Dimjimmer

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.

If the upgrade pack gives you access to visual/performance improvements, then how will it work with physical Switch 1 carts?
Will the downloaded data really be enough to boost the game's performance or there will be some (negligible or not) differences between Switch 2 physical and Switch 1 Physical + Upgrade DLC?

"The launch can't get any worse, Dimjimmer. You are just being a negative nelly at this point."
Then I remember that there are still 6 more weeks till launch.

On another note, I'm still baffled that Dark Souls supports cloud save just fine in all platforms, except for the Switch.

"PC Edition includes Digital Steam Code"

"Switch 2 Edition includes Game-Key Cart"

I'm not saying it will 100% happen, but I would lie if I said that the thought hadn't crossed my mind.

Nintendo used to have the decency of including all the DLC when porting a game from Wii U to Switch and not actually charge higher than 60 for it. Now, they price it 10 bucks higher than its original price and STILL do not include the DLC.

"despite our best efforts to shake that off"

This is the picture I keep associating with Palworld; Electabuzz with a minigun.

"No, you can't release DLC for an 80 bucks game!"
"Haha, greed goes brrrrr!"

Imagine telling prospective buyers of your new console to go buy the old one. Golden.

Can't wait for the 50 bucks season pass, the 40 bucks booster course and the 30 bucks battle pass.

Ah yes, let's encourage companies to skimp on properly-sized carts. This is very, very great and not shady. Nintendo endorses it, after all!

@squidduforeal
It's a freaking SD card, not a rare physical copy. Why should I have to look outside my local online stores?

And even on Amazon, there are lots of results for "Extreme" cards, which are not Express and I could only find a single 1 TB at 200 bucks+shipping+import tax+duties. Just lovely.

I could only find a single microSD Express card in my local online stores. And it's only 128 GBs. And the description doesn't even call it as such. Is Nintendo seriously hoping that there will be wide adoption within 2 months or that 128 GBs will be enough? What are they smoking?

Maybe Nintendo will finally land Steam's family sharing in the next 10 years.

"Nintendo: You'll grey out all the Playstation 2 covers, Monolith.
Monolith: But why? Xenosaga is our baby!
Nintendo: Are you sure you want to bring special attention to your involvement in Dirge of Cerberus?
Monolith: Grrr... fine, fine!"

"Time-limited DLC"
Sweet, sweet FOMO strikes again. Whatever would we do without you?

After Shredder's Revenge and the Cowabunga Collection, I have lost count of the amount of TMNT games. Wrath of the Mutants? Splintered Fate? Mutants Unleashed? The Last Ronin? Tactical Takedown?

Who are you people?

@nebzila
You can't. Capcom has a seething hatred for European Switch releases. You'll have to import an American, Asian, or Japanese version.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Nintendo will take down
this emulator, too.

@brakeman90 @GravyThief
The original was 60 FPS. The Switch getting mogged by PS3, Wii, Gamecube and now PS1 remasters is hilarious.

People on the Internet were comparing the new Pokemon negatively to Xenoblade Chronicles X (a 10-years-old game), so I'm not surprised at all.

Also, Remember when Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope was totally a Switch Pro game? I do.

PS4 and Xbox Series X also have a disclaimer that it requires Internet. Tony Hawk 1+2 also had such a disclaimer on Switch and PS4/PS5 and it was mostly for cosmetic stuff (except on Switch, which was for multiplayer).

"Nintendo: I'm getting nervous.
Also Nintendo: Why?
Nintendo: We haven't sent something to the Shadow Realm (Vault) ever since the 3DS/Wii U shop closure. People will get the wrong idea about us.
Also Nintendo: Well, Super Soccer is up for renewal soon...
Nintendo: But aren't we the publishers for that one?
Also Nintendo: No, not anymore.
Nintendo: Brilliant! Do it!"

Nintendo needs to do something to curate their sto-

Oh wait.

This just in;
Scalpers will scalp.

"Not all early adopters are scalpers."
Indeed. But you can count on them being present (they were also present on the hilariously-overpriced PS5 Pro).

They really went with Switch 2.

Nintendo is so upset with the leaks, they would rather remind you that the Wii U has no official online capabilities anymore.

"stalking, repeated stalking behavior."

Department of redundancy department.

Not the original voice acting, neither the original music, and bad performance. What's not to like?

I'll stick to my Wii copy, thanks.

Edit: Oh, it will actually have the original music. Would you look at that?

@xenobladexfan

No, it's Playstation 5. There are R1, R2 and start button prompts shown.

No more NISA, huh?

In response to a request for additional information, an Idea Factory International representative told Gematsu, “Although the Neptunia series and the Death End re;Quest series have prior entries on western Switch eShops, we were informed that the contents of the Re;Birth trilogy and Death end re;Quest: Code Z did not comply with Nintendo Guidelines. As a result, we are unable to release these titles physically or digitally for Nintendo Switch.”

Getting Sony 2018/19 vibes.

It was a good ride while it lasted, but all things must come to an end.

"Cites Xenoblade Chronicles 2 as a positive example of gacha."

No. Just no.

You are already... punched?

"he has ‘a thousand burner channels’ to stream from and [he] ‘can do this all day"

All these channels, along with a face and a name attached to them. It doesn't matter if you can replace L33tNintendoPirate007 with L33tNintendoPirate008. In the end, you are still just L33tNintendoPirate.

Let me guess. Another overpriced collection coming right up?

"the products "may appear later down the line or disappear, locked in the vault forever"."

A Nintendo-like approach for a Nintendo accessory? And they even refer the vault? Truly on the nose.

A Castlevania DLC for Castlevania?

"100 bucks for an alarm clock"

To put this into perspective, the game was announced three months before the reveal of the Nintendo Switch. So, what will come first? This, Switch 2 reveal, or Metroid Prime 4?

Ah, so that was the catch. Fooled me for a while into thinking that Capcom gave a damn about physical Switch releases in Europe.

Astro Bot was outsold by a freaking Touhou fangame.

€800 without a disc drive and stand is insane. It's almost double the price of the standard PS5 digital model.

I hope this doesn't succeed, because all wrong messages will be absorbed by it ("Yes, console consumers are fine with being completely ripped off")

Advance Wars at home... console.

I'll wait till the digital version is released to see if it's a good enough port, and then I will get a Japanese copy. No fomo pressure, cheaper and I will get it earlier than Limited Run. Three birds in one stone.