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They are offering this too soon for me. This month's my honeymoon, so I have very little to spare as it is, haha. Hopefully they'll do something like this somewhere around the end of the year again.

Was waiting for this one to be added. I agree with @horizonisland, we need these Fire Emblem titles on Switch (2). They're all great in their own way. But Awakening is iconic because it practically saved Fire Emblem from the grave and ushered in a new era of titles from the series.

So, it's basically the Millenium Falcon of Pokémon that's gonna be released? I wonder what it'll be!

I just love how it's the good ol' brick made from bricks. This is one set I can't skip as an OG Game Boy player. I remember fondly the times I played Tetris and Nintendo Soccer with friends on the school playground with the Link Cable. Good ol' times!

"Unsurprisingly, it doesn't sound great"

Nuff said.

Wow, another day, another Nintendo Direct rumour! /s Personally, I'd love to see one to confirm the Metroid Prime 4 release date. But what I'm really hoping for is shadow drops for MP2 and MP3, so we can have the entire series available on Switch 2 (and 1)

@Erigen IF only.... It would be so awesome if they asked Reggie to do that 😆

That is a very reasonable price! Glad they opted for this, instead of being ultra greedy. Prices like these make me want to pay full price for an excellent product!

Thanks for the road map, I'll wait until the game is finished and I can buy a complete edition.

Everyone and their mothers are making Switch clones at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony would at least try with the PS6, seeing as they've been losing ground over Nintendo. The thing is it all comes down to content and exclusives and I think Nintendo will always beat Sony, regardless of what kind of hardware they put out.

If only they would bring Wilds to Switch 2...

I'm still planning on getting this and other games that are not Game Key Cards. I've been considering getting Game Key Cards only 2nd hand, so they won't add any value to sales.

I wonder how many people there didn't get a Switch and are now dipping into the OG Switch library with a Switch 2. 🤔

@Anti-Matter, why do you always point out PS5 sales? This is a Nintendo news website, sir.

If I'm getting this game (big if, so far) Hawlucha will be one of my team picks!

Nintendo's always been really good at idle animations, but they seem to have really mastered the craft over the past 10 years or so. Lovely

Once they add Fire Emblem, Metroid or Xenoblade, I might just get one for my work room. But seeing as my wife absolutely loathes video game music, I can't see me ever using Alarmo in our bedroom. (unless I want a divorce, haha.)

Competition is a lot harder now, though. With all those Switch clones. Although I doubt they can really compete with Nintendo, because of their exclusives.

What the big N needs to do now is ramp up game production and give me a new Fire Emblem and Xenoblade!

This looks bad already... And little love for oldies, it would seem.

$ 30,00 for a plastic cup?! Geez, those are some hefty prices. I love the Mochi and Dango plushes, they're so cute!

Metroidvanias are one of my favourite genres. I tried playing Hollow Knight, but got caught up so much in Blasphemous, which I preferred at the time, that I never continued my playthrough of Hollow Knight. I think it deserves another chance.

As long as it's stable, I'm fine with it. The Switch 2 is a handheld console, first and foremost.

Ahh, my questions is answered about how long the added DLC will last. Four hours... Seems a bit steep for € 20. I think I'll wait until I have a real itch to replay Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

Wonder how long Ubisoft will be in business still. Glad Atari bought these rights. I have more faith in them than Ubisoft!

Looks like I'll have to upgrade at some point. How many hours of extra content are we talking about. 12 levels sounds pretty low..?

@nervous-noodles Yes, but nothing was teased, except for seeing their logo on the screen... So that's why I think it's a nothingburger teaser.

@Rentaro Thanks for the tip! Yeah, I grew up with Sierra and LucasArts point & click adventures and good ol' dungeon crawlers like Bard's Tale and Might & Magic, so that's basically my childhood, haha. I just love me a good adventure!

@Orwellian87 I appreciate your comment, but Ghibli-inspired stuff has been "done to death". I am quite tired of it by now. But to each their own, of course!

Another day, another Ghibli-fied fanmade adaptation that has absolutely zero to do with Studio Ghibli...

I appreciate the man's work, but to be honest, I crave original fan art, not style-copied stuff...

And so the wishlist grows. This reminds me a bit of old adventure games. I wonder if there's people here in the chat who remember Zork and the likes of those text-based adventures.

To be honest, I don't think they've been this out of touch ever since Iwata san and Reggie left. At least Nintendo had multiple faces then. Now I have no clue who's running the show. Even Bowser is nowhere to be seen and he has the most bad ass name you could think of.

Well, it's different genres of games, so I don't see the point in delaying either. Not everyone is into Metroidvanias and they might just get Dark Deity 2 to get their SRPG fix.

@topsekret Thanks for the info! Let's hope across the board sales numbers will slump for GKC. Maybe Nintendo will come back from their stupid decision, then. Although they'll probably think it's not their problem, since they publish everything on a real cartridge.

I sincerely hope that they can pursue their dreams for whatever game(s) it is they're going to be cooking up, but I don't have high hopes for it, until we actually see something substantial. It's one thing to bring together some major veterans, it's another to actually produce something truly unique and well designed.

Smart move, people will be all over Silksong in the indie scene, probably. I look forward to Demon School, but given my extensive backlog I won't be playing it for at least a year, lol...

Oooh, nice! Can't wait to play this one after I'm done with TotK!

I'll reportedly see it when it happens. But I will say that it would be a huge missed opportunity for Nintendo if they would not do anything for Mario Bros' anniversary. It would be a VERY Nintendo thing to do, at this point, and I wouldn't even be surprised, nor disappointed.

Thanks for the review. I see one of the cons is "A constant battle with your stamina". That's a bit 2rl4meirl. 😆

I am definitely considering picking this one up, especially because the game is on the cart and I want to support that to the fullest, when I can! Maybe you can add this to the pros?

Glad to hear it and seeing some positive news from DF. I know their schtick is to be critical about performance, but this eases my mind a LOT! And it just goes to show that given time studios can actually make games work fine on Switch 2 (there's plenty of other examples too, like Cyber Punk, of course, but still... )

This really makes me wonder if the Big N will do a reversal on Game Key Cards. I don't think they care much about game preservation, given the fact that so many older games are stuck in "limbo".

I have no idea if sales number are showing a decline in sales when it comes to GKC? I personally am less inclined to buy physical, unless I can get a bigger discount than on the eShop if it's only available as a GKC. The only thing I absolutely loathe about having to buy more games digitally is that I need to invest more in costly SD cards and this almost a typical move to make the consumer pay for your problem, by making it their problem. Or, to maximize profits, by cutting costs AND making the consumers pay for it. Anyway, it's something we see so many corporations do and I am afraid Nintendo is doing just that, which is not good for customer trust in the long run. I see them pushing these boundaries more often recently and I'm not sure what to think about it, yet.

But I don't know how the masses regard GKC. Are there any numbers to go by?

Edit: Forgot to add that all first party games are fully present on the game card, so it probably doesn't count for those. But 3rd party all the more...

@Mincey0 I don't want to buy a ROG Ally. I buy Nintendo consoles only and I don't care to play on PC for prolonged times, because I prefer hanging back in a chair with a controller. I know this can be done with PC too, but I find it a bit too much hassle when the Switch gives me what I need fast.

I buy Nintendo mainly because of first party games, but I am a big fan of Japanese developers like Capcom, Atlus and Square-Enix, to name a few big ones. So having those 3rd party games available and running well on Switch 2 is my preferred scenario.

Although I have BG3 on PC, I would love to be able to play it on Switch 2 in handheld mode, too! Clair Obscur, too. There's so many good games that I'd love to see on Switch 2. Mainly Capcom ones, like all the Resident Evil remasters and Monster Hunter Wilds. One can dream!

@Jack_Goetz I think this is the sad truth we need to live with as Switch 2 players, but my fond hope is that given time developers will understand the Switch 2's hardware better and we can actually see a bit of an improvement, overall.

Saw this on Reddit and it looks okay-ish, but I sincerely hope they will optimize the game a bit more at least. Framerate can be critical for games like these, so get to work From Software! Besides, I don't think it's good for the general reputation of a studio if their games are performing on a subpar level. Although apparently some studios like Game Freak can get away with anything, it would seem...

Thanks for the review!

This game looked like a lot of fun, but 25 Euros for a 3.5 hour game is a bit steep. I'll wait and get it at some point. My backlog is too huge anyway.

Maybe not give producers like this a platform? I mean, it's pretty obvious no one here is interested in a company that blatantly copies Nintendo and advertises with games that aren't theirs?

@WaveBoy maybe Switch 2 is my only console? Guess you didn't consider that, huh?

If I were to get a controller for SF6 and other fighters, it would be one with a stick. But personally, I'm fine with Modern controls for SF6. They make it a lot easier to enjoy the game with a pro controller.

8BitDo does have a lot of nice controllers. I still have a few wishlisted. Maybe I should dip in some time soon!

As a Resident Evil and survival games fan, I think this might be right up my alley. Glad to see performance overall is good, but that fire framedrop issue is bad... I hope they can at least fix some of these issues before release.

Docked mode is how I will play, but I mean, the point for people to get this is probably because they want to be able to play BOTH handheld and docked... It seems like the game is running okay docked, from what I saw in the vid.

I think I'll have to retry the game again sometime soon. I played it for 15 hours or so and then stopped. My mistake was playing another metroidvania at the time: Blasphemous. And I loved the dark setting of the latter more.

I find it amazing that Switch 2 has already managed to reach nearly 27% of PS5 (all types) sales in such a short time!

Nintendo just continues to dominate the Japanese charts!