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This is a no brainer, unless the previous games sold poorly. Any game—especially a successful one— that is already out and available, that is scalable to the Switch 2, will probably end up being ported due to the cost and to reach an untapped audience.

@johnvboy Agree to disagree. You didn't give your score.

@larryisaman Yeah, CES probably was the last straw for them.

@johnvboy

Is it? Here's the reveal trailer, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS-1tDfLxRQ

It starts with BOTW and moves on to use cases. Then it shows Skyrim. Mario Kart. NBA 2K whatever. Mario Odyssey. Splatoon 2. It also includes the release date.

Yes, there's less to do now with Switch 2 being an iteration and not a reinvention, but it gives a much better taste of what they think we'll be doing with the system. And the Wii U was essentially dead at the time they announced the Switch.

And what was I expecting? Not much. I honestly thought it was too early in the year, so I was surprised they showed it now, with little to no fanfare. Just, here's what it looks like everyone. No mention of the new features/differences, enhancements, type of screen, stuff like that, none of those details are present here. New software is exciting, but they mostly held that back as well.

What would you give it?

I don't get announcing this now and holding all the information until April. They fulfilled their "announced by end of FY24" promise, but I doubt this is what most people expected. It's fine for what it is, but that's why it's a 7 for me.

@GameName yes, a video game you can skip over and ignore is proof we live in the worst timeline. There’s truly no worse problem in the world than this.

@Daggot Shovel Knight came out for 3DS long before Switch, so I wouldn’t say it helped define the system.

Kind of early in the year to complain about this. Back when they announced they would reveal the console by March 2025, people clung to the hope that it would be revealed before then.

That was their mistake.

The hardware at this point is largely irrelevant. Exclusive Software and how the hardware utilizes new technology are the selling features. Don’t pretend like you know everything yet.

@LastFootnote over a million copies sold as of a year ago. Doubt they consider that a failure.

I’d rather have the Zelda games first.

@Koxen the article was updated to say Switch got it as well. Must’ve pushed earlier on the other systems.

Would have loved to start with Blood Omen.

Armchair analysts: Nintendo is going to announce the Switch 2 as soon as next week!

Nintendo: we’re pleased to announce the Switch 2good2btrue bundles in time for the holidays.

Absolutely no chance they announce a Switch successor this year while the Switch itself is doing fine and has a holiday season to sell in.

@tseliot It’s nothing new for indie games. Hopefully the delay means it’s the fully patched version.

Are they refunding subscriptions?

Weird that they wouldn’t put out Blood Omen first.

@IceClimbersMain MS has the rights to Evil Within, but with the studio shuttered it seems unlikely to get a game in that series for some time.

Sony has that game they’re remastering, Until Dawn. TLOU is also horror.

@BANJO not sure your location, but in the US Best Buy still has them.

@partisan no. People are comparing it more to Warioware because of the length of some of the challenges.

I don’t have the EP, and I got the survey.

@Fizza this won’t be the Switch’s final year on the market.

Significantly less interested in this property.

Excellent news, since the game is trapped on that generation of consoles IIRC.

Does this mean they can patch the old saves to work with the ultimate edition now?

@Waluigi451 Definitely my favorite as well. Wonder why it took them so long to remember this franchise existed? Such a simple premise with a great hook.

@CazSonOfCaz You mean the rumors?

I don't think bringing a couple games to your competitor's system is akin to loaning out a AAA developer to make a game for them.

@CazSonOfCaz iD is under Bethesda, probably not happening.

@DogDetective doesn’t Hogwarts Legacy run much more consistently?

@KayFiOS except it ran a lot better than the 360/PS3 versions ever did.

If the system isn’t backward compatible, why would you think any of the NSO offerings would just be there? If they’re starting over on one thing, they’re starting over on everything, including however they’re emulating games to play on new, incompatible hardware.

I would much rather see them employ techniques used by Microsoft to get more out of past releases on new hardware, allowing backwards compatibility while boosting performance with little extra work on the backend.

BC is a consumer-friendly feature that is a good first step in the right direction for any piece of new technology. Unless they can show a good reason why they need to abandon the previous generation, they would be wise to include it.

@5th313ment This is such an overstatement it’s not even funny.

First, they’ve probably put out the most first party titles of anyone this year, even if you exclude the remakes, and even if you exclude the titles still to come.

Second, not even half the games are ports/remasters/remakes.

Third, this direct was announced to be primarily about the rest of 2023. It was never going to showcase anything that amazing that wasn’t already announced.

@siavm while MS has shut down studios it owns (as have most of the major publishers), they aren’t some fly by night outfit like TEG, who seem more interested in acquiring established IP and trying to sell it for more money (like Tomb Raider).

@Dm9982 LA Noire does not come on the full cartridge; it’s a 16GB cart with another 10GB (or more) download. It says so right on the packaging.

I’m not sure where your statistics came from, but there’s no way 16GB is the standard cart size. The Borderlands collection looks like it’s 8GB, leaving you another 42GB to download. BioShock requires another 32GB download.

While it’s true that this entire game could fit on a cartridge and the others would not, that doesn’t mean they will use a 16GB cartridge. They haven’t announced their plans or pricing yet for the physical version, outside of a mid October release date.

@Dm9982 publishers often use the smallest game cartridge they can when the put out physical versions due to larger size carts costing more.

I'm with the folks hoping there's at least an OLED option at launch.

@N64-ROX it’s worth noting that the release schedule of Nintendo’s games is staggered enough where taking advantage of this deal isn’t like getting three games at once at all.

While they aren’t the easiest thing to fix (mainly because of all the small screws and springs), at least most DIYers can repair them should they experience drift, and replacement parts are easy to come by for now.

@CammyUnofficial

No, just tracks and racers, which you could use. Just be thankful they fixed the mode for Switch.

Hard to believe they’re still fixing/working on a game if the last patch was 8 months ago.

@BaldBelper78

The FTC doesn’t get to decide anything except whether or not to ATTEMPT to block the merger via the courts. The court will rule on this matter based on the evidence presented by both sides, and depending on its decision, the deal will proceed or be dead, due to the 3 billion dollar completion deadline in July.

I see they’ve been reading the CMA’s reasoning.

Really surprised Metroid Prime dropped at $40 and this is $60, while both Pikmin games are $50 combined when purchased as a set.

Or they could have put it out in January when it had less competition from other Nintendo games/franchises.

@UltimateOtaku91 it has zero to do with market share.

They clearly have some deals in place with MS as all the recent releases of Persona games, and these two titles as well, are day one on Game Pass.

@sketchturner If you don't mind using the Switch in handheld mode, this makes it more comfortable.

https://www.satisfye.com

@PinderSchloss

Probably not.

If you keep playing, you'll eventually get better accustomed to the controls, and maybe the final ability you get will alleviate some of your concerns, but when people say "when will this game click with me?" about any game, I personally have found that to not be the case very often. I enjoyed the first area of The Witcher 3, which a lot of people tell you to get out of as quickly as possible because that's when the game really opens up. The one game that really comes to mind (for me) is The Outer Wilds, which I initially put down after a couple hours, only to come back to it with a different mindset and end up really enjoying it.

That being said, I played the BotW DLC before this came out, and I honestly don't know what anyone's talking about when they say they're playing through the same game. Sure, there are some things that are really familiar, and the musical cues in many areas are unchanged, but nothing (for me) has that 'recycled' feeling you're saying you have.

Maybe try getting to the first temple and seeing if anything changes? It took me a while to even want to do that because there's a ton of exploration options available and different things pulling me every which way because the game is clicking for me.

OLED with HDR or bust, Nintendo.

@CharlieGirl it’s a preview. No reviewer has judged anything, but mentioned possible areas of concern regarding frame rate.

And while people love to harp on the issues of those Pokémon games, many have said the issues do not bother them and that the gameplay trumps whatever problems occur.

@PsykoRobot I didn’t write Fox News, I wrote news, the local stations.