TrogdorTheBurninator

...Pro controller... given that I buy anything at all.
Still on the infamous fence...
Maybe vacation time will take me to southern Europe where they are "cheap"...

There is also no specific price for a system. Hence it is more than twice as expensive in the Nordic countries than in Japan.

I guess it is the cheaper Japanese only version that is in such high demand?

Cool yes. But I would rather have a true BOTW followup.

Finally got around to playing Portal this weekend.
Amazingly no one had managed to spoil it for me, fantastic game!

I bought Splatoon 3 on a e-shop sale for $40. I would not have given it a try for any more than that.
Now I have spent 1000+ hours in that game.
Would I spend $80 on the next Splatoon if I had to? Probably. But also probably the only game that I could justify myself paying such a price.

I also bought mario kart 8 deluxe on a sale for $40 + the DLC. I still have not played all the tracks.
Will I buy World for $80? No.

Someone else probably have the opposite experience.
Pricing games must be a nightmare.

$80 is a price for for die hard fans of a certain game, I can't see massive mainstream sales... will be interesting to see.

I think we are still going to see Nintendo having e'shop sales on World in a year or two...

At least this will be on sale in a year or two. Might check it out if I have a switch 2 by then. Have only played Black flag.

Why can't Nintendo just explain how the switch 2 is working??

Same price, probably thanks to the "drop the price" movement and all the backlash online.

... maybe cloud is only for $80 games...
or why not payed DLC?
Anything is possible!

@Diven
I hope you are right!
Btw Are you perhaps a peasant??
"TROGDOR COMES IN THE NIIIIIIGHT!!!"

Will BOTW switch 2 edition have faster load times off the switch 2 cartridge then when playing from the old switch 1 cartridge on a switch 2?

I thought this would be another hour...
Why a direct for only 15 min, when they already had a full tree house for this game.

Better be 15 amazing minutes

Finally TTYD at a reasonable price... I was kind of hoping to find it 2nd hand physically, but I might just cave in and buy it now...

Still they managed to cause major confusion with this "safe" release.

I still don't know if switch 1 games will run better on switch 2 without any patches?

Wish I could feel the hype too.
I'm somehow tired of this system already.

If there at least could be some confirmation that switch 1 games has any relevant improvements on switch 2 without any patches...

Sony brings the first good news for Nintendo in the Switch 2 launch, who would have thought?

If the Welcome to pay Tour is $10.... what is this going to cost?

Come on: it's Splatfest!

"Just imagine racing at 120fps"
Yeah, I'm just going to imagine, not going to buy one in quite a while...

@abbyhitter
I guess the problem is that people expected them to release a deluxe version, and are disappointed that they did not.

I was planning to buy this since I played BOTW on wii U.
Now I better buy a second hand Switch 1 BOTW instead.
Way to go Nintendo!

For all I care they could have replaced the screen, joycons and battery with a potato. I play 100% docked with a pro controller.

Maybe they're saving it as the gimmick for switch 3?

Japan: yes!
Sweden: no!

Enough people will buy it, out of curiosity if nothing else, due to all the conversations surrounding it.
I would not be surprised to see a physical release...

Why would they not?
It's basically free money for them.
But I guess they'll wait a while so people start paying for the GameCube library first.
I have played this game to death so I'm out, but good news for the kids I guess.

Looks fun enough, but I'm a bit burnt out on MK 8.
This is not a system seller for me, and not a game I would spend enough time in to justify the price.
I might check out the MK direct to see if they can win me over...

Where I live I can choose to buy a Switch 2 base model or a ps5 slim Standart with AstroBot including a controller.
Not the world I'm used to!

No, I don't even se any reason to buy switch 2 att launch.
If you launch with Zelda you have a perfekt launch.

And that is why there is no problem pre-ordering in Sweden, not many seems interested in buying at those pieces.

Only comfort for me is that I'm not excited about the launch titles so I can wait.

Will switch 1 games run any differently on switch 2? (that is without any patches)

No need for FOMO!
You are welcome to Sweden and oreorder a $670 usd base modell and a $100 usd mariokart.
Pre-orders has been open for days, and seems not to be going away in any hurry.

"Not all of them may be ready to jump to Switch 2."

I think so too.

I'm glad to not have to deal with achievements.
Music could have been nice... but maybe they will sell it for $10 down the line

Imagine if they sold the regular MK experience, i.e. just the regular tracks, for $60. And then the "world" as a DLC for $20?

Think a lot of people see MK as a party game that you just play a few laps now and then when in the mood.
We'll se if they agree with Nintendo about this.

Looking forward to see the difference between BOTW on Switch 1 compared to on Switch 2: with and without upgrade pack.

I really hope there is some difference when running on Switch 1 and 2 even without upgrade.

In Sweden Mariokart 8 delux has been sold for the equivalent of $66 USD.
Nintendo is now listing Mariokart world for the equivalent of $100!
Inflation has not been that bad, and we have no new tariffs etc.

That is a...bold jump.
So I think different parts of the world are upset to a different degree depending on how hard Nintendo is testing the local waters.

I think this will be a hard sell.

Prior to the reveal I was set for a day one buy.
Just to play my existing library on better HW was incentive enough... I thought.
I expected that my current games should obviously run better.

Now it seems very unclear.
It baffles me that they failed to explain the Switch 1 games situation.
Some will not work?, some will have problems?, and if you want any(?) benefit of the new HW a patch is needed... a patch you possibly have to pay for...??

How can this essential question be left hanging?

I'll keep my money for now!

This is confusing!

So, if I get this right, they sell a Switch 1 card with a switch 2 download... In a Switch 2 box?

IMO:
1) The name should have been: BOTW + Switch 2 upgrade download.
Calling it BOTW Switch 2 edition absolutely sounds like a Switch 2 game.
Especially since:

2) The new box and design indicates that this is a Switch 2 game, not a Switch 1 game.
How is it obvious when a Switch 2 game, like e.g. Mariokart World, is just a Switch 2 only game?
They should definitely have made a distinct design difference for these types of releases.
Now Nintendo is fine printing its customers instead, I for one do not like it. There will probably be one or two confused parents.

3) If I buy a physical game I do that because I want the game on the card. Here I do not get that, so what is the point?
They already sell the switch 1 game, and the download for Switch 2 separately? This will only cause confusion (as is obviously the case already).
I already have the switch 1 game (most people do). I would have liked the whole thing on a Switch 2 card:

4) For some unbelievable reason the DLC seems not to be included!?
This is a Wii-U game, this is the third generation they sell this game, it is done, finished. They should put the entire thing on the card.
Now we do not know what happens to the DLC, If you have it already, will it be upgraded with this download or will that remain with Switch 1 quality? Will they sell a separate download for the DLC later?

Im happy to see that at least some people seem to like this relase