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Those poll choices are exactly why I'm not interested in this Direct. It's great for Nintendo-first or only gamers, but that ain't me. PC first, Nintendo second.

We need a poll asking people if the Switch 2 is their only, primary, or secondary modern gaming system. That would be really interesting.

Lame. I primarily game on PC and I only bought the Switch 2 for Nintendo exclusives. I have zero interest in a Direct showing off PC ports of years-old games. Hopefully they'll be some new announcements at least.

I have both, and I couldn't imagine being without either of them.

What's with the hate for Seth Rogen? You guys are weird.

Anyway, a Donkey Kong movie was inevitable. Not only do you have the big DK push at Universal Studios and the upcoming game, but you have all these CGI models and assets from the first Mario movie just waiting to be used. I'm excited. Hopefully it's a 2027 release alongside Zelda.

Personally, I prefer calling games toys over art (or products). Toys are meant to be played with and interacted with rather than admired in a museum.

Negativity and backlash aren't bad things. People are allowed to dislike the game lol

I cannot for the life of me understand why people care about bits being stored on a hunk of plastic rather than downloaded. It's bizarre.

It's hard to tell from this short trailer, but I'm concerned that this game focuses more on combat than platforming. I prefer a platformer like the Genesis Shinobi games over a 2D brawler with some limited platforming. Guess I'll have to wait for the reviews and see.

The hate for scalpers is so overblown. It's not like a Taylor Swift concert where there's a limited number of tickets; Switch 2's are not going to run out. If you can't buy one at launch day because a scalper, you can wait a few months. No big loss.

8 is a surprisingly high rating given the bland level design. That's like the most important aspect in a metroidvania.

@-Green- That's exactly the point. It's a quick little tour of the Switch 2 that people will only play for a few minutes and that's why it should have been free. Something silly for people to play with for a few minutes while in-between Mario Kart races on launch day.

@TerribleTerabytes Just because the system supports 4K/60fps (or 120fps) doesn't mean games will run at the performance. Even The PS5 can't run games consistently at 4k/60fps.

After getting a Steam Deck, I found the Switch uncomfortably small and too light. I welcome a bigger screen and a bulkier design.

Ugh, Joycons. Help me, Hori. You're our only hope. We need a new Hori Split Pad Pro asap.

No Steam release at launch was absolutely baffling. No game should take six months to hit Steam; that's so much loss revenue.

@Dinglehopper Calm down there. Neither roms or emulators are illegal. No one, including Nintendo, has ever said otherwise.

@Serpenterror You can't just ignore inflation in a list like that. Yes, the Magnavox Odyssey launched at $99.99, but that's $753 in 2024. The PS5 Pro is cheaper than the Odyssey.

I don't get why people are getting so upset about a higher-tier PS5 Pro being expensive. If Sony discontinued the base model then I would get it, but this is an optional upgrade for people who care a lot about graphics.

It's too expensive for me, so I'm not buying it. It's not for me, but I'm not upset it exists.

@mlt No, inflation adjusted prices are not ridiculous. Sony is a business and they want to make a profit. It doesn't matter if wages have kept pace with inflation; if the product costs more to manufacture then the price has to go up. They still have the standard PS5 for budget-conscious consumers.

$699 is a reasonable price for a Pro model (aka. intended only for hardware enthusiasts) given inflation and the cost of computer components like GPUs today. Yes, it's expensive and too expensive for me, but it isn't insane. Settle down guys.

The base model is still there for mainstream gamers not concerned with 60fps or higher resolutions.

I'm glad to see the world map is compact. I've never been a fan of sprawling open worlds, so this is great to see. Something around the size of LTTP or OOT is perfect for me.

Nothing much for me today. I already have a PC and Steam Deck, so seeing PC ports of older games like Pizza Tower doesn't appeal to me. The only game that really interested me is in the Trails in the Sky remake. It seems like its finally a good time for me to jump into this series.

I'm happy to pay $500 for the Switch 2, but for that price, I want an OLED screen and specs on par or slightly better than the Steam Deck.

The "I'm excited for what's next, but I still have a backlog to clear" answer is weird to me. The Switch 2 has a 99% chance of being backward compatible, so I'm going to play my Switch 1 backlog on the more powerful hardware with upscaled resolutions and higher/consistent framerates.

I'd say my answer would be:
"Bring on the new hardware BECAUSE I have a backlog".

I've never inserted myself into the main character in a game, so silent protagonists are a waste for me. I certainly hope DQ XII moves away from that trope.

It's bizarre how many people here are opposed or even angry at the idea of graphics options. Yes, options are good. If I want to reduce the quality of the shadows to get a faster frame rate, let me do that.

@Ade117 Nintendo doesn't care about winning some fan arguments on reddit about which system sold the most. Beating the PS2 in sales doesn't give them a cash reward from Guinness. It's meaningless for them to alter their strategy to achieve it.

Well, if the movie's director and Sony's CEO says it'll be good, I'm convinced. There's no point in even reading the reviews now.

Sounds really boring. Why would anyone want co-op in a turn-based JRPG? Players 2 and 3 will spend 95% of the time just watching and occasionally use a potion or choose attack from a menu.

@LUIGITORNADO I'm out of touch with what gaming is because I want to play some SNES games? You're not making any sense.

@Emacster Why is it that hard to understand why people want to play SNES or Gamecube games on their PC/Steam Deck?

30fps? Yeah, at this point, I only use NintendoLife for the reviews and then I buy the game on Steam to either play on my PC or Steam Deck. The Switch 2 can't come fast enough.

@dazzleshell What does only playing on your TV have to do with physical or digital media?

I'm already 100% digital. Why is that not an option on the poll?

I appreciate their willingness to experiment with different genres, but I'm not a Steamworld fan because I love the world-building and lore. I'm a fan because I love 2D Metroidvania games and Steamworld Dig 1 & 2 were awesome. At the end of the day, they're a business and they need to make games that their audience wants to buy; city-builders are not it.

The Joycons are horrible. I've never held a worse first-party controller in my life and I've played on dozens of different systems. I quickly bought a Pro Controller for docked play and bought the Hori Split Pad Pro for handheld play so that I would never be subjected to the torture that is playing on the joycons. I'm really surprised how many people are saying they like them.

Wow, am I dreaming? I knew Sunsoft had revived and was rereleasing their old games, but I never expected sequels. Ufouria is one of the best games on the NES and I am thrilled to see a sequel coming out. It looks to have the same charm and personality of the original too, so I have high hopes for this.

I just bought Xenoblade DE last week too. Dang it.

This looks fantastic, but as someone with the SNES cartridge I'm not seeing any reason to buy this. If there were some extra dungeons or new playable characters (maybe Booster?) I'd be tempted, but if there's absolutely nothing new...

@HammerKirby Well, Super Meat Boy is 13 years old now, so I wouldn't go looking to that for revolutionary ideas.

Celeste certainly counts though. The gameplay mechanics are way more interesting than the basic hop 'n bop of Mario. Also, a platformer with no — okay, almost no — enemies was a nice change of pace.

@rykdrew A platformer's difficulty comes from the plarforming. You can't just have some AI algorithm to scale that up. This isn't Diablo here.

@HammerKirby Play some indie games. There's plenty of revolutionary things to still be found in platformers.

I appreciate the comment about the lack of challenge and lack
of platforming innovaton. I wasn't expecting Celeste C-Sides here, but I do want some challenge. It's quite clear that I'm not the target demographic for this game and I'm not going to be buying it.

A mediocre Sonic game? I'm shocked.

Yeah, it's a low-budget and much slower ripoff of Cuphead, but I'm fine with that. Cheap clones can still be good games. I'll be keeping my eye on this.

@stungun Governments already take care of people in need. During the 20th century, massive investment in social programs was made by governments all over the world to address social inequalities and many countries became welfare states. Pensions, universal healthcare, social security, welfare, etc. all became commonplace (at least among wealthy countries) in the last 100 years due to economic prosperity and technological advancement.

I have a utopian and optimistic view of the future because that's what history indicates will happen. As automation takes over and unemployment goes up, governments will be under pressure by the public to address the issue because that's how democracies work and we've already seen this happen many times before in history. Rich CEOs can only pressure governments so much; at the end of the day, that rich CEO is still only one vote.

@stungun Then you introduce a basic income likely funded by a tax on automation. Again, you don't fight progress, you use automation to improve the lives of everyone.

@LilyGoMEOW 30% of low and middle-income jobs will be lost because of A.I. by 2030? That's awesome!

We should be automating low-skilled and tedious work so that we humans don't have to waste our time on that crap. 1,000 years ago most humans worked as sustenance farmers to survive. Do you want to go back to those days of back-breaking labour or are you happy with automated farms freeing us to do better and more productive work?

The transition might be painful, but fighting progress is bad for everyone. We need to embrace AI and focus on transitioning people to new and better jobs.

It was okay, but too many remakes and ports. Super Mario RPG is awesome, but I have no interest in a fresh coat of paint for a game I've already played. I want new games.

Pikmin 4, Peach's game, and Penny's Big Breakaway were the highlights for me. I hope we see more on Peach soon.

It looks great, but I hope there's some new content. If it's just the same game with a fresh coat of paint, I'll stick with my SNES cart.