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Why would anyone take that kind of risk with a brand new system that's going to be getting updates for years to come?

@BenAV I agree. I can understand a game-specific Direct for a big hitter like Tears of the Kingdom, but more often than not, seeing too much gameplay ahead of a game launch sort of kills the hype for me.

I think it's a pretty fair list when you remove both nostalgia and recency bias. I could see World moving up a couple of spots when the inevitable DLC builds on the base game, but as it stands, I'd call it a mid-tier entry in the series (which is still great considering the quality of these games).

@Patendo it's just a low quality camera, nothing to do with the Switch 2 limiting its performance. The official Nintendo camera is 1080p, while this one is only 480p.

I would do it if it unlocked a new vehicle or character, but otherwise I'm spending most of my time playing online.

@Elitepatriot I think it would mostly depend on the input sensitivity of the steering wheel. Lower sensitivity = needing to turn the wheel fully = slower reflexes than moving a joystick

@Elitepatriot I had the same thought but then remembered kid me thought playing Mario Kart 64 with one of these bad boys was the coolest thing (because it was). The motion control steering wheel is pretty much the modern day equivalent.

@AmplifyMJ exactly, people were happy to see Nintendo back on its feet with the Switch 1 after the Wii U years. But now that they've had some longer-term success, that tone seems to have switched with many. You see that sort of thing with regard to celebrities a lot, but it's weird seeing it with a company.

Pretty excited for this as someone who has always liked the characters/environments of Splatoon but never liked multiplayer shooter games.

I'm loving my Switch 2, my only complaint is that the main menu being nearly identical to the menu from Switch 1 makes me sorta lose that initial excitement of having a new system. Even just themes/customization would give me that new system excitement.

Bundling the game for free with the system would have been a great way to advertise/promote these accessories to a lot of people.

@AZYotes5013 similar situation for me. Target has it stuck on "preparing to ship" with an estimated delivery of 6/11. Honestly a little annoyed I even preordered if I don't get it at least get it launch week.

I almost exclusively use this app to fall asleep to music before bed, so this update is perfect. Glad they seem dedicated to continued updates and fine tuning.

@Anakin have you seen how expensive a lot of GameCube games are? Pokémon XD, one of the games that's coming to the Switch Online service, usually sells for $200 or more.

Interesting that Wario's vehicle has a glider given that the Mario Kart series is moving on using airplane-like wings once Mario Kart World comes out in a couple of weeks.

That's pretty cool. I wish more game devs took advantage of HD rumble, but it'll probably be largely forgotten and underused again.

For some reason as a kid, the boxart on Iggy's Reckin' Balls always really appealed to me, but I absolutely hated the gameplay. I remember renting it more than once and being so mad at myself for falling for the boxart again.

Paper Mario, or even better, a few of the Paper Mario companions.

Professor E. Gadd would be cool too now that Luigi's Mansion is a pretty established series.

The Nintendo site keeps erroring out when I try logging in with the account I used to pre-register.

I'm guessing a game like ARMS that has a lot of motion controls needs this kind of update to work properly with the new JoyCons.

It's kind of odd that they wouldn't like DK64 yet still went through the trouble of bundling the Expansion Pak with it. Unless the Expansion Pak requirement was part of the reason they didn't like the game.

Really hope we get some Paper Mario representation in the roster eventually.

No major surprises. I was at least hoping for a brief adventure/story mode to make better use of the open world and new enemy characters, but the game still looks fun.

@AussieMcBucket This article/poll is specific to Europe since their pre-order date wasn't impacted by the tariffs.

Will Pokémon Colosseum and XD on the GameCube service be compatible with Pokémon Home similar to how the GB/GBC games on 3DS were compatible with Pokémon Bank?

HD Rumble was hyped up quite a bit by Nintendo in the lead up to the original Switch launch (I still remember the ice cubes). The problem was, it wasn't that much of a selling point for a lot of people, and few games took advantage of it. I'm glad they improved it further, but I can understand why they aren't focusing on it much this time around.

That's surprisingly less innovative and more useful than I expected it to be. No more using that mobile app to voice chat, thank goodness.

I never thought we'd get Download Play back, my favorite multiplayer experience!

Probably a long shot since it's on NSO already, but I'd love a Paper Mario 64 remaster to complete the set of remasters for the original three Mario RPGs.

I'm guessing it'll be like how Pokémon Sun/Moon were back in the day where it ran better on the New 3DS but could still be played on original 3DS hardware. And that's probably the best case scenario for MP4 since the original Switch hardware has a huge existing userbase, but some upscaling would give early Switch 2 adopters something to enjoy.

Weird they would include the Mario RPG remake in this sale but not the Paper Mario TTYD remake.

I was just now able to download the new alarms in the US. Kind of odd because it didn't give me a notification like it did when the Mario Kart theme dropped, but when I manually checked for the update, it was there!

The alarms are Ground, Underground, Underwater, and Bowser Battle.

This game has a great soundtrack, but it looks like none of the songs support the extended playback feature? Extremely disappointed in that since that's the biggest appeal of the service for me.

These leaks aren't telling us what we all really want to know: How many ice cubes will we be able to count using the new JoyCons' HD 4D rumble?

In a Snowbound Land is excellent for falling asleep to, happy for this update.

God I miss when it used to be fun to be a Pokémon fan and speculate together what could be coming next. We barely know anything about this announcement, and already several people are complaining.

@CaleBoi25 agreed, there's so much lore in the ARMS universe that deserves to be explored and expanded on.

As much as I love a lot of their Dreamcast-era games, a lot of the music (particularly in Sonic) reminds me of a tween who just discovered their angst.

I enjoyed this a lot when it launched on Switch. My only issue was there seemed to be a steep difficulty curve once you get to the final boss, and I got stuck and never finished it. This might be a good excuse to go back and replay it, adding in some level grinding as I go.

Mario Kart DS will forever be among the best in the series because of Download Play.

My most desired feature in a Switch 2 is a return of the clamshell design. The current Switch is portable in theory, but I don't find myself actually taking it many places because it's just a little too bulky.

In the end, after countless updates over the years, his 3DS just wasn't stable enough to continue. RIP.

I'm already using the app and love it. My favorite feature is being able to extend the play time of a song, I took the best nap listening to the Ocarina of Time title theme for 30 minutes.

Doom is great and all, but I just want the thing to play sleepy sounds for longer than 5 minutes haha

It bothers me how these articles always mention Paper Mario "not looking as sharp as it once did" when it's aged better than most N64 games due to its art style.

@Joeynator3000 I'm also having this issue, I have to keep my Switch screen on otherwise downloads pause.

This whole situation reminds me of when Sakurai was upset about the Subspace Emissary cutscenes being added to the internet as soon as Smash Brawl came out. It was naïve in 2008 but insane to think that things won't leak in 2024.

@scoot I feel very similarly. I normally hate tutorials in games, but it would really benefit from more explanations of what to do and how to do it. I also keep forgetting where I've placed important items, and I can't find any quick way to retrieve them or even locate them. The game really lacks that Nintendo charm too, in my opinion, and it looks very unfinished visually.

Most of what I've seen so far likely won't be that damaging. I don't think a handful of bad/embarrassing lore ideas and unfinished designs will do much harm, although leaking a build of the game definitely would if it were to go that far. I think the bigger issue for GameFreak is potentially losing the trust of Nintendo when it comes to the handling of sensitive information like upcoming consoles.

@Kazman2007 There are still plenty of GameCube games that the Switch needs, and some of them could really benefit from online multiplayer (Mario Kart DD, Smash Bros Melee, Mario Party, F Zero, etc.). And that doesn't even count third party titles.

I also don't think Nintendo particularly cares about adding games to the service despite remakes/remasters/ports existing (e.g., we still got Mario 64 on Switch Online despite it being available already via 3D All Stars).