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I think everyone is forgetting that this game uses Unreal Engine 5 which is rather beefy and is very difficult to optimize correctly.

To put things into perspective, one of the things that killed Multiversus was the sudden remaking of the game from Unreal 4 in the beta to Unreal 5 when the game launched. Doing so essentially broke the game and made it far less fun to play for those that enjoyed the beta version which (among other things) led to the game's shutdown. Unreal 5 simply isn't optimized well yet.

This is also why Borderlands 4 is only 30fps on Switch 2. It also uses Unreal 5 which is very taxing on the system. I'm shocked that Switch 2 is getting this DBZ game at all let alone Switch 1.

Man I used to enjoy this game but the hit detection and monetization kinda killed my enjoyment after a while especially with less people playing resulting in only high skilled players staying and making things tough. Nice to see it go on for so long but I imagine a lot of it is due to the anime and merchandising which was really popular in Japan.

I don't care what anyone says: watching Mega Lucario run alongside its trainer in the heat of battle looks so flipping cool and I'm not even a big Pokemon fan.

That and the Xenoblade-like battle system is a big plus. This may be the very first Pokemon game I play.

My personal picks would be Metaphor, Genshin, COD, and Doom!

As a Xenoblade fan, I'm digging the real-time w/ dodging systems and Arts-like palette for the attacks. This might be the first Pokémon game I purchase.

Good Fire Emblem-likes are very hard to come by as they tend to lack polish. Hoping this is good because I've heard mixed reviews on the first. Until then I'm gonna wait for Path of Radiance on the GC NSO app.

Mega Man and Breath of Fire?

Nah it's gonna be more Resident Evil and Monster Hunter stuff I bet. :/

And this is why we're likely never getting a new Mega Man game. Why bother when SF, RE, and especially MH sell boatloads. I imagine that, if it wasn't for Nintendo, Capcom would have likely chosen someone other than Mega Man for Smash Bros like a Hunter or Chris Redfield. It's a shame how little they care for the Blue Bomber.

Namco might wanna consider it soon. Street Fighter 6 has been appearing rather consistently on the eshop's best-seller list which shows that there is absolutely an audience for fighting games on this thing. With over six million consoles already sold, Namco is leaving money on the table by not putting Tekken on Switch 2. I loved Tag 2 on Wii U and would gladly buy 8.

They don't deserve praise. Rockstar is a multimillion dollar company and GTA is one of the best-selling game franchises out there. They should have offered a proper physical release of 20 year old games from the start. It's especially bad when RDR1 was fully physical on Switch. No excuse.

Congrats for doing the absolute bare minimum I suppose.

And it spawned my favorite RPG series...of which there are only two games. I completely ignored the Paper series after Super.

TTYD is amazing though and I'm so glad the remake enables more people to play it.

Nobody wants to mention how good Luke and Jamie look? They're slaying!

They fixed the online Worldwide lobbies! Finally! Nobody can say Nintendo doesn't listen to feedback now.

Will wait for a Switch 2 version that's actually complete.

@Joeynator3000
Not quite. There's a 2 hour long video explaining PopCap's downfall. Multiple developers were interviewed.

https://youtu.be/V7j835caKiA?si=ehV51GZ6ODYWQ54P

It wasn't just EA. PopCap themselves were at fault as well.

@Joeynator3000
It's not just EA. PopCap themselves have been in decline since the release of the second game. It's been well-documented by this point that the devs are not the same anymore.

I know her as Tatiana from Unicorn Overlord which is so funny considering that character's personality.

Happy to have her on board. Hope she doesn't get any negativity over Nintendo's decision making.

Square being cheap and shady as always in order to get money from people as fast as possible.

Still waiting on actual Kingdom Hearts ports and not lame Cloud Versions. It's already bad enough that they didn't at least put 1 and 2 on the original Switch but there's zero excuse for them all to not work properly on Switch 2.

Good. I still need to get back to it but im happy they aren't going under.

Mega Man feels like he's in the same place as Pac-Man nowadays but even worse. They're both advertisement mascots but at least Namco is giving Pac the occasional new game. Rock isn't even getting that.

Have nearly 50 hours in it so far. After spending nearly 1000 hours in 8/Deluxe across the Wii U and Switch, I'm so happy that I can finally move on from that and play something new. World is a huge improvement in nearly every way so I'm eager to spend more and more time in World. Can't wait for more updates and features!

I love Fire Emblem. Houses, Engage, FE7, and Sacred Stones were all great and I can't wait for Path of Radiance. Hope we get the next game announced soon!

Anime girls and big guns? Heck yes sign me up right now!!!

Where's Hitman? Been having a lot of fun with it on Switch 2.

I like the road trip style intermissions so this doesn't bother me too much. However I do hope Nintendo adds some sort of separate lobby where lap races are guaranteed.

@GoldenSunRM
See I'm fine with Smash because it's a crossover game. But this is a racing game with Sonic at the forefront so I don't like the focus on outside franchises.

I would genuinely prefer Marine, Mephiles, and even Elise over Nick characters.

Not happy about this in the slightest. I don't care about Nickelodeon shows and would rather they not flood the roster. Wish this game stuck to having actual Sonic characters. I get WHY because Paramount likely wanted their characters in this game since they have the rights to the Sonic movie but I genuinely do not care about SpongeBob, TMNT, or Airbender so this doesn't do anything for me.

Really hoping they add actual Sonic characters like Ray, Mighty, Sticks, Shade, Tikal, Honey, and the Hooligans.

Poppy Kong looks so cool! Glad to see more female villains in Mario franchise games.

He's doing a great job. I still recall being unable to tell the difference between him and Charles. Keep up the good work, Kev!

Cool. Can we get a new Naruto game now? One that isn't Ninja Storm?

So hyped to get mine tomorrow. Hitman and Yakuza are my top picks. We'll deserved!

The market for mainstream fighting games is absolutely present on Nintendo hardware. Hopefully we get Tekken 8 and Fatal Fury COTW as well soon!

I'd be happy with a remastered edition of Black Ops 2 honestly. I enjoyed it on my Wii U and would love it on Switch 2 with all the DLC the Wii U version never received.

I still want to play Nuketown Zombies and Mob of the Dead. Give us Zombies Chronicles while you're at it!

Some of the best devs in the industry. Nintendo would absolutely not be where they are today if it weren't for Monolith.

Genuinely never thought this would happen.

Now it's your turn with Tekken, Namco. We have classic Street Fighter, Fatal Fury/King of Fighters, and now a classic Mortal Kombat collection. No excuse to not release a classic Tekken compilation now.

I cannot wait for this. I have 3k hours on Switch Fortnite and now my shackles will be removed with 60fps!

@Serpenterror
Agreed. This is why I like that Smash is 100% video games only. Crossovers become less special when "anything goes". Fortnite has made things worse.

Eh not too excited for this. Not a fan of SpongeBob anymore and I also don't care about TMNT, ATLA, or Minecraft.

Would rather the Sonic game focus on Sonic characters but that's just me.

Shame that we'll never get another cool stylish game like TWEWY from SE.

Thank God. Being able to skip those repetitive animations is something I've been waiting for.

Let's just hope Injustice 3 runs better on Switch 2.

@VoidofLight
Agreed. Link was already pushing for me given how realistic he is compared to Mario characters. I absolutely would not want Fire Emblem characters like Marth or Xenoblade characters like Pyra in Mario Kart. They're far too realistic and would clash heavily with the cartoonish setting of Mario.

And this is coming from a huge fan of Fire Emblem and Xenoblade. Not everything needs to be a crossover.

@JakedaArbok
The other problem is that many RPG characters simply don't have 3D models so it creates extra work for the design team. This is unlike the Cow, Pianta, and all the enemies who have tons of 3D models to work with.

Granted, Baby Peach is an RPG character (first appearing in Partners In Time), but Nintendo likely considers her an exception to the rule given how closely tied she is to Yoshi's Island and due to how infinitely more marketable a baby version of Princess Peach is compared to Geno, Goombella, or Fawful.

@HHappyGoose88
Conveniently forgetting that Doomfist got a Saitama (One Punch Man) skin. So that argument doesn't apply.

Still waiting on actual Kingdom Hearts ports. As a Smash player I want to know what exactly the big deal behind Sora and his games are but I refuse to pay for lame cloud versions. 🙄

Not sure if I want an Injustice 3 from them at this point. WB's gaming division has proved themselves to be woefully incompetent. Between MK1, Kill The Justice League, and Multiversus, absolutely nothing they've made recently has gone well aside from Hogwarts.

And it's telling which of these games was the most successful because Hogwarts is the only one of the four so far to be confirmed to have a Switch 2 edition.

Not giving Zarya a skin based on Marisa makes this a 0/10.

@Kraven
I can say for certain that Gaku's freakouts will mellow out rather soon. His character develops very early on because Takumi is there to listen to his problems.

And Darumi is someone you'll get used to I think. She's actually rather kind and willing to pull her weight despite her "Himiko Toga"-like nature.

Nice of them to shout out a much smaller release. Academy being a Switch console exclusive (and thus avoiding competition since EX33 isn't on Switch) has probably helped it quite a bit. Hopefully PS5 and Xbox versions release later when things are less hectic.

And I'm currently on day 30 and the game is fun. The combat is actually somewhat challenging and each character having different abilities reminds me a lot of Valkyria Chronicles 4. Media.Vision (the developers of VC4) worked on Academy so that's probably why.

Make Silver playable or no buy.