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would love someone to make a blueprint for a diy switch 2 headset for those of us with the labo headset already, especially if it's true that vr works on switch 2 now. smash 6 is really worth experiencing in vr, it looks soooo cool once you get past the fear of scratching up your glasses lol.

does the cardboard headset come assembled or is it like a mini labo experience? if the former, could it be disassembled and flattened? im serious about that diy thing, someone get on that and you'll have my lifelong respect

one of my favourite moments in rdr2 was when i thought, tens of hours into the game, that it was weird horse balls were a thing yet i'd never seen a horse take a dump. seconds later my horse dropped a nice surprise directly onto some sad scared woman who needed a lift into town. these horses have some great comedic timing

also stalhorses need more love. still desperately wish we could board them and in the case of totk get them out of the depths. my beautiful stalhorse is memorialised in a photo in links house for eternity at least

i think the only way of achieving another hundred endings is by filling a dlc with some absolute bs choices just to get generic bad ends. it's a great game (although there are very few twists that the player wouldn't have already figured out by their reveals, thanks in part to the english translation casually dropping the biggest spoiler in most endings where it wasn't present in the japanese script), but there really isn't a reason to write 100 new endings. even if everyone got the spotlight in their own route, and we got a romance route for everyone who doesn't already have one (except for ginzaki and maruko, of course), there would still need to be so much filler.

obviously kodaka's joking a bit here, but there's been a lot of dlc buzz and i would love a few more routes, especially a true end to the game's events. but hopefully not just 100 more routes like in hundred line 2, maybe hundred line 3 could have a different "hundred." a hundred characters would be messy unless we got the reveal of multiple schools and some new class of school invaders in a multi-perspective visual novel. or maybe a hundred hours, that could easily match the scope of something like a zero escape game without a bunch of timeskips and free time. i just don't want to play through another hundred endings lmao

yet they still refuse to fix the currency issue 😭 how hard could it possibly be to display digital content in the correct currency, the eshop and website manage just fine

the official paramormasight twitter (or maybe it was squenix?? definitely someone official lmao) was begging people to buy the game bc its on a steep sale very recently, maybe even yesterday. seems we now know why they want people to buy into the franchise lol. that trailer was amazing, i bought paranormasight a while back but never played it and now i'm realising i've been missing out on what looks like an amazing game

okay yeah just checked and its on sale outside of japan too, €5 is a no-brainer

very glad the labo software has guides for repairs, the rubber bands on mine have long since eroded. bought three labo sets (everything sans robot. no way im ever making enough space for that thing) maybe a year or two ago and really enjoyed them for a week or so... i'll definitely keep them but i should really just decorate them already. surely i can display a few of the pieces unobtrusively

@CaptainQuo i honestly just dont get why nintendo seems to think there arent even americans in england or vice versa. those synths are already made, so they cant even use the "wahh it would take too much effort to let people make non-coloniser miis" excuse there. its been thirteen years since tomodachi life and theyre still acting like england is the only english-speaking country in the europe/oceania region

@ThatOnePenguin at least youre vocally wrong about other stuff too, i guess

this is so disappointing, i was really hoping i could buy this game but from the character creation they showed it does seem like all miis have british accents no matter what. the australian direct used the same footage as the european one so looks like theyre in the same boat as us. i seriously dont get why theyre pulling this same bs thirteen years later, theyre once again throwing out sales

they NEED to finally confirm if the miis are all british or not. its the only reason i never played the 3ds game until i removed the systems region lock to play the north american version years after release. ive been trying so hard not to get excited for this game because of this, but god i want to play it so bad. even if they just have both british and american accents on all english-language versions of the game, that would probably be enough to not alienate people, and certainly enough for me to be able to play

the price of amiibo used to be a great selling point, €15 for a pretty nice figurine to pop on your shelf. yeah, you'd get similar for a fiver but they're nice to have. recent price hikes feel so out-of-touch, there's no way these prices reflect actual production cost increases. air riders amiibo are €40, mario galaxy ones are €30 for just a bit more complexity than most others. even the €20 for most basic amiibo now is really pushing it, i'll probably stick to nfc tags unless a REALLY impressive amiibo drops

@FrenchVaniIIuxe you clearly know nothing about translation lmfao. go learn japanese, nothings stopping you

@FrenchVaniIIuxe lmao uchikoshi has always been extremely supportive of queer fans of his games, youve had loads of time to write off his games if a very subtle, slightly pro-trans joke offends you this much. and the characters are losers, the translation is very accurate from what i've played so far. you clearly want some machine translated slop that bungles any attempts at humour because you wrongly think literal translation is more accurate. the tone of hundred line is very similar to that of the zero escape official translations, as well as of danganronpas

finally got and started the game a few days ago (its on sale rn! sorry uchikoshi for waiting so long), my timing on this is hilarious since i also started shuten order like a day before the switch 2 edition was announced. next has to be a replay of remember 11 right before they announce a (terrible ai-upscaled and poorly-translated) switch port

a more fitting analogy would be that theyre trying to use a machine gun to cut some veggies just because you could twist some words and put it in the same category as a knife. yeah you can cherry pick and twist logic all you want but in the end nobody wants the end result of sloppily cutting corners that should never be cut.

disappointed but not surprised, level 5 has been pathetic since the 3ds era ended. i played fantasy life i expecting disappointment and still ended up shocked at just how soulless they managed to make it. this is not a company that cares about their games or their audience, and i hope all the time its taken for their big franchises to get new entries results in lower sales. i for one dont like watching my childhood favourite games being weekend at bernies-d

6 months with so few games. i've played three switch 2 exclusives, and maybe four switch 2 upgrade packs. i've mainly been recommending the switch 2 because it makes switch games way less painful to play lmao, for me it's been a faster-loading switch so far. can't wait for more heavy-hitters to push this thing to the limit (tbf i haven't played cyberpunk bc i can't justify paying full price for something i know i can get for way cheaper on other platforms).

my left joycon 2 sometimes disconnects in handheld mode too. crazy that they couldn't fix this issue in the new generation despite the different controller designs. but the switch would do that too so i guess i can't dock too many points. but yeah so far it's just a less bad switch for me, which isn't a bad thing but i've not been blown away yet

mentioning the danganronpa guy but not takumi nakazawa (director and writer of possibly the most influential and beloved vn of all time, ever17) ouch. anyway this was so poorly-timed, they couldnt announce this alongside the switch 2 upgrade?? i was planning on playing it this weekend so i bought it a few days ago, but i wouldve happily waited a while longer for a physical copy 😮‍💨

they have a pool in the summer too, are people going to complain that thats also not accessible? theres loads to do for everyone, it seems like this is an absolutely massive theme park and all pokepark ticket tiers include access to the rest of the park. in this case disabled people are really not missing out, theres probably so much to do in this theme park that any visitor will run out of time before hitting every attraction theyre interested in

really really hoping they dont go with a game key-card here, i have it on switch so an upgrade path would be great. was it activision who said third parties are basically all using key-cards because of the cartridge speeds still being too slow? hopefully that doesnt come into play here, digital-only would be preferable (or nintendo could just allow game key-cards and upgrade paths to coexist but who knows when that will happen...)

hey, less quality to assure when you fire a bunch of employees and work those who remain that much harder! cant wait to play some awful game with glaring issues that was greenlit by chat gpt in a couple years

the upgrade pack is a shameless cash-grab, they couldve easily upped the handheld resolution for free. unfortunately i dont want the game to keep looking bad so i will likely succumb to the upgrade pack💔

at least the botw and totk performance boosts are included with the switch online expansion pack, and had some fun extras. this is just funny, the ONLY feature for most people here is the improved handheld resolution, theyre charging real money for a resolution bump and a megaphone that will be used once and then forgotten. are we serious

pokemon has ALWAYS sucked. im saying this as a pokemon fan whos bought every mainline game around release since... xy... yeah, not exactly a lifelong fan but i think ive been around long enough to say it. selling two of the exact same game with minor elements changed was a novel idea to encourage trading that devolved into a shameless cash-grab, especially when we ended up with FOUR games in a single generation (bw2 at least had proper differences, ultra sun/moon was inexcusable especially when the 3ds supported dlc).

so the recent dookie theyve been putting out hits that much harder. game freak just clearly do not have the resources to make modern pokemon games alone, imo they should be in charge of planning while having access to nintendo devs, as well as UNLIMITED budgets because god knows tpc can afford it. and most importantly, let these games take time. pad things out with side games like pokopia and licensed stuff like the shiren the wanderer crossover but dont force these mainline games out unfinished.

these games just cant be low-budget indie games made by amateurs anymore, the days of low-powered handhelds died with the 3ds and its not unreasonable to expect more. people get really defensive and angry on behalf of this billion-dollar franchise that wants so badly to implode, all because some of us actually want to play an outright good pokemon game. we should all be sick of pokemon games that we have to defend liking, "look, i know it looks genuinely terrible and runs awfully BUT--" we deserve better!! and frankly game freak deserves the opportunity to make a pokemon game they can actually be proud of

won't be needing a workaround since i have a labo vr headset already. strange they don't seem to have confirmed compatibility even though the cardboard headset is identical, but yeah i wouldn't check this out otherwise lol. the real question should be if smash 6 and botw will support vr mode on switch 2

the nso playtest wasnt even available to everyone in these core territories, huge shame that they pay lip service to europe while only really focusing on a few of the bigger countries. obviously not the same as being completely shut out of a lot of products and services but their handling of nso has outright sucked.

on a semi-related note, tomodachi life is approaching which will almost definitely have only english accents for britain (i assume scottish and welsh people dont feel well represented by the available accent), ireland, australia, new zealand, and for any other english speakers whose consoles are set to european english. i get that its more work to allow people to enjoy the game, but it REALLY felt awful to have nintendo support outright tell me that the company did not want anyone from my country to play tomodachi life on 3ds. i really hope nintendo have changed their stance, or will at the very least allow both american and english accents in all english copies. the fact that we cant be sure if theyd even do the bare minimum is really telling lmao.

i'm very lucky and grateful that this is probably the closest i'll ever feel to being underserved by nintendo. i think locking physical products behind an nso subscription is unfair, at least most other stuff has some kind of workaround but you can't really order this stuff via proxy service. some of these restrictions just aren't necessary, especially when there's no alternative

so, its a game key card on switch 2? this is so annoying, how hard could it be to treat the switch cartridge like a key card and allow it to be used to authenticate the switch 2 version? note that square enix is likely not to blame here, all evidence suggests this is nintendo policy as other publishers have faced this issue as well. shame that nintendo are basically forcing everyone to go digital bc their cartridges just arent fit for purpose

amiibo are completely optional collectibles so if the price is truly an issue or you just dont want them you can make your own for literally like 20c each (hell, i had loads of fun using polymer clay to make an actual custom amiibo figure, definitely recommend that!). shame theyre raising amiibo prices across the board though, they used to be pretty well-priced even considering the quality was way lower.

i just wonder if these will somehow use new tech? like will you just scan the vehicle and it assumed the rider is whoever was originally packaged with it? the connection point looks... tech-y lmao so i wonder how this works

THE library? fine. MY library? totally abysmal. i had to preorder an sd card which is finally coming next week, couldn't really enjoy many games with the tiny onboard storage. i'm also avoiding buying some switch 2 games out of principle, the "switch 2 editions" that are €10 more expensive than the steam prices (i'm looking at you, marvelous. i can wait for rune factory and story of seasons. totally preordered pokemon legends a-z though so clearly my principles are weak).

but yeah, honestly i've really been enjoying playing switch games without their horrendous loading times. even if the switch 2 had no exclusives it would be worth it for me, it dropped with such a strong back catalogue that i don't really care too much about the lack of switch 2-specific games

i just need to know if hes wearing that stupid mask again 😭😭

well this sucks. why should i be locked out of this based purely on geography?? why on earth would they bring back the playtest yet not roll it out to anyone who didnt get to try it the first time around? super disappointing

this is a huge shame, the switch 2 boxart is so horrendous i would absolutely buy the switch version of any game i want physically, doubly so for game key cards with the banner on the bottom. guess i'm getting this digitally down the road

while these didnt offer HUGE savings, getting €10 off a game that seldom if ever goes on sale is definitely the smart move. if youre buying two games that are €60 the vouchers are a no-brainer, but once you run out of games near the expiry date you do find yourself just buying any old game you didnt have much interest in lmao.

but yeah this makes sense. a) there wont be many if any switch games releasing after 2026, and b) these may confuse newcomers to the switch 2 and less tech-literate people. it wouldve been nice to see them continued or even improved as nintendo moves on from the switch 1 and relies less on these games for revenue, but of course nintendo doesnt want to encourage people to buy switch games when they could buy switch 2 games instead

i could not be less excited for the new ai game after the trainwreck that was nirvana initiative 😔 such a shame since the first game, while disappointing in the puzzle department, was pretty intriguing. would love if no sleep ends up being a decent game but i am absolutely not banking on it.

anyways patapon looks sick, i never played the original but i am sooo excited for this remaster

wonder if we'll be seeing any youtube videos about "tate" mode pronounced like the american name in the foreseeable

glad to see anamanaguchi getting some love, and not at all surprised that theyre who toby fox would want to shout out

@slytherin_real ...yeah. which is why i said it would be nice if that werent the case...?

a factory reset should absolutely be able to undo any piracy flags, its wild that thats not the case. if someone was actively pirating games surely they would want to avoid factory resets as much as possible so as not to lose all their save data whenever they wanted to play online. seems almost as good a deterrant as disabling online functionality permanently while not screwing over people who may buy the system secondhand through less-regulated marketplaces etc, including clueless parents who may just think theres a connectivity issue or whatever. i get that this is meant to discourage reselling and getting most of your money back, but thats impossible to prevent. these consoles are clearly going to be in circulation, i dont see how punishing buyers will stop someone selling their console

rf4 should be wayyyy lower-rated, that game is infamously buggy. sure, special looks awful, but to my knowledge it wont make me delete my save for committing the grievous sin of choosing to marry vishnal.

include the piczle cross games so that rf5 can be ranked even lower, you cowards! i still think about how they developed frontier so much earlier, yet rf5 got so much wrong. frontier loads instantly, has a charming and well-designed town and the runey mechanic discourages sleeping to skip months at a time. meanwhile rf5 takes too long to load even on switch 2, the town is babys first 3d model and the game just discourages you from playing it entirely. i havent played azuma yet since i refuse to pay €10 more than pc players, but i REALLY hope they learnt their lesson after rf5. although i guess the town-building mechanic means the lifeless town design will be the players fault this time around?

since i didnt get the email hopefully someone else will bring up the joycon 2 battery being insane. i had to swap to using my original joycons after like 3-4 hours of play, not using mouse mode or gyro or anything. the only "solution" seems to be a charging grip which is useless since the joycon 2 grip is so uncomfortable. would love some charge grips for split joycon mode

(embarassed by a previous comment lmfao pls forgive me if anyone saw me in my despair. the mono audio option is in accessibility obviously, i crashed out for naught. hopefully they add an option to make system sounds mono though, since as it stands im avoiding the home button quick menu like the plague)

but yeah having to manually cancel all these downloads is wild. the switch was around for what, 8 years? my library is easily over 200, i had to manually cancel like 30 downloads and the archive software option seems to be completely gone. i guess you keep the virtual game card but cmon, who wants to press "delete"?

also... does anyone else find these joycon 2 flimsy? the original joycons feel way sturdier and more substantial, these are definitely lighter which is good for handheld mode but kind of rough for tv mode imo

i've seen some steam footage and it is ROUGH. they went way overboard with motion blur or something that just makes the whole game look uncanny. and i can't tell if that's an issue with the tiny bit of switch 2 footage they've deigned to show us. would've been nice to show us crafting and combat gameplay so we could get a better idea

shame their games are pretty hard to get physically. i've been a huge rune factory fan since before the launch of rf4, never had the chance to pre-order a physical copy of any of them. their commitment to full physical releases kind of loses its impact when the consumers only option is getting their stuff a week late from amazon lol

so this seems like a direct yen to usd conversion. as toby fox revealed, the japanese eshop restrictions force publishers to set a small fee of 300en iirc. so like... why are they charging this abroad 💀 obviously this is pocket change so no biggie but it would go a long way with fans if they just made the update free where they could

"catalog" sent a shiver down my spine. i know there's apparently a seperate american translation of the 3ds game, no way they followed that one for this game. ...right? 😬 i really don't want to have to get used to changed character names

so glad that this once-switch exclusive game is getting content patches after the other platforms. really nice to know switch players are likely going to be the biggest demographic for this game while being an afterthought

i was kind of hoping it would suck so that level 5 wouldn't be rewarded for their handling of the game. but i'm pleasantly surprised that it seems we're getting a game that won't be a letdown considering the creative team from the original are probably not involved whatsoever. i just hope the music can live up to nobuo uematsu's bangers from the original

very surprised they're not charging €10+ for this. although it's very scummy of them to be charging money at all for the upgrade after all the bs they've been pulling with this game

i was planning on giving this a miss since too-kyo-era uchikoshi has been known for his disappointments (death march club or whatever its called really stung, and nirvana initiative was also unspeakably bad). glad to see uchikoshis apparently got his groove back, will definitely check this out soon enough

@martynstuff i have been hoping for exactly this!! i dont think we would get a rainbow road perpetually surrounded by storm clouds, that just doesnt feel in line with past iterations. those clouds could easily be hiding the other rainbow roads, and its already confirmed that one location on the map can hold multiple tracks. it would be such a letdown for the game to only have 7 grands prix plus a single rainbow road imo

it will come to switch 2. we must believe

...there was a leak of some promotional materials including the ps5, xbox and steam logos... but no switch 2. which obviously means we're getting exclusive motion controls and uhhh mario dlc so they'll need to make a seperate trailer from the other platforms. totally.

lmao yeah the hd versions 100% going to be released on switch (probably alongside twilight princess) so nintendo can point to it and say theyre still supporting the switch. pretty much every insider or whatever has said the switch ports are ready to go whenever