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@CJD87 Yeah I think it’ll come in slight under the deck in terms of power. Nintendo will want to try to hit a 4-5 hour play time on the battery most likely. But, Nintendo knows how to make great gaming OSs and it’ll be much slimmer than SteamOS leaving more room for processing to be solely for gaming. It wouldn’t surprise me if they left out voice chat again honestly. Most gamers I know use WhatsApp or discord anyways to chat with friends, and Nintendo probably sees the same.

And even if it’s lighter than SD in terms of power, it’ll likely hit the exact same or higher levels of visual fidelity and fps. It also wouldn’t surprise me if they had a “Pro Dock” that had an external gpu for higher processing while docked giving people the ability to hit 4k/30-60fps.

I’m pretty sure Nintendo has some Demonic Pact in place for their hardware and software engineers at this point…. They tend to work incredible magic with the least amount of tech. Still amazes me that we’re playing PS4/Xb1 games in portable fashion…. Granted with much less visual fidelity, but still…. Witcher 3, Hogwarts, Doom and Borderlands 3? Holy crap…. We live in a an awesome and crazy time for gaming

@CJD87 Same! I’m hoping for a similar to power with Switch 2. I’m guessing they’ll pull the old Nintendo magic and give us a system that’s slightly less powerful, but more capable due to more modern hardware and a trimmed svelte OS per usual. I’d take a 40% power increase over Switch 1 and full Backwards Compatibility and be a happy camper to be completely honest. Just want more modern multiplat titles to come to it like BG3, Elden and Cyber Punk, plus the ability to run my old library in a smoother / better visual fashion like Witcher 3 or Borderlands 3.

If they exceed that I’m giddy. If they manage to charm MS/Bethesda into bringing the Fallout franchise over then I’m so far past giddy, I couldn’t begin to describe it. 😂 Just want Fallout series and the HD ports of Wind Waker and Twilight dang it!

@mlt This is one of the reasons I ended up grabbing a Steam Deck OLED this year. I love my Switch and Deck combo - I get all the Nintendo games, most of the Xbox games, and a large portion of PlayStation games all portable. So sweet! Highly suggest grabbing one if you can afford it.

It’s not quite as simple as Switch in terms of plug in, update and play, but it’s pretty dang close and you do get to fiddle with being able to adjust for performance or visual fidelity if you want.

I noticed the other day there was no coverage or fan fair for Atom Rpg or its sequel Aton Rpg: Trudograd. They both have over 80% positives on Steam and over 70-80 on Metacritic. I played the first one for around 5 hours on Switch and it’s really good, should def check it out!

<insert 90s popular phrase> “No Duh!” </insert>

For a moment I thought the new Zelda Limited Edition Lite came with all that stuff and was cussing up a storm that I didn’t buy one. 😂😂😂

Surprising that this, nor its prequel, haven’t gotten coverage on this site! No reviews, and no news that this even released earlier this year! I missed the release somehow.

First game is really good, but didn’t even know this had released on Switch until last night. No funds atm, but once I can get it I’ll leave a comment.

Again, to all Fallout/Wasteland fans, this is a good series. Both games are above 80% positive on Steam reviews, and I can vouch for the first game.

@dartmonkey Noticed you reviewed Wasteland 2, and thought maybe you might be interested in tackling some mini reviews for these indie gems

@Joeynator3000 @nukatha Studio Ghibli inspired Studio Ghibli to Ghibli up some Ghiblis so we could all Ghibli to the Studio of that which is Ghibli.

@Warioware Ive been tempted a time or two to grab Injustice 2 on the Xbox store when it’s on sale for $5-7….. I loved the story in the first one and the fighting was fun.

Yeah Def Jam was amazing and the licensing would likely cost more than they expect to make in return, although most of us that played it would buy it again as a port or remaster in a heartbeat! I think it was Ghostface Killers entrance that lives rent free in my head, “Make room for Ashy Knuckles y’all!” That and DMX being like 3’8”…😂😂😂

I might be the only one, but Backyard Wrestling was fun too, wouldn’t mind playing that again either. I dig fighters, and games in general, that have just outlandish specials/moves/etc. Shaggy’s triple knee to the groin followed by a groin kick that shot the enemy across the screen…. 😂😂😂😂

But yeah, I blame Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 and Worms for my love of outlandish stuff in games. That and Looney Tunes. 😂

@Warioware lol yeah their guest spot characters are always off the wall. Some I enjoy a bunch, Predator and Xenomorph were fun times! Others, while well done, just felt odd as heck to have in the series.

As for most complete fighting game, I missed out on a bunch, like a lot of the Tekken series. I was a big fan of Soul Calibur on Dreamcast, had a really great campaign mode for single player, but it had a smaller roster. Overall I really couldn’t say which felt the most complete package to me. DB FighterZ has been a fun time on Switch, with a crap load of unlockables.

Still to me, I don’t think MK has been nearly as fun as it was back with MK2 or UMK3. Think that was pinnacle MK for me personally.

I really need to dig into SF6 on my Xbox at some point. Supposedly the create a char mode is pretty amazing. Like a full fledged adventure rpg fighter, which if true is amazing and right up my alley.

I miss the create a char days from Def Jam Vendetta/FFNY. God those games were fun

@Warioware I play almost exclusively in handheld mode, and I feel ya with fighters catering to pros and such. I used to be big into them, especially MK and Killer Instinct, back in the 90s.Was fun owning the machine at the local arcade for an hour or so. Now though, like you, I’m in it for the story, and maybe some couch co-op/online with my nephew or friend, but I avoid any competitive stuff outside that - not even casual public fights online.

I just basically wanna level up the characters/kameos and unlock all the finishers, then just mess around vs the npcs and such. Which is why I liked MK1 going with the invasion maps over the towers in MK11, plus so much crap being locked behind multiplayer and having to use an AI. I mean, at least having the AI was an option, but still….

Picked this up last night, along with Zelda, and Beyond Galaxy. Haven’t had a chance to play any of them though.

I had faith this was going to be a good game as Graveyard Keeper is really good. Glad to hear I was correct in the assumption! Can’t wait to dig into it.

@Warioware Lol you sound a lot like me. I wasn’t playing the Invasion stuff for MP or anything, just to clear the campaigns and unlock skins and such plus grind out chars and kameos. I’m mainly a single player gamer too, only dipping into online for something like Splatoon or to co-op Borderlands/Diablo with friends.

I’m also pretty forgiving with games, and graphics aren’t a prime factor for me, case in point I own Witcher 3 on Xbox, Ps, and Switch but I’ve only ever finished the switch version. Never played more than 2 hours on either other version. Playing a game like that in handheld is more immersive for me, much like reading a book or something.

My only real gripes with MK1 was the Invasion tower (I called it Seasonal Tower on accident) that leveled up everytime you beat it. It was introduced in the second Invasion, but only on other consoles, the Switch version was stuck with the original invasion tower that S2 replaced. Switch version didn’t level, and had crap rewards compared to the other versions. That sucked. The only other gripe was some of the graphical tearing and weirdness that occured especially during heavily crowded scenes like the final scene climbing the tower to the final battle in story mode. But to be fair, every version had graphical issues for the first few months, lol.

I’d be willing to bet it’s come a long way since those first few months…. I’ll have to grab the expansion and redownload it.

@Warioware Thanks for answering, I was about to ask the same question…. For the first 3 seasonal towers/maps the Switch version was VERY rough. Hoping it’s gotten better now, and at least the boards and towers have the same parity. Really sucked that we got shafted on the “xp tower” while all other versions had it and could grind the chars to max within a few days. We got stuck with a previous season tower for 2 of those seasons….

<insert xzibitmeme> “Yo dawg, we heard you like Berserk”

All those would be amazing additions to the Switch 2 library, and it’s truly hard to pick one. Elden would be the clear choice as a mature dark toned reveal to match the Skyrim reveal, but a personal pick would be more or less a three way tie with Elden, Baldurs, and Fallout series.

Cyberpunk would be amazing, but last I heard it still doesn’t run great on last gen.

But…. I think Switch 2 should more be compared to Steam Deck capabilities, as that would likely be what Nintendo is targeting…. Not sure how CP runs on that, but I’ve heard Baldurs 3 runs well on it. Between the other Baldurs games being on Switch, and Larian supporting Switch, that could be a pretty safe bet to happen on Switch 2.

I highly doubt it’ll release at $500, tho personally I’d be willing to pay that as long as it has backwards compatibility and hopefully upscaling of previous Gen titles.

$400 is much more likely a price point they’ll aim for. They’ll also likely not go above 128-256gb for internal storage, leaving the consumer to decide how much storage they need - this is historically accurate with their consoles. If they go with an SSD solution, we can hope it’s swappable to something larger, as well as having at least a single if not dual SD card slot. Dual would be nice to allow for expansion without having to only invest in the biggest micro sd available.

But if you want realistic specs, and price point, look at Steam Deck. It’ll likely be near there in terms of specs, and aim for a lower pricing model. Probably through trimming of expandable options like the internal storage.

The Steam Deck is its largest competitor in a handheld sense. It has similar design choices to Switch that Ally, Legion and Claw don’t have. Ease of use OS, plug in and play gaming, battery life being a primary focus. So don’t think for a moment Nintendo will be targeting the other handhelds, it’s just not their style, and those are portable Windows PCs capable of gaming, with very high price tags ($700+). It should also be noted none of those come with anything higher than a 1TB ssd from the factory. Even the SD didn’t have 1TB models till OLED.

It would be nice if Nintendo offered a “Pro” type model off the bat too like SD, with a beefier internal storage and OLED screen. That I would be willing to drop $500 for.

@bransby I had to turn off religious victories when I wasn’t aiming for them. Such a PIA when you’re cruising along only to get sniped by religion. It’s a fun victory to go for yourself, but not fun to defend against random AI.

These are pretty awesome, even if they’re a bit pricier than standard Sandisk models. And while you can get other brands cheaper, personally I wouldn’t choose anything but Sandisk or Samsung micro sd cards. Way too many horror stories of corrupted data on off brands. Plus Nintendo officially licensed to Sandisk for a reason, they thoroughly tested so you don’t have to be the Guinea Pig!

Also this is really late in lifetime for officially licensed micro sd cards….. which leads me to believe the Switch successor will likely also use micro sd cards. Which makes sense, Ally/Legion/SD also use micro sd cards. Let hope for dual micro sd card slots so we can more easily expand our storage without having to spend hefty chunks of change on the biggest sizes. My 1TB has been full for years now…..

Played Generations on 3DS and transferred my char over to MHGU where I completed almost every quest, minus Hyper Gol/Sil combo. Still need to do that one. My MHGen file was setting at 460hrs at the time of transfer, and those hours did not officially transfer with on the safe file. My current save file is 869hrs, so in total you’re looking at closer to 1300 to complete everything, including building and maxing every weapon in a weapon set. I built all the Bows, as that’s my main.

@nala310 niiiiice! Inner 80s and 90s me is jealous. The smart alec in me says, “just how many A/B switches or Channel 3/4s you usin?”

Edit - Sudden core memory unlocked, I remember going to Radio Shack to get an A/B/C/D switch so I could have my SNES, Genesis, Dreamcast, and n64 hooked up. I felt like Voltron.

@VHSGREMLIN an electrifyingly delivered pun! Well done!

“No one said the thing?”

looks around

“Indeed, no one said the thing…”

takes a big breath

“This isn’t even my final form!”

Sorry, had to be done!

@Porky This was my first question when reading the article.

I’ve got an OLED switch and very very rarely have issues with games. Games that other people complain about like Pokémon s/v and such. I’m truly wondering if having it installed on SD/System plus the more efficient processor makes a difference.

I’ve got access to a V1 Launch Switch, so I’ll have to do some testing….

This game has been talked about a lot on the Metroidvania subreddit, and basically universally loved as the next best thing since Hollow Knight. Been hoping for a switch port!

Ok, someone give ConcernedApe a Nobel Prize.

Layers of Fear and LoF2 are considered decent by review scores, and Observer is a near 80 across all platforms, which would indicate a good game….. with Nintendo assistance and input this could honestly be a really good horror/thriller game. Interest is piqued, but I don’t think Project M and Emio are the same game. Could be, but I for some reason have doubts…..

@luxoricious Emio sound too much like Emo to me, which makes me think my Switch 2 would commit the Red Ring of Seppuku like 2 of my 360s.

On a side note, watched the vid, and someone pat my shants…. Seriously though, intriguing. Curious to see where this goes.

So for anyone who hasn’t worked in a retail store that sells games…..

Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, etc have have binding contracts that allow these places to sell their products. Aka, “If you want my products in your store, follow my rules”. These contracts have steep fines written in them for those that breach a ruleset.

One such rule is on street dates. If a single store breaks a street date, the fine for the retailer is in the tens of thousands if not higher depending on a few factors like size of retailer, the game involved, which game company, etc…. For example breaking street date for Halo 3 at GameStop would have been a 250k fine for the company, a $500-1000 for the employee who broke street date, and likely firing. This was all part of the contract you signed during the hiring process.

Another ruleset for these companies is selling modified hardware, or any accessory related to modding or hacking. A dude brought in an R4 cart for the DS for trade and we couldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole. There’s legal stuff written in the contract with the retailer about stuff like this.

Something like breaking a street date usually causes a warning “flag” for said retailer. Multiple breaks within a year would cause that retailer to lose their ability to sell games from the company in which the contract was breached. Something all the major retailers want to avoid.

I’m not 100%, but pretty sure that reselling devices, mods, etc would also terminate the contract if the rule was broken too many times.

Original top down template? Most Nintendo IPs could work. 3D OoT/Twilight style… Metroid has more or less done that, but I don’t think Mario or DK would fair as well in that kind of template. BotW style? Most could work in an open world/open air environment.

What id really like to see is Nintendo fill Konami’s shoes and start taking on the MVARPG category. Zelda 2 remake, Bayonetta….…. eternal darkness… all those could work really well in the genre. Remove the ARPG part and toss Mario and DK in a Metroidvania style fashion of exploring and finding new items to progress….

Don’t care, just get it on the Switch some how some way so I can buy it and play it!

Currently my only option is my Vita, and it’s very jarring to go from Switch to Vita for my hands.

@KateGray Been looking forward to this release since it caught my attention on the CozyGames sub Reddit, and had no idea you were a writer on it! Heard a lot of good things! Def picking this up and congrats on the game!

@TheBigK Every frickin time….. Nintendo sends me the yearly bday coupon of 30% off selected games…. Every time I own them all already, or the ones I don’t own I’m not interested in 🤦🏼‍♂️

FE Engage Season Pass is also 30% off, so I’m
Guessing every related games dlc is also on sale

Ok…. Now Shiver, Nintendo, Bethesda and MS need to have a sit down and figure out some proper Fallout on Switch.

Saw this on Reddit the other day, frickin awesome and crazy.

That said, Microsoft, Nintendo and Bethesda need to get to it and port the Fallout series to Switch! So far it’s been multiplatform, so no excuse there, and it would sell stupidly well…. Willing to bet there’s over a million copies of Skyrim sold on Switch…. Fallout would equal or exceed that easily, especially given the show boosting popularity atm.

Come on Spencer, Howard, and Bowser, don’t you guys wanna print some money?

“So anyways, I started gas blasting…”

Patience smatience, I also started playing again, couldn’t wait any longer, must play needed to play!

@DestructoDisk I get the reason for them to “exist” during a consoles lifetime for working on them, but they don’t need to be made public. If you’d created something to sell and someone copied it and suddenly your sales started to take a nose dive you’d be pretty upset too.

Backing up saves can be done without the use of an emulator, granted on switch you have to pay for online service for it whereas on Xbox, Ps and Pc it’s free. Backing up the full game isn’t going to be necessary within the consoles lifespan, if your game craps out during that time Nintendo will replace it.

The only real caveat anyone using an emulator to play switch games currently right now is “it runs better on emu therefore I should play it there”. And that argument is like “I have a Ferrari so I should be able to drive it 200mph just because it can”. It’s a child’s argument at best.

I truly am all for emu, and preserving data, but a full on emu doesn’t really need to be public during a consoles lifespan.

And you do realize that the legality of dumping your data does don’t include playing it back on unintended hardware correct? The law was created for the express use of backing up data to replace it back on to disc should the original disc get destroyed.

Edit - Emu debate is a lot like the American gun debates that pop up. Every time something bad happens, the ban gets brought up. And while I’m a responsible owner, I also agree with Jim Jefferies, we only have one valid arguement - “I like my guns, I wanna keep em”. Self defense isn’t a valid reason because statistically speaking your more likely to use the gun on yourself than a home invader, and your reaction time plus adrenaline are likely to counter any would be thwarting of the home invasion. And the amendment was created just in case our government got crappy and we could defend ourselves, however the technological gap between us and the military is vast, and the only way we’d win against the military is if they decided not to fight.

I bring this up as a point out to people doing dumb things ruining it for the rest of us. Emu is no different. If people do dumb things with it, like yuzu did, then it’s only going to increase the resolve companies have to prevent it from happening. Soon we’ll see DRM in all games, and the back ups won’t matter a lick unless you can connect to the server with a valid account ownership of the game. If we want to speed that process up then by all means, we just need to keep doing stupid things…..

But I digress, again I’m all for preservation and emu. I’m just pointing out the technicalities. I’ve been backing up my data since 1987 when Leisure Suit Larry originally released on floppy disc….

I’ve been saying this ever since the bloatfly tease that was Fallout Shelter……

Dear Bethesda, Microsoft, and Nintendo, please make this happen. FO3/NV/4 would PRINT money for you guys. You wouldn’t be able to count the money fast enough for how quickly we’d jump on this!

Game was a fun romp on 360, will def pick this up on release.

And yeah it’s exactly like Mario! Such fun memories of running around on a giant naked chick as Mario!

Ugh…. Guessing this worked just like FE: Shadows did, where you have to progress to a certain point in order to access even purchasing and downloading the dlc. Annoying. I like many grabbed this and a bunch of other titles before the eshops closure last year, and just now finding out it had dlc locked behind progress and a server connection….. so frickin annoying.

Wondering if it’s possible to access the save file without a modded 3DS….

Patience my spoiled cabbage! But no seriously, stoked to get back into this. I haven’t truly gotten into it since 1.3 was released. Great game, and truly amazing developer! Take your time Sir, we appreciate your love for this game and the continued support you’ve given it, and the community!

Tempted to pick this up just to support the dev

@Joeynator3000 Id love a Switch port of MH3U. GU on Switch is better than MHG on 3DS, so not worried there. And MH4U I’ve had my complete fill of playing for over 2k hours, but it would be a nice port for anyone that missed it.

If they port MH3U I could only pray they rework the underwater sections to be more forgiving on controls, as well as not completely wrecking the Bow, lol.

Would be ultra amazing if they remastered it to the point of including the MHGU Styles and Arts….

@MeloMan I knew Powerwash was gonna be a silly success when I saw just how many people loved watching power washing videos on YouTube and TikTok. Something about watching a fence go from mossy/mildewy green back to bright tan or a driveway from dark soot-like to new slate….. it makes the brain tingle happily

@HotGoomba I was soooooo addicted to Game Dev Story on my phone for over a month. Loved when Kairo brought it to switch. Got Mega Mall Story too as it looked close to the old Sim Tower pc game. Sadly it doesn’t compel me as much as Game Dev did.

That said, if you like Sim Tower like I did, Project Highrise is amazing.

@MeloMan I feel like that game was made for gamer dads, lol! Let me know how it is if you pick it up. If it’s anywhere near as mindlessly fun and relaxing as Powerwash is then I’ll pick it up. Kept seeing it pop on eshop and wondered about it.

@HotGoomba Game Dev Tycoon is great, but I preferred Game Dev Story, felt a bit smoother. However I haven’t played GDT since the first month it launched on Switch.

@Waluigi451 if you have an Xbox and Game Pass it’s on there to try out. The game play loop is addictive - clean, make money, upgrade your kit, take on bigger jobs. It’s basically Monster Hunter but washing, and you don’t have to worry about one hit kills. 😂