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@axelhander You're cherry picking, nice way to try to weigh the argument on your favour.

Also, thanks for saying Other M, that game is an abject failure in its story, and if you think the plot is any good it really shows your Metroid knowledge.

@axelhander Translation: "A huge eyeroll on everyone's opinion that don't match mine."

Metroid is about isolation, and colorful goofy characters, especially Myles tutorial guy, don't match the vibe.

Anyone with a bit of Metroid knowledge has all the right to be suspicious.

@Broch83 You save your time by buying a console that has more than 3 games to play.

The best Black Friday deal is not buying it and waiting until it actually has enough games. That applies to almost every console at release

@charliecarrot It's last on my list too.

@Lord Stating a fact is hate?

The NPCs in the original Pokémon on the GB had more movement.

It's not hate if the game has major flaws.

This game receives every piece of criticism that it gets.

It's the longest development time for a Pokémon game in decades and yet it looks like a PS2 game and it runs like one too.

You know what's worse than blind hate? Blind positivity that reinforces lack of quality.

@Fighting_Game_Loser In my case no energy is being spent at all on this. I didn't buy a Switch 2 and Nintendo can go f itself. For me the problem is solved.

But if people want to voice their discontent, let them.

@Fighting_Game_Loser Game key cards are the precursor of the death of physical games. Withou physical games we can't buy used anymore and big corpos like Nintendo Control the prices even more.

This is one of the worst things to happen in gaming and unfortunately Sony and Microsoft will probably follow the same path.

It also signals another issue with the digital era, we own less and less. Corporations are only selling licenses to use and not products anymore, they revoke access and do as they please.

While in the surface level game key cards seem like a somewhat inocuous issue, they're a symptom of a dangerous path where were fully controlled and dependant on what the companies dictate to us.

"You'll own nothing and be happy."

Anyone is better than Doug Bowser. The man was a villain!

.... I'll see myself out.

I hope he lived and learned his lesson.

Thank goodness he didn’t try to show her his Monado.

Completely unnecessary, but cool for the people that enjoy it.

Now how about good GameCube games?

@nin10doom Please do. At least Nintendo Life has the courage to point out how ridiculous Nintendo's practices are this generation.

I'd rather have that than complete silence over Nintendo driving the final nail on the physical media coffin.

It's a damn shame too, DQVII is a fantastic game. I'll wait for the inevitable PS5 version.

So, the big news is an overpriced remaster?

Nintendo is making Sony and Microsoft blush with their scummy practices.

@AverageGamer We're never going to agree then, because your concept of broken and mine are completely different.

Nice discussion anyway.

@AverageGamer In what world?
Rematch, Fae Farm, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker, WarioWare Move it and The Evil Within are all rated 75 and are vastly superior games.

The Thaumaturge is rated 74 and it's definitely better than Star Wars Outlaws.

I don't know where you got the idea that a game below 75 is broken, but it's factually wrong.

@AverageGamer I see where you're coming from, but I disagree.

The game has a rating of 75 on Metacritic. For me that's way too high. This game is mediocre in every possible way.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and ours are quite different.

This game to me is a boring mess.

It looks bad, the AI is brain-dead, the characters are unlikable, the shooting is limp without any impact and the stealth is absolutely terrible.

If anything I think this game was overrated.

Real time battles and hardcore Pokémon experience? I very much doubt that. It will be another soulless cash grab.

@ImpromptuR
Let me reassure you, your complaint is one of the most nothing complaints I've ever read in my life and the only reason I commented was to point out the absurdity of it.

Nintendo doesn't care, I don't care, and most of the Southern hemisphere does not care.

As someone who lived in the Southern hemisphere for most of my life, the season being different than mine in a video game event was never something that bothered me or my friends or any other human being I've ever met.

@ImpromptuR I guess they could rename it to: "Summer event, or Winter event if you like to complain about small, irrelevant matters"

Common Nintendo L.

It runs just as well as the game does!

@JH64 That's the thing, it didn't have to.

It was a new concept making console games portable, something that is not new now.

Also Breath of the Wild. It came out on the Wii U, but nobody bought the Wii U.

Mario Kart is expected in every console. Zelda is a system seller and Breath of the Wild is a game that will be in history as one of the most influential games of all time.

@Supadav03 Agreed, but Nintendo shareholders don't see it that way. Capitalism always wants the numbers to go up.

@BTB20 That is an absurd exaggeration of my argument and it wasn't present at all in my comment. Stop exaggerating for drama. If you paid attention to my comments you would've noticed I even stated the Switch 2 will sell a lot, just not as much as the first one.

The Switch was extremely successful due to its quality games, but let's not deny the ability of being a console and a portable definitely made it unique and boosted its sales.

The Switch 2 has slightly improved specs, looks the same, the mouse novelty will go largely unused, it barely has exclusives, most games coming to it are inferior versions of games already present in other consoles. There's also the key cart solutions and the £80 games.

It won't stop it from being successful because it's Nintendo's new console, but Nintendo is making every possible effort to make it less appealing for consumers.

Now, on a personal note, I think it's an absolute crap console that is overpriced, without games and it has no inherent appeal besides being the "new console".

@rockodoodle I know people who are casuals who don't see the point of a Switch 2 because it looks the same.

It's not just about graphics, it's about being considered unique and justified.

The Switch 2 doesn't differentiate itself enough from the Switch to stand out as much as the Switch 1 did.

This is not going to make it an unsuccessful product, but if just 20% of people don't seem it worthy enough for an upgrade, that's 30 million units.

Edit: I also heard people complaining about the price of games. When the Switch released in the UK new games were £50 on average, they're now at around £70. This is a "little brother" or "kids" console with very high prices (from a parent point of view). I have a friend whose son has a Switch and he has absolutely no plans of buying the Switch 2 because in his mind it's more expensive for the same thing.

Don't underestimate the power price has on people not buying products.

@Joshslone7 I never said it's going to be unsuccessful.

I also don't think consoles need to sell more and more, but I doubt Nintendo shareholders agree with you and me.

I'm just pointing out that the Switch 2 feels pointless and I don't think the Switch 1 being the most successful console of all time has to do with it.

It's severely underpowered, it has almost no new features compared to it's predecessor, game key carts are ridiculous and it has no games.

The numbers lie as the success is attached to the Switch 1. This console is a lot less now than the Switch 1 was at its time.

The Switch 1 sold 150 million units and for a while Mario Kart was the only first party Switch 2. There are very few games for the Switch 2 and the direct was pathetic.

My prediction is the Switch 2 will sell absurdly well for the first few years due to people wanting to upgrade the console, but it will severely slow down as the novelty of the Switch is gone and the Switch 2 is not as new and appealing.

I could be wrong, but I don't think the Switch 2 will come even close to the Switch 1 in units sold. It has too many caveats to be a "true evolution".

At first I felt a bit of FOMO for not buying a Switch 2 when Nintendo offered me one, but after this showcase I'm really glad I didn't.

Very few exclusives, ridiculous game key shenanigans, and games that look and play much better on a PS5/Series X/PC.

The Switch 2 hasn't come even close to justifying its existence.

I'm so happy I didn't buy a Switch 2.

Barely any exclusives and sometimes a worse deal than buying a Switch 1 game.

When a new Zelda comes out in 4 years and the console actually has games, I'll buy it.

@Dr_Lugae That's not what I said, don't straw man me, please.

They could keep the destructible objects but reduce graphical fidelity a bit to increase performance. Or they could add a performance mode to give players the option like many developers do nowadays. There are other possible solutions that don't require sacrificing gameplay.

What a copout comment. As if there are no developers that prioritise performance AND playability.

There's no need to sacrifice one to focus on the other. It just reads as an excuse for eventual poor performance.

@Beetlebum91 I remember that! It's crazy that Bethesda chose that criteria to give or not give the bonus. Especially because Obsidian had a time pressure to pump the game out quickly and had to release it in a very buggy state.

For me it was a really unfair situation for Obsidian.

The important question is, does it matter? Who takes Metacritic user scores seriously?

I'm generally quite suspicious of scores of 0 or 10, because they're generally out of spite or blind love for a game.

It's much more constructive to read what's written on a review than to check an arbitrary number that has no meaning by itself.

All according to plan. Pump the price to £80 so we'll be thanking them when a game comes out for £60 as if it's cheap.

Nintendo is making sure I'll be buying a lot more games on the PS5.

@donv2135 In short, no.

People are dissatisfied and they have a right to express their opinion.

If you don't like it, it's easier to not read the comment section.

The GameCube graphics look even more GameCubier!

What an amazing feat of technology!

Such a generic PR statement.

Doug Bowser is Nintendo's Phil Spencer.

I love Fantasy Life, but Famitsu's scoring criteria is a dartboard with numbers from 5 through 10.

Game Chat is a huge mistake.

People wanted to communicate using their Switch, but not at this performance cost.

Completely not worth it.

Yong Yea is the perfect example of when connections trump talent.

Hayter as always doing an amazing job!

Yong Yea is a terrible voice actor and his voice does not match Kiryu at all.

It's unfortunate because the rest of the cast is really good.

I'm glad not everything Nintendo is doing is an own goal. This is actually quite convenient.

@sanderev Here's a cool tip, no one is forcing you to read the comments.

As someone who doesn't exactly understand how eBay works, can't we just report them?

Is scalping allowed by eBay?

@nhSnork @WheresWaveRace I misread the article and did not understand the DLC was included. That was my fault. Deleting the original comment.