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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.

see if any of these item codes still works
https://x.com/NintendoPlayUK/status/1509229504975278081/photo/1

Ok so for whatever reason I don't own the SNES controller (probably because it's always out of stock) for NSO. BUT I do own the N64 controller for NSO and it has IMO the BEST D-Pad experience! It is just so natural, sadly N64 games rarely used it.

Now that button re-mapping has come to SNES on Switch 2 the N64 is GOAT for SNES games. A nice big very accurate D-Pad with easy to access buttons and shoulder buttons if you need them.

I highly recommend it if you're looking for a great controller for SNES and the N64 is available to you.

Haha you know I am going to buy those baby blocks for the amiibo.

I don't know what's going on, I don't and have never worked for Nintendo. But I have a feeling this is down to Nintendo giving into their worst impulses and locking everything down due to leaks, which happened anyways!
And then their whole house is not in order, marketing is a mess, no dev kits and it just seems like they are flying by the seat of their pants with NO strategy on how to take control of the situation.
Of course NCL is to blame, but I also think Doug Bowser is not the kind of leader for NOA to push back on the bat crap crazy that comes out of Japan sometimes.

On the game has to be done if it’s rated

Looks good hopefully we get Metroid this year

Praying to the DLSS godS

So we keep looking at Nintendo Music as a throwaway Nintendo going half-arse into releasing their music. But actually it is a service like Nintendo Classics. And as such they are holding the good soundtracks for when they need them the most.

The FREE Gamechat feature is coming to an end in March, it is very likely by March the price is going up significantly! And in order to make the pain of that price hike a little easier it would be the perfect time to release MKW and DKB soundtracks to Nintendo Music.

I also think they are going to time some highly requested Nintendo Classic releases with a price increase.

I was ready to buy stock in 2015 when it was dire for Nintendo, but my wife didn’t want to risk it. 😭😭

4 Amiibos which retail for £12.99 each that is £52 worth of Amiibo in this package. So yeah the set is expensive but looks highly collectible. And of course if you have toddlers this is brilliant.

Honestly none of this is NEW for Nintendo, the company once made strollers! What is new is that they are leveraging everything to hook in kids and adults into their IP from pretty much birth. Pokémon has been doing this for years already, anyone still using Pokémon Smile?

Nintendo doing expensive high end boutique toys is about right for them. It has worked well for LEGO and I think Nintendo will always focus on these high end products instead of cash grab teddies at your local toy shop.

@Astal I just told my wife Nintendo has tempted me to buy 3 year old block toys because of course Amiibo.

I made an info of my 2025 https://www.reddit.com/r/casualnintendo/s/s0Q4yfrzLv

You know what Battlefield V would be great. Or even patch PVZ Battle for Neighborville so it runs on Switch 2

I know this is controversial, but I think 100% digital is the best for everyone in the future.

Disks have hit their limits and carts are expensive.

This is the FIRST partner showcase that I am EXTREMELY excited for! I cannot wait to see if we are getting COD or Halo or Assassin's Creed, etc.

I don't understand the hate this game is receiving. We all know what it was at the announcement, people are complaining that it is separate from the base game, even though you can play all the boards in Jamboree TV. And yes for online Switch 1 compatibility it probably does need to be separate.

I would them to update Neighbourville for Switch2!

@Yoshi3 I remember when it was a logo with swirly stars.

A Nintendo Direct makes sense given all they need to announce and reveal, but I do think the following COULD work:

Partner Direct next week - finally let third parties share their games and release dates

Metroid 4 Title Direct showcase the game and hopefully multiplayer

September proper mainline direct with full holiday blowout and more info for Q1 2026 - Full Mario 40th anniversary information including Mario Movie 2.

@ParrakerriRush My Alarmo watches me sleep all night, and toss and turn and creates a report which it sends up to the black mirror people.

Save your money kids because September, Oct and Nov are going to be STACKED!

I am having to start the Switch 2 with my Gamecube controller before connecting my Switch 1 pro controller, so that is a BIG reason I am picking up the Switch 2 pro controller. Actually due to sheer convenience I am more and more just playing games with Gamecube controller.

Why do these games always look so 1999 with their backgrounds. I get this is coming to the Switch, but many of these mech game come to PS5 and they release for $70 alongside God of War and Horizon and they run on the same hardware and look like a rough sketch in blender. I mean flat boring textures.

The game has been poorly marketed, and it came out in July. July and January are like the worst months for selling games. Note that is when they release Donkey Kong.

BUT fear not DK has taken the hit so Metroid might actually get a premium slot with actual marketing!

Is this going to be another blink and you missed getting in signup.

I would far more shocked if Nintendo DID NOT have a direct in July! We are FAST approaching the autumn and major announced games have no release dates. Air Riders hasn't even show any gameplay yet and that supposedly is coming out this year!

3rd parties have been totally quiet, presumably waiting for a direct to announce games for Switch 2. We have had no updates for Switch 1 titles announced for next year.

Donkey Kong was clearly a big deal to them (although not as big as Mario) and they are holding everything to give this game maximum exposure.

I am trying to save for an extremely overprice GI Joe helicopter and have to wait to buy this game.

@OldGamer999 I wonder if there are any employees for Nintendo in the UK, it seems they do almost nothing for this country.

@TheColorRed I think there is a very good chance of this.

Quick get your pre order in for a statue of the title screen????

Who would say in 2020 when this game was randomly announced that it would be getting updates five years later!

Satya said poo or get off the pot, Xbox has been spiralling down for years and now it looks like the big layoffs are here.

Remember this is MICROSOFT wide so for Xbox to be safe would be shocking.

I think Nintendo knew Smash Switch 2 will be years away and wanted a gap filler, easiest to release 64 first and then down the line Melee.

Each one of those games should be GOTY and system sellers! I adore them all (not you Everybody 1 2 Switch).

They should but I don't think they will until it's 30 games in Gamecube.

How does this help me in any way this information?

@Yojimbo That you can unlock early!

Looking back at Odyssey they put so much love into that marketing, it had its own breakfast cereal! Bananza just feels like other than the fantastic direct they are coasting.