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Are any of these reviews for the Switch version? Seems like everything so far is PS5. I'm curious if it keeps to it's 60fps target on Switch. Also curious if the load times are sucky. I'm hoping it's locked at 60 and I'll enjoy it on my Switch!

@Vil I'd happily wait 6 years if the next Pokémon game needs it to be as awesome as Tears of the Kindgom is. I just keep playing Arceus since I love it's gameplay and it has a fairly well frame paced 30fps.

@Fangleman32 lol. Comments sections can be so funny!

@Vyacheslav333 I think it's Nintendo world report who has a YouTube review complaining about how they can gets a nice high resolution with this game in emulation (they show video of it at 60fps), yet this is at like 240p. I like Atooi and might get this even though I have it on 3DS, but horror is my least favorite genre.

@Rkulaski I was just worried I had missed a good game called Cave Boy!

@Rkulaski yeah, I think you're referring to Cave Story. It is awesome. Great music, gameplay, everything.

Some of the ones I recommend are Super Blood Hockey, Caverns of Mars Recharged, Thunder Dragon 2, Storm Boy (choppy on Switch, but it made me cry), Dezatopia, Rogue Heroes, Smile Basic 4 (has awesome shoot em ups and other free to download creations), Grand Mountain Adventure (awesome relaxing top down skiing game, 60fps), Action SuperCross and Elastomania 2 (Nintendolife reviewed the first Elastomania, but not these also excellent related games), Donut Dodo, Timberman the big adventure (awesome platformer), Graze Counter GM (wonderful shoot em up), Galacticon, Gunpig, X Multiply, Brotato, Star Hunter DX, VoidScrappers, Libble Rabble, Dusk 82, Aleste Collection, Mecha Ritz Steel Rondo, Annalynn, Super Impossible Road, 12 orbits, and Breakforcist Battle.

@Rkulaski I can't find caveboy in the eshop. I've enjoyed Ghoulboy, but not sure if that's what you're talking about.
Oh, or the all time classic Cave Story, but I think nintendolife has reviewed that one.

@MeloMan Murtop is so much fun!

Sounds like an interesting game. I'd probably try it if it were locked at 60fps or at 120fps. Maybe it will be playable on Super Switch 2. I miss the old days when all the musou games ran at 60.

@Sputnik_Corner I find the Kingdom games easy to play with one hand. Sucks to be injured though, heal quickly!

I also hope they turn fzero 99 into a single, well, add on a single player experience. I've also been wishing for SNES Pilotwings to be redone with these higher res, still 60fps, type of graphics. I love Pilotwings 64 on NSO with it's mostly 60fps graphics. More Pilotwings please!
I'm continuing to adore Tears of the Kingdom. They've crafted such a wonderful world to play in. I love the way the central plain is so much improved with Lookout Landing(incredible town music!) and the lack of guardians opening it up to relaxed and fun exploration. I've created an elevator railing aircraft and flown it out of the depths. I've spent an hour exploring just one cave. I've marveled at the amazing and lengthy shrine song/music. It's just the best game ever made!
Also playing Rocket League, Pacman 99, Tetris Effect, Harmful Park (on steam deck emulation), BOTW, Mario Golf Super Rush, Party Golf (where the heck is Party Golf 2 with online mulitplayer??), and Lunistice. Oh yeah, and I've started over in Pikmin 4. I love all the Pikmin games! and wish they were 60fps, lol

@mlt fzero 99 could have splitscreen multi-player, that would be awesome

@Joeynator3000 I wish there was splitscreen multi-player for Mario 35. Just 2 player would be great, but 3 and 4 way splitscreen would be awesome. Add in a couple single player modes and I think it'd be well worth buying. I miss Mario 35 and will definitely miss the human mode of Pacman 99.

I've been playing this on steam for a couple months and it's awesome. I really love all the Kingdom games and play them on like every device, so this is a no brainer for me. Hope it runs very smoothly on my OLED Switch! I'll buy it for Switch either way though!
Been playing Kingdom New Lands on Switch with these new headphones and my god the music keeps blowing me away. Exquisite songs in all the Kingdom games, but New Lands is number 1 in my opinion.

I'd love to be able to play 30fps Switch games at 60fps or 120fps. That would be a dream come true! I really wish BOTW and TOTK were locked at 60fps or higher. Even 40fps or 50fps would be a very nice improvement if the new Nintendo console can set it's screen to those refresh rates ala Steam Deck.

@geshem the smoother the better! Maybe someday I'll change my name to 240 frames please... But with Steam Deck I've learned that I also like 45fps and 50fps etc.

@geshem Yeah, I saw frame rate drops into the 50s in Switch gameplay on YouTube, so bought Cocoon on Steam. Looking forward to playing it! And hopefully they patch the Switch version!

I'm playing TOTK, the Commodore 64 hidden gems 4 game pack, episode 1 racer, Dusk, Dusk 84, Atari 50, Tetris 99, F zero 99, Pacman 99, and Mario Golf Super Rush. On laptop and Steam deck I'm playing Rocket League, Cocoon, Father Forgive Me, Truxton, and Slap Fight.

I bought this and like it. I've only played each game for a little while, but the devs did a good job bringing these old Commodore 64 games to Switch. The menus are pleasing, there are options, save states, and the games run at 60fps (I assume they did on original hardware...). I hope they bring more, especially the ones considered the greatest as mentioned by many commenters on this page

@Raffles I can't remember the YouTube video name, but there is a very interesting one about frame rates and motion blur. He uses a very high frame rate camera to show motion blur on his LG C2 vs his Sony high refresh rate CRT computer monitor. The Sony blows the C2 out of the water. He estimates that the Sony is roughly equivalent to 900fps. It's a great video. It made me realize that motion blur is one of the things that gets me wishing for higher and higher frame rates. Anyways, I could type about frame rate stuff for way too long!

@Raffles I almost didn't get a deck because the screen is only 60fps. I'm glad I did though because I've learned how nice 40, 45, 50, 51, 55fps can be when you set the screen's refresh rate to them. I don't think I'll get any other gaming thing until switch 2 comes out. ROG ally sounds good, but I'm not in need of it. I can also just play games at 144fps on my laptop.

BallisticNG is so good! I play it on my laptop and steam deck and absolutely love it. wipEout is my favorite racing game and I was excited to play this close take off on it on my Switch. This sucks! Hopefully we'll get it at 120fps on the Super Switch!
I know it's very unlikely, but I'd still love to get wipeout 64 on Switch with the same enhancements that Doom 64, Turok, and Episode 1 Racer got (higher res and locked at 60fps). I can easily imagine wipeout 64 being my favorite racing game on Switch if it got caringly brought over (maybe even a 64 mode like fzero 99!).

The news Channel would have to give out infinite elevator railings or 30 extra frames per second to get me to update my game of TOTK!

I'm always playing Rocket League, but also still really loving Tears of the Kingdom after about 300 hours and starting over when Nintendo patched out my beloved freedom to use elevator railings any way I please (I'm on 1.0 playing on cartridge now). Also playing Pokémon Legends Arceus, Pikmin, Advance Wars 1 + 2 (really wish it ran at same frame rate as every single other older version of the game, but I've bought it digitally and physically to help hopefully get more Wars games from Nintendo in the future), Pacman 99, Fzero 99, Gynoug, Mario Maker 2, BOTW, Lunistice, Akka Arrh, Zero Wing, and Marble It Up Ultra.

I just watched the MVG video where he shows his jailbroken OLED Switch running BOTW at a locked 60fps. It is amazing to see! It also makes me hopeful that the next Nintendo console can do 120fps. I personally don't care about battery life (I'm fine with plugging in my Steam Deck) and at least would like to be able to prioritize frame rate while cranking up the fans. I remember having a modded PSP and being fascinated at how Wipeout Pulse could more reliably lock at 60fps while plugged in. Also, 720p looks perfectly fine on Switch and when docked into my small 32inch 4k TV. I used to have a 48 inch OLED, and 720p looked great on it too. The main thing was having motion interpolation and black frame insertion turned on. Those features transformed games into beautiful visual sights to behold. Thankfully my little 32 inch TV has those features, so I'm always boosting 30fps Switch titles up to a smooth motion experience that looks like 60fps.

Trombone Champ, Samba de Amigo, Tears of the Kingdom, Rocket League, F zero 99, Pac Man 99, Kingdom 2 Crowns, DonPachi, Battle Garegga, and Saturn Bomberman.

This game is a joy! Been having tons of fun playing it. I've also been playing Pacman 99 a bunch since I found out the online is closing down in October. I assume I'll still be able to enjoy the single player stuff after October since I bought the DLC kind of stuff with different skins and music. Watched a YouTube tips video, then promptly got 3rd place, then my first Pac One. Very fun stuff!

@sanderev I would never claim to be unbiased! I love high frame rates when playing games.

@SBandy1 They've done it with some games, I think when they went from DS to 3DS.
I hope you're correct though. Would be sweet to have 1000 year door at 60fps on Switch and 120fps on whatever the next Nintendo console is called.

@Bunkerneath Because the YouTube video of the direct is 60fps. I could see that the Tomb Raider remakes were targeting 60fps, that the awesome Mario RPG remake is locked at 60fps, that fzero 99 is 60fps, and that this 1000 year door remake is 30fps. Definitely true that many people don't particularly notice the difference between 30 and 60. Then there's people like me who remember noticing what every new Gamecube and PS 2 game ran at when I first saw them on my TV.

I guess Nintendo had to do something to compete with Konami releasing an old PS 2 game running at half the original frame rate. Congrats Ninty!
I seriously hope they fix the frame rate before release, or quadruple it for a simultaneous Switch 2 release. 1000 Year Door at a higher frame rate would be pretty indeed!

Loved the direct, but it does appear that Nintendo might have cut 1000 year door's frame rate in half... GameCube and Wii games that run at 60fps don't need much. Mario Galaxy looks and plays great on Switch. I could be wrong, hopefully 1000 year door will release on Switch at 60fps (and maybe even 120 on the next system!). It's such a great game I'd hate to see it get an origami frame rate : /

@link3710 Good to know. Thank you for sharing your experience with the game.

@LilyGoMEOW Yeah, every programmer has a different skill level. I'd like to think even not too wonderful programmers could get a game locked to 30fps or 60fps (maybe at a low resolution) on the upcoming Nintendo console. We'll see...

I'm glad I waited for a patch to improve performance before buying this. Once I saw patch after patch released with no frame rate improvement I gave up on it. Hopefully with the next console this will be enjoyable for someone like me. It would be exciting if they could get Scarlet/Violet up to 60fps or higher on their next system. I really think a fast playing Pokémon game would be super addictive. I still enjoy Arceus every once in a while.

I'm hoping that in docked mode the new console can do 4k 120fps like the 3 year olds from Sony and Microsoft. I'd only expect lightweight games to be able to do that, but heavier games could hopefully run at 720p 120fps. Just regular old HD can look incredible at such a high frame rate.
Super excited to see what Nintendo's new system is like!

@kongOfTheJungle I'm sure 4k would only be for docked mode. Hopefully handheld mode stays at 720p so higher frame rates can be achieved more easily.

I think there's a direct coming soon, but I'm more hyped about the next console. I'm hoping it can do things like set the screen refresh rate to 40, 50, and 120fps. Also really really hoping it can do VRR and create smooth motion frames. All those things would ensure that the vast majority of games look and play smoothly, which would be awesome. Maybe we can leave 30fps behind!

@MARl0 Yeah, that's what I want to know too! I've only bought FF 6, and it has the stuttering. It seems like I remember John from Digital Foundry tweeted (or Xed?) about it saying the frame rate is fine, but there's like a scripting thing about camera movement causing it to look like the frame rate is dropping. I believe he also predicted they'll never fix it. I also think I've heard that it's a beginners mistake, like many experienced programmers could avoid this error. I also think I've heard it is a bigger problem on higher number FF games, doesn't affect FF 1 or FF 2 as much. Hopefully they do fix it!
Oh, and hopefully they fix the ancient Dragon Quest games on Switch too, but it's been so long I don't have much hope. I'm guessing the old DQ games' stuttering is the same issue, maybe the same people ported those to Switch.
It is sad that FF 6 looks way better on SNES, on my Steam Deck (and anything emulating it), my Wii U (I have it as a VC release on the Wii side of my Wii U), etc. I love the enhanced music.

I really only play Rocket League and Tears of the Kingdom. Other games I just dabble in. I'm over 30 hours into my replay of TOTK since Nintendo patched out one of my favorite things. I've factory reset my Switch and been playing off the cartridge using version 1.0. It's great to have full freedom to build my airplanes and rearrange the elevator railings on them whenever I stop on hilltops or sky islands. I really wish the railings were zonal devices!
I'm also playing Dirt Rally on Deck, and a bunch of fun Switch releases. The Switch games include Batsugun, Void Scrappers, Quake 2, Mario Galaxy (using the senselessly discontinued cartridge, of course), Kirby Star Stackers (a good addition to NSO), and Rush Rally 3.

If they release an HF (high frame rate) version of BOTW for their next console I'll be very pleased! Hopefully the same happens for TOTK!

I got this and am glad I did. It's a lovely, well made package. Somehow I'd never heard of Karateka, but I had played Prince of Persia (like on an old 386 or 486). Anyways, I'm excited to see what comes next. Would be very cool to have Prince of Persia treated to this kind of release. I'd love to have the SNES and original to play, along with a virtual museum to watch and peruse.

I've started over in TOTK due to update 1.2.whatever taking away my favorite thing in the game- the ability to break off elevator railings to adjust my aircraft, then see how the change flies. So I'm on version 1.0 and have to use the cartridge and now have autoupdates turned OFF! I just got back to the right leg depot and I have my precious railings again, whew.
Also will be playing Rocket League tons, like always. Have also been enjoying Cosmo Dreamer, Mario Maker 2, Mario Golf Super Rush, Samba de Amigo party central, Marble It Up ultra, and Psychonauts 2 (on laptop).

Oh my God, this ran at 30 fps on all the old machines. Having it at 60 on an OLED Switch would be incredible. I hope they don't forget the frame rate when they're porting this!

Rocket League as always, Action Supercross, N++, Castle of Shikigami 2, Graze Counter GM, Shotgun King, Marble It Up Ultra, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, the awesome Mecha Ritz Steel Rondo, and maybe TOTK if I can figure out how I want to play it.

@Roz1281 Yeah, they're correct. I tried to play TOTK cartridge with another user that has no save file and the Switch just won't let me play the game without downloading the latest update. Huge bummer since I want to choose which version of the software I play. I'm thinking about factory resetting my Switch just so I can play version 1.0, but I'd really rather play any of the intermediate versions that have better performance while also allowing me to easily build fun stuff with many right leg depot elevator railings.

I agree with the descriptions of load times being too long in TOTK and BRC. Fast loading is wonderful in games. It also makes me more likely to play a game, just straight into the action like Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Kingdom New Lands, Fast RMX, and many others on Switch.

I wish they'd make the elevator railing into a zonai device so it's easier to build with in the new patch.

@Smiffy01 I think I counted to over 30 seconds on one average, regular load time. They suck, but the game is freaking rad. Also, some load times are shorter between areas.