Little Nightmares 3 And Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition Announced For Switch 2

Locked Amiibo support?
Or is everything now in the game without the need for the amiibo?

Looks great! Depending on the cost I'll probably buy it.

@Spider-Kev : My first thought as well.

Love how Switch 2 is the only platform not getting the remastered game as a preorder insensitive AND no free upgrade if you have the original...thanks Bandai....

Curious about #3, but overall way overrated game series imo.

Notably, the listings for Little Nightmares III in Japan and Australia/New Zealand do not have a game-key card banner. Between this and Tamagotchi Plaza having a cartridge release in Japan, making it the only physical Switch 2 game that is priced under $70 (VideoGamesPlus has it for $64.99 CAD, which translates to roughly $47.50 USD), it seems like Bandai Namco might be throwing their weight behind cartridge releases, moreso than even Marvelous (who's been pricing everything at $70).

Hype-wise, it's the Switch version confirmed alongside the Switch 2 one; userbase-wise, I'd say it's vice versa.😉 I'll be defaulting to the Gen 9 release myself, already a fair distance into the first game whose "enhancements" don't turn my head so far and whose unspecified (or unreported?) QoL features seem unlikely to include a save transfer.

Free upgrade for LN1?

I love the artstyle of these games, but the Switch 1 versions load-times were excruciating, so I stopped and played it on Steam instead.

So I guess I´ll have the Enhanced Edition of LN1 available to me on PC, and I´ll feel no strong inclination to get the 3rd game on Switch 2, since we demonstrably get the short end of the stick by buying multiplatform-releases there.

With game prices being absolute nonsense now, 3rd party games more often than not being key-cart-releases, and "technical limitations" making things worse for the consumer on Nintendos platform, I´m already prepared to only buy 1st party on Nintendo hardware this gen.

@Liam_Doolan due to technical reasons we need to charge you again.

Dang, I hope that Nintendo is aware of this horrific technical fault with the switch 2

I’m very happy this is coming to Switch 2, but I’m disappointed by no free upgrade for original Switch owners. The ‘technical constraints’ line sounds like a weak excuse to me. I’m not affected personally, but seeing this and Sonic x Shadow Generations screw over original owners, it looks like Switch customers are being treated with disrespect by publishers.

Yesss I want them both! I wonder if the first one can be upgraded though, or if It's a proper remaster.

Edit: Ok, I just saw this: "There's also a free digital upgrade for existing Little Nightmare owners at launch, but this is not available for the Nintendo versions."

What a terrible way to treat Nintendo players...
Not good. I will buy them when they are as cheap as they can get, then. They don't deserve more.

I dropped the first one real fast. They really messed up the loading times. They better make it snappy this time

“There's also a free digital upgrade for existing Little Nightmare owners at launch, but this is not available for the Nintendo versions.”

Any explanation for why this is?

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Ahh technical limitation. Whatever. Still won’t buy it, the original version runs well enough for me.

This third chapter looks great, it's hopefully gonna be better than the 2nd one which I found ok but still a bit underwhelming. The remaster brings some needed advancements to a great game, but I'm not sure I'd be in to play it all over again.

@Supervideoman22 I'm sure there are technical reasons for that. I really wouldn't complain about Bandai-Namco as it's the only publisher that does some really strong discounts on great titles in the eshop. All others do the same only when they notice that they aren't selling well.

Not made by the original devs, therefore no thanks. On the other hand, Namco is just a shade of what it was for many reasons. So, no thanks.

@robotreptile Agreed, those loading times were absurd–especially b/c the platforming sessions are somewhat finicky. I remember a section where I died at the same jump again and again, and after each 5-second attempt I had to wait one minute for the game to load. It was one of the worst performance experience I had on the Switch.

I find the "technical limitations" thing insulting. We payed for a game that was borderline unplayable, and now they refuse to provide an upgrade that would fix it.

Wild how they are giving free upgrades to everyone BUT Nintendo users. I don't blame Nintendo when this exact company will offer a free upgrade for an upcoming game, Shadow Labyrinth.

Well, due to technical limitations, I won't be supporting the game.

This clearly means they wont bother to patch either lm1 or 2 to work better on Switch 2 either.

What a horrendous reason, they are giving it free to existing owners on other platforms but not Nintendo. Especially when this enahanced version will be on Switch 2, let it be free to owners of the Switch version, there isn't any real excuse for this.

Sadly, Nintendo gamers seem to be getting the short end of the stick once again.

I was hoping the Switch 2 would shift things in a better direction, but with the lack of upgrade paths and the introduction of Game Keys, third party efforts feel more disappointing than ever.

@Rosona Strongly agree here and seeing this is Namco Bandai, they've just moved my pre order desire for Digimon Story: Time Stranger from pre order to "wait for it to land in a bargain bin" status.
Vote with your wallets folks, let companies know it isn't ok to charge Nintendo players more for the same thing that other platforms are all getting for free.

(side note, Digimon Cybersleuth and hackers memories is reduced from 60 > 6 on the eshop right now, great value for a great game if people haven't played it and want something to play in the Digimon universe while waiting for the next game to drop from full price)

Heard this game might be on the cartridge for the physical release.

Game Key-card, confirmed by The Game Collection on facebook

"There's also a free digital upgrade for existing Little Nightmare owners at launch, but this is not available for the Nintendo versions." - Not CURRENTLY available because it's not even on the eShop yet? Or do we know it will NEVER be available for Switch?

They want to charge us again because they know we were stupid enough to buy Mario Kart 8 for $80 and Welcome Tour for $10.

Hello Games (No Man's Sky) and CD Projekt Red continue to outclass all other devs when it comes to Switch 2 upgrades and ports.

Why is this (apparently) so hard to NOT screw over us Switch 2 users??

Anyone else worried about LN 3? And where the heck are all the Switch 2 patches!?

While it’s a bummer to repurchase these games at full price, it’ll be worth it with the necessary patches and fixes implemented in them. Really love this trilogy and to finally have them all on the go is a huge thrill.

It would be too much to ask that this not be a game key card right? Please be physical... 🙏🏼