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Really love this game, refreshingly original and as someone very particular about seating I feel represented! There's a demo on Steam BTW

@Solid_Python Yeah, I was confused by that when the developers of games like Mouse Works and Is This Seat Free? (which look far better) have been unable to get one, although I learned that Oink Games (the developer) previously made a Pokemon board game in Japan so I suspect they have a strong relationship with Nintendo or were well trusted

It's more fun than I expected and I actually got pretty good at it (worked well using my legs for the mouse surface) but not sure it's something I'd want to pay £17.99 for.

If it was a Free to Play title (maybe with NSO?) I'd probably play it once in a while but I have a feeling charging for it might cause it to die like Kirby's Dream Buffet did 😕

@Dman10 Agreed and what will they do if the Switch 1 version requires a download to play too because the whole game isn't on the cartridge or it requires a patch?

@BoFiS I think it's digital only in Europe anyway, unlike US that gets game key card. That's what it said on the UK Partners Showcase. Only Switch 1 version getting physical.

It makes sense. I think Nintendo's been losing a lot of the kids audience to stuff like Roblox, Fortnite and Minecraft in recent years, especially as Pokemon arguably doesn't even have the same cultural pull as it once did.

@Orwellian87 To get kids into Mario/Nintendo early

@AeonicB It should be fine I think. If a game isn't Switch 2 compatible you simply aren't able to download it from the Switch 2 eShop and it's on there.

UFO 50 and Toree Saturn for me. Just brought "Is This Seat Taken?" after trying the demo on Steam too, although it's not on this list for some reason, but came out today too.

I really enjoyed this, much better than the Partner Showcase!

"Is This Seat Taken?" has a demo on Steam if anyone's interested. I'm trying it out now and really enjoying it. It's kind of adorable. Relaxing and different.

@YAT It's not great if it stops people enjoying their games or hardware as much because they point out things that people might not have noticed otherwise, which sadly I've seen.

One of my favourite Switch games was Disaster Report 4 which ran at an appalling framerate, although it didn't really need a great one. The humour, originality and ability to craft your persona into so many different personalities more than made up for it for me. I wonder if the guys at DF would be able to still enjoy a game like that. Probably not.

Why is it an 18 on the eShop? What kind of games are featured on here?! 😏

@AccessibleDaydream Yes, that's true

Good for them but can't say I'm a fan of what they do (obsessing over performance and often making mountains out of molehills IMO) and it's influence on the wider gaming community. Feels like the antithesis to how Nintendo thinks about games.

But that's just me, I guess some people get something out of their stuff.

@Xansies Yeah, is it some kind of 4D Chess? Do they think by doing stuff like putting UFO 50 in the Sizzle reel they'll get people talking about it more because everyone will be commenting on their bizarre behaviour? Are they purposely trying to start micro dramas to keep Switch 2 being talked about? Maybe that's giving them too much credit, but I know Outrage Marketing is a thing sometimes and at times it feels like they enjoy messing with people.

@cylemmulo Even asides from UFO 30 I'd have preferred if it was 25 - 30 minutes long if it meant trailers for all those games. I don't like the Sizzle Reel thing.

@cylemmulo Yeah I'm really pleased about this game! BUT they must've known this game was hugely sought after and it's quite a big deal, so why did they only put in a Sizzle Reel? Especially when it's out today!

Is it just me or Nintendo's PR is really off lately and they've lost their ability to read the room? Same with giving that campfire game so much time in the Partners direct. They seem to do weird things like this all the time now, why didn't they tell us we can use the mouse in Mario Picross/Nobunaga's Ambition and that they'd improved the SNES CRT filter either? Small things maybe, but they should be bigging up any wins or new games/features people would enjoy.

I don't know, but I seem to notice this a lot from them lately. Like even going back to the Switch 2 reveal they didn't say anything about all the free Switch 2 game upgrades, we found out after. Basic PR would say stuff like that would be good to highlight to counteract the other decisions like not packing in Welcome Tour etc.

Then I ask why the devs of Handy Hockey and the Campfire game have Switch 2 dev kits but Nitrome, the developers of Mouse Works don't even though their game looks way more interesting?

It's really weird and feels like they're becoming more isolated, cut off from the wider gaming world and eccentric even by their normal standards.

We're not the only one noticing this pattern right? I mean I'm happy with the games and the way Switch 2 is going personally, but it feels like Nintendo's doing themselves zero favours a lot of the time right now.

I think it's silly when people claim Nintendo doesn't care about DK consistency (outside of spin offs) when Odyssey had so many references to the events of the original Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Country made many references to Cranky being the Kong in that game. It's only with Bananza they decided to throw the narrative they consistently crafted themselves over decades for whatever reason 🙄

Apparently the Japan Indie World is 5 minutes longer!

Hoping for some interesting mouse games

@datamonkey The 3DS version was quite disappointing. Got to say the SNES version holds up remarkably well IMO and feels a lot less dated than the other "3D" SNES games like Super Mario Kart, Star Fox and Stunt Race FX which I found harder to go back to.

@Ade117 They're not tech demos at all. They're full games with missions and progression apart from the Birdman mode on the N64 game. What a strange comment.

OMG, Pilotwings acknowledged by Nintendo! I'm a big fan and the "waaaah wah wah wah" song from the SNES game (if you've played it you know the one) used to crack me up as a child.

Wishful thinking maybe but I wonder if suddenly adding the whole Pilotwings series like this might mean they're planning to reveal a new one for Switch 2 and want to bring it back into the limelight. I note that they randomly added 3 Nobunaga's Ambition SNES games to the eShop before a Nobunaga's Ambition game was revealed to be a Switch 2 launch game.

Maybe Nintendo got wind of them blabbing to people they were going to be a in a Direct and leaking information about one coming and gave them the chop

@JR150 Though course they get long shorts, unlike the women. Kind of sexist, where are their speedos?

Apparently Street Fighter has turned into Dead or Alive. Why's Cammy looking like Madge from Benidorm?

@somnambulance I think Nintendo learned some lessons after the Metroid Prime 4 situation and prefer to announce games closer to release date now. It saves them having to announce delays if games have to be pushed back too.

@Aurumonado Interestingly a survey I got sent from Nintendo about Switch 2 listed Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream as a Switch 2 game twice (it didn't mention Rhythm Heaven) so I think it might be getting a Switch 2 edition as well, unless it was an error. One of the questions was "which Switch 2 games are you most excited about?"

@dskatter @AlanaHagues @PikminMarioKirby I believe it's only getting a Game Keycard release in the US and in Europe it's digital only on Switch 2.

On the Nintendo UK direct it said "Switch 1: Physical/Digital and Switch 2: Digital" unlike the US Direct which had them both as "Physical/Digital"

Why did the campfire game developers get a Switch 2 dev kit and not the developers of Mouse Works?

This was the highlight for me of a weirdly mediocre direct. Never played either of the original Pacman World games but I really loved the first Pacman World Re-Pac so was hoping this would come too!

I'm really glad Yakuza Zero seemingly sold enough to justify bringing the rest of the series to Switch 2. Can't wait as someone new to the series.

I want Tetris Grandmasters 4 on Switch and/or Switch 2, currently only Steam.

TGM 2 and 3 are already on Switch, Tetris is great on handheld and it's made by the same developers as Tetris 99, it's a perfect fit!

I'm a bit disappointed it's a partner showcase, not gonna lie And it's not only for Switch 2 either.

Is it possible Nintendo's just going to use the Nintendo Today! app and random shadow-drops for new announcements from now on and only have game specific directs like the Mario Kart World/Donkey Kong Bananza ones? Feels that way with the some of the announcements over the past month or so, even announcing new games that way like Splatoon Raiders

"Fixed an issue where the player gets caught on a tree in the middle of a shortcut if they have “Smart Steering” on when heading from “Starview Peak” to “Dandelion Depths” in “Ice Rally” of “Knockout Tour”

Some of these are so weirdly specific, haha, I do appreciate the level of detail Nintendo gives us in these patch notes though.

@SillyG To me the quality looks worse when NOT applying the filter as all those visible pixels look really ugly on my large OLED. Especially on N64 which just looks hideous with it off.

They're not so bad when undocked however. I turn it off for that on the home consoles but keep them on for the handhelds as they still look bad increased in size without filter IMO.

Releasing on Thursday, the same say day as Nintendo's planned network maintenance and the rumoured Direct... One day before Nintendo's Friday shareholders meeting.

I'm not saying it's definitely looking like a "out on Nintendo eShop... Today!" Direct game but just saying they haven't left themselves a lot of time to promote it in the normal channels given it just quietly slipped on to the eShop a few days ago. Hmm...

AND I've just seen "Dear me, I was" is coming out on Thursday too according to the eShop... a game where we haven't even seen any gameplay footage as yet, but it's out in two days.

But a bearded man with his mouth agape on YouTube told me that Mario Kart World is DEAD

EU/US by a bit. As an aside when you take control of the long trucks in Mario Kart World it reminds me a lot of Blast Corps, the way it controls, the camera angle and all the things you can blow it with it in some of the P-Switches. I feel like someone on the dev team was a Blast Corps fan.

@ParrakerriRush Like Pokemon Puzzle League. This is way too simplistic/easy and very overpriced.

I'm sure I could find more engaging and interesting puzzle games on the eShop or Play Store in less than a minute.

I'm using Tilt Controls!

@The_Nintend_Pedant He's self publishing it as an indie game

Not very original but Donkey Kong Bananza and Mario Kart World! Still love the Free Roam in the latter, I have about 140 P Switches at the moment. Also started to work my way through getting golds on the offline Knockout Tours

What the way Sony and Microsoft are moving away from exclusives, it does call into question what's even the need for PlayStation and Xbox to exist as different platforms? Why not have everything on the one machine? Well maybe that will be the case next generation if Microsoft don't release another Xbox...

Conker: Live & Reloaded please... or maybe just the Reloaded is more feasible

Not a surprise, most people will want to play with the official Switch 2 controller and the joycon grip isn't the most comfortable

@Ramouz Remember this? Seems it was somewhat accurate. My guess is they want the attention on their own games and select third party titles initially. Quality over quantity type approach perhaps.

Also they're paying more attention to the "eSlop" situation so maybe they're being more selective for that reason too. And lastly I read that they believed that their policy for sending out dev kits is what caused Switch 1 to be hacked and emulated so they might be being more conservative.

https://gamerant.com/nintendo-switch-2-three-phase-launch-plan-report/

Not only that, but Nintendo is supposedly planning a three-phase approach to its launch lineup, with the first stage focusing mainly on first-party Nintendo titles. The second phase will reportedly take place around October and November and coincide with third-party studios releasing their own Switch 2 titles. Lastly, the third and final phase of the Nintendo Switch 2’s initial launch will occur during this year’s holiday shopping season.

@Tasuki You literally know nothing about how much any of them got paid. Nintendo can afford to pay any voice actor what they want, that is pocket money to them.

I find it far more likely they wanted a younger and more lively cast to go alongside the more animated and full of life character models we've seen in Mario Wonder, DK Bananza and Mario Kart World. The character's have really benefited from these voice actor changes IMO and sound a lot fresher, especially Mario and Luigi.

The only one I'm struggling with is Bowser Jr, he sounds really different, with a less gruff tone and more like a normal child. To my surprise it's the same voice actor so they must've just delivered his lines, differently.

That's not great. I wish developers would just scale back the graphics a little to ensure all their games run at 60fps - basically Performance Mode. 60fps framerate actually affects gameplay for a more smoother control and experience, I'd always take that over slightly sharper visuals or whatever.

@lyle_catcliffe Oops, typo, haha