SwitchplayerJohn

I have gone crazy this time, went all physical with bundles from My Nintendo UK! So paying those high prices, but I now own a genuine Pokemon Z-A umbrella.

I am sorry you buried the lead in the title of that article! This is a super cool feature with the Animal Crossing tracks. I had to learn this on X.com because your article title.

@raymond23 This isn't that hard to work out, the "Switch 2 edition" features are just things the Switch 2 can make use of, it will be a patch to the game likely and will give you microphone, mouse use and graphic bump, likely also making use of the better WIFI chip to allow the 12 players (and also RAM in the Switch 2).

Honestly this is not surprising, when the Zelda Switch 2 came out there was no DLC included with those. Let's face it folks the Switch eShop, the NSO benefits have not changed. This isn't Ubisoft where everything is thrown in at half price 6 months later.

If the +Expansion Pack proposition changes in the future they may choose to release an edition with DLC, but for now they are going on with the same as Switch 1.

I waiting for an official Nintendo 512GB SD Express card to get one, but yeah between game key cards and just updates (last gen I went all digital as well) you are cleaning the fridge too often.

Look, this is absolute BEST decision for Microsoft. Software and services is where the money is, when everyone was saying IBM hardware was where the money was, Microsoft let the OEM's fight for that space while they dominated as the single most successful and ubiquitous operating system (and still to this day) with Windows and of course Office.

Microsoft still has OEM partners making PC's and laptops and tablets for them, so they can be everywhere and still have own brand hardware.

The real challenge for Phill Spencer is will they yield their long built up Xbox ecosystem (Xbox Live, Friends, Voice Chat, etc) and their cloud gaming/Game Pass services to companies like Nvidia who seemed to offer a superior service? Or will they use their new freedom from home console hardware to double down on data centres and the Xbox feel and experience to be the GO TO cloud service?

Time will tell. But I think if they loose that entirely they are just another EA, Ubisoft, etc and the Xbox that famously took the industry by storm with the 360 will be dead.

Microsoft went all in on Xbox 360 and quickly lost their way with Kinect. And they nearly suicided with Xbox One, and the worst thing they pivoted and pivoted to the point where they have completely lost the soul of the product. And so becoming the largest third party publisher getting 70% cut is not a bad deal for Microsoft.

I mean by all accounts Halo Remake needs allot of work, I am sure that is doubly so for Nintendo Switch 2. I would imagine Microsoft will want to properly announce the games in a Direct rather than total out of the blue on X. But you never know seems the only publishers that are in Directs are Japanese ones.

this is very welcome, the Animal Crossing Alarm face was terrible!

OK well it seems the Nintendo FOMO machine has worked, I have 8 days to complete Bananza and start grinding this event. This will get me to Hyrule Warriors launch.

@Freek I have been also playing many Switch 1 titles in higher quality and also need to play DK Bananza. I think you need to complete the campaign to get to DK Island so I wonder if this event will be available in the future?

If they want to spice up Nintendo Classics without adding games or a console they already have the stuff ready. Add in the NES Remix levels and leaderboards to the NES sections, even could add world championship levels as well. Basically give people daily, weekly and monthly challenges and missions, reward with Nintendo Power articles, concept art, game manuals, etc. And then add this to SNES someday.

Never played Warhammer, ignored these games on Xbox and just because it's coming to Switch 2 I am like "Oh I am buying this!"

@AmplifyMJ you name me a product where the price doesn’t increase for 20 years?

The figurines for Charazard are quite small, pretty much the same size as the pre-order starter figurines. The hat and umbrella are really nice and I had a hot chocolate with the well made mug. Pins are nice as well.

The UK insert with the game is just ads for Pokemon products but in some regions it includes a type chart which I wish I had.

This has been sold out on the UK My Nintendo Store

For those complaining about the Mario Kart World price, the bundle with Switch 2 made that game cheaper than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and it was available day 1 with the Switch 2 launch. I don't think people give Nintendo enough credit for this.

Ok I tried it, looks like other consoles but runs at 30FPS. Not sure if this patch is the major improvements but it looks wonderful, frame rate seemed stable but feels sluggish.

This is how you do a Switch 2 edition, free patch and put your game on sale on the eShop!

I am going to be honest, Ubisoft is going to be the GO TO publisher on Switch 2 for third party graphically intense games.

I will be 100% be buying once the Switch 2 version is out. I cannot do any more Sega sub 30fps games.

I woke up today to Kirby, the Alarmo works very well, for me it's exactly like the video, I roll over a bit and when I get up usually a couple minutes after grooving to Kirby music I get a victory hooray from Kirby, nice way to wake up.

And as a bonus the Kirby theme on Nintendo Today was Kirby sleep.

@foursider So if you get up before the alarm goes off it should detect your not there and stay off. The one major downside to Alarmo is for couples and pets, although my wife wakes up up 45 min before I do and so Alarmo wakes me at 7am and if I get out of bed it turns off.

@foursider As a person who genuinely wakes up to Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo the music isn’t what drives you out of bed but the “heya” from Link fighting Bokoblins or the sound of Mario collecting coins. And because you don’t need to touch the alarm when you get up you get a victory sound.

@Yosher Might see Yoshi when mysterious book comes out.

@OctolingKing13 You can turn off the alarm normally if you wish, it is only the same price of two Kirby air rider amiibos.

I just want to say there are many of the same items available on the My Nintendo Store UK ONLINE.

This will be the day that Arlo take a day off...lol

I was thinking it was the announcement of more My Mario products in the west, I was waiting for the wooden blocks to be Mario.

Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning is a fantastic blend of Fable and Elder Scrolls and also a lesson not to finance your videos games with EA and the state of Delaware!

This will sell for hundreds in a few years

Synergy-they are learning

I guess YouTube pays better

The real story is not Devon, the real story is legend Satora Shabata is joining NOA to run things as CEO and will be calling the shots on most things I imagine. Former president of Nintendo Europe he brings a very Iwata energy with him. Expect the alignment between NCL and NOA to continue as Nintendo transitions from video games only to a lifestyle and brand company.

Doug had to go, the botched communication and release of Switch 2 from a marketing side has been pretty bad. The entire operation is now really fully run by Japan now anyway so the days of US president fighting back are over. Remember it wasn't Japan that was running those terrible Wii U ads in English speaking countries.

The VERY first thing that needs to change is a top down fix of communication and strategy around Nintendo Directs. Leakers are going to leak, surprise and delight is going only go so far. What would the reception to Metroid Prime 4 be if by the third trailer they showed off the bike and open areas? Why wait so long.

What would the reception be to DK Bananza if they showed off the Pauline DK hook earlier. They should have been saying it was the EAD Tokyo team from the off.

They showed WAY too much of MK World in the Switch 2 direct only to repeat themselves in the Direct. Why have a direct then?

Hiding the costs, game key cards and other unpleasant news so YouTubers and game press can totally control the narrative even to the point where there was misinformation about the prices. Not good. And they stayed silent way too long while this was happening.

They NEED to sort out marketing and communication, the games, the direction of the company, the prices are totally out of their hands.

It runs like you think, there is a demo. 30FPS and blurt textures

This sets the bar

I don’t really like turn based rpg’s and I mostly think the Pokémon aesthetic is kinda dumb, but this game genuinely has me intrigued. The combat looks fun.

I am also an old man so the skinny jeans look is not for me.

I hope ALL games struggling with performance issues will delay rather than release and patch. I think Ubisoft and CD Project Red really set the bar.

All of these jobs will be performed by AI chatbots in the future soon anyway. Nintendo is a large corporation and they will do these moves as all companies do.

Nintendo has ALWAYS lost when using carts over disks. It cost them Final Fantasy to Playstation on the N64. Bigger game releases on the Switch opted to only put part of the game on the cart due to space.

Game Key Cards are the only stop gap to 100% digital with Switch 2. And honestly if Nintendo stopped selling physical game media physical at retail would probably collapse entirely.

EA who pays pennies for a disk on Playstation and Xbox (note ZERO physical media for PC) and is paying $$$ more for the cart on Switch 2 for the exact same game at the same price. They simply won't tolerate the lost profits and instead will go 100% digital on Switch 2 or worse yet skip the platform altogether.

The truth is physical media for portable games consoles is not the way forward. Instead people should accept either game key cards or prepare to go 100% digital. The Steam Deck and ROG Ally do not use or accept any physical media at all.

While I don't think Amiibo are on the same quality and materials as a First 4 Figures, they are certainly making these for high end collectors. And I REALLY hope more games allow you to train Amiibos like Smash, Mario Tennis and the upcoming Air Riders.

@Friendly All Amiibos manufactured in America receive ZERO tariffs. Even your COVID medicine is made in a foreign country which can stop supplying (and have done) at any time. 6 wars have been stopped due to the power of tariffs. Vote Republican.

Yes now we finally need the Alarmo update to finally have Kirby dominance!

Don’t forget My Nintendo Rewards for Kirby wallpapers

https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/6dce84513e4b7b38?imp=GzQM6fpNTz1rx_YB9yjRhiFfupDM2cjL93EYLHhL%3Areward_list%3A1%3A52

@aardvaarkchi go into your App Store, navigate to the app itself and should have an update button. It will then show up.

Star Fox - it’s time!

@WheresWaveRace I wish someone would remind Nintendo.

How could the early reviews or build shown be wrong?

@krogp Cyberpunk is a PS4 era game, this is a PS5 era game relying on fast SSD

And this was the same reason that Hentai kitty kats 3, they need that fast SSD for those slide shows.