Not surprising considering every store that sells video games had stacks and stacks of Switch 2s throughout the entire holiday season in my area as they struggled to move them. Best Buy was even putting them on sale routinely, which is just not something you see for a brand new console in its first holiday season. It's similar to what happened with the Wii U. Explosive numbers at launch, only to slow down shortly after. And yes, I'm aware that it isn't nearly on the level of what happened to the Wii U (not even close), but it's a similar trend, just on a different scale.

Much ado about nothing. He's completely fine. I even found him quite likable.

It's crazy just how much Nintendo has changed in the last couple years regarding censorship. They used to be the least censored console on the market for most of the Switch's life span. With Sony routinely censoring games that were not censored on Switch. And now they've swapped places. So disappointing.

Yeah, it does bother me when they use it. Keep it out of game development.

@ShadLink It would seem that you're the one showing your bias. Showing the input lag difference between PS5, Switch, and Switch 2 is a completely fair comparison since input lag is not something that the PS5 is "better" at than the Switch or the Switch 2. In fact, the PS5 is infamous for having terrible input lag with many games due to its development tools (not the hardware itself). Just ask Mortal Kombat fans about that 110ms input lag in the Legacy Kollection that recently released that was worse than the even Switch 1's input lag in that same game when it launched.

@Sirko The Switch 2 does not support VRR in docked mode. Only handheld mode. So a 50fps option makes no sense for docked play. 40fps though is doable with 120Hz mode.

Sadly, I don't think this will change much for the consumer in the end. It'll just mean extra money in the pocket of the publishers for the few that actually decide on a non key card release, and most publishers will still release their stuff on key cards regardless.

Given the wretched state that this collection is in, it's honestly disappointing to see it sell so well. It really sends the wrong message to SquareEnix that this is okay.

Not surprising at all. It's a combination of many factors, including the economy and Nintendo's own poor decisions with the Switch 2.

Definitely disagree. I think it is completely fine to introduce new villains who meet their end at the conclusion of the adventure.

What a disgrace. Gamers deserve better than this. Heck, Skyrim itself deserves better!

RIP NetherRealm Studios and Mortal Kombat. I hate this timeline so much.

R-Type III is an incredible game! Still have my old SNES copy of the game, and just did a play through again about a year ago. Easily one of the best in the series.

I don't even know what to say about this anymore. Feels like either deal would be terrible.

Honestly hard to say if this is a good or bad thing for the gaming division. WB has historically been a terrible publisher. Most recently cutting off all support for Mortal Kombat 1 when it should have gotten at least another season. And they've done that with previous games in the series as well. But then Netflix could very likely be just as bad or worse.

Nintendo has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever and just announce Cranky Kong for Mario Kart World at the show.

Publisher announces game supports 120fps. Publisher also uploads trailer at 30fps... You can't make this stuff up.

@Tom-Massey Given the type of release and type of game this is, I do strongly recommend mentioning input lag, even if you didn't experience it as an issue. It will always be a question by the audience this is tailored to, so when there aren't any input lag issues, it's important to say that in the review just as much as if there were input lag issues.

This game is a masterpiece. Though I personally think it looks far better at its original native resolution, since that's how its visual and art design was intended. I'll stick to my original copy as a result. But for anyone who hasn't played it yet, this should still be a solid version to start with.

One of the best Tales games for sure. I love how they went with this game, even though it's a direct follow up to Zesteria, because they know that game was so unpopular.

Unfortunately, I went from being excited for this one, to passing on it due to the beta. It just did not click for me at all. I never played the GCN original, so I just assumed I would love it, because I love all of Sakurai's previous games that I played. But Air Riders is very much not for me.

Looking at the screen shots, I'm a little concerned about the uneven pixel scaling of the art. Like some columns of pixels are super wide while others are very narrow. It just makes the entire image have a rough/crusty look to it, which is very unflattering for a pixel art game.

Gotta say, I'm a little disappointed that Bowser Jr plays such a big role in this one. I've never liked the character, and it honestly tempers my expectations for the movie quite a bit now.

I mean, GTA exists...

@AllBLK Sadly, most reviews were glowing for the game. You can tell which ones were from people who didn't play the online at all. Not to mention people who aren't sensitive to input lag. But even that doesn't excuse all the other problems that reviewers overlooked.

I'm going to pass on this one. I played the previous two Zelda Warriors games, but the formula always grows stale for me by the end. Happy for everyone who likes them though!

@Truegamer79

"haven't experienced any of the so called issues."

"I heard online wasn't working but I'm never gonna play online anyway."

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Ninja Gaiden 4 and Dragon Quest 1 HD-2D.

I finally finished Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter this week and it is a 10/10 remake. Take notes SquareEnix, this is how it's done.

If it ran at 60fps, I'd get it. But without it, it's not worth it in my opinion. I'll stick with my Switch 1 copy.

@Solid_Python A 9/10 for a game with a major component broken would be insane. A 7/10 a completely fair given the state it is in. I can't believe you would even suggest such a thing.

Yeah, online was severely broken in my experience yesterday. I had to mute the audio, because the audio stuttering was unbearable. And the input lag was atrocious. This should not have released in this state.

Sigh...how is it still only 30fps? I don't care about resolution. Just give me a 60fps version of the game.

Thank goodness I already have enough games in my backlog to last me the rest of my life, because the future of gaming looks bleak as hell.

I really wish the industry would normalize this more. Stop releasing broken games and promising to fix them later. Delay your game until it is ready.

What a missed opportunity to not include a Switch 2 upgrade. This game would benefit so much from it.

The only mainline game in the series that I never finished. I could never get past the item management in the game. I hated that you had to drop items on the ground and then backtrack to retrieve them if you needed them later.

I returned mine to the store because it was too hard to see. The screen was so dim on it with no option to fix it. It has a brightness setting, but the highest setting was still insanely dim because it uses a light sensor that can't be deactivated that messes it up anyway.

Bah, only missed Super Tecmo Bowl because I couldn't remember if that was regular Tecmo Bowl. This was shockingly easy for me.

I personally did not like this one. I loved Demon's Tilt (and Alien Crush and Devil's Crush on the TG-16). But this one was not it for me. I really dislike the gun mechanics, and it really just feels like there is too much going on. Like they didn't know when to pull back on the chaos going on.

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter and Pokemon Z-A. With more focus on Trails since I started that first.

Exclusively on my MiSTer these days. That's been my go–to for over 3 years now. Blows away the NSO experience. I use my MiSTer for all retro games now from Atari 2600 through the N64, PS1, and Saturn generations.

Not just about time. It's way past time.

@Jeronan No they don't. Most games don't support every single language with voice acting. Hell, a ton of games don't even support english with voice acting. Something, anything, would be better than the complete silence the series is still known for. Even Banjo-Kazooie babbling would be better.

I don't think it's controversial to wish that this had voice acting. It should be a requirement for a franchise that sells this much. If Falcom can afford some voice acting in their games, Gamefreak should be voicing every single line of dialog in the entire game including every NPC.

Not counting the price, I'd give it an 8/10. Great games that don't play quite as good as the Wii versions due to gyro not working as well as pointer controls. Some nice updated textures, some not so nice.

Add the price into the mix though, and I'd give it a 5/10. Very low effort HD remasters for a super premium price. I expect remake levels of effort for that price.

Hard disagree. Sonic Racing's core handling model doesn't feel nearly as good as Mario Kart's for me. It just never feels good to play in comparison. You can really tell that Nintendo has been perfecting kart racing for over 30 years. Now that doesn't mean that I think Mario Kart World is perfect either mind you. It's not as good as Mario Kart 8. But it's still considerably better than Sonic Racing Crossworlds.

Not surprising honestly.

They should have just updated the original version then for 60fps and skipped this version on Switch 2. 30fps is an instant deal breaker for a platformer game in 2025.

Nice to see some honesty on this front for a change.

I'll stick with the original system. Bought it day one and still have it. I have 8 games for it, and they're all great games. Anyone who tries to claim that there are no good games on the Virtual Boy is someone who never played one.