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Seems like a pretty good and varied soundtrack so I don't really mind them changing it up a bit. Quite the opposite in fact, I'm looking forward to finding some new music.

"Built to break" is just about as clickbaity title as possible, I expected better from Ifixit. The build quality itself is great, it's just the repairability aspect that could use some work. In general, I think Pro Controller 2 is excellent. Haven't had any issues with the sticks either, so I don't see any reason to panic about them possibly starting to drift in the future.

@rjejr I personally believe that games should be made to work well on whatever device they are targeting. So mobile games should be built to work on touch screen (preferably both in landscape and portrait). Granted, making Mario Kart work well on touch screen would be next to impossible.

@Johnny44 It does seem remarkably smooth. Not sure if it'll hold the framerate in the more intense combat sequences, but I'm glad to see that they've decided to focus on smooth gameplay instead of pushing graphical boundaries with this one (as the original had quite rough framerate).

@rjejr In my opinion there is something very much wrong with a mobile game if it needs a controller to be enjoyable. But then again, Mario Kart Tour is indeed quite awful.

@Orwellian87 Have you actually played GT? The moment you start one of the games you get an intro movie that have been without exception quite beautiful (and not just in the technical sense). In general, the series is a love letter and celebration to everything related to cars, and not just super fast race cars but also the most mundane everyday cars. This is apparent not only from the gameplay and car selection, but also things like history lessons about various subjects related to cars and motorsports. And that's before talking about graphics and audio which are also quite stunning.

If you can't see anything artistic about GT, then I'm not sure if you've looked hard enough.

@Orwellian87 Gran Turismo has a lot of artistic merit, though.

Hah, I thought it was weird that they changed the music in Zenshoh Habitat, especially since the new music track had completely different vibes. Good to know it was just a mistake.

Almost 45 hours, most of which in the online races. I'd give it a solid 9.

This sounds like a bug in Rune Factory if the game is running just fine but the inputs aren't working. But who knows?

A bummer, it's always sad to see people lose their jobs. That said, without having ever seen the game, I do have to wonder if it's right to jump to the obvious conclusion that Microsoft is to be blamed here. For all we know, the game was not shaping up well. Just some food for thought, world is never black and white.

That is just GC adapter with extra steps.

@LEGEND_MARIOID It could be simply that they aren't able to source enough 8GB/16GB/32GB storage chips that are fast enough to be used in game cards.

If it helps smaller developers get their games on stores, then I'm fine with them. They're just one more option, it's up to the publisher to decide which card they want to use.

@Lord I feel the opposite. Not sure if I'm happy to pay 80€ for this but Mario Kart was definitely worth it for me. That said, the game does look kind of fun.

@Jayenkai Yeah, SmileBasic is better for sure. That said, I prefer coding games with PICO-8 or Love2D on a computer.

Almost got excited... Oh well, at least those icons are cool. Metroid Fusion is one of my favourites.

I think Game Builder Garage is such a cool game in terms of its concept, but I didn't enjoy actually creating games in it. I love coding in the traditional sense but the node system wasn't as flexible as I would've wanted. Nonetheless, cool to see other people enjoying it!

There are some genuinely good tracks here too, like the Forest theme.

@SillyG I haven't had any issues on Switch 2, but I did have a similar issue on Apple TV 4K. The remote would sometimes not work properly. Changing to a HDMI with better shielding fixed it completely. If the cable isn't properly shielded, it will "leak" interference that can cause issues on other devices.

It's a great game for sure that has improved a lot since it first launched on Early Access on Steam. Movement feels excellent and the game can be pretty challenging too.

I recently bought Logitech Pro X 2 Lightspeed. Quite good headset overall and works well on Switch 2. 2.4Ghz dongle makes them super convenient to use. The microphone isn't particularly good but gets the job done.

@Dr_Lugae That sounds plausible.

@DreemWeever Well, that's how probabilities work. I played 12 random races one day and got 6 three lap races. But they weren't evenly spread out. It was 4 three lap races in a row, then 4 intermissions, and the rest were a bit more evenly spread out.

Anyway, on average it doesn't seem like a massive change from the past.

@RupeeClock To be fair, there is a lot of misinformation about the latest update. Some people claim that random only gives intermissions now (it does not) or that it only gives the same three tracks that are votable (it does not). In my experience the latest update didn't fundamentally change much. It may have changed the probabilities a bit. Random gives three lap races around half of the time now but I didn't really pay attention how much it gave before the patch. I do know that it gave intermission races before the patch too, however.

I love how some of those reviews are trying to justify their score while 0/10 is obviously ridiculous.

To be fair, $117k sounds like a fair amount for a year's work. Now, I realise that US is a lot more expensive to live in than (at least most) European countries, but that is still multiple times more than what I get. 😅
That said, 30 millions is way, way, way too much for one person.

Like Front Mission, I'm not going to buy this game either. Don't want to support anything that uses generative AI for assets.

Not going to support this. AI upscaling is fine (althought still lazy) but generative AI is not fine at all.

@Dev-N No, random definitely can choose between every track, not just the ones that are votable. Anyway, in my experience around half of the races from random are three lap races. Not a massive change from before, in my opinion.

Played 12 random races. 6 of them were classic three lap races. Not too bad, I think.

I just played three random races that were all three lap races. Once again, people are jumping to conclusions before actually trying the game first...

Isn't Wireless VS Race the local multiplayer between systems? Because I think that's the only place where they use VS Race on menus.

@IronMan30 It's listed on eShop for 20€.

Super glad to see Sunahara Plains and Zenshoh Habitat there. Some of my favourite tracks from FAST Racing Neo/FAST RMX. Also very excited to see the Pure mode, the image quality on Fusion was quite poor, so hopefully this will improve it.

@Athropos Pixel response time means that it takes 17ms to completely change a color of a pixel from one to the another. But you can ask the screen to change them in much more rapid frequency. Basically, it won't be 100% done when it needs to change the color again, but it'll be "close enough". It will have ghosting/blurring, but the motion will appear smooth.

@Exerion76 ROG Ally screen and Switch 2 screens are different sizes and in general have different specifications. I didn't mean "is the technology there", I meant, "is that particular component available". Which it may be, but I think it's important to consider things from manufacturing perspective. A screen used on Switch 2 needs to be widely available and the manufacturer needs to be able to deliver millions and millions of them.

@Mgalens They mean pixel response time which translates directly to how sharp the image looks in motion. Nothing to do with input lag.

@Magician To be fair, it's not certain that there are many options for 120hz VRR/G-sync capable screens with that size/resolution. If they had dropped the VRR completely, that most likely would've opened a lot more options but hurt the user experience in other ways.

@carlos82 In most Mario Kart games Spiny Shell travels near the road and can hit other players while going after the first player. The path it takes often lines up pretty well with the path that people take as well, so it will hit a lot people.

The analogue stick calibration issue is the biggest one. They really need to fix that.

@sanqet Important to remember that Steam Deck OLED screen is lower resolution and doesn't support VRR. It's a great screen, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't have all of the features that Switch 2 screen does. Far as I know, VRR on mobile OLED screen is much more difficult to pull off well than it is on LCD screens or larger TV screens.

@user0 Yeah, GameChat is surprisingly good. Even GameShare works well on games like 51 Worldwide Games, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S etc. Not that well in Fast Fusion though, but that's like the worst game possible for streaming.

@FortniteJ What are you talking about? Even if you've played the game on Switch 2, you can still continue playing on Switch 1 as well.

As other people have mentioned, this was listed as having issues on Nintendo's compatibility page ("planned to be resolved"). It got fixed now as they told it would.

Pikmin games would be super cool with mouse controls. Wish they would make a proper Switch 2 Edition for them.

@NolandC Plenty of old games with crashes, softlocks, hardlocks and weird oversights and balance issues. Not everyone ever noticed those issues, just like not everyone will have issues with Mario Kart World. I've played it for 30 hours already and haven't had any crashes or game breaking bugs.

@Khwarezm89 You already can fast travel in Free roam. Just go to the map screen and select the track you want to travel to.

The online lobbies are pretty much Free roam but online. The only thing you can't do is P switch missions.

@NolandC It could be a $100 game and it would still have bugs. Can't catch all of them before launch, that's just how it is with such large and complex games. Overall, this game has been remarkably stable and polished (even if it lacks certain features that I would like).

I really hope they improve the online play on this game. It lacks a lot of features that MK8 had. You can't join full rooms, and there is no option to spectate matches. You can't join Knockout Tours your friends are playing at all. No Global/Regional split like before. Additionally, I'd like to have some sort of Classic mode where you could play three lap matches only.

Nothing to report here, this has happened or will happen with every product that uses lithium ion batteries. Sure, you should check that your battery isn't swollen, but you should do that with every single device you own that uses them.