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@ElkinFencer10
That was the case. But since around 2022 Xbox has been worse than PlayStation with censorship and in the last year Nintendo has become worse than both. I expect this game will either be heavily sanitized, I'm positive that's part of the 'significant updates.'

Good to see these back. Pretty sure I got all of them during their first run but on the chance I didn't, I'll add them this time around.

Obviously it'd be nice if it was free but I'm still going to pay $5 for the upgrade. One of my favorite RPGs of all-time.

I'll buy it again. One of my favorite games this gen.

Switch 2 - Fantasian Neo Dimension

PS5 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Romeo is a Dead Man, Yakauza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties

I played the demo and, maybe I'm just not remember the remaster correctly but when I played it on PS4 it seemed a bit more brutal as far as the violence. They've been toning that down starting with Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

Switch 2 - Fantasian Neo Dimension

PS5 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

I've bought several Arcade Archive 1 and 2 games, definitely looking forward to seeing how Console Archives plays out. Hopefully Sega will license out some of its Saturn games.

@rjejr
With how expensive a lot of stuff in gaming is these days, I've cut back on how much I double dip. More times than not when I do buy a game on both Nintendo and PS it's an indie as most of those don't have crazy prices.

@rjejr
That's what I'd recommend as well but some games have been worth double dipping, imo. I have Street Fighter 6 on both PS5 and Switch 2, for example. Just getting ready to start this game as I recently finished Remake Intergrade and Yuffie DLC. Really liked part 1, so it's good to know Rebirth is even better. I know it reviewed extremely well.

Played the demo today at Walmart. Seems decent enough, but, going to wait for reviews.

@NintndoNik
Yeah, for me it's going to depend on the game. I have to imagine Nintendo wouldn't be stupid enough to ever again censor violence and blood like it did MK 1 way back in the day but for games that have more suggestive content, I'll no longer be purchasing on Switch platforms. It sucks because Nintendo actually seemed to let devs have fun while Sony and MS went full prude. But clearly NoA has reverted to its ultra puritan ways and Furukawa, like the moron he is, is letting it happen.

'Some?' No, fix the entire issue and let people see all the uncensored content or don't bother. The game is rated M, it's even on PS5 and Xbox without issues and both Sony and MS had been more prudish than Nintendo until recently. Another stupid unforced error.

@FX29
It was topping the Eshop chart here in the States last I saw, which is pretty impressive. I think, worldwide, overall numbers when factoring digital and physical will be pretty good for a really late port.

Probably the best way to experience this game. I like the added single player content that brings it closer to what VF 4 Evo and the first VF 5 release offered. Not exactly the same, but, good enough.

One of my favorites for the original Wii and a great way to send off a great console.

@michellelynn0976
Definitely going to be interested in those RE Requiem numbers. Big third party game hitting day and date with the PS5 version.

@michellelynn0976
Should certainly help in Japan considering the Switch 2 is now the dominant platform there.

Awesome game. I played it on PS5, won't be double dipping but it looks like SquareEnix did a really good job with the port. Not too surprising considering NieR: Automata was a rock solid port on a far more technologically challenged system than the Switch 2.

PlayStation quit on Japan a long time ago and Xbox has always been irrelevant there, the results aren't exactly surprising.

I wouldn't say incredible. Not bad, but certainly not incredible

Metroid Prime 4 Beyond - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

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Awesome. Just like with Definitive Edition, I already own the games on PlayStation and Xbox but would triple dip to have them to play portable.

@Omarzy
I think it was the price of Mario Kart that really got a lot of people more than the console itself. Obviously I can't speak to what the majority was thinking but I tuned into a livestream of that April 2nd Direct setup by one of my favorite youtubers. There were a good number of people watching and they weren't huge Nintendo fans but nobody had major complaints about the console price. At most it was slight disappointment. Then the stuff about key cards started coming in, then there was the $80 price of Mario Kart and, well, sh*t hit the fan. You're spot on, though. Nintendo needs to do something. Will be interesting to see what, if any, reaction there is in early 2026. I imagine December is going to be another massive L.

@BaldB3lper78
The follow up to one of the most successful consoles of all-time which has the first new Mario Kart game in over a decade, a legit Game of the Year contender in Donkey Kong Bananza and a brand new Pokémon, getting destroyed in its first holiday season by a five-year-old console is, objectively, not a good thing.

@Jireland92
I think if the only dumb thing Nintendo did was game key cards, people would be annoyed but could look past it. The problem is several decisions that, on their own, wouldn't be as annoying, were all made at the same time. Then you factor in the economy and you get the situation you have. I would be interested to see how things would be going if the market was normal and stable but unfortunately it hasn't been that for several years now and doesn't seem like it will get better any time soon.

@StewdaMegaManNerd
Yeah, it's a very weak argument and just smacks of people trying to cope with the fact that maybe Switch 2 isn't going to be the runaway hit they want. And that's not me saying there aren't other outside factors because there are but pretending Nintendo hasn't made some incredibly dumb business decisions doesn't help.

@Jireland92
It's both. The economy is absolutely in the toilet, can't be argued otherwise. But Nintendo has made a lot of stupid decisions lately that have led to an anti-Nintendo sentiment online I haven't seen since the Wii U days.

Yeah, even if somebody wanted to, they couldn't spin this into something slightly good, especially when you consider that the gaming industry in 1995 wasn't as big as it is now and just six months ago the latest system from one of the industry's legendary companies was released. This definitely isn't good for Nintendo. First holiday season for the Switch 2 and it got smoked by a five-year-old console on Black Friday, lost the month overall and there were several retailers offering deals on the console themselves. Furukawa is a freaking moron and somebody in a top position at Nintendo needs to wake him the heck up soon.

@mackers84
Yeah, I already played through the World Tour mode on PS5 so I skipped is on NS2 but I've heard that part of the game is a fairly bigger downgrade than the fighting ground. I mostly just play the arcade mode and that part of the game stacks up very nicely against the versions on more powerful hardware.

@mackers84
I'm also intrigued how this will turn out on Switch 2. I'm a big fan of Street Fighter 6, been playing it on PS5 since it launched but aside from a few cutbacks that you really need to look for, the NS2 port is so good that it's become the version of the game I play most. Definitely getting Requiem on PS5 but will double dip if the NS2 version is good.

It's not going to take it, but Game of the Year for me is Donkey Kong Bananza, by a pretty healthy margin.

Can't really say right now. Just got past the Ice Belt, highlight of the game to this point but I also have some complaints like the open world, it does detract from things a bit. Still, with where I am at I'd say the game is good, weakest Prime entry, imo, but still good.

My disappointment with Tekken 8 aside, he did good work overall with the series throughout the years and I'm not sure I'd say this is a good thing. Sometimes a newer vision is good, other times it fails and given how hit-or-miss Bandai Namco can be the jury is out on how this goes. Won't find out for while anyway since Tekken 9 is probably some years from even getting an announcement.

Donkey Kong Bananza is the game of the year for me across all platforms. The Super Mario Odyssey team hit another one out of the park.

Only game I'm playing at all this weekend is Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (NS2 version). Waited 18 years for another Prime entry and want to give it my full attention. Been a bit of a rollercoaster for me. At points I've really loved it, other things have made me roll my eyes but overall the positive has outweighed the negative and no matter how I feel about the game once I complete it, I'm happy it got made.

Carmegeddon is a guilty pleasure type game, definitely one I'll check out.

Completely agree. Gotta give us something. I'm intrigued by Splatoon Raiders, really enjoy that series and this one is going to be single player focused (which is good for me since I prefer to play games solo) but we don't know much beyond that. It's a popular IP so it'd be cool to get more info. The Mario team did DKB so I wouldn't expect anything on that front, even with the movie in 2026, and Sakurai was busy with Kirby Air Riders so I doubt Smash Bros. is on the horizon. Even with that, it's been a long time since Luigi's Mansion 3 and Nintendo does own the AstralChain IP. Not like there isn't stuff that could be out there to get more people excited. It's great that there's some big third party multiplats but most will buy those on PS5 or PC.

@OldGamer999
I'm hyped for Resident Evil: Requiem but yeah, the first party slate is unimpressive to say the least.

The system itself is a great piece of hardware for what it's supposed to be and I'm very pleased with some of the improvements the extra horsepower has given to some of my favorite NS 1 games. The mouse controls are also a nice touch, Overall, however, while I'd say it's been a mostly good first six months, it's nowhere near as good as its predecessor in the same time frame. That's largely because the software, in particular the first and second party exclusives have not lived up to expectations, the exceptions being Donkey Kong Bananza which right now is my choice for Game of the Year and Kirby Air Riders which is a tremendous improvement on the original. Unfortunately, though Mario Kart World is a really fun game it has some big time flaws, especially in multiplayer. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is just another Warriors game, Pokémon Legends Z-A is another half you know what entry (in an overrated franchise to begin with) and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond may very well be the biggest disappointment of all-time for me. It's certainly the most disappointed I've been with a game over the last 10 years given how much I love the series. Not a bad game, and when it's sticks to being a 'traditional' MP entry it's awesome but the baffling decision to add a bike and open world and an average narrative made worse by putrid NPC dialog makes this, easily, the weakest game that Retro Studios has put out. It lost a ton of great talent over the years and it shows.

The first/second party misses along with idiotic business practices like 'variable game pricing' and key cards and downright despicable legal actions that have been taken against other companies and even gamers also doesn't help matters. All that and I haven't even mentioned the puritans inside NoA going on moronic censorship campaigns against Japanese third parties and cancelling releases because of 'the children' like it's the early-mid 90s again. Something has seemed off to me about Nintendo since the NS2 direct in April and Furukawa better pull his head out of his backside soon and fix it.

Cool. I already have this game on PS3, Xbox Series X and PS5 and I'll add the NS2 Edition when that eventually drops. Nice to see the game get another update even if it's just an extra costume.

Switch 2 - Yakuza Kiwami 2, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Neon Inferno

PS5 - Ninja Gaiden 4, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.: World Stage

Switch - Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Neon Inferno

PS5 - Ninja Gaiden 4, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage

I like Rise better, but this is a great game as well (both far superior to Shadow). Bought it and hope it means RotTR isn't too far off from happening.

@calbeau
I wasn't talking about people who are ok with underage fanservice, I don't like it either, I was talking about people who want to play Stellar Blade or The First Descendant and just be left alone.

@calbeau
I certainly wish some of these Asian devs would do a better job in that category. Make the character 20 something and make them look it. At the same time, there are people who say Eve in Stellar Blade looks 12, so there will never be an honest discussion on this. The fanservice haters want it gone altogether, which is pathetic when they could just avoid it and let people who don't mind, enjoy those games.

@BreathingMiit
NoA was a nightmare before people even started misusing the term 'woke.' Sadly, it has had free reign to do whatever the heck it wants during most of Nintendo's time in the console business. There are only two extended periods of time where I can remember they backed off. The original Wii and DS era and the first 5 or 6 years of the Switch 1. And, not surprisingly, both those generations followed absolute sales disasters for their home consoles.

@SillyG
The scumbags at Nintendo of America are the problem. Have been for a longtime but NoJ seemed to at least put a leash on them during most of the Switch 1 era. Unfortunately, it seems, for whatever stupid reason, that has changed the last couple years.

Health first, always, guy is in his 70s now and done more than enough for Nintendo.