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Yes! I loved Ori and I've heard a lot of good things about this one.

On SL400. Can't give it a rating yet. So far I'm enjoying it but not as much as Odyssey. I hear it gets much better further along (or I should say, further down) so I will keep at it!

A ton of people saying they aren't competitors. I disagree. Yes, they have different target audiences, but those target audiences intersect a lot, and most people in the intersection won't get both of them. Like me. I am interested in the Steam Deck, but I have a Switch 2 now so I'm not getting one. There are plenty of people asking themselves "Hmm, should I get a Switch 2 or Steam Deck?" and it's worthwhile to breakdown the differences for those folks. So, everyone chill out.

Man the perspective on this is very weird. At first you think he's trying to stab the monster in the chest or something, but actually the sword is going behind him somehow.

@Dhaladog Silksong coming out soon (I can only pray it's true) means it's a great time to play Hollow Knight if you like Metroidvanias. It's difficult but fair. The controls are very smooth and the combat is quite "crunchy" and satisfying. By crunchy I mean that you always feel the impact of each hit. It has some of the best and most satisfying boss encounters of any game of this type - and a LOT of them, especially with all the DLC.

Agreeing with everyone else that SteamWorld Dig 2 is amazing. I have no idea why Dig 3 never happened. The loop of going down - digging up a bunch of stuff and coming back up to buy things when your pockets are full is very addictive, and I'm not entirely sure why.

I finally managed to get a Switch 2 yesterday (woohoo!) so I'll be playing DK Bananza and Mario Kart World. But ironically, what I really want to do is finish Majora's Mask that I started on Switch 1 since I couldn't get a Switch 2. It's just a phenomenal and addictive game.

Finally got a Switch 2! Found at Wal-Mart. I asked yesterday and they said they had a shipment coming in tomorrow (now today). Went to go look today and there was nothing on the shelves but an employee was able to grab one from the back for me! So, recommend checking Wal-Mart. Nice job Nintendo on the supply logistics this time around that they more available than the Switch 1 was near launch.

I loved Odyssey so I can't wait to get my big furry ape paws on this game. No Switch 2 though! But I heard Wal-Mart is getting restocks so I will check tomorrow. Don't tell anyone.

I love hearing all of the stories of how ideas were generated for games. Fascinating to see such a rudimentary scene that still contains the root idea of the whole game. Gives me inspiration for making a game of my own!

Still don't have my hands on a Switch 2, but I'm satisfied for now with enough to play on Switch 1 so I don't need it yet. In fact I kind of hope I don't see it on shelves because I might be tempted to grab it and then I might not finish the games I'm working through now. That is,

Suikoden 2 - this game is fun. Much better than Suikoden 1 because the inventory is more manageable. It's not afraid to lock you out of content. I'm using guides but somewhat sparingly. I will definitely not be able to get 108 stars but I'm OK with that.

Majora's Mask - For some reason I've been itching to play this again. Actually, I know the reason: it's because I watched some video essays praising this game and I wanted to revisit it. Well, it's pretty great! It can be frustrating at times due to the puzzles which can be a bit opaque at times and the having to repeat them over and over until you get it right. I've beat this before so I remember the broad strokes but not every detail. This game is chock-full of strange, missable details, and it seems kind of magical when you go to a place you've been before many times only to find something different and interesting there. It's much better to get the Mask of Truth ASAP so you can get a lot of hints - it's a neat feeling to read a stone and suddenly have an inspiration to go and try some weird thing and have it actually work and reward you. Out of all the Zelda games, this one is the closest to an old-school adventure game. I'd love to see the next Zelda to be a bit smaller and more interactive like this one.

This interview confirms my guess that the cheese from Odyssey inspired this game. "We actually had used this voxel technology in some areas of Super Mario Odyssey previously where for example, you could dig your way through cheese in the Luncheon Kingdom or you could plow through snow in the Snow Kingdom. So this programmer was engaging in various technical experiments where you might even throw voxels or make a hole having done so."
Called it! (see my comment from an old thread https://www.nintendolife.com/previews/donkey-kong-bananza-dks-getting-his-own-odyssey-and-its-a-helluva-trip#comment8717995)

Still don't have one. Hopefully stock will be better soon. I'll try to pick one up if DKB is a 10/10.

I have no idea if this is good but that cover and few pages do not impress. Just pastes from Nintendo official art.

Would love to see a new Mega Man. How about a 3D one? Capcom has been on a crazy success streak lately so I'd be very interested to see what they could do with the franchise.

Honestly hard to pick, they are both pretty great. But the JP one is interesting and stylish and a bit different from the usual Star Wars flavor so I picked that one!

@Thomystic It also reminds me a lot of the rubble in the caves from Tears of the Kingdom. That could have also been an inspiration.

This game was entertaining enough on PS1 but the random encounter rate was very high and the load times before each of them was atrocious. So I could never get through it. Maybe with a pretty remake I'll try it again.

Watching some of the footage reminded me a lot of the cheese stuff that you could destroy in the Luncheon Kingdom of Mario Odyssey. Prediction: I bet you'll see that mentioned in an Ask the Developers as an inspiration in a few days.

Looks really fun! I loved Odyssey, so if this is the same caliber I will pick up a Switch 2 for it. Disappointing to hear about frame drops since Odyssey was so rock solid on older hardware.

Sadly I have finished all of the StarCraft campaigns, from the original / Brood War all the way up through Nova Covert Ops. All of SC2 was on hard mode. I enjoyed it enough I'm tempted to replay on Brutal. Instead I'm playing some Vs AI to train up to 1v1. I'm sure I'll be Bronze or Silver league at best, but it seems fun. I'll probably wait until I have better internet bandwidth to try it.

Also, I gave up on Suikoden 1 about halfway through. But I finally started Suikoden 2. The inventory management in Suikoden 1 was just way too archaic and tedious, and Suikoden 2 vastly improves on it with the Bag and "optimize" feature, and also the story is much, much more interesting and memorable. So, I'm enjoying it! I feel so bad for Pilika. I'm enjoying it enough that I am debating going and finishing the first game.

A couple days ago I was really wanting one, checking in on several stores and not finding it. Then, I got into Suikoden 2 on the original Switch and decided I have enough to entertain me for a while without one. I'll wait a few weeks and hope it's more available after a while - maybe in time for DK if that turns out to be a banger by all accounts.

That EU cover is... something. So much empty green space, and two copies each of DK and Diddy. It looks slapped together from different pieces of promo art. The NA cover is kinda rad though. JP unremarkable.

I tried and failed to locate a Switch 2 in my local area. Was thinking of picking up Mario Kart World and Cyberpunk. Well, it's back to more StarCraft 2 (Nova Covert Ops) and maybe a bit of Suikoden 2. And as always, Monster Train 2.

It looks great! I loved Mario Odyssey and this seems like a worthy followup. I'll wait for reviews, though. If reaction is really positive I'll pick up a Switch 2 for this.

Nothing particular I can think of... I just want it to be really good! If it's Mario Odyssey level in terms of gameplay quality I will pick up a Switch 2 for it, but that's a very high bar. DK might feel a bit lumbering compared to Mario's ultra-smooth moveset so I'm a little hesitant. I really want a Switch 2, but I need a good "excuse" for it and Mario Kart isn't really my thing.

No Switch 2 yet. May pick one up if DK Bananza is a 10/10, otherwise will probably wait until a killer app like Mario or Zelda.

Until then, StarCraft has sucked me in yet again. Played through all of SC1 + Brood War, now on the SC2 trilogy up to Legacy of the Void. Great fun. Picked up game pass just for that. Also playing Monster Train 2 a lot, which I stupidly paid $25 for not knowing it was also free on game pass. Someday will get back to Suikoden 2.

Caning the Switch 2? Dear lord what did it do to you? I guess that's some Brit slang for you but to us Americans it only recalls that kid in Singapore that was caned in the 90s.

It seems like there's not much to the open world. That's pretty disappointing. I'm not much of a multiplayer guy so I was hoping for a really robust single player campaign. I thought Diddy Kong Racing did this really well with the bosses, why can't we have something like that? Or F-Zero GX for that matter. If it's just driving through rings for stickers and not really unique, creative challenges, I'm not that interested.

Very weird choice to have extra features use a phone, unless they just want to promote their app. The voice acting for Zelda was always prettying annoying, so I don't feel the need to listen to that. The performance and resolution improvements are tempting, but I don't feel a strong need to go back to BOTW or TOTK just yet when there are so many other things to play.

I was listening to some of the StarCraft 1 music on youtube and that was a mistake, because it sucked me into a StarCraft rabbit hole and I accidentally bought StarCraft Remastered and am playing through all six campaigns. After that I may or may not play through the SC2 trilogy all over again.

Aside from that, I am playing Monster Train 2 and might play Suikoden 2 off and on.

Monster Train 2 baby! And I've mostly given up on Suikoden 1 because managing the inventory of dozens of characters was so tedious. I've started Suikoden 2, hopefully I'll enjoy that more.

@Solomon_Rambling I've only played one run. Enjoying it so far! It will take me a while to get familiar with all the new mechanics. It seems to be encouraging moving your characters around a lot more, instead of just sticking your tank in front to absorb all the damage, so that makes things a bit more dynamic and interesting. I'm looking forward to sinking 100 more hours into this.

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Monster Train 1 is amazing and addictive. Picked up MT2 immediately on steam before I realized it was on Switch. It's getting rave reviews. Check it out if you like Slay the Spire.

Sorry, but the F -Zero characters have always been stupid and corny. I mean, I love them for that and hope that never changes. But you you don't need to show them on the box art. F-Zero is about the racing. So I voted NA.

Probably not? I mean, I only have one friend I can think of who would do this and it's been ages since we've played anything together online anyway. I'm more of a single player person. That said, if I do eventually get a S2 and Mario Kart World I would for sure try out the knockout tournament mode thing with randos, that sounds pretty fun. I just don't need to like, see their faces or hear their voices while I do it.

I mean yes, but not because of the price changes. If I really wanted Mario Kart World or whatever, I would get it. But I am judt too busy with other things.

What, Tiny Metal better than both WarGroove and Advance Wars? Could it be? I love the latter two. I tried one of the Tiny Metal games and it just did not hold my interest. Really aggressive fog of war meant I mostly got stuck in tedious attrition matches in the mountains, not making any progress. Eventually gave up on it. But, maybe I was just doing it wrong, though.

I keep hearing so many good things about this game. I hope it comes to Switch 2!

Finding myself still putting more hours in Monster Train. Really cannot stop. Lord help me when a MT2 comes out soon.

Still plinking away at Suikoden 1 when I have time. It's pretty fun overall but unremarkable. Feels like what it is, a very early JRPG. The inventory system is godawful. But it's entertaining enough. Just want to get through to Suikoden 2.

Pikmin 1 is kind of a perfect game. Honestly I wouldn't change anything about it, except to give it twice as many areas. Pikmin 4 is probably the better game in some ways, and has like 4x the content, but there's something about the... purity of Pikmin 1 that makes me always want to come back to it.

I am planning on waiting for a while and see how reviews are. I was planning on doing the same thing with Switch 1 but after all the BotW 10/10 reviews I couldn't bear it and ended up getting a scalped copy. I know, I know, I feel bad for rewarding scalpers. Hopefully this won't happen to me with Switch 2. Anyway I am too busy with my own game dev now to put in a huge number of hours on Switch 2 just yet.

I enjoyed Fast RMX at the Switch launch so I have hopes this will be good too! This kind of game should benefit a lot from the increased horsepower. The Fusion mechanic doesn't do much for me as a hook - I don't care much about choosing vehicles, I just want to race. It does lend itself to a catchy name, though.

NA easily. I can appreciate a more minimalist vibe but JP doesn'ft work for me here - it seems very... orange. When I think of Pikmin I think of more subdued, natural colors like green, blue and brown.

I sure love Pikmin 1. I don't know if it's the best in the series (that's probably 4) but it's so tight and approachable and replayable and it does not waste a single minute of your time with filler content like caves.

It looks pretty good. I'll wait on reviews. I'm mostly a single player guy but it looks like it has a robust single player mode with ton of content and secrets in the open world so I might pick it up for that.

Just waiting for the Mario Kart direct. Hoping for a very robust single player mode with a lot of exploration. Mario Kart's not usually my thing but if they do it really well I might have to pick it up.

If you counted launch year, I would maybe give it to Switch, with the one-two punch of BOTW and Mario Odyssey. Since you're only counting day one.... I had to give it to N64. Best single launch game ever, even if there was quite a dearth after that.

@Diowine Yeah I agree on major tentpole releases although I'm still keeping my fingers crossed. I'm sure there will be a few smaller surprises though.

I just want to know what games are coming! I'm hoping for one more big-ish late 2025 yet-unannounced release.

Mario Kart, Metroid Prime 4, DK, and the Zelda upgrades all have my attention. And Fast Fusion (Fast RMX was pretty great but not quite F-Zero GX great - hoping this remedies that.) It's a great lineup. Still, I'll wait for a couple more heavy hitters before I drop my cash.