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@anoyonmus I’m aware of those titles releasing early next year. I’d rather have 4.

Plenty of third party ports that have yet to be announced. RE4 remake. Silent Hill 2 remake. MGS Delta. The Jedi series from Respawn. Still waiting to see what happens with Elden Ring.

Microsoft has been mostly MIA, but that may be Nintendo keeping a competitor at bay by not giving them dev kits ahead of time.

I don’t think Nintendo will have a light year. Maybe it won’t be major franchise heavy, but they’ll probably still publish more new games than the competition (not including ports like Indiana Jones and Starfield, which would be new to Nintendo but are old games now).

Edit: would also love Blue Prince and other indies that aren’t out on Switch yet, as well as titles like Mini Shoot Adventures that aren’t only on PC.

They’re all cross gen. That’s basically what a Switch 2 edition is. All of those games are playable on both systems, but the Switch 2 version has enhancements. Two Zeldas, Kirby, Metroid, SM Party, and Pokémon make six. Next year is Animal Crossing and Super Mario Wonder (that we know of).

@spiderman0616 you will spend a lot of time there.

This isn’t the problem the game has. There are fundamental flaws in the philosophy, regardless of what they think players are looking for. The world is not cohesive. Backtracking is a chore, and much of it is forced. The last two quests are a chore, forced, and worse than the triforce sailing quest in Wind Waker.

Abilities are doled out too slowly. There’s nothing really new in them. The levels don’t connect together in interesting ways (think of shortcuts that open up in Dark Souls/Bloodborne).

These were lessons learned long ago. It’s frustrating, because there are a lot of great things in this game, but Metroidvanias, more than any other game, are a sum of their parts, and these don’t add up the way they need to.

@Zeeba Nintendo didn’t publish any of those indie games.

Who gives a hoot? This is so trivial.

@Robot99 stop using chrome.

They’re ripping off real artist to sell us imitation art and call it original. No one with any integrity should use it.

Sounds like they rushed to get this out the door before the holidays.

@NintendoWife The word before was that they were having a hard time getting the cart size down below 64GBs due to the read speed required for Switch 2.

This is great if true.

Also, Let them use the old carts and allow for mandatory installs.

Didn’t care for any of the TT “games”, so this is probably a pass for me.

I’m early in the game, but there’s a point where he’s like, “We can team up if you want?” and I really thought it was a point where the developers were about to give you a choice to tell him to leave you alone.

Instead, Samus nods and forces you to work together.

Oh well, he’s not great, but not as bad as some reviewers have said.

The OG Switch had an underused touchscreen as well.

Well this is certainly tempting. Would love if they could add GameShare for local co op.

@kmtrain83 The folks handling that remake said it’s still being developed, for whatever that is worth.

Not sure why you’re singling out one game when there are plenty of titles that fit this criteria.

And GameStop wins the worst games seller of the year award. Congrats!

Well, these upgrades were free, so… yeah, worth it.

Still waiting for the LEGO games to get a S2 update like that image from a trade show suggested a couple months ago.

Also, more industry consolidation is bad.

@Krambo42

It's what these folks are reporting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/1pieh36/skyrim_physical_edition_to_switch_2_anniversary/

@Krambo42 Supposedly this upgrade is like the Hogwarts Legacy one in that you don't need the cartridge after purchasing the upgrade because it gives you a full digital copy of the game.

@OmnitronVariant Didn't the FO4 relaunch last month also bork a bunch of stuff? Seems to be Bethesda's MO on these updates.

Not updating the FPS here is an... interesting decision. Would love to know if there are further updates planned, or if they're moving on.

Well, I have the physical edition, which looks like is not the AE version, but just vanilla Skyrim "Complete", so I guess this is not a free upgrade for me (and the AE upgrade has been on sale for $10 in the last six weeks or so, so I guess I can wait for the next sale).

Hades 2. Haven’t played Silksong yet, but it was almost everything I wanted from a sequel.

@Filthy The last time Nintendo improved the battery life was with a more efficient chipset, not a different battery.

Overall, I'm happy with my purchase. For the S2 console, I think Nintendo skimping on internal storage was the biggest whiff (could say that about all consoles they've shipped with internal storage); there should definitely be a 512GB/1TB option. They should also allow you to disable GameChat. I've only ever pressed that button on accident, and freeing up the extra RAM would benefit devs.

I hate the reliance on GKCs and would love it if Nintendo opened up the S2 to allow installs to the internal hard drive so publishers who were great at supporting the S1 physical games might continue to do so this time around.

On the software front, their $20 packs for a visual upgrade+DLC are frustrating. I get charging a bit more for the visuals, but the offerings so far have been lackluster, and I can't see committing that kind of money to any of the ones they've announced. First party has been a bunch of solid scoring titles, but nothing stands out like the Switch 1's first year. They had a few extra months, but I can't see 2026 starting all that strong based on what we currently know. It's fine, there are still plenty of games to play, some great console exclusives, etc., but I'm hoping more third party stuff like Silent Hill 2, MGS Delta, and Baldur's Gate 3 come to the console.

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.