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The app is no good. I play Monster Hunter online with my buddy. We voice chat via bluetooth headsets connected to our phone. Problem solved, but it's a huge step back from the Wii U.

Heck yes!! Now I'm buying all of them!

@SDF_Macross77 : I agree about the price considering the amount of work put into this. I wonder what some folks want? Maybe a 99 cent price proposal? I'm not sure why the developer shouldn't be rewarded for their work.

@westman98 : Thanks for that FIFA sales update. It makes sense that the UK market is not that into 3rd party sports games on Switch..yet.

And the hatred for NBA 2K is strong on this board. I'm not sure if the people complaining realize how good this game is. At 30 fps or 60 fps, the actual gameplay requires skill and thought. The My League Franchise mode is impressive. In 2k18, you have the ability to play 80 seasons in Franchise mode. 80 full seasons. That alone justifies the game's price. The mode that involves microtransactions, I've never played. It's an RPG mode. Who wants to play that? I know 2K19 has a new MyTeam mode that was described by the developer a few weeks ago in depth on Operation Sports. And it's another mode you could play forever. The microtransaction stuff can be easily ignored. Nintendo Life unfortunately posts so little about 3rd party games, its embarrassing. 2k has been releasing developer interviews and videos the last month, and I don't recall seeing one article about it.

@leo13 : Yes, you are correct about the save file with NBA 2k. I think they gave a 5GB estimate if you save on every mode or something. Capcom backs up your saves with Resident Evil Revelations too. I don't recall save files being an issue on my N64 or Gamecube or PS2, etc.

There is so much toxicity on this sites comments section recently. And too much complaining.

I hope we hear about Fire Pro Wrestling coming to switch. The developer, Spike said they would love to put the game on Switch last year. It's a wrestling game that's super customizable and fun, sort of like the N64 and Gamecube THQ wrestling games which I sorely miss.

Monster Hunter!!!! It's going to be so good to go hunting with my friend who is hundreds of miles away. Also Dragonball, the Architect game and a few others.

Great feature. Panic button is doing some difficult, impressive work. I never even heard of that Hulk Hogan game. Maybe they can partner up with Bret Hart and make a real wrestling game?
But back to the feature. This team puts in alot of time and effort, and I feel full priced purchases are warranted, even if you're downloading half the game for a physical cartridge. I'm still not sure what type of magic they pulled to put Doom and Wolfenstein on Switch. Those two games, and 2K somehow making NBA 2k18 playable and fun shocked me this first year and a half with the Switch.

Wall Street tends to speculate. Alot. That's all these guys do. They have no inside information.
I think Nintendo is operating against the short term, instant news garbage infecting most media, and laying out stuff slowly at 6 month intervals. Right now, they have Monster Hunter arriving at the end of August followed by the online service. This is a big deal. And there is a consistent stream of retail releases weekly. Unlike the Wii U, where I lost all faith after the release of Smash, I have full confidence in Nintendo again, mainly just from holding and playing the console. I am guessing speculators on Wall Street have yet to physically interact with the console, and don't realize this thing is guaranteed money for years to come.

I'm playing Sonic Mania Plus. I picked up the physical edition with a beautiful little book at Gamestop. Fantastic game. Also, still playing NBA 2K18. My League mode is absolutely deeper than any game mode I've ever played. I'll sneak in a little RE: Revelations this weekend as well. Playing both NBA and RE in tabletop mode with the joycons has been such a joy.

The WWE 2K wrestling games have been abysmal the last few years. The actual WWE/WWF product has been bad for well over a decade, and the games line up with them now. If you want a legit wrestling game, look to Fire Pro Wrestling. Other than that, boot up the N64 and Gamecube if anything. And for anyone hating on WWF War zone and WWF Attitude, I beg to differ. Those were some of my favorite wrestling games mainly because it was the last time Bret Hart and Owen Hart were in a game together. Oh, what good times!

Fire Pro Wrestling is my wish. It just would fit so well, and the developers wanted to do a switch version last year, so I can see it on the horizon...

Great piece. The last great baseball game I played was MVP on the cube. But Acclaim's All Star Baseball 2000 on the N64 was my pinnacle of baseball games. Polygon did a feature on the upcoming RBI baseball, and it sounds like they may have figured it out. NBA 2K18 may have opened the door for sports games moving forward. I bet we hear about Madden and Fire Pro Wrestling later this year.

@JamesR , that makes sense with the save size. Maybe Nintendo Life should play the game? I'm really disappointed with these recent clickbait headlines attempting to damage NBA 2K18 from this site. And now they've riled up the vocal minority on this site to just outright slam 2K and the game. Maybe the Switch should just be a first party console. Good luck with that!

@Nostromo8 : 2K started that a few years ago, tying in game things to the servers, namely my career. I've never played my career on my xbox one in any 2K version. The franchise and my GM mode are the meat of the game, and those can be played/saved for offline play.

@JaxonH : Nice. I was watching this game prior to purchasing a Switch. Take Two must very confident in the system considering WWE is coming next.

@flapjack-ashley : Have you run through a game yet? I was wondering how well this will hold up on the Switch.
Otherwise, from what I've read about this game, it is absolutely huge. They've introduced My Neighborhood which is some sort of open world mycareer. And with the number of rosters, current and classic and all time, I can understand the size. I think a lot of folks posting negative thoughts about a save file need to actually go read about the game. They'll quickly learn this might be the most feature laden game ever made.

If I was nintendo, I would have tossed in one amiibo and charged 400 dollars. This looks like the system seller, and they better put out a tremendous amount of consoles. This game looks ridiculously good, and I don't love Mario like that. Very impressed.

Game actually looks pretty awesome. Very creative art style with the HD 2D. I bet Nintendo utilizes that art style with something like an Earthbound remake in the future.

@MonkiPlays , I don't think they ever mentioned it would be GOTY edition. Regardless, this game will last you a decade. I wonder if they might include mods, though? Hmmm....

Doom was shocking to me. How can this game even run on the Switch without melting down? At this point, both Bethesda and Take Two are acting like 2nd parties instead of 3rd. I am blown away right now.

Looking at the content that NBA 2k18 offers shows the most content rich game ever. This editorial alludes to the possibility 2K is dropping half a game and updating. How foolish.

@Nintendoforlife , thanks. There was a mention in that reddit thread of amiibo cards. A Wilt Chamberlain holographic, die cut, foil amiibo card would be way better, just for collecting purposes. I wonder if Nintendo even thought of this. They could attach that players greatest game to the card. So many possibilities with something like this.

@Nintendoforlife , oh man that's an amazing rendition of Westbrook amiibo. It would be cool if they had amiibo like Wilt, Jordan, Olajuwon, etc. I don't see many Switch owners purchasing 2K. Nintendo console owners have been anti sports for awhile.

I feel bad for those loyal Nintendo fans because they have made total fools the past few years. From gutting the Wii U and giving up on that system, to missing amiibo, to the NES mini disaster, to ongoing Switch supply issues, and now the SNES fiasco, how can you trust Nintendo? Anyone saying this is the retailers fault is delusional. Nintendo has become far worse than I ever expected, milking their remaining fan base to death. If you game, you should be using Steam, Xbox, or Playstation.

I don't really know if it's the golden age of gaming. I'm having some fun again, and it's with my xbox one and wii u. The xbox through backwards compatibility has given me access to so many great games. The Wii U library is great.
But for me the golden age is around 1999-2001. The arrival of the dreamcast with its sick library, including the intro of the behemoth NBA 2K franchise, online gameplay and an ergonomic controller aped by Microsoft later on. Along with the N64 ending its run with games like WWF No Mercy which I paid 70 dollars for because the cartridge was huge and would pay 100 times that today. And the intro of the GameCube occurred with games like super monkey ball and a few months later the greatest game ever arrived in Eternal Darkness. This was fun. This was the golden age of gaming. The closest experiences I've had to that since is the new Fire Pro Wrestling World on Steam and the Batman: Arkham Series.

The Switch eshop appears bare bones. I'm still rolling with the Wii U shop. The news today that both NBA 2K and WWE 2k's physical release have been delayed is brutal. I was actually hyped about these two releases and was considering a Switch purchase but this doesn't bode well to me. And where are the bigger games like Shadow of Mordor, Metro, etc. They can't seem to even secure ports as of yet from some of the heavy hitters.

I liked Revelations on my Wii U. I loved Revelations 2 on my xbox one. That was a fine game, and depending on your in game decisions there's a very cool twist at the end. I may pick up a Switch around Christmas 2018. If they keep adding games like this, I might pick it up a little earlier.

I would buy this with a Switch in a heartbeat. I love the customization options.

I got WWE 2k16 free on my xbox one and it's a weird game. It looks and sounds great. But the controls take a long time to figure out. I'm still not sure if its a good game because it was frustrating. It's a reversal based system. Just difficult to master. Seeing as how I can't find a Switch, I can't say ill buy the game. However, if Bret Hart is in the game, I'm going to have to find a Switch. Bret Hart was the greatest wrestler I ever saw. Meeting him was amazing. I'd love to slap a sharpshooter on some fool.

@Priceless_Spork :hahahaha!!

@AcesHigh , wow...that's one of the best comments about Nintendo. I'll be more blunt though. I'm starting to despise nintendo, and I don't think I'll be buying anything from them again unless there's a great sale or bundle.

Oh, it's a huge red mark on their brand. After the NES disaster, to follow it up the same way is ignorant and embarrassing. I can't find a Switch in store and have begun to lose interest. To be this disingenuous about supply/demand is a joke. Wait until Reggie spins his garbage about all this.

@ThanosReXXX : Hahaha, I just imagined Thanos coming down from space, and finding one of these scalpers and pounding their face to the pavement. That's a glorious visual.
On the SNES mini, the best thing to do is not buy it. It gives Nintendo the impression that under supplying is good business. How do they keep getting away with this?

@meltendo :I absolutely agree with you. Nintendo keeps playing supply and demand games and it is disgusting. The only people buying this are scalpers. I wanted to purchase a Switch and have yet to find it. I'll stick with my Wii U. Today's announcement confirms the jokes on the consumer.

Haha, Nintendo can shove it. After getting burned with the NES Mini, I'm not wasting time looking for this.

A B or B+ makes sense for what Nintendo showed off. Mario Odyssey was game of the show without a doubt. Rabbids was right behind it, and was electric. That audience reaction was insane, and the gameplay topped it off. And Nintendo pulled a Sony by showing that Metroid 4 logo. Most consumers fall into that trap of hype and that type of marketing works for them. I thought Sony's presentation blew. Spider Man looked great but that character has been destroyed by the movies and comics that I have zero interest at this point. Microsoft's conference was good, and Metro looked shockingly good. Crackdown 3 looks great as well. And the original xbox backwards compatibility announcement was huge for me.
But with Nintendo, I see big things coming. I think Xenoblade gets pushed into 2018 and Skyrim positioned as their end of year game. I also saw a retailer posting for WWE 2k18. I could see a Direct focused on NBA 2k18 and or WWE 2K18, and eventually Skyrim. Third parties would really love that. And 2K and Bethesda make quality games.

I'll have to say Nintendo nailed it as a whole. Seeing Mario Odyssey running hooked me in. It was one of the best games seen at E3 overall. And Rabbids looks great. The Ubisoft reveal was electric, and that audience lost their marbles. The Spotlight was subdued but drilled what's coming right now. I totally understand Nintendo's plan, and I think if they meet demand, this console may explode later this year. Of note, I'm an xbox one and wii u owner that was convinced the Switch is legit.

Totally different markets. I have an xbox one and a wii u. I'm good for awhile. Next purchase will be a switch but I've decided to push that to late 2018 or early 2019. I'll probably upgrade to an xbox one x around the same time. Xbox is awesome. Your gaming library carries over. Media options are great. Best console I've owned since a gamecube. The Wii U is a Switch lite you can't take with you on the go, and I'm good with that for now.

I love Phil Spencer. And for me, Microsoft has a great ecosystem. I had a PS3 and hated PS Plus and the OS. With my xbox one, it's very consumer friendly. The backwards compatibility is such a big deal because I missed out on all those games. I'm glad to see Nintendo embrace a company like Microsoft. A switch +xbox feels like a better value than a switch+ ps4.

I don't really see a problem with Bethesda and EA pushing the portable aspect. Its the only way to try to sell games outside the Nintendo fan base. About the xbox one x, I don't usually look at graphics but when Metro was shown, I was shocked. I've never seen something like that on a console. Wow. More importantly though, Nintendo should be looking at Microsoft and the way they do business. Their backwards compatibility was already fantastic fan service, and now they are adding original xbox games. And your entire library is carrying over with each new console from them. In that sense, Nintendo has really let down their fans. All I know is if Microsoft finds a way to bring over some of those original xbox third party games like Timesplitters and xbox one x has games looking like Metro, I'll be a very happy gamer.

@RedMageLanakyn : I just discovered Fallout 3, and Dark Souls via BC. It's just amazing. PS4 does have a few games I would like to play at some point. Horizon, The Last of Us, the upcoming Spider Man game. And every console definitely has its benefits. Most importantly they'll have a variety of games. And right now the Switch isn't there. Nintendo has a tough climb ahead.

@burninmylight , I think cross play and cross save is a big deal too. I like the xbox play anywhere method. But Nintendo could make it a buy on Switch and get a digital version with your 3ds. That would push even more Switches out the door. But I don't even know if its possible.

@RedMageLanakyn , I don't own any current Nintendo hardware. And I'm not buying a Switch anytime soon. I own an Xbox one, which is a fantastic console. Unfortunately, their initial reveal slowed them down, but for me its the best console I've owned since a gamecube. I'm a big fan of xbox play anywhere and the huge amount of backwards compatible games which I never played. PS Now is an inferior service. And the controller does not hold up to the xbox one or its elite controller.

Nintendo should probably attempt to push as many Switches into people's hands as possible, especially in Japan. They likely know Sony has something up their sleeve like a Sony Switch. Sony sold the PS4 purely on hype. It has a terrible controller, and their ecosystem leaves much to be desired, especially PS Now. I'm pretty sure Nintendo can do the same.

@Alikan , your comment should be a review. Games like this bring back memories and yours sounds memorable. Game on my friend.
Otherwise, people need to stop complaining. 40 dollars is not that much, and the game looks to be good for co-op.

@ThanosReXXX : something in the vein of soul calibur would grab my attention. That's one of the greatest fighting games I've ever played.

Injustice 2 is out this week, and I'm back on my xbox one. And there's a wicked backwards compatibility sale on xbox one. Now, I have games that should last me until the end of 2018. This ARMS direct better blow the lid off, followed by a huge E3 of games because it's getting hard for me to jump out the Microsoft ecosystem.

I'm happy there's a Direct tomorrow focusing on these two games because I don't really want to see them at E3. They need more games shown at E3. ARMS looks interesting, but I was not fond of the announcer last Direct.

2099? Oh yes! I hate modern Marvel, but I can't deny 2099. I wonder if classic Captain Marv-ell might pop up. That is the definitive Captain Marvel.