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I already got both and will get the others when they release. Just wish they were cheaper.

@PinderSchloss Except Nintendo very rarely pumps out DLC or ships out completely broken games. The only real exceptions to this appear to be the Pokémon franchise which Nintendo has very little to do with.

@PinderSchloss I'd be more willing to believe this if the guy I was replying to wasn't spewing blantant lies about virtual cards.

"If Nintendo has to keep updating the game after release, they shouldn't release it until the game is fully complete!!"
@kal_el_07241 Oh yes, Nintendo is absolutely the only one in the industry that does this. No other company releases a game then releases a billion DLCs for it or have to release patch after patch to fix a mountain of bugs. Nope, only Nintendo does this.

@kal_el_07241 I have dozens of "virtual cards" on my Switch and Switch 2. I never have to swap out anything to play; stop straight up lying and people might actually take you seriously. And by all means, please tell me where you get physical PC games in 2025 that aren't just CD keys to download the game.

No… Don’t give me hope…

@NintendoLife An update to this story, he was selling Retroid Flip 2 as his own and has since removed it (presumably because Retroid sent him a cease and desist since they own the trademark and patent for the design). Dude just doesn't learn.

Gonna be honest, I don’t have a lot of sympathy for the guy. I’m fune with pirating games that are not commercially available but if the game is currently being sold and supported it is just straight up theft.

It's so weird that they didn't include Mouse Mode. I mean its a port of a PC game that makes extensive use of mouse controls, this would be a perfect game for it. I won't pretend to know what its like to develop a game for a console or how features are implemented, but I feel like this is kind of lazy.

Unfortunate to hear, but not surprising. As @StrangeDays has pointed out the game is fairly empty and the building graphics are atrocious for a $60/$70 title. The gameplay itself is fun, but definitely not $60 fun.

@Coalescence I've worked a contract job for one of those tax filing software companies during the tax season. Unsurprisingly once tax season was over I wasn't needed. Shocking, I know.

@hazysquid I think what IGN means is that they're outsourcing to outside the USA. IGN definitely could have done better with wording.

I've worked customer support jobs most of my professional life. It's incredible how many people are shocked that I can speak English clearly. These comments are not necessarily racist, these are customers with genuine frustrations that have a hard time understanding thick accents. I work from Iowa and often have a hard enough time understanding a thick Louisianian accent, let alone an accent from another country. This will only hurt the overall customer support experience in the process. I am deeply disappointed in Nintendo for this decision.

Can we get anymore stable?!?!

Oh boy, can’t wait to explore great vast, buggy nothing of Starfield!

Yay! Stability!

Cool. When are they going to fix Borderlands 3 on the Switch 2?

@DwaynesGames Lol yes pun intended!

This game is so much fun, I’ve already sunk 8+ hours into it and haven’t even scratched the surface yet.

I am so excited for this game! I am waking up at 9 AM to walk up to my Best Buy and pick up my copy and the amiibo!

IT’S SO STABLE!!!

@Fiergala Sorry, I could have been a bit nicer about that. It's been a long week. Hope your day goes great!

@KingMike Yeah, he posted an article about the MIG Switch "bricking" consoles (basically getting them banned from Nintendo's servers). The article doesn't specify if the MIG Switch was using "legitimate" backups (if that is even a thing) or dumped ROMs. Most likely it was the second one. Because, yeah, the same people using the unique key to validate the license on multiple different systems at the same time is indeed piracy.

From what I understand the Switch and Switch 2 cartridges has a unique license key that the system will periodically validate if it is connected to the internet and if Nintendo detects multiple instances of the same key, they will ban all instances (as they likely do not have a way to detect the original instance). I believe that key is also required to be on the ROM/cartridge to start the game, so unless someone finds a way to bypass that the ROM will have it.

@The_Nintend_Pedant You are quoting two different people. I do concede that Nintendo MAY be able to detect the MIG Switch but more likely they are detecting multiple people using the same unique key at the same time. Now, are you going to rationalize why Nintendo should let multiple instances of the same unique key be used at once?

EDIT - Accusing me of editing multiple comments then choose to "end the convo" via a comment edit. Peak copium.

@The_Nintend_Pedant And yes, the article states Nintendo banned someone for using a MIG. It doesn't specify if the MIG was using personal dumps or ROMs off of ROM sites, which could have hundreds of people using the same UNIQUE key at the same time. I know I sound like a broken record here, but I feel like this isn't something that should be too difficult to understand.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Even if Nintendo does have a way to detect MIGs, they will likely still ban people using the same UNIQUE key on multiple different systems at the same time. Because that is known as "piracy", which Nintendo has always been staunchly against. Xbox and PlayStation will do the same thing. Nintendo likely has no way to verify which is the original key, so they just ban every instance of it.

@The_Nintend_Pedant So a situation where peopled dumped the cartridge and UNIQUE key that Nintendo uses to identify a legitimate copy of a game to a MIG Switch is causing consoles to be banned when the UNIQUE key is used on two separate consoles at the same time? Thank you for proving my exact point.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Comment #53 and #73 are the only ones I've edited. Not my fault NL doesn't show a "edited" marker.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Abuse is pointing out that you don't know what you're talking about. Got it.
Edit - Still waiting for Pedant to prove how Nintendo can determine what is a legit cart and what is a MIG Switch.

@Yozora146_ I think he knows that, he just doesn't care.

@The_Nintend_Pedant The only edited comment I have is the one I edited two seconds after posting it. Not my fault you don't know how to read and searching for any reason to screech "Nintendo bad". Complain about real problems, like $80 Mario Kart. Not business practices used by literally every big player in the industry.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Nowhere did I say they detected the MIG, I said they detected the same key being used on two different consoles. Please learn to read.

@SykoMuffin Most likely what happened here is the cartridge got dumped and Nintendo detected the unique key being used on two different systems at once. They weren't banned for buying used games, they were banned for what Nintendo perceived to be piracy.

@Discostew If it was a MIG Switch they most likely banned both. Nintendo likely doesn't have a way to detect if it is a legit cartridge, despite what some in the comments will tell you.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Cool, good to know you know how hardware works and how easy it is to differentiate MIG Switches from legit cartridges. You should make a video on how it's done and send it to Nintendo so they can implement it.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Cool man, glad you're clearly understanding how piracy works and how Nintendo is combating it. I guess Nintendo should just bend over and let people post their ROMs everywhere, right?

@The_Nintend_Pedant The system is detecting the unique license key on the cartridge, which was most likely copied to something like a MIG Switch or uploaded to a ROMs site. Nintendo detected the same unique key being used at the same time and applied a ban. This isn't new.

It's amazing how people are conflating Nintendo banning a cartridge that was dumped then unbanning it after providing proof that the user wasn't in on the piracy into "Nintendo is against the used game market". Even the whole game-key card thing is pretty stupid. Game-key cards are objectively better than one-time-use codes as they can be traded, lent out, and resold. If Nintendo really wanted to kill physical media, why aren't the using game-key cards themselves, or just only releasing digital? Wouldn't it make more sense for them to do that? And if Nintendo really wanted to kill the used games market why would they unban someone who provides proof they had no knowledge the cartridge was dumped? Just seems like people are blowing things way out of proportion again for Nintendo actually following their TOS and being very blatant in their TOS what will happen if it is broken.

Look at sites like YouTube and Twitch, YouTube has very vague TOS to the point creators have to step on eggshells because they don't know what is actually ban worthy. Meanwhile Twitch has pretty clear TOS but is very much biased in dishing out punishments. If you don't like a TOS, don't use the product or service.

Even Xbox bans people for pirated games, so I don't understand why Nintendo banning someone for what is presumably a dumped cartridge is somehow shocking.

@Fiergala They were heavily featured in the movie Idiocracy and their popularity can be largely attributed to that. I didn't say that Crocs are for stupid people, I just said they look ugly and are comfy. Good job putting words in my mouth though! 👍

I don't like that Nintendo makes it so difficult to repair the controller, but I will say, it's an amazing controller so far. If it fails, I may look into that third-party alternative before sinking another $85 into a new Pro controller.

At least something good came out of this. Still can’t believe someone thought stapling the receipt to the box was a good idea.

That's cool. Honestly I'm not too concerned with the specifics myself, I'm just happy to have the Switch 2 and the exclusives that come with it. I've considered getting a Steam Deck or Steam Deck clone (maybe the Lenovo Legion) but just haven't gotten to it yet. They're definitely overlap in the Switch and Steam Deck markets, but ultimately Steam Deck is trying to appeal to PC gamers who want to take their library on the go, not people who prefer console/handheld gaming exclusively.

Crocs in general are pretty ugly and really only got popular because of Idiocracy, but I gotta say my old green and yellow tie-die Crocs were some of the comfiest shoes I ever had and used them all the time when visiting a pool or water park. Sometimes even just wore them around the house.

From what I understand DK64 is notoriously hard to emulate due to technical issues and requiring the expansion pack. Hopefully DK64 is actually on the way and that may open it up for more awesome additions.

I'm surprised they're doing this considering how easy it is to download videos from YouTube. Still cool though, will need to rewatch Pokémon 2000.

Does it brick the console like the third-party docks did to the Switch 1?

Just GameStop doing GameStop things.

First thing I did was put a screen protector on my Switch 2.

I mean, what were they expecting? Isn't this clearly outlined in the EULA?

Yeah, knew that was going to happen at some point. Glad only the box was damaged and the console is fine, but I'd still be upset. Would have been better if the driver just set the box on the ground and used his foot to slide it towards the door, about the same effort and less likely to damage anything.

I also don't necessarily blame the driver, a lot of these companies have absurd standards for getting things delivered in such short amounts of time.