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@Simu001 when did they ever advertise full compatibility? As for 'fan efforts blowing Nintendo out of the water' what fan efforts have had to try and build a fully functioning emulator that emulates over 95% of the currently known 11,000+ Switch titles?

@Quarbit performance will be the same as it is now. The switch had plenty of 30fps games at this stage of its life too and it also had plenty of 60fps ones. A game like this is clearly far more CPU intensive than your typical game just due to the number of characters on screen. They've gone for keeping the number of characters equal to other platforms which obviously puts the Switch 2 at a disadvantage compared to pretty much any other platform. That's just how it is, they could adjust the game of course but they already said they don't want to do that

There is absolutely no reason for this to run at 30fps apart from just not putting the effort into the development. EA continually seem to do this poor porting to Nintendo consoles, I don't really understand their approach asside from being able to say it doesn't sell well on Nintendo consoles so we don't have to put the effort into future versions.

I like a poll but the options given aren't really suitable for collecting data and building a picture.

The first poll isn't balanced, maybe, I''m not so sure and I haven't decided yet are all basically the same thing. I'll stick with the original and questions about the expansion pack belong in separate polls.

In the second one, the I'm not interested option isn't really required if you want to know what people are getting, it would be assumed that its aimed at people who are intending to use the sevice.

Odd decision to not include the extra pages, I though

Don't see the problem myself. It would cost a forune to buy the hardware and game catalogue these days.

They've given two options to play the games the more expensive plastic and cheaper cardboard version, the latter akin to the Labo stuff for Switch. There are options available for what is really an awkward system to have to emulate. Perhaps there will also be a non stereoscopic option at launch which would save on the extra outlay.

@silberbauer15 yet they could quite conceivably have moved this indie showcase further up the schedule or put it together quite quickly using footage intended for future directs. It really doesn't take that long to put a video package together, roadmap or not. It's not uncommon for a company to adjust to push unpopular feedback to the back of peoples minds.

It's also quite short in comparison to other indie showcases at just under 15 minutes, which seems quite brief

@silberbauer15 yet no mention of this one from any 'leakers'. You can't state things like that with certainty.

@Metazoxan @navi

I think you can quite easioy put a 15 minute promo video together in a week. I'm not suggesting they were never going to put an indie showcase video out but I feel like it could certainly have been accelerated by the mixed feedback.

I wonder if this is a reaction to the feedback on last weeks direct?

None of the options suit me, I 3 star each cup on 50cc, then 100cc and so on.

Option 2 on the poll skews things, you'll always prefer an OLED screen if given the choice

Why the misleading headline which makes it seem like only the Switch version has been altered when in fact it is all versions of the game? Even the article itself leaves that clarification out.

@Ravenmaster a 1080p image on a 4k display will display just fine. The difference between a 1080p image on a 1080p screen vs a 1080p image on a 4k screen is negligible in most cases. The TV will upscale the image fine and there wont be any stretching as the dimensions scale up equally.

Now obviously you aren't taking advantage of the additional pixels vs using a native 4k image but how many people using a Switch 2 will really notice the difference between 1080p and 2160p, that's why using DLSS makes the most sense.

@Ravenmaster I think current hardware sales would suggest they are quite happy with the approach they have and it's hard to argue against it. Once you are hitting 60fps and 1080p the improvements start becoming less noticeable to the general gaming public so any higher specs would be for a smaller portion of their overall audience

@Henmii I'm fairly sure they'll announce it January particularly if these leaks are true. You can understand that they didn't want to hurt the Christmas sales, but there's really no reason not to announce it any time from now onwards, especially if there are elements of it they want to keep under wraps and real for themselves. Games like Xenoblade X and Metroid 4 could easily be cross gen

Why do Microsoft even continue to operate in Japan, 3 series SKUs and still nowhere near even selling 1m units, and probably won't in its lifetime (660k). Impressive numbers for Switch at 35m total.

It seems like there's been a cultural shift in Japan since the days of the PS2 (25m). Since then sony consoles have struggled to hit 10m.

I think the obvious answer is that there isn't really a good way. Short of releasing a clamshell version of the Switch 2 which I don't think is going to happen, none of the possibilities mentioned really work.

Tate mode is probably the best idea but Nintendo aren't going to run with that, it's not really practical. An optional second screen would probably give the best user experience, but that's too niche and costly. One screen on tv and the other on the Switch like the Wii U is a bit too jarring.

So I think for the time being DS and 3DS are better left to being played on original hardware which isn't that difficult to come by.

Where is Shining Force? That would be my number 1 pick. After that I think Fighting Vipers and Daytona USA.

I went Europe on this one.

I think the JPN artwork is significantly better, however I think the Euro one better conveys what the game is all about, rather than just being a nice picture of a load of Pokemon.

Just because the European/USA version is considered iconic it doesn't make it the best box art.

The issue here is that you have two japanese covers which are largely the same bar a border currently sitting on a combined 64% yet the Euro/NA cover is likely going to win because it has the largest singular percentage. It's like when Japanese console figures get reported and the PS5 tops the table but in reality if all Switch SKUs were added together like they should be then it wouldn't be.

I went Europe, that Japan cover is just a little bit too busy for my liking. The European one is cleaner although the 7 different logos at the bottom are a bit jarring.

Looks awful, so far from a Skies of Arcadia

@masterLEON I think MP4 has already been moved to the next console. It's far too quiet on that front to think anything is arriving soon. I think with TOTK and Pikmin 4 releasing in the next 2 months Nintendo will have made good on all of their outstanding promises with only Metroid shifting, but we did get Dread and and the remaster somewhat unexpectedly so I think that's reasonable.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a summer announcement for a Switch successor with a view to launching Spring 2024 around the 7 year anniversary of Switch.

If Nintendo want it to be the best selling console of all time then it will be. It's really all down to how many more big game releases it has left in it and if they wanted to throw another console revision out there.

If for example they released a Switch Pro, next Mario Kart, Mario Odyssey 2 etc they would smash through that target but I think that's unlikely with a Switch 2 likely on the way in the next 12-18 months, they have likely been stockpiling releases.

They could always do something out of left field so it wouldn't be too unexpected to see a new revision, perhaps something completely random like a Switch Mini with a smaller screen more like the GBA in size, and with a significant price cut aimed at a younger market.

We saw it with the 2DS, the Wii Mini, GBA Micro and combined with something like Switch selects range of games, there's definitely mileage in it.

My guess is they'll just let fizzle out after Zelda being its last big release though, but we shall see.

I just don't see how this is up for debate, the original staff should always be included in any credits.

Let's be honest here it's far more controversial to not include them than to include them, so why not just do it. Very few people are going to complain about their inclusion compared to the numbers who would complain about the opposite.

@Browny for the exact reason that he stated in the article

The only thing I like there is the case.

I have no idea why the pro controller has one white handle. You would really hope the joycon grip would have had a nice design on it to match the joy cons. The same with the bezel on the switch itself. The joycons and the dock together just look too busy. Not for me this one.

I've got the fates special edition with all three games on the one cart but never actually played it. I've been saving it for a rainy day, ai just haven't found the right rainy day yet!

Is there anything I should be doing in terms of downloads/dlc to make sure I get the full exoerience when I do get round to playing.

In fact the same applies to the special edition Echoes as well, anything I should be downloading?

@johnvboy a game comes out that he worked on previously and he comments on it, its hardly attention seeking

How is he attention seeking? He's posted two tweets both of which Nintendo Life has reported on, that's it.

Lets be honest here as well, they could have just included an option at the end to roll the original credits or put them in the options menu which unlocks on completion of the game, its really no hardship to do that is it.

@bonjong23 so crapping over a game is making two posts on twitter voicing legitimate gripes?

I think most people would agree that the original team should be individually named after all this game wouldn't exist without them.

His door 'complaint' is him being passionate about something he spent many hours working on. It will be interesting to see if its altered in a future update.

He's been complementary about the game as well as the team who worked on the remaster so he really hasn't crapped all over it at all.

Really surprised by this one, I'd say Europe is better by a significant margin. A nice understated cover which is miles better stylistically than the NA cover. I'm not sure about the JPN cover the Caocom is far too prominent.

I always find the reporting of hardware charts stupid. Lets be honest here the Switch is still top of the hardware charts at 51k units vs Playstation 5s 42k units. The units play the same games they are just different revisions/variations of the same console.

I think you only have to look at the game releases to see that we are nearing the end of this gen now.

We've had perhaps the Ultimate Smash game ever and the next one if it comes will be absolutely years away, especially if they don't have Sakurai to count on to develop it.

They went back to Mario Kart 8 rather than release 9 which suggests they are waiting for athe next console release.

Typically the second mainline 3D Zelda marks the end end of a gen and the beginning of the next, there certainly won't be another on Switch, possibly another 2D game or the remasters which have been rumoured.

We've had Splatoon 2 and 3 we are unlikely to see a 4th on Switch, that'll be for the next console.

The longer we go without a 3D Mario would suggest it'll be held off for Switch 2 as well.

There've been a lot of Pokemon releases on the Switch and with the release of Scarlet and Violet will there be another mainline pair? I'm not so sure.

We know Metroid is on the way at some point but that could just as easily be pushed to the next console at this stage. It's unlikely to sell many more Switchs but it could push a new machine.

I think we've got 16-18 months of Zelda 2 and perhaps what you might call slightly lesser titles, Pikmin, Yoshi, maybe another Kirby and Donkey Kong. Switch will be 6 in March and 7 in March 2024, I think that will be about the time we see whatever new hardware Nintendo has planned.

@nimnio you think that scoring is consistent?

I would suggest typically reviewers aren't always fans of a game and have typically been provided with a review copy for free. Now often times there can be other factors at play, but I would be more inclined to take a review score qualified with a written review rather than just numbers from a load of random people who potentially do or don't own a game.

A poll like this will never give an accurate representation, because you are in theory only getting feedback from people who shelled out £€$40-60. Meaning they are likely already fans of the game so unlikely to be impartial but will also have unconcious buyers bias towards the game.

@Truegamer79

I'm not entirely sure many of those have had re-releases at all.

I know for certain Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shining Force 3 (only the first game got an English translation although parts 2 and 3 have fan translations now), Shining the Holy Ark, Shining Wisdom never have been re-released on any platform.

I think a few of the other may have had relatively poor ports to PC, but typically due to how hard it was to port to/from and emulate, very few Saturn games have ever been re-released.

That and my Dreamcast are probably my two collections I will never part with.

@Truegamer79 I enjoyed my Wii U, it was short on games but the games it did have I felt were excellent. I don't really play it much anymore because most of the best games received Switch ports. In fact the biggest use for my Wii U now is playing wii games with the superior HDMI out.

As for the Saturn, it was such an underappreciated console.

Virrtua Fighter 2, Fighting Vipers, Fighters Megamix
Sega Rally, Daytona USA
Shining Force 3 (all 3 parts), Shinng Wisdom, Shining the Holy Ark
Panzer Dragoon 1, 2, Saga
Virtua Cop 2, HOTD
Nights, Burning Rangers
Virtual On, Marvel vs Street Fighter
Radiant Silvergun

All make my best games of all time list

The Jaguar on the other hand was absolute muck 😂

I don't think there's much in this one to be honest. Both have their plus points and I can't see a clear winner, I'd call this one a draw.

@Truegamer79 that sounds like a person who never owned a Sega Saturn or if they did, didn't own the right games

Also, lets just release it in the middle of a working day, when a great number of people will have no chance of getting it, with no real warning. Brilliant.

I don't understand how this can be so complicated. They know how many people had registered an interest so surely you at least make as many copies as people who showed an interest. Why not send people individualised ways of placing an order? Why not allow people to place a deposit or pre-order and then manufactur as many as needed.

I have the special editions for 1 and 2, it's going to be disapointing if I can't get the third one too.

I mean there will definitely be a portable element to the console. I don't see Nintendo ever splitting into two distinct branches of console ever again. What ai could see happen though might be a handheld and home console variant of the same system to satisfy all types of player.

A handheld, slightly underpowered but prioritising things like battery life and portability and a home console with more power under the hood possibly even modular in the form of a powered dock. I think going back to the plans we saw way back before Switch was announced this might be the direction we see Nintendo go. But who knows, Nintendo always seem to pull out a bit of a curve ball, usually for the better of the games industry.

Easily Europe for this one I'm surprised it is currently so close. It's unusual because the Japanese Biohazard covers usually knock it out of the park yet I'd say that's the worst of the 3.

Its obviously tears as in cry

Too much Tencent involved in the videogsmes industry already, not good for business.

Not only do I think Nintendo aren't involved, I feel like they also won't actually endorse the use of this on their platform.

I quite like the USA one unfortunately it will always be spoiled by the red strip down the side, so Japan it is.