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It's unfortunately likely to by June/July 2026 and is happening by start of 2027. It sucks but if they want to stay close to BOM costs depending on their plan it's gonna hit sooner than later. If someone is interested in a Switch 2 hardware then 2026 might need to be the year.

Well best game on card. If it was Fallout 3 or New Vegas or say a Morrowind remake yeah I'm be irritated. Sucks for those interested in Oblivion/F4 though.

@CRASH64 Hades 2; Hollow Knight Silksong

@The_Nintendo_Expat dang and I thought I was cynical. We are probably just old and have seen when some of these beloved IPs were at their peak.

I've played MP4 and it's fine.... I love MP1+2 but 4 is more in the realm of 3 and a bit stranger. Hard to say if I suggest it for someone that doesn't like 3.

I personally loved Mario Wonder even though I was skeptical at launch. It's not one of the best 2D Mario games but its much better than anything Nintendo has made in decades.

Yeah my poor F-Zero...feels bad to say it might live or die with 99 which can be a fun time if you play SNES F-Zero. But it is no GX, but no game is and I feel we either get a remaster or they are too scared to touch it because it's borderline the perfect racer.

I think there is a large audience that dislikes aspects of BotW/TotK blandness of open world/emptiness in dungeons. It kind of took the soul of 3D Zelda games and threw it away in many ways. The sad part is those are the two things I enjoyed of those games the most since the story was so bad and the bosses were frankly unfun and annoying. It's not all gloom especially in user sentiment and Nintendo loves Zelda and will keep experimenting plus remastering older games. I'm still waiting for a Link Between Worlds remaster.

IQ looks fairly good but 30fps is no go, 40fps minimum. I have a PS4 30fps copy of this game already and don't need a duplicate.

Great for anyone that is their first time with Remake though, enjoy.

So it's basically 10/10 if you are good with symmetrical joysticks and happy to see the C button gone. Sounds like the best controller in a long time for many people for a fraction of the Pro controllers with PROPER joysticks.

Put a TT Max grey on order to find out myself.

Well also I see this being a problem on the speed of the SD Express cards also. I wouldn't be shocked if it was forced to be installed on internal (faster than SD Express) 256 SSD. Let's hope it's no more than 60-70 gb total.

Looking for a d-pad....
Sees no d-pad.
Nope, worthless to me.

He's rarely wrong and this is again not one of those times. Nintendo should have made the left joycon a dpad or at least tried to make buttons more like a dpad. It just sucks as bad as it did on Switch 1 in handheld.

Still the best racing game ever created, only downside is difficulty.

Best game this year, easily. Nothing is close not even H2 or HKS.

It franky means yes, no, or maybe. All depends on the scope of the game.

Every single Casey Hudson RPG has just targeted the the newest more powerful consoles and PC. If I guessed it will miss Switch 2 or at best a super gen late port.

If you look for sales of any of the brands there isn't much besides on the PlayStation side this year tbh. And those sales are still muted vs other years with newer games or releases also.

There still are a few options in the US for joycons and pro controllers at select retailed. For Switch 2 it's been as expected or slightly better than it should be for a VERY poor Black Friday sales overall.

My issue isn't with sales honestly is still the Game Key Cards existing for games that shouldn't use them. Outlaws is a great pick up but that's probably it sadly.

Unfortunate and also good news. When someone leaves it's cool that others have something they are looking forward to do for work.

@MSaturn yep right on about every point. If you really think about it it's very on brand for the 'new Nintendo' with piracy take downs and control over their IP. Yeah they do release themselves strictly on game cards but that's only because they get a cut on the price as well they know it will sell better than GKC. 3rd parties unless very inclined will just use GKCs for all their games. Better get used to them, digital or just realize you won't buy many if few games on Switch 2 in its whole lifetime.

Shocked they effectively are looking at close to 900-1080p (I'm sure it's 480-540p DLSS upscaled) and 50-60fps in handheld. It does look very cut down versus other consoles and especially PC though impressive non the less.

Told you in the previous article he wasn't stating the real reason. Also it is a bandwidth problem with game cards vs SD Express and S2 internal storage. It's been exhausting talked about on other forums over the last few weeks.

We will see most if not all 3rd party AAA games strictly GKC just because of that (unless the game's engine doesn't require I believe more than 400mbps that the game cards hit for their limit), not that they really want to but because it's the only way without being digital only on Switch 2.

It's gonna be a hell of a generation for Nintendo to have to skirt answers on the 3 different bandwidth storage limitations for game on Internal, SD Express and Game Cards.

Why not two game cards? I'd rebuy the game even at $70 if I had to eat +$30 ($15 each) for the 64gb cards after paying $40.

Something needs to be done before launch Square. It's not like the PS4 and PS5 versions aren't BOTH 2 discs.

It "protecting IPs, games, and companies products with game key-cards" then why does Nintendo not use them? Generally Nintendo themselves are more egregious when it comes to lawsuits related to piracy of video games not say Capcom, Namco or even Square.

Nothing of that concept makes sense unless there wasn't any Switch 2 game cards. And those exist so yeah, no.

I want to play the Switch 2 version but in physical game card form like Switch 1 where the game is on the card.

Square sucks.

Seems interesting and character designs are better Fire Emblem characters so far. Hopefully it turns out good.

Paid DLC expansion before release? God this is so low low ball scumbag move. It's still real time also. They are trying to bury the Pokemon IP it seems. Just absolutely horrific.

I wish people would really vote with their wallets but lots of Pokemon fans are so weak it's embarrassing.

Either Switch 1 or PS5 copy I guess. Square man there is NO way this is larger than 64gb even in Unreal engine. Square you suck.

@dustinprewitt You under estimate the power of the Nintendo fan (boy/girl) greatly.

Bro it's Virtual Boy, this is chaos with headaches and weird feeling in your eyes from red/black graphics.

This price of the accessory or Expansion Pak is the least of our human problems. People say whatever but I guess people really never tried the Virtual Boy in real life hahaha.

@topsekret well any non Nintendo AAA games are mostly over 70gb if not reaching 100gb now unless they are smaller/shorter experiences. That's just where AAA games are heading.

Something like Star Wars Outlaws is as well but they brought it down via methods on Switch 2 to about 20-25gb. Currently on my PC it is almost 69gb of space. Not all companies try to compact them down or even CAN. Also Outlaws was made on a proprietary game engine snowdrop. And FF7 games are Unreal so probably also an engine issue it cannot be much smaller in size.

I just checked the Matrix DEMO on PS5 is 26gb. Unreal can bloat game sizes. And that's just a demo.

Does this suck absolute-damn-lutely. But there may not be if any options for FF7 Remake to get on a 64gb game card if it's well over that size. But I would still consider Square cheaping out here if it lands under 64gb digital, seems still something like they'd do.

@1UP-HUSKY there are only 64gb game cards still, this is known. We still have no idea when smaller nor larger game cards will be available. If ever unfortunately.

@ear_wig I don't think there will be a statement. It will just be found out of it does or not via someone random that buys it.

Good news for physical collectors, hopefully it's on the card.

Quantity? Great

Quality? Poor, only really two games worth buying outright at the MSRP prices. Donkey Kong Bananza and Hollow Knight Silksong.

Sounding like it will have a minimum double the ram as Switch 2. It's gunning for past Switch 2 or an Xbox Ally X.

@MetalGear_Yoshi you could always get the 8bitdo Xbox stick and use a converter on Switch 1/2. It's around the same cost for the stick itself. It's wireless also, just like this product.

I should just get this before prices go up due to known dumb. Also it's like less than half the Razer leverless PS5 I bought a few years ago, and this is wireless. Seems like a great product.

Yeah that doesn't make sense to me unless a story driven game won best game. After playing Bananza it's not even close it's the best exclusive on Switch 2. Mario Kart World might as well not even exist it's so far behind imo. Though MK just hasn't been good since Double Dash to me, World wasn't a bad game at all it was how can I say it without not saying it.. they need to give the MK IP a break for at least a generation. But they won't it sells, but hey we are getting Kirby Air Riders so whatever everyone gets fun games (besides new F-ZERO or Eternal Darkness games cough).

I have a Switch 2 Pro controller and it is good enough but a bit ..slick feeling and doesn't hold in the hand very well. I have an EasySMX S10 on the way, but I'm not opposed to getting a TT Max if the price is $60-$70. Three options to wake on sleep for Switch 2, this feels like a dream.

@Abeedo well I'll get it if tariffs don't change it much off $70 USD.

I need a real release. Switch Online NES, SNES, GBA, etc. were all mostly fine. Though I'm not paying for GameCube online games. The infrastructure just doesn't seem to be able to perform like native GameCube or better its just as simple as that even form Nintendo server to a Switch 2. Just remake / remaster it playable offline on a Switch 2 game card for the love of God.

Glad I waited for a console release, unfortunately the wait for the physical copy will just extend it. Cool they opted for an immediate digital release at least.

@abbyhitter yep I didn't necessarily to be part of it but I guess I was, it just was a shock when I heard 'get old fans' and 'realtime battles'.

I definitely hope the game for what it is appeals enough and is a good game.

@bransby well...I'm out then on that alone. Also the graphics are still....ass. I just need a stylistic art style not whatever Pokemon has been the last 3-4 releases. The Pokemon Company needs to get their act together.

Gameplay doesn't do it for me. Easiest pass on a game, even though the concept sounded cool.

@RejectedAng3L because the card to run at Switch 2 game card speeds for Switch 2 is the problem. It costs the publishers about $16 USD per card. This has been known why they are skipping game cards, it's just cost and they don't want to eat it just like a tariff.

The correct version? Neither, good job Square you failed.

@topsekret This is unfortunately what would happen due to the game size and well it's EA. As much as I'd like it on Switch 2 I think it would struggle to do the destruction mechanics with 64 people online. Sure it could work but I'm sure the framerate would be rough.

@Jpw035 sucks gonna have to cancel. Since when did Nintendo make two different versions of "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" of games? Getting more confusing by the day.

Still sounds worth my time especially since Amazon JP is selling a "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" in physical form for the same cost in USD as the digital or the Switch 1 physical version. No game-key nonsense.

Why not, seems like a no brainer. Especially after the Lego Horizon game.

They should let us buy the games full stop.

Very glad this was a short turnaround for devs and consumers. Wondering if the Clock Tower Rewind Switch 2 version is soon with mouse controls?

I'm good, rather have something else. Focus on the FF7 Remake series or maybe FFIX Remake. XVI was what I'd call unfortunate. Great graphics, great acting, decent gameplay and that's about it. Had high hopes for it and with all the investment in development I guess it's destined to be ported to everything.

@The-Chosen-one Early PC gaming was heavily physical boxes/discs and shareware Floppy disks basically NOTHING was digital for years. I still have plenty of mine even Myst, FF7, UT 2003, and Crysis Warhead. Sounds more like you were late into the PC Steam ecosystem. I had the Half-life 2 box with 7 CDs that forced me to download Steam in 2004.