westman98

Quiet week? It was Black Friday week, the biggest sales week of the year.

Shadows doesn't seem quite as impressive of a port as Star Wars Outlaws, which managed to preserve the ray-traced lighting, but it still looks quite good.

If an annoying NPC or two is the worst aspect of the game then I'm sold.

Probably won't matter too much for this game specifically since it is rumored to be GAAS (i.e. there will be a lot of content updates that obviously require internet downloads) but it's still disappointing to see this game end Nintendo's streak of full game cartridge releases.

@Ejadaddy
Yeah, I'm surprised the author of this article thinks Bananza sales number "isn't as high as fans would have hoped for". For a Donkey Kong game released during a console's 2nd month, it's a fantastic number and excellent attach ratio.

@WiltonRoots
Switch 1 sold 4.7 million units after 2 quarters (4 months), Switch 2 is more than doubling the sales pace of Switch 1 launch-aligned.

@Striker21
GamePass is one of the reasons why Xbox is collapsing as a hardware platform, it'll never happen for Nintendo and that's a very good thing.

Also, your entire comment reads like AI 🤔

That would be 4.54 million units sold last quarter (July to September) after a record-breaking 5.84 million June launch month, this doesn't look like a console that is losing any momentum whatsoever.

In fact, that new 19 million unit forecast still looks like a big lowball given the current sales trajectory.

Honestly, I think if Nintendo ever did remaster or port Prime 2 (and 3) to Switch 1/2, there is a solid chance they cut out Prime 2's multiplayer mode entirely.

I'm surprised that people are shocked by the length of these Kirby Air Riders Directs. It's Sakurai, he has made 30-50 min long presentations for some of the individual Smash Bros DLC characters.

@Bass_X0
The 3DS hardware, eShop, and online services have all been discontinued for quite some time, there is 0% chance Nintendo will tie any Nintendo Switch Online service, feature, or application to the usage of a 3DS.

By the time I finish Prime 4, Shadows will be available at a 40-50% discount 🤣

@LazyDaisy
As of right now, I don't think the leak contains a software build of Pokemon Gen 10, but it does contain written information about it.

@Spider-Kev
These UK charts are all retail-only, digital sales aren't tracked at all.

@Dazman
Footage of the NSO Playtest Program is out there, it plays nothing like Pokemon Pokopia.

The Playtest also looks nothing like Pokopia, but that's a bit less relevant since visuals are more subject to change.

@Wewewi
Switch 1 cartridges can't run Switch 2 software data.

Persona 3 Reload's technical state of Switch 2 is extremely underwhelming - in particular, the frame pacing issues while running at 30fps are hard to ignore.

P3R is nowhere close to being a graphical or technical showcase, it is a game that should be able to run at 1080p 60fps minimum on Switch 2. Even a less technically-competent developer like GameFreak will soon ship a 1080p+ 60fps Pokemon Legends Z-A on Switch 2.

Given this, a Switch 1 version would have been a technical mess.

Nintendo won't be the only one sueing here...

@Wewewi
There is no Switch 2 version, this is a Switch 1 game only.

So long, (Doug) Bowser!

• In “Free Roam”, you can now transform into the character pulled into the UFO

This is a game changer, you can now unlock certain characters without relying entirely on luck (i.e. another racer using the Kamek item + that Kamek transforming you into a specific desired character).

The game should have been delayed on all platforms.

Don't all the WWE 2K games (and all the annual licensed sports games in general) shut down just a few years after launch? Maybe it's not as short as just 2 years for other titles, but it isn't that long either.

I'm someone who really enjoys the move to open world for certain Nintendo IPs like Zelda, Pokemon, and even Mario. However, I hope Metroid Prime 4 is NOT an open world game. I enjoy the labyrinthine level design of the Metroid games and I think an open world would ruin that.

With that being said, if the open area(s) shown function more like a central hub area that connects the individual regions of the game (similar to Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time), then I'd be fine with it. My ideal way would be to have open world traversal replace the loading-screen elevators or gunship from the previous Prime games.

Seems like almost every cross-gen game published by Square Enix doesn't support Switch => Switch 2 upgrade paths or save data transfers. Quite ridiculous given how other publishers - including indie developers - are able to offer cross-gen upgrades/transfers with little issue.

All the $40 amiibos were priced at $30 up until August before Nintendo raised US prices across the board for a bunch of stuff (Switch 1 hardware, Switch 1/2 accessories, amiibo).

$30 amiibo is still quite expensive, but the jump to $40 and now $50 is definitely tariff-related.

Every Nintendo 1st party game the have in the pipeline:

• October 2025: Super Mario Galaxy 1+2
• October 2025: Pokemon Legends Z-A
• November 2025: Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment
• November 2025: Kirby Air Riders
• December 2025: Metroid Prime 4 Beyond
• February 2026: Mario Tennis Fever
• Spring 2026: Super Mario Bros Wonder Switch 2 Edition + Bellabel Park
• Spring 2026: Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
• Spring 2026: Tomodachi Life Living the Dream
• Spring 2026: Pokemon Pokopia
• 2026: Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
• 2026: Rhythm Heaven Groove
• TBA (2026?): Splatoon Raiders

2025 is ending off strongly while 2026 is looking stacked just from what we know of. This was a great 1st party-oriented Direct, no mega-huge announcements like the next 3D Mario but there was still a lot of good stuff unveiled.

Well Nintendo finally brought back stereoscopic 3D, just not in the way anyone predicted.

Nintendo also brought back Labo for the cardboard Virtual Boy headset 😄

In general this is one of the crazier announcements Nintendo announcements, all hail the Virtual Boy indeed.

Ubisoft's upper management and marketing teams must have watched that GVG video and thought the Outlaws Switch 2 port was terrible, only to be surprised by how good it is when it released.

That's the only reason I can think of as to why the port would have near-nonexistent marketing prior to launch, followed by actual decent marketing well after launch.

Some of yall have way too high of expectations for the first 3 months of a new platform. This is probably about as good of a lineup as you'd get from both 1st and 3rd parties (Switch 1 launch really lacked in the latter) for a new Nintendo platform launching outside of the holiday period.

I'm not too surprised though, most people expected the Switch 2 launch window to include a new 3D Mario or Zelda, so it launching with a new Mario Kart and 3D Donkey Kong instead would understandably lead to some disappointment.

@Jeronan
Maybe this is a regional discrepancy, but every PS5 and Series X bundle that I have seen comes with a digital copy of a game.

Going back to Nintendo, the majority of Switch 2s sold is the Mario Kart bundle, which comes with Mario Kart World pre-installed onto the Switch 2 itself.

@Jeronan
All games that are bundled with hardware either ship as a download code with the console or is pre-installed into the console itself, it has been like this since the Switch 1 (and probably before that too).

Pretty sure this is also the case for games bundled with PlayStations and Xboxes.

Silksong ultra-killed every digital storefront, incredible achievement.

In all seriousness, this is why allowing pre-loads are a good thing.

Uhhhh this actually looks and runs quite well, far from a disaster that GVG claimed in their hands-on impression.

Definitely bodes well for the rumored Assassin's Creed Shadows (another open-world Ubisoft title) port, as well as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (another game that mandates ray-traced lighting).

How is a PS6 handheld that is weaker than the PS5 supposed to natively run PS5 or PS6 games?

Either late October/early November (right between Pokemon Legends Z-A and Kirby Air Riders) or early December.

To add to this, I think Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment will release in either early December or very early 2026.

The Great Circle exclusively uses ray-traced lighting on other platforms, so I'm curious to see how this runs on Switch 2.

I imagine it'll be similar to Stars Wars Outlaws (another game that exclusively uses ray-traced lighting), maybe a bit better since it's MachineGames/Bethesda and not Ubisoft.

It wouldn't be a Sakurai presentation without the long duration.

@Bentleyma @sixrings
Pokemon Legends Z-A is the big fall game.

Definition did not expect this given the new battle system, looks like it could be fun.

This would be a mode to play on Switch 2 over Swich 1, as I can't imagine playing at 30 FPS with likely frame drops will be good with this battle system.

@SpaceboyScreams
No game casually sells 100 million copies like what you are suggesting.

Aside from the late 1990s and 2016, Pokemon is at its peak right around now. A "higher-quality" release isn't selling much more than Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet.

Looking back, I'm surprised Nintendo never went crazy with controller accessories for Switch 1. I thought the huge success of Ring Fit Adventure and the RingCon would lead to more crazy JoyCon attachments, but it never materialized.

At least these patents show Nintendo was at least interested in some weird wacky ideas.

It's kinda weird to see games that perform only slightly better in docked than undocked in terms of resolution and/or image quality.

Anyways, it's good to see this. One of the biggest benefits of Switch 2 will be to play modern multiplayer shooters (not named Splatoon) on a Nintendo platform at 60FPS rather than (a very unstable) 30FPS.

I think Super Mario Bros Wonder Switch 2 Edition is more likely than Super Mario Maker 2 Switch 2 Edition, mostly because I think Mario Maker 3 has been in the works for quite some time and will be released in 2026/27. But I guess it's impossible to say for sure.

Other than that, a trailer for the next Mario movie has to be imminent.

@anoyonmus
Not just that, no Battlefield games have been released on any Nintendo platform, not just Switch.

"Nintendo's forecast to sell 15 million Switch 2 units this financial year remains unchanged from its May forecasts."

Nintendo will absolutely blow past this forecast - Switch 2 is already 40%+ of the way there as of mid-July and there are 8 more months until March 2026.

@LazyDaisy
Very doubtful that Sakurai is working on Kirby Air Riders and the next Smash Bros simultaneously unless Air Riders is a small-scale budget title (unlikely).

Occams razor tells me that the next Smash Bros title hasn't started development yet, won't enter full production until after Kirby Air Riders is released, and will launch in 2029/30.

Donkey Kong Bananza was never going to debut to the launch sales of Super Mario Odyssey (or any mainline Mario game) regardless of the Switch 2's install base. Donkey Kong simply isn't as popular as of Mario.

In the US, Oblivion Remastered is the 2nd best-selling game of 2025 (as of May) in revenue, despite not being full-priced and debuting on GamePass Day 1. I dont know the exact stats in other regions but I imagine it was a hit elsewhere too.

And yet Virtuous got hit with layoffs anyways.

The western gaming job market is a joke.

@SpaceboyScreams @karatekid1612
Turns out I was wrong, in the final game, Odd Rock/Pauline's voice cannot be turned off (at least not in the settings).

Goomba-with-hands Bananza is probably what the Switch 1 prototype of the game looked like.

Would be cool to see an actual Goomba video game given how iconic the character is (doesn't have to have environmental destruction like Bananza).

I'm just surprised the game leaked 4 days before launch rather than a full 2 weeks before release.