Played through most of the first one on Steam Deck. Never was a big fan of the franchise, but I loved this reboot. I will eventually get the trilogy pack on my Switch 2, but I’m in no hurry. I’ll pick it up once it gets a good sale. I have plenty enough to keep me busy for now

Never liked Minecraft. Despite knowing this spinoff is not even remotely similar I avoided the first one. Ended up playing the arcade game on a whim and found I enjoyed it. Don’t know about the console games, but the arcade one felt more like Gauntlet than Diablo. Made me actually interested in this. Sadly it sounds like this one is a fair bit inferior to the first game. Would like to see the first one get the Switch 2 treatment

Why is Fates not split into three different entries? They are three completely different experiences. Radiant Dawn at 11 behind TMS? What is Engage doing so high? Sure it had great mechanics but the story and characters were weak and brought it down. Three Houses at 1? I’m sorry I haven’t gotten that far through Fortune’s Weave yet, but from what I’ve played so far it feels like better Three Houses. I know all lists are objective, but these are certainly some choices

@Oppyz666 So you can play docked without needing to use a full size tv. Plus this essentially gives you a 146in screen. Honestly I almost considered getting a pair of these, but they are out of my price budget. I tend to play when everybody else is asleep, and this allows me to do docked play without disturbing my family. However, as @TripleJump mentions, I have to wonder how bad using this can hurt my eye sight over time

Disappointing that it seems like all we are getting is the prologue chapter. I just read it and enjoyed what was there. On the last page it states “the original manga is available in Japanese only”

I don’t understand decisions like these. I’m assuming Nintendo has full control over localization and distribution. Why not use Viz or Dark Horse as they have in the past to bring things like the various Zelda manga and the Hyrule Historia? Fire Emblem is no longer such a niche franchise, it has earned mainstream appeal and even Nintendo’s marketing of Fortune’s Weave has proven their confidence in it so why not give us the manga? I guarantee it will sell. Guess I’ll have to wait for fan translated uploads.

@TerribleTerabytes I was thinking this as well. I wonder how many of these cut stories have been completed. With the fact that we have still heard nothing concerning DLC, and Fire Emblem being a franchise that has consistently gotten DLC with every release since Awakening I suspect we could get some of this content as future DLC. I wouldn’t expect all four routes though, unless they are severely shortened. That seems like close to a full game’s worth of content. Though I certainly wouldn’t mind this being a large scale expansion.

Another possibility is some of these stories are integrated into the next Fire Emblem game.

@Arawn93 I fully expected at the end of the Ravenous reveal that Nintendo was going to shadow drop or at least announce Dread Switch 2 edition. It would be perfect to hype the new game up more. Perhaps closer to launch

@Aurumonado PS5 won’t be getting any physical disks printed after 2028 so you will be able to get P4R, but P6 may not make the cutoff, so it may be digital only or key card on Switch 2… like it or not this is the direction of the industry, and I say this as a supporter of physical media.

Forgotten Land was fantastic, it was a perfect proof of concept for a fully 3D Kirby game. This looks like it’s going to expand on what Forgotten Land started. Kirby’s copy ability should mix well with the open world design of this game, encouraging experimentation with different abilities to uncover secrets. Super excited for this one

Very hyped for this one! Was really hoping for a shadow drop a free Switch 2 update for Dread while we wait.

@20thCenturyFrox no game is future-proof anymore. Once downloadable patches became a thing, future-proofing became an obsolete concept. Even if you own the game on a cart, if the download server were to shut down you would be stuck with the version on the cart. Also there’s the long-term viability of the NAND memory used in the carts, and disk rot for disk based hardware. Future-proofing has never really been a thing, people just like to pretend it is. In the end, it’s up to the publishers to properly store the source code safely to allow for future redistribution. Future-proofing was never up to the consumer.

@Ooccoo_Jr for me, personally, it’s the fact that it’s space management on top of the inconvenience of having to swap cartridges. For somebody that rarely sells games, like me, I’d just go all digital to at least have the benefit of having access to my games without having to carry them around with me AND worry about storage management.

This is just me and my first world problems. The bigger issue is for those living in areas where they don’t have easy access to good WiFi connections. We take our access to high speed internet for granted because most of us have access, but we forget that there are still people that simply because of where they live might not have access to the speeds they need to download these stupidly huge games.

I know that these carts are expensive, so I’m not saying everything has to be on cart, but for big publishers like Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco, etc there’s no excuse so long as the game fits. Even if it doesn’t, put as much on the cart as possible and have the rest be a required download. Charge a premium for them if needed. Eshop can be regular price and physical maybe $10-$20 more. Let the consumer decide if having full physical is worth the inflated price.

I actually really enjoyed the tutorial, and as someone else said, it has me somewhat interested in checking out Elden Ring (once it goes on sale). As for the actual network test, I can’t comment on the online multiplayer. I tried to hop into three different sessions last night and all three I got booted within seconds.

I don’t really play online multiplayer, and I noticed that even downloading the network test my connection would randomly spike, going from estimated 10 minutes to completion to 1 hour 30, then back down to 10 minutes. I’ve experienced weird network issues like this before with my Switch 2 on a completely unrelated network so I’m not sure if I can blame the game for kicking me off.

Has anybody else experienced weird network issues like this with their Switch 2?

@SBandy1 I saw this on Reddit too, was hoping to see if more people on here could confirm. I was curious about this game at launch but held off when I heard about performance issues. What I read over on Reddit was that it hovers around 40-45 fps and that calling the performance awful is an exaggeration. Hoping people that have the game and are playing on S2 can confirm if it’s worth it

I got selected! I’m not big on Souls like games but I’m interested to try this so I figured I’d sign up and see if I get picked. Gives me a chance to try the game out

@roy130390 fortunately it seems like it will be a free upgrade. While not outright confirmed the developers have heavily implied it will be a free upgrade, or at worst a small fee to upgrade. Definitely won’t have to buy the whole game again

@roy130390 in theory Switch 2 should absolutely be able to handle it, but the reality is if the FPS isn’t unlocked Switch 2 will also run it at 30. As much as I’ve been dying for a new Castlevania I may wait it out in hopes that it gets a proper Switch 2 release.

The fact that something this simple has to be explained in a social media post is concerning. Can people really not figure out something so simple without having it spelled out for them?

@WaveBoy unfortunately I feel the Goemon collection would require far more localization than Konami would be willing to do. Best ewe could likely hope for would be the already localized titles coming to NSO (though I would love for Konami to prove me wrong and give us English localizations for these games)

Currently in the market for a second dock as I’ve recently set up my Switch 2 dock in my game room which is shared with my 7 year old step daughter as her playroom so I don’t always have access to it. Getting a second dock so I can set up in either the living room or bedroom would be ideal. Might keep an eye on this see how it holds up when people are attaching everything to it

@Bizzyb allegedly it’s due to came card limitations beyond just storage capacity, though Indiana Jones was able to make it work so that’s proof that a big budget current AAA game can make it work with some effort.

Finally! I chose to skip the PS5 version because I felt a Switch 2 version of this was inevitable. Still annoyed that this didn’t make it day and date with the other versions. Switch got One’s Justice 1 and 2 day and date with the other consoles and I believe sold best there so being so quiet about a Switch 2 version of this felt weird to me. Sure, the game will look better on PS5, but this is a game I’d like to have portable. Will pick this up on release as I highly enjoyed the One’s Justice games and glad this game covers the entire story

@Oldstalk I was just there in early May and I actually really enjoyed the Hatena Burger restaurant, but I will agree the theming was almost nonexistent. The food had no theming at all and the rest of the theming came down to pictures hung on the walls. Pretty boring in that regard

Sad to see no talk in the comments section about R-Type Tactics I & II FINALLY releasing. I know it’s a niche game but the first one was among my favorite PSP games. Amazon delivered my physical copy that I’ve had on preorder since January 3rd 2023 yesterday. Honestly was thinking it was going to get quietly cancelled with the constant delays. Besides that Adventures of Elliot is going on the wish list. Don’t have time to start it just yet so I’ll probably wait to see if by the time I’m ready to jump I can get it on a discount

@UltimateOtaku91 Star Fox 64 is fantastic and very beginner friendly! If you’re on the fence and have the NSO Expansion pass go ahead and try the N64 original to get an idea. This game is a 1 to 1 remake, level layout and enemy placement is identical. I don’t necessarily recommend this though if you are definitely planning on getting this as it will spoil the game for you. Biggest gameplay differences are going to be the 60fps and optional control methods like mouse aiming. The game plays out by going through a series of routes to ultimately end at Venom. The easiest (and likely first route you will take) is not all that difficult. Later routes can be harder, but by then you will be used to the game by this point and can handle them.

Hopefully these items are relatively easily attainable. Like I’m ok with some challenge, but frankly I’m just not very good at emerald rush. I enjoy it, but I’m ok with admitting I’m not very good. The first event I managed to get both statues after much trial and error, but after that no other event was I able to get the second statue for

@PKDuckman omg how did I miss this??? Thanks for posting the trailer! This game ate many hours on my GameCube back in the day, can’t wait to play it again! That said I find it strange they chose Destroy All Monsters Melee over Save the Earth since that game was basically Destroy All Monsters Melee 1.5. Hopefully they still have the additions from Save the Earth and simply chose to keep the more recognizable name as Save the Earth from what I remember was not quite as popular

Still would like to see a Switch 2 edition of the first game. I enjoyed having the FFVII and Tomb Raider dlc packs. Would love to have them along with the rest of the content running with enhanced visuals and maybe mouse support. Haven’t gotten PWS2 yet, and not a fan of Adventure Time so that dlc did nothing to get me to pick it up, but with this Star Wars dlc I may finally have the incentive to get it

So does this make the previous games obsolete? I have the AoT2 game on Switch and never ended up finishing it. Might be better to just wait for this since it goes through the entire story.

Speaking of anime games where is my Switch 2 port of My Hero All’s Justice Namco Bandai???

Going to wait for the inevitable sale for Rebirth. Got plenty to do in the meantime, including getting through the Intergrade portion of Remake. Isekai Villain sounds like an interesting premise, it’s the first I’ve heard of it, so I’ll wait to see what others say about it

Remake went on sale within two months of launching on Switch 2. Got it for a steal at $26. I’ll similarly be waiting for a sale on Rebirth. I just finished Remake last week and have the Intergrade dlc to play through, as well as just started Mina and have RE 7-9 and Indiana Jones waiting for me in the backlog so I can wait

@Riku3456 glad to hear the demo is so long! I just finished FFVII Remake two days ago and started the Intergrade content. Once I’m done I’ll delete it to make space for the Rebirth demo. Does it carry over? I’m hoping to get Rebirth later on a sale. Remake went on sale only 2 months or so after its Switch 2 launch so I’m hoping Rebirth follows suit since it’s also an older port. I’m going to try to hold out a couple months in hopes of an early sale

@anoyonmus visually it’s night and day difference in handheld. The Switch 1 version was such a blurry mess. That said I played it before the handheld boost mode was a thing so it might be less of an issue now. Performance is also really solid, though I had some crashing issues that I never had prior to getting the Switch 2 version. However, I haven’t touched the game I. A while and has been updated several times since I last played so the issue I had could very well have been resolved

@TyGuy @molkom @BrewsterTea I always forget that NL has dedicated forums. I’d be game for this as well. Im going to add a thread in the Switch 2 forums for fc exchange for Mario Wonder.

Dear Nintendo,

Please add matchmaking to the Bellabel Park DLC so I can actually play what I paid $20 for. I bought it with the knowledge of most of the content being multiplayer. That part I was ok with. What I didn’t know is that if you don’t have any friends that care to play the game you’re screwed because it’s impossible to be matched in a random group. I rarely criticize Nintendo like this but how could they possibly mess this up? They sold an expansion that is mostly multiplayer only with no option to play with people outside of your friends.

I’ve owned every generation of Xbox (including a Series X that has been collecting dust), I can safely say the brand has been a sinking ship since the Xbone. I honestly regret my purchase of the Series X. Software is what drives hardware sales. The lack of compelling exclusive hardware drives your user base to Sony and Nintendo. After all why get a Xbox if a PS5 plays everything Xbox plays plus PS exclusives? I think these talks though are too little too late. They already lost a majority of the user base and lost the trust of their supporters. Microsoft should honestly drop out of the hardware race and focus on going third party. They have a real uphill battle to fight if they really want to revitalize the Xbox brand.

Gonna have to see if I can find some reproduction stickers. I planned on searching online for somebody to post the instructions, never expected Lego would post it themselves. Good on them for at least offering this for those of us that missed the (extremely short) order window or simply couldn’t afford or justify the Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise set

Personally I’m glad development of Decapolice seems to be moved to Switch 2. I was hopeful that at the very least we would get a Switch 2 edition. Sad for those interested in the game that haven’t upgraded yet though so I hope a Switch 1 version does release simultaneously. I’ve been hyped for this game since its first announcement. Hoping it finally makes it in 2026

@zockermiller we are long past the point of preservation. Doesn’t matter if it’s a digital only, GKC, or even full physical, preservation has been gone well before GKCs were a thing. Once patching and dlc became a common thing game preservation disappeared. Almost every game released gets patches to fix issues or add content. Unless an updated physical release comes those games are no longer properly preserved once they get updated. I’m not a defender of GKCs, but let’s not pretend that their existence is what’s killing game preservation

10/12 2:27. Got tripped up on the Yoshi companion as I didn’t actually watch that trailer so I had no clue who that was, and my mental math was wrong on the DS anniversary, don’t know what possessed me to think it hit its 25th anniversary, maybe I’m not quite as old as I thing I am lol

I might finally give this an actual go at some point. My ex played this religiously on her Switch. I couldn’t get past the performance issues, especially from a fairly basic looking game when there were games that seemed much more demanding that ran much better. For now Pokopia still has my attention, but this is going in the wishlist. Perhaps on a good sale

@Raifteiri I genuinely don’t understand how people can say this. BotW was amazing, but TotK built on the elements that were a bit lacking in BotW. Not saying it improved on every aspect of the game, but “dungeons”, while certainly still not great in TotK, were GREATLY improved in TotK. Ganondorf, while not seen in the game nearly as much as I would’ve preferred, was a huge improvement over Calamity Ganon. I think both games have their strengths and neither feel like one is clearly inferior to the other

I need a way to locate items I lost. I’m pretty sure I lost one of my mysterious slates. It should definitely be in one of the various storage bins scattered across the first two areas, but I just can’t seem to find it. I’m worried I will lose the ability to progress with it as I’m not sure the game will spawn any duplicates for me until I solve the puzzle, which if I’m missing a piece I won’t be able to do

@LastFootnote I feel you have a much more sensible opinion on this than most. I don’t have a problem with these events, and actually happy to see them as it adds incentive to keep hopping back in by giving some fresh content. I do agree though having such an event so close to launch is not great… it really should’ve been pushed out a few months after release.

This was possibly the best Indie World Showcase Nintendo has ever put out! I always have a difficult time getting into Indie World presentations as they rarely show anything that grabs my attention. This one though I felt showed banger after banger. Though I have to ask where in the world is Enter the Gungeon 2? We haven't heard anything about it since the first Switch 2 direct.

@Jayvir I was wondering this myself and was just about to comment this very question. I’m curious how much incentive there is to play post credits. I’m also wondering if the game will receive regular updates of new Pokemon quests, which could act as this games way of keeping it fresh by consistently offering something new

@EarthboundBenjy yeah, very disappointing that HOME is going to be a one way transfer. Really wanted to complete this game’s national dex with my fiancée

Since this game’s announcement I’ve had exactly 0 interest in it despite being a Pokemon fan. I never liked Minecraft, and despite enjoying Animal Crossing I often struggle with building up my island. I really lack the creativity these kinds of games require of the player. That said this last trailer really has me considering picking this game up. Not sure if I should take the plunge. I suppose I’ll wait for reviews. I’d like to see some simple light combat like Fantasy Life i style, but it looks like that definitely isn’t happening which is a shame.

@Djreisat did you notice it specifically with the Switch 2 upgrade? I played the Switch 1 version for hours on my Switch 2 never had an issue. Only experienced crashing after the Switch 2 version. To be fair I haven’t even gotten to Shredder yet, Bebop and Rocksteady are no joke

I’ve had some crashing issues since the Switch 2 edition launched. The game looks and feels great with the update, but I hope that alongside this the update fixes these crashing issues