@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.
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.
Lego needs to continue innovate. LEGO is in trouble, since kids these days are only interested in screens and no longer in physical toys.
So LEGO tries to innovate and desperately trying to stay relevant.
There is a reason why LEGO is pushing so many sets geared towards Adults these days. LEGO Botanical, Icons, Architecture, etc. Especially these Botanical sets are selling like crazy.
So you seeing a shift now, where kids want to spend more time on screens, while stressed out Adults (like us) want to reduce our screen time and look for new hobbies.
I myself build the King Fisher set last year and now looking at this Japanese Garden set as my next LEGO project lol.
@Joeynator3000 I actually had a blast with MH World and the Iceborne expansion was great.
MH Wilds on the other hand was a boring slog. The world was far less interesting, boring even to a point, which was the major cause of my disappointment and why I dropped the game again quickly.
It just didn't click at all.
So if they have to port a MH game to the Switch 2, I rather them porting MH World+Iceborne than WH Wilds.
@squiddu-real You mean Nintendo hasn't gone into a bad path?`
Like patenting basic game mechanics (that have been used widely for decades and isn't even Nintendo's invention) is ok with you?
Making their games 20 euro more expensive, delivering less and then dropping a 35/40 euro DLC right after launch that barely adds anything is ok?
Almost double the price for a switch 2 Pro controller and then not allowing original Switch Pro controllers to wake the switch 2 , just so you get annoyed enough to buy the new Pro controller is ok?
So yes.... Nintendo has gone down a bad path in recent years.
Just filing those patents alone makes Nintendo worse, in my opinion, than EA, Activision, Ubisoft, etc. While those major studios are also greedy as hell period.... at least they not stooping as low as Nintendo, by trying to patent basic game mechanics, just so they can sue anyone they don't like and see as a threat and try stifle any competition and creative freedom.
Easy to resist, knowing it will eat 53 GB of precious Switch 2 storage!
Thanks but no thanks.
This is the most lazy ZERO effort Switch 2 port I have seen so far! You know why it's a whopping 53GB? As opposed to 17GB on all other platforms? Because Bethesda force includes ALL language packs in the Switch 2 download! With no option to deselect all the language packs you DO NOT need!
If they going to dumb down the next Mainline games that much, I think Scarlet/Violet will be the end of the line for me.
If all their focus is going to be on the upcoming Pokemon Champions.
And when it comes to the Hacking problem, its the result of ZA still releasing on the Switch 1. Since that console has been hacked long ago and people running custom OS on it.
Add Gamefreak sheer incompetence and inability to do anything about it.... and voila you currently see the result in Ranked Battles.
It's also probably why they suddenly significantly dropped the rank requirements for the Mega stones with the start of Season 2. As a quick fix.
@Pillowpants. Pokemons will be auto leveled to 50 in Ranked Battles. But you want to be at least progressed far enough and leveled your Pokemons enough to have a full deck with plus moves and Mega Evolution.... or you will be completely destroyed. Though, with hackers going rampant... you going to get destroyed either way.... so just focus on the items that spawn, that should give you bonus points to still at least progress when you loose.
What I am more shocked about, is the rampant hacking that is going on in the Ranked Battles. And for a while now.
Thank god, they lowered the rank requirements to get the Mega stones, so I was done with it, with just a few battles.
I enjoyed the first Season Ranked battles and even made it to Rank F, but now its just not fun anymore, with the rampant hacking that is going on now.
When it comes to the DLC, yeah.... disappointment and wasted opportunity doesn't come close to describe this DLC.
The base game and story was so good and then this DLC brings it all down. The fact they charged the same amount of money for this DLC as to the double DLC packs of Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet is just beyond greed. But we already seen the new road Nintendo has taken, after that scam of a DLC drop with Donkey Kong Bonanza.
That one is even worse. It added over 40GB in storage and you are hard pressed to notice the difference in-game. In fact, the game is now 37GB larger than on any other platform. It's nuts.
@Kiliomp And you probably can add Baldur's Gate 3 to the list.
If this game still looks disappointing on the Switch 2, then its obvious that their in-house Divinity engine is just terribly optimized for the Switch and Switch 2.
And if later down the road they still decide to launch it on the Switch 2... expect it to look and run like Divinity II on the Switch 1.
I don¨t want to rain on any parade, but had expected a bit better for the Switch 2 version.
While the dialog and UI are much clearer now, the overall graphics and characters still look blurry on my 4K TV.
It’s nowhere near the sharpness and clarity on my PC with the Steam version.
So its barely any better than the original Switch version. The Switch 2 should be able to run this game at much higher res.
So it feels like a non effort by Larian and bit disappointing. This doesn’t bode well for any Baldur´s Gate 3 release for Switch 2.
@Ability-King-KK Someone here stepped with the wrong foot out of the bed this morning.
While I agree that giving them the Indie award was a bit of a stretch... but that's not the devs fault, but what the industry today defines as still being Indie.
All the other awards were definitely well deserved!
@roboshort Baldur's Gate 3 is Dungeons & Dragons tabletop turn based style gameplay.
D&D is the grand daddy of Turn based RPGs.
JRPG's started in the early 80's and is actually based on Western influence believe it or not.
@Raylax Todd Howard is way past his prime time. How in earth he is still at the helm in Bethesda, beats me.
The fact they managed to somehow inflate the Anniversary Edition game size from 15-17 GB (on all other platforms) to a whopping 53GB (on Switch 2) and then also managed to make it all worse, is a huge accomplishment even for Bethesda. Yes I am both sarcastic and serious at the same time.
@Vivianeat Totally agree. I hate this kind of time limit content with a passion.
It's fine if its optional content, like challenge runs for specific rewards or something. And it was ok with the Battle Royale, as if you ran out time due to night/Day shift, you can just sit on a bench and fast forward to night time and continue again.
But if this kind of time limit content is going to be the core of the entire DLC, that would be deeply disappointing.
@MamaSymphonia Well besides the 30 fps limit, I think the most important question to Bethesda right now is why the Switch 2 version is a whopping 53GB in size?! Thats more than 3 times the size of the Anniversary Edition on other platforms.
So they must have seriously messed up something here.
@Orpheus79V PS5 has apparently more efficient compression, plus its NVME storage so they could remove duplicates or something, while with the Switch 2 they had to take microSD Express into account, which has much slower read/write speeds.
I just checked on Steam, where I have the older Special Edition which is 15GB and the Aniversary Upgrade (which I refused to buy, since I just use mods) would add and extra 12 GB, so then it would still be around 27GB total.
So something is definitely off with the Switch 2 version now being 45 GB.
PS. I just finished downloading and installing it. It's even worse. Final total install size is 53GB !
If you own the original Switch 1 version and have it installed/card inserted, you can go to the eShop and it will show the new Switch 2 Aniversary Edition with 100% discount = free.
It's a hefty download of around 45GB. I had to delete some games to make room lol.
It used to be like that for a while in Magic: The Gathering, but then Hasbro obtained WotC and ran it into the ground with their greed and got into controversies with using AI art, etc.
So now only the oldest cards hold any sort of value. And at least where I live, I hardly see anyone play Magic anymore. While it used to be super popular.
Pokemon TCG you still see, but also not as much anymore. Most of the toy stores no longer sell them, so you have to go to one of the very few dedicated TCG specific stores that are left.
While Ubisoft management are idiots, they still have talented people working on games.
I have both Outlaws and AC:Shadows on my PS5 and had zero issues and zero crashes. Same with The Division 1 and 2, which I have played hundreds of hours combined.
And seeing how a lot of people seem to be treating their consoles or just have it permanently docked in the open collecting dust (especially if you have hairy pets), can significantly compromise the cooling of your console and it being more prone to overheating and thus causing these crashes.
So if you are one of those (like me) with dogs/cats that hair a lot and/or just have a lot of dust in the house, make sure to check your Switch console regularly.
Collecting a lot of dust in the fan ducts can be very detrimental for your console and reduce its lifespan and also cause more likely overheating issues.
@Qwiff I watched Abdallah's stream and the core gameplay is just shooting, rolling and scanning.
For me personally, it's way too monotone for me and I like a bit more variety in gameplay. I would get bored very quickly with a game as this, so I won't be picking it up.
@SirLink I forgot to mention it. 4K on a 15inch screen is also totally bonkers.
My previous Dell work laptop ( 2021-2024 ) had this exact same 15,6inch 4K touchscreen and it was just too much. You literally had to use 300% scale with 4K on such a small screen. And touch was one of the first things I disabled.
This game is just not for me. I have watched some streams last night and it's just shooting, rolling and scanning and that is a bit too monotonous for me.
I like games with a bit more gameplay variety.
ROFLMAO! I have seen my share of outright scams, but this one takes the cake for the moment.
650 gbp = 750 Euro / USD for a cheap-ass 60Hz 15,6 inch LCD touchscreen with 9ms response time, which you find in midrange laptops. (yes this is just a bog-standard laptop screen)
And to use it with the Switch 2, you have to add another 60 gbp for their proprietary usb-c to hdmi cable.
Let that sink in for a moment.
For that same price you can buy a 34inch 240Hz QD-OLED or high-end IPS panel with sub 1ms response time (16:9 4K or Ultra Wide 1440p).
And touch is completely useless on these kind of screens anyway.
@Simu001 It was the exact same problem with Dragon Age: Veilguard.
The game play and core story was amazing in this game, but the dialog writing was one of the worst I have seen.
It's like they wrote it for small 3-4 year old todlers.... constantly lecturing you.
Nothing is more off putting, then constantly being told what to do and where to go and worse of all... describing everything all the time (and thus ruining any suspense, surprise). Like I cannot figure it out myself!
@rallydefault Yes and this is just a complete mess Nintendo has created with the Switch 2 and these editions and using misleading marketing.
Switch 2 only games that have an "actual" game on cart come on the much faster newer Switch 2 carts and have a red color. Like CypberPunk 2077 for example. They have an extra notch or something and cannot be inserted in the Switch 1.
Switch 1 games come on the old slow Switch 1 cart and is black. These can be inserted and run on both Switch 1 and Switch 2.
Then you have these so called Nintendo Switch 2 editions that come on hybrid cards that are also red, but are basically just the slow Switch 1 carts in disguise that contain the Switch 1 version of the game + upgrade pack. These can be used on both Switch 1 and Switch 2 consoles as well.
But seeing how huge the Switch 1 userbase is, most new games will continue to be released on both Switch 1 and Switch 2 for the foreseeable future. So you just being ripped off / mislead with the physical Switch 2 edition of these games where you just getting these slow Switch 1+2 hybrid carts in a red color.
So if you only have a Switch 2 console / traded in your switch 1 for a Switch 2..... I would not buy these Switch 2 editions, but buy them digital on eShop instead. As you will get better performance and faster load times.
These Switch 2 Editions are only interesting for people that have both Switch 1 and 2 consoles in their house hold and want to share a single copy of the game between Switch 1 and 2. Then I can maybe see some value in it. Though, at least here, you can often get the (old) Switch 1 versions at a discount. So it's often just cheaper to buy the Switch 1 version and then buy the digital upgrade on your Switch 2 console.
PS. And to make it all even more confusing, we now also have these so called Game Key carts. Which are basically just empty carts with chip that contains the game serial code, so you will still have to download the entire game on internal storage.
@rallydefault It clearly says on the box that it's just the Switch 1 edition with the Switch 2 upgrade pack.
It's a complete farce that the Physical Switch 2 edition doesn't contain the actual Switch 2 edition on a switch 2 cartridge!
They cheaping out with just dumping it all on a Switch 1 cartridge.
It's basically Nintendo themselves admitting that their own switch 2 cartridges are too expensive even for them and hurting their precious profit margins.
If this is the route that Nintendo is taking, with Switch 2 games being Game key cards and games that launch on both Switch 1 and 2, where both editions are on switch 1 carts.... then you are just better off going all Digital on the Switch 2. At least you can download and run your game from much faster NVME internal storage and/or the new MicroSD Express cards and not having to bother swapping carts just to read the license code (GKC ).
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Re: Nintendo Responds To Dispatch Switch Censorship With Official Statement
@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.
Re: Review: Dispatch Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Cracking Superhero Caper, With Some Naughty Bits Covered Up
@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....
Re: Switch 2 Predicted To Follow In PlayStation And Xbox's Footsteps This Year With "Global Price Hike"
@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.
Re: Switch 2 Predicted To Follow In PlayStation And Xbox's Footsteps This Year With "Global Price Hike"
@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.
Re: Review: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Switch 2) - A Big, Bold Reimagining, And A First-Class Port
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.
Re: Switch 2 Predicted To Follow In PlayStation And Xbox's Footsteps This Year With "Global Price Hike"
@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.
Re: Switch 2 Predicted To Follow In PlayStation And Xbox's Footsteps This Year With "Global Price Hike"
@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.
Re: "I'm Excited To Meet You" - Devon Pritchard Makes Her First Public Appearance As President Of NoA
@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.
Re: Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2 & Switch)
@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.
Re: Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2 & Switch)
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.
Re: Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2 & Switch)
@Wood_Stick The PS5 and XBOX Series X shortages lasted for years! NOT 6 months!
Re: Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2 & Switch)
@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.
Re: Nintendo's Investors Are Reportedly "Spooked" As Stock Slides
@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.
Re: Nintendo's Investors Are Reportedly "Spooked" As Stock Slides
@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...
Re: Nintendo's Investors Are Reportedly "Spooked" As Stock Slides
@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.
Re: Star Trek: Voyager - Across The Unknown Beams Onto Switch 2 Next Month
@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.
Re: Lego Is Launching An Evolutionary 2x4 Smart Brick Featuring A Tiny Computer
@premko1 What the point of all this is?
Ever heard of the word Innovation?
Lego needs to continue innovate. LEGO is in trouble, since kids these days are only interested in screens and no longer in physical toys.
So LEGO tries to innovate and desperately trying to stay relevant.
There is a reason why LEGO is pushing so many sets geared towards Adults these days. LEGO Botanical, Icons, Architecture, etc. Especially these Botanical sets are selling like crazy.
So you seeing a shift now, where kids want to spend more time on screens, while stressed out Adults (like us) want to reduce our screen time and look for new hobbies.
I myself build the King Fisher set last year and now looking at this Japanese Garden set as my next LEGO project lol.
Re: Rumour: Monster Hunter Wilds' Latest Update Has Fans Talking About A Switch 2 Version
@Joeynator3000 I actually had a blast with MH World and the Iceborne expansion was great.
MH Wilds on the other hand was a boring slog. The world was far less interesting, boring even to a point, which was the major cause of my disappointment and why I dropped the game again quickly.
It just didn't click at all.
So if they have to port a MH game to the Switch 2, I rather them porting MH World+Iceborne than WH Wilds.
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Has Been Updated To Ver. 1.1.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@squiddu-real You mean Nintendo hasn't gone into a bad path?`
Like patenting basic game mechanics (that have been used widely for decades and isn't even Nintendo's invention) is ok with you?
Making their games 20 euro more expensive, delivering less and then dropping a 35/40 euro DLC right after launch that barely adds anything is ok?
Almost double the price for a switch 2 Pro controller and then not allowing original Switch Pro controllers to wake the switch 2 , just so you get annoyed enough to buy the new Pro controller is ok?
So yes.... Nintendo has gone down a bad path in recent years.
Just filing those patents alone makes Nintendo worse, in my opinion, than EA, Activision, Ubisoft, etc. While those major studios are also greedy as hell period.... at least they not stooping as low as Nintendo, by trying to patent basic game mechanics, just so they can sue anyone they don't like and see as a threat and try stifle any competition and creative freedom.
Re: PSA: Skyrim's 'Anniversary Edition' Bundle Is Currently 60% Off, Includes Free Switch 2 Upgrade (Europe)
Easy to resist, knowing it will eat 53 GB of precious Switch 2 storage!
Thanks but no thanks.
This is the most lazy ZERO effort Switch 2 port I have seen so far! You know why it's a whopping 53GB? As opposed to 17GB on all other platforms? Because Bethesda force includes ALL language packs in the Switch 2 download! With no option to deselect all the language packs you DO NOT need!
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Ranked Battle Season 4 Is Now Live, With Another Mega Stone Reward
@Bats1234 Yeah I don't see that as a positive.
If they going to dumb down the next Mainline games that much, I think Scarlet/Violet will be the end of the line for me.
If all their focus is going to be on the upcoming Pokemon Champions.
And when it comes to the Hacking problem, its the result of ZA still releasing on the Switch 1. Since that console has been hacked long ago and people running custom OS on it.
Add Gamefreak sheer incompetence and inability to do anything about it.... and voila you currently see the result in Ranked Battles.
It's also probably why they suddenly significantly dropped the rank requirements for the Mega stones with the start of Season 2. As a quick fix.
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Ranked Battle Season 4 Is Now Live, With Another Mega Stone Reward
Let the hackers go rampant.... again.
@Pillowpants. Pokemons will be auto leveled to 50 in Ranked Battles. But you want to be at least progressed far enough and leveled your Pokemons enough to have a full deck with plus moves and Mega Evolution.... or you will be completely destroyed.
Though, with hackers going rampant... you going to get destroyed either way.... so just focus on the items that spawn, that should give you bonus points to still at least progress when you loose.
Re: Review: Pokémon Legends: Z-A: Mega Dimension (Switch 2) - Repetition Takes The Shine Off
What I am more shocked about, is the rampant hacking that is going on in the Ranked Battles. And for a while now.
Thank god, they lowered the rank requirements to get the Mega stones, so I was done with it, with just a few battles.
I enjoyed the first Season Ranked battles and even made it to Rank F, but now its just not fun anymore, with the rampant hacking that is going on now.
When it comes to the DLC, yeah.... disappointment and wasted opportunity doesn't come close to describe this DLC.
The base game and story was so good and then this DLC brings it all down. The fact they charged the same amount of money for this DLC as to the double DLC packs of Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet is just beyond greed. But we already seen the new road Nintendo has taken, after that scam of a DLC drop with Donkey Kong Bonanza.
Re: Users Are Reporting "Greatly Reduced" Input Lag On Zelda: Wind Waker For NSO
Why not just port the Wind Waker HD version from the WiiU? and Twilight Princess HD while we're at it.
Still have the Amiibo for it.
Sometimes I really don't understand Nintendo at all. Such a waste to leave those two excellent HD versions rot away on the WiiU.
Re: Divinity: Original Sin 2 Gets Surprise Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, And It's Out Now
@topsekret It is the same with Skyrim.
That one is even worse. It added over 40GB in storage and you are hard pressed to notice the difference in-game.
In fact, the game is now 37GB larger than on any other platform. It's nuts.
Re: Divinity: Original Sin 2 Gets Surprise Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, And It's Out Now
@Kiliomp And you probably can add Baldur's Gate 3 to the list.
If this game still looks disappointing on the Switch 2, then its obvious that their in-house Divinity engine is just terribly optimized for the Switch and Switch 2.
And if later down the road they still decide to launch it on the Switch 2... expect it to look and run like Divinity II on the Switch 1.
Re: Divinity: Original Sin 2 Gets Surprise Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, And It's Out Now
I don¨t want to rain on any parade, but had expected a bit better for the Switch 2 version.
While the dialog and UI are much clearer now, the overall graphics and characters still look blurry on my 4K TV.
It’s nowhere near the sharpness and clarity on my PC with the Steam version.
So its barely any better than the original Switch version. The Switch 2 should be able to run this game at much higher res.
So it feels like a non effort by Larian and bit disappointing. This doesn’t bode well for any Baldur´s Gate 3 release for Switch 2.
Re: Phasmophobia Brings "Genre-Defining" Co-Op Horror Madness To Switch 2 In 2026
@Picola-Wicola You are not forced to co-op.
I played this game a lot with my son on PC together with his friends, but he also played it a lot solo at times.
But yeah.... this game truly shines when playing with a friend or two.
Re: The Game Awards GOTY For 2025 Is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
@Ability-King-KK Someone here stepped with the wrong foot out of the bed this morning.
While I agree that giving them the Indie award was a bit of a stretch... but that's not the devs fault, but what the industry today defines as still being Indie.
All the other awards were definitely well deserved!
Re: The Game Awards GOTY For 2025 Is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
@roboshort Baldur's Gate 3 is Dungeons & Dragons tabletop turn based style gameplay.
D&D is the grand daddy of Turn based RPGs.
JRPG's started in the early 80's and is actually based on Western influence believe it or not.
Re: Mini Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition (Switch 2) - Just Hugely Disappointing
@kmtrain83 It will look and play way better on both your PS5 and streaming it to your PS Portal.
I have both PS5 and PS Portal as well. So I already uninstalled this Anniversary Edition on my Switch 2 again.
53GB is too much precious space for me to sacrifice on my Switch 2 for this lazy broken excuse of an upgrade.
Re: Mini Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition (Switch 2) - Just Hugely Disappointing
@Raylax Todd Howard is way past his prime time. How in earth he is still at the helm in Bethesda, beats me.
The fact they managed to somehow inflate the Anniversary Edition game size from 15-17 GB (on all other platforms) to a whopping 53GB (on Switch 2) and then also managed to make it all worse, is a huge accomplishment even for Bethesda. Yes I am both sarcastic and serious at the same time.
Re: Pokémon Legends Z-A Version 2.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@Vivianeat Totally agree. I hate this kind of time limit content with a passion.
It's fine if its optional content, like challenge runs for specific rewards or something. And it was ok with the Battle Royale, as if you ran out time due to night/Day shift, you can just sit on a bench and fast forward to night time and continue again.
But if this kind of time limit content is going to be the core of the entire DLC, that would be deeply disappointing.
Re: Video: Skyrim Still Isn't 60fps On Switch 2, But Here's How It Fares Against Switch 1
Maybe ask Bethesda why the Switch 2 Anniversary Edition is 53GB in size, while its only 15-17GB on other platforms?!
That is some serious discrepancy.
Re: Surprise! 'Skyrim Anniversary Edition' Lands On Switch 2 Today
@MamaSymphonia Well besides the 30 fps limit, I think the most important question to Bethesda right now is why the Switch 2 version is a whopping 53GB in size?! Thats more than 3 times the size of the Anniversary Edition on other platforms.
So they must have seriously messed up something here.
Re: Surprise! 'Skyrim Anniversary Edition' Lands On Switch 2 Today
@mackers84 No, the Switch 2 Aniversary Edition is a complete separate game and install. So you have to claim it in the eShop.
You will get a new virtual Game Key Card added.
Re: Surprise! 'Skyrim Anniversary Edition' Lands On Switch 2 Today
@Orpheus79V PS5 has apparently more efficient compression, plus its NVME storage so they could remove duplicates or something, while with the Switch 2 they had to take microSD Express into account, which has much slower read/write speeds.
I just checked on Steam, where I have the older Special Edition which is 15GB and the Aniversary Upgrade (which I refused to buy, since I just use mods) would add and extra 12 GB, so then it would still be around 27GB total.
So something is definitely off with the Switch 2 version now being 45 GB.
PS. I just finished downloading and installing it. It's even worse. Final total install size is 53GB !
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Confirms Return Of Hoenn Starter Mega Stones
@breach187 They made it super easy now. At most 3 battles and you don't even need to win.
If you suck at battling, just focus on the items that spawn and collect as many as you can. You get a lot of points for those, even if you loose.
Re: Surprise! 'Skyrim Anniversary Edition' Lands On Switch 2 Today
If you own the original Switch 1 version and have it installed/card inserted, you can go to the eShop and it will show the new Switch 2 Aniversary Edition with 100% discount = free.
It's a hefty download of around 45GB. I had to delete some games to make room lol.
Re: "My Staff Have Had Customers Threatening To Rip Their Heads Off" - Retailers And Collectors Tell Of Pokémon TCG Woes
It used to be like that for a while in Magic: The Gathering, but then Hasbro obtained WotC and ran it into the ground with their greed and got into controversies with using AI art, etc.
So now only the oldest cards hold any sort of value. And at least where I live, I hardly see anyone play Magic anymore. While it used to be super popular.
Pokemon TCG you still see, but also not as much anymore. Most of the toy stores no longer sell them, so you have to go to one of the very few dedicated TCG specific stores that are left.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows On Switch 2 Supposedly "Unplayable" For Some Players After Repeated Crashes
@JayJ That's just unhelpful hyperbole!
While Ubisoft management are idiots, they still have talented people working on games.
I have both Outlaws and AC:Shadows on my PS5 and had zero issues and zero crashes.
Same with The Division 1 and 2, which I have played hundreds of hours combined.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows On Switch 2 Supposedly "Unplayable" For Some Players After Repeated Crashes
@Bizzyb That makes sense.
And seeing how a lot of people seem to be treating their consoles or just have it permanently docked in the open collecting dust (especially if you have hairy pets), can significantly compromise the cooling of your console and it being more prone to overheating and thus causing these crashes.
So if you are one of those (like me) with dogs/cats that hair a lot and/or just have a lot of dust in the house, make sure to check your Switch console regularly.
Collecting a lot of dust in the fan ducts can be very detrimental for your console and reduce its lifespan and also cause more likely overheating issues.
Re: Metacritic Shares Updated List Of "Every Metroid Game, Ranked"
@Qwiff I watched Abdallah's stream and the core gameplay is just shooting, rolling and scanning.
For me personally, it's way too monotone for me and I like a bit more variety in gameplay. I would get bored very quickly with a game as this, so I won't be picking it up.
Re: Hands On: Espresso Pro 15 - A Portable 4K Monitor For Switch 2, But With A Catch
@SirLink I forgot to mention it. 4K on a 15inch screen is also totally bonkers.
My previous Dell work laptop ( 2021-2024 ) had this exact same 15,6inch 4K touchscreen and it was just too much. You literally had to use 300% scale with 4K on such a small screen. And touch was one of the first things I disabled.
Re: After Years Of Waiting, Metroid Prime 4's Launch Trailer Is Finally Here
Hope you guys/girls enjoy it.
This game is just not for me. I have watched some streams last night and it's just shooting, rolling and scanning and that is a bit too monotonous for me.
I like games with a bit more gameplay variety.
Re: Hands On: Espresso Pro 15 - A Portable 4K Monitor For Switch 2, But With A Catch
ROFLMAO! I have seen my share of outright scams, but this one takes the cake for the moment.
650 gbp = 750 Euro / USD for a cheap-ass 60Hz 15,6 inch LCD touchscreen with 9ms response time, which you find in midrange laptops. (yes this is just a bog-standard laptop screen)
And to use it with the Switch 2, you have to add another 60 gbp for their proprietary usb-c to hdmi cable.
Let that sink in for a moment.
For that same price you can buy a 34inch 240Hz QD-OLED or high-end IPS panel with sub 1ms response time (16:9 4K or Ultra Wide 1440p).
And touch is completely useless on these kind of screens anyway.
Re: Nintendo Reveals New Line Of Metroid Merch, And We Want It All
@PixelTavern Probably because that Ice cube tray not passing the food grade regulations in Europe. lol.
The stuff and products they can get away with in Japan (and in the US too) is crazy to be honest.
Re: Review: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) - Samus Returns In Prime Form
@Simu001 It was the exact same problem with Dragon Age: Veilguard.
The game play and core story was amazing in this game, but the dialog writing was one of the worst I have seen.
It's like they wrote it for small 3-4 year old todlers.... constantly lecturing you.
Nothing is more off putting, then constantly being told what to do and where to go and worse of all... describing everything all the time (and thus ruining any suspense, surprise). Like I cannot figure it out myself!
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Has Been Updated To Ver. 1.1.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@rallydefault Yes and this is just a complete mess Nintendo has created with the Switch 2 and these editions and using misleading marketing.
Switch 2 only games that have an "actual" game on cart come on the much faster newer Switch 2 carts and have a red color. Like CypberPunk 2077 for example. They have an extra notch or something and cannot be inserted in the Switch 1.
Switch 1 games come on the old slow Switch 1 cart and is black. These can be inserted and run on both Switch 1 and Switch 2.
Then you have these so called Nintendo Switch 2 editions that come on hybrid cards that are also red, but are basically just the slow Switch 1 carts in disguise that contain the Switch 1 version of the game + upgrade pack. These can be used on both Switch 1 and Switch 2 consoles as well.
But seeing how huge the Switch 1 userbase is, most new games will continue to be released on both Switch 1 and Switch 2 for the foreseeable future. So you just being ripped off / mislead with the physical Switch 2 edition of these games where you just getting these slow Switch 1+2 hybrid carts in a red color.
So if you only have a Switch 2 console / traded in your switch 1 for a Switch 2..... I would not buy these Switch 2 editions, but buy them digital on eShop instead. As you will get better performance and faster load times.
These Switch 2 Editions are only interesting for people that have both Switch 1 and 2 consoles in their house hold and want to share a single copy of the game between Switch 1 and 2. Then I can maybe see some value in it. Though, at least here, you can often get the (old) Switch 1 versions at a discount. So it's often just cheaper to buy the Switch 1 version and then buy the digital upgrade on your Switch 2 console.
PS. And to make it all even more confusing, we now also have these so called Game Key carts. Which are basically just empty carts with chip that contains the game serial code, so you will still have to download the entire game on internal storage.
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Has Been Updated To Ver. 1.1.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@rallydefault It clearly says on the box that it's just the Switch 1 edition with the Switch 2 upgrade pack.
It's a complete farce that the Physical Switch 2 edition doesn't contain the actual Switch 2 edition on a switch 2 cartridge!
They cheaping out with just dumping it all on a Switch 1 cartridge.
It's basically Nintendo themselves admitting that their own switch 2 cartridges are too expensive even for them and hurting their precious profit margins.
If this is the route that Nintendo is taking, with Switch 2 games being Game key cards and games that launch on both Switch 1 and 2, where both editions are on switch 1 carts.... then you are just better off going all Digital on the Switch 2. At least you can download and run your game from much faster NVME internal storage and/or the new MicroSD Express cards and not having to bother swapping carts just to read the license code (GKC ).