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@RootsGenoa One more pointless thing to swap out, plus longer cables exist with as good as or better quality.

This is excellent news. I got it for Switch originally, got tired of the massive loading times and show performance. Ended up snagging for PS as well.

I’ll love playing this game at full performance on Switch, finally!

@Beczkast So I assume you’re in medical school at the moment?

@Orwellian87 Eh, this is like railing against the M.2 SSD requirement on the PS5 for PS5 native games. Access speed is a large bottleneck and should be reduced whenever possible. I’m happy they went with faster storage/game cards, even if it means my handy 1 TB microsd will stay in my OLED Switch for the foreseeable.

@KayFiOS By adding more internal storage. Which you can also do with the Switch 2.

Sony went non-proprietary SSD with M.2. MS went proprietary SSD with overpriced and slower expansion slot cards. Both generate heat that a portable system would have to deal with. Nintendo went non-proprietary with another microsd format that’s appreciably faster than it uses before and won’t generate the large heat amount that SSDs do. Production of said cards just needs to be ramped up, that’s all.

This isn’t Nintendo’s fault, and somehow saying that Nintendo doesn’t let you expand internal storage is very inaccurate.

My 512 GB Onn card bought from Walmart for a little over $60 will continue to be my gold standard for pricing.

Dang. Glad I still have the original PS1 disc. I’d rather dig my PS1/2/3 out of storage and fire up the orginal now.

Oh no, foliage was made by non-humans.

I’m sure that will destroy the authenticity of this game and make it literally unplayable.

Seeing all the reactions to this brings to mind that little meme where someone (me) is having fun playing whatever race comes up, intermission or not, and someone to the side is listing all the reasons MKW is horrible and screams “STOP HAVING FUN!!!!!!!”

The screen in the S2 is fine for my purposes.

But then again…I play in docked 99.9% of the time so my only real experience with the screen is taking it to work the week after launch and playing a couple MKW races with friends. The screen isn’t perfect, and with how much more powerful the rest of the unit is, I can sadly see Nintendo going with a cheaper display to balance the costs.

Sadly, this is why I don’t buy used Switch games. Too much risk of this.

All of DF’s critiques are quite valid. Absolutely not game breaking, and none of them detract from my own personal experience, especially the sceeen. (especially since I play docked 99.9% of the time)

People take even the slightest criticism of their favorite thing as a blood vendetta these days. The S2 ain’t perfect by any means, but I still love mine.

“I don’t understand why people don’t like game key cards!”

Then you either a) don’t actually understand the concept, b) understand the concept but don’t like anyone badmouthing [insert company here] or c) have no problem likely losing access to that game in the future. Or d) You’re trolling.

@Eririichi In fairness, Sony wasn’t cutting off access to existing purchase redownloads for PS3/PSP/Vita. Just the actual storefronts themselves for new purchases. That PS3/Vita storefront closure is what was stopped, but even if it had gone through people would still have been able to redownload games and DLCs they’ve already claimed.

So ex-PR flacks assert a thing while never having actually been developers.

Okeydoke. Totally believable and reputable.

“BuT ItS jUsT a PoRtAbLe PS4!1!!1!1!1 iTll fAiL CoMpLeTelY!1!1!1!”

I love my PS5, but PS plus Switch 2 is now the best gaming combo, replacing PS and Switch 1.

@Polvasti Well that’s good! I’m leery of dropping money on it in the eShop (since I CAN’T on the S2, I’d have to use the web!) until it’s confirmed fixed by Squeenix or Nintendo. It’s mostly a triple-dip situation anyway, since I have the PS disc and digitally on XBox already.

Nier Automata is still incompatible, according to the S2 store. Same with Chrono Cross.

Dangit.

@Medic_alert You’re not wrong. It’s just that Rune Factory games are far more niche than others. So even with all things being equal it isn’t going to sell as much as others. As much as you and I might hate that. :/

@Gryffin my perspective? It’s digital-only with extra steps. Still eats your internal storage, has no actual game on the card, and whenever Nintendo shuts down those download servers (a time likely far in the future, for sure, but it will happen) that “game card” will only be good for curiosities/display and nothing more.

If that’s the case, might as well buy the digital version directly and save the hassle of swapping cards. Embrace non-ownership! But I guess all of us who got Switch 2s know we don’t really own the console anyway…

I bought Cyberpunk and RF: Guardians of Azuma at launch.

Why? Because they were actually game cards and not game KEY cards.

I’d have picked up Yakuza 0 as well, but I’ll just wait for a digital sale. No reason to get it “physically.”

@Medic_alert They got a physical sale from me and I’m enjoying the game more than I thought I would! They deserve to sell a lot of copies.

@Gamer83 You may not want to hear it, but that’s exactly why I haven’t bought Yakuza 0 on Switch 2. Most PS games are absolutely on the disc, with only small bug fix patches needing download. Every other Yakuza/Like a Dragon game on PS, for example…

PlayStation seems to be the only holdout on having the games ON the disc, with certain publishers being the exceptions. totally doesn’t look at MS, Ubisoft, EA, etc

@The_Nintend_Pedant Anything is removable, for a given definition of “removed”

@ear_wig I console myself by knowing it’s the film that got scratched. My screen itself is just fine, and if I want to risk removing it down the road, I can. Thank goodness I’m a mostly-docked player, otherwise it might bother me a lot more!

@Joeynator3000 I have no idea what I did! Two previous Switches before this, ZERO scratches. The S2? Scratched within a few days.

I treat my electronics well, make sure to never have anything close to hitting the screen other than my fingers, but this time around…

My OG Switch was completely scratch free when I sold it to a friend last year and got an OLED. Never had a screen protector on it.

My OLED is still scratch free to this day. Never had a screen protector on it.

My Switch 2 somehow got two scratches in the middle of the screen within the first three days. It never left my home and I was insanely careful docking it.

Ah, well. The streak had to end sometime.

I’ve triple-and-a-half dipped on this, with physical PS4 discs (bought for around ten bucks when the game was utterly broken, expecting the free PS5 update), PS5 Ultimate digitally, Series X Ultimate physically and now Switch Ultimate physically.

They took a train wreck and got it into an amazingly well done state. Happy to support this game. Also happy cross-saves are supported.

My wisdom in keeping my OLED Switch has borne out for now.

Do not get me wrong. I love my Switch 2 and you can pry it out of my cold dead hands. But it’s never bad to have a device with a better battery (even if it’s due to being less powerful, and not an actually BETTER battery) as a backup!

@AstroTheGamosian Thankfully I have enough PTO at a company that encourages you to take it that I could manage a couple days off. But I respect your stance for sure! Just saying that opportunities existed and still do as Target/BB are still getting stock ever few days. Best of luck to you!

@AstroTheGamosian I’ve had three Switch 2s in my possession since launch. One from being in line at Best Buy, one from a Target preorder I wasn’t able to cancel (immediately returned it to my local Target minutes after it was delivered!) and one via a GameStop reservation I made in-store for a friend the day after preorders went live. They got theirs release day after I ran it over to them.

There were MANY opportunities this time around and Nintendo flooded us with consoles in most areas of the US. Heck, GameStop had extras the night before release one could have reserved as well, if there was one nearby.

I will say also that I NEVER heard from Nintendo on the whole buying interest thing. Radio silence. Glad I didn’t put all my hopes in that. Or any.

@Gryffin Why else would I own a Switch? I also have a PS5 and Series X. I play the games where it’s most convenient for me.

Portability only gets used (for me, anyway) when I go visit relatives and I bring it along. Even then, it usually stays in my luggage.

I love Mario Kart, Mario games in general since the NES days, etc.

If you’re putting any part of your finger between the switch 2 and joy-con when attaching it…you clearly don’t know what you’re doing.

@JokerCK Yes, and the series S is between the PS4 and PS5.

Tell me you didn’t actually read the article without telling me you didn’t actually read the article.

My option was “I don’t care” since I play my Switch and Switch 2 docked 99.9% of the time.

@Anti-Matter Okay. Your feelings are meaningless when talking about actual hard sales numbers, though. Doesn't matter what launch made you feel whatever.

Oh, the folks who couldn’t do the job they were supposed to and fix KOTOR 2 like they promised?

No thanks.

Skipping this, have a RDS Game Traveller on the way. Looks decent, though!

@mr12calvin To each their own. Mine was in the bundle so I definitely didn't spend $80.

And MKW was definitely a system seller for me, been wanting something different from MK8 for two console generations now.

“it's really not good, with Kiryu being particularly terrible”

This is why I can’t use Yakuza/LAD English dubs. The miscast of Kiryu is just egregious.

@Medic_alert Same, I popped the card in, launched, said YAY! and then updated it after…and watched what I expected to be a small update just keep on going.

@Medic_alert Its the patch. if you don't update the game, it plays the Switch 2 version directly from the card. If you update it, it installs a fair bit of data on the internal storage. I'm thinking it might be all the English voice acting as well, I don't THINK that's on the S2 cart natively. I started the unpatched version, and Japanese voiceover was there from the start. Then I updated and all of a sudden it was English voices. I may test this later to see if English voice is available without the patch.

So the Switch 2 has been out for…what, not even 48 hours now? No one got units ahead of time.

That’s a pretty quick turnaround time to completely review a full game and the DLC.

I see what you did with the score, btw!

@Jester676 Hey, remember when you were adamant that Switch 2 game cards just WOULD NOT WORK in a Switch 1?

Got this game last night. The Switch 2 red box that clearly states it works in both. Popped it in my OLED Switch. Runs fine. Popped it in the Switch 2. Switch 2 version runs fine from the game card.

Just wanted to let you know, so you can accept the truth!

In a world where Astro’s Playroom exists, this is a slap in the face.

@DTfearTheBEARD Id like to think I’ll be patient. The only reasons I upgraded were a) friend desired a Saitch and b) I wanted a newer version with improved battery. I don’t use my Switch in portable mode often, but when I do it has to last a while!

Now, unless it’s a Switch 2 native or patched game involved, my OLED Switch may remain my portable console and the 2 will stay happily ensconced in its cooling dock. Maybe. Perhaps!

Got my Switch at launch, then last year I sold it to a friend who wanted one and put the proceeds towards an OLED model.

Holding onto my OLED for the time being, even with my Switch 2 on order. Both for the backwards compatibility issues to be worked out, plus the OLED has a freaking 1 TB sdcard in it and the 2 is definitely not getting that level of storage for a bit!

@PALversusNTSC it uh…it doesn’t exceed max cartridge space. That is 64GB. MKW is 21.9. No exceeding happening.

@OorWullie For pure storage purposes I’d be 100% fine with it. Like I said, though, I don’t see Nintendo doing this anytime soon. But it would definitely be nice to have a 1 TB HD connected to my dock to juggle games!

This is coming from someone who has an 8 TB external hooked up to his PS5 and a 4 TB external to his Series X.

@OorWullie I sincerely doubt dock-based external storage will ever happen. Nintendo wouldn’t want to implement storage that can be left behind when the system is taken out of the dock, and it’s likely that transfer speeds wouldn’t be acceptable either. Similar to how the PS5 won’t let you play PS5 native games from an external device but only from built in/M.2 slot storage. Especially given the faster microsd required for this gen.

The answer from Nintendo will boil down to, “what, you can’t afford a bigger card? Get a second or third job, plebe!”

@Bigmanfan As a Yakuza fan who owns them all physically, even importing The Man Who Erased His Name, I will absolutely complain since this isn’t getting a real physical release.

There. Enjoy!

@KociolekDoSyta C64? Luxury. I was raised on the VIC 20 with a cassette drive!

This is not a joke, I might add. Still have that VIC 20 in storage!

“Nooooooo, boot spoilers!!!! Now I can’t boot my Switch 2 without feeling somehow cheated out of the experience!!!!”

• my impression of some people who actually exist, frighteningly.

@illmatic20xx Thet case is about the price of a switch 1 dock bought separately was. Blows my mind.

@spiderman0616 I am happy to be one of those you do not comprehend!