Retrograde

I just quit this game in the latter third. This along with Odyssey are amongst the most overrated games I have ever played. Especially Bananza, this is a braindead game. Too many collectibles which have no interesting design, or challenge to acquire. No challenge whatsoever, and I mean none in this game. It's a collectathon slog with no sense of reward or variety. I'll personally never buy another game by this dev team. Original DK Trilogy and even DK64 obliterate this game. SM64 and Sunshine obliterate Odyssey, not to mention Galaxy etc. Very disappointed with the direction Nintendo have taken these flagship 3D platformers. In my life of gaming I've quit only a handful of games in 35 years and two were the aforementioned games.

Fantastic! Glad they're adding this, now add SM Sunshine please ^^

@PinderSchloss the original games are better in the case of 2/3/4. I'd play them if you can. Only exception is the Resident Evil HD Remake, the first game in the Mansion. That's better than the original.

@Drnsnsr it does seem bizarre that they can't manage full graphics, 1440p, 60fps with a JRPG. It should be easy for a Persona game surely.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant

"see ya."

Bye bye.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant still not worth it in my opinion, the inferiority of the ports just aren't acceptable. I'd just get a console for those other titles. It's only really children who couldn't afford both (and they generally don't notice, or understand the quality differences in ports anyway). There are so many ways to spread out costs for a large purchase these days, or just budget and save that I don't buy that as a reason for most to accept playing inferior games, especially if you're focusing only on 1st party titles for the Nintendo device. Save up whilst you work through the 1st party games, then enjoy the better AAA versions on a different system.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant for the best choice of triple AAA ports in a mobile form, you're talking double or more the frame rate and full suite of graphical options. I wouldn't buy one for that reason though, I'd rather just buy a PS5 or something if I wanted to play those games. I actually don't like Windows or PC gaming in general myself. I've had top end gaming rigs and always ended up hugely disappointed with them for the costs involved. I'd rather pay less for simplicity and a decent enough experience. I don't think the Switch 2 provides that for AAA ports though.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant haha you're reading too deeply into a turn of phrase my friend. Playing devils advocate, if you want portability and AAA games there are multiple better handheld hybrids out there. The Switch 2 ports are even the most inferior handheld versions on the market, well excepting the Steam deck I'd imagine. A ROG ally is a similar cost to a Switch 2 though and vastly superior for AAA titles.

@kmtrain83 personally I don't see the need for that. I bought Switch/2 for the huge 1st party library, but if Nintendo truly wanted to compete in that theatre I can see that making sense like a Nintendo "Pro" dock or something. The only thing I wish for is that they would give more Switch 2 patches for Switch 1 games. Just higher res and framerates would be so welcome. I understand that requires the devs input, but I still wish "most" S1 games got updates. I'm buying a 1080p TV to play my S1 games because they look so bad on a 4K TV, even in handheld mode the lower pixel density because of the upscaling is very noticable.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant it's just how I feel about it mate, that's literally what came to mind it's not unreasonable. If I'd said "nobody should buy this, don't buy these versions or you're stupid" etc. That would be unreasonable. I merely remarked that I don't know why people would buy these ports. Personally for me the portability means almost nothing. When I am outside the house I'm socialising, visiting family etc. I'll not play games at those times. In the house I use the dock. I suppose if you're mad on the portability aspect it would make some sense to me, but even then for my personality I couldn't deal with playing an inferior product regardless. It all comes down to personal tastes.

@Solid_Python I wasn't trying to, simply stating my opinion. That's what comment sections are for mate.

@Solid_Python yes it's a hybrid, which is why AAA ports are inferior on it. You hit the nail on the head. It's why I'll never buy one on it.

@Jeronan if they can manage 60fps @1440p for Persona 3 I'd concede it's a worthwhile port tbf. Like Suikoden was although obviously that's far easier being a 2D game. The Persona games certainly look like candidates for running without concessions on Switch 2, I wouldn't accept anything less for me to actually buy them.

I saw "Metroid Prime 1-3" and for a split second got my hopes up for news on 2/3 being ported to Switch

@Jeronan it's 30fps and had to make concessions to run on Switch 2, it's the worst port. Like No Mans Sky, like every AAA being ported over.

I love the Switch 2, but this isn't what it was made for.

@johnedwin because the Switch 2 is not designed for other platforms AAA games, I honestly don't even understand why they're porting to it. We can have beautiful 60fps games on Switch 2, but they need to be designed specifically for it like first party games are.

@Jeronan the switch 2 version of Cyberpunk is horrible though, why would anyone play it over the Xbox X/PS5 versions? It's the worst current gen port.

Budokai 3 was peak for me, haven't enjoyed any game since except Fighter Z but that was clearly designed for E sports, it had no single player fan service at all. My favourite game was Super Saiya Densetsu on SNES

Easily the worst game in the series, why bother with a remake of this garbage? So sick of remakes!! We live in a creatively dead age.

The setting made me lose all interest early on in development, doesn't look like a good game to me.

30fps aimed is yucky anyway. This is why I do not have any interest in AAA ports on Switch 2. First party and retro games are what this console are for imo, not inferior ports which are available on equivalent priced systems with hugely increased performance and resolution.