Max_the_German

@NotASockPuppet I think that Yalloo has a point. Gaming is just a hobby, and there are much cheaper ones. For addicts, their stuff will always be too expensive.

Here are many fans of this commercial, I find it cringe and off-putting. And if this resembles the Sega of old days, I‘m not surprised that the Dreamcast was their last hurrah.

Dear Nintendo Life,

I‘d find it very useful if you would sort these announcements in the order of release date. This would help me to get a better understanding of what to expect for the next couple of months. Thank you!

@Orwellian87 „Nobody should buy these.“ You know that there are enough people out there who will order these the second when they can click „Buy now“. In most cases, Nintendo knows EXACTLY what prices it can demand!

Final Fantasy is finally coming to its modern home. The Japanese market for these games should be huge, and so are the numbers of Switch units there.

@NintendoWife Developer will most likely be Good-Feel, who also made Woolly World and Crafted World. If it’s in-house, then maybe Next Level Games.

@RupeeClock This 50 Hz reminder is very helpful!

@rjejr The cardboard VB looks very much like the Labo VR kit, but with the option to house the bigger Switch 2.

I will save some money and use my Labo VR kit.

Similar DLCs for God of War Ragnarök and Returnal were for free.

The quality in this video is much better than in the Nintendo stream. Still hair rendering and shadow resolution are looking poor, and 30 fps (of course).

I find Millibelle the Banker from the first game funnier and more clever, because you can benefit many hours later. Here? Just destructive.

Give me The Talos Principle 2. I‘ve played it on PS5 (and it’s fantastic!), but haven’t played the DLC.

Look at the comments and the commenters‘ thumbnails. Is there a pattern

„cute anime character = we need easy mode“?

@ROMhaiku I find you explanation interesting and insightful. But what is the consequence? That games which appeal with their presentation to a big audience must also appeal to this audience’s wishes for easy accessibility? Or that niche games shouldn’t have a mass appealing presentation? I don’t think so.

There are films and books which are easy to watch/read but hard to understand and appreciate. And they also have their reasons to exist.

@Oldstalk Or people could wait for reviews. I haven’t bought it yet, my backlog is long enough, patches will iron out unbalanced difficulty spikes, and there is the chance for a physical release.

Hype is always a bad advisor!

@Oldstalk What did you expect, knowing the first game? Or did you preorder without knowing it? Or is it fomo to play a game „everyone“ plays, but it’s not somebody’s cup of tea?

A high difficulty is part of the art, you should self-reflect and find out more about yourself. And for that, knowing that there is no option to easily reduce difficulty is important.

You want options. For nice, harmless entertainment for everyone, there are options, aka other games.

@Dpishere Price is crucial for me. This is a Ubi game, they become dirt cheap after a couple of months AND technically improved.

I repeat myself: Nintendo should offer NS1 cartridges for NS2-only games.

Pro:

• Much cheaper, especially if a small capacity is sufficient

Cons:

• Potentially easily hackable
• Very slow, so installation required (like with PS4/5 games from disc)
• Probably still more expensive than game-key cards

Donkey alone was worth it!

I‘m surprised that this lost doesn’t include a new Horizon game.

This generation of hype is a bit too much for my taste. It is still not possible to wishlist it in the eShop, there are even no prices, the download size or a release date mentioned. And will there be any reviews available today, or do journalists also have to buy the game on release date as anybody else?

Very weird!

@Diven Great explanation, thank you! Now the question is whether the save files are the same for both versions, but this is even more likely than for TotK, because both versions were in production in parallel and they should be feature-equal, while TotK probably has bigger differences in its code.

@AJWolfTill What you describe seems to be based on the same Switch 1 code, running on both Switch 1 and Switch 2.

But Silksong will support genuine Switch 2 code, allowing for higher resolutions and framerates. There are not many games out there with both Switch 1 and Switch 2 code, which use the NSO cloud system for save file storage.

What are good examples for this kind of games? And what are the experiences with them?

@Smithicus Obviously the devs didn’t need it for financing, they are set for life. Kickstarter here is just a marketing tool to create hype and serve it with news from the devs. Standard stuff.

Nice to see that the Switch 2 update is for free. I want to play both on my Switch 2 and my Switch Lite.

I hope there will be cross-progression between NS1 and NS2. Is there an example for that?

@NintendoLife:

Now with Switch 2 launched, please add the system to the titles, like they do over at PushSquare and Pure Xbox.

Example:
Apex Legends (NS2, NS1) | Review: 9/10

On the European cover, the title really sticks out. Not the worst feature for a game which was probably bought by many parents and grandparents as a birthday or Christmas present.

Oh no, it‘s happening again. Several articles about the course of months for an update, like it happened with 1.6.

I still don’t get the fascination. Other companies announce „New update tomorrow, enables 60 fps on the latest console generation“, update lands, everybody downloads it and is happy. Here? The creator doesn’t even say what he plans as the main content updates.

Please, Liam, you seem to be a big fan, but make articles only in case of substantial news (not „ConceredApe said he‘s still working on update 1.7, still can’t say when it will be released“).

MK8D still thriving!

Haven‘t played the original on NS1, platformers with 30 fps are meh.

I‘m looking forward to this one, but I will wait for a price drop. I bought Donkey for 80 Euro here in Germany, but now the standard price is below 60. Hope that in practice we will see game prices more in line with NS1 games!

@the_beaver Funny to see that there are still people totally overestimating the Switch 2 capabilities. Its CPU is between PS4 and PS4 Pro level. And both BG3 and Oblivion have massive CPU problems even on a PS5 Pro. No chance for a nice experience on poor NS2!

This very last banana. Can only be a matter of days.

@Johnny44 Here are the regulations for the gamescom awards:

https://media.koelnmesse.io/gamescom/redaktionell/gamescom/downloads/pdf/gamescom-award/regulations.pdf

5.4 says „Submitted games must be hands-on playable by the general audience in gamescom‘s entertainment area during the entire duration of the show.“

These regulations are very interesting to read btw. It is defined what a good gameplay is and so on.

Unfortunately it seems you haven’t had the time to visit the inner of the Cathedral, it is spectacular in every aspect. The Cathedral is the most popular attraction in Germany with the highest number of visitors per year. And when TV shows asks for the favourite place in the whole country, Cologne Cathedral always wins.

Thanks for this nice report. This hour-long waiting even on Wednesday is really deterrent.

Does Nintendo support „Buy a Switch game, and on a Switch 2, it will automatically use the native code“? This is what PlayStation does.

I‘m still not sure whether I want to play Silksong on my Switch 2 (bigger screen, higher resolution, 120 fps, HDR?) or on my Switch Lite (nicer form factor, longer battery life, less screen blur).

I don’t want to play the NS1 version on the Switch 2 because of the lower resolution which doesn’t fit to the NS2‘s screen resolution.

What should I do? Just wait for the cartridge which allows both?

A big show just to announce the release date. This could have been part of the Opening Night Live, with the same attention and appreciation.

@Ralizah It has nothing to do with the resolution. You can still apply DLSS on a 540p image, and it still looks equal or better than a native 720p. Games can be adapted to a wide span of GPU performance.

It’s the CPU performance which limits the number of good ports.

So my gut feeling was right when I bought the PS4 version for my PS5 a few months ago for 30 euros (haven’t started it yet, Switch 2 is just so captivating at the moment). The Switch 2 CPU is weaker than that of the PS4 Pro, and on that machine, ER often runs like garbage.

I swore that TotK were my last 30 fps gaming in my life, so the only PS4 ports I’d buy the my Switch 2 are the Resident Evil games, Dark Souls Trilogy, Doom 2016 and Eternal, etc.

But I‘m tempted by GTA 6…

Too bad that this A/B button swap isn’t available on SNES for Kaizo Mario World players…

On the integrated screen, most people won’t see a difference, due to its heavy motion blur.

If Silksong runs great on NS1, I will play it on my Switch Lite.

@JR150 I‘d prefer a Doom 2016 + Eternal collection „Switch 2 Edition“. Probably the better games, and they would look and run like a dream!

This trailer is in 60 fps, and it is very likely not showing NS2 footage, its CPU is just not performant enough. But I am very curious how they handle the massive ray tracing (even the Xbox Series S shows great results in this regard), probably the first RT showcase for Switch 2!

This reminds me of PS3 games, emulated with RPCS3. But as long as it is fun… Definitely not my cup of tea.

Path of Exile 2, day and date with the other F2P versions (2026?). But could poor Switch 2 run this with reasonable performance?

Monster Hunter Wilds is deeply disappointing, in varios aspects.

I hope that this will set an end to this infamous advertisement video that was „BotW and TotK on Switch 2“, making it a one-time blooper. When Rich reacted on the poor reception of that video, which was just the unchanged Nintendo video, I had the feeling that he saw it as a decision not made by himself and was a bit embarrassed.

@topsekret Unfortunately, I can’t find good examples to show anamorphic resolutions flr video games (for filmic content you find more than enough). The trick is to use non-square pixels.

The best example might be thr dynamic resolution of Call of Duty: It keeps the vertical resolution constant and only scales on the horizontal one. So if the full resolution is 1920x1080 (PS4), then the lowest resolution it reaches is 960x1080, with numerous steps in between. The reason is unclear: Maybe the implementation was easier, but many people say that the dynamic changes are less noticeable for them, and horizontal lines like edges os buildings remain sharp on the screens.

Keeping the vertical resolution has historical reasons. CRTs showed the horizontal lines much sharper, so a reduction in horizontal resolution was the way to go.

@topsekret That’s not the case with anamorphic resolutions.