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Nobody in charge of regional arms of Nintendo has any say in what games they make, so no point slating Doug Bowser because you’ve not liked the games over the last 6 years so much.

@SirLink What do you expect? Those sites make money off views, and the hype for a new Bethesda game is going to generate views. It's either that or go the Nlife route of constantly putting out lists just so they have an excuse to post affiliate links to 50+ games.

Very interested in seeing how close this is to the current gen versions. If it’s not a clear downgrade then I’d probably pick it up soon after launch.

I wonder if starting life as a Switch 1 game was a hinderance in this case?

I wonder how long we're going to be getting these games that started life as Switch 1 games. Considering how few big releases there were the last few years, you'd imagine they still have quite a few other games in the same situation that they've not announced yet.

@johnedwin It does exist on the server. It can't be purchased, but people who have purchased it digitally, or with game key cards, can still download it.

I appreciate the swappable buttons. Once you're familiar with a game, you don't need to look, but if you swap between systems a lot, and are frequently trying new games, it really helps.

I don't really find the Pro controllers (8BitDo Pro that is) that comfy though, and I'm going to stick with the Ultimates.

I'm not sure I'll be able to get over the THPS4 changes. It's not THPS4, it's just a map pack for THPS3. It's such a weird decision to make.

Like everyone else, I’d love to be able to do it that way, but I can’t see Nintendo doing it. Almost every free emulator out there gives more options than
Nintendo who have highly paid coders and access to the actual hardware designs. If they can’t give us easy wins like that, they’re probably not going to give us individual rom files outside the app.

Sometimes, time just leaves a series behind. People can blame MS all they want, but F-Zero and Star Fox show a series can flounder in the same way under Nintendo.

@Misima The price any retailer sells products at are irrelevant to how much Nintendo gets. They've bought the stock, Nintendo got paid. That store can sell it at whatever they want. This is 80s Nintendo and anti-consumer practices all over again. Practically every retailer in the UK sells at way under the RRP Nintendo sets.

@Johnny44 These charts are put together for publishers. I know they've become a regular thing for gamers to analyse, but the companies that put the charts out, do it to sell sales data back to publishers. Publishers don't need that service for digital games as they already know it.

I’m holding out for a 1TB if I can, but all I’ve got installed at the moment are evergreen titles I constantly pick up and play and the internal storage is full.

@pikachupikachup An online ban which stops you accessing their servers. Considering most Switch 2 games are on Game Key Cards which need access to online servers, I’d say this is a pretty big deal.

I feel like people still don’t know what DF is. They’re not Game reviewers, they’re interested in going as in depth as possible on the technical specs, and that’s their niche.

And it’s crazy to me people think DF have any kind of bias. They’re deal in factual data. Unlike almost every other website out there which gives opinions. DF rarely go into opinions. It’s about as objective as you can get.

Cross Save is excellent, and it makes me want to buy more games with it. Don't have to make the decision between having it portable, or having it look and run as good as possible.

Square Enix seem determined to avoid giving definitive versions of games. For years we had the Persona 3 FES/Portable debate, then it was Dragon Quest VIII PS2/3DS, and more recently Dragon Quest XI/XI S. In all those situations, you can't say for sure one is superior to the other as they make improvements in one, but then also remove stuff/make things worse.

Saying it’s the guy’s fault for not transferring to home is ridiculous. He used a Nintendo approved method of transferring and something went wrong. If something can go wrong with this, then something can go wrong with Home.

I better go check my saves, as Pokemon for me these days is also adding to my 20+ year collection. Without that, I don’t think I’d play the new ones.

I’m sorry, but that’s BS on the part of Nintendo. Nobody should be okay with a corporation being able to make your console, or worse, your entire collection useless because you did something they didn’t like.

I don’t think this is something that can be resolved with a hardware revision, it’s just a downside of lithium ion batteries. It’s probably more common right now as some of these units will have been sitting over six or seven months without use after being produced. It’s the lack of use that usually does this to those batteries.

I won’t be watching this. I know I’ll be getting the game anyway so don’t want this spoiled. New games being announced will always be more exciting than seeing more of a game I already decided to buy.

If this comes out on PS5 and Switch 2, I’m gonna be very torn. I’d want both versions eventually, but not at full price. Switch 2 version will essentially be the same game I played 7 years ago but portable, while on PS5 it should look and run like a dream.

It's definitely a noticeable step back. Pretty much every screen I use these days is OLED, even cheap Retro Handheld devices, so suddenly having a device without one really stands out.

@bandyba There's a lot of historical reasons. In the US, the gaming market was Atari, and when Atari stopped selling in the early 80s, they called it a crash. Nintendo swooped in to an empty market without competition and cleaned up.

In the UK back then, gaming was mostly done on micro computers, and the US 'crash' did not happen. This sent the US and the UK on very different trajectories, as Nintendo was number one in the US for 8-bit and 16-bit. They figured the UK market would be just as easy too, so didn't bother much with marketing. Consoles and games would come much, much later to the UK market and be ridiculously priced, as Nintendo was used to just being the number one brand. This worked very much against them since Sega were actually putting an effort in over here. It got even worse in the next-gen as Sony heavily, heavily marketed the PlayStation and hugely grew the entire market. By the time they released the Gamecube here, they already knew it was a flop from the US and Japan numbers. It was only from the Wii onwards have Nintendo treated the UK market seriously, and they've done pretty well since then.

You can’t really read anything into launch numbers, as everything sells out. Everything. People saying oh the UK hates Nintendo, but they sold out everything they shipped, just like all those other consoles. They couldn’t have sold more. It was impossible to beat the PS5 figures if they didn’t ship as many as Sony did.

I was so looking forward to this, as the only 'Switch 2' game on my new Switch 2, but with the cross-save function not working, I can't really play it, as I'm not starting over again.

With the reports of how late a lot of people got dev kits, it’s not too much of a surprise how few Switch 2 ports have been announced last week.

I’m sure they will come eventually. Not the stuff that’s clearly pushing the PS5/Xbox, but things like Persona 3 Reload and Persona 4 Revival seem like obvious choices.

I am trying to get away from the Xbox ecosystem, but I’m very interested in that. Windows handhelds are not a threat to the Switch but they are a lot of fun. It all depends on if Steam Deck 2 or whatever it ends up being called is revealed before this releases for me.

We know Nintendo loves to sell an improved model, but this is the first time I've picked up a console at launch and feel like I can see the intentionally cut corners to enable that future upgrade. Screen and battery are both big downgrades from the OLED, and I think the kick stand is worse too.

My first impressions are, I love the extra size, but the screen DOES feel like a big step back from the OLED, the battery is just flat out bad, and the kickstand seems like a downgrade too. It feels like these are almost intentional, so they can give us a new model in 2-3 years.

It's great to see games can run better without patches. Was one of the most exciting parts of the Series X launch, going back to previous gen games and seeing the huge improvements in some cases. Unfortunately from the DF footage, Arkham Knight still runs terribly on Switch 2, despite being a clear improvement. The Witcher 3 improvements are very nice though.

I thought the Kickstand was one of the more obvious downgrades from the OLED, after the screen obviously.

@bones The game was announced 5 years as multi platform, so I don’t think there was ever a chance of it being exclusive to Switch 2.

I found the trailer a little bit underwhelming. Eager to see the Gameplay over the weekend.

I get the disappointment of it being little more than a slightly enhanced port, but FF Tactics on modern hardware without having to resort to emulation gets a huge thumbs up from me.

Switch 2 update combined with cross save means this is definitely getting bought in the current sale.

I wish World of Assassination had cross save, but I've played through those games too many times now, got all the unlocks across multiple platforms and don't think I can face doing each level 100% again, but as something to dip in and out of, it would be perfect for Switch 2.

It’s a shame it’s taken so long for these games to run decently. I do fear the whole cycle will start again next year and the Switch 2 Pokemon games will need Switch 3 hardware to run properly.

I am so excited for this. I don't really care much for any of the Bond games, even Goldeneye, but the World of Assassination, heck, every Hitman game outside of Absolution is absolutely fantastic.

If they all released at the same time, I’d probably go for the PS5 version, but a Switch 2 version would definitely go on the wish list for a future sale.

I hate the industry’s obsession with remastering to the point they are now remastering a remaster. If a game is hard to play, either through just being physical and now absurdly expensive, or not possible to play on modern hardware then fair enough, but too many games get remasters that just don’t need it.

MS Games I’d very much be interested in seeing on Switch 2 are Rare Replay and Forza Horizon. I don’t know how easy RR would be though. For Xbox all those games were already available and the hardware was capable of playing all the previous generations so it was just lumping them into a collection. For the Switch, they’d need to port everything individually.

It wouldn’t make much sense if they just did the first one.

Pro Controller and GameCube Controller.

Demand plays very little part in a console’s launch numbers. Wii U and 3DS also sold out. Xbox Series X sold out. It just comes down to who can make the most for launch day.

I would be nice to have World of Assassination in portable form, but I've already played through it too many times to want to do it again. Cross-progression would be very, very welcome for this one.

In the UK, met the criteria but never got an invite. Pretty sure WAY more people meet the criteria than they have stock, so meeting the criteria just got you into the lottery. A lot of people seem to be assuming they’re good for a preorder as they meet it.

I hope they sell so many copies of Fusion at that price.

I’m kind of surprised that people are surprised. Every console sells out for launch, even things like the flop of the Wii U, the 3DS and its infamously gloomy launch, or Xbox consoles that lag way behind by the end of the generation.

As similar as the concepts are, they are really not competing at all. Anyone that wants Nintendo first party stuff is not going to be interested in a Deck, and anyone not interested in Nintendo first party stuff is probably not going to be interested in a Switch 2.

No interest in it myself, but Amazon have the full fat version for £35 which is less than half the much worried over RRP for Switch 2 games. Bravely Default is only £25, a mere 30% of the big bad number everyone was panicking over. "Nintendo don't do sales" is fair enough, but retailers don't have to sell at what Nintendo want them to sell at. As long as they can make a profit, they'll be happy.

Yes, and thank goodness. Nintendo have spent the last 20 years thinking new hardware needs some crazy gimmick, but it does not. Just put out hardware that is easy to develop for and capable, and be creative in the software space.

Didn't get one from Nintendo or Amazon. Good thing I don't actually need a Switch 2 until Pokemon Legends is out.