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I'll wait for the inevitable discount to $20.

Happy to see the best Digimon game coming to Switch.

A shame. Nothing in the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase could ever live up to the absolutely outstanding Poker Night remaster.

Haven't really sat down and played anything other than Brawlhalla and Marvel Rivals on PC, so I've been finishing Kirby and the Forgotten Land this week so that I can start clearing my backlog.

2nd place? 12/12 in less than 83 seconds!? Forget HotGoomba, I'm KingGoomba!

Someone will look at this and still say that the AI hate is unnecessary and overdone, not realizing that the AI hate comes from a place of tiredness of the abundance of pure slop and the disrespect towards real, human-made art, not a place of ignorance and hating "the future".

I might have to get these, there's been some games that I've been looking at but never had the will to actually get: Xenoblade, Arceus, and Bayonetta. They all look quality, but I have no idea if they're for me, so saving $10-20 on them would be nice.

I would use this for Tomodachi, but I'll be damned if I waited 13 years for this game just to get it digitally. I'm going physical for that one.

Nintendo just started a war, and they didn't even need to announce a new Mario Party to do it.

Nobody's talking about how damn funny this Direct was. HotGoomba approved.

Kinda ridiculous how many grown adults are whining about this and saying that Tomodachi Life isn't a real game just because it's not their thing.

Get over it. We'll get a standard Direct this year, probably next month. You don't have to belittle franchises and their fans just because you didn't get exactly what you want.

@some_other_drum This remake was announced in 2020 and was in development before that, was slated to release in 2021, got delayed, and has been in development hell for over six years. For a remake of a pre-existing game.

We have had two original and critically acclaimed Prince of Persia games since 2021, and as much as I was hoping this game would release, at this point, I think that shifting the team towards an original Persia game would be a smarter move than spending however much longer on this remake.

That being said, I hope they at least they do a small-scale remaster of the earlier Prince of Persia games. That's honestly the best I think they can do at this point.

If the price does increase, hopefully they at least add a game to the bundle or something to make the price sting a lot less. Not Mario Kart, they're not giving that game away, but something. Something to make the idea of a $500 Nintendo console sting a whole lot less.

Bowser terrorizes a new kingdom.

So, the developers of some of the best VR and Meta exclusives – Asgard's Wrath, Deadpool VR, Resident Evil 4 VR on Quest – get awarded for their wonderful work by getting shut down by Meta.

I love virtual reality, it has provided some of the most unique and immersive experiences in video games. But Meta being the leader of VR, and with basically all of their competition besides maybe Valve basically nothing for VR, Sony/PlayStation included, I'm worried that this is it for virtual reality.

Between Microsoft, Meta, and Google, I think that big conglomerates getting involved in the video game industry has been a massive mistake.

Maybe Valve's new headset can change things for virtual reality, maybe Sony can actually develop some damn VR titles, and maybe some other competitor could join the VR medium, but right now, it isn't looking good. For now, hoping the best for everyone laid off.

[this comment is a repost from Push Square]

NOOOOO I missed the deal

A game that should run well on a system, and then shocking everyone with its shoddy performance?

Now that is a System Shock.

Local bodyguards/former plumbers beat up young child who was looking for his father. More at 11.

The Mega Man is REAL!!!!

no thank you.

Makes sense. Most people will probably wait to get this on Switch 2, which doesn't have the biggest install base yet, and Metroid is more niche than a Mario or Zelda. Pretty good start, it should have decent legs throughout December.

I myself won't get it for a while. Not because of the reviews. I don't care about them, I'd probably like the game anyways. I'd just like to play Metroid Prime 2 and 3 first, which I wish released on Switch 1 by now, but I guess Nintendo is too busy making the long-awaited sequel to Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour.

Both box arts look like Samus Metroid Prime is judging me for wanting to play this pinball game.

Also, both box arts look good, but the Japanese one has more color in it so I voted for that one.

When are they going to fix the bug where the Nintendo Switch 2 isn't edible? I want to eat it.

Wow, that European one is awful. The American and Japanese ones looks good though.

Also, why does the big bad on the Japanese box art look like that one Austrian painter with the ugly mustache?

Edit: Wait that is him???? HUH?????

@spiderman0616 You might be right about the games being old, being bad, or being Sega, but I don't wish on that on any game. I want every game to succeed, regardless of its a key card release or not. Except Black Ops 7. F&$k Black Ops 7.

@Lizuka Fair enough. I still think that the format might've had some factor in it, but I did forget that Ubisoft and WB discounts their games like crazy.

As for the EA Sports prices, seeing those games get cut to over 50% off in not even half a year is strange, but I don't know why for certain, and honestly, I don't think I care all that much.

I was genuinely surprised when I saw how low the game prices so low so early in this console's life.

Then I realized the one thing that, save Story of Seasons, all of these games have in common. They're all game key cards, or worse, download codes.

I mean, a deal's a deal, I'm not at all saying not to buy these. I honestly might. But, nudge nudge, might show how game key cards aren't exactly flying off of shelves, especially at full price.

No stability jokes... I guess I could work with that.

Wow, I sure to love all of that issue fixing. Oh boy do we love issue fixing! Nintendo is spoiling us with all those issues fixes!

It just doesn't feel that same...

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@benmalsky198 Only reasons I'm not immediately getting Air Riders is that I don't own a Switch 2, I haven't played the demo, and I don't want to buy the game before knowing that I like it first, or at least after I get bored of whatever games I get first.

@Aswannsong Look, I love Kirby (although I might not get Air Riders anytime soon), the series holds a really special place in my heart, but I really respect the hater energy that you've got against it. I wish I could be as passionate at despising something badly as you do Kirby. HotGoomba approves.

Oh yes! I love to see Nintendo supporting their consoles with... compatibility?! What is this tomfoolery?!?! Where is the stability gosh darn it, Nintendo!!!

I don't understand why some people are shocked by this. The Switch 2 Edition is a $5 upgrade. Happy Home Paradise is $25. No other Nintendo Switch 2 Edition from Nintendo has included past DLC. Nintendo Switch prices rarely go down for anything other than small sales.

Move aside, Call of Duty. Time for some real games to release on Switch 2.

Ridiculous. The best gaming invention of 2025 was the New 2DS XL. #TheNew2DSXLReleasedIn2025

Didn't like Eternals, but it definitely wasn't the actors' fault, especially Chan's. I feel like everything around Eternals was good, except for the writing and pacing. I should see her in more stuff.

Ditto commits identity fraud.

This actually was a pretty good first look for this game on Switch 2, so I'm a little surprised that this wasn't announced alongside the other platforms, especially since it's launching day-and-date with PS5, PC, and Xbox. I wonder if this version only recently started development.

Didn't know that Sakurai was a Skylanders Swap Force fan.

Edit: DAMMIT

Nintendo Labo VR Kit 2.0

No sunshine in a bag included.

_{the bagged sunshine is fun dip candy btw.}

I feel like they're severely undervaluing the game by pricing it at only $70. Pricing this at $150 is a lot more reasonable.

I still wake up in a cold sweat thinking about Geist DS.

There is no Nintendo Direct in Ba Sing Se.

Are these fans in the room with us right now?

@fenlix Three years later and I'm still getting flak for that comment lmao. My opinions have shifted since then, although I still think that port is pretty mediocre, and I do agree that it shouldn't have the respect of being called a remaster lmao

I appreciate the honesty of the director, and I do like that they're prioritizing the actual gameplay.

Despite this, I will still stick to my original plan of blaming all the performance issues and frame drops on Diddy Kong.

I always knew that Pokémon were holy relics.

I think people are misinterpreting this quote. It's not saying that games aren't seen as "art", but rather that the prospect of making an art piece shouldn't get in the way of a product.

If you ask me, I think anything and everything can be art, including video games. Never understood why video games always had a hard time being considered art, especially since they're a mixture of many other mediums, like design, music, modeling, etc.

I think that all music, films, games, so on so forth are art, even if it's bad or corporate, because traditional art, digital art, sketching, and sculpturing can be bad and corporate as well. Art is art.

Truly one of the greatest games ever made, one of the few good things Ubisoft had a contribution with, and one of the only game titles where you get a funny name if you replace the first letters of each word in its title, "Buck Bumble", with the letter F.