This shouldn’t have ever been a problem since they can use Switch 1 cartridges in red color, the MAIN ISSUE are big AAA games like RE9! We want to buy that game physically!
Its upsetting that Nintendo made us believe that Switch 2 will have physical releases of big games by releasing AAA title like Cyberpunk at launch, and so far no AAA games will have physical. New Resident Evil 9 is a keycard, Street Fighter too, Split Fiction, etc… its extremely disappointing and since I will never buy a key card, 2026 is an empty year for us,and I slightly regret buying the Switch 2. Memory cards are expensive, games got also more expensive, and with digital only games the cost of memory storage is further pushed onto us! Meaning, not only will big main AAA games cost 70,- usd, but we also need to buy extra storage to be able to even download them? Ridiculous!
@flighty why do people hide their opinions behind reviews that don’t often analyze things well. Prime 4 is definitely not on the same level as Federation force and Other M. It has some flaws but much higher highs and should be on par with prime 3 the very least!
@Folkloner what is misread?! I agree with him. It means even Switch 2 physical release only has Switch 1 version and you have to download the Switch 2 upgrade separately like BOTW and TOTK! That’s cheap Nintendo! They could have easily fit the game on the cartridge since its like half the size of Cyberpunk 2077.
Most ambitious when it has zero singleplayer? You know that when the devs don’t have to focus on leveldesign and interconnection because we get only multiplayer arenas, and replace many NPCs with online players instead of designing intelligent AI for bosses and NPC-that’s cutting down content and workload. Only Online game screams cheap effort and very low budget! Super disappointing seeing its gonna be online only which destroys replayability once the online community dies off. Bad idea FromSoft!!!! Remember when online was just a side bonus content? Now we pay full price for this without any single player, and no replay value? What happened? Did Nintendo try to be cheap and get FromSoft onboard with super low budget game made from their peripheral team? Most likely! This is so sad, we were so hyped at first and then they say online only…..
@The-Chosen-one optimization would be enough. Cyberpunk is 99GB and fit on 64GB cartridge. Square devs are just lazy and wanna make more money because this way we gamers have to pay for the cost of memory!
@topsekret finally someone who understands! Yes they could easily fit it on a 64GB cartridge if they wanted to, but they would earn less money on the gamers!
A fact!: Cyberpunk is 99GB game and they fit it with all dlc on the 64GB cartridge! NO EXCUSES devs! We are being manipulated to swallow the fact that devs wanna make more money on us and wanna push the cartridge cost on us by forcing us buy extra storage! Key Cards, NO BUY!
Where are proper updates for games like Bayonetta 3! That game needs significant visual boost! And it’s Nintendo IP, plus looksbad in handheld. Also Xenoblade 2! And from third party: Doom Eternal, Arkham Knight?!!!! Those are alllegendary games and should be treated better.
A dream come true when all major developers release games on Key Cards? Cronos, RE9, Star Wars O, Final Fantasy… hardly a dream but a nightmare that I will never support. Key Card is like the game doesn’t exist. Devs need to give us only 2 options- Physical and Digital, not masking a digital game on a piece of plastic as a physical game. Disgusting practice
Its a Key Card on Switch 2! So no game on a cartridge!!! Why do they even sell a digital game that looks like physical- this is purposefully so confusing for customers-I bet most parents wont even know what a key card is and will suffer the consequences if they leave on a vacation with no internet. Plus if the game will be 60GB+ its gonna take a long time to download. People could as easily transfer a digital code! I hate Nintendo for even creating this terrible solution! And the worst part comes, when the parents find out their kids can’t even download it, because they haven’t bought an express card since the storage on base Switch 2 is so limited.
But they should announce it along with ps5! If the game will have good online aspect of it, then Switch 2 community should have every right to play it also online at its best. Not a year later when the online might not be as strong!
Disgusting practice to release a game with issues! Since I buy only physical, I will have to skip this release then, because what matters should be on the cartridge! Fixing it later through a patch will not change the mess that will forever remain locked on the media. Very very disappointing! These types of lazy devs make me sick!
@Friendly Great deduction! And lets not forget that Cyberpunk 2077 is more demanding game with all the rendering in big open spaces plus its a 90-100gb game that was fully released on 64GB cartridge! Final Fantasy VII is smaller and they make excuses that they need a key card, which is BS, they just wanna make more money on us! I would gladly pay 10,-usd more. Many people will hate if they have to buy extra SD card just to download it. If its a Key Card, its automatic NO BUY:/
If it won’t release physically on Switch 2 its a NO BUY! We shouldn’t be forced to buy an expensive storage on top of the game! Square should reconsider if they wanna make excuses and do a real job like what devs did for Cyberpunk 2077, which was phenomenal and they managed to Squeeze 100gb game on the 64GB cartridge. So FFVIR is significantly smaller than Cyberpunk so please release it full physical! Hate the keycards exist. I didn’t purchase Switch 2 seeing they really want to put AAA game on a scammy plastic with forced download! Fingers crossed!
I was first hyped because ARC always had amazing art style, but this looks like some young team made this game. It looks very generic, uninspired, streamlined and unoriginal. Seems like the same case with the last Contra: Operation Galuga:/ Hard Pass unless its for maybe 10,- bucks.
I am more nervous about this game being on a key card most of all! There are no excuses for Key Cards and no way defending them. Don’t forget that FFVII was a 75GB game with updates maybe 80GB on PS5 and Cyberpunk is a cca 100GB game that the devs easily managed to put with complete DLC on a Switch 2 64GB cartridge with no problem. So no way the devs can claim they need more space or speed! In urgent cases the Switch 2 can install part of the game from the cartridge, but the full content must be on a physical cartridge. If Cyberpunk had no issues, why do other devs make excuses?! Because they want higher profits and don’t want to loose even 10,- bucks on a single purchase profit and they are lazy to adapt and port. This is not acceptable practice!
I don’t mind the bike but it just doesn’t screem like super advanced tech and Samus has a speed boost that might be faster than the bike, which looks cool but she has two jets on her back and hops on wheels? A hover machine would be more appropriate or strengthening her speed boost so the armor would create big jet engines from the large shoulder guards and while boosting around she could shoot and control her ship at the same time to attack from multiple directions. Well I would just expect something more cool than a bike to fit the prime universe’s super advanced tech, so I felt little underwhelmed and disappointed because it makes me feel like the new Retro team there may have very few members today from the original Retro team that actually worked on the series. This feels out of place with very little inspiration and creativity. They had better do something cool with the bike like merging with the suit to create some super armor and have more utility for it otherwise if its just a bike…:/
Bayonetta 3 is the best hack and slash out there right now! It has some flaws but the strengths are more significant. I am glad Kamiya had fun and wanted to put all ideas in that he wanted, the more rare the game is because devs are too careful these days. I hope we get a graphical upgrade like Zelda BOTW and TOTK got!
Cartridges last if you treat them well. All my NES, N64, GB, GBA, DS, 3DS games work like new! DVD depends on the drive and if that brakes the disc is useless. From my experience cartridges are the best way to preserve because it connects directly to the hardware so they are fast and last for ages.
Anything on a Key Card is an automatic NO! Its a shame, since I was hyped for these games, but paying for something that will become a useless plastic garbage in the future?! Can’t support this:(
There was not a single new game that would blow me away. I expected new Star Fox or Sin and Punishment, OR Ocarina of Time Remake. Too much childish boring spam fest. Nintendo needs strong first party lineup, but this was seriously underwhelming. Sure Galaxy 2 is fun, but its an old game. Hyrule Warriors looks fun but its essentially just another very simple hack and slash. Where is Twilight Princess HD remaster or Metroid Prime 2&3?! They mentioned updates for Switch 2- but they haven’t updated even their top exclusives like Bayonetta 3, and from 3rd party Arkham Knight that need an visual update pretty bad. Then we get a Virtual Boy accessory that will work for now only for games that are locked behind subscription?! Why would I invest into that if I cannot use it for the games I can own?! Also, don’t let me start on paid DLC for games already before they released?! That is a total greed that Iwata San would never agree with. At least if there was something like MGSV for Switch 2, or Expedition 33, Doom the Dark Ages. Some later games had fun announcement like Mortal Kombat, Persona 3, Virtua Fighter, but those are still very old games. Glad we got release date for Metroid Prime 4, but that was long overdue. Its sad that Metroid is literally the only game that seems great, plus RE: Requiem, but that is not enough! The most time taken by old Mario Games and the lame and lazy effort games like Pokemon is super disappointing. It just shows Nintendo doesn’t value its roots enough and focuses mainly on kids. I expected more from this. For a first main direct that should show what’s to come this gen and what to look forward to, Nintendo with the Switch 2 really dropped the ball.
I would expect more Star Fox like levels with on rail shooting in her ship! The bike feels stupid and it doesn’t make sense considering she had a speed booster that makes her faster than the bike itself! This trailer actually turned me off a bit.
Id love to see a new Star Fox and Sin and Punishment or HD remaster of 1&2. Also a 2D HD remake of Super Metroid and Link to the Past. Resident Evil 4 Remake with Original Dialogues and great motion controls, Ocarina of Time remake alas the tech demo we saw for Wii U, Eternal Darkness remake, new Monster Hunter exclusive for Switch 2, and lastly Metal Gear Solid V Complete Edition. It would also be nice to see more updated games in higher resolution and better textures for Switch 2 like Bayonetta 3, Arkham Knight Doom 2018/ Eternal and Xenoblade games and many others.
Huge disappointment! 70,- for a key card?! No way! If Cyberpunk 2077 made the effort, so can other developers! This is instant no buy unless its a full physical!
I would bet Most of these updates are more about sharing data with Nintendo so they get detail info from active sytems, purchases, physical games, and game progress! And most importantly updating the annoying game virtual cards!!!!!! These updates are the most annoying thing ever, popping up all the time to force everyone to update and you can’t turn it off!
Portable ps5 games with comparable graphics?! No way! First, if they wanted to make it with physical games, then it will fail because most ps5 games have crazy file sizes, that wouldn’t fit 30-60gb, so most likely it will be digital only, which already fails compared to Switch. Secondly, lets compare the exclusives for Switch vs PS5?! There is hardly any catalog except for a few games that would draw me to go back, unlike the ps2/4 did.
Its so annoying that Nintendo released so many trailers in throats year, and keeps repeating just 2025, while Kirby Air Riders got one direct and announcement right away! That’s ridiculous!
@Orwellian87 I am double down with you, along with Sin and Punishment 1&2 and Star Fox! I wanna own these games, and hate that these titles are locked behind a service that will be gone one day!
@VoidofLight maybe you should stop defending and learn to listen because you respond without considering the validity of these comments. Those are not attacks but real impressions. I have been gaming since the NES and when people compare those to ps2/GC-look at games from that era that are far deeper, have actually amazing stories and gameplay. Take FFX for example or Kingdom Hearts, or MGS3, or Metroid Prime- these games felt so next gen that they are fun even today. Looking at Pokemon today, those games have been repeating the same formula for 20 years longer than they should with Zero Game innovation. If you have been playing games for only a few years, then this might feel ok for you. I am judging this as a long term fan and this franchise deserves far FAR better! I would rather play all those ps2 games than the newest game from a beloved franchise from my childhood- isn’t that really sad?!
This literally looks like a GameCube game. Look at the rigid animations, characters behaving like robots, and the gameplay has zero innovation beside the the moves jumping on a dial and the trainer can run during fight where the opponent ther Pokemon can attack the player, and don’t even mention the mega evolutions that look like being designed by a 5 year old! Both Absol and Dragonite just grow extra wings?!!!!! Beside the second has wings growing from his head? Did they master the art of butchering the designs and making the main pokemon as uncool as possible? This should be a 15,- usd game packaged among the indie thrash on the e-shop that should be listed at the bottom because each trailer makes me more and more uninterested! Gamefreak should be all fired! Their skills are locked 20 years in the past! Look at what Xenoblade achieved just between X2 and X3, then look at gamefreak from Black 2 to ZA?!!!! This is so embarrassing to even look at! Its like they hire elementary school kids to make the games! Poor Mr IWATA would cry from shame seeing their work! GAME FREAK should walk the road of Shame like Cersei in Game of Thrones!!!
@somnambulance lol like Arceus was a good game to begin with. This game would need to release with no glitches, have excellent post game content without the Constant need for second parallel release, have a decent story, not the abysmal annoying toddler stuff, work on animation and characters, push pokemon that have interesting designs, not release boring AI generated designs(at least it looks that way), it should include a great level design, be balanced and not rely on silly gimmicks that make the player super OP, and they should listen to players! Which Game Freak doesn’t do! I think there is a very low probability they would put any deep effort into their games. It seems like with the loss of Mr. IWATA, they have lost all creativity and development skills to make a solid AAA game. As things are now, there games float in the C tier category unfortunately, and that comes from someone who grew up with PKmn Gold and played almost all their games. They peaked with Platinum and Black 2, and then it all went down! Can’t believe Nintendo doesn’t put some skilled developers into gamefreak as partial shareholders, because GF butchers the series!
What has been an attempt to catch the hardcore players? Since Black 2 the games are going downwards with quality! Black 2 was the last great game. Sun and Moon orUSUM added some challenge, but since SS-adding one silly gimmick, BDSP was a cheap effort and they showed how much they care about loyal players by degrading a belowed game. Arceus was a C tier game, that felt like from a GameCube era but some new mechanics were fun, but it was still an undercooked, unpolished game. Now ZA most likely might be an ok game, but seeing how lazy gamefreak is, I have lost all hopes they might ever release a great Pkmn game again.
@karatekid1612 @karatekid1612 I think the development team made some huge oversights. Why can’t player select anything they want?! And why in VS you can only choose Normal or Frantic items when in MK8D you could choose any items you want?! That made huge difference to us! How can a new game give you degraded options?! Such oversights can’t be ignored mainly for a racing game that got priced 80,- USD!!!! If this was50,- game, I would say ok, but being priced higher than ZeldaTOTK is really ridiculous! If games were priced according to the level of polish, content, then MKW should be 50,- Zelda 70,- and Pokémon 15-20,- for the cheap bucketload of &@€! they release! No game is worth 80,-. Designers use generic AI tools to make games, most studios dont even develop their own engine- cutting Down dev time cost, so games don’t get more expensive, only corporations more greedy thinking they can get away with it.
@karatekid1612 I think they’re development made some huge overnights. Why can’t player select anything they want?! And why in VS you can only choose Normal or Frantic items when in MK8D you could choose any items you want?! That made huge difference to us! How can a new game give you degraded options?! Such oversights can’t be ignored mainly for a racing game that got priced 80,- USD!!!! If this was50,- game, I would say ok, but being priced higher than ZeldaTOTK is really ridiculous! If games were priced according to the level of polish, content, then MKW should be 50,- Zelda 70,- and Pokémon 15-20,- for the cheap bucketload of &@€! they release!
@Anti-Matter omg what kind of opinion is this? It’s like saying some genres are not fit for certain TV’s lol. Final Fantasy started on Nintendo long before PlayStation, and for those who like the genre I don’t see a reason not having it on Switch!
@Max_the_German you are absolutely wrong! If Steam Deck which is clearly weaker than Switch 2 is compared to Series S and Switch 2 then compared to PS4, that is clear misinformation and bias. No more needed to be said!
My only issue with Fast series is that it’s more about hitting the right platforms and speeding than actually skillful riding on most tracks. Yes, there are tricky turns but I feel F Zero is still better in this regards since the player needed to sensitively tilt the analogue like in a real ship. This game looks great and the tracks are creative but the driving itself feel boring:/.
This game didn’t need any fix regarding the selection of echoes, people were just lazy! If you go to the menu, and press any number of echoes, those would be among the “last used” in the quick menu, so if those who had an issue played with the menu a bit, they would find out. It’s like bringing more food to obese people instead of teaching them to solve the issue. Don’t be lazy people and use your brains first! Players these days expect the games to be played automatically for them….
Some of the games do not need an update as urgently!!!!! How about Bayonetta 3?!!!!!!! That’s one of the first party games that suffered super bad and Mario games were totally fine.
Fast RMX was cool with some really great tracks but the gameplay felt flat. I feel this game doesn’t provide anything new gameplay wise except for some boost into the air, which doesn’t seem very interesting. The visuals are great but it lacks an essence and content.
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Re: Nintendo Has A Game-Key Card Alternative In The Works With Smaller Switch 2 Carts
This shouldn’t have ever been a problem since they can use Switch 1 cartridges in red color, the MAIN ISSUE are big AAA games like RE9! We want to buy that game physically!
Re: 35 Upcoming Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Games To Look Forward To In 2026
Its upsetting that Nintendo made us believe that Switch 2 will have physical releases of big games by releasing AAA title like Cyberpunk at launch, and so far no AAA games will have physical. New Resident Evil 9 is a keycard, Street Fighter too, Split Fiction, etc… its extremely disappointing and since I will never buy a key card, 2026 is an empty year for us,and I slightly regret buying the Switch 2. Memory cards are expensive, games got also more expensive, and with digital only games the cost of memory storage is further pushed onto us! Meaning, not only will big main AAA games cost 70,- usd, but we also need to buy extra storage to be able to even download them? Ridiculous!
Re: Metacritic Shares Updated List Of "Every Metroid Game, Ranked"
@flighty why do people hide their opinions behind reviews that don’t often analyze things well. Prime 4 is definitely not on the same level as Federation force and Other M. It has some flaws but much higher highs and should be on par with prime 3 the very least!
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Has Been Updated To Ver. 1.1.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@Folkloner what is misread?! I agree with him. It means even Switch 2 physical release only has Switch 1 version and you have to download the Switch 2 upgrade separately like BOTW and TOTK! That’s cheap Nintendo! They could have easily fit the game on the cartridge since its like half the size of Cyberpunk 2077.
Re: 'The Duskbloods' Could Be FromSoftware's Most Ambitious Game Yet, According To Leak
Most ambitious when it has zero singleplayer? You know that when the devs don’t have to focus on leveldesign and interconnection because we get only multiplayer arenas, and replace many NPCs with online players instead of designing intelligent AI for bosses and NPC-that’s cutting down content and workload. Only Online game screams cheap effort and very low budget! Super disappointing seeing its gonna be online only which destroys replayability once the online community dies off. Bad idea FromSoft!!!! Remember when online was just a side bonus content? Now we pay full price for this without any single player, and no replay value? What happened? Did Nintendo try to be cheap and get FromSoft onboard with super low budget game made from their peripheral team? Most likely! This is so sad, we were so hyped at first and then they say online only…..
Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade's File Size On Switch 2 Is Making Us Sweat
@The-Chosen-one optimization would be enough. Cyberpunk is 99GB and fit on 64GB cartridge. Square devs are just lazy and wanna make more money because this way we gamers have to pay for the cost of memory!
Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade's File Size On Switch 2 Is Making Us Sweat
@Gabe250 that would get fixed with physical only for preorder and full payment.
Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade's File Size On Switch 2 Is Making Us Sweat
@topsekret finally someone who understands! Yes they could easily fit it on a 64GB cartridge if they wanted to, but they would earn less money on the gamers!
Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade's File Size On Switch 2 Is Making Us Sweat
A fact!: Cyberpunk is 99GB game and they fit it with all dlc on the 64GB cartridge! NO EXCUSES devs! We are being manipulated to swallow the fact that devs wanna make more money on us and wanna push the cartridge cost on us by forcing us buy extra storage! Key Cards, NO BUY!
Re: Switch Port Specialist Panic Button Reveals It Helped Upgrade Multiple First-Party Games For Switch 2
Where are proper updates for games like Bayonetta 3! That game needs significant visual boost! And it’s Nintendo IP, plus looksbad in handheld. Also Xenoblade 2! And from third party: Doom Eternal, Arkham Knight?!!!! Those are alllegendary games and should be treated better.
Re: Reggie Is "Surprised" We Haven't Seen More Xbox Titles On Switch 2
Halo and Gears are long overdue on Switch!
Re: Opinion: Third-Party Support For Switch 2 Is Already A Dream Come True
A dream come true when all major developers release games on Key Cards? Cronos, RE9, Star Wars O, Final Fantasy… hardly a dream but a nightmare that I will never support. Key Card is like the game doesn’t exist. Devs need to give us only 2 options- Physical and Digital, not masking a digital game on a piece of plastic as a physical game. Disgusting practice
Re: Resident Evil Requiem Pre-Orders Live, Switch 2 Pro Controller And Amiibo Confirmed
Its a Key Card on Switch 2! So no game on a cartridge!!! Why do they even sell a digital game that looks like physical- this is purposefully so confusing for customers-I bet most parents wont even know what a key card is and will suffer the consequences if they leave on a vacation with no internet. Plus if the game will be 60GB+ its gonna take a long time to download. People could as easily transfer a digital code! I hate Nintendo for even creating this terrible solution! And the worst part comes, when the parents find out their kids can’t even download it, because they haven’t bought an express card since the storage on base Switch 2 is so limited.
Re: Xbox Reiterates Its Support For Switch 2
But they should announce it along with ps5! If the game will have good online aspect of it, then Switch 2 community should have every right to play it also online at its best. Not a year later when the online might not be as strong!
Re: Atlus To Address Persona 3 Reload's Switch 2 Frame Rate Hiccups In "Future Patches"
Disgusting practice to release a game with issues! Since I buy only physical, I will have to skip this release then, because what matters should be on the cartridge! Fixing it later through a patch will not change the mess that will forever remain locked on the media. Very very disappointing! These types of lazy devs make me sick!
Re: Game-Key Cards A "Sales Strategy Decision", Says Resident Evil Requiem Director
@Friendly Great deduction! And lets not forget that Cyberpunk 2077 is more demanding game with all the rendering in big open spaces plus its a 90-100gb game that was fully released on 64GB cartridge! Final Fantasy VII is smaller and they make excuses that they need a key card, which is BS, they just wanna make more money on us! I would gladly pay 10,-usd more. Many people will hate if they have to buy extra SD card just to download it. If its a Key Card, its automatic NO BUY:/
Re: Video: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Official Side-By-Side Comparison (Switch 2, Xbox, PS5, PC)
If it won’t release physically on Switch 2 its a NO BUY! We shouldn’t be forced to buy an expensive storage on top of the game! Square should reconsider if they wanna make excuses and do a real job like what devs did for Cyberpunk 2077, which was phenomenal and they managed to Squeeze 100gb game on the 64GB cartridge. So FFVIR is significantly smaller than Cyberpunk so please release it full physical! Hate the keycards exist. I didn’t purchase Switch 2 seeing they really want to put AAA game on a scammy plastic with forced download! Fingers crossed!
Re: Beat 'Em Up Classic Double Dragon Gets A Modern Revival On Switch This October
I was first hyped because ARC always had amazing art style, but this looks like some young team made this game. It looks very generic, uninspired, streamlined and unoriginal. Seems like the same case with the last Contra: Operation Galuga:/ Hard Pass unless its for maybe 10,- bucks.
Re: Are You "Unsure" About Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade For Switch 2? Don't Worry, There'll Be A Demo
I am more nervous about this game being on a key card most of all! There are no excuses for Key Cards and no way defending them. Don’t forget that FFVII was a 75GB game with updates maybe 80GB on PS5 and Cyberpunk is a cca 100GB game that the devs easily managed to put with complete DLC on a Switch 2 64GB cartridge with no problem. So no way the devs can claim they need more space or speed! In urgent cases the Switch 2 can install part of the game from the cartridge, but the full content must be on a physical cartridge. If Cyberpunk had no issues, why do other devs make excuses?! Because they want higher profits and don’t want to loose even 10,- bucks on a single purchase profit and they are lazy to adapt and port. This is not acceptable practice!
Re: Opinion: Metroid Prime 4 Reminds Me Of Gears 5, And It's Making Me Nervous
I don’t mind the bike but it just doesn’t screem like super advanced tech and Samus has a speed boost that might be faster than the bike, which looks cool but she has two jets on her back and hops on wheels? A hover machine would be more appropriate or strengthening her speed boost so the armor would create big jet engines from the large shoulder guards and while boosting around she could shoot and control her ship at the same time to attack from multiple directions. Well I would just expect something more cool than a bike to fit the prime universe’s super advanced tech, so I felt little underwhelmed and disappointed because it makes me feel like the new Retro team there may have very few members today from the original Retro team that actually worked on the series. This feels out of place with very little inspiration and creativity. They had better do something cool with the bike like merging with the suit to create some super armor and have more utility for it otherwise if its just a bike…:/
Re: "It Was A Bit Of A Perplexing Experience" - Hideki Kamiya On The Fan Reaction To Bayonetta 3
Bayonetta 3 is the best hack and slash out there right now! It has some flaws but the strengths are more significant. I am glad Kamiya had fun and wanted to put all ideas in that he wanted, the more rare the game is because devs are too careful these days. I hope we get a graphical upgrade like Zelda BOTW and TOTK got!
Re: Nintendo Is "Acting To Protect The Industry" With Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Says Ex-Capcom Composer
Cartridges last if you treat them well. All my NES, N64, GB, GBA, DS, 3DS games work like new! DVD depends on the drive and if that brakes the disc is useless. From my experience cartridges are the best way to preserve because it connects directly to the hardware so they are fast and last for ages.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Remake For Switch 2 Slips Into 2026, Game-Key Card Confirmed
Anything on a Key Card is an automatic NO! Its a shame, since I was hyped for these games, but paying for something that will become a useless plastic garbage in the future?! Can’t support this:(
Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 Prices Are Live, And It's Sticker Shock Time
That’s a hard NO! Asking these ridiculous prices for old Wii games to s a pure nonesense!
Re: Nintendo Direct September 2025: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
There was not a single new game that would blow me away. I expected new Star Fox or Sin and Punishment, OR Ocarina of Time Remake. Too much childish boring spam fest. Nintendo needs strong first party lineup, but this was seriously underwhelming. Sure Galaxy 2 is fun, but its an old game. Hyrule Warriors looks fun but its essentially just another very simple hack and slash. Where is Twilight Princess HD remaster or Metroid Prime 2&3?! They mentioned updates for Switch 2- but they haven’t updated even their top exclusives like Bayonetta 3, and from 3rd party Arkham Knight that need an visual update pretty bad. Then we get a Virtual Boy accessory that will work for now only for games that are locked behind subscription?! Why would I invest into that if I cannot use it for the games I can own?! Also, don’t let me start on paid DLC for games already before they released?! That is a total greed that Iwata San would never agree with. At least if there was something like MGSV for Switch 2, or Expedition 33, Doom the Dark Ages. Some later games had fun announcement like Mortal Kombat, Persona 3, Virtua Fighter, but those are still very old games. Glad we got release date for Metroid Prime 4, but that was long overdue. Its sad that Metroid is literally the only game that seems great, plus RE: Requiem, but that is not enough! The most time taken by old Mario Games and the lame and lazy effort games like Pokemon is super disappointing. It just shows Nintendo doesn’t value its roots enough and focuses mainly on kids. I expected more from this. For a first main direct that should show what’s to come this gen and what to look forward to, Nintendo with the Switch 2 really dropped the ball.
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Finally Gets A Release Date, Open World Confirmed
I would expect more Star Fox like levels with on rail shooting in her ship! The bike feels stupid and it doesn’t make sense considering she had a speed booster that makes her faster than the bike itself! This trailer actually turned me off a bit.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Direct September Predictions - What Do You Hope To See?
Id love to see a new Star Fox and Sin and Punishment or HD remaster of 1&2. Also a 2D HD remake of Super Metroid and Link to the Past. Resident Evil 4 Remake with Original Dialogues and great motion controls, Ocarina of Time remake alas the tech demo we saw for Wii U, Eternal Darkness remake, new Monster Hunter exclusive for Switch 2, and lastly Metal Gear Solid V Complete Edition. It would also be nice to see more updated games in higher resolution and better textures for Switch 2 like Bayonetta 3, Arkham Knight Doom 2018/ Eternal and Xenoblade games and many others.
Re: 007 First Light Is More That Just Spies And Style, Launches March 2026 On Switch 2
Huge disappointment! 70,- for a key card?! No way! If Cyberpunk 2077 made the effort, so can other developers! This is instant no buy unless its a full physical!
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 20.4.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
I would bet Most of these updates are more about sharing data with Nintendo so they get detail info from active sytems, purchases, physical games, and game progress! And most importantly updating the annoying game virtual cards!!!!!! These updates are the most annoying thing ever, popping up all the time to force everyone to update and you can’t turn it off!
Re: Rumour: Sony Is Gunning For The Switch 2 With A Handheld, Dockable PS6
Portable ps5 games with comparable graphics?! No way! First, if they wanted to make it with physical games, then it will fail because most ps5 games have crazy file sizes, that wouldn’t fit 30-60gb, so most likely it will be digital only, which already fails compared to Switch. Secondly, lets compare the exclusives for Switch vs PS5?! There is hardly any catalog except for a few games that would draw me to go back, unlike the ps2/4 did.
Re: Poll: When The Heck Is Metroid Prime 4 Actually Launching?
Its so annoying that Nintendo released so many trailers in throats year, and keeps repeating just 2025, while Kirby Air Riders got one direct and announcement right away! That’s ridiculous!
Re: Nightdive's CEO Reiterates Desire To Remaster 'Eternal Darkness'
@Orwellian87 I am double down with you, along with Sin and Punishment 1&2 and Star Fox! I wanna own these games, and hate that these titles are locked behind a service that will be gone one day!
Re: Video: Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Full Gameplay Demo
@VoidofLight maybe you should stop defending and learn to listen because you respond without considering the validity of these comments. Those are not attacks but real impressions. I have been gaming since the NES and when people compare those to ps2/GC-look at games from that era that are far deeper, have actually amazing stories and gameplay. Take FFX for example or Kingdom Hearts, or MGS3, or Metroid Prime- these games felt so next gen that they are fun even today. Looking at Pokemon today, those games have been repeating the same formula for 20 years longer than they should with Zero Game innovation. If you have been playing games for only a few years, then this might feel ok for you. I am judging this as a long term fan and this franchise deserves far FAR better! I would rather play all those ps2 games than the newest game from a beloved franchise from my childhood- isn’t that really sad?!
Re: Video: Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Full Gameplay Demo
This literally looks like a GameCube game. Look at the rigid animations, characters behaving like robots, and the gameplay has zero innovation beside the the moves jumping on a dial and the trainer can run during fight where the opponent ther Pokemon can attack the player, and don’t even mention the mega evolutions that look like being designed by a 5 year old! Both Absol and Dragonite just grow extra wings?!!!!! Beside the second has wings growing from his head? Did they master the art of butchering the designs and making the main pokemon as uncool as possible? This should be a 15,- usd game packaged among the indie thrash on the e-shop that should be listed at the bottom because each trailer makes me more and more uninterested! Gamefreak should be all fired! Their skills are locked 20 years in the past! Look at what Xenoblade achieved just between X2 and X3, then look at gamefreak from Black 2 to ZA?!!!! This is so embarrassing to even look at! Its like they hire elementary school kids to make the games! Poor Mr IWATA would cry from shame seeing their work! GAME FREAK should walk the road of Shame like Cersei in Game of Thrones!!!
Re: Feature: 32 Games We're Dying To See On Switch 2
How can you skip Metal Gear Solid Delta? I’d rather have that than Death Stranding.
Re: First Impressions: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Is An Attempt To Catch The Hardcore Again
@somnambulance lol like Arceus was a good game to begin with. This game would need to release with no glitches, have excellent post game content without the Constant need for second parallel release, have a decent story, not the abysmal annoying toddler stuff, work on animation and characters, push pokemon that have interesting designs, not release boring AI generated designs(at least it looks that way), it should include a great level design, be balanced and not rely on silly gimmicks that make the player super OP, and they should listen to players! Which Game Freak doesn’t do! I think there is a very low probability they would put any deep effort into their games. It seems like with the loss of Mr. IWATA, they have lost all creativity and development skills to make a solid AAA game. As things are now, there games float in the C tier category unfortunately, and that comes from someone who grew up with PKmn Gold and played almost all their games. They peaked with Platinum and Black 2, and then it all went down! Can’t believe Nintendo doesn’t put some skilled developers into gamefreak as partial shareholders, because GF butchers the series!
Re: First Impressions: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Is An Attempt To Catch The Hardcore Again
What has been an attempt to catch the hardcore players? Since Black 2 the games are going downwards with quality! Black 2 was the last great game. Sun and Moon orUSUM added some challenge, but since SS-adding one silly gimmick, BDSP was a cheap effort and they showed how much they care about loyal players by degrading a belowed game. Arceus was a C tier game, that felt like from a GameCube era but some new mechanics were fun, but it was still an undercooked, unpolished game. Now ZA most likely might be an ok game, but seeing how lazy gamefreak is, I have lost all hopes they might ever release a great Pkmn game again.
Re: Round Up: The First Reviews Are In For Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4
Without the original soundtrack its a pass:( that’s really disappointing because the OST was the very best!!!
Re: Perfect Dark Voice Actor Calls On Fans To Help Series "Survive"
One of the games I was really hyped for!!! It needs as much support as it can get! “N64 fanbase ASSEMBLE” !!!!! (With the voice of Ron Burgundy).
Re: Of Course Mario Kart World Is Being Review Bombed
@karatekid1612 @karatekid1612 I think the development team made some huge oversights. Why can’t player select anything they want?! And why in VS you can only choose Normal or Frantic items when in MK8D you could choose any items you want?! That made huge difference to us! How can a new game give you degraded options?! Such oversights can’t be ignored mainly for a racing game that got priced 80,- USD!!!! If this was50,- game, I would say ok, but being priced higher than ZeldaTOTK is really ridiculous! If games were priced according to the level of polish, content, then MKW should be 50,- Zelda 70,- and Pokémon 15-20,- for the cheap bucketload of &@€! they release! No game is worth 80,-. Designers use generic AI tools to make games, most studios dont even develop their own engine- cutting Down dev time cost, so games don’t get more expensive, only corporations more greedy thinking they can get away with it.
Re: Of Course Mario Kart World Is Being Review Bombed
@karatekid1612 I think they’re development made some huge overnights. Why can’t player select anything they want?! And why in VS you can only choose Normal or Frantic items when in MK8D you could choose any items you want?! That made huge difference to us! How can a new game give you degraded options?! Such oversights can’t be ignored mainly for a racing game that got priced 80,- USD!!!! If this was50,- game, I would say ok, but being priced higher than ZeldaTOTK is really ridiculous! If games were priced according to the level of polish, content, then MKW should be 50,- Zelda 70,- and Pokémon 15-20,- for the cheap bucketload of &@€! they release!
Re: Rumour: Final Fantasy Devs Supposedly Hint At Another Nintendo Release
@Anti-Matter omg what kind of opinion is this? It’s like saying some genres are not fit for certain TV’s lol. Final Fantasy started on Nintendo long before PlayStation, and for those who like the genre I don’t see a reason not having it on Switch!
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Delivers Its Cyberpunk 2077 Tech Review On Switch 2
@Max_the_German you are absolutely wrong! If Steam Deck which is clearly weaker than Switch 2 is compared to Series S and Switch 2 then compared to PS4, that is clear misinformation and bias. No more needed to be said!
Re: Video: Check Out 14 Minutes Of Blistering Fast Fusion Gameplay On Switch 2
My only issue with Fast series is that it’s more about hitting the right platforms and speeding than actually skillful riding on most tracks. Yes, there are tricky turns but I feel F Zero is still better in this regards since the player needed to sensitively tilt the analogue like in a real ship. This game looks great and the tracks are creative but the driving itself feel boring:/.
Re: New Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Update Is Finally Fixing Its Most Frustrating Feature
This game didn’t need any fix regarding the selection of echoes, people were just lazy! If you go to the menu, and press any number of echoes, those would be among the “last used” in the quick menu, so if those who had an issue played with the menu a bit, they would find out. It’s like bringing more food to obese people instead of teaching them to solve the issue. Don’t be lazy people and use your brains first! Players these days expect the games to be played automatically for them….
Re: PSA: Switch 2 Updates For Multiple First-Party Switch Games Are Now Available
Where is Bayonetta 3! Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, Dark Souls, Arkham Knight,l?!!!!! These games seriously need next gen upgrade asap!
Re: 12 Free Switch 2 Game Upgrades Are Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Some of the games do not need an update as urgently!!!!! How about Bayonetta 3?!!!!!!! That’s one of the first party games that suffered super bad and Mario games were totally fine.
Re: IO Interactive's James Bond Game '007 First Light' Will Be Revealed This Week
I hope it will feature great coop multiplayer like Perfect Dark!
Re: Fast Fusion Launch Trailer Gives Us Our Best Look At Switch 2 Gameplay
Fast RMX was cool with some really great tracks but the gameplay felt flat. I feel this game doesn’t provide anything new gameplay wise except for some boost into the air, which doesn’t seem very interesting. The visuals are great but it lacks an essence and content.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Final Tech Specs Have Been Confirmed
@RasandeRose well said, can’t agree more!