Would be nice to finally see more of Splatoon Raiders but other than that both Switch 2 and PS5 have really been just playing last gen games but pretty. PS5 has gotten better the last couple of years, hopefully Nintendo doesn’t make us wait as long.
Video game delays have been a thing for at least 20 years. At this point the industry obviously doesn’t care b/c people keep buying the games anyway. So they lie. At this point it’s fairly obvious and we all know it, a lot of early release dates are just flat out lies. Why shouldn’t they lie, there’s no downside. Is GTA 6 going to flop b/c of all of its delays? Delays are never going away. What should go away is us stop calling them delays and just start referring to them as lies. It’s not really a delay when they’re lying now is it?
Oh and I said 20 years of delays b/c my most egregious 1 is still Reggie at E3 in 2007. Reggie didn’t just come out and say “Super Smash Bros later this year”. No, Reggie had to go the whole extra mile and xmpahsis - When can you expect the new Smash game? Well, not next year, not next winter, the game will release this December 3rd.
And then in Oct the game got delayed until January, and then later on it got delayed yet again to March. So Reggie was very very wrong. And this was from Nintnedo in it’s glory Wii days, not some small inde trying too pay the bills. They lie, b/c they can.
Second worst game delay is FF15. Squenix had a live on stage event w/ an orchestra to announce the release date for FF15. Not announce the game, just the release date. And several months after that huge live on stage event to announce the release date, they delayed the game. It’s all lies.
@ButterySmooth30FPS Before my time. I only got into Nintendo when the GameCube hit $99 and Players Choice games were $20. So long ago. Though not nearly as long as S/NES. I can barely stand to look at those games on the NO+ service. GameCube games still hold up. Even my wife was impressed by how good they still look. We’re not getting any talking flowers though.😂
@darkswabber “ new story mode with new levels about the koopalings, it has new wonder effects, new powerups, and seemingly 7 new boss battles”
Thanks. I wasn’t feeling this at all, but your summary reminded me of the Bowsers Fury not dlc add-on for whatever that game was. We borrowed it from the library, was a fun little 5 or 6 hours. I wouldn’t repurchase Wonder again, bought it and played it day 1, but for $20 I’d play some more levels. Don’t need the co-op, we just signed up for NO+ and have 3 new to us Mario Party games to play. I really wish they added more of this stuff to Plus like they did MK8 and ACNL. But $20 I can spare.
I suppose Nintendo will keep pumping these $20 upgrades out expecting us to be thankful we don’t have to buy the game again like we did from Wii U to Switch. 🤑
@westman98 I don’t know how anyone at Ubi can mention BG&E 2 w/ a straight face. It leaked in 2008 before being announced like a decade later. I think Pushsquare had it releasing every year from like 2018 to 2022. I don’t think I can play it on principle at this point if it ever does release.
I’m glad it came to Switch 2, that it’s reviewing well, and was shocked to only just now find out it’s only $39.99 for the full PS5 game, but I guess as an old guy who played FF7 at release and I consider it 1 of my favorite JRPG of all time, well Remake just wasn’t working for me.
Full disclosure, I haven’t played it. I watched my 1 kid play the PS4 version while my other kid was in college then watched that kid play the PS5 version while the other kid was in college. And I found it lacking. Not bad. 6/7. But not living up to the hype. And while I didn’t really notice much difference between the 2 versions I will say I think I liked the Yuffie dlc more than the main game, so it’s great the Switch 2 version is getting that included at release.
I will recommend it for $40 though, not b/c I liked it all that much, but b/c part 2 Rebirth is that good. Rebirth is a full blown all out great JRPG with everything you’d expect. And while I don’t think you actually need to play Remake to play Rebirth, stats or the save file don’t carry over, they are separate games, it’s probably for the best that you do.
Last point. I purchased FF7 Rebirth on PS5, after already watching my kid play the PS4 version we borrowed from the library as it was linear and short enough, in part b/c it included Remake Intergrade for free as a preorder bonus. So before you spend $40 on a game that only exists as a prequel, maybe wait until Rebirth gets released on Switch 2, maybe they’ll do a bundle. 🤷🏻♂️
“ Although this might be one of the last significant updates for Kirby Air Riders “
Fixing bugs that should have been fixed before the game went gold and balance adjustments is considered a significant update now? I suppose if they change the logo on the Switch 2 home menu we’d consider that an earth shattering addition to the game?
@AmplifyMJ Reading all these comments maybe they mentioned GKC on purpose in the hopes this comment section wouldn’t turn into what it did turn into. 🤣
There’s no stopping gamers from being gamers though. Humanity is Nintendoomed. 😝
Not a Metroid fan but the part about legacy reminds me I’ve been hoping that Monolithsoft next JRPG isn’t Xenoblade 4 or XCX 2 but rather Xeno something new. I’m not worried about it being bad but sometimes it’s better to start anew. No expectations.
Xenogears was great (for a disc). Xenosaga had a great first game and satisfactory 3rd. XC is my favorite JRPG of all time. They can start fresh and still succeed.
As others have said, maybe when they restarted MP4 they should have kept it cancelled and simply called this Metroid Beyond.
Not surprised, plenty of movies go to Netflix after the theater. And having a digital run after release is great for people ho what to buy a Gigi tail film for $25 or rent it for $5. So we’re looking at propbably holiday 2027 or early 2028 before it gets trapped on NF. Not marking my calendar for it
I booted up the game last night for the first time in 5 years. Was glad my save file carried over back when we did the transfer to our Switch 2. Wouldn’t pay $5 for a minor boost. There did seem to be a lot new in the game to me but I suppose a lot of that was in the 2.0 update. Like Isaid, I ahevn’t turned the game on in 5 years.
Game does look nice w/o the $5 upgrade on my 75” 4k tv, not sure how much better it needs to look w/ graphics Ike that. I might pay $5 for camera control. We have it inside our houses, would be nice to look around outside as well.
One thing that took me back was how close in the camera is. Even using the right stick to change the view you. Can never pul back to see more than just a few feet around the character. And once you start moving again the camera zooms back in. Way too close up on my big screen tv. I played Hello kitty. I stand Adventure for a month about 6 month ago and while it’s basically the same game but w/ Sanrio skins it does have a much wider view, I’d say about double what ACNH has. Just not to my liking.
Not planning on playing it any further though. Infinity Nikki is my current “time wasting” game. And I dont’ think that one is evr going to end. And it’s free. And it’s graphically closer to what I like, and what I’m used too. And camera control. I really don’t like not having camera control. I know that’s a me problem, so be it.
I haven;t played it in years after playing every single day for over a year. Which means I don’t know whee my save file is, if its anywhere. We got our Switch 2 over the summer and a few months after our Switch started going frozen rainbow screen after 20 minutes, on tv or handheld, so i finally wiped it in hopes of fixing it since we no longer use it anyway. So my save file might be on Switch 2, or it might be gone. We used to have NO but currently don;t. We do have a code for NO+ we need to redeem but haven;t yet.
Guess i could go find out, I’ll try out the new stuff, maybe my 9 AC amiibo ncluding Mr Restti will do something, but I’m not starting over, I don’t have a spare 1,000 hours to sink back into it. Like @Morsel mentioned, Helo Kitty, which I played for a month, had so much more going on. I’d rather go back to that. But I gotta know, you know?
This whole article seems very "moving the goalposts". This is a video game website, we aren't really here to talk about Skynet taking over, but what large % of the video game workforce is going to lose their jobs to computer programs and how bad are the games going to be relying so much on computer programs to make them.
There's a huge gap between - AI is taking over - and the serious concerns of unemployment and garbage games.
Look at that graph. The problem isn't the stock being down 33% since August, over a 6 month period,,the problem is the stock traded in a range of 12,000 to 14,000 for 4 months from August to November, and then in just the past 2 months the stock has lost about 30%, going from 14,000 in November to under 10,000 in mid-January. The stock price bottomed out of it.s range over the holidays recently, going back to August makes no sense,
Now of course in the big picture I have no idea what the rest of the Japanese stock market has done over the past 60 days. If the entire market is down around 30% then Nintendo is just following suit. If the overall stock market is down 50% then Nintendo is doing well. If the rest of the Japanese stock market is breaking even or up the past 2 months, ove even 6 months, then Nintendo has a problem.
Nintendo will probably be fine though, they own the handheld market, and the new Mario movie releases soon. And maybe the Zelda movie won't suck. Stock probably just got too high for it's own good, irrational exhurberance, and maybe 10,000 is where it really should be?
Who knows, money isn't real, stock market is gambling.🤑
I passed on the DKB $20 dlc b/c it didn't seem worth it. I bought the Kirby Forgotten Land $20 dlc b/c Best Buy emailed me a $10 credit which much to my surprise worked, so for $10 I'm hoping it's worth it, whenever we get around to it, maybe after the Super Bowl. I need to see more of this. And get another Best Buy $10 credit email.
Some day in the future someone is going to look at all the old Playboy magazines from the 1970s and say all of those centerfolds were AI generated b/c no one looks like that in real life. Emphasis on the 1970s.
I watched the 5 minute trailer today and can't believe a ball design in tennis is their idea of amiibo support. Like why even bother at this point. And why so limited? All those new $50 amiibo should be unlocking new ball designs as well. Oh Nintendo.
@IronMan30 I got NSO+ for my kids for Hannukah last minute, $80 for 8 nights worked out to our usual $10/night. Haven't redeemed it yet, or the Kirby Forgotten Land dlc, b/c so much else to play. Still not convinced it's worth $80 but for the family we'll get some use out of it eventually.
Maybe if you start playing Mario Kart or Kirby Air Riders you can convince the missus you need it to play online? $50 solo is still cheaper than PSN or Xbox. Not as good as free PC online though.🤑
If Switch 2 isnt getting the newest version alonside the others they can keep the oldones. After console parity then we can talk about years old ports.
If they've been making this ground up for the Switch 2 and skipped the Switch entirely I can see it turning out well enough looking at some of tye other Switch 2 games.
Not sure the Switch 2 has enough of an install base to resurrect sales on there unless cross play is available. They should have a few sales though. Not sure if it will be enough to keep the series going though. Interesting times.
Played the demo for a bit on my Switch 2 this afternoon. Looked fine. Still haven't tried it on my PS5 yet but not expecting much of a difference. Don't think I'd even bother booting up a Switch version at this point.
If I see the word "Allow" I'm clicking "No". Thanks for helpful info. Reminds me we still need to redeem the NO+ we got the kids for Hannukah. I got the credit card bill for it yesterday and I thought my credit card had been hacked, forgot all about it. Holidays have been busy.
@The_Nintendo_Expat Thanks for the reply and teh pic explanation. That guy is George Constanza for life, like it or not, and he sould be thankgul for it. I mean Danny Devito got the shorter ebnd of thestickin the looks dept, oun defintely intended, but ook at his career, Loue Deplama, Twins, Its Alwats Sunny. He;s just alwats going to be Constanza.
In the future all gaming will be Steamdeck, or there abouts. Why do I need a home console when my tablet or phone can do tv out wirelessly? Why does the Switch 2 even need a dock? I’m still not 100% sold on Cloud gaming but SD cards are a thing. Unless you;re Apple. Nintnedo will go 3rd party mobile just like everyone else.
Lots of talk lately over on PS about PS6. Unless we get 8k TVs nobody needs a PS6. And nobody needs an 8k tv, most tv is still 1090p.
Sorry about all the typos, new keyboard for my iPad for Christmas. Who needs a PC? Happy New Years. 🥂
@The_Nintendo_Expat Did you change your name or are 2 people using a really bad Pic of George? Man, I never noticed how bad that Pic was before. Nintendant maybe, or there abouts? Good luck w/ the steamdeck. Console gaming is losing it's luster these days all over.
Not a bad list but I prefer the layout from @Rhaoulos of the less obvious things to do. Or not to do as someone said about buying an SD card if you dont really need one, or tranfering stuff over if you re still going to play on your old Switch.
We got ours over the summer but just got tge NO+ for hanukah so I’ll be going over this stuff just to make sue we;re good. Already layed DKB, well not the seemingly overriced dlc, and MKW, but I did get my wife Echoes of Wisdowm for her birthday and my kids got Kirby Air Riders for Christmas. All our holidays are video game gifts.
Maybe they'll work on it after this movie driven dlc and 3rd person finishes updating,,patching and stuff. Andvtye Switch 2 install base gets big enough to make it worth it.
Any word of Ubisift + Classics coming to Switch 2 or are they just going to keep adding games to No+ which would work for me?
I'm sure all the people who spent all that money on all those $50 amiibo are thrilled to hear this. Isn't there another 1 or 2 of those still due out next year?
And people complain about free to start games. Better than $70 to start to me. $50 amiibo into 2025 🤣
I didn't watch TGA, but reading everything here and on @Pushsquare I'm really not all that excited about anything in particular. I do want to play South of Mifnight but that’s about it.
Not that I’m not looking forward to any games, Yoshi and Splatoon Adventure on Switch 2, and Wolverine and FF7R Pt 3 on PS5, but that’s currently about it, and I haven’t seen any of those 4 mentioned in regards to last night.
@dskatter Thanks for the PS5 comparison. I tried both the Switch demo - which looked like Skylanders Racing on Wii which is not a compliment - and the PS5 demo which I felt at least looked like a PS4 game. Not that there's really any noticeable difference between PS4 and PS5 games but I still think Disney Speedstorm looks much better and that's on PS5 so that's why. (DS is also in Switch 2 but I haven't tried it on there yet.) Too bad it's so pay to win I can't even recommend it to people but the game itself is currently my favorite racer. I stopped playing MKW after winning all the 50cc races, haven't even bothered w/ the open world.
But anyway it's good someone made the PS5 comparison, so thanks. 👍 I don't think I need another racer right now buy maybe some day.🤷♂️
NSO (2018) and NSO+ (2021) prices haven't changed ever, which is kind of unheard of fir basically anything these days, so I could see Nintendo raising them both next year. Would be a horrible way to celebrate the Switch 2 first anniversary but that's Nintendo logic for ya.
AI wiping out humanity b/c it needed more RAM chips is as good a reason as any I guess. 😩
@JimNorman "though you can check out last year's line-up to get an idea of what's in store."
This link goes to an article you wrote in December 2023, which I don't think was last year, but I've been calendar disoriented since 2020 so it might have been. What is time?🤷♂️
If it's a demo of the 1st world that carries over that's a smart move on their part. I played the original game and from what I remember the 1st world was great, the 2nd world was good, the 3rd world was OK, the 4th world was broken and the 5th world wasn't a world, just a collection of stages.
That may have improved some of that in this but releasing a demo of the beginning of the game is smart.
Edit: My comments from 2017 of the PS4 version. 8 years ago. Wow.
"My kids and I played this on PS4 back in April, it was ok. Hub world was a mess, world 1 was great, 2 ok, 3 lame, 4 horrible and 5 a series of areas more than a world. I've read they've improved it a lot since then so hopefully it will review well on Switch."
I can't really have any regrets as my wife got the Switch 2 w/ MKW bundle and a 256GB micro card from her job as a 10 year anniversary bonus gift, so it's all good here.😁
That disclaimer out of the way I voted 7, good, b/c it is good. 👍
Pros - DKB MP4 looking good Finally a new MK after 10 years Several free game upgrades Backwards compatibility Hyrule Warriors
Cons - $450 still seems a lot for what it is (ours doesn't leave the dock so it's competing for time w/ 5yo PS5) MKW was underwhelming $40 and $50 amiibo locking people out of parts of $70 games $70 DKB has a $20 dlc immediately after launch, that's $100 for me after tax, so no dlc for us $10 for a tutorial Too many $20 upgrades
And why do we need so many apps? Just put everything in 1 app Nintendo.
I don't care about GKC, it's just a 4th way to buy games - physical, digitail, 1 time use code in a box, multiple use code on a cart. Doesn't affect my score either way.🤷♂️
I am looking forward to Yoshi and Splatoon adventure. Wish XCX got an upgrade as it's a fairly new re-release so Monolith probably should have had something ready day 1. Higher res, HDR, something.
Had I spent $500 on it I may have voted lower, 5 or 6, but maybe still a 7, who knows.
I thought the article was going to be about more control options to experiment with, something I think Sakurai made an effort to put into Kirby AR but Nintendo was like - our way or the highway - on MKW. I just can't play MKW, those button assignments don't work for me, and no jump button at all w/ all the jumping they expect you to do in game is just dumb.
My kid asked for Kirby AR for Christmas. I'll try out story mode and see how much control of the controls we have. If it's enough I'll play it.
Games should let us swap A & B though, cancel and select, after 28 years of PS gaming my thumb has that reflex built in. 😩
@Elitepatriot The NL review yesterday said you could mainline the story in 10 hours or 100% it in 20 hours. Which makes me think I'll borrow it from my library and play it in a week.
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Re: Rumour: A Nintendo Direct May Be Coming As Soon As Next Week
Would be nice to finally see more of Splatoon Raiders but other than that both Switch 2 and PS5 have really been just playing last gen games but pretty. PS5 has gotten better the last couple of years, hopefully Nintendo doesn’t make us wait as long.
Re: Feature: "Demoralisation Is A Strong Word, But It Accurately Describes The Situation" - Why Do So Many Games Get Delayed?
Video game delays have been a thing for at least 20 years. At this point the industry obviously doesn’t care b/c people keep buying the games anyway. So they lie. At this point it’s fairly obvious and we all know it, a lot of early release dates are just flat out lies. Why shouldn’t they lie, there’s no downside. Is GTA 6 going to flop b/c of all of its delays? Delays are never going away. What should go away is us stop calling them delays and just start referring to them as lies. It’s not really a delay when they’re lying now is it?
Oh and I said 20 years of delays b/c my most egregious 1 is still Reggie at E3 in 2007. Reggie didn’t just come out and say “Super Smash Bros later this year”. No, Reggie had to go the whole extra mile and xmpahsis - When can you expect the new Smash game? Well, not next year, not next winter, the game will release this December 3rd.
And then in Oct the game got delayed until January, and then later on it got delayed yet again to March. So Reggie was very very wrong. And this was from Nintnedo in it’s glory Wii days, not some small inde trying too pay the bills. They lie, b/c they can.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/07/e3_2007_super_smash_bros_brawl
Second worst game delay is FF15. Squenix had a live on stage event w/ an orchestra to announce the release date for FF15. Not announce the game, just the release date. And several months after that huge live on stage event to announce the release date, they delayed the game. It’s all lies.
Re: Mario Wonder's 'Real' Talking Flower Sounds Both Charming And Irritating
@ButterySmooth30FPS Before my time. I only got into Nintendo when the GameCube hit $99 and Players Choice games were $20. So long ago. Though not nearly as long as S/NES. I can barely stand to look at those games on the NO+ service. GameCube games still hold up. Even my wife was impressed by how good they still look. We’re not getting any talking flowers though.😂
Re: Super Mario Bros. Wonder + Meetup In Bellabel Park Arrives On Switch 2 In March
@darkswabber “ new story mode with new levels about the koopalings, it has new wonder effects, new powerups, and seemingly 7 new boss battles”
Thanks. I wasn’t feeling this at all, but your summary reminded me of the Bowsers Fury not dlc add-on for whatever that game was. We borrowed it from the library, was a fun little 5 or 6 hours. I wouldn’t repurchase Wonder again, bought it and played it day 1, but for $20 I’d play some more levels. Don’t need the co-op, we just signed up for NO+ and have 3 new to us Mario Party games to play. I really wish they added more of this stuff to Plus like they did MK8 and ACNL. But $20 I can spare.
I suppose Nintendo will keep pumping these $20 upgrades out expecting us to be thankful we don’t have to buy the game again like we did from Wii U to Switch. 🤑
Re: Mario Wonder's 'Real' Talking Flower Sounds Both Charming And Irritating
Nintendo the game company is going the way of GameStop game company, it’s all just plastic toys now. 😝
Re: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is Getting A Trio Of New amiibo
That Captain Toad amiibo feels about a decade too late, whenever his game came out on Wii U.
I have played the game when it released day 1 and that middle amiibo is barely registering as a character.
Elephant amiibo seems like a gag Christmas gift. You know, b/c white elephant.😂
Have the prices hit quad 9s yet.🤑
Re: Prince Of Persia Team Behind Cancelled Sands Of Time Remake Shares Final Message
@westman98 I don’t know how anyone at Ubi can mention BG&E 2 w/ a straight face. It leaked in 2008 before being announced like a decade later. I think Pushsquare had it releasing every year from like 2018 to 2022. I don’t think I can play it on principle at this point if it ever does release.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade On Switch 2
Final Fantasy Remake 6 7 😂
I’m glad it came to Switch 2, that it’s reviewing well, and was shocked to only just now find out it’s only $39.99 for the full PS5 game, but I guess as an old guy who played FF7 at release and I consider it 1 of my favorite JRPG of all time, well Remake just wasn’t working for me.
Full disclosure, I haven’t played it. I watched my 1 kid play the PS4 version while my other kid was in college then watched that kid play the PS5 version while the other kid was in college. And I found it lacking. Not bad. 6/7. But not living up to the hype. And while I didn’t really notice much difference between the 2 versions I will say I think I liked the Yuffie dlc more than the main game, so it’s great the Switch 2 version is getting that included at release.
I will recommend it for $40 though, not b/c I liked it all that much, but b/c part 2 Rebirth is that good. Rebirth is a full blown all out great JRPG with everything you’d expect. And while I don’t think you actually need to play Remake to play Rebirth, stats or the save file don’t carry over, they are separate games, it’s probably for the best that you do.
Last point. I purchased FF7 Rebirth on PS5, after already watching my kid play the PS4 version we borrowed from the library as it was linear and short enough, in part b/c it included Remake Intergrade for free as a preorder bonus. So before you spend $40 on a game that only exists as a prequel, maybe wait until Rebirth gets released on Switch 2, maybe they’ll do a bundle. 🤷🏻♂️
Re: Former Nintendo Of America President Doug Bowser Joins Hasbro's Board Of Directors
Board of Directors = no show job 🤑
Re: Kirby Air Riders Is Getting Its First Update Of 2026 "Soon"
“ Although this might be one of the last significant updates for Kirby Air Riders “
Fixing bugs that should have been fixed before the game went gold and balance adjustments is considered a significant update now? I suppose if they change the logo on the Switch 2 home menu we’d consider that an earth shattering addition to the game?
Re: Video: Nintendo Highlights Enhanced Switch Games On Switch 2
Thanks for the Echoes of Wisdom update news. Brought it for my wife for her birthday, she hasn’t started it yet.
Re: "I'm Excited To Meet You" - Devon Pritchard Makes Her First Public Appearance As President Of NoA
@AmplifyMJ Reading all these comments maybe they mentioned GKC on purpose in the hopes this comment section wouldn’t turn into what it did turn into. 🤣
There’s no stopping gamers from being gamers though. Humanity is Nintendoomed. 😝
Re: "I'm Excited To Meet You" - Devon Pritchard Makes Her First Public Appearance As President Of NoA
Nice debut for her. Can’t believe NL worked GKC into it. Or maybe I can. 😝
Re: Talking Point: Metroid Prime 4 And The Burden Of Being 'Good Enough'
Not a Metroid fan but the part about legacy reminds me I’ve been hoping that Monolithsoft next JRPG isn’t Xenoblade 4 or XCX 2 but rather Xeno something new. I’m not worried about it being bad but sometimes it’s better to start anew. No expectations.
Xenogears was great (for a disc). Xenosaga had a great first game and satisfactory 3rd. XC is my favorite JRPG of all time. They can start fresh and still succeed.
As others have said, maybe when they restarted MP4 they should have kept it cancelled and simply called this Metroid Beyond.
Re: The Live-Action Zelda Movie Is Coming To Netflix
Not surprised, plenty of movies go to Netflix after the theater. And having a digital run after release is great for people ho what to buy a Gigi tail film for $25 or rent it for $5. So we’re looking at propbably holiday 2027 or early 2028 before it gets trapped on NF. Not marking my calendar for it
Re: Opinion: I'm Happy amiibo Survived The Console Jump, But These Unlocks Are Getting Silly
“ with additions like the Air Riders collection Nintendo is still innovating on an increasingly expensive product ”
Coughs in Skylanders Superchargers.
The ball designs in Mario Tennis are a joke. Make them skins or at least cloth designs.
The one good thing about amiibo getting so expensive, pretty soon when you buy an amiibo it will unlock the entire game. 🤑
Re: Review: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Cheap Upgrade, But Lacking Substance
I booted up the game last night for the first time in 5 years. Was glad my save file carried over back when we did the transfer to our Switch 2. Wouldn’t pay $5 for a minor boost. There did seem to be a lot new in the game to me but I suppose a lot of that was in the 2.0 update. Like Isaid, I ahevn’t turned the game on in 5 years.
Game does look nice w/o the $5 upgrade on my 75” 4k tv, not sure how much better it needs to look w/ graphics Ike that. I might pay $5 for camera control. We have it inside our houses, would be nice to look around outside as well.
One thing that took me back was how close in the camera is. Even using the right stick to change the view you. Can never pul back to see more than just a few feet around the character. And once you start moving again the camera zooms back in. Way too close up on my big screen tv. I played Hello kitty. I stand Adventure for a month about 6 month ago and while it’s basically the same game but w/ Sanrio skins it does have a much wider view, I’d say about double what ACNH has. Just not to my liking.
Not planning on playing it any further though. Infinity Nikki is my current “time wasting” game. And I dont’ think that one is evr going to end. And it’s free. And it’s graphically closer to what I like, and what I’m used too. And camera control. I really don’t like not having camera control. I know that’s a me problem, so be it.
Re: Boom! The Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 Update Is Now Available
I haven;t played it in years after playing every single day for over a year. Which means I don’t know whee my save file is, if its anywhere. We got our Switch 2 over the summer and a few months after our Switch started going frozen rainbow screen after 20 minutes, on tv or handheld, so i finally wiped it in hopes of fixing it since we no longer use it anyway. So my save file might be on Switch 2, or it might be gone. We used to have NO but currently don;t. We do have a code for NO+ we need to redeem but haven;t yet.
Guess i could go find out, I’ll try out the new stuff, maybe my 9 AC amiibo ncluding Mr Restti will do something, but I’m not starting over, I don’t have a spare 1,000 hours to sink back into it. Like @Morsel mentioned, Helo Kitty, which I played for a month, had so much more going on. I’d rather go back to that. But I gotta know, you know?
Re: "I Don't See AI Taking Over" - Split Fiction Director Josef Fares On The Rise Of AI
This whole article seems very "moving the goalposts". This is a video game website, we aren't really here to talk about Skynet taking over, but what large % of the video game workforce is going to lose their jobs to computer programs and how bad are the games going to be relying so much on computer programs to make them.
There's a huge gap between - AI is taking over - and the serious concerns of unemployment and garbage games.
Re: Nintendo's Investors Are Reportedly "Spooked" As Stock Slides
Look at that graph. The problem isn't the stock being down 33% since August, over a 6 month period,,the problem is the stock traded in a range of 12,000 to 14,000 for 4 months from August to November, and then in just the past 2 months the stock has lost about 30%, going from 14,000 in November to under 10,000 in mid-January. The stock price bottomed out of it.s range over the holidays recently, going back to August makes no sense,
Now of course in the big picture I have no idea what the rest of the Japanese stock market has done over the past 60 days. If the entire market is down around 30% then Nintendo is just following suit. If the overall stock market is down 50% then Nintendo is doing well. If the rest of the Japanese stock market is breaking even or up the past 2 months, ove even 6 months, then Nintendo has a problem.
Nintendo will probably be fine though, they own the handheld market, and the new Mario movie releases soon. And maybe the Zelda movie won't suck. Stock probably just got too high for it's own good, irrational exhurberance, and maybe 10,000 is where it really should be?
Who knows, money isn't real, stock market is gambling.🤑
Re: Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park Has Been Rated
I passed on the DKB $20 dlc b/c it didn't seem worth it. I bought the Kirby Forgotten Land $20 dlc b/c Best Buy emailed me a $10 credit which much to my surprise worked, so for $10 I'm hoping it's worth it, whenever we get around to it, maybe after the Super Bowl. I need to see more of this. And get another Best Buy $10 credit email.
Re: Nintendo Accused Of Using AI Images In New 'My Mario' Marketing
Some day in the future someone is going to look at all the old Playboy magazines from the 1970s and say all of those centerfolds were AI generated b/c no one looks like that in real life. Emphasis on the 1970s.
Re: Mario Tennis Fever Officially Reveals amiibo Functionality And Every amiibo Supported
I watched the 5 minute trailer today and can't believe a ball design in tennis is their idea of amiibo support. Like why even bother at this point. And why so limited? All those new $50 amiibo should be unlocking new ball designs as well. Oh Nintendo.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library With Another Game
@IronMan30 I got NSO+ for my kids for Hannukah last minute, $80 for 8 nights worked out to our usual $10/night. Haven't redeemed it yet, or the Kirby Forgotten Land dlc, b/c so much else to play. Still not convinced it's worth $80 but for the family we'll get some use out of it eventually.
Maybe if you start playing Mario Kart or Kirby Air Riders you can convince the missus you need it to play online? $50 solo is still cheaper than PSN or Xbox. Not as good as free PC online though.🤑
Good luck. I'm sure you'll figure it out.👍
Re: Poll: Which Call Of Duty Do You Want To See On Switch 2?
COD 2026
If Switch 2 isnt getting the newest version alonside the others they can keep the oldones. After console parity then we can talk about years old ports.
Re: Rumour: Call Of Duty's Nintendo Release Is Apparently On Target For 2026
If they've been making this ground up for the Switch 2 and skipped the Switch entirely I can see it turning out well enough looking at some of tye other Switch 2 games.
Not sure the Switch 2 has enough of an install base to resurrect sales on there unless cross play is available. They should have a few sales though. Not sure if it will be enough to keep the series going though. Interesting times.
Re: Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined Demo - Switch And Switch 2 Performance Investigated
Played the demo for a bit on my Switch 2 this afternoon. Looked fine. Still haven't tried it on my PS5 yet but not expecting much of a difference. Don't think I'd even bother booting up a Switch version at this point.
Re: Dragon Quest 40th Anniversary Logo Revealed, Expect "Various Announcements"
I'm just waiting on news for DQ12. Not the game to release, just some news, it's been years of radio silence. YEARS.
Re: PSA: Make Sure You've Enabled These Opt-In Settings If You Want Your Nintendo 2025 'Year In Review'
If I see the word "Allow" I'm clicking "No". Thanks for helpful info. Reminds me we still need to redeem the NO+ we got the kids for Hannukah. I got the credit card bill for it yesterday and I thought my credit card had been hacked, forgot all about it. Holidays have been busy.
Re: Editorial: Happy New Year From Nintendo Life
Happy New Year!! 🥂
That's one thing we all have in common. And fireworks to celebrate judging by every tv channel I turned to last night. We need to expand on this. ✌️🖖🤟
Re: Video: It's Time To Say Goodbye To The Lovely Felix-From-Nintendo-Life
@The_Nintendo_Expat Thanks for the reply and teh pic explanation. That guy is George Constanza for life, like it or not, and he sould be thankgul for it. I mean Danny Devito got the shorter ebnd of thestickin the looks dept, oun defintely intended, but ook at his career, Loue Deplama, Twins, Its Alwats Sunny. He;s just alwats going to be Constanza.
In the future all gaming will be Steamdeck, or there abouts. Why do I need a home console when my tablet or phone can do tv out wirelessly? Why does the Switch 2 even need a dock? I’m still not 100% sold on Cloud gaming but SD cards are a thing. Unless you;re Apple. Nintnedo will go 3rd party mobile just like everyone else.
Lots of talk lately over on PS about PS6. Unless we get 8k TVs nobody needs a PS6. And nobody needs an 8k tv, most tv is still 1090p.
Sorry about all the typos, new keyboard for my iPad for Christmas. Who needs a PC? Happy New Years. 🥂
Re: Video: It's Time To Say Goodbye To The Lovely Felix-From-Nintendo-Life
@The_Nintendo_Expat Did you change your name or are 2 people using a really bad Pic of George? Man, I never noticed how bad that Pic was before. Nintendant maybe, or there abouts? Good luck w/ the steamdeck. Console gaming is losing it's luster these days all over.
Re: Got Yourself A New Nintendo Switch 2? Here's What To Do First
Not a bad list but I prefer the layout from @Rhaoulos of the less obvious things to do. Or not to do as someone said about buying an SD card if you dont really need one, or tranfering stuff over if you re still going to play on your old Switch.
We got ours over the summer but just got tge NO+ for hanukah so I’ll be going over this stuff just to make sue we;re good. Already layed DKB, well not the seemingly overriced dlc, and MKW, but I did get my wife Echoes of Wisdowm for her birthday and my kids got Kirby Air Riders for Christmas. All our holidays are video game gifts.
Re: Editorial: Happy Holidays From Everyone At Nintendo Life
Happy Boxing Day to NLers all over the world.
Re: The US Suffered Its Worst November Since 1995 In Terms Of Hardware Sales
The US suffered it's worse
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
since 1865 in regards to pretty much everything.😝
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
Maybe they'll work on it after this movie driven dlc and 3rd person finishes updating,,patching and stuff. Andvtye Switch 2 install base gets big enough to make it worth it.
Any word of Ubisift + Classics coming to Switch 2 or are they just going to keep adding games to No+ which would work for me?
Re: Kirby Air Riders Dev Team Disbanding Soon, Game Updates Also Ending
I'm sure all the people who spent all that money on all those $50 amiibo are thrilled to hear this. Isn't there another 1 or 2 of those still due out next year?
And people complain about free to start games. Better than $70 to start to me. $50 amiibo into 2025 🤣
Re: Round Up: Everything Announced At The Game Awards 2025 - All Switch 1 & 2 Reveals
I didn't watch TGA, but reading everything here and on @Pushsquare I'm really not all that excited about anything in particular. I do want to play South of Mifnight but that’s about it.
Not that I’m not looking forward to any games, Yoshi and Splatoon Adventure on Switch 2, and Wolverine and FF7R Pt 3 on PS5, but that’s currently about it, and I haven’t seen any of those 4 mentioned in regards to last night.
Re: Stop Motion Co-Op Adventure 'Out Of Words' Confirmed For Switch 2
Certainly looks like 1 I'll be playing w/ the missus. 👍
Re: Mini Review: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - Now A Legit Contender For Mario's Karting Crown
@dskatter Thanks for the PS5 comparison. I tried both the Switch demo - which looked like Skylanders Racing on Wii which is not a compliment - and the PS5 demo which I felt at least looked like a PS4 game. Not that there's really any noticeable difference between PS4 and PS5 games but I still think Disney Speedstorm looks much better and that's on PS5 so that's why. (DS is also in Switch 2 but I haven't tried it on there yet.) Too bad it's so pay to win I can't even recommend it to people but the game itself is currently my favorite racer. I stopped playing MKW after winning all the 50cc races, haven't even bothered w/ the open world.
But anyway it's good someone made the PS5 comparison, so thanks. 👍 I don't think I need another racer right now buy maybe some day.🤷♂️
Re: Nintendo's Shares Take A Tumble Amid Renewed Chip Shortage Worries
NSO (2018) and NSO+ (2021) prices haven't changed ever, which is kind of unheard of fir basically anything these days, so I could see Nintendo raising them both next year. Would be a horrible way to celebrate the Switch 2 first anniversary but that's Nintendo logic for ya.
AI wiping out humanity b/c it needed more RAM chips is as good a reason as any I guess. 😩
Re: No Gravity Games Is Giving Away 10 Free Switch Games This Month (North America)
@JimNorman Can confirm the link works.👍
Re: No Gravity Games Is Giving Away 10 Free Switch Games This Month (North America)
@JimNorman "though you can check out last year's line-up to get an idea of what's in store."
This link goes to an article you wrote in December 2023, which I don't think was last year, but I've been calendar disoriented since 2020 so it might have been. What is time?🤷♂️
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/12/no-gravity-games-wraps-up-winter-giveaway-with-final-two-free-switch-games-north-america
All 80 comments were from 2023 as well, I checked in case you just updated the article last year.
I've now spent more time on this than I will downloading any of these games.😂
Re: Take Yooka-Replaylee For A Spin In This New Switch 2 Demo
If it's a demo of the 1st world that carries over that's a smart move on their part. I played the original game and from what I remember the 1st world was great, the 2nd world was good, the 3rd world was OK, the 4th world was broken and the 5th world wasn't a world, just a collection of stages.
That may have improved some of that in this but releasing a demo of the beginning of the game is smart.
Edit: My comments from 2017 of the PS4 version. 8 years ago. Wow.
"My kids and I played this on PS4 back in April, it was ok. Hub world was a mess, world 1 was great, 2 ok, 3 lame, 4 horrible and 5 a series of areas more than a world. I've read they've improved it a lot since then so hopefully it will review well on Switch."
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/11/feature_yooka-laylee_jumps_onto_switch_in_december_-_we_learn_all_about_it
Re: Is Mario Kart World Getting Donkey Kong Bananza DLC? Datamines Have Fans Speculating
MKW will get dlc.
DKB will likely be part of that dlc.
This may not happen for 2-3 years. Or months. Or weeks. But it probably will happen.
Re: Talking Point: Six Months Since Launch, How Would You Rate Switch 2?
I can't really have any regrets as my wife got the Switch 2 w/ MKW bundle and a 256GB micro card from her job as a 10 year anniversary bonus gift, so it's all good here.😁
That disclaimer out of the way I voted 7, good, b/c it is good. 👍
Pros -
DKB
MP4 looking good
Finally a new MK after 10 years
Several free game upgrades
Backwards compatibility
Hyrule Warriors
Cons -
$450 still seems a lot for what it is (ours doesn't leave the dock so it's competing for time w/ 5yo PS5)
MKW was underwhelming
$40 and $50 amiibo locking people out of parts of $70 games
$70 DKB has a $20 dlc immediately after launch, that's $100 for me after tax, so no dlc for us
$10 for a tutorial
Too many $20 upgrades
And why do we need so many apps? Just put everything in 1 app Nintendo.
I don't care about GKC, it's just a 4th way to buy games - physical, digitail, 1 time use code in a box, multiple use code on a cart. Doesn't affect my score either way.🤷♂️
I am looking forward to Yoshi and Splatoon adventure. Wish XCX got an upgrade as it's a fairly new re-release so Monolith probably should have had something ready day 1. Higher res, HDR, something.
Had I spent $500 on it I may have voted lower, 5 or 6, but maybe still a 7, who knows.
Re: Don't Worry, Nintendo's Working On A Fix For Some Kirby Air Riders Bugs
Kirby Air Betas
Re: Opinion: Kirby Air Riders & Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Have Me Wishing For More Control Experimentation
I thought the article was going to be about more control options to experiment with, something I think Sakurai made an effort to put into Kirby AR but Nintendo was like - our way or the highway - on MKW. I just can't play MKW, those button assignments don't work for me, and no jump button at all w/ all the jumping they expect you to do in game is just dumb.
My kid asked for Kirby AR for Christmas. I'll try out story mode and see how much control of the controls we have. If it's enough I'll play it.
Games should let us swap A & B though, cancel and select, after 28 years of PS gaming my thumb has that reflex built in. 😩
Re: PSA: Copy Your Save In Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Before You Enter The Endgame
@Elitepatriot The NL review yesterday said you could mainline the story in 10 hours or 100% it in 20 hours. Which makes me think I'll borrow it from my library and play it in a week.
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch-2/metroid-prime-4-beyond-nintendo-switch-2-edition
Re: The Game Awards 2025: Time, Date & How To Watch
Have to see who's playing TNF but I usually enjoy the opening half hour while cleaning up after dinner.
It really is too long though. And I'm all GK'd out.