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Thanks to whoever read to page 57 of the financial report for this bit of news

From the very first trailer, the sole bland Euro city environment is the one thing that made me lose complete interest in the game.

Stable 30fps does not make things "look choppy" lol. You guys...

Yeessss the momentum is gaining for Drag x Drive. I play this a few times a week and some of these changes are really nice additions. But they need to take it further.

Next they need to add more balls to the court for practicing when no game is being played and I think they need to make the timer stop in between shots. Currently it just keeps counting down, even when nobody has the ball. More courts and cosmetics would be nice too.

Ouch. I played the original for hours back in the day (although my memories of it are entirely from the first stage). I even found enjoyment from Bubsy 3D once I found the rhythm of it's slow methodical platforming. I'm interested in going back to see what I think of them all now

It'd be a nice change of pace if your headline for this article advertised the "rather solid" state of the game the same way your previous article advertised the poor state of the game

Why didn't you quote the parts of the video where the guy says the port "does look impressive," "the ray tracing lighting looks really good," and even says the dogfight portions didn't impress him on a PS5 either?

12 remixed levels doesn't sound like a lot to play with to me

If it's on Friday, then it will just be a peek at the new Mario movie

@Fighting_Game_Loser yeah I'm surprised more people aren't talking about that. How in the world does this game with basic cartoon textures and a single small island stage take up 25 gigs?

Actually, I think that makes it the largest first party Nintendo game ever, right?

@swoose I have to agree with you. I personally critiqued the look online when the game was first revealed.

During the demo, however, the game had a lot more personality than it first appeared. The music is lively, the graphics are attractive, and the 1:1 hand movements of the joycons allow for lots of playfulness

@cylemmulo I think you've just answered the question of why this game looks this way. Put any sort of actual character in these seats and you're immediately making this a game about handicapped individuals. Making it these cookie-cutter robotic vehicle-android hybrids immediately removes the human element out of the game's theming. Can you imagine how different the online discussion would be around this game if Nintendo had designed the characters any other way?

I had a great time with the demo. And $20 makes it a painless purchase, even if it runs out of steam quickly.

Single player content seems unnecessary, especially at this price point. The game's core mechanics feel deep enough that mastering them in the heat of a match will last a player far longer than a campaign would.

How does this guy pump out so many games? As soon as one is done the next is releasing just a few months later

What happened to his comments from the developer interview on Nintendo's YouTube about Switch 2 being very powerful and the game being made specifically for Switch 2?

"Usually, we'll have to port a game to a platform. But in this case we're making Borderlands 4 for the Nintendo Switch 2."

"We don't feel like we're fighting the system. We feel like the system is enabling us and empowering us to make the best version of Borderlands 4 that we can."

Admit it, you forgot this game was coming out soon didn't you?

You said "stark differences", lol!

Looks like something Switch 1 could easily run

I'm playing in 2025 and haven't noticed anything even close to "unacceptable" up to Stage 4

You've made this article unnecessarily confusing by refusing to post the very tweet this article is all about.

Why no Mario Maker 2?

Deltarune and Undertale don't feature deep character progression , gear management, party management, or an expansive world to explore, either.

What's with all the comments about graphics? This article isn't about the graphics, it's about this new Legends spin off looking so bland.

Arceus has a unique setting, unique art style, new gameplay, an unprecedented scope for the series - everything about it was bold and exciting. This looks like... just more Pokemon content. What happened to the striking black and neon blue cyber aesthetic from the teaser trailer, for instance?

@Ogbert I feel the same. The name had previously been a trusted source of quality for a very specific niche of gaming - experimental, cinematic, visually striking. Now I'm not sure what to expect from them.

@bluemage1989 except the story said that "ALL" of Annapurna Interactive's staff walked out, including the president and other executives.

This dev is a critical darling for some reason. I've never played the original Citizen Sleeper but I played another game he put out called In Other Waters that also reviewed really well. It was one of the most boring games I've yet played on Switch.

Honest question for the NintendoLife staff:

In December of 2024, how many people do you think are reading this review wondering if Switch is the best place to play a brand new PS5 game?

@Yalloo you got the ending wrong because nowhere does the game hint about the thing you said it's about nor does that wikipedia page you said you referenced. Either you don't know what that thing is, or you're thinking about a different game.

Thanks to JohnnyMind for the spoiler help. I didn't know that was possible on this site.

@Yalloo mods can you delete this guy's comment? He openly spoils the ending of Rime, one of my most favorite moments from gaming during the Switch era (but somehow still gets it wrong).

@the_beaver big patches were released for Rime post-release on Switch which improved the game drastically from its launch state. When I played it, there may have been some stutters here and there but I found it to be quite enjoyable.

Anyhoo, this stinks. I loved Rime, Song of Nunu is in my backlog, and I've had my eye of Gylt since it released (it received fairly positive reviews on other platforms).

"The sworded issue of EoW's frame rate landed a much more succinct response from co-director Tomomi Sano, who simply replied that the developers felt the variable approach was the "best option" available."

Sworded?

Does anyone else remember this game getting a review several months ago but the score was much worse? What am I thinking of?

"WE enjoyed a lot of OUR playthrough, but WE also sometimes found OURselves genuinely frustrated. More than once WE asked ourselves if WE were really having any fun at all."

How many of you are there? 😜

From the thumbnail, I thought this was going to be The Gecko Gods. ...which coincidentally is another indie announced at an Indie World presentation which has yet to release. (Don't worry though, its eshop web page says it is still scheduled to come out in Spring 2024!)

@Jack_Goetz it released silently on Switch in March of this year. NintendoLife's own forums have posts from someone that played it on Switch. Oddly though it seems to have been since removed from the E-shop just as quietly as it was originally released

Why isn't anyone talking about Sackboy and Ratchet also making their first appearance on a Nintendo console? Both characters are available as costumes in this.

@ScalenePowers kind of, except I see it happening with Donkey Kong Country Returns in January. That'll give them one last Xmas / Black Friday to focus on squeezing out more Switch sales

Anyone remember when the GameShark CEO "leaked" a September 2024 release date for Switch 2 earlier this year?

Can you stop reporting on this trash, NintendoLife? I know it gets you clicks but this is giving free publicity to bad faith individuals.

I didn't know digital content on gaming consoles could be removed from your devices remotely until recently.

For physical, they can't take the actual disc and box away from you, but they can certainly update software to make that disc practically useless.

I think that's why a previous commenter said both physical and digital are just licenses

Ladies and gentleman I present to you ... the long-awaited Switch 2!!

The indie scene has lost two of their biggest names in 2024. First Humble Games and now Annapurna.

They don't seem to be related in any way, so hopefully it's not a sign of larger problems

This is why you don't write articles based on tweets from random strangers. I stopped watching when this article about how Astro Bot copies Mario design started showing clips from Pikmin and then ARMS

Am I looking at the same screenshots as everyone else? This looks incredible. The last M+L Game that I can remember was the one with Paper Mario in it, and this looks light years beyond that

Shoulda released The Witness on Switch instead

@-wc- Same. I find myself disappointed with a lot of well-regarded games in this genre, the most recent being Prince of Persia. I can't help but feel like the genre has lost its way, honestly. Modern Metroidvanias remind me a lot of bad open world games, where the large interconnected map does little to enhance the gameplay, and instead just makes getting from place to place a chore.

That really sucks. Humble Games is one of the absolute best indie publishers in the industry. Their name is on not just one or two, but several of my new favorites from the Switch era. What happened?

This is the man that's coming for the leakers.

Where were you $60 haters during the first seven years of $60 ports?

DK Returns HD is $60 because the audience already happily paid full price for every other port that came to Switch before this one

Nice of them to give us those two seconds of gameplay

That Dragoon remake was poopoo. How did that earn them the chance to work with Nintendo?

I don't remember Nintendo having any leaks prior to the Switch era though

These numbers would be way higher already if they had prioritized the Switch version