While I apologize for not making the OP look very descriptive beyond the list of upcoming games, I can still share some thoughts in games I've played this year on the console. Especially some of the "previously thought to be impossible" ports. Dying Light >The entire game + all the previously released DLCs into one game cartridge (unfortunately banned in Europe - beware the Japanese version is censored towards human characters but not the zombies) >While it has a low distance view on the scenery (with some textures like banners taking some time to properly load depending of the situation), it's quite impressive that it makes no compromises on the amount of zombies with no impact on the framerate either. >It even has fan mod levels although they're very janky (with little to no play-test and that includes the people who were in charge of this Switch port) and one of them even gave me the first software crash. Ace Combat 7 >Main game + DLC campaign + OP planes bundled all together in a 16GB cartridge (unfortunately only available in Europe and Japan if you don't live there - JP version has English support btw) / The crossover planes (such as Top Gun) are however not included and have to be purchased on the Eshop. >Runs at 30fps, occasionally slow down when the entire sky (or ground) on screen is filled with explosions. >Graphic quality is a bit down (such as jaggies and a few geometry/foliage pop-up) but weather effects are intact. Pretty much a 1:1 experience of the PC port I played several years back. Kingdom Come Deliverance >Main game + all the DLCs / Language voice packs are available for free on the Eshop. Worth to mention that while the Japanese SKU has English text support, the English voice acting has to be downloaded as a DLC, otherwise you're stuck with the Japanese VAs >The roughest Switch port that I have played so far and I don't mean the (expected) downgraded graphic quality but the random crashes that have been happening once every 8 ~ 10 hours of gameplay, Which is unfortunate because you cannot manually save your progress without consuming a savior schnapp, while it auto-saves solely when sleeping on a bed or reaching at certain points of a (side) quest. Still an immersive and enjoyable game in spite of that particular problem, as I've clocked more than 70 hours on it. I do hope the BC feature of the successor will give the boost to prevent crashes from happening (assuming it's because the game and jank coding really pushes the limits of the OG hardware)

And to show an example of Dying Light that I had to record directly from my capture card, as certain games like this one disable the video feature of the console.

I just can't get into the new Zelda game. It's not that Zelda is the protag, that doesn't bother me, it's that there's no combat or items, just new furniture and monsters as you progress. And summoning monsters to fight for me isn't fun. Which is strange because I play a necromancer in Diablo, but at least in Diablo I can still attack and have other abilities. Anyone else finding the new Zelda to be not their cup of tea? Also, I recently got the Metal Gear collection volume 1 for cheap in an Amazon sale. I'm planning on playing through the games before I gift it out at Christmas. The game I'm most looking forward to is Dragon Quest 3 2DHD but seeing the woke shit infecting it I don't know if I can be bothered now. I don't want to let minor issues affect my enjoyment of an otherwise great game, but I don't want to endorse their fuckery either. I'll probably just end up re-playing the GBC version of DQ3 and try to collect all the medals.

I was playing some of the newer Pokemon games, and if not for their horrible art and weird technical problems I'd say they are easily some of the best in the series. GF just need to stop spending all their time fantasizing over Pokepussy and hire better SWEs. >>1028616 The Switch is basically as powerful as a PS3, don't forget. Lots of pretty games on that system, pic related is one of the later releases from it. But don't start dumping screenshot autism, please. This board has enough.

Sorry for tripleposting goddamn it. I keep fucking up the post. I was playing some of the newer Pokemon games, and if not for their horrible art and weird technical problems I'd say they are easily some of the best in the series. GF just need to stop spending all their time fantasizing over Pokepussy and hire better SWEs. >>1028616 The Switch is basically as powerful as a PS3, don't forget. Slightly more so. Lots of pretty games on that system, pic related is one of the later releases from it. But don't start dumping screenshot autism, please. This board has enough.

>>1028647 >some no-name 'pop culture' site back 2 gg with u

>>1028605 Im tempted to get switch just for splatoon but I need confirmation it is as fun as its potrayed online. I want a fun multiplayer game that I can brainlessly play after work and not tryhard against sweaty players, I don't care about other titles, I just want a quick distraction after work.

Is that Kirby open world game any good? I wanted to give it a try. Any idea how long it is? I'm not in the mood for a 15-hour platformer like Odyssey. >>1028655 >>1028656 Sorry for metafagging, mods can delete my post if wanted It's interesting to see such a big culture shift in this board recently, Anons seem sick of all the "anti-woke" sperging about things that aren't even woke to begin with. Mark going so far as to suggest banning this kind of (You) farming. Any idea what caused this?

>>1028669 Newfags and the occasional leftypol shill.

>>1028669 Its just gotten annoying and keeps killing discussion.

>>1028669 In my honest option, it's likely due to the bad actors associated with the whole "anti-woke" shit since there's a lot of people who just hate on games for the sake on hating on the games. I sympathize with them in the sense that wokeshit is fucking retarded and should be mocked when made. However I also believe in a free market place where developers should be allowed to make the games they want provided they have the resources. That being said, they shouldn't be surprised when said woke games fail and more publishers want to go in a different direction. Generally I think the issue with the "anti-woke" people is that their hatred of the tranny autism blinds them to have some sort of mission objective rather than just being a sucker for the latest grift, It's why I've come to disrespect Mark Kern since the guy is now advocating for censorship of things he doesn't like. Yes, the Call of Duty bullets thing is fucking stupid and should be criticized by people who actually like those games, however to suggest it should be censored goes against everything that GG worked for in the past ten years.

>>1028664 Multi player is fun for a long time, single player is fun for a short time. https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Mode#Matchmaking describes matchmaking. >>1028669 Kirby and the Forgotten Land is one of the best Kirbys, but it's not open world. It's Kirby's version of Super Mario 3D Land or Super Mario 3D World. About 10 hours to beat if you don't do extra stuff.

>>1028669 The Forgotten Lands is decently long, even if you're not doing any extra content it's at least 10 hours and if you're clearing out all the game it's easily 25. I'd reckon the Metaphor thread, what a trainwreck that's been. Possibly the Silent Hill 2 thread as well, but people wanting that game to fail goes far beyond 8moe. Some have gone fucking deranged over it being well received, hoping for another Concord style flop.

>>1028669 People want to spit trivia and discuss tangents since this is the only place they can do so safely, to the demise of thread quality. The solution to corporate culture gossip would probably be some kind of infograph summarizing it and a reminder to discuss it in the gamergay thread to clutter as little of a thread as possible. >>1028605 It's the bing bing wahoo machine for me, but I only picked out a handful of games like nintendo world championship, mario golf, mario kart, splatoon 3, ring fit, switch sports, etc.

>>1028758 Yeah, they're called tourists for a reason and shit up objective discussions with a heavy political skew.

>>1028669 There's potential falseflags, retroactive bullshit, and attempted extreme pendulum shifts that make it so you aren't allowed to enjoy anything anymore. Instead of taking an anti-censorship route, a large chunk of the anti-woke crowd is taking an anti-degeneracy/woke route, and woke is a word which can mean literally anything if used improperly.

I really need to get around to jailbreaking my Switch one of these days. I've had the damned thing for years now and half the time I forget I even have it. I think a big part of the problem is those damned controllers feel like shit in my hands, and I've already had to fix them several times for stick drift even with as little as I use it. Would probably use it a lot more if I just chucked the goofy fuckers in the garbage and used a proper game controller. Not asking to be spoonfed, but just in general, is there anything still around kind of like the freEshop - or am I going to have to dig around and find my own games?

>>1028628 I kind of called it, I don't know why they had to make such a tame game featuring Zelda when she's been shown to have fighting skills in a handful of previous games. >>1028887 The stock joycon grip is really bad for some reason. I have some random third party grip and it has more of a grippy material and it curves up towards the triggers so the grip actually rests on your hand. But yeah everyone swears by the Pro controller but those are 70 fucking dollars. 8bitdo makes some real good less expensive universal-ish controllers and they just started putting Hall Effect joysticks in them standard, too. As for pirating games, I have no clue... I was about to ask that too, because I don't really want to pay Nintendo for shit anymore, ha

>>1028887 I only know you need a v1 switch, and not every non-oled model is one. Anything after the v1 needs a hardware mod that costs about as much as a v1 did and doesn't let you toggle legit firmware for switch online any more.

>>1028628 There's a patch that unfucks the macabre of Paper Mario TTYD's script. Fingers crossed that in some months something similar will materialize for the 2DHD trilogy.

>>1028628 I started Echoes concerned about combat and items, and ended Echoes appreciating them. Combat with Zelda starts limited but improves during the game and Echoes ends near top Zeldas for item count. Spin often with R to move fast in combat. As Tri levels up, Zelda can spawn more echoes. Many weak echoes, or few strong echoes. Echoes draw aggro and dispersed attacks from weak echoes leave Zelda less open than focused attacks from strong echoes. Direct echoes to attack targets with ZL. Move them with Bind, so you don't stand by, but direct fights. To reduce their end lag after attacks, erase and respawn them, which keeps you involved. Reverse Bond lets you move yourself by echo movement, and at Lv. 3, Tri can summon echoes at a distance for more combat tactics. Swordfighter Form summons the spirit of Link for traditional combat. Link can arrow, block, bomb, bombchu, charge spin attack, fast spin attack, jump, jump slash, jump spin attack, slash both ways, strafe, sword beam both ways, and triple arrow. Up to 150 might crystals, which an item helps find, can upgrade Link's items and energy bar. Salted Milky Smoothies (Fresh Milk, Rock Salt), Salted Twisty Smoothies (Rock Salt, Twisted Pumpkin), and Salted Tough Smoothies (Rock Salt, Tough Mango) fill the max level energy bar, and 3 accessory items slow depletion at different rates. Echoes also has a glitch to play as Link out of Swordfighter Form. Spoilers ahead, except the final paragraph. 127 echoes are your items, and the 28 accessories, articles of clothing with effects, and more. For returning items, Bombfish are Water Bombs. Reverse bonding a Caromadillo Lv. 2 is the Pegasus Boots. Drippitune is the Song of Storms. Fire, Ice, and Electric Keese created at a distance are Fire, Ice, and Shock Arrows or Rods. Floating objects are the Stepladder. Flying monsters glide Zelda like Cuccos. Flying Tiles are Roc's Cape. Grilled Fish, Meat, and Stuffed Toy are Food to bait enemies. Holmills are the Shovel. Ignizol is the Lantern. Wind Cannon is the Gust Bellows. Objects shield Zelda. Pieces of heart and heart containers return. Bottles do, with 20 bottles. Fairies do, you find 4 fairy bottles. Rocks and pots return as echoes. Some echoes are like new items. Beamos fire lasers. Caromadillos spawn quick and ricochet off enemies and walls at angles. Crows spawn rupees. Clouds let you reach the sky. Redeads scare enemies stunned. Sea Urchins spawn quick for fast attacks and barricade you. Strandtulas spawn strands to climb up sidescroller sections. Some echoes use items. Boomerang Boarblin has a boomerang, Club Boarblin a club, Sword Moblin a sword and shield, Lizalfos a trident. The tactics of each work different on different enemies. Horses also return. You can equip 5 from 26 accessory items. Zora's Flippers to swim faster, Zora Scale to hold your breath for longer underwater, Gerudo Sandals to not sink in quicksand, Gold Sash to not be windblown, Climbing Band to climb ladders and rock walls faster, Goron's Bracelet to carry things faster, Spin Brace to knock back foes that you hit with a spin, Ice Spikes to prevent slipping, Frog Ring to jump higher, Charging Horn to power up your horse's charge, Stone Anklet to reduce knockback, Clockwork Bangle to wind the clockwork key faster, First and Second and Final Mastery to slow energy loss in swordfighter form, Might Bell to sense when might crystals are nearby, Heart Pin and Heart Barrette to make hearts appear more often, Silver and Gold Brooch to make rupees appear more often when breaking objects or defeating monsters, Energy Glove and Energy Belt to increase the likelihood more energy will appear after defeating dark monsters, Survey Binoculars to make smoothie ingredients and monster stones appear more when you break objects or defeat monsters, Fairy Flower and Fairy Fragrance to make fairies appear occasionally when you cut grass or other plants, and Curious Charm to greatly decrease your damage. Echoes has 8 clothing items without Amiibo, the Disguise, Royal Travel Attire, Customary Attire, Silk Pajamas, Dancing Outfit, Cat Clothes, Green Tunic, and Stamp Suit. Some grant abilities. The Silk Pajamas recover your hearts faster as you rest on a bed, the Dancing Outfit increases your spin area, and the Cat Clothes let you speak with cats. 7 heart containers plus 40 heart pieces. 5 stamp cards, the First, Exciting, Thrilling, Exhilarating, and Final Stamp Cards, with 25 stamps, and stamp rewards. 6 automatons, the Techtite, Tocktorok, Gizmol, High-Teku Baba, Roboblin, and Goldfinch. 16 ingredients, the Bubble Kelp, Riverhorse, Refreshing Grapes, Electro Apple, Warm Pepper, Floral Nectar, Fresh Milk, Chilly Cactus, Rocktato, Rock Salt, Radiant Butter, Twisted Pumpkin, Monster Guts, Monster Fang, Tough Mango, and Golden Egg. Eating ingredients restores hearts, and ingredients make smoothies. There are 69 smoothies. 3 sanctions, from Din, Nayru, and Farore, and 10 key items, the Monster Stone, Lovely Pendant, Floral Seashell, Magma Stone, Blastpowder Soil, Happy Clover, Heirloom Katana, Steel Trap, Golden Fan, and Prismatic Music Box. Early as Zelda, I was concerned about combat, and items were few. Over time, both really pleased me. Echoes is the longest overhead Zelda, with the biggest overworld, more quests, many items, and large dungeons. Zelda represents wisdom, and uses echoes with wisdom. She's a wise tactician, not a powerful warrior. Tri has the echo magic, even Deku Scrubs can beat Zelda if Tri can't echo. She's not a courageous braveheart, she hangs back. She's not Link, and she shouldn't be. She's not a Marvel superwoman, who beats up 50 men with martial arts. Zelda wasn't woke, a breath of fresh air in 2024. That's just my opinion.

Also DQ talk reminds me, was there ever a packaged release of DQ123 (the previous remake/ports) that was not this random English/Chinese/Korean version? I'd like a cart with the Japanese version... I know most Switch can change languages but this explicitly lists En/Cn/Kr so I assume it's one of the weird ones that limits it.

>>1028920 >8bitdo makes some real good less expensive universal-ish controllers and they just started putting Hall Effect joysticks Yeah, they and GameSir seem to be in a tight competition for the best budget controller. I ended up getting a Gamesir controller specifically for the Hall Effect joysticks, and because it's cheap enough to be a throw-away if my nieces and nephews wreck it the way they did with my Xbox One controllers. Haven't really put it through it's paces yet, but it feels comfortable enough for the time being. It has Switch compatibility, but I may go with the 8bitdo one next time just to see which I like best. >>1028997 >I only know you need a v1 switch It's been a while since I last checked, but I'm almost certain I got one from the last few batches before the switchover. I've got a RCM jig to go with it - I just never bothered with it the way I did with the Vita. I think part if it is that I see Switch as a portable console and not a livingroom system - but it's too big to be comfortably portable, so I just end up bringing my Vita with me and end up never playing the Switch because the controllers feel terrible in the hands.

>>1028628 >Also, I recently got the Metal Gear collection volume 1 for cheap in an Amazon sale. I'm planning on playing through the games before I gift it out at Christmas. Be aware that the cartridge in the MGS Collection doesn't contain both MGS2 and MGS3, they're download-only. It's primarily why the user reviews, including in Japan, were generally negative. >>1029082 If you want to know if a Japanese game cartridge contains English text, check the Japanese eshop page to see the supported languages (using Dekudeals and changing the region tab to make things simpler for you). If the 対応言語 (taiou keigo) category lacks 英語 (eigo) in the description, then English is absent in all formats (digital & physical). Which is the case for the older Switch ports of the DQ trilogy in your case: https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000020007 https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000020010 https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000020013 Historically speaking, Dragon Quest games always had their Japanese SKUs separate from the rest of the globe. The DQ3 2D-HD remake is the first (mainline) instance to my knowledge that goes against that tradition.

>>1029082 >was there ever a packaged release of DQ123 (the previous remake/ports) that was not this random English/Chinese/Korean version? The 25th anniversary collection on the Wii that remained in Japan.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership leaked. I'm playing Brothership on Ryujinx, with Vulkan and not OpenGL, as OpenGL gradually slows and eventually crashes me. The land mass of Concordia, once stabilized by Connectar from the Uni-Tree, has broken apart into separate islands. Mario and Luigi voyage there to put them back together. Your hub world is Shipshape Island, shaped like a ship. It travels on currents which fork, so you pick which paths to navigate. During travel you spy islands from a targeting reticle then shoot yourself from a big cannon to these islands. Brothership's a less linear Mario & Luigi. After the world breaks, Willma, mother to the poetic Maykit and resolute Billdit, loses them on 2 islands, the wildly lush Twistee and the sprawling jungle Raynforest. You can finish either first. The visual style is Mario & Luigi promo art given life. Animations are expressive, like a cartoon. Paths in environments twist and turn, and stories are silly. On Twistee for example, you carry bug-shy girl Spiralia over insects to her workshop for MaxGlam Wax to fix DJ Dyode's bad hair day, then in a rhythm game you dance on stage with Dyode to revive the Twisten Sprout you climb to reach the stranded Maykit. I'm early, but Brothership's living up to my Mario & Luigi favorite, Superstar Saga.

>>1031442 For some reason I thought Brothership was a remake of Superstar Saga on the GBA.

Switch port of Ryu ga Gotoku (Yakuza) Kiwami just came out. It still feels weird to see a Yakuza game finally hitting on the Nintendo console, let alone no longer seeing the Playstation button prompts. On the technical side, the game runs at 30fps with only the mini-games (such as baseball, darts, bowling) being at 60fps. The port was essentially meant to be launched alongside of the Amazon Prime live action serie in Japan, but I hope the other games (Zero, 3-4-5 and maybe even Dead Souls/OF THE END) will be given proper treatment as well.

>>1031442 Having to click A to select a move during Luigi's turn is making me so angry.

>>1031527 Is there any change or addition?

>>1031442 >I'm early, but Brothership's living up to my Mario & Luigi favorite, Superstar Saga. Is it really? Saga is my favourite of the series but all the other DS releases suck so much ass. The combo attacks are slow as hell and take almost a whole minute to get through, the in the overworld I keep getting fucking interrupted every 2-3 minutes I can freely play the game or even explore. I don't know if I'm just retarded and got filtered but the DS games feel nothing like Saga.

>>1031530 Not from what I've noticed so far, it still has the F-cup substory like shown in my screenshot above, Kiryu can try to ask for Gカップナース〜セクハラ乳淫病棟 to the video clerk (to no avail), and the hostess stuff remains present as well. Just bearing in mind that I bought the port off the Japanese Eshop but I believe it's a global release anyway as the supported languages (English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean) are still the same.

>>1031534 Thinking about getting it because I actually like playing majong

>>1031539 You do realize that there are hundreds of Mahjong games out there, right?

>>1031542 Yeah, but in Yakuza I can actually spend the money in stuff.

Although if you meant changes compared to the OG game on PS2, Kiwami does certain things better (substories are no longer tied by a specific chapter and previously missable for example) just like it does several steps back on other areas such as the heavy grind to make the Dragon Style actually usable. Or the bosses occasionally self-healing when their HP pool reaches a certain threshold which you can counter with a heat action, as purchased skills, but the game doesn't outright tell you this. It was also criticized for looking very much alike to Zero, between the four fighting styles, Shimano boss fight using the Shakedown moveset (which seems to filter the Switch newcomers unsurprisingly), Pocket Fighter, and some other re-used assets. >>1031539 If you aren't familiar with the franchise, just be aware that it's heavily story-focused. The mini-games aren't available before the first two hours in at least.

>>1031544 I know, I already had the game in a Playstation account as a "free" game and already platino it.

>>1031469 Why would you think that when it already got one? >>1031527 >It still feels weird to see a Yakuza game finally hitting on the Nintendo console There was a Wii-U exclusive HD port of PS2 1 & 2 that never left Japan. They also backported 2's combat into 1 so it's no longer clunky.

>>1031542 It seems the interesting Mahjong games on Switch are essentially Japan-only though https://youtu.be/D01ubTuqEQw https://youtu.be/Rb_5lN3H7bI https://youtu.be/xbf_C2nF7vI Not to mention the famous Suchi-Pai franchise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL24Ee8DgC0 It doesn't seem like that one Japanese comparison video is on Youtube anymore (from ATARIHAZURE channel if I remember correctly) but I recall seeing the Suchi-Pai games are less censored on Switch than the old PS1 versions, but don't have the full nudity previously present on Sega Saturn (back before CERO was a thing). Too bad I'm currently a brainlet on mahjong whereas I'm fine with shogi. Maybe I should train harder through 51 Worldwide games first. >>1031554 Kinda forgot the HD remaster was present on WiiU as I remembered it on the PS3 instead. That being said, it's mostly how the RGG Studio used to be against porting their games on the Switch console for a long while, citing that it didn't give off an "underground feeling" enough. But I think it was just an excuse for blatant Sony fanboyism until the Playstation situation in Japan was dire enough to change that tune.

If you're playing Brothership and revisit Twistee Island in the Lushgreen Sea, you can play the minigame Concordia Hammer-Rally, where Mario and Luigi swing their hammers to volley a ball to each other. The volleys go faster as your score goes higher. You're rewarded for some scores. The best rewards are at your first 100, a yellow ball to replace the red/green/white ball, and Luck Charm DX which doubles your chance of getting a LUCKY and increases your speed by 1. There is no reward for your 2nd 100. I don't recommend the best rewards on emulator, since stutters can throw off timing. >>1029002 Mods for unrestricted Link combat in Echoes of Wisdom. Unlimited Swordfighter, by KeatonTheBot https://gamebanana.com/mods/546103 Link over Swordfighter, by diegoforfun https://gamebanana.com/mods/548397

>>1031712 Is there a battle ring for boss rushes like in BiS, DT and PJ?

Princess Peach returns in Brothership. Ireen of IDLE, the acronym for a quartet of Concordian kids like Super Mario RPG's Axem Rangers or Paper Mario's Koopa Bros. but good, praises Peach as classy, nice, and refined, and wants to be just like her. Peach giggles with her fingers over her lips, clasps her hands near her chest, and smiles often with an open or closed mouth. Her nonverbal communication is feminine, her disposition cheery, and her voice sweet. She's well-mannered, validating, complimentary, and willing to seek help for tasks she can't do alone. There's no trace yet of the grating girlboss from The Super Mario Bros. Movie. >>1031792 Brothership is long, I'm too early to answer. The last island I explored in Concordia was Merrygo, a circular labyrinth whose rings Mario and Luigi rotate 90° to open new paths. Odds favor a boss rush, since your 3 Mario & Luigis before Brothership had one. Bowser's Inside Story had The Gauntlet and Dream Team and Paper Jam had the Battle Ring.

>>1031898 How is combat?

According to yesterday's live broadcast with Yokoyama from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the Switch version of "Yakuza Kiwami" has sold much better than expected. https://youtu.be/BZ3wOYb1dc0 https://switchsoku.com/soft/sega/106214 >横山：まず「極」馬鹿売れらしいっすよ。よかった。なんか、会社の幹部陣で本数予想してたんですよ。激外しました、僕。ちょっとね、コンサバティブに見過ぎたらしい。マーケティング担当の加藤くんが当ててましたけど、非常に盛り上がって。いやでも、いいですね。20年前ですよ、作ったの、龍が如くの1作目って。で、それが「極」に変わっているけど、「極」だって、もう出してたじゃないですか。わりともう出してから長いし、世界中の人が触れているものだと思ってたんですけど、ま、今回ね、Amazonプライムのドラマとか色んなきっかけがある中で、Switchに。まあもう移植ですからね、あれね。しかもダウンロード専売なんですよ。ていう中で、またもう1回やってもらえるっていうのは、もう、なんかゲーム作っている人間としては嬉しいなって。ゲームのリメイクって難しいですからね。もう1回売るというのは中々。だから、あーよかったと思って。非常に嬉しい気分ですよ。もう1回Switchっていう人も多いんじゃないですかね。俺もダウンロードしちゃいましたからね。なんか持ち運べるっていいですね。 >[DeepL] Yokoyama: First of all, I heard that ‘Kiwami’ is selling like hotcakes. That's good. The executives of the company were predicting the number of units. I missed it by a long shot. I think I looked at it a bit too conservatively. Kato, the marketing manager, guessed it, but it was very exciting. It was 20 years ago when I made the first Yakuza game. And then it was changed to ‘Kiwami’, but even ‘Kiwami’ had already been released, hadn't it? It's been out for a long time, and I thought it was something that people all over the world had touched, but this time, with the Amazon Prime drama and all the other things that happened, it's on Switch. Well, it's already a port, you know. And it's a download-only game. As someone who makes games, I'm very happy that people are playing it again. It's difficult to remake games. It's not easy to sell a game once more. That's why I'm so happy. I'm very happy. I think there are a lot of people who want to play the Switch one more time. I downloaded it too. It's nice to be able to take it with you. Yokoyama still seems to have the assumption that it's mostly double dippers and not a new audience that was reached with this port. Probably a stubborn mentality from a prideful man, especially after his infamous interview a few years back >"Do we want to put a title like this where we're going around and picking a fight with the world and doing all this Yakuza stuff, on a Switch," Yokoyama explained. According to the producer, the family-friendly image of the Switch in its home ground of Japan clashes with the "underground feeling" that Yakuza games project. >"We still kind of think of ourselves as people of the night world, right? We don't want to be like walking around the day with everybody else," Yokoyama said. "Like for us, it's kind of showing this kind of underground feeling. I think the underground kind of feeling is what we want to do." https://archive.ph/bq4Ro There is also a Twitter thread from from RGG's technical director on the Switch port of Yakuza Kiwami https://x.com/YutakaIto_RGG/status/1849416275208069585 >Finally, the Nintendo Switch version of "Ryu ga Gotoku Kiwami" will be released tomorrow (or rather, in a few hours!). This is the first Switch version of the Ryu series, and "Kiwami" is the origin of the story, so if you have never played Ryu before, please take this opportunity to play! Exclusive to download! >Was it around spring? The development of "Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble" was nearing its final stage, and I was checking out the game from my seat. I had already started development on "Ryu 8 Gaiden," but I once again thought that the Switch would be great because I could easily play it on the LCD screen in between work or while waiting for a build. >If you think about it, most of the programmers on the Ryu team have never touched the Switch development environment and only have a rough idea of its specs and features. Therefore, although it may be too late now, we have decided to begin basic research on the Switch within the Dragon programmers, with the Dragon Engine team leader at the center. >I chose "Kiwami" as the subject for verification. The volume is not that large compared to recent titles, and it contains all the basic elements of Ryu, so I thought it would be perfect to use for technical verification. >About a month later, "Kiwami" was moving on the Switch's LCD screen. It was much more beautiful than I had imagined, and I was really moved when I saw it for the first time. >However, it was just a byproduct of basic research by programmers, and at this point there was no talk of commercializing it. >(It would be a shame if it didn't make it into the world when it's so active...) Just as I was thinking that, I was asked if we could do something to match the drama version of Yakuza. >"Hehehe, I wonder if that's the case, but I actually played Kiwami on Switch..." >After that, it all happened in a blink of an eye. Nintendo Switch version “Ryu ga Gotoku Kiwami” Thank you for your support So we have the answer directly from the source: it's a full in-house port, development started only this spring and RGG never really made anything for Switch beforehand. It also makes it clear that it's a first step and not an one-off project tied to the TV drama show.

>>1032043 Battles in Brothership are the best in Mario & Luigi, maybe in all Mario RPGs. It's the classic system with optional extras that build on the foundation without taking it over. Enemies are visible on the map. Whether the first strike's yours, theirs, or unclaimed is like an action RPG, then battles are turn-based, with action commands. Your party's Mario and Luigi. Enemies attack either or both each turn. These are timing patterns and you respond in 1 of 4 tiers: stand, block, dodge, or counter. F tier: Distracted or forgetful? Stand for full damage. B tier: Don't understand? Block with Emergency Guard for less damage. A tier: Understand? Dodge by jumping over for no damage. S tier: Understand well? Counter by bouncing or hammering for counter damage. Skill, risk, and reward go up each tier. To hammer or jump use A for Mario and B for Luigi. Enemies can attack various ways and fake out of known timings into unknown timings. Each pattern has signs, which reward player attention with how to counter. Harder enemies use compound attacks where to counter each part fully counters the whole. On your turn, your basic attacks are Jump and Hammer. Each now combos with both brothers. Jump 3-combos, Hammer 2-combos. Whether Jump's ABA or BAB, and Hammer AB or BA, depends on which brother initiates. This changes attacks, timings, and animations for each combo. Your special attacks are Bros. Attacks, longer timing minigames with both brothers. Each brother has Bros. Attacks only he can initiate, such as Mario's Hatch Me if You Can, a react then aim minigame to hatch Yoshi to attack, or Luigi's Zapperator, which alternates buttons to charge a lightning storm he calls down on the field. Brothership introduces Battle Plugs, special gear made from Lumenade gathered from collectible Sprite Bulbs. You can set 2 Battle Plugs in the Power Tap to improve your moves in battle or grant other advantages. Coinpiler causes enemies to drop coins each time you damage them in proportion to damage dealt, Empower Counters turns jump counters into ground pounds and charges up hammer counters to do an extra 30% damage, and Performance Bonus restores 50% of BP used on a Bros. Attack that earns an EXCELLENT rating. Some Battle Plug combos have unique effects. Iron Ka-Ball (Kaboom Attack, Surprise Iron Ball) drops iron balls on all monsters hit by the impact wave. Dizzy Burn (Dizzifying Attack, Fiery Attack) spins flames into a fire tornado with higher damage that leaves Dizzy and Burn effects. Battle Plugs, like Gimmicks from Tomato Adventure, have a use limit then a recharge period. A Battle Plug like Boomerang Items, which returns used items to your inventory, is balanced by few uses and many recharge turns. The brothers and enemies have more spirited battle animations. Each area has a battle background, or battle environment as idling shows the battle from 4 perspectives: the side zoomed out, party-facing, the side zoomed in, and enemy-facing. Boss battles on rare turns have exclusive minigames, similar to Bros. Attacks, that use the battleground to deal more damage to the boss. The battle system entices me to seek fights, not skip them, especially against newer enemies I rarely battled.

>>1032138 Thanks for your effort answer. When AlphaDream died, I guessed another Mario and Luigi game would happen when pigs fly. A screen of yours has a flying pig, and there's the game. Looks nice too.

I'm actually playing it on PS5 (so I can share it with a friend) but the Romancing Saga 2 remake is actually really good, and it's on Switch too if you can handle the lower performance obviously. It addresses my main concern with re-releases of older titles, like the remastered version of Romancing Saga 2 that was released years ago, in that they don't come with a fucking manual. So many old games contain necessary information on game features and functions in the manual and modern remasters don't fucking have them and it sucks. This new remake has simple tutorial screens that explain shit like glimmering (learning new skills) and formations and other things so I'm not looking up a guide on how to actually play the fucking game.

>>1032306 Is the Romancing Saga 2 remake under 60 hours? That decides my buy. The remake does look really good, but as an older adult, busy with responsibilities, I can't spare 100 hours for epic JRPGs anymore. My Switch accompanying me helps, I can game two hours a day on Switch instead of an eighth of that on PC, but over two months on one game would hog my free time.

>>1032540 An hour a day I mean, not two. Well, less than an hour on weekdays, around 2 hours on Saturday and Sunday.

>>1032540 I'm not sure how long it is, I'm really taking my time with it since I'm enjoying it. As a turn-based RPG it does respect your time and doesn't demand constant attention. I'll let you know how long it takes me to finish it. I checked HowLongToBeat and it doesn't have data for the remake yet but the original clocks in at about 50 hours including side content.

https://youtu.be/pqIJQevQGjc According to a note on the Japanese official website, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is based on the western WiiU version of Xenoblade Chronicles X. Whether that means it maintains the old censorship (with the breast slider removed and loincloth costume altered) is up to be seen.

>>1032897 >Whether that means it maintains the old censorship (with the breast slider removed and loincloth costume altered) is up to be seen. Don't be naive anon, that's exactly what it means. Nintendo is going "modern audience" on us.

>>1032897 >Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is based on the western WiiU version of Xenoblade Chronicles X Another game forever dead to me.

>>1032939 You could just emulate the Japanese Wii U release.

>>1032935 I'm not niggerpill but rather than release two versions for different regions they're taking the easy way out which is the path of least resistance, and unfortunately we all know who "the resistance" is the mainstream media and their corpo bootlickers

If you want to farm screencaps you know you can just edit the html of an existing comment using your browser’s dev tools right? It’s not very technical either. Just press CTRL + F while the devtools and search for the text of the post you want to replace, then replace it.

You guys wanna use this thread for when they announce the Switch 2?

>>1034785 It will happen during a Direct which will have it's own thread.

>>1034785 I don't see why not as I don't believe the successor will be much different in concept, in addition of the backwards compatibility for an already massive library of games.

>>1034808 >I don't see why not as I don't believe the successor will be much different in concept, Isn't it already confirmed that the Switch 2 is using the same chipset?

>>1034808 Yeah, I'm actually kinda interested to see how this will play out, since I don't think Nintendo has any idea what it's doing with the Switch 2. With the original Switch the gimmick was that you can play all your favorite console games on the go, but now what are they doing to differentiate itself from the rest of the market? Even something like the Steam Deck has those weird touchpads and gyro sensors for additional inputs, although Valve hasn't asked any developer to take advantage of its unique input set, which is a shame since I think they could do something really cool with the extra buttons and trackpads. Still, I think there's no point of Nintendo making their own hardware if they're just going to rehash some ARM chips and call it a day. Even Sony is opening up to the idea of releasing their games outside of the PS5, although I think that's mainly due to corporate mismanagement.

>>1034811 Nothing's confirmed other than that it has 12GBs of RAM and that it uses an NVidia chipset.

>>1034812 >With the original Switch the gimmick was that you can play all your favorite console games on the go It's more than that, the Switch was the culmination of 20 years of R&D from Nintendo ever since the Gamecube was being developed. The Gamecube was designed to be as portable as possible, had a handle to be carried from one place to another, and even had an in-built screen at some point in development(can be seen at E3 2002). Then there was also the GBA that allowed you to connect it to the Gamecube and act as a second screen and controller(these ideas would later be developed into the WiiU). Then there was the Wii and the motion controller would be refined into the Switch controllers. The DS line was initially supposed to be a third pillar of Nintendo running in parallel with Wii and Gameboy Next, but it was so successful that it killed Gameboy. Touch screen controls were tested here, and the 3DS brought gyro aim, all elements found in the Switch. The WiiU was a failed attempt at creating the hybrid home console portable console that the Switch would become, but it kinda tried to continue the gimmick of two screen from the GBA/GB combo and DS line. As I said the Switch is the culmination of a lot of things Nintendo tried and learned, so I am not exactly sure what they will try with a Switch 2. Maybe they will try a 2 screen combo again, like the DS, if foldable screens were more affordable, I wouldn't have been surprised that this was going to be their next attempt at a hybrid console, maybe for the Switch 3.

>>1034817 >3DS brought gyro aim Small correction on this, the 3DS had built-in gyroscope, as there were a handful of Gameboy and DS games that had gyro controls, but the sensors were built in the game cartridge, not game console.

>>1034815 Was the Chyna leak bogus? I thought we were getting Switch, but with magnetic joycons? Image unassociated.

>>1034819 >sexualizing the Luca

>>1034812 >With the original Switch the gimmick was that you can play all your favorite console games on the go That was already more or less the appeal of the Playstation Portable and its ability to play games alike to the ones on home consoles (with the ports too) to be fair. Nintendo also places a lot of importance on it partnership with third-parties, which can be seen on the Japanese Nintendo blog (and in the embedded screenshots above) and directs, cementing my belief that the company isn't going to reinvent the wheel for the successor at the very least.

>>1028605 Was Mario and Luigi Brothership really as bad as IGN said it was? or were they just mad that it wasn't a tranny game.

>>1034833 They shouldn’t have made an anime mascot, or any mascot really, if they wanted to avoid this. Or perhaps used AI to generate some non Euclidean shape that is physically impossible for humans to draw.

>>1038624 Nah, I pulled up the 78 reviews of Mario & Luigi: Brothership on Metacritic and IGN rated it the lowest, their review's literally at the bottom. IGN's being contrarian so people talk about IGN. It's generally favored by critics and users. 8/10 in critic reviews, higher in user ratings. >>1038626 Luce as a Jubilee mascot was good publicity that kept the Catholic Church in the news. They did put a modest rainjacket on her.

>>1038633 Ah, well have you played it Anon?

>>1034841 Still different from playing the same save data on the go and rebuying your games.

Hey /v/. So I bought Animal Crossing, My Sims Cozy Bundle, and Tears of the Kingdom for Black Friday but I don't have a Switch. Should I buy the OLED model or wait until the Switch 2 comes out (which may not be good and has a small chance of not being backwards compatible)? Are the games I bought worth it?

>>1044608 >Should I buy the OLED model or wait until the Switch 2 comes out (which may not be good and has a small chance of not being backwards compatible The president of Nintendo already announced it will be backwards compatible.

>>1044613 So wait then?

>>1044613 >it will be backwards compatible Who says that means physical cartridges?

>>1044674 That would be gay, but at least hacking it will ensure at least you get the Switch's library.

>>1044608 I bought it with the mario kart 8 bundle and bought mario rabbids sparks of hope

>>1044608 If you like those kinds of faggy games, I guess.

>>1044608 If you want a switch now, get a v1 model used and crack it when the switch 2 comes out. That said, its probably just weeks away so it's better to wait.

>>1044976 >Animal Crossing >My Sims Cozy Bundle >sparkly female avatar <durr faggy You're the homolusting fag for bugging femanons out of your shitplunged sausagefest you dancing dandy.

>>1044608 >Should I buy the OLED model or wait until the Switch 2 comes out That depends on how long you are willing to wait to play your new games. There hasn't been any announcement about when Switch 2 is being released, but some people speculate that it will happen next summer. Others claim it will happen next March. So if you choose to hold off on buying an OLED, you could be waiting all winter and potentially all of spring to play the games you bought. >Are the games I bought worth it? If you enjoy the Animal Crossing series or similar games, then I'd say it was a worth it whether you play it now or later. Tears of the Kingdom is also worth waiting to play, since you could potentially be playing the game for many hours if you are looking to collect everything. If you avoid spoilers that will make it even more worthwhile. My Sims is an odd series but not terrible, so if it caught your eye then it is worth playing too. >>1044613 >>1044674 Here is the archive of the tweet. https://archive.md/tAyP5 <At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch. Who knows if they mean software as in digital software copies only, but there is a chance they really do mean every physical and digital purchase will play on the Switch 2.

>>1044980 If you think Konata is used by femanons, you're delusional.

>>1044614 A, what will Switch cost? B, what might you earn selling Switch when Switch 2's here? C, what's A-B? D, when might Switch 2 come out? E, what time's between now and D? Is the cost of C worth gaming for E? Yes=buy, no=wait. >>1044985 Blackpillers blackpilled Switch won't have backwards compatibility. Furukawa confirmed it will, now they blackpill software-only. Switch 2's not just a hardware refresh like PS5 Pro, Switch games sell gangbusters, their backwards compatibility was always physical, and the production cost of backwards compatible cart readers is under profit Nintendo can make off physical sales. Switch 2 will be fine.

>>1044988 Physical backwards compatibility does seem to be the most likely outcome. Like you said, Nintendo can afford it, since Switch games and the Switch itself are still successful on the market. Plus, I doubt the Switch 2 will be some massive leap in terms of design and method of use; Nintendo is probably looking to increase performance and graphics instead. So making a product that can be backwards compatible with the original Switch shouldn't be too difficult since the consoles are likely going to be similar. And if they really intended to make the Switch 2 backwards compatible with digital purchases only, Furukawa would probably have said so specifically. It would cause some frustration among some customers, but it's not something worth being secretive about. Most customers would still buy the Switch 2 regardless.

>>1044950 Sparks looked dumb as hell then I played it and now count it in my favorite turn-based strategy games.

>>1045005 She looks female since Cursa created her as a biological female, there's no male "before." Her design's dumb but not propaganda.

>>1044987 The Morning Consult survey from 2022 has anime 3:2 male:female and Gamer Motivation Profile from 2020 has men preferring man avatars 7:3 and women preferring woman avatars 3:1. Nintendo Switch is 1:1 male:female, GDC 2023 has The Sims 1:3 male:female. Animal Crossing's 1:1. Don't know for TotK, maybe 3:2 men:women. "All 3, no others" is more womanly than any 1. Women like sparkly things, and men deciding for them. Probably a femanon, he/she can confirm/deny.

>>1045018 >Animal Crossing >1:1 male:female Doubt

>>1044993 It's not about them being able to afford it, it's about them being incredibly greedy which they are

>>1045015 The joke isn't trannies but the fact they decided to make the female rabbids "sexier" with a few minor alterations.

>>1045023 The Animal Crossing data's from 2020. I'm open to newer data, if it shifted.

>>1045032 2020 was 4-5 years ago Anon, a lot of women bought Switch for Animal Crossing since then.

>>1044988 >>1044993 The similarity of the consoles did assure backwards compatibility before Furukawa confirmed. Switch 2 to Switch isn't like Super to 64, it's like GameCube to Wii, which have very similar PowerPC processors, Gekko and Broadway. The Wii processor's roughly 67% more powerful, but it's a supercharged GameCube processor. Wii was backwards compatible with GameCube discs when Wii discs were 50% longer, Switch cart compatbility should be easier.

>>1045034 I'm a man and bought the Switch for Animal Crossing.

>>1045018 >comparing random general statistics and surveys to a niche anonymous video game imageboard Wew

I'm starting to get baffled by the lack of ANY Switch 2 news from Nintendo. No announcement this year at all? The Switch is going to be an eight year system? Traditionally consoles are announced well over a year in advance, is their plan to announce it and release it the same quarter?

>>1046577 Nintendo doesn't want to cannibalise this holiday's Switch sales by announcing a successor. They already announced they will announce the successor before the financial year is out. If it's anything like the first Switch it will be revealed in January and released in March.

>>1046586 I'd be surprised if they release it by March. I'd probably expect it to be released around fall/winter of next year. The original Switch's release date kinda came out of nowhere imo (in part possibly due to desperation/necessity with how horrible Gen 8 went for them) and really was carried off the back of an eye-catching high budget launch title, easy to understand gimmick, and good marketing to move its first year (and growing and eventually exploding after that), if they tried that again without a similar strategy, I'd expect results that, while probably initially okay in terms of sales just because of how much brand power the Switch restored to them, it wouldn't look like what you would expect off the back of a massive success in the Switch. (Basically Nintendo wants what happened with PS1 -> PS2 for themselves, but if they're not careful they could do what the PS3 did instead)

OP here. Yakuza Kiwami could have been part of my Top 3 most played this year on Switch if the countdown didn't end abruptly before December (in which I've also completed both MGS2 and MGS3 HD). I don't exactly understand why the twelfth month is left out while not releasing the 2024 review in January instead.

>>1055236 Do you not have a PC?

>>1055238 I do but the sole releases I've bothered on PC this year were Earth Defense Force 6 and Lies of P, and those are games I will be very likely double-dipping once they're released on the Switch 2. EDF6 has the higher play count as a singular game (a bit over 100 hours) but most of my playtime this year has once again been the Switch itself.

>>1055267 I have a PC and the Switch and most of my playtime has been the Switch too, because Switch is mobile and so am I. I'm not in my house or one place often and like to boot games that just work on the go.

>>1055322 I alternate between portable and home console depending of the situation, but both the portability and hybrid functions have become far too convenient that I can't see myself prioritizing PC (outside of the rare games skipping the console). Another big advantage is the games being noticeably cheaper through the Japanese Eshop than on Steam, at least for simultaneous multiplatform releases.

>>1046650 Unless you expect a good amount of remasters this year, the Switch doesn't have a year left.

>>1028605 >Feel free to share what you are looking forward to. Looking forward to Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Legends: Z-A in 2025. Metroid Prime 4's the exclusive I looked forward to most, the Metroid Prime Trilogy's a favorite trilogy, wanted a new Metroid Prime since 3.

>>1056436 My most anticipated Switch exclusive for '25 is Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, by Level 5. It's a sequel to Unwound Future (I beat Unwound Future on my Nintendo DS) and New World of Steam has everything I want (Layton, puzzles, riddles, steampunk). It begins with a mysterious incident in Steam Bison. The antagonist they showed in the Sep 24 trailer, Gunman King Joe, is the ghost of a gunslinger lost to the relentless march of American industrialization, not a common antagonist concept.

>>1056436 Those are the two I'm looking forward to as well. I'm also hoping there's a new Zelda in the works for the Switch 2 and that it's been in development for a while and that TOTK was mostly the B-team doing a tick/tock development cycle with the BOTW engine and assets.

Switch 2 got a reveal trailer with further info being available on the next Direct in April

>>1061500 What a lackluster reveal trailer.

>>1061500 Using this thread since the other's ruined. Game announcements come later I assume, unless that's a new Mario Kart? Coolest CGI I've seen in a reveal, comes out 4.2.2025.

>>1061500 I'm glad they're still so fucking retarded that they're directly repeating their greatest failure in history and destroying the tens of billions they just earned.

>>1061507 How exactly?

>>1061507 They learned, Switch 2's named like PlayStation 2, not Wii U. No one will think a Switch 2's a Switch.

>>1061509 >>1061510 >looks identical to the previous console >named identically to the previous console >parents will have no comprehension of this >Switch 2 games being bought for Switch; kids mad; parents mad >new joycons won't work with the old Switch; parents mad Don't say I didn't warn you.

>>1061511 You're making up non-problems, PlayStation 2 games weren't bought for PlayStation and Switch 2 games won't for Switch. Nintendo scrapping Switch branding, their most successful brand, would be the failure. This announcement has every console warrior gone mad.

>>1061510 Reminds me a bit, of when Microsoft decided against naming the Xbox 360, the Xbox 2, because it would have gone against the PS3, and since two is smaller than three, it would have appeared as if the Xbox 2 was inferior to the PlayStation 3, so they named it the 360, which also has a 3. You might think, this is insane, but American consumers are something special when it comes to math. >>1061511 And yet parents and normlafags in general had no problems distinguishing games for PlayStation 2 as opposed to just PlayStation.

>>1061502 I sorta think the reveal happened due of the recurrent but surprisingly accurate leaks about the design. There were photos circulating from chinese workers a while back and I remember the the design of the kickstand, joycons and dock. >>1061506 Backwards-compatibility was once again confirmed but the official website stated some may not be fully supported, like I assume the use of the right joycon's IR sensor or the Labo shit that relied on the original joycon design iirc. And probably also because they don't know for sure if a game wont work considering there's billions of switch games on the Eshop and such thus no way to test them all. I'm more curious to know if BC does enables performance boosts on the Switch 1's games (at least to reach a stable framerate - games such as Resident Evil 6, Age of Calamity, Earth Defense Force 4.1 or Serious Sam 3 could greatly benefit it) because that would be a strong argument to buy the system at release day.

>>1061511 >says they're repeating their mistakes <then brings up completely different issues to what their previous problems were It looks like the Switch because it's a Switch successor. It's named the Switch 2 because it's a Switch successor. Playstation is already on their fifth new console with this naming scheme, I don't think there will be much confusion among parents, especially since parents of this generation are a lot more likely than past generations to be/have been gamers themselves. The joycon shit is irrelevant. >>1061514 The Xbox 360 was a far better name than the Xbox 2 imo. Switch 2 is a pretty uninspired name; I'm surprised they didn't come up with something more creative but I guess it doesn't matter too much.

>>1061511 >Switch 2 >Named identically Anon you're making an issue wherevthere is none

>>1061522 Switch 2's named well for sales. Xbox 360, One, and Series were shit names and shit communication to casuals of what's being sold. Wii U was a shit name too. PlayStation 2's a good name. Switch 2's a good name.

>>1061515 >certain switch games may not be fully compatible with switch 2 I wonder what they removed.

I'll get one if it has interesting exclusives. Switch has interesting exclusives and Switch 2 should as Switch releases wind down since Nintendo's known to hold back finished games for timed releases. Library near launch should excel. I'm interested for rooting/piracy too, as Switch 2 runs Switch games, and should be able to emulate every Nintendo system before. My PC's powerful and struggles with some Switch emulation. Rather have games native.

>>1061524 >Xbox 360 was a shit name Dunno what you're on about. It sold the best that Xbox ever had to this day and blew their old console out of the water. The number "360" is a good number as well, people know what that number associates with and it's got natural appeal.

>>1061515 >Backwards-compatibility was once again confirmed but the official website stated some may not be fully supported, like I assume the use of the right joycon's IR sensor or the Labo shit that relied on the original joycon design iirc. Incompatibilities should only be for niche Switch functions, I'll eat my hat if fewer than 99% of Switch games are backwards compatible as Nintendo already confirmed general backwards compatibility.

>>1061529 And the PlayStation 2, named like Switch 2, sold 160 million, over even Switch's 146 million. Xbox 360 sold 84, would've been more without the shit name.

>>1061525 I don't think anything will be cut, the PS5 has something similar that just means certain games have glitches playing on PS5.

>>1061506 >Using this thread since the other's ruined How?

>>1061534 You're suggesting that the Xbox 360, which already sold more than 3 times it's predecessor, would've sold more if it was called the Xbox 2? The original Playstation sold 100 million as it was, that's a massive advantage that the original Xbox never had. Why would people buy the successor to a console that was only barely above a flop? Not to mention the PS2, Xbox 360, and the PS4 are the only direct successor consoles in history to sell more than their predecessors (the third one happening more due to lack of competition), every other successor console has sold less than their predecessor. >PS3 sold less than PS2 >PS5 sold less than PS4 >SNES sold less than NES >GBA sold less than the GBC >3DS sold less than the DS >XB1 sold less than the 360 >XBX sold less than the XB1

>>1061554 >Something sold good >Therefore it couldn't have sold better named better >Unrelated numbers Anon, you're even dumber than the name XBox 360.

>>1061534 The 360 sold about as much as the PS3 did(84 million vs 87.4 million), so I think it's ridiculous to assume, that it would have sold even more if it was named Xbox 2.

>>1061557 >can't comprehend what an outlier is Nah, you're dumb. Those aren't "unrelated numbers". Everyone loves to be an armchair businessman on /v/ when most people don't know jackshit. In this case, the name change was clearly a sound business decision. People barely knew what an Xbox even was until the 360.

While I am a bit sorry, that the discussion got derailed like this, it's not like there is much to talk about the Switch 2 anyway, not until we get hardware specs and the launch lineup. >>1061565 To add to this, another thing that shows how good the name was, is the fact that just saying "the 360" on most game forum, is enough for people to understand what console you are talking about. If I were to say Xbox One, some people would be confused if I am talking about the OG Xbox, or the Xbone(M$, really wanted people to call their console "the one", but instead it gold labeled the xbone). Series X is even worse, like what do I even call it, the xbox? sexbox?

>>1061560 They're completely unrelated and you're fucking retarded. Randomly comparing how different consoles sold shows how consoles sold, completely unrelated to if consoles would have sold better if factor X differed. You don't understand because you're literally retarded. I'm not shitposting, you're an ape and your brain's actually garbage. XBox One and XBox Series X being dumber names doesn't mean XBox 360 isn't a dumb name. XBox 2 would be better.

>>1061587 >Randomly comparing how different consoles sold It's not random, those were consoles of the 7th gen, and constantly went neck to neck during the "console war" of that era. Whenever someone bought a console, that could have meant that he would not have been able to buy the other one as well, so it was important to sell as many consoles as they could. Out of curiosity, if Microsoft were to make a new console for a new generation, and they asked you to pick a great name for the newest member of the Xbox line, what name would you pick?

>>1061591 Not that guy, but I'd just call it the Xbox 5. People would be confused because they don't even understand that the Xbox Series X is different from the Xbox One X, and think there are only three generations of Xbox. But Xbox 5 would be accurate and also make people think they're doing a huge leap and skipping a whole generation. Actually, maybe stylize it with roman numerals. Call it the Xbox V. That sounds like the type of retarded shit MS would do. They'd want people to call it the XV, and people would think it's the 15th Xbox due to all the things like Xbox One S and Xbox Series S, which nobody actually understands what they are.

>>1061597 >but I'd just call it the Xbox 5 You're fi- >Call it the Xbox V. >They'd want people to call it the XV, and people would think it's the 15th Xbox Double this guy's salary.

>>1061530 Yeah I wouldn't worry too much, I think the affected games are titles that relied on gimmicks specific to the first Switch. Something like Ring Fit Adventure which need the OG joycons (that are probably compatible with the Switch 2 through bluetooth but newcomers won't have these) for instance. Speaking of Switch games, I've done Ruiner and Ender Lillies this month so far. The latter is getting a sequel this late January. Likely to get the OL action shooter next month as I did enjoy the demo.

>>1061658 There had better be a sequel to Ring Fit Adventure that is even better, then, because that game is awesome and I have not found a better game that actually uses your body motions effectively. They've been trying to do it since the Wii (really earlier, with things like the EyeToy), and this is the only game that does it very well.

>>1061658 Shame the studio that made Ruiner is basically dead.

>>1061513 >PlayStation 2 games weren't bought for PlayStation >>1061514 >And yet parents and normlafags in general had no problems distinguishing games for PlayStation 2 as opposed to just PlayStation. You mean the consoles that looked completely different and couldn't possibly be confused for one another? Gee, I wonder why.

>>1061703 Wii U is a very different name from Wii 2. Also, the actual Wii U console looks very much like a Wii, and one could easily think that a "Wii U" was actually just a new controller with a screen on it. If they had called it Wii 2, though, that probably would have solved the problem.

>>1061703 >You mean the consoles that looked completely different and couldn't possibly be confused for one another And yet people had no problem distinguishing a 3DS from a regular DS, even though they look mostly the same. Or are you saying, that because it had a "3" instead of a "2", that was the reason why it worked, and they should have called the next "Switch", "3Switch" or something? Next you are going to claim, that the reason the Vita flopped, wasn't because the high price, the memory cards, the zero advertising from Sony, but because it looked too much like a regular PSP and was called a Vita, like THAT was it's Achilles' heel.

>>1061711 Also, 3DS did sort of flop at first, and I wonder if it was because people thought it was just a regular DS but with 3D. But of course you'd want the name to highlight that it's 3D, so I don't know what a better name would be. DS 3D wouldn't be any better.

>>1061713 That was it's because of it's high initial price, and no good games. They slashed about 1/3 of it's price tag(from 250$ to 170$) in less than 6 months from it's release and also got Monster Hunter in December of 2011, then it sold well. It had barely anything to do with it's name.

>>1061711 This but unironically. The Vita flopped because it was a PSP with a hardware upgrade and nothing else.

>>1061750 <The PS4 flopped because it was a PS3 with a hardware upgrade and nothing else. Oh wait, it outsold the PS3 by over 30 million units.

>>1061506 it doesn't come out on April but we might get a ralease date on April, also the new Mario kart seems to be a launch title so I don't expect that thing to drop on Switch 1 the same day as Switch 2, I expect a 3-6 month exclusivity period. the silk song team also referenced the date and some people believe Silk Song might be a launch title for Switch 2 as well which weird because I'm pretty sure all trailers stated that Silk Song would be multiplat since day 1

>>1061752 You're comparing a home console to an oversaturated handheld market. Apples to oranges.

>>1061755 >oversaturated handheld market It was just the 3DS vs the Vita, phones were still a meme back then. >inb4 there were a billion Chinese handhelds that played NES and SNES games, so clearly the market was over saturated. Yeah sure, a portable SNES emulator really took a bite from the Vita's marketshare, good thing something like that didn't exist with the PS4 and PS3, oh wait, there are also a million chinese "home consoles" that play NES and SNES games, plus the entire PC market. I'd say I'm comparing green apples to red apples.

>>1061759 >phones were still a meme back then What are you, retarded?

>>1061766 Wait, are you actually saying that Iphone and Galaxy S took a significant bite out of the Vita's marketshare? That they overcrowded the portable game marketshare? Are you retarded?

>>1061767 That and the fact that the DS and PSP were massive successes to the point you could find one in every household. Vaseline filters don't work so well on tiny screens, so you didn't miss anything by not upgrading and smartphones were grand new thing to buy into instead. I'd ask if you've been living under a rock but it's safer to assume you're just locked in a weebcave.

>>1061774 Ok, and how does that differ with the PS4 and PS3? PC games were increasingly taking large chunks of the marketshare from the consoles, PS3 and 360 were "massive successes to the point you could find one in every household", the PS4 was just a PS3 with better hardware, yet it sold more than the PS3. Tell me how exactly is this comparing apples to oranges, because to me, it's exactly the same situation, with one selling more than the predecessor(PS4), while the other sold less(Vita), even though both were just "a hardware upgrade and nothing else" and were in a "saturated market" with phones in the portable market and PCs in the non-portable market.

>>1061777 lrn2read >how does that differ with the PS4 and PS3 <Vaseline filters don't work so well on tiny screens >with phones in the portable market and PCs in the non-portable market <smartphones were grand new thing to buy into instead

Can you guys move the console naming stuff to another thread? Thank you.

>>1061781 Ok, so you are retarded, thank you for clarifying it for me. >>1061783 Since you asked so nicely, I will stop.

>>1061783 Here you go >>1061794

I just wanna play mysims but none of the nsp files I'm finding will open in suyu, what gives?

>>1062022 >I just wanna play mysims And you're not playing the Wii or PC version because...?

>>1062022 Update firmware and keys

>>1062025 because handheld >>1062030 well now I get black screen it's a brand new port so I shouldn't have expected this to work

>>1062045 Ryujinx has better compatibility, try Ryujinx.

>>1062046 android.

>>1062047 New games can break, try changing graphics backend and experiment in settings.

>>1061528 >I'm interested for rooting/piracy too, as Switch 2 runs Switch games, and should be able to emulate every Nintendo system before. Isn't N64 emulation unstable?

>>1062053 Used to be, it's pretty good now.

Have been enjoying Dark Souls 1 on Switch lately. Also did Snezhinka (sequel of Marfusha Sentinels Girls) which was released this week.

Decent amount of interesting Switch games coming up in the following months >Ys Memoire: Memories of Celceta (May 22th) https://www.falcom.co.jp/ysc/ >Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Battle Destiny Remastered (May 22th) https://youtu.be/gLuVjyYn7tc >Onimusha 2 (May 23th) https://youtu.be/iUU5UZPTb68 >Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 (May 29th) https://youtu.be/If5Lzf_M9KU >Sonic Wings Reunion (May 29th) https://youtu.be/L43K3ymQa2Y >ToHeart remake (June 26th) https://youtu.be/GQ3201OkpmQ >Farland Saga I & II Saturn Tribute (June 26th) https://youtu.be/B_hXYmcFgfA >Uta to Mori no Youkai Yashiki (July 10th) https://youtu.be/X5fgWM6FWh0 https://www.utatomori.com/ >Cotton Reboot! High Tension! (July 24th) https://youtu.be/oOJ4J8q_VZI >GEX Trilogy (Summer) https://youtu.be/WzxPUZg9P58 Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (also known as Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past!) (2026) https://youtu.be/R9B2jzQ3psQ Also just one month left to know more about the successor system

Anyone got direct rom links for most Switch roms without ads and wait times? https://fitgirl-repacks.site/all-switch-emulated-repacks-a-z/ is only like 100 popular roms missing some I want.

<Upcoming releases with dates Mar 3, 2025 Destino Indomable Mar 3, 2025 Mugen Senshi Valis Memorial Collection Mar 4, 2025 Ball-it Hell Mar 4, 2025 Carmen Sandiego Mar 4, 2025 Everhood 2 Mar 4, 2025 Heroes of Loot: Gauntlet of Power Mar 5, 2025 Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists Mar 5, 2025 Cyber Quest Mar 5, 2025 O.W.L Projekt 2 Mar 6, 2025 Aery - Dream Land Mar 6, 2025 Beach Boys 3: Zodiac Signs, Love & Horoscope Dating Mar 6, 2025 ChokoNana! Mar 6, 2025 Despera Drops Mar 6, 2025 Eiyuu Densetsu Saga Mar 6, 2025 ELDRADOR CREATURES SHADOWFALL Mar 6, 2025 Ever 17 - The Out of Infinity and Never 7 - The End of Infinity Double Pack Mar 6, 2025 Flight Simulator Pro 2024 Mar 6, 2025 Go Fight Fantastic! Mar 6, 2025 Golden Warden Mar 6, 2025 Grab it! Crane Game Mar 6, 2025 Gunso's Skateboard Run Mar 6, 2025 Gunso's Skateboard Run Mar 6, 2025 Houkago no Kousha Kara no Dasshutsu Mar 6, 2025 Jump Race Mar 6, 2025 Kawaii Girls Mar 6, 2025 Korean Drone Flying Tour Gangneung City Mar 6, 2025 MainFrames Mar 6, 2025 Malignant Survivors Mar 6, 2025 Memory Lost Mar 6, 2025 Monstrix TCG Card Shop Mar 6, 2025 Never 7 - The End of Infinity Mar 6, 2025 Peachy Derby Mar 6, 2025 Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero - Bonus Story: The Liar and the Lost Mar 6, 2025 Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero - Bonus Story: The Wandering Pirate Mar 6, 2025 Puzzle Lights and Mushrooms 1000 Mar 6, 2025 Sanguis Luna Mar 6, 2025 Sekai no Kokki Master Mar 6, 2025 Shinkuu On'na Nin Mar 6, 2025 Solid Void - Nature Puzzles Mar 6, 2025 Solid Void - Nature Puzzles Mar 6, 2025 Sorry We're Closed Mar 6, 2025 Spy Guy Cosmos Edition Mar 6, 2025 Spy Guy Cosmos Edition Mar 6, 2025 Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars

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<Upcoming releases TBA 2025 Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile 2025 Altered Alma 2025 Amnesia: Rebirth 2025 Amnesia: The Bunker 2025 Arashi Gaiden 2025 Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian 2025 Ayasa: Shadow of Silence 2025 Azoove 2025 BUSTAFELLOWS Season 2 2025 Backrooms Level X 2025 Bean Beasts - Tower Defence 2025 Bendy: Lone Wolf 2025 Black Border 2 2025 Bounty Sisters 2025 Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection 2025 Bye Sweet Carole 2025 Cattle Country 2025 Class of Heroes 3: Remaster 2025 Coffee Talk Tokyo 2025 Constance 2025 Coromon: Rogue Planet 2025 Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion 2025 Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion 2025 Corsairs: Battle of the Caribbean 2025 Cosmorons 2025 Cronela's Mansion 2025 Curiosmos 2025 Curry Princess GOLD 2025 DARK DAWN: The Chronicles of a Doll 2025 DAVE THE DIVER: In the Jungle 2025 Dark Auction: Hitler's Estate 2025 Death Match Love Comedy! 2025 Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin 2025 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles 2 2025 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved 2025 Discounty 2025 Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake 2025 Fatal Run 2089 2025 Fear Effect 2025 Fear Effect 2025 Fighting Force Collection 2025 GHOST TRAVELER: Adventures in Edo 2025 Groove Coaster: Future Performers 2025 Hashire Hebereke: EX 2025 Helix: Descent N Ascent 2025 High Times - Donuts, Drugs, Exes 2025 Hungry Meem

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I've found out a website (Exophase) that keeps track of the playtime I spend in games on the Switch, since it's rather limited on the console itself. Reached over 3000 hours across 125 titles so far. I'm definitely interested in getting a Switch 2, at least it's confirmed the BC does enhance games in various ways (framerate and loading times) so it could be worth to replay some titles from my library to see the improvements. I'm also planning to get some of the launch and first-year titles between Yakuza Zero DC, Metroid Prime 4 Beyond, Elden Ring, Zelda Musou TotK and Daemon x Machina Titanic Scion.

Based on everything I've been seeing, getting a Switch 2 anywhere near launch is for totally suckers. Regardless of the positives of the Switch 2, which obviously it'll have some. There is a lot of ass fucking Nintendo is trying to get away with here, and I'd say it's worth holding out for a while to see how things play out. While I doubt we will see another 3DS Scenario where Nintendo is forced to drop the price and fix shit to make it a better deal for people. The Wide-scale complaining we've been seeing online and memes mocking the Switch 2's price does give me a small bit of hope it's possible. It's never a good idea to get a console anywhere near launch anyway. Lets not forget the plentiful broken as fuck Switch 1's and Red Rings of the 360, PS3 had the Yellow light of death, I believe there were issues with PS4's as well. With the exception of buying Metroid Dread, and Tears of the Kingdom, since my brother has a Switch. I haven't bought Nintendo shit in years, they're prices are just too unreasonable, and the games stay full price forever now, and that seems to only be getting worse. They somehow found a way to charge full price for Breath of the Wild a-fucking-gain.

>>1086637 Switch 2 costs 430€ from retailers in my country, which is a decent price for a successor imo considering the massive step up in raw power and features. I can agree however with the overall idea of preferring to wait one year or two for Nintendo to iron out the eventual bugs or for the game library to expand further. I'm just confident that Japanese third-parties will support the ecosystem (it's not like they have the luxury to skip Nintendo these days anyway) and the console still remain region-free so I can still use my Japanese Eshop account.

>>1086639 Given the Bravely Default remaster is a far lower price, it's possible that the price of games on Switch 2 can be a Spectrum. Although realistically I feel Nintendo is just being Ballsy and being the first ones to try pushing the Envelope when it comes to raising game prices. Even if making Mario Kart Worlds more expensive was just a ploy to get people to buy the Bundled version of the Switch 2 the end result is the same. Everyone was expecting GT6 to be the game that was going to push the Industry into a higher price point, but it was somehow Mario Kart.

>>1087833 <Sasuga Trump San Sore Wa Sugoi Artu Obu Da Deeru.

>>1087833 It's 9 days past April Fools, anon

Reggie is subtly shit-talking Nintendo on his xhitter account xcancel.com/reggie Critiquing their lack of a pack-in, it seems

Guess I'll wait for the Steamy Dick 2

>>1086642 >Although realistically I feel Nintendo is just being Ballsy and being the first ones to try pushing the Envelope when it comes to raising game prices. In terms of software prices, people don't realize that Japanese gamers have already been paying a lot of money for their games, so the ""shock"" of MKWorld (priced at 8,980 yen versus 6,578 for 8 Deluxe) is not even existent to them. Case in point, MSRP for MH Wilds is 9,900 yen, Metaphor's MSRP is 9,878 and Infinite Wealth's is 9,680. Similarly, Shin Megami Tensei V (both the OG and Revengeance re-release) were both priced 9,870 yen on Switch 1 or Super Robot Wars 30 at 9,460. Likewise in my country, major retailers are pricing Mario Kart World at 70€ which has been the new normal since the PS5 but you get something like the upcoming Donkey Kong game at 60 euros for instance. Kunitsugami, in vid related, is another launch Switch 2 title that I didn't pay attention at first but this one could be interesting.

Nintendo are remaking the Gamecube controllers to be on Switch 2, except they'll only work for the Gamecube Classic emulator which is a paid subscription service. https://boundingintocomics.com/video-games/video-game-news/nintendo-quietly-confirms-switch-2-gamecube-controllers-can-only-be-used-with-premium-subscription-gamecube-classics/

>>1088485 They should work fine with PC either way.

>>1088485 videogamechronicles (VGC) has done the same article on this topic but they ultimately admitted that Nintendo has done the exact same disclaimer for previous NSO controllers and they all work as fine, well as fine as a controller with missing buttons compared to the pro controller/joycon would. It's just something to cover their bases in case someone dumb enough complain it doesn't fully work on modern games that require to press the analog sticks or something. The amount of outrage in regards of the Switch 2 reminds me pre-launch Switch 1 back in 2017

Someone uploaded several videos to show off the gameplay in Switch 2's handheld mode https://youtu.be/2Dp8NR6ljcE (Yakuza Zero Director's Cut) https://youtu.be/4Exx79Ikf6c (Cyberpunk 2077) https://youtu.be/syropyIg6tU (Mario Kart World) https://youtu.be/OjBgt-CfZFk (Metroid Prime 4)

On the JP side https://youtu.be/4OljxTDHfJs https://youtu.be/gJ1uMZkTfkg (Metroid Prime 4 with mice controls) https://youtu.be/hPsjlhitKQ4 (Zelda BotW & TotK) https://youtu.be/TUpLx31jlys (Donkey Kong Bananza) https://youtu.be/UrDC2KHBqVM (Mario Party Jamboree mice mini-games)

>>1088491 The famicom joypads have been really fucked on pc since the dpad orientation is sideways as docked on the switch, but are also virtual joysticks since they replace the joycons' ones.

>Valve taking influence from Nintendo for their hardware >Nintendo taking influence from PC for their hardware Funny shit

>>1088821 I'm still disappointed they didn't add any Warioware or RPG characters to Mario Kart World.

>Ys X: Proud Nordics, a significantly upgraded version of Ys X: Nordics with new story content and features, will launch for Switch 2 on July 31 in Japan for 7,800 yen, developer Falcom announced. It will be available both physically and digitally. >“At present, a release has been confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2, and a web commercial is now available,” the Falcom representative said. “Plans for other platforms, such as PlayStation 5 and PC, have yet to be determined.” >>1088923 >Nintendo taking influence from PC for their hardware To be fair, both SIE and Microsoft continued the arms race for over a decade and half and now we’ve reached a stand-still in terms of graphics, it was only a matter of time that a slow turtle like Nintendo would eventually catch up to everyone by playing the long-waiting game. Games should focus on adding more features to the game itself (like adding more characters on screen) rather than on more polygons and realism anyway. I did first believe the Switch 2 would be around the Steam Deck level in terms of performance, which would have been a good jump honestly, but it looks like it's well above that from the first impressions. I'm also looking forward to the joycon mice feature providing ports of RTS games on the console, something like Stronghold or Age of Empires 2 (which has a PS5 port iirc)

>>1061515 How the fuck won't it be fully supported? Trash console and it isn't even out yet.

>>1089285 The post you're replying to put forward a pretty reasonable hypothesis.

>>1089285 They already announced that Switch 1 games run better without dedicated patches. https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-16-nintendo-switch-2-part-4/ https://archive.ph/sY8BI >You mentioned that new technology is used to achieve compatibility, but are there situations where playing Switch games on Switch 2 will enhance the gameplay experience? >Dohta: When we tried running Switch games on Switch 2, there were some where loading times became faster, or game performance became more stable, so we realized that the overall gameplay experience could improve. The basic reason for this is that they're using something an compatibility/translation layer instead of plain emulation (which would require much higher resources) or native BC. In this scenario, the "emulated" system is granted additional processing power, so reduced loading times and stabilized performance are in fact possible. It's probably way better than using parts of the old hardware in it anyway, as you'll get improved performance instead of the same mediocre performance that plagued certain games. Also, all first-party games are backwards compatible with the sole exceptions of titles that can work on the new console but absolutely require the OG Joycon (and not the Joy-Con 2 controllers included with Nintendo Switch 2) in order to play >1-2 Switch and its sequel >Ring Fit Adventure >Labo >Game Builder Garage >Nintendo Switch Sports >WarioWare: Move It! In case of third-parties, Nintendo is actively doing compatibility tests with the partnership help of the respective studios. But since there is a massive amount of games present on the market and Eshop, it's a challenging task so they only confirmed a 20% without any flaws and somewhere around 5% of titles with issues. Nintendo does seem to care enough for third-parties to work on the BC, according to the pdf files, which even include niche titles like Senran Kagura Reflections, licensed Touhou fangames, Nippon Ichi Software titles amongst others. https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/transfer-guide/compatible-games/ That is said, I don't expect Nintendo to care about the actual shovelware polluting the Eshop, the likes of Hentai AI Girls or whatever Unity rejects. Hence the previous disclaimer.

So you guys getting a Switch 2 or nah.

So it seems that the Switch 2 upgrade packs for BotW and TotK will come included with the NSO expansion pack subscription. Guess I won't have to get those since I already had that for the purpose of renting ROMs I'll never truly own.

>>1091657 Eventually, but not at launch since there's nothing that appeals to me. I have low expectations for Prime 4 as well considering most of the team left and 3 was worse than the first two. As pathetic as it sounds, it might be the new Pokemon game that I'll buy it for since Arceus is the only pokemon game I've enjoyed since Gen 5.

Would Splatoon 3 gain performance on the switch 2? Were there any games that ran better after going through a translation layer like wine or valves proton?

>>1091657 Definitely, even if I plan to use it to play the Switch 1 games for the moment, including the ones I've played before, with the backwards compatibility feature to see how far the improvements go. Yakuza/Ryu Ga Gotoku Zero Director's Cut would be my launch title on the Switch 2 even if it's a game I've played a few times previously. Followed by Raidou Devil Summoner, Elden Ring, Metroid Prime 4, Donkey Kong Bananza, Ys X Proud Nordics, Elden Ring, Daemon X Machina and the Zelda Musou amongst the 2025 releases. >>1091797 The upgrade packs are available separately, at least on the Japanese Eshop. I assume the equivalent in EU and NA would be 10 bucks for the Zelda packs, and 20 bucks for Kirby. >>1094754 >Would Splatoon 3 gain performance on the switch 2? I assume so but what would be nice is to include the joycon mice support through a free patch, like Nintendo has announced for several other titles so far.

>>1028605 Looking forward to Raidou, myself. Bananza and Air Riders also seem fun, but I may not be able to get the Switch 2 immediately so Raidou is certain. I liked the original, despite the battling being pretty bad, but they're improving it.

https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/switch2/compatibility/index.html Just pointing out Nintendo has updated the compatibility page, as of April 16th (old graph was from April 1st) with a new update scheduled in May. The Japanese website is also a lot clearer and more quick to the uptake, unlike the other ones that are maintained and organized by the localization branches independently

http://ryokutya2089.com/archives/85579 >From the latest issue of Famitsu >“Street Fighter 6” >Producer: Shuhei Matsumoto >Supports local communication. No lag and fairly high quality >Of course, 60fps >“Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S” >Producer: Mizuki Hosoyamada >There is a mode where another player can lecture by using mouse control >Elements utilizing the Switch 2 features not yet revealed >“RAIDOU Remaster” >Development itself is relatively easy. Developers who have developed on Switch can make a smooth transition. >Switch 2 version has cleaner visuals and faster loading speeds. >Full HD and 60 fps in both TV and portable modes. >“Ryu ga Gotoku 0” >Producer: Makoto Suzuki >All additional scenes recorded amounts to a total of 26 minutes. >TV mode supports 4K output. The portable mode is amazingly beautiful. >The production was focused on 60 fps. Also looking back to videos, I've finally noticed the handheld screen of the Switch 2 is very sharp and clear despite being filmed in bright rooms. If that means it can be used outdoors a lot more easily, I'm all for it.

>>1109963 Oh wow half an hour extra for Y0? I wonder where specifically that falls into

>>1109963 >Full HD and 60 fps in both TV and portable modes. That's an odd choice, why not increase the resolution for docked mode if the game can already hit that level of performance in the handheld mode?

I think Nintendo forgot their main buyers are children and families. what parents are going to fork up 500$ for Mario kart in this economy?

Are preorders open yet?

>>1116066 Not in the US, no. Some other countries got to pre-order already.

>>1116039 Children play fortnight and gacha games these days. Only 30+ year old play mario kart seriously.

>>1115975 >テレビモードも携帯モードもフルHDで６０ｆｐｓ Could be something omitted from the blog but the way it is phrased, TV mode is also 1080p though I may assume it does support 4K as well. >>1116039 >I think Nintendo forgot their main buyers are children and families. According to who? Nintendo targets pretty much everyone. And you could already the argument of the original Switch being pretty 'expensive' (300€ or its equivalent in yen at 35,000) back in 2017. The large bulk of buyers also tend to happen around the second or third year in the console's lifespan.

>>1127919 You won't likely see Switch2 emulation anytime soon because >Nintendo got rid of RyujinX and Yuzu devs - who were familiar with their hardware, with Yuzu having experience in 3DS - but there is an argument to be made about how the emulation scene has been poorly handled by both the devs and users on the Internet >The Tegra chip inside the Switch 1 was well documented beforehand, which made developing around it a lot easier - The same can't be said about the new Switch architecture >Nintendo making big architecture changes also means that currently existing Switch emulation can't be used as a reference point for new developers effectively >Softwares being more and more tied to proprietary licenses make it extremely tricky for emulation to happen at all in legal terms - you may have to break the law/rules in order to make emulation possible and that's how they will get you People will have to start from zero, if you find them in the first place. Switch 1 emulators showed up a few months after the console came out, but here I can see it taking many many years before someone comes up with something. If anything to avoid a legal banhammer as well as modern Internet users too stupid to comprehend the notion of low-profile (and indirectly sabotage the whole thing), the devs will work in the shadows and upload it once it's overall stable rather than constantly updating the emulator in public.

>>1128127 I mean the whole idea of unlicensed emulation being a gateway for console game piracy is not exactly a secret, and I think many Internet users got way too cocky during the Switch 1 emulation by taunting Nintendo in broad daylight (especially with Zelda Tears of Kingdom - online users complained the same about its MSRP iirc) and parroting the Bleem case like a protection chant right afterwards. These same people essentially handed over most of the job for Nintendo to catch wind of it and take legal action with proofs of involved piracy.

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-maintains-nintendo-switch-2-pricing-retail-pre-orders-to-begin-april-24-in-u-s/ Preorders April 24. Console price is the unchanged. All accessories, though, have seen a price increase.

Probably get a pre-order switch 2. Mario kart world and DK looks neat, been waiting for metroid prime 4 for years, and it's way past time for some new joycons anyway.

mario kart seems cool but I'm not spending 500 eurodollars on it

>>1127919 >PS4 I think that has more to do with a lack of interest than anything. What are you emulating for, bloodborne? That's about it. Same reason emulators for 7th gen+ Sony and MS consoles are in such poor states. People actually have motivation to make Nintendo emulators. But I think Nintendo has spooked a lot of people off with their recent successes, I agree that it will be some years before anyone sees an emulator worth using.

>>1127919 Well yeah, there's really no reason to make emulators of other systems when pretty much every game on them is available on pc too. You get a playstation or xbox because you like the company, you get a nintendo because its the only way to play the latest pookiman or mario games. The funniest shit is how many people act like they don't like any games nintendo makes while simultaneously bragging to anyone in earshot about how they played all those games on their pc.

>>1029002 >>1028628 The real issue is the menu design is still bad.

>>1134251 My biggest issue too. It's just as lifeless as the Switch. It really was just Iwata and Reggie keeping the character around.

My fellow Americans rejoice! Gamestop announced pre-orders begin next Thursday, April 24 with a midnight launch party at most locations. Best Buy is also doing the same. Unfortunately I noticed on Nintendo's official online store that, while they were able to keep the Switch 2 console prices the same as before, it looks like they're offsetting the tariff costs by increasing the prices on most of the accessories by about $5 each. It's also missing the individual Joy Con 2 SKUs from last week, so who knows what's going to happen there.

>>1091657 To play my switch 1 games yes, My switch 1 is overheating and is a launch model. I'm not interested in overpriced mario kart and gay dk though.

>>1142857 >is a launch model. Mine too. It doesn't overheat, but the joycons are shot and frequently disconnect and have drift issues. Access to switch 2 games, BC with switch 1 games, get a new set of joycons and should be able to run many switch 1 games better just because of the better hardware. Honestly could do a lot worse for the price. I mean, when the switch 1 came out you had to start your library from scratch.

>>1143340 >Honestly could do a lot worse for the price. >I mean, when the switch 1 came out you had to start your library from scratch. I mean it's just Mario Kart that is expensive right now but yes it was a lot worse going from wiiu to switch, there were many wiiu games being remastered.

I gathered at least the games that I would like to replay with the Switch2 BC, to check how far the improvements go. If the shortened loading times are true as the dev interview claimed, it'll be worth to see on certain titles like Taiko Tatsujin (first boot), Resident Evil 0 (everytime you change areas - hopefully it becomes instant enough so you no longer see the blood splatters), W40k Boltgun (when loading up a level the first time) and Little Nightmares 1 (everytime you die).

>>1122580 Primary audience for most gacha games is more young adults (15 - 25 age range) than kids. There's a reason the most successful games in the genre are stuff like Genshin Impact. >>1091657 Got mine preordered (UK here, via Nintendo Store). Got the Switch 2 + Mario Kart bundle, will be getting Bravely Default and depending on how much it costs, I'm considering Cyberpunk. Day 1 with MK, BD, the Gamecube games etc. should be fun. I'm also really hoping that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet performance patch is day one cause I am so curious what that game will be like that way. >>1144985 I should do this too, I've got a backlog of Switch games I didn't finish.

>>1132937 Og Xbox had some good exclusives, and although with time some were ported, others still remain. Yet Emulation for it is still awful to this day.

>>1028605 I feel that the Switch 2 will be a success even with the high prices and tariffs, I mean, it's Nintendo, it's a sequel to one of the most successful consoles ever, which will likely surpass the PS2 soon, and with Nintendo combining their handheld and console markets I doubt we'll ever see Wii U numbers from them ever again. I just hope the success of the Switch 2 motivates Sony to properly give us a PS Vita successor, or to invest even more on remote play, since it's the only way I can see them making their PS5, and eventually PS6, portable despite being so powerful, maybe we could get a cheaper PS Portal, or have it come bundled with the console, or maybe a telescopic controller for smartphones that actually follows the PS button layout for once, it'd be fun.

>>1151593 if Sony does not start releasing exclusives how can their handheld be successful? PC handhelds would run laps around it in performance while being able to play the same games. I don't understand why they still won't understand this simple lesson.

>>1151593 It's more that all the negative chatter on the western side of Internet essentially misses the point that the Switch 2 is what people more or less expected the successor to be. Besides, online outrage and virtue-signaling has no bearing in the real world, and games were already showing signs of being more expensive across multiple platforms. I'm also someone who bought Japanese imports back when the yen wasn't anywhere as weak as it is nowadays, so the idea there aren't people willing to spend a little more than usual for their personal hobbies is rather silly. Third-party support on Switch 2 is looking much better than what the Switch 1 had during its first direct, with titles that people from both the West and Japan want to play instead of simply the basic indie games, which makes it a far more promising console than the Switch was on release (as just the bing bing wahoo machine). I don't doubt the mediocre performance of the PS5 (especially in the JP market) certainly played an influence, whereas the PS4 was still enjoying a good popularity in the late 2010's. If certain Japanese third-parties still refuse to properly support the Nintendo ecosystem, it'll be a lot easier to prove it as a personal bias this time rather than the old excuse of hardware power.

I'm waiting until there's definitely a new Monolithsoft game on the near horizon before getting an S2.

>>1142355 >local gamestop closed down months ago >next nearest one is 45min away

>>1189773 Third parties have nowhere to run this gen, aside waiting for GTA make a miracle on PS5. Keep in mind that PS4 still get games. Also publishers see Nintendo as competition unlike MS or Sony, which don't exactly help relationships.

Is Nintendo cracking down on people selling family plan slots? I wanted to see what the supposed limitations of joining different family groups were and came across some people getting banned on joining families right after leaving one, and apparently the cooldown for changing families is one whole year or contacting support?

>>1199533 >gamestop is delivering mine directly to my address feels good being a chad

>>1200585 I'd have a better chance preordering in person that fighting bots online.

Not planning to get one at launch but I'm hoping it'll be a good JRPG + JP AA/indie machine, especially since I like handhelds and don't like playing those kinds of games on PC that much. I do like Nintendo games (online Mario Kart, Smash, etc) so that's also appealing. Most interesting launch lineup game to me is Shine Post.

>>1200401 >>1199533 Try Best Buy or Walmart, just know that only Gamestop is doing a midnight launch party at all (non-mall) retail locations.

>>1028605 I'd get it if they import Genshin there I'm not kidding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LmocGJOdZk The best Fire Emblem game is now available on NSO Expansion Pak for all regions

Preorders go live at midnight tonight (EST).

https://x.com/gematsu/status/1915117805499777329 >Switch 2 game pre-orders have been up in Japan for a few hours, revealing all physical third-party games (so far—except Cyberpunk 2077) that are not "Nintendo Switch 2 Editions" to be shipping on game-key cards (requires internet to download the full game). This fucking sucks. I don't mind Game Key Cards as a middle ground for smaller releases or games that are on a tight budget, I think they're an alright middle ground as they allow you to resell. But I don't give a shit about reselling, I want physical for the permanence and Game Key Cards are just as temporary as digital is in that they're tied to the service still being online. In practice Game Key Cards do nothing for me personally so I figured I'd just go digital for the games like that that I want (like Bravely Default) but I was hoping it wouldn't be so common. If this is representative of the systems future releases this SUCKS

>>1230415 >half the people complaining probably have a digital version of ps5 or xbox series total niggers Also that pic might turn out to be fake. Daemon x machina in the west is not a game-key card, and there is no physical switch 2 version for Raidou, only for Switch 1

>>1230554 >Also that pic might turn out to be fake. The pic is for Japanese third-party releases and it seems to be true so far https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/14029833/ (Ryu ga Gotoku Zero - 5,340円 ) https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/14029836/ (RAIDOU Remastered - 5,920円) https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/14029316/ (Street Fighter 6 Years 1&2 Fighters Edition - 7,910円 ) Either the new cartridges are rather expensive or it's simply third-parties that don't want to lose any profit margins on using cartridges instead of the free money they get from using key cards. Maybe a combination of both things.

https://x.com/Nintendo/status/1914982671522083155 Get in early! Despite what naysayers say about prices, it's looking to sell at an outrageous pace. We might be looking at another wii launch situation ie good fucking luck finding one in stock for at least a year.

Had this been posted yet? Some chinese guy stole a switch 2 from a factory: https://twitter.com/CentroLeaks/status/1915143427735375927 https://twitter.com/CentroLeaks/status/1915144621664911580 https://twitter.com/CardnlH/status/1914712862846501059

Been meaning to ask, if any of you have managed to try the Switch 2 IRL, how tight is the actual joycon connection? I love portable rhythm games but absolutely fucking hate them on Switch because in portable mode the joycons have a little bit of intentional give and bend to them where they connect to the system itself. I really hope Switch 2s joycons fit in nice and tight which it looks like they do?

>>1028605 >Nintendo President Furukawa apologized for not being able to meet Switch 2 demand in Japan. >There are more than 2.2 million preorder applications on the My Nintendo Store alone which far exceeds their expectations. >Even with multiple lotteries, they can't guarantee units for everyone. They are working on increasing production. Hey, so, how many Switch's were sold via preorder in Japan the first time around? Would like to see that comparison when the time comes.

>>1231862 Didn't they prioritize the American market this time? Like supposedly they've been stockpiling them here since last year or something like that?

>>1232153 I think so? But perspective is important. The ps2 is the best selling console in japan and sold a million units in ten days. The switch 2 already has 2.2 mil preorders, just from the nintendo store, just in japan. So how many preorders do you think they're going to get hit with from the country that buys the most nintendo systems by a wide margin? This is going to be a shit show.

Does anyone else remember the shopping cart trick from the ps5 launch? What was the trick that the scalpers used for tge 5090 cards?

>>1233185 Bots? Its crazy how anytime there's something major goes up for order the net reverts back to 00's internet.

>>1231649 Be honest. Does it really matter that much if the game is a Game Key Card game? Does it really matter that much if you have to download a percentage of the game online? >But it can be like 2% of the game on the card and you have to download the rest of it online OK? You still have the game and it's kind of the best of both worlds. Your game card can act and satisfy your collectors needs and now you can actually have real games on the Switch 2 even if you're basically playing a digital copy. >What if the store goes down You can still go back and download Wii games you downloaded. Next question >What if you get a new Switch because yours broke NSO is account based. I'm sure they'll tie it to your account so you'll always be able to download it back. >What if NSO ever stops being supported You won't care 40 years from now when your 70 or 80.

gonna preorder one to flip later qrd on when preorders are? need to fleece a few extra hundred $ from nintendrones that will pay anything on ebay

Why the fuck does Gamestop have to start it's preorders are 11AM? I have to fucking work

>>1235161 In America? You missed pre-orders. They were last week.

walmart canada is fucking dead lmao

AHHHHHHHHHH SWITCH 2 SWITCH 2 SWITCH 2 SWITCH 2 PREORDERS NOOOOOOOOOOW

THEY ALL FUCKING CRASGED

>>1236323 AIEEEEE UPDATE THE STOCK NOW

Target sold out in less than a second

>>1236414 That's what I got at first too, but after a couple refreshes it let me put one in the cart. Now I'm stuck in check out hell.

>target working the most for people so far >fags on resetera and such crying because they refuse to buy from there since they dropped DEI policies kek

I don't even think they went live on best buy

Target keeps asking for the my debit card cvc

>please review theses errors >something went wrong, please try again T-thanks target...

AHHHHHHHH

>>1236427 same, its probably sold out already or something...

>still stuck in virtual line on Walmart ...I'm fucked, aren't I.

For those of you planning to get it, are you planning to get it in person, midnight launch, or just wait for delivery? I really want to know how big the hype will be at launch. I remember the days of the PS3/Xbox 360 where midnight launches were a big thing and people waited outside all day to be the first ones to get their machine.

>>1236529 That's probably the case unfortunately.

>>1236534 Same here, trying to push a Target order through while I wait in Wal-Mart's line.

I have a bunch of amazon credit so ill wait for it on there

>>1236562 Target's site won't even load for me. I turned off uBlock, too.

>>1236566 Change browsers maybe? I usually keep Ungoogled Chromium around for something that's not working on my usual Firefox Nightly.

What the fuck is up with Best Buy? They sent me an email saying preorders go live at midnight ET and then they do nothing?

So did Best Buy even go live at all?

>>1236592 Seemingly not! Their site is still doing fine too. Brief hiccup at midnight and then they didn't open preorders so nothing happened.

>>1236613 Maybe they wanted to throw everyone off, a little bit of sneaky misdirection. Perhaps they go live at 9:30 instead

>>1233349 There's a lot of scum on the internet, even more now with jeets infesting it. >>1236542 I'll get it in person, even if I have to drag my manchild body to the fucking line. Needless to say, Nintendo underestimated the desire for this thing, and it seems that most other companies have as well. This is gonna be a crazy launch, we're only lucky that online pre-orders exist, because there will be some shit going on with this console launch.

Best Buy seemingly live now

>rely on Best Buy app because I'm in a hotel on vacation right now >Best Buy never opens preorders >Walmart site won't even let me past CAPTCHA >Target let me put the Switch 2 in my cart, but won't let me order FUCKING BEST BUY APP FUCKED ME OVER! FUCK YOU!

>>1236542 Bestbuy's up

you can't ship with best buy???

>>1236704 Apparently you're preordering for the privilege of picking it up at a Best Buy later.

best buy just said sold out for me instantly

Best Buy still just says "Coming Soon" for me Guess I fucked up not having a Walmart account ready and going there first

Took 11 minutes of refreshing constantly

>>1236733 Damn you, I just got hit with an "unexpected volume, can't see cart right now" error.

>>1236733 How did you save $90? Red Card?

>>1236713 same for me but I was able to refresh a few times and now I'm in their virtual line

>>1236747 Target circle coupon for 20% off 1 item online or in-store

>>1236733 I'll keep trying! It's in the cart, but it just errors me every time I try to finalize the order.

>Walmart has an error checking out as soon as I get in FUCKERS

Reeeeeeee...............

>>1236767 double check if it ever goes through too. my gf is spam clicking for it and one time it said it was confirmed and would send an e-mail but the e-mail just said "sorry there was an error"

I'm being raped by Nintendo, Walmart, Target, and Best Buy. Literally in all holes.

>>1236731 OK, wtf, Best Buy still displays "Coming Soon" in the 2 browsers I was refreshing, but I checked mobile and a 3rd brower and have the pre-order button. Got fucked by that too now by being signed in and ready

>Have Walmart+ >Can't even skip a line

>>1236767 Yeah keep trying. I was freaking out when it said it was sold out. (I was too freaked out to try and add a game or pro controller)

How hard did Nintendo fuck up with Switch 2 launch stock? they can't even fulfill the 2.2 million Switch 2's from just their website in Japan, how fucked is the rest of the world? I thought their plan was to have ample stock, like a plan to sell 20mil+ year one, but it looks like they are planning to undersell the original Switch with their low stocking, they can't even match Xbox one launch stock, a console that's underselling the original Switch now.

They took the Switch 2 out of my cart on Target.

>>1236798 Same, its over

>>1236798 Yup It's ogre.

Nice. Best Buy order complete. G'night fellow tendies

So when do we expect to see it on Amazon?

In person preorders will always be the best, even with convenience of online orders. Nothing beats the feeling of waiting out in the cold just to be the first one to get your game.

Ohhh shit Wal-Mart's virtual line thing didn't give me a notification or sound or anything telling me it popped.

>>1236704 Shows shipping on my end

Got my Walmart pre-ordered after waiting in the digital line for about 40 min. It took a matter of patience but it finally worked out for me.

I take back everything I ever sad negative about Walmart and the Walton family.

>>1236794 I think it's less that nintendo fucked up, and more that its demand just exceeded everyone's expectations to a wild degree. This is ridiculous.

>>1236878 so much for everyone's bitching about the price

>got my timer for the bundle out of nowhere right after the standalone's order page died out on me (I tried for both) >payment for the bundle went through cleanly >>1236863 It's unbelievable that these chucklefucks have like the LEAST broken setup. I can't speak for how Amazon handles these things, since they don't do Nintendo preorders anymore.

"HURR THIS IS GONNA BE SHIT IM NOT BUYING THIS NO ONE SHOULD BUY THIS THESE PRICES ARE SHIT" >"HURR FUCKING NINTENIGGER NOT MAKING ENOUGH HURRRRRR

I'm about to give up.

>>1236904 Give it like 15 more minutes anon. THEN give up.

I never thought I'd be waiting in fucking virtual lines. We'll see if bestbuy or walmart has any left by the time they get to me. My hopes are not high.

Got one through Target and Walmart. Waiting on Best Buy's line now.

Target app was absolute dogshit. Best Buy came in clutch for me and I got the preorder.

>>1132532 >>1236928 I wonder what percentage of these sales are just for scalping.

>>1236949 33%, minimum.

I'm >>1236783 in line still for Best Buy, but I'm pretty sure I'm doomed, my active browsers not giving me the pre-order button for cost me several minutes before I realized what was going on. Can only hope enough people were looking away from the delay, but I doubt it.

Compile Hearts just announced a new switch game and no one cares.

Is Best Buy Canada not live yet?

>the company known specifically for a specific phenotype of people with sub-80 IQs is the one retailer with the best preorder method How did this happen?

If you didn't get into Walmart's line from the start, you're likely fucked. I entered the line immediately when it open and I wasn't able to buy it until 12:45. Try Best Buy

>>1236962 6am pst / 9am est apparently

>>1236969 Thanks.

>>1236949 Nah, no plans to scalp. It's a precaution in case any of these shit sites cancel on me. If none do I can cancel myself or give the pre-order to a friend/family since they also want the system but aren't nerdy enough to try and buy one at midnight.

If you're desperate, go to GameStop early in the morning and camp out. I know some of you are neets so you can do this, but be ready to pay a pretty big down payment or the entirety of it just to secure your preorder.

>>1236996 People were camping out hours ago. If you aren't already there you're fucked

>>1236996 Gamestop is a no can do for me, not that desperate and I have a job I got a Switch 1 off the shelf at Target like a month or 2 after it released, just gonna have to do it again.

>>1236967 Yeah, that's about when I was finally able to as well.

>>1236733 >>1236760 how do i get that discount? switch 2 for $400 is too good to pass up

Best Buy line window went down. I clicked on the pre-order button again and it put me back in another line? Might be screwed on this order.

>>1237032 Best Buy really shit the bed here, from what I gather.

Wario64 says no line at Walmart right now >>1237040 They actually were brilliant, the site crashed at 9 PM because everyone tried getting in, it didn't crash once at 9:30 when they went live

Walmart finally let me through the line for both the bundle and just the console Might just let both of them go through and flip one on ebay

>>1237040 They opened orders at 12:30 for whatever reason. Maybe hoping people would fuck off and go to bed. Kinda shitty I might have lost my place waiting this whole time.

>>1237048 >Wario64 says no line at Walmart right now says sold out on checkout.

>>1236878 There's underestimating it and then there's this, launch stock should have been at least 10 million for launch day and around 30mil for the rest of the year with plans to increase production to hit 35 mil units on shelves by years end if demand is high, which clearly it is. >>1236892 Just internet grifters feeding off of any and all negativity, they are right that this isn't good but they are wrong stating that Switch 2 is cooked and predicting Nintendoom.

Uhmm... Nintendiebros? I thought we were standing together in solidarity and refusing to buy until they lowered the price of everything??

>>1237094 I'm not broke nor am I gay.

>>1237099 >>1237094 post it again that will own the tendies

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Got one at Walmart. If you're on the "in line" screen: Open another tab, go to the homepage, and wait to see the big Switch 2 Preorder ad, then click on that, then on the MK bundle. It let me just add to cart and checkout just fine.

Just children crying over a toy that's too expensive for them.

>>1237026 I just checked the notifications I had on my Target account and saw a 20% off coupon. I clicked on it to apply it to my cart earlier today. It would have expired on May 2nd or 3rd if I didn't use it.

>>1237094 It really goes to show that all the bitching about the price was just a vocal minority and most people really don't care.

My posts are getting eaten. I am being targeted by the liberal janitors yet again.

>>1237151 are you f5ing too soon after posting? I have that habit from seeing posts go through right away on 4chan and had to stop myself from doing it.

>>1237145 sad but true and this is true for all games I think the actual price point that would be too much for gamers is in the 100-120 dollar range with $599 being the actual non-meme cutoff for new hardware, regardless of generation

>>1237094 No, I pre-ordered day 1, but I was loving the retarded shit people were slinging at the Switch 2.

>wait in Best Buy kine for an hour >get to front of line >redirects me to my cart >your cart is empty This is worse than the 5090 launch. Should've gone target.

>>1237094 >>1237145 Only hardcaore Nintendo fans are buying it. Remember how the Wii U sold out everywhere at launch? We will have a better picture of Switch 2's performance in about a year.

I think walmart was actually the easiest way to get a pre-order, particularly the non-bundle one.

>>1237237 Target stock got vaporized instantly and led to errors trying to checkout, Walmart ended up being the right choice to go to. Stupid me was too late for that though

>>1237237 I was in BB and Walmart lines and both never actually did anything despite being in them for over an hour Also Target looked like it was almost going to work for me, but then I kept getting endless error loops and then it just said sold out What did work for me is >>1237122 Walmart might still work for you

Thanks Walmart+ maybe i'll renew you afterall.

Walmart keeps fluctuating between sold out and around 1-7 left, on the system and system bundle.

Also, I don't know if my preorder will be cancelled, but I picked up both a standard and MK bundle from walmart. When will this process not be a shitshow?

>>1237292 they could do what Japan does and try a lottery system for pre-orders. No one has to rush to hit the order button, just get lucky, and verification in the process to cut out the bots.

Target pre-orders may be back up for the bundle

POSSIBLE stock at target now boys https://www.target.com/p/nintendo-switch-2-console-mario-kart-world-bundle/-/A-94693226

I got one but I don't even know if I actually want it. I don't really wanna spend 70 dollars for Donkey Kong, and even if Mario Kart is the only game I'd own, I'd still have to pay them for online like a retard. Hopefully I can cancel if I get cold feet

>>1237343 Bro you're a life saver. After hitting the error on the check out page a couple of times it finally went through. I can only hope its relisting wasn't some kind of error.

>>1237362 You'll be able to cancel until it's close to time to be shipped. If you really don't want it you could sell it off.

>>1237379 Glad to hear it worked out!

Got one from Wally world by spamming the checkout system. On the fence so might cancel later

>>1237381 With competition this fierce, he can probably sell it for double the store cost. It doesn't launch a year away from now, this bitch comes out in less than a month and a half. If THIS was their best effort to stockpile a ton for the US markets launch so that this exact situation didn't happen, people late to the party are fucked.

Got kicked off Best Buy's line into an empty cart?! Lmao this system is so ass. Guess I'll try again like a total retard.

>>1237420 >fell for it again award.jpg Yeah, BB's system appears to be dogshit unfortunately.

Is Best Buy the preferred way to preorder for the midnight pickup? If I have it shipped to me, will the government add spyware to it? It does have a built-in mic now.

>>1237420 I've been on line since around 12:40, just got a "sold out" message from BB its over...

got two. One from Walmart and another from Target. Walmart just took ages off leaving the queue page on the loading screen, and the target one gave me probably a thousand different errors until I noticed that it'd actually gone through and was showing up in my "order details" page. not bothering with Best Buy. probably gonna either scalp them both or return them if I decide I can't be bothered to scalp.

>>1237420 >>1237430 Never mind it worked! Shipping isn't available so gotta do a store pickup. Good luck to everyone still trying to get in!

>>1237435 I got kicked off the line twice. Third time they asked me to sign back in but I was able to grab one! Try store pick up if you're attempting shipping.

I'm an adult and this is the first console I'm buying for myself. Was it always this retarded to buy toys for launch day? I had to use 2 devices 6 browser tabs, have a youtube stream playing, to buy one unit.

I >>1237466 No. So many scalper bots now

>>1237466 the first switch was easy to get in person for the first week, I got one at midnight, just walked in and bought a copy. but the months afterwards, it was sold out

>>1237466 It's just the proliferation of bots and scalpers ever since COVID. Demand goes way up when the perceived supply is low due to that. Just gotta deal with it now.

>>1237466 Uhhh back in my day we camped out at the store

>>1237362 I got 2 preorders in and plan on flipping one to pay for the one im keeping.

>>1237483 Major third party devs were hesitant to jump on the switch after the wiiu disaster, but they got on board with it eventually when they saw it destroying the competition. Now imagine how hard they're going to be tripping over themselves for the switch 2 when they see this shit.

>>1237507 You think you'll be able to sell a switch 2 for 900? Lmao

>>1237466 No, FOMO is strong right now because Orange Retard could renege on his tariff policies for the fifth time this week and vaporize all electronics coming from Japan. It's extra fucking retarded right now and the hordes of scalpers likely using bots and AHK to beat every legit customer isn't helping.

>>1237507 Looks like people are already buying from scalpers on ebay for 700+

I got a second on Best Buy just in case something completely fucking retarded happens to my first Walmart order. I have trust issues.

>>1237237 Finally got it on Best Buy I got in line at 12:30 ET sat in line until like 1:20 and it boots me to an empty cart and then I get right back in line and it doesnt add to cart until like 1:50. Best Buy's new system is crap I'm not using them for preorders again.

>>1237466 when its in demand, yeah. The Wii was hard to get a hold of too back in the day, my dad and my friend's dad apparently went through hell trying to find one for Christmas - and I don't remember if it was launch year, it might have been the year after

>>1237507 You would have to sell for double. Tho there may be some fans crazy enough to buy it that high.

Got one from Target, thank god.

>>1237510 I'm actually surprised by how hard it is to get one mere 2 hours from the beginning of pre-order normal people who knows nothing of the mid-night pre-order are gonna be shocked in the morning when they can't get one

I got one but I'm not confident in it either, I know I'll get one eventually but I have no idea when major first party games I really really care about will come out.

I got it bros. Good night.

>>1237516 Last I remembered it's against the rules to sell pre-orders on anything since after a month you're no longer able to open a case if something goes awry. I think you can report sellers doing this.

>>1237488 Sleeping in Walmart for the Wii was so fucking fun. they put us in the half-outdoor gardening section which was very cold, but let us use bike chains to chain our camping chairs in place to keep our spot. If you didn't return after long enough, you'd get your chain cut my management and lose you spot, so my friends and I just wandered the store and played the game demos that were available. There was a guitar hero demo. someone in line bought a microwave and we had a bunch of hotpockets. the Pictochat rooms were full and was the only time i actually used pictochat. 3 days of fun.