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I am happy with the update. A lot of good improvements. And I am now going to put everyone complaining about the 30fps on my Ignore list. This game doesn't need it, and I honestly love the improved resolution.

@LoroTalby You can now make dream islands.

The update is great.

• Multi-crafting works up to 10 items, which is okay.
• Crafting now also works with materials in your home storage.
• And even though it's not the Switch 2 Edition yet I have seen some improvements to running the game handheld on the Switch 2.

I haven't started the new content yet. I'll be doing that this weekend.

@Gabe250 I do hope so, I also hope they'll combine the stories of the originals with the sequels (Black 1/White 1 and Black 2 / White 2) into one game.

Downloading! Tomorrow playing the Switch 2 Edition.

The complaining about this game made absolutely sure we will never see a gen 5 or newer remake. (Legends games are not remakes)

Sure everyone has f****d up once or twice. EA has NOT f***d up once or twice. That's the difference.

@BlaizeV Lego are physical products, that does take some time to produce. Especially large sets with high demand often sell out, but always have multiple production runs. But the GWP (gift with purchase) often only has a single run.

Yeah.. I suspected this was going to happen. These sets will sell out within minutes or even seconds.

Adding this to the "surprise Nintendo direct" coming this week.

@Ooccoo_Jr The biggest set I have is the Ferrari Daytona SP3. Which I thought was huge (and took almost 2 weeks to fully build). This Pokémon set is absolutely massive in comparison.

@Ooccoo_Jr Yeah, especially the 18+ sets have been increasing in size the last few years. But those are directed at adults who have more patience than most children to build a large set like this. Also a lot of people build Lego to "wind down".

@Yosher Actually per piece the Eevee is the most expensive and the starters set is the cheapest. And all are BELOW normal licensed Lego prices.

About 10c per piece or lower. Decent prices for licensed Lego.

@ParrakerriRush Lower prices aren't going to happen anytime soon if ever with the current shortages.

We hopefully won't get a price increase, but even that might become difficult if this issue isn't resolved within next year. (which is not likely)

I start to get the feeling a Nintendo Direct might be happening later this week.

@OLD64FOREVER Yeah, I still have fond memories of connecting my GBA to my GameCube and playing with my own character on the Big Screen.

@Yalloo It's a "skin", so sticker.

Not one of Dbrands better work, that looks really ugly.

@slowpoke_tail GameShare is basically streaming the game between 2 or more consoles. Which ofcourse works with an original Switch as long as the host has a Switch 2

@OLD64FOREVER Honestly I miss the handheld tennis games the most (GBC, GBA) those had real RPG stories with unique characters. And no, I don't want Miis.

Where the console games were better actual tennis games, I did like the stories of the handhelds more.

The story mode of this looks fun, as did it in Aces. But it really falls short compared to those GameBoy games.

@TheWokesterGamer You should know the rail colors on the side of the system are actually stickers. Maybe they package these with new stickers

(don't think so, but they could)

I like the subtle colors of the Switch 2 controllers. It really has a "I'm serious but still fun"-vibe. I think these look cool as well. I do want an all black set though.

Call of Duties I've played before were meh at best, so no thanks.

Sadly you can't really use it as a normal controller.

I will be getting this on PC, for the best immersive gameplay. But I do hope the Switch 2 version will be good too. But Capcom ports are sometimes a miss in performance.

@Anti-Matter A lot of PS5 games come with day one updates that are either 70-100GB downloads, and often required for the game to actual run though. Basically same thing as gamekeycards but then with an incomplete game on the disc.

Of all current consoles only ONE runs games directly from purchased media. That's the Switch 2. And sure GKCs exist, and we can think what we want about that as well. But, maybe you have noticed that flash storage isn't cheap. (Especially fast reliable flash storage) Nintendo can eat the cost easily, but it's not easy for most third parties. Especially those with multiplatform games. For example a blank blu-ray disc is max $1 where a 64GB Switch 2 card is around $15.

Which why a lot of third parties picked the original PlayStation over the N64. Because back then you couldn't download a game. So the only real other option to a GKC is a game skipping the Switch 2. And that would ultimately hurt the platform and Nintendo's sales.

Just the Animal Crossing New Horizons Switch 2 Edition for me and the 3.0 update.

A €5 upgrade. And I am very happy to pay. And honestly the 30fps doesn't bother me at all. Animal Crossing is a slow paced game, it doesn't need 60 fps AT ALL. I am happy Nintendo chose to increase the resolution, making it look better and woah! the free stuff that is included looks extremely fun.

And to the people who say "the Switch 2 Edition doesn't include much". That's the point. Nintendo could've chosen to make the 3.0 update exclusive to the Switch 2 Edition and asked $20 for it, but they didn't. They made the Switch 2 exclusive stuff part of the Switch 2 Edition and the rest part of the 3.0 update.

@Anti-Matter Pokémon !== Nintendo.

I'll check out the demo for sure. But there are too many other games coming early this year for me to get this day one.

I can't wait for the NS2E/3.0 update. Still playing AC:NH daily, so I happily paid the €5 upgrade. Will also be getting the theme for Tetris 99.

@Pillowpants I hope this hints at a new PowerUp! design coming in the future. It's an annoying hassle you still need AA/AAA batteries for those these days (and a lot of them)

Yeah, this doesn't mean anything. Nintendo often renews their old trademarks.

@87th And Mario Tennis Fever is coming next month. (Which actually might be related why they renew these now)

@Anti-Matter Actually most of competitive Pokémon is 2v2

Honestly most Switch 1 games should get Switch 2 editions.

@Ornstein I made a breakdown in a review topic a few weeks ago. DK:Banaza and Pokémon Legends Z-A both got a 9,51/10 which means I have to (by my own rules) give them a unique score. And there I decided that Legends Z-A was the better one of the two.

So this means it gets a 0,01 score increase. The unique scores count for all games released in a year that get a minimum of a 9/10.

My top 3 of games I finished this year:

1. Pokémon Legends A-Z. (9,52/10)
2. Donkey Kong: Bananza (9,51/10)
3. Mario Kart World (9,23/10)

Other games that reached a 9,00/10 or higher or is not finished yet:

• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (NOT FINISHED 9,30/10)
• Kirby Air Riders (NOT FINISHED 9,20/10)

@Tasuki With the current RAM prices.. that's not going to happen. Most likely the opposite, is.

Gaming is going to be very expensive (on any platform) for the coming years.

@Clark2k I'd rather see a Switch 2 Lite.

@BTB20 Weren't all of those developed by DeNA?

@MontyCircus What is a TV? A lot of people don't use TVs these days. I only still have a TV for that one day in about 3 months that I play on my PS5. Everything else is on PC or on Switch 2 now.

So yeah, that one device to play all is called a PC. Only it doesn't have Nintendo games. So I still need a second device.

I will not buy a next gen console. XBOX will basically be a PC and PlayStation has been quite underwhelming this and previous generation for games I actually like. I might buy a Steam Machine (if the price isn't too high) or a 'Switch 3'.

@Jonnybaz Those weren't developed and one not even published by Nintendo. So no, there are no Nintendo games on other platforms. Only a handful of Nintendo licensed games.

@IronMan30 You can quite easily say that the XBOX as a console is dead. XBOX has become a "gaming platform" which will be on PC, handheld or other devices in the future. Microsoft really doesn't have Nintendo or even Sony as competition in this space. Only, maybe, Valve. Rumors of the XBOX running Windows in XBOX Experience mode have been surfacing more and more. And basically Windows is going to be the home of XBOX gaming. Either on custom hardware or on a special "XBOX" pc.

@Ridley Nintendo is for me at least the only company with capable portable gaming. Sure you have the SteamDeck or other portable PCs. But those are a lot heavier and clunkier than a Switch 2. No, I would still prefer the games on an actual Switch.

@Anti-Matter Ofcourse you would want Nintendo games on PlayStation. PS5 is a powerful console with little to any actual good games. It's the most underwhelming console released in recent history.

@AlanShore those tools aren’t ai though. At least not Gen-AI. Those tools or generators are algorithmic. There is a real difference there.

AI is a tool indeed. But it depends deeply on how it is used. And I have yet to see any actual quality from Gen-AI. They are really digging a very deep hole for themselves.

@Anachronism Nintendo could make 128GB carts. But that would lead into $100 (or more) for the games.

Not (yet) in the EU shop. But luckily I also have a 2nd US account. Which worked.

We've had a themed NSO app multiple times now. This has nothing to do with the main menu itself.