"This is the English language version of the game. Because this version replicates the way the game was originally released, each language version is separate and there are no in-game options to change the language. Please verify the language of the game before completing your purchase."
Translation: We are "completely unable" to offer a launcher that allows language selection. Best we can do is offer this ̶R̶O̶M̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶ port at a premium price.
Nintendo's whack-a-mole of 2 Switch emulators (Yuzu, Ryujinx) has produced a hydra. But I'm totally, TOTALLY, sure that this time will really be the last we hear of them.
Metal Gear Solid 4 releasing on Switch as well? Bold move, considering how Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 run worse than PS3 on Switch. Not to add, that Metal Gear Solid 4 didn't exactly have the most solid of frame rates on PS3.
If the upgrade is free, what's the point of the game-key card? The branding? Couldn't they just put a disclaimer like "Free Switch 2 version via update" or something?
It took ConcernedApe 4 years, give or take, to release Stardew Valley. Since he is still going the solo developer route (while at the same time releasing updates for Stardew Valley), I'm not surprised that it's taking him this long. Humorously, people back then were also worried that Stardew Valley would never release and some of them were getting frustrated that he was rejecting help, because he wanted to do things on his own.
"so why it's taken this long to come to Switch is beyond us".
Likely because it's a bunch of licensed games that would have required a new contract for new platforms. It's also very telling that the collection is not handled by Capcom (the original publisher), who might have not seen the idea as particularly profitable.
@Dee123 But are they a small indie company that is being held back by weak hardware and/or the big, bad Pokemon Company, or are they really that bad of a developer? That's what this release will show.
Here is the litmus test. Can Game Freak actually create a good-looking 3D game? 3DS was "holding them back". Switch was "holding them back". Pokemon was "holding them back". Now? No excuses.
"Then we thought that if one could move around on the bike in a satisfying way in that area, it could be a segment that mitigates the tension from exploration, and paces the whole game."
What the actual lol? Sure, let's stop the game to play another more boring game before we return to the good stuff. Let's waste time and money for something that could be resolved by a pause button.
They are still going to ship R-Type Dimensions III on a physical cart with a 10 bucks markup, so who knows whether they revealed something they shouldn't have yet or just made an honest mistake.
Disappointing. I mean, it would have been impossible to not have some degree of disappointment after 8 years of waiting, but I really thought that Retro Studios could have done better. Even if you removed the annoying NPCs and the pointless desert exploration, it would still be linear, easy (Thanks Retro for locking Hard mode. Very cool.) and uninspired (Was it really necessary to have the Volt Forge repeat itself thrice? Was it really necessary to have all those stupid double doors in Flare Pool? And what's with the names of those locations? Ice Belt? Really? Couldn't you have gone for something more exotic sounding?) I have enjoyed it somewhat so far, but no way it gets higher than 6.
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Re: Nintendo Indie World Showcase Announced For Tomorrow, 3rd March 2026
Finally, Hollow Knigh: Silks... oh wait.
Re: Pokémon XD: Gale Of Darkness Comes To Switch 2 GameCube NSO In March
I will never get over how part of the game's name is an emoji.
Re: Resident Evil Requiem Leakers Deserve "A Thousand Deaths", Says Hideki Kamiya
That's a creative way to advertise your game.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Getting Pokémon FireRed Or LeafGreen On Switch?
Of course not.
Re: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Is Getting A Stunning 'Special Edition' Release In Japan
More effort than the release itself, lmao!
Re: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Officially Revealed For Switch
@Eel
Sure, if the complication was called "lazy greed".
Re: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Officially Revealed For Switch
"This is the English language version of the game. Because this version replicates the way the game was originally released, each language version is separate and there are no in-game options to change the language. Please verify the language of the game before completing your purchase."
Translation: We are "completely unable" to offer a launcher that allows language selection. Best we can do is offer this ̶R̶O̶M̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶ port at a premium price.
Re: Ubisoft Reportedly Aware Of Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition OST Requests
Buy the original for 1 dollar on GOG or reward this lazy effort with 20 dollars? What a difficult choice...
Re: 13 Switch Emulators Hit By Latest Wave Of Nintendo Takedowns
"13 Switch Emulators"
Nintendo's whack-a-mole of 2 Switch emulators (Yuzu, Ryujinx) has produced a hydra. But I'm totally, TOTALLY, sure that this time will really be the last we hear of them.
Re: Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Switch And Switch 2 Physical Version Download Requirements Revealed
"Minimum Space Required : 17.3 GB (*Front loaded onto cartridge: 5.3GB)
*It is pre-installed on the cartridge, you can play without downloading."
What does Konami even mean by that? You can just launch the launcher without downloading? That's their definition of "play"? LMAO.
Re: Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Announced For Switch 2 And Switch
Metal Gear Solid 4 releasing on Switch as well? Bold move, considering how Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 run worse than PS3 on Switch. Not to add, that Metal Gear Solid 4 didn't exactly have the most solid of frame rates on PS3.
Re: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remaster Art Book Pops Up On Amazon
I hate the rerelease culture so much.
Re: Jurassic Park: Classic Games Collection To Be Delisted Just Two Years After Release
Is that the fabled preservation that companies pride themselves at?
Re: Digimon Story Time Stranger Switch Version Includes Free Switch 2 Update
If the upgrade is free, what's the point of the game-key card? The branding? Couldn't they just put a disclaimer like "Free Switch 2 version via update" or something?
Re: PSA: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Is Surprisingly Cheap On The UK eShop Right Now
"The whole trilogy will not fit on Switch 2's internal storage"
Re: Metroid Prime 4's "Combined Sales" Have Surpassed One Million, Nintendo Confirms
LOL.
"Are you sure that the game sold THAT bad?!"
"Well, not that bad, but we don't want to make such a big deal out of it."
Re: Rumour: Xenoblade Chronicles Voice Actor Might Have Leaked Evidence Of A New Release
New entry please. No remasters for a while.
Re: Switch 2 Storms Towards Its Forecast Target With 17.37 Million Units Sold
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Sales
Re: "I Am Not Going To Abandon Haunted Chocolatier" - ConcernedApe Responds To Fan Concerns
It took ConcernedApe 4 years, give or take, to release Stardew Valley. Since he is still going the solo developer route (while at the same time releasing updates for Stardew Valley), I'm not surprised that it's taking him this long. Humorously, people back then were also worried that Stardew Valley would never release and some of them were getting frustrated that he was rejecting help, because he wanted to do things on his own.
Re: Nintendo Responds To Dispatch Switch Censorship With Official Statement
"While we inform partners when their titles don’t meet our guidelines, Nintendo does not make changes to partner content"
"Yes we censor stuff, but not like, directly. We wink-wink-nudge-nudge that their content is, like, not cool man."
Re: Arc System Works Unveils New River City Saga Game 'Journey To The West'
River City: Journey to the West Skin Pack.
Re: Keiji Inafune's Mighty No. 9 Studio Comcept Is Finished
Mighty No.9 on 3DS when?
Re: PSA: Dispatch's 'Visual Censorship' Settings Can't Be Removed On Switch
LOL, worse than Sony.
Re: Nintendo Announces Launch Line-Up For Switch Online Virtual Boy
Nintendo; the only company on Earth to dripfeed a platform with a library of 16 whole games.
Re: Ubisoft Cancels 6 Games In Major Organisation Restructure
6+years development down the drain. If it was so bad, they should have cancelled it earlier.
Re: Random: Disney's Terrible DS Game 'Cory In The House' Is Now Selling For Hundreds Of Dollars On eBay
"RARE Anime"
Move aside, Hidetaka Miyazaki .This is a true masterpiece, not those silly Studio Ghimli films.
Re: Review: Dynasty Warriors: Origins (Switch 2) - A Super-Solid Port Of A Fantastic Reboot
@DashKappei
Probably some shenanigans from the existence of retail Asian versions for PS5/Switch 2.
Re: Review: Dynasty Warriors: Origins (Switch 2) - A Super-Solid Port Of A Fantastic Reboot
@ryan_nil
That's lame. The Steam version has one.
Re: Review: Dynasty Warriors: Origins (Switch 2) - A Super-Solid Port Of A Fantastic Reboot
"other than some horrendous English voice acting which you should switch out for Japanese with English subs"
Νo Chinese dub on that one?
Re: An Overlooked Disney Collection From Digital Eclipse Has Been Rated For Switch
"so why it's taken this long to come to Switch is beyond us".
Likely because it's a bunch of licensed games that would have required a new contract for new platforms. It's also very telling that the collection is not handled by Capcom (the original publisher), who might have not seen the idea as particularly profitable.
Re: Hazelight Founder Josef Fares On EA: "Let's Be Honest, There's Not A Publisher In The World That Hasn't F****d Up"
I mean, you're not going to publicly throw your partner under the bus.
Re: Pokémon Developer Game Freak To Reveal More About 'Beast Of Reincarnation' Later This Month
@Dee123
But are they a small indie company that is being held back by weak hardware and/or the big, bad Pokemon Company, or are they really that bad of a developer? That's what this release will show.
Re: Pokémon Developer Game Freak To Reveal More About 'Beast Of Reincarnation' Later This Month
Here is the litmus test. Can Game Freak actually create a good-looking 3D game? 3DS was "holding them back". Switch was "holding them back". Pokemon was "holding them back". Now? No excuses.
Re: Poll: So, Now The Dust Has Settled, How Did You Find Myles MacKenzie?
Rick Moranis at home didn't improve Metroid Prime 4. Remove him and the game becomes better.
Re: Rumour: Monster Hunter Wilds' Latest Update Has Fans Talking About A Switch 2 Version
The game that just received "Worst PC port of 2025" by Digital Foundry? That's going to be a wild one, for sure.
Re: Nintendo Suggests Metroid Prime 4's Tortured Development Meant It Was "Divorced From The Changing Of Times"
"Then we thought that if one could move around on the bike in a satisfying way in that area, it could be a segment that mitigates the tension from exploration, and paces the whole game."
What the actual lol? Sure, let's stop the game to play another more boring game before we return to the good stuff. Let's waste time and money for something that could be resolved by a pause button.
Re: Censored Dispatch Artwork Spotted On Nintendo's Digital Storefront
Loltendo of America strikes again. They even have the gall to ask you to verify your age before accessing the page.
Re: Nintendo Has A Game-Key Card Alternative In The Works With Smaller Switch 2 Carts
Inin Games has posted a new tweet, retracting their "smaller-size cart" comment.
https://x.com/ININ_Games/status/2002062795857174721
They are still going to ship R-Type Dimensions III on a physical cart with a 10 bucks markup, so who knows whether they revealed something they shouldn't have yet or just made an honest mistake.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Reviews Skyrim On Switch 2, And Yeah, It's Bad
"To really illustrate how poor this is, DF states that the lag is perhaps worse than "most, if not all" cloud streaming services."
Worse than the Switch's cloud offerings? That's quite the achievement, if true.
Re: Review: System Shock (Switch 2) - Performance Woes Tarnish A Classic
"Game's performance is terrible on Switch 2!"
Switch 1 owners:

Re: Japanese Charts: Sorry Samus, Octopath Is The Best-Selling New Release This Week
"Metroid Prime 4 underperforms in UK."
"Metroid Prime 4 underperforms in Japan."
McKenzie bros., I don't feel so good...
Re: Feature: "It's A Bit Of A Joke At This Point" - Skyrim Dev On Returning For A Switch 2 Re-Release
"It's a bit of a joke at this point how often we release Skyrim"
Not at this point, friend. It's been close to, um, a decade.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/toddposting
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Metroid Prime 4: Beyond?
Disappointing. I mean, it would have been impossible to not have some degree of disappointment after 8 years of waiting, but I really thought that Retro Studios could have done better. Even if you removed the annoying NPCs and the pointless desert exploration, it would still be linear, easy (Thanks Retro for locking Hard mode. Very cool.) and uninspired (Was it really necessary to have the Volt Forge repeat itself thrice? Was it really necessary to have all those stupid double doors in Flare Pool? And what's with the names of those locations? Ice Belt? Really? Couldn't you have gone for something more exotic sounding?) I have enjoyed it somewhat so far, but no way it gets higher than 6.
Re: Paramount Makes Rival Bid For Warner Bros. After Netflix's $82 Billion Offer, Includes Game Studios
"Paramount enters the conversation"
Re: Sega Will "Carefully Assess Appropriate Use Cases" When It Comes To "Leveraging AI"
"Appropriate"
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/06/level-5-ceo-sees-ai-as-tool-for-communication-and-efficiency-improvement#comment8709200
Re: Netflix Enters Agreement To Buy Warner Bros. For $82 Billion, Includes Game Studios
Yay! Down with that pesky competition! The less players in the scene, the better!
Re: Poll: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Is Out On Switch 2 And Switch This Week, Will You Be Getting It?
Already preordered and there's a good chance I'll be disappointed, but I have waited this game for too many years to turn back now.
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Difficulty Settings Revealed By Nintendo
"Normal mode Metroid has only two organs"
"Only hard mode Metroid has the standard three organs"
What did Retro mean by this?
Re: Random: Timesplitters: Rewind Is An Ultra-Slick Fan-Made Tribute That's Got Us In GameCube FPS Mode
Timesplitters actually catching a break? That was not on my bingo card.
Re: Digital Foundry Dives Into Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition's "Big Downgrades" On Switch 2
@HammerKirby
No, they were negative about a Switch port! Ban them, BAN THEM!