Chocobo GP Switch eShop Page Updated With New Release Date

This should have always been the case from the vary beginning, it was a bad idea from the start.

@Snatcher I agree but I think the damage is already done when they added microtransactions in the first place.

Awesome. I might actually check this game out now that the microtransactions are gone. I remember enjoying the demo a year ago so there’s definitely the makings of a good game here. It’s too bad that it took Squeenix this long to remove what was easily the worst part of the game, though.

They should have done this from the start. Oh well. =/

Might be worth picking up discounted.

Time to buy!

@BlueCoolYoshi If they had removed it months earlier, instead of waiting as long as they did, it would have definitely been salvageable. The demo was fun for me, it’s just the paid thing was a big turn off.

Better late then never as they always say.

I was very happy with this game after I bought it at a discount. Lots to grind for and the online is actually fun! It's just too bad the menu music will make you want to scream.

Looks more interesting, but not $50 interesting.

This is exactly what happened when PVZ Battle For Neighborville released on Switch. All MTX present in the other versions of the game were removed and you were able to unlock everything just by playing the game.

Never say that your voice doesn't matter. Always vote woth your wallet. These companies have to eventually give in.

They waited so long that I no longer care. I really wanted a good old retail version of that game when it launched, but the damage is done. Its summer, I'm getting out & riding my bike. I already have TOTK, Splatoon 3, Rocket League. Suckit Square.😆

They either knew that they screw up or that their little scam doesn't work and is now making up for it. At the very least this game can be redeem unlike Forspoken and Babylon's Fall, which can't be redeem cause both aren't good to begin with. The only other way they could make up for this is just port this game to PC and Xbox and get a little more money from the GamePass and PC crowd.

Re-release the game in physical media again (with subtitle Deluxe Edition or whatever its name) with all contents inside and I will buy the game.

I was interested in this but I hate microtransanctions so I passed on it. What’s the verdict now? Is this game actually good and is it worth buying now? Or did the presence of microtransactions, even if they’re removed, fundamentally mess up the game balance? I could imagine there might be absurd amounts of grinding for example.

It is as re-released last week? Could have sworn I saw it reappear in the UK eShop ages ago, at least last month surely?

@MSaturn If/when it goes on sale, I'd say it's worth a look if you're interested. There's certainly some grind involved, but you'll earn in-game currency for playing any mode, and you'll get a ton just for playing through the story.

Does this mean I can buy a physical copy and be able to unlock everything without microtransactions?

Pay one time for a full game. What a concept!

Yes, we won boys! Now is the time to buy this game at long last.

... just to be sure though, tickets and Gil can be earned in game right? They're not some dumb thing you could only get in the "previous" version and now just carried over if you had that, right? Just want to be sure they're not still pulling some weird stunt here.

Better easy way to get the other characters, items and the other things if there is. This game is like Mario kart 8 Deluxe like that level good.

Well, now I might actually get the game. In a discount.

As soon as I read about this yesterday I ran to buy it and found it second hand for 18€. THIS is what I wanted since the beginning, a kart game with unlockables through playing. Sad part is they did this so silently a lot of people interested in the title will miss it.

I purchased the game now, should come in tomorrow. This news was the push I needed, really. I'll update the game immediately when I pop it into my Switch cause I don't want to see a trace of mythril in this game lol.

I'm genuinely curious what made them decide to "change their mind" with this game.

Was it not as profitable as they were hoping? Normally if that were the case, they'd just abandon the game and immediately move focus to the next big release.
Do they think they can attract a significant amount of new customers by changing the game like this? I personally doubt it would work like that.

Regardless of their reasoning, it is a step in the right direction, though it is very unusual to see happen.

Well, I am not buying it now on principle alone. And I happen to like Square Enix a lot. But this was just very bad practice and so I am voting with my wallet...

Which will probably be emptied into their pockets anyways, but whatever...

@EarthboundBenjy I'm pretty sure they're throwing this into the trash and did the change so they don't care about content anymore. They can't make it public enough for the people who put their money into passes and such, so they dropped it as a ninja update.
The situation overall is pretty sad, releasing the game as it is with some dlc characters could have worked really well, or dropping the price to 30€ and doing a public message for all people who was not agree with is first state.

@EarthboundBenjy
As I said in another comment, this is exactly what happened when EA put PVZ BFN on Switch. They knew they had messed up and paid the price for having MTX in a game that already demanded full price of its players. So the Switch version removed all of the MTX that were present in the other versions because they knew the community wouldn't fall for it again after the initial backlash they recieved.

It's a win for us. These companies are finally starting to feel the pushback from these games failing and have to concede to the consumers.

ironically just played this for the first time in months yesterday bc mk8ds online has been terrible all week and had no issues, even getting 1st in the tournament first try. still an underrated game.

I tried once to play this game and I couldn't because I don't have online. Terrible idea from the start!

@JohnnyMind Awesome to hear, thank you very much!

I'm so proud of you for surviving in such harsh environment for so long, Chocobo. So many people hated you for no reason, even your parents abandoned you, yet you refuse to give up.

Truly a Kwek moment in history

Maybe now I'll actually pickup this game to play with my son. Glad they made this change, but as many others have said, this should have been the way it was from the start.

I hope other companies catch on and stop with this mtx bs in every single effing game these days.

Man... What happened with this game is so sad. It could have been a neat alternative to Mario Kart but the awful microtransactions hurt it big time. And they did all of that on a niche game that didn't had an entry in years. And the game wasn't even full F2P, it had an entry fee.

Excellent, now I'll finally play this!

Like yeah, this is cool and good for them paying the price of the bs they tried to pull. But the game is over a year old and they figured, yeah let's re-sell it at FULL price AGAIN? Nah.

They should refund all the microtransactions to the players that bought them, or give them some form of compensation just for optics.

@rawzeku if you already bought it you don't need to get it again, just updating the game is necessary.

Picked it up in a sale at the end of the f2p stuff. The game is actually pretty fun now that it’s a standalone racer. And yes, Cloud is available and not that hard to get!

Great this is how it should have been, instead of trying to milk the consumer like a mobile game. Mario Kart 8 did it properly, they released paid for DLC but it was substantial additions and a single purchase.
NOW they've done this, I am willing to actually give it go, because it did look like a great Mario Kart alternative.

So they fixed the game and made it how it always should have been sold...better late than never I guess