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I’m enjoying Code Vein 2 (on Xbox) so far, however it has some pretty major performance issues on XSX (and apparently PS5/PC too). They’ve just announced today they’re working on much needed performance improvements and bug fixes due for release in March. It’s just so annoying that almost every single Unreal Engine 5 game is releasing in a very suboptimal technical state and this only gets attention post-launch. At least they’ve committed to improvements.

They’re also working on some balancing too which is good because my character feels like she’s made out of papier-mâché with how hard some of these early game bosses are hitting.

As a Splatoon fan I’m glad they view 3 as a success and are treating it as first class franchise. Being mentioned alongside Animal Crossing is high praise indeed!

I’d like to see some 60fps games personally.

I’m so curious about Splatoon Raiders! My most anticipated Switch 2 release for 2026 from everything that’s currently announced.

I guess that ends any speculation on a poor Christmas season. Sounds like Switch 2 is doing very well.

I remember when Ubisoft made great little games like Child of Light. The good old days.

Looks like Beyond Good & Evil 2 survived the culling? Whether that’s a good thing I suppose we’ll find out one day… maybe?

I have Game Pass, though that’s due to expire in March and I’m still unsure if I’ll renew the Ultimate tier. So I’m thinking I might buy this on Switch instead as I’ll be going away on an extended trip next month and will need a portable game to play. If it were a 30fps game I wouldn’t bother and would go with Xbox, but I really want to reward devs who put the effort into making solid 60fps Switch 2 ports.

I sadly bounced off Hollow Knight because of the immense difficulty, so if this offers a similar experience at a more accessible challenge level then I’m very interested!

Kirby & the Forgotten Land (25 hours) was my most played game last year.

I played Metroid Prime 4 this month so it wasn’t included in the 2025 stats.

I just finished Metroid Prime 4. Such conflicting thoughts. So much good stuff. The art design, the visual effects, the music (in the areas that have classic Metroid Prime musical themes like Fury Green, Volt Forge, Ice Belt), sound effects, most of the bosses.

Then some not so good too. The desert and the bike paired with the abominably tedious green crystal grindfest, cliche NPC dialogue, easily missable scans, the odd reliance on bland ambience over classic Metroid themes in some areas. Also it suffers from being a Switch 1 game and having a billion loading screens, which would’ve been less of an issue without constantly having to ping-pong back and forth between Sol Valley and the other areas.

Overall I definitely still enjoyed it. It’s a solidly good game, it’s just so frustrating that it’s not an outright great game because there was so so so much potential here. Again I have to mention the visuals and music, because these aspects are amazing. I can only hope there will be a Prime 5 for Switch 2 at some point that builds upon the strengths and avoids repeating the weaknesses.

The sheer blatant hypocrisy when the eShop is absolutely flooded with ‘hentai’ games. Seriously WTF Nintendo?!

Please sell well Metroid Prime 4. We need a Metroid Prime 5 without the stupid desert.

No love for Kirby & the Forgotten Land? That’s my personal Switch GOTY. Lovely game.

Though caveat is that I haven’t yet played Metroid Prime 4 beyond the intro sequence so might overtake Kirby once I’ve played enough of it, potentially.

I wish I could spend Christmas with Splatoon Raiders 😢

Economy is in the toilet, at least here in UK it is because sky high cost of living. I’m guessing it’s a similar story for USA too.

@Dev-N Luigi’s Mansion 4 is a possibility. That would be really cool.

I’m also looking forward to Splatoon Raiders though.

It’s okay, I didn’t enjoy it as much as the critic reviews did. Starts off strong but don’t really keep the momentum going. It starts feeling very formulaic after a while, every level has the same repetitive core structure and enemies. For much of the game it’s more of a series of mini scenarios rather than one cohesive narrative thread. Once the story does finally start to gain a clear direction the best character catfish gets majorly sidelined and it focuses instead on the protagonist's very unlikeable grandma. It’s okay but didn’t live up to my initial expectations.

This is an absolutely fantastic result for Metroid! Really hope the momentum continues into next week 🤞

Likely contains more backwards compatibility fixes so probably much more interesting than the stability trope would initially imply.

Kirby & the Forgotten Land is my Switch 2 GOTY so far. Unless Metroid Prime 4 manages to topple it, which is possible, but it’s still way too early to know.

I was tempted to give a 9 to justify my purchase, but I’d just be lying to myself. So I give it an 8. I find myself more enticed at the idea of what’s still to come rather than what we’ve already had.

The hardware is good, love the performance boosts, just the obvious downgrade in battery life coming from Switch OLED is never not going to be somewhat disappointing to me.

Sonic x Shadow Generations, Kirby & the Forgotten Land, and Metroid Prime 4 are the Switch 2 games that I’ve purchased and played since launch. Too early for me to from an opinion on the latter, but the former two are great games (I’m particularly fond of Kirby) and hopefully I’ll soon be able to say the same for Metroid too.

I was also pleasantly surprised by the updates to some of my favourite Switch 1 games such as Splatoon 3. It was good to see Nintendo fixing Nier Automata and many other backwards compatibility issues. Third party support overall has felt mixed though, with games like Once Upon a Katamari coming out without proper Switch 2 support which is just a shame to see honestly — room for improvement here.

It’s good. Very good. I’m looking forward to seeing how they will build on these solid foundations. Just needs that extra spice for me to be able upgrade my score to a 9 in time for the first year anniversary. Metroid Prime 4 could well be that secret ingredient, but if not let’s see what the first half of 2026 brings.

I played the intro up to arriving at Fury Green. The music and art are so good! Classic Prime vibes.

Already preordered. I’ll play and form my own opinion.

Looking at review aggregators it actually scores in the same ballpark as the Splatoon series and Kirby & the Forgotten Land + Star Crossed World. So pretty darn good!

My Switch 2 is ready! 8 years. 8 years we have been waiting. I’m looking forward to finally diving in!

I’m trying to get as much Kirby & the Forgotten Land done as possible before Metroid Prime 4. I’m at the amusement park themed level, so roughly half way as I think I remember reading there’s five worlds overall.

Nier Automata being fixed is a huge deal. It means my entire Switch library is now fully compatible. I’m so relieved Nintendo have shown they truly care about backwards compatibility, they could’ve easily left these games in limbo forever but they seem to be on a mission to fix every last one and that’s great to see.

@jco83 how dare you ShopTo! Jokes, not a bad deal, not bad at all. Though as we got ours on launch day I think we still scored the bigger win overall. Yeah I kinda view casback as a separate thing in my mind as it’s a bit nebulous and not guaranteed.

I got a good deal at launch, got it for £356.39 thanks to a 10% off code at Very. Looks like that price won’t be beaten until at least next year’s sales. There’s always a chance of better deals in the Boxing Day sales though, they’re usually pretty competitive with BF here in UK.

Finally, my library is fully compatible with Switch 2 🥳 Good job Nintendo!

I echo people’s calls for a 60fps patch. Go on Square Enix you know you want to!

NIER AUTOMATA NOW SHOWS AS COMPATIBLE WITH SWITCH 2 🎉

https://switch-software-compatibility.nintendo.com/en-US/details/010056b015fe8000

Why is Nintendo the only platform that runs different sales in different regions? Steam, Xbox, PlayStation all have global sales. Why you different Nintendo?

Big by Nintendo standards, but entirely reasonable by wider game market standards. I have plenty of free storage on my Switch 2. My console is ready!

I’m still very weirded out by the choice to go live action, but these are the best casting choices and costume designs I think they could possibly make in a live action adaptation.

You can jump?!!! I cannot believe it. Revolutionary innovation 🤯

That very weird interlude aside this trailer is great. The game looks so pretty and the music, that classic Metroid music, oh it’s so good! 😍

I guess Pokémon is considered separate from the promise of no Nintendo GKCs due to its weird legal status as not being fully owned by Nintendo?

I was wondering why my Switch 2 never seemed to settle on the 90% battery level, but instead preferred 84%. I tried the ‘battery calibration’ tip widely shared around the internet in the first few weeks of the console lunch but the 90% never stuck beyond one charge. Now we know it was intentional all along.

Switch 2 needs more Nier Automata

Nier Automata has a really great fireworks moment. I can’t think of a more memorable one.

@Porco it’s a good point, will it be a repeat of Splatoon 3 that sold mad numbers early on and then just kinda suddenly petered out and so still (AFAIK) has yet to overtake Splatoon 2? I could foresee a potential situation where sales of Switch 2 are front-loaded by mega fans of original Switch, like most of us here in the comments lol

Time will tell, but I’m going to lean on the optimistic side for now. I think (and hope) they can keep this momentum going in years two and three. Though we’re never going to see a mid-gen pandemic bump like the original enjoyed, so maybe Nintendo will release a more spicy mid-gen upgrade to try to account for that.

@bosh I know two other other people who bought Switch 2’s at launch, aside from just myself. The universe finds a way to balance out! 😁

It’s a better trailer than the last one that focused on the bike. This looks amazing! I’m jazzed.

Still not sold on the bike, but the rest is looking fantastic.

Splatoon Raiders being TBC rather than 2026 is a bit odd, but hopefully it is 2026 and not 2027.

Praise be to Pikmin!

Now where’s the Pikmin 4 Switch 2 Edition? 👀

Starting to worry that Nier will never be fixed. A big loss for the Switch 2 if so

30fps with frame rate ‘priority’. Oof. RIP original Switch.

Metroid Prime 4 for me.

I can rest happy we finally have a release date! Something to feast upon over Christmas!

The trailer was pretty weak though, I have to be honest. The bike sections look a bit… off. Hopefully they’re only a small part of the game.

The traditional gameplay looks great though!

Why on earth does the poll lack Metroid Prime 4?! My top answer is undoubtedly Metroid Prime 4!

I would also like to know more about Splatoon Raiders.

For third party, I’d like to see some upcoming 2026 games such as Code Vein 2 be announced for simultaneous release on Switch 2.

And some more info on The Duskbloods would be good, I’m a little wary about the multiplayer focus though.

The time has finally arrived… Prime time!!!

Oh I’m so ready to know the release date. My body, my mind, my spirit are all ready.

@SirVick fair enough, glad we cleared that up! There’s a difference between positively rewarding dedicated players with an achievement, badge etc. and actively punishing/shaming players using accessibility options. That’s why alarm bells were set off in my head when reading through your initial comment!