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@jkirchgessner07 Like a Planet Mario in the Oasis of Ready Player One! Oh I should reread the book again, it's been a while and it's like written comfort food to me …

On MKW: I stated elsewhere that I think the game design is quite genius, as you can go as narrow or as wide as you like. You can simply play it as good ol' Mario Kart – just with new tracks, modes, moves and transitions – or goof around, meet up, waste time in the open world. That should broaden it's already wide appeal even further.

Already created a custom list on Dekudeals called "Switch 2 transfer". A lot of these and the ones that receive upgrades are already on it as well as several 3rd parties and indies that should benefit from more horse power and improved Joycons. So much I want to try out on Switch2!

@Warioware You're right, it does read "Improve gameplay" which doesn't sound like fixed issues. And Mario Wonder came out when SW2 was already on the horizon. Maybe stuff was already baked in that just needs to be unlocked (4K support, 120fps – which SW2 should be easily capable of for this game)? At least one can dream and tomorrow come we'll know for certain. There will be a lot to try out. It's really exciting!

@Kisrah Thanks for the suggestion. Didn‘t actually think of the stick buttons … perfect!

After all I‘ve heard/read about it … absolutely, yes. Improved D-Pad alone (to quote SwitchUpYt: "the best of this [console] generation"), together with the programmable back buttons, ultra smooooooth analogue sticks, new HD rumble and headphone jack should be enough of an excuse for a second Pro Controller for my setup. Premium but not ridiculously premium like e.g. XBox Elite.

@Duncanballs Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

Nice to hear! Already pre-ordered a while ago. Thought I treat myself to the whole package and figured this might be a nice introduction to my new favorite console.

Day after tomorrow!!!! Can‘t wait!
@Chlocean: MiB and UFO fits. Bit much of spoiler for me too. But I suppose there is still a ton of stuff not yet revealed.

@OwenGamer22 They just want to have you back … so thank you! 😉

@KociolekDoSyta I'm in the same boat. Love classic Ninja Gaiden – never played Shinobi – but much prefer this one over NG Ragebound from what I've seen so far. The new Shinobi will be instabuy, Ragebound still has to convince me. But as @Pillowpants states, we're eating well these days.

Had another pre-order with a local retail chain but canceled it when I got my official invite from Nintendo. Figured that would be much more reliable. Received a dispatch email yesterday. Hope everyone who wants one gets one though and rather sooner than later!

I would add, ambient tracks like 'Sky Islands‘ are just perfect for exploring in game – or long work sessions at the desk for that matter. Overall the focus on ambience during most of the game gives the orchestrated story segments that much more punch. It just does not make for a great OST to listen to on its own. Therefore my track recommendation. I listened to the soundtrack before and had to make playlists, one for ambience/deep work and one for Zelda OST listening sessions (I just love those, they always lift my spirits).

They have a Highlights option which reduces the track number to 83 and a four and a half hour play time. To reduce it even further: just take the first one and the last six tracks of these, maybe add in the sages‘ themes and you are golden. Epic tunes. Can‘t wait for my TotK replay on SW2!

Received mine today as well! Held off on restarting TotK, that will be my main single player game for the first month. But also extremely excited for SF6, MKW and Fast Fusion. Those games look fantastic. Also looking fortward to more announcements in June.

Happy SW2 launch day to you too!!!

@Duncanballs Absolutely! MKW, SF6, Welcome Tour, Fast Fusion and both Zeldas should tide me over till Bananza hits in July. Expensive but so worth it. The wait is almost over!

Am gonna try out Valfaris which I just bought on sale. Love me some 2D run n gun action. Apart from that some Ringfit in the evening and more of the Switch2 waiting game. Happy gaming and waiting!

@Mana_Knight Have fun watching Karate Kid! Seen it two days ago, good old school fun.

Should create a new custom list on DekuDeals with games/devs/publishers to avoid … but EA itself mostly creates what I would consider mass appeal garbage like Fifa anyways. They have some studios that do decent games (Hazelight), but I would rather see them go independent than give money to support EA.

Smart move, Nintendo! Can‘t understand what some are whining about … they just hold back a small update (probably taking a few seconds to download and install) and avoid further spoilers on the socials. Nobody can seriously tell me they will keep their S2 an island system. What are you, Secret Service?

@johnedwin Many 3rd party devs most certainly do not yet have access to Switch 2/dev kits, so I would suppose they literally had zero time to fix and resolve issues. Nintendo themselves have thousands over thousands of titles to check to identify issues … so best just relax, play new games and wait for all the other stuff to get sorted over time.

@jamesthemagi I would rather say that while you will still have performance improvements, it might not have all of the dramatic load time improvements. But this is just speculation, we‘ll have to see how it actually plays out. But it still stands, Switch 2 can read Switch 1 cards. The higher card speeds are mainly geared towards the vastly more demanding S2 games. S1 games should run more than fine though.

@N00BiSH Can believe, can‘t understand.

@jamesthemagi The cards will still work! They will just not benefit from the faster read speeds. But if you‘re happy with them on Switch1, you‘ll be happy with them on Switch 2.

Love the art style! Absolutely looking forward to it. Hopefully there will also be a dedicated Switch 2 version as this will certainly benefit from a little bit more power for higher res and smoother frames.

@OldGamer999 Maybe you should just sit the launch out and see if something reignites your excitement further down the line. Life’s too short for stuff you‘re only lukewarm about. Maybe something comes with Mario 40th anniversary and you jump back on … or not.

@OldGamer999 Sorry to hear it doesn't meet your expectations. I'm still pretty exited for it and think DK Bananza looks brilliant and a great substitute for a 3D Mario at launch. Not long ago many people on this site were pretty excited about the rumors of a new Nintendo console that was shown behind closed doors supposedly running BotW at 4K/60fps … and now it's actually (almost) here.

Sorry, you don't like it much. But tbh as it's a core feature of the game's overall aesthetic I can't see them offering an option to toggle it off.

@OldGamer999 If you value your consoles in Teraflops then yes, you should surrender your pre-order.

@DwaynesGames I disagree. It actually is a purely stylistic choice. The sharp drop off in sharpness at the edges is called a tilt-shift, for convenience I will quote the interwebs: "A miniature effect or tilt-shift, is a photography technique aimed at making the photography of, for instance, a landscape look like a scale model". The whole thing is to give it a toy-like appearance, that is also why they went for that shiny/plasticky look of the 3D models in both games.

That was kind of obvious, wasn't it?!

@WiltonRoots I'm just happy when it (S2) is out and people won't have to speculate themselves into a rage … but of course the'll find something else.

Really not much to go by, but this video shows a little bit of footage of Echoes of Wisdom running on Switch 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDhZbAQiugM&ab_channel=IGN

@ear_wig If the short footage of Echoes of Wisdom running on S2 in one of Nintendo's promotional videos is anything to go by, it will run smoothly. (Official GameChat Demo trailer)

@sanderev A cross-gen or even S2 exclusive remaster would explain why they held out on it for so long … replaying MP Echoes on Switch 2 would be fantastic!
Also underscores my first point: If I knew those were 100% coming and not too far out I might not have pre-ordered everything I did …
But yeah, a release date for MP4 will be overdue in June/July.

@sanderev Makes absolute sense as it would also give them the opportunity to have a segment on DK Bananza before its launch.

@Res462 Announcements for what is coming is right now mostly limited to what was announced during the S2 direct. And it makes sense. They will want to make the launch an all around success and not dilute focus by rolling out all updates/upgrades all at once or announcing too many titles yet to come and risk people holding out on the launch lineup.

Won‘t be using it much, but my niece and nephew live on the other side of the Atlantic. So meeting up for a couple of rounds of MKW every once in a while would be great.

I‘ll be out enjoying the sun! Watched some EVO matches but that‘s as close to gaming as it will get for me this weekend. Kinda just waiting for Switch 2 to come around. @Yalloo Have fun tomorrow, hope it‘s gonna be great!

In my professional opinion (as a graphic designer) and judging by these screenshots and also the billboards I have seen in the MKW videos: they were drawn not generated. I actually paid special attention to these as I marveled at the level of care and attention to detail in the game. There are telltale signs of AI generated assets, here I see none. People just like dumping on Nintendo right now …

Play it on Switch 2 and you won't miss your flight!

Played T2 on Amiga 500 and Gameboy and looking back on them today … oof. This new one though looks really promising, will keep an eye out for it.

@eltomo "the only games being played on those consoles once GTA6 comes out will be Fortnite, Fifa and GTA6" I love Nintendo!

Artistic sensibility is is always a plus when it comes to games.
But besides, does that mean more Nintendo plushies?

That list has me covered till sometime in September … after that better bring on MP4. And Kirby Air Riders around the holidays, pretty please!

@Princess_Lilly Absolutely and I don't say people can't tell the difference and you won't find me campaigning against it. Playing out stuff in games rather than real life can also be really cathartic. But as I said, violence in games moves on a spectrum. I personally would rather go for a Street Fighter than a Mortal Kombat nowadays. From a certain level of "graphicness" up (in terms of amount and visual fidelity) it just doesn't appeal to me any more. And placing myself in the life of a gangster or a sniper in a war is … well, that rather feels like an adolescent fantasy.

@Jhena Yes, I always wonder about the label "mature" on those games. Should rather read "immature". But I‘m not judging, played stuff like Motal Kombat when it came out back in the day. I just seem to have grown out of it and now stuff like GTA is really unappealing to me …

@citizenerased "Playing devil's advocate a bit, how is stomping goombas in Mario different from shooting rival gangs in GTA?" It‘s certainly on a spectrum, but rather on opposite ends. The difference should be rather obvious … If you stomp a Goomba, it goes "poof" and along comes another identical Goomba. That has a rather dream like quality. Your brain would really have to work hard to interpret death and violence into it. Just contrast that with GTAs "realism".

„the amount of realism“ … I‘ve you want that: look out of your window, it‘s free.

@FortniteJ At least for Mac I would recommend a software called BlockBlock to secure your camera (https://objective-see.org/products/blockblock.html). For Windows and Linux similar solutions should be available. On Nintendo‘s camera though only the shutter will help.

@Uncle_Franklin Thanks, I have it on the shelf, still unread though. Will move it up the reading list!