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Who at Nintendo keeps signing off on these “meh” sets?

Wow, you guys can write about something and "bleep" out the words we all know were used, but will delete comments that rightly call out what is happening to EA because...? You don't like someone using an acronym that means something vulgar?

Overlooked? No, we expected it back when it released and then heard squat about it until now.

Investors are always about what someone has done for them lately. Perhaps they should take a look around and see what state the world economy is in due to bad economic policies and rising autocracies.

@progx
I'm primarily a Switch 2 gamer, and don't think I've purchased a SEGA game on another console in quite some time—not that I purchase a lot of their games to begin with.

@progx Then it will be the only one I buy!

I will purchase at launch to show support for a third party doing things the right way (even though they’ve done plenty of GKC releases so far).

Thanks, but no thanks. Great for newcomers, but not worth the price of admission for a bunch of MP-focused content on the easiest Mario game of the century.

This isn’t strictly a Nintendo problem, but they are probably the ones who should have addressed this years ago and haven’t.

S2 update please CDPR!

@TheSaneInsanity IF the woman is real, then more than likely she is holding nothing and they "fixed" the image by manipulating it and contorting her thumb (or they didn't like the way it was photographed and this was the fix).

@TheSaneInsanity We care about people cutting jobs and burning down the world for crappy marketing images and to save a buck.

It was a rhetorical question, but thanks.

@Aneira reporting has already indicated there are more cartridge sizes coming to Switch 2.

@Aneira Was Skyrim not on the cartridge?

Was always surprised they never tried to put the originals on the first Switch.

@acNewUpdates when SW: Outlaws released on GKC, someone from Ubisoft said the read speed of the S2 cartridge wasn't fast enough for the loading and that was why it was on a GKC and not a cartridge.

If that's true, allowing installs from the a cheaper Switch 1 cartridge would reduce the upfront cost and allow for the full game to be put on one.

This release is a GKC release. The reason is some combination of:

TPC cheaping out on the cartridge for an unproven spinoff series.

The game requires the faster read speed of the internal drive (if what the Ubi dev said is true).

The size of the game is so small that someone decided it wasn't worth the upfront cost of the S2 cartridge to put it out that way, so let's use the GKC and maybe as an added benefit we'll push people to the eShop instead of a physical release and make more money.

For the player, the benefit is the full game is still on the cartridge, but like other current consoles, the game is installed so it is better optimized/runs better due to internal drive read speed. Installation might also be faster and wouldn't count against your data cap, if you are in an area where those exist.

Would rather they put the full game on the cartridge and require an install.

@SplatRay001 missed the stuff on the summer wave, which is the stuff you’re describing.

The first wave doesn’t sound like it has any of this in it.

All the sets they announced—despite their prices—are aimed at kids. Nothing I’ve read about the Pokémon sets have mentioned the smart bricks, and sound more geared towards AFOL/18+ builds.

edit: the summer wave is when the smart brick Pokémon sets are allegedly coming.

@Qwiff I played this exclusively on S2; the backtracking still sucks, and the load times felt long, but I played on cartridge.

The problem with him is needing to go back to him to implement upgrades. It’s a poor mechanic that forces backtracking where it isn’t needed, and slows momentum in favor of trying to get you to connect to these characters, which is a concept that is antithetical to the isolation of Metroid games.

@Zuljaras yeah, controls in RDR2 are way too contextual and changing. No, I did not mean to punch my horse, and now I’m wanted and wasting time for unintentionally doing that.

@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.