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They should release a Sonic game where you play as the London Police and run around raiding preservation businesses and collecting legally purchased development kits instead of rings.

I like the figures as cool little Nintendo trinkets, but felt like the NFC part was largely superfluous and not worth buying them for. For a neat little $12 Nintendo statue they were a good value, for $30+ they are a ripoff.
Actual unlock implementation felt tacked on as an afterthought in almost every case. I just kinda stopped buying them. I’ve considered selling off my small collection but a part of me keeps thinking “these are neat little things to just have to display.”

I think the best implementation of them was the costume power up for Super Mario Maker 1, and I’m sad that was never carried forward into 2.

Honestly, I think they should unlock that specific costume for the main character in whatever game they’re compatible with. Like running around dressed as Twilight Princess Link in Metroid Prime 4 (don’t get too lost in trying to figure out how this would work, it’s just a fun little idea I put almost no thought into).

Everyone is still suffering today from EA’s mess ups decades ago. So I don’t want to hear crocodile tears about how mean consumers are to a multibillion dollar corporation that’s too wealthy to be affected.

@nukatha Nintendo sales be like “$1 Off!!!!!”

I would rather there NOT be a Pokemon game this year if it means giving the team an extra year to polish it.

I hope this downward stock trend translates to good stuff for consumers, kind of like when the 3DS and Wii U were struggling. We got a lot of good stuff then as Nintendo tried to woo new players. I know the situations are different, but looking at it from a consumer-centric perspective, does that matter?

Going to have to see what additional bonuses they offer for single player before I even consider this. I like that they’re adding more multiplayer stuff, but sadly none of it would apply to me.

@Mando44646 without getting into politics, the situation is unlikely to be resolved by replacing the president no matter which side is in charge. The current economic crisis isn’t one of left or right, but of rich and poor.

For all its deficiencies, PLZA is still the best Pokemon game in my opinion. It’s just so much fun to play, and I struggle to go back to the traditional play style of the franchise whenever I need to check back in with SwSh or SV (on Switch 2).

It does have flaws and areas it can improve, but I don’t feel like they significantly detracted from the fun I had playing.

@0_Cassiel_0 People (myself included) generally look for confirmation bias. NL could publish two entirely contradictory articles at the same time about how absolute amazing the Switch 2 is doing and how terrible the Switch 2 is doing, and the comment sections of both would be full of people going “I knew it!”

@IronMan30 I totally agree this feels like the 3DS launch again.

Backwards compatibility with Switch 1 games is the only reason the Switch 2 sold as well as it did. 95% of the games I’ve played on the Switch 2 have been Switch 1 games with Switch 2 enhancement patches.
But while that’s good for sales, it’s not great for identity which sees the Switch 2 as more or less a Switch 1 Pro rather than a successor.
And that’s before you even start accounting for stuff like price increases, microSD Express, and game key cards.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my Switch 2. I just want to love it more and I haven’t been getting good reasons to.

You son of a bench, I’m in.

@VeganH contests like these are usually meant for children. Not everything needs to be a transaction for a child.

I remember there being a contest like this when I was a kid. It was so dang cool that they’d let someone design a robot master for an actual Mega Man game! I used to love drawing them, but I never actually submitted any. It’s so awesome that they did this again.

There’s some juicy stuff casually dropped in that screenshot.

Such a shame that there are a few games on that list that I’d like to buy, but won’t because I refuse to support the storage costs being passed on to me just so executives can take home million dollar bonuses.

The eshop experience turned me off from the eshop. I only ever use it to grab DLC these days; and that’s usually directly through whatever in-game navigation link is included to purchase said DLC.

They need to redesign the Switch 2 cover art template. Maybe put all that legally required notice stuff on a slip cover, so when removed it’s just the full case artwork and maybe title logo.

Super Mario Teaches Typing of the Dead

Not a fan of the GameBoy Zelda remakes style, but if they did make an Oracle remake compilation, I hope they go the extra mile and flesh out the third one that never materialized.

@Dr_Corndog The fabled Mario Streakers: Battle League?

We’re definitely getting the Switch 2 Gamepad this year that lets you use a second screen or play your Switch 2 remotely while it’s docked, paired with Star Fox Zero Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Fox Guard with somehow worse controls.

I anticipate the sales of Mario Kart World will sharply decline as a result, though I am often wrong about these predictions.

Can always tell when an update isn’t worth looking at when the title doesn’t explicitly mention something worth looking at.

This is great news that is unfortunately hard to put faith in with the rising storage costs thanks to the AI gold rush.

I hate to say it, but GKC may be an unwanted boon in light of this hardware availability trend.

@Nanoline52 The fact that he would even bring it up at all is just as telling. It’s like shouting “I’m innocent!” when nobody was making any accusations to begin with.

Just repeatedly saying the economy is great doesn’t do anything to convince people struggling to make ends meet.

It truly takes some garbage to break through the mobile games firewall and into “of (year)” lists.

I would also argue that the whole “physical games are still a license” argument was never about preventing customers from accessing the contents of their physical media. That’s a retroactive justification that only came later to excuse publishers from unilaterally terminating the license on digital storefronts, later repackaged as “but you don’t really own it” to weaken consumer protections.

On the topic at hand…
I don’t like what they’ve done here, but I accept the excuse they’ve given. Doesn’t make it okay, but I do understand. I respect that they’ve committed to future reprints containing the full game on cartridge, however vague and confusing that will be for the customers.
Not the best response, but not the worst.

Lots of people arguing in bad faith on the side of the abusers as if it’s justified simply because they do it. Please show us on the doll where the publisher hit you.

And when you’re done with that, please tell me how Square-Enix can revoke my license to my physical copy of Chrono Trigger on SNES and make it unplayable. I see at least one person arguing this is possible.
Oh it’s only possible with newer, internet-connected devices? Well maybe we should strengthen up those consumer protection and first sale rights instead of shrugging our shoulders, doing nothing, and going “oh well, they had every right to do what they do.” That’s how we’re here today.

I stand by my previous statement after going into 10 or so ranked battles and just getting trounced by legendaries, megas, and shinies, ultimately scoring zero points throughout all the battles.
I did not have fun. I remain Rank Z. There doesn’t seem to be any semblance of a matchmaking system.

They should work with Sega to release Phantasy Star Online.

Oh nice, that’s one I haven’t played before. Looking forward to it.

Time to introduce a whole new generation to headaches.

Bethesda doing whatever they can to keep the meme alive.

Thanks to those who educated me on how easy it is to do the thing I was complaining about. I’ll give it a shot. I just don’t like competitive events because it brings out the worst in me.

Oh boy, more content locked behind a wall I’ll never achieve.

I know the update will only be good if the headline is loudly proclaiming it.

I just wish they’d merge costumes under one character selection that you press like L or R to cycle through.

Their decision to make costumers their own character slots is stupid. Even if they may have different stats (I don’t actually know if they do or not), they should be merged under the main character.

This is neat and I welcome it.

But just for fun, I’d rather see Mario Kart World content added to Donkey Kong Bananza.

@SuperEndriu Don’t feel guilty about grabbing an NFC writer on your phone and a bunch of writable NFC tags and just making your own amiibo tags. You won’t get the neat figurine, but it will let you unlock whatever locked content.

It’s a fine system with a few flaws.
The screen is pretty bad from the few times I’ve used it, but I pretty much play in docked mode all the time.
My left Joycon2 will randomly not charge (either when connected to the system itself or to a charging controller). Disconnecting and reconnecting it has seemed to work so far. The firmware is up to date; this seems like a connector or communication issue.
The whole key-card thing. (No need to elaborate; everyone already knows)
There needs to be some smaller gap-filler experiences between big blockbuster releases.
There’s a pretty big lack of native Switch 2 games. I’d say 95% of my playtime has been Switch 1 games that have been fixed to perform better on the Switch 2 or ports. I don’t hate ports. I actually think they’re good for consumers, but they just can’t be the majority of your library.
There are other issues that aren’t specifically Switch 2 related but more Nintendo related issues that I won’t get into.
Overall it feels like what the Switch 1 should have been all along, which I suppose is a good indicator that you did something right.
The prices on everything are pretty shocking, but not unexpected, nor unjustified.

Overall I’m fairly satisfied with it. It feels like the proper, finished Switch console which the original was dragged down by poor performances.

Oh yeah, one last thing. You can’t just take Switch 1 game, slap a tiny isolated Switch 2 side content on it, and call it a Switch 2 edition. Stop it.

Edit: One last one last thing: Stop charging for tech demos. I know Nintendo is really proud of their Switch 2 ‘interactive’ instruction manual, but it’s not worth $0.99 let alone $10.

Waiting for Prime 2 and 3 to be released first. I’ve never played them before and there’s no legal and convenient way to do so presently.

Seems weird they’d release Prime 1 targeting new audiences and then just never release 2 and 3 before 4.

@slowpoke_tail And right into the waiting arms of generative AI.

@JohnnyMind Agree. I think it’s dumb to have expiration dates on digital goods.

I’m having a blast with Metroid Prime 1 Remastered. Can’t wait to play Metroid Prime 2 and 3 Remastered next to catch up on the story before Prime 4. Would be kinda silly if they released a sequel to a game that isn’t available to play.

Instead of Xenoblade 2 Switch 2 Edition patch/upgrade, I’d rather see a Xenosaga Definitive Edition Collection (full cartridge).

Hello from the far distant future of November 2025. We are now mere days away from the release of Metroid Prime 4 and there has still been no word on Prime 2 and 3 Switch releases in any form.

@John_Deacon
You’ll need the Nintendo Switch Online+Expansion Pak+Memory Pak tier subscription which introduces this basic QOL feature plus like one Wii game a year.

@Erigen You sound like a trustworthy chap. I mean nobody else has ever offered to protect me from velociraptors before. Do you prefer I bring unmarked cash in suitcase form, or bag form?