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I haven't played it yet, next 2 or 3 weeks hopefully. I hope it gets DLC, based on other IP. Little islands or distant lands based on other Nintendo IP. A mini Inkopolis or Hyrule, with an explorable world, its own cup and a handful of characters, would be amazing. Or perhaps a story mode that makes proper use of the world.

@FishyS I was meaning for the weekly or monthly charts. I could have worded it better.

The UK charts for example, Switch games usually do alright but with digital sales excluded, it doesn't really paint an accurate picture. I'm not sure Nintendo really cares about the UK charts though.

It would surely do Nintendo no harm if they started including digital sales. Playstation and Xbox do, so why not Nintendo?

@JohnnyMind It will be interesting to compare GameKey sales to Eshop sales in a few months. If that data is ever released... Perhaps digital sales will be lower than expected, as some opt for the GameKey version instead. Or perhaps it'll go the other way and those who would have preferred a proper physical release, decide to just buy it from the Eshop instead and save some cash.

I suspect it'll be the latter.

@Spaceman44 Many were saying the Switch wouldn't do well for a variety of reasons, from its reveal up till a few months after it launched. Many tech sites were predicting the same. Just have to go back and look at the comments under NL articles from 2017. Then the end of year sales come through and it was clear the Switch was going to be a success. And it never let up from there.

I just can't see how Switch 2 will be anything but a success. It may not sell as much as the original but it will sell enough to be regarded a success. Switch sales have dipped slightly over the last few months but they've remained strong right through its life. OLED sales were also strong. All their 1st games sell in the millions. And with Switch, they've found a formula of publishing at least 1 game a month. This will likely continue on Switch 2.

Nintendo are at the top of their game right now. The Zelda and Mario brands have never been bigger. Their movies are successful, they have a theme park. Again, I just can't see how they can fail.

@Jack_Goetz It was a terrible decision by Sega. Still, it's surprising that it's charted so low. A top quality Sonic game at launch with no Nintendo platformers to compete with it, should have been a winner. I bet a good few decided not to buy it as a matter of principle.

This was the first game I ever played. It was a Xmas morning sometime around 81 and my uncle had just got an Atari 2600. I am pretty sure the game was built in or came on a cartridge with other games. But I may be misremembering that part. Either way, Adventure blew my mind and started my love affair with gaming

@WiltonRoots I did the worst thing one can do with an RPG, took a break from it with the intentions of going back to it but that day has yet to arrive. Some things came up at the time, forcing my hand. I'll make it a goal to finish it up before I get my Switch 2 in a few weeks. Have you got a Switch 2 yet?

@Lord If it's true that Nintendo are only offering 64gb cards, I'd say the blame lays with Nintendo.

@speed_loafer Prior to 2023, none of the TV's I played Switch on had a YouTube app.
I have it on my phone of course but I only really watch Shorts on that. I like watching YouTube on the big screen as I don't watch any normal TV or Netflix or anything like that. I have a smart TV now so it's not needed, unless I'm back in Scotland visiting my parents but for 6 years it served me well.

If the Switch version has a physical edition but is GameKey on Switch 2, it makes sense to buy it for Switch and pay for the upgrade. That means you'll get to play it earlier too, then get the benefit of a major upgrade later. Probably be cheaper this way too, especially if wait a few months for the Switch version to go on sale.

I say this as someone who was all digital on Switch. From now on, I'll be looking to save storage wherever possible. I will likely buy most 1st party games on cart.

I never played this in the arcade. I don't think I've even seen a Ridge Racer cabinet before. I did use to play it on my friends Playstation though.

This will be one of the first games I buy when I get my Switch 2. The high score leaderboards will keep me occupied for many hours. I can't wait to see what the AA2 line will bring. Hopefully they're weekly releases too.

Watch Welcome Tour go on to become a multi-million evergreen title, encouraging other companies to monetise instruction manuals.

I have the SF-30 and M-30, both superb premium-feeling controllers. The latter is an all time favourite, I use it all the time for retro and certain indie games, just not for fighting games, which is ironic because it was for fighting games that I bought it. I was sure the rolling pad would make inputs easier but I struggle to pull off a Shoryuken on demand. With the SF-30 I can pull them with ease.

And the best thing, unlike all my other Switch controllers, they lasted the generation and I expect they'll survive the Switch 2 generation as well.

@Truegamer79 I imagine the improvements will be more noticeable natively on the big screen. There was very little anti aliasing, if any, in Odyssey. Lots of flickering lines and jagged edges. It was particularly noticeable in New Donk City. It kind of bothered me. If that's been improved and it seems like it has, it'll make such a difference to how clean it all looks.

I kind of wish I hadn't played through Odyssey again a few months ago. I've just finished playing through Luigi's Mansion 3. I wondered if I should have waited as I'm sure it'll get updated at some point too. Ah well, it gives me an excuse to play them again in a couple of years.

Yes because my Pro controller that I bought in the last year or so, is drifting and I don't want to start a new gen with drift. My previous Pro packed in completely. As did my Joy-con. It's an expense I don't mind paying if I know the quality of Switch 2 controllers will be much higher than on Switch. Let's hope that's the case.

I won't be buying it immediately though. I'll make do with the Joy-con for the first few weeks or months.

@dskatter I was meaning more for storage purposes, rather than playing games from it. With hard drive support via dock, it would just be for storing games and letting you transfer them between the drive and the console and vice versa. It saves you having to archive games and redownload them and will surely be a lot quicker. With this, you could technically have your entire library downloaded and stored on the hard drive, and just have a few games on the console at any given time.

I really hope they allow external hard drive support via the dock. With quick transfer between the hard drive and the console. Even if games can't be played off the hard drive, just being able to easily manage your library in docked mode would make such a difference. You could get away with just having the one SD Express card. As it is just now, that's not going to be possible if I want to transfer my Switch library and buy a few Switch 2 games. I'll be needing to archive games within weeks, after spending 200 dollars on a 1tb SD Express card. Without hard drive support, this is going to be an annoying and expensive generation to navigate.

If only there was an extra SD card slot for our Switch 1 games, or even to store S2 games for quick transfer, it would have made such a difference. An extra tenner onto the console price would have saved us a lot of money and hassle going forward.

@datamonkey As others have said, it's not been officially confirmed that 64gb is the only option but it looks like it is.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/05/rumour-new-leak-may-explain-why-so-many-switch-2-physicals-are-game-key-cards

@Medic_alert @SillyG My biggest peeve is, there not being an extra SD card slot for my Switch 1 games. Having the 2 slots, one for Express and one for the standard cards would have made this coming gen much easier to manage. They've gave us backwards compatibility but if I want to transfer even half of my Switch library, there goes a good chunk of my brand new card that cost me £150+. And these Express cards don't seem to be easy to obtain. I'm in Thailand and I can't find one here. And even looking online, there doesn't seem to be too many options. Only a 1tb makes sense but from what I can see, it's $200 and currently unavailable.

An extra SD card slot would have added maybe $10 onto the price of the console but it would have saved us a lot of money and hassle in the long run. With the push for digital, the majority of physical releases being GameKeys and the larger file size for AAA games, it seems like they've put little thought into how we're supposed to store things. It's going to be like the Wii days of cleaning the fridge.

Hard drive support for the dock would make things much more manageable though.

@HotGoomba I know you're joking but from Sega's perspective, it would have been hard to justify sticking a 2.2gb game on a 64gb card. Nintendo are to blame for not supplying smaller cards.

I really hope Dr Mario or Luigi makes a comeback on Switch 2. Nintendo are criminals for skipping a generation. It was my 2nd most played game on Wii and Wii U. I miss it..Puyo Puyo Tetris and Tetris 99 are very good but for me,.Dr Mario Online is the best multiplayer puzzle game.

Prior to the Wii U, F1 games were always a big part of my gaming collection. I had at least one for every console. But then Nintendo consoles stopped getting them. I think F1 2009 on Wii was the last one I played. I'm not sure I care enough about F1 anymore but if the game is good, I'll give it a go.

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.