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@Anti-Matter "The Heartless or whatever the enemies name that will never get defeated?"

Well its a bit hard to defeat a nebulous concept like "darkness" isn't it? What would that even look like lol.

It definitely deserves its so engrossing that when I try and play for an hour that hour often turns into the whole evening lol.

I think there's a fair chance this just never stops selling and becomes as popular as the main series Pokemon.

Nintendo getting full ownership of ND Cube/Nintendo Cube has definitely paid off.

Its surprsingly high. I honestly thought they'd have struggled to get even half of the launch figures.

@TerribleTerabytes Eh I think Gamefreak's Tembo the Badass Elephant skipping WiiU for basically no reason was more annoying than this.

Beast of Reincarnation just looks like a generic soulslike. I don't really get why there was much interest in Gamefreak's take on it. Especially since this was largely outsourced.

Between it and Pokopia on Switch 2. I think the Switch 2 got the better game.

Considering other developers have got Unreal Engine 5 games on Switch 2. I think it highlights why throwing a billion awards at Sandfall like they were the best game developers ever to grace the world was a bit silly.

This game very rarely has more than half a dozen characters/enemies on screen at once and has corridor dungeons. Its not a game that Switch 2 should inherently struggle to handle.

I mean looking at the UK game charts and how Switch 2 exclusives are managing to compete with multiplats across Switch (9 years), PS5 and Xbox Series (coming up 6 years).

Show how Switch 2 has already strongly established itself.

I think its only really going to be the RAM/component pricing pushing up its price thats will cause it to fall behind Switch 1, and not any failing of the system itself. But I still think it will be ultimately successful.

Although the UK is the one place not getting a price rise this year so maybe it'll continue its trajectory here.

@N00BiSH Yeah, also based on the Pikmin 4 ask the developer Miyamoto also ended up doing the game design for Pikmin 1 despite being Producer and not Director.

@kkslider5552000 Even then Sakurai took control to prevent Pacman in Smash 4 being the horrible Ghostly Adventures one too.

I think despite SEGA using these characters as a draw to the game. I think the end result is going to be an inconsistent mish-mash that makes the game look less appealing, and while it worked for Fortnite, that game was free.

@WheresWaveRace Probably, it'll be funny in 2 years time when there'll be no physical Playstation games. The UK charts will end up looking like Japan's lol.

They have a strange way of showing they value Physical.

@ScrubbaLubbaDUB Nintendo wasn't "bailed out" they were refunded for tariffs which were deemed illegal.

Nintendo were illegally taxed extra by the US Government to sell their products in the USA , they are legally owed a refund.

Customers who bought Switch 2 accessories at the increased prices as a result of the tariffs, weren't illegally charged more, therefore they aren't owed a refund.

They're not going to hand money back to a country that is liable to tariff them again lol.

It'd be insane for the US and its citizens to think they can illegally tariff international companies and then when the tariffs are found to be illegal and refunded... attempt to demand that money back lol.

Hopefully the US one day will collectively realise how ridiculous they've been on the global stage the last 10 years.

Doing Sony's job for them, eh Nintendolife?

While Sony hides on social media and chooses not to explain or defend their policies. All the news sites come out to convince people physical is dead.

If physical was really dead Sony wouldn't have ducked under the parapets the moment they announced the end of physical.

@Mana_Knight You're right, even looking back towards the end of June's Sonic Frontiers Definitive didn't even chart during release week. Though probably a good thing.

I'm all for physical but GAME was the worst. The last time I went there was for Super Mario RPGs remake about a week after launch and they hadn't even bothered putting it on the shelves. I had to ask for it at the counter.

When they treat a multimillion sellng game like it wasn't worth even displaying then it was obvious they don't give a toss about being successful or actually selling games to anyone.

I pre-ordered a Switch from GAME but for Switch 2 I had absolutely no faith in them so just ordered it from Nintendo. The fact they don't even acknowledge the Switch 2 as a major system release despite being the biggest launch of any games console doesn't surprise me lol, no wonder they're out of business.

It's pretty good going for Star Fox given its well... Star Fox and on a console that has only been out for just over a year. Probably the best its done since Star Fox 64 or Star Fox Adventures

Shouldn't this be an upgrade since there's already S1 version?

"Pretend you didn't see it" - Square Enix

I don't think a Publisher should be saying this.

"Then pretend I didn't say it" - Square Enix

@8bit-Man Thats only if you believe the Digital games will stay absolutely the same when there's no physical alternative.

But its pretty obvious once physical isn't an option the companies will have free reign impose a lot more restriction and stipulations on customers.

Like if you've went all digital on Playstation or PC what happens when say Sony or Steam decide that the account your games are bound requires an annual subscription? Not like you can take your library elsewhere or play offline like with physical AND even GKC.

Sony have already silently changed their policies to delete digital Playstation libraries after 3 years of inactivity. I feel people are sleepwalking into having zero control over their games.

@LightSpirit They're calling them haters because the performance of MKW is in direct contradiction to the rhetoric online.

I think the fact you're surprised about how well MKW is selling probably should tip you off that while there are valid concerns with the game. That a large proportion of the "backlash" would have to be console warring and/or insincere.

@Jeronan There's been 4 Pokemon games in the last 5 years, 6 if you include TCG Pocket and Champions. I think they're making enough already.

Their lawsuit against a company who's had to remove mechanics from the game based on the patents Nintendo filed. And recently changed designs of monsters that people have long-since pointed out used stolen assets from Pokemon.

I'm not sure how you can call that frivolous when they're actively doing things that highlight Nintendo were right to persue legal action.

I wonder if it'd be possible to get a higher capacity battery for Switch 2.

I think everyone should avoid buying any game that is already on Switch 1, but is being sold at full-price on Switch 2 without an upgrade path.

Square and SEGA are both guilty of it, and they probably won't stop doing it unless it totally bombs. You can still buy their games, but just stick to the games which have upgrades, or are only released on Switch 2.

I'd imagine due to the EU battery regulations and component prices. Because unlike S2 they're not expecting 16-20m a year, they won't be getting discounts on components for buying in bulk too meet those standards.

I'd wager if Nintendo made a Switch 1 with removable battery at the quantities its now selling it might end up needing to cost close to the Switch 2, if not more for OLED. Entirely defeating the purpose of Switch 1.

It speaks for how much AI is wrecking gaming that its made Nintendo's best selling console ever not worth revising to meet new regulations in Europe.

@Metazoxan Yeah makes sense, they were probably counting on Nintendo dropping out and their marketshare being consolidated into Playstation and Xbox.

@Metazoxan I think Nintendo get disregarded online often because Sony and MS strategy to woo gamers involved flashy but unsustainable business models.

Its like if some kid (Nintendo) was running a lemonade stand, Nintenade, successfully. Then a rich kid (Xbox) showed up, opened his own X-Lemonade stand and used his parent's money (Microsoft) to buy expensive ingredients and also undercut the regular kid, losing money on every sale but having what appears to be a more impressive product. It wouldn't be profitable but X-Lemonade could compete against Nintenade for long as the parents are willing to put money into it without expecting a return. Whereas Nintendade can only compete with its own profits and couldn't possibly offer what X-Lemonade is without going out of business.

Those youtubers love Playstation/Xbox subsidising gaming for decades and so got used to the unsustainable business model and think its normal. They believe Nintendo is either irrelevant or pulling a scam the way they're running their business so just disregard them, even though Nintendo are literally just operating a sustainable model.

I think Microsoft and Sony are now expecting more back from Xbox and Playstation, so the wheels are starting to fall off their strategy and now they have to make Xbox and Playstation "worth it" for the parent companies. Thus features are taken away, the systems stop being sold at a loss, studios are closed or get mass layoffs and the cost to consumers rise. Thus some gamers are betrayed

@Anti-Matter Nintendo stopping GKC would be more liable to convince 3rd parties to just not release any kind of physical game even on Nintendo.

For physical to exist it has to be an attractive prospect for developers and customers.

You only really have to look at how few 3rd party games N64 got to see that Nintendo can't force developers to use their format if they don't want to. In the 90s devs rather put their games on cheap CDs for PS1 than expensive cartridges for N64. The only difference is unlike the N64 developers will put games on Switch 2 digitally even if they don't want to release cartridges or GKC.

If Nintendo can make cheaper, lower capacity carts that'd improve things but throwing away GKC would be disasterous. What if a game is over 64GB? Or what if even cheaper standard carts are too expensive for an indie who wants to do some kind of physical release?

I'll contiue buying physical til its no longer available. Sony, Microsoft and Steam won't stop me.

@johnedwin They better be, I have a bad feeling that certain 3rd parties will drop even GKC on Switch 2 and go digital only in order to have "parity" with PS and Xbox.

@Anti-Matter It'd be impossible without Sony printing them because PS5 games aren't just generic blu-rays with a game written to them. They're encoded to be compatible with Sony's PS5 security to prevent unlicensed games and piracy. Which ensures licensed developers pay Sony their 30% royalty.

A 3rd party company can't print PS5 discs, even if they could it'd be unlicensed usage and Sony would be liable to take legal action.

I think the most annoying part is PC Gamers pretending they didn't cause the erosion of physical.

Downloading games from Steam isn't supporting physical games.

@Duncanballs Yeah chances are many 3rd parties will just stop releasing even GKCs in 2028 in order to make Sony's all-digital decision look better. Publishers seem to walk in lockstep with Playstation even against their own interest.

Like the main problem for Nintendo is publishers just unilaterally sticking a middle finger up at physical all at once. Because there's little point in a system offering physical media if no one bothers putting their games on it.

I just hope physical on Switch 2 does well enough that 3rd parties can't afford to justify digital only on it. Or any attempts by 3rd parties to go digital only on S2 backfires.

@Folkloner Yeah digital sales will probably be a lot higher than SFZ and 643D just due to release year, ontop of being $10 less digital.

This might end up being the first Star Fox since the N64 to sell over 2million if its doing so much better physically when there's such a big incentive to buy it digitally.

Makes sense he'd stay at reduced level of responsibility. Its worth noting he was co-producer on Yoshi & The Mysterious book on Nintendo's alongside Nogami (Splatoon) instead of the sole Nintendo producer like Crafted World.

I think like Miyamoto he's contributed so much to Nintendo that they're probably allowing him to semi-retire and both step back but still do projects and remain an employee for as long as he wants to do so.

To quote Lightning from FFXIII.

"Worst Birthday ever"

@Friendly Thats Team Sonic Racing the 2019 game which sold 3.5million, not Crossworlds.

Crossworlds will be above 1 million but below 2million.

@acgp Yeah the chaotic mish-mash of characters from cartoons, games, and soon Godzilla and anime just comes off as tacky.

Plus if SEGA thought Spongebob and co. would attract new players then why make all 3rd party characters part of $70 + $30 season pass? Do they really think non-fans would pay $100 to play as Spongebob if Sonic hadn't sold them on the roster.

I've read Astrobot is charting because of a weird case where a certain store was selling it on clearance for less than a price another store was accepting it for trade-ins lol.

So some people in Japan have been making money off buying Astrobot and trading it in.

@Mana_Knight Yeah at this point they should call it:

Sellout Racing Crosspromotions

They should stop trying to be Fortnite.

Honestly if they had any sense they'd use it as a springboard for their game revival projects. Not random licensed Paramount cartoons and anime.

I think it stands for how un-coordinated and unstrategic SEGA is to managing their games.

@AmplifyMJ Apparently its all about Square, Warner Bros and EA on this Nintendo site lol.

@Tempestryke I think the idea is to increase the chance Nintendo sell the systems to people who are actually going to use it. It means that actual fans are more likely to get one.

Plus considering AI pushing parts up Nintendo probably aren't making money off system sales alone and need game sales.

The worst thing for game sales would be for loads of Switch 2s to end up in scalpers hands and sit for several months unused til someone buys it at an inflated price. Instead of in the hands of someone who'll buy the games.

Can't Square just release KH on Switch system without using some dubious technology that stirs up controversy?

I suppose AI artwork for the S2 box isn't as bad as the cloud versions on Switch 1. But they never do this stuff on the other platforms.

Resident Evil Requiem at 37% Switch 2 is pretty interesting

Also I'm surprised Nintendolife isn't reporting on the Mario Galaxy Movie passing $1billion at the box office.

@8th_Observer Valve's CEO Gabe Newell needs an extra Mega Yacht to add to his fleet.

You can see why this $300 price rise for the Steamdeck is necessary.

I just hate how hollow and insubstantial AI is. Even if parts look interesting its still a mockery, and will never be anyone's expression and has very little intrigue or value.

Like why would you bother reading a book that nobody actually wrote? Why would you play a game that nobody actually designed?

I like the FFVI that Sakaguchi produced, Kitase directed, the characters that Amano and Nomura drew and the sprites Shibuya made. I don't think you can replace that with A.I. and ever make the same impact

@johnedwin "FF main player base on the PS"

Hardly, you can kinda tell vecause Square started putting FF spin-offs and remakes on Nintendo. Previous exclusives like FF Tactics Ivalice Chronicle doing better on Switch despite the original being PS1 exclusive.

I'd wager most of the PS userbase by FF only for AAA production values and because Square give it timed exclusivity. Make FFXVII multi-platform with no timed Playstation exclusivity and it will almost certainly sell better on Switch 2. Same with Dragon Quest XII.

Definitely looking forward to the extras. The Galactic thematics section seems like it'll be interesting.

@Dee123 Yeah, according to the article he's 27 and unemployed, obviously some deranged guy with too much time on his hands.

I think in the eyes of someone extreme enough to make bomb threats, if they're going online and seeing lots of hyperbole claims that Nintendo are evil or contemptible for trivial crap like the price of their games or Game Key cards. It could come off as validation to make threats like these.

@Dr_Corndog @jsty3105 Yeah Nintendo did lower the price of the Switch 1 in UK & the rest of Europe in 2021 due to favourable market conditions.

Its also notable that they haven't planned to increase the Switch 2 price in the UK where the £ has recently risen against the dollar quite a bit. Likely £1 going from $1.25 to $1.35 has made keeping the price the same feasible here.

I'm with @jsty3105 that if the component prices went down and fuel prices (Shipping) they'd likely lower the Switch 2 back down if they think they'd sell ~20million systems like they did in 2025. Because the more systems they sell, the more games they'll sell.

So as long as they aren't losing a large amount of money on each system sold like the 3DS after the price-drop, its always going to be preferable for Nintendo to trade lower hardware profit for higher game profits. Than the other way round.