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Easiest decision ever to not buy this game for me then. Extremely lame that Nintendo seems to be going back on their first party games not being released on game key cards thing. They need to get more sizes available for their game cards asap

@JohnnyMind the game is depicted as a game key card in an official Nintendo advert. I’m sure Nintendo is fully aware of the implications that picture gave off and considering the multiple other ways “sample” can be interpreted and the negative connotation Nintendo gets for GKCs I have trouble believing that they would depict the game as a GKC just for this video but the not as an actual product

Not huge on them just rehashing content from the previous PAID update for free now. Could they really not have just worked in a tortimer island type mode to the hotel instead of another decorating minigame? We’re already getting the dream island in this update which actually serves to add something new, so why more decorating again. Would’ve been nice to see some upgrade to the shops too considering how small the nook’s cranny is in this game.

@Zeebor15 they were giving away updates that added the features in this switch 2 edition for free when the switch 2 came out so idk about not overcharging lol

Does anyone know if the frame pacing is any better in the full game compared to the demo? I’m not personally bothered about it being 30fps but the frame pacing was pretty bad in the demo which has put me off buying unless it’s improved

Switch 1 version it is then. I don’t see any point in buying a digital game card with none of the convenience of a digital game lmao

Awful direct imo. The games they showed were fine, but nothing exciting or really new either, the amount of time they spent on that campfire rubbish was genuinely embarrassing. They didn’t date either elden ring or FF7 even though they are supposedly coming this year, and of course the big looming factor of 99% of the games being on key cards which is a complete turn off. They couldn’t even date their Zelda game which is supposed to be coming this year.

Its pretty worrying that this was all they had to show with how slim the dated game list already was for this year, and to be honest I think it did a better job convincing me to buy a game like persona 3 reload for my PS5 with an actual physical edition for a fraction of the price. Let’s hope the Mario anniversary has something worthwhile to show…

They serve literally 0 purpose to exist besides cyberpunk. It’s just a less convenient way to own a digital product with basically none of the benefits of having a physical game. Glad to see cyberpunk did the best of them

I really doubt it tbh. Would have happened back in February considering it’s been silence in terms of new reveals and I don’t think they’d choose to break that now we are 1 week away from the big switch 2 reveal. The whole “ninspider” thing sounds more like a joke than something serious although I don’t have the context I guess

This seems pretty cool, but I was kind of hoping it would be an actual game rather than something on phones. Hopefully it’s tied to the home subscription without monetisation in other areas but idk. I do feel bad for the Pokemon showdown guys though, especially considering their time is probably numbered to this getting a release before they get shutdown by TPC

@Truegamer79 to be fair, I don’t think Nintendo cares if they can top Mario kart 8 or smash ultimate, there’s 0 chance they miss out on a new game for 2 of the 3 best selling switch games. Either way, they can definitely top ultimate considering how much that game skimped on the side content in favour of just focusing on characters and a fairly basic story mode. Just add some interesting side modes and new exciting characters and they’ll be fine even with character cuts. As for Mario kart they really just need an interesting gimmick like r/t tracks and something like the mission mode and they’re golden.

People seem really mixed on this, but I feel like people also complain about pac man never doing anything new. Regardless of it being an “edgy reimagining” I think it’s nice to see them make something that isn’t just a port of the arcade game or a Mario esque title. So long as we keep getting regular pac man content I see no issue with this whatsoever and this it honestly looks pretty cool

This is awesome, but now I’m even less sure about what Mario RPG series Nintendos actually gonna stick with considering acquire seems to be pretty busy usually.

@SabreLevant even if those people would hold off for a switch 2, wouldn’t Nintendo rather they buy the switch 2 next year over the switch 1 this Christmas anyway? It feels like it would make them more money in the long run which is normally what Nintendo is concerned with

I do think we’ll see a switch 2 reveal this month tbh. You can pick away at the circumstances and specific wording Nintendo used but at the end of the day it was Nintendo who said they wouldn’t mind sacrificing switch 1 sales in order to ensure a smooth transition to the new console. I don’t think they have a strong enough line up going in to 2025 to not have a reveal coming soon to explain the lack of February games, and I don’t think they would’ve done a partner showcase in August if they had other switch 1 games to show as they would’ve just done a normal direct.

Haven’t people said it’s been sent out for production? It’ll leak if it’s not soon in that case so my bets on this month or October. We also seem to have already had our direct for the fall in August and we know of basically no games coming out next year so I think we could see the switch 2 in March next year

I think they should probably have prioritised actually getting the games they have in development out of the door rather than announcing constant new stuff despite their prior finance issues. They couldn’t even get fantasy life out for October and it’s been ages since that was revealed.

Honestly kind of a shame because I feel like this entry could have finally been the one to fully bring back dream events considering sega seems to finally be somewhat listening to feedback and people were so vocal that they were the best part.

I don’t really get why they didn’t just take the London party formula they used for 2012 and try and improve that for 2016 and 2020. Rival showdown and story mode were fun but London party was always the best “main” offering both for multiplayer and general enjoyment

Someone needs to get a plagiarism checker, because I think I’ve heard this story before…

I wasn’t huge on the original reveal and was even considering skipping, but I thought the stuff shown off in the new direct made the game look far more appealing. I wasn’t sold on the artstyle either, but either it’s grown on me or it genuinely looked better in the new direct

@Deemo37 it’s only 8 kits though and you already know they’ll be straight back on the shooter love for the next season anyway, so I fail to see how it would ultimately save the game. The horrendous map design and poor balance decisions prior don’t exactly inspire confidence in this saving the game either. I’m fully willing to eat my words on this if they do, but I really think there’s no saving 3 now, there’s just too many fundamental issues with the game such as the boring map design which I just don’t think Nintendo will bother to fix tbh. Glad to see others enjoying the update though.

New stages look good and unique which is nice, but only 8 new kits and the worst salmon run map returning is a massive shame. Very underwhelming for the anniversary season imo

Well I’m glad they seem to have realised why this one’s not exploded in sales yet. Hopefully it’ll be on sale for £15 soon enough

Just for those who aren’t aware - this is most likely what the purple emphasis on the M on the trailer is, they’ve done it the exact same way before to announce a prior mewtwo raid

Kind of sad how I hear the presents will be 35 minutes and the first thing I think is how we might get 1 or if we’re lucky 2 actual announcements (probably just the SV dlc and detective pika 2)

@Brianst0rm unless I’m just being completely stupid and misremembering, splatoon never has a stage transition from day to night mid March, which is supposedly where the issue comes in as the sky boxes are fixed and cannot be swapped out without moving to a separate sky box which has a very janky animation. It’s the one they use for the tour version of sunset wilds apparently which to be fair does look janky, although I’d personally much prefer that to us just not having the sun set at all.

Ubisoft fails to realise that the first game sold well because it was one of the first switch games to come out and only the second Mario game, so a lot of people bought it for that. The game also was on sale constantly for like £7.50, and it’s still very cheap to buy now. Sparks of hope is still expensive and came out at a time when lots of other tactics games were coming out. I also think it has to do with the fact a lot of those people who bought Mario and rabbids probably weren’t too sold on the tactics gameplay as it is generally an unpopular gameplay style and It’s rare to see a game even sell a quarter as much as kingdom battle sold, so I think a lot of those people just weren’t gonna buy a sequel anyway

@Jalex__64 wow splatoon 3 sales dropped off a cliff after that massive opening. I guess it’s ea combination of everyone who wanted it already has it and updates not really drawing in new players.

I’m worried about the complaint of story because none of them really elaborate much on it. Is the story boring? Is it bad? Is it the typical illumination issue where there is like 10 minutes of story just scattered in randomly? The third answer sounds correct, but the trailers all seemed decently connected and no reviewer seems to have brought it up. Story is a much more important element for films than it is for video games, so while you can say that Mario doesn’t usually have much story then imo that simply means the franchise isn’t cut out for a movie if it can’t adapt for a little bit of added story. Gameplay is what masks the lack of a story in Mario’s games as it is typically incredible, but there is 0 of that in the movie.

Niantic has heard them just fine every other time they’ve done this, they just don’t care at all because they know that ultimately 99.9% of these people will be back on the game spending money within a couple of days. If they want niantic to notice, then I think they’ll just have to stop spending money on the game, which appears to be surprisingly difficult for GO players

@westman98 I guess that’s why this is just a job description, they’ve made the decision recently and want to get the ball rolling as quick as possible (a bit like the games lol)

Genuinely the only enjoyable Pokemon related media at this point is getting to see how joe merrick defends whatever Pokemon is doing, gives me a laugh every time 😂😂

Easily the best wave yet, an excellent “original” course, the 3 best city tracks, and the retro selection was excellent too. I do think they should have gone with lakeside park over riverside because it’s a little bit too simple in 8, but I’d still say it works well enough with the ptooies.

Why is it taking them so long to add home compatibility to these games? Surely home should just be day 1 compatible with the new Pokémon games

Hoping that the dlc releases separately as I’m actually interested on seeing where this goes but can’t be bothered to play 3

@MS7000 new wario land is my biggest hope for the switch tbh

Wario land 3 is easily the best one here

@gaga64 it seems to be an entirely new campaign as the image features a fight against pyribbit, who is not featured at all in Kirby’s return to dreamland

I was hoping for Mario party 3 personally, but it’ll be just as funny seeing all the “Goldeneye isn’t like I remember” posts people will make lol.

@DarkTron that’s because we’re talking about joe merrick. I don’t think I’ve EVER heard him complain about mainline Pokémon, I’ve only ever seen him defend it.

Listen, I’m a big fan of persona 3 but people are kidding themselves about this review being unfair. It’s very much stripped down with its visual novel gameplay, and Tartarus being a bad dungeon is not exactly an incorrect take, especially when it is where you’ll spend a majority of the game. The reviewer reviewing both P3P and P4G looks bad until you remember these games are both more than 10 years old and have minimal changes in this version, the reviewer most likely has played the game to completion before and probably did again for this. I’d say a 7/10 for this game is very generous from a reviewer perspective especially when they need to be more objective with P3P’s many shortcomings compared to the rest of the series and even it’s other versions.

They need to fix the maps and fast. This game has had some awful maps and the changes they made to mahi mahi and hammerhead bridge need to be fixed because they’ve been absolutely gutted and are both just corridors at this point.

It stops being funny if it isn’t Luigi or maybe waluigi so one of those two

@Ray64 I felt that way but I assumed it was just because I hadn’t played for a while, interesting to hear that others thought that too though.

@Kimyonaakuma they did retroactively update a few of the wave 1 courses when 2 came out, perhaps they’ve been polished up again this wave?

This actually a really cool update, I’m glad they’ve decided to put this in as a counterbalance for the more frequent items ;”for those who didn’t like that change a ton. A decent selection of courses this time too, although we are desperately missing a double dash track.

@Silly_G what gave you the impression SV isn’t getting dlc? They’ve already found evidence of it in the files, so I wouldn’t hold your breath for a remake or a legends game

@steely_pete I massively agree on this. To give SWSH credit for one thing, I thought it had some incredible character designs like your rivals, the gym leaders, Leon, and even regular trainers whereas SV’s designs do absolutely nothing for me and all look mediocre. That’s not even to mention the fact you have to wear the horrible looking uniform throughout SV which is a massive step down from SWSH’s incredible customisation

Also 7/10 is pretty surprising to me considering SWSH got an 8, and I’m a guy who actually quite liked those games. It sounds like a lot of the issues are also present in arceus too, but that got a 9? Are the issues really that much worse?

@broskiplays no this is just unoptimised let’s be real here, there’s far more demanding games on switch that can run better than this. game freak will start making games that should have been on switch in about 2 console generations.