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I love Legends Z-A, but Game Freak really needs to get their act together with regards to optimization. The details of indoor areas prove that Pokemon's graphical woes come purely from an inability to make good of the graphical budget allotted to them. Luckily, this should be less of a problem for mainline Pokemon games on Switch 2, but even then, unless Game Freak figures out how to optimize their games, the next big Pokemon game will be technically subpar for a Switch 2 exclusive.

Outside of the psychic crystal on its forehead, this suit looks really nice!

Hopefully I can have the same tolerance for MacKenzie as GameSpot

Well, this certainly is a list

Pauline's song from Bananza cannot compete with this musical artistry

I was already sold on the game, but I'm glad this trailer came out to make me more excited.

Ah yes, the first vote. My power is all encompassing. Democracy is a thread woven exclusively by me, or at least for the time being.

I feel like I'm having Kirby Air Riders withdrawal.

Oh please can Gen 10 not be a Game Key Card

My reaction to this shortlist:

"VERY INTERESTING."

"YOU ARE MISSING SOMETHING IMPORTANT."

@Willo567 Maybe so, but I'm not holding my breath.

This game does not really appeal to me gameplay-wise, so I would normally just be completely apathetic towards this. Being that this is Nintendo's first GKC, I feel a great deal of anger at this title, and a yet greater sense of dread for future Nintendo releases.

After the Test Ride, I'm almost certainly getting Kirby Air Riders. Not much else interests me this month, though.

Bowser Jr. looks and sounds like someone who uses...

@Friendly I wasn't saying that there's no point in owning a PS/Xbox (ok, maybe Xbox). My point is that Steam is providing competition to Nintendo and PlayStation, which makes it harder for any of the 3 companies to be overly anti-consumer.

From what I understand, PS5 standard is more powerful than Steam Machine, and Nintendo of course has its exclusives, so Steam Deck/Machine does not make these other consoles redundant. And then there's Xbox, which is a sinking ship whether or not Steam competes.

With Xbox seemingly leaving the scene, it's good that Steam is coming in to give competition to PlayStation and Nintendo.

Good on Sega for increasing their workers' wages.

They said there would be some "deep cut" characters appearing, and then only showed Rosalina and Bowser Jr. as new characters. Which of these does the movie team believe to be a "deep cut"?

Maybe I'm just coping, but I feel like it doesn't make sense for them to use a placeholder Game Key Card box when physical pre-orders open in 2 days. Maybe this means it's not actually a Game Key Card, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

I haven't played TOTK yet, but I loved BOTW, so I'm looking to play TOTK some time next year.

Most Nintendo games are probably going to be unaffected, but Pokemon going forward may just go for GKCs.

I hope this isn't the case, but Pokemon hasn't exactly ensured the maximum quality possible these past few years (even if the game is still fun).

Wait, I thought Switch 2 couldn't be used with the Labo VR Kit. Why is there a point about VR mode?

This is cool but some people are probably going to be irrationally angry about it.

I'd like to see Jurassic World Evolution: Complete Edition get fixed. I own it on Playstation, but would consider getting it on Switch 2 if it wasn't broken.

The 1st movie was boring but I'll probably check it out just to see which celebrity actors they chose for the new characters.

The only game that interests me here is Return to Dream Land, but I'd rather get it for $30 if possible.

That said, I excitedly look forward to the Cyber Deals sale and the Deku Deals supernova.

To me, it just looks really uncanny.

ANOTHER MASCOT RACER

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Started playing earlier this week. While I found the start a bit slow, I think the game is definitely starting to pick up now.

Kirby Air Riders
Checking out the Global Test Ride Demo. I did lessons yesterday and enjoyed how the game controlled, excluding the Quick Spin. If I enjoy this demo, I may pre-order.

Pokemon Legends: Z-A
Going to work on the 1000 battles grind a bit. I'm in no hurry so I'll just do a couple of nights in the Z-A Royale daily until I reach 1000 battles.

Mario Kart World:
Probably going to play a few races and KTs.

As time goes on and game budgets grow larger and larger, new IPs will be seen as riskier and riskier, making them ever less frequent. Given the slim pickings of new IP during the Switch generation, this bodes ill for the possibility of new Nintendo IP during the Switch 2 generation.

We have Deltarune

10/10 3rd Party Support couldn't ask for more

I hope they make some more new IPs this generation. It doesn't need to outsell Mario Kart, it just needs to be high quality.

It looks fun but $30 seems like a tall ask. If people say it's worth it I'll buy it, but I currently have no interest in pre-ordering.

Happy to get that Diancie though!

@Gillls Apparently it's just the Japanese term for Mega Evolution. This article is just the roughly translated Japanese patch notes.

It's funny that there's over 2 hours of trailers for this game and not one minute of it is just a regular gameplay trailer without voiceover and explanation.

Blacephalon blowing up his goddamn head has got to be my favorite firework sequence in a video game.

Edit: Realized this could be misinterpreted as very violent. This is just a Pokemon move.

A fine addition to my collection.

Since the DLC is locked to the post game, I hope we see some more challenging fights in it.

I love Deltarune and plan on purchasing Silksong and Hades II later down the line. Hogwarts Legacy was boring IMO. I may get Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. Overall a nice lineup, but it seems as with the original Switch, the pinnacle of third parties will continue to be Indies.

I sure hope the Switch 2 early adopters who bought their first Switch in 2025 got a good trade-in deal...

This trailer is really cool! Excited to play in December!

AI Generated Mario and Pikachu on Grifter Thumbnails: 😱

Sweet! Where can I get an icon of Zero during that whole bleeding and hemorrhaging part?

Of those listed, I've only actually played Bananza. I plan on playing Silksong and Hades II eventually. That said, I'm not going to sit around and pretend for a second that DK stands a chance against E33---which I would play if I had any device capable of running it---given the current state of gaming discourse.

One of the first stores I went to just happened to have some of my favorite clothes, so I just stuck with that throughout the whole game.

Pokemon Legends Z-A: Working my way through the post game and grinding for the shiny charm.

Portal 2: I haven't had the time to play this in the last few days so I'm excited to have the chance again.

Mario Kart World: I'll probably drop on in for a few races at some point.

If there's an in-store demo, then there is a solid chance we get an eShop demo a few months later down the line, much like Bananza. Of course, MKW didn't get this treatment, so it doesn't come as a guarantee, either.

I really don't like crossover characters. It makes everything feel janky and inconsistent to have just a regular man racing alongside Spongebob and Hatsune Miku in a Sonic racer. I'm glad MKW did away with the MK8DX's crossover characters, quite frankly.

@Anti-Matter Nintendo's patent was not on the summoning of characters for battle, it was for the "Let's Go" (Auto battling) feature used in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. While all video game patents are bad, this particular patent would not threaten the genre at all.

You can read more about it here:
https://www.theverge.com/games/779062/nintendo-pokemon-summoning-battle-patent

@axelhander I very clearly stated that Palworld's plagiarism was with select Pal designs, yet here you are talking about gameplay mechanics and code rather than addressing what I discussed. This is called a dropped argument, which essentially means you could not make a rebuttal to my argument---because you know that those designs are plagiarized---but you cannot bring yourself to admit defeat and accept a nuanced argument as being the most correct, so you pivot to some side tangent.

I'll still humor you and respond to what you said, though:

My problem with Palworld was, again, specific Pal designs, nothing to do with the gameplay of Palworld (especially because Palworld is more like Ark Survival Evolved gameplay-wise). Most 2D platformers would not be considered plagiarism of Super Mario, but any game with a protagonist who carries most of Mario's design traits would be considered plagiarism.

If Nintendo's code was discovered in Palworld, that would be a separate instance of plagiarism, though to my knowledge, there is no evidence to this claim. Plagiarism can be done in many capacities, especially in an art form as complex as video games. Also, where are you getting the claim that Nintendo stole code? I couldn't find anything about that online.

Long story short, Palworld has, almost certainly, plagiarized Pokemon designs, which is scummy behavior. This does not make me approve of Nintendo's suit, and Nintendo's suit shouldn't make you approve of Palworld's plagiarism.