Love to hear the great feedback about this. I'm looking forward to getting it at some point. However, I too dislike the "impossible port" label. It makes it sound like we should be so lucky and should accept the game in whatever form we get it. It feels a bit pejorative, even if that's not entirely how they mean it. I've mentioned this before. Still, at least it was positive!

@Friscobay
Yep - the Switch 2 demo looked and sounded atrocious. I wrote off buying the game. Will wait for reviews on the new polished Switch 2 version.

@kmtrain83
True.....i just read an article that said there were 4 first party games in development for Switch1. Any idea what the other 3 are?

I played the online demo a few months back and found Sonic Racing: Crossworlds to be mundane, so I have no interest in purchasing any version of this game.

@rjejr cannot blame you with this game costing $70 on switch 2. Paying that i would want to get my monies worth

@Gabe250 if $70 for 13 hours of gametime is ok with you?
I got 180 hours out of Kingdom Come 2 this year for $60

@KoopaTheGamer I
I am very concerned when its $70 for only 13 hours of run time.

@CammyUnofficial I wondered the same thing, and I am also curious about Metroid. Fingers crossed.

@DennyCrane I was looking at the price to hours i would get out of it. $70 is steep for 13 to 15 hours

Star Wars Outlaws port was closer to the series S than this so I guess I will skip that Switch 2 port and wait for the Xbox version to be cheap. I’m a tad disappointed. However it’s not that surprising, the Series S is clearly more powerful.

@VeganH what ? No… I can stream my Xbox games without any sub. I just stream them from my Xbox to my phone and a 25$ handheld controller.

I wonder if there are S2+MKW bundles that are helping boost sales? Impressive regardless, and the fact that around 12% of S2 owners already grabbed Kirby sounds good to me, even though its not my thing. Curious how Metroid will do in the next charts

@Pillowpants gotta get yourself two arm canon pillows to match those pillowpants

Finally all my right arm resting needs are catered for!!!

I'm admittedly not sure about this one. I bounced off the first OT after a few hours after being disappointed by the party interaction, how grind-y the game started to feel, and not really falling in love with the gameplay loop as a whole. I did pick up Octopath Traveler II this summer for cheap and do plan to try it since it allegedly fixes some of the first game's issues. That might help determine whether I grab this eventually, though like others I find the towering runtime for just the main story...intimidating. As much as I love RPGs, I have to be very picky about which ones I grab due to how long many of them can run. Not to mention I'm not the fastest reader due to my habit of reading to absorb, not just speeding through text. I feel I miss a lot of interesting details otherwise. Though VA does help.

For all the crap Ubisoft gets (a lot is unwarranted, imo), they are quite good at console optimization.

@Metazoxan it's an amazing game, but Mario Kart wins by having larger casual appeal and brand recognition.

Great to see that the Japanese gamers know what good taste are and thus bringing in Kirby Air Riders at number two.

Also great to see that the Japanese PS5 console selling so well. And obviously also great to see the overall sales figures for all current Nintendo consoles doing well.

I’m looking forward to see how Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will sell in the weeks to come.

The switch 2 version trumps the series s version simply by being portable. To achieve that on xbox you would need a series s, game pass ultimate, and a device to stream games to.

People forget that the NS2 isnt a power house. So yes these games (Cyberpunk, streetfighter 6, starwars, asassin creed etc) are miracle ports and needs alot of work to get it running like this on a 10W handheld.
Ubisoft truly won me over on the switch 2.
For developers it would ve more easily to develop for the Switch first and optimize it for the PS5 etc. But for what its word 30fps for these games are the future for the NS2. If you want anything higher, buy a pc, xbox or ps5 pro

Great game made even better with yesterday's update. Well deserved

That's cool, but I can't help think what a missed oppurtunity that they didn't make a special Metroid Switch 2 Pro Controller to coincide with the game. I would have loved that, especially if they had come out with a controller with some color to it. The recently announced RE9 Pro controller however doesn't give me much hope that future special edition controllers will be anything but black.

Well, I bought a used PS4 Pro a few weeks ago. Evidently there are 13 like minded souls in Japan. Im not alone 😃

I have just realised, given that you can play Metroid Prime/MP4 with separated joycons, that means you could slip the arm cannon cushion over your right hand while joycon is still in your hand. Then using gyroscope mode that will be incredibly immersive and silly. I can't wait for Jan 20.

None of these for the US 😢

@kal_el_07241 I still consider any decent port of a realistic open world from this decade a miracle. These games truly would be impossible on Switch 2 if it weren't for DLSS, because in terms of raw numbers it is not close to Series S. Nintendo's very lucky their partnership with Nvidia and the timing of hardware releases allowed them to get a console with that technology out at a competitive price well ahead of Sony/Microsoft.

ANYONE WHO WANT TO BUY PHYSICAL WATCH KIT / KRYSTA ONE OF THE LAST EPISODES ON YTBE

I really thought the lower priced PS5 region locked console would make things more interesting and competitive, but that appears to be short lived.

Im also surprised at the Pokémon ZA split between Switch/Switch 2 sales. Given the bigger install base on the original Switch, I thought it would be further apart then it was.

Quite the difference between top selling hardware and #2, isn't it?

Press F in respect for those 172 souls who bought an Xbox, unless they legit wanted one.

We'll see next week how Metroid Prime 4: Beyond fares in Japan, a territory where Metroid is even more niche than it already is in the west.

I've been kinda disappointed with Metroid Prime 4, but wow this stuff is awesome. Hopefully this comes to the U.S cause I would LOVE both that arm cannon pillow and the metroid ice cube tray!!

It's seriously a crime Kirby air riders isn't doing better. No it's not inferior to Mario Kart, I wouldn't even call it a kart racer.

But it's such a well polished game and it's story mode is actually pretty good.

At least it's doing fairly well in Japan.

"Metroid Prime 4 will take between 8-12 hours to complete the main campaign and story mode and 10-18 hours to 100% the game, i.e., finding all items, scans, collectibles and content."

8 to 12 hours for a $60 game? Sorry, no.

It's sad how divisive this anticipated entry is and I think that Retro Studios having different staff has something to do with it, along questionable choices like the meaningless open world in a linear game and poor handling of the characters and story. I bet that this is new and shiny now, but won't top any Metroid rankings in just a few years.

I'll still get it, though. I have been waiting for this game since the year that Switch released and Metroid Prime 4 was announced (2017 🤣).

Nice to see Kirby performing well there. At least Japan loves the little pink puff ball more than the UK!

I've got to admit the armcanon and the keychain are definitely going on my wishlist.

#M😭rica

Welp, there's always Ebay ¯\(ツ)/¯

@kal_el_07241 I wouldn't take a FromSoft game as a better example with their middling optimisation skills.

@fenlix I'm referring to developer's spending their time to make a quality port. Elden Ring wasn't quite in the state that they wanted the game yet which is why we haven't seen it release. I applaud that kind of time to make sure the experience is as good as possible.

If it were possible to just turn off the NPC characters and the excessive handholding, I'd be more interested in this game. As it is, I'll maybe get it discounted or not at all. What a letdown after such a long wait.

Why do we insist on forcing these incomplete guides (I know it's for clicks and engagement)... Just ranting

@OrtadragoonX I don't remember him talking in eternal. I'm only halfway through dark ages and I haven't heard him in it yet

@kal_el_07241 To be fair, Ubisoft also did the Star Wars Outlaws port which has been absolutely showered with praise as one of the best ports on the system.

I don't particularly like Ubisoft, but they do seem to genuinely be bringing their A game for Switch 2.

@RenanLK It kind of makes sense considering that, since the Wii, Nintendo has intentionally released hardware much weaker than other consoles' to beat their prices. I never really heard it much before Switch; there were definitely a few games on Wii and Wii U I'd say could justify it, but nothing like Panic Button's work to get Doom and Wolfenstein II to run on Switch. We definitely don't have what I would consider to be an "impossible port" on Switch 2 yet, but I do think that Cyberpunk and AssCreed Shadows come close. I reckon I'll feel the same about the upcoming Resident Evil ports.

Seeing as how I was able to 100% Metroid Dread in about 10 hours, I like to see that Metroid Prime 4 looks to be a little meatier at around 14 hours to 100%.

Really can’t wait to dive into the Switch 2 Edition!

I picked up a pretty swanky stainless steel Metroid drink tumbler in the NYC Nintendo store last week and am Pretty Happy About That! (Oh, it's the same one seen on the JP site! Get yours today!)

(there's actually a whole corner of Metroid merch there so if you can hit it up!)

I was looking forward to this, but it’s currently unplayable for me - played the first hour without issue, saved the game, and now when I go back in it keeps hard crashing - 3 times at different points, within minutes of loading into the game yesterday, and so I’m currently unable to make any progress.

I highly recommend a purchase of the squishy amiibo. I've had that on my desk since it first released and that squish never stops being so satisfying.

@HammerGalladeBro Yes, her mask comes off to reveal that Samus was actually the friends we made along the way.

I’ve been playing this for hours and I’m loving every second of it!!