Logan Plant

Playoff baseball is so stressful

It's 10:07 on the clock in Nintendo's Close to You teaser, which matches today's date, 10/7. Feels like this was intentionally planned for drop today specifically, hinting at something larger.

*Link renovating his house for 10 hours after seeing the Dragon scene in TotK*

Two years at @ign.com today ❤️

The GOAT

The Studio

Still can't believe this is real!

It's coming, I'm off but they recorded without me today!

I went so crazy Doug Bowser quit.

At least it's a quiet news week, not like the president of the company retired or anything

I AM GOING ROGUE DON'T TELL LOGAN

In a clearly deranged power trip, I have swapped half the cast and replaced the entire run-of-show with an extended segment on indie games.

Not sure how much time we'll have, but anyone have any asks for Question Block?

10/10 night. Division champions 💙 🔱

Taking the rest of the week off to watch these guys. @tomrmarks.bsky.social has a great episode of NVC planned for you in my absence!

Mario Kart World fixed Knockout Tour!!!

-A direct followup to a landmark Mario game
-Stars one of Mario's animal friends
-Carry a child version of a key character from said Mario game on your back
-Features bizarre transformations and tons of collectibles

Could've called it Super Mario Odyssey 2: Donkey Kong Bananza

Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island and Emerald Rush Review - IGN Donkey Kong Bananza’s DLC is an enjoyable but inessential expansion to DK and Pauline’s grand adventure.

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My Bananza DLC review is up on @ign.com! DK Island is nostalgic, but there's not much to actually do. Emerald Rush is a really fun roguelite take on Bananza's phenomenal gameplay that leads to scenarios you'd never see in the base game, but I wish they'd gone a bit further with it.

Enjoy!

So, a bit of an announcement: I'm retiring. My last day at IGN will be Oct 1; after that I'll be a full-time dad for a bit while my kids are of an age where they'll think spending time with me is cool rather than lame. It's been a huge honor and privilege to run reviews here for the past 12.5 years.

I think its December 4 no matter what. As you said, Nintendo doesn't really delay games with firm release dates

I am 99% convinced Prime 4 was planned for 11/6 and Hyrule Warriors took its spot to give Retro another month.

-HW was originally announced for "winter", likely always a Metroid-dependent placeholder, and 11/6 is not winter
-2 Metroid amiibo are launching 11/6

I really hope Metroid is fully ready.

Well into my replay of Prime 1 (going to replay one a month until 4!) and I'm always so taken by this quiet moment when Ridley glides over Phendrana Drifts. What a great, foreboding silhouette

I think it's meant to help with the post-game Gold and Banandium Chips grind! So I wouldn't hesitate to add it on

I had a totally broken build on this run of Emerald Rush and cracked 1 million points. I reached the credits tonight after roughly 7 hours, and the amount that opens up afterwards was really surprising. Fun DLC!

Seeing a lot of this going around, Emerald Rush is absolutely not "Balloon World but now it's $20." It's Splatoon 3's Side Order, which was also a $20 roguelite mode that came bundled with a nostalgic hub to explore. It's the exact same playbook.

You're right, it is getting a performance patch for Switch 2 though!

same!

Coolest amiibo idea in years

Yeah... Still hopeful for the game, but not my favorite look.