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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!

$89.99.

Dear god.

As someone else said, I’ll wait for the Amazon knockoffs to spring up. That price is ludicrous.

Oh yeah, this app exists. Forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me to delete it from my phone!

Movie bombs. Borderlands 3 is meh. The solution? Why, DOUBLE THE BUDGET FOR 4! Surely a lack of money thrown into the furnace was the source of all their ills!

I’m going to enjoy watching this game fail. I won’t even feel bad about it, even when I’m told to like when Suicide Squad and Veilguard tanked.

I think Dorkly had a rather…disturbing video on the effects of constant mushroom consumption on poor Mario…

Wow, a company doing physical releases right, what a novelty!

Thank Goodness You’re Here is fantastic and this is coming from a filthy American!

I’m sure a Switch 2 version would be a game key card release anyway, easily skippable.

The entire universe is cookies and I am here for it.

But can we remap the useless (to me, anyway) C button to something useful? (to me, anyway)

I would enjoy seeing this. The devs seem excellent, I’ve been playing it on PS5 and having a good time. I could be tempted to triple dip with a Switch 2 version (bought digitally on PS5 and was able to snag a physical XBox copy randomly at a local Gamestop!) to support these folks.

@N00BiSH Shhh, don’t throw facts in to mitigate the outrage! It’ll just confuse em!

@Serpenterror You can’t thibk of a reason to lock access to a portable device, game system or not, to yourself only? Seriously? Why would you NOT be able to lock it, is my question. The PS5 and XBox S/X have pin locks, and they’re not exactly what one would call easily portable.

It’s rather ridiculous that the OG Switch, a portable device, had no way to lock the device beyond parental controls.

Glad Nintendo finally did this, though a generation too late. Even the PS Vita had a passcode lock ability.

It seems like this review has a lot of story spoilers. Is that the case, or is this all surface stuff that really doesn’t reveal too much? Genuinely curious as I’m rather interested in this game.

@Splash_Woman Ah, good ol Rule 34!

When I saw that headline, I remembered that Marliece Andrada was in Gex 3 and I had a VERY different idea of what “blow-up doll” was going to mean.

Whew.

@Jedrus_Lilac Same. That and Twilight Princess are the main reasons I still have my Wii U in the first place!

“Here’s unchanged footage of the original version instead of the better Wii U version we’ll sell you again in a couple of years!”

@N00BiSH Challenge accepted: WWHD better!

@sanderev And since not everyone uses third party controllers, it’s still useful information.

Part of me was hoping they’d recast Kiryu’s English VA. I couldn’t take his voice in Infinite Wealth, just doesn’t fit the character at all.

That said, all you folks who get to play 0 for the first time will have a blast!

CDPR will get a third Cyberpunk purchase from me due to this.

No game key card for S2 will get a purchase from me new. Ever.

What a total and complete shock.

To no one.

The Switch 2 is looking worse and worse with all these game key card releases. At least Nintendo themselves aren’t pulling this crap. Definitely looking like it’s going to be first party releases only for the foreseeable, with my PS5 handlng all the third party stuff. Though I’ll probably triple-dip on Cyberpunk, at least they have the guts to put the game on the cart!

@Tott It was two blu-rays on the series X, and required an internet connection to install the first time.

I think it’ll probably be a key card release. Because Ubisoft.