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The Ally X is absolutely worth the money, but that depends on one's having the money in the first place. It may be worth the money, but that's a third of my monthly income; I can't afford that.

@MatoFilipovic like cedarhyped said, it's lazy and/or incompetent developers. Most of the Switch 2 games I've played - Cyberpunk, Trails in the Sky, Yakuza 0, and most of the first party titles - have all run pretty smoothly. The only Switch 2 game I've played that had performance issues that I noticed was Shadow Labyrinth...which is also Bandai Namco. The problem is Bandai, not Switch 2.

I'm a collector with a spending problem lmao

@OmnitronVariant No, I don't have to take that into account. I don't rate games on Game Pass higher than their PS5 counterparts just because I don't have to pay anything on top of my subscription to play them. Why would I apply that standard to Nintendo if I don't apply it to other studios' games?

Play stupid games, get stupid prizes. FAFO at its finest.

@OmnitronVariant A review evaluates a game, not market conditions. Games's scores don't jump on Metacritic when they're on sale. Selling Ride to Hell Retribution for $0.50 won't make it a good game.

These are the greatest 3D platformers ever made imo. I'd have liked to see a specific Switch 2 version that leveraged the increased horsepower for some ray tracing goodness, and the gyro controls will never be as accurate or responsive as the Wiimote, so I voted 9 instead of 10, but they're still basically masterpieces.

Judging from the votes, most seem to realize this, but in case anyone is so salty that they forget, price doesn't factor into review scores, just the game itself. If I were factoring in the price, I'd drop my 9 to a 7.

I, for one, welcome their decision not to indulge cross-gen nonsense.

I strongly recommend this for any Trek fans. I played on Series X, and it's a great adventure for Trek fans.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news to folks, but there aren't enough people who care about physical media for any kind of boycott to matter in the slightest. The vast majority of gamers get some if not all of their games digitally and would happily trade a lower price for digital-only availability. Businesses will follow what the majority of consumers want. Some games need to be GKCs due to technical data transfer limitations, some need to be due to file sizes in excess of the Switch 2 card's capacity, and some choose to because of the cost of the game cards. The first two reasons there are completely reasonable if that truly is the case, and even for the third one, they're making a compromise they don't have to make.

You don't have a right to get games physically, and publishers don't have an obligation to offer you games physically. Anyone can see that the medium, as a whole, is moving more and more to digital. The fact that there's any kind of physical option that can be resold on the second hand market, even if it's one that's useless for the purposes of offline installation or preservation, is more than they were required to offer. Comparisons of game publishers' offering game key cards to kidnappers' allowing brief glimpses of the sun are pure strawman arguments.

And no, holding this opinion does not make one "feeble-minded." >_>

@NFrealinkling They shouldn't be able to render a physical object you legally bought and paid for useless. Online services are just that - a service - and is paid for regularly like any other bill, so that's different. But and internet provider shouldn't be able to render my entire desktop PC unusable if I get caught having found a way to use their service without paying for it.

Hopefully she'll be a good fit for the position. I do, however, miss the days of eccentric "brand ambassador" type Nintendo CEOs, though.

@Sonicka Glad to hear another voice of reason here. I don't like game key cards, but people around here act like it violates the Geneva Conventions. The Switch 2 card reader can't match M.2 read speeds, and cartridges are lot more expensive than UHD Bluray discs. It sucks, but it's a reality.

@NFrealinkling The big issue isn't banning use of online services but bricking in the console entirely

@ear_wig Thanks for the summary. I'm usually less bothered by minor performance issues than most gamers, but I'm usually more bothered by controls that just feel "off" than most, so it's hard to say how I'll feel about it.

I'll be putting all of my gold and hourglasses and shop points into this to hunt those past pack chase cards lol

@ear_wig I have it on Switch 2, but I haven't played it yet. What are the performance issues? Is it the usually 30 fps vs 60 fps or is it a more serious sub-30 fps issue?

I think the points he makes are very fair. I do think that it would have been better to have the data on the cartridge but require a full install like PS5 and XSX games usually do, but this type of argument is why, while I don't like the game key cards, I'm not part of the hyperbolic outrage that tends to infest these comment sections.

I'll throw it on my wishlist in hopes it will go on sale some day, but even as much as I loved the base game and as stalwart a Nintendo fanatic as I am, I just can't bring myself to spend $20 on DLC for a game only two months old when the only real draw is a roguelike mode (as I do not like roguelikes).

Looks rad. I'll probably give this one a buy.

I can't tell much difference between the two. Good thing I buy darn near everything Nintendo makes regardless of value or improvement lmao

Oh look, another Schedule 1 clone

@Pillowpants Teamwork makes the dream work, to quote my first boss after college.

@Pillowpants Dang, beat me to it lol

@Bunkerneath Virtually no game is complete if we're disallowing patches. What "complete on cart" really means these days is that the game is completely playable without updates. It may still have bugs - even games before digital updates were possible had bugs - but if it's playable sans update, it's as complete as anything is these days.

It's great to see them making fixes so promptly.

@Tom-Massey
Loving your thoughtful and well-reasoned responses here. It's a breath of fresh air in a comment section that can often turn toxic the moment someone mentions the letters L, R, and G.

My predictions (the last two of which are admittedly far fetched, I know) are:

Metroid Prime 4 release date
Resident Evil ports
FF7 release date
Elden Ring release date
Clair Obscur port
Mario 3D All Stars (but now including Galaxy 2)
New Fire Emblem

I love bad 90s games, but the ones I like are "so bad, it's good" games. Bubsy is just...bad.

@Dpishere I'm thoroughly enjoying it on Switch 2. I definitely recommend it for Star Wars fans, and this is a fine version although obviously inferior to PS5 and Series X.

Considering how decent Cyberpunk looks and plays on Switch 2, this is just a pathetic albeit unsurprising attempt.

lmao who tf said "Outstanding" or "Abysmal"? I can see 3s and 4s, I can see 7s and 8s, and I can see the dead middle, but no way you can argue that its lineup so far is a perfect flawless 10 out of 10 or an irredeemable 1 out of 10.

I am super stoked for this game. Super NOT stoked that it's a game key card, but still stoked enough to buy it physical without complaint. Just gotta wait until I can justify it with my budget.

I still don't like the game key cards at all, but assuming what we are told is true, this is a really solid reason for using one and really strikes the best balance between the collectors' desire for a physical cartridge and the technical reality of data bandwidth capabilities.

A consistent 30 fps is preferable to a frame rate that jumps wildly between 30 and 60, in my opinion.

@johnedwin If 30 fps is a dealbreaker for someone, then they aren't much of a gamer in my opinion.

I'm looking forward to this and am very glad to see that the performance is better than we first expected.

@ShieldHero NEP 'EM ALL UP!

@Styrophoamicus Right? I have it on PS5 (and maybe Series X? I don't remember), but I'm definitely getting on Switch. I'll hold out for a while in hopes of a physical version down the line, though.

It might be out in November or December, but my money is on 2026.

I played Star Trek Resurgence on PS5. Absolutely phenomenal adventure for Star Trek fans.

@SirLink It looked to me like a pretty consistent 30 fps for most of it save for the occasional dip. 30 fps definitely isn't desirable these days, but for a handheld running a game as demanding as Elden Ring, it's a fair compromise.

@DominionGamma It looks okay to me from the footage. It's nowhere near as bad as Doom 2016 was on Switch.

@BaldB3lper78 Alternative take - this is what ports just two months after launch, imagine what ports will look like when studios have had more time with the hardware and dev kits and get more comfortable with the system.

That's about what I expected. The fact that we're getting it on Switch 2 is enough to make me happy even if it's an inferior version.

Omg please please please. I would pay $70 for a remaster. I am, however, totally fine with that hypothetical remaster's being a Switch 2 exclusive. I know exclusives are bad for most gamers, but I'm the idiot who buys every console day one and loves exclusives for the distinct feel they give consoles, so I'm the weird dude who sees exclusives as a good thing.

I've said both, but I usually say KWAY

@Coversnail
I would imagine there's no Pokemon catching here since it's designed for VGC battles. You'll probably have some rental Pokemon like in Pokemon Stadium or - I would assume with the paid version - the ability to import Pokemon from Pokemon Home. I can't see it having more than that. Maybe the ability to tweak Pokemon moves to account for moves that are inaccessible in some games vs others.

@Anti-Matter
They've been clear from the beginning that this exists solely for battles. This isn't supposed to be an RPG or whatever. It's just straight up battles.

Who the heck is giving this a 1? That score is reserved for nigh unplayable games. Slop like Road to Hell: Retribution. Even Sonic Boom on Wii U doesn't deserve a full on 1.

I know I'm in the minority here, but I'm super excited about Drag x Drive. I ordered the physical Switch release of Shantae Advance from LRG, and I bought a copy of the GBA cartridge, so I'll skip that download, but I'm definitely going to play the game whenever my Switch copy gets here (probably in 2029 lmao)