@Gen4Fan Don't be. Most everything in development will still happen. Netflix should be a boon for the video game industry in the fact we should see plenty more DC games on the horizon.

I don't understand all the doom and gloom from so many people on this. Considering the other potential buyers, this is easily the best outcome.

@JohnnyMind
just played through the game for the first time (done the base cups on sonic speed) and absolutely loved it, cant really compare how it is to air riders since its very much its own beast (love air riders too) but its been a great year for mascot racing fans it seems.

I think I've seen Dyna Blade once, but have yet to see a single moment where the Halberd shows up. That one needs to be buffed in appearances too.

@Skunkfish "Woke" = "whatever I don't like"

@Elektrogeist1287

It very much was.

Or you were just wishing hundreds of thousands out of jobs because you don't like streaming services?

How nice of you!

I'd give it a 7 or an 8 if I'm feeling generous. Plenty of good games, especially with DKB and MKW, though I don't think both crossgen and exclusives are as strong as Switch 1's first year. I do think the 3rd party support has been a lot more promising though

"Appropriate"

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/06/level-5-ceo-sees-ai-as-tool-for-communication-and-efficiency-improvement#comment8709200

I'm worried for Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight now

Woo, more super consolidation. Because we all know how beneficial this is for the entertainment industry. Especially when it comes to jobs and creativity.

I paid less than this for my current gen OLED 27" LG monitor....

@AmplifyMJ Sonic 06 was AI generated?! That explains EVERYTHING!

@Truegamer79 you’re just rambling nonsense.

Would still like to see an actual F1 game on Switch.

@SBandy1 not at all what I said, kid.

@Truegamer79 What's a 'woke agenda'?

Wish I had bought it later on, to be honest since the console would end up getting a discount. Not much has come out for it, most of the games are on Switch 1, so eh.

It's not a great move, but it's not like the games division of Warner Bros. could get much worse really.

@FragRed This was my thought immediately. What does this mean for movie theatres? Will WB movies not be in theatres anymore? Or will they just keep them as separate brands? Theatre under WB, straight to streaming Netflix?

Got mine 2 weeks ago and coming from a Switch Lite and Steam Deck (and 3DS, Vita etc.), I'm positively surprised with what I've gotten: The screen is much better than I thought; big (makes my Steam Deck seem small); colors are really "popping" from what I've been used to; black color is almost perfect imo (not grey or anything). The thumbsticks are very smooth and precise (I can now play Pac-Man and feel I'm in almost 100% control). 256 GB internal memory is more than enough for me for now. Only real negatives are; no D-pad and some Switch (1) compability issues (RE4 froze on me; I ran through one of the ghosts several times in Pac-Man; the ghosts "paused" oddly from time to time in Super Pac-Man).

9/10

so no more quality tv shows from hbo. this is awful for the future.

Okay, for the take that this is a "lesser" Metroid because of the 80 score:

I'd say that all of the top 8 games were released before 2010, with the exception of Dread and Prime 1 Remastered. As I recall, lots of people consider Dread the best of the 2D Metroids. And the remaster is an updated version of everyone's favorite 3D Metroid. It seems like something to at least consider.

@SuperEndriu Don’t feel guilty about grabbing an NFC writer on your phone and a bunch of writable NFC tags and just making your own amiibo tags. You won’t get the neat figurine, but it will let you unlock whatever locked content.

Netflix was the neutral option: just the same bad things continuing to happen. Skydance Paramount is the bad one: things immediately getting much much worse. The REAL bad sign though was that COMCAST were the GOOD Option.

We can only hope that, in the confusion, a lion's share of the gameinf assets somehow end up at Wade Rosen's Atari (though now I'm remembering that his brother is the head of games at Nickelodeon, under Paramount, and my mind is putting two and two together and-)

Oh.

Oh no

I absolutely love my Nintendo Switch 2.
I didn't get it quite at launch - instead, for my birthday in September - but I've still gotten plenty of use out of the system. As of now, I've already gotten 65 hours out of the flawed, but over-all outstanding Mario Kart World, and have put 45 hours into DK Bananza, which really is everything I wanted from the next EPD8 game; it's absolutely perfect. I'm hoping to 100% it soon!
For the actual hardware itself, it feels great! A part of me wishes it was an OLED screen, but I also know that if they did that, it EASILY would've sold for $500+, and that's just too much. The build quality feels excellent; I love the magnetic Joy-Con 2, and the screen resolution bump to 1080p feels absolutely incredible, and so very needed. But here's something that might be an unusual take, but I do kinda wish the system was smaller. Somewhere between the size of itself the original Switch. It's so big, in fact, that I find uncomfortable - even painful - to hold it with one hand across the system (as in, holding it the way you might hold a brick in one hand at your side.) And that's a shame, because when I'm moving my system around, that's absolutely the most natural way for me to grasp it, but I can't with the Switch 2. Being able to use the (very nice) kickstand as handle mostly makes up for it though!
As for software (the software that I haven't already brought up), I think it's all quite nice. I don't have Kirby Air Riders or Metroid Prime 4 yet, but I'm hoping to get them both soon. From what I've played of Air Riders in the Global Test Ride, though, it is a fantastic game, though maybe not quite worth 70 dollars for me. I'll still pick it up, though. And for MP4, it looks good. Sadly, I just don't have any attachment to the Metroid franchise; I've never played a single Metroid game in my life. But, I am looking forward to trying out MP4 at some point and jumping into the series for the first time!

That was a lot of text, sorry if it was a little too much.
To conclude, I love my Switch 2 dearly. Overall, I'm extremely happy with it. It looks nice, it plays decently, the quality is great, and we've had absolute tons of quality software released in these six months. Can't wait for the year-in check in!

9/10!

Best thing that happened to me in 2025.

Other M is terribly underrated in my opinion.

Maybe because I was already aware of Metroid’s lore so this whole idea of Samus being a person and not a machine wasn’t such a shock that it didn’t detract from the experience for me?!

It still felt pretty “Metroid” to me despite Samus’ new moves - that kind of got retained in later 2D Metroid games.

Anyways, nice list! Metroid is always consistent in brining me joy no matter what the critics say. I can’t wait to start Prime 4 tonight!

P.S. Super Metroid is my #1 with Metroid Prime (either original or Remastered) in a very close 2nd place.

To this day I still fire up Super Metroid and give it a full playthrough (probably because I can knock the whole thing out in under 3 hours).

I wonder if Prime Remastered will ever get a Switch 2 patch. I also wonder if Prime 2 will get a Gamecube for Nintendo Switch Online release soon to celebrate the release of Prime 4.

Though a Prime Trilogy release on Switch would be fantastic, too!

It was a little dry...considering all the chipset upgrades helped showcase ubber hardware. Price wise that did take a bite out of the Switch2 indy500 race to the top. Looks like 2026 is going to be a smashing release year....except most of us will be smashing our wallets to pay gas/food/just living now.

I give it a 8/10

99% of their streaming videos are garbage. It's like shopping at the dvd bargain bin at walmart. I hear lately they've been pushing some woke agenda with their shows aimed at children. Personally I find that disgusting.

Before switch 2, I was using my steamdeck more and more then my switch the last couple years. Now I’d say I’m like 50/50 between them and I’m about 2 hours from my weekend of gaming…Metroid and nightreign and on my playlist.

@Res462 Well, there you go then.

As long as the end result would be decent battery life, I couldn’t care less how it’s done.

It can be done, without sacrificing power was what I pointed out.

And initially I just said that I find the battery life disappointing.

I love it. It was been my maid console since launch. I am Getting RE Requium and Jame Bond on S2 over my PS5 or XBOX. I love the pro controller, feel of the console, and portability when needed.

And here I thought things couldn't get worse for one of my favorite franchises, Mortal Kombat.

I am now just more pissed a Saudi Prince didn't want WB over EA.

At least I got the Physical LRG coming in 2026.....?

Here comes the microtransaction and pay-to-play models.....

Well, on the bright side now any future Arkham games can’t be worse than that Suicide Squad game.

…right? Please?

It's good. 7.

So far my most played games have been Odyssey and Galaxy 2 (both in 4K). Mario Kart World and DK Bananza both didn't live up to their promise imo. Now playing the Kirby Star Crossed expansion, which is really nice.

Love the visual quality and general user experience. There has not been a killer game yet, which inevitably makes this a slightly subdued first year, compared to (all?) previous Nintendo consoles. But I wouldn't say they screwed up in any way, it seems to be a deliberate pacing decision. We all know Zelda and Mario are coming, Nintendo simply won't waste the impact now. Even Mario Kart World is by no means bad and totally works for them as a system seller.

If I had more time for gaming I'd probably be disappointed, but I don't 🤷‍♂️

Mine have been collecting dust (mostly game on my Legion Go S, PS5 and PC), since I got bored with Donkey Kong Bananza.
Though Metroid Prime 4 is on the way, so finally I'll get some use out it.
Honestly, I could have waited with the upgrade, especially since I could have played MP4, on my Oled Switch 1. The Switch 2 screen is so bad in comparison...

Nothing coming up after MP4, that I'm looking forward to, so I might sell it afterwards, and buy the next revision, if it finally have gotten a great collection of new exclusives by then.

@Dimjimmer Warner Bro was/is a dying company… It surprised they have survived this long after the decade they’ve had. They would have not survived another 10 years. This at least buys them another couple until Netflix realize they was worthless and tries to resell…

Since games run 60 fps instead of 30 fps now, i’m able to finish games twice as fast.

That’s how it works, right?

Gave it a six. A good 6.5 if you will. Key cards are lame. And nintendo games haven't been too amazing to put it mildly.
The console itself is better than the s1 but thats to be expected after 8 years.
The pricing is bad but I can live with spending a bit more as I am buying less games than I used to. What bothers me is locking features besides amiibo, which I don't collect.
Honestly not too excited about the future of the console. The outlook for 2026 seems lackluster atm.

This is the worst company to buy them outside some random Chinese company

I'm really enjoying my time with the Switch 2. It's really reinvigorated my love of gaming. But I was at a game store a week ago and an employee asked me if I would recommend it. At this point, most of the good games you might want have still released on Switch 1. I would wait a year to buy a Switch 2 in hindsight until more exclusives drop.

Eh, it's alright but when 95% of the games look and play better on my Steam Deck OLED then it's hard to justify buying very many games for it outside of exclusives.

It’s a fine system with a few flaws.
The screen is pretty bad from the few times I’ve used it, but I pretty much play in docked mode all the time.
My left Joycon2 will randomly not charge (either when connected to the system itself or to a charging controller). Disconnecting and reconnecting it has seemed to work so far. The firmware is up to date; this seems like a connector or communication issue.
The whole key-card thing. (No need to elaborate; everyone already knows)
There needs to be some smaller gap-filler experiences between big blockbuster releases.
There’s a pretty big lack of native Switch 2 games. I’d say 95% of my playtime has been Switch 1 games that have been fixed to perform better on the Switch 2 or ports. I don’t hate ports. I actually think they’re good for consumers, but they just can’t be the majority of your library.
There are other issues that aren’t specifically Switch 2 related but more Nintendo related issues that I won’t get into.
Overall it feels like what the Switch 1 should have been all along, which I suppose is a good indicator that you did something right.
The prices on everything are pretty shocking, but not unexpected, nor unjustified.

Overall I’m fairly satisfied with it. It feels like the proper, finished Switch console which the original was dragged down by poor performances.

Oh yeah, one last thing. You can’t just take Switch 1 game, slap a tiny isolated Switch 2 side content on it, and call it a Switch 2 edition. Stop it.

Edit: One last one last thing: Stop charging for tech demos. I know Nintendo is really proud of their Switch 2 ‘interactive’ instruction manual, but it’s not worth $0.99 let alone $10.

The company that has never put out a good original movie or show thinks they can shepard some of the biggest IPs ever.

I love, love, love my Switch 2. It's been a blast to play Tears of the Kingdom. There's a pretty solid line-up of 1st party games now and I can't wait to see what's in store next. The only thing I don't like is the Game Key Cards business. But I've decided to just buy more digitally, instead. Which means I'll need to invest in more space eventually and I don't like that Nintendo made storage space a consumer problem. Overall a very solid 5/7 experience!

Software lineup is really weak, and I absolutely hated MK World despite loving the series, but the actual Switch 2 is pure joy to play. Diving into first Switch backlog and enjoying every minute.

@rockodoodle all the options are bad. HBO Max is without a doubt the best streaming service and all the other companies are worse. I pray this doesn't go through.