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@AstroTheGamosian Thanks for the detailed impressions. Too bad there's not more to the story or characters, but a nice hack'n'slash gameplay can make for a nice game, even more so if the soundtrack is that good.
I will keep an eye out for it, in case it comes to Switch 2. In the meantime I've got many other games to play.
The way you referenced Samus in Other M cracked me up btw!

@DwaynesGames I've pre-ordered it here in the Netherlands for 29,99 EUR.

I do have this one pre-order physically, coming 25/07. And also looking forward to the release of Ratatan ... whenever they are ready with the kickstarter!

@TrueBlueYoshi Sure, that would be one thing. Another thing would be larger (affordable) game cards. I buy the "main" games I play physically. I'm fine with having one SD card in the system, but not multiple. If I get a Switch 2 upgrade or collector edition down the line, that will be 2 SD cards, but that's it. Archiving and re-downloading games is not something I want to bother with. I'm OK with downloading some of my games, but most of them I need physically.

I bought MK World, Welcome Tour and Fast Fusion digitally. Only Cyberpunk physically.
I would have gotten Hitman but key card is a big no and it's too big to use up all my SD Express card.

@AstroTheGamosian @Ramen756 Thanks for your inputs! 🧡🎮

I loved many things in Nier Automata, but the gameplay was a bit too RPG for my taste.
I guess I'll have to watch a video or two before I buy the physical when and if it comes. Better I adjust my expectations ... Bayonetta is one of the best games I've ever played, so maybe that's setting the bar a bit too high to start with 😅

@Alex79uk LRG made a physical of Blood Money Reprisal, and WoA is just under the 64 Gb ... so who knows.
If they don't, it's their loss, I've got enough other games to play.

The only thing I've heard about this game is that it's a sort of "spiritual successor" to Bayonetta ... I'd buy it with my eyes closed day one if it comes in a proper physical game card.

I will have another look at this thanks to the comments on this article.
I'm putting it off everytime since both suns disappear alltogether.
I'm too old to watch youtube videos and commercials XD

@N00BiSH Appreciate your comments here, and passion tbh. I hadn't noticed anything with Wonder, but there are a couple of sentences in World where I thought "hum ... couldn't you re-do this line?!"

I usually don't care for voice acting, even in Bayonetta the change was obvious but it didn't bother me. Here I just tick every time.

We'll get used to it I guess, there's no way around it.

Oh, and regarding the article, good for him, it must be wild to hear yourself voice a game you've been playing since childhood. That makes him sound a bit naive though saying something blunt like that.

@Pillowpants Best wishes and a happy life ahead ... full of lovely games too ✌🏻🧡🎮

@JohnnyMind Ah, ok. So the retailer's supplier sold pre-orders that they didn't have guaranteed. Too bad. And of course they can get you the bundle but not the console itself ...
Having Mario Kart digitally is something I needed despite usually getting my games physically, as it's a game I play in between others and I enjoy coming back to it a lot, so it's handy not having to switch cards all the time.
But anyways, I'm sure you will enjoy both your Switch 2 and MK World even more when you'll finally get them, due to the longer wait. I love my Switch 2 and MK World is super fun. I think you also never got the OLED, so it will be an even bigger leap for you.

I'm starting the side missions level 71+ in Apocalyptic mode @ Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.

Participating in the weekly ritual + full moon @ Tetris Effect Connected.

And playing Mario Kart World in between these.

Happy gaming!! ✌🏻🧡🎮

@JohnnyMind Man, it sucks you still haven't gotten yours, a week later already. What happened?? Luckily you have plenty of great games to play in the meantime!

@Crimson_Ridley I'm guessing that Nintendo needs to know that one potential customer awaits a white bundle Switch 2 + Animal Crossing ... 😉

Super cool. Thanks for the info, I have just placed my pre-order. Just 45 EUR including taxes and shipping, that's a steal!
Btw, love the tone of those news bits and I assume congrats on joining the team, always enjoyed your reviews very much! @PJOReilly

@Suketoudara Cool, thanks! Will look it up and add it to my play list.

@rockodoodle I couldn't agree more. Finally got to play the new Rainbow Road this morning. It is SO MUCH FUN!! Looks amazingly cool too. Have fun!

Is the Congo game also on NSO? I played the other two again and see no point in a digital release. Why not make them into a physical edition? Save states and rewind are not new features btw.

Playing Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, doing the side quests level 61+ in Apocalyptic mode. It's very challenging to say the least.

Participating in the weekend ritual + full moon @ Tetris Effect Connected.

Discovering the new Mario Kart World. So far I really enjoy it. Just the fading out and switch of music tracks during races feels really off so far, need to get used to that.

Happy gaming! ✌🏻🧡🎮

Is the mission temporarily available or is it just the reward that you can't get past the deadline?
In any cases, I won't be playing this anytime soon, and likely never on Switch 2 if there's no proper physical release.

Thanks for the review.
When they'll come up with patches and a proper physical, I'll most likely get this one.

This is my first physical game on Switch 2, not going to start it anytime soon, but really glad it's so good.
Though I find that asking people what they think of the game while it's been out for one day is a bit ... questionable, don't you think?

Edit March 2025: so I've voted 8, had a lovely 150h with this game. Performance is not the best, crashed dozen of times and plenty of lags/slow downs, but it certainly was a lot of fun even despite that. The endings were all a bit sad and disappointing, but I guess I really didn't want it to end. I particularly enjoyed the stealth aspects, and the sheer amount of missions which all go much deeper than you'd expect, voice acting is amazing, I think I'm in love with V XD.

@martynstuff Thanks!

Are the games and save data remaining on the original Switch following the transfer as well or are they automaticalpy deleted?

Not a fan of it, but I can see how a better fit it would be for MKW and its open world.
It changes the gameplay completely, or you just pick the slowest racer and it almost feels like 150cc.

I loved Wii Drums ... but without the Wii Balance Board how would that even work ...

Wow ... software would not start after updating ... really good they're fixing that and I'm happy I didn't have this problem with my games!
Is there an option to revert an update btw?

I love playing through old NES and SNES games once in a while, especially with the save and rewind features. But I find that older 3D games from the N64 and Gamecube eras have aged poorly. The good ones need remakes/remasters, imo.

Playing Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Tetris Effect Connected this weekend, as well as BPM: Bullets Per Minute.

Hope you all have a great weekend! ✌🏻🧡🎮

And how about a physical version of Lorelei ... ? 🙏🏻

@r_p_trzy aha .. just seeing your comment!
Same here, haven't played it and most likely won't unless they release it in a box...

I have zero faith in the Dutch postal services and I'm working that day. I also have a friend over who is not a gamer ... so I really don't know when I'll be playing with my new Switch 2. I will certainly check it out as soon as I get it though, getting my account set up etc ...

I played Bananza during the Switch 2 Experience and it was for me a big disappointment. Graphics are good and detailed but I found the color choice to be odd and quite ugly overall. The gameplay itself was also pretty boring, you just break rocks. On top of that, since there are rocks everywhere, you never know where you are anymore and I got a feeling that I was missing out since there's always more rocks to break all over the place.

Don't take my word for it, and hopefully there is more to this game than what I've witnessed ... but I'm left with a negative impression and I have no interests in it.

@Burning_Spear That would be a perfect solution, especially since apparently the problem isn't so much with the costs as with the time/logistics constraint. Are those cards read/write or read-only? Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere before.
I still can't believe that Nintendo hasn't seen this coming ...

Wow, really appreciate how this article piece is put together. Thanks for that!
I've pre-ordered the physical of this one. I am already convinced it will be super fun.

@tgt Same experience with me. I thought those were useless until far into the game I decided to check it online and went looking for some I missed that would have made a big difference!

I don't think it's so difficult when you know what's going on. But it was the developer's point to make everything so unclear, based on their childhood experience of not understanding the English (or Japanese) language... so I guess it's meant to be this hard in a way!

@tgt I did enjoy Tunic but also found it unnecessary obtuse... I only realized towards the end that you can use ability cards which actually change the gameplay (a bit like the charms in Hollow Knight). Maybe that could make your experience more enjoyable...

I'm working this weekend, so less time for gaming:

• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity: going through the story in Apocalyptic mode, currently at chapter 5.
• Tetris Effect Connected: I'll participate in the weekend ritual + full moon as usual.

Happy gaming!! ✌🏻🧡🎮

Sauna of the dead.. seriously? 😮‍💨

I've just noticed that there's a pre-order for the physical of Nikoderiko, so I'll be getting that.

@GinMiguel That could be something. But then he would only be playable in certain missions .. not like a character throughout all/most of the game. Let's see what they come up with ...

@Misima Playing in higher difficulties forces you to develop new strategies. There's still a lot of button mashing and the same animations come back for sure, but it keeps missions feeling fresh since you need to think of different approaches.

Playing again through AoC at the moment, and saying that I'm looking forward to the new Hyrule Warriors game on Switch 2 is an understatement. I'm very curious how they will bring Link into this story, I cannot imagine him not being one of the warriors in the game though.

Nice little video, slowly building up hype for the game. Looks great, and love to see more stories from this beautiful world of BotW/TotK.

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I don't have that problem with multiple/regional accounts. I find it however annoying to get notifications for the same news on my 3 different Switches. Same goes for the NSO 'app' and the icons that I have no uses for. I'd love an update to sort that...

HD Rumble 2 feels amazing in hand. It certainly is the second best new feature of Switch 2 after the graphics/screen, imo.
All things that missed out from the S2 Direct, you can only experience these irl.

I've played this at the Switch 2 experience event. It was really cool. I died quite quickly since I started with just a hammer (!) and I was in shock how fast the game reloaded. So I've pre-ordered the physical game.
I don't think I will start it very soon but I am certainly looking forward to playing it.

Wow, seeing it up close shows just how beautiful it is. Even more looking forward to playing this one after seeing the video. 😍
Already pre-ordered the Japanese physical!

Cat Quest III
Just started the third game.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Going through the Divine Beasts side quests in Apocalyptic mode.

Tetris Effect Connected
Participating in the weekend ritual + full moon.

Happy gaming everyone!! ✌🏻🧡🎮

I'm looking forward to Switch 2 to actually play new games. I would expect regular Switch games to perform better too, but Nintendo has so far never mentioned that, so I wouldn't bet on it. Also like mentioned above, one of my concerns would be input lag indeed, since the games will be "partly emulated", this has been explicitly stated by the big N.

So we can speculate ... but we'll know for sure in less than 3 weeks. And in the worst case scenario, games will just play like they always have on the regular Switch. I have no intentions to replay those two Zelda titles in any ways ... Echoes was fun once but nothing mind blowing. Awakening was quite the disappointment to me.

@Rob3008 Good to know! Fingers cross it does ..

That trailer looks pretty old for a remake ... for people to call their own game a masterpiece, I always think they have to be quite full of themselves. But I haven't played the original, so I don't know how good it was. And it feels like there are now better games using similar mechanics and most likely with a less cheesy story too.

Also planning on getting this as soon as I get my brand new Switch 2 in a few weeks ... also seems like this game is very popular already.

I can't believe it's so cheap ... what am I missing?!