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As someone who played the demo, it's not that surprising.

No not a chance. I've got nothing good to say about what I played of the demo. City Trial was so boring, I mean there was things going on everywhere, but it all just seemed pointless like it didn't matter where I went. Reminded me of being in a lobby waiting 5 minutes for the game to start, but once it did it was just this simple 1 minute minigame that wasn't worth the wait.

@Anti-Matter "PS4 games are 99% compatible with PS5 machine and some of them get native performance boost to 60 fps for Free without further update or free update patch. It boosted from the PS5 power."

Are you sure you're not talking about Switch 2? because that's exactly what it does. Patches aren't necessary, games get boosted from the Switch 2 power. Play some struggling Switch 1 games on Switch 2 and you'll see the difference.

Seems like a big non-story. Every game they release, soundtrack, retro rom, is on a schedule. People want everything now, but next week they'll have nothing to look forward to and in Nintendo's absense suddenly people are talking about the new thing from Sony, etc. You have to space these things out if you want to keep people engaged.

After that last direct showed the motorcycle segment I have to buy Metroid Prime 4 now, and that will take my time and money. But otherwise, Assassin's Creed isn't in the same market; it's a game key-card, I was never going to spend money on that anyways. Plus, the way Ubisoft prices their games, it will probably be $20 in a couple months.

I think the game key card is a perfectly valid thing to talk about for all these games like that. I wanted to watch the video, and get hyped but I don't need to waste my energy when I know I'm not going to buy it. Switch 2 doesn't have enough space, and sd cards are too small and too expensive. I'd have considered picking it up if it was on the cartridge, but there's no chance now. These companies are losing sales.

I'm a little tired of the revivals, would much rather have a sequel to Double Dragon Neon.

I was really on the fence before the direct, but I have to have it now. Having a whole world to explore rather the confined underground spaces from past games seems awesome. I don't want another game too similar to the old games, there's too many metroidvania games out there now, having an open world metroidvania seems like a great way to innovate. Then this opens the possibility of unlocking cool upgrades for your bike, like going faster, more firepower, etc.

Looks a lot less manic than the last one. I couldn't get into Aces at all, it was just like random nonsense constantly, it didn't feel like tennis. I just want something that plays more like Wii Sports tennis. This looks cool, but I hope there's a demo because I'm afraid to spend the money after last time.

That looks so cool

I liked the direct, always fun to see Sakurai-san talk about something he seems passionate about. And it was full of info. But I'm still not sold on the game, I hope there's a demo, and not just a timed demo like usual but something I can sit there with and take the time to get used to the controls. Looks a little too fast paced for me, and not sure how I feel about auto accelerate. But it's just a video, could be just fine to play.

[And also another thing that's bothering me is I was so excited to play Smash Ultimate I preordered it with the first couple seasons of dlc and what a let down. Smash 4 Wii U I played nearly every day for a while there doing 2v2 online and they trivialized the mode turning it into a gamble at 25% odds you get to play that way. Then they won't let us change characters after a match without dropping our rivals/partners, and to top it off there's no taunts online. That doesn't mean it's a bad game, the character roster is amazing and local multiplayer is probably awesome. Just doesn't seem like the game is made for me. So I'll wait for some reviews on this, or a good demo.]

Imagine all the money they could have had if they treated this ip more like TMNT. I think people liked He-Man enough, he was cool, the cartoon wasn't that good as it was barely animated but if the games would have been alright people would have played them.

I won't get it (unless it's on a good sale) because I'm not a fan of basketball. Otherwise I kind of like the wheelchair controls, and would totally be into a destruction derby type of event, or racing, or a platformer like that would be really cool as well. [edit: but it needs a rearview mirror]

@ShieldHero It shouldn't be very surprising, they probably run better on Switch 2 without any update since it automatically makes Switch 1 games run better. And the zelda upgrades come free with the online with expansion pack membership so it's cheaper just to buy the Switch versions if you have that already.

I kind of like what they're going for but I probably won't get it, I'm just not a big basketball fan, and it reminds me of Rocket League. Which looked cool but every time I played it I had no idea what I was doing and just lucky to touch the ball. Here it's got like tank controls, I have a hard enough time finding the basket.

Then I was in a match earlier where these 2 players would just go back and forth making slam dunks, no passes. And I guess that's great if it helps you win, but it was pretty boring to watch. Seems like most games I played, I'd be looking on their end to slam into them when they leave their safe zone, they'd go flying right on past me, and by the time I turn around they're down the way about to make a basket.

Also in the training I liked throwing baskets, but when the game starts with actual human opponents what always happens to me is I raise my arm and someone slams into me screwing up my shot.

Nintendo is for babies

@Cronodoug MKW and DKB are Switch 2 games, not available on Switch 1. And there's a huge reason to own a Switch 2 right now, it makes nearly every Switch game better on a system level, without requiring individual updates for each game. Games people said looked like crap on Switch, are suddenly running at a solid 60fps and upscaled to 4k. Switch has over 12,000 games, so lots of reasons to upgrade.

I was going to give it a lower score but then realized I wanted to play more than 3. Mina, Ball x Pit, Ultimate Sheep Raccoon, Glaciered, Winter Burrow, Caves of Qud, UFO 50 all look good, so I gave it a 9. They could have put out more games but with regular 3rd party games, and Nintendo 1st party games, I wouldn't have time to play any more so there's nothing to complain about really.

I could have used some Enter the Gungeon 2 or the arcade game, or I've been wanting to play Half Life 3 forever and would love another sequel to Guacamelee (felt Hollow Knight was just okay so don't care about Silk Song) but doesn't really matter as I can only play so many games. And it's up to the devs if they want to release their games, can't blame Nintendo for that.

@OctolingKing13 $20 at launch, so exactly like rocket league then. At least for the standard edition.

I don't see how Super Mario Bros. is there. It's a classic alright, but games these days blow it out of the water. Even Super Mario Bros. 3 is a much better game with lots more to do. Unless this is like a speedrunning thing I guess I get that, but otherwise even without warp zones, it's not that big of a game and there's not much replay value.

I think any of the New Super Mario games are better since there's a lot more levels, and collecting the special coins in the levels gave a good reason to come back to the game even after beating it. Plus NSMB DS had all those fun minigames you could play with the stylus. And they all have simultaenous multiplayer, instead of having to take turns. (plus you couldn't save your game until Mario World came out)

Enter the Gungeon 2 (and a port of the arcade game)

This and Peggle (and the Sims) seemed like real no brainers for the Switch, it's like EA is afraid of money.

Nothing new for me but just picked up Shakedown Hawaii, Boomerang X, Disc Room, Ape Out, and Trailblazers for $2 each on the eshop.

I got lucky and before Switch 2 came out I picked up a used Elgato 4K60 S+ for my youtube channel. I hate recording on my pc, always some hardware or software issue, so it's nice this records to an SD card instead of needing to be plugged into a PC. I just wish they hadn't stopped making them years ago, I'm dreading the day I need a replacement.

Despite some similar graphics, these are 2 completely different games. Donkey Kong doesn't play like anything like Mario, so people shouldn't expect it to sell like Mario.

What I don't get is, why don't they just make Switch 2 labels for Switch 1 cartridges. Then software makers that don't need the speed (or whatever) of a Switch 2 cartridge can just use one of these. With the popularity of Switch 1 there must be tons of these things, cheap and easy to produce.

@Zeebor15 I'd like to see that. It would be cool to see Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Daisy, Yoshi, etc. as bosses you have to defeat.

I just hope we get this with the Gamecube online, or preferrably if they added a Dreamcast emulator

@Anti-Matter Super Horn is great, but a well timed mushroom will do the trick as well in Mario Kart World.

I don't really get why anyone would expect it to cost more to buy, as if selling it for $20 means they lost all hope. Not everything costs a fortune to develop and it doesn't make it bad when some games don't need all that money. Some kinds of games just don't get any benefit of having an overblown budget.

No game key cards for me, I don't really get it. The advantage of physical is that you don't need hard drive space and can easily sell them later, which makes them great collectibles or investments. Digital is great because you don't need to get up and change the cartridge every time you want to play something else. This just seems like the worst of both worlds.

Which is only made worse by the storage size of the Switch 2. If there was a lot more space this wouldn't be a big deal but I can picture people's hard drives getting filled up fast with just 5 or 6 AAA games; people are going to be angry that the physical cartridge they bought can't be played because there isn't space on the system.

I think it looks good, but have no idea really since it's always plugged into the dock.

@WOLF13 It's got 2 exclusive first party games, not one. I picked them both up on launch day and been having a lot of fun with each. They're both completely different so it's a nice change of pace, plus they're the kinds of games that you couldn't play on a regular Switch.

@DarkTron @DarkTron It's 14 tech demos and 20 minigames, it's not a demo itself but that would be great if there was a demo for it. A quick cashgrab, yeah like Nintendo needs the money so desperately, lol. Repriced from what exactly? Why would anybody expect it for free, games cost money, it didn't just appear into existence like magic.

And Astro's Playroom was not free, just like Wii Sports wasn't free. It's bundled with the hardware, those consoles would have been cheaper without them. People bitched about the $450 price, and you're here asking for it to be $460 so it will include a game that you describe as a demo. This doesn't make any sense. If you want the game, buy the game, if you want to save your money nobody is forcing you to get it. It shouldn't have been included, people shouldn't have to pay for that if they're not interested in it.

I can't wait. I loved learning about Switch with LABO, and this seems like the same thing for Switch 2, only $50 cheaper and less cardboard to find space for. I don't get the complaints, games aren't free to develop. Seems like some niche software that not everyone is going to want to use, hardly worth raising the price of the system over.

Sounds pretty bad if they're specifically mentioning it. I thought this was standard practice, or at least it should be. There's no shortage of cancelled games.

I'm looking forward to Mario Kart and all the Nintendo 1st party games coming up, but also looking forward to playing some Switch 1 games with upgraded graphics and higher fps. And Soul Caliber 2 and F-Zero

They really need to fix the storage issue if they expect people to buy lots of games. The system storage is not that much, and the micro SD cards are not that big either.

This could be okay if games were all on cartridges, then you could swap the carts easy enough, but instead with the game keys you have to install it so there's not enough space to play that many games. They better come up with something quick or people will have no reason to buy any new games.

@Ogbert Switch Sports and Ring Fit Adventure need the controller to fit in the leg strap, and Ring Fit Adventure needs a controller in the ring con.

@Anti-Matter This article is about characters that do not exist. No reason to think Miis aren't in the game. But I think you just like to complain.

@Miu Switch Sports is awesome, I've spent so many hours playing that. I unlocked all the costumes because I played every day after it came out for a year, and I still play it every couple days. Leg strap 4v4 online soccer is just the best and there's nothing like that elsewhere.

It's like a million times better than the last entry in the series, it's been one of the best selling games on the platform since it released, so there's always loads of opponents and teammates online. And the rollback netcode means it never lags, which is the complete opposite of Wii Sports Club. Then the pro leagues are there so there's always stiff competition. Aside from Enter the Gungeon, it's probably the best game on the system in my opinion.

Also not premium prices at all, the game was never full priced. In fact, if you already have the legstrap that comes with Ring Fit U, you can get the digital version of the game for ten dollars cheaper. It's $40 digital, and $50 physical which comes with the legstrap.

Should have included Choice Provisions' Paws on fire.

No change here. I'll buy the 1st party games at full price that I like (with the exception of Mario Kart since that's $50 with the bundle) and maybe some indies and if it's a $60 game or higher I just wait for a sale. My backlog is a mile long, there's only a few games that are absolute must haves for me. (Mario platformers, Switch Sports, Gungeon, Splatoon, LABO, etc.).

I'll be continuing to play on other platforms. But I have zero interest in Playstation or Xbox. I play on PC, and lately just can't get enough of my Quest 3S, that's the real next gen console in my opinion. Switch 2 is going to be great, but it's not really in the same league as VR.

@Waluigi451 Naming it like that, I'm sure some people pick up MK 11 thinking it's the newest game in the series.

Surprised no one mentioned mouse mode for Game Builder Garage. Seems like an obvious improvement. But it would be great if they'd add online game sharing.

They didn't even bother to list them: Switch Sports, Ring Fit, and LABO. You guys really should hire someone who likes motion controlled games, there's a real obvious bias here.

All the Labo games were great, some of the most unique gameplay I've ever seen.

No way. I did this a lot when I was younger, but what a mistake. They pay horrible and I'd just rather keep them. Besides if things got really bad and I had to get rid of a console, I'm going to ebay, where I'll get top dollar.

Can't wait for Welcome Tour and Mario Kart World. This looks great, but it's pretty bad timing going up against another huge racer like Mario Kart and F-Zero. I'll probably get it eventually but I don't feel I need it right now when I got those other games to scratch that racing itch.

Great, can't wait. I love things like this. And hopefully I'll get some good views on my channel from people who are curious but don't like buying video games.