@jfp Itās absolutely nuts that we will soon have a handheld gaming device on par with Xbox Series S (reportedly). I grew up with the Gameboy too and itās just⦠madlad levels of insanity what we can have now.
@Porco Most people? You speak for yourself. I detach the joycon all the time. Itās much easier to play that way when I want to rest my wrists. Itās reminiscent of the Wii+nunchuck controller. It also allows for spontaneous multiplayer sessions, when out and about.
@Waveboy It looks like a crisper overall image and with higher detail on the characters. But yeah Mario Kart 8 was already (still is) a gorgeous game. The DLC tracks didnāt live up to that standard though
@UltimateOtaku91 Yeah I think they were checking out if they had grounds to sue š¤£. But then they were just like, āwell, watch your backā, when they found out they hadnāt signed an NDA
@StewdaMegaManNerd Lol itās like the battle music in Zelda Twilight Princess started overtaking the Hyrule Field themeā which I hated because it would block the glorious crescendo of that song when riding Epona
@obijuankanoobie Update#2 is definitely nixed now because there is no way they didnāt sign an NDA and still āhad their handsā on the finalized product. So thatās a false statement they made.
@yohn777 They donāt need to release a separate Switch 2 version because the Switch 2 can play it anyway. That said, it probably will say somewhere on the box art that it can ābe enhanced further when played on Switch 2ā. But itās probably just higher framerate and cleaner peak resolution. I donāt think they will have two different MP4 skusā that would be confusing
@Tasuki Itās not misleading because Notch no longer has ownership of the āMinecraftā brand; so he canāt create a game even remotely similar to it with those same block names and assets and creatures. Anything he creates cannot be a sequel to Minecraft.
He is probably going to make something very different.
@Dev1024 I bet it will be both Mario and Mariokart; if they want the same kinda momentum they had in 2017. I also think there will be a Zelda BotW remaster, and a higher fidelity Metroid Prime 4
@RCGamer They are every bit as much a Zelda game as the first one. There were no real theme to those dungeons either; the world was open and many dungeons could be tackled out of numerical order. The dungeon items were streamlined into rune powers and vehicle parts in order to open up the flow of adventure on such a massive overworld; the very act of traversal is itself often a puzzle
@Debo626 Itās using the multiverse theory that all other possibilities are possible in other dimensions. Like in Dragon Ball Z; Trunks can only save the future of Gokuās timeline, but sadly not his own. In multiverse theory, any use of time travel immediately splits the former timeline in two; you can only travel back in time to an adjacent timeline; not your own.
@Yoshi3 You can actually explore the Eldin region in ToTK. That was not possible in parts of BotW due to the extreme heat. They added a ton of new stuff for TotK.
@tameshiyaku Guess Iām a slightly insane adult then. I listen to video game music more than any other genre: Nintendo, Sega, Mega Man, Castlevania, Ys, Final Fantasy, Lufia, Street Fighter, Shenmue, Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Aliveā¦
Music is music, yo. What makes you think video game soundtracks arenāt legit?
@OctoCallie20 Why is that laughable. Nintendo has every right to charge for their music, but here it as at least added to the Nintendo Online Service with no extra fee on top
Iām literally getting goosebumps to preparing to replay this amazing game in all its glory and now with all those new bells and whistles. The original Felghana (a remake of Ys III), actually came out on PC in 2005-2006 or thereabouts. I remember having to painstakingly translate every line on screen using a Kanji dictionary. But it was worth it for all the insane action (very awesome boss fights that cream the YS 3 originals) and one of the best soundtracks to ever grace the medium. My only complaint here is that they arenāt including the legendary PCE version of the soundtrack, too.
Canāt wait
@MeloMan Yeah itās the same engine as YSVI and Origin I believe.
@FrowardCoast440 Konami has released amazing Castlevania compilations so far. I bet theyāre planning a 3D one now: 64, Legacy, Lament and Curse. And yeah throw Judgment on there too as unlockable bonus
Just want to thank you, NintendoLife staff, for creating this topic so many fans here could see it was actually a much wider spread problem. I was surprised to see so many here having those specific issues, because I didnāt. Glad Nintendo fixed it quickly
@Joeynator3000 Did you have another game running in the background? If it uses online functionality in any way your download will be paused to give the game priority.
@Lord What game have you been playing lately?
@Lilliena Sounds like the cooling system broke or maybe something got stuck in the fans?
@TopazLink Youāre not the only one reporting a dishonest battery meter:
@Oneironaut0 Yeah sounds like the battery meter is way off
@ThatNyteDaez @Narrator1 Have you tried updating the Joycon firmware directly?
@Toastmaster Depends how well theyāre testing each update
@HatesCheese Have you tried recovering the data from a PC? There are dedicated programs for this purpose. You might need to pay for the recovery though if successful.
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Re: Round Up: Video Game Industry Reacts To Nintendo's Switch 2 Announcement
I laughed my ass off at the Silksong joke! š¤£
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@PALversusNTSC people arenāt fed up with the Switch format, where did you get that?
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@jfp Itās absolutely nuts that we will soon have a handheld gaming device on par with Xbox Series S (reportedly). I grew up with the Gameboy too and itās just⦠madlad levels of insanity what we can have now.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@WheresWaveRace Thatās⦠unfortunately⦠a good point š„ŗ
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@WheresWaveRace Hopefully it does launch with a new Wave Race
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@Porco Most people? You speak for yourself. I detach the joycon all the time. Itās much easier to play that way when I want to rest my wrists. Itās reminiscent of the Wii+nunchuck controller. It also allows for spontaneous multiplayer sessions, when out and about.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@Rudy_Manchego Because Switch 2 games are not compatible with Switch 1 system. The games will make people go out and get it
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@CaleBoi25 https://youtu.be/M6JIC360Lyk?si=oSj8VktDpSegGsg-
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@Waveboy It looks like a crisper overall image and with higher detail on the characters. But yeah Mario Kart 8 was already (still is) a gorgeous game. The DLC tracks didnāt live up to that standard though
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@JSC016 āSlickā is somehow an understatement. That was Slick2
@RiasGremory Youāre doing it wrong probably
@Anti-Matter Yeah white would look cool with the orange and blueā all Dreamcast like
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch) - Aping A Retro Classic
@YoshiTails Hope you feel better soon
@wchandlersville90 so youāre saying they rushed it
Re: Is This Our Best Look Yet At 'Switch 2'?
@UltimateOtaku91 Yeah I think they were checking out if they had grounds to sue š¤£. But then they were just like, āwell, watch your backā, when they found out they hadnāt signed an NDA
Re: Is This Our Best Look Yet At 'Switch 2'?
@StewdaMegaManNerd Lol itās like the battle music in Zelda Twilight Princess started overtaking the Hyrule Field themeā which I hated because it would block the glorious crescendo of that song when riding Epona
Re: Is This Our Best Look Yet At 'Switch 2'?
@obijuankanoobie Update#2 is definitely nixed now because there is no way they didnāt sign an NDA and still āhad their handsā on the finalized product. So thatās a false statement they made.
Re: Random: Metroid Prime 4 'OG' Amazon Pre-Orders Are Being Cancelled
@yohn777 They donāt need to release a separate Switch 2 version because the Switch 2 can play it anyway. That said, it probably will say somewhere on the box art that it can ābe enhanced further when played on Switch 2ā. But itās probably just higher framerate and cleaner peak resolution. I donāt think they will have two different MP4 skusā that would be confusing
Re: Random: Metroid Prime 4 'OG' Amazon Pre-Orders Are Being Cancelled
@ibookboyuk The product isnāt even named the same anymore; probably a different sku page
@Bumb_Ditch Yeah itās already been confirmed for first Switch
@KingMike Some people are on tight budgets, but yeah if you really want the game youāll pay for it. Or you could just wait for a sale.
Re: Yes, We're Getting A Brand New Guitar Hero Controller For Wii In 2025
Had to double check we werenāt already in April Fools territory
Re: Original Minecraft Creator Has "Basically Announced" A Spiritual Successor
@Edu23XWiiU Which of those conspiracies ended up becoming true? If you say PizzaGate, thereās the bloody door šš»
Re: Original Minecraft Creator Has "Basically Announced" A Spiritual Successor
@Tasuki Itās not misleading because Notch no longer has ownership of the āMinecraftā brand; so he canāt create a game even remotely similar to it with those same block names and assets and creatures. Anything he creates cannot be a sequel to Minecraft.
He is probably going to make something very different.
Re: Random: Modder Shows Off Unused N64 Mic Support In Zelda: Majora's Mask
Itās actually really cool for skipping having to play the songs. Of course it hardly saves time compared to just whacking the mystery stone though
Re: Japanese Charts: What Successor? Switch Hardware Sales Top 100,000
@Shiro28 Sony no longer caters in ātittlesā š¤
Re: Japanese Charts: What Successor? Switch Hardware Sales Top 100,000
@Friendly Because Switch is one of the best consoles ever made
Re: Antonblast Receives Update On Switch With Performance Boost To 60fps
@N00BiSH Thatās the double edge sword with dev kits, they have more juice so they can throw off results
Re: Hideki Kamiya Expresses Remorse Over Harsh Treatment Of Åkami Fan
@Lone_Beagle Mr. Burns: āExcellent!ā
Re: Hideki Kamiya Expresses Remorse Over Harsh Treatment Of Åkami Fan
@TheBigK Please allow 6-8 weeks for Kamiya to give a fā-
Re: Rumour: More Switch 2 Accessories Have Supposedly Surfaced Online
@LavenderShroud Thatās par for the course for the holidays.
Re: Rumour: More Switch 2 Accessories Have Supposedly Surfaced Online
@Dev1024 I bet it will be both Mario and Mariokart; if they want the same kinda momentum they had in 2017. I also think there will be a Zelda BotW remaster, and a higher fidelity Metroid Prime 4
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Has Been Added To The Official Timeline
@RCGamer They are every bit as much a Zelda game as the first one. There were no real theme to those dungeons either; the world was open and many dungeons could be tackled out of numerical order. The dungeon items were streamlined into rune powers and vehicle parts in order to open up the flow of adventure on such a massive overworld; the very act of traversal is itself often a puzzle
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Has Been Added To The Official Timeline
@Debo626 Itās using the multiverse theory that all other possibilities are possible in other dimensions. Like in Dragon Ball Z; Trunks can only save the future of Gokuās timeline, but sadly not his own. In multiverse theory, any use of time travel immediately splits the former timeline in two; you can only travel back in time to an adjacent timeline; not your own.
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Has Been Added To The Official Timeline
@Yoshi3 You can actually explore the Eldin region in ToTK. That was not possible in parts of BotW due to the extreme heat. They added a ton of new stuff for TotK.
Re: Three Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Games Have Been Added To Switch Online's Expansion Pack
@ScalenePowers Vectormanās level design has not aged well. The layouts are confusing and open
Re: Palworld Dev May Have Found An Unexpected Ally In Nintendo's Lawsuit: An Old GTA 5 Mod
@ParadoxFawkes Don't the Assassin Creed RPG like games use a nemesis system?
Re: Mario & Luigi's Future In Doubt As A Potential Sony Acquisition Emerges
@westman98 Itās just getting started. Look how streaming is essentially turning right back into cable
Re: Castlevania Tribute Starring Classic Dracula Actor Launches Today On Switch
@Mommar Have you played it?
Re: Castlevania Tribute Starring Classic Dracula Actor Launches Today On Switch
@aaronsullivan It sounds like a ripoff of āForest of Jigramuntā, one of my favorite Castlevania songs
Re: Nintendo Lowers Its Hardware Forecast As Switch Sales Slow To A Crawl
@Coalescence Thatās a very valid point
Re: Nintendo Lowers Its Hardware Forecast As Switch Sales Slow To A Crawl
@DTfearTheBEARD wow super Switch fan! I thought I was bad with 4 different Switches (I sold one to my nephew)
Re: Nintendo Lowers Its Hardware Forecast As Switch Sales Slow To A Crawl
@Erigen shouldāve wiped them with Tears of the Kingdom
Re: Zelda's Got Nothing On Divine Dynamo Flamefrit's Grass-Cutting Mechanic
@Mgalens GORGEOUS! AH-ah IMPACTO! D-D-DASH!
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members
@tameshiyaku Guess Iām a slightly insane adult then. I listen to video game music more than any other genre: Nintendo, Sega, Mega Man, Castlevania, Ys, Final Fantasy, Lufia, Street Fighter, Shenmue, Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Aliveā¦
Music is music, yo. What makes you think video game soundtracks arenāt legit?
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members
@OctoCallie20 Why is that laughable. Nintendo has every right to charge for their music, but here it as at least added to the Nintendo Online Service with no extra fee on top
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members
@RobotReptile Yup and now we know why they were shutting those music channels down
Re: Review: Sonic X Shadow Generations (Switch) - A Blistering Return To Form For Both Hedgehogs
@PC2 If I recall, they eventually gave in and let you download a Chao from their Dreamcast severs to help unlock Green Hill
Re: 'Ys Memoire: The Oath In Felghana' Finally Comes West January 2025
Iām literally getting goosebumps to preparing to replay this amazing game in all its glory and now with all those new bells and whistles. The original Felghana (a remake of Ys III), actually came out on PC in 2005-2006 or thereabouts. I remember having to painstakingly translate every line on screen using a Kanji dictionary. But it was worth it for all the insane action (very awesome boss fights that cream the YS 3 originals) and one of the best soundtracks to ever grace the medium. My only complaint here is that they arenāt including the legendary PCE version of the soundtrack, too.
Canāt wait
@MeloMan Yeah itās the same engine as YSVI and Origin I believe.
Re: Switch Online's "Mature" N64 App Expands With Two More Games
@FrowardCoast440 Konami has released amazing Castlevania compilations so far. I bet theyāre planning a 3D one now: 64, Legacy, Lament and Curse. And yeah throw Judgment on there too as unlockable bonus
Re: Switch Online's "Mature" N64 App Expands With Two More Games
@Jeff2sayshi Yeah I thought there was like an unspoken rule about that; thatās why Castlevania is nowhere to be found on Nintendo Online⦠?
@Pickettfury Did you like the Shadow Man remaster? I was thinking about itā¦
@Uncle_Franklin Hexen 64 and Killer Instinct Gold would be nice additions
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 19.0.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@Mgalens It will be more stable than Rick Sanchezā āperfect levelā device. It will be like 4-D stable
@CazSonOfCaz Lol!š
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 19.0.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Just want to thank you, NintendoLife staff, for creating this topic so many fans here could see it was actually a much wider spread problem. I was surprised to see so many here having those specific issues, because I didnāt. Glad Nintendo fixed it quickly
Re: Switch System Update 19.0.0 Is Apparently Causing Some Issues
@ChromaticDracula Weāre through the looking glass here, peopleā¦
Re: Switch System Update 19.0.0 Is Apparently Causing Some Issues
@Joeynator3000 Did you have another game running in the background? If it uses online functionality in any way your download will be paused to give the game priority.
@Lord What game have you been playing lately?
@Lilliena Sounds like the cooling system broke or maybe something got stuck in the fans?
@TopazLink Youāre not the only one reporting a dishonest battery meter:
@Oneironaut0 Yeah sounds like the battery meter is way off
@ThatNyteDaez @Narrator1 Have you tried updating the Joycon firmware directly?
@Toastmaster Depends how well theyāre testing each update
@HatesCheese Have you tried recovering the data from a PC? There are dedicated programs for this purpose. You might need to pay for the recovery though if successful.