. Oh well.

 

[Peepo T. Skeleton]

My Nintendo Gold Points have been discontinued.

Digital preorders that were placed before yesterday, and physical games that released between March 24 2024 and March 25 2025 will still award Gold points, but all other methods are gone.

Gold points may still be spent until March 2026, with the one year expiration date applying.

Dammit. I forgot that was happening today.

I already bought a few games after hearing the news but I would have checked the store one last time yesterday if I remembered.

Part of me is also wondering if Prime 4 and Legends ZA are going to be part of the voucher program due to being Switch 1 games.

Could have gone ahead and bought some vouchers and gotten 5$ worth of Gold Points, but better safe than sorry I guess.

 

[Hex D. Jess]

Diddy's Mansion

That sounds like it would a very... different game from Luigi's

 

[Will]

It’s time for Luigi vs Diddy Kong

They’re doing the prison death matches already?

 

[TheMightyP]

That sounds like it would a very... different game from Luigi's

They're both horror themed, that's for sure

 

[Wario Bros.]

Please let the Backyard Sports games receive a console release.

 

[HyperSomari64]

Project X Zone 3: Reiji Answers the Census
Only on Nintendo Switch 2

 

[Z25]

I can only imagine if we get a direct this week it’ll be a Mini. Such a weird thing to do, holding a separate direct right before the grand reveal of your new system. Especially when February was open, But they wouldn’t be Nintendo if they weren’t weird.

ALSO

Spoiler: ZA rumors

Apparently Dragalge, Barbaracle, and Eternal Floette also get Megas.

Also supposedly Flygon gets left in the dust again. Still holding out hope for Novern though.

Keep in mind, most leakers seem to agree there are more megas than what’s been leaked. They are working with the beta build that was leaked in the Terra leak. So things may have changed since then and there could be more or less. But I doubt they cut any of the leaked ones as it sounds like models have been seen for them.

A part of me wonders if they're gearing up to bring back Megas for Gen 10.

Cause I'm assuming that every previous Mega returns, which would mean that they've been remodeled/retextured for the higher fidelity Pokemon games, so by all means are future proofed for Gen 10

I think that’s where this is going. If we get no regionals or like 2 of them like Paldea, then they just focus solely on mega designs. Bringing the mechanic back to champions, but also allowing them to compete in the Gen 10 format. Either through champions or in the games themselves.

More ZA leaks/rumors

Add Mega Skarmory and Mega Hawlucha to the list

These are S Tier choices.

 

[HyperSomari64]

I can only imagine if we get a direct this week it’ll be a Mini. Such a weird thing to do, holding a separate direct right before the grand reveal of your new system. Especially when February was open, But they wouldn’t be Nintendo if they weren’t weird.

ALSO

Spoiler: ZA rumors

Apparently Dragalge, Barbaracle, and Eternal Floette also get Megas.

Also supposedly Flygon gets left in the dust again. Still holding out hope for Novern though.

Spoiler

Finally...
A middle evolution mega
Now if GF made a Mega Zweilous

 

[Knight Dude]

If you guys haven't yet, watch Common Side Effects. It's a really good show.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Oh we really are a week away from the Switch 2 direct.

Normally i'd be saying I'd hope for a new DKC as a year 1 game but given everything I've said today..... I'm not sure I am.