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@montrayjak Holy Lord, I'm not an online player, so I've never had this problem but it baffles me it hasn't been solved. It's been 6 years!!!! One of the craziest bugs I've heard of

Whoa! I'm glad this time they're celebrating the 10mi figure and not repeating the same measures they took when they knew Crash 4 had sold 'only' 5 million copies

@DjinnFighter That I just don't know because I still haven't played it. My current top 3 has DS, 7 and 8DX

@Spider-Kev MK DS is wonderful. I've put a huge number of hours in MK8 but I believe my DS saw even more hours of MK than my Switch

I'm surprised. I thought I'd find the 'mantra' that was repeated many times here for S1 releases: the latest release is the new #1. Not the case this time

@MathByThePixel @OwenGamer22 Both Kaze and The Messenger are love letters to great gaming ideas, adding particular special touches that make them so fun and highly replayable. I'm replaying both and will be doing the same again in the near future

They sure are among my favorite indie games - and not only indies, but considering most games I've played for the past ten years

@shonenjump86 Happy birthday! Have a great weekend playing games and enjoying your time

The Messenger - 100% the base game again, now I'm playing the super fun DLC, which is a really hard challenge to collect everything. After 7 years, this game remains an indie masterpiece. Everything I'm it screams passion and quality
Bloodstained Ritual of the Night - unfortunately this one still doesnt offer a 100% smooth experience on the Switch, so I only use my day one physical copy as a piece of decoration and play it on the PS5 for a decent experience. Albeit not in its title nor in its budget, it's a wonderful Castlevania experience that deserves to be played and replayed
Pippistrello and the Cursed Yoyo - a really cool metroidvania by a Brazilian studio that oozes charm with a lot of great old school references. It's skill tree and improvements make it a very interesting game, super fun!
Kaze and the Wild Masks - a wonderful tribute to classic platforming with great controls, old school level design and beautiful pixel art. This one adds great challenge in case you want to collect everything it has to offer. It's great fun both for a casual playthrough or to collect all letters and items

@Medic_alert Same here. Unfortunately, it's the same for all fighting games. Every year they release a new "pass" with some extra fighters. In the end, the full experience might end up costing over a hundred bucks. That's crazy, imo

@Solid_Python All right. Now it makes sense! Thanks for the info

@Jack_Goetz All right. No worries. Now it makes sense! LOL

@Jack_Goetz wait! There's no way to buy the full package digitally for the same price as the GKC?

@electrolite77 Thanks for sharing that piece if gaming history. I appreciate it!

Nintendo's officially indicated 2-6 hours estimates and roughly the same as Switch 1 (before it saw a few model revisions).

I never had less than 3 hours of gameplay on my Switch 1 V1, not even in 2017. It was always 3 hours (minimum) playing Breath of the Wild and MK8

@Cheez Unfortunately, the only reason for that is to make you fork out 80 dollars to be able to turn on your console. That's absolutely ridiculous in my opinion, but if people are happy buying the pro 2, to each their own

@The_Nintend_Pedant I feel the same. And I feel absolutely disrespected when I buy a game and it's running like garbage, such as Pokemon Scarlet/Violet. I only make an exception and go back to it if I really want to play the game (Cyberpunk 2077, for example, which I decided to buy later because I felt the developers had credit for the superb work they did in The Witcher 3)

Unfortunately, it's become common practice in the industry: release the game as it is and let's see whether we'll fix it or not later

I'd really like to play Another Crab's Treasure, but even after updates, it doesn't run well enough on the Switch. If there's a decent sale, I might end up buying in on the PS5, but that's the kind of game I like to play handheld, so...

I didn't know Nintendo Life got a Switch 2 before Jun 5, which i reckon to be much harder than receiving a copy of the game from the publisher to have the available time to engage in the entire review process

The "Highway to Shell" subheadline is just awesome!!!!!! LOL

@raymond23 Only one lap???? But how can you enjoy the courses this way? I'm shocked

@SamSt565 well, lately I've been noticing that people who have been mostly positive about the Switch 1 in this comment section just don't agree with every Nintendo practice and they/we are just expressing how we feel about the whole thing. Nintendo has been making mistakes and awful decisions, but they still the company that created Metroid, Zelda, Mario, etc, and people love these franchises. Hating is one thing, disapproving of their recent practices is a totally different ball game. I think you don't know Nintendo haters. Their impossible to deal with. There's very very very little hate in this comment section and moderators work really well here. But there are a bunch of customers who are dissatisfied with Nintendo and I guess they're not leaving. It's not that simple

@Truegamer79 Indeed, it has always been a visual masterpiece since day one. Maybe there's some kind of loss because of the media being used? Youtube, our displays, etc?

This game looked absolutely stellar when it was launched, so any upgrade it may receive will only add to its perfection. Yeah, when it comes to Odyssey, I'm totally biased. Sorry

So aren't we gonna be able to use them with other games than NSO ones?

@MathByThePixel Yeah, I see no point in buying a brand new console in a damaged box. The box and all its contents should be in perfect condition

Just love the whole package and am really hyped for it. There's never been a better time to be into Metroidvanias

What a relief! This is a wonderful addition. I've been delaying a new run, and now it seems I have a good reason for that.
It's not something that put me off or anything like that, but It will sure optimize the gameplay

It's just wonderful, isn't it? A new, more powerful and costly piece of hardware works wonders when it comes to improving frame rates. The problem is that frame rate isn't the only problem, and it still runs like garbage developed by inexperienced devs on the software it was developed for. There's no fixing at all!

@Johnny44 From my point of view, they're completely different things. Astro's Playroom has eveything outlined as an actual game, with hubbed stages, progression, collectibles, trophies, completion percentage, etc. This is more like a tech demo

@AllBLK and worse than that, if I understand it right, people will only enjoy everything this tech demo has to offer if they buy peripherals, too? Certain mini games require a specific peripheral to be played or am I getting it all wrong?

@Gatorclops I'd rather have a positive attitude towards actual people (family, friends, partner, coworkers, neighbors...), not towards greedy money-making machines that see me as pure meat just waiting to be ground, but suit yourself

they likely weren't able to patch the game with the console power given to them

What are you talking about, man? That's the exact and only console power in question. That's the machine the game was developed for! That's the system they should have developed the game for. You guys go to awesome lengths to defend what can't be defended. And you tell me now the problem is with the timing of the complaint? It's been 3 years, so we should shut up and admit that we lost the money we paid for the game, supposedly an AAA attempt? Your attitude is just one little example of the things people do that allow companies to do what they've been doing for the past few years. Keep up the good work. It helps immensely

"It's fixed. And it's free!"

It might as well be fixed, but it isn't free. It's only $450. The problem is that many people in this comment section live in a bubble when it comes to this kind of atrocity. Everything is great! Everything is acceptable. No complaints. Shhhhhhh, you whiners! Come on, guys...

Now people feel entitled to tell others to shut up just because they paid $60 for a game released in a ridiculous state that never got the fps or other essential assets improved. Now I may get an upgrade "for free" if I fork out other $450 and they say I should be happy about it. And quiet! These are the Titanic musicians, but unlike the original ones, these will sink with the ship because they want to, not because they have no other choice. It baffles me

@AllBLK And now they want you to agree with their new terms, according to which you can't sue them anymore, whatever the reason

They want you to swallow their mistakes and design flaws while preventing you from exercise your rights as a consumer

@AllBLK I'll just make a small addition to your comment, which represents exactly how I view things. Allow me, please:

"They'll purchase whatever they put out, for whatever price they decide to charge you, no matter what"

If this makes people happy - this being just a small part of the whole anti-customer package they've been being for the past decade - I don't know what might come from Nintendo that will make them angry, or at least upset. Let's wait and see how it will all go after some time...

@rockodoodle Not at all! They've just compensated you for their design flaw and for the low durability of the product you paid for.

Alwa's Awakening - on the way to reach the final boss. The final areais carefully crafted so you have to calculate any jump and use of magic very precisely. This game is a little indie masterpiece that deserves more recognition
The Messenger - Replaying this wonderful game and having a ton of fun. Controls are just excellent, superb level design and it contains some of the best writing I've seen in gaming in many years
Resident Evil Remake (2002) finished a run playing Jill. Now I'm playing Chris

@Zuljaras First time I see a physical copy of Cyber Shadow. Just love the artwork!

Well saying it's a Stelda, or The Legend of Zeldopics, or Startrelda or The Legend of the Zeldian Tropics suffices to me. I'm in! Gonna get it day one

Well, if the new Pokemon game is coming out in October, then maybe we'll have Metroid Prime 4 in September or November?? August?

This was a release I was totally supportive of. Getting Years 1 and 2 players for a good price seemed almost too good to be true. Now it is... unfortunately. I'm really sorry for this one more disappointment to add to the streak. Fans deserve better than this. The only launch release I'm 100% happy for right now is Cyberpunk, which also seems too good to be true. I hope it isn't....

@Vyacheslav333 I agree it's a weak bait, but it is what it is. Depending on how (or by whom) it's portrayed/handled, it might be seen as an awesome feature, an indispensable thing you'll only get if you buy their new console, maybe the greatest thing since sliced bread. That's what they want us to swallow. While for me (and maybe for you), it's all too little, there are people crazy to put their hands on their day-one S2 to play three 20-something-year-old Game Cube games (which are getting brand-new reviews now, whoa!) through a subscription service. It's hard to put in words how much I hate how things have been handled, but I guess you've noticed it

@Dee123 So when Nintendo prohibited players (or content creators) from uploading gameplay videos of Nintendo games many years ago, this is also something that the internet brought on itself? The Nintendo hate train didn't start with the Switch 2 controversy

We can't necessarily blame Nintendo, mind.

We all should. It's another dumb choice they're making. The app isn't locked behind a paywall, so they wouldn't be losing anything by letting their content be distributed across other media. That's just them. Again.

@Vyacheslav333 They didn't do what they should have, as you said, and now they use it as a "bait" to sell their most expensive service tier

@nhSnork Does it have serious fps related issues during gameplay?

Resident Evil (2002 remake) - finishing a playthrough as Jill and starting another one as Chris
Alwa's Awakening - getting the final upgrade and entering the final area. I just love this game and its sequel!
Crash Bandicoot 4 - playing through the final world. This is a wonderful platformer, just the way it should be, in a glorious return. Superb level design, a true labor or love! My favorite Crash game.
Kirby's Return to Dreamland - Deluxe - playing this one in short bursts, looking for all the cogs. It's really relaxing!

I've never played this one, only 1 and 2. The first game was a marvel (at least for me) when it came out. I still have fond memories of it. I bought the 1-2 bundle on Xbox years ago, and since I've been revisiting some old favorites recently (2002 Resident Evil being the one now), maybe it's time to give Shenmue 1 another go

when it comes to launch titles, maybe these aren't the droids you're looking for

I just hope Ubisoft takes a different approach this time (on, my lord, that's just naive me). I mean, if this game sells 3 million like Sparks of Hope, will they say it's a bad result?

Even though they used panning in Resident Evil Remake, I always stick with 4:3, as it's the only way I can see the complete image on the screen. There's just no point in "filling" the screen if you end up with a huge character and less visible area on the screen (and strange zoom ins on actors' faces in the case of movies). For movies and games that were originally produced in the 4:3 aspect ratio and offer the original option in their re-releases, that'd how I play/watch them