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@Weraz

A high difficulty can be part of the artistic expression. A Souls game generates its tension and overall feeling of permanent threat from its difficulty.

@wollywoo

It’s still best in class how Sakamoto told the story of the last 30 min in Tourian with almost no words. Still the most impressive and memorable ending of all video games I‘ve played.

@molkom

Check out the original source. There are several videos embedded to demonstrate the results. The source is imo better than this article.

https://www.ubisoft.com/it-it/game/assassins-creed/news/3eHpj3aktX4nWY150OEHJL

I forwarded this to Jon Cartwright, he could fit into the team I guess.

@Phelaidar I realise, and the framerate on PS4 is a mess.

People complain about low resolutions.
People complain about low framerates.
People complain about low shadow quality and draw distance.

When dealing with limited resources (which is almost ALWAYS the case), there are compromises to be made.

I am very glad they focused on very solid 60 fps and a high resolution.

When Hidetako Miyazaki looked for inspiration for developing Demon’s Souls, he rejected to look into Battletoads and Ghost ‘n Goblins, because he found them unfair.

And their contracts with Nintendo include the paragraph

„Complains or jokes about Myles MacKenzie are strictly prohibited.“

@Sebos

Will Square Enix pay Virtuos for making these adjustments (1080p60 in both modes)? For this conpany which is always unsatisfied by its sales numbers, I highly doubt it.

Poor marketing! If they made a third hour-long Direct, it would be on #11.

I know what it is, but I never had a DS in my hands.

The European box art is both aesthetically pleasing and informative.

It’s perfect for a grandma looking for a Christmas present for her grandson: This Mario on Yoshi reminds her of the system she bought for her son decades ago, and he had so much fun.

@H3X3NH4MM3R

It would also be regarded as greed if Capcom would demand over 100 euros. Capcom is a company with the primary reason for its existence being earning money. The fact that NS2 cartridges are so expensive is a tragedy for everyone, and compromises are required. Capcom decided to create a cheaper product with an almost same experience for the next ten years or so, and I respect that.

@H3X3NH4MM3R

The article reminded me that the „Resident Evil Generation Pack“ exists, and I just ordered the box with 3 game-key cards. That model allows to lend the games to other players, and the total price of 80 euros is still fair. With cartridges, the manufacturing costs alone would easily exceed 30 euros, which is unacceptable for publishers like Capcom.

@Zuljaras @ShadLink

The „golden solution“ would be the use of cheap Switch 1 cartridges for Switch-2-only games, with the requirement of installation on the fast internal storage (or SD Express card).

Unfortunately, Nintendo decided against it. I see two reasons:

1) A more complicated product: With some cartridges, you have to download the game entirely (GKC), with some you have to install it from cartridge (NS1 cartridge), with some you can play it directly from cartridge (NS2 cartridge).

2) More important imo: NS1 cartridges can easily be extracted with modded Switch 1 systems. The problem of ROMs available several weeks before release would carry over to NS2.

The way forward are cheaper NS2 cartridges. I mean not only smaller capacities, but also lower costs for the existing 64 GB one. I think that Nintendo is actively working on that, because it is the publisher mostly affected.

When Switch Lite has more sales than all of PlayStation and Xbox combined.

The Talos Principle

If you never played it before and aren’t afraid of an intellectual discussion, play it now. It’s great and really cheap now.

Showing Link from Twilight Princess isn’t flattering.

@datamonkey

I‘ve heard this sentiment about RDR1being better than RDR2 quite often. But what are the (subjective) reasons?

I haven’t played any of them, and on a surface level, RDR2 looks just fantastic in every aspect. So, what is it what makes RDR1 better?

Thank you!

@KociolekDoSyta

I think it depends on the changes they made:

• Creating a native Switch 2 software with implementations of features like DLSS, HDR and mouse support needs a lot of development. I‘d find it okay if we had to pay extra for this RDR upgrade (but I happily take it for free).
• A patch with small changes on the Switch 1 code should be free! With that, they can still realise 1080p60 in both docked and handheld with better shadow quality and higher LoD, which is enough for most games.

@Serpenterror

Why shouldn’t Nintendo solve the issues for all games (it’s more like 13000 ones, according to MobyGames)? They know both platforms exceptionally well and can solve the fundamental problems of their emulation layer. With every fundamental problem identified and solved, a number of games will work.

The list of incompatible games should be significantly shorter than 1000 entries. I wouldn’t be surprised to see that one day, compatibility with every already released game was achieved.

This article reminded me to finally buy that game. With DLSS, HDR and 60 fps, Switch 2 gets everything out of it, and it’s one of those big titles I always wanted to play.

Just ordered my copy from Mediamarkt for 20 EUR. I usually avoid „code in a box“, but for that price I‘m making an exception.

I had often problems with my old Switch 1 dock. It had problems to work properly with the USB Ethernet adapter. Last year, it didn’t recognise the adapter for several weeks, and I thought that its USB chip died. But then one day the Ethernet connection returned without changing anything.

So, maybe the reason for the Switch 2 dock issues is not the Ethernet hardware but the USB controller!

My Super Metroid on 8 makes my enormously proud!

@Unit_DTH

You‘d have to pay me so I’d play as Aloy again. They say that she is not only talkative but also kind of arrogant in the second game. But to each their own.

I hate talkative sidekicks and protagonists. That‘s why I avoided God of War Ragnarök and Horizon Forbidden West.

Thankfully, Samus is more of the quiet sort.

General relief for all Nintendo fans: R* is not following the horrible trend of offerning Game-Key Cards…

I want a new game from my favourite studio every year, with a huge open world, dozens of hours of voice lines and motion capture, with new creative gameplay mechanics, without the usage of AI, and for the price of Silksong. And because it’s not the case, the games industry is greedy, not me.

30 fps is jarring at first AND permanently. I‘m a 60 fps snob now. My experience with TotK in 2023 was poor (on Switch 2 it’s so much better!), and maybe I will accept it for GTA6.

But I won’t play a game with 30 fps on Switch anymore if I can also play it with 60 fps on PlayStation.

A quick fix is fine. But this game released this year, and everyone expects the announcement of a graphical update. But I can understand Nintendo:

Similar to the Switch 1 and its Wii U ports, Nintendo wants to save the Switch 2 Editions to be released over a period of several years, to always have something to close gaps in its release schedule.

I can’t play every game at the same time, so I‘m okay with this.

And they refuse to release this game on Switch 2 as „Complete Edition“, with the DLC as integral part of the package. Instead of making this release a great triumph of their game, KT decided to be ungenerous. Nintendo did this with BotW Switch 2 Edition as well.

I hate this behaviour.

Let’s be honest: Everyone knows that the physical sales will hardly be affected by the decision for GKC.

The loud complaints here are the voices of a minority, and even some of them will eventually buy the games, digitally or with a GKC.

@UpsideDownRowlet

The cardboard VR glasses for VirtualBoy is very much the same as for Labo VR, but also supports Switch 2.

It needs more to get me amazed. And I‘m optimistic that MP4 will have it!

I voted for JP, and then I saw that the EU version has the Seal of Quality. Damn! How can I change my vote?

@topsekret

Yeah, it seems like the assumption nowadays is that only arguing and cheering were left in human communications, and I find it sad. If I want to feel miserable, I turn on Fox News and CNN for a couple of minutes. There are only extremes left, black and white, no shades of grey and temperance.

Thanks for appreciating my comment!

NL‘s reputation is high and obviously the result of 20 years of hard work. Congratulations!

This face-off was brutal! Some of the finest games of all time, and in the end, I had to decide between Breath of the Wild and Metroid Prime. Voting against Metroid Prime still hurts.

@topsekret

I didn’t want to argue, I just wanted to fall into line with you, and so I found it a nice idea to include you.

@topsekret @Nintoz

This 4 player mode is almost certainly CPU limited. They could reduce the resolution to 360p and still couldn’t achieve 60 fps.

I‘m disappointed that many games don’t properly use the capabilities of the graphics system. And no, I don’t talk about DLSS, I talk about 120 Hz and VRR in handheld mode. The CPU is performant enough to achieve 40 fps where PS4 runs a game with 30 fps. And even when these 40 fps are a bit shaky, VRR can smooth it out a bit or entirely. 30 and 40 fps are night and day!

And developers of multiplat games should design their games so that they run with 40 fps on Switch 2. The fact that Yooka-Replaylee is a 30 fps title on Switch 2 is just a shame.

Where is Super Mario Galaxy?

Nintendo Life commenters hate Game-Key Cards so much, they‘d rather don’t want these games ported to Switch 2 at all.

@Dee123

Switch Lite will have a few years left to shine. It is cheap, compact, lightweight and has a long battery life.

Based on the capabilities of Switch 2 and the slowed progress in silicon technology, it will be very hard or impossible to achieve similar features with a Switch 2 Lite.

While Nintendo could rerelease most of its Wii U catalogue on Switch 1, I guess we will see many rereleases of that games on Switch 2, with better performance and visuals and additional content.

Kirby is here one example, SMB Wonder another. Nintendo will milk this cow till the end.

RE8 is the last major non-remake release, and it still sells well:

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/10/monster-hunter-wilds-doing-so-badly-thats-its-been-outsold-by-mh-rise-devil-may-cry-5

As the face of RE8, Lady D is the natural choice!

@GgGames If it is bad value for you, just don’t buy it. Simple as that. People vote with their wallets, and they vote pro Mario Kart World, despite all the negative voices in the internet.

Let’s see it from that perspective:

The reason why Nintendo can get away with this is that its products are so good. That didn’t happen in the glorious Wii U days.

„Once Upon a Katamari“ twice for Switch seems incorrect.

95% of ACNH players will not miss 60 fps or even know what it is. THAT‘s why Nintendo doesn’t care.