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@wollywoo You joke, but honestly the gall of having a three-minute countdown to start a trailer that was supposed to air at a certain time had me wondering if they were intentionally trolling us.

If I have to read the words “buttery smoothness” one more time on NintendoLife, I think I’m gonna ralph. Mix it up a bit, folks! There’s got to be one or two other phrases that can communicate a solid framerate.

@Ultimapunch It was heavily implied that there won’t be split-screen. There was also no mention of GameShare. Better invest in a second Switch 2 and two copies of the game!

@Huntrix3 Dude, I’m all for limits on what young kids should be exposed to, but those ratings are just guidelines, and they’re not very granular. Use your own judgment, that’s my advice.

25 GB!? Looks like I may get this physical if I get it at all.

@Bunkerneath Eh. I mean, it could have maybe been 20 minutes, but there were two gameplay demos, which do provide value.

THIS is the big holiday game, huh? Dang. It doesn’t look bad, but I’m still not really sold on it. I just don’t enjoy racing games and Mario Kart World ended up just OK.

@CoreXY Agreed. December is the most likely month at this point. I guess Sakurai could surprise us today/tomorrow with a September date, but I doubt it if they were still working on it in April.

I mean, that’s cool and all. It hasn’t shown up for me yet so it’s hard to judge. Is it the whole soundtrack, or just a selection?

EDIT: I guess they’ll drop it sometime after the Direct, since the usual drop time is past at this point.

If there’s one thing the last few years have taught me, it’s they these live “fan experiences” always go well!

I really thought they’d reveal one more new Mega Evolution at Worlds, like they revealed Mega Kangaskhan at Worlds before X and Y released.

I guess not!

@Daveg_23 I was also loving Mortol until I beat it and saw the requirements for its cherry disk. It’s gonna take some doing.

@Princess_Lilly Spoiler: there are actually 51 games in this collection.

I've only played the first 8 games in this collection so far, and I've already more than gotten my $25 worth. This is easily a 10/10.

PSA: For those of you who have NES controllers for Switch, THIS IS THE GAME YOU BOUGHT THOSE CONTROLLERS FOR! All of UFO 50 is played entirely with the D-pad and the A, B, and Start buttons. It's 100% the best way to play.

Conversely, for those of you who fall in love with this collection of games, consider picking up a pair of NES controllers from Nintendo's store. The price just went up to $70 for a pair of them, unfortunately. But honestly, a total of $95 for this game and the controllers is still a good deal.

So, is this a list of the best games that have pixel art, or the games with the best pixel art? Because if it's the former, UFO 50, Shovel Knight, and Axiom Verge should definitely be on here.

“Don’t miss it”? Really, Mr. Doolan? Are we all expected to travel to Anaheim just to try a demo?

Yeah, I'm glad my kids are already a bit too old for this stuff, or I'd be sorely tempted.

@AussieMcBucket I just checked the download size.78.5 GB? Haha, no thank you. I'll sadly keep missing out on this game.

“ Here's a look at every title making an appearance:”

Incorrect. That’s just the titles shown in that graphic. And then JUST below it says “Play these and other titles…”

@HeadPirate "I get that it sucks and no one is happy, but people should see game keys for what they are ... a game that WAS NOT going to get a physical release, period, getting a game key as a compromise."

I don't think this is actually true, though. If Game-Key Cards weren't a thing, a lot of these games—the vast majority of them, probably—would have physical versions. In many cases they might be more expensive than they are, but they'd have physical versions.

I would gladly pay $60 for that new version of Bravely Default if it were a true physical game and didn't take up a bunch of space on my SD card. I would have bought it Day 1 at $60. Instead it's effectively digital-only and $40, but I won't be paying more than $20 for it. I can wait a year or two.

@UltimateOtaku91 Could be, could be. I’d think a September game is more likely than a December one. Although, if Kirby Air Riders isn’t delayed out of 2025, that seems by far the most likely to be a December game.

I expect Hyrule Warriors in January and Splatoon in Spring.

@UltimateOtaku91 But that’s not gonna happen, right? Pokémon has a release date it’ll probably stick to, and Metroid has a 2025 release window which hopefully won’t be pushed back. But Splatoon is “TBD” and almost certainly won’t release this year. Finally, “this winter” stretches through at least February 2026. Everybody keeps assuming Age of Imprisonment will release this year, but Nintendo only said it’ll release “this winter”.

@CasualTalkRadio Yeah, it’s pretty great! Kudos to Square for making it a free update! The loading times are also better on Switch 2, but I believe that’s unrelated to the patch. I do wish they’d cut the loading icon altogether for most loads, but that’s really my only nitpick. The game feels so much better at 60 fps.

I appreciate the patch, Square-Enix! Now please consider some true physical version of DQ I & II on Switch 2.

@adh56 Square-Enix has specified that there WON'T be an upgrade path for Dragon Quest I & II.

Well then I have "no interest" in buying your game, Square-Enix. Good day, sir!

Diamond and Pearl are the most popular Pokémon games in Japan? That’s nuts. As someone who’s played since Gen 1, 4th-gen has got to be one of the most forgettable gens in a lot of ways.

Then again, I did play a LOT of Pokémon Battle Revolution.

Honestly UFO 50 is my biggest hope, but more likely to be in an Indie World presentation.

@MontyCircus Unless you’re running a feisty heist on a weird beige neighbor.

@OorWullie Sure, but like, Limbo and Inside are just exceptionally good, artistic puzzle-platformers. Hollow Knight is arguably the best Metroidvania ever made.

@milonorth To my knowledge, the 2019 playable demo wasn’t really “available”, at least not widely.

Hot damn, a demo!? At one location worldwide? Well slap my face and call me Shirley, this makes six years of radio silence occasionally punctuated by broken promises worth it! I can’t wait to be unable to play it!

@Araquanid 6v6 singles is by far the worst format for Pokémon, so…great!

@shoeses Probably. At minimum, they want a piece of that pie.

@SuntannedDuck2 They’ve already announced a Switch 2 version of Disgaea 7, and yes, it’s a Game-Key Card.

@beltmenot No, it's worse than nothing, if by "nothing" you mean digital-only. Game-Key cards require you to foot the bill for storing the entire game, but also make you change out the card when you want to play it. It's perfectly reasonable for people to hate them when they have the worst qualities of both physical and digital games.

The "needing an internet connection" is mostly a non-issue. The problem is that Micro SD Express cards are small and expensive, and companies are pushing that larger cost of storing the games onto us. I'd rather pay an extra $10 for a real physical game if it saves me up to 64 GB of space on my Micro SD Express card.

Please tell me you understand this.

@Kneppy18 Basically what @BloodWolfe said. It lacks the convenience of digital because you still have to insert the card, but also the entire game takes up space on your system. If the Switch 2 had a cheap hard disk, it would be one thing. But instead it has expensive, comparatively tiny Micro SD Express cards.

It being better than a code in a box is a non-issue. A code in a box is just digital with extra steps and wasted plastic. I don't buy those either. The problem is that because Nintendo is offering these Game-Key Cards as an option to publishers, games that otherwise would have been physical aren't.

they’re good controllers Brent

OK, @PJOReilly, you have not at all made it clear if the "normal" Mario Party board-style play is included in Jamboree TV mode, and if so, how that works. Can you choose the same boards? Are the graphics upgraded there?

"The ruleset is based on the divisive 3.5e DnD book"

I don't remember it being divisive at the time, that's for sure. It was just leaps and bounds better than AD&D 2e.

Wow, they’ve reached the limit and and no longer accepting applicants. Shocker.

The feeling I got last time is that the main reason people didn’t share more about the playtest is that it wasn’t very interesting.

First come first serve again? I’m not even gonna bother to apply this time. They really need to have a lottery system instead.

@B_Lindz This was my question exactly. I think the game would have been better served judging it on its own merits, or at least not comparing it so often to one specific game that isn't even in the same series.

@johnedwin That's true. Mario Kart World is probably a 7 game for me. 8 at best.

@Axecon I’m not trying to lambast NintendoLife, but I think it’s just article fodder. These DF summaries must get enough clicks to be worth writing and publishing.

If anything, I find the “the first review for X” articles about useless Famitsu scores to be far more egregious. Though to my surprise, NL has censored me for expressing that opinion before.

@Folkloner Do you know there’s going to be a day-1 patch for Bananza, or are you just assuming? Because most first-party Nintendo games don’t have a day-1 patch.

@ZeldaEnthusiast1711 A sample size of one data point is insufficient to show a pattern.

@Xansies I think Super Mario Odyssey was also a stable 60fps, but it had dynamic resolution instead.

@the_beaver I'm guessing the performance is already good with the grass. This whole frame dropping thing seems way overblown, though I guess we'll see in a few days.