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I don’t know that either of those two non-retail releases should count against their score, but I guess Nintendo should learn a lesson about their middling, digital-only games.

I don’t get all the love for this game. The Wonder Effects are cool, but instead of building off of them to ramp up the difficulty/challenge, they focused on coming up with a variety of effects that are one and done.

Innovation without iteration.

I like that because this information came from Bloomberg, it's given the "NEWS" tag, while the Pokémon Eevee minifig from a LEGO leaker was labeled "RUMOR".

Four months later, the game we rushed out is finally playable.

@AussieMcBucket at $260? There is zero chance of that.

This is more leak than rumor.

Sure, for this release SEGA puts it on a cartridge. (I’m aware SR Crossworlds is a S2 Edition cartridge.)

Will be interesting to see what the difference in battery life is with this on versus not on. Still hoping a few of the bigger (yet unannounced) indies and third party games get native S2 Editions, such as Witcher 3, Diablo, and Outer Wilds.

I wonder if Nintendo prioritizes the games that are (so far) incompatible with this mode for S2 Editions?

@larryisaman It's a toggle in the system settings, kind of toward the bottom IIRC.

@cyrus_zuo I don’t think it’s brutal, but it is demanding and a step up in difficulty from a game like Death’s Door.

Great news. I played it on S1, but knew it could look and run better on better hardware.

@rjejr it’s live action.

The headline doesn’t match the substance of the article.

They should be blacklisted from purchasing stake in any entertainment company.

@MrGawain they didn’t include the camera.

I burnt out on this one before getting to any of the dlc.

I had fun with the demo, but I’m nowhere near a day one on this.

It’s weird that you can’t turn it off completely in Mario Tennis Fever.

Looks beautiful, but the presentation/announcer really give off a hand-hold-y, made-for-kiddies vibe.

Nintendo embargoes reviewers from spoiling their games, but has no problem showing large swaths of its movies before release.

How many new looks do we need? It's not like the first one had a great story to begin with. If they want to tell me they've ditched the pop music soundtrack this time around, great, but otherwise, let the movie have some surprises.

Xbox: Sony is putting their exclusive single player games on PC but not our platform, so we’ll make our next console both!

Sony: (rumor) we will no longer put our SP exclusives on PC.

I had no idea those earlier games were so overpriced. I figured they were $20-30 each at most. Kind of insane pricing by Capcom, trying to make this look like a better deal than it is.

Well, Blizzard teased Diablo 3 on Switch with a light switch and denied that meant anything, IIRC.

They really upgraded the visuals and art style for this. I kind of burned out on the original near the end, but maybe I should try and pick it back up.

This one totally slipped my mind.

Sweet. Probably be a Day one given their pedigree.

@jsty3105
“When you look at Game-Key Cards, for us, our goal with Nintendo Switch 2 – similar to what we were able to accomplish on Nintendo Switch – is to have the broadest and deepest library of content we possibly can,” Doug Bowser said.

“And that includes our publishing partners. And Game-Key Cards are a way that our publishing partners are able to bring more content onto the platform, deeper and larger, more immersive content on the platform.”
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Nintendo is publishing this game, not a third party. Maybe he got it wrong, or maybe they altered their stance, but it still is worth asking them why this game is the first Nintendo-published title to go GKC.

edit:
https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-says-switch-2-game-key-cards-help-third-party-publishers-bring-deeper-larger-and-more-immersive-content-on-the-platform

And no one's discussing the game because very few people have actually played the game.

As stated already, Doug Boswer, in an interview said:

“When you look at Game-Key Cards, for us, our goal with Nintendo Switch 2 – similar to what we were able to accomplish on Nintendo Switch – is to have the broadest and deepest library of content we possibly can,” Bowser said.

“And that includes our publishing partners. And Game-Key Cards are a way that our publishing partners are able to bring more content onto the platform, deeper and larger, more immersive content on the platform.”
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Nintendo is publishing this game, not a third party. Maybe he got it wrong, or maybe they altered their stance, but it still is worth asking them why this game is the first Nintendo-published title to go GKC.

@Dang_69
Yeah, I know. They don't have to announce a date to announce the game officially coming to the platform, etc.

@Twilite9 they just released a S2 version last week, although your save doesn’t carry over from S1.

Mewgenics and some of the better Switch games getting S2 updates (Tunic and Deaths’s Door, as previously mentioned).

@RushDawg While Nintendo's initial statement did say exactly what you said, Doug Boswer, in an interview said:

“When you look at Game-Key Cards, for us, our goal with Nintendo Switch 2 – similar to what we were able to accomplish on Nintendo Switch – is to have the broadest and deepest library of content we possibly can,” Bowser said.

“And that includes our publishing partners. And Game-Key Cards are a way that our publishing partners are able to bring more content onto the platform, deeper and larger, more immersive content on the platform.”
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Nintendo is publishing this game, not a third party. Maybe he got it wrong, or maybe they altered their stance, but it still is worth asking them why this game is the first Nintendo-published title to go GKC.

Has anyone asked Nintendo—who said that none of their releases would release as GKCs—has published a GKC-only release for this?

Surprised the Generations Pack is doing so well since they didn’t seem to have much stock available.

@PALversusNTSC Why wouldn't they have a dev kit? They put LEGO Horizons and MLB The Show on Switch 1. MLB is an ongoing series and should receive a Switch 2 version at some point, even if it's not this year.

@Ravenmaster it’s like 200 pieces…

@JohnnyMind https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jSgttYxU-5w

Sweet. Maybe I can finally beat Maximum Carnage.

What is the point of doing this if the save data doesn't carry over? Seems like a huge oversight somewhere.

@SillyG it is my understanding that SMG1&2 have a free update on Switch 2 that facilitates the better resolution, and it’s not on the cartridge.

@Olliemar28 The game profile sidebar for this is wrong. It says the S2 edition launches in May; that's the physical version only, not the one on the eShop.

The physical edition launches on the same day for both consoles.

@SillyG Does it run native 1080 in handheld versus 720? Not sure if that would even matter for retro games.

61GB file size, according to the eShop listing. Since there's no actual physical release of this, I'll wait for a sale.

Is “shutting up shop” a thing? I’ve heard of “setting up shop”, but that’s clearly not what this is.

@Ristar24 If you look at any games that have paid upgrades, the one thing they have in common is they all get a Switch 2 physical edition released.

Can’t say I’m a fan of this decision, and it only encourages people to find ways around it.

@theberrage Exactly. It'd be one thing if this was like the NES/SNES mini, where you bought it and that's it, but no, you have to pay a subscription price to make it worthwhile.

The shell itself is an overpriced novelty at best, and the entire package (shell+subscription) is an expensive nostalgia trip most won't get much mileage out of.

The original was released around the time I started realizing things could suck.

First Pokopia is a GKC, now this is a code in a box and only releasing it in Japan.

Nintendo is cheaping out big time.

Seems odd they would go for the less popular WILDS and not something like WORLD, or just update RISE to make it more inline with other versions.

@RupeeClock DKC Returns received a free update within the last month.

If you look at all the games with paid updates, they all included physical re-releases of the games. That seems (to me) to be the only difference.