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@russell-marlow Sonic Racing Transformed is a fantastic Kart game and I don't know why you're going on about having to drift when thats a fundamental part of Mario Kart and indeed CTR. It's got great track design based upon various Sega IP, some of which evolve over the course of a race as you swap between land, sea and air vehicles. Local multiplayer is split horizontally instead of vertically, which is better for this kind of game.

Personally, I've never judged my own enjoyment of a game based upon how many other people happened to buy it. I don't think Crash Team Racing is a bad game, I just don't enjoy it as much as the others, thats all and it being 30fps certainly doesn't help either

@TAndvig ok but doesn't this only backup physical games anyway? So if a game didn't release physically, then this has no purpose

I bought this in a deep sale and thought it was ok, I tried going back to it recently but don't enjoy it anywhere near as much as Mario Kart or Sonic Racing Transformed

I'm not sure what annoys me most, the fact he threw it or that he only got it halfway up the path

A 9 from me, the new mechanics are great fun as well as the Knockout Tour mixing up the formula even if it is utter chaos. Then, not only does it look gorgeous, it has a phenomenal soundtrack that I wish we could select tracks from.

The open world is both brilliantly designed and weirdly underutilised, with some wonderful little details but then you have many SNES courses hidden in plain sight which you can't race on (outside of P switches), a local multiplayer free roam weirdly hidden in the options and a lack of tangible rewards for exploration.

All that said I've loved every minute of my 20 or so hours so far and will be playing this for a long time. As it is, its a fantastic Kart racers but with a few tweaks to how you interact with the world (custom tracks anyone?), 3 lap races as an option for GP mode and a proper multiplayer free roam and this would be an easy 10

Never mind LAN, I can't believe why local multiplayer free roam is hidden.

For anyone wondering, go to VS and set 2 players in a lobby and then you can just drive round together.

They've made a great game here but woth some truly bizarre decisions around it

I'd have preferred an OLED but I spend almost all my time playing docked anyway, on a big OLED ironically. I've only played an hour or so portable on BOTW and can't say i was upset by the new screen and I'd imagine if you were coming from the og Switch, it'd be a decent upgrade over that

I'm not that far off 3000 coins without even trying, im pretty sure knockout mode counts more than the maximum 20 coins you can finish with as I always seem to get a new vehicle after a race

Perhaps because I've been gaming such a long time and going through the early 3D era with so many different ways to control games, I just don't notice things like this

@xzacutor if you'd have traded your Switch 1 in, presumably you would have factory reset it, which in turn removes all account associations, thus removing any reason why it wouldn't work on Switch 2. You can also manage Virtual Game Cards from Nintendo's website if you have any issues in the future and load them onto whichever Switch you want

I actually did the system transfer and all my save data was still on the og Switch, outside of special exceptions like Animal Crossing.

I love it, my Switch OLED had been laying unused for quite some time and even with just the improvements to Switch 1 games on Switch 2 it's brought me back to wanting to replay many of my games, with the 2 big Zelda games looking amazing now on my 4K OLED. Mario Kart World is also brilliant fun

In terms of the hardware itself, the joycons are now something that I don't hate using, the eshop actually works, the new Pro Controller is outstanding and the cartridge slot itself is much improved and easy to open.

If I have any complaints, it's that the screen isn't as nice, though better than the standard Switch models and you do get VRR and a higher resolution. I would like to see Nintendo add an option to play Switch 1 games docked modes in handheld, as some can look quite poor on that larger screen

@marktehshark69 it comes with a charging cable

@Dragon_Nexus I think I've only played 2 PS5 games that truly needed analogue triggers

@Waluigi451 you just miss out on experiences that require accessories or a 4K TV bit that makes sense given its a tech demo of said features. If people are bothered about 100% something that ultimately isnt even really a game, then you can skip them and it'll give you the medals anyway

Come on now, what's with the clickbait nonsense? For a start this isnt a game as such to 100%, it's to showcase all available features and how do you expect them to show that Mario pixel demo if you havent got a 4K screen? Not to mention you can skip the ones you don't have and it'll give you the medals anyway making your headline a blatant lie

Bulk crafting would absolutely be a must but also make it far easier to get recipes, I think i played the game for nearly 2 years before getting the necessary chopping board to make a sink.

I'd also add the ability to crafting everything that's in the game, from special Nintendo items to the houses and buildings themselves and make them way more customisable. How about designing the layout of your own house?

But as others have said, the interaction and dialogue woth the animals themselves needs a lot of work to make it a more meaningful place to interact with

It'd be pretty dumb to only have what amounts to the first few hours of the original game on Switch 2

No i won't be buying any, not because of any moral stance but because I don't understand why I'd want to make my digital games less convenient to play

Storage certainly won't be an issue for me at launch as I've got no interest in getting any of those for it and instead am looking at Mario Kart and Donkey Kong, with a bit of Fast Fusion thrown in

@OldGamer999 I think where Switch 2 sales may struggle vs Switch 1, could be more down to those who bought multiple Switch's. As I'd imagine many will keep their existing Switch for less demanding games and are less likely to replace all of them

@GrailUK all those Steamdeck comparison people are going to be upset when Switch 2 surpasses it's lifetime sales on day 1

Got mine in straight away with Mario Kart from Argos and now the Gamecube controller from the Nintendo store. I'm really looking forward to playing Mario Kart World on June 5th

Awesome, got mine preordered

Opinion, there is no comparison between them and they occupy very different spaces, with one selling a few million and the other following a device with well over 100 million.

Then the fact that I'm buying a Switch 2 to play Nintendo's games, so at that point the discussion is over anyway

This is just a very bad take, if anything the fall damage made exploration and combat in BOTW and TOTK way more interesting than it would have been without.

It doesn't necessarily fit every game but for many it makes sense and having a sense of danger when very high up just makes me focus more than I would otherwise. I just don't understand why so many people are against having some consequences for mistakes in games

I don't think I'll need one for a while anyway as I'll be keeping my Switch OLED for og Switch games and after Mario Kart, there's only really Donkey Kong on the immediate horizon and I'll be getting that physically

@Discostew It'll certainly be interesting to see how it handles RT and DLSS when those arrive, especially if it can offset the CPU cost seen on PC.

But we are still looking at a GPU that's 60% of the size of a 3050 and with more extreme power limits. That said with how Nintendo develops their own games, this should still leave room for some nice effects, a new Wave Race with RT reflections on the water?

@Discostew PS5 Pro does have dedicated RT hardware and would blow the Switch 2 away in that regard but there is no PS5 Pro patch. We'll see when it comes out but I'd be surprised if it has RT on the Switch version as it appears to be CPU bottlenecked in the footage we've seen and RT will only make that worse

I thought it was a funny placeholder price to start with but apparently that's what they want for it 😂 There's a couple of neat things I wouldn't mind owning but for nowhere near that price

I'm so glad they kept it in and I'd love to see a retun to this mechanic, even if just an optional mode in Mario Kart World. The 2 characters and character specific specials, created a nice bit of strategy and utter choas on certain tracks, Baby Park with giant Banana's and Koopa Shells springs to mind.

When this comes to NSO I'll be playing the hell out of it

I'm just not that bothered, I bought Mario Kart 8 on Wii U and then again on Switch and its dlc on both platforms, so I spent way more on that game than the retail price of Mario Kart World, let alone the £35 that it's actually cost me.

When I'm now living in a world where a takeaway can easily cost upwards of £40 or when me and the Mrs go out for an evening for £100, a game that I'm going to play for a long time costing an extra £10 just doesn't even register as an issue

Switch 2 isn't even in the discussion for me, as whilst there are plenty of great games, the overwhelming majority are existing titles simply ported over but Mario Kart World and Fast Fusion both look amazing.

My favourite has to be Gamecube, with Wave Race, Star Wars, Super Monkey Ball and Luigi's Mansion all still looking great and remaining amongst my favourite games

Nothing for me yet but I think i may have had a couple of weeks gap before I last renewed NSO and I secured one at Argos anyway. But I do want to be able to get that Gamecube controller and an SD card

Ahh yes because when other publishers and platform holders raised the prices of their games, they immediately stopped selling dlc, season passes, battle passes, early access and everything else on top of that.

What deluded nonsense to suggest they can't offer dlc further down the line

I couldn't care less about achievements but come on, bring back the Wii shop music

All this fuss over it's price and it cost me £35 and might actually be the cheapest Mario Kart I've ever bought.

Whilst i obviously don't want prices to increase, even if this was £100, it'd still be easily worth it for me as a game I'm likely to be playing for many years to come

Opinion, lots of miserable people online are taking their own shine off the Switch 2 reveal.

Me, I'm loving what I'm seeing and can't wait to play Mario Kart

OLED is great but newer LCD screens can also look very good and are often brighter for HDR, plus OLED panels can and do suffer from VRR flicker to varying degrees

Never mind fancy rumble, why is nobody talking about GameShare? They're bringing back being able to play local multiplayer on 2 consoles with just one copy of the game and I don't see anyone talking about it

It's ok, I'm sure Donald Trump has a plan for how America will magically start to make all of its own electronics and games and consoles etc

@Danondorf on Nintendo's own site, Smyths and Argos didn't seem to get that memo

@Rykdrew it's got its own direct in a couple of weeks, so it may still have something like that in it

Got mine preordered today with the console, Mario Kart World looks incredible and I can't wait to play it

This was the reveal of the show for me, it's been a very long wait for a new 3D Donkey Kong and this looks exceptional

I'd imagine this will have a Switch 2 version or upgrade, so we were never likely to be given a release date until that's announced

So let me get this straight, they think that Mario Kart, which has been in the top 4 best selling games of every console its been on and top with Wii, Wii U, 3DS and Switch, won't be a slam dunk?

😂😂😂

Some of us have been playing Mario Kart 8 for over a decade and we're more than ready for a new entry

Finally, Nintendo might just copy what Sega did 30 years ago and use these new fangled hall effect sensors 😉

It's a bit sad that I've had controllers fail from Switch and other recent consoles, yet my nearly 3 decade old Saturn 3d pad and Dreamcast controllers still work perfectly fine

I'm excited for Switch 2 but it and the Steamdeck occupy different spaces, despite the form factor similarities and neither will have a significant impact on the others sales. I've considered the Steamdeck many times but it's not for me and not because I own a Switch but because I have a powerful PC and now a Quest 3 and I just don't know when I'd even use it

Can't say I'm that bothered, these are the weaker Star Wars games from that era, give me the Rogue Squadron/Leader and Shadows of the Empire over these any day

Banjo never rivalled Mario back in its heyday in terms of sales, sure someone could make a good Banjo game now but to suggest it can rival Mario is comical