Uncle_Franklin

IT'S HAPPY HOUR!

Dragonite is the coolest.

Can't see any overworld maps in these images.

Scalpers got hold of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and sold it for less than Nintendo's price.

Nintendo was never going to step on their Christmas sales, so the thing to do would have been to release that ***** Switch 2 trailer on January 2nd to get ahead of the leaks,
announce the date for a Direct in February detailing the games for the new system.

Nintendo have the option to hire me for the small sum of five cinnamon and raison bagels a week.

I feel like "Beyond" is Metroid Prime's release date rather than its name.

Hot dog.
Hot dog.
Hot dog.

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Doesn't look anything like Donkey Kong 64.

Why does this country continue to go backwards?

I want more tracks like Yoshi's Island,
and more characters like Kamek.

I don't need any gimmicky nonsense.

Much better game than 3D World, the levels are much tighter because they don't have to accomodate for four players.

I feel like you only need one of these types of games, and I already have the delightful Doraemon one.

What an appalling port.

@HammerGalladeBro

Oh right, interesting.

I suppose in English we use ass to mean foolish.

@HammerGalladeBro

How does the new design evoke a donkey?

Supposedly the reason he is called donkey is because Nintendo were looking for the word stubborn ('stubborn as a mule', I guess), and the new design looks goofier, not more stubborn. Nor does it look more like an actual donkey for that matter.

If you're spending millions on pokemon cards,
you kind of deserve to be duped.

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Boo hoo, you're breaking my heart.

"Uncivilised but not unenjoyable."

Stop stealing from my dating profile!

@johnedwin

I use a laptop with a touchpad.

I have no interest in the mouse functionality whatsoever.
As you were.

Better than I remember this one.

Sounds like a cool guy.

@Notsoavid

At Retro.

I mean, no it won't matter to early adopters, but it's not early adopters that will determine whether Switch 2 is a success or not.

Well if there are that many people with more money than sense, maybe the UK economy is in better shape than I thought.

That's true, but I was only in there to get directions on how to get away from there!

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I want a new 3D Rayman.

They should have put a trailer together and released it as soon as the leaks started appearing, with the games revealed in January or February.
April is just far too late.

Ha ha, guys give it up.

12 racers on a track was already too much for me.

@DripDropCop146

"Nintendo's Share Price Dips Following Its Big Switch 2 Reveal"

Is purely factual.

Well that's clearly bollocks isn't it?

The King Dedede redesign was worse I think.

@DripDropCop146

Might have justified the price a bit more.

It is truly bizarre that they would release Returns yet again, without adding the DK redesign.
Surely the perfect opportunity for it.

@8bit-Man

Well, in truth I had been determined to not get the next console for a number of reasons:

-I have a huge backlog
-I need to save money
-I feel let down by the appalling online service Nintendo has provided for Switch.
-I want to spend more time reading and writing.

But I am still potentially interested in the subject matter and gaming in general.
I think an iteration on the Switch is the right choice for Nintendo at this time, it's just that approach is only exciting if the new games look enticing.
As it is, the reveal was very lacklustre, quite probably because it was rushed due to the leaks.
Mario Kart looks bland to the point where, at the risk of contradicting myself, they probably would have been better off not revealing that yet.

I find it hard to believe that they are not far along enough with game development to show more.

If a game were to persuade me against my more austere judgement to get a Switch 2, it would probably be Smash.

@Pillowpants
Right.

Struggling to get excited about Switch 2.
Maybe I'm just getting old.

Splatoon 3 should have been for Switch 2,
Switch really did not need another entry.

I'm pretty impressed you guys have mananged to say so much about that non-reveal.

@Jprhino84

There is no need for an April announcement if they're going to reveal details in the meantime.

As there have been so many leaks about the Switch 2 already,
I don't think it's a leap to imagine that there will be about the games in the next couple of months.

A positive I think is that it should clearly indicate that this is a separate console to Switch1, with the console actually evolving in the trailer, and of course the name, Switch 2.

@Jprhino84

Because a mere iteration on a console is not exciting without new games.
So the next 3-4 months will either see:
a) Dead air, leaden excitement.
b) Or leaks about the games, with Nintendo still not getting on top of the situation, which was seemingly the whole reason for this tepid Switch 2 reveal.

They must have games a reasonable way into development, it would have been far better to show at least a little, or commit to a Direct for February at the earliest.

@Rainz

Nintendo decided to barely show any games.
I might be less negative if they show more.
Nintendo have really bollocksed up this whole thing.

I'm struggling to see why anyone would rush to get this console.

Right now I find it difficult to predict if this will be like PS2 or more akin to PS5.

Much might depend on the global economic situation, which I'm not confident will be in good shape by the time this console releases, seemingly June at the earliest.

Early days, but can scarcely imagine a duller track than the one they've shown so far.

Definitely feels more in the evolution rather than revolution mould.

I want to see new dock details.