jco83

@Drew250 yes, the confusion comes because physical S2 exclusive games have a higher RRP than digital (+£8 in UK). but physical NS2E games don't have that.

@PinderSchloss

Friendly reminder that the first Amiibo were €12.99 each.
The 'inflation' gang can explain to me why my income didn't triple.

first, can you explain how €19.99 is triple €12.99 ?

the physical cartridge version has been a great price from Amazon US for a long time time now $24.88.

and it still works out pretty decent including international delivery, the total price delivered to the UK is currently £28.40 (that's including shipping & VAT) 👍

[only a "Code In A Box" version available in Europe]

physical version of Cyberpunk 2077 has been £44.95 for the past one week from TheGameCollection https://www.thegamecollection.net/products/cyberpunk-2077-ultimate-edition-switch-2 free RM24 delivery (+£1 back in Reward Points for registered accounts). and Amazon price-matched them.

also available for £44.85 from Hit https://hit.co.uk/products/cyberpunk-2077-ultimate-edition-nintendo-switch-2

@Bass_X0 it's actually £26.85 👍 (the slightly lower price is only if you're a "gold member"). but ShopTo is a great place to buy NSO membership. especially the higher priced memberships! 💪

NSO+EP Family membership is £59.99 Nintendo price, but it's around ~£45 from ShopTo 😮 that's a ~£15 saving! 🥳

actually, both the NSO+EP Individual membership & standard NSO Family membership are also ~25% less than Nintendo price 🤑

ShopTo have 2× listings for this game, the other listing is £10 cheaper £56.85 https://www.shopto.net/en/ndo10016437-kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-star-crossed-world-nintendo-switch-2-edition-upgrade-pack-p1186286/ what's more they currently have a 5% discount code displayed on the page making it £54

@Itsashame

Is it actually confirmed somewhere that it is indeed a full collection that doesn't require a Download?

no

Here (in the Netherlands) there are several webshops that have always had a box art picture listed without download required info, but it was still the same version as everywhere else.

exactly . . . everyone who shops online for Nintendo Switch games should know this . . .

anyone believing this to be true is absolutely crazy, i'm sorry to say (and no offence intended 🙏).

do you really believe Take2 would do this . . . ?

it obviously is a new 'Code In A Box' release, just as @premko1 said, and @ferryb001 mentioned.

please don't delude yourselves otherwise, people 🙏

what does becoming a "legal entity" actually mean ?

are other organisations like GDQ (Games Done Quick) a legal entity ?

"a huge boon" 🍿 Ed Boon 👍

@neil9000 hahaha 😂👍 brilliant. the definition of a pointless "rule" 🤣 it's wrong more than it's right 😖 by 21× 😆 for every 1 word where the rule is right, there are 21 words where the rule is wrong ! 🤯 what an absolute joke ! 🤦 there are 923 exceptions ! ! 😵

@montrayjak same ! 🥳 i missed out last time

@Medic_alert i assume they are fully functional in NSO GameCube Classics games ? (i don't even know if any of the current 4 games on there utilise analogue triggers? i don't recall Wind Waker using them)

@Medic_alert did the triggers have full analogue functionality before this new update ‽ 😮

@Alex79uk that sounds to me like Nintendo have made this new update mandatory . . .

@Jack_Goetz the Belkin case at £17.99 looks a good choice 👍 thanks

@Razzy please cite the specific sentence/paragraph of the law you are referring to, if it isn't in the section i quoted.

in the section i quoted, it gives no right to do what you say.

@sethfranum the fallacy doesn't even exist to begin with 🧐 there was never any right to reproduce a game and use that duplicate for the originals' intended purpose

@Razzy thank you for your reply 🙏 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=legissum:mi0016

Limitations of those exclusive rights (no need for prior authorisation from the rights-holder)

• A lawful acquirer of a program may reproduce, translate, adapt, arrange or alter the program, when it is necessary in order to use the program in accordance with its intended purpose.
• A person having a right to use the computer program may make a back-up copy in so far as it is necessary for that use.
• This person may also observe, study or test the functioning of the program in order to determine the ideas and principles which underlie any element of the program.

can you explain how making a back-up copy is necessary for its use ?

in order to fit this law

@The_Nintend_Pedant 😂 haha 👋 hello again 😁👍 yes, upon reflection i decided to delete the comment 😊 all the best

@purple_shyguy

purple_shyguy 13ᵗʰJul 9:40 UTC #20
@Jumping_Dead hate this argument. They absolutely lose sales. I should know because I've been using this exact site for 7+ years and have pirated hundreds of games. If I couldn't pirate them I would have had to buy them.

😮 ohmygoodness. are you for real ? 🤦

@The_Nintend_Pedant 😁👍

@The_Nintend_Pedant my comment had a spelling mistake 🙏 n̶e̶c̶e̶s̶s̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ necessary

@Skunkfish

Skunkfish 09:44 UTC #131
@jco83 I think it's covered under Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/24/body

"The making of a back-up copy by a person having a right to use the computer program may not be prevented by contract in so far as it is necessary for that use."

thankyou for your reply 👍

how is making a back-up of a game necessary for its use ?

@JasonJayPower can you share a link to either a USA or UK/European law which allows this

@SpontaneousOutburst

SpontaneousOutburst Friday July 11th 2025, 19:59 UTC #102
Making legal copies of games you own

share a link to the law which allows for making a copy of a game you own, and using that copy

@NintendoLife @dartmonkey Gavin Lane

Nintendo is cracking down on people who make copies of its software — legitimate or otherwise

can you provide a link to prove the claim that consumers are legally permitted to make a duplicate copy of commercial software, and use it?

either in USA, or UK/Europe

@NintendoLife

which allowed users with hacked Switch consoles to download emulated games at will.

the use of the word "emulated" doesn't seem correct here. as a hacked Switch console wouldn't emulate pirated games, it would run them natively.

@Slideaway1983

Slideaway1983 2/7/25 3:18BST #67
@jco83 so its illegal to make a copy of something physical in a digital format that i both own and will proactively use privately?

Sorry, but in the UK, that doesnt stick. It's only deemed illegal when I share the file.

Try again.

can you actually share a link where UK law says it allows this ? else it is nothing more than heresay.

all i could find is the 2014 exceptions to copyright https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright which allowed exceptions but only for very specific reasons.

and the 2015 quashing of those exceptions https://www.gov.uk/government/news/quashing-of-private-copying-exception

@solarwolf07

solarwolf07 17:09 BST
@Jumwa someone may have already replied to you, but if you factory reset a banned switch 2, you can no longer connect to the internet to set it up, bricking the system… so yes, this can brick a system

this is false. set up does not require online connection. do not perpetuate false heresay

@Slideaway1983

Slideaway1983 15:18 BST
@jco83 so its illegal to make a copy of something physical in a digital format that i both own and will proactively use privately?

Sorry, but in the UK, that doesnt stick. It's only deemed illegal when I share the file.

Try again.

i cannot find that info. can you please link the source ? 🙏

i can find this info: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright

Technological protection measures

EU and UK law protects the right of copyright owners to use TPMs to protect their works, and circumvention of such technology is illegal.

@Slideaway1983

Slideaway1983 14:10 BST
@NFrealinkling The problem is defining pirating. I and many others (though we are perhaps in the minority of most use cases) use the MIG on S1 so I don't lose my carts, saving money in the process. Thats not pirating, as I still own the original carts.

you, like those others, are all misinformed. try actually looking at the law you incorrectly use.

that law states you can make a backup copy for archival purposes. not for use.

so there we have it . . . every single person who has been regurgitating this same thing, all this time, is absolutely incorrect

@NintendoLife why aren't you touting that Switch 2 is the fastest-selling games console of all time, period ! ?

@Hams96 no there's been no indication of such. Nintendo originally stated that the Switch2 Mario Kart World pack-in would remain available until fall

@axelhander

alexhander 4:02pm #33
@jco83 All fandoms are bad, and some are worse.

Never good to deify anything, not even the things you like. Especially not the things you like.

that sounds incredibly wise advice 💪🧐 😁👍

this accessory brand seems to have a cult-like following ? 🤔

@MrGawain #16

I’d prefer the 2 extra cores (25% of the 8) game chat uses to power the games.

does GameChat really use 2 cores ? or is one of those reserved for the system UI

i really fancied the look of the tomtoc slim hard case, and recalled hearing good things about the brand, but wow after looking again recently the reviews sure surprised me - seems they've really dropped the ball with their switch2 case . . . 😞 such a shame

why is anyone still referring to duplicated cartridge games as "backed up" ? as if there is no problem with doing that ? as if doing that can't cause the user and/or that cartridge to be banned ? or worse . . .

it beggars belief it really does.

how people can believe so resolutely that a court case ruling from how long ago ? over 25 years ago ? would still hold up today in the age we now live in, of digital media . . .

people believing such, really need to think again.

@CriticalHit it isn't possible for VRR to be added for original model Switch 2 as it doesn't have HDMI 2.1

ohmygoodness 🤦 i made this change soon after starting the game, did not occur to me that it would mean left & right for the wind waker songs would be opposite 😖 may change it back to default

if what AI states is not 100% reliable information, then it is completely useless as it is untrustworthy 🤷

vehicles drive on the right-hand side of the road in Mario Kart World then

@NintendoLife

Spike Chunsoft has confirmed to us that the Switch 1 and Switch 2 releases of the upcoming game fans can upgrade the Switch 1 version of the game to the Switch 2 version are "separate" releases, and that there is "no upgrade for it."

can you please clarify/correct this 🙏

@Shade_Koopa 05:44UTC May20 #16 https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/05/nintendo-partners-with-samsung-to-produce-main-chips-for-switch-2#comment8648274

This Switch and Switch is very similar to the 3DS and New 3DS. It's classic Nintendo. XP

no it isn't. New 3DS is an enhanced model 3DS, similar to a "Pro" console model.

Switch2 is a brand new platform. the next generation on from Switch. like NES -> SuperNES, GameBoy[Colour] -> GameBoyAdvance, DS -> 3DS, Wii -> WiiU.

like PlayStation -> PS2 -> PS3 -> PS4 -> PS5.
like Xbox -> Xbox360 -> XboxOne -> XboxSeries.
also like PSP -> PS Vita.

Switch -> Switch2 is a new console generation.

no. i've even pondered possible ways of disabling the button completely

reading this article reminds me how accomplished i felt after i'd fully deciphered the Unown Pokémon letters from the kind of hidden/secret words they represented in some ruins in Pokémon ¿Crystal?

@molkom lots of issues being reported since the new update

@KoiTenchi yes it is a mistake on amazon and on here. the release date for Kirby S2E/upgrade is 28th August https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-2-Edition/Kirby-and-the-Forgotten-Land-Nintendo-Switch-2-Edition-Star-Crossed-World-2787773.html

orange definitely and defiantly 💪 i don't want to update my console (obviously have to to use any online feature). goodbye beautiful orange eShop 👋 farewell my friend 🥹 also i strongly dislike the new colours for the News icon & the eShop icon 😝 booooo!