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@Chimichanga If they can't even optimize their game for the PS5, how in earth will they be able to run it on the NS2 lol.

Is it a typo in the article? As why would many boot up Xenoblade Chronicles 2 this weekend?
I haven't seen any patch or Switch 2 update?

I assume you mean Xenoblade Chronicles X?

I sincerely hope not! Tears of the Kingdom was a huge letdown.
The contraption building became old fast and couldn't hide the boring game underneath.
I guess after hundreds of hours in BotW I am just burned out, as TotK was just more of the same.

So please no! Let Pokemon be Pokemon and not turn it into another BotW clone, like so many other games have tried.
Like how SE ruined FF7:Rebirth with cloning so many mechanics from BotW and Ubisoft open world blehh.

@Whoever The DLC was the biggest disappointment of any Pokemon game so far. :
The two DLCs of Sword / Shield were the best, followed by the two DLCs in Scarlet/Violet.
Both offered significantly more content for a lower price than the Mega Dimension DLC in Legends Z-A, which was nothing but a rip-off.
But this seems to be the new normal with Nintendo, after the same overpriced rip-off DLC in Donkey Kong bonanza earlier last year.

And where is the promised Pokemon Home support? Almost 6 months and still no Home support.

@metaphysician The switch 1 actually has an active fan, its not using passive cooling. It has heat vents in the top.

The Switch 2 also has a large air vent in the top.

@Max_the_German This also frustrated me to no end.

Motion controls should have always been optional, even if gamepad was at least added as Accessibility feature.

Pokemon Lets Go is such a great game, let down by the stupid motion controls. So I hated I was forced to play in handheld mode.

This boost feature could have been long implemented on the Switch 1 too.

There is no reason as to why it couldn't run full throttle in handheld mode, when the console is either connected to power or a power bank?

Overheating has never been a concern, since both the Switch 1 and Switch 2 dock don't actively cool the console. (The fan in the Switch 2 is to cool down the dock internal components)

So it's nice that Nintendo finally saw the light in this and implemented it at least for the Switch 2.

Trouble coming up with news these days?

It was known for a long time now that there would not be coming a new DLC after Phantom Liberty.
CD Project Red made that very clear after the release of that DLC.
They added some small stuff and QoL updates afterwards and that's it.
PL added some additional closure to V with some alternative endings and with that the V story arc is finished.
They are actively developing the sequel to CP2077 now.

@Jintenzo That was a bogus rumor. What we can hope for is a Switch 2 upgrade for Witcher 3 and that's it.
Again CDPR is working on Witcher 4 now. All attention is on that release now.

@DennyCrane Me neither. I absolutely loved Dragon Quest Builders back in the day and played it to death with my son.

Together with playing Minecraft and Animal Crossing for years.... I am just completely burned out on these type of games for now.

@BrazillianCara I agree. Pokemon Legends: Z-A is the first Pokemon game in a long time that truly tried something different and push the genre in a new direction.

The active combat system is amazing in my opinion and long overdue. You finally battle with Pokemon like the anime series.
It was a breath of fresh air and I personally really enjoyed the core game immensely.

The DLC on the other hand..... biggest disappointment ever.
But a bad DLC doesn't have to put this game last place, when the core game is great.

@AlonditeFE Way too early to tell, since we don't know the full evolution of these new starters.

They all three look underwhelming. Which has been the case with many starters in recent games.
So lets hope the Evolutions will look much better.

@Dom_31 They were held back by the Switch 1.... now not anymore since it will be a Switch 2 exclusive.

We still don't have the Switch 2 version in Europe.

@MiltonHolmes Its a 10 year old game, so it better looks good on the Switch 2 lol.

But then again..... it's Bethesda we talking about lol.

@Fyrus92 You end up paying anyway, since so many games require NSO for internet connectivity.

Just like XBOX and Playstation have been doing for years. Its how both XBOX and Playstation managed to sell their consoles at a loss back in the day.

@Dazman They definitely going to announce Gen10. As we already know its coming later this year.

What else is there to announce at this point? The hype of Legends:ZA has died out and they just shadow dropped a GBA port.
But yeah, they will definitely also announce the Pokemon Home feature for Legends:ZA that will be available right after the direct. That is also a no-brainer.

@StarCollector You can definitely blame them for that, since this is a straight up ROM port that will be using the GBA emulator of NSO to run on the Switch.

@Mana_Knight 33% direct, but they also own 50% of Creature Inc, the other 50% by Gamefreak.

So in reality, behind the scenes, TPC is effectively owned 50% by Gamefreak and 50% by Nintendo.

@GreenMario2000 Then what's the point of NSO and the price they asking? We talking about NSO+Expac subscription here.

Nintendo owns a 50% stake in The Pokemon Company. So there is no excuse this could not have launched on the NSO+Expac subscription tier.

But this is the new Nintendo and its all pure greed at this point. They are following the likes of EA, Activision and Ubisoft and see how far they can push their consumers with their greed.

Just to be clear. This isn't a remake or a HD version. It literally is just a straight up ROM port that belongs in NSO.

@StewdaMegaManNerd Every console generation has its share of mediocre and terrible games.

Lack of 3rd party support was pretty much the result of poor sales of the WiiU.
Don't forget the first 2-3 years of the Switch were absolutely horrible as well. Barely any first party games and third party games either.
The Switch was rushed and they had barely any games ready. Zelda:BOTW was originally developed for the WiiU and hence it became the Switch launch title.
It's the same again now with the Switch 2, which was also clearly rushed, with only Mario Kart World (which was a huge disappointment, felt rushed and unfinished). Same deal again with Donkey Kong Bonanza. Heavily overpriced with a even more overpriced Day One 35 bucks DLC to boot!

The Switch 2 right now is really taking the cake at the moment, with one disappointed game release after the other.
Its hilariously the 3rd party devs that actually deliver better and more than Nintendo right now!

That is what I am talking about now. Major Nintendo releases launching these days with bare minimum content at higher prices, overpriced Day One paid DLC announcements and require major patches/fixes.

@StewdaMegaManNerd The WiiU debacle had nothing to do with quality.
It failed because of the bad console name and subsequent marketing blunders.

The console itself was great and so were the games that released on it. Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, Pikmin 3, Super Mario Maker, Super Mario 3D World, Zelda Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD releases were some of my favorites.

The WiiU was an excellent console. Nintendo just screwed up with calling it the WiiU and failed to market it as new generation console, which it was.
But people saw the Wii name and thought it was just a new updated Wii and as such didn't buy it.
It was tragic all around... as the WiiU was a really good console and so were its games.

@SillyG It's sadly the new Nintendo and what they have turned into with the new leadership over the years.

Everything is now minimal effort, maximum price and entirely profit focused.

You also see that the quality of their games have significantly gone down over the last few years as well, with all their games receiving/requiring major patches and bug fixes after each release.
This was never the case before and just another nail in the coffin for bothering with physical releases.

@silver-crescent Wasn't it deliberately paused because of this critical bug?

Now they need to fix the download size, by splitting the language packs.

@JohnnyMind Nintendo clearly said you can have separate SKU's.

The problem here might be that AdHoc has submitted a single global SKU build and it might now be neigh on impossible to revert/change this to a multiple SKU build.
Then the single global censored release for physical media is probably also long been submitted and can't be altered either anymore.

Either way, they probably need Nintendo's help at this point to change it from single to multiple SKU, so they can at least patch in the censorship toggle like on other platforms here in the West.
But knowing Nintendo and how terrible and archaic some of their implementations are.... probably simply not going to happen sadly.
Especially since AdHoc is a small studio and this being a very niche game. Nintendo might simply not be bothered and prioritize their time elsewhere.

@MasterGraveheart If AdHoc was telling the truth about their first game build submit being rejected by Nintendo, then they already screwed up right there by trying to submit a global "uncensored" build to Nintendo.
Which would immediately expose their incompetence and lack of research!
As they already knew at that time about the strict Japan rating requirements, as they had to postpone the Japan PS5 release of Dispatch earlier last year, until they got a censored version ready. Which coincidently released alongside the Switch release in December.

That is why their first statement was already a farce and outright lie, where they tried to blame Nintendo.

Nintendo literally said you can have separate SKUs for Japan and the West.
Cyberpunk 2077 is the most recent Switch 2 only game that has exactly that!
A sensored Japan SKU and an uncensored western SKU.

AdHoc just messed up period! They either were just lazy or unwilling to spend the extra money for a two different physical releases and just made a single global censored release for the Switch, together with the censored Japan release on PS5.

All they doing now is just damage control, by first trying to throw Nintendo under the buss (by first claiming that Nintendo rejected the game and demanded global sensorship) and then Nintendo threw it right back at them, so now they come with various conflicting statements and excuses.
It's just comical at this point.

@Fabilous Sadly, Japanese culture is a man dominated hypocritical one, where teenage school girls in short skirts, oversized boobs and skimpy bikinis is ok and normalized, while anything male counterpart is taboo.

This is really a dark side to Japan that frankly disgusts me at times, as it's borderline pedophile.
South Korea has a similar problem. Even worse I think.
A lot has been written about this over the years, so I am not the only one thinking this.

@Dang_69

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@DarkTron yes it's the same as the PS5 censored version because Nintendo wasn't allowing an uncensored version in the west unlike PS5. I do not understand what point you're trying to make.

@Dang_69 Because the uncensored western release on PS5 was released a while ago.

The sensored PS5 Japan just released late December.

@Dang_69 Yeah Nintendo doesn't allow a separate uncensored Western release.....

I think Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 will want to have a word with you.

@Itsashame I don't know how the eShop platform works, if they already released the game as a single world wide version build.

It might not be possible anymore to split it into a separate Japan / Western release build anymore.

@Dang_69 This is hilarious. The eShop is filled with softporn (Henta) puzzle slop games.
Right after the Switch 2 launched, your whole upcoming releases page was filled with it.

This is all on Adhoc for being too lazy to make two versions. They literally have two versions on the PS5. A sensored version for Japan and uncensored version for the West.

They can easily fix this by releasing a Western patch/update that adds the sensor toggle, like they have on other platforms.

Seeing how notoriously slow Nintendo's approval process is, they most likely ran out of time before launchdate to submit two different versions, so to make sure it got approved they just cheaped out and delivered a single "sensored" version and do the damage control later.

Like many have already said. AdHoc has two different versions of the game on the PS5. Sensored for Japan and unsensored for NA/Europe.

They pretty much admitted that they knew Cyberpunk and Witcher 3 are uncensored on the Switch store.
They just screwed up until it was too late and then had to scramble to resubmit before the deadline.

@tabris95 Yep, so AdHoc was basically just lazy and didn't want to bother with different versions across regions.

Instead they tried to blame Nintendo and now Nintendo came out and exposed them for being lazy lol.

@garfreek Yeah I don't understand this either.

The whole eShop is filled with softporn puzzle slop games!
Nintendo has no issue with that, but somehow they have with this?

And yeah.... Cyberpunk 2077....

@sportymariosonicmixx They were sold in Europe too.

I still have two New 3DS XL consoles at home, with a large collection of games and never selling it.

@calbeau Believe it or not, because of what is happening in the Game industry now, board games and tabletop games are surging back into popularity and doing better than ever.

So people are already looking at alternative pastime activities.

I have already finished it two times on the PS5. It's a great game, but I won't pick it up on the Switch 2, since I have the PS Portal as well, if I want to play it in handheld and get 1080p 60fps to boot.

@ThaBEN No company is too big to fail. No company is immune to failure.

Remember, Nintendo was in serious dire straights during the WiiU era and they were literally kept afloat because of the 3DS handheld doing well.
If they didn't had the 3DS they could have very well gone out of business right there at that moment.

Nintendo today, they don't have a second console to fall back on. All their eggs are now in the single Switch console basket.

And right now... things are more scary than people realize. If NVidia manages to keep their crazy AI ponzi scheme going long enough and drive RAM and storage prices to stupid levels, then the entire gaming industry is F@cked. Especially the console manufacturers.

Nintendo is the weakest of them all. Since Microsoft is riding this AI train and has a huge enterprise business as core business. Playstation is not Sony's core business either.

So MS and Sony have the capacity to ride this out, Nintendo doesn't.
If Nintendo can't manufacture consoles and sell them anymore, they are done for! Then the only option left for them, would be to abandon their hardware division and go Software only and open up to other platforms.

Another factor people grossly overlook. Both MS and Sony have their Cloud gaming/streaming up and running and its actually good enough and working. So they can fall back on that as well and shift their strategy to that.
And where is Nintendo in this? Well.... I rest my case.

@Axecon It is madness. Here in Scandinavian countries, when Microsoft pushed the price of the XBOX Series X beyond 1000 euro last year, it has completely disappeared from the stores.
So the result is that you cannot even buy the console anymore.
As why would anyone want to buy an XBOX Series X, when you can buy a PS5 Pro for the same price?
The regular PS5 is still sold for the same price as before. It has not gone up in price at all. At least not here.

@Pillowpants That golden era of Nintendo is over and will never return.

Nintendo today with their current CEO in Japan is just a pure run off the mill corporation now. Totally focused on profit and nothing else.

@Untempered-Link You literally being fooled. Its just anti-aliasing ( FXAA ) they enabled. That's why it looks sharper.

But it also has some serious drawbacks that have been shown and explained in plenty videos by now.

Just another rip-off by Nintendo. Seems to become the norm for Nintendo by now.

5 bucks/Euro for them to turn on FXAA for you. That's literally all they did. You not getting 4K! How generous of Nintendo.

@Wood_Stick The PS5 and XBOX Series X shortages lasted for years! NOT 6 months!

@Wood_Stick PS5 and XBOX Series X suffered the concequences of COVID and the ship shortage.

You literally couldn't buy a PS5 or XBOX for years. It was only about 3 years ago that the PS5 and XBOX was readily available on the store shelves.

Why would Game publishers release PS5/XBOX Series X games, when only a handful of people owned these consoles?

People have such shocking short memories.

@h3s 25% import MVA.. that's why.

I also just checked and see that now in start of 2026, retailers here too have started to lower the price of the Switch 2 to get rid of stock. Base console seems to have come down from 650 to 600 euro and the Mario Kart World bundle they try to dump now for 620 euro lol, down from 750 euro last year, when I bought it.

@GrumpyNintendoFan You probably talking about 450 ex. Tax, as here in Europe you already paid 450 Euro for the Switch 1 OLED when it launched.

Here in Scandinavia, the Switch 2 costs 650 euro and the Mario Kart World bundle is 750 euro.
PS5 Digital we can buy for 550 euro and regular PS5 is 650 euro. So the Switch 2 here is at least a very hard sell.
Further south in Europe, where VAT is roughly 5-6% lower, the Switch is a bit cheaper, but still around 550-600 euro for the base Switch 2 console at least.

So maybe in the US the pricing is a bit more competitive and Nintendo has chosen to take a bigger profit hit there and then try to compensate with screwing us over here in Europe...

@MARl0 It's also a bit of a hard sell when, at least here, you can buy a regular PS5 (1TB + Bluray) for the same price as a Switch 2 console. PS5 digital edition you can buy here for almost 100 bucks cheaper than Switch 2.
So then you really have to be a true hardcore Nintendo fan to choose a Switch 2 over a PS5.
It becomes even more fuzzy when you already have a Switch 1, especially the last OLED version.

@Teksette Yeah a ported Star Trek mobile game is what we really need lol. /shrug

This game looks aweful. Just an endless menu/screen clicking simulator.

You honestly better off playing Star Trek Online for a real Star Trek experience.