ozwally

@Cipher36 that sounds promising, thanks, hopefully it is the case - I’ve had the dlc issues before with imports which made me weary on online connectivity

@dartmonkey @MattAllsopp yeah it was fine for me, I bought UK time around 10:20pm yesterday, I assumed it was a 10pm launch as I’ve seen titles available around that time

I bought it last night in the UK with no issues, installed and played fine - it wasn’t available prior to this

@rvcolem1 I enjoyed it for a while but I think an NSO app would have been better

@JohnnyMind certainly will do

@JohnnyMind thanks for the reply, based on this I’ve taken the plunge on the English physical - if online doesn’t work I’ll just get digital

@Cipher36 do you know if the online aspect would work cross region? Would I need a Japanese Nintendo account? I’m in the UK but would like a physical

F1 Manager 24 for me, though an acquired taste. My most played of 2024 iirc from my year in review

@KBuckley27 good point! It does say in the original post it’ll be 9 years since Nintendo announced the existence of Switch (March 2015) - I’m hoping this announcement isn’t something along the same lines and we still have quite some time to wait yet for reveal/launch

I really feel a reveal in January is coming based on the recent leaks/traction it’s getting. As for release, no idea

I have enjoyed the game so far, but I was actually disappointed with the way the overworld was handled - I was hoping for a more dynamic campaign map however it seems very linear from what I've played and looking at the zone levels online (world map). Still, a good game

@NintenGuy for me i think what we're getting is just Switch with more power and refinements. Im fine with that as I think theyre onto a winning formula with the design (hybrid) but it really does make me wonder where they could go next with a console - thats where the creative ingenuity at Nintendo comes in

@Dee123 yep PEGI will be in the pocket of these big firms - they can cry from the rooftop that they arent but hell would freeze over the day they give an EA title like FC 25 an 18+ rating

I have a feeling if these latest news articles are true then we'll see a reveal and launch real soon, a few months. Or knowing Nintendo it'll be November next year.....

@Ryu_Niiyama agreed and this sounds right to me. Its between the developers, Nintendo has nothing to do with this apart from removing the games from the store front should the origional Unpacking dev win a lawsuit asking for such action

@MattAllsopp ooof I was looking for a date but the 30th has abit of a sting to it! Thanks for letting me know!

Big fan of the movie so I do need to play it, hopefully it’s on the European eShop soon. I’d love to see and Alien Isolation treatment of The Thing

@tektite_captain I’m hoping if these designs are relatively accurate their marketing department take the most logical approach and slap a 2 at the end of the name - nothing fancy to avoid confusion like Switch Next or some such

Really hoping those triggers are real, they look like they could be analogue triggers which would be a nice addition

Really looking forward to this, love the 1982 movie and never had a chance to play this, the only other The Thing material I got to enjoy were the comics

I’m cautiously optimistic, but I’d love to see this come over to the Switch successor at some point in the near future

Looks like a free to play mobile game to me?

this is a reason i've not really started this game and will probably trade in, its too long and im not all that interested in it - from what i've heard online it sounds like it can be abit of a drag also after a while so i've moved on to other shorter games

@XiaoShao I finally did some reading online and it looks like it is in a pretty bad state from what others are saying - I did get the black box bug for an enemy once but no other issues. I'm going to stop playing this for now until its patched.
Thanks for the heads up on this by the way! Glad I didnt waste alot of time on it to get blocked at some point

@XiaoShao I played almost the entire intro chapter and havnt noticed any bugs so far, though it may just be down to luck

@XiaoShao Really surprised they didnt review Wildermyth (yet) - I bought digital and will have the physical in a few weeks, great game!

Such a shame, I played Rime recently and thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay and story - a game that will leave a mark on me for some time.
Hopefully the staff come out of this ok

Wow, Grove Street Games removed from credits - I'd guess Rockstar wont be using their services again

The inventory menu system in Fire Emblem Engage baffled me and was just a mess from what I recall - why these devs cant come up with intuitive menu systems is beyond me

@jco83 @awp69 from the little time I’ve had with it running the latest patch unfortunately not, SwitchUp confirmed this also in one of their all patched up videos from months ago. Maybe next Nintendo console could receive an update or just brute force it to work better with the more capable hardware

@tonyp1987 I found that too with Knight, it ran great on deck

@JohnnyMind I checked the same and looks like physical end of March next year so a wait for me too

Really enjoyed this back in the day, I remember it being buggy but superb at the time. Nice to see a solid Switch port

I think the Switch 2 reveal will just drop like the Xenoblade X trailer last week, when Nintendo are ready

Best guess easrly next year - if theyre on top of manufacturing the wait to have it in our hands from reveal might not actually be that long - you could be playing it in 3 months!

@Yosher they lost any respect i had for them a decade ago with their Alien Isolation review

That looks great from the trailer. I know next to nothing about it other than there are mechs and its the Xenoblade that most appealed to me from what i've seen. The trailer above is the most i've seen of the game, and now im really looking forward to it!

Its not just the fact it seems like a good game, they offered it at an amazing price, I think thats what did it - £40 and more people would have passed it over

Really looking forward to this, enjoyed it alot on Vita and happily surprised to see it make a return and will definately be picking it up for a trip down memory lane.
I hope the online components stay online for a fair while, I enjoyed that aspect

@gcunit I was thinking I bet he doesnt have kids then

I'm very curious about this, I completed Horizon Zero Dawn last year on my steam deck and really enjoyed it so I feel I need to give this a go either way though I think I would still prefer Zero Dawn (aesthetically)

@VHSGREMLIN my best guess would be for the next system, but whether or not what we're actually seeing is an early version of the game they're developing or not im unsure - they could have created this game simply to test their online instratructure to then be used for other unannounced title(s)

@AstroTheGamosian I've given up with the quick menu now and use the notebook to select echoes, a tad easier but still not great

I don’t have time to play Mario 3d world but I really do need to play Bowsers Fury

Stitch. is my favourite on the list, great game to chill out with

Looking good - I'll hold out for a physical for now as alot of other games to work through, Gris included

@axelhander just had a read, it does sound terrible!

Switch 2 is actually a cloud streaming service to your OG Switch Jokes aside, very curious what their test this month is and the apparent recommendation you should use TV mode and ethernet - guessing this test is related to 2025 features

@Bigmanfan likewise, I thought one of them was going to be Tomb Raider Anniversary

I'm not the biggest fan of Zelda games, but i must say Echoes of Wisdom i think is my favourite and am really enjoying it. Maybe the freedom to think like in BotW/TotK but smaller scope (I dont have that much time for games) so more managable