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Every few years there is a new online universe that turns into a pathetic chatroom...

@BarryandWill It really offends you that much? I have no idea what the problem was, but they fixed it.

@kajonsey yes it is

I've been so looking forward to this! This is one my favourite two games. The only unfortunate thing is I broke my arm three days ago so I don't imagine I'll be able to play for a while.

@phanboy I'm not sure what you're referring to? This game is $35, and is a well made, full-featured racing game... it's the best realistic graphics racer on the switch. It may be a port of an older game, but that doesn't make it not a great game. Taking a 'new' game and downgrading its effects to the level of this game isn't really any better...

They put a lot of work into making the game work as good as possible on the switch, including the possibly of gamecube analog control. The game also says that it will be having additional free DLC packs.

@popey1980 + 3GB for high quality textures if you want them

booting it up now!

edit:

• downloading high resolution car textures as a free update from the eshop... it isn't holding up playing
• something else that is cool is it has a link to 'extra content', where the subtitle is 'download FREE DLC packs'. the only one available right now is the textures, but from this link, i'm assuming there will be more and they will be free.
• the game has a ton of difficulty levels, and various realism levels, starting with damage being only cosmetic. The game definitely isn't NFS with Nitro and stuff, but it has plenty of options that can make it more arcadey or technical i think.
• right when you first load it, it lets you pick your 'audio' name, which is the name the game calls you audibly...

@Pablo17 Coming soon apparently

@Scollurio well, the game isn't super expensive, is supposedly great, and multiplayer is coming soon...

@Deanster101 the review should have at least commented about the multiplayer component coming soon

Well, the multiplayer is coming 'soon', so although I too thought it was lame that there is no multiplayer, I was relieved to know that it is enroute.

So, is this game actually fun? Some people seem to really like it, and others complain about it being 'blues clues' and lacking in whatever they think would make a good game.

For sure, I picked this up... traded my switches in, and got one new one, and going to get another at some point... The price I paid is worth it just for the battery... even if you don't play mobile, it is still something you can do, so why not have a 5 hour battery instead of a 3? And, after two years, getting a new unit, that runs cooler, and has potentially better joy cons seems like a good deal all around.

Well, many retailers already have 30 day or longer return policies... Best Buy does for sure. Walmart probably would take it too... So, if anyone purchased the older unit within the last month, there should be no problem returning and exchanging it via the retailer. I think this is better anyways because then you don't have to pay shipping or wait for anything.

So, I'm not sure about something... you have 32 slots... if you delete one of your levels, can you add another new one back in? 32 slots to place your best levels seems perfectly reasonable.

On the other hand, if you 32 upload chances, and then you couldn't do anything at all, that would be a bit lame.

well, here is a clip that is cleaner and without all the background music...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl5ljaNNu7I

i don't hear 'kinga'. That doesn't mean that it wasn't recorded the way he said... but what comes out in the audio seems cut or glitched from that longer phrase

yes this sucks. I tried to register a bunch a couple weeks ago only to realize that it expires after ONE year! That is dumb.

This is awesome! Resident Evil, (and it's doppelgänger Luigi's Mansion) is my favourite game.

is there multiplayer besides co-op?

@wazlon The digital version is a better deal content wise. The deluxe version includes everything I believe, and when it's on sale, it's a LOT cheaper than buying all the toys that would unlock the same content.

@Velocirapstar Pray they don't alter it any further

@tudsworth I assume that they lost the Intellivision licence because there is a new console coming from 'Intellivision', it includes both Intellivision and Atari games

@Heavyarms55 It seems that Nintendo is providing the systems and software... at no charge is my impression

Why is this surprising? Don't sports games usually only sell the current version?

@rjejr That's kind of unfortunate. I wish there was a 'digital upgrade'...

Is there any kind of multi-switch multiplayer?

Hmm, it doesn't say it won't be happening. It just says they'd love to and have no plans to do it at 'this time', as in 'now'? What about 'now'? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5drjr9PmTMA

They refused to answer after the whole light switch thing too... https://blizzardwatch.com/2018/03/07/blizzard-wont-confirm-deny-whether-diablo-3-coming-nintendo-switch/

To me, this seems poorly scored. If it's 'better than last year's game' it should be scored higher, not punished because of what is available on other systems.

@DanteSolablood TV mode with dedicated joy cons?

What is multiplayer like? can two switches play together?

hmmm...hopefully they will put more of their content on the switch, so they can actually increase that number.

Well, Toys R Us isn't shutting down across North America... only in the U.S.

Resellers should be able to 'certify' nintendo cartridges. They already 'should' be checking that they work. They just have to add an online check.

@AcridSkull Apparently the hardware can do this, they just have to do some updating from the software end to make it work.

@RasandeRose Why would you say that USB is 'less quality'? USB is a digital signal, the quality of the output will be based on the quality of the digital to analog converters and the speakers being used. It should be possible to be better quality than the already converted to analog headphone jack being converted back to digital and then back to analog in the headset.

@riChchestM well, except this should have much less latency since it's going straight from digital internally... And they do sell a stand that is compatible with the unit for $10

Ha. I looked around and found this video from last August.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJek0tzz26E

I'm surprised this was never more widely known.

@Whalehome I'm not certain what you mean. I can hear 'guitar', 'drums', 'keys', 'percussion' - are you not hearing any of that?

@McHaggis Well, we have two switches... so two family members can play at the same time. I understand that might not apply to you yet, but it would.

Also, even though if you have one switch only one can play at a time, they're still storing everyone's data separately, so you're not just sharing one set of save files...

How is this different than any other game that has arrived on the Switch after being on other systems first? Konami obviously had a meeting and said, 'We've fleshed out this game... let's expand its footprint.'

We have a ton of games that have arrived on Switch after developers thought the same thing... they made a game, and can make more money by porting it to another system.

I think the only time this kind of thing is lame is when the Switch needs momentum, and other systems pay to take away access or exclusivity to it...

I really like this game. I actually bought it twice. First at launch, but traded it in for huge credit quickly when I realized it wasn't very good... but it has improved a ton, and i rebought it on sale a while back...

Hopefully in that same meeting Konami recognized the need to put more games on Switch.

This is great. My younger kids love paw patrol. I hope the game is decent... the Cars game on Switch was quite good

@RennanNT everybody can benefit from real life tournaments. If this mode is like smash tournaments, it should make local multiplayer way better.

of course, if it makes the game good i'd get it. They could just go the route of playgrounds and release it as a new edition, free for current owners. That's already been done...

I can't tell from this review if the game is good or not. It seems short, and is a point and click adventure game... but is it good? Is it a good point and click adventure game? People who only play certain genres might not like others, but whether the game is good for what it is, that's the question... and I couldn't get a clear sense of that from this review.

My first thought was that my girls would like this game, but then I see how bad it looks to be... too bad

It'll probably be possible to make better controller setups once the programming app Fuze is released. That is supposed to give access to the joy cons and such.

Korg Gadget is really great. It's my favourite iOS music making app. I haven't heard that there is a way to get a song in the Switch version over to the iOS version. It would nice to be able to do that, to make it a bit more versatile.

They really need to add MIDI device compatibility to the Switch version via USB. That would make this thing very powerful.

"George, what are you doing?"

@gatorboi352 I think they put a lot of effort into supporting Zelda. That would take away from what they could put into this.

Maybe they could have used a delay, but maybe Nintendo didn't want to bother with that as they didn't think that the improvements would increase the audience enough.

I'm curious if we'll see some performance increases over the next while as they continue to have some time to tweak it a bit more.

@dimi how much fun is it waiting for your car to get repaired or whatever other hoops freemium games have?