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That the Mario series launch title is a game that finally gives Waluigi his place in the spotlight. Like how Wario Land subverted 2D-Mario I want to see a Waluigi game that subverts Luigi's Mansion in the same weirdo fashion

So you think that Simply Games is adding a premium to the instalment plan? From a quick Google they seem to offer credit through Paypal Pay in 3, an option which doesn't usually add any extra charges to your total so I wonder if Simply Games is offering a bundle or something. But it could be accurate, given inflation and all the mad shit going on in the US. £500 is surprisingly high though, I never expected Nintendo to make it that expensive so I hope it will be cheaper.

Now i'm going to be disappointed if we can't cast to a real Wii U Gamepad

I really hope they port Uprising, I never got around to playing it on the 3DS but the control scheme did put me off although I have grown more and more interested in it over the years - mouse controls makes so much sense for it

It's so good that they're bringing back the Treehouse Live streams - it seemed like they were moving away from them so it's huge that they will still live on for now The fact that they feel likes it's necessary to have two long streams back to back makes me even more excited for the Direct tomorrow - there has to be something big besides Mario Kart that they're going to be playing on Treehouse Live

I assume the bottom of the Switch 2 will be moulded so that you can't insert it into an original Switch dock - I'm not sure if the guide holes being in a different configuration would stop you from being able to use an original Switch in the Switch 2 dock though. It would make sense from a usability point, like you say it would be a pain if you had to keep two docks around but I'm not sure if there is a way for them to let you do it while also preventing you from being able to put the Switch 2 into an incompatible original dock.

It would be pretty weird not to include 4K output in the devkits if the final console was going to be capable of outputting a 4K image. Surely developers need to be able to test every aspect of their games so why would Nintendo block them from being able to test resolutions beyond 1080p if the retail units are going to be able to output a higher resolution image? It's obviously unlikely that many games will be able to be upscaled to a full 4K through DLSS but I would have thought there would at least be some indie games and less intensive remasters that would be feasible to render at higher resolutions so it would be a surprise to me if the console is limited to 1080p output (especially considering the seemingly pretty accurate leaked specs that point to it being able to output a 4K signal) I suppose they could have limited the upscaling capability of early devkits to avoid leaks before the reveal and then intended to patch that in an update before launch so developers can finalise their builds before release but it seems unnecessary when DLSS is already so prevalent in consumer hardware - there's not exactly much people wouldn't already be aware of Technically the video processing chip in the original Switch is capable of outputting in 4K (at 30 FPS, while the OLED dock is theoretically able to put out a 4K 60 FPS signal) so the hardware in the Switch 2 will have that baked in, it just depends if Nintendo decide to make use of it this time.

To be fair to Samus the positioning of her fingers makes a slightly different gesture to Sonic Boy '06 When the trailer on Thursday ended with no firm release date my first thought was that it might mean it's launching alongside the Switch 2 - it is suspicious that Metroid just said '2025' when Pokémon said 'Late 2025', makes me think Metroid is coming sometime in the Summer

The latest rumour about the C button is that one of its functions is to connect an original Switch as a controller or second screen... So the dual screen dream might not be over yet

Rhythm Heaven? Tomodachi Life? Releasing in 2026? And we didn't get a date for Metroid Prime 4 or see the long rumoured Kirby Planet Robobot Remaster - this was a weird Direct, right? I was a bit worried when Takahashi introduced the Virtual Game Card segment saying 'an update on what's happening with your digital games' I thought they were going to drop a bombshell about Switch 2 but in the end I think it's a mostly welcome change - definitely a nice bonus that you can share games with people in your family group - but like you guys say, what is the benefit to the system for a single user over just logging in on your other device? Still seems like weird timing to have this Direct so close to the Switch 2 one but they definitely had a pretty varied showing

I played Wind Waker HD almost exclusively on the Gamepad so I didn't get the two screen experience I was thinking earlier that Nintendo might use tomorrow's Direct to announce whether or not anything is replacing the gold points scheme - it makes sense to keep more finicky admin stuff out of the big Switch 2 blowout and if there's bad news to share they're (like if there is a price hike for NSO membership) then they would be better off getting it out of the way here I'm playing through Return to Dreamland at the moment so I'll be happy to see another Kirby game released but it does mean we won't be getting a sequel to Forgotten Land in the first year of the Switch 2 which is a shame. Otherwise I'm keen to see more of Metroid

Yeah, I totally get that angle of letting the cream rise to the top but they can give developers access to devkits and still curate the eShop so it's not flooded with garbage. Nintendo always has the final say on what is allowed on the eShop - I don't think it would take a very big team to be able to sift out the garbage when conscious consumers and YouTubers can already spot the trash and scam games easily enough ETA: I just had a look at the number of games released for the Switch and it's about 11,500 so if you average it out across the 8 years since launch it works out at about 5 games released every day - seems like that workload would be manageable for a dedicated team to be able to do a bit of quality control

I think the wording of the article is a bit misleading really, makes it seem as if the launch will consist of purely first party releases but that obviously won't be the case - it's just about Nintendo planning on spacing out big releases so there is a steady release of big titles through the first few months. Everything about this sounds sensible although I do find it a bit odd that they would wait until launch to provide devkits to smaller publishers and indies - wouldn't it make sense to let them have access after the blowout on April 2nd? Surely there won't be any details about the hardware to leak once Nintendo reveals everything and it would give indies and smaller developers a chance to get things ready for launch

And there have been updates made to Silksong's Steam DB entry so if there's a direct on Thursday ahead of the Switch 2 blowout then there are two opportunities in the space of a week to be disappointed by it's absence

The deadline for earning gold points is coming up, March 25th is the cut off for earning them on digital purchases (although physical games released up until the end of April can be registered for the reward) I decided to buy a pair of vouchers to use so I can take advantage of the gold points one last time - there were a couple of games I had been meaning to buy anyway so it made sense. I'm sure Nintendo will announce some sort of replacement after the Switch 2 direct - hopefully it is something else that gives cashback for buying digital games, it's a really good incentive