KoopaTheGamer

Seems likely, since PS5 is readily available 12 months of this year. 2026 will be an interesting one, though.

@punzai Pretty sure that is for the battery pack.

Kind of hope this is fake because those do not look like analogue triggers.

That seems like an ergonomic nightmare.

"You know Luke, this motherboard reminds me of a puzzle"

That's fantastic news!

I personally really liked ARMS, so at least we have something kind of similar. Sure, it's not the same, but still a lot of fun.

@Ironcore Yeah, as I mentioned, AI upscaling doesn't work well at all on video. It does work well in videogames if implemented well.

PSSR is still in its early days and will hopefully improve in the future. I think Sony kind of dropped the ball there with either pushing it out too soon in an unfinished state, or not giving developers enough support/documentation on how to implement PSSR in games.

@Bunkerneath Yeah, the rumour is that it will have USB-C both on top and bottom of the device. Which would be very convenient.

@Ironcore I guess I'm the exact opposite then. I hate generative AI and believe it doesn't have a place in any pieces of media. However, neural network based upscalers like DLSS are in general very effective.

It's important to make a distinction between AI upscaling videos and AI upscaling videogames. With videos, you only work with video data and the results will be awful. With videogames, upscalers such as DLSS and Intel's XeSS also require motion vectors in addition to the video data. This results in much, much better results.

@Teksette DLSS does not introduce any latency. It does have a performance cost, but that cost is much smaller than rendering the game at much higher resolution. So if you want to render a 4K image (or 1440p more realistically for Switch 2), it will run better with DLSS.

That said, DLSS is not magic. It can upscale sub-720p content but the quality will suffer greatly.

Not convinced. Less moving parts is generally better for the durability of the device.

@Koda1000 Announce a new Mario Kart and it will sell millions.

I heard it also makes coffee and toasts your bread. That one might be legit as well.

@Serpenterror We truely live in strange times when essentially $4 for game is a rip off.

@IceEarthGuard To be specific, I dislike collectors who buy stuff (video games, cards etc) without any intention of ever using them. Not only does that drive the prices up, but it's also less available games/cards for those who would be actually interested in using them.

While stealing is obviously wrong, I have hard time feeling sympathy for these people whose job is to artificially raise the price of cards so that greedy people can earn more money. Let's face it, if someone is grading their card, they are not going to play with them. That's why I dislike collectors and grading companies, because more often than not, they only care about the monetary value.

@sanderev It's not gambling if you don't have a bet. If you win a Nobel prize and get a ton of money, you didn't gamble. So no, Balatro is not even simulated gambling.

@sanderev Indeed, and as such, Balatro should not be rated 18+ since it doesn't include any form of gambling. There is no bet of any form. You just play hands and upgrade your deck of cards, without betting anything.

@Jprhino84 I think it's fair to say that having Skyward Sword in the title would make it much more informative. I can understand them wanting clicks, but as a reader I appreciate when news sites aren't wasting my time by hiding information in case I have zero interest in the news story.

The fact that it's Skyward Sword is very obvious in this case, but the point still stands.

That trailer made me extremely uncomfortable. Not sure if those cats are supposed to look cute, but they're kind of terrifying.

If it's real, then Dbrand almost certainly broke the NDA. If it's fake, they're lying to their customers. So either way, it's a very bad look for the company.

@Bolt_Strike These devices aren't really competing with Switch (or Switch 2). They're a lot more expensive for one, but consoles also have the benefit of being much more straightforward to use. I love my Steam Deck, but it didn't simply replace my Switch. I use both of them regularly.

I just want a Pac-Man Championship Edition 3. But I guess this looks... interesting?

@Kyloctopus Huh, I recently played some Four Swords online (with 4 players), and it ran like a dream. But we all live in the same country, so it was far from the worst case scenario.

I'm super excited for Antonblast, but I have a huge backlog of games already...

@LadyCharlie Time to wall climb your way to victory, huh?

This could be super cool.

@Chlocean Actually, Celeste originally released on PICO-8, so it's not a demake. But yes, I was exaggerating.

@Grackler It is summer in the southern hemisphere.

I don't like it, but it's fine enough not to bother me.

@Macnemo79 Yeah, I don't personally like flat characters in a 3D platformer. Makes it difficult to measure the depth/distances as well as the momentum that the character is having.

We got two great Prince of Persia titles this year (although The Rogue Prince of Persia was not developed by Ubisoft), but other than that, I haven't played a good Ubisoft game since Rayman Legends. Still, sucks to see people getting laid off.

More competition is always good.
Anyway, I think for Xbox handheld it makes more sense to make it a handheld PC similar to Steam Deck or ROG Ally, running Windows (hopefully tweaked to work well with the controller inputs).
For Sony, I expect it to run same games as PS5 but with downgraded settings. Should be doable if it's still a few years down the line.

@Shrek_Realista The premise itself (limited releases) is not to my taste. But in addition to that, there have been cases where people have waited for their games for half a year or more, even in cases where their website is claiming that the product is in stock. They're also US based so shipping to Europe is expensive.

@RupeeClock Maybe I sound like a conspiracy theorist, but that's just about the only game from this publisher that people bought. If that doesn't count for you to get the rest of the games, then people will just have to sell their data to the devil (by signing up for the news letter) or spend money on one of their games.

In other words, there's no such thing as a free game. Or at least no such thing as a good free game.

@PipeGuy64Bit They really did not. Sony was trying to take advantage of Nintendo, no doubt about it. While CDi failed, leaving Sony was definitely the right choice.

Kind of a bummer that it's Limited Run Games, but the game itself looks awesome. I'll be getting the digital version then.

@jake1421 The Grand Master 2 is a lot of fun. Although it takes a while to get used to the sonic drop after playing a ton of Tetris with a hard drop.

@batmanbud2 As a big fan of Tetris, there are major differences between different versions of Tetris. Things like controls, movement speed, scoring system, what kind of randomizer they use, how quickly the tetromino locks in place, and how the rotation works in the edge cases (which is tied to whether T-spins are possible or not). Not to mention game modes etc.

@the_beaver I think 3DS version controlled extremely well, but the game was 30fps which is not ideal for a platformer.

Probably, but not until it's 40€ or less.

@nessisonett They could always use pointer controls so that it basically works similar to a Wii remote. It's not ideal and requires calibration every now and then, but works well enough in some games.

I didn't have any accessories for DS, but I did have Circle Pad Pro for 3DS. It was pretty cool, although I only used it in like 4-5 games.

But why on earth would anyone be interested in reaching lvl 100?

@MeanBeanEgg Hogwarts Legacy is an extremely average/mediocre game with a beautiful world (not on Switch though). I enjoyed exploring the castle, but after a few hours, the gameplay became very boring and repetitive.

@PinballBuzzbro A couple of objections. First of all, what you're saying is not objective, but 100% subjective. Just saying.

Second of all, the emulation quality for NES, SNES and GBA is quite a bit better on Switch than on Virtual Console (which suffered from bad input latency, not to mention often quite a soft image and ugly colours). Switch online emulators are made by NERD who did generally an excellent job, although N64 is still a work in progress (it's gotten a lot better since launch, though).

Third of all, there are no free alternatives on PC. There are free emulators, but you're not paying for the emulators here. You're paying for the games.

I think 40€/year (that's just over 3€/month) for Expansion pack is not a bad deal. You get the online play, cloud saves, and access to 89 NES games, 75 SNES games, 33 Game Boy games, 39 N64 games, 48 Sega Mega Drive games and 25 GBA games. Then you also get the Mario Kart, Splatoon and Animal Crossing DLC, Tetris 99, F-Zero 99, and recently also access to Nintendo Music. Sounds pretty reasonable to me.

@Bass_X0 I could see Donkey Kong Land 3 coming next week since the first arrived last week.

@LastFootnote Interesting. In the case of DK Land, GBC palette has brown DK/Diddy on a turquoiseish background, but it seems like on Super Game Boy the characters are brown on brown backgrounds.
So to me it seems like GBC palette is superior. But I don't know, maybe there's more to it than I realise.

@Wisps While the stage themes and music are from DKC series, Land games have unique level designs and even quite different world map progression.