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@BlaizeV "There are rumours that internally Nintendo don't consider this game Mario Kart 9" that's dumb as hell and quickly disproven if you bother to read the Ask the Developer article about the game, there they said that if the game was just a standard Mario Kart game with no open world aspect then they would've just called it Mario Kart 9, nowhere do they say that the open world aspect turned it into a spinoff

@the_beaver Hyrule Warriors has a "this winter" release window, last time I checked September is not winter

it's still not available for purchase on my end, looks like I can't have a Gex Night just yet

@Zeebor15 it's not on the same day as Kirby, same month but Kirby is 2 weeks after this game

@Jack_Goetz in a Switch 2 dev interview they said it'll be a digital only game

ArcSys was hacked not too long ago and a bunch of documents leaked and one of them had info about a Switch 1 and 2 exclusive game they wanted to release at the launch of Switch 2 but couldn't for whatever reason so maybe we will see it here potentially but I'm still keeping my expectations low

@SwagaliciousJohnson the NPC drivers were already obstacles in the game so they were way easier to add than someone like Link or Funky Kong or w/e, if the NPC drivers weren't added then you'd just have less characters

tbh until I heard about it I didn't notice any blurring and even now that I noticed it when really looking for it I still think this screen is way better than the one on the OG Switch, I don't know what the DF guy is on about, it's not as good as OLED but I wasn't expecting it to be so that's fine

@WheresWaveRace the performance mode already targets 60 FPS so that should run at a locked 60 on Switch 2

@Spider-Kev no, it's a new mode for that area and not an overhaul so you'll still be able to play it like it is currently

Last time they announced the Onimisha 2 remaster so that tells me that they actually can announce stuff on these so maybe we will get some Switch 2 announcements but I'm still not expecting anything just so I don't get disappointed

for Grand Prix cups sure but absolutely not for Knockout Tour, given how chaotic it is it's extremely difficult to place in 1st on all checkpoints and I feel like they should be some room for error in that mode like maybe let the player place below 1st place once or twice, that would make it more manageable

@Spider-Kev they did do that in 8 Deluxe, what are you talking about?

9/10 for me, I need some time to decide if I like this or 8 more but this is definitely a great entry in the series imo

@N00BiSH locked 60 FPS on Switch 2, the only issue I noticed is that sometimes the afterimage effect is not showing up when doing the Atomic Bomb (the move where Anton slams down to the ground with his face)

@MoldyPasta no because then Switch 1 players would be at a disadvantage, since they're matched together with Switch 2 players

@Zeebor15 Splatoon Raiders will definitely have a release on a cartridge, Nintendo already said all of their Switch 2 games will be on a cart

oh yeah I found that vehicle when I was driving around in Free Roam mode, I followed it for a bit to get the coins but I got bored quickly, I'd rather just get the coins through Grand Prix cups or finding those coin stacks in Free Roam even if it might take a bit longer to unlock every kart

@Zeebor15 it's 100% a separate thing, in the video they announced a free update for Splatoon 3 on Switch 2 that improves visuals and frame rate so that pretty much deconfirms Switch 2 Edition

I've mainly been just testing a bunch of Switch 1 games on Switch 2 but I did play about 3 hours of Mario Kart World and it's really fun, also played a little bit of Fast Fusion but I need to put more time into it to have an opinion on it

very happy to see this game get a review and that it reviewed this well, I had a blast with this game

fyi, this feature is also available when playing the game on Switch 1

apparently the stutters might be an issue with the video capture, their Mario Kart World gameplay video also has some stutters and I haven't heard anyone complain about stuttering in that game when they played it at preview events, not saying that it's 100% an issue with the video itself but I'm reserving full judgment until I try these out on Switch 2 myself
and even if these stutters in the video are also in the game they don't look like that big of a deal to me, I can live with just these stutters

@timp29 Switch 2 upgrade for Kirby is not included in the Expansion Pack, it's just BotW and TotK

Finishing off Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, super fun game, I highly recommend it
After that I'll go back and finish Dark Souls 2 on my PC, I started it a week ago and then took a break from it not just to play Pipistrello but also because it started to really annoy me but I want to get it done just so I don't have to play it again

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess also has a smaller file size now, it was 11.7 GB previously but now it's 10.1

I've heard really good things about this game and I'm definitely interested in giving it a try

hopefully they bring controller remapping to other NSO apps

oh cool, I won't have to wait long until I can continue my playthrough, but that also means it'll be even tougher to decide what I want to play on launch of Switch 2

@CutMan003 Berkana from Mega Man Xtreme 2

why only some of the themes are being made available for unlocking with tickets? why not all of them up to this point?

it would be pretty weird (but also very Nintendo) to have a direct only a few days before the launch of Switch 2, a direct after the launch makes more sense to me

I played a few hours of the Switch version and it ran fine enough but I'll wait for the Switch 2 upgrade before putting more time into it, what I did play was really fun so I'm looking forward to playing more of it

Cheep Cheep Lagoon and Bone Dry Dunes in standout tracks 💀
7 is a weird one, it's a good game but it doesn't have anything that makes it stand out compared to other games in the series, 8 took everything that 7 introduced and improved upon all of it so aside from some tracks that haven't been remade yet there is not much of a reason to play it anymore (unless you like the first person mode with gyro controls for some reason)
8 Deluxe is my favorite Mario Kart, I know it's a boring pick but I really do think it's best of the series, I think it controls the best and has a lot of fantastic tracks, Mount Wario and Big Blue being particular standouts

@Suketoudara I hope so, no one at the preview events heard any but with over 200 songs there's gotta be at least a few

@mariomaster96 the most exciting thing about the soundtrack for free roam mode is that they aren't limiting themselves to just other Mario Kart songs or mainline Mario games, there are several remixes from Yoshi games, there is a Wario Land 1 remix and some people say they've heard a WarioWare remix, this soundtrack is gonna be crazy

It's nice to get a title screen that isn't just a static image
That Sherbet Land arrangement that plays during the ring mission sounds really nice, I can't wait to hear all the other arrangements that are in the free roam mode

"...with Ishikawa joking that Cow in particular "is actually a pivotal character in the Mario Kart series"." Where is the joke? That's just true facts

@Rukasumi we don't know if it's locked 1440p in that mode, the developer didn't provide any description of each mode and why would you choose one over the other so I'm just trying to guess here

@Rukasumi it most likely means dynamic resolution that will be hanging in between 1080p and 4K, if the tracks visuals are a bit simpler it will be closer to 4K but they are more complex and/or if there are a lot of effects on screen then it will be closer to 1080p

Personally I never liked the old DK design and I think my issue with it is that while I don't think he wasn't expressive I always felt that it looked odd whenever they were trying to give him a different expression other than angry because his eyebrows were just different degrees of furrowed, rarely (if ever) changing that much, I like the new one way more
Also I've yet to hear an argument (good or bad) about why this new design is bad that doesn't just translate to "I hate change", it's fine if you prefer the old one but acting like this new one is objectively bad is pretty stupid

I'm not really surprised, they said the development started last year so they only had so much time to get the game ready for launch, I'm still excited and definitely picking it up day 1

@Munchlax wdym, it is a standout because of how incredibly boring it is

I definitely agree that Double Dash is the most unique game in the series and it's a lot of fun in multiplayer but trying to unlock everything in single-player is really frustrating and I'm not looking forward to having to do that again when the game comes to NSO sometime in the future, plus the track selection could be better, there are some great ones but most of them are just kind of ok and not much more
DS introduced a lot to the series, having online for the first time was huge and retro tracks were a great addition (even though the selection in this game really sucks for the most part), probably my second favorite game in the series
Wii has some of the best tracks in the series but the item balance is a bit much at times and that physics engine feels like it's being held together by spit and hope, plus it's pretty ugly tbh even by Wii's standards, still a good game though

the improved resolution might actually be a bad thing here tbh because now you can better see just how garbage a lot of the assets look in this game

@Stormkyleis it's not completely unlocked, it's capped at 60 for both games

@Koda1000 in a developer interview when they were talking about backwards compatibility with Switch 1 games they said that certain games ran better on Switch 2 and by "certain" I'm sure they're talking about games that had frame rate issues and/or used dynamic resolution so those will most likely just hit their caps consistently, and in the direct they showed Yoshi's Crafted World loading twice as fast on Switch 2 vs Switch 1 and that game isn't getting any sort of upgrade so that just confirms that all Switch 1 games will load faster on Switch 2
These updates just seem like they're boosting resolution and frame rate beyond the caps these games had, they're saying that ARMS will run smoother "even when playing with 3 or more players" so that to me says that it won't drop to 30 FPS anymore no matter the number of players in split-screen multiplayer

dang it, I was hoping Captain Toad would get mouse controls, it would make playing in docked mode better because you wouldn't have to deal with gyro cursor drifting and having to reset it every 5 minutes
also it's weird that NSMBU is not getting GameShare support, I thought that's what this update was gonna add but it's just getting visual upgrade which it doesn't need nor does it help with how ugly NSMB artstyle is

it's my primary game system so I'm still playing it but I'm trying to avoid any big game purchases and just sticking to the games I already have for it, the only game coming out soon that I want to pick up is Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo which I played the demo of and really liked so that will be my final game for Switch 1