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@rjejr so you’re suggesting to buy a ps5 instead of a micro sd card and after 5 games you’ll break even?

This doesn’t make sense. The Nintendo branded express card of 256 GB is 40 USD where i’m at

@Kiz3000 you’re not the only one. As a completionist that game and especially the boss gauntlet of the free DLC haunts me to death… Every time I see the game being mentioned I get reminded of my failure to complete every single boss with a gold medal… so much that I now detest the look of it and that I haven’t even bought HK2 😅….

@Polvasti yes, you’re right, they were excellent. I loved Dread. Though Yoshio Sakamoto was very much involved with Dread and not at all with Metroid Prime 4. I think he safeguarded the 2D games at least.

@PtM hopefully.

@j-ro @yoshi3 bit more context on what went wrong and by whom https://darkghosthunter.medium.com/metroid-prime-4-is-beyond-weak-9c7a3755769f

I still very much liked the game though! Thought it was still a good game. Not a metroidvania though, I never banged my head on what to do next… no puzzle or anything that has to do with the environment for instance.

@PtM @J-ro @yoshi3 Famitsu article: https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/1pvlk8m/according_to_a_translated_famitsu_interview_retro/

It should be a Retro Studios project mainly next time, please.

@PtM yes, exactly. Which is why I hope the next Metroid Prime game will be without much input from Nintendo, since Tanabe continuously wanted to invent something new that other developers have done in other genres. Even though he’s a legend, with Metroid Prime I think the Japanese developers should be hands off.

I’d advice to watch the video of Arlo about it: https://youtu.be/08kKqohmZho?si=kXXJYLS0FDX--Cl7

@Twilite9 you do know that development restarted in 2019, and that only then development was given to Retro Studios, who had to completely build up their studio again to focus on an fps (metroid prime 3 released in 2007) and most likely had to work with the bones of the game that already was.

@MirrorFate2 i fear that most of the ideas were ‘given’ to them by Nintendo (and Bandai Namco who had started the development): an open world, and the focus on extra characters to appease the Japanese audience.

@Twilite9 nah man. It should be hands off by Nintendo and done by Retro Studios only (with external support). Let it be the only Western developed and focussed series Nintendo has.

@Maxz nice. Good catch 😊

TEN new heroes are coming in one year? A huge part of the fun in Overwatch (1) was thinking of strategies to overcome every combination of heroes on the other side. And just think about strength and downsides of each hero in general.

That’s ruined now. That amount of heroes that fast in a row… Well, most likely you have to buy a pass of some sort to unlock any of the heroes. I hate the age of modern ‘f2p’ and live service gaming.

They’re watching out for 2 much overwatch.

This ad gives me Wii U ad vibe… I don’t like it, it’s only presenting a small gimmick and not the main game .

Investors: “Nintendo, how dare you give anything away for free 😡”

@Pillowpants nintendo is currently set until april with tomodachi life.

I think you can expect yoshi end of april or early may (since they tie Yoshi to the movie)., fire emblem in June and Rhythm heaven groove in July. Probably some switch 2 edition games like pikmin in the mix?

With a direct end of March (they lately do three every year, late feb or March, June, September)

@Sirko yeeeeeeeeees! Lufia II would be so great, my first jrpg ever and the one that makes me cry like a little baby every time at the end. Jeros: ‘ma…mama?’

So weird that game never got a rerelease even though it was published by Nintendo in some regions

@gcunit thank you 😊

@dequesi don’t we all live on hope?

@RenanLK not many people have FF XV as their favorite in the series! Cool to see you being one of them 😃

@Dm9982 tnx!

ah yes, it’s hidden somewhere in the ‘Microsoft ip’ bullit.

I made the list last year January, at the reveal of Switch 2. So it is dated, but still holds up quite well.

There’s still loads to choose from! So many ports are still possible, even though Nintendo manages to go through it rapid fire with around 1 port per 1 or 2 months.

I made a list (sort of a wishlist), games that have not been released on Nintendo systems, but from my amateur view looks as if it should be able to run on Switch 2. I think most of these will be released in batches in the two years after launch and new games will release day and date (or at least close).

I’ll try to keep this list up to date for every direct:

• Metal Gear Solid 4 and 5
• Journey
• Mass Effect Legendary edition
• Dragon Age: the veilguard
• Dragon’s Dogma 2
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Clair obscure expedition 33
• Star Wars fallen order and jedi survivor
• Psychonauts 1 and 2
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Grand Theft Auto IV and V
• Detroid: become human
• Resident Evil 2, 3 and 4 Remake
• FF XVI
• Stellar Blade
• Demon soul and Dark souls 2+3
• Kena: bridge of spirits
• Silent Hill 2
• Tales of Arise, Scarlet Nexus, Metaphor Refantazio, Fate/Samurai, Star Ocean: the Divine Force, other rpg’s?
• Kingdom Hearts
• Death Stranding
• Like a Dragon games
• Control
• Alan Wake 2
• Baldurs Gate 3
• Viewfinder
• Hi-fi Rush (shame that studio is gone)
• Flight simulator
• Deathloop, Ghostwire tokyo
• Diablo IV
• Oblivion remastered
• Fallout games
• other Sony ip, Microsoft ip. Why not?
• moonlighter 2

Updates for:

• Doom, Alan Wake, Witcher III, other assassin’s creeds, Mario + Rabbids, Kingdom come Deliverance, Outer Worlds.

Released or announced in or since the last Direct from my original list:

• Street Fighter VI
• FFVII Remake - Jan
• Split Fiction
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Elden Ring
• Star Wars Outlaw
• Kunitsu-Gami
• Persona 3 reload
• Yakuza Kiwami 2
• ufo 50
• Indiana Jones - 2026
• New: Assassin’s creed shadows - Dec
• New: FF VII Rebirth + 3d game
• New: Resident Evil VII, VIII, IX - Feb
• New: Fallout 4 - 2026
• New: update for Skyrim
• New: South of Midnight

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As for my actual prediction:

I think we can expect a couple of new ports, dates of already announced ports and information on Monster Hunter Stories 3, the larger upcoming game that we do not know much about yet - just to remind us it is almost there. That game might also get its own mini direct, i think.

Prediction for the ports of this direct based on talks and leaks in the last few weeks:

• Kingdom Hearts complete edition.
• Final Fantasy XIII (maybe, just because the producer started talking about it)
• Expedition 33
• Metaphor: Refantazio
• Final Fantasy XVI (weird timing again, in between two FFVII releases, SE will be disappointed in sales again).
• Resident Evil Remakes
• Call of Duty
• Rayman 30th anniversary
• Disney Anniversary collection

And personally I’m hoping for a Fable collection

Ok. Didn’t expect that anymore tbh. Guess it drags on.

I still wonder why this game wasn’t part of the showcase game Nintendo Switch Welcome Tour.

@AnnoyingFrenzy can be, but not before the end of December? I hope that’s it because both games are at least good.

Btw, according to Jon / GVG it might have to do something with how switch 1 / switch 2 games are counted?

@PlatinumTour i also think the latter. Also because it would not make business sense if Nintendo would give one company a pass and another a no. That would only create bad blood and lawsuits with developers. Because every no would require extra investments on the part of the developer.

@Polvasti ok, but it is censored in the japanese version? Then that’s my point as in: adhoc screwed up somehow. And Nintendo probably didn’t help prevent it

Maybe Nintendo should bundle in a switch or switch lite for 100 dollar this Christmas to get rid of their stock (cause of GameShare), and count the sale towards both Switch and Switch 2. That’ll teach Sony. The rascals.

If everybody here shows some love and buys another 5 switch lites or whatever, we’re getting even closer to that PS2 target!

I’ll set the tone by buying another coral switch lite for my daughter this week. Let’s go! 💪💪💪

@Dang_69 @jeronan Japan has always been very strict with showing genitals. They’re not strict with boobs.

There just aren’t many games that show genitalia, especially a penis. This game does, thus censorship.

There also aren’t any genitalia in Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher 3, if I recall correctly. Just sex scenes, but those are fine in Japan.

@Dang_69 because they released in Europe and the US first, because that’s their main market.

Or Nintendo screwed up and didnt tell them out right that Nintendo has different rules per continent. Just like Sony has. But Sony did tell them these rules?

@Dang_69 every platform owner has censorship. Even Steam has banished a few games and even publishers lately. Something with a name that contains the word horses, if I recall correctly.

What I think happened is that they just screwed themselves over, and I think due to time constraints (remember, Dispatch released late 2025 on PS5, but same day in Japan on PS5 as the switch version): they just asked the Japanese Nintendo which rules applied, Nintendo of Japan gave them those rules, they asked for a worldwide SKU just to be quick with it and just didn’t think about a different version someplace else. And now they found out they can’t change the SKU, you’re not allowed to have multiple SKU’s at the same place of the same game, and that’s what the legal stuff might be about (including the amount of refunds which SOMEBODY has to pay for, and Nintendo doesn’t want to, thus jurisdiction).

@PtM i think all the backlash and especially people asking refunds is what made Nintendo bind them legally. If it’s Nintendo.

@Dang_69 ps5 does have a censored only version. In japan. Came out the same day as the switch version.

@Dang_69 i think they didn’t release it on xbox yet because of time constraints (small team), but that they will. Maybe even gamepass.

@Dang_69 why is the error on Nintendo’s side? Absolutely nothing points in that direction. Nintendo has general rules for every country. Adhoc clearly messed up with a single SKU and doesn’t even dare to answer on that question.

I just think everything points towards time constraints at Adhoc and maybe even just messing up about not knowing with regards to different sku’s ór the fans being this strongly opinionated about some black bars.

I have two sets: variety and vr, waiting to be build when my daughter turns 5 or 6. Looking forward to build it with her together! 😊

But is it a plant?

Or a regional version of Sudowoodo? 🤔

I guessed the fitness boxing cross over, but then again… what game hasn’t received a crossover with …. that game?

Honestly the day and date 3d party releases. Feels like a completely new era we’ve gotten into

I was thinking about it, would like to play something like this together with my daughter, but after seeing the trailer I think the humor is perhaps a bit difficult to understand for her? Anyone here has experience with playing the 3DS game with their 4 year old sibling?

I won’t play it single player, I think this is an experience you should share together. (Or talk about after), and my counterpart doesn’t play games at all.

@itsashame @nintndonik @mattmanforever

So yes, i was right. Adhoc released a single binary across all switch regions (BR37A), so they had to comply to the rules in Japan, which are the most strict of all. And the game released in Japan on the PS5 on the same day censored only too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/1qpxtya/i_think_dispatch_being_censored_on_switch_is/?share_id=kQWlp8v8fWZpOJq0uk6lI&utm_content=1&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

People here demanding stuff from Nintendo should actually call out either Adhoc for time management or the Japanese government.

Yeah, Adhoc taking the easy way out, possibly due to time or money constraint. I think an uncensored / toggle version will release in the west, but it will take some time to get that one prepared and rated too.

@Dm9982 i think they will. Very plausible the devs are just after the negative press now and positive press when they release the different version which is most likely in the works.

Bad press doesn’t exist.

Or they just werent able to release two versions on time. It’s a small developer

@NintndoNik you assume as much as i do. You think nintendo has set double standards. I don’t think they did. i cant think of a reason why Nintendo would do that. Rules are rules, it takes years for Nintendo to set these clear rules and it would create an uproar among developers if Nintendo would differ from these rules per dev. Thus, they wouldn’t.

Also: Sony has a different judging system, so it wouldn’t be a press of a button if you have a censored and an uncensored version on Playstation. Both versions would require some alteration at the very least. And it requires work to get m both running and graded (again) on time.

@NintndoNik @mattmanforever i know them. Don’t worry. Any nintendo fan would know them. But they’re out of the system for years now and have told themselves often they can’t currently do more than speculate. They’re out of the loop.

But whatever. Believe what you want to believe. Find it incredibly ‘disgusting’ that stuff gets a black bar on it. Jump on a barricade in front of NoA office and demand the release of the uncensored version. I don’t care.

What i would find disgusting if it was the other way around, not having the ability to censor and force that on people, since this looks like a game that a lot of parents will buy for their kids. Yes, even though it states that the game is mature and 18+

@NintndoNik not out of thin air. cyberpunk 2077 was also heavily censored in Japan, thus it has multiple versions on Switch. One would wonder why there’s just one version of Dispatch on Switch. Same applies to the hentai slop.

Since the devs are the ones who would need to put in the work for other versions and not Nintendo, it makes more sense to me that it’s the devs that called it a day and just released one version. All your arguments point to that conclusion too… why would nintendo have different rules for different companies? That indeed does not make sense. Different interpretation of these rules or just an easy way out makes way more sense to me.

Funny though that you’re saying i’m pulling stuff out of thin air and then cite others who are speculating but do that for a living and could easily pump up the hype. Must be more trustworthy.

@NintndoNik words such as ‘disgusting’ are a bit much mate. That’s an example of my second point in here: the overreacting.

And yes, as explained elsewhere, it could be as easy as the devs listening to Nintendo on what needs to be altered to be accepted in Japan, and then the devs deciding ‘well, let’s just only put the censored version in then and call it a day’ and a dev could call that ‘working with Nintendo’.

@Itsashame we don’t know. But yeah, I think they just thought ‘we have the censored version, let’s just stick with that one, and stick with that one for Switch worldwide so we don’t have to deal with a particular version for every country or whatever’. But obv don’t know for sure.

@Dm9982 my point exactly. This is not Nintendo’s doing. This is the devs taking the easy way out.

Enforced by the fact that apparently Nintendo even offers refunds. Which they almost never do.

@Itsashame it’s a contradiction to your statement that ‘maybe they have a point at all’. Not this case in particular.

@Itsashame there’s usually way more censorship on Sony’s platform.