MrRom92

Glad I held out and never played this, if I am going to play it now it will at least be the slightly less janky version. But I never played Sword/Shield either and there’s no hint at those getting Switch 2 improvements. As a gen 1 fan I think I’m finally just out on mainline Pokemon games.

This is such a letdown. The system that most struggles with framerates and thus needs VRR the most. The Switch 2 feels like it is a handheld-first system and docked play is an afterthought

I don’t think there is going to be a new Animal Crossing. At least, not this generation. Same with Smash. These titles will serve as a platform and rather than reinvent the wheel they will receive an extensive Switch 2 update with extra content, in the $20-$30 range.

I hope they bring the fossil chocolates over here too. I imported a case of them a couple years back and they did not last very long. I expected them to be fun to open and eat, but they were good too

I will absolutely still be playing Mario Kart 8. MKW may be fine in its own right, but it’s a shakeup. MK8 remains the pinnacle of the classic Mario Kart experience as far as I am concerned.

I know it’s very unlikely that Nintendo will do anything to market the older title in the series when they’re trying to push the new one, but I’d really like it if this got an update to run natively as a Switch 2 Version.

Maybe this could mean higher framerates/resolutions, or HDR support. But if it only ever remains playable in its current form then that’s not a bad state of affairs.

I really don’t understand the big deal

There’s really no reason to be buying physical cartridges anymore, unless you are in a developing nation without access to high speed internet.

I didn’t buy a single physical game for the Switch during the entirety of that generation. Why would I?

Just download the games and stop crying about it

I would be hyped, but I am not counting my chickens before they hatch. I am already apprehensive about the 3+4 remake, which seems to have lost a lot of the charm and humor that made the originals so special. I can still remember talking with friends on the schoolbus and playground about random secrets we found in THPS 4. One of the first things I will be doing is checking a certain set of binoculars in the San Diego Zoo… how much do you want to bet it does nothing in the new game? Will we get to skate as Eddie or Boba Fett again? I have my doubts.

Still the best Mario Party of all time

@StewdaMegaManNerd there are absolutely ways Nintendo could approach having a powerful home console that would not sacrifice the portable side of their business

@electrolite77 the last time Nintendo had a power competitive console was 20+ years ago. There are multiple new generations of Nintendo fans since then who, let’s face it, will buy whatever they put out.
Microsoft’s struggles are not analogous to Nintendo. They operate completely differently and do not have the strength of Nintendo’s first party IP.
There are absolutely ways Nintendo could pull off a powerful home console without sacrificing the portable side of their business. The Switch and Switch 2 approach are ultimately only one set of compromises.

I just want Nintendo to focus on making a powerful console again, next time around. It’s not like it won’t sell. I’m tired of having to buy/hook up multiple consoles and determine what console will be best to play whichever game on, and have to question if I’m making the right choice. Almost every third party game that comes out I end up buying on PS5. Life would be so much better if I had a reason to just buy them on a Nintendo console instead.

Do they really have a case? It’s not like Genki were subject to an NDA
Hopefully they will make a Switch 2 version of the mini dock before they go under. Or confirm switch 2 compatibility with the current one. And then blow them out at bargain bin prices to help fund the legal battle.

I installed this, did the switch 2 transfer and am packing up my switch to ship off after having already sold it on eBay. At this point I can only hope the process actually works.

There is a small part of me that is like “ugh, really?” But honestly? I’m actually kinda glad. Let them cook, this game should have every chance to be the best it can be. I was also kinda concerned I’d be buying a Switch 2 at a time that I basically would not even be looking at the Switch 2. Now I’ll actually have some time to play it without my attention being diverted elsewhere.

No, because I did not buy any physical Switch cartridges for the entirety of that generation and I don’t plan to start now. But I will most likely rent many of these, which is one reason why theyre obviously so much better than a 1 time use code in a box. There were many Switch games I could not rent because of that. Otherwise, all the local public libraries near me let people take out their games for the low low price of $0.00, so key cards are a great development for me

@zidentia there’s nothing to agree or disagree about, this is the nature of data retention in this means of storage. We are starting to see corrupt NAND in Wii U consoles that have been left unpowered for significant amounts of time. We are also seeing corruption in DS cartridges. As part of software preservation, this is why it’s important that ROMs have known (and demonstrably repeatable) checksums.

@Pak-Man anything on the Wii shop is perfectly preserved at this point, despite the fact that they were not released on physical media. The legal ability to purchase copies is not preservation of software.

@Hwatt it’s definitely a great feature but another telling sign of Nintendo’s poor communication with the introduction of this generation. They couldn’t have told us this would be possible sooner? Now there will be a mad dash of everyone trying to sell their consoles at the same time. I’m sure GameStop has had to field many now-unnecessary questions about how trade ins would work as well.

Seeing DK64 continually get the short end of the stick hurts. It was my first Nintendo console game. I will never forget the rush of hooking up the jungle green N64 and seeing that rap for the first time. On MY video game system.

Before that I had a Pico, and I was pretty familiar with PlayStation from having played it at other people’s houses. I very easily could have become a Sega or Sony kid.

@Pak-Man aaaaand that’s where you lost me. What in the world does any of this have to do with “preservation”?
Existing on a cart, in full or in part, does nothing for preservation. N o t h i n g. Preservation is about proper archival practices put in place by the developers and publishers. Not mass producing game releases and considering them “preserved” simply because they exist.
Preserving your own purchase is better with downloads too:
When every Switch cart is corrupted in another 15-20 years (all NAND flash by the way; not true mask ROMs like the cartridges of old) you will be happy to have a proper copy of the games you downloaded and purchased on your SD card, from which you were able to easily copy and PRESERVE your data.

I was also interested in selling my original Smash Bros pro controller until I found out that counterfeits have basically destroyed the market for that controller on eBay now. You can get them so cheap (and often only vaguely labeled as such, if at all) that nobody would bother paying a decent price for the real thing.

As someone with an “unpatched” day 1 launch model, I can get more for that just selling privately. I’m going to list it on eBay sometime this week.

I fail to see how this is an issue for anyone
Code in a box are subject to sales that download codes typically aren’t

I love these newer entries in the series but I can’t see myself paying for them again to have such a degraded experience compared to how they’re presented on PS5. My switch 2 will essentially be for first party titles.
That said I’d like to see Switch 2 upgrades for older titles I already have on Switch, like Revelations, or 0, 1, 4, 5, 6. Original RE4 ran pretty well on Switch but had some performance hiccups that could more than easily be smoothed out by the new hardware. But I fear Capcom has no interest in supporting the original or porting it to new platforms anymore after all their attention has shifted to the remake.

After fees and such it’s unlikely that they are making much, if any profit at all. This is not a scalper’s paradise as it has been with other commodities like PS5s or certain graphics cards

When I first went hands on with the switch in January of 2017 this was the first thing I checked for, and my first major disappointment of that generation… ah, the joy cons only have digital triggers? Better run and check the pro controller, maybe that one wil…. Ahhh. Nope. Ok.

8 years later and here we are making the same mistake again. Classic Nintendo. Oh, and you can’t even use the GameCube controller they are making with other switch 2 games. Brilliant!

They somehow find ways to make their own system the least fun to play games on. I am thinking of all the titles I would have bought on switch that simply make so much more sense on ps5 now.

Doesn’t make sense that their own games on NSO will now be unplayable with the regular system controller. Now you NEED the accessory controller, and it’s only functional for those games. Awesome. They might as well cut out all pretense and just give you the middle finger during the next Nintendo direct.

day 1 switch and I don’t own a single cartridge for it. Don’t think that’s going to be changing with switch 2. There is no reason to go physical anymore other than being a cheapo