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@abbyhitter Not much of a spoiler if it was shown in the trailer and is on the box art. Obviously it wasn't meant to be a surprise. I assume Zelda built that robot because she missed Link or something.

@Ranchman69 The Wii version is 480p.

@Paulo Pokémon Pokopia and Donkey Kong Bananza are anything but repeats of Switch 1 games and the new Yoshi game is very different from Crafted World or Woolly World.
Also called Rhythm Heaven, not Haven.

@Crockin Only because you're not personally interested in it. Many people are. It's an extremely popular genre. Or do you think Minecraft and Animal Crossing are not popular?

@foursider Did you think they were gonna change the voice actors for the sequel movie?

@Crockin They announced four new Switch 2 games in the direct. Mario Tennis, Yoshi, Fire Emblem and Pokémon Pokopia.

@EvenStephen7 What looked rough about Metroid's gameplay?

@Paulo Rhythm Heaven wasn't shown because it's likely not releasing in early or spring 2026 and the other games are very much something to be excited about for the people who care about these franchises.
Would the direct suddenly be a 7/10 if Rhythm Heaven Groove was shown despite not even being a new announcement just because you care about it more than Yoshi, Mario Tennis or Pokémon?

@JohnnyMind Sure, I wait for discounts. But they only ever discount it 33% maximum. So it's still more expensive than it'd be if the standard asking price was lower. Stop acting like high prices are no big deal or harmless.

@Serpenterror The PS5 went on sale at many retailers. That's why it jumped up like that.

@dazzleshell Super Mario Odyssey sold over 3.5 million in Japan.

@Bunkerneath It's not even a AAA game.

@Olliemar28 Btw, it's not 19,99€ but 19,50€.

@SurprisedRobinChu Obviously you can buy it digitally. Why would you not be able to?

@poyo_pie It being an origin story is the whole point. He's supposed to be very young.

$80 is the deluxe edition after launch as it's $70 for preorders. The standard version is going to be $70.

@SirLink I literally can only think of a hand full of small publishers that don't discount their games much. Almost all big and mid sized publishers including Marvelous discount their games a lot and often give them permanent price cuts. Marvelous does that with their Story of Seasons games. Ubisoft, EA, Take Two/2K, Konami, anything Microsoft owned like Bethesda, Sega and Square Enix are very heavy with discounts.

The only notable ones I can think of that aren't very aggressive with discounts are Spike Chunsoft and Nippon Ichi Software, as the Disgaea games are never more than 35% off, but still very very often and Spike Chunsoft's games take a while until they go on sale, but then they still do go on sale for 40-50% off eventually.
Prototype never discount their games and Factorio afaik never goes on sale.

You're just generally wrong.

@SirLink What policy are you talking about? Nintendo sometimes discounts their games by 33% and not more than that. Other publishers most of the time discount their games much more than after a while and even give their games permanent price cuts after a while. It's very easy to get many third party games for more than 50% off after just a year or two.
Monster Hunter Rise for example went on sale for like 50% off, then got a permanent price cut down to 40€ and then continued to go on sale for 50% off for even cheaper.

@SirLink Nintendo is not publishing this game. It's Marvelous themselves this time. They decide the price.

@johnedwin Facepalm. It's 35 physical, which for budget priced games is almost always more expensive. It's 15 digital, which is how most people bought it. So Silksong at 20 digital might be 40 physical.

@johnedwin Where is it 35 bucks? Or is that a typo? It's $15.

I'm going to buy it when it's completely finished and I can get that Super Deluxe Edition for less than 50€.

@FirMatt Yakuza Like A Dragon and Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth are both on PS4 and Xbox One. They should easily work on Switch 2.

@Freek Gotta be honest, the emojis make it look passive aggressive.

@AussieMcBucket Except for mainline Pokémon. Those never go on sale.

@the_beaver And maybe a proper remake of Ys V as that'd be the only one left (not that PS2 remake by Taito).

@Ulysses That's because the bundles aren't included in the charts, like the article says.

@Anti-Matter This is about first party games developed and/or produced by Sony themselves. The only first party game you mentioned is Ratchet & Clank.

@Jack_Goetz 2015 was Nintendo's worst year ever.

@Paulo The Switch 2 chipset is from 2022 afaik and not very similar at all to the PS4 as it's a mobile chipset and the console also has a lot of capabilities that the PS4 doesn't at all.
And this game is just not properly optimized. That's all there is to it. More demanding games already run on the Switch 2 with better performance.

Or are you being sarcastic?

@LinktotheFuture Hey, the only person from back then who still regularly comments! It did in fact release as New Play Control on the Wii even before your comment.

@wollywoo The first two Custom Robo games from the N64 are already on NSO, but like the originals only in Japan.

@darkswabber Mario Super Sluggers is a Wii game. Will probably still come to NSO at some point in the next 10 years though.

@Bunkerneath It doesn't have simulated gambling. That's just a general description of what games can get a T-rating for. It says that in the article very clearly and say and/or for a reason. And most Nintendo games have that "in-game purchases" tag with no actual in-game purchases.

@Not_Soos Yes, this is just a general description of what T-rating means. As the article says, the "rating summary" where they describe the specific game has not gone live yet.

@Ralizah Why was the 1080p screen a mistake? The game runs on PS4, do it should run better on Switch 2 even if only somewhat well optimized. It's obvious they didn't put the effort in. At least that demo is not the final build, so it's to be better in the end.

@Broosh The last box art Kirby looked angry on was 10 years ago.

@raymond23 They obviously didn't show all tracks. Also City Trials is not a mini game but the actual main course.

@Roger_Brazil The gameplay is vastly different in almost every way. How could this game be MKW DLC? Should a potential new F-Zero game also be MKW DLC?

@rjejr You can still just click on the game's name and rate it there.

@Not_Soos Because not all of them are bricking consoles. I've got a cheap and great third party dock for my Switch 1 years ago that always worked perfectly fine.

@Lizuka "with the knowledge it was originally going to be a Zelda game"
Source on that? Because this game was spun out of the Captain Toad side levels in 3D World.

"The newest game soundtrack on Nintendo Music is Pikmin 4's"
No, it's Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

@RemyMartin It literally just released. Did you expect it to already have 20 big first party games?

@Pat_trick Even after well over 8 years you still think the Switch only sells well because of the novelty? Are you one of those people who always were convinced it was gonna fall of a cliff soon?

@Elbarbo They usually have one in September.

@JokerCK Hogan was a vile person.

@Jedrus_Lilac What exactly is "lazy" there? It's a $60 game + it's DLC. That has been normal pricing for games like this for many years now. Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and 3 are $90 main game + DLC. BotW is $80 main game + DLC.

@AG_Awesome Nobody is livid about anything here. Why do you continue to claim that everyone who's replying to you is angry?
"I often forget people don’t allow that anymore."
All of your replies to me come across like actual ragebait.

Nobody at any point even suggested you're not allowed anything. Nobody at any point got angry about anything.

Stop trolling and stop talking passed my point. It's great that you would have preferred Superstars to get additional content, but the amount you said you'd want is not at all realistic.
But I guess me saying that means I'm angry, infuriated and livid or something.

@AlanaHagues "On the hardware side of things, Switch 2 sales continue to climb as the new console has sold an extra 20k+ units this week compared to last — it shifted 152,165 this week compared to 128,643 last week. That's a nice boost thanks to DK, we reckon."

The Switch 2 sold 71.885 units the previous week. 128k was the week before that. I think you skipped last week's article.