@RadioHedgeFund Exactly. Fusion is a classic, and it had a total chatterbox that stuck around to the very end of the game. Even hearing Samus' internal monologues during the elevator sequences was much more wordy than the typical Metroid experience.
This presentation makes the game look like a must-buy! So many amazing mechanics and aspects shown off! ACNH meets Pokemon as well as DQBuilders, with online multiplayer and a behind-the-shoulder perspective (which is what I want for Animal Crossing soon!). Absolutely day one purchase after watching this!!
Testing the waters with a relatively small 10GB is smart of them. Installing the full game size without a MicroSDExpress will become painful very quickly, but consumers don't need to know that right now. If only Nintendo subsidized the cost of Express cards, then people would jump much more quickly onto the GKC/Digital bandwagon.
It's pretty disappointing that Nintendo apparently has decided to drip feed Switch 2 Editions as fully marketed game releases within their regular launch scheduling. Just makes me pretty unmotivated to play through my whole Switch 1 backlog when I know a year or so down the line they'll suddenly launch a Switch 2 Edition in the hopes that I'll double dip in terms of time spent on the game.
For a small handful of the very best games on Switch 1, yes, I am willing to revisit the game. But not for every single first party game.
It's a crime not to give us the option to import it on My Nintendo Store! Those are perfect for placing strategically around your room/living space while you host a game night.
This trailer restored some of the excitement I had lost from the previous trailer! Amazing music that gets even better with each replay as @Friendly mentioned, the graphics look polished (other than the bike attack animation seen in 0:57 of the trailer; the way the front wheel just zaps straight up in a single frame feels too game-y), and the action looks like crisp.
The enemies I think are what feel so different from what we're used to seeing in Metroid Prime. This almost feels like the Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire of Metroid, where the developers intend to "break" or expand the rules and expectations of what we can see in the Metroid franchise.
Listening to this right now! So happy Nintendo finally added another Animal Crossing soundtrack, and New Leaf is one of the best! This release coinciding with the Switch 2 Edition / 3.0 update announcement does seem to confirm that Nintendo is saving or at least timing its work on certain soundtracks to be paired with relevant game marketing. I'll have to go brew some more tea while I listen.
@Suketoudara I also prefer the night tracks over day, and it's made me want to control the music with its own in-game music player.
With New Horizons adding a smart phone, the next game could give you a literal Nintendo Music-esque app where you can choose any song to play, or even no songs at all! Honestly there have been many times when I would prefer to turn the music off and just focus on the ambience.
@nessisonett But you weren't equals, in New Leaf you were mayor 😜 Jokes aside, I do agree that I would like the next Animal Crossing to contain a more robust town, with more structured amenities and activities.
Really hoping Monolithsoft shows their hand in 2026. I'd love a brand new IP; as great as the Xenoblade franchise is, its growth potential is clearly limited. Branching out with a fresh theme like a beautiful medieval/high fantasy setting could really kickstart Monolithsoft's Switch 2 era.
@The_Nintendo_Pedant I agree. You can really feel the difference in a game like MHRise when you have the option to turn off all music but keep on SFX. It's a very different, almost meditative experience.
I've wished for a while that the Switch 2 would allow you to control master volumes on the system side for both game music and sound effects. You could turn off sound effects when you just want to ride through Mario Kart World and listen to the tunes, or dial down the music in a game like Animal Crossing and just focus on the ambient SFX.
I know it takes time, but it would be really nice to pair a new game release with its respective soundtrack on Nintendo Music. I'm already itching to play Legends ZA's wonderful soundtrack on the app!
A surprise indeed, but how welcome it is! Lots of new features, finally the resolution is bumped up for the 1080p screen (although I would like 60fps as well), even more online features, and great collabs with both Zelda and LEGO!
LEGO collab is a pleasant surprise, but my very small nag is the idea that they could have gone the whole mile and given you a uniform that transforms your villager into a full-blown LEGO mini figure! In fact, why not switch a setting in the Resident Services that transforms all your villagers into mini figures? Ah well. Just furniture it is!
With even more players to meet up online, it would have been nice to add a few games. Tug of war? Arm wrestling? Tag? Hide and seek?
Would have loved the ability to initiate your own fishing and bug catching contests with other players! 12-player fishing and bug-catching contests sounds like a blast! Oh and a sea creature-catching contest as well!
Is it too much to ask for an Age of Imprisonment amiibo that turns Link in TOTK into Construct-Link?
BOTW added a lot of fun interactive features with amiibo. And TOTK had the potential to add more spirits into your save file. By scanning an amiibo, like Revali, you could add their spirit into your key items tab and activate them just like the four TOTK champions. It would be really fun not only to run around with the spirits of the BOTW champions, but also scan the amiibo from Age of Imprisonment and add the spirits of the original sages into TOTK.
Fun times for NSO icons! Thankfully they last as long as NSO does once purchased, so I'll enjoy them for a few days this year and then use them much earlier next year.
@Turbo857 I actually agree; I also would like a behind-the-shoulder Metroid Prime game. Or an option like Elder Scrolls to switch freely between first and third person.
Poor Frye was given Skeleton, obviously the least favorite pick. Ironically enough, skeletons are hugely trendy this year as Halloween ornaments in my area. Skeletons everywhere.
Regardless of anything else, Odyssey's soundtrack is simply special. Sweeping and romantic, it proudly heralded one of Nintendo's most prosperous eras. Each Mario soundtrack is unique, but Odyssey's is now an iconic jewel in Mario's crown. Fossil Falls alone defined an entire console generation, and Jump Up Superstar ushered in a new movie-quality production value and musical voiceover, paving the way for the Mario movies as well as Donkey Kong Bananza.
Wow. I was not expecting to get this game right away before this Direct, and afterward I am pre-ordering and seriously considering a couple of those amiibo! The hype is unreal. All the social and online features cater directly to me, and this game really does contain the heart and soul of a Smash series title.
Pokemon Legends ZA and Final Fantasy Tactics! I've waited all year for these two RPG's, so I'm very excited to play both at last. I'm brewing a cup of super chai for the play session! (a strong cup of royal English breakfast, extra turmeric powder with Ceylon, maple syrup and milk)
Currently booting up Legends ZA and debating which starter to pick. I really like Tepig's cute eyes, but I'm usually happiest choosing the water starter... decisions!
Also just starting out in Tactics, so I'm getting my bearings and just now pushing through the tutorial battles. I'm loving the familiar Tactics feeling and presentation after growing up with Tactics Advance. So much polish and production value lovingly devoted to this humble strategy RPG.
@Vivianeat Totally agree! Even if Monolithsoft only offered a similar level of support that they did for BOTW, Pokemon games would be infinitely the better for it. I've been saying this for years that Monolithsoft should devote a support team to Game Freak.
@ShadLink Exactly. Legends is seesawing between zero cities in Arceus to all city in ZA. I actually found it a negative that Legends Arceus had almost no proper villages or cities outside of the one hub town. Everything outside of the hub town was more like a humble encampment than a proper "village."
Granted, I still enjoyed exploring the open, wild areas in Legends Arceus. But I definitely felt like a crucial ingredient in the Pokemon recipe that was missing in Legends Arceus was that sense of discovery as you made your way from one city or town to the next.
Pure curiosity made me look up some of the posts on Centro Leaks, and I have to say I'm very excited about Gen 10 now. Hoenn is perhaps my favorite region, and it sounds like an evolution of that style.
Am I alone in wanting just a ninja version of Assassin's Creed Shadows without the samurai? It could be like choosing between Pokemon versions: Assassin's Creed Ninja and Assassin's Creed Samurai 😂 Both the character and the play style don't really interest me as much based on footage. I would much rather just slip about as a ninja 24/7. Ah well. Still very interested in this! Even more so than Star Wars Outlaws.
I would also love an Assassin's Creed 1 remake! I was one of those people who loved the sci-fi aspects of playing both the future storyline and plugging into the Matrix-- er, the past. And I checked out of the franchise when ACRevelations was pretty much the last one with a playable future storyline for a while. I never found out if the later installments added it back in.
Got my physical copy preordered! Still debating between Chikorita and Totodile . . . It sounds like they'll only get Mega's instead of regional third evo's, which is a bit disappointing after Legends Arceus set a fun precedent.
Wow, that first part with Dire Dire Docks really got me. What a beautiful arrangement of that classic song. I wished it was the only song featured for that 5 minutes, continually evolving similarly to the original.
People are disagreeing over Pikmin Vs Mario. Well, to Miyamoto's credit of saying Pikmin are everywhere on earth, why not both? Why not sprinkle Pikmin into the Mario movies as a cameo appearance? It could be a teaser for Pikmin 5, or it could be a teaser for the Mario Galaxy movie with a cute nod at Pikmin existing on earth within the Mario Cinematic Universe.
@OstianOwl Somebody higher up in the comments already answered your question 😋
@SillyG I'm also pretty frustrated at Nintendo for simply dumping Japanese-language games onto NSO without a simple translation. With all the features to tweak lighting, rewinding and etc., the games already lose that "authentic" concept regardless. It would be a huge benefit for everyone who can't read Japanese, especially for the dialogue-heavy adventure games like Starfy.
It's a great collaboration, and it's very true that the engineering of enjoyable building is a completely unique skill set. Hopefully the leaked $60 Pokemon set is a Pokeball to sit alongside the LEGO Game Boy!
Ugh, I'll probably miss out on the second wave too. It's one thing to give out shiny legendaries, but it's another thing when Pokemon blocks your ability to get these shiny cover legendaries legitimately during normal gameplay. Artificial scarcity at its worst.
The novelty of the memes generated by these kind of clips will desensitize average folk to the scale of theft and destruction laid out by corporate greed. The so-called opt-out policy is nothing but a steal first and get away with it later kind of bravado. As others have said, the theft has already taken place. They will pretend to comply, but most likely they will not destroy the valuable algorithm training that has already happened.
I'm just hoping that they'll port Kingdom Hearts to Switch 2 before they finally launch FFVIIR part 3. Seems like they're waiting for FFVIIRemake at the very least, so I'm hoping they're willing to continue porting Kingdom Hearts and Mana in the meanwhile.
Gorgeous artwork, and I would love to see a Triangle Strategy collab DLC in FFTactics! Triangle Strategy clearly hasn't received any DLC, so it would be nice to see FFTactics receive some post-launch support akin to Brave Exvius.
Definitely am keen on Galaxy 2 soon down the road. A bit miffed however that Nintendo didn't include a soundtrack feature for Galaxy 2. It wouldn't have been too hard at all to copy-paste the exact same UI from 3D All-Stars. But that's why I'm content to wait for a discount while I play through Galaxy1.
@Whirlwound Look, I get it. But we know Nintendo; the unnecessarily small and arbitrarily designed proprietary cartridges are not going to change until we move on to a brand new console. I'm not thrilled about game key cards, but I don't want to wait until the Switch 3 or 4 to go back to collecting physical mementos for my favorite games.
Even if Nintendo tried to backpedal from game key cards in some way within the Switch 2's life cycle, there's one thing we know for certain: the size of the cartridges are not going to change, and there's not much they can do to shrink the technology down to such a tiny form factor. Not within the next few years. Maybe in 5-10 years there will be more engineering advancements to shrink the kind of things like MB/s, storage, etc into the size of a Switch cartridge. But that's a ways off, and Nintendo should have foreseen these issues when they bottlenecked the form factor.
Great to hear, but I'm already committed to a day-one physical purchase! Love that reversible cover art that will make the game case look beautiful on my shelf.
There is a third option. Nintendo needs to go back to longer, wider cartridges that can accommodate better technology. Both Switch 1 and Switch 2 cartridges were made far too small, which severely limits its ability to cram adequate technology inside. It will take many years to shrink today's MB/s standards down to such a tiny form factor.
Nintendo wrote themselves into a corner, unnecessarily so. A solution is possible, but not with Nintendo's stubborn adherence to overly small cartridges.
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Re: Round Up: The Final Previews Are In For Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
@RadioHedgeFund Exactly. Fusion is a classic, and it had a total chatterbox that stuck around to the very end of the game. Even hearing Samus' internal monologues during the elevator sequences was much more wordy than the typical Metroid experience.
Re: Nintendo Quietly Reveals A New Suit For Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
The new suit looks great! I still need to watch the latest trailer, so I'll update my hype levels afterward.
Re: Pokémon Pokopia Reveals "Peculiar" New Forms In Extended 10-Minute Trailer
This presentation makes the game look like a must-buy! So many amazing mechanics and aspects shown off! ACNH meets Pokemon as well as DQBuilders, with online multiplayer and a behind-the-shoulder perspective (which is what I want for Animal Crossing soon!). Absolutely day one purchase after watching this!!
Re: 3D Pixel Wuxia RPG 'Wandering Sword' Announced For Switch 2 And Switch
Saw this on a YouTube ad before anything else, and they were targeting the right person! Very interested in this.
@Serpenterror Thank you for linking the violinist! Would not have known about her otherwise, and as a fellow violinist I'm now a fan.
Re: Pokémon Pokopia Is Nintendo's First Game-Key Card Release
Testing the waters with a relatively small 10GB is smart of them. Installing the full game size without a MicroSDExpress will become painful very quickly, but consumers don't need to know that right now. If only Nintendo subsidized the cost of Express cards, then people would jump much more quickly onto the GKC/Digital bandwagon.
Re: Pikmin 4's Free Content Update Is Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
It's pretty disappointing that Nintendo apparently has decided to drip feed Switch 2 Editions as fully marketed game releases within their regular launch scheduling. Just makes me pretty unmotivated to play through my whole Switch 1 backlog when I know a year or so down the line they'll suddenly launch a Switch 2 Edition in the hopes that I'll double dip in terms of time spent on the game.
For a small handful of the very best games on Switch 1, yes, I am willing to revisit the game. But not for every single first party game.
Re: Pokémon To Receive Prestigious Award At The 15th Annual New York Game Awards
Would be great to get a teaser for something new during the presentation!
Re: Nintendo Reveals Three More Super Mario Wood Block amiibo Sets
It's a crime not to give us the option to import it on My Nintendo Store! Those are perfect for placing strategically around your room/living space while you host a game night.
Re: Metroid Prime 4's Sweet New Trailer Builds The Hype For Next Month's Launch
This trailer restored some of the excitement I had lost from the previous trailer! Amazing music that gets even better with each replay as @Friendly mentioned, the graphics look polished (other than the bike attack animation seen in 0:57 of the trailer; the way the front wheel just zaps straight up in a single frame feels too game-y), and the action looks like crisp.
The enemies I think are what feel so different from what we're used to seeing in Metroid Prime. This almost feels like the Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire of Metroid, where the developers intend to "break" or expand the rules and expectations of what we can see in the Metroid franchise.
Re: Nintendo Music Updated With Animal Crossing's 3DS Soundtrack
Listening to this right now! So happy Nintendo finally added another Animal Crossing soundtrack, and New Leaf is one of the best! This release coinciding with the Switch 2 Edition / 3.0 update announcement does seem to confirm that Nintendo is saving or at least timing its work on certain soundtracks to be paired with relevant game marketing. I'll have to go brew some more tea while I listen.
@Suketoudara I also prefer the night tracks over day, and it's made me want to control the music with its own in-game music player.
With New Horizons adding a smart phone, the next game could give you a literal Nintendo Music-esque app where you can choose any song to play, or even no songs at all! Honestly there have been many times when I would prefer to turn the music off and just focus on the ambience.
@nessisonett But you weren't equals, in New Leaf you were mayor 😜 Jokes aside, I do agree that I would like the next Animal Crossing to contain a more robust town, with more structured amenities and activities.
Re: Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch 2 Games
Really hoping Monolithsoft shows their hand in 2026. I'd love a brand new IP; as great as the Xenoblade franchise is, its growth potential is clearly limited. Branching out with a fresh theme like a beautiful medieval/high fantasy setting could really kickstart Monolithsoft's Switch 2 era.
Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2025
Wow, almost 70 million?! Just imagine if MK8D got a Switch 2 Edition!
Love seeing Animal Crossing close in on 50 million! Surely with January's S2E and 3.0 update the number will climb past 50 soon enough.
Re: Back Page: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Fit Check - Celebrating Lumiose Fashion Week In Style
I'm enjoying the Legends ZA fashion article! I'd enjoy getting updates with other contributors and Pokemon-themed styles.
I loved the Venusaur, Gardevoir and Tyrantrum outfits the most, but there's some fun variety between the styles and Pokemon all around!
Re: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Soundtrack Is Scoring A Gorgeous Vinyl Release Next Year
@The_Nintendo_Pedant I agree. You can really feel the difference in a game like MHRise when you have the option to turn off all music but keep on SFX. It's a very different, almost meditative experience.
I've wished for a while that the Switch 2 would allow you to control master volumes on the system side for both game music and sound effects. You could turn off sound effects when you just want to ride through Mario Kart World and listen to the tunes, or dial down the music in a game like Animal Crossing and just focus on the ambient SFX.
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds Sales Hit The Brakes So Hard Last Quarter, Even 'Rise' Outsold It
Darn, that reminds me I'm dying for a Switch 2 Edition of Rise/Sunbreak. Thanks NLife.
Re: Nintendo On Why The Mario Kart World Album Isn't Available For Nintendo Music
I know it takes time, but it would be really nice to pair a new game release with its respective soundtrack on Nintendo Music. I'm already itching to play Legends ZA's wonderful soundtrack on the app!
Re: Surprise! Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Arrives Next Year
A surprise indeed, but how welcome it is! Lots of new features, finally the resolution is bumped up for the 1080p screen (although I would like 60fps as well), even more online features, and great collabs with both Zelda and LEGO!
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment?
Is it too much to ask for an Age of Imprisonment amiibo that turns Link in TOTK into Construct-Link?
BOTW added a lot of fun interactive features with amiibo. And TOTK had the potential to add more spirits into your save file. By scanning an amiibo, like Revali, you could add their spirit into your key items tab and activate them just like the four TOTK champions. It would be really fun not only to run around with the spirits of the BOTW champions, but also scan the amiibo from Age of Imprisonment and add the spirits of the original sages into TOTK.
Re: Nintendo Updates Its Music App With Another DS Soundtrack
How long until they add Legends ZA's amazing soundtrack? 😢
Re: Boo! Mario Halloween Switch Online Icons Arriving This Week
Fun times for NSO icons! Thankfully they last as long as NSO does once purchased, so I'll enjoy them for a few days this year and then use them much earlier next year.
Re: "We Couldn't Find Common Ground" - Nintendo Producer Explains The Tensions That Forged Metroid Prime
@Turbo857 I actually agree; I also would like a behind-the-shoulder Metroid Prime game. Or an option like Elder Scrolls to switch freely between first and third person.
Re: Team Zombie Gobbles Up A Win In Splatoon 3's Splatoween Splatfest
Poor Frye was given Skeleton, obviously the least favorite pick. Ironically enough, skeletons are hugely trendy this year as Halloween ornaments in my area. Skeletons everywhere.
Re: Takaya Imamura's Comment On Super Mario Odyssey's 8th Anniversary Makes Us Feel Very Old
Regardless of anything else, Odyssey's soundtrack is simply special. Sweeping and romantic, it proudly heralded one of Nintendo's most prosperous eras. Each Mario soundtrack is unique, but Odyssey's is now an iconic jewel in Mario's crown. Fossil Falls alone defined an entire console generation, and Jump Up Superstar ushered in a new movie-quality production value and musical voiceover, paving the way for the Mario movies as well as Donkey Kong Bananza.
Re: Kirby Air Riders Direct #2: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate it?
Wow. I was not expecting to get this game right away before this Direct, and afterward I am pre-ordering and seriously considering a couple of those amiibo! The hype is unreal. All the social and online features cater directly to me, and this game really does contain the heart and soul of a Smash series title.
Re: Gallery: Here's A Closer Look At The London Pop-Up Nintendo Store's Sweet Merch
Would be neat if they outfitted the figure statues with NFC readers on the bottom so that they could function as a bougie amiibo.
Very jealous of London!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (18th October)
Pokemon Legends ZA and Final Fantasy Tactics! I've waited all year for these two RPG's, so I'm very excited to play both at last. I'm brewing a cup of super chai for the play session! (a strong cup of royal English breakfast, extra turmeric powder with Ceylon, maple syrup and milk)
Currently booting up Legends ZA and debating which starter to pick. I really like Tepig's cute eyes, but I'm usually happiest choosing the water starter... decisions!
Also just starting out in Tactics, so I'm getting my bearings and just now pushing through the tutorial battles. I'm loving the familiar Tactics feeling and presentation after growing up with Tactics Advance. So much polish and production value lovingly devoted to this humble strategy RPG.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Pokémon Legends: Z-A
@Vivianeat Totally agree! Even if Monolithsoft only offered a similar level of support that they did for BOTW, Pokemon games would be infinitely the better for it. I've been saying this for years that Monolithsoft should devote a support team to Game Freak.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Pokémon Legends: Z-A
@ShadLink Exactly. Legends is seesawing between zero cities in Arceus to all city in ZA. I actually found it a negative that Legends Arceus had almost no proper villages or cities outside of the one hub town. Everything outside of the hub town was more like a humble encampment than a proper "village."
Granted, I still enjoyed exploring the open, wild areas in Legends Arceus. But I definitely felt like a crucial ingredient in the Pokemon recipe that was missing in Legends Arceus was that sense of discovery as you made your way from one city or town to the next.
Re: Pokémon Z-A's Source Code And Beta Builds Have Now Supposedly Leaked
Pure curiosity made me look up some of the posts on Centro Leaks, and I have to say I'm very excited about Gen 10 now. Hoenn is perhaps my favorite region, and it sounds like an evolution of that style.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Switch 2 Rating Spotted Online
Am I alone in wanting just a ninja version of Assassin's Creed Shadows without the samurai? It could be like choosing between Pokemon versions: Assassin's Creed Ninja and Assassin's Creed Samurai 😂 Both the character and the play style don't really interest me as much based on footage. I would much rather just slip about as a ninja 24/7. Ah well. Still very interested in this! Even more so than Star Wars Outlaws.
I would also love an Assassin's Creed 1 remake! I was one of those people who loved the sci-fi aspects of playing both the future storyline and plugging into the Matrix-- er, the past. And I checked out of the franchise when ACRevelations was pretty much the last one with a playable future storyline for a while. I never found out if the later installments added it back in.
Re: PSA: Pokémon Legends: Z-A eShop Preloads Go Live Ahead Of Launch
Got my physical copy preordered! Still debating between Chikorita and Totodile . . . It sounds like they'll only get Mega's instead of regional third evo's, which is a bit disappointing after Legends Arceus set a fun precedent.
Re: Video: Feeling Rough? This Orchestra's 5-Minute 'Super Mario Retro Suite' Will Sort You Out
Wow, that first part with Dire Dire Docks really got me. What a beautiful arrangement of that classic song. I wished it was the only song featured for that 5 minutes, continually evolving similarly to the original.
Re: Nintendo Goes Full Pixar In Strange New Animated Short Film, 'Close To You'
People are disagreeing over Pikmin Vs Mario. Well, to Miyamoto's credit of saying Pikmin are everywhere on earth, why not both? Why not sprinkle Pikmin into the Mario movies as a cameo appearance? It could be a teaser for Pikmin 5, or it could be a teaser for the Mario Galaxy movie with a cute nod at Pikmin existing on earth within the Mario Cinematic Universe.
@OstianOwl Somebody higher up in the comments already answered your question 😋
Re: Mario's Super Picross Has Got Some Rather Lovely NSO Icons
@SillyG I'm also pretty frustrated at Nintendo for simply dumping Japanese-language games onto NSO without a simple translation. With all the features to tweak lighting, rewinding and etc., the games already lose that "authentic" concept regardless. It would be a huge benefit for everyone who can't read Japanese, especially for the dialogue-heavy adventure games like Starfy.
Re: London's Nintendo Store Pop-Up Tickets Are Now Live
Would love to live close to London right about now! As someone with English heritage, it's been a goal of mine to move to the UK someday 🍂
Re: Nintendo Music Adds Two Paper Mario Albums, But There's A Catch
Great to see more Switch games added! But personally I'm hoping for more Animal Crossing soundtracks soon.
@batmanbud2 Would have been really nice if they timed a Switch 2 Edition with this Nintendo Music drop, but ah well.
Re: LEGO Game Boy Designers Discuss Collaborating With A "Very Involved" Nintendo
It's a great collaboration, and it's very true that the engineering of enjoyable building is a completely unique skill set. Hopefully the leaked $60 Pokemon set is a Pokeball to sit alongside the LEGO Game Boy!
Re: PSA: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet - Free Shiny Koraidon & Miraidon Codes Restocked (North America)
Ugh, I'll probably miss out on the second wave too. It's one thing to give out shiny legendaries, but it's another thing when Pokemon blocks your ability to get these shiny cover legendaries legitimately during normal gameplay. Artificial scarcity at its worst.
Re: "OpenAI Is Trying To Get Sued" - Nintendo IP Floods Sora 2 Video Generation App
The novelty of the memes generated by these kind of clips will desensitize average folk to the scale of theft and destruction laid out by corporate greed. The so-called opt-out policy is nothing but a steal first and get away with it later kind of bravado. As others have said, the theft has already taken place. They will pretend to comply, but most likely they will not destroy the valuable algorithm training that has already happened.
Re: Review: Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Switch) - Still Out Of This World
@AmplifyMJ Oh nice, I missed that! Great to hear.
Re: Nintendo Music App Adds Princess Peach Album In Latest Update
I tried out the soundtrack and there are surprisingly great jazz tunes all over! Getting me in the mood for the new season of SpyxFamily next month.
Re: "I Feel A Great Responsibility To Get It Right" - Naoki Hamaguchi On The Pressure Of Remaking Final Fantasy VII
I'm just hoping that they'll port Kingdom Hearts to Switch 2 before they finally launch FFVIIR part 3. Seems like they're waiting for FFVIIRemake at the very least, so I'm hoping they're willing to continue porting Kingdom Hearts and Mana in the meanwhile.
Re: Even Capcom Was Surprised At How Well Resident Evil Requiem Runs On Switch 2
Now if they could just apply this to Monster Hunter Wilds. . . Definitely itching for that FFXIV collab.
Re: Final Fantasy Tactics Launch Day Artwork Features A Special Triangle Strategy Crossover
Gorgeous artwork, and I would love to see a Triangle Strategy collab DLC in FFTactics! Triangle Strategy clearly hasn't received any DLC, so it would be nice to see FFTactics receive some post-launch support akin to Brave Exvius.
Re: Review: Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Switch) - Still Out Of This World
Definitely am keen on Galaxy 2 soon down the road. A bit miffed however that Nintendo didn't include a soundtrack feature for Galaxy 2. It wouldn't have been too hard at all to copy-paste the exact same UI from 3D All-Stars. But that's why I'm content to wait for a discount while I play through Galaxy1.
Re: Are You "Unsure" About Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade For Switch 2? Don't Worry, There'll Be A Demo
@Whirlwound Look, I get it. But we know Nintendo; the unnecessarily small and arbitrarily designed proprietary cartridges are not going to change until we move on to a brand new console. I'm not thrilled about game key cards, but I don't want to wait until the Switch 3 or 4 to go back to collecting physical mementos for my favorite games.
Even if Nintendo tried to backpedal from game key cards in some way within the Switch 2's life cycle, there's one thing we know for certain: the size of the cartridges are not going to change, and there's not much they can do to shrink the technology down to such a tiny form factor. Not within the next few years. Maybe in 5-10 years there will be more engineering advancements to shrink the kind of things like MB/s, storage, etc into the size of a Switch cartridge. But that's a ways off, and Nintendo should have foreseen these issues when they bottlenecked the form factor.
Re: Are You "Unsure" About Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade For Switch 2? Don't Worry, There'll Be A Demo
Great to hear, but I'm already committed to a day-one physical purchase! Love that reversible cover art that will make the game case look beautiful on my shelf.
Re: Mecha Strategy RPG 'Relayer Advanced Definitive Edition' Big Bangs Onto Switch 2 Today
Might be a fun follow-up to FFTactics, albeit in a totally different way!
Re: Pokémon TCG Pocket's Next Expansion Guarantees Rare Pulls In Every Pack
Ah, that Greninja is beautiful! Will have to jump back in for this booster pack.
Re: Game-Key Cards A "Sales Strategy Decision", Says Resident Evil Requiem Director
There is a third option. Nintendo needs to go back to longer, wider cartridges that can accommodate better technology. Both Switch 1 and Switch 2 cartridges were made far too small, which severely limits its ability to cram adequate technology inside. It will take many years to shrink today's MB/s standards down to such a tiny form factor.
Nintendo wrote themselves into a corner, unnecessarily so. A solution is possible, but not with Nintendo's stubborn adherence to overly small cartridges.