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Re: Nintendo Responds To Dispatch Switch Censorship With Official Statement

Olmectron

@cyberrb25 Uh. No. You can very much buy Cyberpunk in Japanese eShop (by changing the account from whatever original country you're in to Japan), then get your account back to your original country and still play the game no problems.

However, it will be the japanese version of the game, which still includes English, but is censored. It won't load the USA version just because you switch your Nintendo account back to USA. You bought in the Japanese eShop, you play the Japanese version no matter your country set in account.

Re: Review: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Switch 2) - A Big, Bold Reimagining, And A First-Class Port

Olmectron

@Wewewi "Naoki Hamaguchi reassures Nintendo Switch 2 version of FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH and third game are in development: The Nintendo Switch 2 versions are being developed in a way that keeps the gameplay experience pretty much exactly the same as all the other platforms"

https://www.nintendo.com/en-za/News/2026/January/FINAL-FANTASY-VII-REMAKE-INTERGRADE-Interview-Naoki-Hamaguchi-Director-3010151.html

Re: Pokémon Pokopia Reveals "Peculiar" New Forms In Extended 10-Minute Trailer

Olmectron

@tonyp1987 To be fair, 19, soon to be 20 years of redownloads for Wii games has been good enough for me, even if they stopped redownloads working tomorrow.

They'll sure follow the same with Switch and Switch 2 games redownloads (including Game Key Cards), so I see no issue.

I don't see Game Key Cards stopping being redownloadable in less than 30 years, unless Nintendo goes bankrupt or some apocalyptic event occurs.

Re: Pokémon Pokopia Reveals "Peculiar" New Forms In Extended 10-Minute Trailer

Olmectron

@tonyp1987 What the other user said.

You can still redownload previously bought games officially from their digital fronts on all of those: Wii, DSi, Wii U and 3DS. The only thing is you can't buy new games.

Of course, you need to have access to the console from where you got them. Or have Nintendo help you transfer your accounts/licenses to another new console.

Re: Nintendo Is "Acting To Protect The Industry" With Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Says Ex-Capcom Composer

Olmectron

@HingryHuppo It's easy to call Nintendo support and they help you moving your account. 3DS and Wii U accounts are easy to change. Even if you aren't from a place with actual support. I'm from Mexico, and since consoles before Switch were mostly brought intro the country from USA, and Mexico shared region with them, Nintendo of America support still helped me several times.

Wii and DSi a bit harder, given there didn't exist "accounts" per se, but they still offer support for that given you have your consoles' serial codes.

I mean "redownload" actually implies you purchased the game before shops closure. So, yeah, you can't buy new games.

Re: Nintendo Is "Acting To Protect The Industry" With Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Says Ex-Capcom Composer

Olmectron

@breach187 This is because of how consoles have developed over time. Need architecture updates that made previous games hard to make keep working.

If PCs had gone some big architectural changes in the 2010s, most games would be unplayable. But that didn't happen, and that's the reason it is like it is.

Nintendo has always implemented Backwards Compatibility when possible, ever since the SNES.

It's usually big changes in their consoles that made backwards compatibility hard to make, like Wii U to Switch.

Re: Nintendo Is "Acting To Protect The Industry" With Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Says Ex-Capcom Composer

Olmectron

@Kochambra Some Switch cards are already failing on their users. That's 7 years of use.

On moderate usage, Switch 2 physical game cards could last from 10 to 20 years considering how flash drives work when read from a lot. They stop being read or read slowly after some time of use.

Game Key Cards don't have that problem, given the read is limited to the DRM thing when starting the game.

They will last a lot more than a standard game card (with actual data inside), unless broken of course.