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Wow, UK Switch 2 upgrade is only £4.19!

@Zeebor15 I have mixed feelings. Love the new Nintendo/lego themed items and the dream collaboration island seems like it could be fun with GameChat! Designing in mouse mode seems like it could be enjoyable too.

But the Kapp'n island seems like a total rehash of the Happy Home DLC where they could've brought back the minigame island or done something more unique and what have they done to Mr Resetti's firey personality?! No 60fps in the Switch 2 version is a bit of a bummer too. I know it's not essential in a game like this, but the added smoothness of the first GameCube Animal Crossing than ran at 60fps was really nice. I hope the next game has it.

Binding of Isaac is $70 in the US... OUCH

@rjejr

$20 dlc to enjoy your $70 single player game that you just bought that you had to buy a new $450 console to play.

I agree the DLC is expensive which is one of the reasons I passed on it, as well as the concept not appealing, but you have to buy a console in order to play ANY game so not really sure why you're including that in the cost? Plus it's hardly like you're only paying that for one game, it's a long term investment.

This reminds me of those ridiculous videos from clickbait YouTubers saying Mario Kart World is a $500 game.

@OrtadragoonX Much of the soundtrack isn't great but the first "bah! bah! music is iconic.

The weakest part of the game was the visuals/art direction for me. I see a lot of people now saying it looked fresh or good at the time but even when it first came out I remember thinking it looked like a Flash PC fan game and didn't have the charm of the older 2D titles. I loved the multiplayer stylus mini games though.

I had the first game on PS1 and never touched it again after getting Tekken 😄

@The_Nintendo_Pedant The Switch version does support USB mouse. And USB keyboard!

@AmplifyMJ Congrats! 3 was always my favourite Street Fighter Alpha game solely because I absolutely love the soundtrack. Banger after banger, had to buy the music pack for Street Fighter 6.

I feel like this collaboration was a missed opportunity to bring back Rufus. His costume is already yellow and he's eaten a lot of McDonalds in his time for sure.

Chibi Robo on NSO (first time playing) and Persona 3 demo. I also want to play more Kirby games on NSO to better familiarise myself with the characters before Kirby Air Ride, since I haven't played much Kirby before Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Kirby's Avalanche and the N64 game are very fun.

@Anti-Matter I really don't think they'll release a white Switch 2 as it would look too similar to the Switch Oled. I don't know why Nintendo doesn't release more dock colours for Switch or Switch 2 though and only ever changes the colour of the Joycons. Black is so boring.

This has a demo on Switch 1 if anyone's curious (just downloaded it)

@AmplifyMJ 53 likes, damn, that's so funny 53 people knew what you were referring to!

@Anti-Matter "but if the Switch 2 version is Game Card, I might get both Switch 2 & PS4 version"

Wait, do you have a Switch 2 now or are just getting the Switch 2 version anyway because you want all versions?

@AG_Awesome Nintendo Everything has news stories for them if you look up yesterdays news

@Elektrogeist1287 I've blocked people with the "how dare you buy the game because it doesn't meet MY standards" mentality too. Hate on the game, fine, but hating on people who are enjoying it is gross. It's like because they're miserable about the state of Pokémon they want everyone else to be as miserable as they are.

Plus most of the time they're just raging about the graphics and not even the gameplay. They assume people have low standards when it's more like a lot of people genuinely don't care about the textures of the balconies etc or even notice these things as they're having too much fun - which is the whole point of videogames BTW

Enjoy @Anti-Matter 😃

@the_beaver @nhSnork There was an Indie Horror Showcase. Loads of Switch 1 and 2 games were announced. Hopefully @nintendolife will give us an overview of them all at some point as it kind of got overshadowed by the Kirby one!

Never played the original or remake but it looks very atmospheric from the trailer. The vibe has me interested.

Outstanding! I went from a Maybe to a OMG, I can't wait! The sheer amount of content and longevity this is going to have is incredible.

As someone who's not a big online player I was really disappointed Sonic CrossWorlds didn't have the story/campaign mode of the previous Sonic racing games.

Really glad this hasn't gone in the same direction and Mario Kart World will have to up it's ante too, even though it's probably my most played solo Mario Kart since Mario Kart DS (mainly thanks to the 400 P Switch missions!)

I hope we see some healthy rivalry and get some good Mario Kart DLC. Back in the day Nintendo's president Yamauchi used to deliberately pit their developers against each other (I know HAL isn't technically a Nintendo developer) to increase competition. They would compete to win his approval and he'd say "so and so team has done this or that, why didn't you?" Iwata put a stop to it and fostered or more collaborative environment where the teams could work together.

What, you mean people aren't listening to the angry men who appear all over my YouTube recommendations and they're just preaching to an online echo chamber who don't play Nintendo anyway?!

@PinballBuzzbro I mean not really. The main game is a complete game/story and features 25 hours of gameplay or 50 Hours to 100% it according to https://howlongtobeat.com/

The DLC is an optional extra side story.

It's kind of crazy that Kirby Air Riders isn't even out yet and has music on Nintendo Music but there's nothing from Mario Kart World on it

I need that Gulliver plush

Wait, did the old Virtual Console have blogs and eBooks on it? What's that about?

@mikegamer @MirrorFate2 @Dang_69 @Drnsnsr

Did you read the interview? They're fixing the framerate issues in a patch.

A lot of people are probably waiting to get a Switch 2 before buying Pokémon instead of getting the inferior version. Could see the bundle being a popular Christmas gift for kids.

The Switch 2 is so big and heavy though, I'm not sure how comfortable it would be to play with another screen on top. Switch Lite size and weight would be perfect... We need a Switch 2 Lite

@CupidStunt @Lizuka TRAUMA CENTRE!

NSO. I went from Commodore 64 to SNES so never actually owned a NES, thus it's been my first time experiencing most of these games, other than the ones I played on my "NES" in Animal Crossing GameCube 20 something years ago!

Before the SNES my only experience of Nintendo were my Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros and Snoopy Tennis Game and Watches!

@Yosher GameFreak has said Nintendo has no say over the Pokémon games development as they're independent from them and as I understand it The Pokémon Company sets the budget. It's because of that weird three way ownership Nintendo, GameFreak and The Pokémon Company have. Nintendo is basically just the distributor.

@Bustacap You might be right about the Pong machine and sound bar! I've removed my messages. All this AI stuff has got me too sceptical.

"The industry as a whole" does this too, it's very normal and common. And FAO the news stories about them patenting simply summoning up an enemy to help you were incorrect/misinformation and it's been debunked:

https://www.theverge.com/games/779062/nintendo-pokemon-summoning-battle-patent

Funnily enough the debunking didn't get nearly as much traction and I don't remember all the ragebait YouTube video channels who were frothing at the mouths over that BS covering it.

@HammerGalladeBro About fall damage in Bubsy, the trick is to always glide when jumping and it works as an attack too. It's much more fun when you play it that way doing long glide jumps everywhere IMO.

@hisownsidekick Oh really, thank you 😊

Ooh, excited to play Mario and Wario properly, made by GameFreak of Pokémon fame and the first Pokémon has an easter egg about it!

Meanwhile, also on Nintendo Today...

What, they announced the DLC before launch like Pokemon Z-A?! Well that's plain outrageous, EVIL and disgusting! Stop supporting this multi billion dollar corporation, shills and bootlickers!! I'm off to make 10 YouTube videos on this with crying AI Amy Rose on the thumbnails!

Oh wait, wrong company, it's not a Nintendo game, nothing to see here, please carry on as normal and enjoy 🙂

It could be a short that will play before the new Mario film

@HammerGalladeBro A trailer for a Sonic x Skipidi Toilet collaboration of some sort leaked: https://bsky.app/profile/sonicstadium.org/post/3lzlv3hy5o22u

I'll wait until I've tried the Switch 2 version of Crossworlds before passing final judgement but I can't say I was at all impressed by the Switch demo... felt janky, rough and overstimulating with too much visual and audio clutter. And the gimmick of randomly changing into another track was far more jarring for me than having to drive between tracks which I actually don't mind (even though I hope Nintendo eventually gives people the option to choose not to online)

And worst of all, it has no single player campaign/story mode like ALL the other Sonic racing games did and as someone who doesn't play a lot of online, that's a big disappointment, especially as Mario Kart World has the most single player content of any Mario Kart yet and I've spent over 100 hours in the Free Roam mode. These modes added so much longevity to the previous games, I don't know what SEGA was thinking?

Mario Kart World still needs some Quality of Life changes but it's a class act, extremely polished and fun with the most personality I've seen a Mario Kart since Double Dash. And of course that incredible soundtrack. Sonic Crossworlds felt to me like a cheap dopamine factory live service type aimed more at Fortnite players than SEGA fans :-/ And I heard a horrible rumour that Skibidi Toilet might be a future DLC for it (please no)

But as I said maybe I'll enjoy the Switch 2 version more, hopefully it'll get a demo too, although because of the lack of single player content if I do enjoy it I'll likely buy it later on sale.

Thanks for reviewing this @PJ O'Reilly! I'm so pleased Nintendo Life's finally reviewed one of them. They're genuinely laugh out loud funny and an interesting look into Japanese culture/humour. Don't sleep on them people if you like WarioWare type mini games, but more relaxing and low pressure. Plus they're a complete bargain.

I still haven't played mine yet though as planning to do so with a friend next week.

Mostly aimed at the console itself, I got a lot of laughs out of cheeky takes on 120fps gaming, how the console's mic works, and what HDR stands for.

Don't tell me they're parodying Welcome Tour?!

BTW I just saw the game has a DLC too called Dire Situations that features 30 more difficult scenarios of a dramatic nature that will "test your survival instinct" like a zombie outbreak, meteorite shower etc

Old School Musical, pixel art rhythm action game that parodies many classic games including Zelda, Tetris and Outrun!

I've just played through Yoshi's Island for the first time - the only 2D Mario I never played (and was blown away!) and will soon be playing through Mario Galaxy 2 which was the only 3D Mario I hadn't played. VERY excited!

Incidentally has anyone else noticed how that one planet boss in Yoshi's Island feels like a precursor to Mario Galaxy with you running around the edge of the planet and going upside down

And the final boss feels like a proto-Bowser's Fury with the giant (baby) Bowser in the background breathing fire at you

This is scary though. We're really not going to know what's real or what's not in the future when it comes to videos, art, music etc etc

@nessisonett Just like how the Internet itself was sold to us VS what it became

@DwaynesGames Looks like as of last week they STILL don't have Dev Kits :-/ https://x.com/Nitrome/status/1972018678406565946

@BaldB3lper78 @PJOReilly Interestingly I accidentally brought the Switch 2 version and realised I should've brought the Switch 1 version and done the free upgrade (as I wanted to play it on my Switch Lite too) but when I went on my Virtual Game Cards on my Switch Lite I found it there and it had automatically given me the Switch 1 version too!

Is this normal for Switch 2 games that have free upgrades that you get the Switch 1 version with it too? Pretty cool if not!

@GrailUK I meant some of the language around Game Key Cards was weird to me like calling a game that plays exactly the same and has benefit of being a digital copy you can sell on (unlike regular digital) for some of us.

I don't think collectors are weird, but I do think there's something of a delusion that physical games are like the physical of old sometimes, when in reality the formats that these games come on can make them unplayable in 20 years time and so many games have free patches and updates that the version on the cartridge no longer really has the whole game on it like they did back in the day (Animal Crossing New Horizons is a great example, you can't even swim in the base game and there's no Redd, Brewster, Capp'n etc!) Personally physical games lost their magic to me when they stopped having instruction manuals, even though I do still buy a mixture of physical and digital.

@Yosher Regular mice don't have Gyro which allows you to rotate the mouse for more control. If you watch this video at 19:21 in you'll see what I mean, watch the hand in the corner: https://youtu.be/VrTVeYm4iIM?si=pEkO7y8OIUkaZ8TH&t=1161

So when the developers of Mouse Work on Switch 2 didn't have a Switch 2 dev kit they had to create a makeshift Switch 2 joycon mouse like this to get the same controls!

My Switch has gone from this stable:

To this stable: