Disney Speedstorm Goes Free-To-Play On Switch This September

Oh cool, I guess I never need to play this then. I appreciate that.
Edit: I love this place, but the tone of this article is like a press release. Yes. It's going fee to pay because that makes it available for EVERYONE! That's the reason!!! Lol. Stop that. This game is disgusting.

Meanwhile, over at Dreamlight Valley...

Surprised that it's becoming free before Dreamlight Valley, but no complaints.

I'm interested in both of them, but announcing that they will be free dissuaded me from paying for either of them.

This is honestly the best kart racer I've ever played. The early access has been handled great, and they've listened to feedback. I wish they didn't all have a weird formula 1 outfit and kart, but otherwise I'm very happy with it. I know I'll get flamed because hating free to play games is "cool", but I said what I said!

rip to the people who paid for a demo

@Davzilla Sooooooo if my 4 year old sees a character he likes and that I did not get randomly, out of a loot box, I will then model the behavior of gambling until we get the character he wants or try to explain to him why the world is trash (he won't understand if I say "misanthropic manchildren ruined this like they did Batman, bud"). I don't know if that constitutes SCARE QUOTES cool END SCARE QUOTES, but I hope that helps.

Wow that was fast! So when’s dreamlight valley becoming F2P?

Yet they're still trying to sell it "on sale" now lol

@calbeau Wait dream light is going to be free at some point! So I didn’t make it up! It has been paid for so long I thought I had misread it or something lol

You lost me at Disney! 😃

@LikelySatan even at 4, you can teach a child lessons like they can't have everything they want. They might have a tantrum about it, but they'll get over it.

@HandheldHaunter oh, why is that?

@LikelySatan and the use of "learnt" was correct in the other user's comment. Both learned and learnt are used in different versions of English.

@lighteningbolt79 yeah, I do that every day. He doesn't really do the tantrum thing when he doesn't get what he wants anyway. Again, I'd just rather not invite gambling. And I'd rather not model being a manchild.

@LikelySatan There treatment of legacy characters and franchises they've acquired over the years. With Indiana Jones being the most recent dumpster fire. Anything they touch is turns to crap so I've been done with them for a number of years now.

I knew this comment section would be golden but what I saw was pure diamonds.

@HotGoomba my thoughts exactly, people who bought it would be so mad.

@Davzilla I never considered it to be good, but after your recommendation, I'll check it out, thankies!

@d-slice could you tell me why people expect DV to be F2P? Was there some sort of announcement or is it just that it radiates F2P energy?

My guess is that it didn't sell that well in the "early access" period compared to Dreamlight Valley.

The trailer was awesome. A free game is always good. You can try it for free, check the game if you like it or not then delete it if you did not like it. Few Racing games are for free. İt is a complete game.

@Princess_Lilly

When it was revealed, Gameloft announced it as a free to play title with early access, claiming it would be free to play in 2023.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/04/disney-dreamlight-valley-is-a-free-to-play-life-sim-thats-coming-to-switch-in-2023

@LikelySatan there's a "story mode" that works like a battle pass, and limited events to unlock people. I have everyone except two with 0 "gambling". And you can use premium currency for the cosmetics instead of gambling (I personally would not for cosmetic items though)
Also, in local multiplayer and free play mode EVERY CHARACTER IS UNLOCKED!!!!
So tell him he can play with anyone just not in ranked or regulated multiplayer lol

@d-slice oh ok, thank you for the info!

Just as my kid is getting ready to take my Switch to college. If consoles mean PS5 I’d probably play it on there anyway, haven’t seen it mentioned yet on PS.

@Davzilla I think you’re less likely to get ripped for liking a ftp game than saying there’s a better kart game than Mario on a Nintendo site.😂 Though to be fair I have seen a lot of people on here prefer Sonic Transformed. In my mind the people who hate ftp b/c of micro transactions are the same people who pay $60 for COD or Destiny and THEN also pay $60-$100 per year for a season pass, so I pay them no never mind.😉

@rjejr yeah, I would totally understand that hate haha. And I love some MK8 but maybe it's just that it feels stale? Or that the new tracks aren't near the quality of the originals. I'm sure the next MK will retake its throne, but we're still playing the same Wii U game almost 10 years later now. Of course things are gonna advance since then! Lol

Good timing, for me, I'll check it out then.

If you have played it, how would you compare it to MK8?

@norwichred cool subtweet. You're a lucky guy.

@norwichred "Better? No"

But they said it was better, hence my good natured snark. 😉

"This is honestly the best kart racer I've ever played."

@Davzilla Well yeah MK8 is 10 years old, and I haven't played it since then either, the Wii U owners lament. 😁 I am expecting good things out of MK9. Which we should get 2 years after the Super Switch launches b/c we'll get MK8 DX Deluxe Compete Director's Cut at launch. Which I may actually buy as I wait. 😂

But in the meantime I'll give this a go, I'm kinda burnt out on Fortnite after about 2 years, got my $8 worth. If this is good I'll drop a few $ on it, if not I won't, no biggie. 🤷‍♂️

Guess i give it a go in September not expecting anything like Mario Kart.

@norwichred I'd advice you to not waste your time. Probably one of the worst arguments anyone can make is to say that someone's maturity is determined by the games that they play. This is something that teenagers do to act as if they have grown and an adult couldn't care less and as long as he's a responsible member of society it shouldn't matter. As for games being aimed at children, most that they refer to are actually aimed at "everyone" and even those that are actually developed for them ( I wouldn't put this one in that category) shouldn't be a problem because parents are supposed to be aware of the stuff that their kids are exposed to.

As for the free to play aspect, this is another thing that they can't process. Yes, of course they can be predatory but that only happens with gullible people with no self control or authority with their children. The in-app purchases aren't the problem.

Many people are simply aware that many things can be negative to children without guidance but they won't stop existing, so it's a matter of actually getting involved in their life. With all the terrible stuff happening on the planet, it's laughable that this is an actual problem.

As for the game, it looks good and I have heard positive things, considering that it's free to play I might give it a shot. It literally will cost nothing unless I want it to.

Huh, even sooner than Dreamlight Valley? I'll certainly try and find time/storage for this. Still not feeling it with founder packs as the content that may yet go poof with server shutdown down the road, unless there's ever a pledge to retain the game offline (many will pfft at the notion, but FWIW the mobile My Little Pony game - an old and rare example of a mobile freemium that mostly works without a connection - hails from Gameloft, too), but I certainly don't mind putting a share of hours into a Disney racing experience - and seemingly the first of its kind since when, N64 days? - itself.

@HandheldHaunter I'd say that's Spielberg being boring and Harrison Ford being old and sleep walking through his films.

Dreamlight Valley has consistently been in the top sellers rankings (even the main rankings, not just the digital releases) ever since it came out in September last year, but I guess they weren't making as much money out of the "founder's pack" for Speedstorm? I suppose going F2P means they can start to make more money with microtransactions. But yeah, I'm starting to wonder whether they'll delay the F2P version of Dreamlight Valley to 2024 if it's still selling so well even now...

Not a bad game to play, but I find the menus and upgrades really confusing and off putting.