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@the_beaver I'd guess not until June. Skipping an early year Direct just makes sense since they already have so much announced. They just need to give some additional detailes and release dates for whatever titles are releasing through July via Nintendo Today trailers and or a single game Direct and we're good until June.

@TrogdorTheBurninator I would try actually looking at the Nintendo games currently announced for the year then. Because we know of 7 Nintendo games releasing this year which is actually a lot to be already announced at this point in the year and they all look incredible to me at least. But if all you're looking for is the next 3D Mario or Zelda then yeah I guess you're not getting what you want quite yet.

@TrogdorTheBurninator This is obviously not taking any resources away from game development which is why Nintendo is still releasing a regular cadence of great games.

@Erigen There is no HD-2D engine though as most, if not all of the HD-2D games are made in Unreal Engine 4. The artstyle is the defining factor of HD-2D.

GOTY just got even better! ^_^

@Sindayl Probably not since the app has been out in Japan for years so it's not actually new to Nintendo.

Can't wait for people to get unreasonably upset...

Wonder if it's a data streaming speed issue. That limitation of the physical cards is for sure going to result in some Nintendo games being GKC. Wouldn't be surprised if the next 3D Zelda is one of them.

But everyone was telling me that this was day 1 DLC. What happened to that? Funny that no one who was saying that will acknowledge the misinformation they were spreading.

@Serpenterror Having digital data on a piece of plastic with DRM doesn't make a game any more real than just downloading the DRM game. Insane to me that anyone cares more about having some plastic around than actually playing games.

@Questionable_Duck NDCube was founded by Nintendo and Dentsu, hence the ND in the name. considering that Dentsu is longer involved it made sense to scrap that from the name. Nintendo Cube is NDCube without the D since the N always stood for Nintendo.

@gabrigoes Considering who the protagonist is, controlling a mouse has always been a feature

@koekiemonster I mean, the game was already announced for Switch 1 with a release date so the news here is that there's also a Switch 2 version and it's coming out the same day as the other versions. The focus of the article seems perfectly reasonable to me.

@RupeeClock Seriously. This could have been the one last thing.

@PikaPhantom Yeah I saw that on the eshop page. No idea why that wasn't featured in the Indie Would trailer.

@Markiemania95 That's true of every Switch game but this one clearly has both a Switch 1 and Switch 2 logo in the trailer meaning it's getting a Switch 2 version of the game.

I'm not surprised that Yacht Club was able to get Switch 2 dev kits but I do wonder how Mina benefits from Switch 2. Doesn't seem like a game that needs more power.

@Moistnado You seem to be mistaken the animation style with it being low fps. You can clearly see when there's a mouse curser moving that the fps is normal.

@sanderev Hyrule Warriors needs to fit somewhere in there as well.

I think it was a big mistake for 3rd parties to port so many older games instead of more recent games from early this year or late last year. The kind of games that many may have missed but are still top of mind would have done much better imo. Metaphor is a personal example where I would have gotten that for Switch 2 at launch as I missed it last year but still very much intent to get around to it eventually.

@Nakasan140 Rune Factory GoA is all on the physical card as well.

@YunoboCo They barely changed Diddy Kong but Donkey Kong just looks more like his original artwork.

@Paulo If this is the world view you are choosing to see things through then that's how you'll see it I guess but in reality this is nothing out of the ordinary. More powerful system with some gimmicks thrown in like dual mouse controlls. Very normal to be honest, especially for their handhelds, but if that's how you feel then that's how you feel.

@Paulo SNES, Gamecube, GBA, 3DS. Having a successor system that doesn't change much from the previous system besides being more powerful is the most normal Nintendo thing to do if you pay attention the the company history.

@shgamer Previously you had a primary system and a secondary system and now whatever system you have the virtual game card loaded into acts as the primary system for that game and allows offline play. you can still launch the game on other systems without having the virtual game card loaded by just doing a quick online check when launching the game. You need to turn online licenese on in the user settings first though.

@shgamer If you're playing those all on your account then there's no difference in how it worked before to access your games on multiple systems.

@Banjo- Just keep all of your virtual game cards loaded on one system then. Easy!

@Banjo- Turn online license on and it works with both virtual game cards and the old system of doing a quick online check when on a secondary system. Only difference now is that there is no one primary system, instead whatever system a virtual game card is currently loaded in to acts as the primary system for that game.

@Sonicka I think I had a hard to understanding what you were saying at first because that sounds insane that that was ever a thing. Shame that the probably unintentional feature is gone.

@Sonicka I don't know what you are talking about then. It works exactly as it did before, it just treats the system that has the virtual game card in it at the moment as the primary system system for that game and otherwise it functions exactly as before.

@Sonicka I just tried launching the game on the system with the game card in while on airplane mode and then on my other system I launched the game, it did the internet chech, and then I was playing the game on both systems at once. Still works like that just fine as long as you change the setting to on.

@SillyG I think if it's pitched as a family activity with a game like Mario Kart expecially then you're probably underestimating what families are willing to spend. Lots of family activities are super expensive.

@PharoneTheGnome There was a decent few units at each physical GameStop location and everyone who waited a few hours before opening seemed to get one. Many people reported showing up hours after Gamestop opened and that location still having some.

I'm just confused then... I thought the point of the key cards was so there wouldn't be any code in box releases.

@AussieMcBucket Well Nintendo is saying you may not get it day one through them and Walmart is promising day one delivery by 9am so I would say keep your walmart order

@Scarmucci I think Best Buy's anti fruad system shadow blocks you from getting through the queue system if you're lining up for multiple different bundles at once.

@MegaVel91 If you live in Japan and you want a Switch 2 that can play games in languages other than Japanese then you have to get it on the My Nintendo store and that multi language version is more expensive than the regular retail units. This isn't a matter of concern if you're buying your Switch 2 outside of Japan though.

@timp29 The Switch 2 hardware devs said they designed the mouse mode to work on your pants when at the couch so that you won't need furniture to use it. We'll have to see how that works out but it's something they though of at the very least

@Baker1000 The Switch 2 devs specifically said they designed the mouse mode so that you can use it on you pants.

My top 2 favorite games last year are FFVII Rebirth and Emio so I'm glad to see them getting Some recognition! Famicom Detective Club games are peak visual novel to me.

Only people who saw the leaks are people who are hardcore into the online gaming sphere, so the leaks will have had zero impact on their decision to purchuse or not. To the vast vast majority of Switch owners, this was a surprise still.

I remember buying it for $20 before the 3DS eShop closed. I think I might just fire the 3DS up instead on the 16th

@Skunkfish I get what you're saying but we're not getting more than one big 1st party Nintendo game at launch. Those would be spaced out through the year.

@contractcooker Completly agree. Switch Lite would be my main Switch if it could dock. Love the formfactor for handheld play but removing the namesake of the Switch is a big deal breaker.

@Jack_Goetz Switch Lite can't be docked though. Who knows if that will also be the case for a hypothetical Switch 2 Lite but assuming it will, that might not suit you so well if you mostly play docked.

Having just watched the trailer, this all seems blown way out of proportion. Nothing in that is particularly spoilery, especially considering that it would all be out of context for anyone who hasn't played Emio yet.

Everyone acting like things leaking about the system is going to hurt it are out of their minds. The amount of people that are on the internet looking at leaked gaming info is such an extreme minority of people who already had their mind made up about buying it or not. Same thing happens with the big name phone brands and yet the vast majority of people find out about it only when it's officially announced and it has no impact on sales. Everyone needs to cool it imo

I almost aways play with split joy-con when playing docked and I never use the strap unless it's a very motion heavy game. I just find the joy-con more comfortable without the straps on.

@Baker1000 I mean, I get what you're saying but Nintendo was never going to reveal what the voltage is or what the motherboard looks like. The potential mouse functionality and the magnetic joy-con are the only things leaked so far that Nintendo would show off in a presentation/trailer.

@Late Just use the wrist strap. It covers the sync button and also has the benefit of adding a bit more to the controller to grip. The new Joy-Con will presumably have a new strap as well.