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October 2024 reveal, March 2025 launch - boom.

I hate this so much.

Lovely stuff. We've got an exciting year ahead of us!

@CRB1984 Haha, you can certainly tell I've fallen off this franchise, huh?

@Coalescence Oh yeah, no doubt, it's wishful thinking on my part!

@RupeeClock @Savage_Joe I'm not sure about a full blown review, but sure, maybe we can revisit it and see how it holds up in 2024.

@DarthXenos Right you are, thanks!

This reminds me, I need to pick up Stellar Blade.

@Kaiffe123 I would imagine Nintendo was probably prototyping this stuff like, what, a decade ago now? A lot can change in that time. The new console could be lighter, the magnets more powerful, etc... I'm not saying this is definitely true, mind, but I think it would be more feasible now than it was for the OG Switch.

@MarcoP90 The reason we're always given is that the data from a key retailer is missing. It is unusually late this week though, I agree.

@canaryfarmer Absolutely. I'm really hoping I can recommend this one eventually. We've got our eyes peeled for the eventual patch.

@sixrings Wholesome, harmless content coupled with the Nintendo backstories made it worth highlighting.
It's safe to say you probably won't see anything featuring Scott the Woz or RGT85 on the site anytime soon.

@Coversnail Embracer owns Middle-earth Enterprises, which in turn owns the LotR IP. So right now there's no reason to believe Embracer would ever lose the rights unless they absolutely had to sell it off.
They don't own absolutely everything to do with Tolkien's world, but movies, stage, merchandising, etc all falls under Embracer.

@TheExile285 It's a joke.

@ralphdibny Yeah you're right, I've tweaked it slightly.

@nhSnork

@PinderSchloss Can you point out where I insinuated that it should be breaking records..?

@Ruthchild How..?!

@JackieCMarlow Multiple critics contribute to the score for Famitsu, so yes.

https://x.com/PlaystackGames/status/1763614758043795909?s=20

@IsThis5or6 Hmm odd, that's never been a problem for me. I've always been able to quit out of the game and pick up where I left off.

The devs are currently looking into the game's disappearance from the eShop. It seems to have only occured today. It wasn't us, we swear.

@polygenics Interesting. Let me see what might be going on.

@KingMike That's why I specified 'brand'.

@-wc- As @canaryfarmer has said, having the option to manually move onto the next level provides an opportunity to explore a bit more, if you wish. It's a bit of an odd requirement, since you need to reach your ship to trigger the option, at which point I would imagine you're already done exploring.

To answer your other question, yes, disabling the visual improvements does seem to smooth out the frame rate.

@MarcoP90 Good spot, that would've been for a game from the previous week that I'd simply neglected to remove. It's gone now. Need for Speed was only listed for Switch in the GfK charts.

@ibookboyuk Ha, thank you - this is what happens when attempting to cover Direct announcements.

@_fatto_katto_ Over 20 million copies sold says otherwise.

@JackieCMarlow Do you see the word 'news' in the headline tag? Or 'rumour'?

I played this on Game Pass and it's pretty good, but good grief, it looks shocking on Switch.

@Solomon_Rambling Well, I wasn't going to say anything...

@Rambler Game Pass is a major factor in that consumers are essentially being conditioned into not purchasing Xbox games. But yeah, at the same time, PS5 is outselling Xbox.

Stupid stupid stupid stupid. Aaaaargh.

@LadyCharlie Ha, yep, that's the key takeaway here, I think.

@JohnnyMind Doesn't look like that's happening, unfortunately.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/02/no-expanded-royal-or-golden-edition-for-persona-3-reload-atlus-promises

Excellent news indeed. I had a feeling that if any role could tempt him back out of retirement, it would be this one. He's brilliant in it.

@yaboiEan Great suggestion, I've added Arkham City to the list.

@Metalinkster I'm lucky it turned on at all. Charger's lying around somewhere.

@JohnnyMind Hahaha, thank you!

@Serpenterror That's some tinfoil hat stuff right there.

@_Figo_ Well, yeah... obviously. The sole reason that Prime 4 is noteworthy is that we, Nintendo's customers, know that it exists. I'm sure Nintendo would have rather kept it under wraps until it was ready, but alas, that didn't happen.

@MarioBrickLayer They're new games. Mr. Run and Jump has also been 'demade' for the Atari 2600.

@SwagaliciousJohnson If Nintendo keeps up this cadence of remakes and remasters to keep us occupied in 2024, I feel Twilight Princess and Wind Waker could well be just around the corner.

... Then again, I'm sure someone says the same thing every year.

@Kirbyo .... How?

Weird decision. I've not worked at GAME in a long time and it seems to have changed a lot since then, but pre-owned was its bread and butter. 100% of profits from pre-owned sales went to GAME, while the company took, what, maybe a 30% cut of new game sales. Just weird, I don't get it.

@PoeTheLizard Apologies, that list of features was from an old press release prior to the mobile launch - the Switch version won't include this as a feature.

@Ryu_Niiyama There's no spin here. We've translated and relayed an interesting conversation between the pair.

@Mommar There are a few reasons for that:

• This is an interview with WayForward, not Konami
• The questions were sent off before that news came to light
• Asking such a question would be irrelevant. Fans might not like it, but the reasoning behind the decision is, I think, obvious

@NintendoKnower It was my number one game, so I kinda had to say something. I'm pleased you've enjoyed it so much, though!

@PinderSchloss Sorry, I should have mentioned it in the article, but you can also zoom in
You can get closer than the original GBC view, but not so close that it's disorienting.