JohnnyMind

JohnnyMind

Aiming for knowledge and fun!

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Re: Video: Check Out Red Dead Redemption's Switch 2 Improvements In This Side-By-Side Comparison

JohnnyMind

Didn't watch the comparison fully, but based on what I've seen it's a great improvement as expected - have just downloaded it myself (so glad that it's a separate upgrade on the eShop and so you can get it no matter if you have the base game physically like in my case or digitally), looking forward to finally giving Red Dead Redemption a try myself even more than I already was!

Re: Here's Another Look At Elden Ring Running On Switch 2

JohnnyMind

Honestly, it looked overall perfectly fine even the last time we got to see some footage of it (and so at the very least docked), but man am I glad they delayed it to make it even better from the get-go - regardless, looking forward to giving Elden Ring a try myself whenever it comes out on Switch 2, my copy arrives and when I have the time for it!

Re: Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games & Accessories For December & January 2026

JohnnyMind

My Switch copy of NickToons has already arrived (didn't know there was a Switch 2 version, but it wasn't available here anyway), preordered Prime 4, Octopath, Terminator, Final Fantasy VII, Mortal Kombat, Yooka-Replaylee, Dragon Quest VII, Mario Tennis, Yakuza and Ys X mostly from my usual retailer here in Italy otherwise Amazon, will get the New Horizons upgrade as soon as it comes out, will eventually get AC Shadows, Dynasty Warrior, SpongeBob, Goodnight Universe and Trails for sure - hope others going for any of these games and/or accessories will enjoy them!

Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Bionic Commando (NES)

JohnnyMind

Based on what I've seen of the game I'd say Japan as the characters look the closest to how they are in game in addition to the big bad in the background as mentioned also by the article - that said, the American box art is pretty cool (the European one is the weakest one in every sense in my opinion)!

Re: More Switch Games Receive Compatibility Updates For Switch 2

JohnnyMind

Funnily enough Super Mega Baseball 4 got fixed exactly before I ended up getting it as part of my Black Friday purchases on the eShop - anyway, good to see all these games getting fixes (in particular Nier of course), fingers crossed they keep on improving the backward compatibility like they've been doing!

Re: Opinion: City Trial Is Kirby Air Riders At Its Best, But It Needs More Maps To Thrive Long-Term

JohnnyMind

As much as I think Air Riders will be fine regardless (games of this kind are usually picked up and played regularly if less frequently than at launch of course by most) and while I appreciate Sakurai-san and co. putting in everything they could from the get-go yeah, this is the downside to no DLC - personally, I'll never say no to additional content as long as the base game is perfectly fine as is unlike others who skip or at least delay getting games exclusively due to the presence of DLC so how I wish that were the case also for Air Riders at least at some point even though it isn't currently in their plans!

Re: Reminder: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Is Available With A Switch Game Voucher

JohnnyMind

Preordered a Switch physical copy from my usual retailer here in Italy as soon as they had it a couple of years ago (and so got it even further discounted although I would've gone for physical anyway), when that arrives I'll immediately get the upgrade - that said, the vouchers are great for those interested in getting such games discounted even day one, happy for them!

Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Difficulty Settings Revealed By Nintendo

JohnnyMind

Will give Normal a try first and foremost, but so glad that Prime 4 has such difficulty settings in both ways for those interested in them just like Remastered etc. as mentioned in the article (and from the start unlike in Dread's case) although I agree with others here that it would be better if Hard were available from the start - anyway, so looking forward to starting playing it myself as soon as my copy arrives!

Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Meet The Team

JohnnyMind

@OmnitronVariant People in this very comment section and previous ones constantly bring up isolation and so on in Metroid games (just look at the first comments here) while completely disregarding all the already shown sections that are exactly about that just like in previous Metroid games - sorry, but I can't help feeling that it's a Legends Z-A etc. situation all over again with some being fixated on a single aspect of the game...

Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Meet The Team

JohnnyMind

And yet again people are acting as if they haven't shown and so are present in the game multiple sections (ironically enough including the bike and "open world" which is actually more of a Hyrule Field despite all the complaining about that as well) in which Samus is on her own etc. - one thing is not being a fan of certain aspects of a game, another is reducing it to exclusively those and so disregarding everything else...
Anyway, overall Prime 4 looks incredible to me, can't wait to start it as soon as my copy arrives!

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (29th November)

JohnnyMind

Tonight I'm not seeing my friends so I'll just continue with my schedule of alternating between:

  • Fitness Boxing (3, did the daily workout once; 3 did 4 Box-and-Bond for Lin - FotNS did Battle Mode);
  • Ring Fit Adventure (did 1 mission and so completed World 12; 8 Worlds completed and 4 finished);
  • Tears of the Kingdom (continued going around to find the remaining Voice Memories; all Towers, Tears, Tablets, Lightroots, Shrines, Temples, Sidequests, Caves, 230 Voice Memories and 181 Koroks);
  • GameCenter CX (continued the 8th game; first GameCenter CX, 7 Games of the second one completed, second GameCenter CX and 2 Games finished);
  • Freedom Planet 2 (did 1 stage as Carol; Story as Lilac - 21/63 Badges);
  • Jamboree (continued getting the remaining Minigame achievements - also got the remaining photos; all Mini Stars and Photos, 106/116 Achievements);
  • Brothership (continued collecting Bond Energy - also did a challenge; all Reefs, Islets and Sidequests, 20 Islands, 1200 Lumenade, 25 Challenges);
  • Dragon Quest III (continued sailing around the new map; 14 Dungeons, 87 Mini Medals);
  • Persona 5 Tactica (did 1 mission and so completed the base game except for the Compendium; all Quests, Hideout Conversations, Missions and Kingdoms in the base game);
  • Legends Arceus (continued going around to catch all Pokémon; 26/27 Missions and 85/122 Requests completed - Pokédex 225 Seen, 209 Caught and 123 Max Research Level);
  • Xenoblade Chronicles X (did an affinity mission and so unlocked a new character; 5/?? Chapters, 15/?? Affinity, 26/?? Normal, 36/?? Basic Missions and 34/?? Heart-to-Hearts - Mira 18,38% - 70/204 Story, 29/315 Combat and 50/222 World Achievements);
  • Guardians of Azuma (slightly advanced the story - also did a couple of bonding quests; 87/?? Main, 46/?? Bonding Quests - 53/?? Bestiary - 11/45 PescaPedia - 16/36 Quests, 3/6 Battles, 1/16 Bonds, 5/8 Everyday Life and 5/7 Kamiwaza Seals);
  • Fantasy Life i (slightly advanced the story - also did some Life quests and so found a Strangeling and ranked up the Miner Life ; 5 Chapters - Lives 6 Adept and 8 Apprentice Rank - 35 Personal Requests - 35/128 Monsters, 40/130 Resources, 9/49 Strangelings, 9/50 Characters);
  • Mario Kart World (did a Grand Prix; Mirror Three Stars 1 Grand Prix - 14 ? Panels, 30 P Switches and 10 Peach Medallions in Free Roam - 96 Characters, 35 Vehicles and 228 Stickers);
  • Soul Calibur II (completed Chapter 5 in Weapon Master; Arcade as 1 character - Weapon Master finished, 4 Chapters and 2 Sub-Chapters completed);
  • Street Fighter 6 (did Chapter 8-1 in World Tour; World Tour 7 Chapters and 16 Sidequests);
  • Yakuza 0 (continued Chapter 8 - also did a couple of substories and continued the business; 7 Chapters - 17.11% Completion, 15/79 Adventure, 28/84 Battle, 7/99 Business, 4/27 Substories, 10/85 Minigames);
  • Bananza (did Sublayers 1200 and 1201; 12 Layers - 354/502 Banandium Gems, 352/522 Fossils, 21/117 Discs);
  • Pac-Man World 2 (completed 2 levels; 3 Worlds, 14 Levels and 5 Mazes completed);
  • Age of Imprisonment (did the introduction);
  • on YouTube CrossWorlds (did two Grand Prix offline and took part in the SpongeBob festival online);
  • Pokémon Snap (did the 7th course and finished the game, then replayed the 1st course, got the reamining Pokémon and so completed the game; PKMN 63 Kinds, 6 Sign, Score 200520 Points);
  • Dream Land 1 and 2 (completed the first game)!

Re: Feature: The Tightest, Briskest Mario & Luigi Game Turns 20 Today And Deserves More Love

JohnnyMind

Happy 20th anniversary Partners In Time, still overall love it to this day for the reasons mentioned in this very article (along with some nostalgia as it's the first Mario & Luigi I finished despite playing Superstar Saga first, got stuck at the final boss there) so it was a bummer not seeing it rereleased on 3DS if understandable considering AlphaDream's situation - fingers crossed it at least eventually comes to NSO whenever they add DS games to it for those who have never played it and those who'd like to replay it on Switch 1 and/or 2, in my case first and foremost for my channel!

Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Switch 2 Port Technical Rundown Detailed By Ubisoft

JohnnyMind

By the way, couldn't agree more with those countering the complaining about GameChat - not only you wouldn't free as much space as people claim since those 3GB are used by the OS in general (glad it has already been mentioned, that's way too often disregarded), but also a great point has been made about not forcing developers to have to account for even more configurations beyond the obviously required handheld and docked... and can we also stop pretending that nobody cares about GameChat just because some of you don't?

Re: Exclusive: Bloober Team Is Bringing Layers Of Fear To Switch 2 Next Month

JohnnyMind

@eldersnake Funnily enough it's not even the scary factors like being chased, jumpscares etc. that bother me to the point that it's better for me to skip such games (although I can definitely do without those as well), it's the disturbing aspects - technically any game can have those, but of course they're concentrated in horror games... unfortunately based on the cover and trailer for sure and maybe even your description this is a risky one in that sense!
That said, glad to hear that you were able to play the original Layers of Fear and enjoyed it!

Re: Japanese Charts: Kirby Air Riders Is Off To A Flying Start

JohnnyMind

As expected since these are the Japanese charts, but man do I love to see Air Riders selling so many copies at launch!
Also happy for Mario Kart World in 2nd, Legends Z-A in 3rd and 5th, Momotaro Dentetsu in 4th and 6th, Age of Imprisonment in 7th (wish it sold better, though), Dragon Quest I & II in 8th, New Horizons in 10th and of course when it comes to the hardware charts Switch 2 on top and selling that much!

Re: Feature: "Oh S**t, That's A Great Idea! Why Didn't We Think Of That Before?" - Marvel Cosmic Invasion Devs On Drafting The Ultimate Team

JohnnyMind

Great interview, always a pleasure to learn more about games from their creators absolutely including these ones - so looking forward to playing Cosmic Invasion myself when my copy arrives (technically I've already preordered it from my usual retailer here in Italy, but I might cancel that and preorder it elsewhere like on Amazon depending on which version each retailer ends up having)!

Re: Nintendo Download: 27th November (North America)

JohnnyMind

Preordered Cosmic Invasion from my usual retailer (still have to ask them which version they'd get me and then decide to keep that or preorder the game elsewhere, but still), will eventually get AC Shadows, Simogo Legacy Collection, the two Picross - voting for the games up to here in the poll -, Popucom, Brok and Viewfinder for sure, maybe also Brotato and that should be it unless I missed something and not counting potential additions!

Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond: amiibo Unlocks Revealed

JohnnyMind

Can confirm that this is what it says in Japanese except that the shield recovering Samus's health to full when activated is missing (please add that when you can @Olliemar28) - anyway, pretty cool functions although luckily nothing essential, even happier that I got all these amiibo myself!

Re: Nintendo To Acquire Bandai Namco Studios Singapore As A Subsidiary

JohnnyMind

Huh, didn't expect Nintendo to open a subsidiary in Singapore by doing this, but at the same time it's in line with their previous acquisitions (and as others have already mentioned here it seems like a sensible way to expand unlike what unfortunately way too many other companies do) - fingers crossed it will be for the best for Nintendo, Bandai Namco and also players!

Re: Digital Foundry Dives Into Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition's "Big Downgrades" On Switch 2

JohnnyMind

Couldn't agree more with what others have already mentioned, these are video games, they should be enjoyable to play first and foremost - even leaving that aside, this is consistent 60fps, 1080p and has a low starting price further decreased thanks to discounts even day one (do I have to remind people yet again about all the complaining whenever even just one of those aspects isn't like that, especially ever since the start of the Switch 2 gen? Look at Age of Imprisonment for example despite Digital Foundry's overall favorable verdict) so I'm sorry, but I can't help feeling that some want to have their cake and eat it, too...