KoopaTheGamer

It does have the benefit that you can resell the game or lend it to your friends. Besides, if you have to install Switch 2 games anyway, then it won't make a huge difference whether you install it from cart or through internet (as long as you have decent internet, and as long as Nintendo's servers are up and running).

So no, it's not perfect, but I think it's an improvement over codes in box.

I'd rather have DS first, to be honest. But GameCube would be nice as well.

It doesn't really look like an improvement over Metroid Prime Remastered, so I never thought it was Switch 2 footage.

That said, I'm hoping to see some actual Switch 2 footage of Metroid Prime 4 today on the Switch 2 Direct.

Would be funny if that actually means that the C button will open Nintendo Today.

@DStanton Yeah, but Wii U GamePad was only 480p and it apparently used a custom protocol that Switch may or may not support. It also didn't do it through router (like PS Portal does for example) which would increase latency.

I don't think they could get the latency low enough with decent image quality. Would be cool, but I seriously doubt it.

@Greatluigi Why would people freak out about it?

@Poco_Lypso Kind of a weird comment since Shadows seems like a big success, and a pretty good game too.

I think a lot of people (me included) are tired of Mario Kart 8 after playing it for almost 11 years. It's the best game in the series in my opinion, but I really want to play something new.

Kid Icarus Uprising remaster would be amazing, but I wouldn't say no to a new Meteos game either.

In all likelihood, it's probably nothing exciting, though.

I think they lost a big chunk of their journalistic integrity with this. Being owned by a game studio, they can't possibly be completely impartial. They may say that they aren't influenced by Gunzilla at all, but do you think they can openly critizice Gunzilla's games or be super harsh about NFT/blockchain technology? I kind of doubt it.

@Daniel36 No, GameStop used to own Game Informer.

@axelhander Not sure if you've played Street Fighter because it plays wildly different from Smash. Both excellent games, but there's a reason why Smash is generally classified in platform fighter genre. Very different from traditional fighting games.

Gameplaywise, I don't have an issue with Palworld. But man, those monster designs are lazy and derivative (well, at least some of them anyway).

Mostly Xenoblade Chronicles X DE for me, but maybe some Monster Hunter Wilds as well.

@BTB20 THPS would be a licensing nightmare because of all the music (and if they were to remove all of the licensed songs, people would get angry). Besides, I don't think Activision would let them anyway since they have their own remasters available.

@Uncle_Franklin Huh? These are excellent additions.

@Erigen Yeah, I think Splatoon is pretty much the only major Nintendo game with accessibility features (or at least one). They sometimes even forget to add audio settings which is kind of bizarre.

@Joeynator3000 The original Plants vs Zombies is pretty much a perfect mobile game, so it would make a lot of sense to bring a remaster/remake or even a sequel to mobile as well. As long as it's not a first/third person shooter, I'm interested in this.

Yeah, I don't buy it. That's too soon.

@Neckcrane Personally I think Mario Maker 3 would be a perfect game to show off mouse functionality.

@Giancarlothomaz Yeah, Metroid is still fairly niche. That said, Metroid Dread became the best selling game in the series with over 3 million copies sold back in 2022. So hopefully it's gaining some traction.

@rjejr Breath of the Wild did look better on Switch though, although just barely because the hardware wasn't that much more powerful (I think Wii U version ran at 720p while Switch ran 900p docked). Since the jump from Switch to Switch 2 should be quite a bit bigger, I'm expecting Metroid Prime 4 to run/look noticeably better on Switch 2. It would be strange for them to release such a big (and expensive due to long development cycle) game without at least patching it for Switch 2.

@burndive Well, Switch games generally don't need to be installed, so I doubt that's going to be an issue. Switch 2 games may require faster storage than the cartridge, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if those need to be installed.

@Tetsuro There is no need for it in terms of RAM, but it could be useful to keep the filesize small, especially if it could be used on video as well. I don't think they would upscale textures in real time though, most likely they would pre-upscale them during loading screens. I don't think that would be super useful, but it's one more possible tool for developers to use.

@Tetsuro In theory, similar tech could be used to upscale textures as well, saving storage space. However, I don't think that would be worth it, since file compression is already a thing. I think some rumours even claimed that Switch 2 has a hardware compression chip (similar to PS5) which would be much more efficient than software compression.

@ViewtifulCool If this works similarly to DLSS, XeSS and FSR4, it can't just upscale image without the game itself being updated to support it. Reason being, that it needs motion vectors in addition to the image itself. However, Nvidia has simpler version on their RTX cards that works on video alone, although generally with much worse results.

Still playing Monster Hunter Wilds. Also started Guacamelee 2 recently, beautiful game.

@Toastmaster Xbox and Xbox 360 game support would be a reason to get it for me, but I kind of doubt it. Would be cool, though.

I think this kind of "Opinion" article is far better approach than the news article where you said that they "butchered" the new THPS 3+4. Opinions do not belong in news articles, but they are interesting read if they're presented in a column, editorial or other type of opinion piece.

I've been playing Monster Hunter Wilds and it's a lot of fun. The PC version has some performance issues but it's not unplayable on my PC with RTX3060 (which is pretty low-end and somewhat old GPU).

Anyway, hard to imagine it running particularly well on Switch 2 unless they optimize it a lot.

That sucks. Oxenfree games are amazing. Highly recommend them (if you can stomach supporting Netflix, I guess).

Would be cool, but also incredibly heavy. I'd also be concerned about the batterylife.

I'm a huge fan of Tetris and enjoyed Tetris Forever as an interactive documentary, but even I wouldn't get that. 140€ is a lot for something that seems to be a novelty item. At the bare minimum, it should play all the games in Tetris Forever.

Also important to note for those unaware that this version of Tetris is not the one Nintendo developed. In my opinion this version (the Famicom Tetris by BPS) is not nearly as good. The control scheme takes some getting used to for sure.

That would be extremely reasonable, hope they're correct.

@Lone_Beagle Amazon is not just selling their own stuff. It's also a marketplace where other companies can sell their products and Amazon handles some of the boring stuff like transactions, website maintenance etc.

So if a company sells fake amiibos for super cheap prices then Amazon loses sales from the official amiibos (that are also more expensive).

This seems great since it's not Limited Run Games.

I'm expecting it to be 450€ here in Europe. Won't be less than 400€, and won't likely be more than 500€.

@Mirastrix I personally thought Dark Dawn was completely fine, never really understood why some people hate it. Sure, it has some imperfections like a slow tutorial-heavy start and a lot of text, but I think it still captures the same feeling of exploration and wonder as the original and The Lost Age.

@SillyPlanet92 I don't think the sound quality ever was worse than Youtube, especially if we compare to Youtube uploads made in 2010 or something. But I think on retro platforms like SNES etc the sound may differ between services due to the way the music is recorded.

Amazing addition! Golden Sun is one of my favourite JRPGs ever, and the soundtrack is incredible.

I think he came really close to a winner. Super Mario Maker 2 type of UI with multiple radial menus (each corresponding to a certain type/theme) would be ideal.

@Coversnail There is online content in Wii U original, so I assume they're also in Switch version.

I'm looking forward to Metroid Prime 4 but I'm more excited about the possibility of a new 2D Metroid. Metroid Dread did quite well, so I think it's only a matter of time.

They could be the best controllers in existence, but the timing is unfortunate. I'm not getting any controllers for Switch when Switch 2 is right around the corner.

@Vyacheslav333 Never underestimate parents buying games for their kids without knowledge about what they're buying. Have a different logo, different coloured case and make it slightly bigger or smaller to make it truely stand out.

I can understand them wanting to make sure people don't mix the Switch 2 games with Switch games, so this makes a lot of sense.

This is exciting news, always wanted to try it!

This is exactly why I hate F2P games. They always pull this kind of crap.

@Spider-Kev I do play fighting games, but on an arcade stick, or even better, a leverless controller.