I love Katamari games but they're crazy hard. I enjoy myself tremendously the first few levels, then suddenly, I can't finish in time, no matter how many times I try. This type of game should be about fun but ultimately, it always gave me more frustration. I hope this entry has a milder difficulty and it can be enjoyed just for fun.
FIFA 18 on Switch was an objectively better game. Realistic and fun gameplay and 60 fps.
Why we're getting a broken game with 30 fps 7 years later on a 10x more powerful console, I don't know.
EA FC 26 gameplay is as awful as FC 24 was on the Switch: players skate rather than run, with extraordinary speed, making the game much more fluid than it is in real life. Mix that with the fact that there is no defense in the game and what do you get? You will play more games that end in 7:3 than 1:0 - and that is just so far from real football that you don't know anymore what this mess is supposed to be.
I abandoned FC 24 on the Switch and tried the PS5 version of the same game. The difference was shocking. Not just the graphics but the gameplay was much better, too. I thought EA would offer a similar gameplay on the Switch 2. After all, that's a 10x more powerful console than the original Switch. But neither the graphics nor the gameplay are on par - even with the 11 years old PS4...
This, and a false promise (owners of the digital game get the Switch 1 version for free) has led me to ask my money back from Nintendo, after only one day of playing. Never before has that happened with any game so far.
I've been playing competitively since FIFA 13. I can confirm that after EA FC 24 on the original Switch (which was an impossible port anyway), this is the second worst FIFA / EA FC game I have ever played.
I've been playing video games for 35 years but this is one of my biggest disappointments.
Just started it in early access so can confirm these:
no 60 fps
EA FC 26 on Switch 2 looks like a Switch 1 game
EA FC 26 on Switch 2 plays exactly like EA FC 24 did on Switch 1 (I skipped 25): players skating instead of running = way too much "fluidity"; there's no defense - very weird because the PS5 version of EA FC 24 had normal defense but the Switch version was a mess, where you played more games that ended 7:3 than 1:0 and it was impossible to have a shutout (I've been playing online since FIFA 13 and EA FC 24 on Switch was the only version to do that).
FIFA 18 on the Switch looked better than this and that one has 60 fps...
Oh and someone from EA officially said that Switch 2 owners of EA FC 26 can download the Switch 1 version for free.
I can confirm now that that was a lie. The price of the Switch 1 version didn't change, I could still only buy it for full price.
The main reason for buying the game digitally was that according to that promise, only the owners of the digital game are entitled to download the Switch 1 version for free.
So I bought it digitally, it's awful (both looks and gameplay), I didn't get the Switch version and I cannot even sell it.
Maybe that's why Nintendo's doing everything it can to put people off of buying Switch 2 at the moment.
Seeing the Switch at first place would be something else. The PS2 era was a golden one, no doubt, but personally, the Switch is the perfect console for me. I still use it more than the Switch 2...
I rated this showcase a 3/10, not counting the numerous excellent games they've already announced earlier, towards the rating.
Why?
Still nothing from Microsoft
No PC strategies (which I'd consider a perfect fit for Switch 2 because of the built in mouse mode)
Way too much focus on Switch 1 games (I guess rumors about not enough devkits at developers are true)
Way too many remakes
Zero system sellers were freshly announced
Forcing Switch 2 owners from physical to digital releases is outrageous (and it's entirely Nintendo's fault).
I bought the Switch 2 but I'll still rather play on PS5 Pro. (Thanks to the trophy system, which Nintendo still doesn't care about and a proper gaming log, which Nintendo already perfected on 3DS and then just forgot about it...)
Heroes: Olden Era. I'd take literally any Heroes of Might and Magic game. Now that we have an inbuilt mouse. What's more probable: Age of Empires / Mythology by Microsoft. (Latter one's out on PS5.)
I would happily play any PC strategy from the last 25 years on the Switch 2.
For me, the built-in mouse mode would be the best improvement over the original, if they started porting PC strategy games.
I'm late for the party and just started this game on PS5 Pro. Oddly, it doesn't even look gorgeous on that.. I have no idea what to expect from a Switch 2 port. (This game wasn't released on PS4, right?) (I still wouldn't call it 'impossible' port, it probably just needs better optimization..)
Okay, so I'm probably in the minority. I got more excited by this than the next, PS2-looking main series game. Quality puzzles of simple, old but gold concepts are hard to find. This is that. But they also twisted the formula a little, to make it fresh. Loving it so far.
In my country, the Pro Controller 2 costs ~30 Euros more than PS5 DualSense controllers. The two isn't even in the same category in terms of features. Crazy. For this reason alone, I won't support Nintendo by buying it for my Switch 2.
On the other hand, because they made the whole console bigger, they made the analogues the same size on the Joy Cons - which means they're finally a viable alternative with the grip. And for that, I'm thankful.
I loved Another Code Recollection so this will be an insta-buy.
Please, please, please, anyone, make more games like those, that are easy to play, yet oozing beauty, have an engaging story, colorful characters and enchanting background music.
Remember how people have been complaining for years that because of the weaker Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X games looked worse because developers had to make all games run on both? Do you know how much more powerful the Series X is? 3 times.
Now imagine what Switch 2 owners will go through when they realize the same is happening here. Only this time, the difference in power is 10 times...
Enjoy your Switch 1 games on Switch 2 for years to come, everybody!
Nintendo dropped the ball completely regarding Switch 2.
Still no trophy / achievement system.
Still no decent game timer (they've done it perfectly on 3DS, they should've just copy-pasted..)
Still hardly any Switch 2 devkits with third party developers.
Forcing third party publishers of using game key cards instead of cartridges because Nintendo only sells them 64GB cartridges for a ridiculously high price.
Possible short term consequences:
Switch 2 physical sales falling (people will buy the same game for the Switch 1 instead if that's on a cartridge - or won't buy it at all)
Third party publishers will release less Switch 2 games and focus on Switch 1 until this gets sorted
People will complain about Switch 2, which was supposed to be 10x more powerful than Switch 1 - and yet there are hardly any games that show any difference so we're still stuck playing Switch 1 games on it.
Long term consequences:
People who care about third party + physical games will stop buying Switch 2 because there's hardly any reason to do so
This is a lose-lose situation for all: publishers don't get money, players don't get (physical) games, Nintendo doesn't get royalty.
STOP. BATHING. IN. MONEY.
SORT. THIS. MESS. OUT. NOW. NINTENDO.
(Either sell smaller cartridges to third party publishers or sell them those 64GB ones even at a loss. Game key cards equals less sales equals less profit for third party publishers equals less royalty for Nintendo. Even selling cartridges at a loss would ensure long term higher sales, higher profits and therefore, higher royalty for you. I know you're a Grinch now but being a Grinch can mean devastating consequences crazy fast..)
So, 2 months in, we'll still be able to count Switch 2 exclusives on one hand. Meanwhile, the number of incoming Switch 1 games is crazy high. Shouldn't it be the other way around...?
Also, I haven't heard of any new Switch 2 updated Switch 1 games. For comparison: PS5 started with approx. 50 and PS5 Pro started with 79 games that were tailored to the capabilities of the new console.
I don't understand the outcry about the 4K TV. First of all, the Switch 2 is a 4K compatible console in docked mode, meaning if you don't have a 4K TV, you'll missing out on the graphics. And second of all, 4K TVs are pretty much the norm since, like, 2012..
This game was one of the worst experiences for me. 6/10 is insane. I'm getting used to the fact that I need to deduct 2 points to get closer to what a game is worth - in this case, it should've been a 5 point deduction.
If there are more third party game key card releases than true physical releases, that's on Nintendo and Nintendo only.
If rumors are true, 64GB cartridges cost above 20 dollars for publishers and there aren't even any option for smaller, cheaper alternatives, that equals no profitable option for most publishers to release a game physically.
Nintendo either should sell those cartridges considerably cheaper (even if that's not profitable for them!) or allow options for smaller, cheaper cartridges. Or both.
THAT would mean physical games are a key part of their business. Anything else is just empty talk.
These numbers don't say to me that the Switch 2 will be 10x more powerful than the original Switch.
(Not that it matters much to me, I love my OLED and Lite Switch and won't sell them after I got Switch 2 because of what they can do that the new console cannot - it's just that Nintendo themselves said that number..)
I won't because I'm a collector. But for anyone else, these keycard releases are still much better than those 'code in a box' ones. At least they can be sold..
Fake sales of garbage games would be so easy to abolish..
They should just make a rule that says: if a game goes on sale for more than X times (or longer than X days) in any given calendar year, its price will change to the discounted price permanently.
Problem solved. No more garbage in the Sales section (which, last week, consisted of more than 4700 games in Europe)...
Market will take care of price. I've hardly bought new games before, I'll hardly buy new games after that. Used game are the way (especially for those who buy lots of games, like me). The amount you save can be orbital on a yearly basis.
There's not a single game on the voucher list that you can't buy for cheaper in physical form in my country (Hungary), used or new. The only game I've ever considered using the voucher for is the Famicom Detective Club duo because it's €60, digital-only (why...?) and has never been on sale - but there's simply no second game... If I can buy a game digitally and physically for around the same price, I won't ever choose the digital option.
Switch 2's higher prices could've sweetened this deal - but Grinchtendo doesn't want that, apparently.
Just finished Another Code Recollection: Two Memories. Never got to play it on the DS (or the sequel on Wii), though I was interested. I love these quality niche games. (Anything where the gameplay isn't mindless killing). It's even Nintendo-exclusive, I think. Awesome atmosphere, awesome updated graphics, fun puzzles. And the second game just started seamlessly. Whoa! Thumbs up!
That's awesome. PushSquare lists 136 PS5 games capable of running at 120fps, out of more than 3000. So that's a rarity. And, as opposed to PS5, you don't need to buy a new TV if yours can't do that - because the Switch 2 display already can!
Switch 2's line-up is great, it just doesn't have many exclusives.
My favorite launch line-up was probably GBA.
Honestly, I don't really care about Switch 2 games (yet).
I'm one of the few who didn't buy the Switch for Nintendo exclusives but rather because it was the perfectly versatile console (for me), which I could use whenever, wherever.
This doesn't change with the Switch 2.
Sure, Cyberpunk 2077 sounds exciting - but not for €80, when I can buy it for ~15 for PS5 (used), with much better graphics. The same goes for most multiplatform games.
With a little time, prices will go down (except N exclusives, probably). That's when I'll try them.
I'll rather buy the Switch 2 so I can play my huge Switch backlog on it, in better quality.
It was the same with the PS5. I bought it and I mostly play PS4 games on it (or even PS3 remasters!). And I love how much better the experience is, compared to the PS4 era! (With and without upgrade patches. But I'm hoping a lot of those will come for Switch games on Switch 2.)
For strategy titles, mouse should be the right analog stick, left click should be the right bumper and right click should be the left bumper. I've been using the Steam Deck like this for years, works well. Games like Heroes of Might and Magic or King's Bounty are as good to play like this as with a real mouse.
I agree that holding a joycon like that for a longer period of time is probably not convenient. But I still hope that because of this new control, my favorite strategy games (HoMM, Disciples, any RTS from Command & Conquer, Warcraft etc. to Age of Empires) finally appear on the Switch 2.
Huge mistake.
The achievement system is an adventure log. Something to look back to, to recall memories we had with our dear games.
You won't always remember everything but take a look at your trophies and memories will all come back rushing.
I have achievements within the same game with a 10 years difference (Forza Motorsport 5, from 2014 and 2024). It was fun to check that.
I can go back now almost 20 years on other consoles. I've played hundreds of games. They're all there.
I've also played hundreds of games on Nintendo consoles... Probably. I'm not sure.
I remember the ones that I still have in physical format.
What about the digital games, or the physical ones I sold?
Well, there was a perfect app on the 3DS to track playing time, first-last start and the number of starts of apps / games. They should've just copied that app on the Switch. But instead, we only got a vastly inferior system that can only show 20 of the last games and anything that falls from there, the clock will restart the next time we start it... It's just awful.
So, no. I don't know how many games I've played on the Switch, or how many hours I spent with them.
Maybe it's no wonder that I rather started buying third party titles for the PS5, for this exact reason.
I expect I won't be the only one. Nintendo might lose a huge amount of royalty because of their laziness.
It won't affect first party game sales, sure - but since they're exclusive anyway, that was never the question..
the Switch 2 panel has a higher resolution.
Both of these qualities are a given.
The real questions should be:
How many colors can it reproduce?
What's its black level?
Considering it's an HDR screen, there shouldn't be much problem with the color reproduction.
But if the black levels are above ~0.04, you'll notice that. And aside from Mini LED screens (which this isn't), all LCD panels are. The question is, by how much.
There are 3 types of LCD panels: TN, IPS, VA.
The first is cheap but delivers a lacklustre picture.
The IPS is the most common panel these days (Sony's PS Portal uses that, too). It has punchier colors but only grey instead of black - so this has the lowest contrast. (My PS Portal with a black background lights up a dark room. It's awful.)
The VA panel has the best qualities (~2-6 times more contrast than IPS).
But only a mini / micro LED display could be close to OLED quality.
Why didn't you see that in your test event then?
My guesses are:
it didn't happen in a dark room
the games on display didn't have a dark tone.
Most Nintendo first party games don't have that anyway. People who only play them, could probably not even say why OLED is a better display panel.
But try to play horror games in a dark room and you'll experience how the immersion is gone instantly.
That's what's LCD panels bring to the table.
I expect 3 things.
2 they've already done perfectly on 3DS but dropped on the Switch for reasons unknown:
Themes
Playtime counter (they even had an app for that on 3DS, counting playtime, how many times you've started a game / app etc. and it even showed medals for your top 3 in every category).
The third would be an absolute must at this point: something similar to the achievement / trophy system.
I started to buy third party titles rather on PS5 because of the lack of this feature on Nintendo consoles.
Some people still don't understand the significance of this system. It's an adventure log / journal / diary. Everything you've ever done in gaming (well, since the Xbox 360 / PS3 era), you can check anytime. All the fun you had. All the hard work you put in to get a particularly hard trophy. The gap between gaming sessions. (I have achievements in games with 10 years of difference e.g. Forza Motorsport 5, from 2014 and 2024.)
Memories can fade with time. You won't always remember what games you played and had a lot of fun with.
It's so satisfying to relive your moments. Your games. Your journey.
The black screen of the Sony Portal illuminates the room at night. It's a bad joke. I hate IPS technology for its lack of black, even though there are examples when a black IPS screen doesn't burn out your retina in a dark room (e.g. the Lenovo Legion Go). VA panels are still vastly superior to IPS.
MySims: Kingdom is probably the only existing DS game with Hungarian subtitles.
(Publishers aren't big on Hungarian localization on any console but Nintendo consoles "traditionally" have the fewest games localized in our language. Also, the PS4/PS5/X1/XSX console generations now have Hungarian menu, which attracts more players.)
What I'm trying to say is, I was so sad when I learned that the Switch version of MySims: Kingdom lost the Hungarian subtitle option. Even though I'm speaking English well, I'll rather hold onto the DS cart because of this.
But now, reading this article, I feel a glimpse of hope. Please, if you're still working on improving this game, bring back the original Hungarian subtitles! Many people would be thankful for that.
(There's a Hungarian Nintendo Switch group where we collect the titles where Hungarian subs are available. There's not a lot of them, maybe a dozen - Witcher III probably being the most prominent one -, but that's still a dozen more than the number for 3DS, which was probably zero...)
Against the ridiculous pricing / constant sales: if a game is on sale more than 4 times a year (once every season), the sale price would automatically become the standard price (it wouldn't appear in the 'Current Offers' menu anymore).
Against shovelware: bring back the 3DS rating system (those who buy it and play at least an hour with it, can rate it) and let players filter for 1-2-3-4-5 star games.
These would be easy to implement changes and a lot of problems would be solved. (Not the lag, though.)
I loved how they were able to make different games with the same title for handheld back then, instead of making just an unsatisfactory downgrade of the home console version.
E.g. the first two Harry Potter titles are available for 4(!) different console generations (GBC, GBA, PS1, PS2/GC) - plus PC - and they are all different games!
And I dare say that the Gameboy Color versions were the best ones! (Excellent turn-based RPG games.)
I honestly miss those times. Even if a movie tie-in failed expectations on one console, it might have matched them on another.
Pros don't buy games on day 1 on other consoles anymore because some of them are hardly better than beta versions. (By the time they'll improve those games well enough to play, you can buy them half price.) Basically, buyers have become free beta testers...
This has never been the case with Nintendo games. Until now. I guess we just have to be prepared that times are changing and money will eventually become more important than the actual product, even for Nintendo...
One countermeasure against shovelware flooding the eShop with constant huge discounts would be simple: if a game gets discounted more than a specific number / longer than a specific period during a calendar year, the discounted price would automatically become the new regular price.
Like, if a game gets a 90% discount more than 4 or 6 times a year, which is its real price...?
But these scam games shouldn't even exist.
Some quality control should still exist, even if the publishing process became longer.
I don't think most players would mind if half (or even 80%) of the eShop games disappeared because then they'd have a much better opportunity to find the good ones.
Honestly, if they'd re-release 1 million DS consoles at an all-time low price point, it probably had more chance to beat PS2 sales numbers. (Of course, that will never happen. Although making a unique version with some built-in games would be insanely fun.)
Would the Switch deserve the top spot? I think it's such a genius 2-in-1 console that it would. Will it have that? I don't think so.
Wow. I remember the days when this many games came out in a whole year (in the 90s).
I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing. On the creative side, it's good that anybody can make a game now. On the negative side, there are way too many games so a lot will go unnoticed, even if they're good.
I've been doing a research for weeks and ended up buying 30 games for ~€150. (FOMO is real.)
The list includes games from this... list, quirky Nintendo exclusives, the Louvre Guide, Denpa Men 3, the Parascientific games, I am an air traffic controller games, Japanese Rail Sim games, Ironfall Invasion, a Gameboy game (The Sword of Hope II), Quell Reflect and quite a few games that exist physically but were deeply discounted for the occasion (SMT games, Etrian Odyssey games, Stella Glow etc.).
I know that this is a sad day but interestingly, for me, the research these last few weeks completely brought back the love for this unique machine.
I started playing on it again and I enjoy playing on it again.
I've already had lots of digital games for the 3DS (boxed ones, too), so I'm fairly satisfied with what I got during its eShop era.
Let's just hope Nintendo will be more patient with the Switch eShop.
Love the series but I'm not gonna get this for full price.
I still have the original games, I still have my GBA SP AGS-101 (the one with the excellent screen) or I can play them on my DS Lite, so...
This genre isn't about graphics so the Switch version won't make a big difference there, either.
And as people have pointed out already, there are massively great Advance Wars-like games these days (Wargroove, Tiny Metal, Into the Breach etc.), which all happen to be considerably cheaper.
Maybe if it was the whole series on one cartridge (like the Danganronpa series), I'd buy that for 60 bucks.
Even though I already own all of them and can play them anytime.
This release feels like an incomplete step to the right direction.
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Re: Resident Evil Requiem's Switch 2 Physical Release Includes A Lenticular Edition
I don't really count Game Key Card releases as a physical copy.
Sadly, all that remain are Nintendo first party titles and... Cyberpunk 2077.
Come oooon, Nintendo, sort this travesty out already! We're missing out on more and more (real) physical releases...!
Re: Review: Once Upon A Katamari (Switch) – A Roll-'Em-Up Revival Done Right
I love Katamari games but they're crazy hard. I enjoy myself tremendously the first few levels, then suddenly, I can't finish in time, no matter how many times I try.
This type of game should be about fun but ultimately, it always gave me more frustration.
I hope this entry has a milder difficulty and it can be enjoyed just for fun.
Re: Video: EA Sports FC 26 Disappoints At 30fps On Switch 2
FIFA 18 on Switch was an objectively better game. Realistic and fun gameplay and 60 fps.
Why we're getting a broken game with 30 fps 7 years later on a 10x more powerful console, I don't know.
EA FC 26 gameplay is as awful as FC 24 was on the Switch: players skate rather than run, with extraordinary speed, making the game much more fluid than it is in real life. Mix that with the fact that there is no defense in the game and what do you get?
You will play more games that end in 7:3 than 1:0 - and that is just so far from real football that you don't know anymore what this mess is supposed to be.
I abandoned FC 24 on the Switch and tried the PS5 version of the same game. The difference was shocking. Not just the graphics but the gameplay was much better, too.
I thought EA would offer a similar gameplay on the Switch 2. After all, that's a 10x more powerful console than the original Switch.
But neither the graphics nor the gameplay are on par - even with the 11 years old PS4...
This, and a false promise (owners of the digital game get the Switch 1 version for free) has led me to ask my money back from Nintendo, after only one day of playing. Never before has that happened with any game so far.
I've been playing competitively since FIFA 13. I can confirm that after EA FC 24 on the original Switch (which was an impossible port anyway), this is the second worst FIFA / EA FC game I have ever played.
I've been playing video games for 35 years but this is one of my biggest disappointments.
Re: FC 26 On Switch 2 "On Parity, Basically" With PS5, According To EA Sports Dev
Just started it in early access so can confirm these:
FIFA 18 on the Switch looked better than this and that one has 60 fps...
Oh and someone from EA officially said that Switch 2 owners of EA FC 26 can download the Switch 1 version for free.
I can confirm now that that was a lie. The price of the Switch 1 version didn't change, I could still only buy it for full price.
The main reason for buying the game digitally was that according to that promise, only the owners of the digital game are entitled to download the Switch 1 version for free.
So I bought it digitally, it's awful (both looks and gameplay), I didn't get the Switch version and I cannot even sell it.
I think this is called a scam, EA.
Re: Switch Is Now Within Touching Distance Of The DS' Lifetime Sales
Maybe that's why Nintendo's doing everything it can to put people off of buying Switch 2 at the moment.
Seeing the Switch at first place would be something else.
The PS2 era was a golden one, no doubt, but personally, the Switch is the perfect console for me.
I still use it more than the Switch 2...
Re: Review: Dear Me, I Was... (Switch 2) - A Bold, Heartfelt, Wordless Visual Novel
"Visual novels are generally wordy beasts with extended runtimes, which can make their appeal rather limited."
I take a good story over mindless fun any day of the week.
Re: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase July 2025: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
I rated this showcase a 3/10, not counting the numerous excellent games they've already announced earlier, towards the rating.
Why?
I bought the Switch 2 but I'll still rather play on PS5 Pro.
(Thanks to the trophy system, which Nintendo still doesn't care about and a proper gaming log, which Nintendo already perfected on 3DS and then just forgot about it...)
Re: Square Enix Is Bringing A Brand New HD-2D RPG To Switch 2 Next Year
The Switch was so successful, they developed a whole new graphic style for it: HD-2D.
We're in Switch 2 era now. It should evolve to 4K-2D.
Re: Feature: Nintendo Partner Direct Predictions - What Do You Expect To See?
Heroes: Olden Era.
I'd take literally any Heroes of Might and Magic game.
Now that we have an inbuilt mouse.
What's more probable: Age of Empires / Mythology by Microsoft. (Latter one's out on PS5.)
I would happily play any PC strategy from the last 25 years on the Switch 2.
For me, the built-in mouse mode would be the best improvement over the original, if they started porting PC strategy games.
Re: Nintendo Music Update Adds 26 "Old-School" NES And Famicom Game Albums
More music, more retro games with more console generations, more features on Switch 2 with Game Chat...
I wonder when they'll raise the price of the subscription... :/
Re: Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot Is Hopeful That Upcoming Switch 2 Port Can Revive Star Wars Outlaws
I'm late for the party and just started this game on PS5 Pro.
Oddly, it doesn't even look gorgeous on that.. I have no idea what to expect from a Switch 2 port. (This game wasn't released on PS4, right?)
(I still wouldn't call it 'impossible' port, it probably just needs better optimization..)
Re: Surprise! A Brand New Pokémon Puzzle Game Is Available Now On Mobile And Switch
Okay, so I'm probably in the minority. I got more excited by this than the next, PS2-looking main series game.
Quality puzzles of simple, old but gold concepts are hard to find. This is that. But they also twisted the formula a little, to make it fresh.
Loving it so far.
Re: Around 1 In 3 Switch 2 Owners Bought New Pro Controller Despite High Price Point (US)
In my country, the Pro Controller 2 costs ~30 Euros more than PS5 DualSense controllers. The two isn't even in the same category in terms of features.
Crazy.
For this reason alone, I won't support Nintendo by buying it for my Switch 2.
On the other hand, because they made the whole console bigger, they made the analogues the same size on the Joy Cons - which means they're finally a viable alternative with the grip.
And for that, I'm thankful.
Re: Another Code Director's Gorgeous Interactive Adventure Comes To Switch 2 Next Week
I loved Another Code Recollection so this will be an insta-buy.
Please, please, please, anyone, make more games like those, that are easy to play, yet oozing beauty, have an engaging story, colorful characters and enchanting background music.
Re: Nintendo's LEGO Game Boy Officially Revealed, Releasing October 2025
Have you ever thought we'd get a Lego Game Boy sooner than a Game Boy Mini?
Me neither.
Re: Where To Pre-Order Pokémon Legends: Z-A On Nintendo Switch 2 - Game & Hardware Bundle
Remember how people have been complaining for years that because of the weaker Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X games looked worse because developers had to make all games run on both?
Do you know how much more powerful the Series X is? 3 times.
Now imagine what Switch 2 owners will go through when they realize the same is happening here.
Only this time, the difference in power is 10 times...
Enjoy your Switch 1 games on Switch 2 for years to come, everybody!
Re: NIS America: Trails Beyond The Horizon Switch 2 Game-Key Card Release Is "Most Beneficial Option" For Fans
Nintendo dropped the ball completely regarding Switch 2.
Still no trophy / achievement system.
Still no decent game timer (they've done it perfectly on 3DS, they should've just copy-pasted..)
Still hardly any Switch 2 devkits with third party developers.
Forcing third party publishers of using game key cards instead of cartridges because Nintendo only sells them 64GB cartridges for a ridiculously high price.
Possible short term consequences:
Long term consequences:
STOP. BATHING. IN. MONEY.
SORT. THIS. MESS. OUT. NOW. NINTENDO.
(Either sell smaller cartridges to third party publishers or sell them those 64GB ones even at a loss. Game key cards equals less sales equals less profit for third party publishers equals less royalty for Nintendo. Even selling cartridges at a loss would ensure long term higher sales, higher profits and therefore, higher royalty for you. I know you're a Grinch now but being a Grinch can mean devastating consequences crazy fast..)
Re: Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games & Accessories For July & August 2025
So, 2 months in, we'll still be able to count Switch 2 exclusives on one hand.
Meanwhile, the number of incoming Switch 1 games is crazy high. Shouldn't it be the other way around...?
Also, I haven't heard of any new Switch 2 updated Switch 1 games.
For comparison: PS5 started with approx. 50 and PS5 Pro started with 79 games that were tailored to the capabilities of the new console.
Re: Want To 100% 'Welcome Tour'? You'll Need To Cough Up For Some Accessories
I don't understand the outcry about the 4K TV.
First of all, the Switch 2 is a 4K compatible console in docked mode, meaning if you don't have a 4K TV, you'll missing out on the graphics.
And second of all, 4K TVs are pretty much the norm since, like, 2012..
Re: 'Castle Of Heart: Retold' Revamps The Soulslike Platformer For Switch 2
This game was one of the worst experiences for me.
6/10 is insane. I'm getting used to the fact that I need to deduct 2 points to get closer to what a game is worth - in this case, it should've been a 5 point deduction.
Re: Nintendo Shares Video Detailing New N64 Features For Switch Online
Nintendo seems to constantly add more and more features, games, music etc. to the Online subscription.
I wonder when they'll raise the price... :/
Re: Nintendo: "Physical Games Are Still A Key Part Of Our Business"
If there are more third party game key card releases than true physical releases, that's on Nintendo and Nintendo only.
If rumors are true, 64GB cartridges cost above 20 dollars for publishers and there aren't even any option for smaller, cheaper alternatives, that equals no profitable option for most publishers to release a game physically.
Nintendo either should sell those cartridges considerably cheaper (even if that's not profitable for them!) or allow options for smaller, cheaper cartridges. Or both.
THAT would mean physical games are a key part of their business.
Anything else is just empty talk.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Final Tech Specs Have Been Confirmed
These numbers don't say to me that the Switch 2 will be 10x more powerful than the original Switch.
(Not that it matters much to me, I love my OLED and Lite Switch and won't sell them after I got Switch 2 because of what they can do that the new console cannot - it's just that Nintendo themselves said that number..)
Re: Talking Point: Will You Be Buying Any Game-Key Card Switch 2 Games?
I won't because I'm a collector. But for anyone else, these keycard releases are still much better than those 'code in a box' ones. At least they can be sold..
Re: ICYMI: 12 Switch Games Will Receive Free Switch 2 Upgrades
Knowing Nintendo, there won't be any performance update (for free).
They'll just add GameShare or some other feature I couldn't care less about...
Re: Switch eShop Update Puts Less Focus On The Terrible 'eSlop'
Fake sales of garbage games would be so easy to abolish..
They should just make a rule that says: if a game goes on sale for more than X times (or longer than X days) in any given calendar year, its price will change to the discounted price permanently.
Problem solved. No more garbage in the Sales section (which, last week, consisted of more than 4700 games in Europe)...
Re: Analyst Predicts Record-Breaking Launch Numbers For Switch 2
Switch was the perfect console - with an underpowered hardware.
Switch 2 isn't underpowered...
Will it break records?
Not if Nintendo can't make enough.
For everybody's sake, let's hope their factories have been working on it 24/7 for months now..
Re: Nintendo's Quiet 2024 Led To 26% Drop In Physical Game Sales (UK)
Market will take care of price.
I've hardly bought new games before, I'll hardly buy new games after that. Used game are the way (especially for those who buy lots of games, like me). The amount you save can be orbital on a yearly basis.
Re: ICYMI: Nintendo Reminds Us Game Vouchers Won't Work On Switch 2 Exclusives
There's not a single game on the voucher list that you can't buy for cheaper in physical form in my country (Hungary), used or new.
The only game I've ever considered using the voucher for is the Famicom Detective Club duo because it's €60, digital-only (why...?) and has never been on sale - but there's simply no second game... If I can buy a game digitally and physically for around the same price, I won't ever choose the digital option.
Switch 2's higher prices could've sweetened this deal - but Grinchtendo doesn't want that, apparently.
Re: 123 Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's 'Save & Play' eShop Sale (Europe)
There are only a couple of 9/10 games per year, at best.
You're way too lenient with your points.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (12th April)
Just finished Another Code Recollection: Two Memories.
Never got to play it on the DS (or the sequel on Wii), though I was interested.
I love these quality niche games. (Anything where the gameplay isn't mindless killing). It's even Nintendo-exclusive, I think.
Awesome atmosphere, awesome updated graphics, fun puzzles.
And the second game just started seamlessly. Whoa!
Thumbs up!
Re: Mario Kart World Is Reportedly The Smoothest Entry Yet
That's awesome.
PushSquare lists 136 PS5 games capable of running at 120fps, out of more than 3000.
So that's a rarity.
And, as opposed to PS5, you don't need to buy a new TV if yours can't do that - because the Switch 2 display already can!
Re: Talking Point: Does Switch 2 Have Nintendo's Best Launch Line-Up Ever?
Switch 2's line-up is great, it just doesn't have many exclusives.
My favorite launch line-up was probably GBA.
Honestly, I don't really care about Switch 2 games (yet).
I'm one of the few who didn't buy the Switch for Nintendo exclusives but rather because it was the perfectly versatile console (for me), which I could use whenever, wherever.
This doesn't change with the Switch 2.
Sure, Cyberpunk 2077 sounds exciting - but not for €80, when I can buy it for ~15 for PS5 (used), with much better graphics. The same goes for most multiplatform games.
With a little time, prices will go down (except N exclusives, probably). That's when I'll try them.
I'll rather buy the Switch 2 so I can play my huge Switch backlog on it, in better quality.
It was the same with the PS5. I bought it and I mostly play PS4 games on it (or even PS3 remasters!). And I love how much better the experience is, compared to the PS4 era! (With and without upgrade patches. But I'm hoping a lot of those will come for Switch games on Switch 2.)
Re: Opinion: Oh No, I'm Not A Fan Of Switch 2's Mouse Mode At All
For strategy titles, mouse should be the right analog stick, left click should be the right bumper and right click should be the left bumper. I've been using the Steam Deck like this for years, works well. Games like Heroes of Might and Magic or King's Bounty are as good to play like this as with a real mouse.
I agree that holding a joycon like that for a longer period of time is probably not convenient. But I still hope that because of this new control, my favorite strategy games (HoMM, Disciples, any RTS from Command & Conquer, Warcraft etc. to Age of Empires) finally appear on the Switch 2.
Re: The Switch 2 Won't Have Achievements Or eShop Music
Huge mistake.
The achievement system is an adventure log. Something to look back to, to recall memories we had with our dear games.
You won't always remember everything but take a look at your trophies and memories will all come back rushing.
I have achievements within the same game with a 10 years difference (Forza Motorsport 5, from 2014 and 2024). It was fun to check that.
I can go back now almost 20 years on other consoles. I've played hundreds of games. They're all there.
I've also played hundreds of games on Nintendo consoles... Probably. I'm not sure.
I remember the ones that I still have in physical format.
What about the digital games, or the physical ones I sold?
Well, there was a perfect app on the 3DS to track playing time, first-last start and the number of starts of apps / games. They should've just copied that app on the Switch. But instead, we only got a vastly inferior system that can only show 20 of the last games and anything that falls from there, the clock will restart the next time we start it... It's just awful.
So, no. I don't know how many games I've played on the Switch, or how many hours I spent with them.
Maybe it's no wonder that I rather started buying third party titles for the PS5, for this exact reason.
I expect I won't be the only one. Nintendo might lose a huge amount of royalty because of their laziness.
It won't affect first party game sales, sure - but since they're exclusive anyway, that was never the question..
Re: We've Seen Switch 2's LCD Screen In The Flesh, And It Really Doesn't Feel Like A Downgrade
"the panel looked bright and crisp"
You're joking, right?
Both of these qualities are a given.
The real questions should be:
Considering it's an HDR screen, there shouldn't be much problem with the color reproduction.
But if the black levels are above ~0.04, you'll notice that. And aside from Mini LED screens (which this isn't), all LCD panels are. The question is, by how much.
There are 3 types of LCD panels: TN, IPS, VA.
The first is cheap but delivers a lacklustre picture.
The IPS is the most common panel these days (Sony's PS Portal uses that, too). It has punchier colors but only grey instead of black - so this has the lowest contrast. (My PS Portal with a black background lights up a dark room. It's awful.)
The VA panel has the best qualities (~2-6 times more contrast than IPS).
But only a mini / micro LED display could be close to OLED quality.
Why didn't you see that in your test event then?
My guesses are:
Most Nintendo first party games don't have that anyway. People who only play them, could probably not even say why OLED is a better display panel.
But try to play horror games in a dark room and you'll experience how the immersion is gone instantly.
That's what's LCD panels bring to the table.
Re: MySims Cozy Bundle Has Received A Switch Update, New Features Coming "Early Next Year"
@KeeperBvK Wow, I didn't know that. I never even thought of the Wii games. The Switch is so versatile!
Thanks for the info.
Re: Talking Point: What We Expect From The Switch 2 Direct
I expect 3 things.
2 they've already done perfectly on 3DS but dropped on the Switch for reasons unknown:
The third would be an absolute must at this point: something similar to the achievement / trophy system.
I started to buy third party titles rather on PS5 because of the lack of this feature on Nintendo consoles.
Some people still don't understand the significance of this system. It's an adventure log / journal / diary. Everything you've ever done in gaming (well, since the Xbox 360 / PS3 era), you can check anytime. All the fun you had. All the hard work you put in to get a particularly hard trophy. The gap between gaming sessions. (I have achievements in games with 10 years of difference e.g. Forza Motorsport 5, from 2014 and 2024.)
Memories can fade with time. You won't always remember what games you played and had a lot of fun with.
It's so satisfying to relive your moments. Your games. Your journey.
We desperately need that on Nintendo consoles.
Re: 98 Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's 'Play On' eShop Sale (Europe)
There aren't 98 9/10 games in a console generation. There is probably one or two per year.
Re: Talking Point: Why An LCD Screen Isn't The End Of The World For Switch 2
The black screen of the Sony Portal illuminates the room at night. It's a bad joke.
I hate IPS technology for its lack of black, even though there are examples when a black IPS screen doesn't burn out your retina in a dark room (e.g. the Lenovo Legion Go).
VA panels are still vastly superior to IPS.
Re: MySims Cozy Bundle Has Received A Switch Update, New Features Coming "Early Next Year"
MySims: Kingdom is probably the only existing DS game with Hungarian subtitles.
(Publishers aren't big on Hungarian localization on any console but Nintendo consoles "traditionally" have the fewest games localized in our language. Also, the PS4/PS5/X1/XSX console generations now have Hungarian menu, which attracts more players.)
What I'm trying to say is, I was so sad when I learned that the Switch version of MySims: Kingdom lost the Hungarian subtitle option.
Even though I'm speaking English well, I'll rather hold onto the DS cart because of this.
But now, reading this article, I feel a glimpse of hope.
Please, if you're still working on improving this game, bring back the original Hungarian subtitles! Many people would be thankful for that.
(There's a Hungarian Nintendo Switch group where we collect the titles where Hungarian subs are available. There's not a lot of them, maybe a dozen - Witcher III probably being the most prominent one -, but that's still a dozen more than the number for 3DS, which was probably zero...)
Re: Opinion: Nintendo Needs To Let Us Block The Crap On Switch 2's eShop
These would be easy to implement changes and a lot of problems would be solved. (Not the lag, though.)
Re: Feature: Digital Doppelgangers - Home Vs. Handheld Adaptations In The 2000s
I loved how they were able to make different games with the same title for handheld back then, instead of making just an unsatisfactory downgrade of the home console version.
E.g. the first two Harry Potter titles are available for 4(!) different console generations (GBC, GBA, PS1, PS2/GC) - plus PC - and they are all different games!
And I dare say that the Gameboy Color versions were the best ones! (Excellent turn-based RPG games.)
I honestly miss those times. Even if a movie tie-in failed expectations on one console, it might have matched them on another.
Re: Pokémon Company's COO Addresses Issue Between Release Schedule And Game Quality
Pros don't buy games on day 1 on other consoles anymore because some of them are hardly better than beta versions. (By the time they'll improve those games well enough to play, you can buy them half price.) Basically, buyers have become free beta testers...
This has never been the case with Nintendo games. Until now.
I guess we just have to be prepared that times are changing and money will eventually become more important than the actual product, even for Nintendo...
Re: Feature: The Rise Of 'Scam Games' And 'Keyword Bingo' Firms Flooding Switch eShop
One countermeasure against shovelware flooding the eShop with constant huge discounts would be simple: if a game gets discounted more than a specific number / longer than a specific period during a calendar year, the discounted price would automatically become the new regular price.
Like, if a game gets a 90% discount more than 4 or 6 times a year, which is its real price...?
But these scam games shouldn't even exist.
Some quality control should still exist, even if the publishing process became longer.
I don't think most players would mind if half (or even 80%) of the eShop games disappeared because then they'd have a much better opportunity to find the good ones.
Re: Poll: Do You Think Switch Can Catch PS2's Total Sales Before 'Switch 2' Arrives?
Honestly, if they'd re-release 1 million DS consoles at an all-time low price point, it probably had more chance to beat PS2 sales numbers.
(Of course, that will never happen. Although making a unique version with some built-in games would be insanely fun.)
Would the Switch deserve the top spot?
I think it's such a genius 2-in-1 console that it would.
Will it have that?
I don't think so.
Re: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For August And September 2023
Wow. I remember the days when this many games came out in a whole year (in the 90s).
I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing.
On the creative side, it's good that anybody can make a game now.
On the negative side, there are way too many games so a lot will go unnoticed, even if they're good.
Re: RPG Puzzler Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes - Definitive Edition Heads To Switch Next Month
I have Clash of Heroes boxed on PC.
I'll probably pick this one up, too.
Ubisoft needs to take notes now.
We need Heroes of Might and Magic on consoles.
At least one.
Or all of them.
Re: 39 Best 3DS eShop Games You Should Get Before They're Gone Forever
I've been doing a research for weeks and ended up buying 30 games for ~€150. (FOMO is real.)
The list includes games from this... list, quirky Nintendo exclusives, the Louvre Guide, Denpa Men 3, the Parascientific games, I am an air traffic controller games, Japanese Rail Sim games, Ironfall Invasion, a Gameboy game (The Sword of Hope II), Quell Reflect and quite a few games that exist physically but were deeply discounted for the occasion (SMT games, Etrian Odyssey games, Stella Glow etc.).
I know that this is a sad day but interestingly, for me, the research these last few weeks completely brought back the love for this unique machine.
I started playing on it again and I enjoy playing on it again.
I've already had lots of digital games for the 3DS (boxed ones, too), so I'm fairly satisfied with what I got during its eShop era.
Let's just hope Nintendo will be more patient with the Switch eShop.
Re: Nintendo Reminds Us Advance Wars For Switch Is One Month Out From Release
Love the series but I'm not gonna get this for full price.
I still have the original games, I still have my GBA SP AGS-101 (the one with the excellent screen) or I can play them on my DS Lite, so...
This genre isn't about graphics so the Switch version won't make a big difference there, either.
And as people have pointed out already, there are massively great Advance Wars-like games these days (Wargroove, Tiny Metal, Into the Breach etc.), which all happen to be considerably cheaper.
Maybe if it was the whole series on one cartridge (like the Danganronpa series), I'd buy that for 60 bucks.
Even though I already own all of them and can play them anytime.
This release feels like an incomplete step to the right direction.