Max_the_German

@Olliemar28 You had a clue that making this article could provoke extreme emotions, right?

@the_beaver @Crimson_Ridley

Yes, it’s a hyperbole. But one of a very bad taste in my opinion and totally inappropriate. It is result of the poor discussion culture, which was boosted by the social networks, and boosts this unculture at the same time.

A senior professional like Kamiya should know better how to communicate.

@JimNorman You could have included „Emulator on PC“ as an option, and nobody would have complained. Because it wasn’t easy to play this game for a very long time if you hadn’t had an NES. And with 9% for „Other“, emulation wasn‘t the least popular choice.

Btw: I can’t recommend the original game. Without the help of walkthroughs, it’s very frustrating to find hidden entrances with bombs. And sometimes it’s frustratingly difficult.

It’s remarkable how much better the Super Nintendo outings of Zelda and Metroid are, compared to the NES originals!

Dark Souls on Switch
Demon‘s Souls on PS5

„If you're good at something, never do it for free“

The Joker

This IS a surprise to me, because usually it takes weeks or months for the Nintendo Music app to follow a new release, if it gets adopted at all.

@Strawblaze

„CPU-heavy“ is relative. A Ryzen 5 3600 is pretty lowclass these days, but it has the performance of a PS5 and probably between 60 and 100% more performance than a Switch 2. You could play it with 30 fps on Switch 2, but is this a satisfying experience by today’s standards? I don’t think so.

@Strawblaze Still, it’s not the GPU. GPU constrains can be handled by using DLSS and turning dorn resolutions and settings. It‘s about the CPU performance, which is needed for updating the movement of objects, e.g. NPCs in a town, enemies or your own character, and all sorts of other stuff of the game logic.

A year ago (when this article was released and the first comments came in), there was speculation that the NS2 CPU could be on a level with PS4 or PS4 Pro. Now it is almost confirmed that its performance lies pretty much in between them.

@Solid_Python This looks much better now with SSR.

In the comments of that video, they talk about a new Skyrim patch which provides a 60 fps mode. Here is also an article about patch 1.2:

https://nintendoeverything.com/the-elder-scrolls-5-skyrim-1-2-update-out-now-on-nintendo-switch-2-patch-notes-60-hz-mode-frame-rate-improvements-more/#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20highlights%20is,improved%20in%20a%20few%20areas.

Oh, Ubi activated SSR for water reflections in docked mode! That should solve one of the biggest complaints people had with the visuals on Switch 2.

Has anyone found a video that shows it?

Agro from Shadow of the Colossus is the best, but chances for a release on a Nintendo platform are negligible.

The golden logo pops out much better on the darker background of the EU version. The contrasts on that cover are much better overall.

Belmont‘s Curse is looking very slick!

It stole the show from God of War Sons of Spartan, and Sony was probably aware of it.

@the_beaver

„Elden Ring is much better than Dark Souls“

By which standard? I finished ER a few days ago and saw a lot of its content. And I prefer the dense world of DS1 by a mile. Almost every stone in DS1 was placed with an intention (Lost Izalith aside), and the vague environmental story telling is still the best you can find. Despite its many flaws, it is both a piece of art and supreme entertainment.

@Wood_Stick Demon King? Secret Stone? They repeated these words so often that it became a meme.

If Legend of Zelda becomes a talkative mess, my love for the series will crumble. The general amount of talk hasn’t decreased over the years, and I suspect that Nintendo thinks that cinematics could „enhance“ the experience and better suit „modern gamers“, see Metroid Prime 4.

There’s a reason why the Soulsbornes replaced Zelda as my favourite series.

I prefer the one with bombs.

@Stormcloudlive

I experienced „3D gaming“ on SNES back then by myself, and the novelty was the only thing to accept this sluggish gameplay. The games which defined the platform, like Zelda, Yoshi‘s Island, Super Metroid, DKC, FF6, were very smooth and snappy.

I‘m playing Demon‘s Souls on PS5, and compared to what I see from videos about the PS3 game, it’s a completely different experience in so many aspects.

I‘d rather buy a living room PC than playing with 30 fps on a PS6, if developers think that „pathtracing everywhere“ is the route going forward.

@Erigen Yes, that was also my idea. A more generic and convoluted title wasn’t possible.

I mean, you can see the different framerates in the trailer, so no big surprise.

But 30 fps is almost unbearable for me these days. Only for GTA6 I would make an exception (and I regret making the exception for TotK).

With PS5, we finally came back to the gaming of the mid 90s on Super Nintendo: high framerates (60 fps or for us PAL guys 50 fps) and minimal loading times.

I hope that Nintendo will not go back to 30 fps gaming, but I wouldn’t bet that the next Zelda or Xenoblade isn’t 30 fps.

Shadow Tactics is a gem, Metacritic score 85!

The developer Mimimi Games closed in 2023, because its tactics games were great, but had not the needed audience. Sad.

I hope to see the relase date for Silksong physical version today. I haven’t played Silksong yet, because I want the physical version and not to double dip.

But with time passing, my interest in Silksong is decreasing more and more…

A Kingdom Come: Deliverance (1) port for PS5 is almost confirmed.

It doesn’t need much fantasy to see a KCD1 port for Switch 2!

One or two Microsoft titles is for certain.

@DennisLofgren

As John mentioned a few weeks ago, the swinging LED line creates perfect motion clarity, and the Switch 2 screen will be a big disappointment, while the OLED won’t offer a smooth experience due to its lack of 50 Hz.

Maybe we will be witnessing a miracle, and Nintendo can somehow enable a 50 Hz mode with a firmware update. But the Switch is now hacked for many years, and I haven’t heard about such a software mod, so the chances are only on „miracle level“.

@DennisLofgren

And while the 3DS has a 50 Hz mode, which is used by VB emulators (which slow the games down from 50.2 Hz btw), from everything I know, Switch 1 hasn’t. Switch 2 could present VB games with perfect 50.2 Hz.

Too bad a Switch 2 probably doesn’t fit into it. Because Virtual Boy was running with ca. 50 Hz, and while the VRR screen of Switch 2 can display that correctly, the Switch 1 screen can‘t.

I‘m surprised by the low numbers for MP4. I mean, it’s a 9/10 game.

There is still a purpose for Switch Lite, and that is to offer a cheap and robust entry system for kids.

I see Nintendo pumping out new Switch 1 titles for the next 24 months, especially kids-oriented. Combine these games with custom-designed Switch Lites, and shifting a few more millions of units is realistic.

The NA cover looks AI generated (it isn’t), with missiles wildly attached to missiles, and no meaningful structure. The centre of the picture shows flames and background without detail, while the „projectiles“ at the borders have wings attached where they look misplaced. A colourful mess.

I‘d be interested in an analysis by a professional designer.

These „Censorship“ allegations are the best PR for this interactive video.

@JTurner

Here seems to be a misunderstanding. With „Switch 2 as target platform“, I mean the „MH Rise“ model: Primarily developed for Switch 1 so it runs well on that platform, and PlayStation gets a beefed up version of that.

FF16 targeting PS5 in 2023 (and being exclusive for more than a year) was a poor decision by SE imo.

FF7R1 is the definition for a third-party evergreen over the whole lifetime of Switch 2. Especially when the successors get released, SE will sell millions of discounted copies. Let’s see whether PlayStation or Switch is the next target platform for FF17.

@link3710 I saw that video and thought that the other colours are realised with other lens covers. The realised solution is weird.

@link3710

Really? The following sentence let me understand otherwise:

„Yes, users will actually be able to remove the red lens and swap to the following colours to make the whole experience a little easier on the eyes:“

That sounds to me like „Switch is presenting a black-and-white picture, and the swappable filter gives it the colour“.

This is so insolent from Nintendo! Why are there these filters at all? You know, the Switch can create the red (or green, or yellow) colour by itself, with sufficient visual resolution.

@Yoshi3

The sales potential for a Metroid Prime 2 remaster is low, and everyone here knows it. In a pre-pandemic world, a weird Nintendo could have done it regardless. These days are gone.

@hcfwesker

I highly doubt a remaster of MP2. With Gamecube on NSO, emulation is the right approach for a game with low sales expectations.

I quote a wise man:

Final Fantasy VII: Refund

https://www.pushsquare.com/users/Czar_Khastik

@xmkbest

Since February 2022, the perception of Poland shifted drastically in Germany. It changed from a country at the border of Europe to one in the very centre of it with a respectable economy and culture. And Polish developers make some if the very best video games out there, for many years now.

I‘m therefore not surprised that Nintendo of Europe, located in Frankfurt and most likely dominated by German employees, decided to include Polish into its localisation efforts.

And the European cover with the big PEGI and USK rating icons will look even worse.

The ice level was good - not great, but good. The bosses were the highlights. But everything else was just not good or lacked consistency. A desert with green crystals and without proper music and soul, why?

Before beginning the game on my Switch 2, I thought about trying it out on my Switch Lite. But I have zero interest now whatsoever.

As amends, I hope Nintendo will soon bring Metroid Prime 2 to NSO.

Look at the hands on these „photos“. These fingers are unnaturally short! Nobody in the world has so short fingers.

So we basically know nothing. Even if OSM is an upcoming Switch 2 model. Could be a dev kit. Only speculations!

Switch 2 is just not attractive enough. The screen is meh. Most developers don’t use the VRR properly due to the lack of good SDK support. Many developers had late or still have no access to dev kits.

These problems are made by Nintendo itself!

If the prices rise and customers’ budgets not, we will see a longer transitional period for Switch 1 than I expected. It is now, five years after the launch of PS5, that the PS4 really phases out.

Imagine a significant software support for Switch 1 in 2030!

@Athropos @moonsider

The fact that even enthusiasts like Nintendo Life readers (and I include myself) don’t understand this update/upgrade easily is a good example for how to NOT do marketing.

I get why Nintendo doesn’t want to offer everything here for free. I would have made this new DLC (version 3.0) for free if you have got the first DLC (version 2.0?), via NSO or paid upgrade.

And 60 fps for Switch 2, of course.

@charliecarrot

I know some people of that kind, and I don’t mention it to them because it would be rude from my side and embarrassing for them. Hypocrisy and bigotry seem to be the most natural things in the world.

That looks as natural as heavily photoshopped photos for advertising can look like to me.

I hope this AI paranoia isn’t infectious.

Btw: These products are cute!

>> Now, we've never really been fans of Dbrand's 'edgy' humour, since it often borders on being completely unprofessional <<

I find their product descriptions very informative: „REAL BLACK LEATHER
Full-grain Black Leather. Cows died for this.“

I think the problem is not the humour, but the dishonest self-delusion of people who avoid the consume of meat due to ethical reasons, but ignore where all the leather fo their nice shoes, belts, bags etc. comes from.