IronMan30

Maybe Witchbrook. I never know what to expect with these presentations.

I'll give it a whirl since the game is decent enough, especially for free.

I paid less than full price for Kirby and the Forgotten Land at launch, so I figured I'd get the DLC since it's not crazy priced. No idea why I even bothered to watch any of that video as I'm already sold on it, but it is much nicer looking than on NS1. So...there's that.

So the news cycle is more or less normal. Who could've expected this after 8 years of having the same announcement pattern? Not me!

Credit to Switch Force for being right, btw.

In any case. I'm sure this will be fine.

This is of no consequence to me because I haven't bought these games, but that is pretty annoying for those who would want to upgrade.

Possibly a compilation. From what I heard, Super Mario 3D All Stars wasn't planned very far in advance. I really don't expect much of anything.

I told them I don't like game key cards not because I care personally, but the discourse surrounding them needs to die.

I also let them know specifically that there is no point in buying a third-party on NS2 if there are few/no on the cart physical releases. Don't say I never did anything for you.

Also, to echo others, we'll see if it matters but I doubt it will. Then again...why ask?

Edit: the survey allowed me to specify certain responses (i.e., fill in the blank) because I said things like "I am more likely to buy digital games on PS or Xbox than Switch/2." So answers like that will prompt it to ask for you to rationalize your preference. Which is basically most people's dislike for key-cards and yes, for you who do buy physical games, I said I dislike them.

A Switch 2 patch/upgrade down the line would be nice.

Meaningless, we'll never know if that was true.

That's pretty cool, eh.

Also, I wouldn't put it past them to shadow drop it but they have been hyping it up for a while so I could go either way on that.

I enjoyed it so I'll likely end up getting it but after I buy DQ HD-2D.

I just beat the Elliot from Philadelphia demo, it was really good. Donkey Kong Banaza, playing the post game. And I'm also back to XCX, as well as Mario Kart World.

@Serpenterror again, they are still massive companies. I get they have been poorly managed (more SE than Sega) lately but that is not a good reason. They could order in bulk if they were serious about selling physical copies on NS2.

@Dr_Lugae it's best not to engage with that account (DonnieTaco) as they were a troll over on Polygon and got shut down by the few commenters there.

I.e., don't feed the troll.

@Serpenterror Sega and SE are massive companies, so that's no excuse for them.

How in the world kan this kompany get the game on kart while others kan't? Is it really "kan't" or is it "won't?"

I'm sure the replies were totally normal to that post.

But...but...Switch 2 is failing. A random internet user told me so!

And Switch 2 is selling as well as the stock can handle. Sales have been up and down since it launched.

@WiltonRoots hey, fwiw I talked about the substance of the article.

I think it's safe to say there will be a "general" Direct before 2025 is over.

I don't doubt it will hit DS numbers.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe got a 3 star gold trophy for the Switch Cup!

Great sales, thus far. In less than 1 full month it was past 5M units. That's pretty good, any way you cut it. While that Direct wasn't "amazing!!!!" it showed there is healthy support from partners and looks like a nice continuation of what NS1 started. Bring on P3R (which I hope they add the DLC to as apparently there was the "FES" content added?).

I'm getting the Kirby DLC, for sure.

This couldn't get 30 seconds in the Partner Showcase in the west.

It was fine, for me. Not everything has to, or can, be a 10/10.

Also, MH Stories 3 will be my first entry into the series and I never bought P3R because I figured Sega would release it on NS2. Glad to be right about that. And the Philly game's (not Madden, but go Birds! Saquon's iconic backwards jump to start the trailer was great) demo was good. Katamari is looking as weird as ever (good weird).

And really, this was a nice bonus showcase even if Xbox's lack of a presence seemed odd.

Little wild that SE had an upgrade path for one of its existing NS1 games they showed on the Partner Showcase, but not for this. Who at SE is making these baffling decisions?

Hadn't seen this until today and it looks great. Surprised it's launching day and date with the other versions, as well.

In no way was that a 4/10. Lol

I gave it a 7 because even though many games didn't interest me, there was a lot of new content.
And the early Switch 2 has been more or less what I expected. Which was a variation of the long forgotten early PS4/X1 days, where there were not many games for the console to call its own (like those two). Still, that this was considered a "bad" Direct and it had a lot of new games says how spoiled for choice we gamers are.

I'm downloading it now. The HD-2D games are usually fun and this one looks to be decent.

@SplatRay001 I thought that, as well. Lol

Since they didn't shadow drop this, I will echo the sentiment that Sega will release Metaphor in 2026 for NS2. It would be nice if this ended, but they had similar tactics with OG Switch when they should release it closer to other platforms but apparently choose not to.

No twist. The trailer uploaded to YT clearly shows a Switch 2 logo on it and in the Direct, Nintendo said the logo (or logos) of the console it will appear on will be displayed on/before trailers.

@elpardo1984 well, that's good to know. I may pick it up on a discount, even if minor, as I believe it's been discounted before.

An Xbox port, like SoT is possible. I'd say P3 Reload, maybe Persona 4's remake? Tales of Arise and Metaphor would be nice. Those all seem entirely possible.

Switch 2 updates for Switch 1 games would also be nice.

I read the first game was decent (save a few issues and yes, I played the demo that will never be fully indicative of the entire experience) and had a lot of og Armored Core devs, so here's hoping the new game is better than the first.

Elden Ring release date, let's go!!!

@LastFootnote thankfully, we're not running any heists. We're receiving news.

For $7? Hard to say no to that...

Sounds like a good excuse to give this a try. My kids will probably love it, as well.

But Mario Kart World is dead. Some YouTuber told me so!

This is 100% a day one buy, for me. I loved the Manga when they were new, the first video game was really fun (with a great soundtrack), the movie was great and the anime adaptation was also excellent.

Yeah, I echo the sentiment that this is meaningful.

@progx Destiny 2 could also make it over as that was originally a PS4 game.

Well, any day now this thing will stop selling. Just you wait!

@IronMan30 @Entwickler *Your. Also, what in the world are you talking about? When did I say I won't play BL4? And who am I teaching what lesson?

@AllBLK that's my plan, I didn't pay even close to full price on BL3 because I waited (also haven't played it, yet).

I'm jumping ship from Xbox, so this will be likely where I buy BL4.

Welp, this will move some (more) consoles.

Donkey Kong and Mario Kart World.
I unpacked the Switch 2 camera and played MKW with my family. Tbh, wish I had done that sooner because it was incredibly fun and hilarious.

I guess it's best to buy this when it's $10 and CDPR has added all the DLC it wants (like they did with Witcher 3).