Henmii

@Zeebor15

I was thinking the same. For some reason Nintendo is buying the studio that butchered the first attempt at Prime 4.

Nice review and nice score (Metacritic gives it a average of 80% though, wich still isn't bad). I wonder where I will stand.

I have yet to read the review, but I guess its not for me. Not enough single-player content (I think) and to hectic for me. Maybe next year, just maybe.

@Jeronan ,

Now that I have seen more of it, the game looks much better (especially on Switch 2 of course, with better draw distance). The bike sections look terrible though, I really wonder what went wrong there. Soon I'll have a Switch 2. But since I ordered the original (the box looks better anyway), I might go for the upgrade pack and play it on the Switch 2.

On a sidenote: Funny that Sylux is now called Samus arch-nemesis, but she only fought him in one game. And a spin-off at that (Metroid prime hunters).

Soon I will have a Switch 2, But I am not in a hurry for a Express card. I don't know how its going in other countries, but here in Holland only 265 cards are available, only from Sandisk and Samsung and only officially branded (Mario on the package). Of course they are premium priced that way.

I don't think I'll buy many third-party titles. They are all Gamekeys, so they need a big download (and if you get them straight from the eshop its also a big download, of course). Your expensive cards are filled up in no time.

I guess I still get most of my smaller downloads on the original Switch, since there I can use the much cheaper, normal Samsung cards.

Speaking of prices: They are kept artificially high in Holland. For example, the Switch 2 is much cheaper on Amazon Belgium, but they don't send to Holland. And Amazon Holland is full price.

Might buy it someday (I have yet to finish Arceus though), but the setting (city-only) sounds boring and some of the textures are really terrible (especially the buildings).

@aSmilingMan,

It seems to be totally random...or its connected to your map-completion. I mean, as soon as I had unlocked the Greymoor/sinner's road shortcut I sat on the Bellhart bench and the Summons dropped down. Regarding the shortcut: There's a fake wall somewhere top right of the greymoor map and it connects to the Styx area in Sinner's road.

Sooo, : outdated, no mood, terrible looking bike sections, A split up world instead of one big interconnected world (I mean, the areas are connected with the desert. They are probably just very lineair levels), talking characters with "Marvel" humor to kill the immersion. I'll still play it, but might be the worsed Prime game.

There's also Sunshine stuff in it! I love it.

Mouth is a bit weird, as always. But overall it isn't bad.

They didn't solve the biggest problems yet: Reintroducing the Roach guts quest in act 3 (so that you can also get the Roach guts for the Materium). And a option to play the Garmond and Shakra bosses again, if you did miss them (and Palestag, since that one seems also missable. I did him, but some people missed him).

Nice review and nice score. I definitely buy it when I have a Switch 2 one day.

Rap in my Layton...I have to get used to that.

So the Gerudo warrior jumps ship, since she first follows Ganondorf? And the Zelda maid looks a lot like oldschool Impa!

It really sounds like Pikmin, but I also did hear a bit of Mario and Zelda.

Regarding the reviewers Silksong comment: Lol, the last judge was very doable for me. Moorwing and Savage beastfly where much harder in my opinion. Then again I struggled more with the Dancing cogworkers then expected. Everyone is different. Besides the Pacman world 1 repac endboss was also pretty frustrating.

At least they try something new with the motorcycle, but I am not convinced yet. The motorcycle bit looked very rough and empty. I also didn't like the rock-music much that they used (Where is the awesome music the Prime series is known for?).

So far there isn't a single thing shown that wowed me. It all feels like that unnecesary 4th installment many movie-series have, now with added motor-cycle bits. The Prime series was over. They just should have made a totally new first-person Metroid, set after all the other games. The living Chozo's that wowed us in Dread probably should have been saved for this title. Would have made a much bigger impact. Dread wowed me straight from the first trailer and was a excellent end to the story involving Metroids!

This game won't be the second coming of a first-person Metroid. I am gonna play it, but it might be worse then Prime 3.

Nice review and nice score! Yes, its a very good game but also very hard. The Moorwing was a nightmare and sister Splinter was pretty hard too (though probably easier then Moorwing). Overall I need several tries on almost every boss, its that hard. Don't know if I ever reach the end, but for now I'll truck on!

Might pick it up someday on Switch when I am done with DQ 10 (I have yet to start).

Wonder if 11 is still in the works.

If there's extra single-player content too I'll say: Offer the original owners also a upgrade-pack, like with Kirby!

Looks good, but I have yet to play the last one.

Looking forward to it.

Artstyle is amazing, but this will be another very slow and boring (and easy) Yoshi primarly focussed on small children.

Hmm, its finally going openworld...but it looks very empty! And you are on a bike, what the?!

I get the feeling that you are just driving from one very lineair area to another. We won't get a massive labyrinth this time.

Looking neat! And they are teasing a connection with Three houses.

What did you expect with Nintendo's current greed?

So far the difficulty was very modest...untill I did Hunters Marsh. And that boss called "Savage beastfly", oh dear! Took me many, many tries!

Metroid incoming!

I might ignore the update and play along for now. However, when the dlc arrives (they are planning dlc) you are forced to download the update.

I believe the original Hollow knight was also toned down a bit by the time I downloaded it (but still very challenging). And the same probably goes for the original Blasphemous.

@Kraven,

Hunters Marsh is tricky (but fun) since its there where you need your diagonal downward slash to get around. At some point I gave up in this area and went the other way. I will return there someday, probably when I am stronger.

I am only 3 and a half hours in, and so far I think it has a decent difficulty. Yes, there are some hard enemies. But the bosses where all manageable (and the first boss was really easy).

@Kraven,

I also just beat Lace.

Normally I wait for discounts, but I was in the mood for it and at 19,50 Euro it isn't badly priced (at 25 or 30 I would have waited for a discount). Only played 1.30 hour so far, but I like it (and it looks amazing). It gets quicker to the point and the protagonist also has text (wich I didn't expect). You get very quickly to the first boss, but she's super easy (I believe the first boss from Hollow knight was much harder). However, I am in a area now with quite nasty enemies. Also, the rosary strings hanging from the ceilings reminds me of the strings found in Haiku the robot, wich was also inspired by Hollow knight.

I find it fun that Team Cherry didn't commit to any "hype".

No reservation on Switch eshop
No early buyers discount
No demo
Not even a page with a trailer prior to the release

They just worked 7 years on the game, they dropped it on the date they promised recently and at a decent price. And we downloaded it en masse. I think they didn't even send review-copies to sites. Maybe a bit arrogant, or massive faith, or just a relaxed way of living. Maybe a combination of all 3?

At 20 Euro I might buy it at launch, otherwise I'll wait for a discount.

I admit that I was also suspecting something seeing as it took this long, but maybe its just good that they took their time and didn't commit to the pressure. As long as they had fun while making it, not allowing any pressure, hopefully we feel that passion in the final product. We (myself) included are to often: Why isn't there a sequel, or why isn't it still ready?

Hehe, finally! Still on the old Switch too, right?

Luckily there will be a upgrade pack for people who have the original, so when I have a Switch 2 someday I can just go for the upgrade-pack!

I am really impressed with this game. I initially played the demo and though I liked it I didn't feel the immediate rush to buy it. Also, it had a very steep price. But when it got a discount I jumped in...and man was it good!

Better Mario and Luigi then the most recent ones, timing and stuff was cool.

Light puzzles and dungeons that remind me of Golden sun (and Zelda), with one or two that where actually tricky.

Fun exploration, characters that are all fun to use, no need to grind yourself dizzy.

Good graphics and animations, nice music, modest difficulty for the most part where the last couple of bosses are pretty challenging (real endboss is insane though, but I managed).

And its also a very meaty game, took me almost 50 hours to do almost everything and just started the dlc.

Only minor complaint is the story, wich is probably a bit to difficult for such a simple premise.

Overall very strong second game from Sabotage. Judging from the puzzles and dungeons they might also be capable of creating a awesome Zelda-like game. I hope they will do that someday! Looking forward to their third game!

Surprised me that they went for pretty unknown (upcoming?) actors. Lets see where this goes.

A 90% on here and a 90% average on Metacritic, that's not bad (though not as high as Mario Odyssey, of course). I definitely get it someday when I have a Switch 2.

I expected as much. Might still be worth it someday, at a discount.

Great, as expected! Loving Zebra DK. I wonder though how big the game will be. 160 Banandium gems isn't a great amount if you compare it to the moons of Mario Odyssey, but there are also the fossils (and you also need chips to buy gems, so we'll see).

And it looks like its a prequel, where Pauline wants to become a professional (jazz) singer!

Pretty abysmal Metacritic-score, especially since this is the great Nintendo game at launch (at a gigantic price). Might be the lowest scoring (regular) Mariokart ever!

Miyamoto is slowly but surely going into retirement or at least leaving game development (though he seems to have more input with DK Bananza, at least with DK's design).

@StewdaMegaManNerd

Switch 1 games where all around the 50/60 Euro mark, as where the new titles on Switch 1 (Nintendo always asked full price for re-released games). Only exception is Zelda Tears of the kingdom at 70, but I paid less.

Download-only games where always overpriced at Nintendo.

Although the game really looks great and I am definitely gonna buy it when I have a Switch 2 (really looking forward to the open-world with its challenges), I am a bit dissapointed that on Metacritic it has a average of 90% (so far). For such a expensive title you would expect a higher score, especially since there are tons of different games (on any device) that are better and much cheaper.

Might be the first time I read a Kate Gray review. Its a nice review by the way. I never expected this to be any good after all the delays. The shrines sound nice. It reminds me a bit of Ever oasis, wich was also town-development, exploration and dungeons (I should get back to that someday). Are the shrines a bit good, puzzle-wise? Might try it someday.

The only micro-sd express cards I have seen so far are Nintendo branded, so that means even more money out of your pockets. You of course should get them without the Nintendo brand, if that's possible.

Just the same drifting-nonsense, of course. They must be cheap for Nintendo. Luckily the sticks seem to be open this time, so you can blow in it with a compressor.

Thank you for ripping off consumers!