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The only OLED screens that have really blown me away are the extremely expensive high refresh monitor ones. The lack of blur on those is actually surreal.

Pretty sure if they had gone OLED here we'd have gotten a 60hz one (which is fine with me), but would the blurring actually be improved in that case?

Both my Switch sticks drifted and Nintendo repaired/replaced them both at no cost. Also I haven't heard of any Switch 2 sticks drifting yet, so I'm really not concerned.

When I heard the analog sticks were quiet I thought "the PS5 sticks are really quiet, so probably something like that". Then I tried the new Pro Controller and confirm it's not "something like that". They are shockingly quiet when hitting the edges, and moving it along the edge feels incredibly smooth.

Also I did a quick test of holding left/right while rocking up and down that would have triggered unintentional inputs on the original Pro Controller, and didn't see any of that here.

I didn't manage to get a pre-order so I've taken the day off work (totally normal thing for a guy in his 40s to do) so I can head to my hometown (which is small compared to where I'm living now) to check out the local Walmart when they open and test my luck.

I wonder if the remapping will let us reverse up/down on the analog sticks. The reversed controls in Goldeneye were messing me up bad.

I've only played a timed trial of this, but it was a lot of fun. With gameshare and video chat it could be a great game to play with friends. (The high cost kept me from buying it, and I also have no friends that bought it.)

I hope more studios decide to do updates like this though, to give their games a second life on Switch 2. (Looking at you Monolith Soft, haha.)

I've been playing it on Switch and having a great time so far. I'm excited to move to Switch 2 and see the graphics improvement. (Not that it's bad on Switch, it's probably among the nicest looking/running games on there.)

I tried the demo for Pipistrello and it's really fun! I'll be getting that eventually for sure. (Also just found out Pipistrello means "Bat" in Italian?)

Heck no! I buy digital for convenience mostly, but if I bought physical I'd want something permanent. This is like the worst of both worlds.

Have they shown what it'll look like with the crt filter? I'm curious about that.

It should start a lonely one person chat.

And for those that can't afford the Switch, we have the Wii U. No wait, we don't.

@Wisestfool thanks for the insight! I remember as a kid paying $99 CAD for a copy of Chrono Trigger on SNES with no hesitation at all, and that’s like $170 or more now!

As an adult with a grown up job now I’m lucky to be able to afford this new cost, and still somehow think it’s worth it for the tech and the entertainment I’m gonna get out of it. But I hope they can work out a “lite” version soon for those kiddos that can’t get it at this price, and likely don’t care about things like hdr and vbr.

Mario Kart bundle in Canada is $700 plus taxes. I never thought I'd have to spend close to a grand for a Nintendo console, but here we are. I can understand why people are so upset. And then there's the much cheaper version for Japan, makes me think this is Nintendo of America's doing?

@snichelsticks I didn't even notice the rounded edges until you mentioned it, and I'm not sure if I like em haha. Maybe it's something we'll just get used to.

With the current price I can't imagine them doing an OLED version unless the cost of tech comes down big time. HDR and 120hz/vbr are neat thought. I wonder if the next Splatoon will run at 120hz, that would be coooool.

This Direct was insaaaane. I'm so excited but also terrified about all of the amazing stuff to look forward to. (Also paying $700+tax for a console and game in Canada is rough, but I'll do it haha.)

@Bizzyb it’s coming to pc now so it’s possible the footage is from that version, but ya never know.

It actually took me a sec to realize this was Fantasy Life and not a really well made Animal Crossing clone haha. I’m also quite a bit more excited about it after seeing this though.

I hope they show an alternate/lighter colour scheme. Not really a huge fan of what it has going on at the moment.

I don't understand why anyone is assuming "Switch 2 Version" will include additional content. I feel it pretty obviously means "exact same game but with performance/visual improvements". Like when you buy certain Playstation games and get a PS4 version and a PS5 version.

I played the demo on Steam and really loved it. I'm a fan of the Danganronpa games, but always felt they were a little too light on actual gameplay. The tactical battles here were really fun and maybe just what the game needs.

I hope it's a great success for them, but as with most new games I'll likely wait until the prices comes down a little bit to buy.

Oooh looks really fun! Makes me think of Kickle Cubicle, which was also a great sliding block kinda puzzle game with enemies and boss levels.

Imagine if this gets a patch when Switch 2 comes out that makes it look EVEN BETTER?? I'm already having such a hard time resisting this since I don't know if I'm ready for a replay just yet.

Can't wait to replay this. One of my favs. Too bad the Gameboy app doesn't support Super Gameboy though.

No mention of the Jumbo Cactuar though! 1/7 for 5GG that gets +9,999/0 when attacking haha.

Ahhh I don't need this, but it looks so gooooood. XCX was one of those rare games for me where the hours would just disappear while playing.

I don't think I've ever been concerned with gold points since they stopped doing physical rewards. (Which they have since kinda brought back.) Basically just a 5% discount but done in a way that encourages you to buy more, which was fine I guess? Can't say I'll miss it that much.

Oooh I just found this on Steam. Looks super cool.

Nothing wrong with a little bit of curation. Usually only takes a few minutes to tell if a game is pure garbage haha

I'm so excited for this game, but maybe don't have the free time for it right now so I'm kinda glad it's not out for a little while. Also can't wait for the new Layton game! Hope it's as good as the old ones.

@ArcticEcho only one playthrough! It was a tough game for sure. I still put the soundtrack on occasionally cause it's so good.

Phoenotopia was a weird game for sure, but I really liked it. This looks like it'll be fantastic. Noticed they still have what looks like a stamina bar though, I hope they maybe go a little less aggressively with it. (I know Phoenotopia had accessibility options to make it less limiting, but I like to play things the way they're designed.)

Could they at least block any games with Hentai or Ecchi in the title? Do they not know what those words mean?

I’ll probably play this one on pc, but more than anything I wanna listen to the soundtrack! The music for the first one was some to the best I’ve ever heard.

Why did anyone support this game in the first place? It took me like 5 minutes of using it to realize it was gonna be toxic garbage.

I loved 3D Land! So much better than any of the recent side scrolling Mario games, including Wonder ☹️

Definitely! I remember watching a video showing how they got the Ori games to look and run so well on the Switch and the creative tricks they used were so cool. Great developers!

I see now why they were so mad, everything in the leaks was true! Amazing to have it confirmed though! I wanna see it in a different colour!

I remember seeing “Nasir” in the opening credits of Final Fantasy but never actually realized it was this person! So cool to finally know of him and his work. Definitely had a big impact on my childhood as I spent many hours obsessed with Final Fantasy and Secret of Mana.

All I heard was "there are servers that restore online play for the Wii U". Thanks for the hot tip Nintendo!

@AmyZiegfeld I’m also wondering if it’ll have the Working Designs balance tweaks. I remember finding the game very frustrating on PlayStation and realized lately it may have been because of the changes they had made.

Apparently they also make great fridge magnets.

What are the odds that we haven't actually had a legit look at any part of the Switch 2? Like how did they manage to keep the original completely under wraps until their announcement, but this time it's all over the place?

Might need to use a few hint coins to solve this one.

Cause we all need another subscription service at this point.

Am I the only one that hates that new button on the right side? It's just another screenshot button? Can we just pretend it doesn't exist at least in the mockups?

I feel like Nintendo has waited a little too long on announcing the Switch 2 at this point. So many games revealed during the game awards with not even the Switch logo in their console list was sorta making Nintendo feel a little irrelevant.

@DollyrotsFan1 I had never heard of that one! Looked up a video and it is a weird and fascinating game haha.

I would love to see more companies go private. The overhead of having investors is killing everything good these days.

No one could have predicted this!! These Gameboy versions are all so good though.