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IMO Donkey King Bananza paid for the undeniable flaws present for a good initial part of its gameplay, but it still got the "best gameplay" award probably because of its originality. On a technical point of view, the game is amazing, the graphics, the physics, all the details deserve praises, you can feel the touch of Nintendo EPD everywhere. But for a good initial part of the game, they seem to have forgotten that a game is mainly supposed to make you have fun, not just make you awe. And for that part, the gameplay feels like a huge, repetitively boring and senseless smashing (which also might give you some motion sickness, as in my case).
Sakurai really needs to place a limit to this fixation for smashing actions.
Anyway, after that phase, the "Bananza" begins to make sense by introducing various animals, and that's where the actual fun begins, because you have to use new, different and changing features. This is why I would have shortened that initial phase drastically, and replaced it with the Bananza of a new animal, and that's also why I believe that game was released too early. In any case, my vote to the game is 85, any vote reaching at least 90 is purely biased IMO, especially if we are talking about the gameplay.

On the other side, MKW is criticised mainly by people who are already fed up with the Mario Kart series, or are still in love with MK8 and keep comparing them with each other, or have taken MKW as the object of their disappointment for Switch 2.
Actually, the latter two reasons don't clash with each other.
But if you can get past of all this, you can discover a really outstanding game that gives you hours and hours of fun. No wonder it won the best Switch 2 game award.
In any case, I agree with those saying that the MK series doesn't need new games for a long while. Now it's time to improve the game with DLCs.

Weird... I like it!

Great, Samus never lets me down.

I really don't understand why some people are stating that this is "running okay". If that's really "running okay" then I can't imagine when it actually lags. Had I to decide whether to buy it or not right now, I'd refuse. Hopefully, things will improve before the release.

@HotGoomba tsk still not enough, I wanna spend a lot more than that!

@AmplifyMJ I'm sure that getting used to games that are more and more performant and detailed at the same time is like an addiction, as you always end up wanting more of it, but this is not a good reason for feeling happy to get laggy games after spending 50, 60, 70 or 80 bananas on them.
The best answer to this is probably to feel happy with what one already has, without constantly feeding a market that purposely pushes beyond the current technological boundaries, and that, after all, rarely introduces improvements over the gameplay of existing titles. After all, it isn't a problem of ours if they don't sell enough.

This game looks fun, I've never had the chance to play it before so I'm glad this is getting into NSO.

By the Power of Grayskull this will run on my Switch 2!

@Jamie64326 I'll get the digital version only indeed.

@An7h0ny maybe they just changed the sprites, but it doesn't look like the very same game: https://gamejolt.com/games/he-man/19434

I'm excited to hear about more titles getting ported to Switch 2, but it's also impossible not to notice that while the performance of this title's port seems to suck, CDPR also had to remove as many details as possible from CP2077 to make it run in a barely acceptable fashion (which is why I laughed my a$$ off when I heard it was full price), and a first party game like Bananza is having frame drops which IMO contribute to the motion sickness many customers like me are suffering from, all of this happening on a 500 bucks priced console.

I think we should get way more selective when we choose videogames, instead of thinking about things like "supporting the gaming market" or "supporting this or that publisher" as if it were a problem of ours, because what they're really doing is pushing for a next generation console, when a brand new one just came out.

Cmon cmon make it happen.

Definitely VERY excited about this release, I've been hoping for a port since the Switch 2 release. I can't wait to play it on the go.
Shame for the game-key card, but I suppose it's possibly either that or full digital because of the insane game size.

I've never heard about the comics before, but this trailer makes me want to know more about the game.

Amazing fan work, which definitely makes me place re-playing Wind Waker in NSO next in my task list.

@Jeronan oh, I already quitted listening to hype about new games after this and also after paying Lego Star Wars 60€ and seeing it for sale at 15 a year later.
Anyway, I'm not sure if it's all just about getting clicks, I heard about journalists of "some" websites I can't name aiming at personal extra "benefits" (no, not THAT kind of benefits lol) for showing some shameless public bootlicking in favour of some publishers. I'm not saying that such publishers seek for that kind of "journalists" (there would be no need for that anyway), I'm just saying that the latter try to curry favor with them, which sucks hugely and ends up damaging the public image of the magazine they work for.

@Peach64 I don't feel like criticising the way a magazine uses to make money, I just think that every way can have a more or less morally acceptable measure in doing so. Furthermore, I doubt the magazine even had anything to do with any of this, in this case.

@Questionable_Duck oh man, I hate the word "haters".

@KITG_GROUP sounds like we're gonna need a new sd express just for it then... So the new cartridge format isn't just expensive but also useless lol

Starfield is probably the most overrated game of the last decade. What really sucked wasn't only the game itself tho, but also the media hype that preceded it. I remember some gaming websites publishing a new article about Starfield every-single-freaking-hour before its release. What skill can't do, money can.

@pyspud can you imagine having He-Man amiibos? They'd run out in no time!

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will definitely be a D1 buy for me, especially if we can have it physical and LRG keeps its hands off it.

He-Man's game has given me some strong Golden Axe vibes, especially at 0:29 of the video. I like it, but I won't buy it physical as LRG is already on it.

I hope it isn't the same trainwreck the previous game was, which ended up on being given out for less than 10 bucks on every shop but Nintendo's, and even for free on Epic's.

@LikelySatan well, I'm sure you noticed that when LRG releases something, the very same game will never have any other ways to be released in physical format. In other words, they get the exclusive.

Oh man, you purposely make a controller that can wake a Switch 2 up and then swap the buttons? Nonsense.

Nice, but nowhere near the top of my priority list. There's more interesting stuff in my backlog.

Besides, I agree with those saying that its release is gonna be too close to MKW's one.

Ugh LRG always in the way to ruin everything again, hard pass. They might be damaging the physical market more than game-key cards.

Jeez let's watch before judging at least...

I'm glad there is a game like this but it still isn't my thing, so I'll avoid giving it a score.

@CJD87 great item, I was looking for something like that, thank you very much for sharing!

What I think we really need is a Piggyback-like strategy guide for Bananza that leads you through the game without spoiling anything, not just a plain walkthrough. On the other hand, Piggyback guides are not exactly known for being pocket friendly lol

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle above all.
Then the Forza series, Alan Wake 2, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Final Fantasy XIV, System Shock remake and finally a proper port of the Resident Evil games that were released as cloud editions such as Biohazard, Village and Requiem, but also the remakes of 2 & 3.
Nope, no cloud versions will ever run on my Switch 2, I didn't buy it just for the sake of owning an expensive client.

I'm going to restart Bananza after putting it on hold to restart BotW from scratch and beat it. I hope this time I'll be able to overcome my motion sickness and enjoy it throughly.

Speaking of BotW, I found the Zelda Notes very useful for getting at least 400 Koroku seeds and 100% on all the rest. In other words, it was useful but only at the end of the game (jeez time flies... I already passed 220 hours on it since I restarted it!)

I LOVE the quality of these remasters and the fact that they finally managed to include the localized voiceovers. They're putting a lot of care in them.
I'll be looking forward for the release of a remastered third trilogy with Legend, Anniversary and Underworld (a second one to tell the truth, as a first one was already released for Xbox 360 in 2011).

I'm wondering if they're even slightly interested in doing some proper ports for Switch 2 of the Resident Evil games that they lazily released as "cloud editions". Now they have no excuses.

Nah, I'm not gonna risk it. Besides, I'm still keeping my totk oled on another tv too, and that can still run most of the available games. The sooner Nintendo guarantees 100% titles compatibility with the Switch 2, the sooner I'll let my oled go and get another dock instead.

It looks like Accolade is back to re-release some of its '90s hits on Switch. I've already had the chance to enjoy The Games: Winter Challenge again.
Anyway, LRG won't be getting my money.

At the moment, the only positive part of the movie thing I see is that it might push Nintendo to release a new Zelda game.

Well, Palworld guys shouldn't have anything against it.

I think we need a smart TV version of the app, I'd love seeing it available also on other eshops than Play.

Speaking of Treasure Tracker, it's a great game, I already had it on my 3DS but wanted to get it again for my Switch 2 after I saw it on sale on the eshop. It's fun and challenging, no reason not to love it!

Crazy prices, good items but nothing special, unclear practices regarding shipping, which is firstly promised to be free but only if you spend a slightly higher amount than the price of the most expensive items (how unfortunate!), then denied because the small item you added to your cart to get the free shipment can't be shipped to your country, and finally denied again for no apparent reason after you added another, more expensive item. I don't trust them, I'd rather buy some other Chinese items from Amazon.

LOL considering the product starts at 60 bucks for the basic set, $80 if you want travel protection, and doesn't even offer free shipment, it should have been perfect the first time around.

If this means it puts an end to the kind of pressure IGN has received regarding content, that's a good thing.
In fact, I hope it happens more often, because video game journalists generally aren't free to express their true opinions, that much is clear.
This also means it won't be easy for them to cope with the new situation, but I wish them the best.

MP4 and Elden Ring are going to look astonishing on S2.

This game has been in my backlog since the beginning: got it on D1 and played it just a bit. It looked great and nicely slow paced, but still way too easy. I think I'm going for the upgrade and give it another try now that I've beaten BotW again in the Switch 2 edition. It shouldn't take too long to beat anyway.
After that I'm going to take something for sickness and resume my Bananza game with the camera shaking disabled.

While I took my chance to get DK Bananza on D1, together with the Kong & Pauline amiibo (my very first one), I unfortunately still haven't played it much yet, as I've been full of work lately.
I played it just long enough to feel a bit of motion sickness and ultimately fall asleep on it. Platformers usually give me this feeling when it's not the right time to play them—namely, when I'm tired. It should also be said that the game's camera didn't help tho.
So I went back to my BotW game for a few hours, as I found it much more relaxing and slow paced.
Anyway, this sunday I'm going to try to dedicate more time to DK Bananza and enjoy it.

Crypt of the Necrodancer and Dragon's Lair Trilogy are now officially supported.

@Spider-Kev wow I see them supported, that's weird. Did they refund you a while ago?

I see no comparisons against the physical versions in these questions.

No Super Mario 3D All Stars? Is it just because it isn't for sale anymore?

Great. Switch games so laggy that we had to wait for Switch 2 to play decently, and now we have to wait for Switch 3 to play Switch 2 ones (just look at the newest Hitman's game too). Perfect.

Genki: "you are eligible for free shipping".
So I signed up without a confirmation email (so you can even write your worst enemy's) and found out that shipping actually costs $18.

Apart from cases, if you're looking for a good power bank that attaches the magsafe way, get yourself an Anker Zolo (the 10A one with 30W output and magsafe attachment, now 28.99 € on Amazon) and a cheap magsafe sticker you can apply to the console or to your protection shell. You'll save a lot of money compared to getting Genki's powerbank.

Wow a DF video that's only 13' long, I hope everything's ok with them. Anyway, I actually enjoyed it.

Can you imagine what would happen if it were a game-key card for real? Man, I'd have to go fetch popcorn.

Who estimates losses? What are the criteria? How can they be so sure people who downloaded the roms would have bought the games if they didn't have this chance?