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I’m amazed so many of you have such a thorough understanding of the game before release. It’s honestly impressive. Have you considered running a YouTube channel?

The commentary around these departures is way too dramatic. People leave companies. People join companies. When someone quits, it gets treated like a death omen for the studio, but when new talent arrives, nobody says a word. Then those “unknowns” make great games, stick around for a decade, and eventually leave too. The cycle repeats, and nothing about it is unusual.

I’ve tried going back to the older Animal Crossing games after New Horizons, and it’s surprisingly hard. Once you get used to things like crafting, outdoor furniture, terraforming, moving buildings, swimming, and all the QoL updates, the older ones feel like they’re missing half the game.

@CammyUnofficial I heartily agree that would be ideal. I bet you can load the file on a Miyoo Mini or similar device.

The reason people make Gameboy games in 2025 is at least half because it’s effective marketing. There are millions of retro games on Steam. One way to stand out is to do a Gameboy release, even if you sell only 500 copies. The only reason this site is reporting it is because of the format, and now @JohnnyMind and I might get it on Steam or wherever.

@AStupidID “Loads of people are refunding COD: Slops 7 because of the AI.” And yet it will remain one of the best selling games of the year, hence his point.

@Giberaltor That’s right, you can’t even buy All You Can eat on Switch 2. The devs must be nuts.

Hey guys I’m having pasta for dinner. Do you mind if I dump your comments into the pasta water?

Unless I’m reading this wrong, this matches the best price that Steam has ever offered for the base game plus DLC. Another example of where the “Switch tax” is either misinterpreted or made up; it’s just a new release price.

@SpaceboyScreams that’s a good point. I think I’ve actually spent more time modding Skyrim than playing Skyrim, and I don’t think that’s a bad thing: I had fun doing it.

@SpaceboyScreams I agree for games like Skyrim where there are overhauls, new quest lines, new companions, but the most popular Cyberpunk mods so far as far more minor. I wouldn’t say any of of them make the game longer, just the hours more refined. They are great though, don’t get me wrong.

@JayJ that’s not all aluminum then, is it.

@MatoFilipovic Apparently we’re reading different reviews. It’s just the usual suspects not optimizing their games for the hardware. The first two games had performance issues on the Switch one, despite being relatively simple graphically.

@Dang_69 Apparently not unpleasant for the majority of people, judging by fan and critic reviews. Plenty of videos online showing it running at a stable 30-40fps for the majority of the game, only dropping down to 20 during some sections of the DLC where even the more powerful consoles suffer. So no, I can’t say that there’s any exaggeration of how it’s running on a 10-20w console.

@8thDoctor It makes financial sense to price high for early adopters. In that sense $30 seems pretty fair, as it’ll be $15 when it goes 50% in a year or so.

@JayJ 150 million people own Switch 1, vs 2 million own the Switch 2. Also, I’m pretty sure the 4K 120FPS community is a vocal minority, like buying vinyl.

@Gohanjin you’re literally the only person I’ve seen say that on any site, so yeah you might want to book an appointment with an optometrist.

@Markatron84 Fortunately Nintendo is heroically charging more for their content than ever, bearing the brunt of consumer ire to build a brighter future for devs everywhere.

Loving the dramatic pronouncements that Nintendo is “losing their most loyal fans.” Two days ago Bananza was a game of the year contender, now it’s the death knell of the company.

If your plans are that mercurial, you’re one good game away from hopping back on the bandwagon.

People upset over this change have either forgotten or been totally unaware of the tons of balance adjustments made to the first game, or maybe they disagree with balance changes on principle.

@Oldstalk I haven't played Silksong yet myself, but I'm wondering if your Hollow Knight experience made it so you intuit the map and design more easily than you did on your first playthrough of Hollow Knight, so it feels more linear.

I pretty much always wait for sales, and DLC guarantees it. I’ll buy it in like, 3 years.

I was about to pull the trigger on Cult of the Lamb. Haven’t decided what to do about that. Dead Cells should be on its biggest sale ever in the near future.

Some of you guys are hopelessly idealistic. The standard has not been raised. Nintendo is not lowering its prices. Other indies aren’t likely to lower their prices. Good games regularly fail to be profitable. Survivorship bias is rife in the industry. No one would be talking about Silksong if it wasn’t the sequel of a famous game. FIFA makes a gazillion dollars. Nothing has changed, and that’s fine.

@Sabruka Yes. If both games were aiming to wander around in space, NMS is the winner, but Starfield was trying to be a first class RPG, which NMS fails miserably at.

@RadioDog me too. I’ve waited until now to buy Dead Cells, and I’m still kind of waiting for them to call it Dead Cells Complete, and a sale price. I’ll probably stop doing that when I’m 60 or so so I don’t run out the clock lol

How is this different from the stuff that’s already officially licensed from Nintendo? I mean you can already get stuffy’s, plastic play sets, and presumably lots of other stuff. I can see the quality on this looks higher, but is it really a strategy shift?

@FishyS I’m bewildered by what to expect from Mario Maker 3. A bit like Smash Ultimate, it’s hard to guess where they go for there.

@Medic_alert I’m nearly certain they’re still manufacturing Switch 1.

Mario and Wolfenstein are games appropriate for adults. But put some boobs on the screen and suddenly it’s only for teenage boys 🙄 People’s morality policing is so random.

@Dang_69 Apparently not.

@Fyrus92 I don’t think it matters too much. Someone up above mentioned fans exaggerating the importance of voice actors, and that sounds about right to me. It takes hundreds of people to make these games, and voice actors put in less work than the major majority of them.

@Dang_69 it’s got an 86 on Metacritic with 125 critic reviews, so yes, that’s critical acclaim.

@Dr_Corndog I don’t want to disappoint anyone, but there is no “Switch 2 situation” like one you’re implying. The situation is that it’s the most successful console launch in history, and there is one minor legal challenge in Brazil to a single practice, which will be at most amended by Nintendo if necessary.

@Goobplus “Anything with school in the title is at risk” sounds like just a random guess. We don’t know why Neptunia got pulled from Switch, only that it was due to “Nintendo guidelines,” and “school” isn’t even in the title. 100 Line had maybe two CGs blurred, which was minor enough that no one seems to care. Meanwhile, Ecchi Secrets and Hentai Girls After Party both released last month… correction: last week… so yeah — smut’s still clearly allowed.

@Goobplus considering Nitnendo had already allowed GalGun, Senran Kagura, Seven Pirates H and countless other titles, I don’t think they’re going to draw the line at cute anime girls with guns.

@romanista oh thanks I didn’t know that.

@Sylamp Right, that came out about a week after the Switch’s release. Do you think this might be the second one then?

I know the Switch hasn’t even been out for a month yet, but I hope we see a lot more of these updates in the near future.

Is this the first free Switch 2 upgrade that wasn’t a launch-day update? I know a bunch of games got patches on day one, but this might be the first one rolling out after the fact.

Honestly, Dave the Diver doesn’t even need it. Fantastic game, but it basically has smartphone graphics and barely any loading—so I’m curious what they’ll actually improve.

@molkom I doubt they’re bots. There’s definitely a cavalcade of people waiting in the wings for any bad Nintendo news — eager to call the Switch 2 underpowered, claim it’s already losing third-party support, or declare the business model unsustainable. They’ve been unusually quiet since the successful launch (which I’m grateful for), but even a hint of bad news gets blown way out of proportion.

Clearly, publishers are just waiting for the market to stabilize. You can’t rush into something as volatile as everyone owning your potential product. Better to hold out for a more obscure platform with 12 users and a deep appreciation for ray tracing.

The important thing to remember is that the first Switch was an unpopular disaster, and if things keep going the way they have — which seems like a safe bet, given we’re almost 30 days into release — the Switch 2 will be an unpopular disaster too.

@SG2 Funny how taking time to defend a corporation is a waste, but moralizing on their behalf isn’t. Sticking up for the “little guy” isn’t automatically right, and listening to other perspectives doesn’t make someone a shill. None of us are changing the world with these comments, so maybe ease off the high horse.

I buy basically every first party title eventually, but I usually wait for the 30% off sale in a year or two. Currently waiting on Echoes of Wisdom.

@Misima my Switch had dropouts too, but it turned out that one of my TVs HDMI ports was fussy or maybe faulty. I just plugged it into the other port and dropouts went away. You could also try a different cable just to test it.

If people want to wait, fine: it is obviously true that the tech of next year will be better than the tech of this year But I already waited 7 years for the Switch 2; I’m not going to wait more. There will be more revisions after the next revision too, after all.

Glad I bought my Switch 2 day one because I am LOVING it. I don’t care to wait 1-2 years for minor rare niggles to be worked out. I had the original revision Switch 1, and this screen and performance is a massive step up.

@BuckStud I think all fan groups can be nuts, but I’ve noticed Sony fans are a bit crazier. Put another way: Sony fans spend more time thinking about Nintendo than Nintendo fans spend thinking about Sony.

@Jumwa Yeah, they've already moved the goalposts. I mean, they're not a hive mind (or are they?), but at first the launch would fail, and now it's "obvious" that the Switch would sell well to hardcore fans — but it won't continue to sell well a year from now.

The DF hate is wild. People are really stretching to paint them as biased—DF literally says “this is really good,” and somehow that’s proof of an anti-Nintendo agenda because it’s not pure hype? Come on. DF has consistently praised Nintendo when it’s earned. It’s like some people won’t accept anything short of full-throated, no-criticism gushing.

Guys, defending Nintendo for making devices that are hard to repair isn’t a great look. You’re acting like ifixit kicked your puppy.