Jumwa

This sounds like perfection to me.

@Broch83

Thank you! I've gotten old somewhere along the line, and most new games are too difficult for my arthritic fingers and frazzled mind now haha

Does it have a super easy casual difficulty mode? Or something like FF7Remake has, ideally?

@Mattock1987

Speak for yourself. I have gotten older, and my hands have gotten arthritic. I am not better at games than when I was a spry kid. I need increasingly easy difficulty options as an accommodation now. I literally cannot even play some of the old games I loved and was a wizard at once upon a time, that were ingrained into muscle memory, like MegaManX.

Lived through a lot of console launches, and the Switch 2 had the strongest of any I can recollect. People who think otherwise are looking back on a lot of rough launches with rose tinted glasses.

Extremely satisfied with this console. And with the economic chaos, it's weirdly only appreciating in value.

The negativity is baffling. Are people truly not aware of what's going on in the world necessitating a price hike? And playing it safe? They didn't even launch with a mainline Mario game! Bananza was anything but a repeat, Kirby Air Riders is a bizarrely unique game.

I don't do competitive multiplayer anymore, but I loved Splatoon's gameplay, and the art direction is amazing. So I'll definitely check it out. Too cute not to.

The NA/EU cover is so good. And pure nostalgia bait for me. Instant and undisputed champion.

My first Zelda was Link to the Past on the SNES. Such fond memories of it. The series remains a favourite to this day.

The Dragon Quest Builders devs helped? Oh hell yeah, this is sounding more and more promising!

Tough one, because I find this generation a low point for new pokemon. Was a tie between Empoleon and Gliscor for me. Went with Gliscor in the vote.

I really, really liked a lot about it! But it seems the game is simply too hard for me. My old, arthritic hands died on the boss, and if the rest of the game keeps getting harder, it'd just mean I couldn't complete it.

So I'll probably pass.

I had a feeling the headache complaints were probably on par with every other VR headset. Doesn't seem I was wrong.

However, I am old now and have back issues, so I can't go hunching forward to use one of these. Sadly I should pass.

@Jokerwolf Well you seem to know everything! Including my own thoughts!

@Jokerwolf Maybe they could afford to lose money on it, if they behaved like the other console makers. And fired tons of their workers, and used as much MTAs and gacha mechanics as other publishers.

@Oldstalk Because the global economy is a highly interconnected network, and when the richest, most powerful country on earth flips over the table in a fit of petulant rage? It affects us all to varying degrees.

@KevinP Nintendo is the only console maker not laying off employees and going for AI garbage. They're the only big publisher not pushing for exploitative gacha mechanics in every game. Or forcing "live service" nonsense on every developer. Etc..

Thinking Nintendo is particularly greedy by corporate standards requires you to ignore every one of their competitors.

Gamers will still blame Nintendo, as if this global shortage and tariff nightmare isn't a thing.

Oh that's great news! I was hopeful about this, but Capcom can be so hit or miss.

My wife and I had such a blast with the last one, totally looking forward to his! It's such bizarre, quirky fun.

My wife already bought one, but... it's not very big, and already almost full. So... this is tempting me.

Weird, considering Sony has been more censorious over this stuff than Nintendo in recent years. The Switch eShop is full of friggin' smutty games.

Studio closures, layoffs, game cancellations, and a focus on "games as a service"... the thing that has proven a disaster for so many other publishers, who failed to realize there's only so much room in the market for games you play every day and spend tons of cash on.

Oh and AI. A recipe for ruin.

I didn't wanna come in here and be negative, but... it looks real rough. Not like the kind of game I would be playing in 2026.

Aw, generally not interested in watching video content, I like to read. But this was adorable. I hope she continues to have a great time with Zelda.

@mjhopkins81 I am referring to the line about there being no majour first party releases in 2026 yet.

@TerribleTerabytes THANK YOU!

A whole lot of people are missing the forest for the trees here. Nintendo got clobbered with launching their console at the worst possible time. The fact it's done as well as it has is remarkable! Sony announced they're delaying a new console by a year or two because of this stuff.

Of course people are not rushing out to buy the expensive new console, when they are being hammered at every end with rising costs and greater insecurity. And contrary to the people in this thread, Nintendo itself is also getting hammered with rising costs in parts. Have you looked at the price of some computer components lately? GenAI has trashed the economics of building new devices.

...it's January 13th. You expected multiple big releases in the last 13 days?

The stock market is a bunch of greedy, impatient toddlers with money but no impulse control.

We are entering very dark economic times. I don't think Switch2 sales can be looked at in a vacuum. It's just part of the trend of downward sales this holiday season.

Need to find time to play this one still. Though I'll admit: I liked the original Hyrule Warriors more than Age of Calamity. Sure, the story was fanfic style cheesiness, but it brought in all these fav Zelda characters, and was chock full of fun content. Whereas the more serious tone of the second Hyrule Warriors made for a less interesting cast.

Plus I'll be honest, I feel so many of the characters fighting styles in Age of Calamity felt floaty and less satisfying.

Been a huge fan of Bethesda since Morrowind. And I find Starfield utterly bereft of any shred of enjoyment to mine. I try repeatedly to get into it, and there's just nothing there worth exploring or interacting with.

Zero Mission is way better than Fusion. Will die on that hill.

@Altaria_97 Right? Grueling work days, taking care of business and family, then ending it with a hard, punishing game? I'm not that masochistic. I need some calm downtime at the end of the day/week.

@Ramouz That's the kind of situation I was afraid of, ugh.

@UltimateOtaku91 Ugh, that's a bummer. My coordination is not what it used to be.

@Sindayl Oh! That's awesome to hear! Thank you! I'll have to try it out.

Casual mode? Oh thank god. I'm too old for tough games anymore. Sadly had to pass on Metroid Dread because I heard it was so tough.

Man, was so let down when the plans to revive the franchise fell through with all the huge industry layoffs and studio closures. But maybe this will console my aching heart... bring me back to good times with my wife early in our relationship, playing co-op together.

Doesn't look nearly as interesting to me as Vampire Survivors but... heck, I'll probably try it out.

Neither surprised or disappointed.

Always struck me as a silly promise to place much faith in. Big corporations like Microsoft can only be counted on to do the bare minimum of what's legally required.

@Uncleeggman Was neither of those sadly. Turns out it's from the long shop in the north-west quadrant.

What is that cute top the girl is wearing in the header image? I've not seen that one in any of the stores!

Whoa. Didn't return for the last update, but add that to all this? And yeah, I guess come January it's back to my island!

No Bowser icon? Despite his art being right there? C'mon...

My wife has her witch-Peach, but I got no Bowser to pair with her!

I think this might be the best Nintendo Direct ever, and with the reveal of a new Fire Emblem, and the last moment indication that it's a sequel to Three Houses?! Best end note ever, for sure!

Hoping this turns out to be good. I usually play horror games on PC, but the more time passes the less inclined I am to want to PC game and the more I just want to play on Switch/2.

I swear, people go looking for trouble with Nintendo

I'd be bothered if I liked a single thing Ubisoft published.

The number of gamers who play online — and who play online with people they want to see as they play — was never likely to be a really high percentage in my estimation.

A poll of 180,000 people, but all the percentages are multiples of 5? I remember when learning how to read scientific studies, the teacher said: that's an instant indicator you should be dubious.