TheBigK

@progx Hitachi does make quality products 😏😏😏

I typically only play Nintendo systems. Overall my habits won't be changing a whole lot. Maybe the months where a first party $100+ game comes out I'll take it easy on the impulse eShop sale purchases

I will totally play Rebirth a second time if it comes to Switch 2. I sold my PS5 to help pay for the Switch 2 so it'll be pretty amusing if it does.

Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers

Sold some things to pay for it, but I have a preorder. I always buy Nintendo consoles day one.

Gaming is an expensive hobby and a luxury to begin with. I personally believe that it's absurd to expect prices to stay the same over long periods of time and it was crazy that games stayed at 60 USD for as long as they did. I only buy one game a month on average anyway, so it doesn't impact me like a huge amount. I'm getting the bundle and thus a discount on Mario Kart but it'll be interesting to see what they charge for other games down the road.

I will say, however, that if they charge the Mario Kart price for a main series Pokémon game that's a buggy, unpolished mess like Scarlet Violet, I'll be a tad irritated.

A bummer but it is what it is. I get my gaming news fix from you guys, Push Square, Nintendo World Report (whose staff are entirely volunteers), and official social media accounts. I did enjoy Giant Bomb's podcasts every now and again, though Player One and Radio Free Nintendo are more than enough.

Was there ever the expectation that it'll come to the Switch 2? I'm guessing that the game will be pushing the other consoles to their limits and so my gut tells me Switch 2 isn't in the discussion at all. Though if they need to make it run on the Series S, then maybe they could just tweak it just a bit more? I dunno, what is the Switch 2 most comparable to in power?

C'mon man I need an Animal Crossing performance upgrade, my island lags like hell and I refuse to deconstruct anything.

Ultra Necrozma used Light That Burns the Sky!

Yeah it's kind of a bum deal. I was mostly digital with the Switch 1 for convenience but was thinking of going physical this time around to avoid having to shell out for that expensive new SD card. This whole game key card nonsense completely defeats the purpose of that and so I might as well go digital like I had been and resign myself to regularly cleaning the fridge. Hopefully Nintendo themselves put their first and second party stuff out fully on the carts but we'll see what happens, I guess.

@SabreLevant which is why it's super funny that Microsoft is going in the opposite direction

Hey remember when the GameCube dropped to $99? The good ol' days

It does still recognize one console as the primary according to the account settings. I think it's for NSO purposes. The classic game apps aren't treated as VGCs; I opened the GBA app on my Lite and it did the usual network check. Which is a bit irritating but whatever.

Replaying Tropical Freeze out of spite on Bananza's release date 😈

Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem for sure. I'm excited to see where they go with Animal Crossing and I love Alana's idea for mouse controls. I'd also like to see the first one come to the GameCube app but I highly doubt it given the how it uses time. For Fire Emblem, I'd like a no frills classic experience like the GBA games. I can see them designing mouse controls to move your units, which would feel weird but I can see it growing on me.

Man heck Rambi

I gave it a whirl on the PlayStation a while back, and man, I don't have the patience to not suck. Not really my jam but I guess a lot of people are super into it.

I use it daily but I wouldn't say I've been enjoying it a bunch. Has a bit of a Play Nintendo vibe to it. Not much actual news is shared. I like the calendar but I don't like how you have to turn on notifications manually for each event. Like when they update NSO games and Nintendo Music, those events are rarely shared in advance, so I don't know about the new content until I check Twitter and here. Kind of defeats the purpose.

Xenoblade Chronicles X still. I'm into the postgame now but I need to grind out the rest of the main and affinity quests for experience because some of these fights are getting tricky. I also need to grind squad tasks and surveys for material tickets so I can buy the materials for a skell I want.

I could trade in my lite, but I raw dog my consoles so it's not in super pristine condition. I'd probably get more if I just sell it anyway.

@larryisaman hahahaha okay that literally made me laugh out loud

Stickerbush Symphony also had the reverb removed, so it sounds normal now.

I wasn't gonna deal with online, with the constant refreshing and trying to add to cart and server overload and crashing and fighting the bots, so I did it the old fashioned way: go to retail three hours before opening and just wait. And it worked! I was physically seventh in line at GameStop, got my preorder in 10 minutes after they opened, and was on my merry way. I did need to make up a lie to get the morning off work, though.

I figured this might happen, I put my name on the list as a worst case scenario backup. I took a half day and preordered at retail. Lined up 3 hours before opening. It is done and now I can breathe easy.

They're more of a DLC pack than a simple upgrade, so it makes sense to me. It's stupid that NSO subscribers still need to pay for it, though. I've always felt that members should get all first party DLC as part of the subscription.

One of my favourites in the series, so I will be playing through it for the millionth time. I should do a bad unit run. Actually I'm pretty sure the Japanese version is more difficult so I might give that a go instead.

Oh wow so now they're more expensive than the Canadian ones; their 16 USD ones are 21 CAD here. Which means it's only a matter of time before ours are hiked as well because we also pay for America's mistakes 😒

That discord user now knows that Nintendo is coming for them. They'd be sleeping with one eye open now

I'll spend my money however I want, thank you very much.

Some of the funniest deaths I've had in games have been due to fall damage, I'm good with it staying

110 Canadian dollary doos for Mario Kart, good lord. Hope I can score the bundle.

I'll wait to get one until the prices start to come down a bit. As much as I dislike physical media, I'll be going physical for the time being to save on storage space. And avoiding this key card nonsense as much as I can.

Oh cool! Engage has a good soundtrack, I'm looking forward to this.

Fingers crossed for the return of Funky Kong. And hey, if minor enemies can get in, then why not Cranky? Or Chunky? Or even... Swanky Kong??

If I'm playing on the TV, I'll be using the pro controller. Might mess around with the mouse for funsies but I am really not a mouse gaming person.

Wow they really are committed to nickeling and diming users these days, huh?

Not the Donkey Kong game I was looking for, and I'm having a hard time accepting his new design, so I'm not all that interested. If nothing else, there aren't any must plays around launch so I'll be less disappointed if I don't manage to secure a console.

@BrianJL I was thinking more like an option on the home menu or something. I feel like the controller should be tailored to the average user, with more specific functions that not everyone can use left to the UI. It sounds dumb but it's just my personal idea of a good controller.

I think just having the button on the controller at all is silly. The majority of the user base will not have NSO, so dedicating a whole button on the controller to a niche and largely inaccessible function doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And I highly doubt it will result in a significant number of users subscribing if it just brings up a prompt or something.

Don't Xbox and PlayStation games have to be fully installed from the disc anyway? That's my understanding, and if so, this is no different in practice. Not that I'd buy a key cart because the primary reason I buy the odd physical game is to avoid eating up storage space. Although I'm mostly digital with the current Switch, I do plan on changing to mostly physical with the Switch 2 because those microSD express cards are just a tad bit pricey.

@Rykdrew Some of us have empty lives devoid of meaning and this is all we have to provide some semblance of emotion. Not that I speak from experience or anything 🥴

Hi, can you please stop lumping Canada in with the States? Preorders up here are indeed still beginning tomorrow and you nearly gave me a stroke 😭

Oh that's amusing, I just purged my entire friends list because I don't know any of those people lol a little spring cleaning before the new thing rolls around

Oh good, I assumed that I'd need to use the transfer tool. It's still a little aggravating that the game doesn't support cloud saves. Save data tampering blah blah blah

I remember when DK64 launched at $80 in 1999, and before that there were SNES games that were $70+. So honestly I'm not bothered by the pricing. Bound to happen, inflation ain't kind.

World is definitely bouncier with the characters and vehicles, but otherwise it's pretty similar to 8. In fact, I prefer 8's lighting and contrast. I'm sure I'll notice a larger difference once the game is in my hands, though.

Just to be clear, this applies to the States only, right? I'm in Canada and sometimes we get lumped in with them.

The question remains, how are they going to ruin Funky Kong's design to make it consistent with the new DK?

I searched for accessory compatibility on their website earlier today, actually. I'll have no money for any after the console itself, so I wanted to know if I could still use my pro controller for the time being. The sleep mode thing is weird but okay, I'll deal with it for now I guess. Also! The Switch 1 power adapter will still the charge Switch 2 one if you plug it in directly, but it can't be used to power the dock.