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Noice! Already have this on PS5, but darn it if I don't want to buy it again just to support the developers for actually putting the game on a cart! I suppose handheld mode is a boon, too...

Oh man, they’re killin my wallet with these new Amiibos… SOLD!!!

Got the special edition in my cart, all the way to the payout and then there goes the F***ING ERROR SCREEN AGAIN!!! AHHHHHHHHHGGHHHH!!!!

Edit: Got it!!! Don't give up people!! There is HOPE!!

good luck to everyone going for that special edition!! :&

YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS SOLD ADD ALL OF IT TO CART!!!

@repsahj Where did you see this?

A pixel art remake of Super Metroid…?! That makes zero sense whatsoever; I play this game once a year and it is absolute perfection! I sincerely hope this was just a misinterpretation of whatever Metroid Ravenous turns out to be.

Not even close! I’m jealous of EU/Japan, that box art is gorgeous!

I loved this game a whole lot on PS5, had loads of fun. The tons of loot didn’t really bother me because the gameplay is just SO good. But… poor performance is a dealbreaker. Switch 2 ports have been pretty great so far, but we can’t win ‘em all, I suppose.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Japan always wins!

The Switch 2 game I am MOST looking forward to is...
The Duskbloods / Ocarina of Time!!
It's a dang tie.

Excited for Switch 2 owners who have not experienced Elden Ring yet! But... no thanks. I'm sure it's an enormous achievement to get this game running so well, but 30fps and still with frame drops (while fighting bosses? eek...) is disappointing.

Love you FromSoftware!!
I'll give you all of my moneys for The Duskbloods!!!

Good god, no! They should have gone with a more realistic Mega Man interpretation. This is just… Yeesh

Other than the first network issue, I had zero problems throughout my 5 hours of play (US/EST). I am NOT an online multiplayer type of gamer (aside from FromSoftware's usual sparse online mechanics), but this game has just absolutely nailed it for me. The Duskbloods hits such a wonderful balance between single-player and multi-player play, and I just couldn't get enough this weekend. Even found myself staying up too late and playing until 11:30 last night on a Sunday, which is RARE for me! I absolutely love this game so far, and I cannot wait to see what the full release has in store for us.
The Duskbloods is going to be HUGE!!

The Duskbloods is going to be huge. Big win for Nintendo and Switch 2!

@Zeeba There was already a physical for Stellar Blade released day one on PS5… Is that your question?

@Terramax It’s not even remotely a problem. I played through on PS5, and it’s loaded with action and exploration. There is a story, with talking, but it didn’t bother me at all (and I’m definitely not a fan of lots of talking in video games). Can’t recommend Stellar Blade enough!

The Duskbloods is going to be huge. This is a big win for Switch 2!

Fantastic game, had a lot of fun last night even though I was dead tired. I’m interested to see how playing the game can improve your loadouts over time—I am assuming through equipment and possibly more character unlocks? Lots of potential with this one!

Had a chance to play for an hour or so last night, mostly with the tutorial stuff, but did one round of online play (before I knew wtf was happening) and got creamed. Excited to try again today knowing the systems a little better. The game is a little rough looking, graphically, but the gameplay has a lot of promise. This is already a guaranteed purchase for me!

@WhiteTrashGuy Definitely giving some City Trial Vibes! City Trials X Bloodborne

Duskbloods and Mortal Shell II, baby!!!

Pretty unclear whether it’s still on for the rest of this weekend…?

Hey everyone, let’s see if we can crash the servers again tonight!! See you at 10:00 EST!!

Looks like a FromSoftware joint! Excited to try it tomorrow. I’ll take the transforming dinosaur person, thank you. 🦖

See you on Friday night, y’all!!

Oy—looks like a fantastic port!
But… hate to keep spinning this broken record, I’m still bummed this isn’t releasing as a true physical. I have yet to buy a GKC, and I don’t really want to start now. I suppose I’d be compelled to pick it up on a deep sale; the GKC releases seem to be going on sale pretty fast…

Haven't played either of Barlow's games, but Infinity Pool was twisted and pretty great. Definitely interested in this!

Haven't bought a pro controller yet. If this leak pans out then it might finally be time!

Capcom would be in an excellent choice. They have been absolutely crushing it with the Switch 2 ports, working some serious magic; they clearly know how to develop on the new system. Plus, they’ve been making fantastic remakes. And of course they did make Zelda games for Nintendo in the past. A joint Capcom/Nintendo-in-house venture would not surprise me… but it would very much excite me!

I’m in, baby! Time to Duskblood, whatever that entails!!

I would MAYBE rock that blazer at school, but the addition of the matching pants just looks ridiculous. And that yellow number… 🤣

Would love an update once you guys have a chance to test out that new performance mode. Fingers crossed it solves the frame drop issues, and that it gets baked into the cartridge coming in October. Love this game!

@Znake We are all, of course, entitled to our opinions, but lots of folks—myself included—were very disappointed with Prime 4, and not just because a YouTuber told us to be… I’ve never experienced ‘justing wanting to be done’ with a Metroid game before, but Prime 4 took me there… I wish I could say differently! 😅

The original Metroid is more accessible on NSO with save states. Still a phenomenal game and well worth your time, if you can handle the NES vibes. And yes, Super Metroid is indeed a masterpiece and probably my favorite game of all time. ☑️

@metaphysician Absolutely agree 👍🏼

Dread is a great game, but I agree with a lot of what was said here. Primarily, we need more interesting environments. Dread's world was well-designed, in terms of the logistics of exploration and layouts and such, but man was the environment design drab and boring. This is my #1 hope for Metroid 6.

Sad to see no mouse mode. Developers just don't want to (or don't have funds to) go the extra mile with stuff like this. We've seen it the whole entire life of the PS5 with the Dualsense, and now we're seeing it with the Switch 2's mouse mode. Lame...

This game looks pretty awesome, but I... do not have time for enormous, time-intensive games like this anymore... dang

Agree and disagree here… I would love for that classic, 2D Metroid experience to be a mainstay for Nintendo. That said, how about they let some new developers ( ::cough:: Evil Empire ::cough:: ) take a crack at that classic formula. Toy with different visual styles, maybe, but let’s take that classic formula and inject some fresh creativity.

On the other side of the coin, I would love to see Metroid also go in a more mature, survival horror direction. Take Resident Evil 4 or Alien Isolation as inspiration, and try something new. Would love to see a dark, third-person (or first-person) survival horror Metroid. Tonally, the series is primed (ha) for this genre.

So classic, yes, but also let’s not be afraid of trying new things. But only if those new things are truly intentional and come from developer passion and creativity, and not just being tacked on to fit the game into whatever mold corporate big wigs think is selling right now…

This is a phenomenal game. Played through the base game on PS5, and it is wonderful. Glad to see it’s made the transition to Switch 2 intact! Hopefully the (true) physical coming in October will contain all of the performance patches, we need rock solid 60 for this one. Looking forward to playing through again in October!

@metaphysician “automagically” 👏🏼

Has anyone seen the comments on social media for From’s posts, which promote this network test? They are SO incredibly toxic! Bananas how many people are angry about this game, mostly bc it’s a Nintendo exclusive…

I’m on 100% media blackout for this, so havent watched the trailer, but yeah… beyond excited!

I already own Amiibo’s of these… nah…

Can’t wait to see what From has cooked up for us this time!

@Rooty Maybe bundled with Rising? That would be a sweet package!

Seems like we’re mostly all in agreement here… We like it, now don’t change the price!

Very much looking forward to playing through this again (and the expansion) on Switch 2. The footage looks very promising. Plus full game on the cart! Hope this does well.

@Kingy Truth! I tried to go buy Elliot at my local GS, and they said they only ever ordered 1 copy, and that was a preorder. WHAAAT?! But the name of the store is—checks notes—GAMEstop?!

Would definitely get these if they turn out well. If they’re realistic, live-action movie representations though… nah

This sounds like a demo for a full game that they didn’t finish. Yikes…

Absolutely signing up for this, looks like another weird good time from From