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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on April 19, 2025, 02:11:31 PM »

I know that only a few first part games have been announced but I feel like there are quite a few that we are all assuming will be released. Here are some of the series where I am expecting a new game for Switch 2 in the next year or two:

• Splatoon
• Animal Crossing
• Fire Emblem
• 3D Mario
• Yoshi
• Mario Sports
• Mario Party
• Xenoblade
• Mario Maker
• Smash Bros.

Now we do know about a Switch 2 upgrade for Mario Party so I would not expect that the first year, but maybe the second. Also, with the new Donkey Kong being a 3D platformer, a new 3D Mario might also be further away.

So do you think we will get new entries in these games on Switch 2 anytime soon?
Any other series you are expecting to be returning?

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TalkBack / Re: Switch 2 Preorders To Open April 24 With System Prices Remaining As Announced

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on April 19, 2025, 02:02:23 PM »

What places are even doing preorders?

That depends on your region. In the US I am seeing pre-order information for Best Buy.

While they do mention picking up the pre-orders at 12:01 AM on 6/5/25, there is no time of day specifics for 4/24.

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TalkBack / Re: Switch 2 Preorders To Open April 24 With System Prices Remaining As Announced

« Last post by NicklausSimonis on April 19, 2025, 09:53:13 AM »

What places are even doing preorders?

A bit difficult to determine for me.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Will you be willing to buy Virtual Game Cards, or would go all digital instead?

« Last post by lolmonade on April 19, 2025, 09:28:25 AM »

I'm sincerely considering mostly digital for Switch 2.  In middle age I have less patience for storage & things filling up my home.  The Switch 2 itself probably won't have that big a footprint, but that coupled with the rest of my gaming pile is kind of an eyesore.  Maybe it'll make me less prone to impulse buying full price games if I know there's no return policy.

I'm fortunate enough to have a library that stocks games too, so that'd be a supplementary resource for me.

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TalkBack / Re: Switch 2 Preorders To Open April 24 With System Prices Remaining As Announced

« Last post by Nemo on April 18, 2025, 11:43:24 PM »

What places are even doing preorders?

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TalkBack / Re: Switch 2 Preorders To Open April 24 With System Prices Remaining As Announced

« Last post by TurdFurgy on April 18, 2025, 02:08:09 PM »

Glad the price didn't increase. I'm not excited for the Switch 2 so I have no idea what is compelling me to preorder one, but that's my plan. Maybe I'm just a fanboy after all?  In general I think we've been paying decent prices for games for a long while now and even me being the frugal sun of a gun I am I don't think the price increase is exactly unfair.

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TalkBack / Re: Switch 2 Preorders To Open April 24 With System Prices Remaining As Announced

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on April 18, 2025, 12:14:21 PM »

What time during the day do these pre-orders start? Is it 12:01 AM or around when businesses open on the east coast?

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TalkBack / Re: Switch 2 Preorders To Open April 24 With System Prices Remaining As Announced

« Last post by Adrock on April 18, 2025, 12:00:01 PM »

I can’t blame anyone for not wanting to pay these game prices. I don’t pay that. Granted, I’ve spent $80+ on some retro games. However, those go up in price; current games eventually drop. For example, I bought Tears of the Kingdom for ~$52 in July 2023, about two months after release. Spend what you feel comfortable spending and don’t spend a penny more. It isn’t as if Mario Kart World is going anywhere.

My plans haven’t changed. I intend to snag Switch 2 at launch. I’ve already set aside money for it, and Mario Kart World is cheaper in the bundle. With everything in flux, I want to get the console itself ASAP. Sony just increased PS5’s price in a bunch of regions this week so there’s a real possibility Nintendo eventually follows suit. Digital downloads wouldn’t be subject to tariffs though I’m skeptical Nintendo will adjust the pricing accordingly.

I’ll probably get a Switch 2 Pro Controller though I believe Switch 1 Pro Controllers are backwards compatible, and I’ve only used one of mine to pair and update so it’s practically new. The Switch 2 Camera is gonna be a no from me, dawg.

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TalkBack / Re: Switch 2 Preorders To Open April 24 With System Prices Remaining As Announced

« Last post by Ian Sane on April 18, 2025, 10:35:17 AM »

Nintendo of Canada's website confirms the April 24th date.  It also has what I'm pretty sure are the first confirmed prices.  Games are $100-110.  Yeah right.  I'm not going to buy any game at full price at that amount.

But the really lousy part of it is that is going to destroy some Canadian stores I've been a customer of for years, in some cases decades.  The Switch was a big seller for them and now it's being followed up with a ridiculous price hike.  In the US Donkey Kong is 10 bucks more than a normal Switch game.  In Canada it's 20.  I don't think I've ever seen game prices increase by such a large margin in Canada.  That's going to turn some people off and the lowest earning owners of the current Switch are going to just get cut out entirely.

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TalkBack / Re: Lunar Remastered Collection (Switch)

« Last post by Adrock on April 15, 2025, 02:55:21 AM »

Adding to the mix is a wild localization from a team that originally chose to include ‘90s American pop culture references such as Austin Powers jokes into a Japanese game. It’s a community fan favorite.

Darn, this is a big miss for me as I generally don't like Working Designs' translations. Some of the changes are innocuous like making a random villager in Alundra into a surfer dude. Corny but fine, I guess. Then, there are far worse instances like attempts at humor that are really off-putting as well as certain choices that recontextualize the original intent.

Maybe I'm yelling at clouds. I'd rather have a closer translation. For that reason, I was looking forward to Lunar Remastered Collection. I may have simply missed the train on Working Designs since I didn't play its published games until well after the 1990s. At least Lunar: Silver Star Harmony has a new translation. Unfortunately, Eternal Blue never got a similar remake.

Beyond that...

I would have even loved to see the Collection expanded with the other versions of the games and offshoots like Silver Star Harmony, Silver Star Complete, Lunar Legend, All The Lunar: Hyper Applications, Lunar: Sanposuru Gakuen, and Lunar Dragon Song, just to make this the definitive compilation.

...feels like a major missed opportunity and is perhaps not in the spirit of such a collection. This was probably the last best chance to get an official translation of Mahō Gakuen Lunar! AKA Magic School Lunar! (though I read it isn't very good) and/or fix Lunar: Dragon Song. Oh well.