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The lack of MKW news is surprising. Where are the content updates or DLC announcements, new characters, etc?

I’m guessing most people would say DK Bananza was Nintendo’s best release this year, but it really seems like their AAA games in general were solid 7s and 8s all around, which is a bit disappointing given their pedigree.

Here’s hoping next year brings out some genuine can’t miss first party games.

While the gameplay was solid, the GBC aesthetic doesn’t work as well for me. I really wish they had gone 16-bit instead.

I'm a little surprised this review is so high. The original Prime is one of my favorite GC titles, and while I played through the sequels, neither is as memorable. Glad this appears to have turned out well, though.

EShop cards are on sale at Costco in America. They’re normally only 10% off but are 20% off right now (thru Monday, iirc).

Unlocking difficulties is pointless. If someone wants to play the game on hard mode, let them.

@HaNks especially for SP games where there’s no need for game chat.

Wish it was something we could opt out of.

I’m interested in seeing more from this game, but would feel less skeptical if it were a traditional FromSoft title.

Would have preferred to have it all on the cartridge. It's also going to be hard to swallow this game at $60 when it's 50% off on every other console at the moment.

I'm the biggest gamer in our house, so I bought a 512GB card back in August knowing I would eventually replace it for a larger card when the prices came down (and let someone else in my household have the smaller one for their Switch 2.)

@Ampelmann FF7 was 3 CDs in the USA. A CD is 700mb. Quite the difference here.

SE hasn’t put a single Switch 2 game on a cart, so let’s not blame the bloated game size for that decision, even if it’s true that it wouldn’t fit.

Which game will end up taking up the entire Switch 2 internal drive?

Companies selling products should spend time thinking about which consumers actually have the money to buy their goods.

I guess I need to try the port on the dock to see if mine has any issues.

This was just delayed. Again. Into next year.

How is a game that’s been out a year delayed for months on end?

Still waiting on a port of Blue Prince.

@Bats1234 Home video games have become a digital medium, but they didn't start that way. And Nintendo physical games sell at a much higher rate than the rest of the gaming industry.

You act like everyone wants to spend extra money for more storage, or wait hours for huge games to download. Tell me how that goes over the holidays when all of these services get stress tested due to new users setting up their consoles.

Yeah, patches change the games after they're already on the cartridge, but patches take up a lot less space and (typically) less time than a full AAA game download.

People would be content if Nintendo did something they did during the Wii U generation for Xenoblade Chronicles X: allow the game to be installed from the cartridge for better performance (in this case, it's needed, but the point is they figured out a compromise to make it work better for the consumer).

Had me thinking this was more than a compatibility fix for a second.

Same, Reggie. Seems like the “largest” publisher is also the worst one on Switch 2 at the moment. We’ll see if that’s due to Nintendo’s decision to keep the dev kits under wraps for so long in the next year or so, or a conscious decision on M$’s part.

And as one of those people, please do some more free enhancements for S1 games. Incentivize third parties and indies to update their titles where possible.

And fix the GKC stuff by allowing installations from a slower cartridge onto the undersized internal harddrive.

@dePaige22 That's definitely one way of looking at it.

After they put out BOTW on S2 without the DLC, it was clear they were never going to "give away" the DLC (which is what you're suggesting) or intentionally devalue the base game, which is the other way you could phrase it to come to the same cost conclusion.

Because of the way gamers have changed their purchasing habits, many of those bundled "GOTY" style editions are no more (compared to years ago). You can argue this is a missed opportunity for Nintendo—and I'm not saying you're wrong—but they value their IP more than anyone else in gaming, for better or for worse.

For me, it's more disappointing that you can't purchase a "complete" physical edition of these games, despite the cartridges having ample space for the game+DLC.

@Galaxy2IsTheGOAT

They never went away from publishing new games. They will have released nearly as many (if not more) new games for their console in six months than MS and Sony have done for their old consoles in a year.

@topsekret I agree that it's stingy, but far from arrogant. This is just economics. They haven't raised the price on Switch 2 yet despite raising the price on the original Switch due to tariffs, and raised the price of other things to keep the console price down for the time being.

Every company is cutting back now, ditching rewards programs and other incentives to save a buck anywhere they can. If Nintendo put out a complete edition of this game on cartridge (and I'm not saying they shouldn't), it would be close to $100.

@Pillowpants While they may adjust the S2 release of this, would this OG Switch version not play better as many other games have done despite not receiving an update?

An update would allow it to run natively at 1080 in handheld mode on Switch 2. I'm sure they could squeeze more frames out of it as well.

I like so much about this game, but I’d like it a lot more if it wasn’t all poop monsters, etc.

It’s nice that they’re doing this, but it’s nearly a decade old on Nintendo consoles at this point.

@the_beaver So far only one of those has been announced for S2, and it’s coming months later than everywhere else.

What you want and what you need
Don’t mean that much to me
—MJK

Sorry, M$, but I’m done with your ecosystem.

Don Matrick damaged Xbox the previous generation, and this time around they permanently devalued their brand.

The biggest games they’re referring to were never made to be confined to a platform. You can chase those games at your peril, like Sony tried to do with all their live service games that have all been cancelled (minus Helldivers 2).

Microsoft is all in on games as a service now. Own nothing, subscribe forever.

No thanks. I’m out.

Yeah, I think I am done giving money to EA.

The game has been out for a few days. Most of your audience doesn’t play games for a living. Actual reviewers held back their scores because they only had a week to play it prior to the embargo being lifted.

I think you do a disservice to the idea behind reviewers and reviews by putting this out so soon after release.

Instead, it should be “how are you feeling about the game so far?”

For me, Pokémon games are at their best when the story takes a back seat to playing. JRPGs in general love talking your ear off, there’s always way too much dialogue, and most of it doesn’t add much of anything. Cutscenes take you out of the experience and make you sit through (or skip through) a bunch of generic dialogue.

If I wanted to watch a movie, I’d be watching a movie, not playing a game.

@somnambulance article states they’ll announce when they submit the game to the platform holders.

Simultaneously releasing on a bunch of platforms is a tall task for any team, especially an indie one.

@Friendly it’s not one or the other, it’s both. That you are unable to comprehend how the two fit together is bordering on being intentionally dense. They asked to put a comment on why, I did. Why you are so obsessed with it, I don’t get.

The package costs too much for what it is IMO; $70 is S2 Edition territory, but they decided not to put one out, so it’s both. They skimped on S2, charged too much, I’m waiting on the price drop as I already said.

@Friendly those games existed before the Switch 2 was announced, there is no Switch 2 edition for any of them, and all of them retailed for under $60.

I stand by my previous statement: I’m waiting for a price drop on this game because they skimped on the cartridge. And no, it shouldn’t be $80; its already $10 more than every other switch game than TOTK.

@Friendly Yeah, they did. You have to download the update instead of it being on the cart. Per Nintendo, any Switch 2 Edition has both versions on the cart.

@Friendly Right; it’s not on the cart. They skimped on the cartridge.

Waiting for a price drop since they skimped on putting out the Switch 2 edition.

@Vegeta937 outside of MKW pricing and $20 DLC w/ upgrades bundled in, I don’t see them being any greedier than any other time.

Is the strategy to not sell as many games?

Hades may be my favorite Rogue-like ever, and this will likely be my GOTY. For me, this is the best reason to own a Switch/2 this year.

One need only look at SE’s Switch 2 GKC releases to know that—while this statement may be true in this instance—greed, not speed, is the real answer across the board.

And Nintendo, give the okay for devs/publishers to install to the SSD/MicroSD Express slots so they can’t use it as an excuse any more.

Fun matters most to me. I get that TPC and GF should be able to deliver a fun game with striking visuals, but for whatever reason, they are not. I think it's fair to want more, to expect more, to deserve more, especially for a product at a premium price.

Ultimately, it's on consumers to change their habits if they want to see real change. I can tell you my kid DGAF about anything but playing more Pokémon.

Predicting January 2026.

It’s NSO+EP, not NSO, and yeah, I don’t have that.

Nintendo has dropped the ball on cases so far. Where’s the Pokemon, Zelda, Mario, DK, etc branded cases for Switch 2?

@Serpenterror I think they said it's early next year for a physical release.

@Suketoudara probably pointer controls are mapped to the mouse.

@kmtrain83
I understand if people are upset about GKC being offered, and I think Nintendo shares some responsibility for the abundance of them right now (easy way to cut production costs on a nascent system), but the overuse of them is primarily on the third party publishers at this point.

Having no upgrade path is also on the third party publishers. I don't understand why Nintendo allows that as an option.

I won't be buying a new game from SE until something changes. Anyone who feels similarly should do the same, IMO, but that's their choice. While I have other consoles, I play more on Switch than anything due to how easy it is to take it anywhere. I doubt I'll buy a SE on a non-portable console during the S2 lifespan.

Once Ubi came out and said their game couldn't run off of the cartridge and needed the internal drive speed, I argued that Nintendo should allow devs to install games from the cartridge. This is a fair compromise, would eliminate the need to download the entire game (which would take longer than a direct install), and allow publishers to use cheaper media to produce their games. I think this is the best option we can hope for, and hopefully Nintendo wises up about it sooner rather than later.

Again, I think this situation is entirely on SE; they could allow you to buy the S1 cartridge and upgrade (paid or otherwise) to the S2 edition. There is really no difference there, you’re not losing the price difference if there is one, and it allows people who don’t have a S2 yet to know they can get a version that can take advantage of the system in the future if they wish. SE seem uninterested in doing anything beneficial for their customers, and seem more interested in hurting their own sales IMO.

@hisownsidekick They have? They always seem to report that games sold below their expectations, including the most recent Final Fantasy titles, which is why they’re putting them everywhere now instead of being exclusive to PlayStation.