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Don't get me wrong, I want a new 3D Mario. But if Nintendo experiments with other characters and style, I'm all for it.

And yet stupid Atlus won't release persona games day one on the freaking thing, but release them day one on Xbox series, that's ludicrous

The fact it took them years to release Persona 5 on Switch 1 is mindboggling. It's like they hate money.

How nice to not download 100gb of content for once.

Still to this day Nintendo's very best console, home to the best game of all time, Wind Waker.

Maybe they are not shadow dropping it, but the fact they are putting ads and stuff with a release date means there could be a Direct planned soon ?

Imagine they are actually shadow dropping it soon

@X68000 wdym ? She is dubbed

Already pre-ordered.

It was outstanding. I excepted it to be good but woaaaaaaah

It's the best standalone game direct they ever made. It's basically Odyssey 2. That's what I wanted for 8 years now. Finally.

It was already my most anticipated game this year. It's through the roof now. I NEED IT NOW.

Shuhei Yoshida also mentioned how game journalists took some stuff he said out of context in his previous interviews, like when he said Nintendo lost a bit of its identity with Switch 2 on some podcast, even though he was mostly positive of Nintendo in it.

Context for what he said in this video : Sony does not consider Nintendo competition, not in the sense they think what Nintendo does isn't great. In fact that's quite the opposite. For Sony apparently, Nintendo is quite essential because it helps grow the industry as it targets quite often family and such, and those people (kids and parents) could end up playing on Sony consoles afterward.

There was no ill intent in this statment.

Glad they are here too !

I bet you they will be added to MK World after DK bananza release too.

A lot of different gameplay options ! Huge areas to explore ! Fun music ! Stuff like this !!

@blecch Cyberpunk 2077 on steam deck : 40 minutes of battery.

So, what is your point of comparison ? With which handled device do you compare Switch 2's battery performance ?

Because 2 hours to play such a big game as Cyberpunk 2077 is pretty darn good

The Switch 2 will have more interesting exclusives in 6 months than the PS5 in 5 years.

I swear, there's like one interesting game published by Sony a year. Astrobot in 2024 and Death stranding 2 this year, and for the later it's really hit or miss. I personally thought DS1 was one of the most boring video game experience I ever had, alongside RDR2 which is a snorefest, so I have litteraly 0 interest in anything Sony is publishing this year.

The only reason people are buying PS5 is because they don't own a PC, which is objectively better in every way, especially when online has become so darn expansive on PS5.

I'm really tempted to finally give Splatoon a chance thanks to this new update.

But overall, mainly Mario Kart World (online and some races with my gf) ! I bought the TOTK S2 edition, and it sure does look nice, I might continue to play on my old save file.

I would not say it's a 10, but it's definitely a 9. This is the most fun I had in a Mario Kart ever. What a blast.

@Sonicka Oh he really did come here to say he has a PS5 🤣

I'm absolutely terrible at fighting games so I won't buy it (not at full price) but maybe later to play casually

Great news for the switch 2 version !

Are people gonna complain about litteraly everything for this console ? It causes hair loss ? You don't see your childrens anymore ? The console is too heavy and it makes you jacked ?

Goodness.

Are people 5 years old or something ?

It's a great screen.

Well deserved, it's an incredible piece of hardware, Mario Kart World is the most fun the series has ever seen

Hey that's us ! Sweet !

When I brought my switch 2 from fnac, the seller also told me the switch 2 did exceptionnaly well at their store !

Mario Kart World. The game is incredibly fun with those new movement options. It somehow feels like playing a 3D plateformer with how much freedom you have to move around ! Great stuff

@Smithicus @Smithicus Street fighter 6 is obviously badly optimized. We are talking about two 3D models moving on what is essentially a 2D environment (they can optimize the heck out of the 3d background).

The fact this does not run at 120fps on every hardware is astonishing. It should not be a demanding game.

The courses in this game are soooooo cool and imaginative, it's incredible

My early impressions.

• Switch 2 itself : it's such an improvment over the first one. The design is nice looking, it does not hurt my hands anymore when I hold the switch for long. Everything is snappy and responsive. It feels like a next generation Switch, something that will stays for years. Oh and people that were even remotly saying the screen is a downgrade are waaaaaay over their head. This screen is infinitely better than Switch 1 OLED's.
• Mario Kart World : fun and gigantic. I did not think I would like free roam, but I do. Once you can the hang of it and combine every trick up your sleeve, you can go soooooooo fast.

Really impressed.

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I want it now ! Tomorrow cannot come fast enough !!

This game looks significantly worse, even now, than Xenoblade X on Wii U. That was 10 years ago, on a much less powerful hardware.

Yup, preordered one, since april 3rd, the second I saw preorders were opened. Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow and play Mario Kart World online all day !! And also Split fiction with my gf using the old switch and GameShare !

My goodness just release the game already. At this point, I don't even expect them to wait for a big event to announce it. They could shadow drop it without a trailer, it would work just as fine. And that would be pretty much in line with the rest of their marketing strategy right ? No official update since 2019, that's some commitment.

Switch 2 seems like a pretty beefy hardware this time around ! I'm honestly impressed how well it handles games like Cyberpunk or Streetfighter 6.

But well, I can already hear youtubers complain about the fact it's not as powerful as a PS5, even though it's 1/10th of its size (even less maybe ? 1/20th ?)

Eh why not

I do agree it should have been packed in with the console but it seems pretty fledged out and polished

I agree, the movement seems so fun in this game !

Maybe certain games such as Xenoblade X and Paper Mario are already updated for Switch 2 ?

My Switch 1 is still gonna be around for quite qome time thanks to GameShare ! Starting immediatly with Split fiction

@InJeffable the fact you are saying that when you did not have a switch 2 in hands is quite funny.

Most people that tried it said it did not feel at all like a downgrade

Nintendo Life you forgot to add Split Fiction to the list !

I might give it a try !

Great move.

Will it make people stop complaining about game prices ? Nope.

Youtubers have to make some clicks after all !!

Showing new stuff would keep the momentum going and convince even more people to get the console

@Zufolobelisk strongly disagree. You can retry faster, so it makes you experiment more, so you learn more along the way.

10 years since that faithful splatoon global testfire where everyone discovered it was actually a really good concept and gave it a try !

I hope Nintendo will keep giving us new franchises in the future. I'm not sure about Drag x Drive but let's see. Maybe an Arms revival too ?

@VoidofLight also the fact New Horizons sold MILLIONS is gonna help them make a new one 🤣

Good lord Nintendo, just release an update for every game.

Fingers crossed !

I hope we see some new ports too, like Persona 3 Reload or metaphor refantazio !!

MK8 truly is stellar. I think they made the right choice by not giving MK world just more courses. At this point, nothing could beat the content offered by MK8, it needed something fresh and new.

I'm curious to see what they are gonna do with smash bros. At this point, either the next smash is just more of the same, with more content, with the risk of it feeling... uninspired ? Or they try something new ?

@tgt If you find it frustating, remember Fez is a game that exist with the most ***** puzzle in existence 🤣

Finally finished Baldur's gate 3. Good lord, it took some time. I started Persona 3 but then my computer just died 🤣
So I have no idea. I kinda gave up on Xenoblade...

Maybe Metroid Dread ? Bought it some time ago but never started it. Seems like a good time before NS2 !