Erigen

It could be better. A later hardware revision could improve it, but decent enough for now, given the potential first party titles in the future.

@Hee-ho-master uh... it's not, but you're free to believe whatever you want to.

@Mana_Knight
Too slow. Pac-man beat them to it. 🙂

Sony, if you want people to like you better, then act like a Japanese company and make Japanese-centric games. The type of games that Western developers can almost never replicate. Instead of chasing what's big in that part of the world, and failing to understand what made those games successful.

Oh, boy. Can't wait to see all the cool art of Metroid.

'Opens book'

Who the heck is this lady?

I was expecting more modest numbers, but that's great news. After the Wii U, Switch did a lot of work to sway US players back to Nintendo. This shows how effective and successful Switch 1 was to keep the hype and excitement for Switch 2.

One more good reason to buy a Switch 2.

Like it would be anything else. Nintendo's appeal to it's local market is near unmatched.

Even with Switch 2's release, the Switch 1 family still sold more than sixteen thousand units, weird but still impressive.

@ROMhaiku
Yes, but the closer you get, the more buggy the game becomes. At the very end when you finally kiss, it bricks the system.

Another unoptimised technical dud. Was looking forward for a fun, quirky time.

Ah, very clever of Nintendo to add the utility of a torture device.

@Anti-Matter
You DO know that Chris Pratt doesn't voice Mario in the games, right?

And I would have gotten away with it too. If it weren't for those meddling kids and their dumb dog.

I disagree. The English dub isn't surprisingly poor, it is unsurprisingly exactly what people expected them to be.

Play with Japanese voices, kids. They sound way cooler and way more badass.

Lego really just throwing anything that'll hopefully stick to the wall.

When a physical releases, every copy should be bundled with a badge that says "I lived long enough to play Silksong".

Did the AI they use assume it was an Xbox title because the game had a big X on the logo?

I plan to be the town's homocide detective.

Been following this game for some time. Never expected it to be available on Switch.

Been delayed twice, but I finally got to pre-order it cause I found the concept funny, and I just love games that introduces so many weird and interesting characters and getting to know them.

Oh, darn. I thought it was about Soma Bringer. MonolithSoft's often forgotten DS game.

My original worries of the game from the trailers was that it was just Fantasy Life 3DS but took bits and pieces of ideas from other games, and it'll become a jumbled mess of half-baked mechanics.

I was right, but they took bits and pieces of ideas and elevated them to become better than the original.

A good and rare example of a game that tried to be everything and pretty much succeeding in all aspects.

Saw the reviews and heard so many good things about it. The many and long delays were pretty much worth it. It helps that knowing ass-hat Keji Inafune left was a super bonus.

I'll be snagging it on the weekend.

@Anti-Matter
If PS5 was in ninth place, you'd still say: "Wow! Impressive numbers. In the top ten."

What? Not Mt. Doom Entertainment?

Yep, I know most of them cause I've watched a ton of "History of Nintendo" and other gaming documentaries, even the Japan-only stuff.

Still kinda want to play this, but the many long delays kinda hurt the hype and excitement.

It'll entirely depend on how good the overall reviews are.

Watched a youtube analysis video of a visual novel game called Raging Loop. It intrigued me enough to stop watching before it got to the deeper end of the story, then play it for myself.

So far, it is an engrossing story with very realistic characters. Absolutely not deserving the 5/10 that NintendoLife gave.

Plus, it's like 80% off, making it worth it even more.

Love it. So interested.

But I'm gonna wait to make sure performance and visuals are up to standards.

Got burned by an awful mess of a game earlier in the year when the footage they used for the Switch release was PC footage, and they did it purposefully to hide that it was a buggy, unoptimized experience.

Less than a month away, still decent numbers for the Switch 1 family.

@Debo626 @BenAV
I get what you guys are saying. I DO prefer Monolithsoft to keep doing their thing, but Gamefreak really has no reason to improve unless someone with actual skill and talent shows them up.

Monolithsoft will surely make a ton of money off it and further enhance their fame and standing, perhaps giving them higher budgets, creative freedom and more opportunities.

Please Monolithsoft, just pitch to Nintendo a REAL open-world Pokemon game. They gotta have to consider, right?

Knowing Square-Enix, it's going to be something really stupid.

Balan Wonderworld 2

Look, everyone loves some David Hayter. But nobody plays this series with English voices, especially with 'him' voicing Kiryu.

@BigBluePanda
Alot of mistakes on the chart this week. Probably got preoccupied with counting dust particles while writing.

Without Kamiya, I'm curious what direction the series will take.

Given the multiverse and multitimeline Bayonetta 3 introduced. It can pretty much go anywhere, even open to a complete total reboot.

That's... not good numbers for Hundred Line. I remember Rain Code selling fifty five thousand on it's release week. With the studio still on shaky ground with their finances and revealing that they are always at risk of closure, I'm hoping it'll do better in the west.

Fantastic for Clair Obscur. A great example of success from just word-of-mouth, because people are genuinely enjoying a good gaming experience.

If you accidentaly step on it barefoot, not only will it hurt like heck, but it'll explode too.

Fun for the whole family.

I was expecting more like: someone throwing their Switch 1 away, but it boomerangs back to their hands and is now a Switch 2.

Then bikini girls and emus run in and start dancing.

Wow, I can't believe the world's governments allows Nintendo permission to throw bricks at any who violate their user agreement.

It's like the middle-ages.

As expected from Microsoft, it looks bulky.

If you play it while swimming, it'll probably drag you straight to the bottom.

Nintendo did alot of things right during the Switch 1 era.

Used old and cheaper tech to power Switch 1.
Made a successful entry into mainstream cinema.
Made friends with many 3rd party and even rival companies, both big and small.
Being more open to mobile and online businesses.
More open to lending their IP's to partner companies.
And ofcourse, the continued hype and excitement with Switch 2.

It's not surprising that investors and partner companies are flocking to get in on the action.

This is so my thing, but if the textures are blurry and the framerate is uneven, then I'll have to pass. I'll keep an eye on this though.

Seeing this list reminds me that despite the coming Switch 2, Switch 1 still has plenty of support from other developers with future titles that are highly anticipated.

Kinda goes without saying...

I was thinking on getting my Switch 2 some rectangular, silver-colored glasses to give it some sophistication, and maybe even a striped tie.

@Summer235
These days, it's more common than you think.

When making major titles, they usually have a small group to write screenplays for a movie or tv series, or sell the movie/tv rights to another company.

Then when the game comes out and fails or is nowhere near the success they were hoping for, they throw everything out.

I hope Dwayne Johnson is cast as the other girl. 🤞

What's even more surprising about this otome game is that it's based on The Wizard of Oz. Girl gets isekai'd via a twister even.