MisterStu

GKC for Japan likely means the same for everywhere else

This is where it all starts.
This is Nintendo's test.

If it sells well enough, you can safely assume everything else will be GKC only from Nintendo from here on out.

If so, I'm out for good.

@dskatter Consistent 30fps with correct frame pacing is just about tolerable as a bare minimum for me, but it does cause eye strain/headaches.

60fps should have been worked into this Switch 2 update though

@Krlozgod Maybe not for you but everyone has a different tolerance level.

Stairs aren't difficult for me to climb, but for some, will be a challenge.....etc.

Everyone is different and to assume that someone should be fine just because you are speaks volumes and really isn't a good look

@dskatter Movies aren't interactive and play out in a 2D environment, so motion is usually not an issue.

Also, refresh rates for 24p content are matched with a correct pull down ratio (or at least they will be on almost all TVs these days) so stutter on those is completely different to game stutter,. especially as it's evenly frame-paced.

Basically, a movie at 24 FPS played with the correct pull down is much smoother than a game at 24fps would appear in a 60hz container.

@dskatter Many people are sensitive to low frame rates and suffer headaches/nausea as a result.

People who don't suffer from this often fail to see that belittling this condition is ableist.

Others don't care and know precisely what they're saying is offensive.

Which camp do you belong to?

@burndive

"There are no gameplay elements that depend on split-second reaction time"

Anyone who's caught a bunch of tarantulas or scorpions would disagree with that.

Price is rarely contentious when 99% of reviewers get sent free code.

@Athropos People need to accept whatever anti-consumer practices multi-billion pound corporations try to impose on the people they rely on for their profits, sure is an interesting opinion to have.

@Switching cough...DK Bananza.....cough...Pokémon DLC announced before game has been released....

@Vivianeat It was an insta-buy for me until I played the demo.

Shocking performance and given it's almost time for release, there's no way it'll be any better in the full version.

I'm so disappointed. I can't play games with performance this woeful, because they give me headaches.

It's not even doing anything special, so correctly paced stable 30fps should be the absolute minimum here.

It was probably single digits in places and not acceptable.....cue all the people that don't care and say it's fine.....

No local co-op for the main story means no-buy for me.

A few loading stutters? I genuinely don't think it managed to hit a consistent frame rate for more then a couple of seconds.

Without the kit to measure the performance, I'd estimate it hovers around 15-20 fps 99% of the time. Frame pacing was also off.

It really is a shame for a beautiful game like this to be marred with such poor performance. Some people won't notice or care, but for those that do, it's headache-inducing.

@Not_Soos Pikmin 1.5 kinda already exists within Pikmin 4

They weren't sorry enough not to release it as a full-priced unfinished product though, just remember that.

This makes the poor performance on the Switch version even more unacceptable.