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@Medic_alert what media option are you gonna choose for a handled ? I have a hard time figuring what they should have done instead. There's litteraly nothing else. They needed higher speed transfer because games will be more demanding on Switch 2.

I'm litteraly interested in none of what they have to offer. Nothing.

Ubisoft died years ago. The last great game they produced was Rayman Legends. What a game it was. But it was the last.

This game could be canceled, I would not even think about it twice.

@fenlix Those prices are a thing since 2020 in Europe.

I don't see why you americans should pay less than us, especially when your currency is lower than ours so it make even less sense.

More will certainly be announced later. I suspect we might get a Direct between Switch 2's release and DK's release.

@spottedleaf but if the game is incredible and has like 97 on metacritic and everyone says it's GOTY, everyone is gonna be back on the hype train !

A lot of people lost interest, the game just needs to be good to regain this interest !

It's definitely happening after release.

They are gonna shadowdrop this game. What's stopping them ? It's the best way to release it honestly, they don't need to market it or even ship physical copies.

I would like for Nintendo Life to go a little bit more deeply as to WHY Nintendo provides this option. Because when I see it's "anti-consumers" according to certain comments, I'm pretty sure people have no idea what compromise exactly it's achieving. People complained Mario Kart World was 10 bucks more expansive physically, but did they ever wonder why it was ?

How is it anti-consumer to provide a solution to sell your games for cheaper prices and not sell them for an extra 10 bucks, if not more ? I think that's actually the opposite.

But hey, we are talking about an industry where people complain Nintendo sells Mario Kart World for 80 euros (something Sony does since 2020 with its PS5 games, but whatever), but, the latest Call of duty game has some cutting edge technology to analyze your play style and pair you with people that have stuffs you might want to buy, and provide an add to the cart button on the killcam because you keep dying to people with better gear lmao, and yet no controversy.

How weird.

Without game key cards, some games would not release at all physically. Because the NS2 cards are way more exensive once you get to high storage capacity (and some games are way beyond that capacity)

I wish it was an official ducktective game

I really want a new Fire Emblem game (not Engage, a real one), a new 3D Mario and a new Paper Mario. And also : a new exciting IP ! Maybe something developed by Monolith ? I mean, after 4 Xenoblade games, I'm sure they want to try something else.

None of those. I just need the system itself

There is already a movie for it ? What ?

There is no reason this game is 1080p docked on Switch 2. The hardware has WAAAAAAAAY enough power to make it run 4K... but they just need to make some adjustments on it.

But people that say games are all 90 euros now on Switch 2 said it would fail ? How could they be wrong ?

@Grumblevolcano Nope, it's the same as everywhere, at least on this website

Maybe it will be 80 euros, LIKE ASTROBOT.

The link to you review at the end of the article is not there !

Games are 80 euros since a long time now in Europe, thanks Sony...

It's 80 bucks to buy Astrobot. Is it worth those 80 euros more than the latest MK ? I didn't see any controversy with this price tag (last I heard, all of the clickbait youtubers praised Astrobot for being an actual good game, a nice change of pace for Sony), so I don't see why MK should be concerned with such controversies.

Mario kart World's price tag is FINE, as in : it's standard for the rest of the industry, so why all of this focus on this particular game... ?

We live in a world where people pay 10 bucks for their coffee, 1000 bucks for their latest iphone, 15 bucks a month for whatever subscription based streaming service they have, 80 bucks (base game) + 40 bucks (season pass) for whatever AAA developers are throwing, 15 bucks for a skin in League of legends or whatever online multiplayer game they play, but somehow, 80 bucks Mario Kart World is where people draw the line, too much is too much 🤣

All of this controversy has been manufactured by youtubers that desperatly want attention and money.

Even for 0 euros I don't want them. Those are dust collectors.

@solidus no mate, I fully agree with you on this one. Before playing TTYD remake, I thought it was the superior game (because I played the game when I was little and I had incredible memories of it), but now I really think Origami king is the best in the series.

It's soooooooooo creative and fun.

I might just replay Mario Odyssey. Still a masterpiece to this day.

Plus I have to finish Baldur's gate 3. Finally. I bought it on release day, 100 hours in, still not finished, and they released a new update with new subclasses that I kinda want to try

I have a hard time getting into Xenoblade X. I really like the combat system but I find the exploration pretty meh. I thought it would be the opposite before picking it up.

Youtubers reacting to this : "oh no, quick make a new controversy and never talk about it again once it's debunked !"

None of us have any idea what the hell is this "hall effect", if it would have been better or anything, if it's really that good, cuz, you know, we are not freaking tech engineers, and the fact some youtubers said it would be so much better has overall little value, as you can find everything and its litteral opposite on this plateform, both presented as indeniable truth.

So no, it was not a dissapointment for me. They said they redesigned it from the ground up so yeah, it could very well mean joycon drift is a thing from the past. We will see. Glad those sticks seem to feel super great at least !

Useless Direct (outside of those sick new moves wooooooooh), but I was already hyped for it, I preordered the Switch 2 with the game so, yeah, already convinced

Prediction :
Story mode
Tournaments online
World tour mode

It's so damn cool.

Why did Nintendo not highligh this more ? It's an incredible feature

People have to realize Nintendo existed before the Wii and that creating a new gimmick each generation is not inherently part of their DNA : creating innovative games IS.

Also this dude lowkey admited Sony did not innovate for 30 years straight

The fake news finally have ended

For a second I thought it was gonna be the giant whale and when you enter its mouth, giant turbos come out from its tale or something. Might still be happening though ! Would be cool

I'm suuuuure there are gonna be secret levels à la Mario 3D where you enter some secret door and are transported to a bonus level (exclusive to free roaming mode of course)

Can't wait for june 5th

80 euros games are a thing since quite some time now in Europe. Thanks to SONY.

70 euros games ? Since PS3 / Xbox 360.

This whole controversy around MK world's price was just plain dishonest. This game is priced correctly. I'm paying 80 euros anytime to play this new MK. I cannot say the same of other recent releases, games that barely run without a bug every 5 seconds and yet, still, are sold for 80 euros base price, plus whatever season pass they are throwing at LAUNCH.

@Grumblevolcano I'm gonna defend this right and there : if key game cards did not exist, you would see a lot of third party games go fully digital on switch 2. They don't want to optimize and / or the price of Switch 2 cartridges are too expansive.

Oh oh, I wonder if there will be any controversies with this, or if yet again :

When Sony does it, it's okay !

I have no faith it will stir any controversies though, as people bought PS5 pro without second thought.

@OldGamer999 you may not notice it that much, but trust me, your brain does.

Playing 2 hours in 60 fps and 2 hours in 120 fps, you will feel way better on the later.

@Yosher Why everyone is taking the very specific price of "Mario kart World PHYSICAL RECOMMENDED PRICE BY NINTENDO" ans stretching it to EVERY Nintendo game ? Isn't that a bit misleading ? You could say we went from 70 (TOTK) to 90 ? 60 to 80 (DKB) ? Or maybe... 50 to 60 (what you pay on Amazon and other retailers) ?

Switch 2 seems like a great console, despite the prices. I'm so excited to finallay play it ! I wish we could also focus a little bit on "hey, those games look really good". We did not really talk about all this.

@Pat_trick I don't know if you saw the PS4 port but it's not running like this, at all.

You cannot expect PS5 level of performance for an hardware that is waaaaaaaaaay smaller dude

The fact they put all of it PLUS the DLC on the cartridge is mind boggling.

Seems like a really solid port. Of course it does not run with max settings and all, but it looks really good considering it's running on something 20 times smaller than a computer

It's definitely.young Pauline. Will the box art be updated after a new trailer to include her ?

Man I'm so excited about this game. Odyssey was the best 3D mario imo and there's no reason to believe this game is not gonna be in the same vein

I already preordered the mario kart bundle so it's a done deal.

I will get Donkey kong day one too. It seems incredible.

As far as third parties are concerned, I also want to try cyberpunk. It seems like a solid port so why not.

@Anti-Matter yes they do. If a game does not contain every data in its cartridge, it has to be specified on the game box. So pretty much every Nintendo game we saw has everything on the cartridge

@Needham90 I think the switch 2 is way more powerful than a base ps4. It's closer to a ps4 pro from what I heard.

Plus... well, optimization. They had time to make sure the game runs fine.

We will see but I don't see them releasing the game in the same state as before.

It's a really good deal now. I might give it a try, I want to play quite a lot of different titles from previous consoles

Really curious about this new game, can't wait play it ! Sakurai is a talented director, and he LOVES to put an absurd amount of content in his games, so I'm sure it will be filled to the brim !

A lot of noise for what was ultimately coming : I'm still gonna buy my switch games for 45 euros on Amazon.

The new mario kart and donkey kong look absolutely incredible.

I just wish there was a new 3D mario but hey, maybe later...

I will most likely get it on day one. I hope it's good.

Why. Just, why. Good lord, I want my games to contain the full thing..

Dissapointing.

That's what I kept saying for months : the movie looks fine, people are just criticizing it out of conformity, as usual.