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Is this a support developer or have they fully made their own games before?

This is just the norm for Playstation and Xbox players, and the more modern Nintendo's consoles become the more people will need to get used to these types of file sizes and GKC releases. Surely Nintendo can't keep using these expensive cartridges for future consoles, at some point they will either go full on digital only or back to disks but scrap the handheld design.

Great to see, thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game.

@OwenGamer22 Yet Final Fantasy 7 Remake got nominations and even won a few.

Wow no nominations whatsoever for Trails in the Sky Remake, what a joke.

My vote is definitely going towards Donkey Kong.

Not gonna lie that is the worst mega design so far as well.

It's hard to think of what would be the "perfect game series" for me, although I'd say Zelda BoTW/TOTK come the closest. Exploring a big open world with the hight level of freedom at your exposal is what makes these games "perfect" for me, I could play for hours and just lose track of time and just escape reality for while. One of the very few games I've genuinely looked forward to my day at work ending so I can go back to playing them.

In terms of the Pokémon games I would disagree, you can see slight improvements with each main entry since the GBA, visuals are getting better, the in game maps are getting bigger, more and more Pokémon to collect, more ways to play such as new gameplay mechanics and PVE. I've said before that they are also limited on time, they need to meet the time requirements for the Anime and TCG so all of them are in sync, and that's down to Nintendo and TPC as much as it is Gamefreak, otherwise I think if they were given 5-6 year dev cycles between each game then I'm sure they would make something more visually appealing just like with their new original game Beast of Reincarnation.

@Lizuka Tbf I played the game on Switch 2 3 months ago whilst it wasn't compatible and I completed the game with no issues what so ever. I don't know what was meant to be wrong for it not to be compatible.

@ottoecamn They have changed their store policies since though, just like with Playstation blocking similar content but before that allowed games like Senran Kagura without being censored.

@CurryPowderKeg79 I'd say it's the sexual content (fanservice), just Google "corpse party 1 bath scene" and that alone is why this release is getting stopped.

If you dont want to jump through reddit then here's a YouTube short instead.

https://youtube.com/shorts/7rJ8AzdUAi8?si=JPtVvLxlgUusn4f9

On PS5 i will be playing Borderlands 4, TLOU 2 Remastered and Digimon Story Time Stranger

On the Switch 2 it's more Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment, Pokémon Legends Z-A and the Kirby Air Riders Global Test.

So a mixed bag then, probably be sitting around the high 70s on metacritic which for me personally is fine and il be there day one still.

My interest shot up once I found out it's a GKC release, I will continue supporting them to show Nintendo it's fine and a non issue.

@Jhena But this new one launched on a console thats less than 6 months old. Age of Calamity launched over 3 years into the Switch life cycle.

@Dang_69 The Specs put it in between the Series S and the original PS5 so the hardware is going to be outdated pretty quick especially when the new Playstation and Xbox consoles launch in a couple of years, so I can't see many people switch from consoles to this new machine if there's more powerful options coming the year after.

Plus Valve already tried this in 2015 with the Steam Machine, three years later it was discontinued.

This will not be giving Playstation or Nintendo any competition, their brand loyalty and image is too big plus people like the simplicity of those consoles. People thought the Steam Deck would challenge the Switch and we know how that turned out, it's sold 4 million...

@SillyG Just saw Team Ninja confirm it's getting a physical release worldwide but Switch 2 version is GKC taking up 40GB, seems a bit much for this game but oh well.

https://www.play-asia.com/fatal-frame-ii-crimson-butterfly-remake-multi-language/13/70j1f3

This will become a common occurrence going froward with most bigger third party games.

@Max_the_German Exactly, the masses will buy these GKC games and not bat an eyelid. The minority voicing their concern are physical collectors to which I understand their frustration but in 2025 physical collectors are rare and are getting rarer as we get closer to an all digital future on all platforms.

Another nothing burger, the game will sell great and I will be there day one enjoying the game.

Let's be honest, it being a GKC release will make no difference at all to its sales and Nintendo know this.

@ReInstall Great to see you still doing well 👍

Happy Birthday Nintendo Life! Easily the best site for Nintendo news out there and a great community too.

Just looking through your first ever article and wondering what ever happened the first ever commenter on this site @ReInstall 🙁.

@Anti-Matter You don't even own a Switch 2 so how is it a nightmare for you 🤔. Plus all these third party games are the types of games you wouldn't even play, so it's a non issue surely?

It's been excellent so far and looking forward to AC Shadows next month. But I still think it's missing some key games that I think it's capable of running such as Clair Obscura, Baldurs Gate 3 and the new Doom. Also should get some of the latest multiplayer games like Arc Raiders.

Looking forward to this DLC as I really enjoyed the main game. Hopefully this DLC brings new areas to explore otherwise I don't think it justifies the price tag.

May aswell change their name to Square Ainix.

@Paper_Yoshi Probably because Metroid is niche compared to Nintendo's other IP's. They will definitely give more attention to Pokémon, Mario, Smash, Animal Crossing, Zelda, Splatoon and Kirby but anything else is secondary as it won't bring in the huge sales.

@Kiliomp You don't think their games are good but millions of others do and they have some high scoring metacritic games this year as well. Donkey Kong Bananza has a 91 metacritic rating with a 9.0 user score.

Not surprised at all, the console is only 4 months old and has some great games already with one a GOTY contender, and still three exclusives to come before the years end. Third party support has also been better with Cyberpunk, Hades 2, Star Wars, Yakuza and Assassins Creed Shadows to come.

Nintendo need to give this one up, Pokémon continues to sell very well so Palworld in the end posed no threat to their IP plus the game soon lost a lot of hype, from 2 million steam count to now just 39 thousand.

Great review, hopefully amazon actually deliver my copy on Thursday.

@LazyDaisy First party is never super strong at the start of a gen and that goes for all platforms. Just look at the PS5 and Xbox Series launch games and how long it took for the big exclusives to come out, and even then some were still cross gen. These platforms like to wait for a sizeable install base before releasing certain games.

@Dr_Lugae Yeah the NSO model works much better for Nintendo and it's price and content is worth the small fee, which is why you hardly see anyone ever complain about NSO. It's also a nice bonus when they add DLC into the subscription.

I'm surprised we haven't seen anymore of Splatoon Raiders, it's like they revealed it too early.

@Striker21 So you want Nintendo to go down the same route as Xbox and become an embarrassment, having Halo, Gears of War and Forza on Playstation just shows how low they have fallen, that's like Nintendo putting Mario, Pokémon and Zelda on PS6. Gamepass has dried up their actual game sales, created a load of lay offs and closures, price increases multiple times and forced them to become a third party publisher who gets other companies to make their consoles (rog ally). So for Nintendo's sake I hope they stay well clear of the gamepass model.

So Mario Kart World has pretty much sold over 8 million copies via the bundle, explains why the attach rate is so high.

What's the difference between console game of the year and ultimate game of the year? From what I can see all those nominated for ultimate are on consoles.

Hopefully Donkey Kong wins, I had two games that were above it personally but they haven't been nominated. Can't say Mario Kart deserves to win over those other nominees.

Loved Age of Calamity so I'm definitely getting this day one, these games have improved massively over the first Hyrule Warriors.

We need more of these musou games, Persona 5 Strikers, Dragon Quest Heroes, Fate Samurai/Remnant and Fire Emblem Three Hopes were all quality games. The Trails and Final Fantasy series need to be done next.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant I can only assume it's to persuade those who weren't/aren't into the spin offs, by telling them it's mainline they are more inclined to buy it.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant For most people the "mainline" games are the new generation games. So the last mainline games were Violet/Scarlet. You usually know if it's mainline by if the anime follows the games setting or not, and this Legends game won't be getting any TV show coverage, but the next mainline game will. These spin offs also include experimental gameplay mechanics whereas the mainline games stick with the usual turn based strategic formula.

So you're not at fault for not thinking this was a mainline game at all.

@Switching I'm expecting the DLC to add some substantial content. Violet/Scarlet DLC was £31 for two sets of content that included two big open areas with new Pokémon, stories, characters and new features. This games DLC is just one standalone piece of content and priced at £25 so id expect a lot of new Areas and Mega Evolutions to be included.

@LightSpirit Seems like such an easy cheap port to do as well, the game is complete just needs dubbing, I'd even take just a subbed version at this point.

Excellent news, looks like this hasn't flopped as some like to make out. If this sells anywhere near 12-14+ million by this point next year then I'd consider that to be a major success.

This is just Microsoft coming out with excuses yet again, we all know that their plan buying ABK and Bethesda was to take make exclusives to take away players from playstation and get gamepass up to 100 million subscribers. That ended up being a catastrophic failure and as a result ended with studio closures, game cancellations, thousands of lay offs, multiple price increases and bringing their games to the competition.

They are literally dead and it's embarrassing, to have Halo, Gears of War and Forza on Playstation consoles just sums how far they have fallen. I have no sympathy either, try to monopolise the western market, trying to "out spend" Sony out of business (leaked emails) and even the gall to try and buy Nintendo. Sorry Microsoft but you reap what you sow.

I wouldn't trust what ever Phil says, the amount of times he's gone back on his words is unreal. The guy has run Xbox into the ground and I'm just glad I'm a Sony/Nintendo player as I'd be very disappointed and concerned if i were an Xbox only guy.

In terms of games from them that I would play on my PS5/Switch 2 I'd gladly take the new State of Decay and Fable when they release.

On PS5 i am trying to finish a few games before the 27th as on that day il have Ghost of Yotei, Digimon Story Time Stranger and Final Fantasy Tactics. So my main focus this weekend will be on Borderlands 4 and Black Book.

On Switch 2 it's more Pokémon Legends Z-A and onto Super Mario Galaxy 2

I've already played Remake and ReBirth on Playstation but I'm definitely going to be playing them again on the Switch 2.

@JumpingJackson Its already been used but maybe Reunite, close as your going to get lol.

People do understand Gamefreak have to rush these games out to feed the Pokémon TCG and TV shows with content. It's no coincidence the latest game is based on Mega Evolutions, the latest card set is Mega Evolution, and the next Anime episodes are based on Mega Evolutions. Pokémon is a multi media franchise that has to keep up with each other.

It's a shame though really as if the games could break away from that chain and actually have a bigger budget and longer development time then these games could be something special.