Dimey

couple of thoughts...

• there are 29 tracks shown on the map, you would expect 28...
• I hope there is a mode where you can do traditional, i.e. more than a drive to a track and then just 1 lap

but looks fun

Hope it does go up in price in the US, so it's closer to how much we have to pay in the UK and EU, why should it be cheaper for Americans?

tariffs or not, doesn't seem like US Switch 2 games will be any more expensive than EU prices, which put them at about $100.

Baffles me why EU prices are so high!!

Just hoping they don't take the pi$$ with the price to upgrade my digital BOTW from S to S2... but this is Nintendo and I ain't holding my breath for a fair price. Mario Kart World aside, the upgraded BOTW is all I see myself playing on my S2 this year.

The fact they are yet to confirm BOTW or TOTK upgrade prices worries me... I fear it'll be something crazy like £20.

very happy to see my pro controller is supported

@Hellaween got my email 8am this morning!

FYI to those in the UK, I applied for a pre-order via Amazon yesterday, and this morning had the email through to pre-order the Mario Kart bundle. So if you want one and haven't done so yet, apply via Amazon!

@Jam777 only while you're subscribed though, so you're only renting the upgrade

My only gripe on Switch BOTW was when looking at bokoblin towers (?) from distance they looked empty, then as you glided towards them all the monsters popped in. Hugely jarring, I hope this is now fixed!

been out for a curry, back home now and part annoyed, part not remotely surprised...

annoyed that as somebody who has owned just about every N console and bought a tonne of games, I'm not deemed worthy to be allowed to pre-order, as I don't pay for the rubbish online (it is awful)...

I hope I can easily transfer my save files from my Switch across! Especially my BOTW and TOTK game saves...

Not even a concern on XSX or PS5, but fingers crossed it's not too fiddly

Would be great if they bumped up frame rates on some Switch games, but can't imagine Nintendo doing anything for free haha

It's a Sonny day!

One of my fave games ever, played so much of this with 2 mates back in the day. Got it on the VC on my Wii, but input lag ruined it. Not the same game unless you're playing on the original hardware, you can't be precise enough with the inputs!

@Rykdrew are you Billy Mitchell?

Haha, just kidding, I wish I could 'dominate' shooters as well as you do, never had the skills

hmmm, missed this when it was released... I ADORE Twin Peaks (went to Washington state a few months ago and visited some of the filming locations!) - and I love Oxenfree. May have to look into this game...

haha, BOTW No. 1 for me this year (!!) - mostly as I've finally started Master Mode this year, ahead of TOTK. But also spent a good chunk of time poodling about in Normal Mode, getting obsessive about collecting things, haha.

Lots of other games, nothing close in number of hours spent though!!

Cruis'n Blast and Mario Kart (DLC related) are the others in the 'Top 3'

Finally got round to playing through Gris and Inside, both stunning games, but didn't take massive amounts of time to finish and appreciate them.

Just watched this... 4 times in a row. WOW.
Grinning like a fool - i know this is a kids film, but the big kid in me, who has been playing Mario games for over 30 years, was so happy this film is being made. Mario Kart, rainbow road, all the Yoshi's, god it looks amazing.

yep yep - 100%. never felt compelled to utterly exhaust a game before, but BOTW is just so good. all koroks, 100% map, all outfits all maxed out, best horses, etc. Fair to say i got quite obsessed with it!! in 30 years of gaming, never been as excited for a new game as i am for the sequel

looks awful. the reviews I saw were 1/5 and 2/10. you didn't mention those ones though. funny that...

working at home today, waiting on the MD2 delivery some time in the next couple of hours.
just checked the amazon site, they didn't sell out pre-orders, you can still buy the damn things today! either stock levels were much higher than reported, or these are very unpopular!

Oh no - I was in Seattle a few weeks ago, visiting from UK, and very close to one of their stores! I would have popped in if i had known it existed!!

been on my switch for months... picked up for £5 and finally played through tonight in 3-4 hours. absolutely adored it.

@Serpenterror so excited for the SH2 version on MD mini 2!

@MrFox ha, my bad - sometimes hard to tell in comments!

very excited for SH2 on MD mini 2 with better scaling tho!!

@MrFox Sega AGES space harrier is on switch and it's mint!!

love space harrier, but no interest in the japanese obsession with these weird manga young girl characters. also looks like it's playing at about 5 frames per second!

is there a demo? laggy controls sounds awful, and the review doesn't say anything about how the game actually plays, or how many courses there are, etc.
tempted but not cheap for a punt...

pass. we are moving backwards - without a lightgun option these sort of games are a total waste of time.

@RandomNerds you didn't ask me obvs, but for me, the new mario golf game is massively dumbed down, to facilitate speed golf. no fine control over your shots, it's a basic 2 click, with random cut/fade once you hit the shot hard. mario golf on n64 was miles ahead as a sharp controlling golf game, with loads more content for a single player. the new game is all about the online speed golf gimmick.

easy come easy golf is a purchase for me this weekend... and it didn't even make the EU/UK direct, just the japanese....
some great N64 titles being added, I think i'll take the plunge once goldeneye and 1080 are on there...

forget about the sure to be awful switch sports golf... easy come easy golf for the win

21 holes... not 21 courses. So just a tad over 1 course. it's graphically so basic looking, surely adding another couple of courses wouldn't have been that much extra effort?

I want this to be good, but i expect it to be rubbish...

@pjzx our price includes free shipping etc. their price excludes shipping and taxes, from Japan. prob works out fairly close after all that.

@KingMike I imported the astro city from Japan, and Quartet runs fine for me? not played it all the way through though.

@shonenjump86 yep, the pc engine / turbografx mini still gets a lot of play, so many good shooters!

all about the new, smoother frame rate, scaling space harrier 2 for me! original space harrier arcade is my fave ever game, so this was a huge lure to me

@belmont you may be right, and smart thinking on your part! tbh, long as I get it, that's all i care about

@belmont it said free shipping when i ordered on amazon.co.uk.
have ordered from japan via amazon before and they have never added additional costs, and it arrived so so quickly from kyoto I think amazon must have some sort of standing arrangement with customs??

@Stocksy none of the mini's have power adaptors though, do they? and the pc engine mini was also amazon exclusive.

@sleepinglion sadly as somebody who has followed them for decades, common sense decisions are never that likely!
A compilation of their own arcade games from the last 30 years would surely sell pretty well...

As a 40 something sega nut who will forever regret selling his master system and megadrive, having this, my original MD mini and astro city mini scratches all of my retro sega itches. I can see why lots of folks aren't keen... I just HAD to have this. Kind of completes the set for me.

@prismt no, me being a pedant! no worries

@huyi does it come with a free PS4?

@prismt that's a very confusing sentence haha - condone means you approve??

done

excited!

also, price includes delivery. The US price does NOT include shipping (from Japan)

hope i manage to snag an EU pre-order, think it'll sell out fast!

no price confirmed for EU that I can see, and preorders open in september

@SpringDivorce i think i read that space harrier 1 and 2 are on it, both remasters with better frame rates? so not the same as the space harrier 2 on the original mini.

i missed the option for "i'm waiting til they are actually released!"

Amazon won't let me order the north american version (I'm UK based). very annoying, looks like Europe based Sega fans have no hope

never played a JRPG, they look so utter bewildering, confusing, and after watching that review i still have zero idea how the game works or what on earth is going on! must be getting old...
would like to give it a try but i'm still at a loss to what the game actually involves!

i've not played before today, been looking forward to this a lot. hopefully performance improves!! i'm pretty terrible at it, but it's so far fun not mega frustrating... that may change.

and fast, if i can't play it!

EDIT - won't even get to title screen now. says my connection is down yet i'm typing this. giving up till the weekend.

servers clearly down. played at lunch, had 12 games and was in within 30 seconds most times. the cursor is now stuck on the options menu, can't start any games. shame, as i enjoyed it earlier.

wish they had given wonderboy this much care haha

i have sonic 1 and 2 on sega ages, and mega drive mini, but never played 3, knuckles or cd, so looking forward to this. i only had the first sonic on my mega drive as a kid, so playing sonic 2 on sega ages has been fun