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@KayFiOS : Negligible character growth from Capcom, but at least it's something. 😅

A boxset with three GKCs... 🤦🏻‍♂️

Why the hell didn't they just make ONE cartridge with all three GKCs instead? As long as Capcom are being anti-consumer, they could have at least thrown that wee little bone of convenience for players.

I'm keen on the controller and amiibo, but it's a hard pass on the games, which is such a pity. 😞 The boxset should have been a more expensive limited edition with actual cartridges for all three games (now that would have been super exciting, especially as all three games will be new to Nintendo players). After Capcom's excellent 5-in-1 Mega Man boxset on Switch 1, this is such a monumental downgrade. It seems that third parties rarely take pride in their products these days.

Most Resident Evil games tend to be quite cheap in the eShop when on sale, so I guess that's an option I may consider. The GKCs would have to be really cheap to convince me to grab those instead.

@Elektrogeist1287 : "sEeK tHerApY". Dude, I made one passing remark. What's your damn problem?

At no point had I proselytised or propped myself up as some beacon of impeccable virtue (FYI, good people don't go around professing what good people they are), so again, ditch the crappy attitude and reflect on your own character, which could clearly use some work.

@Elektrogeist1287 @DarkTron : A passing comment (one sentence) is what passes for "rambling" these days? 🤨

If either of you possessed an iota of maturity, you'd have understood that perhaps, God forbid, some people have different views and/or values than yourselves rather than being needlessly spiteful to a complete stranger. "Oh, grow up" yourselves and ditch the attitude.

That's... a fair bit cheaper than I expected.

Would rather have the option to buy lossless digital files though (I already have the CD boxset).

@N00BiSH : The CD soundtrack gave me a better appreciation of just how great the game's music is. It's so seamlessly woven into the experience that it seems that most take it for granted. Well worth the money.

Wow, that is indeed very expensive (AU$108), but that's the same price that third parties charge (sometimes more!) for their crappy key cards.

I'm not interested in Isaac due to its blasphemous content, but I'll consider the other two games.

I just wish that in cases where a game has a unique Switch 2 build, and isn't merely a "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition", that they throw in the Switch 1 version on the cartridge. God knows there's more than enough room on there for both, and it would take a bit of the sting out of the inflated cost.

@YunoboCo : I'm rooting for you (and Yunobo)!

I imagine that even many digital enthusiasts would make an exception and go physical for some of these larger games as you're essentially getting a memory card free with purchase (and with microSD Express storage being quite expensive, storage adds an additional expense).

Is it any surprise that the kings of copy/pasting games every year would replace their workforce with AI bots?

Forget mouse controls, even touch controls is a huge leap forward for the series on Nintendo platforms.

Hospital/Campus didn't support touch controls at all, which is utter madness and made them unnecessarily frustrating to play.

Gen II are still best in show where I'm concerned, despite their post-Johto balancing issues. I loved almost all of the new Pokémon, loved the music, the environments, towns etc., the real-time day and night mechanics (why have more recent games more or less abandoned this?!!!). I simply adore the games so, so much. Unfortunately, the remakes didn't really improve on anything other than the expanded National Dex. It inherited the hideously sluggish Gen IV engine which made them worse games overall, in my opinion, but I adored the PokéWalker accessory, and I'd love to see the likes of it make a return.

There were no outstanding games in Gen III. R/S/E backtracked on too many of Gen II's improvements, the diving mechanic was half-baked with almost no new deep sea Pokémon to justify it, making exploration a tedious chore, when a little more variety could have gone such a long way.

Gen V was the last great generation. It's been such a long time since playing them, and I've only ever seen each game to completion once, unlike Gens I-III that I'd played to death, so I've been yearning for a Gen V remake (or hell, I'll settle for a port repurposed for a single screen) for too long now.

Legends Arceus is far and away the best Pokémon game since Gen V, and by extension the best Pokémon game on Switch. I wish the Pokédex was just a little bigger and that it would get a performance/resolution upgrade for Switch 2, but I love the gameplay loop and exploring its world.

I'm keen on getting ZA eventually, but seeing as they had announced expensive paid DLC before the release of the game, I'm hoping for a physical release with the DLC on the cartridge a la Sw/Sh and S/V. I'll admit it looks a touch embarrassing given the enormity of the Pokémon franchise, the increase in price, and the higher development time, so I'm certainly not expecting it to be quite as good as Legends Arceus before it.

As if EA copy/pasting sport games every year wasn't lazy enough...

Apparently, the Switch 2 version will be on the cartridge, but it doesn't appear to be a "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" that can be played across both consoles, which would be a pity if true. In such cases where there are two entirely separate builds of a game, it would be nice if they included the Switch 1 build on the cart as a bonus.

Interestingly, all versions of the game appear to be retailing for AU$79.95, except the Switch 2 version, which will be $99.95.

@ShieldHero : Phew! AU$300 worth of amiibo is quite enough, thank you!

Impressive that the Switch 2 version has sold as many copies as it has relative to the install base.

Frankly, I don't know why they even bother with these ambiguously marketed "Nintendo Switch 2 Editions". They should have better communicated that these Switch 2 releases are capable of running on both generations of hardware (with additional features/content/performance boosts on the newer hardware), and just sold the game as a single SKU.

I get the desire for a cheaper SKU, but I'd have been really annoyed if I had bought the Switch 1 versions of all of these games only to realise later that I could have just bought the Switch 2 copies and essentially had both versions in one (I already got burned with Super Mario Party Jamboree, whose Switch 2 Edition was announced within a week or two of buying iton Switch 1).

I suspect that these will drop in price fairly quickly. There's no way that they'll sell enough quantities at such ludicrous prices. I love the concept, but honestly, what were they thinking? This is borderline alienating to amiibo whales like myself. Casual players wouldn't even give these a second look unless they absolutely must have a figurine of their favourite character(s).

That said though, I think this is a great use of amiibo, and it probably would have been an even better idea to have done this for Mario Kart World instead, which has a significantly larger audience (and a broader cast of characters).

Unfortunately, these figures are much, much too expensive for the young audience that Nintendo seem to be targeting, and to say nothing about the inflated price of the game itself (retailing for AU$30 more than any Kirby game on the Switch 1).

And I'm going to rage if yet another Nintendo-published Switch 2 game gets paid DLC...

AU$110 game, by the way.

Having a more focused game set in a single city would have been the perfect opportunity to flesh out the micro elements with more immersive interactivity (more buildings to enter, more characters to interact with etc.).

In Zelda BOTW/TOTK, the characters are all doing certain things at certain times of the day, and characters would generally retreat to their homes come nightfall. Nothing like that to be had in Lumiose City, apparently, with the same sort of lifeless NPCs that were excusable in an experimental new property designed for a monochromatic handheld in 1996, not quite so much for a multi-billion dollar titan in 2025.

I had also hoped that Let's Go, Pikachu/Eevee would have fleshed out Kanto instead of simply putting a glossy HD/3D coat on paint on 22 year old handheld game design, but apparently poor destitute TPCi/Game Freak aren't capable of any better. Forget voice acting. They weren't even bothered rendering existing 3D assets whenever players interacted with the binoculars in the lookout spots.

I'm still keen on grabbing Legends Z-A eventually, but it's the first game since I had started buying all of the main entry games from Gen IV that I am skipping at launch. Yes, I'll pay AU$110+$45, but not without a full physical release a la Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet. For now, I don't think I'm really missing anything as the game looks like a monumental step down from the excellent Legends Arceus, which actually felt like it was moving the series in the right direction.

One would think that it could easily handle 1080p at 60fps in handheld mode if it can handle full 2160p at 60fps in TV mode.

If any publisher ought to be re-releasing their classic games in collections a la Namco Museum, it's Nintendo.

I'll reluctantly settle for individually purchasable games in the absence of that, but I won't pay to merely rent a limited selection of decades-old ROMs.

The Chikorita line is my favourite of all starters, though I wasn't terribly fond of any of their Megas (though I still like it enough for it not to sway me toward the other two starters).

The Tepig line easily has the best shinies though.

@Corvus96 : Apparently so, being an expanded version of X & Y's Lumiose City.

@mikegamer : I was kinda hoping for sewer network exploration, and a game set entirely within a single city would have been perfect for that.

@Patendo : The absolute bare minimum would have been to give us green Joy-Con 2s. The starters and/or Zygarde on the dock would have also been a welcome touch. After the awesome Pokémon themed Switch Lites and the Scarlet/Violet OLED bundle, this is such an uncharacteristic step down from Nintendo/TPCi.

It's a hard pass from me. There are no themed accessories and the bundle is worse value for money than the Mario Kart bundle (as MKW retails for AU$10 more, yet these bundles cost the same). The announcement of paid DLC also cemented my decision to skip the game until a physical DLC release materialises (as it previously did for Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet).

I'm not interested in a digital copy of the game anyway, which further diminished any desire to buy this.

Between the extremely underwhelming physical library (mainly due to the hideously common practice of GKCs) and poor battery life, I'll be holding out for the inevitable hardware revision (the Switch 1 got a new SKU with a better battery not too long after it launched). I might grab third party games that I suspect may go out of print in the meantime (ahead of the actual console), but a handheld PC is looking more and more appealing by the day, and I suspect that Nintendo will lose a lot of their hardcore audience to the competition in the long term if the physical library continues to languish in this way. If I'm not given the option to own third party games on Switch 2, then I'll gravitate to a platform that will. I'll take a DRM-free digital on PC over a GKC, with the only possible exception being a blockbuster game that isn't available on GOG, but it would need to be a bloody top tier game to tempt me, and I've only bought a tiny handful of "download required" games on Switch 1.

I have mixed feelings about this. I did cave and buy the half "physical" wider release on sale (and even that was too damn expensive), and even after all these years, the Switch still doesn't have the DLC, which would have made this release far more enticing.

Meanwhile, I've bought the PC version for peanuts via GOG, and I'll be able to play the definitive version of the game plus the DLC on the go when I eventually grab a handheld PC (along with earlier games in the series), thus rendering the Switch version completely redundant.

Had this been a dedicated Switch 2 port, this would have been a more tantalising purchase, but I'm not so sure that this release is even worth buying so late into the Switch's lifecycle and without any updates for the Switch 2 whatsoever.

I'd easily have double-dipped on a proper full cartridge release of DOOM 2016 though, even without any new bells and whistles.

@Switching : There's no reason to buy both versions as the Switch 2 cartridge is already compatible with the Switch 1.

The Switch 1 cartridge can obviously be used with the Switch 2 as well, but it would be missing the improved assets that are included in the enhanced Switch 2 build of the game.

Slim City 2000?

@FrenchVaniIIuxe : I too love Vanilluxe. <3

I absolutely loved Legends Arceus, but this will be the first main series Pokémon game that I will be skipping at launch. My expectations weren't exactly sky-high, but if they're going to pile on AU$45 DLC to an already expensive AU$110 game, then there better be an option to have said $45 DLC on a freaking cartridge (like they did with Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet).

I could still be tempted if there are tantalising time-limited rewards, but for now, I'll be exercising my patience. Fortunately I have Pokémon Go to tide me over in the meantime, and I look forward to being spoiled about all of the cool new Mega forms.

I wish they'd give us Nintendo-themed film packs instead of just stupidly impractical silicon cases that no-one will ever actually use (I bought the Pokémon bundle a few years ago).

There was a Pokémon film pack, but it was exclusive to China and is out of print (the film also has a best before date), which I'd imported once, but I cannot buy any more of them.

NintenDOOM: Rip and Leak!

@hYdeks : It's the reason why I haven't bought one yet, and I've been a Nintendo loyalist for the last 20 years now. What a shambles this generation is turning out to be.

Even Legends ZA has expensive paid DLC announced before the game's release, making it the first main series Pokémon game I won't be buying at launch since I started buying them in Generation IV. I just hope they issue a revised Switch 2 physical release with the DLC on the cartridge like they did for Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet.

Why are the faces so ugly in both? (More so on the Japanese cover with its bizarre smirks and abundance of potato heads)

I don't like either, and I was fully expecting myself to like the Japanese art too. I prefer the Western art, but just barely.

Pokémon Go - Solosis Community Day
As hosted by one of our local community ambassadors. I'll be hosting a Golden/Mossy PokéStop Bonanza ahead of the Community Day meetup for everyone's Applin, Gimmighoul coin, and item hoarding needs.

@FlyingDunsparce : Only a tiny, tiny minority of Switch 1 games wouldn't have fit on the card. In the overwhelming majority of cases, it was simply a matter of the publisher being cheapskates.

@LikelySatan : The game looks absolutely barren, which seems to be the only reason why it seems to be running so damn smooth. At least Legends Arceus had older hardware to attribute its limitations to.

Laaame.

I'm also skipping this until there's a physical release with the DLC on the cart. I'm not paying AU$110 for a game with half of the content missing and/or tied to an account.

They could have swindled me harder by announcing the DLC after the fact though.

Mario's Super Picross has been available internationally for 18 years and Nintendo have still yet to produce an official translated version for English players. 🤪

Sure, it's playable without, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to read the text after every puzzle?

It's obviously a stealth trailer for their upcoming time attack/life sim game Nintenappies (aka Nintendiapers in North American markets).

Race against the clock to wipe those baby bums clean before they get a rash!

The smell-o-meter accessory will also launch alongside the game. Fragrance cartridges sold separately.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant : Even cheap 3D glasses sounds more appealing than the cheap yet overpriced cardboard alternative that Nintendo are offering.

@Bass_X0 : The latter two paragraphs had nothing to do with my box art preference, though you and at least three others could use some Reading Comprehension DLC.

Bleugh. I don't like either of them. I voted NA on a whim, but at second glance, I definitely prefer Japan.

Either way, with Nintendo paywalling these behind a subscription and a peripheral tied to said subscription, I doubt that I will get a chance to experience this any time soon.

I would have been all over it if Nintendo had deigned to issue a Virtual Boy compilation on cartridge though. I also skipped Mario Kart Live on principle as I loathed the idea of a physical accessory being tied to a download-only game. I loved the concept otherwise.

This whole "distribution" is a shambles. My Pokémon Go community have been complaining about not being able to get codes, even in the morning of the first day of distribution. I hope this extends to Australia as well, as I might be able to pick up a couple tomorrow.

@Cero @JohnnyMind : Unlike Mystery Gift distributions, this is likely a promotional collaboration between TPCi and EB/GameStop, in order to get more feet in the door.

The fact that a purchase is optional is nice, but perhaps counterintuitive to selling more merchandise though. I usually feel obliged to buy something as a token of goodwill. 😅

None of this affects me as I don't own any of these games, but it's good news all the same. I'm especially glad that Nintendo opted for Switch 1 games to run natively on the Switch 2 hardware, and while that has introduced a few challenges for developers (and compatibility issues), the pros seem to vastly outweigh the cons, as older games are given a new lease on life.

Why is Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile on there?

Also, the Asian exclusive Switch 2 release of Tamagotchi Plaza - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition also includes the full game on cart (with English support).

US$50 and it's all on cart?

What the hell is everyone else's excuse after charging US$70?!

I skipped the original (being an LRG release), but I might give this one a shot if it comes to Australia.

It's cute and all, but dear Nintendo, can we get a functional Game Boy Classic now?

I thought the point of GKCs, at least for smaller scale games like these, was to give publishers the option to release them at cheaper prices, but the fact that they frequently cost as much as full-on-cartridge releases is just plain sick. What excuse do they have for charging US$70 for this?!

Meh. It's just a filler week-long "event" without introducing anything substantial, though the ability to acquire legacy moves on previously-caught Pokémon with a normal Charged TM is pretty nice. I'm only keen on farming Chikorita candies as they've rarely appeared in the time since I started playing a year and a bit ago.

@Erigen : The avatars in the promotional materials tend to look androgynous and/or "body positive" these days. Painfully generic too. Outside of what we wear, there's very little to distinguish the avatars.

@Sonicka : That's not how it works. Every Switch 2 update to a Switch 1 game (not including more substantial "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" releases) utilise the same update across both consoles. As long as Nintendo continues to reprint Switch 1 games, future prints will include the Switch 2 updates on the cartridge.

This just stinks of a rushed release that Nintendo wanted on shelves in time for the Christmas sales rush.

In any case, if Version 1.2 isn't what is shipping on the launch cartridge, I'll hold out for a reprint.

@TryToBeHopeful : Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing this game at what seemed like a very reasonable price, but the fact that the game was online only and still required an NSO subscription instantly killed my interest. In any case, I'm glad I trusted my judgement on this one.