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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).

@Tom-Massey I know I won’t by design but I don’t think like permanent levelling up in this genre is a good mechanic.

I am not sure how much I like roguelites would have preferred it designed for a one credit clear. (Would that make it like a rogue like ?).

@Segakid Yeah but chances are it will have a 60fps mode on PS5/Series X this time. (Like happened with GTA5).

I would have probably got it on series X by now if I didn’t think the situation with Season Passes and stuff like that was too expensive. So I guess I will be waiting a bit.

@MrGawain Those AI summaries are pretty bad. There is AI mode search also by Google (Separate thing though). I have no sympathy for the quality of slop that appears at the top Google (Under the AI overview). Most so called journalism don’t even state properly where the information came from. I don’t get why linking to other sites is such a problem but it definitely is. (Perhaps they are just copying rumours from each other in which case it is not worthwhile content anyway but being honest about that wouldn’t look very good.) It has got much more difficult to find decent well sourced content. (When I first went online nearly all the content was impartial the people reviewing stuff were putting their own money into it now most sites are just an extension of the marketing departments of the game creators.)

There is other stuff as well like only listing people who they get referral money from under the articles etc. If you look back at this site on the way back machine it used to be so much better.

@MrGawain I think the changes to search engines are mostly welcome. (I use paid perplexity which specifically lists the sources). Can’t see how it devalues anything apart from ad’s which I don’t care for one bit. (Be quite happy with just fan sites like when I first started using the internet don’t really trust reviews when the publisher gives out free games anyway).

I will probably end up all digital (I did for Wii U because I hated the noise you get from spinning disks.) For Switch I was mostly physical but I have recently re bought quite a bit of digital when I have the cartridges already. I find especially for Arcade type games I like to just have one credit and my money has been totally wasted on quite a few carts for that reason.

@Chimichanga I have not picked it up for that reason. £70 would have been okay but I don’t like DLC straight away or digital deluxe nonsense. I tried the play test on Series X but it didn’t grip me like transformed did on PC . (The World Tour was a great way to learn transformed I don’t think spending ages in time trials would keep my attention.) I don’t even know whether I will be interested in it down the line.

@Orpheus79V The problem with the Steam version of Transformed is that there are too many cheaters. (As in have uncapped speed and unlimited fireworks). The Xbox version runs at higher frame rate on series X doesn’t have many players but it doesn’t seem to have tha same issue with hacks.

One choice I don’t understand is using Micro SD Express. (The full size cards are approximately 4 x the speed of the Micro ones). It’s not like with the switch where it makes no difference.

I am pretty disappointed by the lack of story in this game. (I think that was of the best bits of the 3ds game).

@Sonicka They chose Unity in the past. Rare was good when they targeted a single platform. Maybe it’s understandable if most of their sales are on PC but if most of the money comes from Nintendo players then I think they should make Nintendo the lead platform (and then port it elsewhere afterwards).

Won’t get it unless the exa Arcade version gets released.

Are there any decent Arcade sticks that are not too heavy to use on a lap ? (I have a Hori Real Arcade Pro but it’s too heavy. I want decent sticks/buttons but it’s mainly just for playing Arcade Archives games).

@RupeeClock Those Android versions are based on the Japanese feature phone versions (Which may themselves have been ported from the DS ones) but they are not good no battle animations etc.

They axed most of the localisation people from NoE didn’t they a while back ? My only relatively recent experience with them was getting a 3DS circle pad replaced. (They used a good courier for the pick up but sent the fixed item back with the worst UK courier at the time. (I think I was lucky to not end up with it lost or broken).

The cost is too high for this (and Disney Dreamlight Valley) outside of Apple Arcade. When you are paying for a full priced port (Apple Arcade gets all the new content first) the DLC should be included (Apple Arcade gets the whole thing because DLC isn’t allowed on it).

I wasn’t impressed with the Network Test on Series X. Still might give it a shot but the PC version of All Stars Racing Transformed gripped me straight away and this didn’t. Depends on the single player I think. (If it really spends time to properly help you master the game I think I am in. Didn’t start multiplayer with Transformed until I got the Triple Star License).

@topsekret The difference is the indies have a small print run they know will sell out. Doing a big print run at $23 a cart is a massive risk and to pay for the misses the hits need big print runs. Nintendo doesn’t reprint some stuff frequently (e.g Metroid Prime Remastered). I don’t think all 3rd party games going to the same type of model as LRG is better really.