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@BigRed40 True, it just seems that there were a plethora of AC clone life sims shown in the direct and I just don't fully understand "life sim" games. To each their own, if this is something you enjoy, then disregard my comment as I would disregard a comment that in no way holds bearing on what I might enjoy.

@Sadz You mean like the things that take place in real life outside of a video game? Actually, yes I am pretty fun at parties. My distaste for a genre of video game in no way is indicative of how I live my life, nor how I interact with people in real life situations such as a party. Kinda funny of you to try to denigrate me for my nonplussed comment about "life sim" video games, but hey this is the internet and I am willing to take what I give, so no harm no foul.

I think that most people, that have been awaiting MP4, were taken aback by the bike reveal and open world segments that were showed in this latest trailer. I myself thought this was some kind of S2 update for Dread with added content. I was then very confused by the fact that this was MP4.

I have my trepidation in regards to this newest reveal, but I am still very much looking forward to how they pull this new stuff off. I've been waiting for this game since 2017, so we will just have to wait and see.

I do feel like what this most recent direct showed was extremely minimal for such a big game release and didn't make a whole lot of sense in trying to get people excited for the game. I was just glad that they actually gave us a release date... finally.

@TYRANACLES THANK YOU! The Raising Arizona reference has made my year!

@Ralek85 I agree. I wish that MP4 had gotten more than a random afterthought of a blurb with the release date. I mean, they have been touting it as this big great game for the switch and switch 2, but they literally mentioned it in a passing sense and instead focused on... I'm not really sure what.

@Ralek85 I have my reservations and trepidation about the open-world parts of MP4, but I'm happy to give it a go. I've been waiting for the game since 2017 f*s, no amount of Motorcycle riding Samus Aran is going to deter me from playing this game. Something of note: I thoroughly enjoyed Metroid: Other M, even if the story painted Samus as a whiner looking for approval from her old squad leader, instead of the BA she actually is.

@bransby And we probably NEVER will

Aside from the MP4 release date it was... blah.

How many life and farm sims are needed? Is everyone's life so pitiful and boring that you need to live a boring digital life? None for me THANKS!

This is the absolute worst thing they could have done with the VB Virtual console. Forcing you to get a replica of this flop of a console, just to play the entire 14 game catalogue is absurd.
I still have my virtual boy and it is, rightfully, collecting dust in storage. I bought it used from Blockbuster when the console flopped and they stopped carrying rental consoles. I got it and every game for like $100. Teleroboxer and Wario Land are about the only ones worth playing, but not with the neckstrain of the accessory that is needed to play this nonsense.

Who asked for this over something more exciting?

@WaveBoy I actually made a stylus that fint on my thumb so that I could play the game better and faster in online matches. It worked pretty well too. Kinda made it like a second analog stick using the touch screen.

@WaveBoy @WaveBoy Kid Icarus: Uprising Remaster with Mouse controls @60fps <<<< this would be epic!!!

@Automated_Unit_4937 I was about to ask what you were on about, but thank goodness you answered my ponderance on your earlier post. Since GKK are just a verified DL to either internal memory or Express MSD card, then it would run faster than the physical carts, due to the higher transfer/read speeds of the Express MSD that S2 uses and the internal memory on the S2 as well... just as you stated. Glad that you clarified prior to my inquiry.

@Supadav03 Gotham Knights kinda ended up being kind of Mid, if I remember. But if they could breathe new life in to it via a S2 version, then I'm all for it. Realistically... probably not though.

Hopefully they will finally release the "Nintendo Hype Simulator" so we can all imagine our perfect Nintendo Direct. ;P

The coverage of this patent will definitely change the landscape of certain types of games in the future and what developers can and can't use in their game. Its a shame that ideas can be patented in such vague ways and stifle the possibilities of future developments in other franchises outside of "pokemon". This patent could literally be used to attack digimon, TemTem, among others and it is just absurd to allow this mechanic to be "patented".

I've only gotten to play for 1-2 hours so far, but it is really enjoyable and is a great game! The similarities between this and Dead space are sort of there, but more akin to RE4 for me.

You know what, just give me the release date for MP4 and a few more details about it and everything else is just icing for me.

@Serpenterror I so wish we would get a Muramasa relaunch on S2.

@Serpenterror or a web browser, or Netflix, or "insert other item that the Wii U had".

So stable that the launch S1 can now use its kickstand properly.

On the wii, dragoball z Tenkaichi 2 had the most fun motion controlled gameplay ever and this looks similar to that. I'll probably try it out just for the nostalgic element.

@SpaceboyScreams what "get everything for free" option?

@The-Chosen-one I thought that they already announced the FF7I was supposed to come to the S2 in the S2 Direct earlier this year? Or was it just the FF7 Remake?

I enjoyed the original on the GCN, but it didn't feel like it had THAT much content. This is not a complaint, I'm just curious what we are gonna get with this one being longer than both the MKW and DK:B Directs combined!

I'm looking forward to this being overloaded with info, but it feels like this may be a "Developer's update" with some backstory about why this franchise is being revived, with a fair amount of actual gameplay as well as some story info and I'm almost certain that we will see that the release date for this is Either September, or delayed until 2026 - "So please, be patient and wait just a little bit longer."

Whatever the case this should be fun!

I've not bought the game, even though it literally launched to the bargain bin, but I did play some of the "Global Jam" and will say, the controls worked well, but after about 20 minutes of playing and going through the tutorial I was just flat out bored and have no interest in going any further with this title. I also realize that not every game is for every person and my opinion of that game should NOT sway anyone from enjoying it if they do.

That said, it isn't for me and I will not be voting since I didn't buy the full game and that seems like an unfair vote to make.

It looks very boring from a distance and proved to be that for me. I do hope to see something more exciting utilize the control scheme, I feel like it could work well for some type of mech game, or even a game that uses tanks as the main mode of transport. Just not the constant back and forth motion, it didn't feel great just tiring.

Played the global jam tutorial, almost all the way through and that was more than enough for me. It worked well enough but there is no longevity or replay in it for me. The controls were fine, if not a bit tricky to get used to, but I really don't see myself dedicating any time to get "adept" at the controls and I didn't even want to play online.

Just downloaded the S2 version of this last night and will be jumping back in to the fray!

@Whirlwound I feel as though you may have misunderstood my comment. I do NOT desire to play anymore uber-retro pixel art games. I would like to see more games take a more refined and modern design aesthetic.

I would like to see games that aren't built to look like they were made for commodore 64. I'm really just tired of the insane amount of "new releases" that are built to look like retro games. I'm looking forward to this indie showcase, but I feel inundated with the 8-16 bit games that keep flooding the marketplace.

Last time I checked, Sandfall Interactive IS and indie studio... so we could potentially (probably not though) see the announcement of Expedition 33 for S2. I love pipe dreams, almost as much as just regular dreams.

MHS3 and Cronos look good, but the majority of titles shown are 2026 releases... so, it seems not so "direct". Also, my mouth was agape that they even wasted any time on the campfire dreck.
While I could complain more, and I won't, it just felt rushed and like a placeholder of a direct that didn't bring a whole lot to the table for S2 at all.

@Punisher67 For some reason I can't like your post more than once. I fully agree with you!

@Indielink I'm actually very happy that it is 3rd party, since we've been hearing that a lot of devs are still awaiting their S2 dev kits. This could be great!

I feel like a fair bit of the 25 minutes is going to be used for giving us actual release dates for Elden Ring, FF7:Insert subtitle here, and maybe something more concrete about the FromSoftware game, but I have much hope for some "available later today" type of announcements for the S2, probably not much info about S1 games aside from maybe some parity releases for indie titles like Silksong.

@OorWullie I would absolutely LOVE to see them announce Expedition 33 for the S2, but I am fairly realistic and doubt that we will see it this time. That doesn't mean that we will never see it.

@Warioware Not sure why so many people are having issues with latency, I have yet to have this issue in either handheld or TV mode. 4K HDR TV with no issues of latency. But I did do some tinkering with all of my video settings on my S2 after the HDR settings looked like trash. NL posted a very helpful video a while back about this and there are a couple of other TV Mode settings that I tinkered with before ever playing Patapon and maybe that is why I haven't endured the latency issues.

@Warioware I've played this game on just about every console they've been on and I only noticed button latency when playing on PS5. Haven't had any issues on S2 yet. Still as charming as they always were!

@Notsoavid If you're getting it, hopefully we can hunt some Kemono together!

There is a demo that is free and instead of just reading this review, try it out and decide for yourself. I could not stop playing the demo, it is very fun and definitely scratches the MH itch. Also, I feel like it adds so much to the MH formula with the kurakari. I bought this on PS5 (2 years ago) and could not get into it at all, it feels better now than it did then.

This is the same thing they did, sort of, with arms after the switch launch.

Wow, they dislike that fixing it is difficult. You mean in the era of "everything is expendable and replaceable" it upsets people that something isn't easy to fix? The horror. Their complaints are just personal dislikes, the ps5 and xb series controllers have their own tear down issues, so did the s1 pro controller. I've never experienced a single issue with any nintendo pro controller from Wii U to S2, so this seems like a non-issue.

Im in the minority on this, it seems, but i play mine 99% in handheld mode. The battery life is good enough for me and I couldn't care less about game key cards. They are fine imo. Its better than a code in a box and allows me to let people borrow the games without any virtual game card stuff as well as resale. Im thoroughly happy with the console, I just want more switch 2 exclusives to be announced and shown. Feels like it launched and now there is an information drought.

I'm down to rock with Biggity Buck Bumble... again!

Just bought this game for my S2 this week and I am trying to do something new on my S2... finish a game before moving on and starting a new one. So this one is cocked and loaded awaiting my finishing of Cyberpunk's DLC. I'm thoroughly looking forward to playing this title.

@WaddleDee Thanks so much for the help!

I love how unique it is, but it has a major drawback. I dislike the part where it makes the play area smaller just so it can house the boxes for other's being in the chat. Why? Maybe I'm stupid, but not being able to just make the play area full screen while still being able to chat is obnoxious.

I am so looking forward to playing this with my daughter! She loves Pauline and being able to play as her will make her year. Now, I'm very excited to play this game.

@MeloMan Those same controllers gave us blisters on our thumbs from any number of different titles, most of the time sports related titles, and we just sucked it up and moved right on!

Tell me you're incompetent without telling me you're incompetent!

Interesting that I had the OLED at launch and the Switch 2 screen is still better than that to me. Also, I have the PS Portal and it isn't OLED and is just as beautiful as the S2 Screen. Find something else to nit-pick about, please.