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@Krlozgod @Serpenterror The game itself though remains far better than a 6/10 and this version is objectively better than the original Switch edition. I’m not saying the drawbacks to this version (particularly regarding upgrade paths/saves) shouldn’t be mentioned, they absolutely should. It’s a tricky thing to determine how these things should affect the overall verdict but I think ultimately a game should be judged on its own merits regardless of how it’s packaged.

Honestly if we were just judging it as whether it’s worth it or not for people who already own it for Switch it deserves far less than a 6/10.

I’m as frustrated as everybody else about how this release has been handled for those who already own the game but I do think it’s unfair to score it lower as a result. Score it on its own merits and air those frustrations in a section written specifically for those who it affects- this isn’t a 6/10 no matter how much it sucks that there isn’t an upgrade path/incompatibility with Switch 1 saves.

@AStupidID Buy it used or from Loaded for about £10

Top 5 Metroidvania for me easily. It’s like Metroid Dread, Hollow Knight, Smash Bros. and PoP all mashed together. Huge map, great platforming, some really creative power ups and music produced by Fink. It’s amazing.

@AI-Generation It’s a game made with much more powerful hardware in mind. There’s only so much optimization you can do and it’s a downgrade in visuals as it is. To get it to 60fps without frame generation would likely mean more serious concessions in visuals/resolution.

This way you get a solid looking version of the game at 30fps or 60fps if you can deal with the input lag. If neither option is ideal for you then get it on PS5 or PC.

@Yoshi3 The Bayonetta sections were top tier. The Viola/Jeanne sections though…yeesh. Haven’t returned to it because I just can’t be bothered with dealing with those parts which are so much less interesting and fun than the Bayonetta parts. Not a bad game but probably a low 7/10 at best for me when the others are easy 9s.

Origins is great though. Absolute gem of a game.

@Lizuka Nintendo publishing Bayonetta 2/3 was never really about making a fortune off of them. Nobody but Nintendo were willing to publish the second game after the sales of the first game but they still funded it because of how highly regarded it was- it was never going to be a blockbuster in terms of sales. Same with the third game. Both the Switch ports of 1/2 and 3 sold over a million copies though so presumably made their money back- whether Nintendo wants a fourth game likely depends on how they think it’ll bolster their lineup rather than how much they’ll make from it again.

Managed to order a copy of Cyberpunk for collection but it’s since been cancelled. Assumed it was a mistake when I saw Pokopia for £20 too but still took the chance. Oh well.

I don’t buy this at all.

@Zeroo Microsoft are a publisher that continue to bring games to Nintendo consoles. No different to reporting on layoffs at Capcom or Namco or whatever.

Wolverine looks poor which is a shame considering how good Spider Man and Miles Morales were (haven’t played 2 yet but that looks great as well). Having said that it’s still no surprise to see it topping the charts. Reviews and online discourse often don’t mean much when it comes to mainstream reception- if they did matter then we’d see way more games that deserve better sales top the charts instead of falling entirely by the wayside. Big IP from a developer renowned for their Marvel games with a big marketing budget selling well…yeah, big surprise.

@Luigia Can’t see a link on the website but I just went on the eShop itself on the Switch 2. Went to the Nintendo Direct section of the highlights tab and found the Stellar Blade page there then got the demo

@Res462 Live for me in the UK downloaded it about an hour ago

@Onosume “They need to do something so genuine fans can actually buy their products.“

They should offer early access to fans who have X amount of regular hours played on Switch/2 or something. Or even tailor it to specific games like if you have 3+ Metroid games in your play history you get an early link to a special edition for the new game etc.

Spotify does a similar thing by offering early tickets/merch to fans who listen to specific artists enough; surely it can’t be hard for Nintendo to do the same. It would at least give die hard fans a good chance of getting something limited instead of having to go up against scalpers.

Companies will use gen AI to keep costs down while believing the same quality of human art is still there but it just isn’t. It looks cheap because it is.

I had a fear this would happen when it was still up for pre order for a while the day I ordered…seems I’m one of the few lucky ones- I got an email about it but only to say it’ll be arriving on the day of release instead of the original delivery date which was way off from what I remember. Hope that sticks, huge shame for everyone that had it cancelled!

The cover art for the OoT remake is how I’d want a Zelda film to look. At least it’d look beautiful if it were animated- I just can’t imagine a live action movie feeling like anything more than a high budget fan film.

Agreed 100%. Sony are the current poster child for how not to do things especially compared to how they used to operate- honestly back in the PS2/PS3 days (and PS4 to a lesser extent) their Japan studio rivaled Nintendo for creativity. So many games that were never destined to be megahits but kept up a level of prestige and innovation that not only made their consoles more attractive but pushed what games could be in general. Nowadays if it’s not high budget and set to do gangbusters then it’s not worth it to them. Symptomatic of the wider state of gaming which is completely unsustainable.

@Erigen That would’ve happened when Ichiban Kasuga got added by that logic

@Regulus6891 Think it’s a vocal minority online who generally have it out for Sony and not the general audience…sadly.

@Zequio Sure. Phantom Hourglass too. But TotK is straight up the exact same world as the previous game with most of the same characters returning so I’d say it’s the most direct of any of the sequels. That only made how little it referenced the events of BotW even more jarring.

@Yalloo Yeah that’s how I’ve come to see them now. It’s not a huge deal but still, it was disappointing at the time.

@EarthboundBenjy For as much as I don’t care about the Zelda timeline on the whole it did irk me how TotK was so dismissive of BotW for no reason. It just made the game feel strange to me. Especially all the Sheikah tech just disappearing…they could have easily explained it away with one line by an NPC saying they destroyed it all after what happened with the Divine Beasts and didn’t want a repeat of those events. Literally anything would have been better than just ignoring such a key component of the previous game.

The timeline at large I couldn’t care less about but if they’re going to make straight sequels then at least have some continuity. At least Metroid isn’t guilty of this with the mainline games and it’s not something Nintendo enforce across the board.

Think they’d be better off just saying there is no real timeline and every game is just its own thing. Even TotK which was arguably the most direct sequel the series has ever had ignored a lot of what happened in BotW. They just don’t care about how these games connect.

@axelhander Sadly I believe you’re right.

@axelhander We clearly have very different opinions on AI usage and I don’t believe anything we say to each other will affect said opinions. All the best 🍻

Feel like using generative AI for anything just isn’t worth the time saved when you risk turning more people away from whatever you’re trying to sell than attracting them. People who are pro AI or indifferent aren’t going to gravitate towards your product because you used it but people who are against it certainly will stay clear of it. Then again I guess it depends on how many people are against it which based on how many people I see use it daily seems to be more of a minority than anything.

I’m so confused. Obviously this is down to Tecmo Koei’s involvement but why would that matter? Aren’t Nintendo the publisher of both this and Pokopia? Nintendo’s own games are all on proper cartridges so why not for these?

Only thing I can think of is the publishing deal involves TK splitting the costs of the physical copies and they’d rather split the cost of a key card. But if that’s the case why was Age of Imprisonment on a proper cart?

EDIT: OK, it’s published by TK in Japan- fine. Why does that matter for the rest of the world where it’s Nintendo putting it out?

£150 for special edition plus 2 amiibos…maybe for the best that it’s sold out so quick…

@WaveBoy Yeah I love how over the top they’ve gone with it all. Samus is a literal monster now so it’s fun to see them completely lean into the ridiculousness right down to the logo.

@Misima There’s still the rumour of a pixel art Super Metroid remake!

@Kilamanjaro At least they’re offering upgrades for a fair price on most of them and even if these versions are better it’s not like the originals weren’t great in their own right. Plus it’s not like they’re making them in lieu of new games…Xenoblade Genesis is on the way, there’s more than likely a new Pikmin in the works etc. I’m personally happy they’re going to back to update so many old games, gives a new lease of life to my library and is encouraging me to go back and replay/finish games I shelved ages ago (such as Pikmin 4).

Between Metroid, Kirby, Resi ports and Persona 4/6 confirmed for Switch 2 (along with yesterday’s Zelda blowout) I’m very happy with what Nintendo showed. Scared for how much I’ll be spending over the next few months.

Already seen people like GVG whining about the Direct as a whole and just…ugh. I swear Nintendo fans are never happy.

@repsahj Hopefully that gets announced soon

Glad they’re still putting them out. I remember there was a lot of doubt that they would keep them going especially with the arrival of Switch 2 but I never understood why. Easy money.

Probably could have just done with the OoT trailer instead of the slow paced Aonuma playthrough but overall everything was great. Only thing missing was any kind of tease for the next proper game but that was always a pie in the sky dream.

@Bunkerneath They’re masks for Link that you get when you scan the amiibo

Looks brilliant. Not sure why so many are wishing for a different art style- the original was gunning for realism with stylised characters and this is doing the same.

Elden Ring is too expensive. It’s an old game that runs worse than the other current gen versions and doesn’t offer much new beyond portability. I’m loving it and it’s a great version but most people who it appeals to will have had plenty of opportunity to play it with hardware they already have. It also has a reputation for being difficult which may turn people off especially with such a high price. If it were £35-40 I’d bet many people would have double dipped or been more willing to take a chance on it.

I also heard a rumour that the sky is blue and water is wet

I know this isn’t a big game or anything but it still blows my mind that the PS4 is still getting support from major publishers while the PS6 is around the corner.

@ozwally I saw someone comment that DLSS isn’t compatible with the engine they use? Can’t use it on PC with the game either, not sure if that’s true though but that would explain why it’s not used here when it seems like a silver bullet for most big games making it across

Hopefully they do a more standard 3 pack like the Resident Evil Generations set.

@jfp It wouldn’t even fit onto 2 of the biggest cards available so what do you expect?

Picked up Elden Ring, having a great time with it. While I’m sure it will be worth every penny and then some by the time I’m done with it they would have probably done well to price it closer to £40. Might have seen more people double dipping to have it on a handheld instead of the full £60 which is more of a turn off for those who already have it elsewhere.

@Scirocco7 Handheld PCs also come with the headaches of being PCs. Honestly I think Switch 2 is worth the compromise in performance for the price, ease of use, portability and the benefit of physical media (even if GKCs are much less desirable than proper carts they’re still far better than being 100% digital as handheld PCs are).

I thought it looked great both handheld and docked, was expecting something so much worse after hearing some initial impressions. Some bits stuck out like the overhead wires at one part looking very messy where I guess the upscaling has trouble keeping the noise down but it mostly looked decent and ran great. For a handheld a fraction of the size of the other platforms it’s as good as I could have hoped for.

Haven’t played CoD since BO2 in 2012…this just felt the same. Which is fine because it was always fun…I’d have liked to have picked this up after being away from the franchise for so long but £60+ for a code in a box? Never ever going to happen for me. Maybe if it ever gets a steep discount in the future but as it stands it’s an easy skip.

I sucked at it but thought it was cool. Really impressed with how it looked. I just don’t know that I want to pay for a game that’s pretty much multiplayer only. Maybe if it’s £30/£35- that would definitely be the smart choice considering it will live and die by its playerbase and keeping the barrier to entry low would be wise.

Interested to see how Elden Ring does next week. Especially with the Duskbloods test …I’m interested in giving it another go after playing that.

@JohnnyMind I usually look at Smyth’s as an indicator for physical availability since it’s one of the few retail chains that actually stocks new games nowadays and it is indeed sold out in many stores and is unavailable for delivery. Not impossible to find but still, a good sign it’s doing OK at least.

What is it with Microsoft games being all over the place when it comes to physical releases on Switch 2? I guess they give autonomy to each subsidiary to do what they want given THPS3+4 was a code too but just…why?

Would have been interested in this if it was at least on a key card but never paying £50/£60+ for just a download.

As with pretty much every Switch 2 port (especially with big AAA games like this) it’s a question of how much you care about playing in handheld. Should surprise absolutely nobody that the visuals are downgraded over other versions but what you lose in fidelity you gain in being able to play it wherever. If visuals in third party games matter to you and you only want to play games on the TV you’ve bought the wrong console.