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Not really a huge fan of 2 due to the combat and character designs, but I'd love Switch 2 enhancements of 1, 3, and X. I wouldn't play 2 again even with upgraded.

@Stormcloudlive I love my Switch 2 and have nothing bad to say about it except that which are universal economic facts of the present time. It's not Nintendo's fault that AI facilities are sucking up all the ram chips and driving prices up. Nor is it their fault the US dollar and other fiat currencies are worth less than in previous years due to persistent inflation. 🤷 Those are legitimate problems, but I don't feel it's fair to pin any of that on one gaming company. There are more obvious culprits in my opinion.

@spiderman0616 Been here a while lol. I just don't agree with the premise a lot are spouting here (not you) that Nintendo are deliberately evil. I get that prices are rising everywhere and that's a legit concern. However, my opinion is if a person is that angered by rising prices as to consider faster expandable storage to be a targeted, deliberately evil move, well maybe that person just needs to step away from gaming for a while, or whatever is causing them so much angst. Getting as angry as people on NL seem to at Nintendo sometimes evidences a real perspective problem, IMHO. It's just games people. It's not worth getting so upset.

@Bunkerneath How was it underhanded? The intent was faster storage. This was not an evil corporatist plot to make you specifically buy a more expensive SD card. Weird take man.

@AccessibleDaydream I refuse to call "X" "Cross" (✝️ is an actual cross) when we have an easier, more letter-efficient way of referring to that button.

@WheresWaveRace I've wanted F1 to come back to Nintendo systems since F1 2011 on the 3DS. A new F1 game on S2 would be a day-1 buy.

I really wish you guys would just embed the images instead of forcing us over to twitter. It's not loading right now, so instead of being able to see what the article is talking about, I get a nice friendly error message. Why can't you just embed the images instead of sending us to another website?

This is wonderful news, and hopefully they also announce Switch 2 enhancements or upgrades soon. I'm still playing and enjoying the heck out of this absolute masterpiece of a game, one of my favorites in the series, and I hope everyone still playing it or planning to in the future enjoy it as well. Happy Wednesday!

I didn't see this in the comments, so apologies if I missed it and this is a repost of sorts, but I noticed the Switch 2 eshop bestseller tab now shows the top 30 bestselling games, where it previously showed only the top 15. That's kind of neat for those who may be interested.

Get ready for Pokeymon to prove one again that they are the universal masters of mediocrity selling like crazy.

Happy 20th Birthday NintendoLife! This site is a daily joy for me and I hope to see your kind and talented staff continue this community and journey many years into the future. 🎉🎂

@iLikeUrAttitude Don't get me wrong; I'm not the Nintendo mafia who can't handle criticism of them, far from it. I just don't get you, @Spider-Kev, and @Anti-Matter who seem to always and only post negative comments. Like why are you here if you hate them so much? It just seems like it puts more negativity into the world, which doesn't make anything better for anyone. Why not just play games and a system you like?

@Anti-Matter That's a lot of words to just say you don't like Nintendo. Lots of negativity in this comment section @Spider-Kev @iLikeUrAttitude good grief. Maybe there are sites you guys post positive comments on, but as long as I've been on Nintendo Life, it's never been here.

@MoldyPasta Please no. MonolithSoft is busy making quality games; no need to sully their good name with association with Pokeymon. Game Freak needs to figure it out.

Waiting for an Animal Crossing bundle for my wife. No one in my house cares for Pokeymon at all so this would be a waste of money for us.

"Crimson Collective" what a silly generic-sounding comic-book villain name, good grief. 🤦

Thanks for all the laughs and enthusiasm over the years Zion. Wishing you the best in the future!

@ReaperMelia Epic. Thank you for your detailed answer; I can't wait to check out the demo! Now if it could just get a proper physical release. 🤔
Cheers, have a wonderful day!

@ReaperMelia How would you say the combat is for someone who prefers action based and dislikes turn-based? My favorite rpgs are the Xenoblade series, but this looks like it has an interesting story so I'm considering trying it.

They'll keep trying to market this take, but I suspect the vast majority of games who actually care about physical media won't believe them. In today's world of "everything is expensive" and "no one has any money but the big corporations" anything that seems even slightly greedy/budget conscious/etc is going to be perceived as a slimy corpo move. It just seems like they're foisting the cost of storage onto the consumer and taking away the concept of true ownership at the same time, and on purpose.. In the long term, that's not going to = more profits; it's going to = less gamers and less games being sold.

@Kang81 @olliemar28 I already have one; pre-ordered last day of February and it arrived September 11th and tbh I really like it. Was just asking about an NL review because as a fan I'd like to see more publicity and reviews for it. NintendoLife has a large audience and they reviewed the OG Satisfye grip back on 2018 so this also seems like a logical step for Switch 2.
Anyway, @Kang81 sorry you you don't like the case. It is larger than their S1 offerings it's true; the console is so much bigger though. IDK for me it's perfect but I hope you find a grip and case combo that work for you m8.
@olliemar28 thanks for a good review here and for considering my suggestion to look into Satisfye. 😊

This seems decent, but I still prefer the Satisfye grip and case bundle. Any chance you'll be reviewing that soon? Satisfye's products are always top tier.

Lol @ the 13 people buying PS4s 😂

@FantasiaWHT lol 😂 that's awesome. I thought maybe "Yakuza"...?

Forgive an ignorant question, but does anyone know what the "YA" stands for?

I have the game and don't hate it, but as time passes I find it more and more difficult to care about this game. I was going to comment this hours ago but didn't want the first comment to be me saying I don't care about the game. It's early days for Switch 2 and great games are coming.

Just like the first DXM, I tried the demo once and have never picked it up again. I want to like this franchise so bad but there's something about it that not clicking with or grabbing me. Oh well. Back to waiting for the next Xenoblade.

@Rpg-lover I know that's probably what the brands wants but that's not how our letters work.

@Hee-ho-master Is it still turn-based?

Downloaded and played through the first few scenes and it was very meh. I'd also tried the demo of the first game and was unimpressed then, never ending yo buying the full first game. After last night's experience, wherein I was wishing I were playing XCX:DE instead because it's better in every way, I'll be skipping the full game for Titanic Scion too, which is a real shame as I'd been looking forward to this. But between the hanky unintuitive controls and poorly explained gameplay mechanics, it'll be easy for me to skip and go back to waiting for the next Zelda or MonolithSoft game. 🤷 I do hope those who get into this game do genuinely enjoy it and that it sells well and makes its target audience happy. I am just obviously not the target audience.

Nope. Lots of reasons why, but they boil down to it just doesn't excite me. 🤷
That and I am still very much stuck into Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition. It runs slightly smoother on S2 without as many frame rate hiccups and the dynamic resolution seems to trend more toward the higher end, but I still hope for a Switch 2 upgrade or patch. What an amazing and dense game. I'm so psyched for MonolithSoft's inevitable Switch 2 project.

@Cia I mostly agree with your rankings, though I'd bump XC1 up to a 10, 2 up to a 7, and XCX is another solid 10 for me. What an absolute masterpiece of a series, and I can't wait to see what MonolithSoft can so with Switch 2's power.

Great review PJ and thanks for the laughs.

@WiltonRoots 100%, it's ridiculous, video games are supposed to be escapism, not more conflict and negativity.
Switch 2 is awesome so far. Life is good. 😎

@Mr_Zurkon I'd also wish for a north marker on the mini-map, and more precise positioning when viewing the large map.

This is good news. Their previous rumored Zelda would have bombed the film. Having not heard of either of these two actors is a massive win for the fans and gives me a little hope this might turn out entertaining. At this point I am (very cautiously) starting to be optimistic.

@PikminMarioKirby I know exactly what you mean and I couldn't agree more.

@Nua Cheers! I'll definitely look into that! 😁

@ThatOnePenguin Or... Nintendo could clean up their eshop so it doesn't scroll like an anime Victoria's Secret catalog. 🤷

@Spider-Kev 1. Shouldn't have to!
2. My loving room TV is clearly visible from the sidewalk in front of my house... Neighbors are allowed to be there!
3. I'm from a coastal US state; of course I've been to the beach. If you don't understand there's a clear difference between bikinis at a beach and overtly disproportionate half naked anime mammaries on a TV screen, you and I are just not going to agree on this. To each their own man; obviously we have different morals.
4. You go do your life however you want, and stop trying to convince me that nudity and indecency are OK to be thrust in my face when scrolling the eshop. I'm not the only one who has a problem with this. I'd ask you..
Why are you ok with it? It's kinda weird man.

@Spider-Kev No, not all censorship needs to stop. They need to lock the h*****i content and giant anime mammaries behind an age check, and give those of us older than 18 the option to not display those titles. Again, I browse the eshop on my 55" living room TV and shouldn't have to worry if passersby happen to glance in my window. People are nosey, and I don't want dcyf called on me because I'm browsing the eshop and Nosey Nancy down the street knows we have kids in the home. It's a video game console, not an adult website; we shouldn't be forced to scroll through that type of content. I'm all for freedom of speech and agree that excessive censorship is bad, however, what about freedom of discretion?

Hard pass due to the Playstation analog stick placement. :::sigh:::: Why couldn't they make one with the Nintendo stick positions?

@KoopaTheGamer My kids are 9 and 10. They should be able to browse the eshop. Additionally, I as an adult should also be able to browse the shop without giant anime mammaries all over my living room TV. The freedoms I as a parent allow my children aren't really the issue here, and I'd appreciate it if you could refrain from attempting to frame the situation as though they are.

If we could just get a "h*****I" filter please; my kids use the eshop sometimes and it's entirely inappropriate for kids to see those thumbnails.

This isn't my game series anyway, but I'm just going to say if the choice is ever between digital only or game key-card/code-in-a-box (aka no real physical), I'm probably just skipping the game entirely.

@Jack_Goetz That and MonolithSoft's new project are what I'm most hyped to see from Switch 2. Being on that sweet Xenoblade awesomeness Nintendo.

Working on my endgame build in Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition, making my way through the Grand Prix cups and Knockout Tours in Mario Kart World, enjoying the Hypersonic cups in Fast Fusion, and getting in some Split Shot Heatseeker in Rocket League. Might also throw BotW in and find some more koroks, and No Man's Sky just because it's such a visual treat on Switch 2 now. Happy gaming weekend everyone!

@rushiosan Extra waste in the landfills and more hassle for me the end user? No thanks. Rechargeable batteries or hard pass from me. Your experience may differ, but I do NOT want to have to swap out double-As all the time...or ever lol. Nah, Switch 2 Pro Controller is awesome so far, and a teardown channel disagreeing with me doesn't budge my opinion. It works perfectly for my purposes as a gamer and that's all I need it to do.