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Can't wait for the complete edition. Fighters passes are great for keeping players coming back & good revenue for the companies, but I still wish fighting games launched fully loaded. Events and new stages could keep people cominh back

Like the game but never really got the Zelda comparisons. Just because every games journalist says it still hasn't made it feel that way to me. It's like looking at those photos where one person sees a gold dress and someone else sees a blue one, it just never looks the color people say! I still like Okami, but I agree with people here that it can be slow so therefore I haven't beaten the game either

I watched a video on how the Series SX can emulate pretty much any game ever made with the dev mode unlocked

Ring of Power gives you most bang for your buck.

Can't wait for Mario Kart 9! Sold Mario kart 8 deluxe after a year, had played it a bunch on the Wii U and anytime I raced anyone on Switch it was an absolute bloodbath for them sooo yeah, in the spirit of fair competition I had to sell it so that some day when I race someone it will be a fair, fun match for them.

C'mon, companies may as well just release normal physical copies. It's way less special to do these physical releases for so many games & charge these huge mark-ups from digital to physical. It's ridiculous & unfair to us gamers that this is such a common practice for the Switch

Glad you wrote this article, Gamepass is an amazing offering and has really let me try games I wouldn't otherwise be able to afford or that I've been nervous to purchase. Some might be because the games take up a ton of memory on my microSD (400GB & 200GB) & the other is that they will not run very well on the Switch. Portability is a good selling point for a while, but I own some 80+ games on Switch so pretty sure I have thousands of hours of content on there. But also, I have spent a TON of money the last 4 years on both great games but also games I regret spending the full amount of cash on. I really love Gamepass and have been playing a ton of indie games, AAA titles and some other games that have flown under the radar. It's not to say I won't keep playing my Switch, I just think as a gamer that every gamer would be able to benefit from services like Gamepass Ultimate. Best of both worlds.

@ryan craddock does the inevitable review of The Longing for Switch come as a review in progress until day 400? Or will time travel help get the full picture for the review? 🤔 Game looks super awesome

Get the SplitPad pro, definitely the best way to play in handheld mode, especially for fighting games or reflex heavy platformers (Messenger, metroidvanias).

Outriders is excellent, really enjoying the game. Shame more people are not hopping onto Gamepass, as a long time Nintendo fan & day one owner of a Switch have to say I'm honestly blown away by the Xbox Series X and Gamepass. They have a ton of indies, sports games, shooters, AAA games, etc I held out on getting for the Switch and it paid off. Perfect pair for me (don't have to spend $25 on Narita Boy for example), will get a PS5 Digital some time down the road at a lower price / smaller size for the Sony exclusives but keep cross-platform on the XSX. Absolutely fantastic time to be a gamer! Wish Xbox had more penetration in that market but it's doing well in others. Totally fine, poor MSFT 😂

Great SEO tactic to have the guide split up, but a bit tricky navigating around as a regular site visitor 😵

@TheFullAndy it would seem so unfortunately

@Clyde_Radcliffe yeah this is the point right? They have a few pricing tiers but keeping themes behind a paywall is kinda lame since we pay for the service. Doesn't matter to me who's publishing as it's included with my annual NSO subscription & Tetris 99 is such a good example of how to do that properly

$2 per theme is such a ripoff. Love the Galaga theme, which we could unlock by playing. Major oversight for consumers here.

Oh please let it be so, it would be a fantastic addition and save us gamers some money & plastic from dongles

Doug should address owning 2 consoles and respecting digital purchases between profiles. Really regret some digital purchases because other people in the house can't play certain games on the Lite because it isn't the "primary" console, while playing on the primary requires an internet connection. Really lame compared to PS or Xbox.

Ay I got way too many controllers at this point 😂 I'm in control already NL! Switch Pro launch controller, base joycons, red blue first gen (hyper drift) joycons, gamecube wireless, NES add ons, SNES controller EU version, SplitPad Pro attachment and the new MH Rise Pro Controller (since the joycons constantly drift / to have a level playing field for fighting games). I'll mayyyybe get an N64 controller if Hori or Nintendo releases a full reprint with bluetooth. But please, I have enough controllers haha a PS5s worth of them

Great article, hit all the points (and more) that I've been making here and on the Pure Xbox comments section, thanks for approaching this from a largely non-biased standpoint and covering lots of caveats to game preservation and making games available to gamers for years to come.

This weekend I am playing some Super Mario 64, Star Wars Squadrons and ACNH.. plus started Octopath Traveler on the Xbox series x. Poured 90 hours into the Switch version & happy to start it again and get some achievements this time around. Played a bit on xCloud and Remote Play, was a bit choppy on 2.4GHZ but will switch to 5GHZ to keep it smooth

@kducky11 yeah I might actually get the cartridge...damn nostalgia to hell! Even if I can play this with Xbox remote play, still want a cartridge/ physical for the occasional game I really like

Art style looks fantastic

@GrailUK haha yeah it is obvious it doesn't benefit from having one creative director helping tie it all in together

@kducky11 the game is $9.99 on the Xbox / Microsoft store if you can pick it up there

@GrailUK really random but the Commando squad is Disney canon. They added them into the Clone Wars which is considered canon. Very short cameo 🤓

Star Wars Republic Commando is a must buy if you missed it! If you're on the fence, wish list and buy on sale. Great game! Wonder if online is intact?

Excellent time to launch a AAA heavy hitter!

@Agent069 yeah agreed. Really a money grab. They'll probably bring some of it back anyway to continue churning a profit

@streetzman ooo insult guy over here everyone! Ever heard of the Nintendo eShop? For Wii? 3DS? Wii U? Where many of those older gen titles are held? Lots of us have purchased on those digital eshops as recently as the last few months and definitely over the past 15 years. Not everyone holds onto those consoles & digital purchases aren't tied across the ecosystem. So why don't you use the energy you have to insult other people to use your brain to think about & understand the limitations of the Nintendo eShop and online ecosystem from this century.

Much prefer Xbox's way of treating consumer's purchases with respect and allowing them access to older digital purchases across generations.

That price is highway robbery when you can pick up all 3 games for under $10 on most systems / devices. Really doubt accessing these digitally will be a problem ever.

If you look at my site visits stats it is probably horribly high & on the verge of obsession. Will need to go to Nlife Rehab if I keep this up

Yeah only reason I won't buy this is I bought Match of the Millennium and 4 days after launch, they announced this collection. Not cool for the wallet

Didn't you just review this game? Looks at article about too many harvest moon farming sim type games

Those lifeless models are terrifying. Now comes a little confession, I played a similar CD game back on PC in the late 90s / early 00s called "I can be am Animal Doctor" which was an awesome game for my childhood mind. Actually had wanted to be a vet or work in a zoo after getting into it. Here's a link to the game https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/i-can-be-an-animal-doctor Anyway, that original game reminded me of this, but after watching the absolutely horrific trailer of this dumpster fire of a game I can happily say my childhood game is probably 1000x better than this trash & that sense of nostalgia remains intact behind a 20 year old wall of time. Guess it'll never get a true successor & will always remain happily dead in our collective memories. But hey, more time for some REAL games now

@VoidofLight hahah dying! 😂😂

Yes. Bring Ryu Hayabusa to Smash. Such a badass

More voice acting is highly welcome. The shows do a great job with their voice actors so from a branding perspective it would help with consistency across product lines.

@Darkyoshi98 I easily plug in hundreds of hours a year into the Switch. I don't think I would get hundreds more hours of value with a broader selection of games if I got another Switch (I also own a Lite). At this point its diminishing returns with more Switches. Here's my example. Recently Ipicked up a Series X with Game Pass & the value there is ridiculous! I get hundreds of games, from indies to AAA, and can play in bed or on the couch with either cloud or remote play active on my phone (I have a clip to my controller). So I have more games & the ability to play on a 1440p OLED display right now. So if you like Dead Cells, Undertale, Octopath Traveler, DOOM Eternal, Star Wars, Nier Automata, etc etc you can play all of those for a super low cost to access all those games with higher quality graphics / better accessibility than what a 4K Switch can offer. Would it make more sense, if you want 4K and 4K gaming to stick with Switch or get a PS5 or Series X? Well next gen is optimized for 4K with the SSDs and Switch might still stick with microSD cards. In the Fall, both PS5 and Xbox will have stronger libraries when / if a Switch Pro launches, so I think you would really miss out on other excellent games in the broader ecosystem if you just get another Switch. It's not like I can't just pick up my Switch if I own a Series X, it just means I have more choice to pay for games at lower prices & higher fidelity on Xbox sales or Switch sales and can access more libraries and exclusives with more consoles.

If you think this looks like a Switch, you gotta get your eyes checked! Clearly there are no poor quality joycons attached & the curved grips are made for the comfort of human hands!

If you're a current Switch owner, do yourself a favor and get a PS5 or Xbox Series X for that price if you really want both 4K, reduced load times & cutting edge graphics

$50 for physical!

Started this earlier in the week, didn't stick with me after the first 20 minutes. I think it more has to do with being tired of the genre than to the quality of the game itself

The Game & Watch is such a ripoff for $50

"Take care, Damien McFerran. What you say is heresy!" - Tartarus
(Sorry, the quote jumped into my head what I read of it's an RPG or not 😂)

@BloodNinja agree with you here. It's actually pretty strong support from a US employer. I know people that were laid off with almost no notice, no extension of benefits & really no support in finding a job. And you can forget about them receiving any type of gift card for anything. This is pretty robust for a severance package.

So happy for this, it's such a great game. Really impressed with Game Pass. Would recommend it to ANY gamer. Incredible value for the price. No need to be a hater with exclusive this or exclusive that. It's an awesome service which has saved me a TON of money and I've only had it for two weeks! When the service launched back in 2018, it sucked but man is it totally worth it now

Ah Osaka, the bread basket of Japan..wonderful city, great food, incredibly kind people. Can't wait to go back and hopefully get a ticket to the SM park too!!!

Just started DOOM Eternal on Series X last night and it is AMAZING! Really hope Switch owners can pick up the full package soon. I loved DOOM 2016 on Switch, really held out for a next gen console to play the sequel on, glad I saved the cash for that. Would still be great fun on Switch, wish they had a cartridge

Bravo Kate! Now I admit I will probably not finish the FF7 port on the Switch, DBZ Fighterz storyline (only like multiplayer), and a bunch of others. I'm currently stuck on a second replay of Curse of the Moon 2 because of the difficulty level to get the true ending, but it's easily one of my favorite action platformers of 2020. Anyway, totally agree with your points here. Just have fun or stop playing depending on the game's vibe! (Althougj sometimes you gotta force a playthrough for whatever reasons)

Gimme that dummy thicc Link for 2021 🗡️