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I piddy da fools who go near it.

@rjejr

I just hope the Switch 1 version hasn't been knee-capped in favour of the Switch 2 version.

@rjejr Dude... do you even game? 😜

I'd love to get Switch 2 on Day 1, but it would be complete unnecessary indulgence, and given I bought a Day 1 Switch that developed cracking shell issues and was superseded by an improved model within a couple of years, Nintendo have kinda trained me to wait for the next revision.

I am looking forward to a lot of the Switch games that have been announced, and happily waiting to see what else might be announced in the next couple of years, so along with my life-spanning backlog, I'm more than good for now.

@MrDocena I need to know what the games were from the Wii days that you loved so much. Not judging, I love the Wii days myself, you've just grabbed my curiosity.

"... Didn't think much of it"

What even are you?

Any additional camera options in Mario Kart is a BFD, ok?

@PharoneTheGnome This is feeling like major coinkidink territory for me, as I just got the blu-ray trilogy 2 days ago.

"How does a farmer spend life?" - driving round in a Range Rover and whinging about not getting paid enough, usually.

You know, I think I might be done with amiibo. These have been too slow to release. I've lost the addiction, and Nintendo increasing the price 36% over the BotW set is one big nail to put in my amiibo buying coffin.

Lovely looking trailer. Not sure there was much of it using the in-game engine, but the snippets that were there looked good too.

@sanderev Similar story for me. The games look great, but I'm yet to get the Switch game because the Wii U game had me licked, and I wasn't a huge fan of the phase switching mechanic that gets mentioned in the interview. I bought Redout 2 instead (though still sealed so untried).

Crikey, not much of a trailer, considering the proximity to release...

Typical Nintendo shenanigans.

6 months in advance, to investors: 'Hey babe, don't you worry 'bout nuttin'. We got this.'

Days before launch: 'Please understand.'

Michael Bay directed Bad Boys and Bad Boys 2, which happen to be my jam, so I am down.

One of the worst trailers I can remember. They've managed to take a genre I'm always interested in, apply a new premise to it, and turn me off instantly by showing nothing but an unconvincing animation of a vehicle moving in the same direction against a couple of different backdrops.

I see this in a lot of trailers nowadays: 'Here's our main character supposedly moving in a straight line, and here we're going to swap in various backdrops to show the environmental diversity in our game while the character continues to appear to move in a straight line'.

THAT IS NOT IMPRESSIVE. THAT SUGGESTS YOU'VE GOT EITHER NOTHING BETTER TO SHOW ABOUT YOUR GAME, OR THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MAKES GAMES FUN AND INTERESTING IS WAY OFF TRACK. INSTANT RED FLAG. STOP DOING IT!

I don't think I'm a big enough fan of guns for this. Games like Bleed and My Friend Pedro are fun for a minute or two, then get samey real quick for me.

Tried the demo a few weeks ago. Ditched it in 5 minutes. Game was just slow and laborious and didn't give me much hope it was going to get better.

I'd happily make use of mouse mode, but I'll probably be playing MP4 on Switch, where I'm assuming gyro controls will still be an option.

Be interesting to see if they incorporate mouse controls to a Switch 2 update for Metroid Prime Remastered, and what, if anything, transpires about the 'in the back pocket' releases of MP2 & MP3.

@TrogdorTheBurninator I've drifted to the periphery of Switch 2 chat and haven't kept up with every info drop, but I have been wondering the same - has there been any official mention of how unpatched Switch 1 games will perform on Switch 2?

So far I've just assumed the fact I've not heard anything must mean there's no difference. It's that assumption, and the size and cost increase, that's caused me to drift away from the idea of a Day 1 entry to the Switch 2 era.

I guess pocket capacity increases with inflation too, huh?

Remember the Wii U days. The factor that pushed me into a Day 1 buy for Mario Kart 8 was the free digital download they offered. MK8 cost me about £35, with a t-shirt, and the free digital Wind Waker HD, Day 1.

This is where my decision to go big on the Switch 1 generation pays off. I can ride these prices out for years on my Switch backlog and pickup a used Switch 2 bundle in 5-8 years time. Thanks in advance to the early adopters that I'll be paying 30% of what they paid to.

I'm not angry at Nintendo, but I am disappointed. This seems like 3DS territory. Be interesting to see how well things sell and how long these launch prices hold.

People quoting N64 and GameCube game prices for perspective need to remember how well those consoles and the games sold. There's a reason for that. Nintendo are gonna sell a lot less software in the next 5 years, which is funny, cos people keep saying software is where the profits are made.

Just remember everyone - buy physical and you can re-sell.

@8bit-Man Wait and see, bruh. If you're not asking yourself why the Direct last week didn't seem to be hyping MP4 up that much, you should be. There will be a Switch 2 version of this game. I guarantee it. Whether we see it today or not (I'm 90% sure we will), let's find out.

10 minutes for the new VR mode. Minimum.

Gameplay!?!

You mean this Switch 2 sucka has games?!?

I'm going to be watching a play at my kid's school that's due to start at the exact same time. Is it cool if I just sit there looking at my phone with headphones on, or should I stream my phone to a big screen in the hall so that everyone can watch?

Doomed.

But y'all gonna be seeing Silksong tomorrow, 'member that.

Well done, Switch. You did it. You. Did. It.

What an amazing ride. Very pleased to have a number of New/As New Switches in storage to reminisce with in the future.

End of day, people been waiting on Tomodachi longer than they been waiting on Switch 2.

XCX:DE for me.

Kate, you're a great writer and bring great spirit to your output, but I can't accept the notion of a game crashing three times for playing it how it's meant to be played as charming.

Peace, love & pixels to all.

If Nintendo announced one more Direct now we could start calling this magical time D3.

These really were the days of our lives. I wanna give my Switch a big cuddle. Bring a hanky to the Direct today y'all 😭

Metroid Prime 2 & 3 Remasters here we come! 😆

Suggests a healthy degree of confidence about the Switch 2 Direct. But also sprinkles a little water on the prospects of Switch 2 launch date being very soon. Let's see.

Personally, I think it's a perfectly adequate joke. I'm not sure how anyone could rewrite it to make it significantly better. But I do question whether Mr. King was the first person to come up with it.

Possibly the most underwhelmed I've ever been. Can we now please stop boring the world with inane fps debates?

Silksong has been held back for Switch 2. Only reasonable explanation.

I think where you've got a winking emoji AND a thinking emoji, it's absolutely nailed-on gonna happen. What other explanation is there?

😉🤔😆

Can you only set one alarm per day, or can you schedule multiple per day?

XCXDE

The gear lists need a filter, but otherwise it's 🥰🥰🥰

You guys, meet Gina. She and I are gonna be spending a lorra time together:

Peace, love and Mira to all xxx

Number of versions of Sonic games I own: circa 50-100

Number of Sonic games I've beaten: circa 0

Sonic lore means nothing to me. Guess I've got some catching up to do. I watched the first movie, does that count?

The old artificial scarcity ruse, eh? It's a classic. Where's the other 500,000 hiding?

I've never looked at a NL walkthrough before. Interesting to see PJ promoting not rushing to get a Skell in the review and then providing a guide to get a Skell as fast as possible 😝

Currys did their 10% code, plus I can get another 6%, so I've ordered it there for about £37.

OMG, the addition of the Countdown Clock has made it that much more real. While I'm obviously very interested in Switch 2, I'm good with my current Switch lineup, so this past week or so I hadn't noticed too much hype building up inside me about April 2nd. But now that the Countdown is officially on...

UNCONTROLLABLE HYPE IS HERE BABEEEE!

Petition to start the Countdown Clock for Switch 3 on April 3rd where?

It's remarkable how long it's been, given that the reveal trailer showed so much - you wouldn't think that the game was going to take so long to finish after watching that. I hope there's some decent behind-the-scenes documentary to come about why it's taken so long. They must have had some internal disagreements or major personal obstacles to overcome. Unless... unless they've just been on the razz this entire time, rinsing the Hollow Knight income?

I have to hold up my hands and apologise, I was not expecting this. Admittedly, I haven't had the time to put much, if any, thought into how this would review, but I feel bad for letting you all down by not having my world-famous 10/10 gif ready for this day.

It's the type of open world I just can't help exploring, so I am prepared to let this one-sided review push me off the fence into getting this sooner rather later to play on Switch.

The Wii U version is great, but I've never finished it or really got into the mining stuff on the map, so if that aspect has been made clearer too then I've really got no excuse - it's the perfect type of game for hybrid gaming.

Enjoy everyone 😃

The dreams of Hollywood movie 'Enhance' commands are almost in our hands...

I can't wait for the endless YouTube videos scrutinising these AI upscales to find miniscule irregularities.

Got myself the XCX theme in Tetris 99 earlier today, then went on the eshop and browsed games with demos - gonna try me some Rusty Rabbit, Dog Man and Conquistadorio. Thought Atelier Yumia was meant to have a demo too but couldn't find anything [Edit: just scanned the homepage again - demo due to release on 17th March]. Going to carry on with Ori and the Blind Forest too.

Peace, love and pixels to all.

Edit 2: Ok, small update on Rusty Rabbit. Seems playable enough (barely started though), and they've got this guy doing a decent-sounding voiceover, but he talks so damn slowly that I'm compelled to skip it all. Tip to all devs: if you're gonna spend money on a voiceover, don't waste it by making the speech intolerably slow.

Edit 3:
Rusty Rabbit was just too slow, not only in narration but also just the game. Deleted in three minutes.
Dog Man probably lasted even less time, just didn't seem worth my time - overly simplistic platformer that involves having to swap between one of three characters every other second almost. Just annoying.

I have about 20-25 GameCube controllers. I have 7 GameCubes. I have about 6 Wii and Wii Us that I can play GameCube games on. Does it look like I need more smegging GameCube stuff in my life?

Where do I pre-order?

@Ryu_Niiyama Yeh, I saw those and immediately thought, 'Heel size slider customisation when?'

@Mirage-5x5 Waaaaat!?!? Source of that bomb?