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I read a lot of VNs and I'd rate Witch on the Holy Night pretty high up there amongst my favourites.

I haven't got around to playing it yet as too many JRPGs released close together but I'm looking forward to playing a new Atelier game that actually feels like an Atelier game.

Being able to play in first person would be kinda interesting but seems that it's basically just allows you to look around in first person while standing stationary then automatically shifts back to third person when you start moving.

Mario Kart was disappointing and Sonic just looks bad so I'm in the waiting for Kirby Air Riders camp.

@progx Pretty sure that's the one game in the series that I've actually played a little bit of but I didn't really like it.

@Supaguy I've been pretty vocal about how disappointed I've been about Mario Kart World but the Sonic game looks even worse to me. At least there's still Kirby Air Riders soon though.

I could buy it on Steam if I wanted to play it but every time I see gameplay footage of it, it just doesn't look very fun IMO.

I've been playing on PC so I can't comment on how it looks/runs on Switch/Switch 2 but I'm about 20 hours in and having a blast so far.

Definitely right up my alley so I'll pick it up if it's good. Battle Chef Brigade was excellent so hopefully this game will be as well.

It was probably a smart move to release this as a surprise shadow drop in the Direct. Probably would have gotten quite a few sales from people caught up in the hype of the moment before stopping to question whether it's actually worth it.

I really didn't like the direction they went with Yumia (and to a lesser extent the Ryza games) but I think this should be much more what I'm looking for based on what little I've seen.

Much like quite a few of the upcoming Switch 2 games, the asking price is more than it's worth to me so I'll pass.

Continuing to read through my third route of Summer Pockets: Reflection Blue and gotten back into Monster Train 2 the last few days after the latest update. I should probably go back to Tevi as well if I can find the time.

@PokeMadness1996 When I say it doesn't look good I'm not just talking about visuals. I'll just save my money altogether and play something better.

I was already heavily leaning into skipping this game as it doesn't look very good IMO but the paid DLC just sealed my decision. Getting the game plus the Switch 2 upgrade plus the DLC is way too expensive for me for what it is.

I still only own two games, one of which was a massive disappointment. Kirby Air Riders can't come soon enough.

I'll probably pick it up way down the line when it's like half price or something.

Review scores for this game seem to be all over the place so far. A majority seem to be 8-9/10 and then you have NWR giving it a 2/10. I usually really like Kodaka games so I think I'll still just play it and decide for myself.

I'm disappointed that they got rid of the vouchers and gold coins for Switch 2 with nothing at all to replace them (as yet at least). I'm going digital this time for the convenience (plus I'm running out of space for all my physical games) but it's literally just more expensive than buying physically at launch which sucks.

It's not something I'm super desperate to play so I'd be fine with it being delayed if that's what they've gotta do but it wouldn't be ideal with how lackluster the Switch 2's launch year lineup has been so far.

I tried to get into it years ago but wasn't really feeling it so it's been stuck in the backlog since. I still intend to give it another chance at some point but I don't think it will be any time soon.

Thankfully this game wasn't really on my radar to begin with otherwise I would be a bit annoyed by this. I'm not interested in Silksong but anything releasing near Kirby Air Riders will have to wait for me.

Like others here, I changed it almost immediately and it instantly made everything feel more intuitive for me. I generally just want my jump button as close to my analogue stick as possible in a 3D game.

Not going to lie, I might never touch Mario Kart World again after this game comes out. Looks like everything I could have hoped for.

@Suketoudara Yeah that will be interesting. Wouldn't surprise me if we get something a little more complex this time around but I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Even though I'm most keen for whatever is taking City Trial's place, I do also hope that the racing mode is really fun as I'd be keen for a new racer that isn't just straight line simulator with way too many players.

@Suketoudara I think it's a pretty safe bet though that there will be a mode similar to City Trial except probably even more fleshed out. Obviously there's still racing as well but I doubt it'll be the game's biggest appeal so it can easily co-exist with Mario Kart.

@Qbecknight The main mode that everyone plays in Kirby Air Ride isn't even a racing mode. It's not really competing with Mario Kart.

Oh, that's exciting. This has been my most anticipated Switch 2 game ever since it was announced so I'm super keen to actually see some gameplay footage.

The last two negatives are why I have no interest in this game. Concept is interesting but it doesn't look fully fleshed out enough for me to bother with it.

@topsekret I wonder what the point of making two accounts with almost identical names was. Not exactly the most subtle trolling attempt.

Looks pretty bad but Palworld is already boring as so it's probably not even that much worse.

@SplatRay001 Hard to give a definitive answer to that. First game is still pretty good and is probably worth playing but I think the second game is improved in a lot of ways and you don't need any knowledge of the first to enjoy the second. Mostly depends if you want to commit to playing through two 60 hours JRPGs or not.

I'll take any new Octopath game even if it's more of a spinoff as the second game was a 10/10 for me.

I've never gotten motion sick from playing a video game unless I try playing in the car.

I'm pretty happy with both. Switch 2 mainly for first party Nintendo games and then Steam Deck to complement my gaming PC, mainly used as an indie game machine.

@Ellie-Moo That was my issue with Odyssey, there were just so many moons and collecting them didn't feel satisfying enough. I'm hoping that the skill point system in this game helps in that regard.

Leading up to launch I wasn't worried about the gap between games as I figured Mario Kart would keep me pretty occupied for a while. I think the game's pretty terrible though so I ended up regretting buying the console at launch considering I don't like the only game I own on it. Looking forward to finally having something fun to play (hopefully for real this time) in DK though. It does look really good.

@Grandiajet Echoes of Wisdom is about the only game where it actually did affect my experience a bit. Usually I don't even notice frame drops and wonder what everyone's complaining about (which I suspect will be the case with Bananza) but the frequent fluctuations between 30fps and 60fps in the overworld in that game were a bit much for me.

I just finished Promise Mascot Agency earlier so need to pick a new game to start. Maybe Summer Pockets: Reflection Blue. Mostly just playing Monster Train 2 though, it's too addictive.

I think I've put in 40 hours or so because I bought a Switch 2 at launch specifically at launch for this game and really want to like it and get my money's worth but I think I'm done trying at this point. It's just not fun with the beyond terrible execution of the online modes.

I don't review games on Metacritic but to be fair I did score Mario Kart World a 1/10 here and that was before the recent update. First game I've ever scored that low.

I haven't played either on Switch/Switch 2 specifically but it's between The Hundred Line and Monster Train 2 for me.

On the other end of the spectrum, Mario Kart World gets my vote for worst game I've played this year on any platform.

@PeterPanana After I did a system transfer, all my old Switch games started trying to download so I had to quickly go through and cancel them all one by one which was a little annoying. I'm only planning to download my old Switch games when I feel like playing one.

I'm not really worried about getting a microSD for now. I'm thinking of going all digital on Switch 2 but even then I'm only really going to be buying first party Nintendo games for the most part and with how good they are at keeping the file size down, the internal storage will probably last me a fair while without needing to uninstall stuff.

@dabaumer I don't think the downvote button here even does anything these days anyway. Doesn't stop me from clicking it when I don't like a comment though haha.

It's really silly that we can't queue up for Knockout Tour with friends, I really hope they fix that soon. Stuck either doing short races or playing against CPUs which just isn't the same.

@Jack_Goetz That was actually one of the two big ones for me, along with Mario Kart World. I despise Mario Kart World so unfortunately that one was a waste of money but I still have faith that Sakurai will come through with Kirby.

@Kidfunkadelic83 I thought the story and characters weren't anything special but I really loved the gameplay. Had a great time with it.

Really fun game but it's been so long since I finished it so I doubt I'll go back for the DLC.

@Ogbert It wasn't really a thing at lower rating where there's a lot of casual players but once I reached around 8000 rating I would mostly just find rooms where everyone was picking random as that's what most of the more dedicated players want. It may be a vocal minority but that minority are probably the group who actually care about Mario Kart the most.

@Kiz3000 Yeah, Knockout Tour is the only mode that is fun with the intermission tracks IMO. But I was playing with a friend last night and we wanted to play some Knockout Tour together online with randoms and turns out that's another thing you can't even do.