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Bit unrelated: how does the first game play on the Switch 2, no bugs/any notable improvements?

I bought my PS4 mainly for games like Horizon and Ghost of Tsushima, and a bit for PES. Ghost of Yotei won’t make me buy a PS5 though - my wallet hopes so at least (excellent Switch backlog helps!)

@Hongo and Topher, thanks for giving reasons I couldn’t see for the use of this Makes sense! (Apart from that, this seems like a non-essential controller option compared to the alternatives to me.)

Waiting semi-patiently for Nier

This update reminded me of Transistor’s existence though! Might wanna check that game out in the near future; I’ll live with not docking/undocking too frequently hehe.

@Anti-Matter

Thx for reply and extra context about the game! I might actually like that I really dig music games

I echo below sentiment even several years in: such a beautiful game

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✨ "Started playing this tonight and woah, what a beautiful experience. Incredibly gorgeous world to explore and lots of stories to discover behind every nook and cranny. Another player exchanged candles with me and took my hand as we soared through the skies for a while until we had to depart with a hug. I'm not sure if the novelty will last but it's been a while since I've had such a wonderful experience with a multiplayer game." ✨
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~@kurusu

@Anti-Matter

Is that arcade machine playable? As in, able to actually play DDR in some shape or form or is it just a small Easter egg to come across?

That’s a very good write-up, cheers.

Got the first Switch 1 one and must admit my review would have been like a paragraph long. This does it much more justice

@Mgalens

Oh, might be, cheers! It sounded like AI for sure, I just thought they’d gone the cheap route for the voiceover

@Pillowpants

I wonder the same as you! Let’s see if anyone has an answer. (If this would be a good starting point for getting into Disgaea.)

Thought this would be an origami game - was intrigued how that’d work out XD

Saw the video, started realising “nope” haha.

Couldn’t avoid being mesmerised by the voiceover... Wow, that was rough lol.

@Sephazon

Just to confirm: there’s no way to access any part of the museum or buying this book without a lottery ticket right? Going to Japan end of October but no ticket luck

As a sports fan it’s very interesting, but also slightly worrying, to see the platform splits when comparing most sports games with e.g. Sonic racing. FC 26, NBA, WWE are all in the single digits on Switch, while doing quite well with Sonic. Guess it reflects the install base demographic but doesn’t help me feel confident we’ll get top support and potentially also NHL, F1 etc in the future

@Gohanjin

lol, came here to write how I wish Konami could show some support and the very last comment is related.

Konami, if you can’t be bothered porting your main football franchise over - and what’s up with no Master League of late - then at least give us Pro Evolution Soccer 3 and/or 6 (I’ll even buy 5 extra copies of those to give fellow NL readers to spread the love ;D)

I may try this FC game, but that’s just because a lack of alternatives Konami. Step it up

@akaDv8R I read your post in the last update thread where you said they removed the framerate option, do you know if back in now?

On the fence here depending on ability to choose capped or uncapped framerate.

Glad they keep up fixing this experience

@topsekret

Just wanted to say I appreciated your posts on this! Grateful for the time you took to break it down.

I like what I see for both of these. I never got into Dragon Quest before the latest entry so looking forward to try its past! Octopath I already know - I count myself as a fan so yeah, they probably got me with this one as well

That looks very good indeed!

I haven’t really been playing since RE4, this seems a great time to get back into it

@MischiefMaker

Lol yeah August is scorching! If I went alone, the sweetspot for me would be early October or spring time. Summer is at first too rainy/humid and then too hot for me I think 😁

Hope you get a chance to go back! I love it there too, this is me introducing one of my kids for the first time to the country

@MTMike87

Just make sure to be online for the lottery and what I think is a sale release as well in conjunction with the results. I’m travelling there in 1 month+ but missed the Nintendo Museum tickets and very very closely nabbed the very last SMW express tickets at universal studios. It’s quite confusing as a first time ticket acquirer… So don’t do like me and book the flights first Didn’t expect either to be that hard to get tickets for so far in advance! I guess there’s always next time haha 🙈

Got it at launch to support the cart release - funny due to me being mostly digital - and I’ve been very pleased with this one Thanks for an awesome game, it’s looking and playing fantastic

I don’t necessarily want more ports for S2, but I do want simultaneous big game releases! (Who says it can’t be the equal or lead platform to develop for? ;3)

Glad that most seem to enjoy this. Growing up where I did I never really got into or fully understood American football as we call it, but still I have enjoyed some matches of it - looking forward to try this out. Since it plays well and is consistent/smooth (even if no 60fps) I should be a happy camper 🏈

Well, I didn't like Emerald Rush much, or working for Void, wish I had read this review before rushing to buy Wish they had added some new permanent skills to unlock plus as you mentioned filling the island with real stuff outside of the Rush game

Haha, loved that commercial. Cheeky in all the right ways I thought 😁 I won't buy it however; MKW turned me off on kart racing for a bit. Now I'm into New Star GP instead and would rather have some Forza or Sega Rally 2 come onto my Switch for the next racing game... *Crosses fingers *

I can't believe I only now realised the Japanese name for Super Mario Bros 2 was Super Mario USA! 😅 (I knew about the 2/Lost Levels naming, so obviously it couldn't be called the same but... i just knew the Doki Doki Panic origin and never looked up the "rerelease" name in Japan before!)

@Filthy Same! Can't decide if to be happy and support this game or ignore and move on with my life I loved the first game so much, but not sure I'd enjoy it half as much today, especially not in this art style 🤔 Would be interesting to try this though or go back to the original to see how it's held up

@jeronmoore Thanks for the insight. Sad to hear however that devkits are still locked behind a selection process - it's not just that they are expensive? Guess they're having a shortage then (and if some other reasons... not sure I'd like those ). Crossing fingers you'll get access/support sooner rather than later on that front!

I pick Metroidvania because I don't have to explain it to anyone (I don't object with your point though and do like Metvania 😁)

@DarkFighter, wow, strong endorsement! Glad you enjoy it so thoroughly. Sonicka's contrasting view drives home the point for me however that this game will be loved by those who liked/love HK, but won't change anyone else's mind. (But, that must have been expected from most.) Looking forward to getting to this in 2026 when current games are played through!

The commenters on X didn't go easy on him hehe. Some comments on here sound similar enough so guess a few of you cross-post.

Anyway, post #1 above = preferred way of doing it I think! A bit tricky to secure that the digital dl is only playable by the card owner but they could find a way if they wanted to I believe. (E.g. only allow a digital download on 1 console and make the card owner able to switch, thus leaving someone selling the card not able to count on keeping the dl.)

@Unit_DTH

I had the same question about life sims - how many can we need 😂 Is it just me or did all of them kind of look like a ripped off mix of Animal Crossing and Minecraft? (Edit: scrolling through the rest of the news from the past day my eyes landed on this: "NEWS Pokémon Pokopia Looks Like An Adorable Mix Of Minecraft And Animal Crossing" 😂 Apparently I'm not alone lol, though I do think also Dinkum or smth and the mii life sim also looked samey...)

I liked the Direct overall but it had such weird content and flow I thought: why so many dime a dozen games shown off. Also, where's Elden Ring? I wonder if it's getting its own airtime soon or if there is something more worrying about its no-show like a delay.

Lastly, I might have lived under a rock but Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined took me off guard in all the right ways: day one for me!

Everyone up top already stated how I feel regarding this trailer so I won't go into detail. In short: motorcycles don't do it for me in this game (that goes even more for Zelda though ). But more worrying is if they felt this was what they wanted to show off the most. Art direction, that empty wasteland, low poly enemies (yeah yeah bet they're not polygons anymore ).... Not feeling the space hunter alone in space vibe here.

Also I'm biased against Prime 2, and the color scheme in this one somehow resembles that one. Maybe it's the purple? 😁 Not sure, but I might (gasp) wait a bit before biting on this one.

I really, really though hope for this to be aced in the end; for you guys here and all other Samus fans, for the devs who have been through a rollercoaster on this one, and for the IP's future. Crossing fingers.

It's steep. Will likely get it 🙈

@B_Lindz couldn't agree more Though I'm one of those silly enough to be buying 😆

(Sorry to some of you for encouraging Nintendo to keep doing these crazy things!)

Got into New Star GP thanks to recommendations on this forum - cheers mates!

The DK drop made me try the Bananza DLC, but while I found the island very nice as a location, I'm not a fan of the Emerald mode.

And as always, some Sky: Children of the Light 😁

Thought I knew my Mario but got tripped up by Mario vs Luigi of all things, confusing it with the Mario & Luigi games lol

Thanks for a fun quiz

@abbyhitter

No need to wait for any patches for this one; it was stellar out of the box, both performance and content wise. What you're seeing here are small improvements you likely won't ever notice or care much about, since there isn't much to improve. In short, great game, and if you want it at least don't let future patches be the reason for waiting.

Wow, the vote has a new 3D Mario up top by a landslide. Well, you did ask what we were hoping to see, not what we expect to see 😁. Would be glad to be proven wrong, but with the main 3D Mario team having just wrapped up Bananza I really can't see how that would happen outside of a totally new direction by another team - like as if they felt, "we've done all we can with this line of Mario after Odyssey". Doubt it, but would he cool and very unexpected. The one thing letting me keep that sliver of (naive?) hope as well is the 40th anniversary.

As for me, I hope to see a stellar performance Elden Ring! While I have no doubt it'll be on display, the performance that's been reported is worrying... once again, key phrase here is hope - hoping it'll do a Star Wars Outlaws 180 ;D

I want to support this game even more now, especially since it received so much criticism pre-launch.

"a super solid 30fps"

Just like you point out the bigger issue is blurriness so hoping it's not too bad 🙈

@Friendly seems we feel the same way on digital regarding the convenience thing. Must admit I never thought about the performance aspect previously, though of course you get that with game key cards too. (Btw, looking at your post also made me happy because of the best Fire Emblem character as your profile pic )

@Banksie thanks for writing that. Feels obvious now but I didn't think like that before I read your post

This was nowhere on my radar and now I want to play it. Any clarification on Switch 2 / Switch 1 compatibility would be super appreciated, as others suggested too. Cheers for review!

@antdickens

Just finished filling out the survey, saw your profile and realised I've been a reader here for so long and never really reflected on you founding it and never got a chance to say thanks so...

Anthony — thanks for founding Nintendo Life and steering it all these years. I used to bounce around outlets like IGN, Nintendojo, Nintendoexpress and others when looking for news, and even wrote for a few of those back in the day. But for a long time now, Nintendo Life has simply been the place I come back to — easily the most likable and enjoyable Nintendo site for me.

Of course there are occasional pieces that don’t hit my taste (the recent Star Wars back-and-forth on quality issues comes to mind), but overall the coverage is consistently excellent, balanced, and passionate. It shows that the site is built by people who genuinely care.

So yeah, wanted to take this opportunity to give some proper thanks. Keep up the great work, which goes for the full team as well — it’s very much appreciated!

@Ellie-Moo enjoy! I was in your exact same situation with the difference I therefore never bought Splatoon 3. Glad you're getting back into it

@MasterGraveheart

Maybe write Nintendo too, no? Doesn't sound good. For several of my fav games I have both a physical and a digital version; the digital one for the convenience of always having the game ready.

Read the preview at Push, hyped for the game, cautiously hyped for the Switch 2 version!

What @Rebusmind said @nin10doom

This is a game I'd like to play down the line for sure, glad to see it got some of the redemption it seemingly deserves after the earlier miscrediting.

@PJOReilly really appreciate you responding to the Qs in the comment section 🙏 (and good Q pillowpants)

That said, am I the only one kind of happy when some games half on your radar don't get top scores? I'm grateful to not pile more onto my current or future backlog for now - sorry devs

@RenanKJ agree with you and Ulysses - more balance to this news piece would be beneficial. But kudos to NL for checking the comments and inserting an "update" section into the piece.