Polvasti

Paesano also composed the soundtrack for Mass Effect: Andromeda, which I thought was excellent and suitably epic for that game. So I think he could be a good fit for Zelda.

Still no Nier: Automata on the list.

The NieR teaser is confirmed to be an April Fool's gag on their official Twitter, sadly.

Happy to hear it, since MHS3 is so awesome. It improves upon the previous two games in almost every regard, and I already like those two quite a bit. I'd even go as far as to say that 3 is the best game I've played on the Switch 2 so far.

@jfp It was explicitly said in the beginning of the Switch 2 edition review that they're only reviewing the DLC + S2 upgrades. So the 6/10 score is for the Switch 2 additions, not for the base game. Which makes sense, because everyone can read the original review of the game on this site, there's no point of reviewing it again 2.5 years later.

@Haruki_NLI

Switch in September and Switch 2 in November? I don't remember that happening.

The sentence in the article could've been formulated better, but what they were trying to say is that it was released in the eShop (for both Switches) in September, and the Switch 2 physical version came out in November. Switch 1 didn't get a physical edition at all.

I wish they'd make some kind of actual DLC for Hades II. I remember being quite sad when the first Hades didn't get any DLC, because the story and characters were so good I wanted to see more of them. And while I eventually got my wish with the sequel, now that I've finished it I feel sad again for the same reason. I don't necessarily want them to do Hades III, for the next Supergiant game I'd rather see them put their creative energies into a new IP... But it'd be nice to get some kind of a DLC side adventure, maybe one where you could revisit more maps from the first game and play as both Melinoë and Zagreus.

It's a shame when developers port a game to a handheld device and then don't bother to enhance the text and other UI elements to take the smaller screen into account. You'd think that'd be one of the easiest tasks in porting?

@The_Nintendo_Expat

Speaking for myself, I'm noticing a lot more of a "Switch 2 vacuum" than I did in the switch 1 era on Nintendolife in particular, where headlines and terms are tweaked to make things seem more special/exclusive to Switch 2 than they really are.

Where there was palpable joy and celebration in the prior generation there tends to be something like desperation, equivocation, and toxic optimism now. As a Nintendo fan, this generation saddens me.

Huh? The headline of this article says the game is coming to the Switch, not the Switch 2, and it's explicitly mentioned in the text that there's no Switch 2 version. And I can't think of any examples of Nintendo Life headlines being "tweaked to make things seem more special/exclusive to Switch 2 than they really are". Could you give us some examples of such "toxic optimism"?

I love Puyo Puyo Tetris, and if there was a paid Switch 2 upgrade for the Switch 1 version of PPT2, I'd buy that in an instant. But no way am I buying the full game for a second time just because they added some S2 extras to it.

I've been meaning to get this game for PC, so I'm glad it's coming to Switch now, I'll definitely buy that version.

The original Ducktales is obviously great and brings back chilhood memories, but I still prefer Ducktales Remastered with it's lovely remade visuals. I wonder why that one has never been ported to Switch? Licensing issues with Disney?

NieR Automata is one of my top 5 video games of all time, but I wouldn't want a direct sequel to it. It has a great open ending that leaves just enough for the player's imagination, and I don't want a sequel that tells me, "actually, this is what really happened after Ending E". Even the small bits of lore information I've heard about NieR Re[in]carnation have been kind of too much, I really don't need to know what became of the androids in the future. The story of Automata is enough for me.

Now, if Yoko Taro were to write a completely different story broadly set in the same universe, kinda like how the NieR games are in relation to Drakengard, that one I would be interested in.

Instead of asking for our opinion, why isn't Nintendo Life reviewing this game? I find most of the reviewers on this site to be quite professional and trustworthy, so I'd rather hear their thoughts on Tokyo Scramble than those of some random Internet people.

@Theghostofkeithmoon Did you read the article? They are releasing a completely new game.

@ThomasBW84

your role as a Prince and Ranger sees you working to improve the world in multiple ways.

Does this mean you can't choose the gender of your player character like you could in the previous two games?

Sounds horrible. Modern video games are already often way too long. If you have so many new ideas, just make a new game (or several), don't try to squeeze them all into one.

Hollow Knight had a perfect difficulty curve, but with Silksong they unfortunately made it too difficult for your average player, especially with the bosses and the locked room enemy gauntlets. With SS I simply gave up at some point, because all those runbacks to die in the hands of the same enemies for the 100th time made the game unfun to play. That never happened with HK, which I was able to finish and enjoyed most of it.

It's too bad, I thought Silksong had an equally great atmosphere as Hollow Knight, and the platforming was actually more fun with Hornet's more fluid moveset. But the sadistic enemy encounters were just too much for me.

@Lizuka @the_beaver Agreed. One of the best things about the demo for me was that they seem to have managed to create a kid sidekick character who's not annoying but actually interesting.

@Gohanjin

A capped 30 in exploration and 60 in combats would have been a better choice (same as Digimon on PS5).

Framerate fluctuation is definitely an issue that should be fixed, but there's no need for a turn-based RPG to have 60 FPS. Especially if they'd need to downgrade the graphics to get better performance, which is usually the case with Switch ports. If it's not an action game where those extra frames actually matter, I'd much rather have better graphics with a stable 30 FPS.

I was mildly interested in this one before, but after seeing the trailer, no thanks. If even the promotional footage looks that rough, I can't imagine how badly optimised the actual game is.

When I saw the trailer in the direct I thought this looked like a mobile game, so it being a port of a one makes sense. The character models and their animations had that cheap, papercut-like quality seen in so many mobile games. It's an instant turn-off for me.

@Friendly

you’re not the only one. As a completionist that game and especially the boss gauntlet of the free DLC haunts me to death… Every time I see the game being mentioned I get reminded of my failure to complete every single boss with a gold medal…

It's the same for me. I don't have super fast fingers or anything, but I was still able to finish the main game with lots of practice and patience... But I thought it was a real bummer that Team Cherry decided to do a whole DLC with an alternate ending to the game's story that your average player can never finish because it requires such fast reaction speed to get through the whole boss rush.

Unfortunately they followed the same pattern with Silksong, making even the base game harder than Hollow Knight was, so I eventually quit it halfway through because it just wasn't fun anymore, dying a thousand times in those stupid miniboss gauntlets.

@Friendly

It should be hands off by Nintendo and done by Retro Studios only (with external support). Let it be the only Western developed and focussed series Nintendo has.

Weren't the two most recent 2-D Metroid games (Samus Returns and Metroid Dread) also developed by a Western studio, i.e. MercurySteam from Spain? And given how successful Dread was, presumably Nintendo is gonna let them develop the next 2-D game as well.

@AstroTheGamosian Maybe don't mention spoiler stuff about the ending of Xenoblade Chronicles X in a comment section that's not about that game's plot. Not everyone has played it yet.

Hopefully it's a new game or a spinoff and not just Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Special Edition. Or if they are indeed releasing a remake of XC2, at the very least I hope they'll tone down the juvenile and embarrassing fanservice of the original game. Then I might consider actually buying it.

@The_Nintendo_Expat Even if Nintendo themselves don't call it an FPS, the trailers and other promotional material make it look like an FPS, like I said. And because of the 18+ year gap between Metroid Prime 4 and the previous game, there's bound to be a lot of Switch players who're not familiar with this sub-series and who might assume it's a first-person shooter. That's certainly what I thought about the Metroid Prime games, that they are an FPS spinoff of the original 2D series.

@the_beaver If it's not an FPS then Nintendo has kinda failed at its marketing, because all the promos definitely made it look like an FPS.

I'm not surprised at all by Metroid Prime 4's low sales, there seems to be multiple obvious reasons for them:

1) It didn't get that good reviews for a first-party Nintendo game.

2) It's a sequel to a game that was released over 18 years ago, with 2 whole console generations between Metroid Prime 3 and 4. I'm sure there are a lot of Switch owners like myself who never owned a Gamecube or a Wii (or weren't even born back then) and therefore don't have any particular attachment to this spinoff series. Some of us would also feel weird buying game number 4 when numbers 2 and 3 aren't even available for us to play on the Switch.

3) It's an FPS, a genre which has never been Nintendo's forte and which isn't that visible on the Switch even among third-party games. So a game in this genre is less likely to attract your stereotypical Switch player than, say, a more traditional 2D Metroid.

Nice to see this one is getting a Western release. I saw the Japanese trailer a while ago and was hoping it would arrive here too, as it seems right up my alley.

@Friendly Cyberpunk 2077 absolutely has visible genitalia. For example, you can see them right at the start in the character creation screen, and you can walk around Night City naked and use the photo mode to take pics of your private parts, if you so wish. Also, I'm pretty sure the sex scene between V and Judy has some vulva showing, though it's subtle. (Haven't seen any of the other sex scenes with other romanceable characters, so I don't know about them.) And none of this is censored in the Western Switch 2 version.

The new Fire Emblem and Monster Hunter Stories games are what I'm looking forward to the most, as I loved the previous Switch entries in those series.

@shgamer Your understanding isn't quite correct then, as Rowling hasn't just attacked these supposed criminals (who are actually incredibly rare and are mostly used as boogiemen by anti-trans people to justify wide discrimination of trans people) but has made a lot of general anti-trans comments throughout and is even contributing substantial amount of money to an anti-trans organisation she founded.

@R_Ryder There isn't any violence, nudity or other graphic adult content in this game, it's a cozy life sim, so why should it get a 16+ or 18+ rating?

@ItsATM I play games like Animal Crossing, Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, Handy Hockey, Bravely Default, etc. Simulation games like Animal Crossing and Rune Factory, where you alternate between controlling your character and interacting with objects on a grid are made much easier by the ability to switch between regular controller mode and mouse mode. Handy Hockey is an air hockey game where mouse mode is by far the best way to play, as it emulates using an air hockey paddle nicely. And Bravely Default has two fun minigames where you have to use both controllers in mouse mode, and which are impossible to play without it.

So yeah, with all these games that use mouse mode effectively, and with many more such games to come in the future, I'm not gonna invest in an expensive joycon alternative that doesn't have it. I thought it was weird that this article is saying the Hyperion 3 could be "the perfect Joy-Con 2 alternative" when it's lacking this basic function that the official joycons have.

So they don't have mouse mode? Then that's a hard no. I'm gonna wait until Mobapad launches their Switch 2 version of the M6 HD (which were the best joycon replacements for the Switch 1, and still work fine with the Switch 2), which I'm sure are gonna have mouse mode on top of all the other features.

Jeez, I knew Final Fantasy is a popular series, but I didn't realise it has this many spinoffs on Nintendo systems alone. How many FF games are there in total if you count all platforms?

I bought Cyberpunk 2077 when the Switch 2 launched, and after 115 hours I think I'm finally getting close to the finale the main story, so that's probably the only game I'll play.

Give us Birdo!

@Kiz3000 The statement made by Square Enix on the official Final Fantasy Twitter channel goes like this:

That’s not all, the remake trilogy will also be making its way to Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC as well as PlayStation 5, Steam and Epic Games Store!

https://x.com/finalfantasyvii/status/1966514225117118813

So they don't specifically mention that all platforms will get it at the same time.

@Paintfrenchy

Still sad that this isn't a proper physical release.

The file size of this game is 87.9 GB, so they literally couldn't have fit it onto a Switch 2 cart even if they wanted to, since the cart's maximum capacity is 64 GB.

What I don't understand is why Nintendo expects us to download four different apps for all of their smartphone services: Nintendo Music, Nintendo Switch App, Nintendo Store, and Nintendo Today. Okay, it kinda makes sense that Music is its own app, but why do we need three separate apps for the Switch store, Switch news, and other Switch stuff? Unless they conflate these three I'm never gonna install Today just to read some news I can get from elsewhere.

I wish Nintendo would also add the Switch 2 upgrade to Super Mario Galaxy as included in Super Mario 3D All-Stars, so those of us who own Galaxy as a part of that compilation wouldn't need to buy it for a second time just to get the S2 enhancements.

So, by this definition Nier: Automata is actually 3 games and Fire Emblem: Three Houses is 4 games?

@sketchturner

Ingenious mechanic I've never seen in a game and yet also lacks originality? The pros/cons does not compute.

As mentioned in the review, the perspective shift mechanic which seems to be the cornerstone of this game lacks originality because it's borrowed from an earlier game called FEZ.

@axelhander

Data centers use the same energy everything else uses, so not sure where this "most of the energy data centers use isn't sustainable" nonsense comes from.

It comes from the fact that most energy humanity currently uses is not sustainable, and (like I said in my previous message) because of this we should be looking into way of drastically reducing our energy consumption if we want to have any chance of mitigating the ecological and societal catastrophes global warming will cause. So in a situation like this, the last thing we should be doing is creating new energy-hungry industries like AI data centers, especially if they have so few tangible benefits for humanity.

@axelhander

Speaking of debunking, the "AI is destroying the environment" claim is bogus:
https://andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-water-issue-is-fake

That article is only talking about water usage in data centers. As the writer himself notes, the massive amount of energy they use is a separate issue. Most of the electricity AI data centers use is not produced by sustainable means, and therefore this at best pointless and at worst deeply harmful industry is contributing to global warming, i.e. environmental destruction. If we want to avoid the massive ecocatastrophe looming in our near future, humanity absolutely needs to reduce its energy consumption, not increase it because of needless "innovations" like this.

If Nintendo starts making these in other colours than black (with some coloured accents) I might consider getting a second pair, but at the moment I'm not interested. I don't like black.

None. I don't care about shooters, and I'm definitely not gonna give my money to crappy companies like Activision or Microsoft.

Too bad this is only available as a single pad and not as two separate joycons, I've no use for it as such.