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Geez, I wonder if the people that see anti-consumer practice in everything Nintendo does are gonna bat en eye on this one 🙄

Judging by the comment section : nope.
The game is not out yet but we already have paid DLC.

@AmplifyMJ The first few days are the most important ones for a videogame. If it sells poorly on release, it wont get any traction and thus will sell even more poorly afterward, with some notable exceptions.

Yup, it's a stupid decision by Nintendo.

There's nothing much to analyze here. It's plain old stupid to not give dev kits left and right for your newly released console.

I mean, does Star Crossed World have specific musics to begin with ? For all we know, it could re-use every previous level's music

I'm really glad to hear it as I never played it, so I might give this one a try too ! End of the year is gonna be a busy one for Switch 2 : this, Kirby Forgotten Land, Persona 3, Silksong, Kirby Air Riders... I wont have enough time to play them all, as I'm still pretty busy with Cyberpunk 2077 🤣

I might finally buy it, if it runs well on Switch 2 !

@Maxz A lot of writers have a blog where they keep their community updated on their progress, or just share random stuff (fan arts, thoughts, next event they are participating to...)

That's extremely common place. Even GRR Martin does it.

I'm gonna add this to my previous comment : Silksong was initially a DLC funded through kickstarter. Sure, it's extremely nice it turned out to be a full game, but it justifies even less Team Cherry's communication practice : you had people that paid to see this content see the light of day, so frequent updates, even just to say the team is still ALIVE, should have been provided. That's standard practice for a kickstarter campaign, and in a way Silksong was a by-product of the original KS campaign

Also, reminder that until recently, you could see people on NL say that Silksong is just vaporware and will never come out. That's how radio silence they were.

Welp, I'm glad it's finally here, but I will never change my mind on this : it was a bad idea to not say anything in 6 years, and it would not have been that time consuming to give some news once or twice a year. No one is gonna convince me that writing one article every few months on their website, sharing details on a few enemies, maybe some lore, whatever man, it does not have to be a freaking novel, but something, could take more than 2 hours.

So the whole "we did not want to use development time to communicate, therefore we litteraly did not communicate at all with our fanbase" seems pretty BS to me. If you don't want to communicate with your fanbase, just say it, but don't use poor excuses like this one.

It feels so surreal. 6 years later, we finally have a release date, and it's so darn close.

I'm excited to play the game, 100% it, and replay it to death like I did with the first one.

Well Team Cherry if you read this, know that it was the wrong strat to not say anything for like 6 years or so.

Does it take that much time to publish some sort of update on your website, show some concept arts and call it a day ?

Well Elden Ring is not the best optimized game to begin with.

It reminds me of SF6 with this mode that runs at 30 fps. It also does on other plateforms. The developers are just lazy.

Honestly, if Cyberpunk can run this well on Switch 2, there is no excuse for the rest

Looks suuuuuuuuper cool

RELEASE DATE FINALLY 🤡

Why -zuh ? The thing litteraly ends with -za

It should be pronounced Ray-Kwah-ZA

For Sakurai's soothing voice alone, it will be worth watching 😎

The man really delivers. He said we would have news soon, and guess what ? We do !

Cyberpunk 2077. Such a bless on Switch 2.

@Dm9982 Lower than 64gb express sd cards just are not that common. No one, before Switch 2, bought a 16gb express sd card for example

That's why Nintendo only offers 64gb : they don't have the manufacturing capacities to produce anything else.

It's crazy to think both Cyberpunk 2077 and Pokémon Z-A run on the same hardware.

And more importantly : they are both priced the same.

On one hand, you have one of the most breathtaking video game setting ever created, one so well crafted and full of details you litteraly never want to fast travel, just to take it all in.

On the other hand, you have Pokémon Z-A. What did they do to make the setting interesting or captivating ? Nothing. It's generic city 101, there are Pokémons, that's it. No sense of ambiance or mood.

Welp, there's something new to add to my collection of "great things the internet kinda ruined and I'm glad I was not on it when I experienced them"
This list includes Wind Waker, the Star Wars prequels, and now, MK Double Dash.

Double Dash is 100% pure fun. Plain and simple. This is what this series should aim to be imo, and MK World kinda approached it, but not fully, same for MK Wii. MK DS and MK 7 were snore fest. MK 8 was a mix bag for me, it's content rich, but something holds it from being a really fun game.

I have no interest in Kirby racing games, however considering Sakurai is behind it, I'm excepting an extremely content-packed experience with fun gameplay, so why not

But people, we already got the "My Mario" line of products, the anniversary is over 😏

More seriously, it would be such a missed opportunity to not release a new 3D Mario alongside the next Mario movie. Both would help each other's sales

Hope it turns out this twitter account is the real deal

They could at least store this food at home and eat it later...

This is why I could never get into collecting stuff. There is too much BS involved for what is essentially plastic and / or cardboard.

I just bought Cyberpunk 2077 and so far I'm liking it : it runs great but more than that, it seems like an incredible RPG, especially its setting and the way the game fully immerse you in it

I also bought "Is this seat taken", it's really cute, I recommand it

I tried Mina and... yeah, I'm really not digging the way it controls and this digging ability. I know it's part of the challenge, but having a small delay between your jump and the moment you dig is kind of frustrating. Hard pass for this game when it comes out

That's great and all, but isn't this what AIs company do on an industrial level, with billions of artworks stolen and reused ?

Those kids are gonna eat good

Mario fishing, yes, finally

Damn it Nintendo, now I must have a kid to go along with those

Tried it, not really my cup of tea honestly. The controls feel weird and I don't like how you can only attack in 4 directions. I guess it's supposed to mimick old school games. The game does have a charming retro look though, I will give it that !

I gave it a 6/10. I was not interested in most games shown in the direct except for "Is this seat taken ?" which looks really interesting in concept and even art style.

The fact it releases today is also pretty great !

Some people thought Silksong had some sort of exclusive deal with Micro$oft : turns out it's just gonna show up in the studio-killing gamepass, but Team Cherry has no moral obligation to appear in any direct put by Micro$oft

People think timelines are important for Donkey Kong and Zelda when those franchises were invented by Miyamato, the infamously anti-story guy at Nintendo that completely made up story stuff on the spot when asked about it

Not everything needs to be a shared cinematic universe, and in this case, a shared gaming universe

Yup, definitely gonna get it !

Woah that tanuki game looks lovely

I just hope to see cool and interesting games, focused on gameplay and quality.

It's really a nothing burger. They will just ask for proper permission next time and that's it.

Nintendo do not want to get their IPs involved with anything bad looking. You know, stuffs like Darth Vador saying racial slurs and stuff... And I fully understand them. Their IPs are the most important aspect of their business. Getting a few articles pointing how strict they are with it is completely inconsequential to them.

@Hee-ho-master Yes to all of them !

I kinda wish for BG3 to be ported first though, I want to do a new campaign on my switch 2 and test the classes introduced in the final patch

The first NS2 edition that may actually be worth it :

• the ENTIRE game is enhanced (I cannot believe Mario Party was not, for that alone I did not upgrade)
• it looks really pretty
• the new content seems quite substantial !

I will definitely get it.

I want to play Metroid Prime 4 so bad

I noticed the more Square Enix chooses stupid names for their games, the better they end up being.

Nothing can quite beat Triangle Strategy of course, but this one is shapping up to be incredible

Finally. Honestly this game could have been ported to Switch 1 but apparently it was too much for Atlus 🤣
I'm happy to see it now. I played 5 hours of it before my portable PC died, so... really looking forward to it.

@Friendly Hey ! Just so you know, the studio behind Hi-fi rush is still alive ! After Microsoft shut it down, it was bought back by another publisher, alongside... Hi-fi rush itself !

That's the only "Microsoft-produced" game I'm willing to buy in this list, because the money do not go to them anymore

I voted for :

• Something totally new
• Persona 3 Reload
• The follow-up to Hollow Knight

And I think we have good chances go get the three of them. Yes, even the last one. No shadow drop, but just a gameplay trailer and a release date.

YES !!

Well considering everything Nintendo dropped those past two days, I was half-expecting a partner showcase. And I'm really excited for it as we need more infos on third party games for Switch 2.

I want to see Persona 3 and Metaphor Refantazio on Switch 2, that would be really sweet. And if Sony is really bringing some games, Gravity rush 1 and 2 would be a great start !

I don't know if the tsunami is gonna impact it or not as it seems the alert for most regions in Japan has been lifted

There is definitely a Direct soon, but maybe not tomorrow considering the recent events

Nintendo should really announce Directs in advance, maybe 2 weeks before, that would be very much appreciated

Gosh just release it

Donkey Kong Bananza. Finished the game this week after 30 hours, I'm full on 100% completing it now.

The only things I would be interested in :
Bloodborne, Gravity rush 1 and 2, Ico, SOTC, TLG, Astrobot, Ape escape games, the old ratchet and clank games in some remastered form (not the new ones that are meh)

So 99% chance we wont getting these, as Sony does not even care about it on its own plateform, and these geniuses axed the studio behind most of these masterpiece !

Not interested in anything Microsoft has to offer.

As far as I'm concerned, they are dead to me. I'm not giving them money anymore. They are just a plague for this whole industry...

There is definitely a direct coming soon with all these switch 2 games getting their rating

Bananza is indeed the best game in the series. I don't know how it can be up to debate at this point. And no, it's a little bit more than "punching the ground". The game litteraly give you every clue in its level design so you never have to dig randomly.