DJB

I don't understand why people are comparing this to Switch 1 and even Wii U. I almost have to wonder if they're old enough to remember what these system's life cycles were actually like.

Wii U never had AAA support. At any point. Not even in the beginning. Outside of Ubisoft, Wii U's 3rd party support consisted almost entirely of late PS3 ports. Once the launch period was over, you had Rayman Legends and Bayonetta 2 to look forward to and that was it.

Switch 1's support was pathetic in the beginning. It wasn't until 2019 or so that Switch 1 started to really take off. Even then, it still didn't get most of the major blockbuster games (Western ones especially) and, on the rare occasions it did, it was usually a Cloud version.

But this? A major AAA blockbuster game coming to Switch 2 AND launching day and date with the other versions. That is a VERY big deal.

Whether this marks a true shift remains to be seen and I can understand why people are cynical, but at least get your facts straight.

And as far as I can tell, the Switch 2 version looks pretty competent. The only major differences I see are the lower framerate and some aliasing in the hair. You would have to put the two directly side by side for me to notice anything else.

I'm also concerned that, since these are basically "Cloud" games, you won't be able to transfer them to the Switch successor (whatever it is called). You don't actually own the games at all, and they can disappear at any time.

Tokyo Xanadu Ex on Switch would be a no-brainer, and a great way for Falcom/NIS to cash in on the demand for Persona 5.

Good lord, what I wouldn't do to have these games on Switch as physical or at least digital releases.

We want KH on Switch badly. But not as Cloud-only releases.

I don't buy it.

If Square-Enix could put in the money and effort for DQ 11, Trials of Mana, and so many other titles I never thought would appear on Switch, why not the KH Collection?

I doubt that any of these are going to be on Switch or Switch 2, unfortunately.

Another important element is the medieval Western European fairy tale setting that Breath of the Wild mostly lacked. That's one of many reasons why I didn't like it. You did a great job covering the rest of them.

Once Switch Pro is a thing, you'll see RE7 on Switch. I'm pretty confident about that.

Sonic 3 and Knuckles is still the king, although Mania came damn close.

Why THIS company?

I'd love to see Rondo and Symphony make their way over, but Konami probably has an exclusivity deal with Sony for those games.

So if the Switch Pro is a real thing, why not just release it there? Why bother with a Cloud version that no one is going to care about?