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Means nothing to me lol.

We need a Direct for the next Mario Kart. Why stop at 2 versions?

Cyberpunk complete on shard edition deserves its glory!

So don’t buy from eBay. That’ll show the scalpers

The screen is better than what they were speculating it was going to be. These grown men are sucking the joy out of gaming and make it far more serious than it actually is lol. Sad.

I don't get how anyone can expect anything from Nintendo. Just enjoy how prolific they are. I get it, folk (especially Youtubers chasing clout) really want to try to 'get' Nintendo and predict what makes 'perfect sense' for them, but that building of artists think waaay more intelligently than "we need to make a 3D Mario game."

I want a 3D Mario game as much as the next guy, but instead of thinking it needs to be a launch title to rake in those sales (perfect sense) I'm happy to wait till they have a new idea that suits him. I mean, they have said time and time again, they come up with a game idea then decide which ip suits best.

Absolutely. Love the system. But come on third party publishers, you are letting us all down (and as a result your bottom line.)

If they want to conquer Nintendo fans, they need to appreciate the fans and give them what they want. They conquered the SNES pretty much. It's doable. But we love games to the point of wanting to hold them, not use them and have nothing to show for it.
(And yes I get it, I'm old school and the Switch is so popular it's going to have more nodern mainstream players who don't seem to think like that. But they will never match Nintendo on their own system again until they start following their example of physical media.)
It's easy for a CEO to think in terms of cost cutting rather than maximising sales. Diffcult decisions my a$$. They need firing.

I’m in the Uk. People I work with are struggling to get hold of one. It’s a case of them dropping on! Honestly incredible how folk don’t get commerce and come up with horseshit to justify their denial. Devs struggle with Switch 2? Tell that to projected. If you can’t see Switch is in line for continuing Switch success then just keep quiet and play more games lol. Nintendo are the most popular I can ever recall! (And that’s a long time ahem)

@Anti-Matter That's called a 2 horse race. Now granted, that second horse must have been shot in the paddocks.

You see what happens when you don’t make a sequel that’s more of the same but ‘better’. 2 Mario karts in most charts is a credit to their game design.

We aren’t made of money and I certainly don’t buy pieces of plastic with nothing in them!

I'm not holding my breath for anything Switch 2 related outside of a Switch 2 upgrade for a game or two. Nintendo like to announce things themselves and Capcom usually focus on the Playstation crowd.

When Pauline started singing the original DK theme tune, I don't think I have ever been hit with a more beautiful wave of nostalgia. Honestly, what a Direct. Oh and the calypso style remix of the hammer music from the original arcade sounded ace!

Can't wait to play this. Love the challenge levels. Everything looks lovely!

I want to be able to chain combos. Jungle Beat (the best DK game and if you disagree you were playing it wrong!) was at its best when you worked out how to clear a level without touching the ground. I really hope it captures that buzz in some way.

No discerning Nintendo fan puts MKDD in second place lol. We were begging for a 'normal' MK back in the day lol. To be honest, the write up of it doean't convince anyone it's deserving of it's place when you yourselves mistake it's main unique game idea as...a gimmick.
And World was done dirty. Even with a more positive write up. Weird.

I play through 50cc then 100cc and get three stars on every GP (I mean, on first attempt usually, it's not hard.) before even seeing 150cc. It's a ritual because after that...let the chaos begin. You never go back lol. (Unless someone has bever played it.) And besides, I'm old school. That kind of thing adds longevity to your game. If you fast track through anything, no game is worth buying day one.

@Ploppy You'll go blind!

I think the more friends you have with one, the more essential it becomes. Give it an 8 lol.

I used to love Rockford and Thing on a Spring fighting over the margins in ZZap64 magazine

Welcome to Nintendoland.
Population: Nintendo

Dying Light and Dragon's Dogma both seem to run at a stable frame rate. (I'm no Digital Foundary mind lol)

@8bit-Man Fair enough. I don’t condone a mob mentality 😀

@8bit-Man it’s not a witch hunt reminding someone that if they don’t have something nice to say don’t say anything.

@8bit-Man we are all aware of his opinion and if you fall for a guy on a Nintendo site liking kiddy games but playing a ps5 (talk about stereotyping Nintendo is for kids) then that’s on you. It’s insessant.

@Anti-Matter Fella, you started that wall of text basically saying anyone on a Nintendo centric site is defending Nintendo. That betrays your mindset off the bat. If everyone is defending then you are positioning your objective opinion as an attack lol. I’m happy you enjoy your PS5. I get we are a lovely community here better than most but come on. You are in the wrong room lol.

@sethfranum Careful, he'll play the victim instead of reading the room.

@DTfearTheBEARD I have a Switch 2. I think the console is lovely and way better than I expected. But, I am about the games not the hardware. Mario Kart is everything I wanted it to be. You check out any MK9 prediction forum and I was wanting more platforming (I mean, it's a Mario game!) Cyberpunk is just brilliant. I don't like first person shooters and I'm hooked in! (Love how some quests have foreshadowing to some of the moral choices you have to make later. Really intelligent) Aand Breath of the Wild is lush (still) Absoultely chill game. Should keep me going for a while

@Paraka I'm not sure that's correct. Wii was fully backwards compatible with Gamecube. WiiU could play Wii games. I'll not even mention their handhelds. So the narrative that Nintendo doesn't do bc is a bit disingenuous. It maybe has sometimes felt a bit clunky because home console form factors tended to change lol. Still, I am blown away with how good it is (better than I thought it was going to be if I'm honest) and super excited to see what Nintendo craft over the next 8 years.

@DTfearTheBEARD If I had loads of disposable income, I'd have a Steam Deck too lol.

Someone remind me how many units Steam Deck has sold in it's lifetime? Maybe they'll shut up too.

People complaining that Switch 2 isn't different enough;
1) Don't appreciate how good a concept Switch was and are probably still in denial of how successful it was. It was so good they are still riding that train.
2) Don't know exactly what they actually wanted it to be lol.

It's an opinion that really takes Nintendo's creativity for granted and trivialised to the point of it ignoring all the little touches they've added to Switch 2. Infuriating. Especially since the console they probably prefer hasn't really evolved since it's first iteration lol.

@Anti-Matter We get it, you love your PS5. Jeez, it's getting tiring now.

@Spaceman44 well I was talking about launch but your post is meaningless without giving those reasons 😀

It’s looking like the Switch is going to sell twice as many units as the PS5 which is amazing!

'A little bit better.'???

It's LOADS better! How it feels, how it looks, how it plays are all a leap forward. Next gen Nintendo is always the most exciting but the console can happily dip it's toes into whatever everyone else is doing at the moment.

Have I managed to miss the review??

10/10 for me. What an absolutely stunning entrance for the Switch 2. My only criticism I can level at the game is the population density can seem really low at times (maybe just in certain places) but there are enough 'stationary' npcs to keep the city believable for an rpg (if not an immersive experience) video game.

I wonder if it will get dlc as they update the firmware with new features lol.

I'm going to try to articulate what I love about the game. Mario games (the main platforming ones) have always had an unobtrusive skill curve. You can either collect a star / get to the end of a level one way or you can triple jump onto an enemy and back flip into it. It kinda allowed showboating if you will. And ever since the SNES Super Mario Kart and the feather allowing short cuts, I have wanted them to expand that idea for yeeears! So yeah, I am super happy with the game.
I see some people complain about the open world, but if they put their hand on their heart, if it wasn't, they would be wishing they could go off road and leave the circuits lol. I mean, I used to land my gyrocopter in Pilotwings 64 and just go driving around lol.
Game looks lovely to my eyes. I don't need to sit 5 inches from a monitor ruining my eyesight till I need glasses to appreciate that lol.

Nintendo had to be in a much stronger position for terms. I mean, they sold 155M units of a console that didn't have it.

I'm well into Zelda notes. Can't believe it knocked 2 points off the score and it's not even the game lol! (What is going on here lol!)
score is for the upgrades - not the full game

Cyberpunk 2077 (omg!!)
Mario Kart World (10/10)
Zelda Breath of the Wild S2E (perfect.)

Lol. yeah, I am on Cloud 9 right now.

The console is bigger...the box/packaging is smaller. It's kinda almost Gamecube levels of efficiency! (Honestly, repackaging a Gamecube could have been a game on the Crystal Maze!)

@NinChocolate Is Kirby Air Riders classed as a kart racer?

I have Mario Kart World, Cyberpunk 2077 and Zelda Breath of the Wild S2E and...

I mean i was kinda tongue in cheak when I said it in another article but it really is a Switch 2 AND a Switch Pro. It feels beautifiul to hold (much better than Switch) the games run amzingly well (much better than Switch) and the UI remains uncluttered and functional.

In short, the Switch became my favourite console ever made and Switch 2 is that, but much better. I wanted an NES to SNES type upgrade and got it in spades.

It's so good, I am actually grateful for Game Key Cards...I'm not touching them with a barge pole (I get them, they are a great solution to a problem I don't agree with and is being pushed on us) but if everything was physical, I dread to think what my bank balance and backlog will be like in a couple of years!

Here's to the next 8 years. I do hope we are spared the obligatory compromises and sacrifices in order to get the game to work negative points in reviews. All that does is review a game assuming it's running on more powerful hardware which I can't get my head around. Wish reviews were more Switch 2 centric. But I digress. This thing is going to outsell the first console. It is honestly better than what I was hoping it would be. Blown away.

I played and finished it a couple of years ago on my Series S. It's better than I remember it being! Blown away. Buy this game!

So… it’s a switch 2 AND a Switch Pro lol

Can we please get the Midway Arcade Treasures collections next? This is a lovely Kollection. Midway (Atari) were such a massive part of gaming in the 80s and 90s.