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It probably won't top the sales of 8 Deluxe as that's setting the bar way too high but it'll almost certainly still be the Switch 2's best selling game over the course if its life.

Honestly pretty surprised about this one as I can't imagine what Direct-worthy announcements they could have up their sleeves for Switch at this point. Trust Nintendo to be anything but predictable.

Not super confident it's going to sell particularly well but I hope it does get enough support for them to continue making whatever they want to make in the future. I've been looking forward to this one and will be picking it up day one.

Been gaming a lot of PC lately but I still can't tell the difference between a game running at 60fps and a game running at 120+fps.

@Ralizah If there even are cross-gen games.

@SpaceboyScreams I wouldn't say they're similar at all really. I just didn't enjoy either game for different reasons.

I ended up giving the game a go a while back to see what all the fuss was about but I wasn't impressed. I've been as critical of recent Pokemon games as much as anyone but I don't think Palworld is really any better.

@UltimateOtaku91 I love the Atelier series but personally I disagree that it's been improving. I think the Ryza trilogy is much weaker than Arland, Dusk or Mysterious and so far I've got mixed opinions on Yumia. Sophie 2 was excellent though.

@John_Deacon Personally I'd actually be pretty disappointed if they came out and announced multiple first party games for the Switch and it'd largely detract from my excitement for Switch 2. I get that it's backwards compatible but all I want from Nintendo is as many new games as possible designed with the new system's hardware in mind.

Even back in February when there were a lot of rumours going around, I never bought into the idea that Nintendo would hold a general Direct focused on the Switch 1 at that point as I just can't see there being enough interesting games to announce to justify it, with all the big titles presumably being developed for Switch 2.

I wouldn't be so surprised if we got an Indie World even now though. Been a while since we've had one and I'm sure there's going to be a ton of indie games that continue to release on Switch long after Switch 2 launches.

The poor performance on Switch is a shame but also not unexpected. I've played a whole heap of games from the series on Switch over the last several years but this one I'll be getting on PC.

June has been my guess since the Direct was announced. Would love it to launch as early as May but that seems less likely. Really hope no longer than June or early July though, feels like I've already been waiting forever for this thing. I think we would have heard more about upcoming filler games for Switch 1 by now if Switch 2 launch was going to be later in the year.

@Metazoxan I more meant the games in general rather than each version of the same game, just couldn't be bothered specifying that in my original post. Never even played the 3DS port myself, having already played the Wii version.

All easily 10/10 except for X.

Pretty sure I'll just stick with Switch 2 and Steam Deck for handheld play personally regardless of what Microsoft do. I can see it having some niche appeal for those already heavy into the Xbox ecosystem and/or who use Game Pass to play a lot of their games but that's not for me.

@Ralizah Even if they got get a shoddy port of Wilds running on Switch 2, I'd still much rather a game build specifically for the system from the Rise team. While Rise isn't exactly my favourite Monster Hunter game, I do like it a lot more than both World and Wilds.

@Duncanballs The game runs pretty terribly on most systems and isn't playable at all on the Steam Deck. Obviously we don't know everything about the Switch 2 yet but I can't see this game running on it at all acceptable standard. What I'm hoping for is that we get a new game from the Rise team built specifically with the Switch 2 in mind.

I stopped watching these completely a while back and that list of annoucements is a good example as to why.

First game was excellent so I'm keen. Hopefully it doesn't release too close to Slay the Spire 2.

I'm reserving my disappointment until we have all the Switch 2 details.

I'm glad they made it cross-play so I can just buy it on Steam and not have to worry about not being able to play with my other Switch friends.

Really not a fan of the whole early access for an additional cost thing though. Feels like a really scummy practice in general and even worse that it's not even an option on every platform.

Mario Strikers: Battle League getting a 9/10 remains one of the most ridiculous review scores I've seen on this site. It deserves its place near the bottom of this list.

@beartown I'm one of those people where anything over 60fps looks basically the same as far as I can tell but yeah, the difference in colours between LCD and OLED are pretty noticeable.

@Mirastrix I tried running the benchmark on my Steam Deck just out of curiosity. It looked like a blurry mess, ran at about 15fps and then crashed half way through.

I can't imagine Monster Hunter Wilds possibly running on the Switch 2 in a playable state given how poorly it seems to run in general. I'm just hoping for a new game from the Rise team built especially for the hardware.

@Ogbert They'll care about it getting removed though so they'll probably be looking at ways to get past the barriers too.

I've been of the opinion that a February general Direct wouldn't make a lot of sense and this random announcement certainly doesn't convince me otherwise.

Hopefully everyone who wants one at launch is able to get one but I still don't want to take any chances. I'm gonna try to be ready to get my preorder in as soon as they go live.

I'm having fun with Hello Kitty: Island Adventure at the moment but Ender Magnolia is the clear #1 for me.

@rvcolem1 It game out like a week and a half ago.

I already finished the game before the patch hit Steam the other day but I'm very glad they've fixed the rats for anyone who picks the game up. They were completely overpowered and unfair at launch. On hard difficulty, I had to just run for my life past them all to get to the next respite as they'd just kill me if I tried to fight them. The rest of the game felt very fair and balanced aside from that one huge difficulty spike.

Decided to try out Genshin Impact on PC so playing a little bit of that. Still not a fan of the free-to-play mobile game elements but aside from that it's fun enough.

Also started Hades over on PC the other day. Been a long time since I played a ton of it on Switch and wanted to give it another playthrough before the full release of Hades 2.

Started Hello Kitty: Island Adventure on my Steam Deck last as a chill game to casually play while I watch Youtube or whatever. Also doing the occasional Binding of Isaac run, win streak up to 46 at the moment.

My poor Switch is mostly collecting dust these days as I wait for the Switch 2 and/or any interesting games that aren't also on PC. Probably for the best though as it's kinda on its last legs anyway after being used so much.

Ender Lilies became my new favourite Metroidvania when I played it a few years ago so I was looking forward to this one and finished it the other day. Absolutely loved it.

@Paulo Yeah I agree that the general gameplay is fine but it's pretty pointless if there's nothing to do or any reason to play. The single player content being a step back from Charged was one thing but the crazy thing is that the online multiplayer was too. Battle League is basically just a full retail price demo.

It looks like a pretty terrible game. They copied that from Battle League too.

I'm in the middle of playing through Ender Magnolia which I'm really loving so far. Also been playing a little Emberward which is pretty fun and well polished for an early access game and just the occasional Binding of Isaac run as usual.

I'm not buying into the rumours but I'd love to see an Astral Chain sequel one day, ideally with a bit more story to go with the great gameplay next time.

@Princess_Lilly Mechanically it still has a lot of the elements that made Rune Factory 4 good but it's just too lacking in overall polish. The game looks pretty terrible and runs poorly. I still had fun with it but it could have been much better.

Rune Factory 4 and Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin are my two favourite farming sim games ever so that's a pretty fun crossover to see. Rune Factory 5 was a bit disappointing but this one has a lot of promise.

Atelier games are always an insta-buy for me so I was already sold when it got announced. I find it kinda impressive how they're able to release games as frequently as they do while still changing up the gameplay a fair bit each time. This one feels particularly ambitious so hopefully it all comes together well. Looking forward to it.

@Dee123 There seems to be a lot of people who will complain about literally anything they can find when it comes to Nintendo but ultimately the engagement and publicity that comes from it probably works in Nintendo's favour anyway.

@WhiteTrashGuy Hopefully that it's significantly higher than 75%. I get stuff like Labo or Ring Fit that have accessories made for the original Switch/Joy-Con or the few games that actually used the IR sensor (I assume that's gone?) not being playable on the Switch 2 but I don't see why I shouldn't be able to play the rest of my Switch backlog on Switch 2.

@VoidofLight I got well over a year of heavy use out of my white pair before they needed replacing but they still look just as white as the day I got them.

One of my favourite things from recent Directs is the part where everyone gets excited for Silksong only for there to be no Silksong so hopefully this is no different.

Would take me a couple of hours on public transport to get there from where I am now so doesn't feel worth the effort when I more or less know what I'm getting from the console already.

Pretty good trailer but at the same time not super exciting when it was just basically confirming all the leaked info. Much more interested in the April Direct, wish it were a little closer.

I never had any doubts that it would be otherwise but it's nice to have official confirmation I suppose. I'm pretty much done playing my Switch at this point but there's still a ton of games left in my backlog that I might be more tempted to get back to working through once the Switch 2 comes out.

I've always been against a potential Kid Icarus: Uprising port/remake despite it being one of my all time favourite games as I don't think the Switch's control scheme would do the game justice but maybe this could be a way to potentially make it happen if it works well.

Still just waiting for the game lineup. April is a fair wait but oh well. Hopefully it doesn't get ruined by leakers before then.

@USWITCH64 Thankfully they're not dumb enough to actually do that.