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@bleeflooflah
Some of these games won't even have a month in between their release dates. I was thinking with the rise in dev costs for 4K and with them cleaning out the closet of dormant franchises (somewhat), they should probably move to 45-day average intervals. That would be food for our wallets too with the increased MSRP. But no, they're still on their 30-day pace per first party release.

@OctolingKing13
Why would you re-buy the game? AFAIK, these Switch 2 editions are the Switch 1 game card with a download code for the upgrade file. That's why I thought it weird that some on here were surprised that the Zeldas work on Switch 1.

It's a bit small for the price compared to the cost per layer of the base game. I suppose that's how it always is though. This is really neat and makes the best Switch game I've ever played even better, but it would have been more proportional in value if it also included Crocodile Isle or Northern Kremisphere.

It bothered me a bit that she could slide sideways and go straight given that the wheels don't rotate accordingly.

Only 22 games were released and yet two of them are Tetris variants and two are bowling.

Did they neglect to add the new pages in order to avoid leaks? If so, their paranoia strikes again.

@Simu001 What basic features are missing in Switch 1 and 2?

@Liam_Doolan Which part is the NFC tech in, the vehicle or the rider?

Let's hope it stays the most impressive port since the one of the performance optimizations is cited as a reason why they had to do a key card. Suuuuure. I'd rather have the game on card than whatever the added graphical value is here.

How does it compare to Metroid Dread pre- or post-patch? That's my main reference point.

I suppose they got delayed making DKCR HD.

@B3RTAY You know a light year is only 1 year, right?

I don't see why the longest Direct of all-time had to have so much filler in it. Some of those games wouldn't even have stood out in an Indie World Direct. It was great though overall.

@Smithicus In my experience, what a game had to work with is factored in. Scores help you know if a game matches or exceeds your expectations, so the expectations are factored in. Like DKCR HD got a 7 here while the original got a 10. Is it worse? No, it was just a disappointingly straight port. Is Horace (10) a better game than Cyberpunk (9)? Not necessarily, but it's a better game relative to the lane it occupies at time of release, or at least I think that's the intended takeaway (other than that these are different reviewers).

@Olliemar28
You probably meant 11:30 AM for Pacific Time, not PM.

It should have been $30. It was a bit naive of them not to have predicted this amid the discussion around $80 Mario Kart. And there are enough examples where series eventually become stale to gamers even if improved (Mario + Rabbits) or where the next game by an indie studio sells less well (SteamWorld) or where they run out of ideas (Playtonic). For all they know, Silksong revenue will need to fund the next 5 games before they get another hit.

Just let Good-Feel handle it. They would be perfect for licensing it out.

That first pic is very much in the style of Alphonse Mucha. Nice.

I'm such a digital packrat. Storage media costs are always proportional to the storage media costs for the end product, so I don't see how they could ever be prohibitively expensive for a team with the right priorities. Analog media, maybe, but it's ridiculous that the earliest Doctor Who episodes are lost to time.

From "Robot Master" to "Robot Mistress."

The premise is sufficiently different for my scruples, but the presentation still seems too plagiaristic to me.

Boasts of 4K but doesn't offer a Switch 2 version. 🤨

@Specters @UltimateOtaku91
It sounds like you were benefited by a roadmap then. For those who want DLC to also be on physical, it's best to learn about such plans before buying. This is a strange perspective to me, so I was very surprised to see it twice, almost verbatim. Although I get the anticlimax of the situation, anticipating an imminent purchase but now being incentivized to delay.

By putting the full game on cartridge, Marvelous is making a play particularly for physical collectors who frequently complain when Atlus does the opposite, releasing a fuller version of their more popular games a short time later.

Do these games look like Xenoblade, or does Xenoblade look like these games?

ASCII Art: The Game (I suppose that is one of the few recognizable art styles left unused in console gaming.)

Imagine if game consoles came with a Google Translate plugin you could toggle. I think more games would be purchased.

@olliemar28
I suppose it's moot now, but this article should have had the one below as a "related article."

https://www.nintendolife.com/features/5-rpg-maker-horror-classics-on-switch-and-3-wed-love-to-see-ported

I'm loving this new metric for console comparison. I could see Digital Eclipse now rating each game in terms of how many buildings.

I can't for the life of me figure out why this game isn't at least $30. The original was $15 because it wasn't a known commodity. Inflation alone since then means $20 is the same amount.

I kinda miss the days when this went without saying.

It's so beautiful. It looks so much like Sword of Mana. Speaking of which...

@ImpromptuR
Then who's the top leaker? Also when the topic of the article is leaked Direct info, how is it a rejoinder to claim his misses on games? And then to state that he's only good at leaking Directs? Yes. But that's my thesis.

Then you contrast him unfavorably with Pyoro. So did I.

@TKundNobody Nate the Hate is literally the top leaker now that they got to Pyoro.

@Yosher Direct leaks are a different animal than game content or reveal leaks. Nintendo frankly announces them with far too short a notice for people to plan around them. It's as if they enjoy the sense of urgency they induce like they're a SimCity mayor who just clicked a natural disaster button. I think it's one of the most unethical things they do, frankly. Maybe the intent is to thwart streamers from stealing views. I don't know.

@JohnnyMind Because it goes without saying that people in general want others to be happy. It doesn't add anything unique to state that.

And yet we've still heard nothing.

@BaldB3lper78 I'm thinking that it could make Nintendo the console of choice for FPS fans for the first time since 2001.

Or it could tap into the blue ocean of PC gamers who never considered a console before. But I suppose the same blue ocean prediction could have been made for the Wii U gamepad and mobile phone touch screen users. Nintendo just needs to sell officially licensed C-shaped end table / lap desk things to make couches more mouse friendly. 😆

@AG_Awesome NF Magazine (formerly Nintendo Force until they got C&D'ed) announced that their next issue will have individual reviews on all 50. It comes out in 2 months, so there's time to get on their Patreon. I don't know what the minimum subscription period is. But at least you're in the US which might be all they ship to. (They also give PDF versions.)

@JohnnyMind Then why comment?

I greatly appreciate the point about the game card holder being too snug. I have a 3DS game card holder that I don't use because I don't like the way it seems to squeeze my games.

@Metazoxan Feedback, you mean? Some might be confused and think there's some scammy monetization scheme.

This is tough because none are ideal. I had to go with Europe's because of the consistent art style. Not consistent with the game, but that's secondary. And because I'm not digging that horseshoe.

They're playing chicken. When Switch 1 physical sales dwarf S2 physical sales 10:1, after a year or so they'll give in. I'll buy S1 but wait to play it.

Having gotten lost in more than one Japanese metro station, I HAVE to play this.

Also, to @JohnnyMind's point, I wonder if large studios would need several more dev kits than small ones. That would be an obvious answer to why some indies have access before larger studios, if true.

Geez, nowadays a fast food burger is $10. I'd feel guilty if I waited around for a sale.

@KayFiOS I had read somewhere that Nintendo requires digital and physical to be the same price to steer publishers away from retail. It seems either that they've stopped doing that (hopefully), or the physical comes with something that qualifies it to be considered a bundle, like a manual.

@theberrage It's called the time value of money. Having something right now is more valuable than waiting on it for 5 years. That's one reason loans charge interest. Given that games get discounted when they're not brand new, this system is prevalent in the industry.

As if sublayer 1400 wasn't already my favorite.

Looygi Bros. on YouTube is also great for little charming minutiae. They could have paid tribute to Kit and Krysta by calling it Nintendo Minutiae. 😆 But then been C&D'ed

@datamonkey No, in fact the idle animations for Diddy and Dixie in DKB match those from DKC2 (1995).

I love the new astronomer Waddle Dee, but no merch for him I see.

Northeast Frost Street is already my wake up song on my phone, but there are so many good candidates from Forgotten Land.

I hardly ever notice dropped frames when playing games. But wow were they everywhere in Forgotten Land on Switch 1.

I can't believe Nintendo said the T-word.

@PJOReilly
Does it have a feature to read it aloud to you? It'd be cool to be able to multitask until you have to make a choice.