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Nope. Not doing it. Not reading the comments. Nope not getting involved. Nope, Nope, Nope.

I dont know what the blow up is on this thread but still looking forward to MP4 Friday!!!!!!

Stay safe out there people on the inter-web 👍

MP4 and Terminator for me. I may also bite on an Evercade Alpha this month.

@Nep-Nep-Freak dive in. You won't regret it.

4 fantastic games with XC2 being my favourite. The DLCs are also great additions.

Break from gaming this weekend.

Finishing Lego Soundwave this weekend with any spare time I get. I might also start a new watch through of Red Dwarf from series 1 ........ Ive only watched them a million times before 😃

Keeping the gaming time free for MP4. 👍

Blimey. 120 FPS. No need to get it on PS5 just incase someone on here was debating. 😜

@sketchturner agreed. The port quality will get better over time. I'm happy with some minor niggles and compromises if we get the games. 👍

Off topic but being of a certain vintage, that good old green screen look appeals.

Ive got more CRTs than room but still on the hunt for a green screen / monochrome monitor.

Ive brought up 3 kids to love Nintendo like me. Wind the clock back 15 years ish and would have purchased in a heartbeat for bedtime stories.

Not ready for it yet, but look forward to grandkids one day and bits like this.

..... none of them liked Transformers, Thundercats or He Man but I got them into Nintendo 👍

I hope this sells well to encourage others to release some sub £20 ports. There's still a fair bit from the last few gens yet to show up.

Granted not a perfect port but at £15 I've got my moneys worth. An 8 seems fair.

Keep 'em coming!👍🎮🕹

@Anti-Matter I think it is a balance. If you expect the bells and whistles of a PS5 in handheld form, the cost of the Switch 2 would have been crazy.

Comparing the 2 simply isn't comparable. Apples and oranges as the saying goes.

As someone who isn't that bothered about the slow demise of physical media, I do recognise the additional costs of storage though.

Im used to juggling storage on PC and with a 500 mbps download speed, it's not a problem for me personally.

Whilst I'll have to get a new card at some point, I dont mind Nintendo's reasoning provided previously on out of the box storage, ultimately you decide and the base costs then stay low.

Apologies to my US friends. Whilst I can't decide which is first, the US is last purely down to my opinion that the Japanese and European console looked so much better.

I stretched the box art brawl a bit further 😃

Enjoying Tomb Raider as much as I can against the disgraceful lack of high res hair. Its shocking in this day and age that we have to put up with things like this. 😃

Sarcasm to one side, great game and might get some time on the Amiga this weekend as well.

Im still scarred from Mario in a swimsuit from Odyssey.

@scoobdoo what videos have you been watching??

2-3 weeks for the 3 million mark.

22k on OG Switch is pretty crazy .... Sony is currently desperately searching every warehouse in the land for some PS2s to sell. 😃

Now if they released a PS2 classic, would that count???

Alas I will have completed it again by the time any further enhancements come to the SW2 version (if they do) but regardless enjoying it as a couch experience.

The uproar online on the low res hair is quite funny to read.

@Anti-Matter Ratchet and Clank is pretty chaotic. Just saying.

Reading the opening of the Metro review, it sounds like they have gone in with a default to not like it.

On my scale of things, a 4 is in the territory of mildly to badly broken and/or poor gameplay/design.

Whether its your cup of tea or not, a 4 for this is a bad review, not a bad game.

@MamaSymphonia ditto. On long knockout tours I was getting cramp holding accelarate for the whole race. I only need control of it at the start for a boost.

Fair play. Already number 10 on the UK SW2 Eshop charts.

@jfp ive played it before on PC and Steamdeck. IMO its up there and compared to both a really solid port.

Enjoy your first run. Somewhere between Unchartered and Indiana Jones. Equally its own thing but really good games.

Just tried 15 mins in handheld on the SW2. It looks and plays good to me.

Point and click as it should be!

None of this thumbstick shenanigans.

Me starting November ........

Nearly xmas. Be careful on the spending. No purchases on a whim.

Yep. Failed already. Downloading as we speak. 😃

@Briarback yes its a bit different across the globe and whilst I could be wrong, it may be more Eastern countries that start with a Sunday. However, I think you are correct that the US starts on a Sunday.

Im in the UK, so used to the week starting on a Monday .... school, working week etc

@Anti-Matter In fairness, they cant include every public holiday in the world and some deem Sunday as the end of a week. I think globally its 50/50 on start or end of the week.

If you can do your own thing, good for you. Its a freebie at the end of the day putting to one side postage.

@1UP_MARIO shortly followed up by Starlink: Battle for Atlas in Poundland shops. I got my copy for £7 I think. We got the best version and in my opinion, not a bad game.

Well, it wasnt that good so take that as you will.

@Guybrush-Threepwood dude, you get a tonne of respect and a thumbs up for that user name.

I am rubber, you are glue

Nope not having it. Our beloved lunch box had an opening lid and a convenient handle for carrying. In the tupperware stakes, this just doesnt cut it.

Where are the Monkey Islands on Switch????

@Medic_alert remember those days. In the UK we were 6-12 months behind the US and Japan and many games didnt come across to PAL.

As a JRPG fan, it was tough.

Thankfully that has changed.

@Gabe250 local co op huddled round the tv is the way 👍 For authenticity, trail some cables in front for someone to trip over 😃

@Spider-Kev unless your uncle works at Nintendo, I think Miyamoto is a better judge of a past colleagues potential thoughts and thinking.

@Anti-Matter inferring no common sense is a slight against most on here.

Repetition of the same constant views to garner clicks is neither helpful or useful in the conversation.

I dont understand the effort you put into this site on a daily basis to repeat the same narrative.

You are open and to the point of your dislike of the Switch 2. Do as you please but I would suggest its probably not doing yourself any good investing so much time in something you clearly dont like and all of this negativity.

Sad to see any loss of jobs and hope all affected find new jobs quickly.

I do think Square is at its best when it focuses on its roots and it has a sizeable back catalogue to tap into.

Theyve been burnt in recent years on triple AAA budgets and exclusivity.

Please dont do anything stupid with DQ12. It works because it works.

@PinballBuzzbro If you are benchmarking a £400 hybrid device against PC. PS5 and Series X, yes the SW2 will struggle to meet the same performance.

Its the weakest out of the 3.

However, if you keep your expectations in check, the ports so far have been pretty damn impressive IMO and rival or surpass handheld hardware at a similar price point.

Ive played a number of the 3rd party releases and they are far from the buggy mess you allude to.

I would rather take strong 3rd party support over physical anyday of the week.

I hear the opposition to my view but I think the inevitable is here and some will be very dissapointed in the next 5-10 years when digital becomes the norm.

As long as the games keep flowing, I can live with that.

All about the games people. Always was, always will be.

Year 1. Not bad Nintendo. Not bad at all. 👍

2 days of respite during the ACNH announcement. It was evidently short lived.

Back to the Anti rhetoric norm.

The only problem with being a JRPG enthusiast is the time commitment. Not enough hours in the day.

2 in 1, doesn't help 😃

Regardless, purchase made. Arriving tomorrow. Very much looking forward to it 👍

@Crockin not so sure as Nintendo doesnt tend to announce things years in advance. Mp4 being the exception.

We've had some belters with barely 6 months from the announcement. Im not reading this in anyway as a lean release schedule for the next few years.

I wouldn't say no. With the improved kick stand and bigger screen, it's better than my phone somewhat.

Not the game for me but Ive enjoyed the expanded lore watching story cutscenes online.

Missed opportunity with no mouse mode. I feel we need a real test of this functionality.

Give me command and Conquer remastered with mouse mode and I'll be happy.

This is on the list, but will wait for a decent sale.

Japan slightly ahead for me. Always good to see the Retro Studios logo on a box. Admittedly it's probably on the back of the Europe/ US one though.

Whilst I appreciate that day 1 updates are not liked by some with a desire for everything to be truly physical, they've been around for ages.

In truth, I don't think they are a bad thing. Yes if it's a sizeable day 1, you could argue the point of just delay it.

But thinking back to some of the quirks, bugs and missed opportunities with some games in the 80s and 90s, patches would have been welcomed. You got what you got.

I say the above with an opinion, paid DLC should really be additional content on an already feature rich product and major fixes et al shouldnt be from a complacency standpoint of we can fix it later.

Call me a fanboy but I would argue that Nintendo is overall one of the least guilty of either scenario.

Continuing XC2 and NMS. Might give the SW Outlaws demo a run.

Nice. £39.99 on Amazon at the mo as well 👍