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Well, I once woke my wife up from a deep sleep because of the rumble in DK tropical freeze, so this sounds like a benefit for me

I'm actually pretty happy about this. I was on a bus the other day with my non-primary switch and I kept running into issues running my digital games. Now I can just load up those games ahead of time and run them without needing internet to check

Like a lot of people I have my tv mounted on my wall with some long hdmi cables hidden in the wall coming out to a cabinet. I’m hoping these will just work with the switch 2, it’ll be such a pain to run a new cable (the one that comes with the system won’t be long enough)

@JakeNorthcote yes I believe they come with joy cons but you can also buy extras in case you lose them

I already got the camera. I thought I’d get another joy con set but didn’t see them anywhere for pre order

One of the best games I’ve ever played, I got completely lost in it. Like a sadistic, 1000x harder breath of the wild. The combat and customization is deeper but you can’t climb and exploration isnt quite as seamless

It looks great to me and the headphone jack would be super useful for me, but the price is too steep for how similar it is to the pro1

@SirLink I actually got it recently on Facebook marketplace for $200. No box but it’s in great shape. For people who like to keep and collect this stuff I think there’s a good opportunity coming as casual people dump their old stuff once they have a switch 2 in hand

I have amassed a few switches so I’ll probably sell 1 but keep my TotK OLED. The fact that switch 2 doesn’t have switch 1 hardware inside for perfect backwards compatibility makes me want to be sure to have the original, tho I’m sure for most folks the backwards compatibility will be good enough

Oleds sell for 200-250 used around me, so 175$ is actually not bad considering stores usually give much lower %s of value for trade in. The catch is how many people will actually get the 175 and how many will get lowballed

Shoot - I thought the whole game key card thing meant they were getting rid of code in a box releases. They key card thing doesn’t bother me too much as you can sell or lend the game, but code in a box seems made specifically to dupe people

I got one from Target! Walmart and Best Buy were both a bust. Fortunately I was watching a streamer who gave the tip to keep hitting the target place order button when there are errors and eventually my purchase went through.

I would’ve preferred showing up to Best Buy at midnight rather than get it delivered, but happy I’m getting one!

@joeyflannel that’s the main reason I’ll be watching - Fingers crossed. It’s been hard to stay excited about the release with so much uncertainty about when we can actually buy the thing

It’s very surprising that we don’t have a MP4 release date. With the amount of gameplay we’re seeing, I wonder if they are still working out the final bugs, or if they are more sitting on it to pick a good spot to release it.
It’s strange to have a game that both feels like a switch 2 launch title and doesn’t have a release date at all

Was just playing the luncheon level of Odyssey and that’s what this reminds me of- crazy colors and super fast paced destruction action. I’m super excited about this, tho maybe more for the climbing and exploring than the environment destruction

@Dev-N with the mouse controls and the shrinking number of games that they haven’t rereleased, I’d say a switch 2 release of uprising is almost certain

I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a company-wide mandate to not give away software. I remember in Reggie’s book a scene where he and Miyamoto disagreed about Wii sports being a free pack in, with Miyamoto firmly believing that good software was hard and shouldn’t be given away under any circumstance

This is probably the most played game by my family - my kids were pumped for these extra modes. Probably the most excited they were the whole presentation. Easy upgrade for me

My ten year old is PUMPED for this game. She had watched someone on YouTube kids play the original, then dug up my old 3ds and had a blast with the game.

I watched her play for a while and couldn’t believe how weird and charming it was

I’m about as big a zelda fan as you’ll find but I do not care about this movie at all. I’d be happy to keep movies and games completely separate, but I understand this is how you have to operate as a giant company with powerful IP.

If these movies make them a bunch of money and allow them to keep funding great games and hardware then I am all for it, as long as it’s a one-way relationship - I don’t want the movies to start affecting the games

I've been obsessively playing Elden Ring, a rare non-Nintendo game for me, but I may have to quit. I've got two mandatory bosses that I just cannot beat and my progression is stuck - it's starting to get not fun. Which is a shame because it's one of the best games I've ever played.

Last year I did a large trade with someone that included the Wii U version of XCX game back when it was worth around ~$100, and now it's gone way down. Lately it seems like Nintendo is more willing than ever to remake or port forward even modest successes, and I think going forward I'm going to assume any expensive old game can drop in price at any moment due to a remake and not even consider then when I am buying and selling, and just focus on what I want to play.

At the time, the mechanic of Link using the mirror to switch from the light world to the dark work anywhere on the map in real time was amazing. I can imagine it was a nightmare from a QA point - think of all the different ways Link could get stuck.

I am not smart on these things but I noticed that for the switch 2 hands on event they did registration via Nintendo accounts. Could they do something similar where everyone with a Nintendo account is able to log on and order 1 switch 2. Wouldn't this allow Nintendo fans to get a system without fighting on commercial sites for limited supplies?

I don’t need it to launch soon, but I really wish that the announcements had already started.

It’s been the coldest, darkest January in years in my part of New England, and the new president is making my job stressful and uncertain. I really could’ve used some switch 2 news to get excited about (beyond the hardware stuff that we already knew). April 2 feels like it’s years away

I'm impressed that this is selling so well late in the switch's life. It really is head and shoulders above the other recent entries.

I agree with criticisms of the board game mode itself and how long everything takes - that could be improved - but my family mostly uses the other modes - toad's item factory, rhythm kitchen, mini game mode, etc. Endless fun

I'm seeing locally on places like FB marketplace that as soon as the switch reveal happened, prices dropped hard on used switches. I'm seeing switch lites in newish condition for $80, oleds for $200, with regular switches hovering in between. Some even come with the boxes.
Anyone still wanting a switch who's willing to do some leg work could do a lot better than the store retail price.

I’m trying to fight collectors’ mindset here as I already have it on Wii U, but I’ve got all the other switch xenoblades and wouldn’t X look nice on the shelf right next to them???

Five games total including Torna, probably 400 hours of gameplay, and the cartridges placed on a table are probably the size of a cracker. Still blows my mind

Also I love how the PS4 has official taken 2DS XL's mantle of "somehow, somewhere, they are still selling a handful of these per week"

Jamboree really is a great game. It has so many different modes that you can find something for everyone. I brought this to a work holiday lunch where we had some games set up, and I had people who do not play video games AT ALL having a blast with Toad's item factory, working together with folks they don't normally interact with - it was a huge sccess

@Gryffin yeah it absolutely is. The boards are packed with so much stuff that each turn takes longer. It's all fun stuff, but the result is that you can spend 90 minutes on a ten turn game, and sometimes players have gotten very few stars. I can't imagine how long a 20 turn game takes - my kids could never keep attention that long.
Because of this we've been doing the other modes which are mostly great. even with my complaints, it's a great game

This game is truly great - my family has engaged with it unlike any other switch game. One daughter loves rhythm kitchen, the other always wants to play toads item factory. Separately I brought it along to a friends weekend away and we had some great Mario parties. I think it’s head and shoulders above the other switch MP games. My only complaint is that a 10 turn game takes way too long, I wish they could get it closer to an hour rather than 90 minutes

I wasn’t expecting the games to be coming so fast and furious this late in the switch’s life - I just pre-bought Mario party and now this, I can’t keep up!

Zelda II was the first video game I ever got, and probably the Zelda I've played the most, so I have no way to judge the game outside of my nostalgia.

I voted heck yes only because I'm confident that the team who makes zelda would only release a side scroller if they found a unique high quality approach. For all we know they started making another 2D one and scrapped it because it wasn't up to their standards.

I’ll say this, I rarely notice this stuff even when it’s mentioned in a review. this is the first game I’ve played where I’ve definitely noticed the issue, but honestly it doesn’t bother me.

The most frenetic gameplay tends to be in the dungeons and those have performed fine compared to the overworld

Probably the best multiplayer experience I’ve had on the switch

@Pillowpants I just played through the super star saga 3DS remake and can’t recommend it enough. The combat is so satisfying with absolutely wacky and colorful animations. Based on what I’m seeing of brothership, the look is a bit different but the animations and overall vibes are similar between the two. It’s worth checking out for sure

The roger ebert quote applies here: no bad movie is too short, no great movie is too long

In theory I should love these games as a big fan of story-driven games and novels, but the dialogue trees always end up making me feel like I’m setting up a printer

@jojobar I would support a law that requires remakes and remasters to also include the original game untouched as an option.

Joking obviously, but I do wish this was common practice

ten minutes?? I don't have that kind of time!

This man is my hero. I’m setting up a game room next month and plan to try to do about 12 from NES through switch. It’s a fun project and the electronics aren’t that expensive if you already have the consoles. Since I’m doing everything old to a CRT I don’t care about having an expensive upscaler

I’m curious, if you already have Switch online can you still use the 3 free months? Ideally it would extend the period before you have to renew it

They still have all the goodwill in the world from me because of Yoshis Woolly World, one of my all time favorite games. Excited to buy it

I never care about this stuff, but my daughter will be happy to get it. Mario Wonder and the TotK controller came with small art prints that I thought were really nice, that would be my preferred bonus

I wish they’d release TTYD first before Mario rpg, I would guess that the first of those would end up selling more, the second would saturate the market/confuse casual gamers

NES because you can stack them to high heaven without any wobble and clearly read the game labels

This was a great read! I love game maps too and it’s one of the reasons I collect strategy guides (including the yoshi one you worked on!).

I respect your complaint about Metroid, but I kind of love when a game forces you to draw your own map on paper - these are some of my best gaming memories from childhood.

Another thing worth exploring is when a game shows you the next story point on an overlay map - a lot of RPGs now do this but I remember first seeing it in a grand theft auto game. In these cases I end up looking at the overlay map and not the actual game and I think it really diminishes the experience

I prefer physical but don't care for big collector's editions, so I pre-ordered just the game from play asia. I'm excited to try it, but wish they had moved on to SNES or something like that. Or imagine what cool stuff could be done with the N64 early-3D era (I realize this would probably be a lot more work)

All I want is gold Zelda cartridges - give them to me!!