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Miku and her creation Steve, together at last.

It's a pretty, "I'll wait for word of mouth and a sale," kind of project but at least them acknowledging Fairly Oddparents for once is a welcome change of pace.

She-Hulk's a fun addition, I'm pretty tired of the GotG at this point. Feels like no one ever does anything unique with them, it's all just aping the movies.

I picked one up today, never had a Switch 1 Pro controller so going in kind of blind on this one. For the most part I like it, you get a feel for it quickly and it's quite comfortable to use, though I really don't like the Home button placement, feel like it and the C button should've been swapped.

@Darthmoogle You can access it by holding the left stick while you open the app, it'll play the animation before going to the menu.

Mine arrived yesterday a bit after my Switch 2 did and I played around it a bit. You can definitely tell the difference from a real Gamecube controller - it's a bit heavier, the plastic feels a bit different, and comparing it to an actual one I had on hand I think it's slightly bigger - but it still feels very nice.

I'd say the ideal would be having an option as to whether or not to have it censored. Can definitely see why someone might want to and can also see why someone might not.

@abbyhitter Seeing a definite improvement from some fiddling with Xenoblade 2. The pop-in when you quick travel all takes like a split second, just barely enough time to see it, instead of having a grey floor for a few seconds then having to wait for the NPCs to spawn like on the 1.

Game still definitely should get an actual upgrade though, does look rather muddy on the bigger screen.

Went for Mario Kart and Bravely Default myself. Might grab Street Fighter but probably get a Pro Controller instead.

At least so far I'm not really enjoying it that much. Might be more fun with other humans but feel like the mechanical changes make it absolutely infuriating as a single player experience, you can be playing everything completely perfectly and one single item will still drop you from first to tenth in an instant with pretty much 100% consistency, it's absurdly unbalanced.

I dunno, maybe I'll warm up to it but at least at the moment there isn't much about it that isn't making me go, "Or I could play 8."

I've always been pretty easily able to overlook SV's issues and I still was like, "This is an immediate and obvious improvement, I never want to go back," like the second I turned the Switch 2 version on.

Don't think it looks so different that I'd really take much notice of the improvement without the comparison but I can certainly see that it is better here, the colors feel more vibrant and the textures more defined.

Yeah, I'm a lot more inclined to put the blame on Nintendo for packaging them this stupidly in the first place.

@SBandy1 I'd recommend giving the GOG port of Trilogy a look sometime, it's pretty much the PS1 version without the loading and it's easily the best version of Trilogy as a result. Plus it's usually dirt cheap, they only charge $10 for it at full price and it's routinely on sale for like $4.

@DarkScythe13 The merciless AI is a big part of it but Advance has a ton of other issues. It's missing a ton of stages, every character only has one Fatality and their Friendship with stage fatalities also cut, Sheeva was left out like the SNES and Genesis versions, the controls are a mess, and it's just insanely glitchy and busted, with it being very crash-prone, having a lot of incorrect effects and voice clips, and just all in all is really not actually in any way a functional game.

Really hope in some form or other we eventually get Gold and the PS2 games. Or in a dream scenario 9 but that one seems very unlikely.

Absolutely wild that they're including Mortal Kombat Advance in this, would think they would want to deny all knowledge of that thing ever existing.

I've got one due to arrive at some point tomorrow, also got a Gamecube controller and an SD card on the way. Only games I'm planning to get are Mario Kart (which is bundled with it) and Bravely Default, maaaaybe Street Fighter.

Favorites menu might motivate me to try giving Echoes of Wisdom another shot. Shame they didn't also add the ability to skip dialogue since the game never shutting up was my big problem with it but at least not having as tedious of menus will help.

Fiddling around with this update now and Kirby 64 really does feel so much more, like, playable not having to rely on the awkward Joycon D-pad and being able to use the stick instead. N64 controller's still the ideal way to play it but not exactly a great fit for handheld.

Did strike me as really odd that Mario Wonder wasn't one of the announced Switch 2 upgrades, and it especially stands out if they're having to patch it for compatibility anyway. Really makes me wonder if there's a paid upgrade for it coming later in the year.

Does feel a little head-tilting so long as they were updating other stuff that they didn't put out one enabling the performance upgrade in Xenoblade X.

Can't really say I mind that much unless they find a better way to balance it. It just felt so awkward to use in MK8 that I preferred to just avoid it, it really showed that the game wasn't actually designed with it in mind.

I never got around to getting a Switch 1 Pro Controller but I think I'm going to get a 2 one just because I've gotten more fond of playing on TV and charging the Switch 1 Joycons for when the Switch 2 ones are attached to the console would be really annoying due to having to constantly re-sync them.

I wonder how many people only know this game as, "That thing they were playing the Final Fantasy audio over."

I'm kind of just waiting to see what happens with my Walmart order. It's still just listed as pending on the site, without having been updated to Preparing or anything, but also I paid via Paypal which means they took the money right when I ordered it instead of waiting which might help it not be one of the ones they prioritize cancelling.

Worst comes to worst maybe I can grab one from somewhere else I guess. Helps my roommate's also got one coming in from Best Buy at the same time and that one is being prepped.

@rvcolem1 This one at least is very small, just downloaded it and it took me like five seconds.

Kind of genuinely stunned there was that much music to even add from it given I don't think I can actually remember a single song from the game that wasn't a direct rip from BotW. Like, I know they're there but I have no clue what any of them sound like and I never would've guessed it was anywhere near that many of them.

Definitely picking this up, love the original and been meaning to replay it for awhile, though I do wish they weren't for some reason hiding being able to turn random encounters off behind these minigames. With how early in the game you hit the level cap is it's a very time-saving feature to have and I'd probably never touch the minigames if I could avoid it, especially since I have no sense of rhythm whatsoever.

Largely I don't mind SV's performance too much since whatever, it's a turn-based RPG, but it is still embarrassing it released in the state it did. This does definitely look like an improvement but it really shouldn't have taken them three years and a new console to get to this point.

This whole thing really just strikes me as Nintendo Land without the charm or effort.

Big Story of Seasons fan but never been able to get into Rune Factory. Was wondering about giving this one a chance but if the farming isn't really a thing then I think this one's a pass for me.

@presenttense eShop description only mentions save states so probably not.

@SalvorHardin There is no such thing as FUD, it's nonsense faux-economic woo.

They should really do the Gamecube games the way Rare Replay handles 360 games and just make it where you have separate downloads for the ones you actually want.

And this is why stuff like this shouldn't be trusted to AI.

This really kind of just seems like such a hard sell if you have any other means to play Yakuza 0. If you're Switch-only then great but seeing as I have other means to play 0 it's very hard for me to justify spending $50 on this game that's like 38 cents every other week on every other storefront imaginable, even with a dub and new cutscenes. Maybe'll give it a look down the line when it's deeply discounted.

I always love when I see someone saying literally anything in defense of AI because it always means I can block them without hesitation.

Anyway this game looks super fun and I'll for sure pick it up at some point, though maybe not right at launch.

Plan to go see the Dan Da Dan season 2 premiere. Maybe watch the Phineas & Ferb one, I dunno.

As for the Switch 2 itself I ordered it from Walmart so hopefully it arrives on time. If it does i'll probably prioritize Bravely Default and checking the performance of some Switch 1 games to start with.

Not really interested in the game but that box art's great.

More than anything the game I think would most benefit from remapping things is Kirby. I have an N64 controller so it's not that big a deal but that game feels like trash with the Joycon D-pad.

Immediately made a point of Pepsi challenging the new NSO noise with the old one. I'm kind of mixed? It's definitely more distinctive but the sound mixing feels weird, it's like noticeably louder than the other system sound effects and has kind of a weird reverb on it.

@SteveDaSteve N64 emulation is notoriously difficult (and indeed launched on the Switch in a pretty poor state), and even just one bigger end N64 game like Paper Mario or Ocarina of Time is the size of like a quarter of the entire NES library. They might legit just not be able to get it to function within the Switch's capabilities without impacting the performance of the games.

I've actually been wanting to play a few N64 games lately and holding off specifically because I want to use the CRT filter.

@Ooccoo_Jr It works, you just need to use the original Joycons and consequently have a way to charge them. The only Nintendo-published game that flat out does not work is the Labo VR kit.

They'll definitely do another Street Fighter 6 release with a couple more seasons of DLC included by the time these codes expire anyway. Plus it's Capcom, if you're really that concerned about it the DLC will be on sale for 38 cents six times a month by that point.

@johnedwin Because it's partially emulating the software instead of being able to natively run it. That's always going to run into unexpected problems and roadblocks, if anything it's impressive as few games as there are are having problems at launch and that most everything first party is working. They'll definitely fix a lot of these in due time.

When it comes to Switch 2 performance improvements without dedicated patches I'm mostly hoping it'll help the issues with the Danganronpa games. Which I imagine it will since the same versions run just fine on the Series S.

Immediately checked to see if they're patching Process of Elimination and they are. Very pleased to hear it, love that game so much.

Very dumb but doesn't at all shock me from Nintendo. Still not going to make me bother grabbing the app.

I've kind of long wanted to pick up ARMS but never at the price they charge for it, even on sale. I had fun with it during that free weekend they did but there just isn't enough content there.

A sequel that expands the roster and adds a story mode or something would be super welcome.

@Kochambra I'd say this game is way, way better than Rain Code is. It definitely has some fanservice but I feel like the overall quality of both the writing and the gameplay is much, much higher.