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@MatoFilipovic In the case of Digital Eclipse, they favor preservation, accessibility and history over pure enjoyment of the games. That's very rare in today's industry and something people appreciate.

This looks so bad.

"Reside Switch 2 Vil"
"req"
"Racc"
"Polic"
"Deparin"

I was expecting something, I don't know, scary. Not a cheap copypasta with no effort to design around the controller.

@Antraxx777 That's great about your Christmas. RoS was (sort of) the first game that felt like I was free to do what I wanted in a game without a timer or anything like that. It's weird, I played Zelda 1 before that and I think Metroid 1, but I guess I didn't appreciate it until RoS. Metroid becoming my all time favorite series was probably born that day.

Samus's iconic stance from RoS is burned into my brain and Samus Returns's update of it is so good. SR itself is okay, but took a different direction and not one that thrilled me. Still, it led to Dread existing, so it's okay.

@MikeJones Thanks again! I don't do mobile gaming, so completely forgot those games give platinum points. Maybe I'll install for a day.

@MikeJones Thanks for pointing out the Metroid thing for platinum points! I'm close to having 1,000, should reach it once the monthlies refresh in November. Hopefully, it's still available then.

Formative game for me in the early 90's, some nice nostalgia here!

May double dip just to support the devs. Been playing on Steam since Early Access release, game is fantastic and easily scratches that sensory overload itch.

@cylemmulo From what I've been able to tell over the years, "free to start" is just Nintendo's own jargon for describing "free to play" games. You know, since Nintendo loves to go against industry standards even when simultaneously following them.

I watched a minute and 12 seconds of the gameplay, that was enough to see that nothing has really changed at Forever, as this looks bad. The debris between :60-:72 look so awful like the devs just threw something together as an alpha animation. The death spiral for that enemy would have looked infinitely better with just an explosion at the end and the debris disappearing behind the explosion.

Like, yeah, I get that it's a work in progress, but some things should not be shown to the public if they're obviously incomplete.

But in Forever's case, these things will likely stay incomplete until a year after the game releases, maybe cough forever. >_>

@KeeperBvK I don't speak German, but I found this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/German/comments/x574nw/why_is_the_number_two_sometimes_pronounced_zwo_in/

NL's phrase itself was a play on the meme phrase "we are so back"

@TyGuy Loved what first? Team Sonic Racing? Sonic racing games have existed since the 90's.

@ShonenJump121 It's possible they just came out with it first and US is coming later. I've seen pre-order bonuses for other games be announced at different times for different regions

@ShonenJump121 https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/metroid-prime-4-beyond-nintendo-switch-2-edition-power-bundle-B00913

Apparently, Europe is getting one, but not the US???

@sketchturner We can buy games!? Wow.

Haven't bought, may never. HK's first three areas were so boring and uninspired, I couldn't even make it to the so-called open part of the map.

40 year old here. Honestly don't remember if I beat World 8 back in the day. I may have, just don't have the memory of it.

@Gamer_Griff Agree. Plus, with Prime 4 being in December, it is ineligible for some of the award shows. I like to believe those shows have an impact on Nintendo and how they perceive some of their less popular series.

@Ichiban What would you change it to since that shows the player the camera is behind some kind of dirt or rock and a brown haze matches the color of dirt (and dirty rocks). I'd rather have that than the camera jumping back and forth in a jittery way because it hit a few triangles of terrain.

I'm not paying $20 for this, but $10 is probably fair. It also feels incredibly shady (lack of a better term) that this is being released just two months after the base game came out.

@kkslider5552000 I also did not play the original games, but watching random Youtube gameplay videos, the OG games look very charming and enjoyable. The remake was very much not charming and not enjoyable. I'm someone who grew up with Star Fox, so no stranger to the genre.

It is possible to give a game a new coat of paint and keep its charm (Jedi Power Battles), so this is absolutely a skill issue on Forever.

Forever is still making it? Guaranteed pass. Fool me once with the first remake, you're not fooling me twice.

@ImpromptuR So, what is the biggest game of the year if sales aren't a good measure (they can be, but for the reason of "biggest game of the year needs context first")? Is it not the biggest metroidvania of the year?

@ImpromptuR I don't know how to say this without sounding condescending, but you can't comment on a series when you admittedly dislike the genre. I'm not here to criticize Camper Van: Make It Home because I have zero interest in the genre, so the game wasn't for me to begin with.

Save the reviews for people who are actually knowledgeable on the subject.

Maybe Samsara, but wouldn't have bought Silksong if you paid me. HK was bland and had poor level design, along with poor metroidvania style guidance.

@tseliot Disagree about the introvert part, at least for World. The new mechanics add a ton of depth to the tracks before you even start to look for crazy CTR-style shortcuts, then once you start finding new routes and optimizations, it feels like you're playing a different game. Really turns time trial mode on its head.

What is the point of saying a released game (Mario Kart World) beat an unreleased game (Metroid Prime 4)? Is someone trying to prop up MKW even higher for those who have no idea or is there something I'm missing?

As for my pick of Switch 2 game, it's DK.

Love and appreciate UFO 50! Grew up with the Atari and NES, bought on PC shortly after the Steam launch. I love shmups, so the Campanella series are right up my alley (Camp 2 is making me pull my hair out, but in the same love/hate way a soulslike would, love it, ha ha). I'm enjoying most of the games, but like NintendoLife said, it's impossible to please everyone with every game here. It's a matter of finding the games you do enjoy and once that happens, UFO should click.

Pre-ordered the physical deluxe version for Switch, can't wait to get my hands on the book.

@missingno_fgc Okay, didn't realize your game drought went that far back. Yikes. Still, you cannot count fan-made games (Tetr.io and JStris). If Puyo fans are so thirsty for a new one, theoretically they would have made a new one themselves by now. It's been happening in other genres for decades.

And I did forget about TGM, but that's because the series doesn't interest me. I have Master mode in several Tetris games already and people have basically said the main attraction of TGM is Master mode, so I don't understand the appeal.

@missingno_fgc FWIW, Tetris fans haven't gotten a new dedicated full Tetris game since Effect in 2018 and DLC in 2020. The latest brand new Tetris we have is 2024's Time Warp, which is just a local-only mode (so no online, no bots, no progression to work towards) that still feels unfinished in a collection of other games that have already existed.

@Mariotag How far away from your router is your Switch 2? I assume you're trying wireless.

@MathByThePixel So, in a world where World released on the Switch 1, online would be scarce? I don't agree with this logic. Switch 2 is backwards compatible with Switch 1 anyway and far less people have a Switch 2 to begin with.

@Olliemar28 The 1.4 update just went live! My Switch 2 updated the game when I tried to boot it up. Photo mode is active, press Select to go into it. The controls menu does not reflect this in the game, though, so I had to experiment by just pressing the button. It's the only one that doesn't have an assigned function, according to the menu.

Pinging you because today is Wednesday July 9th and you said the update goes live Thursday the 10th.

If there is such a vast overwhelming majority of people who don't like intermission courses, wouldn't World's online lobbies be dead, in theory? Wouldn't Knockout Tour, which is nothing but intermission courses, be dead? I can jump online at most times in the day, any day of the week (EST) and find a lobby almost or completely filled before the first race.

@Uncle_Franklin Expand your media lurking, plenty of people are loving the open world and unique lap course. Other racing games are opening up their 3 lap races to variety as well which is eliminating the same 3 laps and creating altered versions of the same looped course within the same race for each lap (maybe a shortcut opens up, a boost pad changes location, etc). Didn't Mario Kart Tour do something like this? Some people appreciate change after 30 years.

Voted for friends in lobbies, 200cc and something else - turn the intermission courses into official races. Right now, it's officially 32 tracks, but with all the different routes you can take into most of them, you can drive through (just naming a random track) Crown City in the opposite direction or even a third/fourth direction. Not talking mirror mode. I read somewhere someone claimed the total number of unique routes into all the tracks is 202. May or may not be right.

If Nintendo adds all the unlisted routes as courses, that can only help them in marketing and even help justify the argument for why the game costs $80 (if you didn't buy the bundle).

Also, final point: World is everything I want in course design in a Mario Kart - snaking is back on the menu, grinding and wall riding are added, charge jumping eliminates the dullness of just driving straight (and helps you evade/take advantage of car hazards), intermission courses not being standard 3 lap races is greatly appreciated as I got bored doing 3 laps of the same thing all the time for 30 years. Other racing games change laps up, it's about time Mario Kart did too.

@Nintendo4Sonic I enjoyed the Wii U and Switch 1 titles as well, but couldn't get into them. Ended up never actually putting much time in even though I knew the games were solid. But Fusion has grabbed me and I keep going back to it, I think the jump mechanic really added a layer of depth that the previous titles needed.

The most polished game on Switch 2 keeps getting better!

It's interesting that Activision Blizzard is against SKG considering Blizzard (don't know about Activision) has never shut down any online server, not even the original Diablo's.

@MontyCircus They fired 50% of the staff and the remaining were moved to the Forza Horizon team. Horizon seems to be much more casual from what I hear, meaning the wider audience would yield better sales, so having a larger team on that series means a better series overall there.

And FWIW, you don't have Horizons without Motorsport first existing, so it was popular, then seemingly fell out of favor for whatever reason.

Generally happy with it. Handheld mode is not as good as it should be because of ghosting on the screen and primarily wanting to play shmups or just fast-moving games in general in handheld mode, this is pretty disappointing. I usually play on the TV anyway, but now I do even more.

Also wish there was an update to Metroid Prime Remastered so mouse controls could work.

@Aerona So, how do you play videogames then? It has always been that you buy the license to the game and it can be revoked at any time, physical games included. It's rare now (and has been rare for many years) that a game is packaged on a cart 100% complete with no dependence on patches.

10+ hours, probably close to 15 now. Really enjoying the intermission courses and greatly appreciate how each lap is different, I'm tired of the same 3 lap courses that don't change at all after decades of playing. Knockout is fun and after unlocking Rainbow Road, I've been playing exclusively online since the Adaptive AI feels so awful. Free roam is okay, it's too half-baked right now. Looking forward to how the game improves over the years. 8/10

Publisher: Forever Entertainment

No surprise, they've been scamming consumers and license holders into thinking they're a decent company for years. Really makes me wonder when the industry will realize they are god awful.

@DangoTown Welcome to the internet since forever, ha ha. I'm not trying to downplay anything you're saying, I completely agree with you. Although, I never saw a grand total until your comment. 202 is massive! I think Nintendo really undersold just how much is in the game by not giving intermission courses official names and could easily expand content by adding them to time trial courses.

@romanista True, just can't be held in TATE mode.

Ctrl+f: "flip grip" not found

It's obvious to me it won't work, but came here hoping to maybe see an alternative grip that does support TATE mode.

@PikminMarioKirby Why wouldn't it? This is a news site and NintendoLife has never been shy about referencing other media sites.

@KayFiOS "You will drive on long straightaways and LIKE IT!"

This is why I think people are overreacting and afraid to even attempt to like something new before dismissing it. These "long straightaways" aren't barren, there's plenty to do. Boost pads, items, a roadway long enough to be able to snake, cars and such to avoid, rails to grind, hills/ramps to jump off of. Did I miss anything? Seriously, the ONLY thing these areas are missing are actual turns and what do you do when you're turning? You're drifting. You literally can't do anything but drift and steer a little bit while drifting. That's the boring part to me!

It's exactly why I think this version of Rainbow Road is the worst. That and falling off is almost impossible because it's so easy to stay on.

@jsty3105 Karts, yes, but not costumes. Actual characters were unlocked from the start. Kamek never existed in previous MK games, nor did having a rare, random item randomly transform you into a random character in order to unlock them with almost zero control over it (characters are location based).

@Bigmanfan With all of the massively imbalanced RNG items, can anyone seriously look at VR and think "these guys are competitive"? Mario Kart is a party game first and always has been. It's not like Smash where you can turn items off.