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I hope Prime remastered was $40 because they are soon to announce a remastered trilogy. Prime remastered appears to be more work than other remasters from Nintendo, so it is unusual that it was cheaper. All signs pointing towards a trilogy!

Pirates becoming an unofficial research and development team for Nintendo.

Do you emulate switch games on another machine and if so, is it because you want to steal or because you want better performance on games you bought?

Step 1- relatively cheaper console, with low price and low spec. Cheaper, but not compared to what it costs to make.
Step 2- customers buy overpriced and poorer performing games or buy another console and start again at a loss.

Maybe they should focus time and effort on getting the base game running properly.

I doubt my joycon will be working by the time a switch 2 comes out. I hope the next machine has connected controls, no drift and a sturdier build quality.

@KeeperBvK I get that he didn't port D2 but he must know about it, he must have seen how they did it, even if they didn't do a good job. Do you think Jools did not know about or have involvement in porting his own game and didn't notice that it was ported for about ten years? Weird not to notice all the royalty cheques on his door mat.

I would play fortnight if I could do so as Samus. But really, I just want a 3rd person 3D Metroid game.

@KeeperBvK a bad port doesn't mean it didn't happen. Rather than a bad port, I think DS games are not suited to a big screen. Funny enough, I wrote that initial comment so long ago, this conversation feels like a remaster. I loved dementium back on the DS but I wouldn't want to play it on Switch.

@Bass_X0 you say "where’s the benefit in a VC? There isn’t any" and then you hope switch 2 "retains the same games as on Switch and doesn’t have to restart the catalogue". You answered your own question.

With Splatoon 1 you do not need to pay Nintendo to be allowed to use your own internet to play online. Beyond that, they look like the same game, Splatoon 3 could have been DLC rather than a sequel.

Personally, I was planning on getting this on steam anyway because I can't trust Nintendo to honour my purchase on a successor to the Switch. This is an increasing concern for me as the Switch comes to an end of its life. I know it will run on a successor to Steam Deck, and other PCs because it will be linked to an account and not a console.

When Nintendo hardware is low build quality and struggles with performance, even with first party launch games, people will want to play them on a different machine. Nintendo should focus on improving the convenience of their online shop, offer better access to games and value for money. They also need to ensure old games run on new systems. The only way to get all the Zelda, Mario or Metroid games on one device is emulation. Nintendo can easily fix this with virtual console. Nintendo needs to take some responsibility for this piracy and sell people what they will otherwise download elsewhere.

Screenshots promoting the game show a scorecard with a dollar sign on it and playing cards...playing poker. I don't really understand poker but I associate it with gambling. Maybe the poker involving money game isn't gambling but I understand why people might think it is.

Performance issues in the demo mean I will play this one on something other than a Switch.

I get a feeling this one may have performance issues.

Perhaps, those unemployed devs can make some interesting indies that significantly outsells EA trash?

Maybe they cancel the remaining 95% of games and close? What do they make? Some sports game which is the same as the last one and a star wars game that asks for more money? The words "surprise mechanics" killed this company.

If Valve bought Nintendo, then I would trust them enough to go digital only. Valve let me convert old PC physical games from over 10 years ago into a digital download. Nintendo is too greedy to ever do that. Mario Kart 8 is still $60, which is insane.

I do not emulate PS5 games because it would take a very powerful PC. Nintendo can avoid piracy by not having a console that is less powerful than your average smartphone. Steam has the best way of combatting piracy: more convenience, better access and better value for money.

Doesn't really look like lady Gaga.

Adverts for NSO make me want to buy an XBox or a PS5.

Contra looks ok, but this infographic looks like the final death throes of a very old console.

No surprise here. People shouldn't believe far fetched rumours.

@Ellie-Moo if you are not sure they are worth $35, simply download them both tiny off the internet in a matter of seconds, have a go on your PC or phone, and if they are good, order them from limited run and wait a few months.

If it is a massive screen, and there is no killer app, I might wait for the "lite" model.

@HeadPirate some unsubstantiated claims. Neither Nintendo or Microsoft have announced future plans so his is is all speculation. You can't make conclusive claims based on rumour and hearsay. I am entitled to an opinion, based on previous track records that the next Nintendo console will lbe less powerful than its competitors. You are entitled to your speculation too but I don't think you are being realistic. I have a switch, a gaming PC, a steam deck and a ps5 so for people like me, we are not going to pay $60 or more for an inferior experience in switch. That said, I like playing overcooked with multiple joycons or Metroid Dread because it reminds me of playing fusion on GBA. I was looking forward to playing those very old batman Arkham games on switch until I saw the terrible performance. I like playing no more Heroes 2, which is an old Wii game that runs fine. I'm probably going to get a switch lite, if Nintendo do not announce a updated version because, some of the games, running on a console that small can still be called impressive, more impressive than steam deck in terms of convenience, its much more convenient size for a portable. I do like switch but I know Nintendo consoles do not compete directly with Xbox or PlayStation, and they don't even try to match the specs.

@HeadPirate series S is a more powerful machine than Switch. Doom does not run as well on switch, but it is an impressive port considering the hardware. As for speculating about unannounced possible hardware from Nintendo in the future, it will not match PS5, I would guess. The point is, that if Microsoft stop making consoles and both Sony and Nintendo keep doing what they usually do, the Nintendo console will be underpowered compared to the PS6 and 5080 graphics cards in next gen gaming pcs . Microsoft will be like most other developers, largely ignoring Nintendo when it comes to their AAA games but sending some old, last gen games or 2D smaller scale titles their way. I would love for a nintendo console that matched the competition but I seriously doubt we will get one.

Even if Xbox goes multiplatform, the games won't run on switch. They would pretty much be saying that they are now making games for PC and Playstation.

@Mgalens NSO+ Expansion pack generally means that you are better off getting a Miyoo, Anbernic, retroid pocket or hacked 3DS to play old Nintendo games. The technical difficulty of using a legal backup of what you already own, is preferable to renting something you already own. I would rather buy a game twice than fiddle with extracting ROMs from cartridges, and that's why virtual console was the best way to combat piracy. That's why steam are doing so well against piracy, people would rather pay, a reasonable price, for something they own and will most likely run on their future devices, than mess with things on the internet that probably contain viruses. Resetting virtual console on Wii U and 3DS was pretty much theft, which is probably why they didn't reset it on Switch, but made people rent. I'm sure it was a choice of allowing accounts to roll over, so people could play what they bought before, reset virtual console for a third time and probably face legal action from fair trading regulators, or stop selling the games altogether. So Nintendo chose the most anti-consumer option that wouldn't see them end up in court.

It is a shame Arcade archives is the closest thing to virtual console on switch. I hope Switch successor has virtual console, because when I have the choice between renting or not buying I choose option three.

I don't need a bigger screen, unless it folds in half or something. I want something portable.

Prime 4 was made up so Samus Returns wouldn't get Federation Force levels of hate.

The game looks really thrown together. I think I'll pas

I still shop at places that do not offer trade-ins. I hate when you try to return a faulty game and they try to offer you a trade in value instead of a full refund, or suggest it was "tested" so I must have caused the damage or some other scam that you get with 2nd hand games. I also hate it when a 2nd hand game is similar price to a new one or presented as new. I prefer a straightforward purchase.

Due to the power of blockchain technology, people will still own the NFTs and could still sell them via other platforms to anyone stupid enough to buy them.

As a Switch and Steamdeck owner, I am sorry to say that Switch cannot compete. It is not shovelware, it is the AAAs. The real issue is that Swich cannot run contemporary games. Steam deck is not perfect but it runs a lot of games significantly better than the Switch. On top of that, I know that a game I bought in 2010 on steam is likely to work in 2090, something I cannot say about Nintendo games. Steamdeck can also run GBA, NES SNES, GC, N64 etc without a subscription because it is a PC, illegal but true.

Hyper-NES, or Hyper-Nintendo. I think it signals that it isn't an mid-refresh switch (and instead looks like an improved SNES). Although these names with connotations of power will get ridiculed when the machine can't run contemporary videogames with adequate performance. So this name, only if the silicon chips are nice.

Changing the rules last year made them seem untrustworthy. Sacking lots of people due to a poor leadership decision is the same mistake. The people that need "resetting" are the ones that made that decision.

I am outraged by an assumption about a group that is assumed to have possibly said something about a group I can choose to consider myself part of. This is the internet after all.

I would like updated hardware. Nintendo will likely milk the Switch for all it is worth. They should release a switch lite OLED that can be docked. They could release all sorts of joycon and accessories. They could play into all of the fitness accessories or labo. They could release collections of SNES or GBA on cartridges. They could do "remasters" of GameCube and Wii games more. There is a lot that can be done with Switch before moving on.

If Nintendo continued virtual console, we might have PS1,PS2 and GameCube games on it by now.

@Kilroy this is a shame. I have both dementiums on DS. I also have the original Moon. I think I really enjoyed them them back in the PSP/DS era. I do not like buggy ports

@AG_Awesome if you only play games on switch, you will be waiting a long time to play most things.

This game was super impressive on the original DS. Most games on DS were 2D. Not really interested in playing on a Switch but it was super cool in its day.

@AG_Awesome Dementium 2 hd has been on steam for a long time. Was going for 75p in the autumn sale.

It was 8 pounds on steam for Halloween. I thought I would wait for it to get a bit cheaper.

Is that a 3D streets of rage? OMG. The Shinobi looks pretty cool too.

Sometimes a download code in a box at retail is cheaper than a digital download from the eshop. That's something.

Surely when an addition is announced, they should add it immediately. People are paying by the month for access and these are really old games.