Was kinda interested in picking this up so this is a big disappointment. Oh well, at least I won't be adding another massive RPG to my backlog! I'll maybe check back in a year to see if they have somehow managed to patch it up well.
I'm in but mostly due to the excitement of getting to play a new Resident Evil game day one on Nintendo hardware. Brings me back to around 20 years ago whenever I imported RE4 for gamecube from the states and blasted through it in a couple of days before it had even been released in Japan. Those were the days, sigh...
Really excited to play to this! Always been a big treasure fan, played nearly every game they’ve released in the west but somehow missed this at the time and getting a copy more recently was a little bit too expensive for me.
@Reprise yeah I’ve been having that feeling myself!
It’s mostly driven by the demands of AI, so companies such as crucial memory are pulling out of the consumer market just to provide RAM and storage to these massive AI companies. Imagine the bubble will burst soon, or so I keep hearing.
@mattiasboden @Jeronan @libersolis thanks for correcting me guys! Hopefully that is helpful for some other folks, seems a little fiddly if you have to go through an in game menu to the eshop to find it, kinda like the Hogwarts Legacy upgrade discount. Any chance you can play without the cart this time?
@mattiasboden I think you just need to update the game on your Switch 2 console and it will automatically update to the newest version, upgrade and all... at least that's how it works with other games such as Dragon Quest III HD-2D remake.
@Gamer83 ah yeah, Street Fighter 6 is a great port! I had the PS4 version myself (no PS5 sadly) but jumped at the opportunity to grab it for Switch 2 since I have an 8bitdo arcade stick that I wanted to make use of. The only downside is 30fps during world tour mode.
@BrewsterTea fair point, I forgot there’s something to frame rates dividing equalling into the refresh rate. Probably explains why cyberpunk has a 120hz performance mode since it targets 40fps.
First time I’m hearing about this game, looks interesting and sounds fun, especially since I’m a big football/soccer fan. Definitely something I’ll considering picking up down the line, it’s always good to grab a game that’s a change of pace to what I normally play.
@BrewsterTea yeah I see your point and I am somewhat that way inclined myself most of the time. Only thing is, I can't see many games supporting 120fps, especially as the switch 2 begins to age. None of the early Nintendo Switch 2 exclusives support it apart from Switch 1 upgrades, and not many of those have that feature either. Third parties are unlikely to go to the hassle of optimising their games to this extent a majority of the time and once they start porting current generation games it will be impossible in most cases. Bear in the mind that the Switch 2 also lacks full HDMI 2.1, so it cannot output 4k along with 120hz simultaneously.
Of course, if you have other platforms for gaming then looking for a higher refresh screen would be the smart option, but I think we will all be waiting for the Switch 3 before the need for such a high quality panel becomes a necessity. There is a possibility that the mid generation refresh could add support though.
@BrewsterTea I see your point but I don't think many games will have the ability to play at 120fps to properly make use of that refresh rate. There's only a handful currently and they are mostly indie titles like Hades 2 or Switch 1 upgrades such as Metroid Prime 4, so basically games that don't challenge the hardware.
I know there are advantages to using 120hz without the matching frame rate but is that really worth going out of your way to get a monitor for? Admittedly, for the price of this thing, you'd think it would have a panel with a higher refresh rate.
@h3s to be honest I don't put that much weight into reviews, it's more a barometer of whether a game is even worth me thinking about playing it. I will always gravitate towards games and genres that interest me regardless. At least in this day and age we have metacritic and user scores, although these aren't entirely immune to things such as review bombing.
Super Play definitely did have a based vibe about it but that may have been due to the time and perhaps helped partly by the nature of its britishness. Import reviews and added anime really helped to form the uniqueness of it, I was quite young at the time and it really shaped my interests as I was becoming a teenager (haven't changed much).
Anyway, I do feel that nintendolife is quite honest with their reviews and opinions, whilst trying their best to be very positive about things in general. The thing about this monitor is that I am 100% sure that it is a lovely bit of kit, had a look at them recently as I needed a new second monitor for my workflow, but all things considered the price is just ridiculous. Even at half the price, it would be expensive for what it is really.
It's sad but I've never really been able to find a magazine or website that captured my interests and opinions as well as Super Play once did. The follow up N64 magazine just wasn't the same, I gravitated towards to Edge for quite a few years afterwards but I found their arrogance and arthouse aura to be intolerable at times. Maybe it was just my impressionable age at the time but honestly I'm still kinda sad about the empty void it has left.
@The_Trooper49 have to say I agree, went and bought myself another OLED because I missed mine, sold it earlier in the year when the switch 2 was announced. It’s just much handier for portability and the battery life is awesome, handy because I love to play JRPGs and frankly, a lot of the ones I have in my backlog seem to look worse on the switch 2 screen.
@Damo @h3s while I do agree that the online domain of gaming reviews seems to be overly generous with scores in this day and age, it’s pretty obvious that publications and websites have always been given copies of games for free to review. Otherwise we probably wouldn’t have reviews of bad games or obscure indie titles. There’s no such thing as bad publicity after all.
Damn are these nice looking! Came across them recently, along with another premium brand Sotsu, but unfortunately way more than I would probably ever spend on a small monitor.
Ended up with an Arzopa Z1RC from Black Friday sales on AliExpress, only arrived today but seems to be pretty decent quality, especially considering it was only around £60 compared to more than double the price on Amazon currently.
@Bats1234 Since it was already an old game when it launched on switch, I imagine everything was on the cart to make it look as good as it now does on switch 2. The update is merely a patch to optimise it. Some other game which have larger downloads in the gigabytes probably have higher quality assets included to improve visuals to 4K standards.
@maulinks it’s been a stable of the souls games since the beginning and frankly it hasn’t really bothered me much. From Software ain’t a big studio with massive budgets, especially not back when the series started.
Great news, although it’s still buried deep in my massive backlog. I wonder how it looks on switch 2, couldn’t deal with the resolution on the 1080p screen for most games myself so have gone back to playing on OLED for now.
@spiderman0616 I only came across it about 10 years ago via the happy console gamer youtube channel. Great game indeed, would have been blown away by it when I was a kid. It was good timing since they rebooted the series with the blaster master zero games not too long after.
@Satans_Therapist I do understand though. Hate having to upgrade these things more than once, it’s always satisfying to get your storage stored early on so you don’t have to worry. It crazy how large these memory cards are getting for the money and even though newer speed standards have bumped the price up for newer formats, it still blows my mind as somebody who remembers computer specs from the 90s.
Managed to grab a 512gb for £50 on Vinted a couple of months ago. I’m hopeful that it will do me for a couple of years since I’m only really playing new or upgraded games on my switch 2 and using my OLED to grind the massive backlog of JRPGs that I’ve accumulated.
I’m also a physical first sorta guy apart from indies and eshop bargains but it is becoming more and more difficult this generation.
@Untempered-Link if you have a switch and nintendo online then there are weekly ways to nab points. Check the Nintendo online tab from the switch Home Screen. Also there’s a weekly bonus for logging into the myNintendo store webpage.
Gonna finally give this series a go, love the Ys games but couldn’t really figure out where to start for the Trails series, especially with some key games missing from the switch library. These remakes of the first trilogy will be perfect for me!
Great news. I picked the switch 1 cart up ages ago on sale for a decent price but it remains sealed on my shelf so a free switch 2 upgrade is exactly the push I needed to play this. I did play a few hours on PS3 years ago but don’t get very far.
@RenanKJ you really think switch 2 outputs switch 1 games worse quality while docked? I hadn’t really noticed myself… AI upscaling would be something I could get behind.
Excited to eventually play these. Have already dipped my toes into the series; played the first one all the way through on PS2, about half the third one on PS3 and started zero on PS4 but Elden Ring came out and distracted me.
Unfortunately due to the game key cart fiasco, I’ll be waiting for an eshop sale to pick them up. I rarely pay full price for digital games unless it is a day one must play game or the freak occurrence that I’ve cleared my backlog.
@Mgalens agreed, we definitely need remakes of VIII & IX. Seems kinda strange that they jumped straight to VII for the most recent remake and also a little sad that IX is trapped on the DS. Maybe these will be next in line, I’m a little excited now.
@Mgalens I am hopeful but Nintendo’s history doesn’t fill me with optimism.
I actually went on eBay and picked up a cheapish OLED because I was so annoyed by the resolution on some games. Others seem to fair much better and I wouldn’t notice if I didn’t already know. I suppose it will be handy to have a secondary switch which is much more portable!
@maritroidvaniapoke for the originals, I would say to play them in release order but these remakes were released in this order specifically so that people would play them in chronological order.
I have yet to play I-II HD 2D but I very much doubt there’s much difference in the way of downgrades when it comes to game mechanics, think they added extra characters since the original was just the protagonist solo.
They really need to fix the resolution so that switch 1 games can make use of the switch 2 screen, it shouldn’t be hard considering a lot of these games run at 1080p docked.
It’s a shame that a lot of games have performance boosts due to switch 2 hardware but look a blurry mess with 720p stretched to its screen.
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Re: Review: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Switch 2) - A Hard Pass For A Great Game
Was kinda interested in picking this up so this is a big disappointment. Oh well, at least I won't be adding another massive RPG to my backlog! I'll maybe check back in a year to see if they have somehow managed to patch it up well.
Re: Leon And Grace's Screen Time Will Be "Equally Split" In Resident Evil Requiem
I'm in but mostly due to the excitement of getting to play a new Resident Evil game day one on Nintendo hardware. Brings me back to around 20 years ago whenever I imported RE4 for gamecube from the states and blasted through it in a couple of days before it had even been released in Japan. Those were the days, sigh...
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch 2 GameCube Library With Wario's 3D Outing
Really excited to play to this! Always been a big treasure fan, played nearly every game they’ve released in the west but somehow missed this at the time and getting a copy more recently was a little bit too expensive for me.
Re: Nintendo's Shares Take A Tumble Amid Renewed Chip Shortage Worries
@Reprise yeah I’ve been having that feeling myself!
It’s mostly driven by the demands of AI, so companies such as crucial memory are pulling out of the consumer market just to provide RAM and storage to these massive AI companies. Imagine the bubble will burst soon, or so I keep hearing.
Re: Surprise! 'Skyrim Anniversary Edition' Lands On Switch 2 Today
@mattiasboden @Jeronan @libersolis thanks for correcting me guys! Hopefully that is helpful for some other folks, seems a little fiddly if you have to go through an in game menu to the eshop to find it, kinda like the Hogwarts Legacy upgrade discount. Any chance you can play without the cart this time?
Re: Surprise! 'Skyrim Anniversary Edition' Lands On Switch 2 Today
@mattiasboden I think you just need to update the game on your Switch 2 console and it will automatically update to the newest version, upgrade and all... at least that's how it works with other games such as Dragon Quest III HD-2D remake.
Re: Leon Kennedy Is Confirmed For Resident Evil Requiem Via PSN Store Image
@Gamer83 ah yeah, Street Fighter 6 is a great port! I had the PS4 version myself (no PS5 sadly) but jumped at the opportunity to grab it for Switch 2 since I have an 8bitdo arcade stick that I wanted to make use of. The only downside is 30fps during world tour mode.
Re: Surprise! 'Skyrim Anniversary Edition' Lands On Switch 2 Today
I've still somehow have never played Skyrim. At the time it was released I was obsessed with Demon/Dark Souls and it sorta just looked unappealing.
I do have the physical cart for Switch but it's a bit of a bummer that I need to pay for the Anniversary Edition upgrade to get the update.
Re: Leon Kennedy Is Confirmed For Resident Evil Requiem Via PSN Store Image
Good to see this finally confirmed since there were persistent rumours that Leon would make an appearance since the game was announced.
Looking forward to playing this and seeing how well it runs on the Switch 2, even preordered the generations pack since I missed Village.
Re: Hands On: Espresso Pro 15 - A Portable 4K Monitor For Switch 2, But With A Catch
@BrewsterTea fair point, I forgot there’s something to frame rates dividing equalling into the refresh rate. Probably explains why cyberpunk has a 120hz performance mode since it targets 40fps.
Re: Metroid Prime 4 On Switch 1 Impresses Digital Foundry - "Nigh-Imperceptible Dips"
@BLD haha! Though if you keep talking to Solaire he don’t really keep with the jovial attitude as the game goes on.
Re: Award-Winning Slice-Of-Life Soccer Game 'Despelote' Comes To Switch This Week
First time I’m hearing about this game, looks interesting and sounds fun, especially since I’m a big football/soccer fan. Definitely something I’ll considering picking up down the line, it’s always good to grab a game that’s a change of pace to what I normally play.
Re: Hands On: Espresso Pro 15 - A Portable 4K Monitor For Switch 2, But With A Catch
@BrewsterTea yeah I see your point and I am somewhat that way inclined myself most of the time. Only thing is, I can't see many games supporting 120fps, especially as the switch 2 begins to age. None of the early Nintendo Switch 2 exclusives support it apart from Switch 1 upgrades, and not many of those have that feature either. Third parties are unlikely to go to the hassle of optimising their games to this extent a majority of the time and once they start porting current generation games it will be impossible in most cases. Bear in the mind that the Switch 2 also lacks full HDMI 2.1, so it cannot output 4k along with 120hz simultaneously.
Of course, if you have other platforms for gaming then looking for a higher refresh screen would be the smart option, but I think we will all be waiting for the Switch 3 before the need for such a high quality panel becomes a necessity. There is a possibility that the mid generation refresh could add support though.
Re: Hands On: Espresso Pro 15 - A Portable 4K Monitor For Switch 2, But With A Catch
@BrewsterTea I see your point but I don't think many games will have the ability to play at 120fps to properly make use of that refresh rate. There's only a handful currently and they are mostly indie titles like Hades 2 or Switch 1 upgrades such as Metroid Prime 4, so basically games that don't challenge the hardware.
I know there are advantages to using 120hz without the matching frame rate but is that really worth going out of your way to get a monitor for? Admittedly, for the price of this thing, you'd think it would have a panel with a higher refresh rate.
Re: Hands On: Espresso Pro 15 - A Portable 4K Monitor For Switch 2, But With A Catch
@h3s to be honest I don't put that much weight into reviews, it's more a barometer of whether a game is even worth me thinking about playing it. I will always gravitate towards games and genres that interest me regardless. At least in this day and age we have metacritic and user scores, although these aren't entirely immune to things such as review bombing.
Super Play definitely did have a based vibe about it but that may have been due to the time and perhaps helped partly by the nature of its britishness. Import reviews and added anime really helped to form the uniqueness of it, I was quite young at the time and it really shaped my interests as I was becoming a teenager (haven't changed much).
Anyway, I do feel that nintendolife is quite honest with their reviews and opinions, whilst trying their best to be very positive about things in general. The thing about this monitor is that I am 100% sure that it is a lovely bit of kit, had a look at them recently as I needed a new second monitor for my workflow, but all things considered the price is just ridiculous. Even at half the price, it would be expensive for what it is really.
It's sad but I've never really been able to find a magazine or website that captured my interests and opinions as well as Super Play once did. The follow up N64 magazine just wasn't the same, I gravitated towards to Edge for quite a few years afterwards but I found their arrogance and arthouse aura to be intolerable at times. Maybe it was just my impressionable age at the time but honestly I'm still kinda sad about the empty void it has left.
Re: Talking Point: Six Months Since Launch, How Would You Rate Switch 2?
@The_Trooper49 have to say I agree, went and bought myself another OLED because I missed mine, sold it earlier in the year when the switch 2 was announced. It’s just much handier for portability and the battery life is awesome, handy because I love to play JRPGs and frankly, a lot of the ones I have in my backlog seem to look worse on the switch 2 screen.
Re: Hands On: Espresso Pro 15 - A Portable 4K Monitor For Switch 2, But With A Catch
@Damo @h3s while I do agree that the online domain of gaming reviews seems to be overly generous with scores in this day and age, it’s pretty obvious that publications and websites have always been given copies of games for free to review. Otherwise we probably wouldn’t have reviews of bad games or obscure indie titles. There’s no such thing as bad publicity after all.
That Super Play mention made me really nostalgic!
Re: Hands On: Espresso Pro 15 - A Portable 4K Monitor For Switch 2, But With A Catch
Damn are these nice looking! Came across them recently, along with another premium brand Sotsu, but unfortunately way more than I would probably ever spend on a small monitor.
Ended up with an Arzopa Z1RC from Black Friday sales on AliExpress, only arrived today but seems to be pretty decent quality, especially considering it was only around £60 compared to more than double the price on Amazon currently.
Re: Video: Check Out Red Dead Redemption's Switch 2 Improvements In This Side-By-Side Comparison
@Bats1234 Since it was already an old game when it launched on switch, I imagine everything was on the cart to make it look as good as it now does on switch 2. The update is merely a patch to optimise it. Some other game which have larger downloads in the gigabytes probably have higher quality assets included to improve visuals to 4K standards.
Re: Video: Check Out Red Dead Redemption's Switch 2 Improvements In This Side-By-Side Comparison
@AussieMcBucket I’m in the U.K., I’m guessing there may have been a mistake with the pricing here!
Re: Video: Check Out Red Dead Redemption's Switch 2 Improvements In This Side-By-Side Comparison
@penfold007 came here to point this out, really bizarre decision. Wonder if it’s an error or will the free upgrade be for a limited time only.
Re: Here's Another Look At Elden Ring Running On Switch 2
@maulinks it’s been a stable of the souls games since the beginning and frankly it hasn’t really bothered me much. From Software ain’t a big studio with massive budgets, especially not back when the series started.
Re: Review: Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - Packed To The Rafters, Level-5's Football RPG Returns
@Styledvinny79 I think we will be waiting a while unfortunately. £60+ being the norm for new big budget digital games sucks as well.
Re: NieR:Automata Finally Lands Switch 2 Compatibility Update
Great news, although it’s still buried deep in my massive backlog. I wonder how it looks on switch 2, couldn’t deal with the resolution on the 1080p screen for most games myself so have gone back to playing on OLED for now.
Re: Ongoing MicroSD Shortages Could Have A Knock-On Effect For Switch 2 Storage Availability
@spiderman0616 I only came across it about 10 years ago via the happy console gamer youtube channel. Great game indeed, would have been blown away by it when I was a kid. It was good timing since they rebooted the series with the blaster master zero games not too long after.
Re: Ongoing MicroSD Shortages Could Have A Knock-On Effect For Switch 2 Storage Availability
@spiderman0616 I agree with that sentiment. Also, blaster master, nice!
Re: Ongoing MicroSD Shortages Could Have A Knock-On Effect For Switch 2 Storage Availability
@Satans_Therapist I do understand though. Hate having to upgrade these things more than once, it’s always satisfying to get your storage stored early on so you don’t have to worry. It crazy how large these memory cards are getting for the money and even though newer speed standards have bumped the price up for newer formats, it still blows my mind as somebody who remembers computer specs from the 90s.
Re: Ongoing MicroSD Shortages Could Have A Knock-On Effect For Switch 2 Storage Availability
@Satans_Therapist damn bro you really splashing the cash on that storage!
Re: Ongoing MicroSD Shortages Could Have A Knock-On Effect For Switch 2 Storage Availability
Managed to grab a 512gb for £50 on Vinted a couple of months ago. I’m hopeful that it will do me for a couple of years since I’m only really playing new or upgraded games on my switch 2 and using my OLED to grind the massive backlog of JRPGs that I’ve accumulated.
I’m also a physical first sorta guy apart from indies and eshop bargains but it is becoming more and more difficult this generation.
Re: Mini Review: Arcade Archives 2 TOKYO WARS (Switch 2) - Another Polished But Wafer Thin Hamster Port
Far too expensive but would consider giving it a shot if it ever goes on sale half price because it looks like a a fun game.
I wouldn’t even pay £6.29 for the Neo Geo ports and those are games I love. I occasionally grab one whenever there is a rare discount on them.
Re: Nintendo Launches 2026 Calendars, Including One Just For NSO Subscribers
@Untempered-Link if you have a switch and nintendo online then there are weekly ways to nab points. Check the Nintendo online tab from the switch Home Screen. Also there’s a weekly bonus for logging into the myNintendo store webpage.
Re: Best Zelda Games Of All Time
Not that I’m a huge fan, but Zelda II is underrated, shouldn’t be all the way down there!
Re: Poll: Have You Had Issues With The Ethernet Port On Switch 2's Dock?
@NorrinRadd this guy docks.
Re: Trails In The Sky 2nd Chapter Scheduled For 2026 Release
Gonna finally give this series a go, love the Ys games but couldn’t really figure out where to start for the Trails series, especially with some key games missing from the switch library. These remakes of the first trilogy will be perfect for me!
Re: It's Official, Red Dead Redemption Is Coming To Switch 2 This December
Great news. I picked the switch 1 cart up ages ago on sale for a decent price but it remains sealed on my shelf so a free switch 2 upgrade is exactly the push I needed to play this. I did play a few hours on PS3 years ago but don’t get very far.
Re: How Are You Finding Switch Game And App Compatibility On The Switch 2?
@RenanKJ well that’s another thing I won’t be able to not be annoyed by while playing. Thanks I guess, haha.
Re: Review: Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Switch 2) - One Of The Series' Very Best
@Truegamer79 early game is a little slow, it definitely picks up, persevere a bit longer!
Re: Level-5 Shows Off The First 30 Minutes Of Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
Hoping for strong reviews. Really enjoyed the first game on DS many years ago and this looks like it could be great fun as well.
Re: How Are You Finding Switch Game And App Compatibility On The Switch 2?
@RenanKJ you really think switch 2 outputs switch 1 games worse quality while docked? I hadn’t really noticed myself… AI upscaling would be something I could get behind.
Re: Mini Review: Yakuza Kiwami (Switch 2) - Kiryu's Debut, Smoother Than Ever
Excited to eventually play these. Have already dipped my toes into the series; played the first one all the way through on PS2, about half the third one on PS3 and started zero on PS4 but Elden Ring came out and distracted me.
Unfortunately due to the game key cart fiasco, I’ll be waiting for an eshop sale to pick them up. I rarely pay full price for digital games unless it is a day one must play game or the freak occurrence that I’ve cleared my backlog.
Re: Pikmin 4's Free Content Update Is Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
I can see the possible switch 2 update being paid since it will probably add mouse control features.
Also thinking this might be the last Pikmin game for a while since shiggy is taking a step back from development.
Re: Best Dragon Quest Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems
@Mgalens agreed, we definitely need remakes of VIII & IX. Seems kinda strange that they jumped straight to VII for the most recent remake and also a little sad that IX is trapped on the DS. Maybe these will be next in line, I’m a little excited now.
Re: How Are You Finding Switch Game And App Compatibility On The Switch 2?
@Mgalens I am hopeful but Nintendo’s history doesn’t fill me with optimism.
I actually went on eBay and picked up a cheapish OLED because I was so annoyed by the resolution on some games. Others seem to fair much better and I wouldn’t notice if I didn’t already know. I suppose it will be handy to have a secondary switch which is much more portable!
Re: Review: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment (Switch 2) - A Stunning Slice Of Musou, Worthy Of The Zelda Canon
Have to say that this really looks great!
I really enjoyed the last two hyrule warriors games but ended up not finishing either since I burnt out on the game formula.
Will wait for sale then maybe pick it up if my backlog isn’t as daunting as it is now.
Re: Best Dragon Quest Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems
@maritroidvaniapoke for the originals, I would say to play them in release order but these remakes were released in this order specifically so that people would play them in chronological order.
I have yet to play I-II HD 2D but I very much doubt there’s much difference in the way of downgrades when it comes to game mechanics, think they added extra characters since the original was just the protagonist solo.
Re: Best Dragon Quest Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems
Being a massive Dragon Quest fan, I’ve a lot of problems with this list; but seeing as it’s a user score average, I can’t exactly complain.
Re: PSA: SNES Controller For Switch Online Is Finally Back In Stock (UK)
Finally grabbed myself one, was half tempted to get a pair but seems greedy considering I mostly play solo.
Re: How Are You Finding Switch Game And App Compatibility On The Switch 2?
They really need to fix the resolution so that switch 1 games can make use of the switch 2 screen, it shouldn’t be hard considering a lot of these games run at 1080p docked.
It’s a shame that a lot of games have performance boosts due to switch 2 hardware but look a blurry mess with 720p stretched to its screen.