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It sucks that so many product reviews (And game reviews for that matter) consist of people getting free stuff. I am far far more interested in what people who have paid for something think about it because there is no conflict of interest. Such as Super Play didn’t give a damn about anyone but the readers. In the modern internet everything is for the benefit of advertisers.

"Advertising is a racket...its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Something like this is pretty close to as bad as it gets.

I find it much easier during cups. Still don’t really get none mini t-spins however. (I have only played it relatively recently. I hope there is another chance for the DKCR theme soon).

Anyone played this ? One game I would like a review of.

@N64-ROX They make a choice to not use monogame or fNA to start with. In the Wii U days the games using Unity worked much better. I don’t know whether it was due to the actions of Nintendo or Unity but it wasn’t such an issue like it is now. I wish Nintendo made there own engine for indies.

But the issue is you can have either 120 or 4k not both. And no VRR docked. (I am waiting for hades 2 because I didn’t feel it worked quite right with Switch 1 for the original. (I enjoyed it on iPad/Series X). I might buy it multiple times but I don’t think I will end up playing it properly more than once and I want 120/4k and VRR.

I don’t know why so few companies make proper 3d platformers. (Super Meat Boy 3D looks great. I like Sonic Generations but I have never enjoyed Collectathons I can see why it was necessary due to the limitations of the N64 but now there are much better ways to do it.)

I can’t understand why they didn’t go for a full size sd (With that size card the speed could be made comparable to the internal storage). Two cart slots would have been nice to have so that the newer ones could be faster.

As it is I have my switch 2 stuff on the nvme and switch on the micro sd express but I wish there was a better solution. (People don’t like the Seagate Xbox ssd but I like the way it is exactly the same as the internal.)

If I get it then it will be on Series X. Looks like they didn’t use the custom hw decompression. I also am not interested until the full game is available at once. For the amount the 3 games will end up costing it should be perfect.

I was half decent at compile’s Master System port of the first r-type I suspect that one is much easier (Maybe just because it was PAL) never really got into any other horizontal shmups other than gate/lord of thunder and cotton/magical chase. I have tried the pc engine r-type/ Gradius Rebirth and found them too difficult after a few levels. (Salamander I find the horizontal bits much much harder).

@ShadLink Those were not good tutorials. Better would have been explaining in text then having you do what it says probably a number of concepts at once. All that was explained in about half an hour could have been explained in about 5 minutes then learn by doing.

I think I would have preferred Japanese actors it looks okay though.

My problem with world is the basic racing mechanics are pretty much the same as 8 there have been no instances so far where I got the same feeling that I did the first time I played the race of ages in racing transformed. I could improve but if I don’t enjoy playing it I dunno why I would bother the sandbagging is horrendous. (I suspect that I will get much more out of the new tennis because having not played one since the 3ds I think it will feel like a new game).

I don’t understand how a game with the stuttering like this has can get a 9/10. (That kaze game has the same problem) it just takes all the fun out of playing it.

Moral of the story never buy a Unity game on a modern Nintendo system.

@NintendoWife Xbox has the best VRR implementation. Any of the Unity/Unreal indie games tend to be mostly perfect on Xbox (How long the situation will last of them even being released on it is unclear.) Hades 2 will be later but likely 4k/120. There have been too many times I have been disappointed with Nintendo versions that have got 9/10 that just don’t work well enough. The difference between titles that apparently have a better version on PlayStation has not been an issue for me as yet.

I think the Netflix version is paying for all this. (Like happened with the GTA trilogy updates). I think I will play it on my m2 iPad or get it digital on series X (I don’t like that the default button mapping is different on Switch and I don’t like messing around with that).

I thought IGN were not involved in any way with the content of this site.

(Although the ad’s have become far less tolerable since they became involved.)

I would get it if they were the arcade versions. (Not intended in home ports of any of these. (Or NES ports for that matter). I would buy a DLC with more lynx or jaguar games. Or the Atari/Midway arcade stuff.

I use one of these for Tetris 99 (With x changed to swap between the modes.) and most 2D games it’s annoying that none of the shortcuts for home work outside the NES/SNES apps because it means I need to keep the joycons on the dock for the home button. (I have a pro controller 2 also but I would rather use them in a charging grip).

I can’t understand why they are redoing 7 again. (I would prefer a pixel remaster or hd-2d of 4-6 instead I am not bothered if the DS versions are used as the base because I know of what a nightmare the SFC rom of vi is to work with.)

I don’t know how the switch port of Hades is considered nigh on perfect. (Comparing to the delisted port on an m2 iPad or on Series X it plays much better in either of those two systems. Feels janky on the Switch which made me think the game wasn’t for me.)

@jfp Hogworts Legacy is completely different on its lead platforms. (I.e PS5/Series X) all the other platforms are not worth bothering with.

I am not interested unless they are 3rd party exclusives or at a minimum the lead platform. (Ported elsewhere much later). Not interested in a version that isn’t as good and costs more. (Don’t see why it isn’t in the interests of 3rd parties to make Nintendo exclusives. Xbox gets loads of stuff that I think few people are buying for the types of games I like PC + Switch 2 makes sense (Designing around the Switch 2 capabilities.)

I don’t get why people want something so similar again and again.World should have completely changed the racing mechanics. (Wii / 7 8 all play quite differently the fun bit for me is learning to play.)

Q1 26 (millions) Q2 26 (millions)

How does that work when we are still in 25 ? Looks like it was created by an AI hallucination.

I hope they are more discerning than whoever is responsible for DKCRHD / Echo’s of Wisdom/ Links Awakening. (Even Nintendo World Championship was bad compared to the 3 NES Remix titles.) I would rather them not bother if they can’t do something correctly.

For this genre I think Final Vendetta is great. (Can’t understand the review here at all which sounds as if it was written by someone with no idea about the genre.) In comparison I found The Takeover absolutely dire because it was so boring.

The headline may be technically true but these are not the best console versions or exclusives in most cases. Just ports. If Switch 2 was the lead platform it would be different. But I think I will stick with Xbox in most cases for third party due to not having any games that I haven’t been happy with since I stopped using only Nintendo. (I think the superior VRR on Xbox matters more to me than the improvements I might get from a ps5 pro).

@dleec8 Nintendo is doing the same thing with e.g DKCR (Especially co-op which is completely broken.) and Echoes of Wisdom.

I wish I had waited a bit longer to get my Switch 2. I only recently played through again most of the Wii U ports. (After first playing them close to day one on Wii U.) It’s too soon for me to play them again. I was expecting Galaxy 1&2 to be quite a bit more impressive. I am hoping the Switch 2 update to Kirby and the Forgotten Land is impressive. (I have bought it). Pretty disappointed with Mario Kart World and DK (I find collectathons dull as dishwasher.) Out of everything I think I am most looking forward to Mario Tennis. (Haven’t actually played the Wii U or Switch iterations). I think I would have enjoyed world much more if I hadn’t played the Wii U or Switch Mario Karts. (From 7 8 felt like a new game but 8 deluxe and world just feels like more of the same.)

If I do get this trilogy it will be on series x via the Icelandic store where it is already £75 instead of £105. It’s not worth £105 to me.

I didn’t feel Hades 1 was quite right until I played it on my iPad. (Had the Switch version.) I have been playing it more recently on Series X where it also plays better. Not convinced that it will be up to scratch for me on my Switch 2 so I am waiting. (4k/120hz would be a bonus).

Terrible that you don’t actually list the best prices. Kirby is available for as low as £54 from shopto (Who I personally don’t like) but the Game Collection or Curry’s have it at £57. Sucks how much content now is written not for the reader but so the site can make money from affiliate links. (Only reviewing games that give review codes is another problem.)

Okay maybe some of the numbers are just wrong but the principle still applies.

I don’t like Nicalis (Disappointing that Terry Kavanaugh seems to exclusively work with them on consoles). But the only game I like from the creator of this is Super Meat Boy. (Can’t see why they didn’t manage to keep the original OST which is much better than the new one.) I think the ost and mechanics are the impressive bits. The other games of his I have tried are not good.

@DanieK I have not enjoyed Mario Kart World at all yet. (I have been playing it but I wouldn’t have bothered with it at all if I could have got a Switch 2 with DK at the same price.) I did enjoy the Cross Worlds network test on Series X because it actually plays like a new game. (I have not got it yet because I don’t agree with the way the DLC is being done.) For it’s full price Mario Kart World should have had the amount of content Kirby Air Ride has.

@Ralek85 Nintendo have stopped bothering about quality even for first party since the Switch. (Ever since hiring a money man as CEO.) The Wii U games that ended up getting ported to the Switch were generally decent games that worked properly on the system they were released on. There were too many Switch games that wee just not good enough. (DKCR HD/Link’s Awakening/Echoes of Wisdom) they seem to be a bit better on Switch 2 but it’s not as if they were sold cheaply or anything. If you compare NES Remix 1&2 to Nintendo World Championship that is another situation where it just isn’t right. (The Switch Online emulator for the lost levels works much better than on Nintendo World Championship. The challenge where you have to knock the mushroom over the top is a good example.) Metroid Prime Remastered is the exception and that is the standard Nintendo used to be known for.

Very disappointed with Mario Kart World (I would have hated not getting it for £30). This looks genuinely interesting and I am confident enough to get it digitally from the get go.

A complete or goty edition.

Tracks based on Classic SEGA games.

AGES character.

It does look like a will prefer it to Mario Kart World though. That doesn’t even feel much like a new game to me controls too similarly to MK8 for me. (Glad I didn’t pay full price due to the bundle).

@SirLink Part of the professional services bit of Red Hat not the main bit of the company. The potential fallout is much less from what happened.

Is there some reason why the ultimate 2 is better than the ultimate 3 ?

I have read that house of the dead is much better on Switch 2 but I have been looking for the best accessory either dedicated or to house the Joycon 2. Does that modern gun controller work with it ?

@KociolekDoSyta Despite what it said it’s been delivered.

Has anyone else experienced Amazon UK listing an expected delivery date of a weeks time for a preorder of a Switch game. (Don’t understand it - it has been dispatched seems to be fairly close to the final delivery station now but it says expected on 23rd but if I was to order now it would apparently arrive tomorrow?)

@AllBLK It’s just a PC though if it did get abandoned then there would likely be a version of Steam OS made for it. Windows has had better backwards compatibility over time than any console. (16 bit apps worked on 32 bit Windows 10).

Be funny if the leaked ideas were added to Palworld before they were used by the Pokémon company. (I believe in competing via making the best product not lawsuits). What both Nintendo and Gamefreak are putting out these days really isn’t good enough.

@jsty3105 I am a bit reluctant to do that because it could be considered abuse. (With Xbox my account is set to UK and I don't change it or use a vpn just buy from wherever is cheapest that it lets me usually Iceland). Bit strange Nintendo doesn't have to do the same as MS (Who were forced into it).

If they had not taken this DLC strategy I would have bought it by now. (I put 250 hours into Transformed on Steam). I guess I will get it digitally on Series X when I can get the whole lot for say £40. Even the £80 version doesn't include these characters which is a joke.

I really don’t get why people like this. There is one bit where there is a massive difficulty spike near the end unless they changed it. I might have missed something but I never used to need much grinding in older SE games. Maybe people expect people to research what to go for online in advance of starting to play but for me doing that seems like a waste even bothering to play the game at all. I don’t mind doing some side quests and levelling at the same time but this game lacks any content like that. (The main story is pretty lacking also).

It is not useful buying a system from Amazon.fr for me. (Buying a UK AC Adapter would cost £25). I know it would be possible to use a travel adapter but I don’t like using them.

I may get a French pro controller 2 though. Ordering from Amazon.fr is not too bad.

Does anybody know the situation with buying download codes? Is there one region for Europe and the UK together. (Is it possible to buy from Iceland like I do relatively often on Xbox). I don’t really want foreign cover art on physical cartridges.

(Looks like that is not likely to work seems strange as Xbox didn’t really want to allow it I don’t think. I guess even there they didn’t legally have to still consider the UK as in the Europe region).

@Bolt_Strike It isn’t universal though.France for example explicitly won’t allow software patents. (It’s why VLC is safe from the mpeg licensing cartel).