John_Deacon

I don't like it. It's one more thing they're taking away from us. Although I understand it from a business perspective, once again they are imposing on us a way to play the games we've paid for within our homes.

I've had multiple Switches at home so that my ex-wife and I could play games simultaneously. We played our whole campaings of Pokemon Arceus independently sitting next to each other on two Switches. All we had to do was turn off the internet connection on the seconday console. If the online check becomes mandatory now, that will become impossible. Or worse, the lending/borrowing system will automatically enable or prevent you from booting a game since it will only be authorized on one console at a time

I just hope I understand it all wrong

It's gonna be really hard for me to stop saying bah-LAH-trow

These are some of the droids I'm looking for!
Metroid Prime 2? 3??????

That's so sad... May he rest in peace

Considering the genre they focus on, I'm not sure what "selling well" means from their point of view. Maybe the number they're expecting is not so high and the game is a success. I hope it is

I don't know how much of the games they collaborated in was developed by them, but they are solid games. At least, I enjoy them

Well, surprise us, Nintendo!
There are tons of players still interested in new games for Switch 1.
And as S1 games will be playable on Switch 2, a Direct would be warmly welcome

What makes me sad is that we might never get a better Pokemon game than Arceus

I really hope I'll end up eating my words, but Game Freak seems to be heading another direction

@Magician They were available online last week, actually

As much as I love 3d platforming and exploration, The Impossible Lair is much more my cup of tea. I absolutely love it!
Based on the hints they're giving us, this is gonna be on S2, so I'll take things really slowly about this one

Waiting for April 2nd has been hard enough. I just don't need a fake release date to worry about. I'll concentrate my anxiety on the 2nd. Reeeeeally looking forward to it

Okay, the exact dates are a little off there

No, they're not. Your text captured my feeling with perfect precision!!!
It feels MP4 was announced decades ago

I suspect it'll be a cross gen release like Breath of the Wild, but I'll be very happy if it's a S1 game with an enhanced S2 version

A question from someone who knows pretty much nothing about coding, game performance, etc: if this game runs on Switch 2 (no tweaks, the same software running on a new, more powerful system), is it gonna run automatically better? Or is additional coding required for improved performance on S2?

@MSaturn And you're not alone man. Most people's budgets are tighter than they've been in a long time. $400, which is the least the so-called experts are predicting, is already significant for most

Wonderful! I'll easily play this one for over 100 hours, like I did with other Picross games (especially the licensed ones) on Switch. That's great news!

As much as I love both Ori games and read gaming news every day, this is the first time I see something about this issue

Love the concept, the graphics, the metroidvanian approach and the revival of another classic, but I hate the adverb (brutally). I hope it's "feasible"

In my opinion, the difference is so blatant this time that I expect a final result around 80x20. NA is an easy pick this time

I really miss the time when NG3 was released... so many great releases!! Platforming reigned Supreme back in the day

My older cousin rented the Terminator 2 VHS and borrowed his friend's VCR to copy the movie. It was in December 1992. I can't say how many times we watched T2 in December/January that summer! Love that movie up to this day

Considering how many units the PS5 sells in Japan week after week, this one is a strong system seller in comparison with other PS5 games

Modders doing what Nintendon't? is that a first, ladies and gentlemen?

@BananaMetallurgica I'm not sure if you're referring to all the tracks on the app or all the tracks of a game. In the case of all the tracks of a specific game, it took me some time to learn that you have to click the name of the game, them scroll down a little and then click "all tracks". Otherwise, the app keeps sending you from incomplete playlist to incomplete playlist

Is there any chance Nintendo will kill this one, too?

@WoomyNNYes This is rare for Nintendo (and Switch) games, right?

@LadyCharlie People have different takes. I have friends who have a Switch Online subscription because they enjoy playing the retro library on the Switch. I guess they're not the only ones

My only focus Pokemon-wise is ZA Legends. I just love Arceus and I really hope this one is as good as Arceus. What worries me is the ridiculous performance we saw in SV, which was not clear until near release. This aspect was a major turn off for me and I can't stand the game for this reason, although I recognize it would have been a superb Pokemon game if performance had been decent. Let's wait and hope

It must have been really "weird" to receive that kind of criticism after delivering a great game and totally living up to the expectations posed by the success of Kingdom Battle. I don't know what Ubisoft was expecting, to be honest

That'd be the perfect announcement for April 1st, but it all just seems to be.... the real thing???

Kingdom battles sells 2 million copies.
Ubisoft likes this number and gives the green light to a second game.
Sparks of Hope reviews very well and ends up selling 3 million.
Ubisoft gets disappointed by this figure and criticizes it publicly.
Go figure!

Both are great games, and if Ubisoft frowns on them, it tells us more about Ubisoft than about the games

I love this soundtrack! I can listen to the soundtrack of the first stage over and over again

Waiting for Super Metroid and Super Mario Bros 3

@LXP8 That's it, man!
MK8D has no competitors

This game makes Mario Kart seem like a slow methodical racer.

Hmmm... I hope they fix this is order to make it "playable". I like chaotic games, but when it comes to racing games, there should be a limit to the chaos. MK8D delivers the perfect balance

Another remake? What about a new game without the blatant performance problems of Scarlet/Violet?

That looks great and the theme is just up my alley. To the wishlist it goes!

That's awesome news! Variety is everything a beat them up needs to have an extended life.
If you add these additions to the great gameplay available at launch, that's some serious improvement. And all of that around two months after launch. Excellent!

After no more Nintendo Selects, now no more these discounts/incentives. For me, at least, it directly means buying fewer games around launch. Waiting for sales (both physical and digital) will be the way to go

But why? Maybe because it was good for us customers?

To think that we had go through the mid-to-late-90s graphics and cover artworks....
I understand the importance of the birth of 3d graphics back then, after all I lived that time, enjoyed the games... but looking back, games feel cranky and ugly, cover arts look odd. But that's the price you have to pay if you wanna develop technology and improve knowledge. That being said, although there's some nostalgia in the the US cover art, it's incredibly dull. The JP one shows the characters and that adds more life to it

• DKC Tropical Freeze - still advancing (slowly) towards 100%
• Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia - after beating the GBA trilogy and the first two DS games, I'm starting Ecclesia. I've always consider this one a difficult game. Let's see how things go this time.
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - playing 150cc aiming at three-star trophies for all cups. No wonder this game is still selling like hot cakes. There's endless content and there are all levels of challenge for all players.

I'll take two, please --'

Just a confession here: I clicked this article just to see where Battle League was on this list and it's one more disappointment in addition to the money I paid for it and the (little) time I could stand it. A full-priced "AAA" Nintendo game is supposed to offer much more than this shallow piece. 2 years and a half after its release, I still feel it's been a complete rip-off

@Truegamer79 it wouldn't surprise me if the newest trilogy came out for the Switch 2 as individual releases costing something between $39.99 and $60 each game

I've been in a Castlevania craze recently and although I'll be in the minority here, I have to say that I'll be interested in it if it's something in the veins of Bloodstained, but properly optimized. I'm not sure if they've been able to make 3D Castlevanias work well so far. Is it worth trying again?

These haven't been easy times regarding working hours, but that's the way it is in the world we're living. The result is very little time for gaming

• Castlevania Order of Ecclesia - After beating the awesome Portrait of Ruin, I'm starting Ecclesia now to finish what I believe to be the most amazing 6-game streak in the history of gaming (Circle is very good while the following five are incredible!)
• DKC Tropical Freeze - still moving slowly towards 100%. No hurry at all and enjoying the ride
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - I've decided to resume my goal of getting all best trophies in the 150cc class. It's not an easy goal, but it's so fun! So far I've gotten the 4-victory 3-star trophy for two cups only in 150cc, so there's still a long way to go, including the expansion tracks

that's great news!
It could have sold better out of Japan, but thanks to their love for DQ, we're going to have more releases in the franchise on this side of the world, too. At least, I hope

Judging by the headline and the picture, I thought they were announcing a Chinatown Wars port for the Switch LOL

Which wouldn't be bad because it's an awesome game!!!

Such a great game and a nice addition to the NSO library, but why just one game???

Well, let's see if the frame rate "concession", which has been necessary for many games to run better on the Switch is no longer needed on the Switch 2.

I know even the powerful consoles suffer when a game is all about graphics, but since the Switch has been the place where devs usually find a good balance between reasonable graphics and performance, I really hope we have a step up on the Switch 2

This is the kind of game I love to watch other people playing because I totally suck at shooters in general, let alone bullet hell ones

I play Aero Fighters 2 from time to time, but I just can't get good at more hectic games of this style

@Yoshi3 I really don't understand what they did to the X series. Almost everything they release in the classic series from 1 to 11 is great, with 2 or 3 being only "good", but they got lost somewhere in the last two games of the X series and never recovered. Sometimes I feel they abandoned X, which is awful in my opinion

Waiting for MM12 for Switch 2!