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I'm not sure it's accurate to say Sw/Sh are still selling at the same rate as Scarlet/Violet. The former added 90k units this quarter, the latter 400k.

I'm still not expecting a reveal until Jan but I'm not sure how much a reveal of Switch 2 at this stage will really impact holiday sales.

I'd imagine any "hardcore" gamers, those who the announcement is going to appeal most to, already own a Switch. It's largely a more general gaming/casual audience who will be purchasing an OG Switch before the end of the year.

It was never going to sell TOTK numbers but Echoes of Wisdom doing 2.6m units in just 5 days is super impressive.

@Anti-Matter Weapons?! That would be far too violent for you.

I really don't think there's any saving Star Fox Zero. It would need a major re-work to play without the Wii U gamepad and it looked incredibly dated at release, never mind in 2024.

I'll wait for reviews and/or a deep discount. Impossible Lair was excellent but the first title was such a letdown.

Looking back on it, Mario Party 1 and 2 being released only 11 months apart is a wild development time.

I love how Nintendo think their fans will pay $100 for... an alarm clock.

They probably will too.

That Beyond Good and Evil sequel is never coming out is it, sigh.

I know we're all desperate for Switch 2 news but the source being a radom Redditor, who NintendoLife mentions in the article isn't a credible source, is clickbait at its worst.

Any word on pricing? Curious how this compares to their other OLED bundles...

@HeadPirate Astro Bot cost nowhere near $100m. Its been widely reported it was only worked on by a smaller team of about 60 people.

When digital is factored it, UK sales are also about 20% above Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart.

@rjejr Let's not encourage that user's inane ramblings.

I started Astro Bot last night and it's an absolute joy to play. I'm really hoping it leads to a resurgence in more 3D platformers as there are not enough of them about.

The original game was such a disappointment but I'm really hoping this remake (?) can solve a lot of those issues. Impossible Lair was excellent so hopefully this follows suit.

@OldGamer999 Ubisoft sort of replicated BOTW in (the wildly underrated) Immortals Fenyx Rising.

I really have no idea how this stuff works. Even if it’s been decompiled, don’t Rare still own the IP so any copies of it would count as copyright infringement?

@DripDropCop146 That’s now just the case with game installations.

@Folkloner Normally I'd agree but this is Nintendo so you never know what they're going to do. Super cool to have this prototype unearthed after so long

That's a pretty solid lineup for the final year(s) of the Switch life cycle.

@KBuckley27 At this stage, it's probably more casual users still buying Switches vs. hardcore Nintendo fans. I doubt the announcement of a successor is having too drastic an impact. Switch has just sold phenomenally well and in its seventh year sales were inevitably going to slow.

This is such a great title that really flew under the radar. Would recommend checking it out even if it's something you never would have considered before.

But why? People loved the original as it was a solid single player experience. By all means add a multi-player/online mode for scoreboards, etc. but don't make the game a live-service title.

So what are they going to sell in-store? Plastic and merch?

Curious to see what the pricing on this is like. It's a 2-year old game at this point so with DLC included it should retail for €60... but this is Nintendo so it'll probably be about €80-90.

@N8tiveT3ch Framerate is so irrelevant for a game like this, pick a better battle.

Excited for this as I've never played it before but I'm going to save it for nearer Halloween as it feels odd to play this in summer.

Edit: I'm guessing no Direct announcement today if the preview embargo has just lifted.

I'd still shocked this game ever got greenlit but I'm so glad it did. Probably one of the Switch's most underrated franchises.

This is surely/hopefully a Switch 2 release. Civ VI already struggled on Switch and I really don’t want to see a nerfed version of the sequel.

As long as the framerate is consistent and not a Pokemon-level mess then I don't care if it's 30 or 60fps. The whole conversation is beyond exhausting.

@canaryfarmer Thanks for letting us know.

Has the performance improved at all vs. the base game? I may get it for PS5 instead.

@NTDO89 If only there was some way you could just... not read the article instead of this faux outrage over something that doesn't impact you.

I have no idea how GAME is even still open.

@PikminMarioKirby That's so odd, what has it done to get a 12+ rating?

I find it a bit hard to feel sympathy for people paying $171k for a trading card.

@Geit_de Do you have a fear of bubbles?

That seems like a great result considering digital sales have increased in the 4 years since Origami King was released and this was a remake of a 20 year old title.

My physical order is due today so I'm not sure legitimate sales can really be called a "leak" at this stage when it's released tomorrow?

So which character actually has the highest and lowest win rates?

I really hope they start releasing some new games soon as Playtonic just feel like they're puffing a lot of hot air the past few years.

I was so hyped for this, played the PS5 version and found it hugely underwhelming. The combat is such a letdown, it's super floaty and like there's no collision detection or feedback when you hit an enemy.

I think NintendoLife may have misread the quote...

No. The whole frame rate discussion is exhausting. Gamers should try complaining less over inconsequential things and enjoying their hobby more.

The series has only gotten better with each sequel so it's probably 4 > 3 (but very close to 2) > 2 > 1.

I'm surprised this hasn't already come to Switch, it feels like a Nintendo console would be the best fit for it.

@ClickBrick If only there was some way you could... just not read the article?

@sanderev How? It literally couldn't be simpler. The user goes to Nintendo.com and then it automatically redirects them to their local regions site.

Maybe if Paramount weren't pumping these sequels out every 2 years they could become more of an event. As it stands that's not going to happen.

Can they not just give us a HD collection of the Gamecube-era titles instead of all these spin-offs.

I think internet access and the ease of DLC has probably killed the third version off for good but I'm surprised GameFreak haven't continued with it.

Selling 6-9m copies of a re-release at €60 vs. selling 6-9m copies of DLC at €30 is surely a lot more financially lucrative.