Zadaris

Silksong is my jam but surely Clair Obscure is a shoe-in for GOTY!

Looking forward to Professor Layton and Decapolice could be an interesting one.

Nice to see the vote split is between people who love it and people who would like to love it.

Can't believe I was only 8 when this first came out.

18/21.

I mixed up the Zelda's and didn't recognize Ducktales all swirly.

Thankfully when I first sat I had four masks so it was more of an 'Uhhh, ok,' moment, then I found the mechanism to the left and got to sit for real. All was right with the world... for now!

@HugoGED So many companies seem to want to push a mundane and boring minimalism in their art which is just sad. They must be afraid of overstimulating all us adults.

Hearing that some devs still don't have dev kits (like Gears for Breakfast) for Switch 2 and then seeing the line-up in that recent Direct certainly seems to make a lot of sense to me.

MHS 3, Pac World 2 and that Elliot game are on the radar though.

"Please make sure you purchase the correct version"

'Game-Key Card'

The correct version is none.

Gears for Breakfast is another developer who has yet to get a Switch 2 Dev Kit. I know this because I inquired as to why A Hat in Time kept crashing in the same place when playing on Switch 2 and the spokesperson said they're looking into while waiting on a dev kit. That's bad form Nintendo!

Hello DJ Pikachu Incoming!

I really wanted to play Elden Ring on Switch 2. If it's gonna be a digital game with extra steps, I mean Game-Key Card, then I'm just going to finally grab it on another platform for a fraction of the price. It's not a new title after all.

From the company that gave the Switch Kingdom Hearts Cloud Version? Shocker....

@Hank_Scorpio All of the above! Besides, once DKB is out, maybe we can get to work on Fighters Destiny and Snowboard Kids for N64 NSO eh Nintendo?

[Suspension Bridge Intensifies]

Currently playing Cybersleuth at the moment so it's nice to know that I'll likely be able to play this on S2 later this year.

Even Nintendo was quick to clarify that Game-Key cards would not be used for 1st party titles; that makes it sound like even Nintendo considers the format to be inferior. After all couldn't they make EVEN more money by only doing Game-Key cards for everything?

Having never played this game, though being aware of its influence on the industry, I'm looking forward to giving this a go.

Sorry Nintendo I'm saving this 20 quid to remove the sting out of the next big game that will release. You get it.

Cackletta and Fawful when?

Was hoping for a more general Direct; since I'll be getting Bananza either way I don't really need to know more.

Gonna be playing some Mario Kart World online and with my brother. Before I wind down for that day I'm gonna cherry pick some of my backlog and see how they run on the new beast.

Still fondly remember the day my brother got this as a belated birthday present for me. Wasn't too sure I'd like it at first. Then as I played (even moreso when I got to the Weapon Master mode) I fell in love with the title.

Will look forward to playing through it again in the near future.

You're ruining independent Sephiroth!

Sad to be from the timeline where a cow makes it in before Professor E.Gadd.

It will close as soon as the first 'p' is spotted.

@Jeronan Saber Interactive worked a bit of wonder with getting the Witcher 3 running on cart (with some compromises certainly) so who's to say that an equally marvellous port of the Witcher 4 complete on cart is completely off the table?

But I certainly agree that many devs now have a make-up that is very much too many cooks, too little taste.

Clair Obscure would be an excellent get on the system and I hope it happens for anyone here who only owns Nintendo consoles.

@StewdaMegaManNerd Yes, just 3rd parties; pretty much a given that Nintendo's output will be full on card.

Sadly CD-Projekt and Marvellous are going to be the outliers in a generation of Game-Key card releases. Bit of a shame all round.

Orange you glad I didn't say red.

Patron what you love, close your wallet to that you don't. Doesn't need to be more complex than that.

I believe this Mighty Boosh quote sums up Game-Key Cards:

'The past and the future combine to make something not quite as good as either.'

Sadly I'm part of the problem and ordered a Mario Kart Bundle and a Pro Controller (my Splatoon 2 pad is starting to show its age.)

12/12 | Watched it on the night so not quite as legit as it should be. Was particularly proud of knowing Barinade when the bloke missed out on it.

30 is way too young to leave this world.

Much love to his family and loved ones; it cannot be easy.

Press X To Doubt

There's no such thing as a sure thing but THAT is a sure thing.

The Sun Will Rise!!

....Yes, I want more Golden Sun.

24/24

A game so close to my heart; how could I get them wrong?!

Xillia Duology or Abyss seems the most likely at the moment. Since I own Abyss on both PS2 and 3DS and have never played Xillia I definitely would like to see that first.

Never need an excuse for an Abyss replay though.

Just finished the HD remake on Switch (was hyped after the sequel announcement) and I found it quite enjoyable. With the exception of that Blockhead Grande, though it can be cheesed with a quick phone recording and I suppose the little emotional moment following is kind of poignant for such a simple enemy.

Detraction withdrawn.

@Kazman2007 There was a massive gap between Other M and Metroid Dread so there's always the chance for a potential resurgence. In the meantime I'll play the original and Lost Age to death on NSO just to convince Nintendo that we're here.

@Kazman2007 The Sun will rise again! 2/4/2025

Yes, this is the hill I will die on.

If only there was a studio of Rare alumni who had a good understanding of both the franchise and its sense of British humour.

C'est la vie!

Nintendo houses my favourite franchises hands down. If the next Mario, Zelda, Fire Emblem, DK, Splatoon or Golden Sun (let me have this) games released on a Nintendo Toaster, I would buy Nintendo Toaster.

For that same reason, and no other, I will buy Switch 2. Everything else is a bonus.

'Nintendo Toaster' copyright Zadaris 2025

Money grants security, security grants curiosity, curiosity begets adventure. So.... MONEY!

Guess somebody decided that these games are degenerate? Good thing we have wholesome games like Hentai Tennis Aces.

Personally I find that a Kinstone-like system would be ideal in an open world Zelda title; it would easily facilitate elements of the world changing piece by piece either for narrative or simple sidequest reasons. As long as any changes can be seamlessly tracked of course.

To Skell and back again!

@roy130390 You're certainly right; the future iterations of the franchise is the most potent place to make changes in characterization that will feel more natural and stick as a result. Media that exists should be shown to us as is, with the exception of QoL that makes the game more playable on a current platform.

I'll probably grab the game myself closer to Christmas (I just gave my brother a loan to fix up his ailing car so I'm out of pocket for now.)

It was a great game then, it's a great game now. The few niggles it has overall can't dampen what is an excellent adventure.

@roy130390 I grew up with shows like Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry; in the latter Tom was always having his tail blown up, nearly chopped by axes or having his face smashed with an anvil and despite this I understood the slapstick nature of the show even if I wouldn't have been able to verbalize it at that age.

I certainly never tried to do those same things to siblings or schoolmates because of simple common sense, a commodity we seem to be lacking or, worse, willfully ignoring.

On the note of Amy I always found the Fleetway comic version of her character more endearing; while she retained that bubbly love toward Sonic she was also the savvy tech genius before that became a run-into-the-ground trope. (Tropes aren't bad, their overuse is.)