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Still feel like I need to know a lot more, especially about the single player (is there a single player campaign?) and whether there's any actual story or plot we'll be following.

Is diver customisation purely cosmetic or will gear have an impact on say how fast you can swim, how much air you can carry, how deep you can dive etc

Is there anything to collect and catalogue besides fish, such as relics or places of interest?

An ex-CEO spouting figures on a podcast should not be the barometer of fact. We should stick with the 155M sold for PS2 unless Jim Ryan or Sony produces verifiable evidence to the contrary

Reminder to always proofread your articles. Writer claims the trial ends 23rd March and lasts for 10 days when it ends 21st March.

@AmplifyMJ No worries. The original reveal was during the recent LEGO Super Mario video.

It's textbook Nintendo social media behaviour to re-broadcast announcements a few days after the initial one. It helps to give a singular piece of news its own spotlight, to advertise it to those who missed it, and to drum up further conversation.

Maybe that subtitle should be "What could've been. What still could be"

No reason Princess Daisy couldn't be in the follow-up after all.

@AmplifyMJ It was actually announced on 9th March

@Magician I think you're confusing Blast Corps for Body Harvest

To me, it feels like this could've been a more substantial merger between the gameplay of both series.

Watching the farm grow as you complete nonogram puzzles is rather slight.

I would've preferred puzzle completion to give you points, allowing you to choose which action(s) to carry out on the farm or which animals or upgrades you'd like to purchase.

Everyone and his Poochie could've predicted the Switch follow-up was coming out at the end of 2024 or Financial Year 2024/25

All these attention seekers with their "whispers" and "sources" are flailing in the dark, hoping to hit the light switch. As blind as the rest of us on the matter.

Wish they'd all just quieten down and wait until official news. We've got plenty of games to play in the meantime. The truth is, they can't, because the clicks are their meal ticket and they got to eat. We do need to be smarter when it comes to swallowing their guesswork though.

@TheMegaMarshtomp They're also adding a special Amiibo Tag Tournament mode to the game on 1st March

@SwitchVogel Yeah, that's almost certainly true, and that's absolutely a plus for Eastward owners. The trade-off is that for those who don't own Eastward, the cost 'is' high since you need to own both - and if you're only interested in Octopia, then the perceived value is lower still.

We have seen some sales on Switch that were discounted 'if' you already owned another title from the same developer/publisher.

Perhaps Pixpil should've offered Octopia standalone at a higher price for newcomers, with a discount for those that already owned Eastward. That flexibility would've been better I feel.

Picked up both Eastward and Eastward: Octopia but only because both were on sale.

I'm enjoying both but I feel Octopia should've been its own standalone release.

Octopia having little to do with the original game negates the necessity of tying the two together.

Eastward isn't a new title on Switch, and so I fear that now the Game Trial and sales have ended, requiring newcomers to make two separate purchases to play Octopia is only going to hurt its sales potential in the long run

I take her point about being disposable but she should try and balance that out with some context. Most VA's don't get the kind of job security, notoriety, and good fortune to voice an iconic character for 8 years

When you weigh everything up, incredibly lucky is what she should feel

"You have to applaud his audacity"

Do we? It's just some childish, troll-tier modder trying to antagonise a big corporation for cheap internet fame, which sadly this website is all too happy to give him.

@_Figo_ Another valid point that could've gone towards justifying why this is being covered on a Nintendo site. The connection may be obvious to me and you, but it's a mark of good writing that you frame things properly.

You might want to actually contextualise the reason why you're covering Playstation rumours on your 'Nintendo' site in the article itself.

Which I assume is largely because Sonic Generations came out on 3DS, a Wii version was cancelled, and as remaster of a PS360 era Sonic game, it stands a good chance of being ported to Switch

More like don't expect a remake of FF6 any time soon because we intend to expand, bloat, and milk FF7 to death for the next decade

@JokerCK I know. "Let's Talk About Palworld' I mean, they've been talking about it all week.

Sites have hit upon a new game/topic to milk clicks and engagement so Palworld will feature heavily on Nintendo news sites from here on out until interest dies down.

Hell of a marketing strategy by Palworld. Use composites of Pokemon designs for its monsters to bait the gaming media and fan forums into promoting it as much as possible. Sadly it seems to be working a treat.

@RupeeClock Conflicts with the 'Pal' in the title then doesn't it. Maybe they should've called 'SlaveWorld' instead.

Was expecting something catchy but got hit with something where the rhythm is routinely interrupted, and the tune is chaotic rather than memorable.

Short answer: we don't know. Most likely February. Let's all wait and see.

I'd be very interested to know what the last non-Nintendo release was to top the end of year Japanese sales charts

@Spider-Kev Indeed. So tired of the endless parade of shameless grifters and click farmers given a platform by traffic hungry websites like this one.

If anything, this story is even worse since the source admits it's guesswork, and it 'still' somehow qualifies as deserving of an article.

Some sites like Nintendo Everything usually have a higher standard, only posting "rumours" when there's some hard evidence behind them, but even they are joining the race to the bottom in the hopes of getting more eyes on their content.

All ball-park, reasonable guesses anyone could make, but the difference is, this person gets paid to spout them.

The one unassailable truth about the Wii Remote (Pointer controls) and Nunchuk combo was how perfect it was for Pikmin.

It's amazing to me that the perfect controller setup for the series came along 5 years after Pikmin 1 was born.

I'm a simple man. I see Psyduck, I watch.

Sad to say it but as soon as I realised you have to put one item at a time in the shipping box, instead of it bringing up a menu for the player to transfer everything all at once, I immediately soured on it.

Also, the days flash by far, far too quickly.

@eltomo This 100%. "Very tricky to pull off" despite them or anyone else knowing what tech is inside the Nintendo Switch 2, how technically demanding GTA 6 will be, how scalable it is etc etc. All just pure speculation which the headline itself would do well to contextualise.

@Ara for one, it's because he's speaking through a translator. Everything had to be spoken twice, once in Japanese and once in English, hence Aonuma only had 15 seconds in which to say anything.

Secondly, they let Kojima and Peele waffle on and on about a tech demo of faces against a black background for as long as they wanted to.

Don't see any reason why this couldn't run on a proverbial Switch 2. Also, it coming out in 2025 means Nintendo's next platform should already be out by then. Fingers crossed.

@Poodlestargenerica such hyperbole. Speak for yourself, myself and several others in this thread are happy this is coming to Game Trial so we can try it out.

Given what sets games apart from other media is the ability to control and influence what happens on screen, it's both ironic and sad that a 'GAME' awards hype trailer doesn't feature any gameplay.

@russell-marlow Well, not everybody. Even if I was able to force myself through awards of this awards ceremony, I wouldn't do so for GTA. Could care less about the series in truth.

Switch 2? I'd like to see more streaming apps on Switch 1 thank you very much

The time not pausing when you're in your inventory or certain other menus is my biggest gripe with this game. It leads to a feeling that you can never stop and take stock of things, which is a drain when there's so much you could be doing at any one time.

The big benefit here is how easy it's going to be for friends to try-out the co-op multiplayer together

@FawfulsFury He did elaborate. He said it was difficult if you were an "average" person, and not a genius. Basically, it's a challenging place to work if you aren't supremely talented.

Maybe read the article fully next time before you comment.

@UltimateOtaku91 There's first party stuff on sale all the time actually. You've just chosen to look at a sale on one of the few times they aren't on sale. Just make a habit of checking the eShop at the end of every week from here on out.

With all respect to Patricia voice acting isn't the same as fully acting out a role on-screen. It should go to someone with acting expertise in that specific field.

I wouldn't put much stock into GOTY awards, especially the Golden Joysticks. The result basically means, the people who voted, who are always predominantly fans of PC, Xbox and Playstation systems, have chosen a multiplatform game as no.1

On a wider note, I detest the infantile obsession with having there be only 'one' GOTY. Why not 3, or 5?

Having there be only one just needlessly diminishes those below as inferior and feeds into all the dumb fanboy wars in threads like this one.

I'd prefer something akin to what the Strong Museum does, and have 8-10 games as part of a 'Game of the Year Class of 2023'. That would feel more grown up and representative.

@JohnnyC You sound like someone who doesn't understand the WarioWare aesthetic

@KBuckley27 So probably the same chip that Digital Foundry is speculating then...and which anyone could've guessed at. Keep giving grifters like Nate the Hate fame, clicks, and subs though.

@-wc- Honestly sounds like a 'you' problem. There's been thousands of games released for Nintendo Switch this year. If you can't find something to play and enjoy then maybe your gaming tastes are striflingly narrow and ultra specific 🤷‍♂️

It's either that, or you're burnt out on gaming and need to take a break.

@Bolt_Strike No because as the headline and the article state it's an OLED model Switch.

@nhSnork Quite possibly the dumbest comment in a long time. Switch has DOOM, White Dead, Hotline Miami, Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma, the Sinking City, Hellblade, and the list goes on and on.

Yakuza games absence on Switch has bugger all to do with how "mature" or "gritty" the games are, and more to do with the developers ignorant and dismissive attitude towards the platform.

Hopefully it's someone deserving like The Video Game Historian or AVGN

Funnily enough, the article spends more time on, and makes a better case 'for' backwards compatibility.

The only reasons you put forward for why Switch 2 doesn't need it are piracy due to a flawed chipset, which carries no weight as that vulnerability on Switch has already been taken care of. The second point about Switch being less bulky than previous Nintendo hardware, thus it isn't as much of a chore to go back to, and doesn't take up as much space in your entertainment centre, is weak at best.

Modder makes ugly box thing with meaningless name that completely misses the point of the Nintendo Switch