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I'd be happy with just the first 2 in a collection. I'm not sure i want to play the third one. The first Shenmue is one of my most memorable gaming experiences..

@calbeau I'm excited for it too. Open world will probably be the norm for the series going forward.

I was watching footage of the new Sonic Racing game and being just a standard track based racer, it all looked a bit boring to me. I'd normally be excited for this new Sonic racer as I loved Transformed and it looks to be pretty decent but it seems Mario Kart World has taken what a Kart racer should be to the next level. I haven't even played MKW yet and already my standards have increased.

@sikthvash I'm hoping for themed DLC based on other IP. Like little islands or a land outside the main map you can travel to by sea or air. Imagine having a mini Inkopolis or Hyrule themed area you can freely explore ,with its own 4 track cup.

Has Diddy been confirmed for Bananza?

I had 64 and Double Dash but it wasn't until MK Wii that I really got into Mario Kart. It was my first real online multiplayer game and I played that and Dr Mario online for hundreds of hours. I'm not sure I'd rate it above 8 but t's still the MK I've spent the most time playing and I can't see that changing. I know I'm going to love MK World but I think the days of me playing 1 game for 1000 hours are gone.

@clicky How do you pull off moves like a Hadoken or Shoryuken with just buttons? I have never seen anything like this, I'm confused haha

@JJtheTexan The original is on the SNES app. It was added.a year or so ago.

Great addition. I always wanted to play this back in the day but never did.

@jon128 I've been asking for them to do that ever since Mario Maker released. For remakes of the 3 NES games and SMW in the Mario Maker engine. Ideally, they would be free and released through NSO.

In this FF7 comparison.video, the Switch 2
version looks even better than the PS5 version. To my eyes, it has better image quality. It looks sharper and cleaner and even the lighting seems better in places. Need to watch on the big screen to really notice though.

@MamaSymphonia Yep, the first in 13 years. And that's the only one we've had in the 23 years, since the GameCube launched. But even that didn't really feel too special as HD consoles had been around for so long. It was more of a case of, at last Nintendo have caught up. With Switch 2, it's a proper leap and it feels modern.

Growing up in the 80's and 90's, generational leaps came around so often. They're what keeps gaming exciting. If someone told me when I bought my GameCube in 2002 "enjoy it, you'll only be getting one more before 2025", I would never have believed them.

To say I'm excited for Switch 2 is an understatement.

I absolutely loved Bayonetta 2 but I haven't got round to 3 yet. I've read quite a few folk saying it is the worst in the series and the graphics are rough. It kind of put me off. Yet NL gave it a 10/10 and I usually agree with PJ's reviews.

Hopefully it gets a Switch 2 Edition. Or even a free upgrade. I might still give it a chance.

@ExcellentCarrotStix What is your final verdict of Pikmin 4. Did you start to enjoy it more after the opening couple of hours?

It's cool but I won't be shelling out 150 quid for it.

The long and Rainbow road
That leads to death more
The ground has disappeared
I've seen that shell before
It always sends me here
Sends me off the floor

Many times I've been in front
Then a Blue Shell was fired
Only God, can ever know
The many ways I've died

And still they choose that track,
Oh the long Rainbow road
You've left me cursing here
A long, long time I'm bored
Don't have me racing here
Leads me to death more

2K is too stingy to even pay for a GameKey cart.

My Joy-con had 3 separate issues (right JC only recognised when detached, wouldn't hold charge, drift) and packed in completely after 2 years of casual use. And those were replacement ones after the Joy-con that came with my Switch didn't work out the box. My Pro controller, a 2017 original model with the crappy dpad, drifted, sticks creaked, then packed in completely around 2023. My Splatoon 2 Pro with a better Dpad, has started to drift to the right in the last few days. Its sticks creak too.

I have been gaming since the 2600, and Switch is the first console I've had where its controllers pack in on me. And just to add to it, my Retrobit Saturn pad packed in after a few hours. That's not Nintendo's fault though.

I really hope Switch 2 controllers are much higher quality. Especially with the prices we're paying for them.

@karatekid1612 I loved Monkey back in the day. The game Black Myth: Wukong that came out recently, is actually based on it.

A powerful Gamepass handheld will certainly have an audience. It will likely be pricey but once you have bought the console and a subscription, you're good to go. For many, a Gamepass sub is all you need. It's the best value in gaming by a considerable distance.

That said, the audience for a handheld like this is probably well below 30 million. It certainly won't be competing with Switch 2. But it will sell well enough to justify its existence.

I am almost entirely digital now but I will buy Cyberpunk on cart just to save some space and take away any need to archive it. I did the same with The Witcher 3. With the size some games will be, I'll likely buy more physical than I did on Switch.

@jfp It was the same story for me. I went back to it again and it clicked with me.

I'm worried my eyes will get so used to 120fps, that 60fps will seem choppy and 30fps unplayable.

@speed_loafer Switch 2 blue looks the same as the original's neon blue to me. The official description is light blue/ light red. That doesn't look like light red to me.

I think it would have looked cool with Nintendo red and white.

I like everything about Switch 2's design except for that salmon colour. I wish there was another colour option. I expected it would grow on me the more I look at it, but nope, I don't like it. It looks more like a colour variant that would be offered down the line.

As much as I loved Rayman 2 and Sands of Time, I have never been a fan of Ubisoft. Something about their games I just don't like. If they never released a single Switch 2 game, they wouldn't be missed. I was tempted by Prince of Persia and was willing to give it a go but then I read what they did to the developer that made the game and now I dislike them even more than I already did.

I'd be happy with a remaster of GTA2. Loved that on the Dreamcast.

@Cakefish I think they'll confirm its release date in June. Switch 2 releases a week or 2 before what would be E3 time. I imagine there will be a huge Switch 2 Direct around the 3rd week in June and we'll get the MP4 date then. My money is on September.

A brand new generation of console releasing just before what is usually the biggest Direct of the year, should make this Direct one of the best ever.

If the Switch had got a port of GTAV, it would have sold in such huge numbers, there would be no doubts about the next one coming to Switch 2 eventually.

@-wc- I bought Hollow Knight at release and played it for a good few hours. It wasn't clicking with me at all. I got to a point that just frustrated me, as I kept dying and the checkpoint was a fair bit away. So I gave up. Never touched it again for a year. Then started over again. And for the next two or three weeks, it was all I played. I was obsessed. Played it right through to the end. It's one of the greatest games I've ever played.

I've read a fair few others having a similar experience to me. So it's definitely worth giving it another go. Once you get past a certain point and gain some new abilities, the game really takes off.

I loved Astral Chain and would absolutely be up for a sequel. But I was hoping Switch 2 would get its own Astral Chain from Platinum. A one off original.

That said, neither option looks too promising with this news.

This is a nice idea, I like it. Except for the fact each trial only lasts 2 days. I hope they do something like this in the West but with each trial lasting at least 5 days.

Has it been confirmed that we can make multiple user accounts on the same console, like we could do on Switch? I have 6 profiles, all linked to different regions with games purchased from each one.

There were some, including myself who clung to the hope that they were saving themes for update 20.0.0. Ah well, let's move on now and cling to the hope that Switch 2's theme tab has a few more options.

This part started so well, then went downhill from there.

"For users that will lose access to their Nintendo Switch before receiving their Nintendo Switch 2, there is an option to upload system transfer data to a dedicated server which can then be retrieved on their Nintendo Switch 2. After you upload your system transfer data to the dedicated server, the Nintendo Switch system will be initialized to factory settings, so only perform this transfer if you’ll be able to complete the transfer on Nintendo Switch 2.

If you want to continue using your Nintendo Switch until you have a Nintendo Switch 2, we recommend completing the system transfer using local communication after you have acquired a Nintendo Switch 2 system."

I don't understand that last paragraph. If I want to use my Switch until I get a Switch 2, I should wait until I have acquired a Switch 2?

@Suketoudara That is one tough looking ape. I hadn't seen him before.

I asked AI what the biggest Nintendo character is and it said The Imprisoned from Skyward Sword. Claiming it to be the size of a mountain and far bigger than this unknown ape. But I'm not so sure about that. The ape appears bigger to me.

This absolutely ginormous ape is surely the
largest character ever in a Nintendo game?

Anyone willing to spend $250 on a collectors edition, would surely not have minded paying an extra tenner to cover the cost of a 32gb card.

@Gau I am a fan of Iron Meat too. I'm up to the 2md last stage. I recommended it on the recent 'Games we may have missed' article and it was included. Hopefully it gets some more attention. I like it better than Blazing Chrome.

I can't see this being anything but a huge success.
Year 1 will likely smash records,.provided they can keep up with demand. (Switch is the current record holder, with 17.79 million). Mario Kart will make sure of that. Then Nintendo will roll out the big guns in year 2, Zelda and 3D Mario, and the momentum for Switch 2 will be hard to sfop for the first few years of its life.

I predict it will pass Wii U lifetime sales in the first 9 months and close to 20m by the end of year.1. And by the end of its life, will be somewhere between Wii and Switch.

Nice , my recommendation made the cut.
I reckon Iron Meat is better than Blazing Chrome.

My username is missing its e. 😅

EA GameKey - It's not on the cart.

You just knew EA would go the GameKey route.. Looking at 60gb+.

It seems most weeks that, if not for Switch, the Japanese video game industry would be in serious trouble.

@Konsori Just read your comment after posting mine. It think it would probably be better attached to the top port though.

Nintendo always release a new controller for each console on the NSO app. If they add DS games, I wonder if they'll release a small 2nd screen that can be attached. That would be really cool.

In game chat is obviously nothing new but the way they've done it, is pretty cool. I like it. But it's not for me. The last thing I want to see is my face in my video games. And I'm not interested in talking while playing. But that's just me.

Welcome Tour is a triple EH? experience.

If you go back to articles from the weeks before Switch launched, there was a lot of negativity too, probably a lot more so. Although a different kiind of negativity to what we've got now. It was more doom laden negativity,
After the Wii U years, it was kind of understandable. But many so called 'experts' across various websites, were predicting doom too. They were not optimistic about its chances at all. Look how that turned out.

With Switch 2 it's different. The negativity has purely stemmed from the new premium price point for games and now everything else is somehow terrible And really, it's a minority. A few YouTubers and some X accounts jump on the bandwagon for clicks and some folk get overly worked up about it.

If that extra tenner wasn't there, there would be far less negativity. I think the console is priced fairly. It's more powerful than most expected. Digital games will cost less than physical. Gameshare and the ability to borrow digital games to family group members are consumer friendly moves by Nintendo. Keycards, while obviously not ideal, are a far better option than codes in a box, and it's not tied to the console.

But away from the negative few, there seems to be far more excitement for Switch 2 than there was in January' February 2017. There is not the same uncertainty like we had back then. We know Switch 2 will get lots of 3rd party support. We know Nintendo are going to deliver a steady stream of games. And we know the console has the power to run some of the biggest games at a good level. With how well Switch is still selling, I can't see this being anything but a success. It will likely break records in its first year, even without Mario and Zelda. If those come in the 2nd year, it'll smash year 2 records as well.

@Jeronan It's a great console for sure. If I was to buy a non Nintendo console, I'd go with Xbox. Gamepass is crazy good value.
I just find it really surprising that FIFA, of all games, doesn't seem to be selling well in the UK. Even the PS4 version is outselling it 4.5 to 1 and I think that including Xbox One sales. 10 years ago, FIFA's sales were almost a 50/ 50 splits between PS and Xbox.

@Member_the_game That's a good point. It will be interesting to see what happens. It will likely still sell enough to chart from those who didn't get the bundle, but once stock becomes readily available, I imagine the vast majority will go for the bundle. If they want it to be ever present in the top 10, they might need to start providing digital sales data.

It's hard to believe how insignificant Xbox has become in the UK. At least when it comes to buying retail games anyway. Are digital sales on Xbox included in the UK chart? I think they might be you know.

6% for FIFA is unreal. Especially as it's not on Gamepass. It seems that's what Xbox has become, a Gamepass machine.