Multiple Cartoon Network Games Have Been Removed From The Switch eShop

It's never a good thing to see this stuff happen, it really does illustrate that we need to keep supporting physical media so the medium never dies and mitigates the impact of digital content removal.

In my opinion that's more important now than ever before.

Is there any reason why...? My only guess is the license expiring since that's...well...ALMOST the reason for delisting. most of the time. Of course, I'm sure there is other reasons though.

@Reztobi well said. That was why when Super Mario 3D All-Stars came out for a limited time, I got the physical version because I knew that if I waited to long for the digital version, I would never be able to reset the clock and get the game.

It's very irritating when I game you been planning to buy later on gets removed without warning.

I don't know if you can redeem it digitally since it's not on the eshop, but Target and Best Buy are still selling digital codes for Samurai Jack for $40. This is terrible news especially since it only had a limited print of physicals and now the prices will get even worse. Not sure about if the other titles all had physicals but the prices for those will surely increase as well.

Woof, can't say I really thought any of the games looked to exceptional, but nonetheless that's not a cool move. I'm fully aware that this sort of thing is nothing new, heck, we just saw Sega de-list the Genesis collection. Even so, most of the time there's a notice before this sort of thing happens. At least a few weeks in advance for literal last-minute adopters to get them while they can. As an example, I remember Friday the 13th gave their notice long before it ended up happening. Some companies even sell their games for dirt-cheap before they remove them. I hate the idea of companies removing games, in any scenario, but at the very least some notice would've been nice.

More victims of David Zaslav's one-sided war on Scripted/Non-Discovery entertainment.

god right around the time they removed a bunch of cartoon network shows from their streaming service too. do they just, not know how to make good games anymore? every time i hear about warner bros its always about some bad press or grimy live service tactics

Oh, just when I was starting to get back into Steven Universe and was even considering buying the game. Sigh…

Yeah, probably has to do with the usual WBD s#!t.

Oh goody, less competition means more hentai games moving front and center for our viewing pleasures. yay...

Sometimes you gotta wonder what makes some games like these get removed, whilst some bs games get the greenlight to even exist like hentai games, blatant plagiarized games, and general shovelware.

And people wonder why gamers are hesitant to make the plunge to digital.

I now look at my folios of Switch games and am glad for what's there.

I was really hoping I could have caught Steven Universe on a discount, but... alas...

No heads up at all? FFS.

First Max got rid of their Cartoon Network shows, and now their games are being pulled. What's up with this Cartoon Network erasure all of a sudden?

It's no real loss outside of the Samurai Jack game, although I never finished it because I personally didn't love it despite the overwhelmingly positive reception. I know about the ending, though; at least that made up for the absolutely terrible way the show ended.

All Cartoon Network really has going for it anymore is MultiVersus, but even then, the representation isn't that great and the game apparently hasn't been doing very well, which is a shame. Hopefully, they'll get their crap together eventually. #MCNGA (Make Cartoon Network Great Again.)

At least Youtooz is making a Chowder figure. That has me excited. There's also Finn and Jake ones coming soon, but they don't look all that great so I'll probably pass on those.

And some peoples keep boasting of being cool by playing digital only games...
Oops... too bad.

@MasterGraveheart gamers are not hesitant to move to digital at all. In fact most of us already have. The physical medium is so niche now.

Go away, Zaslav. You're killing CN.

@MirrorFate2 massive understatement. He's killing quality entertainment.

Good lord. Battle Through Time isn’t the greatest game out there, but I’m glad I managed to snag a physical copy of it. Seriously, screw Warner Bros.

I've always kind of wanted to check out the OK KO game just due to how much I love the show, though guessing the game itself is probably kind of whatever. Still really unfortunate though.

Also, I'm not at all religious but I do believe Zaslav is the literal devil.

Good I read this. As of writing, Steven Universe: Unleash the Light at least is still purchasable on the Dutch EShop. I had it on my wishlist for years after I got into SU years ago but by the time its sequel hit, well, my interest was over.
Did buy it now that I can at least play it in the future should I want to.

Gosh freaking DANG IT! 😡

I'm glad I got Samurai Jack when I did. sucks to hear it got delisted.

does Samurai Jack have a physical?

Edit: apparently there were limited run editions. The switch version is going for minimum $50 on eBay right now. The PS4 version is going for much much more.

I dont understand that when a game is going to get delisted permanently, like these appear to be, why they dont discount them down to a dollar or two.

Certainly some thousands of dollars is better than no dollars?

This largely Valve's fault for Steam rocketing gaming towards this and away from physical.

The all digital future looks like it'll be exactly the nightmare I knew it would be.

I have the physical of the first Steven Universe game Save the Light, but they never made a physical version of Unleash the Light. As of right this very moment, it seems that Unleash is still on the european eShop, so I bought it immediately.
This is an annoying reality we live in.

Looks over at Limited Run copy of Samurai Jack: Lost in Time whispering in golem voice... "New Precious"

I am so upset! I wanted to get the Steven Universe sequel since I own the first game physical, but now... what the heck why was there no heads up about this!? 🤬

"And nothing of value was lost".

You've got to take away people's ability to spend less money by buying the old games and playing those instead of the overpriced new ones.

@Chibi_Manny Har har har me matey, don't ye worry cuz I've got a solution for yer arghhhh

@AdolBannings-Laylee Disagree. Most gamers I know collect physical media and try to preserve it, definitely not niche.

The Samurai Jack game is decent if unspectacular.

Its still available in the EU so far. I bought the Steven universe game a while back, it’s nice but a bit generic and unbalanced sometimes

Arrrrrrr, it be a dark day for WB, but a great day for pirates

@babybilly Thanks for the tidbit! I purchased a download code from Walmart and was able to redeem the Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time!

I may need to pick up Pool Panic after all... Always sad to see delists of.solid titles.

@Reztobi How would physical media have changed this? This is akin to a game cartridge no longer being produced. The article did say, you should still be able to download it, if you purchased it, not that it would now be deleted from every console or so.

I get the arguments for physical media, but this ain't it.

@TrueBlueYoshi True, only difference is that Super Mario 3D All-Stars and all the Sega games you did get a warning that those will be delisted, here though it just got delisted without any notification. Companies that delist stuff without warning are scumbag company, at least with Sony, Atari, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sega when they plan to delist digital games they give you a short period of time and even a reminder beforehands. Though in the case of Sega and Nintendo, I don't even get why they even need to delist their digital games since those had no license attach to them. They delist those for the sake that they can which made them an even bigger scumbag than the ones who delist without warnings. These are the same scumbag companies that told us the customers that they don't want our money but at the end of their fiscal year still complain about why they didn't meet financial goal and blame us for it.

I wonder how low was the print run. Just means that like physical still is, you have a limited amount of time if you want to buy a game at msrp.

Maybe Samurai Jack can go back in time and stop the delisting.

Buying on Digital Console Store is the same as throwing out Money.

@Novamii the NASCAR games are being delisted as well and they are dirt cheap right now. Not exciting I know but still...

@XeroPrime I remember hearing about that. Another instance of trying to find a silver lining in a pool of barbed wire. Everything about the scenario totally stinks, and there's not much you can do about it, so at the very least you try to find the smallest shred of something positive in the situation. No matter how low the bar may be.

@JackStamper no this definitely is it.

What you are failing to realise is that what I'm saying isn't about stopping this from happening, it will happen, it's about mitigating the damage this does to the industry.

By buying more physical media, you are signalling to distributors that this is still a lucrative form of selling their products.

In a world where everyone purchase more physical over digital, these games would have been readily available in physical format and not just for a limited time. As it stands only 1 or 2 were ever only made available for physical distribution and that was for a limited period of time.

But had everyone been buying mainly physical media, the developers would have been forced to make these games available as such. Therefore mitigating the damage that digital removal would do.

So buying more physical is literally the answer to solving this problem because money talks louder than words.

@Reztobi I still don't see how this changes things. This is a publisher pulling the plug on probably low-selling games for whatever tax/strategic/powerhungry move. If it was only physical, they would have done the same move in a much quieter fashion. The fact that this was a digital storefront is the only reason we even knew it happened, and the only method anyone, who wanted these games, can get them in time.

I get the argument, that digital games kill the resale-market and keep them from later circulation (well, until the physical games degrade too much and all you have are pirated files or re-releases), but the fact that this was a digital discontinuation is really not a factor in my eyes here. If anything, it being digital kept it on the direct market longer.

They will be back for Switch 2 = my uncle`s that works for Nintendo words !

This sucks. I’ve bought the Steven Universe games on my Switch and Samurai Jack BTT on my PS4, and while they won’t likely knock anyone’s socks off, they are all quite enjoyable games, especially given the reputation licensed games usually have. (I’m especially a big fan of the Steven Universe “Light” trilogy for being a turn-based RPG series with action elements, a la Paper Mario.) I can’t speak on the other games, but overall this is a big loss for everyone but the company heads.

@JackStamper the fact that you don't see the bigger picture in what I'm trying to say when so many others clearly do, just means I'd be wasting my time trying to enlighten you about it.

You'll eventually figure it out one day. Don't worry about it for now.

Are people waking up to the fact that WB is and has been one of the worst for ages now? That's how you make em care, take their toys away.

@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot cartoon network would have to be pulling their own contracts/licenses wouldn't they?

To say that I'm mad at this would be an understatement.

I've always wanted to try the Steven Universe games, atleast there's some Physical bundles with Lets Play Heros and Save the Light ebay, but Unleash the Light just isn't available at all anymore... GOD I hate Warner Bros.

@Reztobi Could also mean that I come to a different conclusion, or that I'm missing something important.

Again: I get the importance of physical media, when it comes to game preservation and resale. I fail to see how it could have prevented the publisher to stop releasing the games, the moment they decided not to do it anymore.

You can still buy Samurai Jack Battle Through Time, Steven Universe: Unleash the Light, OK K.O Let's Be Heroes and Steven Universe Save the Light on the EU and AU regions on the eshop for now.

@Reztobi I 100% agree and it's why I buy physical for any and all games that have physical releases, at least on consoles. Wish pc still had physical options ffs, but this delisting is getting ridiculous and we need to stop supporting these digital games they say we never own ye today full price for. I hate where this industry went.

If the future of gaming is digital, then gaming has NO future.

The eventual fate of ALL digital game releases.

This is why what I consider to be the best games in any system I buy has to be bought physical. At the very least, I can resell them later on and get some (if not more) of my money back. Can't do that with a digital copy.

I have a LOT of digital games, but the majority of those are the ones that I don't care if they disappear one day. Like if I could never play Into The Breach again, I would lose sleep, but I would be a little sad. However for important games, I always buy physical (Splatoon Series). Also the beautiful thing about physical media is I can let my friends borrow games. I wish digital had a "Game lend" feature where I could let someone borrow it while I wasn't playing it.

I get it, I'm a dinosaur and still love physical media (I still buy blu rays and dvds) but to me there is something great that when there is a movie I want to watch from 20 years ago, I can grab it and play it. I don't have to look for the streamer.

Same for games, I do think eventually games will go the streaming route more and more and when that happens, who will actually own anything?