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I'm not playing the demo because I want to soak it all in when it releases, but does anyone know how this looks on Switch 2? Like comparing Resident Evil Village which was pretty sharp to Pragmata which, while fantastic, was a bit blurry. Not judging either way, I actually cancelled my PC preorder to get it on the Switch since it's my preferred handheld between Switch and ROG XBOX ALLY X.

@Olliemar28 Sorry if you already answered this, but if you uncap the framerate, is there any noticeable resolution downgrade? I'm okay with 30 on Switch 2, but recently I tried playing Lies of P at 60 out of curiosity, and it looked like aliased paper dolls under vaseline lol.

I love it, It runs so smoothly for having no noticeable compromises.

Bummer for a 10+ year old game, would have been nice if the 30-40 was locked (maybe it will be, who knows).

With that being said, I've had trouble getting into Witcher 3 in the past, but I love gaming on my Switch 2, even doing a 3rd Elden Ring 100% run on it, so this updated version may be the way I finally get into the Witcher.

Time to 100% this again.

Hopefully they didn't nerf my rune farming spot.

Man, I remember MGS4 on PS3 being rough. I don't remember it being THAT rough.

Stoked to re-experience it later this week.

@ShadowRJ Not necessarily a GKC. Both the PC and PS5 versions are smaller that 50Gb, so I wouldn't be shocked if the card had the whole game on it.

@IronMan30 Interesting twist, even though I owned BotW at Switch 1 launch, I never felt comfortable with it as a Zelda game and lost interest in it pretty quickly.

It was after beating Elden Rings on PS5 that I realized, "Oh, BotW is a much more accessible than I originally thought". The similarity in the fact that BotW is not as casual or accessible as older Zelda titles and actually investing in some research into the world helped me.

With that being said, ER is far more challenging than BotW, and as mentioned in other responses, lacks the traversal and physics from BotW.

@TerribleTerabytes It's actually one of the most beginner friendly Soulslikes, aside from Lies of P (which received difficulty settings earlier this year).

With that being said, it's far from a casual game; expect to play it with some patience. Fan wikis will be your best friend as well as Vaatividya's videos on Youtube. With all that being said, even though I've played Soulslikes since Demon's Souls originally released in 2008/9, this was the first one I played to completion and I ended up going back and playing through all of From's other games because it gave me the skills to "git good" at Soulslike games.

After Lies of P, I'm looking forward to 100%ing Elden Ring for the third time on a third system. LETS GOOOOOO.

After playing this all weekend, I gotta say, it just has me more amped to 100% Elden Ring again when it releases at the end of the month.

I hope Elden Ring is nearly as well optimized as Lies of P is.

I'm looking forward to playing this on S2, but I played it on an Ally X when it first launched and it was a bit rough. Unreal 5 seems to be a pretty resource-intensive engine, hopefully it will run okay on Switch 2 after a day 1 patch.

@LightSpirit Especially that one timed raid where you have to race to a finish line in 45 seconds, even with the agility (blue) tank equipped it was really hard to do.

@Liam_Doolan Has Nintendo mentioned any road map for continued support? This game is so damn good and I'm not even a fan of the mainline Splatoon games.

It would be awesome if it got an expansion in the future.

@N8tiveT3ch Definitely. Played it on Steamdeck when if first released and it's actually way more stable and playable on Switch 2. If you are into Soulslikes, this is probably the best one outside of FromSoft's games.

Tried it out last night, I highly suggest playing it in Balanced graphical settings if playing handheld. Performance runs fine, but it renders at a comically low resolution.

Starfox was announced less than 2 months from release with a boatload of footage. I'm certain that the OoT remake has been in the oven for much longer than Starfox was (obviously a much larger game and probably a focus for Nintendo), so I doubt it will be pushed out of 2026. I think it will probably get it's own direct within the next month and we'll be playing it by Xmas.

There's a reason why everyone in Idiocracy wears Crocs....

I thought Splatoon 1-3 were fine, great mechanics wrapped up in what I view as it's only blocker for me from enjoying, which is multiplayer dominant gameplay.

Splatoon Raiders is sooooo soooo soooo good though, to the point that I'm thinking of my next raid while I'm at work and having trouble putting it down at the end of the evening.

Started this up last night and it's far sharper and smoother (running at 60 fps) than the Switch 1 version. With that being said, it still seems to have that weird, forced motion blur that a lot of PS2 era games had, but it's probably coded into the game rather than reliant on computational power. Now if only the Switch 2 screen was an OLED, then this would be the definitive version to play the game for me.

For me, Guns of the Patriot at 60 fps is a reason to get this collection without hesitation. It didn't run terribly on PS3 locked at 30, but I'll take 60 fps any time I can.

Remember, Eve is a digital character, so none of you physical supporters should be playing the game out of principle.

The physical vs digital flame war is fascinating.

The most prominent observation I've made is that the physical crowd, while rightfully arguing ownership rights, communicate in a more entitled, belittling manner; while the digital crowd tend to be more realistic manner.

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All joking aside, the first three Metroids were legitimately scary at points, given their "Alien" influence. I hope they return to this tone for whatever comes next. Prime 4 was fine and Dread was well made on a technical level, but the visual language was too clean and generic for both entries.

Like I said on Push Square: On the bright side, this may be the hammer that's needed to finally nail the Gamestop coffin shut.

As long as the snowboarding mini game is there and the fort condor mini game is ditched, I'll be happy. Also bring on Queensblood as it's own mode from the main menu lol.

Too early to tell for me, just hoping that Link puts shoes on at some point.

Lost opportunity to end the Ocarina trailer on a black screen and "Hey Listen!"

@HotGoomba This made me belly laugh.

Hey, I will take an RE adaptation from a guy whose last movie won an Oscar. Cregger clearly has a passion for horror, and having watched Whitest Kids You Know, definitely has a love for gaming. At the end of the day, it really looks like it captures the "survival" aspect of survival horror.

I'm shocked how well optimized at least the demo is for Switch 2. I've played roughly half of the game on an ROG Xbox Ally X, and while it runs decently, there are expected frame spikes/drops and the up-resing gives the PC version a smeared look. I think I may be restarting and beating this on Switch 2 as long as it releases with a mostly stable 30 fps.

With only one main PC, shouldn't the game be called "Unopath Traveler"?

@Dee123 I love the NL community, but it's probably the most white-knighty when it comes to situations like this right next to Kotaku.

With that being said, Hale did a fine job, she never did anything wrong by accepting a job and from day 1 the other VA sounded like hot dog ***** to work with.

Level-5 needs to fire their marketing manager. Megaton Musashi was good, but had zero marketing; this one is great, but review copies were not furnished to western media. Over the summer, Fantasy Life was a massive hit, but in no part due to L5's efforts, mainly the consumer-word of mouth reputation that led to the game being a massive hit. Years ago L5 said they weren't going to release games in the west anymore because they don't sell, but if the last two years is any indicator, it's because they don't put any marketing efforts into the western markets.

I've owned TR Definitive on multiple platforms, and as much as I love the game, the Switch 2 version is certainly not the definitive edition; it feels like the original version with all the DLC tacked on. Still, fun to play on the Switch 2 as it's just a great game to begin with.

Great news, though after playing the base version on Switch 2, not sure if it even needs a S2 version; the jagginess complements the visuals.

Regardless, happy to upgrade and keep my ball-crack addiction alive.

Pretty happy about this, I've wanted a portable version of Ghost of Yotei.

@Gude I appreciate the clarification, doesn't change the fact that both titles are optimized terribly.

For all the folks wondering about FPS, Metaphor:ReFantazio which runs on the same engine as P3R also runs like hot dogshit on modern consoles. I was trying to both Metaphor and P3R to run on my old Ally X at 60 fps to no avail, so this is not a Switch 2 issue, it's a Sega/Atlus optimization issue across the board. Sure the S2 isn't as powerful as a PS5, but this game really has no excuse as it doesn't look like it's an asset heavy game. Still, I'll be playing this on Switch since it's my most comfortable console to play on these days.

If the quality of the port is anything like Outlaw's, I think Shadows will perform quite well on Switch 2. It runs pretty well on my Legion Go, but I prefer gaming on my Switch 2 these days as the console weighs less, so I'll end up playing it there if the performance reviews well.

@larryisaman I hear you, it took me nearly three years to actually beat it because the early chapters are an absolute chore, but the story is so good its worth sticking with till the end.

@MirrorFate2 Oh absolutely, I'm not discounting that. I don't know what the deal is, but both Metaphor: ReFantazio and P3R both run like crap on handheld PCs which are slightly stronger than the Switch 2, but neither game appears graphically intensive. I'm not sure which engine Atlus is using, but they should really make adjustments to ensure their games are running properly on modern hardware.

I've played P3R on my old Ally X before it died and I can say in full confidence this game would have struggled to perform on Switch 1 unless if it was running at like 480p. Not sure if its how they optimized the game, but it does seem resource heavy and doesn't shock me that it is running at 30fps on S2.

Still a day 1 purchase for me since GKC are not the Greek tragedy a majority of S2 owners make them out to be.

Dunno why, but I've enjoyed this game far more on Switch 2 than I did on PC/Legion Go S or PS5

@OldManHermit More like WiseManHermit. Demon's Crest does need to be revisited.

Sure this looks fun... but I wish we were getting DQ Builders 3 instead...

I pick up almost every Metroid game off out of principal (aside from those Federation Force spinoffs), but I feel the franchise's identity of a lone bounty hunter exploring places people were not meant to go was lost by Prime 3. Metroid's strength has always been the narrative silence and mystery the player experiences. Well, at least she isn't slamming Monster energy drinks in the trailer.

I love these types of options in ports; I typically return to games I've already beaten just to re-experience them on handheld and FF7 is one of those.

@vesemir0 I’ve picked it up on PS5 pro, PC where I’ve played it on my rig and legion go S (SteamOS), and switch, and I’m shocked that the most consistent performance I get is on switch. I hope bloober releases Silent Hill 2 on switch once the ps5 exclusivity is expired

This is one of the first ports I've enjoyed on my Switch 2 over my Legion Go S/PC; it's rock solid in handheld and with the dbrand case it's super comfortable to play for prolonged periods.

I'm stunned this maintains 30 fps per the review. I'm running it on a pretty decent gaming rig at medium settings and I encounter frequent stutters. Then again optimization issues could cause that...