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@Tayrailbridge Have you never noticed?! XD Like in N64 Rainbow Road there's the flying gold train throwing coins onto the race..? In other circuits the toads and other characters in the audience throw coins too.

And to answer the questions: I haven't played MK8D since January I think but I do intend to get back to it before MK World releases, which I'm super looking forward to, even more after trying it last weekend. It was so much fun and it looks absolutely gorgeous.

I can honestly not believe Nintendo hasn't seen this coming... They factored the price of Switch 2 into sales forecast but not the cost of cartridges into game sales?? They couldn't have naively just assumed everybody would suddenly switch to digital and pay for expensive express cards!!
Curious how this situation will evolve in the lead up to release...

So what happens when somebody enters the wrong digits three times ... that would be more my concern with such a feature.
"Misplacing" your Switch? God no!

Same feeling as the commenter above, sounds more like a musical than a game. To have to wait for a song to play and an animation to roll out before being able to continue further with the action sounds like you'd need a lot of patience...
To answer the question ... No, I would not have been interested in a 3D platformer like this from Retro.

@babybilly Thanks! 🙏🏻 I'm glad for Astral Chain ... like I said, it could allow them to do a better and improved #2. They had lots of good ideas, but imo poorly executed and plenty of cliches.

I've never read that AC was one of the best action games on Switch, but good for the people thinking that, like you said we all have different preferences.
I have heard that many were disappointed with B3, which is mostly about the story not the gameplay, which many people find even improved, and just like Kamiya mentioned in his vlog, that was to better prepare for the next installments.
I don't care so much about the story, but the gameplay is genius and just so much fun imo.
AC in comparison feels rushed, unpolished with much room for improvements in that regard. But again, I'm happy it sold well, I did enjoy many parts of it, and if they make a #2, I'll be looking into it for sure.
Now I cannot imagine Switch 2 without Bayonetta 4. With or without Kamiya, doesn't matter to me. He was certainly not the one person who created all of it.

I also agree with your note about Sega, I don't believe P* has much of an input when it comes to deciding the future of the series. But they could certainly pitch a new game to Nintendo, and possibly use Kamiya/Clovers as a consultant. Or Kamiya/Clovers could pitch a new game to Nintendo himself, but that's not how he's proposing that at the moment according to his quotes.

Finally, let's not forget that P* is supposedly working on celebrations for the 15 years of the first Bayonetta game ... I'm very curious what will come out of it 😍

@Lizuka Each Bayonetta entry has sold well over a million, that's not as much as Mario or Zelda, but it certainly is successfull. Plus the character is wildly popular and certainly unique and recognizable.

Astral Chain on the other hand, despite the potential, looks very generic, and the gameplay holds lots of room for improvement.

Maybe I am biaised being the big fan of the former and quite disappointed in the latter.
I certainly don't feel that both hit the same "niche".

I wouldn't really mind what they'd do with the story, in the sense that it's already so over the top that it doesn't matter to me so much.
But a complete model change for the game design sounds plain absurd. Just create a new franchise in this case. The mechanics in the Bayonetta games are absolutely perfect the way they are. Build upon that if you want, but from my side, I'm perfectly happy with a whole new trilogy with the exact same mechanics. With all of the demons and masquerades there's enough variety to just add new enemies and environments and call it a new game.

Now in any case, nobody is stopping him to be consultant on the new games if he's still so interested.

Super Mario Kart introduced me to the series and I have such fond memories of playing that one with my two brothers, taking turns while the third one would make commentaries to try and distract the drivers while making us all laugh. Something I will never forget. One of the highlights of my youth 😍

@Oldstalk Of course MP4!! I've updated my post 😉

@jfp Thank you! I sure hope so too 😃

Today I'm working, and tomorrow I'll experience the Switch 2 for the first time... so I do hope to play:

• MK World
• Metroid Prime 4
• Cyberpunk 2077
• DK Bananza
• Drag 'n' Drive

Aside from these, I'll participate in the weekly ritual + full moon @ Tetris Effect Connected.

And I will also be doing some more missions of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity in Apocalyptic mode. I'm on the side-quests level 41+, and it's already quite tough. I also want to raise a weapon for every warrior to level 30.

Happy gaming! ✌🏻🧡🎮

Interview is so cool, it feels too short. These guys really exude passion, that's lovely. The setting and art direction of The Witcher was not something for me, but this looks pretty cool.

I'm really hoping to try it out Sunday at the S2 experience event so I can pre-order the physical straight away. Really curious about the goodies in the box too.

Need to play the game first, got the physical from LRG last year somewhere. But definitely keeping an eye out for another beautiful artbook. A bit pricey but .. yeah .. they don't make those things to be nice XD

"Time stops for no one." XD Really now ...

Looking forward to holding it in my hand this Sunday at the Amsterdam experience event, seeing MK World and Cyberpunk for real. Then I can nicely wait till my preorder arrives in the mail when it does. Got plenty of great games to keep me a-waiting.

@Jack_Goetz As much as I'm happy for their success and everybody enjoying this game, I'm with you on that one. The more I see/hear about this game the more I wonder what's there to like. It looks so bland, generic and uninteresting.
I sometimes forget that children also play videogames ... XD
Curious if the success will continue on S2 with no physical releases.

I'm back into Hitman: Blood Money - Reprisal and I intend to finish it this time. I've reached the last mission "Amendment XXV" and what I can say is that this is quite an old/outdated game. With a walkthrough it is doable but overall I don't really find it entertaining.

I've started another playthrough of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, this time in Apocalyptic mode. I'm not sure how far I'll be able to go but for now it's a lot of fun!

I will also participate in the weekend ritual + full moon @ Tetris Effect Connected as usual.

Happy gaming! ✌🏻🧡🎮

@Suketoudara Furukawa always assumed being the financial guy at Nintendo and is quite proud of being good at what he is. Leaving the creatives be good at what they are.
It's certainly different than with Iwata who was also a programmer, but it's just a different way of doing things and that can also make sense.

I understand and share your nostalgia though.

Intriguing is the word I'd use too. Not sure what to think of it, but could be something. Wait and see ... also physical on Switch 1 or 2 ...?

Just came here to say I've never liked the GTA games and I'm not looking forward to the new one coming out XD
That it supposedly is the most anticipated game of the moment goes far beyond my understanding. But to each their own.
Booh me if it makes you feel good!

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@Slideaway1983 Luckily most of my games are physical. I'm more worried about DLCs at the moment. Haven't looked into it yet since I've got games running on every Switch.
When they first announced this new feature I thought it could be nice for people with mostly digital libraries, but now I'm thinking it's very customer unfriendly, especially when you've got more than two systems.

Good luck to us!

It's sounds like a nice option to have, on paper.
I will never forget losing all of my Wii games save data and Miis when transfering to the Wii U.

Zero intention to use this. If I'm able to play select Switch games on S2 that will be fine and otherwise I'll stick to playing them all on S1. Worst case I'll create a new account just for S2.

First going to try and figure out how the new system with digital games is working with my 3 Switches. I am not looking forward to that.

@MrGawain I'm guessing Bayonetta is not considered a Nintendo series ? While it is exclusive to Nintendo systems (well 2 & 3 are). You're the only one who's mentioned her and she's missing from the poll.

I am so looking forward to Bayonetta 4, and also everything (anything?!) they're ready to give us as part of the 15 years celebrations ...

Is this about a few hundred votes ... there are more people participating in the polls here on NL XD

How insulting!! And including a steelbook for the game key card 🤣😝🤣

I can't understand this ... unless they're making enough money with digital already and don't need the additional revenue from physical sales.

In terms of image it's bad as well, just slapping part of your customer base in the face.

I got the bundle, an express 256Gb card and the case+screen protection.

I would have loved a bigger card, the pro controller and the wheels ... but that seemed unreasonable at the time. I kind of regret now, but I will be playing with that thing for years, so there's plenty of time to spend more money down the road.

Waiting to see what the games situation will be .... price and storage wise.
I want to keep collecting physical games. Please don't ruin this for me. Digital has no justifications whatsoever besides greed. Don't make the world a worst place than it really needs to be.

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Happy for them, congratulations!
And curious to play the game myself when it comes to Switch 2.
Now with impressive sales like this, no excuses to throw a game key card at us when it releases.... wouldn't that be the exact definition of greed.

@speed_loafer Same, I've loved all of the orchestrated music and some artwork on the side.

3D views of the HDMI cable and wheels on the other hand was a little bit underwhelming to say the least. I actually wondered if they didn't let some sort of AI run the app for them XD

@cosmograph I completely understand your situation. I only have one daughter and she's already 10, but when she was younger it was the same and I don't dare to think how it would be with two of them! Travelling with children (even older) is also a completely different experience.
Children are a blessing so you've got that to enjoy for now, and there will surely come a time when you'll be able to make some old dreams come true.
I'm French, I live in Amsterdam, and one thing I absolutely love about this place is getting the visit of people from all over the world, so I certainly hope you'll be able to come too one day!
Let's keep playing all those cool games in the meantime and exchanging on this lovely site ... and who knows we end up meeting in the future.
Much love brother ✌🏻🧡

@cosmograph Thanks for your recommendation, I was a bit worried about that too, since it's usually quite quick movements, and all sorts of them too. I'm going to try it with small / light weights first and see how that goes, I've already ordered them anyways, and if it's not a good idea, I can still use them for something else...

@cosmograph Tbh, I know none of the names you've mentioned! But you've made me curious so I'll look them up XD
Why don't you plan a trip here, in the summer it's certainly a great place to be at, and there are tons of festivals all over the place. Additionally the city offers lots of great activities for tourists and everybody is so friendly, you'd have a great time!

@cosmograph Even though I really don't enjoy weight training, I'm still doing it sometimes. As I'm trying to bulk up just a little bit these days, I thought to get wrists and ankles weights so I would actually play through Fitness Circuit instead of some old fashion weight training.
It would probably not be that handy with Ring Fit, but still, curious if you've already tried that?

Metroid Dread was really fun, and the more time goes by, the more I'm convinced I'll end up going for another playthrough at some point...

This weekend I am playing:

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, after doing all of the side quests, I am going through story mode again, currently on chapter 5.

Tetris Effect Connected: participating in the weekly ritual + full moon as usual...

Happy gaming! ✌🏻🧡🎮

We're celebrating Kingsday here in the Netherlands today and I'm wishing a happy national day to all the Dutch gamers reading this feature!

@Spider-Kev Aha, was going to add exactly that. Third "game" is actually just an insult to their customers.

I won't be forgetting that anytime soon WB Games.

To stay on topic ... code-in-a-box and key cards I find insulting as well.

I don't really care for those cosmetics, but I'd love to get this game ... just will need to be a proper physical edition. Tell me it's one of those key cards bs and I'll have to skip ...

I was looking forward to Daemon x Machina and now even more. I'd still like to try a demo first though, the first game's demo was so disapppointing that I didn't end up actually getting the game. Hope this new one will have enough improvements to make it worth it. At least so far it does look awesome.

Other than that, I'm affraid I'll be skipping a bunch of games if we can't get a proper physical edition for them.

I'd really like to get both the Cyberpunk and Hitman games, but they need to be physically all (or most of) on the cartridge. Same goes for Elden Ring.
I think otherwise I'll just pass. I have no interests in collecting SD cards. One is fine.

Very interesting comments in this section. Thank you so much guys! 🙏🏻

Nice interview. Love how those guys are to-the-point!

I had a blast with Fast Racing Neo and Fast RMX was the only game I had to switch with Breath of the Wild. Downloading this one as soon as I've got my Switch 2 and MK World is installed.
No particular interest in the Fusion mechanic, but good to know where the game is getting its name from. And sure, why not. Just really into the futuristic races. I remember that the online was weird, but I've got Mario Kart for that. So it really doesn't matter.

@joeyflannel Do get prepared for the worst, it's the best way not to end up disappointed. 😉 I wish you all the best to get your hands on your brand new Switch 2 as soon as possible!! 🧡🎮

@Qwiff Tbf I haven't watched the video. And I'm sorry you will have to wait a bit longer to play this game.

I am simply reacting to the communication presented in this article.

In general I think it's best to focus on the positive side of things, so their game is ready, it's almost published on Switch and it's still released as planned on other fronts. Why the negativity about Nintendo's certifying process? I just find it unnecessary.

I totally agree with your point on visibility.

Must be lucky here in Europe. Got my invite to pre-order, which I did 2 days later and I got a confirmation that it was all ok. Now just waiting for the shipping confirmation begining of June 🙏🏻🧡🎮 MK World looks simply wild 🤩

Sounds like making a big story about nothing. So the game is delayed a month ... big deal. Nothing in this world is perfect. And blaming others while they simply didn't provide a straightforward build upfront... It can also happen, a simple message informing of a slight delay would have been more professional imo.

That's good to read. I hate leaving things plugged in longer than necessary so I don't let my pro controllers recharge during the night. And it always shocks my how long it takes. On the other hand, they do have quite a long autonomy.

I pre-ordered the Switch 2 bundle, together with a protection screen and case, and an express SD card, but I didn't give in the new controller, seemed way overpriced ... but now I'm regretting it. At least I'll be able to use the three regular ones I already have in the meantime ...
Also happy to read the D pad is improved, playing Tetris with the current ones is simply impossible.

@MatoFilipovic I just finished it a few days ago, this one was just so fun I couldn't let go until I completed all of the challenges.
If it's not been reviewed here, then it should definitely be part of the list!

@NorrinRadd Glad you could enjoy it! I didn't have the same experience unfortunately, and didn't bother giving it another try either.
Obviously I missed the background of the previous games to be able to follow the story. But it was mostly the gameplay that didn't click with me, the whole pressing one button triggers running jumping and catching alltogether ...
But to each their own, and I hope you'll enjoy the Switch 2's Shadow as well!

I've only ever played one AC game back on the Wii U where you start in a theatre and then end up on a boat. It was one of the most tedious games I'd ever played ... so no thanks!
But good news for everyone looking forward to it should I say 😁

Have got this one on my list, releasing a day ahead of the new Shinobi. Certainly looks fun. But will need a couple of reviews and a physical edition please. Switch 1 or 2 ... doesn't really matter. I'll get the cheaper version.

I've started Hitman: Blood Money, I'm at the first mission in Chile after the tutorial.

I'm also knee deep in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, going through all of the side quests and raising my weapons a little further.

And I will participate in the ritual + full moon @ Tetris Effect Connected.

Happy gaming!! ✌🏻🧡🎮

Cool commercials ... but I'm already super hyped for this game, looks so much fun. And that new music in those trailers ... love it 🤘🏻🎸

Nice interview. I feel the passion just reading through it. Looking forward to this game. And the other Ninja Gaiden from Platinum. And the new Shinobi of course ...

I haven't found the time or interest to play this demo, and reading through this review and the above comments tells me it won't be something for me. Off I go uninstall this as I dig further into Gravity Circuit 🎮✌🏻