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@Pillowpants I actually prefer the direction buttons. It gives much more precision as you will never get accidental diagonals. Not as comfortable as a D-pad, but definitely more precise.

That's pretty cool, but I'm more excited for Arika to release that new Tetris the Grand Master that was announced some time ago.

Wanted to play some DKC but didn't want to get the recent remaster. So instead I started playing some Tropical Freeze. Excellent game.

@Dee123 Why though? More people get to play the game, the better.

@Lizuka Imagine developing a super exciting game in secret for years, only for some random person to leak it before your big announcement in a Direct or some other event. I'm sure you can imagine how disrespectful the leakers are to the developers because they steal a big moment from them.

@Mythra Because of size, I imagine. Full size stick modules are quite big and would've made the Joy-Con thicker, while the sticks themselves would also protrude farther.

I think it may be a button to bring up some sort of menu. Maybe a chat menu if this thing has built-in voice chat? Or maybe something else entirely, like a quick settings menu or something.

@Tanookduke Could be useful in strategy games as well, including Pikmin.

@Steel76 I assume because Forever Entertainment is used to working in Unity, and because the DKCR engine doesn't run on Switch. And honestly, if you're comfortable using a certain tool, it makes a lot of sense to stick with it.

@PinballBuzzbro I agree, Kaze and the Wild Masks is a fantastic game.

Did they ever fix the latency issue with analogue sticks that was a thing when the regular version of NEO S first launched?

@ArcadeSixties Nope, but I will not be buying this game.

@the_beaver A lot people complained about Tropical Freeze's pricing and lack of new content as well. So much so that it turned into the whole "new Funky mode" meme.

Anyway, I think Tropical Freeze is by far the better game. The Switch version, while not a massive upgrade, is at least very stable and free of bugs (as far as I can tell, anyway).

They should've made it 40€ like Metroid Prime Remastered was, and I could overlook small imperfections.

@VoidofLight Yeah, but only two outside of China. Which is more than a Wii game needs, but then, it's almost 15 year old game already. Plenty of people without Wii or 3DS out there.

@VoidofLight It was ported to 3DS, and Nvidia Shield TV but only in China. Those are the only times it has been ported. So "time and time again" feels like an exaggeration.

@Anti-Matter This is not at all what they said, though. They didn't confirm the leaks, but they also didn't deny them. To me, it sounds like they are real but will be announced officially later.

If it's going to make it more ergonomic, then I don't mind it being bigger. Switch (1) gives me plenty of handcramps, and using that right analogue stick comfortably is next to impossible.

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.