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I'm excited about the open platform functionality and what the community could potentially build and create for the controller. The challenge is if the community could get big enough to actually care, or even care about Genki in general.

I would get this just to be able to play around with it since I'm a sucker for 3rd party controllers.

I told myself I won't buy anything from them again especially what happened with the NS2 leaks but since I'm a fan of their Covert Dock and I love controllers I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now.

@BrandonGiesing Let me breakdown my comment for ya bud.

"Good thing I haven't bought the game YET".
This implies I was planning to buy the game regardless.

"Trying to thin out the ol' backlog."
The very reason for not buying it YET. Regardless if there was a bug or not.

I think there was virtually nothing that implied I wasn't going to get the game because of a "super tiny bug". Though it did imply it gave me an additional reason to wait, I'll give you that. Why? I dunno, maybe my kid would have inadvertently trigger the bug and begins crying in a corner, who knows, right?

Generally speaking, I believe there's nothing wrong by waiting until majority of software kinks are ironed out, yes? So really, I just can't find where said overreaction is.

Thanks.

Good thing I haven't bought the game yet. Trying to thin out the ol' backlog.

Setting up their Kyoto studio is one of the best decisions they've ever made since joining the Big N. I can't believe it's been 15 years since the branch was founded. Roughly pre-Wii U era.

Not surprising. The deal was just leverage to sweet talk the FTC, nothing more. I'm guessing by the time the "10-year deal" is up we only get one CoD on Nintendo platforms out of this.

Basically it's just Microsoft saying: "We promise, we'll give you at least one game in the series before the decade is over."

Why is Muse Dash not on this list? And a sequel just got announced too so hopefully it also comes to SW2.

They should just make their own fab factory so they can ditch greedy RAM hoarding tech giants. lol
A Nintendo-designed ARM chip would be nice 🤣 Maybe in 2060.

Imo XV and XVI were all just eye-candy. Didn't really like how they played. Story, sure, but that's about it. XII and XIII were more enjoyable to be honest.

Still boggles my mind how Rocket League rocked UE3 for over a decade and still looks surprisingly good.

@Maxz Oh crap I forgot about that bit.

A good move and they did the same thing on launch day, but terrible for first time Switch/Switch 2 owners. This basically requires you to own an OG Switch and played it a bunch prior.
Though an easy workaround is just buy in-store.

It seems enjoying the small things wasn't in the cards for most people anymore.

I got DMC5 free on steam. But if this is true AND a real cart then I'd dip.

I'd rather they release ZZZ or even HSR instead. Genshin had its days. No one is really into it nowadays.

Tbh I don't really care who voices who as long as they do good work.

As long as there's cross-progression I'm definitely playing this on Switch 2. Played the heck out of D3 on Switch and D4 on PC.

D4 on Steam Deck was pretty good too so I'm hoping everything can transfer over.

They really need to do a Metroid movie asap. Fire Emblem would be nice too.

@Agent_P Been a long-time Arch user but I just love how fedora/RHEL-based distros just "work" for me. I might go for either vanilla fedora or Bazzite to see what the fuss is about for that one even if it's immutable.

The only games I play with anti-cheat is this and Fortnite. Since both runs good on Switch 2 I can finally move my entire PC gaming library to Linux 😆

Despite what the critics say (which were totally valid), I stilll really enjoyed my time with the film and I plan to watch it again next week. Nostaligia hits in all the right places. I just wish there were more subsantial dialogue between the characters like in the first film. I noticed there were more grunts and groans than actual lines. Aside from a few, there was not much character development either. All in all it was a very fun experience and better than the last IMO.

Love Gulikit controllers! My KK3 Max is still going strong and every feature is built-in, not requiring software. My preference is asymmetrical stick placement though but it's a minor problem to have.

Feral flexes their black magic from time to time. Grid on SW1 looks very impressive and they even do native Linux ports which is amazing

Good thing I waited. The game is just sitting on my homescreen hoping for a 60fps patch 😂😆

It's the same with SSBU. I remember him putting up a disclaimer that the base game is already content complete and the additional fighters are pretty much just add ons.

The comments section is just sad. Why can't people just enjoy things for what they are.

@NotASockPuppet Still waiting.

I'm just here for the jokes 😂😆
So yes, these articles are super necessary.

Ehh. Imo I don't really care if it's dull as long as the game itself is good overall. If all I care about are visuals in a Pokemon game then I should've just stopped playing after Gen 1. Performance is a different story though since ZA is more real-time action. I miss the time fans got genuinely excited when X&Y got showed off just by being 3D. The simple things. I'm not saying I'm giving Gamefreak a pass for "being lazy" but for Pokemon in general I just couldn't care less about graphical fidelity. That's just me.

Haven't started yet so keep 'em updates coming 😆
Had fun with the first game on the og Switch so pretty excited despite the flaws. I finished it on both Switch 1 and Steam.

Cool. But I'm still enjoying MKW so I would have to pass on this one and there's Air Riders to look forward to. Despite people's apparent dislike for World based on the comments here I still think it's better than MK8D. Plus it's an evergreen title and there're gonna be updates 100%. It's just been a few months after launch afterall.

This is the first time I would semi-embrace going all digital with the bigger games. Previously I only go digital with indies. I would still buy physical whenever I can but if it's a game-key card I'll just download it digital instead as long as a I'm genuinely interested in the game. Times've changed.

I loved Warframe and I started out on the Switch version. The only thing that frustrated me was some content was getting very difficult to finish solo and you're basically forced to find guilds online who were willing to assist you, but by and large that didn't go so well. There were a lot of crappy decisions made by the devs too, content-wise. Sucks since Warframe is a very F2P friendly game and you could even trade premium currency. I eventually transitioned to The First Descendant on PC which is basically waifu edition of Warframe lol.

Anyways, goods news overall.

Funny how a lot of people ignore how the other handhelds could only go around 30-45fps but if Nintendo does it they riot. It's 30 on PS4. Why do we expect it to run at 60? S2 has better hardware than PS4, sure, but you can't honestly expect miracles from a handheld device. Though after seeing CP2077, 30fps is already a very good experience especially if there really is a 40fps mode for integrade.

Been a fan of Gulikit controllers ever since they released the first hall effect and TMR sticks that many companies such as 8bitdo eventually adopted (the sticks are supplied by Gulikit). The only problem I had with their last flagship was the trigger button lock broke. It seems it couldn't handle excessive inputs (to be fair I was using the triggers as attack inputs for some action games). I reported the issue and they came back to me pretty fast, they said they'll design a more sturdier lock for their next flagship. I hope that's true.

For this particular controller, yeah not a fan of both sticks at the bottom. I hope they release an inverted version down the line.

Is it about family? 😂

I finally got my physical copy but I'll hold off a bit before I start the game. But having a more updated and complete game before I dive-in is great to see. I still have XCX and DKB anyway so it can wait.

Out of curiosity why are we still referring to EPD or EPD 8 the "Super Mario Odyssey Team"? Based on the credits there are a bunch of members from that original group that did not work on Bananza. People get shuffled around all the time. IMO it's unfair for the new people that did work on Bananza. It doesn't really matter if majority of the members are that worked on SMO are still with Group 8 but in my opinion and out of respect you name/reference the current team that worked on the latest project. There were also a large number of people in the credits that didn't work on SMO.

Just as I thought. Giving Zelda and Odyssey perfect 10s even though they had far more performance issues. DK? Nah we'll give you a 9 instead.

I waited months for the LRG releases. I'm realizing I just wasted precious Switch dollars...

@Anti-Matter No one is forcing you to buy Switch 2 versions of a game. Go and play with your PS5 then. You don't need to announce it on every single article you leave a comment on. Actually, I'm already expecting you to comment the exact same thing over and over again even on non-game-key card related articles. Enough that we could actually make an entire song out of all of it.
But hey you said it yourself you have rights. Who are we to stop you.

@Benri4761 Oh right it's Wii Sports. My bad. I remember getting the MK bundle. Still it's for the motion control aspect. Also, I appreciate you making an acct just to reply:)

Anyway that's fair. But I'll stick to what I said. Again just an opinion. My last sentence? Well no not really. it doesn't undermine anything as far as I'm concerned. It it okay to be a pack in? Sure nobody will complain. Oh it's not? No biggie since if I want to play the thing then I'll get it.

@Yoshi3 Exactly my point when it comes to including the thing in the box. Is it a demo you actually want to "play"? If not then yeah don't get it. Then it's not a big deal if it's in the box or not. But you still want to try it out? Then it's a conundrum. Why do you want to play the thing? That means you're interested? Will this particular "demo" even be factor whether you get a Switch 2 or not? Being interested doesn't mean everything should be free. "But it's a freaking demo!". Exactly.

Is it really that much of an issue if it's not a pack in, for a game which doesn't really tell you to buy the thing or not. A game that's mostly just facts and trivia.

Let's be honest people just want it for free. Simple as that. 1-2 Switch had the exact same problem initially.

At least that's how I see it and again that's just me. And I respect whatever opinions others have as well.

Here's my opinion on the whole "should have been a pack-in" title for Switch 2. No, Tour doesn't need to be packed-in because it's a game that doesn't really benefit from it. If people are pretty adamant and care enough to say this should have been packed in then they probably also care enough to pay for it if they think it's interesting for what it is. Mario Kart Wii was different. Nintendo Land, at least for me, was different. They were intended to showcase what the console has to offer like mechanics and motion controls, and asymmetric gameplay. But Welcome Tour doesn't inherently need to do that because these things are either knowledge players already know, or knowledge players doesn't need to know to understand and play Switch 2.

Either you just want something for free or you're actually interested in the mini games then it doesn't matter if it's packed in or not.

Would I prefer having it as a pack-in title? Sure! Who doesn't?

I bet Kit and Krysta were shooked

@HalBailman People still visit IGN for Nintendo news? /s

Seriously after Rich and the OG gang left, IGN's Nintendo coverage went downhill. No more awesome features and interviews and stuff, etc. Peer and Altano are great but just them doesn't make things better tbh.

I'm waiting for these media outlets to drop points for technical hiccups, even after giving BotW, TotK, and even Mario Odyssey perfect scores which had far more performance issues at launch.

This is how you notice the bias between franchises and how bi-polar some reviewers are.

I feel bad for the younger folks who doesn't know what a cassette tape is 😆

We ridin' to the stables today!

@N00BiSH Yeah I get it. At this point you can't really 100% change an iconic voice or people will riot. We just need to accept the fact it's not Charles that's doing it anymore.

To be honest I would have liked it if they really let him do his own version of Mario.

The only gripe I have is with Luigi's voice. It's waaay too different compared to before which put me off at first. Might grow on me though. Different actor, different voice, simple as that.

I also think it's also time to stop comparing him to Charles. We can't do anything about that anymore tbh. Kevin is doing his own thing and I respect that.

No matter how much people say these 3rd party carts (or even emulation for that matter) are for backing up their own game library (which is cool don't get me wrong), more than half of those will always use it for something else. Not surprised by this at the slightest. I can't remember how many times I saw people say they're using their own game dumps only to find out it's either their friend's dump or straight up pirated.

At least the console wasn't bricked but I'm not sure that could be remedied by factory resetting.