Always good to see more 3rd party controllers but fir that price I'll just wait for the Pro to go kn sale. Early days yet, and I'm currently busy playing SMG 1 & 2 on my Wii U, so no rush.
Hey @Dazza you still writing here old man. Happy whatever big birthday(s) I've missed, and congrats on working here 20 years next year. Crazy huh? Oh and nice job on the subheader.👍
In honor of the upcoming games I started playing Age of Calamity about a week ago and SMG yesterday. I'll probably get Age of Imprisonment at some point in the future if Nintendo ever starts making Players Choice or Selects lines again but SMG still looks good, even on a 4k TV. I also own SMG2 so I'm good.
I had forgotten how innovative SMG was. Besides being crazy upside down topsy turvey it uses both motion to spin and the pointer to collect bits. I prefer to play on normal controllers, not Wiimotes or Joycon, but SMG just feels right w/ the nunchuck. I do miss a 2nd stick though, I can't use the D-pad for camera control, too weird. Fortunately the camera is tight.
Think I'm good on the rest. Maybe play Katamari on a subscription service some day.
@RoboCube The Switch 2 cart version isn't free, there is no Switch 2 cart version, you have to buy the Switch version and then upgrade it to a Switch 2 version after the Switch 2vlaunches I guess, but who knows when that will be. Certainly not Nintendo. They apparently didn't even know when this Switch game was coming out or the 2 game related amiibo wouldn't be releasing 6 months from now.😝
@N00BiSH Of course I would. Sane people complain when things are insane. You say that like it's a bad thing.😂
Reading the review did a good job of putting into words why I like the 2 Galaxy games so much more than Odyssey. I kept waiting for Odyssey to get better but it's mostly the same throughout. I waited a few years for dlc equal to the Galaxy games but it never came. And now 8 years later still no sequel. Bananza is good though.
My biggest gripe w/ the pricing is no Switch 2 cart version. The $70 is a Switch 2 price but only Switch versions are on the cart. I got a Switch 2 for Switch 2 games, I'm done buying Switch boxes. It's like even Nintendo is making Game Key Cart games for Switch 2 if only the Switch version is on the cart and we need to download the Switch 2 versions.
So where are all "GKC are evil" people lamenting no Switch 2 cart? 🤑
I don't play RE games but this was good to see. Squenix should have mentioned FF7 parts 2 and 3 in the Direct but nice to know they're coming as well. Don't know when "next gen" is coming for Sony and MS, probably a year or 2 or 3, but as long as this gen keeps getting games, probably for another year or 2 or 3 after that, for a total of 5 or 6 years, Switch 2 should be getting a lot of 3rd party multiplatform support.
Don't forget to thank MS and it's Xbox Series S requirement. I'm thinking that's helping with some companies decisions to port to the Switch 2, they're already working on comparable hardware.
I'm guessing next gen MS either only puts out 1 hardware spec, or if there is 2 or more thry drop the requirement for equality. I think it's done their reputation more harm than good. Of course if it's helping out their bottom line thry may not care about their reputation.🤑
Are all of the reviews for the Switch version on either the Switch or Switch 2? I played the demo in Switch 2 and PS5 and it is very noticeably different. Maybe when the Switch 2 version releases it will no longer look like a Wii game.🤷♂️
I didn't like the demo that much even in PS5 so I went back to playing Disney Speedstorm. It's monetization is insane but I already had most of the racers from back in the day when you coukd unlock most things for free. Still the most fun I have racing and it looks great, on PS5 haven't downloaded the Switch 2 version yet. I stopped playing MKW, wasn't doing it for me. Hoping thet give us an option to skip the in between track parts.
This looks like it should be a world inside Lego Fortnite, or a mode in another Lego game, or a $4.99 dlc for another Lego game. So many Lego games. But $25 for this simplistic 3-5 hours? No.
I wrote an entire story yesterday about 5 hour $25 co-op game Gloomy Eyes, kinda getting deja vu here. It just seems like too much $, it's a $10 game for me. 🤷♂️
@shoeses Hey thanks, appreciate it.👍 I'm one of those goofballs who will scan 5 amiibo a day for resources. I keep about 50 of them on a shelf I hung on the wall next to my gaming spot w/ the controllers and TV remote.😁
@Markatron84 Yeah, it's a moment in time thing w/ Silksong, but it has been a thing for awhile now. PS3 had so many cheap indie games they came up with their own category of "mini" games $1.99 and less. I think everything Wiiware on Wii maxed out at $10. I understand inflation is a thing, not saying games should all be under $10 w/ a lot of $1.99 games, but inflation hasn't been 300% the past 15 years. I bought World of Goo 3 times for $10 or less, still haven't purchased WoG 2 b/c it's $30. 2 does not look like 3x more game than 1. This does not look like 40% more game than Last Campfire.
Everyone complains about $60 games all being $70 now, just $10 or 15% more, but nobody mentions that a lot of games that probably would have been $10 around 15 years age are $25 now. The $10 games didn't go up a few $ to $12 or $13, they doubled and tripled. And don't even get me started on $12.99 amiibo now costing $29.99 and $39.99. 🤑
@h3s Wanted to say basically the same thing, $15 for some dlc for this game seems crazy. If they want to make it free to start maybe, but this Apple Arcade port being a full priced game already seemed like a big ask, $15 on top of that is juts.
I had a free month if Apple Arcade, it was fun, have considered coughing up the $10 or whatever it cost,to finish it. I got like half thecity, half the flower girl, just started cheering up the island heart. Glad I waited.
Sounds a lot like "The Last Campfire" that I played on Apple Arcade. Only that game was very colorful. For only a few hours I'd pick this up on a subscription service but $25 for a few hours of dark blurriness is nuts. Do they know Silksong is only $20? 🤑
Edit: So, funny story, apparently The Last Campfire is also available on Switch. And it's "only" $15.
@AmplifyMJ Dad of the Year right there.👍 If it makes you feel any better we got ours a couple of months ago but we rarely use it. Fortunately my wife's job gave it to her, in the bundle with MKW and a 256GB SD card, for working there for 10 years, so it didn't cost us anything, so I'm not too flustered by its current lack of use. It's time will come. Probably after football (NFL) season. We watch all the football. 😂
@AmplifyMJ Congrats on the Switch 2. You really holding out until Christmas? That's some serious parenting. 😁 I remember when I was finally able to get a PS5 nearly a year after launch. We did Christmas Thanksgiving weekend, tree and everything, so we could play while my kid was home from college. 😂
My other kid isn't coming home from college this year, says it's too much work, which it is a week before finals, kinda sad. They'll be home for the holidays 2 weeks later. Maybe playing this.
I played both of those on the Switch, guess I'll go check if my save files came over. I played BotW on the Wii U so it works for me thry skipped that game.
Is there no amiibo support? With the price they charge for those they should work in every game.🤑
Still unsure about this one, my kids say the last game sucked, but I'll read the reviews. I mean we have a Switch 2 so I feel obligated to get at least 1 game for it for Christmas. None of them are really working for me though. MP4 is first person, I don't play Pokémon, Kirby is another racing game, Yoshi is later, that's day 1. I suppose this is it by default?🤷♂️
Thanks for the honest opinion and talking about the price. I feel like too many reviews never mention the price. To be fair most games are $60 or $70 so we know the price beforehand, but for things like this I think it matters.
I was going to buy it b/c FOMO but you talked me out of it, thanks. GoW Ragnarok had a similar dlc w/ an interesting story that took me about 5 hours to beat. Price - free. Which it should be when we pay $70 for the game.
DKB released for $70 just 2 months before this. Exclusively on a $450 console that people just bought. Come on man.🤑
I don't know who Sylux is but that amiibo looks familiar. Is there a chance I have a Dark Samus amiibo or something from Smash or another Metroid game?
Edit: So we do own that Sylux looking amiibo. We do not own normal Samus but we do own the Captain America looking version in the Dread 2 pack w/ EMMI. Also Metal Rudley I believe. Certainly don't need any more. Picked up the Dread 2-.pack for $15.99 clearance at Best Buy, a good price.👍
So has Nintendo told us what all of these crazy expensive toys to life do in game? You should be able to mail in the 3 bar codes and get the game for free. 🤑
I thought this was a trailer for a spin-off game, something akin to Link's Crossbow Training on Wii, and at the end of the Direct I wondered why they hadn't shown MP4. It was only hours later that I found out the motorcycle was in MP4.
So that's how out I place I thought it was. I also thought it looked very dull, like a Wii game, the last trailer we saw was kinda epic and inspiring, this looked like it could have been MKW dlc, probably will be. Paid. 🤑
I'm sure we'll see a lot more before Release, it could work. Skells in XCX rock. 👍
Nice infographic. Just focus on the games and leave out all the crazy expensive $40 & $50 amiibo and $100 stand for NSO+EP rentals. Do we know how much that flower is yet?🤑
I like the breakdown. MG 1 & 2 not having a Switch 2 edition is insane. I guess you have to have a $20 upgrade to count, not a free update, but still, why no Switch 2 box art to put on the shelf next to the others? Does even Nintendo not want to pay it's own Switch 2 64GB cart tax? Look into this @NintendoLife 🤷♂️
But I do like it. Lots of games on both but Switch 2 still has a few. Even not counting the screwing over once again of people who bought the base game but can't get the dlc in Wonder. It's Wii U all over again, only without justification.😝
Anyway Switch 2 has Yoshi, Age of Impisonm, tennis, Kirby AR and MH Stories 3 as next gen exclusives, so it's not nothing. Plus a lot ports I really don't think Switch had any chance of running, so that's good too. 👍
Thought we were getting Switch vs Switch 2. Won't know if I'm getting this until I see that.
I'm not too flustered by the price if the Switch 2 version looks like a modern 4k/hdr game but I never bought the "limited edition" 3-pack b/c I always assumed this 2-pack was coming. I'm also assuming the people most bothered by the price did buy it. Which is fair.
Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 for $70 > 2 Kirby amiibo OR big piece of plastic for $100
The Nintendo Pay-to-play Direct in all it's greedy glory. 🤑
After that "Nintendo Pay-to-Play Direct" yesterday full of paid upgrades, paid dlc, amiibo, plastic flower, VB plastic, I realize now that Nintendo is the Jakks Pacific of video game companies. This is all so crazy. It wasn't THAT long ago when Nintendo was proclaiming "We don't do dlc we do complete games." And look at them now.🤑
I own Labo VR, this is that but in red. If Labo doesn't work with it then that means Nintendo has to go out if their way to make it not work, to break their own stuff. Though Switch 2 will not fit in there, but VB is on Switch. It's crazy they haven't addressed it yes or no.
The other thing I realized last night while contemplating giving this a try if Labo worked, NSO+EP is only available for $50 for a full year. There is no option to pay say $9.99 per month or $19.99 per 3 months to try stuff like this out. You have to pay $50, that's your only choice. We'll also $90 for the Family plan, but 1 year only.
I'm OK w/ $20/yr for NO, hard to really break that up any smaller, you have $20 or you don't. But $50 can be carved up, I just gave 2 examples. I can't think of any other gaming service that has 1yr paid in full up front as you only option. Yes the others are more expensive but $50 isn't $20. I've never had +EP b/c we always get NO Family for $35 and I'm not paying the extra $45, that's more than the base price, it's backwards. No other service costs more for the add-ons.
@Dom_31 This not being interactive in 2026 is ridiculous. At least make it a big amiibo then that does something in the game. Or put a clock face in it's mouth. Nintendo has become the Jakks Pacific of video game companies this gen, even bringing back the cardboard. 😂
@Chapapa "not interactive" I'm assuming is simply their way iof saying it doesn't work like every other plastic device that we purchase for our homes these days, no voice commands. I'm guessing it says phrases when we press the big button.Thats not "interactive" by today's standard.
@Ooyah just said Mute button which is a thought, but if it's not interactive and we want to mute it there's probably an off-on power button on the bottom, which would in effect mute it. In which case 3D print your own at home.😂
It bothers me how so many of their paid dlc are $20, like they aren't even trying to come up w/ a fair price, if it's dlc it's $20. Games like Kirby they can at least say, look, it's $10 to make the game look better, that takes work, and $10 for the extra dlc content. BotW and TotK both have $10 upgrades each b/c there's no new content, you're paying for the graphics update. But DK Bananza is already a Switch 2 game, we aren't paying for a graphical upgrade, we're just paying for a little extra content. The just released base game is $70, is this $20 dlc equal to 30% of the original game content? I'm guessing not.
This really probably should have been included w/ the $70 game at no extra cost, DK Bananza isn't free-to-start, but $4.99 sure why not. They also sell a $30 amiibo, so it's now $120 if you want it all . Could have at least unlocked the dlc w/ the $30 hard dlc.🤑
I'd like it, but not paying that much so soon after buying the game. Who knows this could become a regular thing, complete game could be $200 soon.😩
@Max_the_German Yes it does look like it, but I haven't seen it confirmed yet. So I think it should, but we don't know.
I just checked to see how much it would cost to sign up for a month or a few and apparently there is only a 1 year $50 option. I'm not paying $50 to try out some VR games. They really need like $19.99 for 3 months of something like that to jet people try stuff out. $20/m would be $80/yr so most people would just pay the $50 but I'd pay $20 to try it out, we don't game online.
That Japanese announcer is definitely pre-ordering this, he was very excited.😂
I could see me borrowing this from my library to play thru story mode, which probably only lasts 5 or 6 hours, that's enough tennis for me, my family is over it. Wonder dlc will be enough for family time.
I gave it an 8, but it was a really hard Direct to vote on b/c :
First, it was 2 Directs in one. Mario Anniversary for 20 minutes which I'd give a 9, then 40 minutes of other stuff I'd give a 6 b/c it was too long w/ too much filler. What even was that mobile looking circle game?😝
Second, it depends if you own a Switch, Switch 2 or both. If you only own a Switch I'd say you're doing rather well, still getting games like MP4 and the Galaxy 2 pack. If you splurged on the Switch 2 you nay gevleft wondering why after watching that?🤷♂️
Third, I call this the Nintendo Paid Direct. Paid dlc, pay for physical dlc amiibo and plastic or cardboard, pay for upgrades,,oay for NSO+EP, all after just paying $450. So much pay to play. So if $ isn't an issue, probably great for you to see. If you spent most of your disposable income on a Switch 2, well it kinda sucks.
But I rounded up to 8 b/c it distracted me from world news for 3 hours. An hour to watch and 2 to discuss. And the world news mostly sucks, so I was glad for it. We'll at least the Mario part. Probably should have turned it off after that.
Should have been it's own Direct. 20 minutes is long enough, and then we could have had the other 40 minute Direct a few weeks before or after. I mean look how thry glossed over MP4.
It was all at the beginning, would have been simple to break it up.
It was good though. Looking forward to the movie, maybe replaying the Galaxy games, and a new 2D Yoshi. Amiibo being 6 months later is typical Nintendo.🤑
Big news. Even w/o dates just knowing the other 2 are coming is nice. And just knowing Squenix thinks Switch 2 can handle part 3 is great as I'm sure they'll be pushing PS5 into Pro territory with it.
@Olliemar28 Possibly just my limited reading comprehension but doesn't this subheader:
"And they're 'Enhanced for Switch 2'"
mean the opposite of this 2nd paragraph sentence:
"It doesn't appear that this release will be enhanced for Switch 2 in any way,"
I'm trying to keep up, I know you're busy busy, but it kinda matters as we have a Switch 2, and both games on Wii if I wanna pop them in the Ole Wii U which we still use. I'd pay for 4k HDR though. 😁
Having watched my kids play both the PS4 and PS5 version I was impressed with how good this looked. I wasn't a fan, they took the first 6 hours of FF7 and added in 34 hours of filler, but the ending was good.
Mario amiibo a full 6 months after the game is so Nintendo. Hopefully they're working on Galaxy 3 between the 2 pack and the movie. I wasn't a fan of Odyssey.
Amiibo are just too expensive now for us unless Target has them on clearance for half price. The motorcycle Samus is probably going to be $30 or more.
Nintendo Paid DLC Direct - Amiibo, Virtual Boy, new dlc, day 1 dlc, and after you spent $500 on a new console most of the games are still on Switch, where you can buy the game but not the dlc 🤑
@Greatluigi I definitely thought it was Builders 3 but I forgot what the series was called, just knew they were up to 3. That considered it could have been Monsters or Jokers or whatever, so many DQ spinoff games.
I've only played 8 and 11, both great, so considering this. Also considering 1, 2 & 3 but I don't like 2D HD, much prefer this graphics style.
Edit: My mistake, I was thinking Heroes 3, not builders. Though now that I think about it I may have been confusing the 2 spinoff series, I thought World Tree Woe was Builders. So. Many. Games.
Wow OK that is so funny that wax MP4 on the bike? I thought it was some weird spinoff game like Freedom Force only on bikes. Then at the end my brain read it as MP 2 for some reason so I thought it was a remaster.
Wow they're big holiday game and they just kind of dropped it in there. And the bike looked ridiculous. Wow. I need to watch that again later when it's stand alone on Switch. I knew an hour was too long.
@Max_the_German Can we use Labo VR? I have one sitting right here in front of me. If they are selling a new cardboard version but we can't use the old one that's messed up. Not that I'll be subscribing to NSO+EP anyway, not until it gets a better name.😝
It's a $70 game that just released, this could have been in it or free. Is it really $20? Amazing how every Switch 2 update or dlc just happens to be $20, they must be working very hard to make sure they all get $20 worth of content, not $5, $10, $15, $25 or $30.🤑 Should only be $10 since they seem to be saying the upgrade dlc from Switch to Switch 2 are $20 b/c it's an upgrade plus dlc but this is just the dlc.
This whole Nintendo Paid DLC Double Dip Direct has left a bad tadte in my mouth after really enjoying the 20 minute Mario Direct. Really wish they would have split it, Mario today, the rest last week or next week. Oh well.
@kmtrain83 Are you really that worried about games that have a few generations each becoming overdone? Phones come out each year so that makes sense.
I'd be OK if they did something new w/ Luigi or Pikmin, like I'm OK w/ DK Bananza instead of 3D Mario, but I'd like something big AAA, not just Drag X Drive.
That does remind me I still need to play Peach and Brothership. Maybe there aren't too many new Switch 2 games b/c they were making Switch games?
@PJOReilly Why wouldn't it be, they're releasing weeks apart? Switch is 8yo hardware so I can't really blame them. It looking worse to me on PS5 than Disney Speedstorm was kind of surprising though. Which reminds me, I've been meaning to go download Speedstorm on Switch 2 to see how it cares to the PS5 version. Has to be better than Sonic but that's not a fair comparison w/ the Switch version.
@AverageGamer Yeah I just wrote a long reply about Pikmin just above this, it probably is too soon to even announce that. I'm not counting a port, remaster or remake of TTYD as a new game though.
New Paper Mario games have released just about 1 every 5 years from 2000 Paper Mario to 2020 Origami King so this year would be right on schedule to announce a new game.👍
@kmtrain83 Luigis Mansion and Pikmin both went from being very single player only focused games to having very good multi-player co-op, so I'd say they already changed it up. Pikmin even had a 2D sides roller on 3DS. So while some change is always appreciated both those game series have grown. I don't need a new game every year or even 2 but it's hard to get only 1 game per console generation when a generation takes 8 years. I'm old. I remember PS1 getting FF 7, 8, 9. Wii got 2 Mario Galaxy games. Wii U hit 2 Spkatoon games and Switch a 3rd. I don't think Splatoon has changed all that much.
It feels like it's been long enough. Especially as sometimes it takes a year or more between a game being announced and released. Like 7 years for Metroid Prime 4. So I don't need those games released this holiday but announced for next year would be nice. We waited like a decade for Pikmin 4, and that was after announcing it was nearly complete.😝
I was looking forward to this but it looked really bad on Switch 2. But it didn't look all that great on PS5 either, so not expecting much in the Switch 2 version.
I always want a new 3D Mario game but wasn't that DK Bananza? Didn't the same people make that? If it was a different team then by all means bring it on. Seems to soon for a new 2D Mario. Maybe they'll just cover Wonder in ice for $20.🤑
Pikmin 5 Paper Mario Luigis Mansion 4 Yoshi Crafty 2D
Galaxy 1 & 2 packaged as Galaxy Complete for $70 would be nice. I almost never double dip for for those 2 remastered in 4K w/ HDR I would. Will skip if just ports.
Woke up this morning wondering about this. Glad they skipped 9/11 and held off until Friday giving us 48 hours notice.
This almost feels like the make or break Direct for me for my early adopter Switch 2. We really know little about next year besides the Splatoon spinoff and Hyrule Warriors 3. We need some new games for next year to get excited about. And probably a couple of upgraded ports, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is still waiting.
Games that seem due or overdue - Luigis Mansion 4, Pikmin 5, Yoshi Crafted 2D, Paper Mario. I'm leaving off long overdue 3D Mario b/c we got DK.
I voted 6, "not bad", b/c it is hard to say it's bad w/ the first new Mario Kart in a decade and a brand new 3D Donkey Kong fir the first time in 2 decades.
But I didn't go any higher than 6 b/c it doesn't feel any higher than a 6. And I think that's a marketing problem.
Metroid Prime 4 is finally coming after too many years but somehow still isn't dated yet beyond 2025, which is now nearing it's end. They showed a new SPlatoon spin-off game that looked really interesting, but just that one look. And we really have nothing after that. Where's the next Paper Mario, Pikmin or Luigis Mansion? It's been several years since we've had new games in those series. Or 2D crafty Yoshi or Kirby? That 3D Kirby game is a few years old now, dlc not withstanding.
I was in Target yesterday and there were 6-8 Switch 2 just sitting there on the shelf. The Wii was sold out in NY for about 2 years. PS5 for about a year. Switch 2 for 3 months and now where's the interest?
So Switch launch feels like a 6, and will probably continue to do so until the next big general Direct w/ 4 or 5 completely new Switch 2 exclusives. Not ports or dual releases.
It's the Switch Pro we waited 5 years for until it's fully next gen. Maybe when the new next gen next gen Pokémon releases. Or at least gets announced.🤷♂️
Edit: So I just checked Switch 2 inventory. Amazon is still invitation only, but Best Buy and Target have them in stock and online for shipping. So yes, I'm saying the demand isn't there. If we were all rating it 8, 9 or 10 I'm guessing it would be harder to find. But it's not bad.😎
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Re: PowerA Is Gunning For The Switch 2 Pro Controller With A New Pad
Always good to see more 3rd party controllers but fir that price I'll just wait for the Pro to go kn sale. Early days yet, and I'm currently busy playing SMG 1 & 2 on my Wii U, so no rush.
Re: Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games & Accessories For October & November 2025
Hey @Dazza you still writing here old man. Happy whatever big birthday(s) I've missed, and congrats on working here 20 years next year. Crazy huh? Oh and nice job on the subheader.👍
In honor of the upcoming games I started playing Age of Calamity about a week ago and SMG yesterday. I'll probably get Age of Imprisonment at some point in the future if Nintendo ever starts making Players Choice or Selects lines again but SMG still looks good, even on a 4k TV. I also own SMG2 so I'm good.
I had forgotten how innovative SMG was. Besides being crazy upside down topsy turvey it uses both motion to spin and the pointer to collect bits. I prefer to play on normal controllers, not Wiimotes or Joycon, but SMG just feels right w/ the nunchuck. I do miss a 2nd stick though, I can't use the D-pad for camera control, too weird. Fortunately the camera is tight.
Think I'm good on the rest. Maybe play Katamari on a subscription service some day.
Re: Review: Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Switch) - Still Out Of This World
@RoboCube The Switch 2 cart version isn't free, there is no Switch 2 cart version, you have to buy the Switch version and then upgrade it to a Switch 2 version after the Switch 2vlaunches I guess, but who knows when that will be. Certainly not Nintendo. They apparently didn't even know when this Switch game was coming out or the 2 game related amiibo wouldn't be releasing 6 months from now.😝
@N00BiSH Of course I would. Sane people complain when things are insane. You say that like it's a bad thing.😂
Re: Review: Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Switch) - Still Out Of This World
Reading the review did a good job of putting into words why I like the 2 Galaxy games so much more than Odyssey. I kept waiting for Odyssey to get better but it's mostly the same throughout. I waited a few years for dlc equal to the Galaxy games but it never came. And now 8 years later still no sequel. Bananza is good though.
My biggest gripe w/ the pricing is no Switch 2 cart version. The $70 is a Switch 2 price but only Switch versions are on the cart. I got a Switch 2 for Switch 2 games, I'm done buying Switch boxes. It's like even Nintendo is making Game Key Cart games for Switch 2 if only the Switch version is on the cart and we need to download the Switch 2 versions.
So where are all "GKC are evil" people lamenting no Switch 2 cart? 🤑
Re: Opinion: Resident Evil Requiem Represents A Turning Point For Switch 2
@OrtadragoonX MS said they were getting out of hardware, but then they were supposed to be making a handheld, until they weren't.
One of the problems with MS and Xbox is Phil runs Xbox and his mouth but he does not run MS so we get a lot of conflicting news.
MS sells the Surface tablet, don't see why they just don't brand one of those as Xbox like they're doing w/ the handheld. 🤷♂️
Re: Opinion: Resident Evil Requiem Represents A Turning Point For Switch 2
@OrtadragoonX "branded PCs certified to play games at certain settings."
Isn't that just what Xbox and PS5 are now though? 😂
Re: Opinion: Resident Evil Requiem Represents A Turning Point For Switch 2
I don't play RE games but this was good to see. Squenix should have mentioned FF7 parts 2 and 3 in the Direct but nice to know they're coming as well. Don't know when "next gen" is coming for Sony and MS, probably a year or 2 or 3, but as long as this gen keeps getting games, probably for another year or 2 or 3 after that, for a total of 5 or 6 years, Switch 2 should be getting a lot of 3rd party multiplatform support.
Don't forget to thank MS and it's Xbox Series S requirement. I'm thinking that's helping with some companies decisions to port to the Switch 2, they're already working on comparable hardware.
I'm guessing next gen MS either only puts out 1 hardware spec, or if there is 2 or more thry drop the requirement for equality. I think it's done their reputation more harm than good. Of course if it's helping out their bottom line thry may not care about their reputation.🤑
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
@Switching Is that a troll comment or sarcasm? If it's sarcasm you left off the /S at the end.
MK.w is only available on Switch 2.
Sonic Racing is available on everything else.
So they shouldn't release Sonic to about 300 or 400 million people b/c 5 million people own a Switch 2? That makes... no sense.
Rereading your post "puzzing" does make me think it was in fact a troll post, and I fell for it. Oh well maybe I'll be a warning to others.😝
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Are all of the reviews for the Switch version on either the Switch or Switch 2? I played the demo in Switch 2 and PS5 and it is very noticeably different. Maybe when the Switch 2 version releases it will no longer look like a Wii game.🤷♂️
I didn't like the demo that much even in PS5 so I went back to playing Disney Speedstorm. It's monetization is insane but I already had most of the racers from back in the day when you coukd unlock most things for free. Still the most fun I have racing and it looks great, on PS5 haven't downloaded the Switch 2 version yet. I stopped playing MKW, wasn't doing it for me. Hoping thet give us an option to skip the in between track parts.
Re: Review: LEGO Voyagers (Switch 2) - A Beautiful But Very Short & Simple Co-Op Adventure
This looks like it should be a world inside Lego Fortnite, or a mode in another Lego game, or a $4.99 dlc for another Lego game. So many Lego games. But $25 for this simplistic 3-5 hours? No.
I wrote an entire story yesterday about 5 hour $25 co-op game Gloomy Eyes, kinda getting deja vu here. It just seems like too much $, it's a $10 game for me. 🤷♂️
Re: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Gets New Trailer Revealing Some Save Data Surprises
@shoeses Hey thanks, appreciate it.👍 I'm one of those goofballs who will scan 5 amiibo a day for resources. I keep about 50 of them on a shelf I hung on the wall next to my gaming spot w/ the controllers and TV remote.😁
Re: Mini Review: Gloomy Eyes (Switch) - If Captain Toad Were A Cosy Horror Game
@Markatron84 Yeah, it's a moment in time thing w/ Silksong, but it has been a thing for awhile now. PS3 had so many cheap indie games they came up with their own category of "mini" games $1.99 and less. I think everything Wiiware on Wii maxed out at $10. I understand inflation is a thing, not saying games should all be under $10 w/ a lot of $1.99 games, but inflation hasn't been 300% the past 15 years. I bought World of Goo 3 times for $10 or less, still haven't purchased WoG 2 b/c it's $30. 2 does not look like 3x more game than 1. This does not look like 40% more game than Last Campfire.
Everyone complains about $60 games all being $70 now, just $10 or 15% more, but nobody mentions that a lot of games that probably would have been $10 around 15 years age are $25 now. The $10 games didn't go up a few $ to $12 or $13, they doubled and tripled. And don't even get me started on $12.99 amiibo now costing $29.99 and $39.99. 🤑
Re: Hello Kitty Island Adventure's Cuddly DLC Welcomes The Wheatflour Fairy Today
@h3s Wanted to say basically the same thing, $15 for some dlc for this game seems crazy. If they want to make it free to start maybe, but this Apple Arcade port being a full priced game already seemed like a big ask, $15 on top of that is juts.
I had a free month if Apple Arcade, it was fun, have considered coughing up the $10 or whatever it cost,to finish it. I got like half thecity, half the flower girl, just started cheering up the island heart. Glad I waited.
Re: Mini Review: Gloomy Eyes (Switch) - If Captain Toad Were A Cosy Horror Game
Sounds a lot like "The Last Campfire" that I played on Apple Arcade. Only that game was very colorful. For only a few hours I'd pick this up on a subscription service but $25 for a few hours of dark blurriness is nuts. Do they know Silksong is only $20? 🤑
Edit: So, funny story, apparently The Last Campfire is also available on Switch. And it's "only" $15.
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/the-last-campfire-switch/
Re: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Gets New Trailer Revealing Some Save Data Surprises
@AmplifyMJ Dad of the Year right there.👍 If it makes you feel any better we got ours a couple of months ago but we rarely use it. Fortunately my wife's job gave it to her, in the bundle with MKW and a 256GB SD card, for working there for 10 years, so it didn't cost us anything, so I'm not too flustered by its current lack of use. It's time will come. Probably after football (NFL) season. We watch all the football. 😂
Re: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Gets New Trailer Revealing Some Save Data Surprises
@AmplifyMJ Congrats on the Switch 2. You really holding out until Christmas? That's some serious parenting. 😁 I remember when I was finally able to get a PS5 nearly a year after launch. We did Christmas Thanksgiving weekend, tree and everything, so we could play while my kid was home from college. 😂
My other kid isn't coming home from college this year, says it's too much work, which it is a week before finals, kinda sad. They'll be home for the holidays 2 weeks later. Maybe playing this.
Re: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Gets New Trailer Revealing Some Save Data Surprises
I played both of those on the Switch, guess I'll go check if my save files came over. I played BotW on the Wii U so it works for me thry skipped that game.
Is there no amiibo support? With the price they charge for those they should work in every game.🤑
Still unsure about this one, my kids say the last game sucked, but I'll read the reviews. I mean we have a Switch 2 so I feel obligated to get at least 1 game for it for Christmas. None of them are really working for me though. MP4 is first person, I don't play Pokémon, Kirby is another racing game, Yoshi is later, that's day 1. I suppose this is it by default?🤷♂️
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush (Switch 2) - DLC That's Ripe With Fun, But Could've Been More
@Willo567 How is it not FOMO? 🤷♂️
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush (Switch 2) - DLC That's Ripe With Fun, But Could've Been More
Thanks for the honest opinion and talking about the price. I feel like too many reviews never mention the price. To be fair most games are $60 or $70 so we know the price beforehand, but for things like this I think it matters.
I was going to buy it b/c FOMO but you talked me out of it, thanks. GoW Ragnarok had a similar dlc w/ an interesting story that took me about 5 hours to beat. Price - free. Which it should be when we pay $70 for the game.
DKB released for $70 just 2 months before this. Exclusively on a $450 console that people just bought. Come on man.🤑
Re: Where To Pre-Order Metroid Prime 4: Beyond For Nintendo Switch 1 + 2, Plus New Metroid amiibo
I don't know who Sylux is but that amiibo looks familiar. Is there a chance I have a Dark Samus amiibo or something from Smash or another Metroid game?
Edit: So we do own that Sylux looking amiibo. We do not own normal Samus but we do own the Captain America looking version in the Dread 2 pack w/ EMMI. Also Metal Rudley I believe. Certainly don't need any more. Picked up the Dread 2-.pack for $15.99 clearance at Best Buy, a good price.👍
So has Nintendo told us what all of these crazy expensive toys to life do in game? You should be able to mail in the 3 bar codes and get the game for free. 🤑
Re: Opinion: Metroid Prime 4 Reminds Me Of Gears 5, And It's Making Me Nervous
I thought this was a trailer for a spin-off game, something akin to Link's Crossbow Training on Wii, and at the end of the Direct I wondered why they hadn't shown MP4. It was only hours later that I found out the motorcycle was in MP4.
So that's how out I place I thought it was. I also thought it looked very dull, like a Wii game, the last trailer we saw was kinda epic and inspiring, this looked like it could have been MKW dlc, probably will be. Paid. 🤑
I'm sure we'll see a lot more before Release, it could work. Skells in XCX rock. 👍
Re: Nintendo Showcases Every Switch And Switch 2 Direct Game In New Infographic
@UltimateOtaku91 "also how come the Galaxy pack isn't getting a Switch 2 version."
Nintendo didn't want to pay for the 64GB carts.🤑
That's not confirmed, just me being a jerk, see post above, but it does make me wonder, b/c it really should.
Re: Nintendo Showcases Every Switch And Switch 2 Direct Game In New Infographic
Nice infographic. Just focus on the games and leave out all the crazy expensive $40 & $50 amiibo and $100 stand for NSO+EP rentals. Do we know how much that flower is yet?🤑
I like the breakdown. MG 1 & 2 not having a Switch 2 edition is insane. I guess you have to have a $20 upgrade to count, not a free update, but still, why no Switch 2 box art to put on the shelf next to the others? Does even Nintendo not want to pay it's own Switch 2 64GB cart tax? Look into this @NintendoLife 🤷♂️
But I do like it. Lots of games on both but Switch 2 still has a few. Even not counting the screwing over once again of people who bought the base game but can't get the dlc in Wonder. It's Wii U all over again, only without justification.😝
Anyway Switch 2 has Yoshi, Age of Impisonm, tennis, Kirby AR and MH Stories 3 as next gen exclusives, so it's not nothing. Plus a lot ports I really don't think Switch had any chance of running, so that's good too. 👍
Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 Switch Comparison Video Makes Nintendo's Upgrades Clearer
Thought we were getting Switch vs Switch 2. Won't know if I'm getting this until I see that.
I'm not too flustered by the price if the Switch 2 version looks like a modern 4k/hdr game but I never bought the "limited edition" 3-pack b/c I always assumed this 2-pack was coming. I'm also assuming the people most bothered by the price did buy it. Which is fair.
Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 for $70 > 2 Kirby amiibo OR big piece of plastic for $100
The Nintendo Pay-to-play Direct in all it's greedy glory. 🤑
Re: ICYMI: If You Want To Play Virtual Boy Classics, You'll Need To Buy One Of Nintendo's Accessories
After that "Nintendo Pay-to-Play Direct" yesterday full of paid upgrades, paid dlc, amiibo, plastic flower, VB plastic, I realize now that Nintendo is the Jakks Pacific of video game companies. This is all so crazy. It wasn't THAT long ago when Nintendo was proclaiming "We don't do dlc we do complete games." And look at them now.🤑
I own Labo VR, this is that but in red. If Labo doesn't work with it then that means Nintendo has to go out if their way to make it not work, to break their own stuff. Though Switch 2 will not fit in there, but VB is on Switch. It's crazy they haven't addressed it yes or no.
The other thing I realized last night while contemplating giving this a try if Labo worked, NSO+EP is only available for $50 for a full year. There is no option to pay say $9.99 per month or $19.99 per 3 months to try stuff like this out. You have to pay $50, that's your only choice. We'll also $90 for the Family plan, but 1 year only.
I'm OK w/ $20/yr for NO, hard to really break that up any smaller, you have $20 or you don't. But $50 can be carved up, I just gave 2 examples. I can't think of any other gaming service that has 1yr paid in full up front as you only option. Yes the others are more expensive but $50 isn't $20. I've never had +EP b/c we always get NO Family for $35 and I'm not paying the extra $45, that's more than the base price, it's backwards. No other service costs more for the add-ons.
Nintendo thy name is greed.🤑
Re: Nintendo Releasing Physical 'Talking Flower' From Mario Wonder Next Spring
@Dom_31 This not being interactive in 2026 is ridiculous. At least make it a big amiibo then that does something in the game. Or put a clock face in it's mouth. Nintendo has become the Jakks Pacific of video game companies this gen, even bringing back the cardboard. 😂
https://www.jakks.com/
@Chapapa "not interactive" I'm assuming is simply their way iof saying it doesn't work like every other plastic device that we purchase for our homes these days, no voice commands. I'm guessing it says phrases when we press the big button.Thats not "interactive" by today's standard.
@Ooyah just said Mute button which is a thought, but if it's not interactive and we want to mute it there's probably an off-on power button on the bottom, which would in effect mute it. In which case 3D print your own at home.😂
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Has Been Updated To Version 2.0.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
It bothers me how so many of their paid dlc are $20, like they aren't even trying to come up w/ a fair price, if it's dlc it's $20. Games like Kirby they can at least say, look, it's $10 to make the game look better, that takes work, and $10 for the extra dlc content. BotW and TotK both have $10 upgrades each b/c there's no new content, you're paying for the graphics update. But DK Bananza is already a Switch 2 game, we aren't paying for a graphical upgrade, we're just paying for a little extra content. The just released base game is $70, is this $20 dlc equal to 30% of the original game content? I'm guessing not.
This really probably should have been included w/ the $70 game at no extra cost, DK Bananza isn't free-to-start, but $4.99 sure why not. They also sell a $30 amiibo, so it's now $120 if you want it all . Could have at least unlocked the dlc w/ the $30 hard dlc.🤑
I'd like it, but not paying that much so soon after buying the game. Who knows this could become a regular thing, complete game could be $200 soon.😩
Re: Virtual Boy Is Being Added To Nintendo Switch Online
@Max_the_German Yes it does look like it, but I haven't seen it confirmed yet. So I think it should, but we don't know.
I just checked to see how much it would cost to sign up for a month or a few and apparently there is only a 1 year $50 option. I'm not paying $50 to try out some VR games. They really need like $19.99 for 3 months of something like that to jet people try stuff out. $20/m would be $80/yr so most people would just pay the $50 but I'd pay $20 to try it out, we don't game online.
https://www.nintendo.com/us/online/compare-memberships/
Re: Mario Tennis Fever Hits Switch 2 Next February
That Japanese announcer is definitely pre-ordering this, he was very excited.😂
I could see me borrowing this from my library to play thru story mode, which probably only lasts 5 or 6 hours, that's enough tennis for me, my family is over it. Wonder dlc will be enough for family time.
Re: Nintendo Direct September 2025: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
I gave it an 8, but it was a really hard Direct to vote on b/c :
First, it was 2 Directs in one. Mario Anniversary for 20 minutes which I'd give a 9, then 40 minutes of other stuff I'd give a 6 b/c it was too long w/ too much filler. What even was that mobile looking circle game?😝
Second, it depends if you own a Switch, Switch 2 or both. If you only own a Switch I'd say you're doing rather well, still getting games like MP4 and the Galaxy 2 pack. If you splurged on the Switch 2 you nay gevleft wondering why after watching that?🤷♂️
Third, I call this the Nintendo Paid Direct. Paid dlc, pay for physical dlc amiibo and plastic or cardboard, pay for upgrades,,oay for NSO+EP, all after just paying $450. So much pay to play. So if $ isn't an issue, probably great for you to see. If you spent most of your disposable income on a Switch 2, well it kinda sucks.
But I rounded up to 8 b/c it distracted me from world news for 3 hours. An hour to watch and 2 to discuss. And the world news mostly sucks, so I was glad for it. We'll at least the Mario part. Probably should have turned it off after that.
Re: Monster Hunter Stories 3 Will Roar Onto Switch 2 In March 2026
Looks good. Not sure I'll play it ever but it does look good.👍
Re: Round Up: Everything Announced For Super Mario's 40th Anniversary
Should have been it's own Direct. 20 minutes is long enough, and then we could have had the other 40 minute Direct a few weeks before or after. I mean look how thry glossed over MP4.
It was all at the beginning, would have been simple to break it up.
It was good though. Looking forward to the movie, maybe replaying the Galaxy games, and a new 2D Yoshi. Amiibo being 6 months later is typical Nintendo.🤑
Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 Prices Are Live, And It's Sticker Shock Time
@ShieldHero "and a real physical, not a Game Key Card, at that"
How many Switch games do you know of on GKC? This isn't a Switch 2 game, they're Switch games.🤷♂️
It's about what I was expecting so not surprised. Cheaper is always better but this was the Nintendo Paid Direct so that's what we got.
My only surprise is no physical Switch 2 version? I didn't get a Switch 2 to keep buying Switch games. Not buying a Switch box anymore.
Re: The Entire Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy Is Making Its Way To Switch 2
Big news. Even w/o dates just knowing the other 2 are coming is nice. And just knowing Squenix thinks Switch 2 can handle part 3 is great as I'm sure they'll be pushing PS5 into Pro territory with it.
Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 Bundle Confirmed For Switch, Launching October
@Olliemar28 Possibly just my limited reading comprehension but doesn't this subheader:
"And they're 'Enhanced for Switch 2'"
mean the opposite of this 2nd paragraph sentence:
"It doesn't appear that this release will be enhanced for Switch 2 in any way,"
I'm trying to keep up, I know you're busy busy, but it kinda matters as we have a Switch 2, and both games on Wii if I wanna pop them in the Ole Wii U which we still use. I'd pay for 4k HDR though. 😁
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Remake For Switch 2 Slips Into 2026, Game-Key Card Confirmed
Having watched my kids play both the PS4 and PS5 version I was impressed with how good this looked. I wasn't a fan, they took the first 6 hours of FF7 and added in 34 hours of filler, but the ending was good.
Re: Mario Galaxy amiibo Are On The Way, Plus Two New Kirby Ones With Swappable Bases
Mario amiibo a full 6 months after the game is so Nintendo. Hopefully they're working on Galaxy 3 between the 2 pack and the movie. I wasn't a fan of Odyssey.
Amiibo are just too expensive now for us unless Target has them on clearance for half price. The motorcycle Samus is probably going to be $30 or more.
Nintendo Paid DLC Direct - Amiibo, Virtual Boy, new dlc, day 1 dlc, and after you spent $500 on a new console most of the games are still on Switch, where you can buy the game but not the dlc 🤑
Re: Dragon Quest VII Gets Reimagined For Switch And Switch 2 In Early 2026
@Greatluigi I definitely thought it was Builders 3 but I forgot what the series was called, just knew they were up to 3. That considered it could have been Monsters or Jokers or whatever, so many DQ spinoff games.
I've only played 8 and 11, both great, so considering this. Also considering 1, 2 & 3 but I don't like 2D HD, much prefer this graphics style.
Edit: My mistake, I was thinking Heroes 3, not builders. Though now that I think about it I may have been confusing the 2 spinoff series, I thought World Tree Woe was Builders. So. Many. Games.
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Finally Gets A Release Date, Open World Confirmed
Wow OK that is so funny that wax MP4 on the bike? I thought it was some weird spinoff game like Freedom Force only on bikes. Then at the end my brain read it as MP 2 for some reason so I thought it was a remaster.
Wow they're big holiday game and they just kind of dropped it in there. And the bike looked ridiculous. Wow. I need to watch that again later when it's stand alone on Switch. I knew an hour was too long.
Re: Virtual Boy Is Being Added To Nintendo Switch Online
@Max_the_German Can we use Labo VR? I have one sitting right here in front of me. If they are selling a new cardboard version but we can't use the old one that's messed up. Not that I'll be subscribing to NSO+EP anyway, not until it gets a better name.😝
Re: Surprise! Donkey Kong Bananza Is Getting DLC, And It's Out Today
It's a $70 game that just released, this could have been in it or free. Is it really $20? Amazing how every Switch 2 update or dlc just happens to be $20, they must be working very hard to make sure they all get $20 worth of content, not $5, $10, $15, $25 or $30.🤑 Should only be $10 since they seem to be saying the upgrade dlc from Switch to Switch 2 are $20 b/c it's an upgrade plus dlc but this is just the dlc.
This whole Nintendo Paid DLC Double Dip Direct has left a bad tadte in my mouth after really enjoying the 20 minute Mario Direct. Really wish they would have split it, Mario today, the rest last week or next week. Oh well.
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Tomorrow, 12th September 2025
@kmtrain83 Are you really that worried about games that have a few generations each becoming overdone? Phones come out each year so that makes sense.
I'd be OK if they did something new w/ Luigi or Pikmin, like I'm OK w/ DK Bananza instead of 3D Mario, but I'd like something big AAA, not just Drag X Drive.
That does remind me I still need to play Peach and Brothership. Maybe there aren't too many new Switch 2 games b/c they were making Switch games?
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Demo Races Onto Switch Next Week
@PJOReilly Why wouldn't it be, they're releasing weeks apart? Switch is 8yo hardware so I can't really blame them. It looking worse to me on PS5 than Disney Speedstorm was kind of surprising though. Which reminds me, I've been meaning to go download Speedstorm on Switch 2 to see how it cares to the PS5 version. Has to be better than Sonic but that's not a fair comparison w/ the Switch version.
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Tomorrow, 12th September 2025
@AverageGamer Yeah I just wrote a long reply about Pikmin just above this, it probably is too soon to even announce that. I'm not counting a port, remaster or remake of TTYD as a new game though.
New Paper Mario games have released just about 1 every 5 years from 2000 Paper Mario to 2020 Origami King so this year would be right on schedule to announce a new game.👍
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Mario
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Tomorrow, 12th September 2025
@kmtrain83 Luigis Mansion and Pikmin both went from being very single player only focused games to having very good multi-player co-op, so I'd say they already changed it up. Pikmin even had a 2D sides roller on 3DS. So while some change is always appreciated both those game series have grown. I don't need a new game every year or even 2 but it's hard to get only 1 game per console generation when a generation takes 8 years. I'm old. I remember PS1 getting FF 7, 8, 9. Wii got 2 Mario Galaxy games. Wii U hit 2 Spkatoon games and Switch a 3rd. I don't think Splatoon has changed all that much.
It feels like it's been long enough. Especially as sometimes it takes a year or more between a game being announced and released. Like 7 years for Metroid Prime 4. So I don't need those games released this holiday but announced for next year would be nice. We waited like a decade for Pikmin 4, and that was after announcing it was nearly complete.😝
Edit: My mistake Pikmin 4, not 3.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/02/feature_its_been_nearly_five_years_so_where_in_the_world_is_pikmin_4
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Demo Races Onto Switch Next Week
I was looking forward to this but it looked really bad on Switch 2. But it didn't look all that great on PS5 either, so not expecting much in the Switch 2 version.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Direct September Predictions - What Do You Hope To See?
I always want a new 3D Mario game but wasn't that DK Bananza? Didn't the same people make that? If it was a different team then by all means bring it on. Seems to soon for a new 2D Mario. Maybe they'll just cover Wonder in ice for $20.🤑
Pikmin 5
Paper Mario
Luigis Mansion 4
Yoshi Crafty 2D
Galaxy 1 & 2 packaged as Galaxy Complete for $70 would be nice. I almost never double dip for for those 2 remastered in 4K w/ HDR I would. Will skip if just ports.
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Friday, 12th September 2025
Woke up this morning wondering about this. Glad they skipped 9/11 and held off until Friday giving us 48 hours notice.
This almost feels like the make or break Direct for me for my early adopter Switch 2. We really know little about next year besides the Splatoon spinoff and Hyrule Warriors 3. We need some new games for next year to get excited about. And probably a couple of upgraded ports, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is still waiting.
Games that seem due or overdue - Luigis Mansion 4, Pikmin 5, Yoshi Crafted 2D, Paper Mario. I'm leaving off long overdue 3D Mario b/c we got DK.
Excited and hoping for the best.😁🤞
Re: Hollow Knight: Silksong's Upcoming Patch Will Nerf The Difficulty In Certain Areas
This is what happens when you rush a game out in only 7 years. Maybe next time thry should take 10 years so there are less things to fix. 😂
Re: Poll: Three Months In, How Would You Rate Switch 2's Library So Far?
I voted 6, "not bad", b/c it is hard to say it's bad w/ the first new Mario Kart in a decade and a brand new 3D Donkey Kong fir the first time in 2 decades.
But I didn't go any higher than 6 b/c it doesn't feel any higher than a 6. And I think that's a marketing problem.
Metroid Prime 4 is finally coming after too many years but somehow still isn't dated yet beyond 2025, which is now nearing it's end. They showed a new SPlatoon spin-off game that looked really interesting, but just that one look. And we really have nothing after that. Where's the next Paper Mario, Pikmin or Luigis Mansion? It's been several years since we've had new games in those series. Or 2D crafty Yoshi or Kirby? That 3D Kirby game is a few years old now, dlc not withstanding.
I was in Target yesterday and there were 6-8 Switch 2 just sitting there on the shelf. The Wii was sold out in NY for about 2 years. PS5 for about a year. Switch 2 for 3 months and now where's the interest?
So Switch launch feels like a 6, and will probably continue to do so until the next big general Direct w/ 4 or 5 completely new Switch 2 exclusives. Not ports or dual releases.
It's the Switch Pro we waited 5 years for until it's fully next gen. Maybe when the new next gen next gen Pokémon releases. Or at least gets announced.🤷♂️
Edit: So I just checked Switch 2 inventory. Amazon is still invitation only, but Best Buy and Target have them in stock and online for shipping. So yes, I'm saying the demand isn't there. If we were all rating it 8, 9 or 10 I'm guessing it would be harder to find. But it's not bad.😎