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This discussion of censorship distracts from the fact that, while the animation looks good, and I assume this is what needs to be censored, or possibly some voice acting and rude text- the game itself does not look very fun to play.

Not keen on any of these games to be honest. For me the best game was Fatal frame 2, which has already been remade but I liked it. I would maybe buy it on sale. Not very appealing.

I could never imagine a time when the 2D Metroid is a more sophisticated and spectacular game than Metroid prime on the same system.

@mackers84 I skipped when I saw the thumbnail. They should change that.

From playing Prime 4 it looks like he had retired half way through making the game.

I used to play this on my DS and got really into it. This article makes me feel very old.

I am shocked they charge for an update that improves the basic requirement of frame rate. They should have worked on fixing the frame rate on the switch one version and I bet if Nintendo had a more customer friendly refund policy they would have been motivated to fix it.

Games please?

Looks like I won't feel compelled to buy a Switch 2 for another month or so. My bank ballance is happy.

The final boss has attacks that can only be countered in one specific way. When all of my energy tanks were being drained by this one move, Mackenzie could have radioed me and told me that the counter was. I would have loved him then.

Mad Max probably sprung to no18 because people felt the need for an interesting, detailed desert setting with open world vehicular combat. Something missing from Metroid Prime 4.

I think I wouldn't have found Mackenzie mildly annoying if I was North American and was used to that kind of humour. I was only as annoyed as I tend to feel at an international conference, so it is likely more me than him.

@Ribbitsneed wait a few more years and you could get three consoles in one.

It's all about dekudeals. The eShop is permanently broken. The only way to find out what to buy is using an external website.

@Pillowpants Her voice is locked behind an amiibo. That, plus she is now psychic so doesn't feel the need to speak.

I suppose this is the same logic as four-armed aliens inventing motorcycles that are controlled with only one hand.

This timeline makes total sense. Samus was secretly psychic during the events of Fusion and Dread. Samus rides a bike in Prime 4 because she simply doesn't feel like running at super speed anymore. While the last remaining Metroid was killed by mother brain, and the clones from other M were destroyed in the bottle ship, and the only remnants of the species exists in Samus during dread, it makes total sense that there are even more secret metroids are kept as pets by Sylux. Everything is clear now. So very clear.

It is less of a "jump" to the Switch 2 and more of a slight incline.

My Switch 1 fan makes a noise now. The two joycon it came with, plus several more have all drifted and died. So in a way it is part dead. That said, I'm playing Prime 4 on my Switch 1 now. If I do replace it, I'd get a Switch OLED, Steam Deck OLED.

Now they have reached 500, perhaps they sell one cartridge with them all on?

Of course Nintendo is greedy. They are lazy too. Also cowards. The cartridges taste bad too.

@Hwatt Oh yes, you are right. Didn't notice the DLC. 75%-90% discounts are not uncommon on other digital storefronts particularly on five year old digital copies of games, they are just uncommon on Nintendo's platforms. I am glad some people got a great deal, even if it was only offered "accidentally".

The animated cutscenes look great, shame the actual gameplay is a very boring looking 2D, colourless map of a city.

Is it a mistake that it launched on steam five years ago at $59.9, but it now sells at $69.99 on Switch 2?

Cyberpunk is currently 65% off on Steam $20.99. Has been a few times and it is not a mistake or even unusual.

I wish someone would release third party joycon without the drift, tiny buttons and general cheap quality feel.

Nintendo release old GameCube games with a slight AI generated upscale already.

Does it play like it did on real proper consoles ten years ago?

They should make Miles the main character of the next Federation Force game.

I suggest playing it on a GameCube, a Wii and if you don't have one of those, your phone will likely run it very well.

I like Metroid Prime 4 so far but understand why it may not be that popular. It's a bit too similar to the old ones while also not being as good. I'll take a slightly flawed entry into a franchise I love over no entry at all.

I think the game is good but has lots of issues. The lock on is now messed up by motion aiming, with the gun moving away from the target it is locked to. Lots of bosses are floating spheres of some sort, which shows a lack of effort or a rushed production. Lack of enemy variety. The desert looking so very empty. Looks like a game that went through some kind of production hell or someone made them release it before it was finished. I like Metroid though, and this is Metroid. At times the game looks terrible but other times it looks great, possibly in comparison to the last one, which is very, very old. Certainly better graphics than corruption. I doubt it will have the replay value of the original. So it is a 'good' from me, close to 'not bad'.

It is like a kick in the teeth when a game performs so poorly it takes the enjoyment out of it and then the devs say they have been working on free cosmetic DLC instead of improving performance.

I've just played the first few save points on the normal Switch 1. Looked great on my TV and also handheld looked really good too. Looked better than Prime Remastered. The resolution in both docked and handheld looked high resolution to my untrained eye. In my book the best way to play this game would be on a switch lite, for portability and the higher pixel density compared to Switch 2.

If the unique selling point of the switch 2 version is higher resolution, then I doubt this will appeal to the average consumer who chose to buy either Switch 1 or 2. People who really want high resolution, buy different machines to play their games.

This morning, I found that I could breathe air and look at a beautiful sunrise for free, I'm wondering whether I will find myself being charged for this after 12 months.

I am keen to buy this on switch 1 because I am holding off getting a switch 2, probably until an exclusive Switch 2 Metroid game comes out.

I would like to play an easy mode if it makes combat easier but leaves puzzles intact. Also allows you to complete the whole game without telling me I need to use a harder difficulty to progress to the end.

I missed genuine light-gun pointer control with remastered. I wish they could sell a Wii Remote and sensor bar for switch and switch 2.

@metaphysician this is good news.

Loving the price of the USA version of the game "$9.99". Is Nintendolife sure about that?

@Kilroy paying extra to play the same game on updated hardware is very Nintendo.

While the update to the game so it runs on new hardware should be free in my opinion, this is welcome news. As for being allowed to use save data from your switch 1 gameplay, I suspect Nintendo will charge for this thing that should also be free of charge.

Such an old game should have run on the original switch. This was a really lazy port.

Nintendo games are so exclusive you can only play certain games on emulators, using phones, PC, Steamdeck, Xbox...but not Nintendo Switch or Switch 2. So very exclusive.

I think the man reason the game is not selling is the ugly avatar. They should update it with some choices of avatar or character editor, so people can make the character look presentable. No offense to the model that the avatar is "based on" as she does not look anything like the ugly avatar.

@Iconoclysm gold or silver, I don't know. Is it real money that you spent on a jpeg or pretend, considering the product is nothing, who cares? I didn't complain about $20 a year. All I am saying is I wouldn't pay $20 a year for being allowed to use my own internet, that I have already paid for, hardware that I already purchased, and certainly not a jpeg, which I imagine Nintendo googled themselves for free to print on a bit of tat.

@Iconoclysm you get "rewards" by spending money, so it is buying. That said all the online services are rubbish and not worth the money. I used to have ps+ and remember getting games that cost $60 on switch. I remember getting real games, not roms I could play on my phone for free. I used to have NSO when it was free and the connection was so poor you couldn't play Mario kart online for a full match without it cutting out. I'd never pay for that. But, even then, steam is 100% better where there is no fee to use your own internet.

@ShadLink ps+ and xbox give access to real games that are not from more than three or four decades ago. Games from the current gen. PS5 and Xbox games tend to have dedicated online servers whereas Nintendo is charging for P2P networking, which is literally the users own internet connection.

NSO online service:
Pay to be allowed to use your own internet.
Pay to be allowed to use specific features of your own console, that you paid for.
And now...
Be allowed to buy a picture of an old game.