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It plays really well, but it shows how far behind Namco were in terms of hardware compared to Sega in the mid 90's.

Until Sega introduced Model 1/2/3, Namco had the upper hand in the graphics department with titles like Winning Run but they never competed in that area again once Virtua Fighter and Virtua Racing were released.

@The_Nintendo_Expat Not at all. That is very niche market, however I still cannot comprehend how it is deemed okay to steal games regardless of age if they are still copyrighted.

As a Time Extension reader I'm sure you have seen the guides they publish including links to emulators for the Analogue Pocket. Piracy is being normalised purely on the age of the game in question. Hookshot, who rely heavily on advertising revenue from the big publishers are skating on thin ice IMO.

@DennyCrane Apologies! I was reading it as a verb rather than the informal US version!

@Protion9 the same goes for every person in this comments section who justify stealing games because there is no legal avenue to obtaining them.

I was brought up as a kid knowing that if I cannot afford to buy something, I simply didn't get it. The sense of entitlement round here is crazy.

@DennyCrane in reality, you are no better than any other pirate if your justification is that the games you play on emulators are for older, no longer supported systems.

Arcade and Console Archives along with a multitude of other releases of older games belong to somebody who definitely does not want you to play them for free.

Playing a 2026 Switch game or a 1986 Arcade game is in no different in the eyes of the copyright holders, publishers and developers.

Nowhere near enough exclusive Switch games.

Just ports of games most people have already moved on from on other systems.

A Steam deck would be a better and cheaper option to purchase and play most of these games.

The only down side I can see is the timing of the announcement probably means there is no imminent Direct, otherwise it would have been mentioned on there.

As usual, these are amazingly cool. I just wish Sega would make some Model 3 compilations for Switch 2 on physical carts.

Rhythm Heaven Groove is my most anticipated release for 2026. Gavin has great taste!

Happy New Year to the readers and staffers at NL towers!

@Rainbowjames have you tried the GameCube titles on S2 yet?

I found the lag too much to begin playing them again.

Nintendo should have never released them as paid content with emulation in this poor state.

The 3D Mario formula feels stale to me now. Its such a shame we'll never see such a seismic shift in game design as what Miyamoto achieved with Mario 64.

It’s a shame that the original game card will have a completely inferior version once all updates have been added. It almost becomes a very expensive game key card as the software updates will become essential.

I’m unsure why Nintendo tell the entire world about every little tweak and change at their Japanese museum.

It cannot be of interest to all that many people outside of their homeland

I hoping there are no latency issues, unlike the majority of the other virtual console systems.

I think that's a great perspective you have right there. It's a shame Nintendo didn't market the system the same way. They've never made a v1.5 mainline console before.

Here's hoping 2026 is going to offer up some heavy hitters!

I have no problems with the price to obtain 2 updated versions of possibly the finest pair of video games in history.

A shame that the games I’m playing most on the Switch 2 are all res enhanced S1 games.

@Member_the_game I see that improved camera and mouse controls have been added.

Has the control scheme been discussed? Can switch 2 mimic the Wii controls?

@Alienfanatic you're missing the point. Most emulated systems have had an optional, authentic controller available to purchase.

Why go to the trouble of making the system case but not adding the wired controller? For $100 it should be included.

The VB won't have the original controller attached, which seems crazy considering they resurrected the shell of the system.

@DjinnFighter I'm going to do the same. Apparently, a further update was released this week.

@DjinnFighter Have you tried Bakeru on the Switch 2? It runs at a constant 60fps.

@StewdaMegaManNerd The 59 likes my post received says otherwise.

Rather than slinging baseless, off topic comments about, tell everybody in the thread why you disagree.

@mariomaster96 it launched with an average Mario game just as the s2 has launched with an average MK. DK feels very much a Switch 1 game retooled. Hardly next generation.

It's my valid opinion, nobody is forcing you to agree.

@mariomaster96 The Wii U had a very strong launch line up in comparison and it was all physical. No game key card bs

New Super Mario Bros. U
Nintendo Land
Assassin's Creed Il1
Arkham City
Mass Effect 3
Ninja Gaiden 3
Zombi U
Tekken Tag Tourament 2
Madden NFL 13
Black Ops ll
Darksiders II
Epic Mickey 2
NBA 2K13
Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed

The worst first party line-up imaginable.

A Nintendo Direct is needed desperately.

@Moroboshi876 I agree with what you're saying. My point being that there are now ps5 games which cannot be played at all without a mandatory download making them no more useful than a game key card.

@Moroboshi876 are you sure we can play the ps5 disc version without a mandatory download?

Why isn’t there a single screenshot of Night Strikers?

EDIT. One has been added now

I’d have been alarmed if Kirby wasn’t added

@nessisonett Elon? Apple?

I’m all in for a 15” screen and 3D with physical controls.

Please let the dpad be decent and they have a sale from me.

@Toastmaster in all fairness, other than in name, this isn't the Eden Games of yesteryear.

The Eden Games of today makes predominantly blockchain based games which tend to sit in the, 'Shovelware' category.

They made some amazing titles, but that was a entirely different company.

This could be shovelware-tastic.

Let’s keep our fingers crossed for a port from the Forza series.

Can we have a S2 full fat Direct now pretty please?

Wasn’t that the same demo they showed at E3 6-7 years back?

@WheresWaveRace Wave Race 64 eats pieces of **** like this for breakfast

@HalfAWorldAway It's a good game, but isn't an R Type game other than in name.

The big N should rename this the Shovelware Showcase.

A Mario reveal and a new Rhythm Heaven trailer would be splendid.

@hashkey Super Mario World remake

@Rpg-lover please pass on all our heartfelt congrats to your randy granny 😱

I've tried all the emulated systems for the first.time on S2 and even the MD and SNES emulation is awful. Jerky scrolling, poor latency and that's before we approach the N64 and GC emulation.

It isn't worth paying for as it currently stands.

@Crimson_Ridley I don't think I could handle that amount of buttery smoothness

The dk timeline has officially jumped the shark.

@Liam_Doolan can we start a campaign to get Jon back on board with NL.

Along with Alex, the smoothest radio voice you will ever hear.

Here's hoping you can choose Japanese language so we don't have to listen to Pauline's whimmy wammy voice.

There are 3.5 million switch 2's and a handful of reported cases of this battery issue.

I won't lose any sleep over it.

It’s Mario Kart 64 levels of disappointment all over again!

The next mainline Mario had better be amazing and coming this year.