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@PeachesGuy the opening cinematic immediately reminded me of Xenoblade, Nier and when the models were revealed on planet fall - Bayonetta and kdramas.

@ear__wig this is my first exposure to it, what voice language did you pick?

@AussieMcBucket there’s a three book reimagining of Gilgamesh by Emily H. Wilson that my library had audiobook versions called the Sumerians trilogy. Didn’t have any other copy so I went with that one. Also recommend Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea, a collection of essays by a totally different Emily RC Wilson about translation of ancient classics.

@gaga64 Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is still unfinished for me, that last few percent is very difficult and was getting tired of try/fail/retry loop after Silksong.

@Matt93 it got back in stock at Walmart. This happened with Indiana Jones for Switch 2 as well.

@Rooty I burned out on min maxing in the school non combat portions by the end and just couldn’t see myself doing another playthrough for the other three endings, the one button bypass for school bits probably helps with multiple playthroughs. Will try to restrain myself with this game.

@HubbaHunt thx, same, shipped from AZ, two days to Northern CA.

@HubbaHunt oddly they stopped texting and emailing me updates twice a day and I don’t think opted out, but I checked the app and the estimated delivery date was moved up a week.

@PRIDE_ I already played through Three Houses and Astral Chain and Bayonetta 3 AND resold them when I didn’t think I was going to replay them ever again, it’s been that long

@HubbaHunt same boat, getting a text every day and I ordered it first day it was in the app. I only use Walmart for some preorders to use up gift cards and the physical discount.

@Zeebor15 other news sources are saying CDPR games will soon be available on Blizzard store so it’s some kind of reciprocal deal. The customer has to get game from Blizzard store for skin or some such.

@Dom_31 Warren Ellis and Adi Shankar’s names are very prominent in the Castlevania credits and neither of them has this project listed (yet?) on their upcoming projects list.

Best Buy has regular and steelbook editions in USA, Walmart doesn’t have it, yet.

@Aryx I waited and missed Indiana Jones in the first wave but I put it on wishlist at Walmart and it got back in stock YMMV. I also missed The Hundred Line Last Defense Academy physical and it never got stocked again so I borrowed it from my library- the other choice was overpriced used copies on EBay or the 100 dollar collectors edition.

@Mushvisioni doubt they would leave a loophole like that and leave money on the table with this sort of pricing - if one has any friends with this one could borrow it from them for upgrade purchase and my library has this game in stock for loan as well.

Some news - full game on cartridge and pre order bonuses - same day as ocarina of time remake https://gonintendo.com/contents/64764-stellar-blade-complete-edition-hits-switch-2-nov-5th-2026-with-bayonetta-nano-suit

@asdfghjklz commingled inventory gets counterfeits to customer with zero visibility into what happened and there’s a political aspect to this I would rather not go into onto a Nintendo website. I’d prefer to get all my physical games from Costco but they generally only carry first party Nintendo games on release, so Walmart is the least worst option IMHO for third party games. YMMV.

@DTfearTheBEARD yes I don’t trust either of Amazon or NewEgg anymore after both commingled inventory and screwed up orders, but some folks are addicted to the next day delivery. I hate Walmart but $10 is $10 and I can use free gift cards earned from Google and Microsoft search incentives.(it’s only about $2 a month for each but I’ll take it)

@DTfearTheBEARD ICYMI if you preorder with either Walmart or Amazon (if that’s available and palatable to you) there’s price parity with physical and digital.

Why does the game profile at bottom of this page say the remake is also available for N64?

@Bolt_Strike I agree with your sentiments but I only played the original once. In related note recently replayed Okami (first played Wii port) and realized I had forgotten 99 percent of what happens after the first big boss fight with the Orochi which is only about 25 percent of the way into that game. I might get this when there’s a lull in releases.

@-wc- I have an original DS on its third battery - they still sell replacements in the online store - this thing is crazy future proof.

@Gamer83 i pre ordered both Pragmata and Resident Evil Requiem but Capcom puts these on sale so quickly and one has to download them no matter what I can just wait for the inevitable discount.

@Ryu_Niiyama if you buy direct from Nintendo you can use eshop gift cards and those go on 20 percent discount I think during Christmas season at warehouse stores

Is anyone else busy switching between this article, metacritic, dekudeals and eshop?

I think I got to 97 percent in Mina the Hollower and gave up, the last few goals were some ridiculous mini games that I hated. I almost gave on the last stray bead in Okami, the race with Kai seems really unfair as they have an unnatural speed boost unavailable to you that looks like Mario Kart item pickup at preset locations in each segment - once got passed in last stretch because you lose momentum every level load but Kai does not, but finally beat it after a couple of days of play sessions. That challenge was the most difficult part of the game.

I wonder what the raw numbers are with Mario Kart World still up there(how much is separate versus bundle, too), seeing Split Fiction and Resident Evil Requiem both make a big jump this week is interesting seeing the effect of discount in the eshop.

Orbitals preordered and label printed for shipping according to FedEx already.

@Styledvinny79 I gave up on uncharted on PS3 and what I remember about trying Metal Gear Solid on DS because I thought both had too much scripted conversation and not enough gameplay - is this similar in your opinion?

@Jedge396 wait for sale on both, that’s what my pocketbook is saying

I’ve only played the demo but agree with voice language choice of review, English just feels wrong but maybe watching too much anime in Japanese has warped my brain. One thing I don’t see brought up is the deja vu of level design from the other RE engine games, Pragmata and RE Requiem, large looking areas but lots of constraints but maybe that’s a bit nitpicky, YMMV.

@asdfghjklz Capcom put achievements in Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata, haven’t bought any other Capcom games recently. Also Yoshi and the Mysterious Book can be viewed as essentially all achievements, though it’s not third party.

Immortals Fenyx Rising fits the criteria and possibly Shin Megami Tensei V, both are heavily discounted - the first should be gotten without any DLC and the second i think is only available with the added campaign under the name Vengeance, don’t buy a used/discounted one without the name Vengeance.

It’s a bit overwhelming to me how open world No Man’s Sky, YMMV.

It’s too bad Nier Automata Yorha is only a code in a box now, I got it on release and it has 1.0 on a cartridge.

I had a PS3 before I finally sold it so had the chance to play earlier non portable versions of Burnout Paradise, Assassin’s Creed and Fallout New Vegas (not the one listed) . If one has not had the chance to play those games on other platforms though, the sale prices are a good opportunity for one to try them now.

@Spider-Kev https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/nintendo-switch-2/docked_-_intermittent_hdmi_dropout_black_screen_signal_loss

I like how the number one topic for Switch 2 some days in the forums is the HDMI dock flakiness and that this is not an option in the survey for Switch 2 issues.

@Bizzyb Sega published Unicorn Overlord and that was physical cartridge for Switch. So anything’s possible without confirmation.

Got the Pipistrello demo, it was fine but I finished Mina the Hollower last month and though not similar it reminded me too much of the experience. Finishing up Okami, I played the Wii version about twenty years ago and I only remembered up to the O***** fight, there’s lots I just plain forgot or I did not finish the game the first time!

Preordered Orbitals physical so have to wait for that to be delivered and Fire emblem same.
Okami is pretty big, not open world but lots of stuff to collect and it does a lot of hand holding until it doesn’t. It might be almost perfect for kids, there’s a few tragic deaths and human sacrifices that would need to be,um , explained or glossed over and a ton of reading - wish there was a review text option cause you don’t get second chance with a lot of it. Haven’t died once in combat in this run but remember dying in my first play through.

@Divide_and_Wander Indiana Jones sold out early at Walmart online and got restocked once and I bought it then. YMMV. The Hundred Line Last Defense Academy sold out and never got restocked AFAIK.

@KillerIsD34D me too. If you can resist the FOMO, buy it digitally when it inevitably goes on sale maybe

@Max_the_German the mobile app is pretty convenient for this, you can be away from your switch 1-2 at work, order something via the app and it will start the download on your console. When I click the button about onimusha in the app and go to Nintendo web page it shows download demo as an option (in USA at least) also the mobile app is snappier than the eshop on the console for me but maybe my home internet is terrible, too.

@SplatRay001 Both are good, though you have the freedom to customize your character appearance and weapons specialization/loadout in Cyberpunk 2077 (sharing some features of Fallout or Deus Ex)and the combat in Witcher 3 felt a bit like turn based in real time if that makes sense with more traditional getting better items of same type over time and collecting sets.

@Manguy888A I got logged in immediately during second time slot 7pm - 11 pm pst. This game is gonna have a steep learning curve.

Got in at 700 sharp pst. This is fun. A lot of cinematics for network test. Died multiple times during tutorial.

@radraccoon I got a Genki covert dock for my switch 1 and it black screened it. I had to do a hard reset of the Switch to get it to power up and have not trusted that Genki dock since. Got an 8bitdo ultimate controller prior to Trump tariffs so am set for now.

It’s kind of off putting they didn’t add this message to the game when you failed to login after they posted this - people could have been trying to get in due to how generic the error message is.

@Van_Helsing same day release with RE9 and Pragmata on all platforms puts other developers to shame.

@idkmyname can’t forget funded 9/11 hijackers and killed American Jamal Khashoggi in their Turkish embassy

@Ampelmann slightly off topic but even if you have an older laptop like me many PC games end up on sale and will run well and with mods to make games easier - there’s no way I could finish the difficult metroidvania Silksong on switch 2 as i got stuck at three different bosses (branching paths) but I used Silksong mods on PC to explore the world and finish the game, YMMV. I will probably get EldenRing at some point on Switch 2 since I don’t have very powerful PC or PS5 just to see what the fuss is about it.

@DarkCoolEdge I work for free all the time in the comments section of websites.

@JGC1200 it’s like a visual novel but with third person view, 3D environment- judging by size change it’s mostly better textures and higher resolution.