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Until Then had been on my radar for a bit on Steam so learning there was a Switch port with a decent launch discount I opted to pick it up. Probably it for me until No Sleep for Kaname Date.

First I'm learning of the AI thing and that's enough to make me swear off of ever touching this.

I feel like this game really, really needs to add some kind of traditional lap structure option. The tracks just bleed together and feel so boring most of the time because most of them don't even actually get to the point until they're almost over with.

And all in all, yeah, I'm definitely with the people not feeling World so far. There's a strong base that maybe future updates can flesh out and fix but between the forgettable tracks, the wonky item balance, the absolutely awful unlockable systems, and somehow making the rival system even more repetitive and boring than it already was it's just a game that wears out its welcome very quickly.

I'm guessing at the low price point it won't but I kind of hope this gets a demo. There's a part of me that is definitely curious but I could also easily see myself playing ten minutes of it and going, "Yeah, I hate this," so I'd really like to be able to get a feel for it before dropping the money.

The lack of being able to remap the retro controllers really is so, so dumb. I'd turn the C button into a Select button in a heartbeat given the chance.

I wish there was a way to make it function properly with the N64 app. I do also have an N64 controller but there is a part of me nostalgic for using a Gamecube controller to play N64 games on the Wii.

Really feels like Nintendo's throwing this out there to die. There's something to the idea of it but between the minimal promotion and how just visually bland it looks it looks like this generation's Sushi Striker where they just plop it out there and immediately forget it exists yet never put it on sale at a reasonable price afterward.

@Blofse It's going to be straight emulation so it's going to be 30. It's what the game caps out at (though it is natively made to run 60, what it ran at during previews of it), it's one of the consequences of the game being as rushed as it was.

I imagine they'll polish it up a bit as it goes, as least it isn't as much of a mess as the N64 games were at launch.

Speaking of on the Switch 2 can we please address how for no reason the emulator deliberately lags during the menus and Lava Piranha fight in Paper Mario and makes the latter way harder than it's supposed to be in the process?

Played a stupid game, won a stupid prize. What is it about name Smash Bros. players that makes so many of them so dumb?

I'm voting North America since the red and white background is the most pleasant color scheme of them, but the Japanese one is also pretty nice.

Honestly I'm just kind of dreading the next 3D Mario game because I'm pretty sure it's going to end up being some bloated open world slop that I'm going to want no part of anyway. Would be thrilled with a new one if I'm wrong but if that is what they end up doing with it then it's a hard pass for me because I'm very, very tired of bloated open world trash infesting the industry and miss actual level design.

Finished a run of Tropical Freeze yesterday so kinda-sorta between stuff right now, already pretty much tired of Mario Kart and not really in the mood to dig deep into Bravely Default yet so I'm not sure. Maybe Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc or Wind Waker though really I'm just killing time until No Sleep for Kaname Date, nothing on my radar until then.

Not checked it out, the need for phone number verification means I most likely never will.

At least personally I picked up Mario Kart (got the bundle), Bravely Default, and Street Fighter. Only other Switch 2 game on my radar for the foreseeable future is No Sleep for Kaname Date.

I'd probably pay for a $10 upgrade for Sonic Generations but no shot I'm paying full price for it.

This is fun and harmless so I imagine they'll patch it as fast as humanly possible.

That's $5 off from the PSN price, what a bargain.

I should really play a Pikmin game again, I've done one run each of 1 and 3 and that's it. Had 4 since it came out but just never been in the mood, though honestly even with that in mind I think I'd kind of rather just play 3 again.

I only ever watch these in the hope of seeing some Ace Attorney so this time I think I won't bother and see if not having me around means they actually announce it this time.

@TryToBeHopeful I didn't move everything over all at once, preferring to move things over in chunks because I don't plan to get rid of my Switch 1.

I think it's pretty likely my island's just going to be forever trapped on my Switch 1. Not touched it in years so not really looking to go through the tedium that is moving consoles again after already having done it once when I got an OLED.

Never had any interest in Minecraft but I'm sure they'll do a port of it at some point given how Minecraft is on, y'know, everything. I'm pretty sure there's a Sega Game Gear port of the thing at this point.

@neo9eo Yeah, the whole Jamboree Buddy system is awful. Grinds the game to a screeching halt just for the minigame to almost never actually matter because the person who wins it usually gets it taken away from them instantly anyway.

Not done more than peck at the BotW upgrade so far but even when i do really dig into it I highly doubt I'll even bother to check it out. Just seems like way more of a hassle than it's worth.

I really should probably try to play more of this game. I kind of haven't really played it since the first week or so it came out since I really just wasn't feeling it as much as Superstars.

Do wish was possible to get the Switch 2 upgrade without having to drop money on a bunch of mic and camera stuff I'll never use but eh, I don't mind sticking with the Switch 1 version.

I need to really dig into it. Been wanting to replay the game for awhile but only really pecked at the Switch 2 version, mostly because I'm still kind of coming down from what a timesink Hundred Line was.

"Having more content would take away from the experience," is a take I guess. A deranged take but a take.

Fortunately not an issue with mine but I'm probably going to be kind of paranoid about it for awhile. Though if it is widespread enough I'd imagine they'll do a recall.

It's an impressive technical achievement but pretty dull to actually play.

All three are good but I've got to go Japan, the contrast just works for me.

I really just can't wrap my head around, "I need the microscopic video of me in the corner of the screen that's there while the person I'm talking to is mostly focused on video games to be of pristine quality," as a concept. If I did opt to get a camera for my Switch 2 (highly unlikely that'll ever happen admittedly) I'd likely go as cheap as possible since what does it matter if it looks good.

Been in a random Metroid mood so did runs of Super and Fusion and now working my way through Zero Mission. Might do Samus Returns afterward, I dunno.

Feel like they're really banking on it being an early game in the console to sell the thing given, "Just look at us punch these rocks while nothing else really happens, yep, still punching rocks," is basically all they've actually shown of it so far.

Probably like a 6. Mechanically it does what it's trying to do well but I find most of its tracks forgettable and its wonky item balance makes it really annoying to play single player which is the main thing I'm concerned about. Also its unlock system is just flat out bad, especially the Kamek thing.

I ended up deciding to double dip since I never ended up getting the DLC on Xbox anyway (plus I'm kind of trying to divest my library from it since I don't intend to get the next model but that's a whole other matter) and I'm glad I did. Worst that can be said for the Switch 2 version is that it can look a little smudgy sometimes, outside of that it's a wonderful port.

I want to pick the game up at some point but might wait on it between the glitches and the likelihood of it being on sale fairly quickly, not a super convenient release window for me anyway between the Switch 2 on one side of it and No Sleep for Kaname Date on the other.

@FredsBodyDouble I've only really tried out 2 but it does at least benefit from much quicker load times. First thing I did was fast travel to Mor Ardain and the grey floor / no NPCs thing lasted only for a split second, barely long enough to see it, instead of a few seconds like it usually does.

It bares noting that I was playing off a cartridge so probably wouldn't even be that much for a digital copy.

I've been mostly pleased with the Danganronpa games. 1 and 2 feel and look great, while V3 seems to be moooostly okay? It's not perfect - compared to on PS4 there are some obvious jagged edges on the sprites (especially obvious on Kaede), the backgrounds look muddy, and there seems to be some occasional off timing in the dialogue popping up - but it runs a lot better than it did.

Granted I haven't had the chance to check out the end of the game where the big problems were so I don't know how well that goes on the Switch 2.

On one hand that's neat but on the other you could just, like, have an option for it on the menu instead of having some random code that people are going to have to know about to use it?

@dartmonkey Yes because mechanically, sure, it's pretty much BotW, I can gel with that. But there were mounting frustrations throughout the experience that just annoyed me more and more as I went and by the time I was done I wanted to be done with it.

Ultimately on its own, yeah, sure, game's probably fine, whatever. But end of the day in my view it's just a more bloated BotW with awkward crafting mechanics shoved into everything so I can just play BotW instead if I really want to do that. And BotW while I like it is definitely around the bottom when it comes to 3D Zelda games for me anyway.

Only reason I even specified the amount of time I played it was pretty much because I didn't I'd be receiving the exact opposite of your comment telling me I didn't give it a chance. I did and I didn't like it.

I'll probably give the game another shot on the Switch 2 but at least on my initial run I really didn't enjoy it. Got about 70 hours in, with about 3/4 of the shrines and three of the dungeons done, and then reached a point of, "Yeah I'm just going to go beat this," and haven't touched it since. At a point was like 30 feet away from the last dragon tear and didn't even bother to pick it up because I just wanted to get things over with.

Honestly one of the rare cases where I regret that I mostly buy things digitally because if I had gotten it physical I probably would've sold it by now.

I don't think I was aware that transferring pictures via USB was even an option, though the only time I ever even save pictures is when I have to do it for Pokemon BBQ reasons and I delete them periodically so doesn't really matter much to me.

Yeah, this port's a hard pass for me since the Switch 1 version runs fine enough for my tastes anyway. Maybe if it were like a $10 upgrade but it's not at all worth paying $50 again.

Looking forward to when they inevitably pull the same thing with Persona 5 in the coming months.

It and Majora's Mask are my favorite games in the series, love it to death. I'd rather have the HD version but even the Gamecube one with its issues is wonderful.

Honestly it's not even the Swift Sail that I think makes Wind Waker HD such a huge upgrade (though it does help), it's having the good sense to equip the tools you can use in the boat to the D-pad instead of making you constantly shuffle your inventory back and forth every time you get in and out of it. It's a whole game of the Iron Boots.

My battery life's been pretty awful. Only real setting change I've made was turning off rumble so maybe could fiddle with some things and get more out of it but it's been dropping fast and taking a long time to charge.

Easy win for NA / Europe on this one, not even close. I guess if I had to give the Japanese one any points it's that it's a bit reminiscent of the box art for Alpha 3, but that's kind of just looking for something to compliment it on because the non-Japanese one is both way more interesting and has way better composition.

Even on its own merits I'd probably not give BotW more than like a 7 honestly. I like it plenty but it has a lot of readily evident issues (dungeons are trash bags, the combat is very repetitive because the game only has like six types of enemies, everything about upgrading equipment is super grindy, there isn't really any endgame content anywhere near hard enough to make bothering to get fully upgraded actually worth the effort, the motion control segments are universally terrible, the story's very thin and yet very dull, everything about how the Korok Seeds are implemented is a mess, Master Mode is a poorly balanced chore more designed to waste your time than anything) and the only 3D Zelda games I don't enjoy more than it are TotK and maybe Skyward Sword.

But then again I think 5 should be the baseline for, "Yeah, this game is fine," instead of treating it like anything below 9.975 is slop like most people for some reason do.

@LinktotheFuture I think they just want to limit the amount of characters who play somewhat similarly to Ryu in the early life of the game. Ken and Ryu are musts but they're always waiting until later to put in people like Akuma, Sagat, Sakura, Dan, and Evil Ryu.

@the_beaver According to Nintendo's compatibility site the issues with Alien and Doom Eternal have been fixed. No word on Nier.

Probably going to mostly focus on Bravely Default, wondering about picking up Street Fighter or digging more into Mario Kart. Maybe try a run of Danganronpa now that you can walk through the hallways without it lagging, though while 1 and 2 are fine on the Switch 2 V3 seems to still be a pretty bad port.