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And this is why I’m gonna avoid buying third-party games on Switch 2, storage is an issue as it’s still more expensive to buy a 1 TB microSD Express card than a 1 TB SSD.

Looks gorgeous already, and again, I’m optimistic in this being a good movie and something worth of the franchise, that won’t stop some people being obnoxiously miserable…

I’m optimistic, the director is a great one, casting seems well done, scenery and costumes from this little sneak peek already looks on point, if they can nail the story and soundtrack I’d be served.

Nice, I just did my first “purchase” on the Nintendo Store app lol

This kinda makes me wish they made another 3D Mario instead of DK Bananza, and I liked it but nowhere near any Mario game, is just felt more of a collectaton instead of a platformer most of the time.

Waiting to play this and then my first replay of TOTK!

If I can say it in two words it’d be: 🚩

Yeah, for me it was an immediate red flag…

The price is egregious but I would be lying if I said I’m not excited to replay this masterpiece.

Overall 7/10, it’s baffling how Mario Kart World wasn’t even mentioned for an update or expansion while DK Bananza got an expensive DLC for one bonus level just weeks after release and Pokémon got another DLC before even releasing the game, egregiously selling cut content from the base game separately.

I like the games, Mario Galaxy, Metroid and Hades II are my standouts but greed at Nintendo is worst than ever (btw you can’t use vouchers on MP4 or Mario Galaxy).

And I will just watch all cutscenes on YouTube, played through Age of Calamity and it’s definitely not my type of game as I really struggled to finish it, but cutscenes and soundtrack were even better than BOTW’s.

Announcing a DLC for an unreleased game always leaves a bad impression, we all know it’s cut content from the base game being sold separately…

This is way too overpriced even tho these are my favorite games of all time, between this and showing more paid DLCs than new games I’m really not liking how greedy Nintendo is starting this generation.

Btw what a 🚩 that Mario Kart World isn’t even mentioned for an update or DLC.

I have a feeling there’s no 40th anniversary “celebration” at all.

Any gaming media outlet outside of IGN is excellent news, they were allowed to own way too much.

Honestly, I don’t expect absolutely nothing, remember how Nintendo “celebrated” Zelda’s 35th anniversary…

$399 for the Switch 1 OLED is just WILD, and it’s just a matter of time for the Switch 2 to go up in the Americas, what really, really sucks is that Canadians and Latin Americans are also paying for what the people in the US elected…

As I said earlier, it’s easily the most underwhelming Direct since 2015 specially in the context of a brand new console that launched less than 2 months ago, plus the game-key card issue continues to grow making it very clear this is how 90% of physical third-party games will be handled.

With all this game-key card BS and storage being insanely expensive I will be buying even less third-party games than with the Switch 1 and I only got around 15 of non-Nintendo games since 2017…

Worst Direct I’ve seen since 2015 ngl…

@MrCarlos46 They have never ever done a Direct after September, if we don’t get a general Direct on September we won’t get it until February/June of next year…

I guess there really is nothing first-party for this year aside from Metroid Prime 4 and Pokémon Legends….

With all these game-key cards and storage currently being this expensive I think I’ll just avoid third-party games altogether on Switch 2 same as I did with the Switch.

It’s great the Switch 2 is getting third-parties almost at launch and that the console is able to run them at all but with these limitations it really doesn’t make sense to buy the SW2 version if you have any other console or PC.

Can it improve gameplay by adding Galaxy 2 pretty please?

@Willo567 It could be awful, it could be near perfect, we don’t know yet but the fact we’re having this discussion at all is because they’re literally warning that performance may drop, even if it only drops 1 FPS it’s still such a baffling warning to have for the second big exclusive for a brand new console, that’s my whole point.

If Sony or Microsoft dared to say this about ANY of their first-party games they’d be roasted to hell but here half of the fanbase is willing to excuse it.

@Willo567 Never said “horrible unplayable performance” to begin with and of course I’ll save my final judgment after playing it next week as I already have it preordered and paid for, I just find it baffling to be warned that the second big game for a brand new console already has performance issues.

@N00BiSH I agree that this launch has been scrutinized by the smallest and most insignificant things, but you don’t really see an issue with a first-party game already having performance issues a month after launch? Depends on how bad it runs it might be concerning for future games since this was supposed to be a Switch 1 development that moved over to SW2.

This is bothering me way more than it should, the team hasn’t shipped a game in 8 years, development started on Switch 1 and moved to Switch 2 and despite all that they actively warn you performance isn’t great? Then delay the game until it’s ready…

Also, it’s only been one month since the console launch and first-party games are already struggling with performance? This isn’t a good look at all.

So if a Pro Controller fails you’re better off just buying a new one and spending $85 again… yikes.

Yup 13/13. I seriously love this game and the first one as no other, my favorite games of all time.

If I find some game I want to try out at $20-30 with still the possibility of resell it unlike a digital game sure I’d buy one.

At full price never, ever.

I’m already reading lots of people outright blaming Nintendo for this, completely ignoring the fact that the president of the US enacted a trade war against the rest of the world…

@montrayjak Why would you hesitate to delete a software that can never be played again?

And no, it’s not getting removed, it’s forever tied to your account, any software you delete it you can redownload it from this page or the eShop.

@datamonkey I don’t think it’s Nintendo servers, the Switch just has terrible internet connection even while wired, hopefully it got massively improved with the Switch 2.

It only took 8 years!

All of them but particularly Zelda, the next one will be a radical departure from the previous 2 games and I wish that they use the power of the new console to have a realistic art style back in a Zelda game such as the Wii U demo back in 2012, it’s time since the last time was back with Twilight Princess almost 20 years ago!

@Galaxy2IsTheGOAT I very much doubt that, if the team that made Odyssey has been busy 7 years with a Donkey Kong game there’s a chance we’ll have to wait much longer for the next big 3D Mario.

@nocdaes Uhhh I’m very excited for both Death Stranding 2 and DK Bananza (both summer releases btw).

I’ve been in the launches for the 3DS, Wii U and Switch, and this is the most chaotic it has been to start a new generation from Nintendo.

Impossible, experts on YouTube said that this was only a portable PS4, so there’s got to be black magic involved or something… /s

Game itself looks great, it’s more Mario Kart, but the Direct showed nothing new and more importantly NOTHING that somehow justifies being an $80/€90 game.

You can easily get Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for half the price of World and it arguably has more content, the only thing missing is the free roam open world which is by far the most disappointing thing they showed about the game, I’m not thrilled at all about exploring and finding outfits and P-switches tbh.

My hype kinda dropped after this direct, don’t get me wrong the game looks great but the Direct showed nothing new and pricing remains unjustified.

EA so far has been the least supportive publisher for Nintendo overall, they could port Mass Effect, Star Wars Jedi, Titanfall and so many other games for the Switch 2 but we’ll most likely get stuck with sports games.

We’ve seen like 5% of this and there’s people already “worried” about the replayability aspect of it…

If you have played Returnal on PS5 you know the true potential of analogue triggers and how it can be used for different inputs, not many developers take advantage of them but when they do it absolutely makes a big difference.

I wonder how they’ll workaround GameCube games or ports from other consoles that do use or even need this feature.

I’d watch the cutscenes on YouTube, I did play Age of Calamity and kinda hated it tbh, gameplay is sooo repetitive although it had cool cutscenes and somehow a better soundtrack that BOTW I just didn’t enjoy it.

I just hope that for the next big Zelda game the story takes central stage and actually be a story instead of “look at this memories of 1000000 years ago”.

Does anyone actually doubt paid DLC is going to happen?

There’ll be free updates for a long while but eventually they will either monetize it further with some paid expansion or release another brand new game, but no console generation has had 2 Mario Kart, Switch didn’t even got one tbf.

Is Doug Bowser trying to gaslight us? Because it’s working.

Tbh I don’t see much issue with the console price itself, some games are even performing better than a Series S which I really didn’t expect, if we factor in the bundle with MKW it’s “only” $30 more than expected ($399 + $70).

Issue comes when you look at games prices at $80/€90 and trying to justify it on replay value is just disingenuous, like, I’ve played Fortnite more than any Mario Kart and haven’t spent a cent on that game, and I know it’s comparing apples to oranges but the “replay value” at $80 it’s just a load of BS.

I thought you encountered performance issues or bugs, but no, it’s just speculation that in certain scenarios it MIGHT struggle…