Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Has Been Confirmed For Switch 2

The fact you have to pay 2 dollars to upgrade to the standard that other consoles have for less is insane to me.

Guess I'll wait with this game until we know whether the Switch 2 Edition will have the game on the cart or not. Otherwise I'll get the Switch edition and upgrade, or something.

The fact that this upgrade doesn't cost 10 bucks is nice, too. Take notes, Nintendo.

@VoidofLight How much do you pay for the hardware for other consoles?

I wish that we see patches (honesltly, free or ortherwise at this point) that fix performance issues on Switch 1, even from indies. Like, I want to buy Tunic on Switch but I've heard that it runs quite badly.

I'll buy the Switch 2 when Metroid Prime 4 comes out, and until then, I'll get back to 3DS for some unfinished businesses.
So all the Switch titles I have in the backlog (tons), like this Fantasy Life i, I'll be playing them on the Switch 2 with all the improvements.

So I'm happy to see this game will get big improvements on Switch 2, as that's where I'll be playing it at some point

@LEGEND_MARIOID I already own the other consoles, so it isn't really that relevant. If I'm buying a game and the Switch 2 with it, it's weird that I have to pay 2 dollars extra for an upgrade that's just the standard on PS5 or Steam.

What a joke, on Playstation you get the PS4 and PS5 version for one fixed price, and you get three days early access for pre ordering.

Level 5 continue to crap on the fans that have supported them for many years now, if it wasn't for the 3DS this company would have been dismantled by now.

Also surprised there's been no demo or beta like they did with Inazuma, makes me more skeptical of the quality.

@VoidofLight It might only be the case for Japan. Toby Fox just confirmed Deltarune will need to be a paid upgrade from Switch to Switch 2 (or vice versa) exclusively in Japan, with it being free in all other regions (due to some local law, apparently), and the asking price is the same as the one for Fantasy Life's upgrade. So perhaps it'll be free elsewhere?

Quite excited for this now (Was abit worried about Switch performance), hoping that I can grab the JP physical copy and then buy the upgrade pack on the PAL eShop (Hopefully there are no issues with that!)

@VoidofLight I see, sorry. As a general question for gamers was my mind's thinking. I agree the costs are silly for NS2 software but hardware costs for all 3, or even 2 of the 3, consoles we are talking about are astronomical in themselves. Particularly so!

I actually couldn't get into the first Fantasy Life game on 3DS, despite appreciating it's a good game. I may well skip this iteration for now and consider it much later on, I'm unsure tbf

I still consider the PS5 version instead.
The game box design of PS5 with Blue color looks more appealing for me than Switch 2 version with Red color.
Also, the PS5 version is already 60 fps.

In one hand it's annoying to pay for upgrade, but in the other hand it's only $2, so yeah, it's annoying but it's better than nintendo $10 upgrade I think.

@VoidofLight How much exactly will this game cost on Switch 2 and on PS5/PC? I honestly have no idea of the prices. So are paying more than them?

$2 sounds pretty fair

@jowy_sw I'm hoping that the added horsepower will cause games that missed their framerates target on switch to automatically run smoother, without a patch.

But will the physical switch 2 edition be a key card or a complete package? 🤔

@jwfurness I don't know how that works with the Switch 2 since Nintendo admitted it's a half emulation solution and it could also be like limited to only use the equivalent of the Switch 1 power when the Switch 2 is emulating it.

I've had a feeling for a while that the NS2 version would be the ideal way to go and held off on a NS1 pre-order. Also no early access for NS1 was a bummer too. I'll enjoy my PS5 copy and see how the NS2 version runs once it drops.

@jowy_sw I hope not. The thought of improved performance was the main reason I adopted early. We shall see

@jwfurness @jowy_sw Nintendo actually already confirmed in the Developer Blog that while running Switch 1 games on Switch 2 it stabilized the framerates and improved loading times, so it's gonna work like the PS5 backcompat.

Games that ran with fluctuations on NS1 should now be stable on NS2 even without upgrades.

very surprised they're not charging €10+ for this. although it's very scummy of them to be charging money at all for the upgrade after all the bs they've been pulling with this game

@Solid_Python awesome, thanks for the info!

@Solid_Python Ah, really? I thought at least it was needed like an update patch. Hm, now I'm more interested how further the Switch 2 could take games without any patches seeing the half emulation solution they went with.

I have a bad feeling about this one. I hope I'm wrong but the 3DS game already feels dated in many ways and this looks like a near 1:1 copy with higher resolution and some light Animal Crossing land deformation elements tacked on. The monsters, jobs, combat and furniture needed to be completely rehauled to feel modern but they just don't have it in them as a company I think and all the delays and negative feedback from testers tells you all you need to know. Maybe it will suprise me.

Cool will pick up the switch 2 version later. My gaming slate is a bit packed so I likely won’t pick it up until next year.

@the_beaver The game on Playstation costs £49.99 but you get both the PS4 and PS5 version, it's also £49.99 on the Switch but you have to pay a little extra for the Switch 2 version as well. The digital deluxe edition on Playstation is £57.99 and on Switch it's £59.99 but on Playstation you also get three days early access for pre ordering.

I'll will keep my Switch 1 preorder physical and just pay for the upgrade unless they can make Switch 2 version affordable.

I have to know how the upgrade will work for physical Switch 1 games. Will the game have to install from the cartridge to the SD express or internal memory for it to work? Or will you have to contend with simply slower load times if you upgrade the game running off a Switch 1 cart as opposed to if you bought the upgrade already on a Switch 2 card?? Or will the "upgrade" be the full Switch 2 game downloaded to your system while the Switch 1 card you physically own acts as "game key" card instead???

To the complainers, I would like to point to the deltarune article. He said that he can't make the transition in Japan free because of weird laws. Considering we've only seen Japan for this, this may be the case for this as well.

@UltimateOtaku91 base on deltarune my guess is that this the fee is only for Japan quote from deltarune announcement of dual entitlement option "...(Except in Japan, where local laws require us to charge a small fee.)"

@PikaPhantom Ahh yeah, that's true. Forgot Toby Fox said that in the letter. Was obsessing over the website.

@the_beaver Prices on PS5 and Steam are 59.99 and 69.99 depending on if you get the standard or deluxe editions of the game. Switch is the same, but Switch 2 (at least in Japan) has a 2 dollar increase.

Interesting how this is a very cheap upgrade, Rune Factory costs $10 more, and the Pac-Man Metroidvania has a free upgrade while Sega offers none of the above.

@JohnnyMind I have the Switch 1 physical preordered too. Are you concerned at all about being able to purchase the upgrade on an NA Switch 2? I'm a little worried I won't be able to get the upgrade. Would I just need to add the funds to my Japanese account and make the purchase there?

@Arcsol It's baffling as to why people with complain about a couple of dollars.
I'm glad we now know that we're getting an upgrade. I'll be buying this for switch one.

That's super cheap.