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@UpsideDownRowlet No I'm not talking about differences in reviews. I am talking about being below average in review. If someone gives a review a 4 and everyone else gives it an 9. Then you can easily tell that the reviewer either didn't understand or like the game. Those reviews can easily be ignored. If a review is an 8 and the average is a 9, then, for me at least, that reviewer is trying to lower the average.

And yes. I am going to stop going here around big releases from now on. Because I know the reviews do affect the perception I have of a game to a certain degree. Well at least it did until I played Pokémon Legends Z-A. Where I disagree the most with the NL review.

@UpsideDownRowlet If you see what games they give higher scores... but since the Switch 2 release Nintendo first party games have been getting -1 or even -2 scores on this site compared to the critic average.

And I already have decided. I will skip Nintendolife the first 10 days of november.

@ZonaiResearcher For now I just do an +1 to the overall score on reviews of this site.

@Dr_Lugae But what if you don't want to merge progress. A second save file would have solved that. Now you either have to wipe the progress you already have or create a second profile.

And sure it simplifies management, but it also takes away a very important feature for a lot of people.

@Ryu_Niiyama Sure splitting the paths into multiple save files would have been bad. But allowing multiple saves for the entire game (all paths) would be better.

@VoidofLight Well it's not difficult. You just need to group multiple save games in to one set. (like they are already doing) Games like Baldur's Gate 3 and Skyrim have been doing so for years or even decades.

On the other hand, this would also mean this game does not have any form of perma death unlike all previous entries in the series.

@Alpha008 Create a new profile on your Switch?

15/21, this one was a bit difficult.

A game I never played, but I always wanted to. So I'd be happy.

@RickStar Like it is on any platform, there is no way to play D4 offline.

Basically BotW rebooted the Zelda timeline, but Linked it to the older timeline with it being a long long time in the future.

And OoT NS2 being a retelling of the original actually does make sense. Since it's a remake.

I can't wait to play this on the Switch 3.

Making money off of pirating games from a different company is a big no-no for me. So I am happy that Nintendo won here.

@Automated_Unit_4937 You can.

I wonder how difficult it's going to be to get that limited edition. But I'm all in here!

Kirby!! The trailer looked so cool. An actual open world Kirby game, by the looks of it. I can't wait. I loved the Forgotten land game.

Nice update. And free, I like free stuff!

Nintendo is really cooking with this release. This alone is going to sell millions of Switch 2s.

@AussieMcBucket @thenikdavies Yeah I also see them on X now from Nintendo Nederland. Strangely it wasn't in the trailer here.

So this version is also coming to Europe.

Seems like this foil version is only in the US, or at least not in Europe. Sadly.

Correction: this is also coming to Europe.

@tourjeff It's not really 1:1, it's true to the original game. There are newly added features and content. But yeah, it's still Ocarina of Time.

And I am 1000% fine with that!

I am going to get the Pro Controller and the Ocarina

It looks awesome! Absolutely a day one purchase for me.

Yeah I agree with most people here, please do not "leak" rumors days before the Direct. Or at least DO NOT put the name of the game or a picture of the game on the front page.

In the end it is going to destroy the hype around new titles, like it almost did with the Ocarina of Time remake leak. So please don't.

@Misima You do not own the servers the game is run on. FFXIV is an MMORPG and those almost always have subscription fees.

Honestly I don’t think Nintendo really minds people picking either MK8D or World. In the end the money still goes to them.

They are even happier with people buying both games. Even more money for them.

Not that I am complaining. Both games are great. In their own ways.

@nessisonett unlike GTAV and Skyrim this game actually has gotten multiple game changing improvements since it’s release and rerelease.

Can’t wait to not be able to play this. Sadly this game gets a 1/10 for me for it being unplayable. Even games like Legend of Zelda Tri Force Heroes and Four Swords found ways to make co-op gameplay work with only one player.

In the age of AI and more powerful CPUs it would have been very easy to make the second player CPU controlled. Them choosing not to do this makes the game unplayable. So the 1/10 is a fair score.

Of these: Fire Emblem. I am not getting Castlevania since it’s locked to Switch 1 and 30 fps.

According to fans, a Direct is always happening “soon”.

Nothing for me, I am waiting for Fire Emblem

So yeah, it wouldn't fit a 64GB Switch cartridge.

This tweet says enough:

https://x.com/vspxrr/status/2092739546970509757

A bit more noise on switch 2 but a very impressive comparison

And then an image of Switch 2 next to a PS5.

Guitar Hero is back... with all the issues I had with the original Guiar Hero.

@Sambuc Indeed no Switch 2 version and locking the Switch game to 30 fps is just stupid. I won't be buying this on Switch.

@SwitchplayerJohn Code in boxes are basically the worst of all options. No single option to resell, also waste plastic. You can just buy an eShop code card and directly buy it from the eShop.

@MetroCappy Except the issue is that that group is literally non-extistant. Because you have 2 groups:

1. People who extract their keys and dump their games and upload them to the internet.
2. People who download the keys and games off of the internet.

I have never seen a group of people who emulate exclusively by playing games they have a legal copy and have their own dumped images and keys. The second you illegally download a game or a key you became a pirate, and your "preservation" changed into stealing.

I am absolutely for game preservation. I even supported "Stop Killing Games". But if we EVER want that to succeed, we also need to Stop Stealing Games. Otherwise not a single publisher or platform is going to support it.

@h3s SteamOS is not illegally pirating games or illegally copying Windows. Proton is not an emulator, it is only a translation layer between Windows based calls to Linux based calls. It doesn't, for example, require any boot code from Microsoft to run.

Emulators are different, they DO require bootcode and they often even require decryption keys. Which, infact, are protected by the DMCA.

Very good. Piracy is not preservation, rember that people.

Yes, I got in. But don't have much time to actually test sadly. But I will try anyway.

@Yosher Tetris 99 is mostly online only and published by Nintendo. So no, not an outlier.

This is why we need a lot stronger anti-trust regulation.

@Yosher Except F-Zero 99, Tetris 99 and even the DLC are all (part of) Nintendo games that either require or heavily depend online multiplayer on NSO. (Though Happy Home Paradise is an outlier).

Pokémon games aren't "Nintendo" games in the classic meaning. Also Home does not include anything from NSO. Even Pokémon champions can be played online without NSO.

@Yosher It's an entirely separate service than Nintendo Switch Online. You don't even need NSO to use Home. Combining the two would inflate the price of NSO or would be unfair for people that only have Pokémon Home.

I liked Engage focus on battles, but I also liked Three houses focus on story. This looks like it's an improvement over Three houses with more battles as well. So honestly, I am very happy and will be buying this day one.

Nintendo: "Everyone! Please buy a Switch 2 before 1 september!"

@Abeedo Pokémon bank was the only online thing off the 3DS that stayed active until further notice.

And yes, they always said it would close at a later date. So this really is not that surprising, now we know when that date is.

A game that is unplayable for a lot of players because of the forced co-op. Sadly a game I am going to skip. If they made it possible to play with computer controlled 2nd player I'd be in.

I am not getting a second Switch 2, so not the console. But I might pickup the Pro controller.

Instead of GTA, this is the 6th sequel game I want. I hope it's good.

@Roibeard64 True, but you had to "buy" the game. Which is the thing that is entirely misleading. They should have made clear from day one that you were renting them.