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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…

Honestly I feel that the entire direct and console itself were overshadowed by prices and mostly Nintendo’s lack of communication in several things, like we don’t know yet how much the upgrades will cost, some journalists asked straightforward and they just said “we have nothing to say”, how can’t they know if those release in 2 months!?

It’s just baffling how they’re fumbling something that had everything to be a smooth transition, you just had to confuse and enrage gamers…

I’d buy it day one but I don’t think it’s ever going to happen anymore, Nintendo seems to hate their Zelda remasters as they’d rather rent you the OG versions through NSO instead of selling a port of Wind Waker HD, or Ocarina of Time 3D for that matter.

Guess I’m keeping both my Wii U and 3DS forever.

It’s an 4ssh0le move. You can say it.

Early adopters will show up, we even did with the Wii U, but in the long term that software price should weigh heavily against the hardware, sorry to say it but if you’re not a big Nintendo fan who can’t wait to play their games (like us who are here) there’s a plethora of options in gaming nowadays, both consoles and handheld PCs, and pretty much every other option has much cheaper software or a subscription service to play modern games, none available here.

And while the console price is arguably fine with the bundle as it’s “only” $30 more than expected ($399 + $70), but again software sells hardware, and if that software is freaking $80/€90 for each game then it’s just unsustainable for a large portion of the market to even get the console.

I’m not saying we have another Wii U here, it’s clearly not, but with those game prices there’s also no way they’ll even get close to the success they had with Switch, which back in 2017 I predicted it to be the best selling console of all time (and we’re nearly there), I just don’t feel it this time.

@SwitchplayerJohn And how well did the N64 fared against the PS1 at that price?

@sporesmoldsfungus I disagree, you can make that case on insanely expensive games to produce like a GTA 6, and even then it’s iffy since they make more money on selling MTX, DLC and more.

But for a Mario Kart game to cost $80/€90?! It’s just pure greed that screams “we’re charging this much because we can”. And I bet they’ll eventually announce DLC for it, further monetizing it, don’t defend this BS.

Good. Mario Kart at $80/€90 is unacceptable imo, doubt they will actually listen but it’s much better to stay loud and keep complaining than submitting.

So this means the console is quite powerful if it’s able to emulate the same performance as the OG Switch.

Honestly the console is looking better and better spec wise, games do look amazing, but prices man…

Honestly, I’d have liked a grid to show more games at once, other than that I don’t really care.

Pricing is the thing that I’m still unable to digest.

I kinda don’t Iike that red bar…

Honestly the pricing strategy for this whole generation seems extremely aggressive, I understand the turmoil in the world but come on, it’s the same hardware than worldwide…

Console itself looks very capable, if it can run Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate and Borderlands 4 (both not on PS4) then third-party support will be very good , having both Mario Kart and DK almost back to back for launch is incredible and I’m sure there’s still plenty they haven’t announced, remasters are meh, but prices are unjustifiably egregious for everything, console, games and accessories.

Overall exactly what I expected with only the prices being what I didn’t like.
9/10

My body is ready.

This is the probably the most hyped I’ve been since that 2017 Switch Presentation.

@HeadPirate Apparently there’s an option to opt out of this and just keep using the primary account system if you prefer it.

It really is mind blowing how Nintendo was the first out of any console maker to have an official tool to sharing digital games, positively impressed tbh.

I’d get it if it doesn’t have any MTX at all, classic game is peak tbh.

It really wouldn’t make sense to have Hall Effect in Alarmo but not in their next console which is already heavily rumored.

I think we’re about to see a substantial price hike on everything Switch 2 related.

To be fair it already exists, I’ll die on my hill saying that the emulation with NSO is much better than it ever was, the only thing that it’s missing is the option to own the games.

It’s a given I won’t be able to sleep that Tuesday lol

@HammerGalladeBro Honestly no one other than gaming “journalists” who took one day dip as a validation of their opinion that the Switch 2 is “disappointing”.

Where’s Eurogamer and half of gaming media article on this? They were quick to say Nintendo was almost bankrupt last week lmao.

@IceClimbersMain Sorry but no, I loved the game but just look at the move set, it doesn’t even come close to match Odyssey, and it’s over twice as long than Astro.

The closest comparison imo is to Super Mario 3D World which I’d actually put both on par and are similar in many ways, that’s why the director himself paid tribute to Mario games and Nintendo while receiving the GOTY at TGA.

@StarPoint Yup and at $60 with all those issues is simply unacceptable.

@HammerGalladeBro Here I’m expecting it at $12,000 but with Latamel and currency uncertainty it can go up to $15,000 easily 💀

He’s kinda right, I got 3DS, Wii U and Switch on day one, nothing will stop me from getting the Switch 2 day one too.

@sleepinglion What did you wanted then? A flying console? A portable PS5 Pro at $1000? A dual screen Switch?

I seriously don’t get what some people expected out of a console reveal, I don’t get this entitlement of “well, since it leaked I want to see the full showcase right now”, just wait a couple of months until the full showcase and afterwards you can tell if you’re being underwhelmed, 5 seconds of gameplay and the hardware overview which was clearly posted to avoid more leaks and speculation just isn’t enough to make a judgment.

@Spider-Kev Iwata passed away in 2015, I doubt you’re going to see him in a Direct anytime soon…

I don’t like this recent trend, honestly it doesn’t cost Nintendo literally anything to credit the people that deserve it and they could clearly separate the remaster team from the OG while still crediting both.

It’s literally up from a week ago, at least you guys said “dip” unlike Eurogamer who seems to have some beef against Nintendo for the reveal…

Lmao Nintendo are the ultimate trolls, half the internet expecting the Switch 2 and they chose to relentlessly promote the arguably worst remaster they’ve released recently 🤣

It’s baffling how their most effortless remasters are priced at $60 while borderline remakes got released at $40…

Lmao they flat out don’t care 🤣

I hoped it’d have analogue triggers but it doesn’t seem it’s happening, they literally haven’t released a controller with analogue triggers since the Game Cube and some games absolutely need it!

I hope Dbrand can get sued over this if it turns out to be real, not only they violated an NDA but they are all cocky about it.

Maximum respect for Astro’s director, platformers, particularly 3D Mario’s have been taken for granted by the entire industry while I think some are just the greatest games of all time, it was only until Sony was able to match some of the best Mario games that many reviewers or ‘the media’ paid attention to the genre, I’m so glad that even in his acceptance speech he recognized how invaluable it is the work Nintendo has done, particularly in this genre since the 80’s.

I got 3DS, Wii U and Switch all on day one, next console ain’t gonna be different…

I can’t f***ing believe it! For me this is as exciting as an announcement for the Switch 2 tbh

Every Nintendo handheld has been supported well into the next generation, in fact they outright refuse to die lol, has happened with GB, GBA, DS and 3DS.

I’ve been having a blast playing only mini games online, crazy they took so long to have a solid online mode.

Interesting to read some reviewers claiming that Astro Bot was like a before and after for platforming games…

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great game but Nintendo has been making even better platformers for decades now, some reviewers just see ‘Sony’ and go wild crazy.

I honestly always have a hard time rating them, the one thing I know for sure is Super Mario Galaxy will always be #1.

I see no way that they reveal the next console in November-December (months with biggest sales of the year), so if isn’t revealed in the next 10 days it’s officially a 2025 announcement.

A LEGENDARY composer, I hope he still do some work in the last entry of the FF7 Remake Trilogy as both soundtracks so far have been some of the best I’ve ever listened to.