Dimjimmer

Ubisoft blaming everything but themselves.

Inazuma Eleven Forever.

When the game was delayed to June, I jokingly questioned whether we would get the Switch 2 announcement, Metroid Prime 4, or this first. Now, after a total of 9 delays, I might just have the answer.

"Extra bumpers (R4 and L4)"

L4 and R4? Where are they located?

Oh.

"Do you want digital or digital?"

What a difficult dilemma. Truly, Nintendo has us spoiled for choices.

@fenlix
I never said it was a free upgrade. With any luck, it should still be cheaper than paying for the whole game again.

I already got the original version on PC, so I'll be waiting for the new version to be released there, as well. Maybe we'll also get the same upgrade option that Asian users will be receiving on Steam.

Nintendo shutting down any opportunity to save money? Must be a day ending in y. First, the gold coins, now the vouchers. What's next? Increasing the price of NSO worldwide? Reducing their digital discounts to 10%? Increasing the price of Switch 1 games on the e-shop?

@JokerCK
Make sure to pay your proper respects to Kamiya-sama.

Dude who called people insects frustrated that people piled up on him and didn't return to apologize (unrealistic expectations).

Please spare a thought for these struggling, small indie companies.

"Over 9000"

Oh nonono...

"a person familiar with the situation"

Good old uncle at Nintendo.

"What? You dare not enjoy our gimmick?! To the highway with you!"

Nintendo, probably.

Setting up the stage to normalize AI usage. Don't worry, AI will be used tastefully, with tact. You will be tastefully replaced. Skynet will be tastefully activated.

Do they forget/hope you forget that EPD is not a single team? They have a whooping 10 divisions.

Expensive ports of old games (Yakuza 0 for 50, give me a break!) sold on fake carts underperform? Who would have thought?

"Be game-key card"
"Be more expensive than a real cart"

So, modded PSP version remains the superior way to play. Duly noted.

I mean, duh, they are glorified downloads. Just like the last physical PC games were nothing more than glorified Steam keys.

So, unaddressed elephant in the room; does the Switch 1 version benefit at all from being run on Switch 2?

"it's really not good, with Kiryu being particularly terrible"

Yong out!

@gcunit
Final Fantasy Tactics is not the same game as Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. As for a physical release, it will get one worldwide for PS5 and Switch on 30th September.

Correction: The Switch 2 version is not a game-key card, but a code-in-a-box. Yes, it's that bad.

Of course they would thank them. They, not the customers, are the intended audience, after all. ^_^

"No translation".

Asking 20 bucks for a port of a 27-years-old port of a 31-years-old game and not even doing the bare minimum should be illegal.

Would be pretty funny if it referred to emulated versions of the game.

Randy Pitchford's 80-bucks-game pitch is in a pinch.

A real fan doesn't buy games, it just creates airflows.

Since I'm not getting a Switch 2 anytime soon, nothing has changed on my part.

In more dire news for Too Kyo Games, their other recently-released game, Tribe Nine, will have its service terminated this November.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2376580/view/500572747038983820

12 GBs RAM while the 3-years-old Steam Deck has 16 GBs? Lame.

We have a ton of game-key cards and even three code-in-a-box games before the Switch 2 is even out. If publishers are opting out of physical that early, it's only going to get worse.

"Nintendo may render the Nintendo Account Services and/or the applicable Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part."

This console will self-destruct in 5 seconds.

Breath of the Wild sold more than Tears of the Kingdom in this quarter. Not by much, mind you, but it's interesting how the latter barely had any legs compared to the former.

Spoiler Alert: None will be worth however much is being asked.

"Bubsy Purrfect Collection"
"Doesn't actually include all Bubsy games"

Claws, so claws...

"Still, it's a neat little extra for Switch 2 owners, though we daresay players would love to see the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion instead. We'll just have to wait and see if FromSoftware launches it via separate DLC later down the line."

Huh? I'm pretty sure the expansion is already included. From the trailer's description:

"Rise, Tarnished. The critically acclaimed dark-fantasy action RPG ELDEN RING: Tarnished Edition is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 this year – including the base game, the Shadow of the Erdtree Expansion, new armour, and a new Torrent appearance customisation feature."

Hardly a surprise. Not only are game-key cards prevalent on the Switch 2 (in fact I would consider the opposite newsworthy), but this is also one of the games that had a mandatory day-one patch on Playstation 5.

@-wc-
"does it justify two significant price hikes in as many years?"
Of course it does. Nintendo is a small indie company. Please understand, if they can't resell you 10+ years-old-games at full price, they'll go bankrupt.

Not a single one. If my only choices are digital or digital without the convenience, I'll go full digital on PC. At least there, I have access to better performance and mods.

"However, it's noted that incoming titles such as DOOM: The Dark Ages will not be affected."

Doom: The Dark Ages already costs €80 on Steam. How much more were you going to charge for it, Micro$oft?

"Even when a cartridge does contain data on day one of release, games are so often patched, updated and expanded through downloads that the cart very often loses its connection to the game, and functions more like a physical copy protection dongle for a digital object."

Lol no. The basic version of Super Mario Odyssey is not drastically different than the last. Neither is Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Party Superstars, Astral Chain, etc. A game patched might be a better game, but let's not kid ourselves in believing that patching outright transforms a game. Not every game is No Man's Sky, Stardew Valley or Terraria.

And on the flip side, if the first version is THAT different, then that's a bonus, because you have access to a different build that a digital-only version will never provide (you will be instead stuck only with the latest build).

*PC Collector’s Edition includes digital Steam Code
*Switch 2 Collector’s Edition comes with Game Key Card

I'm not saying I called it...

... oh wait, I did.

If Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 was "too small" for a real physical release, then how does Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar achieve it, when it's even smaller? (2.8 GBs compared to Puyo Puyo Tetris' 4 GBs.)

40 bucks, no upgrade, and a game-key card for a 5-years-old game that is regularly available for 10 bucks. LOL no, Sega.

Nintendo: "We created those carts specifically for companies like you so you can save up mon-"
EA: "But they still cost money, right?"
Nintendo: "Yes, but-"
EA: "Thanks, but no thanks."

LMAO. The image got me so mad initially, but then I saw a bunch of games that are already available as a full cart on the first Switch and the anger turned to instant laughter. It's amazing that Nintendo deliberately decided to kill the physical market instead of just letting it die gracefully.

"the console is hitting a different market to that of the family friendly Switch."

Fall damage is fine in Xenoblade games. Nothing is more thrilling than making a huge dive in a pool of water (hey, that's also unrealistic!) and barely missing the land nearby. Or not actually missing it and watching the unintentionally hilarious animation of your character keeling like he was stabbed instead of falling so many metres.